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Time Bomb Y2K

What we want is on January 1st for you to get me backon the show and say, "Peter nothing...

What we want is on January 1st for you to get me back
on the show and say, "Peter nothing happened,"
and my job will be done and the jobs of several
hundred other people

Full Transcript

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What we want is on January 1st
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for you to get me back on the show and say,
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"Peter nothing happened," and my job will be done
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and the jobs of several hundred other people.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
47
Timestamp in Movie
00:37:03
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.
The reality is that the IRS, for example, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
The reality is that the IRS, for example,
Because I'm a good speaker. Come on! Give them some credit. - Time Bomb Y2K 00:06
Because I'm a good speaker. Come on! Give them some cre...
Well, I mean, I've read that you get 7,500 dollars for a speech, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:06
Well, I mean, I've read that you get 7,500 dollars for ...
PRESS: But look at this. Here's this page, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
PRESS: But look at this. Here's this page,
- Absolutely! - PRESS: But aren't you making a living - Time Bomb Y2K 00:05
- Absolutely! - PRESS: But aren't you making a living
Now if the truth scares them, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:06
Now if the truth scares them,
- (BIRDS CHIRPING) - (ROOSTER CROWING) - Time Bomb Y2K 00:05
- (BIRDS CHIRPING) - (ROOSTER CROWING)
(COW MOOING) - Time Bomb Y2K 00:13
(COW MOOING)
- How you doing? - (CHICKENS CLUCKING) - Time Bomb Y2K 00:10
- How you doing? - (CHICKENS CLUCKING)
I felt like when my congressman laughed at my inquiries, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:15
I felt like when my congressman laughed at my inquiries,
Because Peter de Jager said - Time Bomb Y2K 00:09
Because Peter de Jager said
I put my business up for sale. - Time Bomb Y2K 00:05
I put my business up for sale.
So, it's not going to be easy for us financially - Time Bomb Y2K 00:12
So, it's not going to be easy for us financially
But it's much more important for us to have this cash now - Time Bomb Y2K 00:09
But it's much more important for us to have this cash n...
CANDACE TURNER: In a year from now, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:09
CANDACE TURNER: In a year from now,
We'll have some sewing to be doing, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:17
We'll have some sewing to be doing,
INTERVIEWER: Do you think of yourself - Time Bomb Y2K 00:08
INTERVIEWER: Do you think of yourself
I'm a grandma turned Year 2K-er - Time Bomb Y2K 00:16
I'm a grandma turned Year 2K-er
And so I set up a website - Time Bomb Y2K 00:14
And so I set up a website
You can use it with either hot water, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:08
You can use it with either hot water,