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Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

Nothing ever in our lifetimesdid we expect this to happen

[cheering] Nothing ever in our lifetimes
did we expect this to happen

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Nothing ever in our lifetimes did we expect this to happen.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
16
Timestamp in Movie
01:11:55
Uploaded
Jun 10, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, history
Production
End Cue,Electric Chinoland,C41

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Movie Summary

For over 30 years, Marion Stokes obsessively and privately recorded American television news 24 hours a day filling 70,000 VHS tapes, capturing wars, talk shows and commercials that show us how television shaped the world of today.
It feels like, um, it feels like anything is now possible. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
It feels like, um, it feels like anything is now possible.
Yes we can, yes we can, yes we can, yes we can! - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
Yes we can, yes we can, yes we can, yes we can!
[audience cheering] - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
[audience cheering]
She was absolutely determined - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
She was absolutely determined
And she'’s like, "Did you eat that already?" - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
And she'’s like, "Did you eat that already?"...
She told me,"Frank, if I'’m like your mother, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
She told me,"Frank, if I'’m like your mother,
It'’s just that I'’m upset with you." - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
It'’s just that I'’m upset with you."
Tanqueray martini, very dry, straight up with a twist. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
Tanqueray martini, very dry, straight up with a twist.
If she didn'’t want to drink it all, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:04
If she didn'’t want to drink it all,
[indistinct television remarks] - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:11
[indistinct television remarks]
And that'’s what made me notice she was a person, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
And that'’s what made me notice she was a person,
To have that connection withsomebody to just hold your hand - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
To have that connection withsomebody to just hold your hand
Richard, the driver, Anna the aide, and myself, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
Richard, the driver, Anna the aide, and myself,
I was quite pleased with that surrogate family. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
I was quite pleased with that surrogate family.
I'’ve got a deep level of affection for those people - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:16
I'’ve got a deep level of affection for those people
I remember my daughter saying to me, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:10
I remember my daughter saying to me,
It'’s just, it's hilar... I told her, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:16
It'’s just, it's hilar... I told her,
"I'’m not sure what I did wrong, but I need you to forgive me - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:09
"I'’m not sure what I did wrong, but I need you to...
The same sentiment as Arizona saying - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:16
The same sentiment as Arizona saying
It was becoming harder and harder to find VHS tapes, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
It was becoming harder and harder to find VHS tapes,