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Sleeper clip (diet and tobacco)

Name: Sleeper clip (diet and tobacco)
Description: A short clip from Woody Allen's 1973 film Sleeper in which a man who wakes up in the future is told that health foods are unhealthy and tobacco is good for you.

Luis Felipe Ovando

Comedy

YouTube

Cited on HN 3 times, 2018–2024, never outright recommended score 0

Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026

HN posts it as a joke in threads about shifting nutrition and health science advice.

A short clip from Woody Allen's 1973 film Sleeper in which a man who wakes up in the future is told that health foods are unhealthy and tobacco is good for you.

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@delbel Mar 2018 Makes a joke

on HN thread Nicotinamide riboside effects on aging similar to caloric restriction

Smoking cigarettes would do it. Nicotine + Oxygen right? Who knew the movie Sleeper had it right, keto diet and tabacco. [this video]

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@NeedMoreTea Sep 2019 Makes a joke

on HN thread New research questions the evidence for health benefits of eating less red meat

Sleeper. He wakes up hundreds of years in the future, and starts asking for health foods. From the early 70s. [this video]

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@alamortsubite Jun 2024 Makes a joke

on HN thread The flip-flop on whether alcohol is good for you (2023)

You'll probably enjoy this clip from the Woody Allen movie Sleeper, where his character is revived 200 years in the future after being cryogenically frozen in 1973. Just watch the first minute or so. [this video]

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