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# ZZ Top's Favorite Culinary Inventor
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/1767/
- Published: 2005-07-21T09:57:39.000Z
- Updated: 2005-07-21T09:57:39.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: Food and Drink, #wpChunk

> Gerry Thomas, credited with inventing the TV Dinner more than a half-century ago and giving it its singular name, has died at 83.

[Link](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2005/07/20/national/a091338D12.DTL&ref=thedailyeudemon.com).

A staple of Eric Scheske's life, age 10 to 16\. Oh, the nostalgia! Banquet chicken with the mixed vegetables, mashed potatoes, and apple pie. 45 minutes at 450 degrees.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ea/fd/eafdb338-c9b6-4f87-8363-78ab94cc3a18/content/images/wp-content/tvdinner.jpg)