1960s: Maybe you can call your air conditioner in the future! 2023: Dammit my phone won’t connect to my air conditioner and my refrigerator just sold my secrets to Facebook.
That's nothing. Not only will my phone not connect to my air conditioner, but my oven posted my most embarrassing photos on Twitter and my dishwasher booked porn in my browser!
I finally visited Seattle last year, and when I visited the Seattle Center and saw the old World's Fair buildings, I clearly and involuntarily said, "THE CHURCH OF SCIENCE."
"These monorail designers, they have a one-track mind." "Why do you lash out like that?" I've started using that lash out line with my daughter whenever she makes a pun. Thank you, MST3K!
In conclusion, in the 21st century, you can: -Take your phone with you- Carry a bulky plastic box that you then have to call your home or your office to get the message/phone number to call in a payphone. -Dial the phone with tactile or touch keys- Use clunky buttons to dial. -Use a directory and speed dial on your phone in seconds by using integrated chip technology- Keep a list of your close contacts by the phone and wait while the slow transistors in the central call center look up then dial your number. -Call waiting and put calls on hold with the touch of a key- Okay, same thing but with a switch instead. -Conference call- Use specific number strings to add a line to your call. -Use WiFi to control appliances- WiFi? The hell is that? Use longer more complicated number strings from a payphone to control your appliances. Uh oh, running out of time, better put in a nickel to finish up. Oh, you've only got quarters left? What a shame. Okay, insert the quarter, finish the number strings, hang up. Phew! Wait, did you just turn on the lawn sprinklers, or set the oven to 450°?
Of course, the big thing missing from all this futuristic hoopla is the modern cellular phone, which was invented by a guy who worked for Motorola back in 1973. Oh and the first cellular network was first laid in Japan, not in the "Century 21" USA. As I recall, AT&T (Bell) spent the majority of the 80s and 90s finding clever ways to charge people for long-distance calls. You have to be in your 40s to remember all the "long-distance plans" we were constantly pestered with. Luckily, Bell didn't have a monopoly on the future.
03:17 - "Ren and Stimpy music....." Given the music used in this short is similar to tracks used in Ren and Stimpy; it's a hilarious contrast between the reality of the short and the insanity of the cartoon.
Yeah well the irony of it is that just about every innovation they talked about before that. Transferring calls, changing the line, etc. was made unnecessary/obsolete by cell phones.
4:51 “Who are you?“ Why, that’s Dick Tufeld, voice of the Robot and narrator/announcer of Lost in Space (1965). 6:29 And in spite of the fact that touchtone was actually cheaper for the phone company than rotary dial.
12:25 - ~and you're seeing it all..."at the Annie Sprinkle show!" Years after I saw this episode I stumbled across exactly who Annie Sprinkle is and well...the line is a hell of a lot funnier now!
I was lucky enough to have discovered MST3K about a year after a women's studies class my freshman year in college, so I was really delighted to see that joke.
10:32 -- Wow, they predicted those silly Internet of Things devices nobody really needs. If they show a fridge with a built-in TV, I'm gonna pee myself...
All that technology is OUTDATED. But at least, some of those ideas actually exist in some form such as remote control for household appliances & video conferencing.
That makes no sense. Engineers were GLAD to get rid of tubes, which were folding back technology. The only ones who still like tubes are audiophiles who want "smoother" sound.
God, I remember the Bell Atlantic commercials that ran when I was a little kid, before the national carriers we know and are stuck with took over. I think Bell was forcibly split up into regional bits by monopoly laws actually.
suzycreamcheesez Would "This guy is about to get decapitated" or "This guy is about to get fudging decapitated" be funnier? Also it's true. Look at him. He is MILIMETERS away from that saucer ride.
suzycreamcheesez Uh,no? I wrote a youtube comment in a MST3K video about a guy being so close to the saucer that it was about to take his head clean off.
suzycreamcheesez Did you just delete and re-wrote the message just so that i can see it? See my ignorance to the last time you wrote it as the following message:You took the joke too seriously and got stuck on a word that almost everyone,even people that don't speak english,know and use daily
"Wait, that phone's hanging on the wall, what'll they think of next?" "The phones, they're coming!" Also, so, are those two (blindingly white) kids supposed to be a couple, or brother and sister, or what?
@@scino55 And you saw how big it was even though the only message it receives is "buzz now!". It's hard to imagine how much transistors have improved since then.
Fav lines. Mike says. Wait, that phones hanging on the wall. Mike: What will they think of next. Little girl says..Is it time to telephone grandma? Crow (No!)
05:50 This phone was featured in an episode of the Mission Impossible TV series. Mr. Phelps switched the cards, so when the office manager called for their regular computer repair service, she reached Barney instead!
