stackyFACTSWhen radio broadcasts first featured a famous speaking dummy, listeners somehow forgot it was a purely vocal medium. They became bizarrely terrified of the wooden figure, completely missing the sheer absurdity of enjoying a silent trick over the frequencies.
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