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P.J. O'Rourke's Going To Tear Your Future Playhouse Down [House Of The Future]io9 - Dec 3, 2008 The future ain't what it used to be. Satirist P.J. O'Rourke took his family to see the newly opened House Of The Future at Disneyland, and it was closed for repairs. ("HoFII has a subprime mortgage, or so it appears," … Also tagged: p j o rourke |
io9 - Jul 22, 2008
We’ve already discussed Disneyland’s new, improved (i.e., more corporate) Microsoft/HP House of the Future AKA Innoventions Dream Home. Here’s a quick tour of the original Monsanto House of the Future (plenty corporate …
Also tagged: tomorrowland, retro futurism
io9 - May 23, 2008
OK, flies is an overstatement—the UFOoid Hoover Constellation vacuum cleaner floats on a cushion of air, as this commercial makes abundantly clear. Don't miss the row of dazed housewives pretending to be fascinated as …
Also tagged: housewives, sucking up, retro futurism
io9 - Mar 7, 2008
"What'll It Be Like in 2000 A.D.?" asked Popular Science in its April 1962 preview of the marvels to be found at the Seattle World's Fair, which opened that month. First up on Popular Science's tour of the future was …
Also tagged: predictions, popular science, seattle world s fair, retro futurism
io9 - Mar 4, 2008
A bored housewife, her "chromium butler," and a condescending workman from Ray's Robot Repair star in Leave It to Roll-Oh (1940), a film short originally shown at the New York World's Fair of 1939-40. Roll-Oh answers …