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Rube Goldberg

Reuben Lucius Goldberg (July 4, 1883 – December 7, 1970) was a cofounder and first president of the National Cartoonists Society. He is one of the most famous cartoonists in history. He earned lasting fame for his "Rube Goldberg machines" — devices that are exceedingly complex and perform very simple tasks in a very indirect and convoluted way. He was posthumously awarded the National Cartoonist Society Gold Key Award in 1980. Image File history File links Padlock. ... Image File history File links 0102history-rg. ... July 4 is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 180 days remaining. ... 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... December 7 is the 341st day (342nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... President is a title held by many leaders of organizations, companies, universities, and countries. ... The National Cartoonists Society is an organization of professional cartoonists created in 1946. ... A cartoonist at work. ... The National Cartoonists Society is an organization of professional cartoonists created in 1946. ...

Goldberg earned a degree in engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 1904. Goldberg was hired by the city of San Francisco as an engineer out of college. However his fondness for drawing cartoons prevailed, and after just a few months he left the city to employ for a job with the San Francisco Chronicle as a sports cartoonist. The following year he took a job with the San Francisco Bulletin where he remained until 1907, when he relocated to New York City. A degree is any of a wide range of status levels conferred by institutions of higher education, such as universities, normally as the result of successfully completing a program of study. ... Engineering is the application of scientific and technical knowledge to solve human problems. ... It has been suggested that UC Mens Chorale be merged into this article or section. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Nickname: The City by the Bay Official website: http://www. ... Look up engineer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A cartoon is any of several forms of art, with varied meanings that evolved from one to another. ... The San Francisco Chronicle, the self-described Voice of the West, is Northern Californias largest newspaper. ... 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Nickname: The Big Apple Official website: City of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area Total 468. ...

He drew cartoons for several newspapers, including the New York Evening Journal and the New York Evening Mail. His work entered syndication in 1915, beginning his nationwide popularity. A prolific artist, Goldberg produced several cartoon series simultaneously; titles included Mike and Ike, Boob McNutt, Foolish Questions, Lala Palooza, and The Weekly Meeting of the Tuesday Women's Club. Print Syndication is a form of syndication in which news articles, columns, or comic strips are made available to newspapers and magazines. ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Look up Artist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Boob McNutt was a comic strip by Rube Goldberg which ran from 1915 to September 1934. ...

While all these series were quite popular, the one which led to his lasting fame involved a character named Professor Lucifer Gorgonzola Butts. In this series, Goldberg would draw labeled schematics of comical "inventions" which would later bear his name. In 1995, "Rube Goldberg's Inventions", depicting Professor Butts' Self-Operating Napkin, was one of 20 strips included in the Comic Strip Classics series of commemorative U.S. postage stamps. In music, an invention is a short composition with two or three part counterpoint. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Comic Strip Classics series of commemorative postage stamps was issued by the US Postal Service in 1995 to honor the centennial of the newspaper comic strip. ... For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ... This 1974 stamp from Japan depicts a Class 8620 steam locomotive. ...

He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his political cartooning in 1948. The gold medal awarded for Public Service in Journalism The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical compositions. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ...

Later in his career Goldberg was employed by the New York Journal American, remaining there until his retirement in 1964. During his retirement he occupied himself with making bronze sculptures. Several one-man shows of his work were organized, the last one of his lifetime being in 1970 at the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.. Shortly afterward, he died at the age of 87; he is buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Hawthorne, New York. The New York Journal American was a newspaper purchased by William Randolph Hearst in 1895 (at the time called the New York Morning Journal, then the New York Journal). ... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ... Bronze is the most popular metal for cast metal sculptures; a cast-metal sculpture of bronze is often called a bronze. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... The National Museum of American History is a museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution and located in Washington, D.C., on the National Mall. ... Nickname: the District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Official website: http://www. ... Mount Pleasant Cemetery can refer to a number of different cemeteries, including: Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, New Jersey, USA This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Hawthorne is an unincorporated hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) located in the town of Mount Pleasant in Westchester County, New York. ...

In addition to his Pulitzer Prize in 1948, he received the National Cartoonist Society Gold T-Square Award in 1955, their Reuben Award for 1967, and was given their Gold Key Award (their Hall of Fame) posthumously in 1980. The National Cartoonists Society is an organization of professional cartoonists created in 1946. ... The Reuben Awards, named for Rube Goldberg, are presented each year by the National Cartoonists Society to the person chosen as Cartoonist of the Year. ...

