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Stooky Bill, the Ventriloquist's Dummy Who Became the First TV Star

An unidentified man (possibly John Logie Baird) holds Stooky Bill (left) and another ventriloquist’s dummy used in Baird’s first TV transmissions. John Logie Baird made history by transmitting the ...
BBC

'Mr Baird was so excited that words didn't come': The office worker who became the first person ever to appear on TV

A century ago, on 2 October 1925, the Scottish inventor John Logie Baird successfully transmitted a recognisable moving image of a human face. The original TV star was a young office worker, William ...
Electronic Design

The First Color TV is Older Than You Think

Insight into John Logie Baird and early television experiments. How Paul Nipkow’s scanning disc paved the way for mechanical television. Why electronic systems replaced mechanical television. When ...
Mental Floss

Stooky Bill, the Ventriloquist’s Dummy Who Became the First TV Star

One hundred years ago, John Logie Baird successfully transmitted the first clear TV image: the unsettling grin of Stooky Bill. An unidentified man (possibly John Logie Baird) holds Stooky Bill (left) ...