Eric and Mary
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The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This Australian series from 1956 is an early TV talk show. Hosts Eric Pearce and Mary Parker chat with guest artists on a Melbourne station. It aired in a short 15 minute slot on Wednesday evenings.
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What happens
Eric and Mary is an Australian television programme which aired in 1956. It was one of the earliest Australian-produced television series. It was an "informal programme with guest artists", likely an interview show, hosted by Eric Pearce and Mary Parker. It was broadcast on Melbourne station HSV-7. The station began broadcasting on 4 November 1956, and Eric and Mary debuted a few days later on the 7th. Broadcast in a fifteen-minute time-slot at 7:15 PM on Wednesdays, the series had no competition in the time-slot when it debuted, as there were no other television stations in Melbourne until 19 November 1956 when ABV-2 began broadcasting. On 21 November 1956 the series competed in its time-slot against ABV-2's broadcast of Miss Pilgrim's Progress, a 1950 British film. Later episodes competed against American music series Florian Zabach and later by American sitcom The Life of Riley. It was preceded on HSV-7's schedule by a fifteen-minute newscast and followed by American series The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Personal Column- More like this series, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.