Check it Out

I just received this video from my dad. My dad's an even keeled, nicely retired, hard, hard working nuclear engineer with a British sense of dry humor. So I didn't know what to expect from his email titled "The Job". All he typed in his message was, "I saw this video on "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. Check it out".
Was it going to be serious? kooky?
The Answer: Definitely both.
So....check it out.