Since it is the 21st Century, he should have said "look, there's Justin Bieber".......Wow. We went from Pearl Jam to Bieber, that should be the alarm signal. So in the 21st Century our remote control apps are going to be pigeons? And wow, I can't wait for push button dialing. That will save the touch screen getting our dirty fingerprints all over the screen.
1960s: Maybe you can call your air conditioner in the future!
2023: Dammit my phone won’t connect to my air conditioner and my refrigerator just sold my secrets to Facebook.
That's nothing. Not only will my phone not connect to my air conditioner, but my oven posted my most embarrassing photos on Twitter and my dishwasher booked porn in my browser!
I finally visited Seattle last year, and when I visited the Seattle Center and saw the old World's Fair buildings, I clearly and involuntarily said, "THE CHURCH OF SCIENCE."
Here's hoping you bowed your head & bent thy knee: 🤞
I can't be the only one that thought this short was going to be about Century 21 Realty. No matter though, funny as always.
We do need the gold jacket back mister!
"These monorail designers, they have a one-track mind."
"Why do you lash out like that?"
I've started using that lash out line with my daughter whenever she makes a pun. Thank you, MST3K!
“Now let’s say you want to call your mother who lives in Des Moines”
“WHY?”
In conclusion, in the 21st century, you can:
-Take your phone with you- Carry a bulky plastic box that you then have to call your home or your office to get the message/phone number to call in a payphone.
-Dial the phone with tactile or touch keys- Use clunky buttons to dial.
-Use a directory and speed dial on your phone in seconds by using integrated chip technology- Keep a list of your close contacts by the phone and wait while the slow transistors in the central call center look up then dial your number.
-Call waiting and put calls on hold with the touch of a key- Okay, same thing but with a switch instead.
-Conference call- Use specific number strings to add a line to your call.
-Use WiFi to control appliances- WiFi? The hell is that? Use longer more complicated number strings from a payphone to control your appliances. Uh oh, running out of time, better put in a nickel to finish up. Oh, you've only got quarters left? What a shame. Okay, insert the quarter, finish the number strings, hang up. Phew! Wait, did you just turn on the lawn sprinklers, or set the oven to 450°?
5:10 Wow a pager and its only the size of a brick!
And for only 4 easy payments of $49.99!
Crow: Well, I’m glad to know that the future has *CONSTANT ORGAN MUSIC!!*
"I'm in the phone pavilion dear and I'm wearing a fright wig".
"Come on! Let's go grope th st Eskimo!"
Easily one of the funniest lines ever delivered on this show.
XD
I wish I could live in the 21st century, it sounds AWESOME!
Hahahahaha😂
“Here is a world of communication”
“Who are you?” 😂
PUSH BUTTON PHONING!!!!
Of course, the big thing missing from all this futuristic hoopla is the modern cellular phone, which was invented by a guy who worked for Motorola back in 1973. Oh and the first cellular network was first laid in Japan, not in the "Century 21" USA. As I recall, AT&T (Bell) spent the majority of the 80s and 90s finding clever ways to charge people for long-distance calls. You have to be in your 40s to remember all the "long-distance plans" we were constantly pestered with. Luckily, Bell didn't have a monopoly on the future.
Well, they took away Bell's monopoly on the future with a _big_ ol' lawsuit.
The cell phone was NOT anyone's invention. It was a logical evolution from "pagers" to "texting" devices to audio messaging to full fledged phone.
"These monorails designers - they have one track mind!"
"...Why do you lash out?"
"...I don't know...."
I really like the idea of using card suits to explain nucleotides, I'll have to remember that one.
03:17 - "Ren and Stimpy music....."
Given the music used in this short is similar to tracks used in Ren and Stimpy; it's a hilarious contrast between the reality of the short and the insanity of the cartoon.
The one playing at 4:29 actually was used in Ren & Stimpy. For the titlecard for the episode "Fake Dad".
That thing about controlling your air conditioning remotely actually came true. There are thermostats you can control with a smartphone app.
And security system and lights, sprinklers, etc. It's actually nice to see a couple of these old predictions come true.
Plus, you know, the air conditioner in my parents' apartment that is about 10 years older than smartphones and has a remote control. Just sayin'.
Yeah well the irony of it is that just about every innovation they talked about before that. Transferring calls, changing the line, etc. was made unnecessary/obsolete by cell phones.
The quips always get me laughing. The lady's talking and in the pause
"I'm Sharon Lawrence"
4:51 “Who are you?“ Why, that’s Dick Tufeld, voice of the Robot and narrator/announcer of Lost in Space (1965).
6:29 And in spite of the fact that touchtone was actually cheaper for the phone company than rotary dial.
