10 Incredible Facts You Didn't Know About Netflix
8. There Was A Hidden Test Show On Netflix
If you are ever at a pub quiz, and the question of what Netflix's first original piece of programming was, is raised by the quizmaster, you can be that person everyone hates by disputing anybody who replied House of Cards. The correct answer for true Netflix aficionados is Example Show.
Some of you might already be familiar with this weird piece of original programming, but given how many millions of people use Netflix, it's amazing how this secret show has flown under the radar, considering it's still in the library ready for anyone to stream. The eleven minutes exercise in surreal balls-trippery was basically exactly what it says in the title - an example of the technical capabilities built into the Netflix programme. And here it is...
Filmed at Netflix HQ in California, there is actually a method to the apparent madness. All of the shots and recorded images are specifically chosen to test out the capabilities of the Netflix technology. So that ball bouncing that gets a lingering shot like something out of a student art film is actually there for a deliberate reason as opposed to simply being a lame expression of an 18-year-old's frustrated sexual desires.