The History of Online Pizza Ordering

Today, we have computers that fit in our pockets, networks that span the globe, and delivery systems that can get physical items from one side of the world to the other, all thanks to the 50 year quest to computerize the process of ordering pizzas.
Special thanks to SquirrelMonkey for contributing the footage at 3:18. Check out their archive here.
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Music Used:
Arabian Sand - E's Jammy Jams (0:00)
Weekend in Tattoine - Unicorn Heads (5:12)
Cologne 1983 - Josh Kirsch (6:14)
Birds - Silent Partner (8:01)
Clips in order of appearance:
Pizza Hut (1994) - • Pizza Hut (1994) (0:07)
Points for Pies - • Points for Pies :30 (0:26)
Papa John Places His First Ever Online Order - • Papa John Places His F... (0:31)
Donald Sherman orders a pizza - • Donald Sherman orders ... (0:42)
Tomorrow's World: New Banking - • Tomorrow's World: New ... (0:57)
Tomorrow's World: Home Computer Terminal - • Tomorrow's World: Home... (1:12)
TranDirect.com SuperNES - • TranDirect.com SuperNE... (6:21)
Star7 Demo - • Star7 Demo (6:29)
Steve Jobs iPhone 2007 - • Steve Jobs iPhone 2007... (7:33)
KFC's New Virtual Reality - • KFC's New Virtual Real... (8:22)
Emoji Literacy Supported by Domino’s - • Video (9:03)
The Science Elf wishes to not be held responsible for the factually questionable content of this video.

[@SquirrelMonkeyCom]

Thank you, Science Elf! This video tastes as good as my first online pizza.

[@zzco]

And my LGR episodes!

[@cuddlecreeper8]

@@deadbox2003 Yea

[@aimwell8813]

Squirrel monkey, Since you just commented on this video, can I give a suggestion for Wonders of the World wide web? If I can ask, Can you do If Apex Legends was made in the ‘90s?

[@ruler_of_everything]

you can get _FREE_ online pizzas if you format C:!

[@creeper3490]

Ananas is swedish for pineapple

[@LGR]

This was quite the pizza thing.

[@pikgears]

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[@ScottySullivanYT]

It sure was.

[@thecookiemonstergaming3089]

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[@MintleafCakes]

As soon as I saw the first few seconds of the intro I wondered if you'd seen this, haha.

[@robertetzenhouser]

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[@emdotrod]

This is a weird LGR Tech Tales x LGR Foods crossover episode

[@KidTonyGaming]

WELCOME TO LGR FOOD AND TODAY ILL BE MAKING A SANDWICH

[@beefyappa]

I don't care if this is an April fools joke. You could be murdering me and I wouldn't care because your voice is so calm. But this is legit information.

[@battosaijenkins946]

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHA

[@deadbox2003]

April fooled!

[@IronicHavoc]

@fakefirstname fakelastname what

[@JoeBee9]

I love the Lazy Game Reviews reference. 😀

[@wiibrewlover5923]

6:57 "One nothing pizza with Left beef" OH MY GOD, I'M DYING

[@InnoVintage]

At first I thought this was an actual video that you just made for fun, then you mentioned wonders of the world wide web as an actual show from the eighties.

[@glitchy_weasel]

ISP = Independent Sellers of Pizza LMAOOOOOOO 😂😂 Nice vid

[@ch7639]

"Ananas Pizzas" Somehow, you've avoided the internet debate about pineapple(ananas) so far, but no longer! If you like pineapple on pizza, that's fine. If you don't, that's also fine.

[@S2Tubes]

I ordered a pizza online recently, and they called me, because that was the first time anyone had ordered online, and they weren't sure how it worked.

[@bryanandhallie]

"Internet Sellers of Pizza" had me rolling in laughter. You sir are a genious

[@minishthe2nd563]

Greetings and Welcome to a Totally not LGR Thing

[@deathdogg0]

Minish It looks like LGR, and sounds almost like LGR. Even the music sounds like LGR and the keyboard typing in the beginning sounds like lazy typing from LGR, all slow and whatnot. But beware, beware your ears and eyes, your thoughts and the knowledge that you think you have, for this is NOT LGR! This is not LGR... This is not...

[@amfram]

How the hell is this at all similar to LGR? LGR largely revolves around reviewing and showing off old technology, Science Elf is a channel more based on retrospectives and while yes they cover obscure technology too the presentation is very different.

[@minishthe2nd563]

@@amfram the intro and the greeting

[@FoxBlocksHere]

Your videos are so well made and informative that it took me way too long to realize it's an April Fools video. It's cool that you were able to collaborate with Squirrel Monkey, though!

[@Cyranek]

a great learning experience

[@FairPlay137]

You forgot about the Hyper-Text Pizza Ordering Protocol (HTPOP), which would've allowed computers to order pizza easily and quickly without the limitations of HTTP. However, it never exactly materialized, since it was ultimately decided that HTTP would be better suited for this, and would be more compatible. SOMEONE MAKE HTPOP A REAL THING APRIL FOOLS OR NOT

[@pinyon9967]

Thank you for a April fools day video that isn't lazy!