Don't you love how all of this is obsolete.
Lily B As is the Pacific Science Center. . .
Of course! Why, there's nothin' on earth like a genuine, bona-fide, electrified, six-car monorail!
What'd I say?
MONORAAAAAAILLL!!
What's it called?
To think this stuff was once super high tech.
12:25 - ~and you're seeing it all..."at the Annie Sprinkle show!" Years after I saw this episode I stumbled across exactly who Annie Sprinkle is and well...the line is a hell of a lot funnier now!
A deep joke.
yeah one of my all time favorite lines from the show for sure
@@mikeshelogowski434 'Deep Inside Annie Sprinkle'.
I was lucky enough to have discovered MST3K about a year after a women's studies class my freshman year in college, so I was really delighted to see that joke.
Dumbass here *points at self* but can someone please tell me who Annie Sprinkle is. I'm too lazy to look her up right now. 😛
For some reason, "well, andante, maybe" is still the funniest part.
"Just listen for dial tone, insert a number card and press the start button."
"THEN RUUUUN!!"
Cracks me up every time!
Me too! Runs through my head often when I click what used to be known as "Start" on Windows.
10:32 -- Wow, they predicted those silly Internet of Things devices nobody really needs. If they show a fridge with a built-in TV, I'm gonna pee myself...
Welcome to 2016, where the cell phones can do anything but get a decent call signal.
It's 2017 and they are no better.
Juan Carlos Miguel Santos They're slightly better here in 2193.
It's 2243 and we finally get decent signals
It’s 10,191 and I still can’t get a decent signal to Arrakis
@@allenharper2928😂😂😂
All that technology is OUTDATED. But at least, some of those ideas actually exist in some form such as remote control for household appliances & video conferencing.
Wow it's 2023 and all this is now,plus listening to these nuts is a plus,I miss the original mst3000 crew.
That night, the oppressive cloud of the phone company hung heavy over the world
artistwithouttalent oh you mean apple?
I remember those rotary phones with the plastic dials. We had them in my parents home in the 1970s.
I wonder how many inventors jumped off tops of buildings after microchips were invented..
That makes no sense. Engineers were GLAD to get rid of tubes, which were folding back technology. The only ones who still like tubes are audiophiles who want "smoother" sound.
WOW, the 21st Century looks amazing =D
I can't wait until I can carry a brick around in my pocket...Wait...
"Hello grandma!"
"Where's my money?!"
"Is it time to phone grandma?" "Well lets see" NO
CoasterRebel I don’t know why, but that part gets me every time.
@@kylestubbs8867same here lol
I guess i'm a nerd but that looked like a lot of fun to me. 🙂
PUSH BUTTON PHONING
Sure, the phone company talks a good game, but I'll believe it when I see it.
This will never catch on
"Push button phoning" is probably the strangest way they could've described having a phone with buttons on it lmao
In the future, there will be colours that are not purple and green!
Badly colorized. Original is B&W.
Are you British? or Canadian??
God, I remember the Bell Atlantic commercials that ran when I was a little kid, before the national carriers we know and are stuck with took over. I think Bell was forcibly split up into regional bits by monopoly laws actually.
Yeah. Used to be called "Ma Bell"
I like how this is about 1/4 over before Ol Ma Bell starts its spiel
Hi grandma! where's my money....
Send in the mail.
Here, you tell mom I'm pregnant. 😂😂😂
PUSH BUTTON PHONING!
*Anyone else feel awkward watching this on your phone?*
Yeah, how do you like it when the lawn piddles on you?
haha it's funny, it took another 50 years but we can control the oven, AC & sprinklers from our cell phones now
And in 50 years Seattle is so overrun by bums you'd get robbed in 5 minutes walking on its streets.
1:47 this guy is about to get fucking decapitated
hey you got to use the F word! Just like a real jr high kid!
suzycreamcheesez Would "This guy is about to get decapitated" or "This guy is about to get fudging decapitated" be funnier? Also it's true. Look at him. He is MILIMETERS away from that saucer ride.
I'm sorry you're embarrassed. You do wish to be taken seriously. Correct?
suzycreamcheesez Uh,no? I wrote a youtube comment in a MST3K video about a guy being so close to the saucer that it was about to take his head clean off.
suzycreamcheesez Did you just delete and re-wrote the message just so that i can see it? See my ignorance to the last time you wrote it as the following message:You took the joke too seriously and got stuck on a word that almost everyone,even people that don't speak english,know and use daily
"Wait, that phone's hanging on the wall, what'll they think of next?"
"The phones, they're coming!"
Also, so, are those two (blindingly white) kids supposed to be a couple, or brother and sister, or what?
