Brewster Rockit by Tim Rickard for May 18, 2015

Answer: “A candle.”Next question: “What went off over the head of the inventor of the guillotine?”

Here’s a mystery, did Philo Farnsworth have any idea what his invention would ultimately lead to?

Now I know how Paul McCartney came up with “Yesterday”, and John Lennon with “In My Life”…

redlandz, Ha! Serves him right….Wonder how Kalashnikov died…..

Did you know that the can opener was invented about 50 years after the invention of the can? (I know it’s off topic.)

It is a good question: how did we visually portray getting an idea before the lightbulb? And who thought of using a lightbulb as a symbol for an idea?

What did they call a photographic memory before the invention of the camera?

Love the expressions on everyone’s faces

Brewster and Ted’s Excellent Adventure…

A light bulb went off over Edison´s head. Then he grabed it and presented it as his own.

After reading the comments, thought I would do a little research. First, the light bulb was invented about 50 years before Edison. Neither Edison or Tesla invented it. Edison promoted DC (batteries), Tesla promoted AC (wires). It wasn’t the light bulb they fought over, it was the means to power said bulb. Finally, Tesla was best at inventing, Edison was best at marketing. They both kind of needed each other, one to make the product, one to sell the product.

It was an idea for a light bulb, so it was a light bulb.

Except Edison did NOT invent the light bulb. Oh Brewster…

Ted looks more like a member of the Kanamits. Someone should check him for cookbooks.

Yesterdayland?? Oh I can’t wait to see that! It should prove to be QUITE INTERESTING! :-D

Yeah, I invented the screwdriver 42 years before anyone invented a screw.Geez

well that’s an easy one. a Candle, of course.

Well since he invented it, the first lightbulb. Unfortunately, every idea before that was celebrated with a candle, so inventors and philosophers were treated as human fire hazards.