Nickelodeon Theatre
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
United States
November 19, 2019 10:15am CST
The Term Nickelodeon was not first coined by the popular children's television network here in the US. The term originated at the turn of the 20th century, between 1905 and 1915. It was only a nickel (5 cents) to catch a show.
The "Nickel" part of the name was due to the price being only 5 cents. However, "odeon" comes from ancient Greek " odeion" which is a roofed over theater.
In 1949 the term would take on a new meaning. Stephen Weiss and Bernie Baum wrote "Music! Music! Music!" with the lyric "Put another nickel in, in the nickelodeon". In this case, a "nickelodeon" is a coin slot music / jukebox.
Source: Google / Wikipedia
(reworded by me)
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
19 Nov 19
I thought it was kind of cool. I used to watch Nickelodeon when I was a child in the late 80's early 90's, that's what caught my eye when researching.
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@amitkokiladitya (171988)
• Agra, India
20 Nov 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum this is good. I son also loves watching tgem
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
20 Nov 19
@amitkokiladitya I think my nephew (Who is 19) might also still watch cartoons, but I am not sure.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
19 Nov 19
It's interesting. It would be cool if they brought this back, if only for a limited time, and if only showing films that are very old.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
19 Nov 19
i feel like I'd heard something about it before, but didn't know the exact info on it.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
19 Nov 19
The earliest movie theaters were called nickelodeons.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
19 Nov 19
Yep, I didn't know that. Kind of a cool name for it.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
19 Nov 19
Cheap in our standards, but I bet a nickel was still pretty expensive for those times.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
19 Nov 19
@samysotelo18 I was trying to find the different prices for things in that period but I couldnt' find anything in my preliminary search.
I feel like I've read before that a nickel was the cost of a dozen eggs at that time.
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@samysotelo18 (7743)
• Mexico
19 Nov 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum Oh yes that's right, I forgot about that lol
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