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Tim and Eric - Celery Man

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Cited on HN 3 times, 2017–2023, never outright recommended score 0

Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026

HN mostly drops it as a joke or reference in threads about odd computer interfaces and AI tools, and one commenter points to this upload for its better quality.

Celery Man is a short Tim and Eric sketch in which Paul Rudd uses an absurd computer interface. It is a surreal comedy bit from their show.

1 citations · 2 jokes · Comedy

Stand-up & sketch comedySatire & parody Comedy Arts, Comedy, Music & Film

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@meowface Jan 2021 Cites it

on HN thread Automating my job with GPT-3

Even though that one appears to be on an official channel of theirs, the quality on this one is much better, for some reason: [this video]

Better quality upload of Celery Man

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@pattisapu Jul 2017 Makes a joke

on HN thread It is as if you were doing work

Vaguely cognate with the Tim & Eric Awesome Show Good Job! Celery Man / Cinco products type skits [1]. [1] [this video]

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@orng Oct 2023 Makes a joke

on HN thread Break-a-Scene: Extracting Multiple Concepts from a Single Image

"Give me a printout of Oyster smiling" - [this video] Life imitating art imitating life. Exciting times indeed.

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