May 22, 2017

About that Orb...

"Here it is..."



A hit of the Orb to MisterBuddwing, in the comments to "The Orb," about that Orb...

23 comments:

Mark O said...

"Ask again later."

traditionalguy said...

Diane Keaton wanted his orb and she got it.

Original Mike said...

Did they show Trump the Orgasmatron?

tcrosse said...

All signs point to No.

What Next said...

I've seen dozens of posts on various platforms about this Orb, but I haven't read any reporting about what this thing was and the event where it occurred. Can anyone help me out?

Ann Althouse said...

"Did they show Trump the Orgasmatron?"

I had forgotten that the Orb was a separate thing, in addition to the Orgasmatron. But it was not repetitious. The Orb was a group activity that got rather drawn out, more like sharing marijuana. The Orgasmatron was a device to be used by one person, to have an orgasm instantly and get it over with.

Ann Althouse said...

"Can anyone help me out?"

The first post has a link to an article that explains it.

Ann Althouse said...

Some institution being set up for some good purpose.

Bay Area Guy said...

heh, heh - Woody was very funny in the 70s, pre- ugly break-up with Mia Farrow.

You could do a supplement. Young Bernie Sanders as "Fielding Mellish" in Bananas

bgates said...

"One Orb to Rule Them All" is funny bc it's so obviously the wrong Lord of the Rings reference. That thing is obviously a palantir - per wiki, a crystal ball, used for both communication and as a means of seeing events in other parts of the world or in the distant past.

Probably a gift from Peter Thiel, Chairman of Palantir Technologies, a Big Data analysis tool used by the intelligence community and Dept of Defense.

Quaestor said...

Althouse wrote: The Orgasmatron was a device to be used by one person, to have an orgasm instantly and get it over with.

Oh, really?

Althouse was evidently thinking of the Masturbato Rex, a futuristic device edited out of the theatrical release.

Kevin said...

Laslo may feel he divined Trump during the election, but Woody Allen divined us all back in the 70's.

furious_a said...

What a time to be alive

Ann Althouse said...

LOL Qaestor. I didn't remember the orb right and I didn't remember the Orgasmatron right.

Quaestor said...

I didn't remember the orb right and I didn't remember the Orgasmatron right.

And you forgot the u.

Perhaps you need a suppliment.

Cognitex with Brain Shield... that's funnier than Orgasmatron.

gspencer said...

Not too spooky, huh. Three grown men, two of them Muzzies, with both hands on an orb.

robother said...

Heh. Woody Allen's dancing to the weird music at the end of this excerpt is clearly an homage to Chaplin, closing the loop with The Great Dictator.

gspencer said...

Do you think the King had a PURELL™ Hand Sanitizer nearby?

brylun said...

I thought the Orgasmatron first appeared in 1964 in Barbarella: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owueFHTFN8Y

MisterBuddwing said...

"Barbarella": It was called The Excessive Machine, and in case you'd rather hear it in English:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu7GgZbCLsY

(Of course, you can argue that the experience transcends all languages...)

Pianoman said...

I was thinking about Rover from The Prisoner when I saw all this Orb stuff:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6Ffr1U7KMY

"Be Seeing You"

Sydney said...

The Saudi guy looks very nervous.

pdug said...

Woody gets a little non-consensual at the orb-party.