Maggie's Farm

I found an amazing video the other day.

If you've got a few years on you, then you probably remember those "documentaries" from the 50's and 60's showing "The Astounding World of the Future!"  It was usually the year 2000, that being a nice, round number.  And remember all the great predictions?  We'd all be flying around in our jet cars, speaking into our Dick Tracy-style TV/radio/telephone wristwatches, and putting a small capsule in the middle of a pan, jamming it in the oven for 10 seconds, then pulling out a steaming roasted turkey complete with all the trimmings.

Obviously, it was all gibberish, and that's what makes this video so amazing.  As you'll see, the writers took a very realistic view of things and, not surprisingly, nailed a number of them.  And they must have dumped a bunch of money into the production because the props and special effects are quite well done for the time and extremely believable.

Recognize any of these?

• personal transport pods


• super-boulevards


• courteous robot bankers


• space-beam communicators


• city-state towers with built-in food and beverage markets


• automatic heat-ray ovens


• super-brain calculating machines


• picture-phones


• jet rocket-cars hurtling across the globe


• super-vitamin energy pill

So, without further ado, welcome to...