[@MattJohnVO]

My cousin used to have a pizza delivery button on an old Hannah Montana landline phone she had.

[@le9038]

How come this isn't talked about more? The history of online pizza goes so far back and It's cool!

[@DamianMontero]

I just LOVE videos like this. Hilarious. and super well done....so WELL DONE!

[@not2hot99]

Wait is the ananas pizza legit or not? Edit: nvm its from a guy which does stuff like that :(

[@cloudywolf_]

As usual, this is awesome! Keep up the great work

[@supakusuta]

Yay new video, Keep up the great content :)

[@GabrielRodriguez1997]

Love the LGR kickback and great video as always!

[@dominateeye]

After so many times of covering the same material, it's only fitting that you and LGR now have the same intro. (Kidding!)

[@geminikb]

I love this channel. I’m old enough to remember most of the topics you cover, at least as a savvy user. 😉. Nostalgic.

[@Akrenix]

Will you ever do a serious video on this topic?

[@volkswagenpologameing9840]

Uhh

[@undisclosedmusic4969]

A video like this really fixes my week :D

[@Lim95]

This and Solar Sand’s 2021 April Fools videos were the best ones I’ve seen.

[@quailstevens8150]

@ The Science Elf, I'm really liking your videos!! Keep up the great work :)

[@goddamnfuturama]

This is just brilliant!!

[@PhoenAstra]

This whole video is just a mood.

[@kleann]

"isolated pizza c o m m u n i t i e s" p i z z a r a c i s m

[@MrRicearonie]

Watching on April 2nd and it took me 7 minutes to figure it out, god damnit

[@xehP]

damn, that intro, can hear the frequencies and everything lmao

[@lafloogle]

Always love the wonders of the world wide web theme!

[@mr_dreamyaf]

They had us in the first half, not gonna lie

[@TheOrangeType]

Legit took me until bout 5 minutes into the video to realise what day it is

[@moracomole8090]

On a real side note The value of the first bitcoin transactions were negotiated by individuals on the bitcoin forum with one notable transaction of 10,000 BTC used to indirectly purchase two pizzas delivered by Papa John's.

[@CamdenBloke]

I remember the early online pizza hut thing being connecting to a website, entering your address and telephone number, and when you confirm it gives you the address of the local pizza hut and sends out a notification to that pizza hut for them to call you.

[@joelosler]

4:21 - “No! I don’t want more main dishes!”

[@NITRO2494]

I just received an online-ordered pizza and found this in my recommended as I looked for something to watch as I ate ...........

[@SirFaceFone]

The first April fool's prank I actually fell for this year. Good job

[@jimpickens5682]

7 minutes in and i realize this is a April fools video, this had me thinking that pizza made the internet a thing, god damn I'm gullible

[@sniperyuni]

0/10 didn't include domino's feat hatsune miku

[@Daggintosh]

this is the type of content i want.

[@oromain]

I went down to the comments to ask why she's hitting the keyboard so damn hard only to find out this video is a prank

[@burnedoils]

lol u got my blessings for making a video about "the history of online pizza ordering"

[@KazyEXE]

I live in such a small town, one time I go ordered pizza online and the delivery driver still used a credit card impressioner. This was in like 2013~2014.

[@ohboiiPumba]

I just realized it when Wonders of the WWW started playing ;)

[@willptech7565]

Halfway into the video I knew this could’ve been published on April first

[@Bloodray19]

Oh. So this was an april fools joke? I was suspicious a little, but man, you sound convincing af :D

[@Isaac-gh5ku]

There was a movie made in 1994 or 1995, and it stars Sandra Bullock. It is not Demolition Man, though that movie introduced me to Sandra Bullock for the first time. I forgot the name of the movie, but I remember at the start of the movie, the main character (Sandra Bullock) ordered pizza via computer, and the site shows look like an early version of online pizza delivery website. Don't if that was Pizza Hut back then.

[@Ibrahim1999]

my niche content that i eagerly wait to watch

[@Di3mondDud3]

Comedy gold, now whens the next documentary thing?

[@milindgaonkar2746]

In total, in 16 years, we ate about 1.1606 pizzas.Also,the approx. gap between each pizza eaten was 5.16 years.

[@SmeddyTooBestChannel]

Alright, here's a subtle thing not many people are acknowledging but as someone who knows too much about overly-specific tech history: The bit at the start with the computer "ordering its own pizza", is in reality a *speech synthesis* system test. It was meant to help people with vocal problems communicate verbally. They hooked the computer up to a phone and dialed the local pizza joint. There was no actual data transfer like the gag implies. (This actually confused me as I was in fact one of the many people who didn't catch on to this being a joke until halfway through.) And yes, it actually succeeded! kzbin.info/www/bejne/b2XHkJuVqZeEd6M

[@Kr-nv5fo]

When i was a kid, i had to go aaall the way to the library just to order a pizza using their terminal thing that ran lynx browser.

