Comments on: Philo Philes

By: Old News: Philo Philes

Old News: Philo Philes — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:37:22 +0000

[...] (Slightly abridged; originally published November 17, 2002.) [...]

By: The Farnsworth Invention

The Farnsworth Invention — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 21:29:54 +0000

[...] If your name is Aaron Sorkin, you are stealing my bit! [...]

By: jeffwik

jeffwik — Mon, 06 Dec 2004 06:54:33 +0000

He was 14, in a city with a population greater than six thousand for the first time in his life, had his twelve-year-old little brother in tow, and had just driven in from the cornfields of Iowa. I think he was probably too busy gawking and picking his jaw up off the ground to mug any nerd.

By: robotnik

robotnik — Mon, 06 Dec 2004 06:48:48 +0000

That rules! Did your grandfather punch Philo and take his lunch money? (I know, that post talks about how much I like Philo, and I still do, but I also think he was a bit of a nerd.)

By: jeffwik

jeffwik — Mon, 06 Dec 2004 06:41:54 +0000

I’m two years late, but: my paternal grandfather met Philo Farnsworth at the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair. At least, I’m pretty sure he did. He definitely saw an early electronic television set in action.

By: robotnik

robotnik — Sun, 17 Nov 2002 20:24:39 +0000

Operators are always standing by to take your book orders & requests. Especially when you wine & dine us like you did tonight. Yummm.

By: jeregenest

jeregenest — Sun, 17 Nov 2002 18:15:50 +0000

mmm…should have read this before you came over so I could extort more books from you.

By: editswlonghair

editswlonghair — Sun, 17 Nov 2002 11:59:23 +0000

I smell a cool rollicking good old time-travelling Adventure! game, I don’t know about you…

By: mgrasso

mgrasso — Sun, 17 Nov 2002 11:40:16 +0000

About five years ago, I wrote the script for a comic book called “Channel Ocho,” about two crypto-TV-archaeologists that searched for mythical “lost” TV shows. Sort of a Planetary meets Nick-at-Nite kinda thing. The hero and his nemesis were named Farnsworth and Zworykin, after Philo and his main rival. Maybe I should dig that puppy out of mothballs.

That is such an odd and beautiful idea… I love it!