Light Bulb Legend Gifts

Frank's trouble light lives up to its name.

' A good idea '

Edison: The Early Years,

'I think your father's had one of his big ideas...'

"Bonk!"

Dept. Sustainable Energy.

"Talk about energy efficient...every lightbulb in this house will outlive you!"

'Please Henderson - Not another one of your bright ideas!'

The Brief collaboration Alfred Nobel And Thomas Edison

'I'm sorry Martha, but I've fallen in love with a light bulb.'

"Bad news. Our heads aren't lightbulbs."

'Quick, Ted, get that one down on paper before you forget it.'

'Hey! I've just had a great idea! How about a light bulb...?'

Thomas Edison's brother Wilmer...couldn't even figure out how to turn on the light.

"We've made a few changes."

The beer idea.

Early Scientific Fraud: Young Thomas Edison Tried to Pass off a Container Filled with Fireflies as an Incandescent Bulb.

Still Lives: 'I just need to think of one bright idea and I'll be made for life!'

'Thank goodness you're here!'

"And God said, 'Let there be light.'" "CFL, incandescent or LED?"

Psychiatry. Everything seems so dark and gloomy! I just think you need an outlet!

Invention of the 3-Way Light Bulb.

How cartoons are helping the environment.

"Hey, Federson. Did you hear that someone around here has been stealing everybody's ideas?"

"Solar eclipse."

"You're way ahead of your time!"

Planting Bulbs.

Rabbit painting a chicken with a light bulb over its head

"My manager says that the new guy is brilliant."

'Environmentalist!'

'Cambridge dons of electrical engineering find a way to do toast without going to the buttery.'

Eureka!

"I'm afraid Mr. Edison is too busy to discuss your idea what you at this time. Please call again, Mr Fluorescent."

In the quiet moments that followed, Thomas Edison explores the full impact of his invention.

'So you think you're a 20 watt lightbulb! Not very bright, are you?'