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(CHUCKLES) ...out of retirement and take this on
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Time Bomb Y2K

(CHUCKLES) ...out ofretirement and take this on, I wanna really lay it on thick because...

(CHUCKLES) ...out of
retirement and take this on, I wanna really lay it on thick because he's
really... (CHUCKLES) - (AUDIENCE LAUGHING, APPLAUDING)
- He's done a great job

Full Transcript

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(CHUCKLES) ...out of retirement and take this on,
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I wanna really lay it on thick
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because he's really... (CHUCKLES)
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- (AUDIENCE LAUGHING, APPLAUDING) - He's done a great job.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
61
Timestamp in Movie
00:16:20
Uploaded
Apr 21, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
HBO Documentary Films,Spinning Nancy

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Movie Summary

An immersive, all-archival retelling of the "Y2K" millennium bug and the mass hysteria that changed the fabric of modern society.
(CHUCKLES) - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
(CHUCKLES)
We are at the White House. We're here with John Koskinen. - Time Bomb Y2K 00:05
We are at the White House. We're here with John Koskine...
You've been known in papers and articles as the Y2K czar. - Time Bomb Y2K 00:06
You've been known in papers and articles as the Y2K cza...
JOHN KOSKINEN: Well, I'd say, in a way, I suppose, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:09
JOHN KOSKINEN: Well, I'd say, in a way, I suppose,
And if it doesn't go well, they'll say - Time Bomb Y2K 00:05
And if it doesn't go well, they'll say
Has to be a fair amount of pressure, though, you must admit - Time Bomb Y2K 00:13
Has to be a fair amount of pressure, though, you must admit
- ♪ (TENSE SYNTH MUSIC FADES) ♪ - (INDISTINCT CHATTER) - Time Bomb Y2K 00:09
- ♪ (TENSE SYNTH MUSIC FADES) ♪ - (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
All you can say for sure right now - Time Bomb Y2K 00:08
All you can say for sure right now
But also there are a lot of people working very hard - Time Bomb Y2K 00:06
But also there are a lot of people working very hard
Uh, so at this stage, all you can do is make guesses - Time Bomb Y2K 00:08
Uh, so at this stage, all you can do is make guesses
REPORTER 1: Four million gallons of raw sewage - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
REPORTER 1: Four million gallons of raw sewage
They were testing what would happen - Time Bomb Y2K 00:09
They were testing what would happen
Computer unexpectedly shut our input gate - Time Bomb Y2K 00:11
Computer unexpectedly shut our input gate
REPORTER 2: Regulatory reports reveal - Time Bomb Y2K 00:14
REPORTER 2: Regulatory reports reveal
When workers advanced clocks to the year 2000, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:16
When workers advanced clocks to the year 2000,
♪ (SUSPENSEFUL SYNTH MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪ - Time Bomb Y2K 00:11
♪ (SUSPENSEFUL SYNTH MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
Right now I'm just studying all the facts - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
Right now I'm just studying all the facts
I just assumed in America, we'll figure it out. (CHUCKLES) - Time Bomb Y2K 00:14
I just assumed in America, we'll figure it out. (CHUCKL...
A lot of people are gonna panic and stockpile things, not fly. - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
A lot of people are gonna panic and stockpile things, not fl...
I do. I think it was started by computer programmers. - Time Bomb Y2K 00:05
I do. I think it was started by computer programmers.