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In 2012, a podcast host who wanted to interview Tom Hanks sent a 1934 Smith Corona to the actor as a gift when requesting the interview. Within days, Hanks resp

• Overtonwindow 10y ago
  His response was awesome! That was a nice typewriter too.
• at-fates-hands 10y ago
  I like how they added the transcript - you know, just in case.
  • hn_user2 10y ago
    Actually is an awesome touch for accessibility.
  • roghummal 10y ago
    It can really help when the letters are handwritten.
    • Qu4Z 10y ago
      Or when the user agent doesn't have images (screen reader, console-mode browsers, text-only archives in the future).
      • arnarbi 10y ago
        Or when you only remember phrases from the letter and you want Google to find it for you.
• egb 10y ago
  I think that may have been Chris Hardwick's inflection point for going mainstream. At least that's when I first heard about him...