May 25, 2009
Idiots.
— srikanth @ 9:00 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1243285223 ) 
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Play Who’s this guy, and what’s special about this image?
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Cracked by udupendra , Mo , Dibyo , p vs np , AmK , Rithwik K , lordmaldy , nishansolo , Logik , malcaluffin , Rogi and byslexia.
Answer:
Philo Farnsworth, the american inventor. He invented the electronic television. Ironically, he only ever appeared once on TV, and this is a still from that appearance.
The Futurama charactr of Dr Farnsworth is named after him.
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May 25th, 2009 at 10:35 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1243290900 )
The only time Philo Farnsworth, the inventor of the TV has been on TV – in a game show titled ‘I’ve Got A Secret’
May 25th, 2009 at 11:32 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1243294346 )
Philo Farnsworth on tv, Farnsworth from futurama?
May 25th, 2009 at 11:53 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1243295588 )
Philo Farmsworth’s only appearance on TV, on the quiz show, “I’ve Got a Secret.”
May 26th, 2009 at 12:04 am, GMT +0000 ( 1243296269 )
That’s Philo Farnsworth, inspiration for the naming of Doc Farnsworth (notice the similarity in the size of their heads? Freaky..)
Ironically, being the inventor of the wholly electronic television system, he appeared only once on it, as a ‘mystery guest’ on the game show “I’ve got a secret”
May 26th, 2009 at 12:23 am, GMT +0000 ( 1243297381 )
Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of the television. This image is from the only on-air tribute he ever received in a 1957 appearance on the TV quiz show, “I’ve got a secret”.
May 26th, 2009 at 3:18 am, GMT +0000 ( 1243307918 )
The only on-air tribute Philo T. Farnsworth ever received from the industry he helped to create was a 1957 appearance on the popular TV quiz show, “I’ve Got a Secret.”
The character Professor Farnsworth on the popular animated series Futurama was named after him.
May 26th, 2009 at 5:00 am, GMT +0000 ( 1243314021 )
Philo Farnsworth, american inventor credited for, among other things, the idiot box.
The toon’s his part-namesake Hubert J Farnsworth from Futurama.
May 26th, 2009 at 5:48 am, GMT +0000 ( 1243316934 )
Philo Farnsworth, and the his first appearance on TV
May 26th, 2009 at 9:18 am, GMT +0000 ( 1243329499 )
Philo Farnsworth, after whom Hubert Farnsworth of Futurama takes his name.
May 26th, 2009 at 9:22 am, GMT +0000 ( 1243329757 )
About the specialty, “the first electronic television broadcast” ?
May 26th, 2009 at 11:03 am, GMT +0000 ( 1243335800 )
Philo Farnsworth, inventor of the first entirely electronic television.
Hubert J Farnsworth is the cartoon character which is based on him.
May 26th, 2009 at 6:19 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1243361967 )
A 1957 appearance on “I’ve Got a Secret” was the only time Philo T. Farnsworth was recognized as television’s inventor using television as the medium.
May 26th, 2009 at 7:26 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1243365991 )
Philo Farnsworth, inventor of Raster Scan based CRT dispalys. Although he was the man responsible for its technology, Farnsworth appeared only once on a television program. On July 3, 1957, he was a mystery guest (“Doctor X”) on the TV quiz show I’ve Got A Secret. He fielded questions from the panel as they unsuccessfully tried to guess his secret (“I invented electronic television.”). For stumping the panel, he received $80 and a carton of Winston cigarettes.