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Revision as of 14:33, 20 November 2011

This is a page of resources and discussion for "Charlie Todd: The shared experience of absurdity"

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

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

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This January, we did the 10th annual No Pants Subway Ride
This past January, we did the 10th annual No Pants Subway Ride

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So again, this is 2005.
# "Best Buy" was actually in 2006, not 2005.

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And we were there probably 10 minutes
And we were there probably about 10 minutes

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It's a perfectly wonderful way to spent a weekend afternoon,
It's a perfectly wonderful way to spend a weekend afternoon,