We owe a lot to Thomas Edison - if it wasn't for him, we'd be watching television by candlelight.

If it weren't for electricity, we'd all be watching television by candlelight.

We owe a lot to Thomas Edison -- if it wasn't for him, we'd be watching television by candlelight.

People say I owe a lot to television. The fact is I was a star long before television. What TV made me is unemployed.

Do you realize if it weren't for Edison we'd be watching TV by candlelight?

I don't think I miss anything by not watching television.