Posted
2/12/2006 02:52:00 PM
by Douglas
Interesting article on the demise of the
telegram.The telegram was soon embedded in American popular culture; it showed up at critical moments in plays and movies. In 1933, Western Union introduced the singing telegram and became the source of a famously macabre joke: A woman, finding a Western Union messenger at the door, exclaims: "Great, I've always wanted a singing telegram." No, she's told, it's just a regular telegram. The woman pleads. The messenger finally sings.
DUM DE DUM DUM DUM. YOUR SISTER ROSE IS DEAD.
Ha!