Philo Farnsworth: The Electric Whizz Kid
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How is this comment a week old lol
Ok I'm really excited I saw this... my grandfather worked with Farnsworth on the color tv. He later went to GE and worked on the apollo program at NASA. No one knows who Farnsworth was. I have a who's who book from the 60's with my grandfather listed on the farnsworth team. From what I understand my grandfather is in some museum somewhere relating to farnsworth. Anyways this just made my day!!!
RIP Dr. W.J.F.
Have you ever considered doing a video on Ayn Rand?
Please do Biographics episodes on Jacque Fresco & Buckminster Fuller!!!!!!!!
Great video you have some issues with sound on this one echoing a lot
"The patent office ruled in favor of Farnsworth."
"Good news, everyone!"
Philip J. Fry & Bender: "Oh Crap..."
Yeah! Usually or almost always the bastard corporation wins.
Farnsworth is my mom’s uncle. She said that when she’d see him at family dinners, he was always “that weird uncle” who was lost in his own world, dreaming up new inventions instead of talking to anyone. She was just a kid, and didn’t understand what a freakin’ huge deal he was.
He died before I was born, so I sadly never met him.
hi, we're related!! haha... mormons
Lils Bee - OMG, what a small world. 😄
Cool
Hubert Farnsworth from the show Futurama is a descendant of your uncle :D
That's awesome! He really seems that kind of extravagant genius. Thank you for sharing!
1926, true television is invented. One channel and there was nothing to watch.
2020, television has advanced beyond our wildest dreams. 2000 channels, and still, there's nothing on.
I have about 300 different games on steam but I have nothing to play
and it's all because of a freakin' mormon.
That’s why we’re here! 😀
Nearly endless amount of movies and series in Netflix, HBO and Amazon Prime with more added constantly but there's still it's so hard to find anything to watch.
As someone who lives in Fort Wayne, I'm pretty sure the reason for his breakdown was living in Fort Wayne.
My grandfather and mom is from fort wayne... funny story. My step dad is a pilot, my mom and me were on a check flight with him. He plotted a course to fort wayne, announced we were landing and did a touch and go... it's the only time I've been there. My mom goes thank God, I thought we would have to get out and walk around.
@@jboss119
Fort Wayne should be capitalized
It's a name
Starman Bowie Please leave
@@starmanbowie5506 if you have been there you would understand the small case letters.
I wouldn't doubt it. But times were different back then so what we are living through might be worse. Who knows though. The only reason im still here is for my kids and grandkids.
I was hugely disappointed when you said "we need to introduce one of Farnsworth's chief adversaries" but the next words out of your mouth were not "Ogden Wernstrom"
Morbos1000 Wernstrom!
Apparently, this video's audio was haunted by the Ghosts of Simons Past.
I’d like this if it wasn’t already at 69
@@youdontsay11 nice
I live in Fort Wayne Indiana and the house that he had here is still standing. There is a big sign out front that honors him. I made sure to take my children there when they were younger so they know who was really responsible and I hope to do the same with my grandchildren.
11:51 simon.exe has stopped working
"The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones that do."
Truth
I am sure he knew how smart he was early on, when no student could compete with him.
yep dead right
How have I never heard of this guy? I've spent hours of my life staring at his invention!
Years*
@@famepaint years have hours in them
I havent watched this yet but all that is in my head is FUTURAMA and his yelling about GOOD NEWS EVERYONE! and when he is yelling about his wheel chair..its the one with the whhheeellss on it!
Thank you!!! I had to scroll threw the comments to make sure I wasn't the only one! Lol
Sending people to their deaths.
@@richhozzy480 I know right me too!! I was also scrolling looking if anyone had said anything yet lol
It's not a wheelchair! It's the whone with the whheellls on it, but it's not a wheelchair!
I was thinking of the episode where the Professor is showing everyone his family tree and Philo Farnsworth is on it. It's the episode when they lick the heads and go back in time. If I remember correctly, the Professor says he invented TV, and as a bonus childhood obesity.
