I . Rube Goldberg
(1883–1970)
a US cartoonist who drew complicated, ridiculous machines performing tasks that could be done more easily without them. The phrase ‘Rube Goldberg’ is still used to describe any complicated machine or plan with many parts. Goldberg was also a political cartoonist and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1948 for his work. Competitions are sometimes held in the US to see who can build machines of the type that Goldberg was famous for.
Compare Heath Robinson .
II . Whoopi Goldberg
(1955– )
a US actor who usually makes comedy films. She won a Golden Globe Award for a serious role in her first film, The Color Purple (1985), and received an Oscar for Ghost (1990). Her later films include Sister Act (1992) and The Associate (1996).