like in the 60's? he's been dead since 1970, haha, A Rube Goldberg machine, is any machine that is deliberately over-engineered or overdone that performs a very simple task in a very complex fashion, usually including a chain reaction.
mouse trap the board game is an example of a rube Goldberg machine as well.
we use it around our engineering offices quite a bit to describe anything that is overly complex, i prefer it to throwing the word lean around.....
Guinness crowns Purdue Rube Goldberg machine 'World's Largest' - YouTube