I just wanted to know how Nickelodeon created their name? does is have some specific meaning or is it a radom word or mash of words?
2006-07-12 16:04:32 · 6 answers · asked by jrw51156 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
The origin of the name Nickelodeon comes from two words,
The first word is Nickel, meaning 5 cents,
The second is Odeon, which was a old English movie house.
The Nickelodeon was an invention of the early 1900'S. It was a machine, with a handle, that the viewer cranked. The viewer put there eyes up against a glass. As the viewer cranked the handle, individual frames of pictures, would flash by. The appearance, was that of a moving picture. The Nickelodeon was a machine, that showed a movie, cartoon or serial adventure for 5 cents.
2006-07-12 16:51:26 · answer #1 · answered by Kipper 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
An early movie theater charging an admission price of five cents.
A player piano.
A jukebox
2006-07-12 16:07:37 · answer #2 · answered by USuck79 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It had to do with the old movies that cost a nickel to enter
2006-07-12 16:07:01 · answer #3 · answered by That Guy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From a jukebox that you put a nickel in to hear music.
2006-07-12 16:06:46 · answer #4 · answered by Toddacanda 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-07-12 16:07:35 · answer #5 · answered by investing1987 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-07-12 16:06:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