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Loosely related: a lecture on missile guidance laws...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZe5J8SVCYQ

The guy on this video is just so good. He has to have done lots of TV anchoring or has lots of reps doing something similar. Anyway, he's delivers every line perfectly.

I don't know why, but I always get a little extra chuckle at 0:25 and 0:52 when the door hinge squeaks.

He does have a lot of similar experience: "I used to do live stand-up presentations for Allen Bradley at various "automations fairs" and industrial trade shows. This was totally straight, no humor involved. I also did quite a few internal videos for AB. Their headquarters is in Milwaukee, and Jon Wright, the Director of Corporate Training (now retired) would have me fly in to do training films on occasion. On one occasion, I did an impromptu version of the Turbo Encabulator (the original version) that had been done on a Chrysler Technician training shoot, which I have been doing for about 20 years."

and "How on earth did you memorize the script? I do the performance using a wireless ear prompter, and just repeat what I hear."

- http://www.plcdev.com/an_interview_with_mike_kraft

Direct link to turboencabulator vid: https://youtu.be/Ac7G7xOG2Ag