On May 27 , 1956 , The Ed Sullivan Show transmit Peter and Joan Foldes ’ apocalyptic animation A Short Vision , thereby scarring itsy-bitsy viewing audience who had no cue they had front - dustup seats to doomsday .
The blogCONELRAD Adjacenthas assembled a elaborate history of the programme . What ’s hilarious about Ed ’s determination to sieve the cinema was the fact that he leap A Short Vision ( above ) upon his interview with barely a warning . Indeed , that evening ’s line - up or else forebode bit like the ventriloquistSenor Wences , the “ winners of the Harvest Moon dance contest and the Hasleves , acrobats . ” Here ’s how Ed introduced Armageddon :
“ Just last week you read about the total heat - dud being cast . Now two great English writer , two very inventive writers – I ’m gon na severalize you if you have youngsters in the bread and butter room tell them not to be alarmed at this ‘ cause it ’s a illusion , the whole thing is animated – but two English author , Joan and Peter Foldes , write a affair which they called ‘ A Short Vision ’ in which they question what might happen to the animate being population of the world if an H - dud were dropped . It ’s produce by George K. Arthur and I ’d like you to see it . It is dingy , but I remember we can all stand it to realize that in war there is no succeeder . ”
After the motion picture concludes , Sullivan is standing on the stage looking knowingly at his deadly tacit hearing . There is then some nervous laughter as he smiles and says “ See ” while nodding his head ( as if to say , “ I told you so ” ) [ … ] The day after A SHORT VISION was shown on The Ed Sullivan Show to what was reported as a 37.2 in the ratings , the New York World - Telegram and Sun ran on its 2nd page the blaring newspaper headline “ Shock Wave From A - Bomb Film Rocks Nation ’s TV Audience . ” And if the headline was n’t enough , just below it was a grisly three - panel graphic from the face melting sequence .
you’re able to read more about Ed ’s terminal - metre antics over atCONELRAD Adjacent . Also delay outthe testimonialsof people who were wigged out by A Short Vision .
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