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I remember when Steve Jobs died
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Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

I remember when Steve Jobs died, the next time I talked to hershe said, "I'’m surprised...

I remember when Steve Jobs died, the next time I talked to her
she said, "I'’m surprised you didn'’t call when Steve died." And I was like

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I remember when Steve Jobs died,
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the next time I talked to her she said, "I'’m surprised you
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didn'’t call when Steve died."
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And I was like...
Duration
10 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:43:23
Uploaded
Jun 12, 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.
She really, really identified with Steve Jobs - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:11
She really, really identified with Steve Jobs
And Steve Jobs'’ story of being adopted, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
And Steve Jobs'’ story of being adopted,
But on that particular day, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:09
But on that particular day,
Her mother gave her up ostensibly for economic reasons. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
Her mother gave her up ostensibly for economic reasons.
But I think my mother tracked her down and found out - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
But I think my mother tracked her down and found out
I think that, that early sense of abandonment - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
I think that, that early sense of abandonment
But she still held those, you know, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:10
But she still held those, you know,
She had, I think, heightened and unrealistic standards - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
She had, I think, heightened and unrealistic standards
[distant cheering] - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
[distant cheering]
Lift off, and it has cleared the tower. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
Lift off, and it has cleared the tower.
I think maybe initially she made efforts. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:04
I think maybe initially she made efforts.
I mean I would visit some and she was friendly, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
I mean I would visit some and she was friendly,
Everything had to be together. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:04
Everything had to be together.
I remember her saying, "Oh, you know, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:11
I remember her saying, "Oh, you know,
There was no sense of sort of being a family with them, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
There was no sense of sort of being a family with them,
Gossip usually affirms some sort of a norm - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:13
Gossip usually affirms some sort of a norm
And who decides what'’s normal, and I think maybe - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:12
And who decides what'’s normal, and I think maybe
If I would disagree with her, I'’d get blasted. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
If I would disagree with her, I'’d get blasted.
And Michael said, basically, she was like that, too. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:04
And Michael said, basically, she was like that, too.
We would have a six-hour argument with her. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:04
We would have a six-hour argument with her.