Awake Out There! - Big Brother's Cameras
Airdate:
Friday - July 22, 1966
WOR Show Original Airing
First Line After Theme Ends
You're not putting me on, that's a real question dad . . .
Show Description
1984 - The book by George Orwell
"Big Brother is Watching You"
"Now, I've had a thesis for a long time, for what it's worth, that almost anything that comes into being, that is an eventual evil, is always hailed as a new discovery in good." JS
A story about a major city that has 24 hour a day, automatic, television surveillance so the police can see what's going on.
"You know there is a peculiar, undeniable, fascination that you feel for observing other people at a distance" JS
Shep tells about his friend Jerry who has a color TV camera set up on his roof and can zoom in and pan across rooftops blocks away. And with sound!
Notes
Shep mentions that it is Friday
Geogre Orwell Links: www.ucsolutions.com/nef/index2.htm