- published: 19 Sep 2013
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Telegraphy (from Greek: τῆλε têle, "at a distance" and γράφειν gráphein, "to write") is the long-distance transmission of textual or symbolic (as opposed to verbal or audio) messages without the physical exchange of an object bearing the message. Thus semaphore is a method of telegraphy, whereas pigeon post is not.
Telegraphy requires that the method used for encoding the message be known to both sender and receiver. Such methods are designed according to the limits of the signalling medium used. The use of smoke signals, beacons, reflected light signals, and flag semaphore signals are early examples. In the 19th century, the harnessing of electricity led to the invention of electrical telegraphy. The advent of radio in the early 1900s brought about radiotelegraphy and other forms of wireless telegraphy. In the Internet age, telegraphic means developed greatly in sophistication and ease of use, with natural language interfaces that hide the underlying code, allowing such technologies as electronic mail and instant messaging.
Actors: Lisa Shamata (miscellaneous crew), Timm Zemanek (actor), Laurel Bresnahan (miscellaneous crew), John Welsman (composer), Anna Rane (miscellaneous crew), Edwin Avedissian (miscellaneous crew), Louis Gossett Jr. (producer), R.D. Reid (actor), Louis Gossett Jr. (actor), Louis Gossett Jr. (actor), A.J. Cook (actress), Catherine Currie (miscellaneous crew), Dan Petronijevic (actor), Vic Sarin (director), Fred Kamping (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: A fortyish cancer-stricken, emaciated Frank Crosby and his fifteen-year-old son Clay, who is the healthful, youthful image of his father, are spending an afternoon enjoying the atmosphere of Venice Beach. They enter Oddities, a store where the gypsy woman owner gives them a pair of special wingtip shoes. Later that night in the hospital where Frank lay dying, he shares with Clay his memory of a postcard image: a golf course where people are playing and are leisurely sipping tea. Frank dies and leaves behind a distraught family: Clay, his little sister Maggie, and their mother Janice. Clay wistfully goes to his father's closet and finds the wingtips from earlier in the day. Putting them on, he is transported back in time and becomes his father as a child. He discovers he can travel back and forth in time just by putting on or taking off the shoes. Clay learns a great deal about his father's early years and is eager to learn more...
Keywords: cancer, death-from-cancer, father-son-relationship, gypsy-woman, magic, magic-shoe, time-travelSince you've gone - I'm all alone - Stop
Just can't make it on my own - Stop
Operator, did you get the line
Rush a cable for I've got no time -
Gotta send a Telegram
Telegram to my baby
I'm gonna send a
Telegram
Telegram
And then maybe
He won't keep me yearnin'
Tonight he'll be on his way
Tomorrow he'll be here to stay
Help me
Ma'am
I can't wait another day
Please forgive the things I said - Stop
Didn't mean to make you sad - Stop
Operator, I'll pay any rate
If my message will not be too late
Gotta send a Telegram
. . .
I was such a fool to let him go
Too proud to show that I love him so
Gotta send a Telegram
. . .
Help me, Ma'am