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"Fifty years ago, last Sunday..."
"I thought the Kennedy thing was last Friday."
"Yes, its' Fiftieth Anniversary was last Friday.
The Kennedy thing was the most controversial murder
in the history of the United States. He was the first President
to be born in the Twentieth..."
"Then what is last Sunday the anniversary of?"
"The first live murder on American television.
The man arrested for killing the President was murdered by Jack Ruby.
It was broadcast live from a basement in Dallas, Texas."
"A murder in real time on TV. Sounds like a snuff film.
How exciting! Is that where they got the idea for the Murder Channel?"
"Murder Channel?"
"It's also known as the CCN–The Car Chase Network."
"Does your Grandmother know about that network?"
"I am partial to the things that Granny Tina does not know?"
"Strange...Fifty years ago, last Sunday.
There were only three networks on television:
ABC, CBS, & NBC. They all shared one camera
in that Dallas basement. All the video footage
of the live murder was in black & white."
"Yes, that is strange, Uncle Paul.
But are you sure it wasn't fifty centuries ago?
Was this murder the most profound live murder on TV?"
"Only if the events of September 11, 2001 were created
on a Hollywood backlot. Otherwise 9/11 is the only day
profound enough to be remembered as a fraction."
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"I just thought of something, Uncle Paul."
"What is it, Alicia?"
"Both the assassination of the President and the murder
of his killer happened in November of 1963 which is the same
as 11/63 but if you add the digits of that year
and put the sum in front of the month, you get 9/11.
Is that a coincidence or is that mathemagic?"
"I think it's a sign this conversation has gone too far
through the looking glass, Alicia. We better go home
before somebody dials 9-1-1."
"I thought we were waiting until Granny Tina
got back from Nordstroms."
"Give me your cell phone, young lady."
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