Rube Goldberg machines

A Rube Goldberg machine or device is any exceedingly complex apparatus that performs a very simple task in a very indirect and convoluted way. Rube devised and drew several such pataphysical devices. The best examples of his machines have an anticipation factor. The fact that something so wacky is happening can only be topped by it happening in a suspenseful manner. A Rube Goldberg machine usually has at least ten steps. One story about Rube Goldberg is that while sleep-walking barefoot in a cactus field, he screamed out an idea about a self-operating napkin. An apparatus is: A machine; or Reference tools added to a book, apart from the text, such as variant readings or translations, textual notes, a concordance, a bibliography, or an index, designed for the use of scholars studying the book. ... Pataphysics, an absurdist concept coined by the French writer Alfred Jarry, is the idea of a philosophy or science dedicated to studying what lies beyond the realm of metaphysics. ... Wind turbines A machine is any mechanical or organic device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of tasks. ... Ten can refer to: 10, a number AD 10, a year 10 BC, a year 10, a 1979 motion picture Ten, any one of a number of rock albums Network Ten, an Australian television network Trans-European Networks (TEN) Total Entertainment Network, an early-1990s attempt at an online server... Genera See Taxonomy of the Cactaceae Cactus is the name given to any member of the flowering plant family Cactaceae. ... A napkin is a small square of cloth or paper used at table. ...

The term also applies as a classification for generally over-complicated apparatus or software. It first appeared in Webster's Third New International Dictionary with the definition, "accomplishing by extremely complex roundabout means what actually or seemingly could be done simply." Computer software (or simply software) refers to one or more computer programs and data held in the storage of a computer for some purpose. ... 1888 advertisement for Websters Dictionary Websters Dictionary is a common title given to English language dictionaries in the United States, deriving its name from American lexicographer Noah Webster. ...

In Britain, such a device would be called a Heath Robinson contraption, after the British cartoonist who also drew fantastic comic machinery, in his case tended by bespectacled men in overalls. See also Roland Emett, who created many actual working machines of this type, such as the Breakfast Machine in the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. William Heath Robinson (May 31, 1872 - September 13, 1944) was a British cartoonist and illustrator, who signed himself W. Heath Robinson. ... Frederick Roland Emett (otherwise known variously as Roland/Rowland Emett/Emmett) was an English cartoonist and constructor of whimsical kinetic sculpture. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed. ... Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a 1968 feature film with a script by Roald Dahl and Ken Hughes, and songs by the Sherman Brothers, based on Ian Flemings book Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car . ...

In Denmark, they would be called Storm P maskiner after the Danish cartoonist Robert Storm Petersen. Robert Storm Petersen (19 September 1882–6 March 1949) was a Danish cartoonist, writer, animator, illustrator, painter and humorist. ...

In Japan, they are called ピタゴラ装置 (pitagora souchi), which means Pythagorean Machine. The Pythagoreans were an Hellenic organization of astronomers, musicians, mathematicians, and philosophers; who believed that all things are, essentially, numeric. ...

In Spain there is not a particular noun to mean such machines, but a reference akin to Goldberg's machines existed: Catalan cartoonist Jordi Sabatés made up and drew many of those devices for a section in the TBO magazine, allegedly designed by some Professor Franz from Copenhagen. Capital Barcelona Official languages Catalan and Spanish In Val dAran, also Aranese. ... Total benefits of ownership (TBO) is distinguished from total cost of ownership (TCO). ... A collection of magazines A magazine is a periodical publication containing a variety of articles, generally financed by advertising and/or purchase by readers. ... Copenhagen (Danish: København) is the capital of Denmark, and the name of the municipality (Danish, kommune) in which it resides. ...

The Norwegian cartoonist and storyteller Kjell Aukrust created a cartoon character named Reodor Felgen who constantly invented complex machinery. Though it was often built out of unlikely parts, it always performed very well. Felgen stars as the inventor of an extremely powerful but overly complex car Il Tempo Gigante in the Ivo Caprino animated puppet-film Flåklypa Grand Prix (1975). Kjell Aukrust (March 19, 1920 – December 24, 2002 in Alvdal) was a Norwegian author, poet and artist. ... Il Tempo Gigante is a car built by Ivo Caprino. ... Ivo Caprino (Oslo, February 17, 1920 – February 8, 2001 in Oslo) was a Norwegian film director and writer, best known for his puppet films. ... FlÃ¥klypa Grand Prix (released under the English title Pinchcliffe Grand Prix) is a Norwegian puppet film, directed by Ivo Caprino. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ...

Another related phenomenon is the Japanese art of useful but unusable contraptions called chindōgu. Bronze statue of Amida Buddha at Kotokuin in Kamakura (1252 CE) Japanese art covers a wide range of art styles and media, including ancient pottery, sculpture in wood and bronze, ink painting on silk and paper, and a myriad of other types of works of art. ... Chindōgu (珍道具) is the not-so-ancient Japanese art of inventing ingenious everyday gadgets that, on the face of it, seem like an ideal solution to a particular problem. ...

Rube Goldberg machines on media

In Nick Park's "Wallace and Gromit" series of shorts and features, Wallace's inventions are clearly Rube Goldberg-esque. A recurring joke throughout A Grand Day Out, The Wrong Trousers, A Close Shave and Curse of the Were-Rabbit are the absurd contraptions Wallace invents. Good examples are Wallace's "Knit-O-Matic machine" or the device that catapults a dollop of jam onto a piece of toast as it springs out of a pop-up toaster. Nick Park holding a model of Wallace from Wallace and Gromit on the red carpet at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. ... Wallace & Gromit Wallace and Gromit are the main characters in a series of three British animated short films and a feature-length film by Nick Park of Aardman Animations. ...

In the cartoon series Futurama, Professor Hubert Farnsworth often makes huge, complex machinery perform in an overstated and dramatic way to produce simple things such as a glow in the dark nose (it also translates Alien into even more incomprehensible Galactic). Futurama is an animated American cartoon series created by Matt Groening (creator of The Simpsons) and David X. Cohen (also a writer for The Simpsons). ... Professor Hubert Farnsworth Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth (born April 9, 2841) is the extremely elderly proprietor of the Planet Express delivery service in the animated television series Futurama. ...

Rube Goldberg devices frequently appear in the films of Jean-Pierre Jeunet, with or without partner Marc Caro. A recurring theme in Delicatessen is the character Aurore attempting to kill herself using such devices, which backfire and force her to live another day. In The City of Lost Children, similar machines abound, including a famous set piece in which a little girl's teardrop triggers a chain of events that ultimately causes a shipwreck. The films Amélie and A Very Long Engagement expand this theme further, moving from the physiological to the metaphysical. As noted by Philadelphia City Paper's Sam Wood, fate itself operates as a Rube Goldberg device, "an endless chain of tricky coincidences whose final result is utterly beyond prediction." Jean-Pierre Jeunet Jean-Pierre Jeunet (born 3 September 1953) is a French film director. ... Marc Caro, born April 2, 1956, is a French filmmaker, best known for his co-directing projects with Jean-Pierre Jeunet. ... Delicatessen (1991) is a French black comedy by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro. ... La Cité des enfants perdus (or The City of Lost Children) is a French fantasy/comedy film by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet released in 1995. ... Amélie (Tautou), her father Raphaël (Rufus), and the travelling garden gnome. ... Movie poster for A Very Long Engagement A Very Long Engagement (Un long dimanche de fiançailles) is a novel by Sebastien Japrisot, on which a 2004 film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and distributed by Warner Bros. ... The Philadelphia City Paper, a free weekly newspaper in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was established in 1981. ...

In the film Final Destination, as well as its sequels Final Destination 2 and Final Destination 3, the way "death" tracks down and kills its victims resemble deadly Rube Goldberg machines. [1][2] Final Destination is a 2000 horror movie. ... Final Destination 2 is a 2003 horror movie. ... Final Destination 3 is a 2006 horror film and the sequel to Final Destination 2. ... Death is the cessation of physical life in a living organism, or the state of the deceased. ...

The 4400 television series makes use of a "ripple effect" Rube Goldberg plot element. The 4400 is a science fiction program on the USA Network, Space: The Imagination Station and Sky One. ...

Bernard Werber also use a metaphorical Rube Goldberg machine to “correct” a problem in The Thanatonauts. Bernard Werber (born September 18, 1961 in Toulouse) is the most famous French writer of science fiction of the 1990s. ...

Example of an award-winning Rube Goldberg machine

In the 1999 book Florida Roadkill by Tim Dorsey, the main character, a serial killer named Serge A. Storms, uses a Rube Goldberg device involving a length of wire, an electric motor, a beer can, and the shock wave caused by a space shuttle launch to kill a man with a shotgun. In a later book in the series, Triggerfish Twist, he uses another such device involving wire, gasoline, two floodlights, and a hula hoop to burn someone to death. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (960x1280, 296 KB) Summary Rube Goldberg Machine by Steve Garguilo and Matt Prindible and it rocks Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (960x1280, 296 KB) Summary Rube Goldberg Machine by Steve Garguilo and Matt Prindible and it rocks Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Cover of US paperback edition of Florida Roadkill Florida Roadkill is the first book in the unnamed series of books by Tim Dorsey which were centered on his character Serge Storms. ... Tim Dorsey is an author from Florida. ... Serial killers are individuals who have a history of multiple slayings of victims who were usually unknown to them beforehand. ... Serge A. Storms is the main character in most of Tim Dorseys novels. ... A selection of bottled beers A selection of cask beers Beer is the worlds most popular alcoholic beverage. ... In fluid dynamics, a shock wave is a nonlinear or discontinuous pressure wave. ... The Space Shuttle Columbia seconds after engine ignition, 1981 (NASA). ... A pump-action and two semi-automatic action shotguns, 20 boxes of shotgun shells, a target thrower, and three boxes of clay targets. ... This is the first book in Tim Dorseys as-yet unnamed series of books centering around Serge Storms. ... Gasoline (or petrol) is a petroleum-derived liquid mixture consisting primarily of hydrocarbons, used as fuel in internal combustion engines. ... Modern stage lighting is a flexible tool in the production of theatre, dance, opera and other performance arts. ... Hula hoop competition in Australia The hula hoop is a toy hoop that promotes physical activity. ...

In the cartoon series Family Guy, Peter Griffin uses a Rube Goldberg machine (one almost exactly like the breakfast machine in Pee Wee's Big Adventure), that comically shoots Peter with a gun rather than make breakfast. Family Guy is an American animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane for FOX in 1999. ... Peter Lowenbrau Griffin (born ca. ... Pee-wees Big Adventure is a 1985 film directed by Tim Burton and written by Paul Reubens, Phil Hartman, and Michael Varhol. ... A rifle is a firearm that uses a spiral groove cut into the barrel to spin a projectile (usually a bullet), thus improving accuracy and range of the projectile. ...

Rube Goldberg machines are often used by Tom in Tom and Jerry. Tom and Jerry may refer to: Tom and Jerry are the main characters in Life in London, or Days and Nights of Jerry Hawthorne and his elegant friend Corinthian Tom by Pierce Egan Tom and Jerry (MGM), a series of theatrical animated cartoons produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, featuring a...

The Looney Tunes short "Hook, Line, and Stinker" ended with the Wile E. Coyote character attempting to use a Rube Goldberg machine to capture the Road Runner. Many other Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts employ such devices. Looney Tunes opening title For the reggaeton producers Luny Tunes, see Luny Tunes Looney Tunes is a Warner Brothers animated cartoon series which ran in movie theatres from 1930 to 1969. ... Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote The Road Runner cartoons are a series of Looney Tunes cartoons created by Chuck Jones for Warner Brothers. ... Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote The Road Runner cartoons are a series of Looney Tunes cartoons created by Chuck Jones for Warner Brothers. ... Looney Tunes opening title For the reggaeton producers Luny Tunes, see Luny Tunes Looney Tunes is a Warner Brothers animated cartoon series which ran in movie theatres from 1930 to 1969. ... Merrie Melodies end title Merrie Melodies is the name of a series of animated cartoons distributed by Warner Bros. ...

The 1990 movie Back to the Future Part III features a Wild West version of a Rube Goldberg device. One of the main characters, Dr Emmett "Doc" Brown (Christopher Lloyd), is transported back in time to the year 1885, where he works as a blacksmith. When "rescued" by Marty McFly (Michael J Fox), he is working on an enormous steam-powered machine. The machine is easily 3 to 4 metres tall, with no immediate clue as to its function. When put into action, it shakes and groans and emits whistles and steam sounds (think of a loud steam engine) for about 20 seconds. When it falls silent, it produces two small irregularly-shaped bits of ice; it's an icemaker. There is another scene in the first film where there is another Rube Goldberg machine that Doc uses to feed his dog Einstein. This article is about the year. ... Back to the Future Part III is a movie starring Michael J. Fox that opened on 25 May 1990. ... Doctor Emmett Lathrop Doc Brown is a fictional character, one of the lead characters in the Back to the Future motion picture trilogy, played by actor Christopher Lloyd in the three films and the live action sequences of the animated series. ... Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) and Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) from the movie Back to the Future. ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Martin Seamus Marty McFly is a fictional character, the lead character in the Back to the Future motion picture trilogy, played by actor Michael J. Fox in the three films and voiced by David Kaufman in the animated series. ... Michael J. Fox (born June 9, 1961) is a Canadian-born actor, made famous by his role in the Back to the Future trilogy. ... A steam engine is an external combustion heat engine that makes use of the thermal energy that exists in steam, converting it to mechanical work. ... An icemaker is a device found in a freezer that is used to make ice. ... For information on the 1990 foreign policy paper entitled Back to the Future by John Mearsheimer, see John Mearsheimer Back to the Future is a 1985 film directed by Robert Zemeckis, written by Zemeckis and Bob Gale, and starring Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd. ...

The 1990 film Home Alone and its three sequels find the main character often employing the use of Goldberg-esque devices to trap and/or slow down the progress of burglars attempting to ransack his home. This article is about the year. ... Home Alone is a popular 1990 holiday film starring Macaulay Culkin as Kevin McCallister, an eight year-old who is mistakenly left behind when his family flies to France for a Christmas vacation. ...

Swiss artists David Weiss and Peter Fischli produced a film in 1987 entitled The Way Things Go, which documents the motions of a large-scale Goldberg-style kinetic art installation. This installation was then re-worked in the Honda television commercial Cog, which featured a Rube Goldberg machine made from the parts of an Accord. There are several individuals of note named David Weiss: David S. Weiss, a former writer for Dennis Miller Live. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kinetic art is art that moves, or appears to move. ... Installation can be used to refer to Installation (computer programs) of an operating system or program. ... Honda Motor Co. ... The Cog The Cog television commercial was a dramatic commercial for the Honda Accord, made (almost completely) without any CGI or trick photography. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Tim Fort, a kinetic artist from Minnesota, creates chain-reaction gadgets that are reminiscent of both domino tumbling and classical Rube Goldberg gadgets. His gadgets are capable of doing simple tasks such as playing music with water-filled bottles or performing animation with a device resembling a flip book. He is currently exploring the idea of making a working digital computer using nothing but kinetic-art techniques. Kinetic art is art that moves, or appears to move. ... A flip book is a book with a series of pictures varying gradually from one page to the next, so that when the pages are turned rapidly, the pictures appear to animate, simulating motion or some other change. ...

In the 1985 film Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Pee-wee uses a Rube Goldberg device to make his breakfast, and this same device was later featured in Big Fish as the main character's science fair entry. Another 1985 film, The Goonies, also prominently featured several Rube Goldberg devices, both as performing practical applications (opening the front gate to let someone inside), and springing traps. This article is about the year. ... Pee-wees Big Adventure is a 1985 film directed by Tim Burton and written by Paul Reubens, Phil Hartman, and Michael Varhol. ... Big Fish is a 2003 movie directed by Tim Burton and written by John August, starring Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup and Jessica Lange. ... This article is about the year. ... The Goonies was a hit movie in 1985, produced by Steven Spielberg, and directed by Richard Donner, with the screenplay written by Chris Columbus from Spielbergs story. ...

A Rube Goldberg machine is featured in the Broadway musical Hairspray; it is used to close up Wilbur Turnblad's joke shop in Baltimore. Broadway theatre is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ... Musical theater (or theatre) is a form of theatre combining music, songs, dance, and spoken dialogue. ... Hairspray is a Tony-winning musical, based on the 1988 movie Hairspray. ... A view of the Baltimore skyline from the water taxi. ...

The music video for An Honest Mistake by The Bravery features a Rube Goldberg machine that fires a flaming arrow. An Honest Mistake was the debut single by New York City-based American indie/alternative rock band The Bravery. ... The Bravery is an American indie/alternative rock band from New York City that consists of Sam Endicott (vocals/guitar), John Conway (keyboards), Anthony Burulcich (drums), Michael Zakarin (guitar), and Mike Hindert (bass). ...

