Monday, April 28, 2008
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What is the this news bulletin’s claim to fame ?
Identified by: pratap , Dibyo , Keerthi Kiran M , Atul Mathew , Rohan , Arun Krishnamoorthy , shivathilak , priyananda , yaksha , and RajT.
Complete answer by: Rahul, varuns88, Tathagata Chatterjee, Sandesh, udupendra, jayanth, duriel, Ginkgo100, and Ajay Parasuram.
And piezocake is just weird.
pratap, Rahul, Dibyo, Keerthi Kiran M, Atul Mathew, varuns88, Rohan, Arun Krishnamoorthy, shivathilak, Tathagata Chatterjee, Sandesh, jayanth, priyananda, duriel, udupendra, Ginkgo100, yaksha, Ajay Parasuram and RajT
Show Answer
This is an Orson Welles-directed rendition of War of the Worlds on CBS radio on Halloween day, 1938. Millions of viewers didn’t hear the first part of the program, and hence missed the disclaimer that it was fictional. They panicked thinking the martians were actually invading, and much hijinks followed. Hear the complete show at The Internet Archive.