"Farnsworth's" invention

Hi Aaron -

I hope you're enjoying yourself in Utah.

I just read your entry on Aaron Sorkin and Farnsworth. I saw the show Saturday night.

I love Broadway in the abstract, which probably enters into my value judgments of shows. We live about 100 miles from NYC, so I go when I can. Like the old line about sex, even the worst I've seen was pretty good.

I thoroughly enjoyed Farnsworth.

You are totally right in your assessment of the stock market crash sequence. In this show, actor's timing was everything. That was especially true of Hank Azaria, who reminded me of George Burns (his voice, breaking down the fourth wall, his timing).

What I really wanted to tell you was, the story told by Sarnoff about Astronaut Pete Conrad's passing 'salute' to his neighbor, Mr. Fitzhugh... it didn't happen. It's a story mostly attributed to Neil Armstrong which probably originated in a gag from Buddy Hackett!

Geoff Fox