RTF 316 Early Times Kevin Ludlow Extra Credit Paper III Early Times RTF 316 History of Radio and Television Amanda Lotz December 3 1998 It is not often that I get the chance to talk to my 74 year old grandmother about anything that interests her so she was delighted to be asked about the radio She was born sometime in 1925 and has a recalled listening to radio broadcasts ever since she was a young girl I first asked her simply what it was like listening to the radio and her responses were certainly much more positive then mind towards radio My grandmother explained to me how although they were listening to the radio it was so similar to watching television but at the same time better She told me how the front of the radio had a large fuzzy screen on it that was often stared at like a picture was inside of it The best part of course was that it was all in the imagination She and her brothers would sit in front of the radio and stare at the blank screen imagining that there were really actors there to watch No matter what kind of show they were listening to they were always able to come up with a visual story to follow along with in their heads At times certain stories could stretch the images in their mind much more elaborately then today s greatest special effects can One of the biggest problems that they had was being allowed to listen to the shows that they wanted to She explained to me how the content of many programs restricted them from listening in on the radio Although we would probably view such content now as children s programming back in the 30 s she explained such content was much more regarded by parents Amongst her favorite programs was Tom Mix who was a movie star back then He played the role of a cowboy on the radio and was apparently quite popular The Lone Ranger was also a program that was broadcast in her household during that time period One of both my grandmother and grandfather s favorite programs was Jack Armstrong The American Boy which at that time which was sponsored by Wheaties I asked her if she recalled any comic shows that she may have watched during the time period and she told me about Eddie Couter He was a comic on the radio around the middle 1930 s to early 1940 s He was a household favorite as well On the weekends the radio was used more as what we understand today It simply broadcast musical programs during the peak hours of the day She recalled listening to the Metropolitan Opera every Saturday afternoon from 1 00 in the afternoon to about 4 00 in the afternoon They would broadcast whatever was being played that day at the Metropolitan Opera House On Sunday s she would tune into the Firestone Hour which was a musical broadcast sponsored by Firestone tires In order to gain a common point with my grandmother I asked her if she ever listened to the Orson Welles show She jumped into stories of him very quickly of how her and her brothers used to listen to his show weekly I proceeded to ask her about the infamous War of the Worlds she of course had heard it She explained to me that she remembered that October day very well Growing up in New Jersey the show was focused right around town She explained to me that she understood that it was only a show and that aliens were not really taking over the planet However at the same time she remembers being very frightened because of the incredible realism that Orson Welles used for that time My grandmother also recalled how the radio station got hundreds of calls the next day and how the newspapers made such an incredible ordeal over it because of the panic that it had caused Although the radio had always been a part of my grandmother s life she remembers when those days started to slow down In the early 50 s her father went out and bought a Muntz television set from the popular salesman Mad Man Muntz It was a simple black and white television and best of all it was brand new After that the radio started transforming into what it is today Radio shows slowly began to cease and musical broadcasts became more common

HIS1301 The Conquest of Columbus Luther Elmore History 1301 Assignment 1 The Conquest of Columbus A journal worth exploring As noted in the first journal entries Columbus kept of their voyage he kept two separate accounts of the distances that had been traveled Looking back in history this obviously proved favorable to him on the voyage but one must ask why Similar to the time period that we are living in today there were definite classes of people whether we choose to acknowledge that today or not Sailors of the time were certainly of the class of people we would know as blue collar workers if not a shade below It was only the admirals of the fleet and a few select others chosen of the King and Queen that possessed the intelligence to understand the latitude of this journey Morals were certainly of importance on this voyage and what better way to keep the projected distance to the Indies close to track then to throw out white lies to the crew As most any modern text book or production will parody our government certainly does not tell us everything that goes on throughout our continued exploration of space for example They give us projected figures and this is all that we concern ourselves with because it is what we are told It gives us the clich d parental expression that we re almost there Furthermore it usually keeps us happy and anxiously waiting I speculate that Columbus was using the same psychology on his crew Curiously enough I find it surprising that such information ever went past the King and Queen of Spain and that it is such a tale we can read about today Another interesting