Mztv is set up like a virtual museum for television, It documents important moments, sets, and figures during the development of television. I first viewed Marilyn Monroe's page, after hearing about her in class. I didn't know her name was originally "Norma Jean" and found it interesting that the documentary we watched in class portrayed her as an amateur who cried "I'll never be an actress!" and then turned into a film icon. Monroe was "too big" for television, and did not make many appearances in her lifetime because her beauty and sex appeal was wasted on a small black and white screen.
I also checked out the timeline of television history where they mentioned Felix the Cat, television's first star in 1928, just like we also talked about in class.
Link- mztv.com
On www.otr.com I clicked on Private Eyes in the left-hand column and listened to Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar which was done by Detective Harkness and was a first-person narrative detective fiction. Detective fiction was becoming very successful during the time. The pulp authors created characters that "tended to operate outside of the law in order to bring criminals to justice" and the authors always incorporated their opinions into the story. Johnny Dollar was an insurance investigator who got called to investigate secretly for clients and usually put himself in danger for justice.
(http://www.otr.com/ra/privateeyes/YTJD%2049-03-11%20005%20Murder%20is%20a%20Merry-Go-Round.mp3)
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