Tex Avery toon on the Future of TV, 1953

By at 9:23 am Thursday, Feb 21

Over on Boing Boing Gadgets, our Joel's spotted this classic 1953 Tex Avery toon about the future of TV:

Cartoon genius Tex Avery produced this short in 1953, showing off TVs for smokers, water drinkers, and those afflicted by airplanes overhead. The integration of real footage with the cartoon is fantastic.
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