Sometimes, when you're frightened by the rapid pace of technological change, feeling outdated by the Twitter and the Facebook and the Google Glass and generally just overwhelmed by the pace of the world, it's nice to realize some things never change: for example, the outrageous cheesiness of corporate training videos. From the 1950s to today, managers and bureaucrats continue to make cornball videos to teach new hires how to do their jobs. From the hilariously tone-deaf messaging to the robotic line-readings, here are 20 of the best of all time:
Office Safety, circa 1950s
McDonald's, 1970s
Police Safety, 1980s
Wendy's, 1989
Wendy's was on a roll...
Space Port Arcades, 1981
National Association of Music Merchants, 1986
(starring Conan O'Brien!)
Chuck E. Cheese's, 1991
Cousins Subs, 1995
(...with Dan Harmon)
Nintendo, 1991
Pier 1 Imports, 2001
Game Crazy, 2003
Landis Supermarket Training Video, not dated
GameStop, 2000s
Once in a Blue Moose, 2011
IRS, 2013
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