'I knew it was Tom Hanks': Mystery packages arrive at typewriter shops
Through his love for the typewriters, Tom Hanks has brought additional attention and seeming regularity to the once-quirky tools for apparent luddites. A large box arrived at the door of Philly Typewriter about a month ago, prompting Bryan Kravitz to phone his business partner, Bill Rhoda. “Bill, are we expecting a typewriter in the mail?” Rhoda recounted to ABC News. They weren't. Nor were Ian McAndrew of Iron Fox Typewriters, Tom Furrier of Cambridge Typewriter, or Scott Connors of Stephentown Typewriter Company expecting packages, yet the Fedex package arrived on each of their doorsteps last month. They were all from Santa Monica, California. Inside, the small business owners found typewriters draped in green towels with the logo for Playtone -- a production company founded by Tom Hanks. Tom Hanks shipped a vintage Olympia SM 4, draped in a green towel with a logo from his production company, to Tom Furrier in late March. Tom Furrier “The second I saw that I knew it was Tom Hank...