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DonnaHar
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Talk about who did what great thing....
« on: Sep 30th, 2006, 9:10pm » |
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but, who invented the ever-famous Smiley Face?
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Re: Talk about who did what great thing....
« Reply #1 on: Sep 30th, 2006, 9:19pm » |
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Two brothers named Bernard and Murray Spain, in the same year I was born, 1970. 
This is my fave smiley ever...
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« Reply #2 on: Sep 30th, 2006, 10:01pm » |
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Harvey Ball desighned the first commercial smiley face in 1964 for $45.00.
The Spains were the ones who created the fad in 1970 by adding the words "Have a nice day" and copywriting it.
A whole fad industry arose around the smiley generating about 50 million dollars in the first 2 years of sales with patches and buttons.
Used to have one on my levis back in the day.
I cant believe the smiley wasnt around when the "happy birthday song" was invented.
Who wrote that??  Have a nice day!
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« Reply #3 on: Sep 30th, 2006, 10:08pm » |
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on Sep 30th, 2006, 10:01pm, MJ wrote:Harvey Ball desighned the first commercial smiley face in 1964 for $45.00.
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I stand, er... sit corrected.
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« Reply #4 on: Sep 30th, 2006, 10:10pm » |
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on Sep 30th, 2006, 9:10pm, DonnaHar wrote:| but, who invented the ever-famous Smiley Face? |
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The Balls of Las Vegas, of course. 
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« Reply #5 on: Oct 1st, 2006, 5:53am » |
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and here was me thinking it was Forrest Gump
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« Reply #6 on: Oct 1st, 2006, 7:33am » |
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Helen you beat me to it. I thought it was Forrest Gump also.
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« Reply #7 on: Oct 1st, 2006, 7:48am » |
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LOL Barb, I think we should go with GMTA what do you think?!
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Re: Talk about who did what great thing....
« Reply #8 on: Oct 1st, 2006, 8:00am » |
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Birthday song:
The melody of "Happy Birthday to You" was written by American sisters Patty and Mildred Hill in 1893 when they were school teachers in Louisville, Kentucky. The verse was originally intended as a classroom greeting entitled "Good Morning to All". The version as we know it was copyrighted in 1935 by the Summy Company as an arrangement by Preston Ware Orem, and is scheduled to expire in 2030. This was the first copyrighted version to include the lyrics. The company holding the copyright was purchased by Warner Chappell in 1990 for $15 million dollars, with the value of "Happy Birthday" estimated at $5 million. [1] While the current copyright status of the song is unclear, Warner claims that unauthorized public performances of the song are technically illegal unless royalties are paid to them. It is not completely certain who wrote the lyrics to "Happy Birthday to You".
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« Reply #9 on: Oct 1st, 2006, 8:28am » |
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Me.
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« Reply #10 on: Oct 1st, 2006, 8:38am » |
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well, for the luvva........I thought it was Ree's turtle.
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« Reply #11 on: Oct 1st, 2006, 8:39am » |
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And........I thought it was Charlie who invented the Smileys............duh! on me.
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« Reply #12 on: Oct 1st, 2006, 5:11pm » |
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Tim the turtle is a great fan of the happy face
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« Reply #13 on: Oct 1st, 2006, 5:19pm » |
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Rock on Tim! Get that big toe workin'.
Who knows the song that starts.....
A chickadee swung
from a grapevine that hung
from the limb of a buttonball tree.......................?
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