Comments on: Rube Goldberg Machine animation from Sesame Street http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/rube-goldberg-machin-1.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 00:05:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Blaine http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/rube-goldberg-machin-1.html#comment-348417 Blaine Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-348417 Looks like this video supports sex, violence and tobacco use... I'm outraged they show this to children. Looks like this video supports sex, violence and tobacco use…

I’m outraged they show this to children.

]]> By: GeekMan http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/rube-goldberg-machin-1.html#comment-348932 GeekMan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-348932 #1 - I also was wondering if anyone else saw Gertie. #1 – I also was wondering if anyone else saw Gertie.

]]> By: Anthony http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/rube-goldberg-machin-1.html#comment-348935 Anthony Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-348935 Weird sensation watching this ... The audio triggered strong memories -- the letters matching the sound effects -- but I have absolutely no recollection of the images at all! Anybody else experience this? Weird sensation watching this … The audio triggered strong memories — the letters matching the sound effects — but I have absolutely no recollection of the images at all! Anybody else experience this?

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/rube-goldberg-machin-1.html#comment-348434 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-348434 a bird flies in through an open window from the dark and fleeting, passes through the warmth and light of the room and then out a window into the dark. a bird flies in through an open window from the dark and fleeting, passes through the warmth and light of the room and then out a window into the dark.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/rube-goldberg-machin-1.html#comment-479770 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-479770 misshallelujah, I realize this is almost half a year from when you posted your comment, but the video you are referring to, with the red ball counting 1-2-3 is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67khDZ0P7Xo misshallelujah, I realize this is almost half a year from when you posted your comment, but the video you are referring to, with the red ball counting 1-2-3 is here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67khDZ0P7Xo

]]> By: misshallelujah http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/rube-goldberg-machin-1.html#comment-348450 misshallelujah Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-348450 Brilliant! I remember these from a great time watching Sesame Street as a child. I also recall, with great fondness, a segment where they had a little red ball going down a whole series of tracks and tunnels teaching kids to count "1, 2, 3"... but I have never been able to find videos of it again, ever. But speaking of Rube Goldberg machines, though, I must plug this series of delightful contraptions used as eyecatches on the Japanese kids' show Pythagoras Switch: <b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP3AZZJmqoI" rel="nofollow">Part One</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02YtThvGbYE" rel="nofollow">Part Two</a>. </b>I never get sick of watching them. My personal favorite is the one in which they used a whole series of water-filled glasses to play the theme ditty. Awesome! Brilliant! I remember these from a great time watching Sesame Street as a child. I also recall, with great fondness, a segment where they had a little red ball going down a whole series of tracks and tunnels teaching kids to count “1, 2, 3″… but I have never been able to find videos of it again, ever.

But speaking of Rube Goldberg machines, though, I must plug this series of delightful contraptions used as eyecatches on the Japanese kids’ show Pythagoras Switch: Part One, Part Two. I never get sick of watching them. My personal favorite is the one in which they used a whole series of water-filled glasses to play the theme ditty. Awesome!

]]> By: sammich http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/rube-goldberg-machin-1.html#comment-349479 sammich Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-349479 Well... in the UK this would be instantly defined as a Heath Robinson contraption... Check out wikipedia to see who came first, if that matters... whichever it is, there should be more of it... Well… in the UK this would be instantly defined as a Heath Robinson contraption…

Check out wikipedia to see who came first, if that matters…

whichever it is, there should be more of it…

]]> By: alisong76 http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/rube-goldberg-machin-1.html#comment-348468 alisong76 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-348468 Oh, memories! Oh, memories!

]]> By: Frank W http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/rube-goldberg-machin-1.html#comment-348490 Frank W Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-348490 @ Blaine: That's irony, right? @ Blaine: That’s irony, right?

]]> By: dhasenan http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/rube-goldberg-machin-1.html#comment-349028 dhasenan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-349028 This doesn't really fit my definition of a Rube Goldberg machine -- for instance, why would bubbles rising from a vat of liquid cause a person to start playing a saxophone? It's a series of unrelated things happening in a temporal sequence that happens to match, more or less, the spacial sequence of those events. Nothing more. Sorry. This doesn’t really fit my definition of a Rube Goldberg machine — for instance, why would bubbles rising from a vat of liquid cause a person to start playing a saxophone?

It’s a series of unrelated things happening in a temporal sequence that happens to match, more or less, the spacial sequence of those events. Nothing more. Sorry.

]]> By: wolfiesma http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/rube-goldberg-machin-1.html#comment-349294 wolfiesma Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-349294 MissHallelujah, Were you remembering the classic pinball sequence with the funky soundtrack? This is a compilation of all the different clips of that sequence. It also has some pseudo-Rube Goldberg elements. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnBAMQhtjEk MissHallelujah,
Were you remembering the classic pinball sequence with the funky soundtrack? This is a compilation of all the different clips of that sequence. It also has some pseudo-Rube Goldberg elements.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnBAMQhtjEk

]]> By: airshowfan http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/rube-goldberg-machin-1.html#comment-348787 airshowfan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-348787 But can it go downwind faster than the wind? But can it go downwind faster than the wind?

]]> By: Robbo http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/rube-goldberg-machin-1.html#comment-348329 Robbo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-348329 Oh man! Major flashbacks. I loved when they did the retro-pseudo 1920's almost Fleischer stuff - good to see Gertie make an appearance in there. What I've always loved was the Patty Cruickshank animations from "Make A Wish" - which is impossible to get on video. The best writing in children's television - EVAR! Kthnxbai Oh man! Major flashbacks.

I loved when they did the retro-pseudo 1920′s almost Fleischer stuff – good to see Gertie make an appearance in there.

What I’ve always loved was the Patty Cruickshank animations from “Make A Wish” – which is impossible to get on video. The best writing in children’s television – EVAR!

Kthnxbai

]]> By: Mark Frauenfelder http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/rube-goldberg-machin-1.html#comment-348335 Mark Frauenfelder Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-348335 Beautiful! I wonder who did it? Beautiful! I wonder who did it?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/rube-goldberg-machin-1.html#comment-359626 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-359626 Does anybody out there remember the pinball number count on sesame street as non animated? Me and my hubby remember watching it but it wasn't a cartoon it was all real! Does anybody out there remember the pinball number count on sesame street as non animated? Me and my hubby remember watching it but it wasn’t a cartoon it was all real!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/rube-goldberg-machin-1.html#comment-348369 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-348369 Just as I started this video, I heard Mungo Jerry's In The Summertime start in the other room and it fit perfectly. Just as I started this video, I heard Mungo Jerry’s In The Summertime start in the other room and it fit perfectly.

]]> By: Blaine http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/rube-goldberg-machin-1.html#comment-348634 Blaine Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-348634 Frank: It might be... I don't know any more. I'd say 'yes' but then we'll get smacked down by someone with the real definition of "irony" - which is pretty specific. Sarcastic is a safe word. For both our purposes and rough sex play. Frank: It might be… I don’t know any more.

I’d say ‘yes’ but then we’ll get smacked down by someone with the real definition of “irony” – which is pretty specific.

Sarcastic is a safe word. For both our purposes and rough sex play.

]]> By: Johnny Cat http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/rube-goldberg-machin-1.html#comment-348385 Johnny Cat Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-348385 I remember this, vaguely. But all I could think of when the crucifix showed up was "T. T is for turtle." via Barbrady. I remember this, vaguely. But all I could think of when the crucifix showed up was “T. T is for turtle.” via Barbrady.

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