Episode 16: TV Dreamland




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Summary: When TV producer Phil Savenick started collecting vintage TVs and TV memorabilia, he didn’t anticipate that he’d end up with what he now calls a “dreamland of televisions” in the living room of his West Los Angeles home — or that he’d end up helping the family of the man who invented TV heal some old wounds.<br> See more of Phil’s TV Dreamland <a href="http://www.homestoriesla.net/phil-savenicks-tv-dreamland/">here</a>.<br> You can learn more about Philo T. Farnsworth <a href="http://www.byhigh.org/History/Farnsworth/PhiloT1924.html">here</a>. I also recommend Jeff Kisseloff’s excellent oral history of the early days of television, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Box-Oral-History-Television-1920-1961/dp/1491054050/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1470181680&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=kisseloff">“The Box.”</a><br> Music by <a href="http://www.podingtonbear.com/">Podington Bear</a>:<br> <br> * <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Pensive_2/Puzzler_1745">“Puzzler”</a><br> * <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Driving/QuasarGroove">“QuasarGroove”</a><br> * <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Tender/Towl">“Towl”</a><br> * <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Duets_1372/Hard_Won">“Hard Won”</a><br> * <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Solo_Instruments/Crow">“Crow”</a><br> * <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Tender/Wellness">“Wellness”</a><br> <br> Thanks to <a href="http://www.tvisok.com/">Phil Savenick</a> and Janis Hirsch.<br>