Wednesday, July 20, 2005

I didn't know he was still alive.

Gerry Thomas, the inventor of the TV dinner, has died of cancer at the age of 83.
The first Swanson TV Dinner - turkey with cornbread dressing and gravy, sweet potatoes and buttered peas - sold for about $1 and could be cooked in 25 minutes at 425 degrees. Ten million sold in the first year of national distribution.

It was fast and convenient, and fit nicely on a TV tray in the living room, so that you didn't have to drag yourself away from your favorite television show.

There will now be two to four-and-a-half minutes of silence in his honor, following which let us stand for another two minutes. Ding!

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