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Sacha Guitry once said, "You can pretend to be serious, but you can't pretend to be witty." Oh yes, I'm the great pretender.
(pilot episode: 20 January 2004)

Monday, March 08, 2010

Ok Go!

Ok Go became a YouTube sensation thanks to their song “Here It Goes Again” aka The Treadmill Song. Now they’ve upped the ante with the video of their latest song, This Too Shall Pass. They got the group Syyn Labs to construct a huge, elaborate Rube Goldberg machine for the video.

The Rube Goldberg machine is nothing new, of course. A Honda TV featuring one that used the parts of the car was one of the earliest viral sensations of the Internet. But the complexity and size of this particular machine is what’s jaw-dropping. Take a look:



For the making of, click on this.

3 comments:

Felipe said...

and what's even more amazing is how everything is perfectly synced with the song!

Ang galing!

~Carrie~ said...

Made my day. Awesome video!

Nimmeru@yahoo.com said...

Nice find sir... Winner! :)