[lit-ideas] Re: Size 9B
- From: Donal McEvoy <donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 21:59:46 +0000 (GMT)
"All suits were dismissed, except for a claim for a
pair of black men's shoes"
I know they were less enlightened times, but the idea that black men then had
to have separate shoes is new to me. Even at the height of apartheid etc.
Donal
Ldn
On Wednesday, 30 October 2013, 21:25, "cblists@xxxxxxxx" <cblists@xxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Today is the 75th anniversary of The Mercury Theatre on the Air's
(in)famous broadcast of THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, directed and narrated
by Orson Welles. The ensuing panic is legendary.
An interesting anecdote from the Wikipedia entry:
"Many listeners sued the [CBS] network for 'mental anguish' and
'personal injury'. All suits were dismissed, except for a claim for a
pair of black men's shoes (size 9B) by a Massachusetts man, who spent
his shoe money to escape the Martians. Welles insisted the man be paid."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Worlds_(radio)
Chris Bruce,
who wears a size 10, in
Kiel, Germany
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