- Oh, they're video chatting! They predicted Skype and cake.
- I'm still convinced
that the writers of Simpsons are time travelers.
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- (FBE) Today, we predict a really great episode.
- I predict you're right. - Okay. That's good.
Me too. (chuckles) - (claps) How come?
- (FBE) We are gonna go through eight TV shows and movies
that have accurately predicted the future.
- Interesting. - Oh my gosh.
I love this kind of stuff. - Oh, I love these,
because they're just chance, but it's so creepy at the same time.
- (FBE) Before we get started, we just wanted our viewers
to know that we will have to mute any clips that have music,
but we've linked the original videos down below.
- Okay. I'll try not to sing The Beatles while I react
in this channel. (chuckles) - (Gazelle) Good evening, Zootopia!
- Shakira! And the Super Bowl. - Oh, that's pretty similar
to what she was wearing at Super Bowl.
- Oh! The Shakira dress at the halftime show?
I saw this on Twitter. - She wore the same outfit. (laughs)
- I thought it was kind of scary on how the dress is literally
the exact same as hers. So, I don't know if they got inspired
when they saw this movie or it just happened
to be a coincidence, but I'm gonna say they got inspired.
- Oh! So, that was supposed to be like a halftime performance
as her as an elk? How long ago was that?
- I thought it was so funny, because right after the Halftime show,
like on Instagram, they had the side by side videos
of her and that, and people were like,
"Oh my gosh. She ripped them off."
It's like no, that's literally her.
- (FBE) Many were pointing out that in this 2016
animated film Zootopia, Shakira's character was performing
at what also seemed like a halftime show.
Not only that, but Shakira also wore
the exact same outfit. - That's gotta be on purpose!
It's spot on. - I want someone to ask her
if she noticed this. Was this intentional?
Was this a nod to the film? - It had to have been on purpose.
That's not a coincidence. - That just has to be
a signature Shakira wardrobe. They're like, "She likes that one.
Put it on her character. Put it on her." (chuckles)
She looks good in red. You cannot deny it.
- (Homer) Gotta get a juicer. Gotta drink juice.
News wait. Won't get chest pain from answering the phone anymore.
- (laughs) - Oh, god.
- This is the one I just saw. This one had me--
it was kind of scary how kind of almost spot on it is.
- (man) Please don't tell the supervisor I have the flu.
- Does it have to do with that damn coronavirus?
- (Bart) Hey Dad, this came for you in the mail.
- Is this about the coronavirus?
- (Homer screams) - I don't think we can
give Simpsons credit for predicting illness.
- Oh, so the spreading of a virus. - (Skinner) Flu germs entering
every orifice in my head. - Oh, wow.
Oh, wow. (chuckles) Oh my gosh.
- (reporter) The dreaded Osaka flu... - This is the virus?
Oh, that's kinda weird. Whoops. But it happens!
- Okay, so what year was this? - (FBE) 1993.
- Oh my god. - I'm still convinced
that the writers of Simpsons are time travelers.
There's a difference from, you know, getting one or two things
that are just like, "Oh, wow, you kinda happened to get that right."
And then you go from 10 to 15 things that are getting it right,
and it's still going on? That's terrifying.
- (FBE) So, in a 1993 episode from the Simpsons,
their fictional Osaka flu from Japan infects Springfield.
Many online are now drawing similarities
to the coronavirus scare that's happening right now.
- But that's not even Japan. And it's just germs.
Germs come from countries all the time.
That's kind of how they work. - That's insane.
It's just like, "Oh, let me just write a little book
about this virus or whatever," and it's happening.
My brain's kind of everywhere right now,
because that's so crazy. Damn. - (FBE) Simpsons in notorious
for predicting these scenarios. We even have an entire episode
dedicated to these predictions. How do you think
they're continuously doing this? - Well, like I said,
I mean, if they're coming up with different ideas,
anything is possible, I guess. It could happen.
But it does seem to be really specific,
so I think that's what makes it creepy.
- Once is a coincidence, right? Twice, give it a coincidence.
But after it's so many times it just keeps predicting,
predicting, predicting things, it makes you wonder how.
- Is it just destiny that everything ultimately
is going to happen? You know, you go,
"Oh, well let's just watch this show regularly
and maybe that'll be the next thing that happens."
