none other than alexander graham bell stepped forward to help. bell, a young restless genius had invented the telephone just five years earlier when he was only 29 years old. 1881, the telephone had earned him some money and a lot of -- -- a lot of fame but he wanted nothing to do with the company that he grown up around it. he said it was hateful to him at all times and that it fettered him as an inventor. worse even than the business was the lawsuits against the telephone. there were 600 lawsuits against him, five of which went to the united states supreme court. finally, bell had had enough. he said he was sick of the telephone and he quit the bell telephone company. bell just wanted to help people. he had lost both of his brothers to tuberculosis before he was 24 years old. both his wife and his mother were deaf, and he knew that he could make life better for people, maybe even save lives. but he worked so hard that his parents and his wife were terrified that he literally woodwork himself to death. when he was working he wouldn't stop to eat

alexander graham bell. correct. march madness for $400. rachael.

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america invented the telephone, thank you, alexander graham bell. america invented the lightbulb.ison showed his office in 1873. america invented the television for better or worse. in 1927, america invented the laser. in 1960, the personal computer, and jazz, and baseball, and basketball, and america invented the cotton gin and the blood bank and blue jeans. we have a lot to be proud of in terms of stuff we came up with before anybody else. america also, it might surprise you to know, invented the cocktail. we didn't invent booze. as soon as homo sapiens stumbled upon rot, we discovered booze. but this country where we invented the cocktail, we invented it in maybe 1800-ish. i know just who to ask. after it was started here, we developed a new strand of culture how to drink and drink well. and that was unrivaled by any other nation on the earth. but then we killed it dead on purpose. prohibition turned 95 this year. it holds this weird, unique place in american history. it's something that all of us, democrat and republican, young and old, drinker and teetotaler alike, we all gro

america invented the telephone, thank you alexander graham bell. the lightbulb.owed his off. we invented the television, the laser in 1960 the personal computer jazz baseball basketball and america invented the cotton gin, the blood bank blue jeans. we have lots of stuff to be proud of. america also invented the cocktail. not booze, as soon as huh mans stumbled on rot, they had booze welcome but in this young country we invented the dock take. spirit or water, sugar or something sweet, bitters? we invented it in the 1800sish. then we set about developing culture that was about how to drink and drink well. drink and drink well. and that was unrivaled by any other nation on the earth. but then we killed it dead on purpose. prohibition turned 95 this year. it holds this weird, unique place in american history. it's something that all of us democrat and republican, young and old, drinker and tea totaler alike, we all grow that it was a terrible idea. it was a terrible idea for all the obvious policy reasons, but it was also a bad idea because it didn't stop us from d

america invented the telephone, thank you, alexander graham bell. america invented the lightbulb. off in 1879 by 1883 we had general electric. america invented the television for better or worse. in 1927, america invented the laser. in 1960, the personal computer, and jazz, and baseball, and basketball, and america invented the cotton gin and the blood bank and the skyscraper and blue jeans. we have a lot to be proud of in terms of stuff we came up with before anybody else. america also, it might surprise you to know, invented the cocktail. we didn't invent booze. as soon as homo sapiens stumbled upon rot, we started figuring out booze for even the earliest civilizations on earth. it was in this young country of ours where we invented the cocktail. the spirit liquor water sugar or something sweet, bitters. the cocktail. we invented it in maybe 1800ish. i know just who to ask. after it was started here, we developed a new strand of culture how to drink and drink well. and that went along for a century or so unrivaled by any other nation on earth. but then we killed it dead on purpo

telephones, alexander graham bell. all of the major inventions were invented by american genius, not of very powerful corporations but of the american genius of the american people. and what we have always had, however is a situation where big guys did try to steal the creativity of the little guy. but in our country they couldn't get away with it. in our country, the philo farnsworths knew that they would be protected if they created something that uplifted their fellow man. so americans and american genius was put to work as never before in any country's history to make sure ordinary people and especially our working people in our factories, in our companies could be competitive with those factories and companies and the workers overseas. our people don't work harder than the people overseas. that's not what made us a great country. the fact is people work really hard all over the world, especially in third-world countries where people live in utter poverty. they work really hard but it is the technology that has put