Retrocast #43 - UI Podcast #260
Summary
Host Steve Silverman shares bizarre true stories, including a boy surviving a two-mile sewer journey through an Erie tunnel and Al Capone Jr. legally changing his name to escape his father's legacy. He also covers a mix-up between two James Smiths in Akron, Ohio. The episode features vintage news clippings about a nudist colony labor dispute and a footrace gone wrong. Finally, Silverman reveals the 1969 Honeywell Kitchen Computer as the first consumer home computer.
Topics discussed
Intro and sponsor ads for Nesquik and LifeLock
Wrong Jimmy Smith: License revoked due to name mix-up
Boy survives 2.5-mile journey through Erie sewer tunnel
Al Capone Jr. changes name to escape father's legacy
Question of the day: First consumer computer
Sponsor ads and vintage Maxwell House radio commercial
History of Maxwell House coffee and Good News radio show
Footnote: Balloonist's parachute fails mid-air
Footnote: 1905 article on yogurt as longevity food
Footnote: Nudist colony laundry bill dispute
Footnote: Runners led astray in road race
Footnote: Man gets free roof by mistake
Answer: 1969 Honeywell Kitchen Computer and outro
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