Althouse: About that Orb...

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."; 5/22/17, 10:08 AM
traditionalguy said...: Diane Keaton wanted his orb and she got it.; 5/22/17, 10:12 AM
Original Mike said...: Did they show Trump the Orgasmatron?; 5/22/17, 10:14 AM
tcrosse said...: All signs point to No.; 5/22/17, 10:16 AM
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?; 5/22/17, 10:21 AM
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.; 5/22/17, 10:23 AM
Ann Althouse said...: "Can anyone help me out?"

The first post has a link to an article that explains it.; 5/22/17, 10:24 AM
Ann Althouse said...: Some institution being set up for some good purpose.; 5/22/17, 10:25 AM
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; 5/22/17, 10:42 AM
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.; 5/22/17, 10:51 AM
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.; 5/22/17, 11:42 AM
Kevin said...: Laslo may feel he divined Trump during the election, but Woody Allen divined us all back in the 70's.; 5/22/17, 12:08 PM
furious_a said...: What a time to be alive; 5/22/17, 12:20 PM
Ann Althouse said...: LOL Qaestor. I didn't remember the orb right and I didn't remember the Orgasmatron right.; 5/22/17, 12:41 PM
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.; 5/22/17, 12:50 PM
gspencer said...: Not too spooky, huh. Three grown men, two of them Muzzies, with both hands on an orb.; 5/22/17, 1:04 PM
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.; 5/22/17, 1:06 PM
gspencer said...: Do you think the King had a PURELL™ Hand Sanitizer nearby?; 5/22/17, 1:08 PM
brylun said...: I thought the Orgasmatron first appeared in 1964 in Barbarella: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owueFHTFN8Y; 5/22/17, 1:18 PM
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...); 5/22/17, 1:29 PM
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"; 5/22/17, 1:30 PM
Sydney said...: The Saudi guy looks very nervous.; 5/22/17, 5:42 PM
pdug said...: Woody gets a little non-consensual at the orb-party.; 5/23/17, 1:04 PM