The Brave Little Toaster - Cutting Edge

Cutting Edge from the Brave Little Toaster.

[@bepisboy291]

"Cutting edge" bruh you a lamp

[@pokeaust7800]

bepis boy Ikr

[@thechucknorrisarchives892]

😂

[@kaleidoscope5054]

hmm they should LAMPSHADE that.... but this song sheds some LIGHT on like consumerism or whatevar

[@Nic_2751]

If anything Lampy is actually more modern with his bendable neck and pose ability

[@Barbie46]

A purple lamp 💡

[@Omnywrench]

The older this song gets the more hilariously ironic it becomes.

[@Cole-xq2tl]

Omnywrench now each of these appliances has their own line in "Worthless".

[@SailorJenova]

Lol....yes! Some of those electronics I dont think anyone born after the mid 80s even know what they are anymore! XD

[@Cole-xq2tl]

I was having my little cousin watch this movie and he wanted to know why that piano had a screen (trs80)!

[@13Kr4zYAzN13]

Mmhmm lol

[@Overhazard]

Well, except for the kitchen ones. Electric mixers, food processors, and toaster ovens are still very much still popular.

[@dragonbenjimon]

the fact that this song hasn't aged well feels intentional. like, they knew this stuff was on it's way out, and the appliances didn't know they would be trash soon too.

[@thebighurt2495]

Personally, the older appliances are the kind you keep until they break (and can't be fixed), most of the "cutting edge" pieces would get chucked in a few years. A chrome toaster? Dibs. A weird, pole-lamp-light thingy? No thanks.

[@bandombeviews6035]

TheBigHurt 80s appliances were still pretty solid?

[@thebighurt2495]

The old-school appliances here (Toaster, Radio, etc) were more like 50s/60s generation. Computers get outdated and replaced REALLY fast, but a toaster keeps for 20 years. Mind you, that Toaster Oven would be cool, too.

[@rtfly193]

It's ironic, at the very least the toaster, lamp, and Kirby vacuum would likely still be used or passed on to another owner. A computer from the 80's would be in a museum or scrapped

[@kauske]

@Ryan Those old vacs are pretty dusty, so unless you're using it as a garage/shop vac, a modern one would be preferable. But toaster, desk lamp and clock radio are basically beyond obsolescence. The most exiting new development for toasters was adding a setting for bagels. clock radios are basically all the same too, if it has an FM tuner, it would even be good now. Desk lamp is a desk lamp, slap a CLF or LED in it and it's good to go. The computer would be trash in a year or two in the 80's, the Hifi when CD's become mainstream, same for mr boom-box. The early touch-tone phone would be done in favour of cordless and phones with caller ID. Toaster ovens tend to expire fast, same with cheap "As seen on TV" mixers. Blanket though, that little guy is definitely a fire-hazard, probably stuffed with asbestos, and also likely pretty smelly and gross. Electric blankets have a very limited life span due to being hard to launder. That and they used to be very, very un-safely built.

[@dedriansanchez8409]

The funny thing is that the more complex a machine is, the easier it is to replace. Would you throw out a toaster just because it was old? If it fried your circuit breaker each time you used it sure, but if it was just old? No, you throw it out when it doesn't work anymore A computer on the other hand, they become outdated so quickly, because we're constantly finding new ways to to improve them.

[@internaut9820]

The cutting edge always finds innovation, hence its name, simple things like toasters however can’t really get much better

[@Ty-yt3lj]

@@internaut9820 I mean it should speak volumes that my toaster looks like the titular Brave Little Toaster, despite being fairly new. It just has a dial to select time over a second lever. Meanwhile the computer is outclassed in power by a Nintendo DS

[@kylehill3643]

@@Ty-yt3lj You must have an old Dell Optiplex. Those are BAAAAAAAAD! 🤣🤣🤣👎👎👎👎 🛸🛸🛸🛸🛸 🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃Beam me up!

[@timcollum5015]

@@Ty-yt3lj Actually my 4-popper is digital, with individual controls and multiple choices. Only thing really the same is the shape.

[@TequilaMockingBird91]

“I was the top of the line; Out of sight, out of mind so much for fortune and fame”

[@billyweed835]

i love how real-life kinda vindicated this. Like, most of the "cutting edge" tech, especially that computer, looks entirely outmoded. The average person replaces their computer every 4 years. Their phone? Every 2. But, stuff like the Toaster himself or the vacuum? You could see stuff like that TODAY, in all likelihood. I know people who use 50-year old toasters or vacuums, but stuff like TVs are replaced constantly.

[@TheInkPitOx]

My mom has used the same hair dryer for 50 years.

[@mymyrrah]

Well, people used to keep stuff forever. Before planned obsolescence.

[@TheInkPitOx]

@@mymyrrah We used to have an Electrolux canister vacuum from the 70s before it became a shock hazard. Just recently got rid of it. We'd had it at least 35 years.

[@vanroyal244]

The only reason people replace their phones every year is because of Iphones and the race to get trendy. It's really pathetic. You're willing to pay over $1000 dollars for a phone that isn't that different from your old phone? Weak.

[@EskimoCanadian44]

@@vanroyal244 I think the song is a message about rampant consumerism and the insatiable thirst for MORE technology.

[@thegreatcarraway]

Cutting edge... Purple lamp.

