Talks to Watch

Tim and Eric - Celery Man

7.7M views · Aug 12, 2013 · 1:48 · 0 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2017–2023

Celery Man is a short Tim and Eric sketch in which Paul Rudd uses an absurd computer interface. It is a surreal comedy bit from their show.

Why Hacker News points people here: HN mostly drops it as a joke or reference in threads about odd computer interfaces and AI tools, and one commenter points to this upload for its better quality.

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Cites itmeowfaceJan 2021

“the quality on this one is much better, for some reason”

Better quality upload of Celery Man

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Even though that one appears to be on an official channel of theirs, the quality on this one is much better, for some reason: this video

in “Automating my job with GPT-3” · view on HN
JokepattisapuJul 2017
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Vaguely cognate with the Tim & Eric Awesome Show Good Job! Celery Man / Cinco products type skits [1]. [1] this video

in “It is as if you were doing work” · view on HN
JokeorngOct 2023
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"Give me a printout of Oyster smiling" - this video Life imitating art imitating life. Exciting times indeed.

in “Break-a-Scene: Extracting Multiple Concepts from a Single Image” · view on HN