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Word: ocular (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Though Olsen & Johnson did poorly on radio in the 1930's, they are confident about their TV future because "all our gags are ocular." The audience-under constant attack from live piglets, cakes of ice, skirt-blowers, chorus girls and clowns -has always been an integral part of their act. The comics have not yet quite solved the problem of framing their wide-ranging madhouse on TV's small screen. By using five television cameras (instead of the two or three used on most TV shows), Olsen & Johnson think they will be able to get the visual intimacy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio & TV: Laugh Factory | 7/11/1949 | See Source »

...These famed couplets, to the certain knowledge of men of wide ocular experience, are as misleading as most generalizations. It has now been scientifically indicated that men definitely prefer girls, as well as men, who wear glasses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Glasses and Passes | 10/4/1943 | See Source »

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