[@richieosborn2639]

The purple lamp is THICC

[@thebighurt2495]

He doesn't quite fit in, does he? For the record, that Toaster Oven would be bomb, too.

[@kauske]

Cheap toaster ovens tend to break rather fast, same for cheap mixers. Aside from vacuum and blanket, the rest of the old guys were more or less set. How foes a toaster become obsolete? A desk lamp? Even a clock radio is fine as long as it has an FM tuner. Vacuum isn't so lucky, since upright bag vacs tend to be very dusty, maybe a second life as a shop/garage vac, since he's robust, but having a rug-beater built in, I doubt that. And electric blankets just get really gross over time, because you can't easily launder them. All the new ones are doomed, except the ugly purple lamp, but it's an ugly purple lamp that will get tossed when it's no longer fissionable.

[@chesiregirl]

@@kauske Not exactly. That sewing machine pretty much looks the same as any sewing machine you'd find today. As for the stereo and phone, my family has appliances that are around the same age as this movie and still work just fine. Can't really go wrong with that several-bulb lamp either.

[@kauske]

It depends on its features, I'm guessing it was supposed to be a "deluxe" sewing machine with "Advanced" features. A lot of those break down or are crappy. A nice machine, that does stich patterning based on metal cogs and a metal follower will last forever. That one looks like it might use cheap electronics to control the stitch pattern. Those ones went out of style and we went back to cogs, though shitty plastic ones that will break down with use. I always thought the tall post thing was some kind of party strobe light, basically just a part of the HiFi that would get trashed along with it when it's obsolete.

[@soggysalami9120]

Something I think is interesting is that despite the fact that these "cutting edge" appliances are completely outdated by now, many of them would still be in working condition today. Technology simply evolved faster than these machines could break.

[@Overhazard]

A lot of it comes from planned obsolescence. Most of the biggest electronics and tech companies today design or market their stuff to make you want to buy (or have to buy) new ones all the time. Its a concept from at least as far back as Henry Ford in the 1920s, but it has been key to the rise of companies like Apple (which, incidentally, was around during the time of this movie; that computer may be based on an Apple II) and Samsung (which was also around back then but was limited in what they sold outside of Korea). For instance, software updates render some apps unusable after just two years. Samsung in particular will not update Android after about 12 months after the device's release, giving you no choice but to but a new one to keep up.

[@ianfinrir8724]

That was the point of the song.

[@101Volts]

I still remember that small article about some car repair shop in Poland, I think, that was still using a Commodore 64. No joke.

[@Alabaster335]

My grandmother still uses her frypan and microwave she bought in the 80's, it's outlived ours at least three-fold.

[@wildfire9280]

@@Alabaster335 The economy is evolving, just backwards.

[@HorrorMetal]

Ironically enough, all those "cutting edge" 80's technology appliances are outdated now and probably in the junkyard being chased around by the giant magnet. Meanwhile, older model toasters, lamps, and vacuums like the ones seen here actually still hold up today and can still be functional. Old but not obsolete.

[@reflexindex267]

The computer would be one of the more valuable items though, being those old computers are kind of collectors items now. Rest might be thrift store shelf stuff. Maybe the lamps, because people are into 80's stuff all the sudden.

[@ElFreakinCid]

I could see the lamp still getting use, that type of lamp is still pretty common. But yeah, basically the only one who'd be truly valuable now would be the computer--even after being long outclassed, I could easily see it selling for a good price to some nerd on ebay or enjoying a spot of its own in a technology museum or something.

[@emilyrobinson6080]

the toaster oven, food processor, sewing machine and lamp all seem pretty common even today, like you could walk into a target or walmart and get items virtually identical to them today. now some may be found in thrift stores but you could still buy them new today.

[@ElFreakinCid]

Emily Harper True, but they're still hugely outclassed by now, aside from the lamp.

[@amajorweeaboo2008]

HorrorMetal The funny thing is the writers knew that people would be saying that so they decided to make this song

[@HerecomestheCalavera]

This cutting edge can now be bought for $10 at a Goodwill near you!

[@thechucknorrisarchives892]

hahahhah

[@rtfly193]

And the tube radio: $300 on eBay. "Vintage"

[@corporaliron6820]

Well this tech was in what the 80's and 90's

[@metarcee2483]

I've seen the lamps for $6 at Saver's.

[@itsus8172]

This song is so 80's.

[@marcoyankovich]

@Punmaster Are you high?

[@SpongeSebastian]

​@marcoyankovich yes. *waits 4 more years for next reply*

[@KnottsBear-yTalesPreserved]

@@SpongeSebastian XD

[@ericdevries3974]

But got stale like 🍞

[@zucottimanicotti7112]

Watching this on my iPhone in 2024 was a surreal experience. The Brave Little Toaster movies were my childhood.

[@gabe_s_videos]

One of the best satires of the "Greed Is Good" culture of the 80s.

[@GreyWolfLeaderTW]

Let's be honest. Everyone of every decade thinks, "Greed is good". It just they omit "*My* Greed is Good, *everyone else's that gets in my way or gives me the short end of the stick is bad* ". As Milton Friedman observed, "All human activity is motivated by self-interest." Even those saying they're doing it out of selflessness are still doing it for selfish reasons because helping other people makes them feel good about themselves. "Einstein didn't develop his Theory of Relativity because the Swiss Postal Office he worked for at the time decreed he do so. Ford didn't revolutionize mass production through systematic application of the assembly line out of love of mankind." You can complain it is Cynical, I would point out it is Realist and No Less True just cause you slapped a negative label on it.

