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The Archive

The Complete Film Library

Every lesson the Institute has committed to film, most recent first. Films are preserved in perpetuity, or until the channel is deleted, whichever comes sooner.

  1. Lesson No. III · CUL 301

    How to Eat a Hamburger

    XV steps · 3 min · Advanced · October 2026

    An advanced study of a tall, unstable and unforgiving meal, including grip, orientation, the bite, and the melancholy of the empty plate. Prerequisite BRD 101, Bread, Untoasted.

  2. Lesson No. II · CONF 204

    How to Properly Suck on a Sucker

    XV steps · 2 min · Intermediate · October 2026

    A rigorous treatment of unwrapping, rotation and the dignified dissolve. Prerequisite BRD 101, Bread, Untoasted.

  3. Lesson No. I · BRD 101

    How to Butter Untoasted Bread

    XV steps · 2 min · Introductory · October 2026

    A foundational course in the spreading of butter upon bread that has, crucially, never known a toaster. No prerequisites.

The Channel

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