Pythagoris Switch

January 18, 2015 3:10 PM

Pythagoris Switch is a Japanese television show. Known for delightful Rube Goldberg machines, and always ending with the same little melody.

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posted by idiopath (6 comments total)

I love to see some of the objects they use to construct their elaborate machines. Books, glass soda bottles, a roll of first aid tape, a square can of Coleman's Mustard, are those 9 volt batteries as dominoes?

Also, you can sing along with the ending musical signature: "Pitagora Suichi!"
posted by oneswellfoop at 3:19 PM on January 18, 2015

The Japanese seem to have this ability to create delightful things without irony or pretension. It's really refreshing.

Also, that gif, omg.
posted by buriednexttoyou at 3:22 PM on January 18, 2015 [1 favorite]

I love Pythagoras Switch, and have for some time.

On a related but less adorable note, throwing this domino video out there in case anybody missed it.
posted by mordax at 3:31 PM on January 18, 2015

Double.
posted by charlie don't surf at 3:35 PM on January 18, 2015

There was a big post about those Rube Goldberg machines some time back. Ah, here we are.
posted by JHarris at 3:35 PM on January 18, 2015

(Okay, it wasn't as big as I remembered.)
posted by JHarris at 3:36 PM on January 18, 2015