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1: The elevator where you're "born again"

Lateral with Tom Scott

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Is the Elevator Button Really a Comedy Button?

There's not much that's traditionally around an elevator other than the button to operate the elevator. If we're talking pure humor value, I think if you put the scream right opposite the doors so as they opened in front it was just a right and right. Now what is a painting that has a conspicuous circular possibly arrow shaped feature that could be replaced with a button to call an elevator? I'm thinking the guy with an apple for a face. It's probably a shame for anyone listening in audio. You didn't see Matt's face when you suggested Archimedes as dying in the bathtub. In an arcade era.

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