Rodrigues

I've mentioned him before:

https://wb9kzy.blogspot.com/2022/04/rodrigues.html

But a search on the term Loof Lirpa from the April 2025 QST April Fools article found this:

https://www.soundandvision.com/content/history-lirpa-labs

which led to this:

https://www.soundandvision.com/content/flashback-1958-if-not-charles

I had never known that Rodrigues also was in Stereo Review.  Of course the wonderful worldradiohistory site has a bunch of old Stereo Review issues:

https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Audio/HiFI-Stereo-Review.htm

There is also a book of the Stereo Review cartoons, see the link in the first post:

https://dynacotubeaudio.forumotion.com/t3051-charles-rodrigues-total-harmonic-distortion-cartoons-from-stereo-review

Here is his first cartoon in the first issue of what would become Stereo Review:

Here is a radio related cartoon:

And here is my favorite:

As I've mentioned before, sometimes the internet is still fun.

Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm