Funny Picture - Video Thread III

[innominate]

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That made me think of @satx78247

 

[pronstar]

Where do we enroll?

 

[baboon]

And for every cut...
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Best thing I ever used.

 

[orbitup]

 

[orbitup]

 

[Texasgordo]

Machete already did that

 

[General Zod]

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Wearing a keffiyeh, because of course this dipshit supports Hamas. Because they'd be so kind to him if he were in Gaza.

 

[Mills]

 

[ZX9RCAM]

 

[orbitup]

Machete already did that

That's Hollywood though. The dude I posted actually built one

 

[Darqhelmet]

Wearing a keffiyeh, because of course this dipshit supports Hamas. Because they'd be so kind to him if he were in Gaza.

I still would be good with my tax dollars buying them all a one way ticket

 

[Vaquero]

I'm good with regular coach .
Jot me down for one.

 

[popsgarland]

 

[popsgarland]

 

[popsgarland]

 

[jmohme]

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Cameras and photographers existed much earlier than most are aware of.........

 

[General Zod]

I know, especially since it's been superseded.

So...because I had a Turbo Encabulator video in my history, YouTube provided me with a rabbit hole to dive down, and I have found the very first version of the Turbo Encabulator technobabble joke...


...from 1944.

IET Digital Library: The turbo-encabulator in industry

digital-library.theiet.org

Then Time Magazine got in on the joke, in 1946...

Science: For Nofer Trunnions

Engineers last week were avidly reading a pamphlet published by Arthur D. Little, Inc., a venerable Cambridge, Mass, chemical and engineering research firm. Title: The Turbo-Encabulator in Industry....

content.time.com

In 1962, GE produced a spec sheet for their version of the Turbo Encabulator:

https://www.rfcafe.com/miscellany/humor/ge-turbo-encabulator.pdf

And then around 1977, actor Bud Haggart was doing a training video for Chrysler, and when filming was done he convinced the crew to stick around and record this little skit...in one take.

"Turbo Encabulator" the Original

This is the first time Turbo Encabulator was recorded with picture. I shot this in the late 70's at Regan Studios in Detroit on 16mm film. The narrator and w...

www.youtube.com

When Chrysler got wind of what had been done essentially on their dime, they...asked Bud to come back and make a version that was more car-oriented:





Before long, Rockwell got in on the joke, with Mike Kraft and the Retro Encabulator...essentially the same script, better props.





A few years later, Chrysler brought Bud back and gave him an assistant...and a storyline. And they brought Mike in to add to it. This one got a bit silly.





And finally that brings us to the Hyper Encabulator video that I found for the first time today. Mike's back, with better special effects and impressive hand motions.

https://youtu.be/5nKk_-Lvhzo?si=o0PQQfzxITufHpfa




All of this...from a joke in an obscure publication during WWII that few people probably saw...but somehow it's been going strong for nearly 8 decades.

 

[glenbo]

Nope, not gonna say it.

 

[striker55]

 

[Iowashooter]

I’m might order one from Oreilly’s to spiff up the performance in my car

https://www.oreillyauto.com/flux-capacitor