Teddy Girls (Entry 1283.PR3122)

Omnibus

Society & Culture, History

4.6 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2025

⏱️ 82 minutes

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In which the dandyish vintage finds of postwar British teens set a blueprint for the rest of 20th-century youth fashion, and Ken keeps getting hit in the head by nose flutes on the bus. Certificate #13953.

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0:00.0	We are receiving for the first time.
0:05.0	And, uh,
0:07.0	receiving this message.
0:11.0	We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick.
0:14.0	We speak to you from our present, which we can only assume is your distant past,
0:18.0	the turbulent time that was the early 21st century.
0:26.0	Fearing the great cataclysm that will surely befall our civilization, we began this monumental reference of strange and obscure human knowledge. These recordings represent our attempt
0:30.3	to compile and preserve wonders and esoterica that would otherwise be lost.
0:34.9	So whether you're listening from an advanced civilization or have just reinvented the technology
0:39.4	to decrypt our transmissions, this is our legacy to you.
0:43.2	This is our time capsule.
0:45.4	This is the omnibus.
0:47.1	This is the omnibus. You have accessed entry 1283.
1:16.6	PR 31222 certificate number 13953.
1:23.3	Teddy girls.
1:31.4	Thank you. Teddy Girls. Can I know you love rock and roll?
1:33.4	Oh, boy.
1:34.4	Boy, do I love rock and roll.
1:36.2	I just go home and I turn on some Carl Perkins or some Dwayne Eddy.
1:42.1	It feels like of the two of us.
1:43.9	It's funny to say and roll, right?
1:45.3	Doesn't this sound funny now?
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