John Hester at NBC has some very interesting reporting on you tubes new site, YouTube Time Machine. What is that? It is an arrangement of videos by year. It appears to be the work of Justin Johnson. This gives the surfer the opportunity to view all kinds of recorded events (TV, movies, music, news, sports) by year.
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Hester writes, So 1986, for example, yields some 78 videos, ranging from a trailer for “Maximum Overdrive” (Stephen King’s hair-raising directing debut) to Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ on a Prayer” video (when the group was livin’ with big hair) to a Sy Sperling Hair Club for Men commercial (“I’m not only the hair club president – I’m a client”).
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So drop clear back to the earliest entry and you can listen in on an 11-second snippet of the first recorded sound. That's pretty cool. Jump up to 1889 and you can hear Robert Browning recite his poem. Well, you can almost hear it. You can also see an 1891 boxing fight. Or, just pull the time lever forward to 1972, and you'll be watching a commercial for Ramada Inn. Check out the 1976 Lifesaver comical. And while you're surfing 1976, check out the Carrie trailer.
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Try this: Go to 1895 and check out the clips. Then give this some thought: That was the year H.G. Wells published The Time Machine.
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So here it is, the time machine: http://yttm.tv/
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NBC article: http://www.nbcwashington.com/entertainment/music/Back-to-the-Future-With-YouTube-102883614.html
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ReplyDeleteHey Justin,
ReplyDeleteI was up all night playing with that stupid time machine! Now i have to go to work and try to be awake. . . . or maybe I'll find a way to time travel at work as well. awesome site.