Talk:John Houghtaling

A fact from John Houghtaling appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 June 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that John Houghtaling created the Magic Fingers Vibrating Bed, which reached its peak of popularity in the 1960s, earning US$2 million in gross revenue each month, 25 cents at a time?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2009/June.

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IJ X files

Mentioned in Infinite Jest, "subsonic vibrations that arpeggio up and down your body and make your bunk jiggle like a motel bed you’ve put a quarter in." and seen in the X-files https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5OCS-tuPDg&t=0m45s
QuentinUK (talk) 11:01, 21 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Air Force service

It is not clear to me form the obits cited that he was a pilot, as one of the categories indicates. The fact that he was a gunnery instructor suggests that he may have been a gunner, not pilot. Any information about this?Bill (talk) 02:40, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]