The Evil of CBS?

Recently a local blogger had posted that he is "no fan of the Columbia Broadcast System (given their logo's resemblance to the eye of Sauron, Dan Rather, and all...".

The Lord of the Rings was originally written as a novel, the first vision of Sauron was first illustrated in a 1978 animated fantasy film produced and directed by Ralph Bakshi. There you can find the character of Sauron as a human form. It wasn't until the 1980 animated TV special "The Return of the King" did they show Sauron as an Eye. Finally in 2001-2003 Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" film trilogy shows both forms.

Here's where it all gets weird, the CBS logo unveiled it's "eye" logo all the way back in 1951 (play dramatic music here). Only 29 years before the vision of the evil "eye of Sauron" was first displayed. The CBS symbol was inspired by the hex symbols resembling the human eye drawn on Pensylvania Shaker barns to ward off evil spirits. If you want to learn more "It's All Here!

So, next time you choose to convert your mind to a vegetative state with some wholesome television, don't be afraid when you see the CBS eye staring into your soul. It's only scaring AWAY the evil spirits.