A scary thought. - What happens at the end
of the episode? Does everyone die?
I'm just trying to find out the end game!
Should I be doomsday prepping right now?
What's that episode?!
- (Lucy) I think you're really gonna like it here.
And obviously, everyone's in... - Yeah, it's Parks and Rec.
- (Lucy) ...because of the Cubs winning the Series.
- (Dwyer) Yeah, it seems really nice. - Oh, is this the Cubs
winning the Series? Sports.
- (Lucy) ...because of the Cubs winning the Series.
- Oh! - (Dwyer) Yeah, it seems really nice.
I mean, I am gonna miss Pawnee, though.
- Did it says Cubs in the World Series? Dang!
And Parks and Rec is way older than that,
'cause the Cubs just win a couple years ago, right?
- I remember that. When the Cubs won,
everyone flipped out. - I'm from Chicago, you know,
and oh my god. We waited forever for the Cubs
to win the World Series. - (FBE) So, during the show's
final season, Parks and Rec predicted that the Cubs
would win the World Series. Even though the episode aired
in 2015, Sam and Andy's trip in this episode took place
in what was 2017. So that episode,
they were a little bit in the future, which means the Cubs would have
had already won the championship in 2016, which they did.
- That also means that Leslie Knope could still be president someday.
- That's a little weird, 'cause there is a lot of teams,
a lot of probabilities. But at the same time,
there's so many guesses as to who's gonna win,
so someone's gotta get it right. - Parks and Recreation,
in my opinion, was not a show that existed
on some, you know, different universe
or on some different plane. They were with us in real time.
And so, to say something like that so confidently
and for it to happen, that's incredible.
- (Ross) Have you seen this? It's our new alumni website
for college. - Oh, I know those guys.
Aren't they friends? They're friends
with each other, right? - (Ross) You can post messages
for people, let everyone know what you're up to.
- Social media! - (Chandler) ...faster way
to tell people that I'm unemployed and childless.
- (laughs) The prequel to Facebook. - (Ross) It's actually kind of
interesting to find out what people are doing.
Remember Andrea Rich?
- Is this Facebook? - (Chandler) The girl that wouldn't
sleep with you? - (Ross) Uh-huh. Uh-huh.
Well, her internet company went under,
and she lost an ear in a boating accident.
- (chuckles) Oh my god. - (Chandler) Bet she'd sleep
with you now. - So, maybe Zuckerberg
watched this episode and he was like, "Hey,
that's a good idea." - (FBE) That was from an episode
of Friends which aired back in 2003.
In the episode, Ross is basically describing to Chandler
what is essentially Facebook. - But I bet on Ross's website,
his mom never tries to share him with memes.
- (FBE) A full year after that, Mark Zuckerberg launched
what at the time was called The Facebook.
- No way! This was before?! What the hell?!
No, that's weird. That's like someone--
to make up a social media before it even happens.
I wonder if people were thinking about it.
They were like, "Oh, we should do this."
And Mark Zuckerberg's like, "[Bleep]. I'll do it."
- (Spacely) Jetson, I apologize. - (George) Well, Mr. Spacely...
- Oh, the Jetsons. - Awww.
- (Spacely) ...that I got a biiig mouth.
- FaceTime. - So, they're FaceTiming? (chuckles)
- Oh, they're video chatting! They've predicted Skype and cake.
- (Spacely) ...more reasonable hour. - They're FaceTimin'. (laughs)
But it's funny, because it's not the idea
of a cellphone, it's more like a call box.
- I remember laughing about a lot of this and going, "Oh yeah,
I'd like that. That'd be handy."
Did I think I'd see it in my lifetime? Nah.
- 100 years ago, there were very specific images
associated with "the future," and we focus on not having
flying cars, so we're like, "Nothing's impressive,"
but we have a lot of shit. I can look at someone's face
on my phone across the world. - (FBE) All right, so that was
the animated series The Jetsons, which was way ahead of its time
and technology, because it aired back in the early '60s.
- '60s? Woo. - That's real predictions.
That's 60 years in the future predictions.
- (FBE) The internet wasn't even created back then,
yet there were cleaning robots, flat screen TVs, and as you just saw,
video calls. - Which is literally
what we have today, like the Roomba and FaceTime.
Crazy. - I can't imagine life
without the internet, (laughs) so it's so weird to think
of them just thinking of this concept
without that to back it up. That's actually kind of weird.
