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Goodman Ace Quotes: TV—a clever contraction, derived from the words Terrible Vaudeville. We call it a medium, because nothing's well done.
         

TV—a clever contraction, derived from the words Terrible Vaudeville. We call it a medium, because nothing's well done.


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