OK, this Honda Ad is just too cool to pass up. (Flash and about four minutes of wasteable time required.)
A Rube Goldberg device is any thing which takes a very round-about path to get something done. Classic cartoons often employ R.G. devices (bowling ball rolls down a ramp, strikes a boot on a hinge, hits a knife, cuts a cord holding a trap, which catches the dog and hangs him by the foot from a tree