[@gabe_s_videos]

@@GreyWolfLeaderTW Someone's got a lot of time on their hands.

[@hacksmerian2879]

@@gabe_s_videos *Clone JFK Pointing* Acknowledge the point.

[@steamboatwill3.367]

there's a difference between self-care/motivation/worth/intress and just greed. like when more people are "benefited" ( when they need it ) by something.

[@kamikeserpentail3778]

I prefer gluttony. Experiences and knowledge are more valuable pursuits than objects, except to the extent that they can generate good experiences or knowledge, preferably shared, but always MORE.

[@Garl_Vinland]

The irony that ALL of those new appliances are obsolete, yet I still use that same Vacuum, Toaster and Lamp

[@Aries_Luck]

Respect ✊🏻

[@m.p.2534]

Same. In my family, we'd rather pay more for stuff that will last decades than accumulate cheap stuff that breaks after 2 years. For instance, I still got in my room the good old reading metallic lamp my mom had as a child, a model similar to Lampy's.

[@wildfire9280]

⁠@@m.p.2534 It pays off in the long run, especially with clothes and shoes. People who can’t afford the upfront cost of products that last lifetimes end up paying more for buying cheaper.

[@TheAllSeeingEye2468]

What's ironic is that soon all these "cutting edge" appliances will be out moded. Hell the computer will be out of date by next year

[@metazoxan2]

What I found funny was all the "cutting edge" stuff they mention by name that's completely out of date now like CRT.

[@TheAllSeeingEye2468]

@@metazoxan2 vertical race Theory?

[@DeathlyDrained]

That was sort of the point of the movie

[@nikosp3156]

TV can last for couple years more...

[@notapplicable6985]

@@TheAllSeeingEye2468 Cathode ray tube. Its a type of tv

[@TheInkPitOx]

For years I never noticed they were fifties/sixties appliances. Toaster has the rounded rectangle and chrome style popular at that time. Radio is especially resemblant of that time period, with an art deco style popular during the prewar era and revived in the fifties but passe by the seventies. Blanky uses a dial while the modern appliances use buttons. The segment seems to imply that canister vacuums were in fashion at the time, while Kirby is an upright. Lampy's situation is confusing. He is a desk lamp while his "replacement" is a table lamp. Certainly both would be perfectly fine at the time.

[@Wasmachineman]

Kirby is a '69 Sanitronic 80. Oh, and ever seen To the Rescue? Wittgenstein the Supercomputer is based on a 50's room-filling supercomputer.

[@TheInkPitOx]

I have seen it, and I'm aware of those room-size supercomputers that made the room 200 degrees.

[@mirrorpieceofshadowclan3497]

do you have a link to the image of it? i really want to see it...

[@TheInkPitOx]

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[@nickelassault]

Yeah I think the mom's appliances are just evil

[@AtillaTheFun1337]

The blanket drinking a drink raises so many questions

[@rangefromtblt4047]

I never thought of it, but...

[@rangefromtblt4047]

... yes, it does now. 😂😂😂😂

[@rodneydangerman9616]

Lol....huh...good point

[@Water_meter_enthusiast]

He’s coping with unhealthy attachment issues.

[@TheMugHoarder]

Man this song is old but it does discuss our obsession of being always updated and current.

[@DanielJ]

Not gonna lie, I'm pretty damn impressed at the compositional writing of this song. Love it

[@TopCat0601]

This video was uploaded in 2006, but all the comments are from the last two weeks. That's cutting edge.

[@graphitetailgrace3870]

It's because parents forgot how to parent and KZbin uploaders are babysitters now.

[@ericasherman3357]

If this scene was updated, I bet there would be a singing smartphone, tablet, smart speaker, air fryer, laptop, flatscreen TV with Roku, Roomba vacuum, and a Ring doorbell camera. That would be interesting.

[@indigothecat]

You forgot the Keurig Coffee Maker, Smart-Fridge, Nintendo Switch which can be a handheld or big TV gaming device (it also has Hulu+ and KZbin), and the Smart Watch which is designed to make you feel bad about not walking enough and also give you sort of accurate readings for your blood pressure and heart rate. 😜

[@rcampbelljfk3001]

FR😂😂

[@hunterneitzel3012]

​@@rcampbelljfk3001and the og appliances would be a 1990s toaster, a desk lamp similar to lampy, an old cassette stereo, a 1970s vacuum cleaner, a 1990s electric blanket, and really any 80s or 90s computer

[@RexWort]

Funny in the end those "cutting edge" stuff gets outdated and thrown out Meanwhile the old stuff is still around 😅 Can't beat the classic

[@Sombody123]

What you call "classic" was once cutting edge, congrats for checkmating yourself in argumentation.

[@AvanSami-bs2re]

🤓

[@circleinforthecube5170]

nah there are many people who restore 80s-90s era computers

[@tangangsta]

Except that funky purple lamp. Everyone has one of those

[@RexWort]

@@tangangsta In the end It just a regular lamp with a nice look 😅

[@SRP3572]

These appliances became outdated themselves, so they might've been cutting edge for a while, but they soon were in the position of our main heroes. This whole scene is a metaphor of "you may be hot shit now but just wait, because your replacement is coming soon".

[@badreality2]

It reminds me of Cars 3.

[@dragonheart81vids]

from plasma screens to PS3s, and Xbox, iPods, Nintendo Wiis...

[@jhonnymark7581]

Now that you mention it, make up a song with the technology we have today. I will be surprised. XD

[@JoyStar]

Make a full version! :D

[@thechucknorrisarchives892]

hahahaha good point

[@lucasart328]

@@thechucknorrisarchives892 lol ps3 sorry even ps4 is obsolete

[@bonziaaron5059]

An ultra modern life of ease!

[@dustinhatfield22]

When you consider the song Worthless this takes on a crazy meaning. By now all those appliances have made their last confession and gone through the crusher.

[@dottyContrarian]

i don't think so. the song worthless shows that appliances don't die when they're broken, they die when they are completely destroyed. unlike cars, the appliances can be thrown away with regular garbage and unless they get crushed (i'd imagine the lamp would get this if he doesn't just go to a secondhand store) they'd just sit in piles of garbage for eternity.

[@falondonahue8457]

A message to Disney... DON'T YOU DARE THINK ABOUT TURNING THIS FILM INTO A LIVE ACTION REBOOT!

[@Nytemare2all]

Considering that Disney+ has only the sequels of this movie, I'm more afraid that they want to forget it exists

[@timcollum5015]

@@Nytemare2all I have Disney+. Yeah I cant find the original anywhere. To me its the only good one out of the 3

[@Brand-pn5yz]

Why not?

[@TheSantyClawsChannel]

@@timcollum5015 there's a few versions on here ripped from the VHS. The DVD is available but there's a couple subtle edits oddly enough during "worthless". Not noticeable just the verse "there were bikinis and buns, there were weenies" was changed to "there were bikinis and hotdogs, there were weenies" and the photo of the topless woman that TV pulled out had a top added. Like I said subtle and pretty much unnoticeable but still I hate when that stuff happens.

[@bryantbarth9051]

couldn't anyway, they don't have the right anymore SHOCKER

[@silveryote1]

This song...heck, this whole MOVIE was a warning about the high influx of consumerism. The mindset of the 1980s has never really changed.

[@bucketsdoesstuff2824]

Everyone is talking about the symbolism and irony of this song, and I'm just wondering why the computer has such a calming ASMR voice...

[@Overhazard]

His voice is based on the HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey. Its voice was calm to make it unsettling when it kills the astronauts.

[@joseruasulca8792]

If the Brave little toaster was released i'm 1987 and space Odyssey was released in 2001 HOW CAN IT BE BASED

[@aryabloodborn8160]

@@joseruasulca8792 2001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968 film. lol

[@LongIslandNYsailorgirl]

@@joseruasulca87922001: A Space Odyssey was actually released in 1968.

[@sonicfanboy3375]

A Spacey odessey: 2001 was released in 1968, despite the title​@@joseruasulca8792

[@commiedeer]

Somehow ended up revisiting this part of my childhood... damn did I completely miss how anti-consumerism this movie was when I was a kid and it's somehow darker now that I can read the lyrics to the songs.

[@vysethegallant638]

While the song takes a few jabs at consumerism, I see its theme revolving more around obsoletism. It's a real issue that a lot of older people face with each new generation. The prospect of being replaced and forgotten is a terrifying one that hits harder with each passing year. Using such a theme in a movie about sentient appliances is brilliant. The movie itself dives further, showing how people can desire something that is more sentimental and personal over another thing that is newer or functionally superior. It demonstrates that, even if you feel inferior to those that are better than you, to those you are close to, you are irreplaceable. One day, these new appliances will be in the same boat, and will be sung the same song by laptops, smart phones and LED lighting. One can only hope that they leave a positive impression on Robert "The Master" McGroarty and develop a sentimental bond with him so that they won't be forgotten either.

[@MrJr1976]

@@vysethegallant638 I have a smartphone, the newest consoles, a "cutting edge" PC, new VR headset, mountains of storage, etc. But But I still have every old MS and Sony console, an old wheel to go with them, old disc games, DVDs, VHS tapes, a VCR, etc. I have a sentimental bond with the technology I grew up with and even some I didn't. There s just something about feeling the click and humm of a VHS, the myriad of menus on DVDs, among other things. It just feels...right. Mechanical. They have worth to me because they are built to last a long time if you care for them.

[@lugbzurg8987]

@@MrJr1976 I still have my old Windows 98 computer tucked away in my closet. It doesn't turn on properly (won't display anything and just SCREAMS a loud, continuous beep when you activate it), but I hope to extract its files when I can find a computer repair guy. There should still be some improv "radio dramas" I made with my sister with Sound-Recorder on that thing.

[@MrJr1976]

@@lugbzurg8987 That's really awesome. Might I ask what model it is?

[@TrueSavage555]

The brave little Xbox will destroy the cutting edge aplliances

[@jupiter9099]

I just laughed out loud at the thought of that.

[@TrueSavage555]

Jupiter9099 yeah

[@aeyenthelobster4858]

10/10

[@bikes4992]

the brave little switch....

[@kagevista3375]

oml I'm fucking dying

[@SomaC-7]

No offense to these "cutting edge" appliances but i would much rather have Lampy than that cheeky ass purple one...

[@1Thunderfire]

Personally, that purple one is pretty creepy. That grin...

