that's my great uncle by marriage you are talking about there! cool it!

While I'll agree that Edison was a shitbag for other reasons, in truth this was a circus elephant that had killed 3 people and was going to be killed by it's owners anyway.

They originally wanted to hang it with a crane but Edison convinced the owners to let him electrocute it instead. Really this most dickhead thing about this is that is was a promotion for Edison's almost unworkable DC power-transmission.

Right! Edisooooon, when will you answer for your crimes and history be revised to reflect that in fact you wafdfvgfbg sorry about that, I had to light a new candle.

Stop it, guys.

He's completely in the right. I can't count the number of times I've only had three minutes to prepare an elephant roast for the Bilderburg Group summer luncheon. Bravo, Mr. Edison!

Zaw, a few thing:

1. Edison didn't invent the light bulb, the general design was made by English chemist Humphry Davy in 1809. Edison's particular design was from patents he bought in 1875 from Henry Woodward and Matthew Evans. The light bulb has many fathers over more then 100 years of development before it became practical, Edison's bulbs weren't even particularly good ones.

2. Most cities had good gaslight infrastructure, and with a gas mantle they provided light that was brighter, cheaper and more reliable then electric light in the late 19th century. It was only because electricity could power other household items that the light bulb took off in the 20th century.

I'd like the fact that I 5-starred this video to be taken into consideration when I claim that I'm not really mad at a guy for killing an elephant in black and white a hundred years ago.

What I'm really annoyed about is the lack of sound. That must have been something else.

Back then you could do anything you wanted to an animal. He could have shot it with a cannon. "Elephant vs 18 field gun" would have been the coolest movie ever.

ZTC: For sound, play http://www.poetv.com/video.php?vid=27085 in the background

I think you mean this clip: http://www.poetv.com/video.php?vid=30523

Marx: Jesus, you're right. Let's get to the Supreme Court.

She actually supposedly never made a sound. He had poisoned her first so she was likely already dying.

More like: take that, Westinghouse

Take that thousands who were executed by electric chair because this convinced a few people it was more humane than hanging.

I still don't get why we stopped using guillotines. They're simple, they're cheap, they're quick, they're painless, they're effective, and they give French families a way to pass the time on a hot summer day. Seriously, if we're going to have the death penalty, why do we need all this fancy crap?

A total douchebag. He tried to get the electric chair to be named the Westinghouse.

no way! whatta dick!