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1981: SID the ROBOT's EPIC FAILS | Tomorrow’s World | Retro Tech | BBC Archive
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as posted by the channel"This, I'm advised, is one of the wonderful things about live television..."
Meet Hissing Sid, the incredible pneumatic robot, who can do practically anything... in principle.
Kieran Prendiville's withering looks say it all, as Sid fails spectacularly at every task it is set. Sid fails at laying a table, Sid fails at dressing a salad and - most excruciatingly - Sid fails to pot a snooker ball while none other than Ted Lowe, the voice of snooker, commentates.
Better luck next time Sid.
Originally broadcast 8 January, 1981.
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