tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438559177675541367.post3126620260250395069..comments2024-03-28T11:38:44.676-05:00Comments on Phil Are Go!: Stewart-Warner Television - Your theater of the clown world.PhilAreGo@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05719815455502184849noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438559177675541367.post-12378428466100762272011-06-02T07:02:23.107-05:002011-06-02T07:02:23.107-05:00Holy crap, Crapman! Culture? I'm not sure wher...Holy crap, Crapman! Culture? I'm not sure where to file that fact. The Minister of Culture and Fanciness desk has been vacant ever since The Great Poetry Collapse of '07, when our previous MCF was crushed under an unabridged set of William Shatner's sonnets.<br /><br />Thanks for the obscura, Non-Mouse! Thanks for keeping us sharp.<br /><br />-Mgmt.PhilAreGo@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05719815455502184849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438559177675541367.post-52572913412087666162011-06-01T21:09:57.199-05:002011-06-01T21:09:57.199-05:00'tis the clown from the opera Pagliacci, likel...'tis the clown from the opera Pagliacci, likely singing the amazing aria Vesti la Giubba. Apparently there was a production of Pagliacci filmed for television in 1954.<br /><br />I couldn't find the 1954 video, but here's one from a 1952 TV show http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdxPXr6s8NE<br /><br />All the best from your local opera source,<br />non-mouseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438559177675541367.post-64691734051507912072011-06-01T08:06:53.784-05:002011-06-01T08:06:53.784-05:00I did see an instrument panel pop up in the search...I did see an instrument panel pop up in the search results when I was looking for residue of SW's existence. Didn't know they invented the zerk. Because of dad's engineering geekdom, I knew what a grease zerk is when I was single digits old. Genius, that. That's a fine piece of trivia that a simple Google search didn't show me.<br /><br />Also, Stewart-Warner was yet another Chicago company making TV's. See? We used to build stuff here. It'd be interesting to find the old plant and see what's there now (not really but possibly).<br /><br />Thanks for the car lore, Craig!PhilAreGo@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05719815455502184849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438559177675541367.post-82563503451735592042011-06-01T07:41:27.913-05:002011-06-01T07:41:27.913-05:00WARNING: BORING
Stewart-Warner was never a big de...WARNING: BORING<br /><br />Stewart-Warner was never a big deal in TVs, but they were a huge deal in automotive instrumentation.<br /><br />They were also the original producer of the "zerk" grease fitting. Before the zerk fitting, you had to take things apart to apply grease to them. The Zerk fitting allowed mechanics to use a grease gun to squirt grease into steering knuckles, u-joints and Moe Howard's face.Craig F.http://yankeedriver.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com