4:00 - Hey look! It’s the precursor for all mobile phone games in the modern age!
I have been looking for movies about the Seattle's world Fair, and now that I have seen it, Seattle has went down hill.
Big time. A hell hole.
"Oh, *Scoffs* yeah great, Gifts From Germany... Braunschweiger, Cars with heaters that don't work and Identification Papers."
INTRODUCING THE ROTARY PHONE!!!!
Interesting how they didn't predict cell phones.
And yet they have a primitive pager.
@@scino55 And you saw how big it was even though the only message it receives is "buzz now!". It's hard to imagine how much transistors have improved since then.
Century 21 was also the name of Supermarionation pioneer Gerry Anderson's production company.
That flying needle thing in his logo scared me when I was little!
"You're a laaadyyyy"
But you can't escape DEATH!
That's "You're elated".
Fav lines. Mike says. Wait, that phones hanging on the wall. Mike: What will they think of next. Little girl says..Is it time to telephone grandma? Crow (No!)
I love the Monorail I wish we had more.
Monorails have many downsides that were not recognized until people actually built ran working runs. Having 4 wheels solves most of those problems.
@@princeofcupspoc9073 I hear those things are awful loud...
just mow down the old people, that's fine kids.
audrey king "Hey, we're young and perky, get the hell out of our way!"
if it were not for old people, then we wouldn't have young dumb and don't know what to do with their lives kind of people running around.
I hope you realize that was a quote from the short and not a jab at old people ^^;;...
2:31 Asian Lady: "Uh...guys...I'm not part of the exhibit...what're you doing? WTF just happened?"
05:50 This phone was featured in an episode of the Mission Impossible TV series. Mr. Phelps switched the cards, so when the office manager called for their regular computer repair service, she reached Barney instead!
here you tell mom I'm pregnant!
"in a BODYBAG" lol
10:41 public telephones in the 21st century...
You can't play candy crush on that.
i was in seatle at the museum of flight and they had this short on video, I instantly thought of this.
Gifts From Germany, braunschweiger, cars with heaters that don't work, and identification papers...
Great!
i just really seem to be drawn to that german exhibit....
The telephones of tomorrow, aka, 35 years ago :P
I don't know, they had beepers: it was like a really shitty 1990's in a Nirvana video minus the irony.
this only re-enforces my appreciation of my iPhone.
metropod *reinforces
2:59 -- And it really does sound like an imitation of Herbert Windt's soundtrack for _Olympia_ .
"Then you can go off with your drinking and pill popping!"
My mother's favorite line
Am I the only person who thinks the girl is dressed WAY too formally for this? Especially compared to everyone else.
It's 2015 and the Phone Company's Customer Service is still shit
And now in the twenty first century we have more convenient ways to TALK than ever, but no one is LISTENING!
The phones! They're coming!!
Celebrating pride week at the fair. I'm GAY!!!
I feel good about me!
Wow early beepers. And to think much of the cell was invented by the actress Hedy Lamar.
That's Hedley.
Wow! Seattle before it got taken over by bums. I remember those days. Quite nice.
Love this one
3:18 REN AND STIMPY MUSIC
"call me later, toots"
"Ever been invited out for an evening--"
No.
"...and had to turn it down because you're expecting an extra-special call?"
NO!
THE PHONES! THEY'RE COMING!!!
This is a 13 1/2 minute short, yet it takes nearly 5 full minutes to actually get to the phone stuff.
10:42 Google: WRITE THAT DOWN!
"We're crushing pigeons, *IT'S FUN!"*
The phones! They're coming!
This looks like Disneyland from the 50s
Tom: We are going see Mickey Mouse!
I rode that monorail (the one there in '94, that is)! There wasn't any music playing, the jerks.
at the Annie Sprinkle Show!
Rifftrax should redo this short.
4:18 that's bound to trigger a lot of people these days.
A 13:23 long video where they take up the first 4:48 before they even start to try to get to the point!
I googled Annie Sprinkle and almost died laughing!
I still don't get it
@@Charon.1 use Google. Muting you now
I spent 13 minutes waiting for a real estate reference that never came
The beginning of America's great dumbing-down. A great advance in technology - NOT having to remember your phone numbers!
Since it is the 21st Century, he should have said "look, there's Justin Bieber".......Wow. We went from Pearl Jam to Bieber, that should be the alarm signal.
So in the 21st Century our remote control apps are going to be pigeons? And wow, I can't wait for push button dialing. That will save the touch screen getting our dirty fingerprints all over the screen.
I feel good about meeee! 🤣🤣😆
Is it just me, or does everyone in this short look like The Hulk?
BEEPERS!
Fred, next time you're in town, bring Helen!