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Simpleton howtos
Youtube videos explaining things like cutting paper with scissors | |
For this type of video you need poor lighting, talk in a funny
foreign accent (preferably Indian, South African or Swedish)
with at least two words that have key importance,
pronounced in a way that the viewers understand what your
talking about only at the end.
The presenter gives a long
technical and
detailed preface including a list of what is needed, with a
very serious face, and then finally describes how to cut
paper with scissors, how to put a sweater on, or how to
turn on the lights with a wall switch.
The presenter then summarizes the video, and points to
other similar videos.
You must have loud noises in the background, people
yelling, cars honking, and once in a while an airplane
landing, so that nothing can be heard at all. At this point the
presentation is stopped, the presenter, who is shown from
an odd angle, and is never completely in the frame,
apologizes for the noise, and continues on in the same
voice.
No cats, cellular phones or other distractions are seen, they
are only heard in the background.
A real hit would be the "How to skip ads in youtube" youtube
video that shows you how after you wait for the "Skip Ad" to
appear, you can click the "Skip Ad" and it will skip to the
movie you want to see. Those would go in a sub genre of
recursive simpleton howtos.
Making Popcorn Shrimp
https://www.youtube...watch?v=B7UmUX68KtE Somehow I just can't resist linking this.... [Vernon, May 01 2015]
Swedish Meatballs
https://www.youtube...watch?v=sY_Yf4zz-yo Might as well link this, too. [Vernon, May 01 2015]
Flapjacks
https://www.youtube...watch?v=MmOdI80sC5U [Vernon, May 01 2015]
Banana Split
https://www.youtube...watch?v=CGws43awAQg [Vernon, May 01 2015]
Turtle Soup
https://www.youtube...watch?v=j1KSaUEu_T4 [Vernon, May 01 2015]
Cooking Eggs
https://www.youtube...watch?v=RhRkAzaDuyg (provided the chicken cooperates) [Vernon, May 01 2015]
Pumpkin Carving
https://www.youtube...watch?v=2Qj8PhxSnhg [Vernon, May 01 2015]
Cookies
https://www.youtube...watch?v=E9qqKaYz4bk [Vernon, May 01 2015]
Poutine
https://www.youtube...watch?v=3lOP5sNnvBA This is a Canadian treat. [Vernon, May 01 2015]
Donuts
https://www.youtube...watch?v=mbs64GvGgPU [Vernon, May 01 2015]
Hot Dogs
https://www.youtube...watch?v=AR4JjB0gXOg [Vernon, May 01 2015]
Hot Sauce
https://www.youtube...watch?v=IwGdHAHg0ig [Vernon, May 01 2015]
Mexican Shrimp Tacos
https://www.youtube...watch?v=rvPF8RvOBdY [Vernon, May 01 2015]
A Whole Meal
https://www.youtube...watch?v=O9szl4npVQM [Vernon, May 01 2015]
Dough
https://www.youtube...watch?v=TR2WMN1qYJc (needed in many different recipes) [Vernon, May 01 2015]
Chocolate Mousse
https://www.youtube...watch?v=yAbWQFM4G24 [Vernon, May 01 2015]
Salad
https://www.youtube...watch?v=CHL4B5N_Qo0 [Vernon, May 01 2015]
Off topic funny Swedish chef web episode
https://www.youtube...watch?v=3KtIBPwaRkk [pashute, May 07 2015]
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I'm going to stop adding links because there seems to be an
endless number of relevant possibilities. |
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The Swedish chef from the muppets is funny but not what I
was talking about. Any cooking video is something about
knowledge that needs to be explained. And in any case
Swedish chef video (making popcorn shrimp) is a
masterpiece. Notice the music, the timing, the screenplay,
the camera work, the choreography, the setting, sound-
effects, lighting, that is one piece of invested art. |
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[Edit: Now I saw that all your videos are from the Swedish
chef. So no, that's not the idea. Anyways I was happy to
see the web episodes, which I was unaware of. Some of
them are actually funny] |
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I wonder though about the folding mobile phone he pulls
out. Wasn't the muppets on in the 80's? We had a gigantic
bulky mobile phone only somewhere around 1998. I think
those small folding phones came out only in the 2000's No? |
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Muppets are still alive and kicking... or at least shuffling their feet occasionally. |
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With no experience, would you be able to instinctively tell what scissors are for ? Could be a compass for scoring a circle into the ground or wood. Could be an ingenious double-knife, which sheathes against itself, protecting the blades, has a spare blade which doubles as a crossguard. |
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An office stapler could be a retro taser. |
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There is a Russian who strings together completely disjointed demonstrations of "Life Hacks". It almost seems too complicated |
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[pashute], I do confess to having some fun by slightly
misinterpreting your main Idea. You might notice that
the
"Cookies" link actually shows a real recipe, in spite of
the
antics of the Swedish Chef. |
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About the "popcorn" music, that is an instumental thing
that was very popular in the 1970s --a number of
artists have created variations on the theme, of which
one of the best is the one that the Muppet video
used/abused. If you would like the music "straight",
seek "Popcorn" by "Hot Butter" |
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