[@kingofichigo]

1Thunderfire I'll see it in my nightmares. . .

[@kylestubbs8867]

I think that's an undertone of the song. Cutting edge technology might look cool, but better fashion doesn't always equate to better function.

[@cecebuggington2007]

Same here.

[@justinmurray6792]

When the plane says they're all full of hot air, hinting that they're all delusional. Lol.

[@bay1036]

Maybe Toaster And Her Pals Should Go To The Airport

[@D8W2P4]

Actual simulation

[@corjonbett]

The message of this song is "We're young and useful, and you are NEITHER! Basically old age.

[@Nic_2751]

And the next and final song pretty much destroys the delusion as it reveals that death comes for us all

[@CrimsonSteelMoonTheWolf64]

Man this takes me back to when I was little. So much nostalgia

[@MsAnimeFan88]

It would be interesting if Pixar remade this movie. Can you imagine all the appliances from the early 2000s meeting all the technology from today and getting this song sung to them? Most of the new stuff would point out that they don't need cords anymore. Only difference is that they would meet the fictional movie version of Siri who would be called the 'The Queen'.

[@reflexindex267]

The newer ones would be much more condescending too.

[@waluigitime1780]

+Alice OfSherwood Not even close

[@mantasour]

+Chris Slater Well, a lot of the creators of this worked on toy story. this was more or less its precursor. compare the dark scenes, messages about how ppl interact with their materials, and especially the junkyard scene and the incinerator scene in toy story 3

[@mantasour]

+Alice OfSherwood yea exactly.

[@KVIA01]

I wonder if the new stuff would be frustrated at the lack of cords, since it would mean less mobility. Then again, they probably just sit around and browse the internet while working their second job as forum spambots.

[@velouriawaterstone456]

That computer always creeped me out when I was little.

[@TheAlmightyAsser]

And the lamp didn't?

[@velouriawaterstone456]

yeah him too

[@Tamarashadow]

The irony of this song... Who's watching in 2017?

[@naran3337]

Tamara Knight me

[@lisettegarcia7013]

So Toaster and his friends are showing that we should be hipsters?

[@Chilling_pal_n01anad91ct]

2024 👍

[@WillScarlet16]

This pretty much sums up animation now vs. then. All the subtle, poetic animation from the past is being shouted down and smothered under all the loud, in-your-face overblown movies that are out now with all their buzzlines - 'Super hi-def 3D!' 'More real!' 'Bigger!' 'Louder!' More more more indeed.

[@CaptainCretaceous91]

+William Craig "Bigger. Scarier. Cooler, I believe is what you said in your memo." (Dr. Henry Wu, Jurassic World)

[@WillScarlet16]

I don't know what cartoons you're referring to, but you can't say that when there were movies in the 80s and 90s like this one. And even the bad ones had moments of subtlety. The emphasis in most animated movies now is all on noise, action and bangs.

[@austinreed7343]

Yes, the Shrek era. Even today you have your mindless formless gormless hollow clones and the occasional giant turd bomb.

[@austinreed7343]

In fact, I think the Despicable Me era is even worse than the Shrek era. At least the Shrek era stuff wore adult humor and satire on its sleeve.

[@ethanotoroculus1060]

@@WillScarlet16 Anything to add, mister?

[@hypno-scream5652]

I like how they made Kirby's face, so it usually looks like this : l

[@Ionic0]

And then smart phones came and replaced them all

[@Z2Wolf]

Toaster Oven and Vacuum Cleaner are some of my favorite apps!

[@aeyenthelobster4858]

Not yet, we still need a cellphone that cooks food, cleans floors, and keeps people warm

[@Sammie1053]

Two things. First off, you can now buy wifi-connected ovens, stoves, vacuums, and thermostats that you can control from your phone. Those features aren't _everywhere_ quite yet, but they're ubiquitous enough that when my parents recently remodeled their kitchen, they managed to buy an oven, a stove, a refrigerator, and a *kitchen fan hood* with WiFi connectivity completely by accident. They were all mid- to low-range models. Hell, a family friend has a WiFi-connected barbecue grill. Second, I kind of found that line in the vacuum's dialogue hilarious. "I've never seen contraptions with so many buttons and dials!" Ever since the iPhone hit the scene, an electronic gadget is seen as more advanced the _fewer_ buttons it has. Manufacturers are now in constant competition to get rid of all buttons and cram touch/gesture control into everything from phones to appliances to cars to lamps.

[@kauske]

Smartphones make pretty shitty desk-lamps, just saying. Also, they take forever to toast my bread and do a lousy job cleaning the floor... Good alarm clock though, sorry radio, you'll just have to go back to being a fat, dumpy film critic.

[@jcrowley1985]

We need a remake where these guys are sung to by iPads, dyson purifiers , and led lights

[@fivertherabbit7]

Yassd

[@TheInkPitOx]

The canister vacuum has to be sung to by a Roomba

[@seajay632]

Well done for entirely missing the point. EVERYTHING new will be outdated someday. Kids seem to think that their Ipads will last forever even though companies literally put updates in them to make them run slower in just a couple of years. Same with any tablet and phone.

[@TheInkPitOx]

@@seajay632 The remake would be the same message as the original, just with more modern appliances

[@davidochoa774]

Also OLED Computers with powerful graphics

[@retrorobbyreviews]

This song was my favorite from this movie when I was a kid. Still is to this day!!!

