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"Turbo Encabulator" the Original
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.
Why HN readers recommended it
Used as the canonical reference for the jargon-parody trope, and as a joke whenever technobabble appears.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Dave Rondot
- Topic
- technical jargon parody
- Format
- comedy
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 4
- HN mentions in dataset
- 18
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2016–2026
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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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]
Anarch157a on Hacker News · 2019-05
In Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements (1908)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]
NelsonMinar on Hacker News · 2021-07
In New mystery AWS product ‘Infinidash’ goes viral despite being entirely fictionalI don't know why people are always posting the Rockwell version when the older Turbo Emcabulator video is far superior. [VIDEO]
causality0 on Hacker News · 2023-11
In Rockwell Retro Encabulator [video]
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