[@SquirrelMonkeyCom]

LOL

[@oofnack]

when i figured out that this was an April fools joke and thats why squirrel monkey made a cameo 🤔

[@parnikkapore]

The history of the Internet (for pizza lovers)

[@timeslongpast]

You had me fooled until 3:19.. I recognise the voice

[@drowningin]

I first ordered pizza online in 1995. I went to the website got super hungry, and filled it out and forgot. 30mins later a knock and my dad cussing about having to pay

[@anthonysargent9382]

keep up the good work and you fooled me on some parts of this video nice april fools joke

[@chibiveggie]

I thought this was real until the Wonders of the World Wide Web clip started. 😂😂😂

[@redwolfnum1068]

I knew it was an April fool's prank when he mentions pocket pc as pocket pizza comunicator. 7:16

[@nutterbuster305]

"Mmmm margarita sounds delicious" *Proceeds to whole fist bang the keyboard

[@BilisNegra]

I actually think this would be excellent and fun material to teach kids some historical computer facts. You would simply say: "Here's a little video for you to watch. I'm sure you'll have fun with that". And when the video is over, you would go: "Well, some of you might have figured out all of this was not created to just order pizzas. But, other than that, you get the picture, right?"... I'm sure they would laugh and would be eager to watch it again. Kids love to be treated as people capable of using their wits like adults.

[@SnowBunneh]

As a pizza driver myself I despise how my company has online ordering set up. They don't tell the customer if we are backed up or run out of anything and I have been cursed out over it. Also, the call center is in Dallas Texas which makes this even worse via the same means.

[@stormblade4201]

It has been 1 month, and I just realized this is an April Fools Joke IT TOOK 6 MINUTES TO FIGURE IT OUT

[@msinfo32]

The next video NEEDS to be the history of video editing

[@aviator8632]

I love how the 1980s show person sounds like they're punching their keyboard

[@MegaOrwell1984]

I apologize if everyone else noticed this, but the website "Ananas Pizza" literally means Pineapple Pizza (Ananas is the French word for pineapple, which I only remember from that creepy af pineapple from French class back in elementary school.) oh and I actually like pineapple on my pizza, I used to hate it, but then I started to like it, but I could also see why one wouldn't like it as well.

[@edeggermont]

Thanks. I never knew that!

[@SnowBunneh]

One thing I've learned being a pizza driver before I got my associates is, the minimum wage in thr US is not adjusted for inflation and for the sake of profits people can work a full time job and not make enough money to survive. Personally, I avoid minimum wage places as much as possible and instead support local restaurants.

[@DankUser]

The LGR influences are palpable. Good work little Elf!

[@vilislacis3337]

Ananas Pizza interface was well done, pretty friendly!

[@white_mask13]

loved the pizzahut apple only and windows domino joke

[@officialunderfire]

This made me breath heavily through my nose when I realized the date

[@z-3to204]

I order my pizza with a sledgehammer to my keyboard too!

[@jessveness]

Took me until the Squirrel Monkey video to realize it was an april fools joke.

[@naokytohno2676]

Perfection at it finest Best April fools ever

[@Exarian]

6:55 "none pizza with left beef" lol

[@sofia.eris.bauhaus]

today we can order billions of pizzas per second. we should appreciate this more.

[@andreiserban2409]

We've got a new enemy. V-SERIES!

[@TAGMedia7]

Love the LGR-style intro.

[@Roboman01851]

love that reference to left beef and LGR

[@5speedfatty]

This is a high quality April Fools Joke. gg Elf, you win 1 internet.

[@TolerableDruid6]

It took me until Wonders of The World Wide Web came on that it was a joke. I thought the "you can hear the words it's transmitting by ear" part was a bit weird, then I saw Wonders of the World Wide Web and I quickly went to check the date it was uploaded on. :P

[@Roosader]

Love me a good ol' TSE Pizza Tale.

[@mosthatedtwink]

theres only 3 minutes left in the video and i JUST now realize this was an april fools joke

[@Fr4ncM]

You forgot to mention the Samsung Galaxy Note 7, the first device to incorporate a hot pizza oven right in your pocket.

[@TeraunceFoaloke]

really nice April Fools joke. You got me for several minutes.

[@llibertyGamer]

I spy an order for some None Pizza with Left Beef

[@KidTonyGaming]

Your intro and and voiceover made me think I was watching a LGR video (Lazy Game Review)

[@Sakboi2012]

Amazing

[@Sakboi2012]

Oh it's a joke.

[@StasConstantine]

why is she slamming the keyboard with a hammer to order pizza like she has some hidden rage inside her or she's hulk?

[@dontaskmeaxy]

So when you showed the “how it works” WORLD WIDE WEB IS MY FAV CHANNEL

[@RadiaUmbra]

The ISP thing got me good!

[@phreapersoonlijk]

Also, for those who don't know, ananas is the universal international-ish word for pineapple, very cloverly done, guys ! And yes, Pinapple on pizza rules ! Edit, I'm leaving it in.

[@tl1882]

Everyone wants to: *Know your location*

[@kami-kun_va]

5:40 It was at this moment that I realised that this was a joke video

[@TheSilentFool]

"Ill select the only bread I know, ciabatta!" *THUNK!* "Do I want more appetizers? No." *THUNK!* Glorious. Art of the highest degree.