The Typewriter Report
Stan Freberg here on the gradual disappearance of the typewriter in a computerized world. Kinda sad. I've never been far from a typewriter since I started writing at 17. Be right back. [:60 SPOT BREAK]
Freberg again. As I write this on a Macintosh computer, I still have a couple of typewriters on the premises. But that's nothing compared to TV writer-producer extraordinare Stephen Cannell, creator of shows like "The A-Team", "Wiseguy", "Hunter" and "(The) Renegade", and who writes only on a typewriter. He just bought 150 typewriters from a studio who converted to computers. That way, I guess, he can write a different show on every typewriter.
My sci-fi pal, Ray Bradbury, also writes only on a typewriter.
One of the things wrong with writing on a computer is there's no satisfying "clackity-clack" of the keys. There's software you can buy that supplies that sound in the background, but that's not the same thing at all, is it?
Stan Freberg here.
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