"Silicon Valley Story" — a Very Short Romantic Comedy by Ted Nelson
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A short romantic comedy by Ted Nelson about the 'microcircuitry of love', with Doug Engelbart as his father and Stewart Brand as the villainous CEO.
Mentioned in Nelson and Engelbart threads as a curiosity with amusing cameos by computing pioneers.
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""" "Silicon Valley Story" — a Very Short Romantic Comedy by Ted Nelson A playful story about the microcircuitry of love, with Ted Nelson as an absentminded genius, featuring Doug Engelbart as Ted's father and Stewart Brand as the villainous CEO. Closing song: "Information Flow", sung by Donna Spitzer and the auteur. """ [VIDEO]
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On the topic of videos involving Brand and Engelbart, they make amusing cameos in the film by Ted Nelson, which I recently stumbled upon. "Silicon Valley Story -- A Very Short Comedy" [VIDEO] [note: brief NSFW moment from 2:10 to 2:25]