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COURVO · Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 12:21 am Post subject:

I like the cam close-ups of the little hand gestures, as if he REALLY UNDERSTOOD what he was explaining. What scares me is that there are people out there who really DO understand what he's saying!

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Frank F · Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 12:41 am Post subject:

pdrew · Guest

Glad you all like the technobabbler as much as I do.

This one rates right up there with the now famous Don LaFontaine "5 Men and a Limo."

Now, I just don't understand why any of you would think there were outtakes from that shoot. C'mon! I'm sure the guy did it in one take. What I'd love to see is a battle of blather between the guy in the video and John Moschitta from the Fast Talker FedEx spots of the early '80s.

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johnbailey · Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 1:26 pm Post subject:

SoundsGreat-Elaine Singer · Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 2:05 pm Post subject:

What makes me think that's probably more difficult to undergo than to say?
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JBarrett · Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 12:17 pm Post subject:

I was just turned onto this clip by a co-worker. This may be new to some, so I hope folks don't mind the bump. In order to make this semi-useful, here's a little history behind the fun.
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Lizden · Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 12:54 pm Post subject:

Dave · Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 2:20 pm Post subject:

What's so d*%#n funny?

Scripts like that make up 80% of my work. Seriously... just another average day in tecnobabbleland (Houston). But I will admit, I'd never survive it if I had to do it on camera.
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Don G. · King's Row Joined: 11 Nov 2004 Posts: 1071 Location: MA

Whatever he was paid, the client got a bargain! Nicely edited, too. If it's made up of multiple takes, they did a nice job with it. And even if he did multiple takes, if what we saw is one continuous take (even if it's take 427), he did a helluva job.

It almost seems like it could be a Saturday Night Live sketch, but I doubt if anyone in the cast could pull it off as well.

Gp · Guest

That was very well done. Now that the script is posted....does anyone want to give it a try? Have some fun with it if you do.

Maybe not the new crew of SNL,,( I honestly don't even know who the new crew is)...,but I would love to see Dan Akroyd try that, or Chevy Chase too.

indymandy · Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 9:25 pm Post subject:

Oh, Lordy.

All kidding aside, I used to work for Rockwell Automation! I was a sales engineer with them for 6 years. I saw this back in February and got a good hoot out of it. No, I never got to do a presentation on the retro encabulator, but you should have seen me dazzle them with presentations on PLCs, drives, motor control centers, terminal blocks, and the whole gamut of industrial automation. Ah, the good old days.

I finally figured out I'd rather talk about it than actually sell it. But I do know how to make it sound good!

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Brett Mason · Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 9:06 am Post subject:

Finally got around to viewing this....I mean, I may be somewhat technically bent, but such a rich trove of terminology definitely had me spurving bearings a twitter, not to mention me amberfacient lunar wane shaft...

If any deranged soul wants to give this a try, ran across a similar script that could be used for some very intensive vocal warmups---->HERE

Bruce · Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 11:04 am Post subject:

Sadly, Peter Drew only contributed to that post in 2006 and hasn't been heard from since. Maybe we should invite him to jump back in....the rhetoric is fine!

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Lizden · Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 3:51 pm Post subject:

Just sent him an email!

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Dan-O · The Gates of Troy Joined: 17 Jan 2005 Posts: 1638

The Original...

The Turbo Encabulator

in one take.