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- Born: July 4, 1883
- Died: December 7, 1973
- Full name: Reuben Garret Lucius Goldberg
- Education: Engineering degree from the University of California, Berkeley
- Goldberg device: An overly elaborate machine designed to complete a simple task
- First Goldberg device comic: 1914
- Awarded the Pulitzer Prize for political cartooning in 1948
- Commemorated on a U.S. postage stamp in 1995
- The National Cartoonists Society Reuben Award was named for him
- Won the Reuben Award in 1967 for humor in sculpture
- Inspired numerous Rube Goldberg contests where students compete to create Goldberg devices
- Married Irma Seeman in 1916
- Father of film producer George W. George
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American cartoonist Rube Goldberg used his knowledge of engineering and love of drawing to create a series of comic strips depicting absurdly complicated machines designed to complete simple tasks. His cartoons have had such a lasting effect on American culture that overly elaborate machinery of any kind is called a "Rube Goldberg device."
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Career
Goldberg's first popular comic was Foolish Questions in 1908, a series of sarcastic answers to the ridiculously obvious questions people sometimes ask. Goldberg started the inventions series in 1914, then went on to political cartooning in 1938, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize. He retired from cartooning to become a sculptor at the age of 80, winning the Reuben Award for humor in sculpture in 1967. -
Quotes
- "When I was taking a course in analytic mechanics, the professor had a big machine that each student had to experiment with and get an answer. You had to find the weight of the earth with this contraption... I did that, and there was nothing more ridiculous to me than finding the weight of the earth because I didn't care how much the earth weighed."—Rube Goldberg
- "My name is in the dictionary, and I'm very pleased."—Rube Goldberg
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Rube Goldberg Questions
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Famous cartoonist from the 20s or 30s who injured his right hand and learned to draw with his left hand. 3 AnswersThe cartoonist could possibly be Jay Norwood ('Ding') Darling. Born on October 21, 1876, in Norwood, Michigan; he died on February 12, 1962. http://www.ding-da... read more -
Ideas for a physics project? 1 AnswerHere is a suggestion for a part of it. The piece of the project that actually does the popping might be a pin or needle embedded in a Styrofoam ball that you c... read more -
Which are your favourite all time stand up comedians? 36 AnswersThese clips might be offensive to some--in fact, I'm sure they will! -------------------------------- Richard Pryor was a genius (pulled the most viewed o... read more
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Part Rube Goldberg, part Mr. Magoo and all awesome. http://bit.ly/7dHHoX Nice work, Guinness.
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My kindle went 45 mins in the wrong direction to a facility in toronto, stayed for two hours and left. UPS tracking = rube goldberg machine
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o que é uma Rube Goldberg Machine. Você também já sabe o que é, provavelmente, só não sabia o nome: http://tinyurl.com/j2k4h
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é vero, mais uma Rube Goldberg machine, mas é beeeem legalzin. RT @updaters_ Guinness: Slide - http://tinyurl.com/ye6a33n
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@reinderdevries Da's een ouwetje! Deze "Rube Goldberg Machine" is van de hand van CCCP, als ik het goed heb.
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