This is the video Ok Go’s label didn’t want to make embeddable due to screening/royalty issues but they obviously resolved that debate or it wouldn’t be here… Wonder how many takes it took?
Mar
04
2010
04
2010
Music of Sound
TIM’S OBSESSION WITH VIBRATING AIR MOLECULES
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There’s 9 broken TV sets at 2:45, so this could be take 10. Brilliant and Clever Video !
Yeah, it’s quite amazing! It took more than 60 takes to get right (and one hour for a full machine-reset), according to this post over at Wired: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/03/ok-go-rube-goldberg/
Phew!
I was listening to the Buzz Out Loud podcast yesterday. They interviewed Adam Sadowski (first segment of the mp3), head of SynLabs, the guys who built the Rube Goldberg rig. It did indeed require 60 takes.
http://www.cnet.com/8301-19709_1-10464691-10.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=BuzzOutLoudPodcast