Charlie Todd: The shared experience of absurdity
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Contents
The talk
TED http://www.ted.com/talks/charlie_todd_the_shared_experience_of_absurdity.html
YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooUqOwh-2LE
dotSUB http://dotsub.com/view/03da7df5-f380-478c-88ec-2f157d851e24
About the speaker
personal website http://www.mrcharlietodd.com/
Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/charlietodd
Google+ https://plus.google.com/110027801358289770465/
Causing a Scene: Extraordinary Pranks in Ordinary Places with Improv Everywhere (book) http://www.amazon.com/Causing-Scene-Extraordinary-Ordinary-Everywhere/dp/006170363X
Related resources
Improv Everywhere
- http://improveverywhere.com/
- http://www.youtube.com/user/ImprovEverywhere
- http://vimeo.com/improveverywhere/videos
- http://www.facebook.com/improv.everywhere
- http://twitter.com/#!/ImprovEvery
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Improv_Everywhere
Gel: Gotta share! http://www.ted.com/talks/gel_gotta_share.html
The book that the girl in the subway was reading is “The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II”
Improvs showed in the talk
No Pants http://improveverywhere.com/2002/01/05/no-pants/
Look Up More http://improveverywhere.com/2005/03/19/look-up-more/
Best Buy http://improveverywhere.com/2006/04/23/best-buy/
High Five Escalator http://improveverywhere.com/2009/02/09/high-five-escalator/
Frozen Grand Central http://improveverywhere.com/2008/01/31/frozen-grand-central/
Who You Gonna Call? (Ghostbusters) http://improveverywhere.com/2010/05/18/who-you-gonna-call/
The Mp3 Experiments 5 http://improveverywhere.com/missions/the-mp3-experiments/
Grocery Store Musical http://improveverywhere.com/2009/10/20/grocery-store-musical/
Black Tie Beach http://improveverywhere.com/2010/08/31/black-tie-beach/
Other popular improvs
Star Wars Subway Car http://improveverywhere.com/2010/07/14/star-wars-subway-car/
Food Court Musical http://improveverywhere.com/2008/03/09/food-court-musical/
Surprise Wedding Reception http://improveverywhere.com/2009/06/02/surprise-wedding-reception/
Say Something Nice http://improveverywhere.com/2011/08/22/say-something-nice/
The Mute Button http://improveverywhere.com/2011/05/31/the-mute-button/
Pro Wrestler Wedding (his own wedding) http://improveverywhere.com/2011/10/17/pro-wrestler-wedding/
Terms and expressions
6 train http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6_(New_York_City_Subway_service)
Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upright_Citizens_Brigade_Theatre
Union Square http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Square_(New_York_City)
53rd Str. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/53rd_Street_(Manhattan)
E train http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_(New_York_City_Subway_service)
Grand Central Terminal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Central_Terminal
Errata
78 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:56,000 This January, we did the 10th annual No Pants Subway Ride This past January, we did the 10th annual No Pants Subway Ride 173 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:33,000 And we were there probably 10 minutes And we were there probably about 10 minutes 242 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:38,000 It's a perfectly wonderful way to spent a weekend afternoon, It's a perfectly wonderful way to spend a weekend afternoon,