This Man Is a Professional Useless Machine Builder

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  • Опубликовано: 28 май 2024
  • If there is an easy way to get from point a to point b, Joseph Herscher isn’t going to take that route when he is building a Rube Goldberg machine. The contraptions are purposely designed to complete a simple task in the most roundabout way possible. Remember the Mouse Trap game? That’s a small-scale Rube Goldberg machine. The machines Herscher constructs are much more elaborate. Some feed him. Others slather him with sunscreen, or slip him into bed. One lesson Joseph Herscher has learned from creating these intricate machines-you’ve got to be willing to fail to succeed.
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Комментарии • 623

  • @psych3009
    @psych3009 3 года назад +1902

    i can imagine him as a jolly old man in the future showing us all of his machines hes built over the years

    • @troys1426
      @troys1426 3 года назад +11

      He did ever since 19

    • @bobgoblingang5434
      @bobgoblingang5434 3 года назад +3

      Amazing 👍

    • @horayakhan1300
      @horayakhan1300 3 года назад +1

      "

    • @tijmen7839
      @tijmen7839 3 года назад +1

      I would love to see michael reeves in his old days explaining his machines

    • @orang1921
      @orang1921 3 года назад

      NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @user-mx3cj4qw5y
    @user-mx3cj4qw5y 3 года назад +2484

    *Gets flashbacks of that iconic movie "Home Alone"*

  • @generalhenrystickmin
    @generalhenrystickmin 3 года назад +3083

    These are the people that should work for Disney.

    • @the-engneer
      @the-engneer 3 года назад +48

      So true, but sadly it's just become another industrial complex

    • @puirYorick
      @puirYorick 3 года назад +31

      @@the-engneer Yup! "Da Mouse" is just a mega-Industrial Machine now. They buy other people's creativity and squeeze all the life out of it.

    • @hellsapoppin9326
      @hellsapoppin9326 3 года назад +2

      Work for Disney as what?

    • @the-engneer
      @the-engneer 3 года назад +25

      @@hellsapoppin9326 a writer, because the people the got now have absolutely no imagination

    • @hellsapoppin9326
      @hellsapoppin9326 3 года назад +5

      @@the-engneer he doesn't write anything in the video tho

  • @toast6494
    @toast6494 3 года назад +540

    "Alright, I'm gonna get a sip of water."
    *5 minutes later*
    "Finally, a glass of water!"

    • @littlemissfinch
      @littlemissfinch 3 года назад +7

      *it appears we have caught a pfp thief red-handed...*

    • @notalemon2899
      @notalemon2899 3 года назад

      It appears I’m a banana

  • @somenameforuser1791
    @somenameforuser1791 3 года назад +35

    My school teacher made my class make these machines. You have no idea how hard it is to have such a simple and chaotic machine work and how happy people are to have a pen error-free run.

  • @FingeringThings
    @FingeringThings 3 года назад +857

    Imagine this mans morning sequence

  • @heatherericaceae133
    @heatherericaceae133 3 года назад +42

    It's not useless, it's creativity

    • @UpcomingJedi
      @UpcomingJedi Год назад

      No it IS useless. Just brush your teeth with your hand not the clock.

    • @Fewchore
      @Fewchore Год назад

      @@UpcomingJedi Useless, as in there's no worth
      He has a job out of it, so it has some use for him

  • @ambergriffin91
    @ambergriffin91 3 года назад +353

    This is the creativity I imagine when my kids are bored. Instead, they just flop around & complain of being bored.

    • @nk6197
      @nk6197 3 года назад +21

      I used to always wants to build machines like this when bored but my parents wouldn’t let me “waste” household objects or buy cheap and simple supplies. They told me I was just silly and nothing like this can actually work. Still do love engineering though I owe a lot of that interest to RUclips channels like Joseph’s machines.

    • @DBT1007
      @DBT1007 3 года назад +28

      You know... You also a kid. Long time ago.
      If you don't have high creativity in your childhood, then.. why expect too much to your children?
      Really. Human adults need to think that they were a kid too long time ago. Don't think children can think and act like you do in your adult time.
      That usually what happen to some family. The parents neglect the children and think they(the children) can do it by themselves.
      These adults don't deserve to raise family actually. They're not matured enough.

