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Here's something pretty cool (if you haven't already seen it) - an excerpt from a 1967 Philco-Ford film predicting what life would be like in 1999.
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12-08-2007, 09:22 PM
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I was waiting for: "You will not obtain these items if you smoke reefer".
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12-09-2007, 10:01 AM
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link no work
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12-09-2007, 11:48 AM
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Totally a fake. I love the Adobe "old film" effect looping in the same places every few seconds. Nice try! Looks very convincing though otherwise (aside from the printer lol)
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12-09-2007, 12:04 PM
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Did you miss the part where it said it was true?
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12-09-2007, 12:15 PM
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12-09-2007, 12:16 PM
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Did you actually click on the link?
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12-09-2007, 12:21 PM
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Yes. I take it you all are saying that Snopes is not a reliable source?
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12-09-2007, 12:26 PM
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So whomever faked the film went back in time to get footage of a young Wink Martindale for this project?
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12-09-2007, 12:32 PM
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what is the name of the film?
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12-09-2007, 12:33 PM
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Of course I did. I even went to the trouble of finding ANOTHER clip from the same movie. Given that the young man featured in the movie, game show auteur Wink Martindale, has the clips linked from his website, I would guess that he'd vouch for their veracity. But, since hotlinking xkcd is fun:   |
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12-09-2007, 12:44 PM
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Ha, awesome. Ok, I wasn't aware of the actor. That's pretty impressive then wow!
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