Tesla and Edison especially did not get along. Tesla considered Edison a "tinkerer", whereas Tesla was a univeristy educated Electrical Engineer. That, and he thought Edison's idea of DC power distribution to be wrong. Thankfully, Tesla and AC won out.
Yep. Of course, you know the story of why the electric chair is based on AC (think Edison propaganda)? And the one about Twain visiting Tesla and finding out about what affects experiencing high frequency electricity safely has on the GI tract (it was a bad thing that he always wore a white suit)?
Think of the mini-series!
Did you ever see the brief TV series that Richard Dean Anderson did after MacGyver? It was called Legend and he was a writer who created a bogus hero, supposedly based on himself. He tied up with an obvious Tesla character (during his sojourn in the wilderness working on wireless transmission of electricity) played by John de lancie (Q from Star Trek: TNG). It was great casting and, for those who knew who Tesla was, absolutely a treat. Lasted about 6 episodes.