Build a Better Mousetrap [SEP] series
Build a Better Mousetrap
Build a Better Mousetrap is the twenty-first episode of the third series of the 1960s cult British spy-fi television series "The Avengers", starring Patrick Macnee and Honor Blackman. It originally aired on ABC on 15 February 1964. The episode was directed by Peter Hammond and written by Brian Clemens.
Plot.
Cathy joins a motorcycle gang. Steed investigates an atomic plant which appears to be causing mechanical failure within a 2 mile radius. The gang and Cathy mention to Steed that
Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door
"Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door" is a phrase attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson in the late nineteenth century. The phrase is actually a misquotation of the statement:
According to some sources, the current phrasing of the quotation didn't appear until 7 years after Emerson died. Thus, in 1889, Emerson was credited with having said
It is unclear who deserves credit for the phrasing