Anyone else having a weird echo effect
probably a botched overdub or edit. Simon is, after all, just a mere mortal. But we love him just the same.
Yea. Don’t sound like no echo though. Sounds like something they put in
They added a crossfade that was too lengthy on the edit points. Results in crosstalk everytime there's a cut. Editor should have used clean cuts or quicker crossfades
Or it's a purposeful joke about how older TVs use to crossfade.
Philo is one of my heroes. His grand niece lived in Melboune Australia for a couple of years about a decade ago. I met her but he died when I was a baby.
Now he changed the world- he sparked the competition between BYU and Utah U as later, Nolan Bushnell had to compete with Philo and BYU to create something as great.
I grew up across the street from Mr. Atari
The quote should be "2% inspiration, 98% stealing other peoples work"
I hear a lot of "So and So was the Tony Stark of their time" comparisons, so I feel it just needs to be noted that Tony Stark would be the Nikola Tesla of his time.
I used to hangout with his great grand nephew. He never shut up about him. Also, Beaver is referred to as Fillmore-Beaver. Just for your chuckles, guys
There's also a museum dedicated to him/TV in Rigby, ID.
I am related to him. His wife was present at our family reunions in the 80s. I was pretty young. But to this day our family still speaks about the two of them. My grandfather was John Farnsworth. I was surprised to see you covering him. I watch your channel often.
1:15 - Chapter 1 - Early power
4:25 - Chapter 2 - The birth of TV
10:10 - Mid roll ads
11:55 - Chapter 3 - Farnworth vs Zworykin
17:05 - Chapter 4 - 1 in 500 millions
Awesome video Simon! Thanks so much from Salt Lake City, UT just 18 miles northeast of Farnsworth Peak which is appropriately topped with transmission antennae for 19 local television stations! :-)
did he inspire the creation of Hubert Farnsworth from Futurama 😂
Yup, I think it's said that they're related in one episode
Maybe
@@MortRotu great zombie jesus.
In the Salt Lake City TV market, all the transmitters are perched high atop Farnsworth's Peak in the Oquirrh Mountain range.
Thanks for filling in old thoughts and remembrances from the past
Finally! This was one of the first guys I suggested right as you started the channel.
These shows are wonderful, thank you.
Well done, again. Thank you.
His work for Warehouse 13 also cannot be understated!
Another good one, thank you!
Please do videos on the following people:
1. Dennis Rader
2. Jack London
3. Upton Sinclair
4. Jack Ketchum
5. Jane Austen
6. Anton LaVey
And don't forget Jack Ketchum son Ash Ketchum
Also Tadeusz Kosciuszko!!
And Rancid Veeblefester! (What a guy)
His Fing-longer will be revolutionary.
That was a fascinating and marvelous life story, thank you for doing this mans life justice.
thanks, simon this vid made me cry, it' great
Great vid!
The first time I heard of him was the show "Sports Night" William H Macy was doing a monologue about his brother in law (Cliff Gardner), and how he taught himself how to blow glass, so Philo could make his television
The TV show 'Warehouse 13' honoured Farnsworth by giving the characters a miniature tele-communication device, fitted into a tin box, that was called a 'Farnsworth'.
Excellent video, about an inexplicably forgotten genius. Thank you.
That was a good show! I’ve got the entire series on DVD. It should have lasted a lot longer! Every time I hear his name, I think of Warehouse 13!
“The more I practice, the luckier I get”
Gary Player
Great stuff!
Always awsome and funny thanks keep up good work
The Whizz Kid sounds like some kid winning a spelling bee championship.
Or the nasty cheese whiz from the store. I was blessed, both of my parents refused to buy it. I'm thankful to this for them.
"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have."
-- Thomas Jefferson
As opposed to Thomas Edison who said "The harder OTHER people work the more luck I seem to have."
