"Our goal is simple: come September 7, 2002, we want everybody who turns on a television set to know that date is the anniversary of the day the medium arrived on this planet - and to know the name of the man who delivered it."
--Paul Schatzkin,
Author of The Boy Who Invented Television

Yep. Television is 75 years old folks. It sits right there when you get home. It doesn't ask you any questions like where you went, or why you never called back. It keeps you company when you're down. It babysits your kids. Ah, yes. So every time you sit in front of your tv and vegetate, think of Philo and thank him for this life-changing invention. Couch kamotes would not have existed without him.

And no crummy tv writers too. But hey, every good thing has a flipside.