the two original text smileys, :-) to indicate a joke and :-( to mark things that are not a joke were invented on September 19, 1982 by Scott E. Fahlman, a research professor at Carnegie Mellon University's Department of Computer Science.
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Mr Bill? I remember seeing some really warped cartoon called "Get Well Soon, Mr Bill." He was a little plasticine man who was kind of unlucky as I recall.