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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 responded with this letter, typed on the Corona: http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/10/damn-you-all-to-hell.ht...


His response was awesome! That was a nice typewriter too.


I think that may have been Chris Hardwick's inflection point for going mainstream. At least that's when I first heard about him...


I like how they added the transcript - you know, just in case.


Actually is an awesome touch for accessibility.


It can really help when the letters are handwritten.


Or when the user agent doesn't have images (screen reader, console-mode browsers, text-only archives in the future).


Or when you only remember phrases from the letter and you want Google to find it for you.




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