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The Reading Rainbow guy was on Star Trek?!?!

Mantis' reminded me of one of my favorites.
Pythagorean Switch!!!
The one with the hammers and the singing narrative is one of my favorites. A lot of them are really clever. My roommate and I made a machine like that this past year in just a few hours and won a prize of $100. We're going to completely dominate the competition this coming year since we we were hardly even trying this last time.

The Reading Rainbow guy was on Star Trek?!?!

From The Next Generation. He was the blind guy with the visor.

Damn I wish we had a competition like that lol.
Those last two were incredible - especially the bit with the books right at the end.
I liked the one with the roll of sellotape too.
I might try and make one now..!

Yeah they are great.
I need to give that a try aswell.
Another NE contest maybe?

Awesome...I'd love to make one like those...

holy friggin crap. What the hell? You just waistedhalf an hour of my life

Ah yes, that video. Great clips of Ruth Goldberg Machines, but that end jingle annoys the shit outta me.

Heh yeah I was wondering were they adverts for a tv station or something? I had the jingle stuck in my head for a while...although for that long one with the hammers they had an extra special variation on the jingle lol.

From the long Wikipedia article on Rube Goldberg:
"A children's educational television show named ピタゴラスイッチ ("Pitagora Suicchi", or "Pythagorean Switch") features Rube Goldberg machines at the beginning and end of each episode, and at transition points within episodes. The show has been produced by NHK-ETV since 2002. Those machines are created by 佐藤雅彦 Lab in Keio university."

lol heaton

http://www.youtube.c...d&search=heaton

What kind of a wussie swing is that? If you're gonna swing, actually swing.

(which kinda proves it's fake)

The Reading Rainbow guy was on Star Trek?!?!

yes. he was the guy with the metal thing over his eyes. he was also in "roots" the miniseries.

yes. he was the guy with the metal thing over his eyes.

That's ironic.

and there's more!

I love the "score" of the clips. Itakora suichi (or something like that)

Edited by RCFanB&M, 21 July 2006 - 10:13 PM.

http://www.youtube.c...=8avOiTUcD4Y

@ Pitagora Suicchi (2)
that one with all of the magnets was really cool... and ebaumsworld? what the hell? YTMND all the way!

@ Trunk Monkey
LOL that last one was great...
all close... CHK*CHK*!
"Shit."

Edited by Ling, 21 July 2006 - 11:36 PM.

http://www.youtube.c...&page=2&t=t&f=b

Um, yeah. That routine was fucking amazing. That song rocks also!

The Burly Brawl
http://www.youtube.c.....=Matrix fight

http://www.youtube.c.....20carter weis

Amazing.