Rube Goldberg

Rube Goldberg was a cartoonist, sculptor, author, engineer and inventor. He's best known for his cartoons that depicted a quirky professor named Lucifer Gorgonzola Butts, who created complex devices to accomplish simple tasks.

In 1931 Merriam-Webster dictionary added the adjective Rube Goldberg, defined as "accomplishing by complex means what seemingly could be done simply."



I think I might have seen this picture being played out in a Charlie Chaplin film.