You will now send the money to the following address…
Soupy Sales was said to have tele-contributed-to-the-delinquency-of-minors on New Year’s Day 1965 by urging his early-morning child viewers to find “green paper with pictures of men with beards” in their parents’ wallets and purses and mail them to him in care of the studio that live-broadcast his show. Some versions of the story claim that he received over $70,000 from kids. That would be on the order of several hundred thousands in today’s cash.
The story is apparently a mix of truth and myth. He apparently did ad-lib this as a joke/prank on live TV, and some money did get sent to him. In addition to a few dollars in actual cash, people sent in Monopoly money, other play money, and drawings of money. He wound up with a two week suspension from his show, but remained on the air for two more years after that.
As the show was live and the prank was ad-libbed, there is no tape or kinescope of the event, not even a printed script… but there were enough witnesses who gave fairly consistent accounts that the event is generally regarded to have actually happened.
SHIVA over 4 years ago
Telemugging already exists, it’s called the shopping channels!!
The Reader Premium Member over 4 years ago
All this from a telecartoon!
KenseidenXL over 4 years ago
Telemugging? I thought Apple trademarked that for iTunes….
jimmjonzz Premium Member over 4 years ago
So what’re ya tele’n us?
jimmjonzz Premium Member over 4 years ago
How about tele-hypnosis?
You will now send the money to the following address…
Soupy Sales was said to have tele-contributed-to-the-delinquency-of-minors on New Year’s Day 1965 by urging his early-morning child viewers to find “green paper with pictures of men with beards” in their parents’ wallets and purses and mail them to him in care of the studio that live-broadcast his show. Some versions of the story claim that he received over $70,000 from kids. That would be on the order of several hundred thousands in today’s cash.
The story is apparently a mix of truth and myth. He apparently did ad-lib this as a joke/prank on live TV, and some money did get sent to him. In addition to a few dollars in actual cash, people sent in Monopoly money, other play money, and drawings of money. He wound up with a two week suspension from his show, but remained on the air for two more years after that.
As the show was live and the prank was ad-libbed, there is no tape or kinescope of the event, not even a printed script… but there were enough witnesses who gave fairly consistent accounts that the event is generally regarded to have actually happened.
StratmanRon over 4 years ago
Telemugging: We only accept bitcoin…
vics_machine Premium Member over 4 years ago
Car Talk lead the way for the “Telemechanic”.
And with people like Theresa Caputo, John Edward, Creflo Dollar, Ken Hovind, Joel Olsteen…the other three seem fairly well represent too.
JimValTen Premium Member over 4 years ago
Oh man, you did it again. You’re the Nadia Comanche of rational cartooning. Can hardly wait for your floor presentation.
ferddo over 4 years ago
Telemedicine has been around since at least the 1990s, but yes today’s technology does make it work better and more reliably.
Ratkin Premium Member over 4 years ago
The three fastest forms of communication: telephone, telegraph, tell a woman.
The Brooklyn Accent Premium Member over 4 years ago
And all the folks who’ve been working from home since March are in danger of becoming Teletubbies…
GiantShetlandPony over 4 years ago
Aren’t teleministries also telemugging?
AndrewSihler over 4 years ago
“Telemechanic” is great. It would be even better if it was a woman holding the laptop and the mechanic saying that he’d like to talk to her husband.