Tl;dr: The full list of who is in consideration to be hired for Star Trek: The Next Generation April of 1987, a memo was sent to the Head of Network TV at Paramount setting out candidates for Star Trek: The Next Generation. My favorite part was Wesley Snipes was in the running for the part of Geordi, a role ultimately …
A Personal Letter From Steve Martin
Tl;dr: Steve Martin responds to fans with a template. It’s smart As a celebrity, you reach a certain point when it gets hard to stay connected with your fans. It is just too much to manage. So do you red pill and ignore everyone or do you blue pill and figure out how to stay personal? Steve Martin found a …
An idiot of the 33rd degree
Tl;dr: Mark Twain sent a letter to a snake oil salesperson and was not polite. I love it I get pissed off easily. So did Mark Twain. In November of 1905, J. H. Todd, a salesman attempted to sell bogus medicine to Mark leaflet delivered to his home. Mark received the medicine called “The Elixir of Life” which could cure …
Nikola Tesla discovers radio
Tl;dr: Nikola Tesla discovers the foundations of the radio In 1899 in his Colorado Springs laboratory working with his magnifying transmitter, Nikola Tesla observed a series of unusual rhythmic signals which he described as “counting codes.” He detected cosmic radio signals for the first time but believed them to be attempted communications from an intelligent life-form on either Venus or Mars. …
David Bowie’s first fan mail from America
Tl;dr: The first resp0nse to fan mail David Bowie made to a fan in the usa at 20 years old David Bowie is super famous and dead. But you start somewhere. At 20 he was just about to make a dent in the music scene as wasn’t a big deal. When you become a big deal, well, being famous is …