    • @reactingcats7320
      @reactingcats7320 3 года назад

      Thats me lol

    • @markfryer9880
      @markfryer9880 3 года назад +2

      @@nk6197 If you were poor I could understand your parents attitude, but to deny a kid the chance to make something is cruel and very limiting.

    • @anaksamanananggal3940
      @anaksamanananggal3940 3 года назад +2

      When I'm bored I make weird foods from scratch but my family started to forbid me to experiment with my food they said I'm a lazy spoild kid who likes to just eat and play video games there words hurts my feelings

  • @ZOCCOK
    @ZOCCOK 3 года назад +615

    Mom: What is this!!!
    Me: *That's my alarm clock Mom!!!*

  • @paradonym
    @paradonym 3 года назад +158

    Imagine how strong the willpower of his girlfriend must be... waking up in a house where the currently sleeping man built a machine all night totally freaking out when something's been moved...

    • @DBT1007
      @DBT1007 3 года назад +5

      It's for money. Why not?

  • @OmarAhmed-rj9ns
    @OmarAhmed-rj9ns 3 года назад +426

    I love how this reminds me of Tom and Jerry

  • @yourbiggestfan5002
    @yourbiggestfan5002 3 года назад +225

    This is the definition of "having too much time in your hands"

    • @jalllu5201
      @jalllu5201 3 года назад +1

      WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR PROFILE PIC😂

    • @nk6197
      @nk6197 3 года назад +7

      Some people just leave it black. More simpler

    • @francolopez8283
      @francolopez8283 3 года назад

      N K black lives matter

    • @v.t.9864
      @v.t.9864 3 года назад +1

      Oh gosh🤣 ikr

    • @satibel
      @satibel 3 года назад +3

      an when I cook I sometimes have too much thyme on my hands.

  • @ishaanagrawal3575
    @ishaanagrawal3575 3 года назад +83

    *Imagine him going to career day for his son's school and he's like "Oh, so what I do is be useless"*

  • @LadyJ_88
    @LadyJ_88 3 года назад +22

    I never knew what it was called but as a 90's kid, obviously my favorite Rube Goldberg machine is in Casper ♡

  • @dutchvanderlinde4965
    @dutchvanderlinde4965 3 года назад +69

    I guess we both have something in common. I too am professionally useless.

    • @EDMF_Jack
      @EDMF_Jack 3 года назад +5

      So um how do i join

    • @hvrryhkm
      @hvrryhkm 3 года назад +2

      Yeah lets make a group

    • @dangodangoytb
      @dangodangoytb 3 года назад +2

      I’m in too!

    • @jayayeonetoo3335
      @jayayeonetoo3335 3 года назад

      i am a simple man
      when a group of people is relatable
      i join in the conversation

    • @EDMF_Jack
      @EDMF_Jack 3 года назад

      @@jayayeonetoo3335 what does is the group name

  • @ZOCCOK
    @ZOCCOK 3 года назад +45

    My parents had the honor of this title after they created me.

  • @gobbowarboss2914
    @gobbowarboss2914 3 года назад +28

    "I sell used toilet paper", "And I make pointless machines that do nothing for humanity", "AND WE HAVE A BUDGET OF 2.5 MILLION DOLLARS TO BUY A HOME"

  • @rhondahuggins9542
    @rhondahuggins9542 3 года назад +7

    I never get tired of watching these machines! They spark my imagination and creativity😎Thanks for this marvelous artist spotlight.💜

  • @JordanBeagle
    @JordanBeagle 3 года назад +18

    I just remembered that I've actually watched this guy's channel before

  • @TheFuckingEgg
    @TheFuckingEgg 3 года назад +2

    I love this channel. It makes me so happy to be able to see people enjoying their passions and following their dreams!