[@grandmasterpanda8006]

Planned obsolescence is also on the cutting edge of technology.

[@kaleidoscope5054]

Yup. They're insisting that they're so much newer and better to distract themselves from their short life spans. They may be doomed, but at least they're not as old as those other appliances. Whereas really they're in more or less the same boat, and they could work together.

[@nickhall5766]

2:30 oh God that light green vacuum is like some sort of human centipede contraption 🤢 with kerby AS THE MIDDLE PIECE !!!!

[@Intrepid151]

I replaced almost every single one of those "cutting edge" appliances with my Samsung Galaxy.

[@snakebbite]

i hate this

[@stormgirl09]

Yea,heck even the kitchen appliances could be replaced with the Gubhub or Uber Eats app! The only thing a smartphone cant be is the vacuum cleaner and the sewing machine! But even with the sewing machine you can argue you can just Amazon or Wish to buy a new shirt that can be cheap!

[@kaleidoscope5054]

@@stormgirl09 Yeah most of these either got replaced or fell out of use. Computers, radios, and telephones aren't used much anymore. Most people don't sew or even use lamps that often, since screens glow on their own and we do most of our reading there now. Even the vacuum could be replaced by a Roomba.

[@timcollum5015]

@@kaleidoscope5054 I understand what ur saying and agree with most of it, as a society of throw-away consumers. And yes, I use my smart phone a lot, but I will NEVER prefer it over a pc. I am on it now. I guess Im just old. was in my young 20s when the internet got popular.

[@EarlFaulk]

And the pc design they used in this scene was outdated in 85. The first movie in this series came out in 97

[@stevenl2303]

More! More! More! Everything on Star Trek and more!

[@keepithunnidcj7549]

Electronic Stores in a nutshell.

[@ReaganSWTOR]

Irony is, that years will pass, and one day Plugsy, accompained by new Computer, Phone and Stereo, will sing something similar to the old ones

[@SomaC-7]

For those interested: "Since you came here uninvited, we all know you'd be delighted, this is not the time or place to hedge! No one here would be so bold to, but since you asked and no one's told you, let us take you to the cutting edge! I can process words, accounting too, and my pixel screen displays for you, computer graphics locked into your memory (echo). With fiber-optics cast in plastic, for nights with sights and sounds fantastic, just reach out and talk to your dear old Uncle Emery! More, more more! Everything you wanted and more! More, more, more! Let me tell you what it's for, here's the print-out, here's the score, get yourself together on the...edge! Oowaoo... You wanna go to the Rio de Janeiro, my dear? You want to join any club paradise? You wanna get it all where the picture is clear? You get it on the stereo, you don't even have to go! More, more, more! Anything you wanted and more! More, more more! Anytime or place you wish, you might meet up with some dish, pull yourself together on the...edge! If you want a lean machine that can whip you up some mean cuisine, I'm on the scene, totally automatic! Hey, I can bake your biscuits too, pop some doughboy out for you, I'm micro-solid state and that's no static! More, more, more! Anything you wanted and more! More, more, more! We're the bytes and chips to call, you just have yourself a ball, it's all hyperactive on the ...edge! From LEDs to CRTs, woofers, tweeters, antenna trees, an ultra-nylon life of ease, everything you dreamed of on the ...edge! And more!

[@corjonbett]

YOu'd really rather stay at home, where the picture is clear

[@corjonbett]

Everything you wanted and MORE!

[@alucardthespy5539]

Anyone else notice that the "Cutting Edge" Vacuum is basically an appliance version of the human centipede?

[@Skyte100]

No one tell the computer about 4k and 8k. He was so proud of his CRT too.

[@agentkracko]

I would pay good money for someone to make an updated version where today’s appliances are singing this song to the cutting-edge appliances with new lyrics

[@rwdplz1]

It would pretty much just be an iPhone singing.

[@rangefromtblt4047]

I would pay EVERY CENT I HAVE (which is not that much, but okay 😂😂😂😂).

[@rangefromtblt4047]

@@rwdplz1 And then one of the appliances crush the smartphone. The end. 😐😐😐😐

[@gravijiga]

Which would bumped out of the way by a newer one half way through the song 🤣

[@MRMONOPOLYization]

I Love retro contemporary style!

[@craglabrake6802]

I am always amazed with how advanced appliances seemed to be back at that time! While most of those appliances are considered outdated, some are still around with newer features.

[@terribletanner805]

Ironically, ten years later you couldn't give this "cutting edge technology" away.

[@Notanothercrayon]

I'd give my left nut for that sexy purple lamp

[@chetvalmont3983]

Lol toasters are timeless. They'll never go out of fashion.

[@metarcee2483]

I was born in 2001, and don't recognize half of these thing. It took me until halfway through the video to realize the deep-voiced appliance was a desktop computer. Older people, feel free to tell me if I called it the wrong name.

[@alalahoward1299]

You're 20 years old?

[@frankz3595]

I like the part at 1:34 when Blanky drinks water and smiles at the screen.

[@SomaC-7]

Everything you picked up on the edge! And more!

[@sebakisniesebakisnie3365]

theee are some courage-the-cowardly-dog-level smiles

[@vp21ct]

I think that the Greatest irony is that the Toaster,Lamp, Vacum Cleaner, and even the old Radio, would still be useful today. Hell i have an electric blanket older than the movie.