@@seanbrazell6147 Sadly true
@@seanbrazell6147 DAM! Nice Burn :D
@@seanbrazell6147 You can't really say that a slaveowner was living the opposite of that philosophy.
@@t.c.thompson2359 got 'em
Dang this guy seems as innovative as Volta and Faraday!
Good point! Nice channel btw.
yaay I'm happy you made a video about Philo
I like to think that I inherited my love for electronics from him.. building modular synths and playing techno
Really Great Video!
Futurama Professor Farnsworth was named after Philo. Philo even made a cameo in an episode where is the Professor was a distance relative.
I wonder how many good engineers were put in their graves early thanks to RCA's tactics. Absolutely inhuman monsters. Look up Edwin Armstrong's story.
THANK YOU TELLING ABOUT R C A TACTICS. STARTED IN ELECTRONIC TELEVISION 1948 RED HOOK BROOKLYN, FROM THERE TO ALLEN B. Du MONTH,EAST PATERSON NEW JERSEY(ELMWOOD N J)
Philo's grave is actually just down the road from me
Very cool
I always figured he was driven to invent this because the only thing of interest in Rigby is a sign saying the inventor of TV used to live there.
Great summary of a genius' life! Two small details: 13:30 the photo shows Zworykin holding an iconoscope, the camera tube, not a kinescope, the picture tube; 15:19 Zworykin's camera tube was called iconoscope, Farnsworth's, an image dissector (shown in photo).
It's truly amazing that I'm watching this bigraphical video about a Utah/Idaho farmboy that invented TV on my smartphone narrated by a British dude 5,000 miles away...astonishing times we live in really. Humanity doesn't really understand how good we have it, and how much better it can be in the future.
I truly enjoy your way of telling the history behind the all the famous people who made our lives worth it !!! You rock Simon Whistler !!!
another great video!. do one on Louis Riel plleeease
I'm joining the multiple requests I've seen a while ago - please do make an upcoming video about Tadeusz Kosciuszko! Definitely worth it, especially in light of what is going on in the USA right now
None of what he accomplished would have happened without the invention of the triode vacuum tube in 1906 by Lee DeForest. You might think about doing a Biographics on him as well.
thanks for the info:)
Fantastic. Excellent dissertation. Carry on Sir. Carry on. Be safe. Good health to you and your family. D
amazing stuff mate, keep up the good work! is there any chance you could do the next video about Tadeusz Kosciuszko?
I live within a mile of the Farnsworth house in Fort Wayne, IN. It's great to learn more of his history than the little bit of information on the plaque outside the house.
Hey! I live in Fort Wayne, Indiana! His home is a small museum in the historic district in town. I was waiting for it to be mentioned. Love the show, keep it up!
Here’s one thing you don’t have to worry about, Simon.
Your entertaining and educational videos will be used by schools for decades.
You truly put in a great deal of time and effort (and your team) to bring us facts that need to be shared.
i find it hard to believe a major corporation would engage in underhanded tactics in pursuit of profits.
Living in Idaho we learned about Philo in Idaho but I don't remember it as like remember it as being this thorough. Great job, very enlightening! 👍
with grammar like that, it shows you're from Idaho :)
@c ball *Shows. But I think you're missing the humor bro 🤦♂️
@@Mohawks_and_Tomahawks LOL. over his head i guess 🤷♀️
@@Mohawks_and_Tomahawks Ooooohhh You *Shows him LOL!!! c ball FAIL
@@Treron_Sinclair With all c ball's Wiseass education, He lost his funny bone LOL 😉
Excellent, as always. Thanks. Could I suggest Clark Gable or John Holmes for a Bio?
Yo, great vid would you take suggestions for the next one?
I'd love to see one about Tadeusz Kościuszko.
Hello Simon! I love your videos and all of your channels but I’ve never made a request I was wondering if you could do Israel Kamakawiwo'ole? The guy who sang Somewhere Over the Rainbow. I’d be really interested in his story! Thanks mate, Cheers!
