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Show The Salt. Lake Tribune TELEVISION C7 Thursday, September5, 2002 TV Marks 15 Years, ButIts Inventor Remains Forgotten BY FRAZIER MOORE THE ASSOCIATEDPRESS NEW YORK TV goes nuts for anniversaries. Take last May, when NBC aired specials celebrating 75 years as a radio and television network, 20 years of *“Must-See TV,” and a decade each of Angeles: “THE DAMNED THING WORKS!” It worked just like Farnsworth had imagined when, as a 14-year-old farmboy already obsessed with inventing television, he had been plowing a field and realized an image could be scanned onto even as its boss, David Sarnoff, tried to crush The a picture tube the same way: row by row. Last Lone Inventor (aptiy dubbed by a recent Farnsworth biography of that title). It's 2 version of history that NBC, which Sarnoff founded, clearly Farnsworth would be denied credit, fame and wealth befitting the father of the world’s most powerful communications tool His sole appearance on nationaltelevision was “The Honeymooners.” How about celebrating the birth of television roped pine here It seems to have the networks’ notice, but Saturdayis the 75th anniversary of the first demonstration of television. Making it —_— was Utah-born Philo T. Farnsworth, who, hardly a jousehold name, remains television's invisible a8 a mystery guest on the CBS game show “T've Got a Secret” in 1957. He fielded questions from the celebrity panelists as they tried in vain to guess his secret (“I invented electronic television”). For stumping them, Farnsworth took home ee ae How ironic. In this media-savvy age, not only should his name be as widely known as Edison's but his long, lean face with the bulbous brow should be as familiar as any pop icon’s. setting: his modest Francisco lab where, on Sept. 7, 1927, the 21-yearold self-taught genius transmitted the image of a horizontal line to a receiver in the next room. Later that day, he wired one of his backers in Los Saturday would have been a great day for TV to tell Farnsworth’s story. 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People are respond. ingin ways. Your feelings are legitimate, too, Don't forget oa you find ra in the company HARRIETTE COLE cuse yourself and leave people who want totalk about the tragedy, re ctfully bow out. Ex group. If they ques) thon you about your them a to discuss their feelings, but you don’ wane yourself itude, while need Dear Theresa: Kather than ending yourrela tionship, do sumeresearch. Start with yourself Are you having any dental or medical problems that might haveaffected your breath? Mouth sensitivities are just as valid as 0others’ odor can definitely be a turn-off. Has he had any changes in his health? Dear Harriette: My boyfriend and I have been dating for 9 months. I am52; he is 54. In the be perienced a breach in intimacy on any other Jevel that might have prompted disconnection ginning of our relationship he was very affec prome Meio me- the time emmany in bed beginning luring our lovemaking. Kissing is extremely intimate. Have you ex: between you? Have you talked to your boyfriend about your feelings? Haveyou told him that you miss Then,after a couple of months,it stopped, My kissing him and asked him whyhestopped? boyfriend has many good — very kind, sharing, considerate, laid-back disposition, since you both enjoyed kissing very much in the beginning of your relationshi whatever | want to do, go, buy, is always fine with him. We havea greatrelationship, except! am missing the kissing. [ broke up with hin for 5 weeks and found | was miserable without him. Since we've been back together, we have been Closer than ever but the kissing i» still not there, What do you think of this situation? Theresa, Dallas, Texas ™ atte sd rite ip, something ve happened to make him withdraw _*®¢® probing until you find out atten Cole's “Sense and Sensitivity”col Thursdays and Saturdays Email HHa arriette at askharrlette@ harrtettecole. com | | |