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Old 12-19-2017, 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by old_tv_nut View Post
I just realized that this year was the 65th anniversary of the RCA blue banana practical joke. I don't know the exact date, but here's my honorary re-creation.
I've been watching NBC-TV as long as I can remember, but I don't recall RCA (former parent company of NBC) ever playing a "blue banana" practical joke. Sixty-five years ago would have been 1952; NBC wasn't broadcasting in color then (I don't think anyone was at that time, except perhaps CBS with its ill-fated field-sequential color system). Was this some sort of promotion for NBC or perhaps just a joke? Every color in the picture shown is correct except for the banana, so I'm thinking some wit at RCA came up with this just to be funny.
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