Growing up in Fort Wayne, IN, in the 80s and 90s, I learned a lot about his amazing work in electronics. He is celebrated in our local Historical Museum, and his home, "The Philo T. Farnsworth House," is a historical site and just a few blocks from my house (a modest but beautiful home). Even though he only spent a portion of his life here, he is regarded as one of Fort Wayne's most honored citizens.
I have a Farnsworth console radio with AM and short wave bands. It works, too.
GOODNEWS EVERYONE!
To be able to at the end of your life, look back, and know that you've changed the world forever for the better must be a fantastic feeling
"better" hahaha, YMRA EHT NIOJ
Good news everyone!!
Please do one on Jan Smuts!
Simon, I don't know if I should be directing this at you or your editor, but I have 2 definitions for you;
Electronic: adjective
(of a device) having or operating with the aid of many small components, especially microchips and transistors, that control and direct an electric current.
Electric: adjective
of, worked by, charged with, or producing electricity.
They aren't interchangeable. You didn't use it wrong EVERY time, but, for example, I'm pretty sure he didn't make his mother's washing machine "electronic," but I'd be willing to bet he hooked a motor up to it, making it electric.
Otherwise, the video was awesome (as all of your videos are)!
awesome video Simon, do you think you could do a related video on Guillermo Gonzalez Camarena, the Mexican scientist who invented Color TV?
🔥👍👍👍👍😀 keep up the good work
Simon, could you do Constantine the Great and Augustus Caesar
Good news everyone!
Biographics can you make next video of Hideki Tojo?
Philo Farnsworth, the Bill Finger of TV.
We got so many cool people from Utah! We got Butch Cassidy, John Moses Browning, and now this guy! 😀
My great-grandmother knew Philo in Rigby as well as at BYU. She said he was a bit of an eccentric who was deeply obsessed with science.
don’t know if you’ve done one yet but i would love to see a biographics on Pazuzu Illah Algarad
"Watching the news in three dimensions". Where can I get me one of those?
That's it then. Simon has possessed my laptop.
Mine also. There are no radiators in the house where I live/work.. How do I chain myself to an airduct?
Simon! Do a Biographics on Sally Hemings!
Is there a way to put in a request? Would love to see a biographic on Michael Collins 😁
We want a Simon Whistler convention or conference!!! We want to meet the team! Let's make this a real thing
You should do a video on Claude Shannon who kickstarted the telecommunications age with his university masters thesis
yo simon, so many audio glitches in different places throughout this video. But enjoyed in none the less 😊👍
Philo Farnsworth is a distant cousin of mine. Well I mean when your family settled Utah, y’all are related 😂 But in all seriousness he truly was a genius and I hope people can appreciate his mind. Just like so many geniuses, substance abuse and other issues brought him down just before his death poor guy. But I think he was an amazing mind and an example of working hard for something and keeping at it even though resources to help in school weren’t there.
Could you possibly look into doing one about Johnny cash?
0:37 I believe you may be incorrect. I think he meant you have to keep iterating until it works, even if it takes 1,000 tries.
I'd love to see Simon spend more time on the Farnsworth-Hirsch fusor. It really is a fascinating device. There are a few people who have built them in their garage so to speak. A fusion reactor in your garage. Talk about geek cred.
Can you cover John Logie Baird plz?
Was there a glitch or have been binge watching this channel too long now..¿
Yes we did find it interesting
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He should have said:
Good news everyone! Electric television.
How about either Luis Garavito (not very well known I think) or Harold Shipman, both major league serial killers with really interesting backstories, definitely some content in there, particularly Garavito.
There were a lot of sound errors through this video...
Thanks for the knowledge though.
In the series Warehouse 13 they use a device that Farnsworth called a Farnsworth, a sort of visual cell phone.
Please quality before deadline!