Ehm… they already had planes when it was made. He meant a flying ship.
The show is old, but not as old as the airplane. The first commercial airliner was built in 1952. Thunderbirds ran from 1965 until 1966.
The very first episode of the series featured a NUCLEAR POWERED AIRPLANE WHICH FLEW AT MACH 6.
The reason why the proposal was laughed at was because an airship (aka a zeppelin) was so primitive compared to nuclear powered airplanes.
Why would they want to invest in a giant balloon filled with helium when they’ve already got NUCLEAR POWERED AIRPLANES!
After that kind of cackling, I half expected them to start tearing him to pieces as part of some demonic ritual. Someone needs to explain to this young man that airships are strictly for steam-punk alternative realities.
What’s so funny about an airship? It sounded like a pretty good idea to me.
What detail! They even made sure to add some mercury fillings in some of the cackling puppets!
and that’s how super villans are created…
I was waiting for them to suddenly stop laughing and say “that’s a great idea”. Sadly, that didn’t happen.
Using water to simulate laugh-tears was a nice touch, though. Creepy, but a nice touch.
Bah, I would have refuted their laughter with the statement “Yeah, laugh. But… to AIR is human!
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Looks almost like a Robot Chicken clip. Nice puppets!
Actually, it looked like it was from Thunderbirds.
The creepiest thing about that is probably the angle that the clips of them are shot from.
Everything is creepier with puppets…
ditto
Oh my God, this show used to terrify me as a kid. I couldn’t tell what the hell they were. They use real hands for the puppet hands.
Heh, what show was it? Now I’m really curious.
A British TV series called ‘Thunderbirds’, as made by Gerry Anderson. (: It’s utter crack.
Ehm… they already had planes when it was made. He meant a flying ship.
The show is old, but not as old as the airplane. The first commercial airliner was built in 1952. Thunderbirds ran from 1965 until 1966.
The very first episode of the series featured a NUCLEAR POWERED AIRPLANE WHICH FLEW AT MACH 6.
The reason why the proposal was laughed at was because an airship (aka a zeppelin) was so primitive compared to nuclear powered airplanes.
Why would they want to invest in a giant balloon filled with helium when they’ve already got NUCLEAR POWERED AIRPLANES!
Exactly.
(the scene is from “thunderbird 6″)
never liked puppets….they’re not as bad as clowns….nothings as bad as clowns…-shudders-
Thunderbirds are GO!
Nice 60′s decor
Does the idea of a giant flying sausage not stir their loins into fits of manly extravagance?!
Incidentally, they actually built the airship too.
Next, he turns the intercom off and mutters to himself ‘We’ll see who’s laughing when I make my airship.. muhahahahaha’.
oh god nostalgia! I have this on VHS.
You know, they did the same thing to the guy who introduced airplanes..oh wait..
The root cause of Elton John’s later crankiness.
i saw john mccain…did you?
After that kind of cackling, I half expected them to start tearing him to pieces as part of some demonic ritual. Someone needs to explain to this young man that airships are strictly for steam-punk alternative realities.
It really kind of looks like Team America from the 1960s, just scarier.
No team america is like the
And not by accident. Team America satirized series like this