Agent_Moldy:
Ahhh, the 70's, when men were men and cars were HUGE!!! -- as evidenced by Grandpa, here, seen standing in the interior of his VW Bug. On a side note, many say this vehicle was the inspiration for today's SUVs. It's true!
DiscoBoy:
Why Communists shouldn't try to build home theater systems.
Steve_Reeves:
Erik Wilson's trip to class inspires the teacher to build his own, homemade nuclear power plant.
144b:
Pay no attention to the man behind the steering wheel & wearing the ice cream suit!
Tumbler:
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Captain of the starship Gettysburg, discusses his views on Romulan tactics with The Admiral.
BlakHat1:
I know the Adult Swim logo is in there somewhere..
Lanzman:
Despite Bill Gates' most fervent hopes, IBM quickly dropped the "WindowsWheel" from subsequent models of its personal computers.
nastinkers:
The Apple iPod of 1945.
Generik:
The I Like Ike iPod was doomed to oblivion when General Eisenhower refused to go on the road to promote it, citing its too-close alliance with the military-industrial complex.
suggs:
And the damn thing still won't balance my checkbook!
amycamus:
Smithers is a bit dismayed to discover that the dashboard of the 2005 G2 Hummer does not contain an iPod interface.
ArtMystery:
"Free cardboard cutout of Don Rickles' uncle Bill with every purchase of the Zenith Home Entertainment Center, this week only! And free balloons for the kids! Come on down!!"
Racerex:
Early Volkswagen designers didn't really grasp the concept of the "small" car...
Motis:
Sadly, the Science Fiction Channel's server proved woefully inadequate to the needs of cappers. The system administrator tried to improve performance by deleting all the the MST3K data, but the screengrabber still refused to budge for days at a time.
WEIRD_1:
Funny thing is I can do more with my Palm Pilot.
Beedo:
In the future, computers may weigh as little as one and a half tons, with up to one kilobyte of memory. However, there is no practical reason for members of the public to own any.
Imac:
"Built for Windows XP."
TurkeyVolGuessinMan:
"The message comes in to Cheney Central: 'Send More Bacon Double Westerns With Cheese!'"
screaming_fist:
With all the computing power of a Hello Kitty calculator.
starkbalmy:
1954 Salesman of the Year Paul "Ned" Bartlesby convinces the American public that everyone needs four-wheel drive and hi-fi sound in their atomic bomb shelters.
JurassicPork:
In the future, keyboards will be almost portable and weigh just 150 pounds!
JoeCrow:
Strange but True: The first Interocitor ran on only 5k of ram.
gleeb:
Designs were later revised when submarine crews discovered they couldn't get the ball game while submerged.
FLAMINGSQUIRREL23:
"Hey kids! Are YOU in Government?!? Are YOU a politician?!? Do you have pesky documents that need to ..'disappear'?? Well then take a gander at THIS beauty! It's the ShredMaster6000! It slices, dices, chops and it even juliennes! Call now and we'll take off ONE WHOLE PAYMENT!..."
Nyssa23:
"Proof that SUVs are too damn big."
cambria36:
Ford Motor Company, in their haste to get this 2005 Super Deluxe model to the showrooms, forgot to install a windshield.
lil_amish:
"Here at Diebold, we use the most modern technology to steal elections out from under the noses of clueless American drones..."
Wookie96:
And here is the driver's console for the new Hummer H-3.
TyrannosaurisRex:
"Folks, this is the very latest Global Positioning System. Even Ted Kennedy on St. Patrick's Day couldn't drive this thing off a bridge!"
Daleman:
Some how the phrase "information freeway" leaked fifty years backwards through time. Bob and the boys in R&D; tried to be prepared.
SilentFilmStar:
The only difference is that, unlike today, people in the '60s didn't try to deny that they typed their reports and watched cartoons on the way to work. In fact, vehicles were custom made for it, and resembled small apartments.
juxstapo:
"Don't you wish blood sugar testing could be easier?"
devildoll:
"Damn right I got my ride pimped!! XZibit and them West Coast boys took my '51 Buick, and added a pinfeed printer and a monitor over the front passenger seat! Sound system?? Don't even talk about it - just look at all them knobs - I'm phat, Son, phat!!!"
nashtbrutusandshort:
"Oh, drat. I knew I should've paid extra for the one with the cupholders."
keogh:
"Now the kids can watch TV while you drive."
"And you can send faxes?"
"Don't talk crazy, son. Big ride, feels smooth!"