English comedian Eric Sykes (1923 - 2012, left) reviving the 'mass shaving machine', a nineteenth century invention, which can shave a dozen men at the same time, on an untransmitted pilot show for a proposed television series called 'Brainwaves', 28th October 1960. The series, in which unusual inventions from the 19th century were recreated, was never broadcast. (Photo by Ken Howard/BIPs/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