[@mikewalker678]

The computer: "Once added a couple of fractions, I must confess I died from the stress And they bought an Apple the following year." _Worthless_ The lamp: "Once lit up the couch-side table, But then Grandma died And I realized Everyone else thought I was ugly as sin." _Worthless, worthless_

[@galaxycraft2454]

Nice lyrics, gonna get the song instrumental and start making this for you (adding more things in the future)

[@mikewalker678]

@@galaxycraft2454 Go for it

[@galaxycraft2454]

@@mikewalker678 Realize my mic sucks so do not be angry if I sound like a child.

[@christinejorgens6577]

@@mikewalker678 My Phone: *just snickers at the former cutting edge fellows from a distance even though it himself is gracing along with the years!*

[@indigothecat]

The Telephone: "I connected friends and family who were miles apart, sending the sound of their voices to start, but eventually one of me per home was not enough, and my lack of games wasn't up to snuff, I was forgotten once my skills could live in everyone's pocket." w o r t h l e s s

[@abraveastronaut]

Okay, but how is the *lamp* more advanced?

[@emel6423]

I dunno. Maybe it's clap-activated, like a Clap On?

[@Ty-yt3lj]

maybe he uses neon or LED lights or something idk, it's pretty hard to improve a light machine

[@TheInkPitOx]

We're talking a table lamp vs a desk lamp, so not exactly a technological upgrade.

[@joshuasmith2486]

More deco I guess?

[@venomclown1134]

@@emel6423 He better leave my boy Lampy alone before he gets clapped on 😤

[@Notawesomeatall7]

"I don't believe I've ever seen so many smiles before."

[@mikkelcraftsalot4974]

I loved The Brave Little Toaster growing up it was part of my childhood

[@evam2351]

This is pure 80's.

[@Nitrinoxus]

Such is the paradox that is the Cutting Edge: Once you're on it, your replacement is already on the drawing board. Right from the start, every cutting edge device is obsolete in concept, and presently, in practice as well.

[@capncrunch537]

This still gives me the creeps. The appliances' smiles are chilling.

[@mimikumew7327]

This song is the personification of consumerism. Such an amazing classic movie

[@dakotastein9499]

the irony is that "new lamp" is more outdated than lampy is

[@sarcasticguy4311]

The slap bass in this song is killer.

[@Lyexsah]

This scene tripped me out so much as a kid.

[@Kittymouth]

Ok, but are we not going to talk about the boombox menacing the little radio at 1:41? I paused there because the radio was always my favorite character. But holy shit, that stereo looks like the siamese cats from Lady And The Tramp! Then I realized that it's probably a Sony, or at least made in Japan. That's not cool, guys.

[@louche2388]

lol i literally never noticed the asian stereotype till now

[@SuperZez]

I guess you could say he’s a STEREOtype.

[@robertgaines-tulsa]

Oh, my God! They made a Japanese radio look Japanese! That's so wrong! Seriously though. Would you prefer a radio from Japan to look African? Reality shouldn't be classified as racism. Now, if you have a black person being arrested for trying to dine at a "whites only" cafe, that is racism! Okay, well, I'll grant you that the radio looked like a 1940s, WWII stereo type of the Japanese, and THAT is racist, but if it looked more realistic I way say not. That wouldn't stop people with their heads up their ass from yelling that it is racist.

[@devonmolina5200]

@@robertgaines-tulsa It's literally got the buck teeth, it's pretty much intentionally racist. Dunno what your crusade comment is about here, but that machine is definetly looking a bit too racy to me.

[@mikewalker678]

I didn't notice until someone pointed it out to me. I did however notice the Mexican accent lamp in the Frankenstein lab and the black accent and giant lips on the purple lamp.

[@AdvocateOfJamaica]

You know, I don't think the purple lamp should be tooting his horn. Even for an 80s cartoon, he looked pretty outdated to me; I'm surprised the other appliances didn't kick him out sooner. I'd take Lampy over him any day. I mean, sh*t, if I had a purple lamp in my dorm, people would probably think I'm queer.

[@noahb.2352]

Lol, I would take Radio over that stereo in the apartment.

[@AdvocateOfJamaica]

Noah B. I know, right. I mean can you imagine lugging that huge thing around when it's time to change dorm rooms? The only thing I'd get rid of is the blanket--it pissed me off as a kid and it pisses me off now.

[@AMcGrath82]

Kirby vacuums also last WAY longer than those stupid two-piece models. That's probably an intentional point in the song.

[@esowaych]

Yeah and I think I would rather have nothing than that 80's box computer LOL

[@kojikondo3350]

i got a joke about that fat ass purple lamp it's mother was so fat that the junkyard's crane tower magnet from ernie's disposal couldn't pick her up no matter how hard it tried

[@taberah9081]

For a video that was uploaded 17 years ago from a movie made even years before, this is still a catchy tune. Yet, consider how many “cutting edge” appliances have been outdated since then only to be replaced only a year or two from now by a new, more “advanced” piece of hardware.

[@Wonka0111]

Yep, I'm sitting here typing this on my 2010-era laptop, by the light of a desk lamp I've had for over a decade, and tomorrow morning I'll probably turn on my radio and make some toast using my toaster, and probably get around to vacuuming the floor with a floor vacuum like Kirby. You just gotta love the irony in this song. Flash forward twenty years, and Toaster and his friends will say: "Who's cutting edge NOW?"

