I think tangentbot especially will enjoy this phantastic series of dozens of videos from Japan showing actual, real-life Rube Goldberg style machines. They seem to be commercials for something that sounds like “itakora suichi” but I can’t read the kanji to be sure.
Be warned, there are almost 13 minutes worth of them (but it’s worth it)! Thanks to TechEBlog for posting about it.
Wow… I saw these on the day you posted this… but I found the link elsewhere. Totally freakin’ cool. Those folks have a lot of extra time on their hands.
How about Pitagora Suicchi?