
"Turbo Encabulator" the Original
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The earliest filmed version of the Turbo Encabulator technical-jargon parody, shot in the late 1970s with narrator Bud Haggert. It deadpans a stream of meaningless engineering language.
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Used as the canonical reference for the jargon-parody trope, and as a joke whenever technobabble appears.
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I think you're gonna like this one [1]. The B-25 Mitchell instructional that was linked here some few weeks ago is also amazing [2]. [1]: [VIDEO] [2]: [LINK]
Read original comment ↗There's a proud tradition of this kind of parody: the Turboencabluator is one of the most famous in engineering, a joke that goes back to 1944. [LINK] Bud Haggart's industrial training videos for the Turboencabulator from the 70s/80s are things of beauty. See [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗I don't know why people are always posting the Rockwell version when the older Turbo Emcabulator video is far superior. [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗"Still it's amusing how Whitney's style seems to personally offend people" So it was for the lols after all... Notably, a Lisp interpreter written in Lisp is a common assignment for second year CS students. In a production setting, there is little reason to misappropriate resources for such toys. Bud Haggert still teaches smart people something very important about communication with interdisciplinary crowds: [VIDEO] Doug Zongker's presentation similarly instructs people how to make better presentations to peers by demonstrating what not to do: [LINK] Best of luck =3
Read original comment ↗That is the long running “Turbo Encabulator” trope, the original is here [VIDEO] but there are some wonderful rerenditions and tributes if you search for those keywords on YouTube.
Read original comment ↗Here is the fun take - [LINK] And the original - [VIDEO] Also curious as this was on Twitter the other day...how social mixed if this is the OPs reason for sharing.
Read original comment ↗There are youtube channels with old TV Ads. Some of those will be non-existant. You could also go down the Turbo Encabulator rabbit hole: [VIDEO] [LINK]
Read original comment ↗encabulation is a great topic of study with many interesting video demos turbo encabulator v1 [VIDEO] rockwell turbo encabulator [LINK] rockwell retro encabulator [LINK] chrysler turbo encabulator [LINK] chrysler turbo encabulator diagnosis and service [LINK] fort worth vintage flying museum specific service notes [LINK]
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