Professor Lucifer Gorgonzola Butts

Professor Lucifer Gorgonzola Butts was a fictional character created by American cartoonist Rube Goldberg. Goldberg was known for his cartoons that satirized the American fascination with technology, and his name became synonymous with overly complicated processes for simple tasks. Professor Butts, specifically, was an inventor of contraptions designed to achieve simple goals in convoluted ways. One of his elaborate inventions involved a dwarf robot, ants, and an anteater to lick postage stamps. Goldberg's work, including his creation of Professor Butts, highlighted the absurdity of complex machinery for mundane purposes.1