  • @andrewyao2612
    @andrewyao2612 3 года назад +2

    been watching him since 2015 it’s feels good to see him here really shows me how far he’s gone

  • @wica6145
    @wica6145 3 года назад +9

    *Create overly complicated mechanism for simple things*
    Programmer: Let me introduce ourself

    • @oompalumpus699
      @oompalumpus699 3 года назад +1

      Dude. This hurts. It reminds me of the time I made my first calculator application.
      What I thought was simple, involved *SO... MUCH... PAIN....*
      Worth it though.

  • @anderson74
    @anderson74 2 года назад +5

    This man has a whole career because he wanted to make his parents smile, if that is not wholesome, i don't know what is.

  • @aisadal2521
    @aisadal2521 3 года назад +6

    I never knew these cute set-ups had a name! I'm so happy to have found out that they have an actual name!

  • @forrestl5597
    @forrestl5597 3 года назад +3

    This man is a gift to humanity

  • @abdullahali1386
    @abdullahali1386 3 года назад

    I love this guy
    PLEASE MAKE MORE VIDEOS WITH HIM
    HE IS A TOTAL LEGEND

  • @rajo741
    @rajo741 3 года назад +1

    Just wonderful, wondrous and whimsical. More of this in the world!

  • @priyankkumarn2189
    @priyankkumarn2189 3 года назад +43

    I saw first Rube Goldberg machine in "Tom and Jerry"

    • @FIstof7LEGEND
      @FIstof7LEGEND 3 года назад

      I very vividly remember watching the one in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and being amazed.

  • @JordanBeagle
    @JordanBeagle 3 года назад +2

    Demonstrates the genius of the trial and error method

  • @notslimeyboi
    @notslimeyboi 3 года назад +8

    Him: in mouse trap the best thing was doing the trap no one cared about the board game
    Me: wait it was a board game

  • @kashs260tv
    @kashs260tv 3 года назад +2

    It's not useless if it makes you happy 😉 In my California 5th grade school everyone had to design something creative like these. So much fun! I hope people do it with their kids.

  • @shuhratkessikbayev8886
    @shuhratkessikbayev8886 3 года назад +5

    The guy who made the Pet Rock: Write that down! Write that down!

  • @sp1nk1ck53
    @sp1nk1ck53 3 года назад +4

    I lost it when he said he didn't even do the calculations for the physics and just rolled balls and saw where it went and go from there

  • @mrschneider9685
    @mrschneider9685 3 года назад +2

    This man deserves the golden buzzer

  • @banlatbastijohn3067
    @banlatbastijohn3067 3 года назад +1

    2:46 I want that slide when I got myself a room for my own.

  • @tripleshing5069
    @tripleshing5069 3 года назад +1

    These are mesmerizing, like even if you know it's a trap, you can't turn away until you know how it all works

  • @Tbug20
    @Tbug20 3 года назад +1

    Man, I love watching things like that just go.

  • @sophiazhong5220
    @sophiazhong5220 3 года назад +5

    Ahhhhhh asparagus flying through the air! I was in a useless meeting when I was watching and it was super awkward when I bursted out in laughter...

  • @Chilly_Billy
    @Chilly_Billy 3 года назад +1

    This is exactly the kind of fun video we will miss as GBS shutters is doors.

  • @kinman1579
    @kinman1579 3 года назад

    Man, I used to watch his videos like 3 years ago seeing him here is just, wow.

  • @AaronKaiMCDNLD
    @AaronKaiMCDNLD 3 года назад +8

    Imagine accidentally knocing a vase in this guy's house.

  • @DXB1975.
    @DXB1975. 3 года назад +1

    “Everyday objects” he says. You think CHUCKY the KILLER DOLL as just a doll is an everyday object.

  • @melogarcia1949
    @melogarcia1949 3 года назад +1

    "Pick up a ball and see where it hits"
    I am an online student, and these types of videos just reminds me to calm down and chill

  • @genghis_connie
    @genghis_connie 3 года назад

    This gent is fantastic!
    I've loved these since I was a wee kiddo. My brother and I made simple ones, always using Hot Wheels tracks somewhere in it.
    Great feature!

