our first guest tonight is a talented young inventor who is revolutionizing the way college
kids get their beer well it's about time ladies and Gentlemen please welcome the inventor
of the beer launching fridge John Cornwell good to have you on the on the program tell
us a little bit about yourself where are you from I'm from Huntington Long Island Huntington
Long Island oh a local man well that's good to hear and you go to school aware I just
graduated from duke and we'll resetting there electrical engineering and computer science
right up your alley then isn't it and and do you drink a lot of beer uh I drink a lot
but I work you know harder than I drink I think yeah uh and in the past have you invented
other things I have uh the most notable was a tennis ball launcher that launches tennis
balls about 500 miles an hour whoa 500 miles an hour and this was a shoulder mounted tennis
Cannon is that correct that's me and what powered the tennis ball launcher uh compressed
there compressed air and the distance at 500 miles an hour how far could you get a tennis
ball to go there I'm not really sure about distance I do know it went straight through
a tennis racket yeah I don't think so and and did you sell many of those uh no I'm worried
about liability well I like the looks of that thing though it seemed like it might be a
lot of fun now did I get the scenario right uh tell us where the idea came to you I mean
I think it's a kind of idea a lot of beer drinkers have toyed with since the beginning
of time really yeah I think you hit the nail on the head I think most guys have been in
a really comfortable position on the couch you just don't want to get up and you'll want
another beer yeah
and and did the did the design come easily to you uh yeah I think that I've done a lot
of Robotics in the past I just see it in my head and and build it and and what what did
what was the expense involved here it was maybe 500 and 150 hours of work and people
say I'm a lazy person for you know I don't want to get off at the couch right sure yeah
no you really exactly yeah that's a lot of work yeah well the mother of necessity um
[Applause] or whatever that goes uh now will you sell this are people interested in buying
this I was surprised how many people are interested in buying it but mainly the emails I get are
like Yo dude that's awesome can I buy one [Laughter] that's right and
and if you were able to mass produce them what would they cost I think it'd be about
uh fifteen hundred dollars fifteen hundred dollars and this thing pays for itself in
a weekend really doesn't it uh all right well uh we have it here and if the guys will bring
it out we'll demonstrate the you're calling it The Beer launching fridge yeah
it's a beauty yeah
so okay now here you have the remote control there Gila sent you to your car keyless entry
you said hit unlock there goes the arm sure in the woods now this is a regular refrigerator
that's been modified slightly and then uh hit lock and here comes the beer okay hopefully
that's tremendous [Music] [Applause]
that's a wonderful thing congratulations John A Grateful Nation salute you
there we are the man who invented the beer launching fridge ladies and gentlemen [Music]
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