factor of this story was the way that Columbus described everything that he encountered and even better how he had an explanation for most all of it It was most apparent as they sailed on the voyage and encountered mostly birds but also crabs whales and even drift Similar to a more modern explorer we know a great deal of it seems that Columbus was almost acting like Darwin someday would in his classifications He seemed to have an explanation for every creature that was seen whether it was one known to the Spaniards or not Humorously enough every creature that was encountered was believed to be only encountered x leagues away from land thus land must have always been nearby These statements may have been a bit pretentious of Columbus to declare especially to a man who would challenge a theory as bizarre as say The Earth if flat Nonetheless it was another tactic to keep the moral of the men up and most likely of Columbus himself While Columbus was probably more willing to trade fairly with the natives then his men were I think it is evident that he was happy to better deal them Still one could argue that the natives who had been accustomed to such commodities found it favorable to possess a piece of glass or a stain colored flag Unfortunately like most if not all other conquistadors of the time if Columbus meets that status the only thing that the natives lacked was Christian status I think its safe to say that if we look back in time problem after problem could have been avoided especially with native tribes had the explorers simply left religion alone If there was one thing that any one man of this time period wanted to possess it was power and riches As noted earlier the blue collar status of the sailors most likely led them to believe that they would never be powerful rulers but this also led them to believe that with riches they could live similar lifestyles There s no disputing the cause of most of the conquistadors of this time period riches Riches for them riches for the country and almost more importantly riches for the King and Queen of the era I am sure that in many of the sailor s hearts thoughts of gold and silver were the only things keeping them alive across the Atlantic Gold led to the later conquering of the Incas Aztecs Mayans and most every other tribe of Central and South America From a different perspective it only made sense for Columbus to seek such wealth as an explorer If he was to return to the islands or seek new land in other places he would have to return wealth The America s would have been of no use to the Spaniards had the commodities available not well exceeded the cost and dangers of the trip I found this extract to be very interesting in an overall sense In the middle of the journal I felt that I was reading a monotonous story but I suppose that my reading of it was nothing compared to the actual monotony of the voyage Society enjoys asking the question youths especially that if you could go back into time what time period would you like to live in To this day I have honestly always answered around the 1450 s I only wish that I could proposition our President to fund me on such an adventurous journey and to discover lands never found by the world as we know it Fortunately the King and Queen did not take a republican stance upon this request as I would now receive and allowed such a wonderful history to be uncovered I would love to have seen this article published in Spanish so that I could read it pre translated I simply feel that the non translated details I would notice would add to the visualization of the story Coincidentally I feel that visualizing history is what makes it interesting to read

NYU Monologues 1 Comedy Writing Workshop D B Gilles Monologues 1 After being sentenced to life in prison as a conspirator in the Oklahoma City bombing Terry Nichols has apparently asked for a new trial He told a judge that the explosion he was part of couldn t have been nearly as bad as the ones he feels every night while being slapped in the ass and called Little Bitch 2 Reporters are now saying that Hillary Clinton is only running for the New York senate to get back at her husband Rumors started flying after she was caught under a podium during one of Mayor Giuliani s speeches bobbing her head like a circus seal 3 President Clinton recently took the American Bald Eagle off of the endangered species list To commemorate the event the president had himself tarred and feathered and proceeded to run around the White House only periodically stopping to wave his bald ass in the air 4 The creators of South Park might see a lawsuit coming their way soon in regards to Kenny s character Psychological studies say that children are now finding it humorous when their friends that can t speak a damn word of English are brutally torn to pieces and left for dead 5 Yesterday Mayor Giuliani issued a brief statement to New York in regards to the power outages He said I will have anyone complaining about the shortage arrested anyone trying to do something about the shortage shot and I will personally sodomize anyone else trying to stop me from doing this 6 The government is asking that a mercury compound used as a preservative in certain infant vaccines to be removed from the formula They furthermore stated that the infants are already receiving plenty of the chemical when mercury thermometers are inserted into their tiny asses 7 Richard Gere has just announced that he will be having a baby with his new girlfriend Carey Lowell He settled for impregnating Carey after several failed attempts to run into Julia Roberts on a street corner and pay her for sex