In the 7th season X-Files episode "The Goldberg Variation" Mulder and Scully meet a man who has a great amount of good luck that manifests as a sort of Rube Goldberg device, with improbable events combining to effect a certain outcome. X-Files intro from first 8 seasons The X-Files was a popular 1990s American science fiction television series created by Chris Carter. ... This article contains episode information and plot summaries from the television show The X-Files. ...

In an episode of the cartoon series Taz-Mania the Platypus brothers created a Rube Goldberg device, the final purpose of which was to alert one of the brothers to perform an action that the machine itself could easily have done. Taz as he appeared on Taz-Mania. ...

In a sketch of The Andy Milonakis Show, Andy creates a Rube Goldberg device to turn on his reading lamp (a meter away from him). The machine incorporated balloons, various toys, bowling balls, and his friend Larry. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

In a short segment in an episode of Animaniacs, titled "Wakko's Gizmo", Wakko creates and sets off an elaborate Rube Goldberg machine in order to flatten a whoopie cushion.

Rube Goldberg machines in videogames

In 1993, Sierra Entertainment released the computer game The Incredible Machine, designed around the Rube Goldberg concept. Three more games were also released in the series, The Even More Incredible Machine, Return of the Incredible Machine: Contraptions, and The Incredible Machine: Even More Contraptions. None of these software titles is still sold: however, they are available via Gametap.com. 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... The most recent logo (Sierra Entertainment) Sierra Entertainment was a computer game developer and publisher active from 1980 to 2004. ... Screenshot from Screenshot from Return of the Incredible Machine: Contraptions The Incredible Machine is a series of computer games originally designed and coded by Kevin Ryan and produced by Jeff Tunnell, developed by now-defunct Jeff Tunnell Productions and published by Dynamix; the 1993 through 1995 versions had the same...

In Germany the video game company PepperGames is still producing and selling games that have the Rube Goldberg concept. Their names are "Crazy Machines" "Crazy Machines - Neue Herausforderungen" and "Crazy Machines - Neues aus dem Labor".

One popular function of Garry's Mod, A mod for the computer game Half-Life 2, enables you to manipulate objects and characters within a physics based environment. It is one contemporary example where Rube Goldberg machine principle is common. Elaborate traps or machines can be built by the player using a range of in-game objects. The resulting inventions are often recorded and are downloadable from gaming websites.[3] Garrys Mod can make realistic-looking pictures in the Source engine. ... 2004 Banshee car modification for Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - replacement of original Banshee Mod or modification is a term generally applied to computer games, especially first-person shooters and real-time strategy games. ... Half-Life 2 is a science fiction first-person shooter computer game and the highly anticipated sequel to Half-Life, developed by Valve Corporation. ...

In Monkey Island 2's acid pit scene, a Rube Goldberg style trap is featured. There was also a C64 game from the mid-80s called Creative Contraptions, similar to The Incredible Machine, but much simpler, shorter and easier.

Other references

The Ideal Novelty and Toy Company released a board game called Mouse Trap in 1963 that was based on Rube Goldberg's ideas (this game is currently made by Hasbro). Mouse Trap (originally titled Mouse Trap Game) is a board game first published by Ideal in 1963 for two or more players. ... Template:C20YearInnTopic 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... The Hasbro logo uses a smile to indicate the carefree nature of its products. ...

LambdaMOO contains a working The Rube Goldberg Contraption, which can generally be found on the Pool Deck. LambdaMOO is an online community of the variety called a MOO. It is the oldest and most active MOO today, with just under 3000 regular members. ...

See also

• Domino effect
• Chain reaction

The domino effect is the idea that some change, small in itself, will cause a similar change nearby, which then will cause another similar change, and so on in linear sequence, by analogy to a falling row of dominoes standing on end. ... A chain reaction is a sequence of reactions where a reactive product or by-product causes additional reactions. ...

External links

• The Official Rube Goldberg Web Site
• Incredible home-made contraption
• Toonopedia entry
• Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Oral History Interview, 1970
• Annual National Rube Goldberg Machine Contest
• Detailed specifications of an award-winning Rube Goldberg machine from the New York City science fair
• Tim Fort's Kinetic Art
• NCS Awards
• Flash video of Japanese Golberg machines