One of a kind Wax Cylinder breaks on camera
jessieawebbCited 3× on HN, 2016–2021
comedy · general · evergreen · 2016–2021 on HN
A roughly one-minute TV clip in which a guest accidentally breaks a rare, one-of-a-kind wax cylinder recording on camera.
Shared as a darkly funny moment of televised schadenfreude in threads about early audio formats and cylinder archives.
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3 comments from Hacker News
Everytime I see articles of these wax cylinders I always think of this video on Chris Pirillo’s old show: ▶ this video 30 second video but kind of entertaining depending on your taste in humor.
I can't help but think of one of my favourite moments of televised schadenfreude when audio cylinders get mentioned. ▶ this video
I was watching G4TV back in 2002 when this happened: ▶ this video A museum curator (I believe) is a guest on the TV program and showing a rare one of a kind wax cylinder Edison phonograph recording when tragedy happens...