Who electrocuted an elephant in an effort to show that AC power was unsafe?
Electrocuting an Elephant view the film on a hand cranked mutoscope while surrounded by hanging chains and standing on a copper plate. In recent years portions of "Electrocuting an Elephant" have also appeared in movies, music videos, TV shows, and video games. In popular culture Thompson and Dundy's execution of Topsy has switched attribution, with claims the film depicts an anti-alternating current demonstration organized by Thomas A. Edison during the War of Currents. Historians point out that Edison was never at Luna Park and the electrocution of Topsy took place 10 years after the War of Currents. Electrocuting an Elephant Electrocuting an Elephant
Bart Gets an Elephant give them a choice: either arrange for delivery of the elephant, or lose their jobs. They decide on the former option. Bart names his new elephant Stampy and ties him to a post in the backyard. Lisa begins complaining that keeping an elephant as a pet is cruel, while Homer is concerned that Stampy will eat him out of house and home. In an effort to offset food costs, Bart and Homer exhibit Stampy by charging customers to pet and ride him, but they fail to make enough money to cover the elephant's food costs for one day. Homer and