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Guest Martin Howard from 'California Typewriter'

January 19, 2021 • KCLibrary • Season 1 • Episode 6

Typewriter enthusiast Martin Howard, one of the subjects of Doug Nichol's 2016 film, California Typewriter, dials in to talk with Buddy. They discuss collecting, analog versus digital technology, and what it's like being filmed for a documentary.

FILM
• California Typewriter, Doug Nichol, 2016 (USA)
Documentary about mechanical/analog typewriter technology, history and culture

REFERENCES
• Antique Typewriters, Martin Howard's website
• Jeremy Mayer, portfolio website featuring typewriter assemblage sculpture
• Rotten Tomatoes, film review
• Telluride Film Festival, the venue where California Typewriter was first shown to the public
• Sholes and Glidden typewriter, a rare and historically important typewriter
• The Secret Life of Machines, British TV show about the history of household and office machinery
• Connections, British TV show about the history and science of invention

CREDITS
◦ Waldo – Branch Manager, Jim Poplau
◦ Digital Branch Manager, David LaCrone
◦ Graphic Designer, Levi Hoffmeier
◦ Editing, Buddy Hanson and David LaCrone
◦ Music, Franny Finstrom Clark
◦ Recorded in Kansas City, Missouri, 2020