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THE GREAT MULLARD MAGIC BLOG — MRS FUTURA

MRS FUTURA TALKS TO ALEXA IN 1946

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MRS FUTURA TALKS TO ALEXA IN 1946

Just feast your eyes on this Mullard advertisement from 1946.   Mrs Futura looking at a thin screen TV, may we presume this to be an LCD one even?  As we all know, the first wall-mountable TV used LCD technology and was introduced by Sharp Corporation in 1991 and was a whopping picture frame size of 8 inches, followed a year later by a 17 inch model.   Amazing that Mullard predicted this some 45+ years ago! But that's not all, she is speaking in an Alexa-esque manner to the TV intent on ordering roses. All predicted by Mullard some 68...

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