Holy Moley. It’s July 1st. Already.
Today starts of the second half of the year, the downhill slide right on into the holidays. *shiver*
Far be it from me to deny you the right to reflect that fact nor how you’re going to spend your practically here Forth of July celebration, but I am going to foist a little television history on you along with Quotation Marks. You game? Good. Here we go …
July 1st, 1934: The Federal Communications Commission comes into being.
July 1st, 1941: The new NTSC standard becomes official July 1. The Radio Manufacturers Association, who originally proposed a 441-line standard in 1936, compromised on a 525-line system and an image rate of 30 frames per second, with 2:1 interlacing at 262.5 lines per field, and 60 fields per second. The aspect ratio was set at a boxy 4:3 and the sound signal was frequency-modulated.
Additionally on July 1st, 1941: Television viewers see and hear the first legal television commercial during the start of a game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Philadelphia Phillies, Bulova ad lasting 10 seconds and which cost Bulova a whooping $9.00 to air:
“Out in the woods, I marked my territory. (pause) My territory is my pants.” — Brett
“You smell good.” — Nolan
“You’re in my bubble, assclown.” — Lacey
“Cool. We’re doing nicknames.” — Nolan
“At least do it with a little authority. Someone’s going to think I raised a pussy.” — Mike’s Grandma
“Would you like me to thank your face with my fist?” — Harvey
“I will prosecute this entire division if my fiancé is not released immediately. I can make a call; I am an attorney with Sheppard and Blake.” — Douchbag Groom/Laywer
“And I am an officer with CALM YOUR ASS DOWN. So you lower your voice and speak to me like a human being.” — Noel
“Scotch would never taste so good if it were any other color.” — Marshall
“OK, let’s nip this Earther movement in the bud by releasing your Earth certificate. Where were you born?” — Leela
“Our Lady of Patriotism Hospital.” — Travers
“Patriotism, good! Where is it?” — Leela
“Kenya.” — Travers
“Cradle of humanity!” — Leela
“Without cheap alien labor for menial jobs like harvesting crops, teaching math and curing disease, the economy collapsed.” — Travers
MasterChef (Review & Review)
“This is the first time I’ve ever made a tiramisu.” — David to Joe as Joe samples his dessert
“That’s pretty apparent.” — Joe
“It’s diarrhea on a plate.” — Graham of Ryan’s chocolate molten lave cake disaster
“Got a straw in your back pocket?” — Gordon again regarding Ryan’s lave cake
“I’m just a girl, standing in front of a guy, asking for a fight.” — Bo
“Hubbell and I were married for two days. That’s it. Less if you count the time I was conscious, which was basically from valet parking to the nickel slots bathroom at Whiskey Pete’s. So we’re actually talking about 16 hours, tops!” — Michelle, reacting to Hubbell’s decision to leave everything to her in his will
“I occasionally used the ‘I was in the school library and the janitor locked me in, and this is not a hickey on my neck; how could I get a hickey locked in the library all night?’ story.” — Michelle, talking about lies she told her parents when she was out all night
“And they believed that?” — Sasha
“Yep.” — Michelle
“Were they morons?” — Sasha
“Yep.” — Michelle
“Can I give you a hug without you thinking about my boobs?” — Sookie
“Probably not.” — Sam
“Oh, what the hell, go ahead.” — Sookie
“We got guns and money, all we need is lawyers.” –- Walt
“According to the internet it takes three months for a marijuana plant to grow to this height.” –- Henry
“According to the internet the moon landing was faked.” — Walt
“Your boys will be looked after as if they were my own. That’s a promise. Even the spikey one. Unless, of course, he goes full skitter and then all bets are off.” — Pope to Tom during the kidnap attempt
Clacked by Michael Noble 
on Jul 01, 2012 @ 10:01 EST5EDT
