Class of 9/30

Today in class, we studied the evolution of wired telegraphs to wireless broadcasting. Its amazing to see how far we've come in 100 years. People from a century ago would have been stupefied by my cell phone which sends & takes pictures, takes & sends videos, sends text messages, plays music, has a calendar, has a calculator, tells time, has an alarm clock, has a unit converter, has a stop watch, and last but not least allows me to communicate with people many many miles away from me. All that without an IPhone. An IPhone probably would have given people heart attacks 100 years ago.
Broadcasting gave rise to the radio. While I loved Orson Welles' War of the Worlds show and the drama that it caused, I hate the ending to that story. Its far too simple and easy of a way to solve the problem. It would be like if Jason Vorhees suddenly died of a heart attack just before he kills the main character. Or if Joker just turned himself into Batman after having a change of heart.
I visited OTR.com and found an old clip from the Jack Benny show. My dad has a cassette collection of the Jack Benny show, so I've heard it before and it enjoyed it very much as a kid. This particular segment featured Mel Blanc doing his patented train depot announcer gag where he uses comedic pausing in between syllables. Its pretty funny in an old school kind of way. I like it because it shows a rare example of Blanc's fantastic acting when he's not a cartoon character. Those were the good ole days.