  • @hehe734
    @hehe734 3 года назад +3

    For me, those machines are not useless, they are physics masterpiece

  • @Plagurn
    @Plagurn 3 года назад

    id never expect Joseph to get on this channel

  • @blueskye7330
    @blueskye7330 3 года назад +1

    Wow! I love his videos! Also, Great big story is such an amazing channel! I'm sad they ended.

  • @IsaArts2930
    @IsaArts2930 3 года назад +8

    Technically Wallace and Gromit irl..
    Neat!

  • @yellowgetbright
    @yellowgetbright 3 года назад +12

    I bet he is the one that makes Pee Wee Herman breakfast meals every morning.

  • @maxshantz7347
    @maxshantz7347 3 года назад +8

    People: endgame was the best crossover in history
    Me:

  • @filipenunes5151
    @filipenunes5151 3 года назад

    He does what he loves! Already the best pay check EVER!

  • @mattgaming8717
    @mattgaming8717 3 года назад +7

    That butter scene was really satisfying.

  • @imaginative-monkey
    @imaginative-monkey 3 года назад +1

    I really love his works!

  • @abdillahsoetoto674
    @abdillahsoetoto674 3 года назад

    You have amazing job bro! Thank's for sharing!

  • @intrestedinanything533
    @intrestedinanything533 2 года назад +1

    My man built ridiculously complicated machines for 31 years just because it made his parents smile
    Absolute chad of the century

  • @storiesbyemily4170
    @storiesbyemily4170 3 года назад +1

    So much time and effort... I hope you will get tons of views

  • @ishaanagrawal3575
    @ishaanagrawal3575 3 года назад +2

    No one:
    That one kid who sits across from who and takes forever when you ask to borrow their pencil:

  • @mr.optimal1027
    @mr.optimal1027 3 года назад

    I love this dude, ive been watching him since i was 6 (im 10 now) and every single thing he demonstrated on this channel, ive watched the original video.

  • @chris-hayes
    @chris-hayes 3 года назад

    Enjoying old GBS videos is now bitter sweet. 😭

  • @CalliePossum
    @CalliePossum 3 года назад +2

    Pitagora- ah, you know the line. Godspeed, Rube. You too, other guy. (I forgot, okay?)

  • @satyamanand1713
    @satyamanand1713 3 года назад

    Our brain does hundreds of calculation and assumptions before taking any action and this man is taking really good advantage of that...

  • @sheisflowerchild
    @sheisflowerchild 3 года назад +4

    I hope he creates a rube Goldberg that will fast forward to 2021.

  • @lauraschlueter287
    @lauraschlueter287 3 года назад

    I was watching and thought of Mouse Trap...and then I saw it in the video. I loved that game.

  • @jojobizarre1067
    @jojobizarre1067 3 года назад

    Making it work on 85th take, this video is unexpectedly inspiring.

  • @capitaldude7119
    @capitaldude7119 3 года назад

    It's about time that he got some Media coverage!

  • @wiktordykas5513
    @wiktordykas5513 3 года назад +5

    His machines are kinda like Doofenschmirtz' Inators lol

  • @AzlianaLyana
    @AzlianaLyana 3 года назад

    Sunscreen dispenser...YES I need that!😁

  • @rocionieves4336
    @rocionieves4336 3 года назад

    Now that's patience and persistence right there

  • @user-dd9is6iy9m
    @user-dd9is6iy9m 3 года назад

    These are not useless machines. They are doing something useful. The noteworthy point is that they are over-complicated.

  • @thatguynamedgeorge9218
    @thatguynamedgeorge9218 3 года назад

    The best ones are the ones that can reset itself while still remaining spectacular. An example would be like attaching a fishing line to a baseball where it still has the property of being thrown but can easily be put back where it was.

  • @mariapizzaa
    @mariapizzaa 3 года назад +2

    Joseph is amazing! Check out his youtube channel, it's a lot of fun

  • @thepufferfishguy3467
    @thepufferfishguy3467 3 года назад

    Oh,Joseph is here! Nice!

