702K views · Oct 10, 2008 · 0:34 · 0 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2016–2021
A roughly one-minute TV clip in which a guest accidentally breaks a rare, one-of-a-kind wax cylinder recording on camera.
Why Hacker News points people here: Shared as a darkly funny moment of televised schadenfreude in threads about early audio formats and cylinder archives.
“one of my favourite moments of televised schadenfreude”HN comment, 2018
“A museum curator (I believe) is a guest on the TV program and showing a rare one of a kind wax cylinder”
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...
“one of my favourite moments of televised schadenfreude”
I can't help but think of one of my favourite moments of televised schadenfreude when audio cylinders get mentioned. this video
“30 second video but kind of entertaining depending on your taste in humor.”
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.
