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The Eddie Cantor part is extremely interesting! I’ve studied Cantor and have read a lot about him and he was always one of the first people to hop on some new trend or creative idea. For example, when the stock market crashed, he quickly wrote some best selling short comedy books. And of course, Cantor did eventually become a host of the Colgate Comedy Hour in the 50s. Very unsurprising that he was eager to join the world of television in the 30s.

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Michael Eisner regarding the movie studios response to television:

"The movie studios tried to ignore it, dismiss it, then fight it, and ultimately embraced it.”

Reading old issues of THE BILLBOARD and VARIETY, the above line applies to the responses of others, to each new technology (listed below) thru the decades.

The Phonograph

Radio

Talking Pictures

Television

Internet

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