- Maybe whoever came up with it was inspired by watching it
or, you know, thought, "Hey, that's something
that maybe we could do." We try to imagine what the world
is going to be like, and who knows?
I mean, we won't-- probably. I mean, 100 years from now,
we won't be here to see it, but who knows what could spark
someone else to do something. - (JD) ...the whole afternoon
researching the war in Iraq. - Scrubs!
- (JD) ...into the spirited debate. - Love Scrubs.
- (Cox) What a jackass. Wow. - (people angrily muttering)
- (JD) Come on. No one wants to debate Iraq with me?
- (Janitor) I'll debate Iraq with you.
- Oh, I didn't know he was on this show.
- (JD) Prepare to be dazzled. - (Janitor) Okay.
In my opinion, we should be looking for Bin Laden in Pakistan.
- Ohhh. (chuckles) - (JD) You have that globe nearby?
- Is that where we found Bin Laden? The janitor knows everything!
- That's a pretty specific line right there.
- Things like that, it's oddly specific
and also gets into the political realm,
so it's a little scary to be able to predict that.
- (FBE) That was the comedy series Scrubs.
And in that 2006 episode, the janitor throws out
that the U.S. Army should be looking for Osama Bin Laden
in Pakistan. Sure enough, fast forward to 2011
and Bin Laden was found in... - Pakistan.
- I don't know. I can't explain that one.
Interesting. - Wow. That's interesting.
It just makes me wanna see the thought the process, right?
It makes me wanna interview the writer.
- I'd love to hear what the writers thought.
I'd really be amazed-- I'd like to know was it
because they were so politically astute
that it made sense to them that he would be there?
Were they just playing around and going, "Oh, well,
put it over there somewhere"? You know, I'd like to hear
how they managed to pull this off.
- I think that writer knows things.
I don't know how they felt, but I feel
(whispers) that they things things.
- (boy) This is a video game! - Oh! I was gonna say,
"Where's Back to the Future?" - (boy) My dad taught me about these.
- Now, this, I've seen so many times it's not even funny.
- It's so funny to look at how people thought
the future was gonna look like. - (Marty) I'm a crack shot at this.
- (game characters grunting)
- (laughs) It looks so rinky dinky compared to now.
- (boy) You mean you have to use your hands?!
- (boy 2) That's like a baby's toy. - (laughs)
- (Marty) Baby's toy? - They predicted the Kinect.
- There are so many different ways we play with video games now,
where we do like VR or any other type of full body sensor motion,
where we don't have to use our hands anymore.
- (FBE) So, given the title of the film, who knew
that Back to the Future was actually predicting the future?
- I mean, it's in the title. (laughs) - (FBE) It predicts several things
in the film that had not yet existed including hands-free game consoles.
But it wasn't until the early 2000s, right, that companies like Xbox Kinect
and Nintendo Wii had launched and let gamers control
on-screen actions using voice and gestures.
- That's insane. They were probably referring to something they thought
would happen in the future-future, and the fact that that's what
we have today-- not even today. It came out a while ago.
- It's interesting. You go back and you look
at old media and you see people's kind of wish lists of what they think
the future is gonna look like. And then, some of them,
they pick and choose. It's things that people worked on
and listened to and created. And it's cool to see
kind of what they wanted come to fruition almost.
- This is weird. I feel like a lot of it
is just futuristic movies and they're just
taking their best guess. They're like, "What would I want
to see happen?" And then they write it down.
- (FBE) Finally, some consider these predictions,
like the ones you saw today, to be predictive programming,
which essentially means the government or the higher-ups are using media
to make the population more accepting of future events.
- That's some looper [bleep]. (chuckles)
- (FBE) Do you think these were predictive programming
or were they just harmless coincidences?
- I think they're probably harmless coincidences.
But if I wrote it, I would definitely say
I was predicting the future. - So, somebody knows
that this is what's gonna happen? Oh, come on. No. I'm not buying that.
- It's coincidence or clever writing, you know, educated writing,
an educated guess. It's not predictive programming.
I will never go with a conspiracy theory, no.
No, no, no, no. - I don't think
they're predictive programming only because it seems
like they're happenstances in certain episodes.
I don't subscribe to predictive programming,
that idea of predictive programming, no.
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