A few things I've found or seen over the last week have stuck with me. They all have to do with the media and big moments. I figure I'll work with them in chronological order, so here goes:
:: First, 71 years ago last week was the "War of the Worlds" broadcast. The story's been told and re-told again and again, and there's much out there in the way of fact, myth and legend about it. Anyone who knows anything about broadcast history is well familiar with it. I've listened to the tapes of it over and over again, and know the broadcast pretty well, down to the pauses and intonation and all the little eccentricities. Or, at least I thought I did. Seems recent discussion on a listserv to which I subscribe has brought to my attention a second recorded version. The listmaster's blog has a post offering one version as a podcast, and it's my understanding the other version will be available soon. This blog's worth watching, and I'm eager to get the "other" version when it's available. It may not differ that much from the one I already know, but I am a completist and all that, so bring it on, I say.
:: Second, if you're a Mad Men addict like I am, you know this week's episode dealt with a certain watershed event in the nation's history (and, considering how well-trod that event has been, handled it about as well as one could). It's raised the question about if real-life weddings did indeed go on as planned that mournful weekend. The New York Times "City Room" blog investigated, and the findings are very interesting.
(Bonus link: Courtesy of OfficeTally, here's a link to a slideshow with a somewhat facile, but still very interesting and amusing, matchup of Mad Men characters with their Office counterparts.)
:: Finally, next week's installment of 30 for 30 will be about "Jimmy the Greek" Snyder, one of my favorite now-forgotten oddball characters from my childhood sports-viewing memories. He's somebody I grew up with (since Sunday NFL games were required viewing at our weekly family dinners at my grandparents' house), so I am really looking forward to this one, and I know the footage will bring back an awful lot of memories.
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