

The Stooges were part of an act, and they didn’t get top billing…it was Ted Healy and His Stooges. While many people think of Curly as the original third stooge, who was replaced by his brother Shemp, that’s not exactly how it happened.

In this case, the “third stooge” is Curly…and that’s important, and surprisingly, may have a good deal to do with why this video exists. Posted by “Retro Horror” ( was some curiosity as to what the origin of the clip was…and I was happy to answer! I got it recently in one of my Twitter feeds, the one for It can be used to express different things, but I think I’ve seen it most as unbridled joy and enthusiasm…for example, because it’s Friday. There is a popular GIF (in this usage, a short, repeating movie) of a gorilla maniacally firing a machine gun. Some on Twitter, meanwhile, wondered what could come from the “scary development” of a robotic dog being outfitted with a submachine gun - although it’s unclear if the device was firing autonomously or was being controlled remotely.The strange Stooge story behind the gorilla with a gun GIF The gun attached to the dog appears to a Russian-made PP-19 Vityaz - a submachine gun based on the AK-47 - while the military vehicle seen in the footage is a BDRM-2 Russian armored car, which has been spotted recently in Ukraine, according to Vice. Vice notes the robot dog is not the same model as the dancing Boston Dynamics version, although it looks similar despite having different feet and various ports.ĭozens of knockoffs of the Boston Dynamics dog are sold online, including the version in the video, which appears to be a UnitreeYusu “technology dog” that sells for as little as $2,700 online, Vice reported. The footage also shows the robot dog – which sports a Russian flag on one side - advancing near a military vehicle.

“Russian development?” another asked, to which Atamov indicated yes, the post shows.Ītamov’s LinkedIn profile lists him as the founder of Russia’s Hoversurf, which unveiled a new model of an air taxi in January 2021 that was expected to be ready for flights as early as 2023, Reuters reported. “It would be nice to have these dogs and other remote controlled robots in a war on both sides, where all the warfare would be without any man on the field,” one person replied, according to a translation. The original clip was posted in March by Alexander Atamov of Moscow, who posted a photo of the scary creature on Facebook he referred to as “Skynet,” according to a translation of the post. The original clip was posted in March by Alexander Atamov of Moscow, who showed a photo of the scary creature he referred to as “Skynet,” according to a translation of the post. The footage also shows the dog - which sports a Russian flag on one side - advancing near a military vehicle.

At one point, the killing machine opens fire - with intense recoil knocking it back onto its hind legs. The 84-second viral clip, which has been viewed more than 4.3 million times, shows the robotic dog firing a machine gun and running rapidly across bricks in front of a snowy field. “All the people who laughed off the ‘worrywarts’ years ago for freaking out about the Funny Dancing Robot Dogs ™ should be forced to watch this video once a day for the remainder of the year,” a Twitter user posted Wednesday. Video of a robotic dog equipped with a submachine gun is circulating social media - months after a man living in Russia posted frightening footage of the dystopian killing machine on YouTube. Man’s virtual best friend - or mankind’s greatest nightmare? I made a sexy AI robot of myself - you can date me for $1 a minuteĪlligators in sewer myth is true: Workers find out in jaw-dropping video I made ChatGPT my fashion stylist - here’s what happened Ex-Google exec warns AI will view humans as ‘scum,’ could create ‘killing machines’
