The Omnibus Project
Omnibus
Omnibus
4.6 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 5 December 2017
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Ken and John provide a time capsule of whimsical recordings for future generations, commemorating the human race's triumphant achievements and its beautiful mundanities. There's no way you want to miss out on these strange-but-true stories.
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| 0:00.0 | We are Ken Jennings and John Rodrick. We speak to you from our present, which we can only |
| 0:16.1 | assume is your distant past, the turbulent time that was the early 21st century. |
| 0:21.4 | Fearing the great cataclysm that will surely befall our civilization, we began this monumental |
| 0:26.1 | reference of strange and obscure human knowledge. These recordings represent our attempt to compile |
| 0:30.9 | and preserve wonders and esoterica that would otherwise be lost. So whether you're listening from |
| 0:36.3 | an advanced civilization or have just reinvented the technology to decrypt our transmissions, |
| 0:41.2 | this is our legacy to you. This is our time capsule. This is The Omnibus. |
| 0:56.1 | Greetings, citizens of the future. We are broadcasting to you through the mists of time, |
| 1:19.7 | from our own era in your distant past, a time we called the 21st century. |
| 1:27.1 | My name is Ken Jennings and I don't think I can do the voice, John, is that okay? |
| 1:31.7 | Go ahead, whatever. My name is Ken Jennings. I am a famous writer in our time. |
| 1:37.6 | Some would say not me, but some would say the most famous writer. |
| 1:41.4 | You're too modest to say that you're the most famous writer, but I concur. |
| 1:45.1 | People say that. |
| 1:46.0 | Sure, they're not going to know the difference in the future. |
| 1:48.0 | I am also the very famous winner of an ancient quiz contest, which you and the future have never |
| 1:54.5 | heard of. It's huge here and it's called Jeopardy. I wouldn't say that they haven't heard of it. |
| 1:58.7 | Jeopardy may survive. It may be the only thing of our civilization that does survive. |
| 2:02.9 | Wheel and Jeopardy still exists. It's extremely popular with old people. |
| 2:07.2 | I want on Jeopardy when they were, those people were slightly less old, |
| 2:11.2 | but I won multiple times. Very hard to do. Trust me, an impressive, impressive achievement. |
| 2:16.8 | It really truly was impressive. You were in the newspapers every day there toward the end. |
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