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The scene:
a Colorado saloon; enter a Hyatt
billiard ball salesman. Now, we only know of
this curious event, the only recorded failure
of Hyatt's billiard balls, because the saloon keeper wrote
to the company afterwards, to complain
about what happened the day a mysterious stranger
rode into town, and walked into his bar,
carrying a funny looking case
a Colorado saloon; enter a Hyatt
billiard ball salesman. Now, we only know of
this curious event, the only recorded failure
of Hyatt's billiard balls, because the saloon keeper wrote
to the company afterwards, to complain
about what happened the day a mysterious stranger
rode into town, and walked into his bar,
carrying a funny looking case
Full Transcript
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The scene:
a Colorado saloon;
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enter a Hyatt
billiard ball salesman.
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Now, we only know of
this curious event,
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the only recorded failure
of Hyatt's billiard balls,
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because the saloon keeper wrote
to the company afterwards,
00:00:17.054 --> 00:00:18.895
to complain
about what happened
00:00:18.895 --> 00:00:21.499
the day a mysterious stranger
rode into town,
00:00:21.499 --> 00:00:25.554
and walked into his bar,
carrying a funny looking case.
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Movie Summary
Follow James Burke through the history of science and technology in this collection of 10 1-hour episodes, starting with "The Trigger Effect."