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The first thing she did give mewas an Apple computer
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Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

The first thing she did givemewas an Apple computer

The first thing she did give
mewas an Apple computer

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The first thing she did give mewas an Apple computer.
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4 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:42:08
Uploaded
Jun 10, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, history
Production
End Cue,Electric Chinoland,C41

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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 was very interested in us using it - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:11
She was very interested in us using it
She had multiple versions - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
She had multiple versions
Well, Ted, Apple Computer says it expects profit margins - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
Well, Ted, Apple Computer says it expects profit margins
She really urged the family trust - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
She really urged the family trust
I think her first purchases were at about $7 a share. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
I think her first purchases were at about $7 a share.
And she'’d insist they hold Apple stock - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:10
And she'’d insist they hold Apple stock
It definitely increased both the family wealth - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
It definitely increased both the family wealth
"Here'’s to the crazy ones, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:22
"Here'’s to the crazy ones,
One of her other sons - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
One of her other sons
I remember when Steve Jobs died, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:10
I remember when Steve Jobs died,
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.