philo became a primary provider for his family.is scientific pursuits, but with great perseverance, philo ultimately turned his ingenious sketches into reality, changing the world forever by creating the world's first fully functional electronic television. philo built technology not only when it was easy, but when it was hard. we know how to build great people here too. in 1940, alben and gunda borgstrom said farewell to their two oldest sons, boyd and clyde, as they went off to serve our country in world war ii. as was customary for the time, mrs. borgstrom hung a service flag in her window in thatcher, utah -- a flag with a white field and a red border. two blue stars were sewn in the middle. in 1942, she added another blue star for her son leroy, who joined the military as a medic. the following year she added two more blue stars for her twin boys rolon and rulon. they were just 18. she anxiously awaited the return of her 5 boys. in her own words, “the nightmare began on march 17, 1944. i answered the door and there was the wes

. >> seth: how -- what was your philo -- the rewrite table is, these are the sketches that have been [ laughter ] >> yeah. so, like, seth is a workaholic. i don't know what the opposite of that is. it's lazy? [ laughter ] and so, like, when i ran the table, we had different floors. he was up there working hard, getting the sketches all better. and i was, like, "i want to go home." [ light laughter ] i don't think they suffered from -- >> seth: i don't think so either. i mean, i will say there's something to be said for the first draft of comedy is often the best time. and you n over-rewrite something. >> yes. >> seth: where the joy comes out of it. >> yeah. >> seth: but you would also keep markings on the wall. i mean -- >> i did. i had -- my writer's room was downstairs, and i would try to beat my record every week. and -- >> seth: of how early you were done. >> yeah. [ laughter ] i had to, like -- we start at 1:00, and the earliest i got to was, like, 4:15. [ laughter ] which, if you know "snl," they used to go all the way to the next day. >> seth: yeah. >> but i -- i whipped throu