Don't let someone with shaky hands handle a priceless item!

[audiodrome]

Poor guy!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=HqZWsJ2oO_E

[Michael]

none of a kind now!:D Ouch!

[alanb]

Funny.

[Dudley Morris]

Sad.

[audiodrome]

Does anyone know exactly what it was that broke?

[JohnBeas]

I remember watching that live - I felt terrible for the guy but I had to laugh! I don't think they ever said exactly what was on the cylinder.

[Hawkman]

He did start to say the F word but the quickly changed it to the more common and slightly less troublesome S word. :D

[Hawkman]

Same host...completely loses control of himself..

http://youtube.com/watch?v=MW00cTIs7dM&feature=related

[kpbalog]

Interesting...He-man actually broke the "priceless" item prior to it falling to the floor...bummer, nonetheless...

[Michael]

Does anyone know exactly what it was that broke?

an Edison Cylinder.

[sporkadelic]

I am not a cylinder expert, but most likely it wasn't really a one-of-a-kind item. Early cylinders and home recordings are originals, but most cylinders that exist nowadays were mass-produced. Still, if there's anything worse than one of your records breaking, it's when you break it yourself.

[sporkadelic]

He did start to say the F word but the quickly changed it to the more common and slightly less troublesome S word. :D

Yeah, that's the funny part. You can't say the S-word on television either! Oh well, maybe it was cable...

[Michael]

You can't say the S-word on television either!

or here.:D

[guy incognito]

This is reminiscent of that classic Bob & Ray routine with Wally Ballou visiting the glass fruit factory (http://wfmu.org/listen.ram?show=14592&archive=19224&starttime=1:54:08&endtime=1:57:18).

[mr_mjb1960]

I think I can recall one more-Lucille Ball in a Department Store giving salesclerk Mel Blanc a case of acute Indigestion after breaking some expensive dishes mistakenly thinking they were UN- breakable in an episode of "Here's Lucy" ( dunno which episode,tho'...anyone know?) Michael Boyce