Off to See the Wizard: An Analog Tech Story - JONNICOM
40*Watching with auto-captions may be a good idea! I cleaned up the audio as best I could, but it may help to read along!*
When I met Joe, I intended for this video to be a documentary about his day to day shop operations. But what it turned into was much more. From Joe's history in electronics, to the history of CRT televisions, video games, pinball, vintage audio equipment, and more... we covered all sorts of interesting topics in this one. I hope you enjoy the story. I think it's a special one, and I hope you watch to the end!
Wizard Electronics: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61556911560177
00:00 Jonnicom Intro
00:12 Video preface/Story time/Update
03:08 Welcome to Wizard Electronics!
04:34 Meet Joe!
05:14 How Joe first got into electronics tinkering...
07:13 Joe's introduction into the amusements business...
08:12 "A gift from God."
08:41 Storybooks? No. Manuals? Yes!
09:10 Element of Surprise.
10:41 CRTs vs. Modern TVs.
11:28 Young people, old tech.
11:56 Why has vintage tech made a comeback?
13:00 Alice Cooper.
15:20 Vintage quality vs. modern quality.
17:06 Joe's favorite movies.
18:25 Joe's favorite tech to work on/Seeing how things work.
21:33 "Lightning, and fires, and explosions, oh my!"
23:03 Video games!
24:26 Silent Hill 2
25:20 A special brand of nostalgia.
26:52 Time Machine.
29:07 Forever Physical.
29:47 RetroTink.
32:15 The inspirational ending/Finding a friend.
34:01 Credits/Patreon/B-roll