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From the 1928 booklet, "[http://www.telegraph-office.com/pages/telegram.html HOW TO WRITE TELEGRAMS PROPERLY]":
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Now a [[Discredited Trope]]; International Morse Code uses .-.-.- for periods. Or you could just [[Technology Marches On|send a text message]].
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* ''[[The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck]]'', chapter 4
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== [[Film]] ==
* In ''[[¡Three Amigos!|Three Amigos]]'', the title characters receive a telegram from Mexico STOP They confuse a "Stop" in the message for a STOP and think that "the infamous El Guapo" sent the message, but they are actually supposed to stop El Guapo (the leader of a gang of bandits) STOP
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* In ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band|Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'' the protagonists receive a telegram from BD Hoffler, president of Big Deal Records STOP
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* ''[[It's a Wonderful Life]]'': Sam Wainwright sends a telegram from London when he hears George is in trouble STOP Ernie reads it aloud, including the stops STOP
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* In ''[[The Sound of Music]]'', Liesl sends the telegram "Dear Rolf. Stop. Don't stop!" STOP
== Jokes ==
* There's a Polish joke back from the Communist era: Poland was dependant on deliveries of natural gas and oil from the USSR. One day, Polish ice hockey team has defeated the USSR team at the Olympics. The next day, the Polish government receives a telegram from the USSR government:
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== [[Literature]] ==
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* Pops up a few times in ''[[A Series of Unfortunate Events]]'', as the characters begin communicating via telegram often late in the series.
* ''[[The Phantom Tollbooth]]''. There's no sound in the Valley of Sound, so you get this:
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* ''[[Blackadder Goes Forth]]'', episode "Major Star": Used as a joke by Blackadder to insult [[Charlie Chaplin]], and in the same episode Chaplin took revenge in the same format STOP
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'''Captain Darling:''' We received a telegram from Mr Chaplin himself at Sennett Studios: Twice nightly filming of my films in trenches: excellent idea STOP But must insist that E. Blackadder be projectionist STOP P.S. Don't let him ever... STOP. }}
* Used in the episode "The Late Captain Pierce" of ''[[M*A*S*H|Mash]]'' when Hawkeye sends a telegram to his father to let them know he is alive and safe. He even recites his intended message to Klinger, using TELEGRAM SPEAK STOP He also integrates the STOP directions into his message.
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* ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]''. Tuvok and Paris are on the holodeck playing "The Adventures of Captain Proton" (a [[Flash Gordon Serial]]-[[Expy]] character).
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'''Tuvok:''' Stop. Please summarise the message. }}
== [[Machinima]] ==
* This is a [[Running Gag]] on ''[[Red vs. Blue]]''.
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== [[Theater]] ==
* In the musical ''[[Crazy for You]]'', Bobby receives a telegram from his mother and reads it out loud.
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** Later this exchange occurs:
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'''Zangler''': Stop?
'''Polly''': Stop.
'''Bobby''': You sound like my mother. }}
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* ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' examples:
** Used in the ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' short ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akAEIW3rmvQ&t=6m00s I Wanna Singa]'' STOP A receptionist receives a telegram from a sleazy deliveryman STOP She reads it and the camera pans away STOP
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** [[Looney Tunes]] ''The Hardship of Miles Standish'' had a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsFMKMUvFxo#t=3m40s singing telegram].
* ''[[Pinky and The Brain]]'' had one in their parody of ''[[The Third Man]]'':
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** Pinky, as narrator, comments that it took him a long time due to all the stopping.
* Lots of it in ''[[Balto]]'' during the Nome-Juneau transmission scenes.
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== [[Web Animation]] ==
* From ''[[Homestar Runner]]'':
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