Forever Professor

December 9, 2017 9:17 AM

"Forever Professor" is a 30-minute documentary about Mark McKinley, a psychology professor at Lorain County Community College in Ohio who collects talking clocks and watches. In fact, he holds the Guinness World Record for the largest collection of talking clocks. He has also attempted to be recognized for the largest collection of talking watches, an endeavour that has yet to bear fruit. His Youtube channel contains close to 200 short videos of some of the clocks in his collection. He also maintains the online International Society of Talking Clock Collectors Museum.

A shorter three-minute excerpt from the documentary is available via Narratively.

posted by mandolin conspiracy (2 comments total)

Delightful! This is old time internet obsession devotion at its finest.
posted by Jesse the K at 1:31 PM on December 9, 2017 [1 favorite]

I cannot help but think of Mark McKinney from Kids in the Hall every time I read that name.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 7:43 PM on December 9, 2017