[@daandiks8747]

Your comment is 12 years old now, I think you replaced your laptop by now …

[@AtlasBlizzard]

The wonderful irony of this is that we still use toasters, vacuums, electric blankets, desk lamps and radios, whereas all the cutting edge appliances are long since outdated and forgotten.

[@haku8645]

Good Lord, I remember watching this as a kid. Never has there ever been a musical number from an animated film that dates it quite like this one!

[@jaketucker2559]

And the cutting edge just gets sharper every decade, soon there won’t be an edge left

[@DudeDesi07]

OMG!!!! ITS BEEN CENTURIES THAT I HAVE HEARD THIS SONG!!

[@adiraiju9336]

It's interesting how the more complex and cutting-edge and "modern" the devices are, the worse they've aged over the years. The lamp is probably the simplest device, and the one that aged best - the only flaw today is a bit of an outdated aesthetic, but that's not really an issue. Similarly, the microwave oven has a pretty simple function, and probably aged fine. The boombox and computer, on the other hand, are far more complex and state-of-the-art, but the only reason someone would use them today is for their retro aesthetic - if they still worked at all. Everything else seems to be somewhere in the middle. On another note, I remember bagging groceries as a teenager and hearing this song in my head as I tried to keep up. "More-more-MORE! Everything you wanted and MORE!"

[@kurochan1911]

I love how these "new" appliances now being outdated makes this song all the more relevant.

[@ThePizzaManReal]

The computer sounds so chill

[@HorrorMetal]

That computer is such a badass.

[@Envy1359]

I wish the words "more" were replaced by "moar".

[@finland4ever55]

MOAR KRABS

[@robertlupa8273]

MOAR = BETTER

[@fleebertreatise1063]

Great song. The new appliances are full of themselves, but at least they have style. They just had to do an unsolicited song about how much better they are

[@silverfire1248]

You know what I find hilarious? The fact that I have a toaster, lamp, and vacuum just like the old ones, but I don’t have really anything like the new ones. Well, except the lamp but that isn’t “cutting edge”. I’ve also seen more radios and electronic blankets like the old ones than I have any of the new ones.

[@hyuuint]

This movie, this song, is what got me to love techno-synth. At the very least, it played a heavy role.

[@dragonempress8367]

This song in all irony would make a timeless catchy commercial.

[@dieserr_]

I know I’m just another part of the crowd saying this, but it’s funny to me how the old appliances still hold up today, but the “cutting edge” is advancing so fast there’s been 15 iphones since 2006. Toasters, Baby Blankets, Lamps and even Radios can’t really be improved past what these guys were doing. I don’t remember the last time we replaced our toaster, but I’ve had 3 different iPhones since 2017. This song is cool.

[@pikamario99]

Best intro for any song ever. Probably.

[@Mixxan]

Anyone notice the computer printing through what's presumably its keyboard?

[@UmbraeNacht]

Some of that stuff is still awesome, like that large projector or the tall lamp. Also, the drum machine riffs.

[@SpamNapkin]

Lamps are state of the art

[@fieryphoenix586]

In today's technology world, Toaster and the old appliances would likely still work. Anything new would probably last about 7-8 years until just one part stops working.

[@Twiikrz]

The mars movie had a big role with appliances meant to be obsolete! That’s why the appliances built a rocket ship to mars.

[@morbidsearch]

Some of this technology was already outdated when the movie was made. The computer looks like the Apple II, which came out in 1977. And new telephones in the late 80s were a lot flatter since they no longer used real bells.

[@Melissa0774]

This scene is supposed to have the look and feel of 80's infomercials and electronics store commercials.

[@FlowKio]

And yet the classic heating element toaster is the most popular and longest lasting appliance in your home

[@maxcoleman11037]

ironic, considering that Lampy is far more advanced than that stupid purple lamp Before any one says, yes, I know his name is Plugsy I still think this is the best song in the film, though

[@circleinforthecube5170]

Eh, different type of lampe, the purple one is a bedside table one and lampy is a desk lamp

[@maxcoleman11037]

@@circleinforthecube5170 true I suppose, but Lampy would still function properly as a bedside lamp

[@circleinforthecube5170]

@@maxcoleman11037 why not both, tha tall 80s lamp belongs in a living room

[@maxcoleman11037]

@@circleinforthecube5170 exactly, both carry out each other's functions so I suppose neither are more advanced than the other

[@Chilling_pal_n01anad91ct]

​@@maxcoleman11037Plugsy has lampshade, so his light is indirect and soft.

[@intergalacticchanel]

2:38 CRTs are actually outdated now, sorry nerd moment.

[@intergalacticchanel]

PrepperWorkShop That's more of a matter of user preference than how "cutting edge" the technology is.

[@Draggobuttboi]

well it depends, i hear that they can be pushed beond 60hz, and to be honest they look more durable that the plasma screens we have today, i mean a little while ago a family member bumped an old 1400x900 plasma monitor i used to use and the first and second layer "bled" a bit where it was hit

[@HipHopOtaku]

Yeah, but at the time this was made, they *were* on the cutting edge.

[@Alice_Haukea]

As other comments have said, this song gets older and older with each passing year and thus becomes more and more funny. The year of this movie compared to present day 2019, that "cutting edge" tech is essentially just as old and outdated as Toaster and friends so yeah... lol