Sunday, October 30, 2005

"Well, that seems a safe enough distance..."

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have a grave announcement to make.

Incredible as it may seem, both the observations of science and the evidence of our eyes lead to the inescapable assumption that those strange beings who landed in the Jersey farmlands tonight are the vanguard of an invading army from the planet Mars."


Sixty seven years ago today, Orson Welles managed to cause a fair amount of panic in America when his adaptation of H.G. Wells novel "War of the Worlds" was broadcast on the radio.

A copy of the script here.

And coincidentally 30th October also marks the anniversary of John Logie Baird transmitting the first moving image on a mechanical television.

1 Comments:

Blogger ate said...

I'm sorry for dropping in like this but I couldn't resist...I like what you've written and sincerely wish you'll, eventually, consider Manila as the next best thing to HK.At least.

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