The pre-rehearsal, pre-opening buzz for The Farnsworth Invention on Broadway continues to mount, with this short interview with Hank Azaria — set to play the role of David Sarnoff — in New York Magazine: Q: You’re always so likable in your performances—is it going to be a challenge to play a bad guy? A: My […]
The announcement we’ve all be waiting for: Link: Aaron Sorkin’s Farnsworth Invention to Open on Broadway in November. Aaron Sorkin photo by NBC.com "The West Wing" creator/writer Aaron Sorkin will make his return to Broadway this fall with his first play in almost two decades, The Farnsworth Invention, Playbill.com has learned. A casting notice lists
Link: binnall of america : audio. A few weeks ago I did a radio interview with Tim Binall for his "Binall of America" website. It’s an ultrarare alternative history episode of BoA : Audio, as Paul Schatzkin joins the program to discuss his book, "The Boy Who Invented Television", the amazing story of Philo T.
I recently posted an item here about the Early Television Museum in Hilliard, Ohio. This morning somebody sent me a link to this clip of footage from a convention and swap meet at the Museum in 2003. Interesting stuff… a rapid fire look at “pre-historic” television. See www.earlytelevision.org for more information. A DVD video of
A new video has been added to the FarnoVideos Library: Here we see Cliff Gardner building the replica of the Image Dissector tube that was used in the "Golden Anniversary" celebration in 1977. Cliff, who was Philo Farnsworth’s brother in law (Pem’s brother), was the self-taught glass blower who built all the tubes that were
…and you don’t need any kind of card to gain access. This is actually one of the things I’ve been wanting to do for some time; Over this past weekend I finally got all the video clips I’ve had lying around for years uploaded to YouTube so that I could present them here in a
