TV

From Wittypedia

Imagine a small square man who sits in the corner of the room entertaining you. That is not a TV... but may well be the entertainment media of The Future. (if you are on the cutting edge of entertainment and really must have the latest widescreen set then substitute the square man for one with much broader shoulders).

Invented by, and named after, Terry Venables it was initially designed for hair dressing salons as a way for people to see how the back of their haircut looked. However, they soon saw the mass market potential of the device and eventually managed to get one into every home, swapping them for the mirrors in the corner of the living rooms that were used for entertainment in the olden days. It took five years before some bright spark at the BBC (Barbershop Broadcasting corporation) realised that if they gave all the left over mirrors to the hair dressers it freed up the airways and they could show something other than the back of peoples heads on TV. In a quirk of fate and also due to the popularity of reality shows there has been a call to bring back the 'back of heads' channel as a more interesting alternative to Big Brother.