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Monday, April 28, 2008

What’s the Frequency, Felix?

“RCA Engineers tested the Transmissions of a television signal in 1928. They daily trained their cameras on a Felix the Cat doll, making him TV’s first regular star!”

— C. Yoe (in the funny papers)

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This entry was posted on Monday, April 28th, 2008 at 12:05 am.
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3 Responses to “What’s the Frequency, Felix?”

1. Michael Burton Says:
   
   April 28th, 2008 at 1:53 am

   The doll didn’t do anything; it just stood there, thus planting the seeds of Hanna-Barbera Studios.

2. D. J. David B. Says:
   
   April 28th, 2008 at 11:46 am

   Man, that has to be the most valuable action figure ever! Or, inaction figure, as the case may be.

3. Super I.T.C.H » Blog Archive » D. J. David B. Spins Comics-Tunes: It’s The Year Of The Cat Says:
   
   August 30th, 2010 at 8:52 pm

   [...] mentioned Felix The Cat on this blog several times before, including here, here and here. Felix was there at the very beginning, even before Mickey Mouse. And Felix continues to be a [...]

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