  • @RafaelCardoso299
    @RafaelCardoso299 Год назад

    These are really cool !

  • @mausunk
    @mausunk Год назад +1

    It's not useless, it's entertainment.

  • @HipHopKitteh
    @HipHopKitteh 3 года назад

    These "useless" machines brought more value than those reaction videos on RUclips.

  • @thebiancataitshow128
    @thebiancataitshow128 3 года назад

    Wish I had a mind like that. Find it fascinating... endlessly joyful i imagine!

  • @Mr.Mousey
    @Mr.Mousey 3 года назад

    I just imagine you just flip a light switch at his house and you get a chello playing a cigar upside down

  • @QnJhbQ
    @QnJhbQ 3 года назад +5

    "Connect A to B and no way to connect it" Me using a third-party SDK for the first time

  • @lestupidunicorn
    @lestupidunicorn 3 года назад

    i love how he doesnt give a shit about the science he just has an idea and brute forces it to success

  • @sokra
    @sokra 3 года назад

    Thank you Great Big Story

  • @user-xf1hh8td8y
    @user-xf1hh8td8y Год назад

    Btw, the Japanese kids show they were talking about at the beginning is called “Pythagoras switch” and they make very elaborate and fun to watch machines.

  • @inqom7353
    @inqom7353 3 года назад

    Everyone during quarantine: you dare challenge me?

  • @Max_Flashheart
    @Max_Flashheart 3 года назад

    Fantastic I need a Rube Goldberg machine inspired Doorbell

  • @spiffy4684
    @spiffy4684 3 года назад

    Me in my redstone world:Are you challenging me?

  • @Dev1nci
    @Dev1nci 3 года назад

    The title on my phone:
    This Man is a Professional Useless
    Machine Builder
    Me reading the title while not proper paying attention:
    This Man is a Professional Useless.
    😂😂😂

  • @clarence_illust
    @clarence_illust 3 года назад

    yes, joseph, love his contraptions

  • @Boypogikami132
    @Boypogikami132 2 года назад

    Finally someone decided to make a documentary on this RUclipsr

  • @nilavanideb9385
    @nilavanideb9385 2 года назад +1

    Oh my god we finally found the video of this guy

  • @-CloClo-
    @-CloClo- 3 года назад

    I’ll have to try this someday

  • @DarthAlphaTheGreat
    @DarthAlphaTheGreat 3 года назад +1

    If it does anything...it’s not useless machine.
    A useless machine is something like a machine that shuts itself down.

  • @senneverkoyen2378
    @senneverkoyen2378 3 года назад

    My goal for the future is to get a job I like as much this guy does.

  • @ScorpionStrike7
    @ScorpionStrike7 3 года назад

    I want to find want I love and have as much passion in it as this guy does. 😁

  • @arniecalang4583
    @arniecalang4583 3 года назад

    this made me smile :) thx

  • @tyrranicalt-rad6164
    @tyrranicalt-rad6164 3 года назад +21

    I bet this guy gets all the Rube Goldberg machines chicks. 😏

    • @markfryer9880
      @markfryer9880 3 года назад +2

      That is a category of girlfriend now days?

  • @AmanGupta-fs9og
    @AmanGupta-fs9og 3 года назад +1

    over complication is an art

  • @Van9fromOuterSpace
    @Van9fromOuterSpace 2 года назад

    "The Goldberg Variation" is my favorite episode of The X-Files

  • @drobdoggames9408
    @drobdoggames9408 3 года назад

    I’ve never looked up to someone so much

  • @denalgenerosas5083
    @denalgenerosas5083 3 года назад

    So basically he has good rng and amazing at making contraptions

  • @noesunyoutuber7680
    @noesunyoutuber7680 Год назад

    The spinning light fixture full of both lightbulbs and a turkey leg you have to catch with your mouth made me wince really hard. One wrong move and you've got a mouthful of broken glass.

  • @williamhenry4380
    @williamhenry4380 3 года назад +2

    0:56 is that Charplin - King Of 20th century’s comedy ?