The Creepy History of Edison's Talking Dolls
This video explores the history of Thomas Edison's late 19th-century talking dolls. While intended to be an innovative toy, the dolls were notoriously difficult to produce and often criticized for their unsettling, unintelligible audio quality. The clip highlights the manufacturing challenges faced at the New Jersey factory and the public's negative reception, which ultimately led to the product being pulled from the market shortly after its release. The video also touches upon early audio recording technology, contrasting the commercial failure of these dolls with the broader history of sound reproduction.
Fucking idiot. There have been paid singers since the dawn of time.
There's nothing scary about that.
I was anticipating getting Rick rolled.
My hairs stood up. Not out of fear. How do I explain this...the sensation is like a nail scratching on a chalkboard.
Singing Metallica before it was cool.
When something says "invented by Thomas Edison" it probably wasn't invented by Thomas Edison
Skip to 1:28 for the actual recording, it's a christian prayer that's supposedly stopping you from dying in your sleep.
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Hush little Baby, Don't say a word And never mind that noise you heard It's just the beasts under you bed In your closet, in your Head....
Almost 2 minutes when the actual information was maybe 10 seconds long. I fucking hate this cancerous modern editing. Here's the formula as far as I can tell: 1. Invoke interest "scary doll' 2. Specify why "scary voice over" 3. Tease 20 times that you get to hear the voice over b