TEDxMidAtlantic 2011 - Reggie Watts - What Does it Mean When Technology Fails?

Reggie Watts tell us what it really means when technology fails. He explains what is called Singing Frog Syndrome. But you probably aren't smart enough to understand.

[quesocat]

Whoever edited this video together and worked on the audio, brilliant job. You made a great video out of what some others may have considered unusable. Your work did not go unnoticed.

[ChrisPearson]

The mic vs audience sound made them sound like a laugh track.

[Shezmen]

I love how the timer left showing in the monitor is at zero, because he's so awesome he can go on forever ;D

[xman]

As an audiovisual technician, this was painful to watch. Reggie is an absolute class act though. 💖

[thatpaulschofield]

Live laughter running through a noise gate is indistinguishable from canned laughter.

[dianemacdonald]

Love this guy! Sounds like he's talking nonsense, yet so much truth said and sung in a delightful, crazy, different way!😜🙃👍

[heymichaelvsaucehere]

By far the best mic stand tutorial out there.

[MichaelMancha]

I love how he shows his comedic genius then his real musical genius. BRILLIANT!

[joebazooks]

Reggie Watts is THE man. He always almost never fails to make me laugh. And he must be a great musician, too.

[denniskuhn]

One of my fav people on the planet .. he is amazing at scatting .. but his word/description/nonsense is the most amazing thing I have ever witnessed... He is a genius... If I could hang out with any celebrity still alive it would totes b the master of the universe Mr Reggie Watts

[music]

So glad I discovered this guy on TEDxMidAtlantic! I love this man's work!! So much!!

[terrellcarey]

Nobody sings a song about nothing better than Reggie Watts.

[henrymattei]

As a musician, literally the adjusting the mic stand on stage is like a skill- I am glad he is bringing awareness to the extra labor that musicians have been giving for years!

[KwanzaaJuice]

I love how his accent gets progressively more English and then when it gets to maximum Englishosity he goes Super Ghetto. Brilliant. 

[gpoop]

Reggie Watts' music just makes me feel like nothing else. There's just something so pure and emotional about it.

[hasp]

The problem with Reggie is that once you've listened to him, everything else seems kinda "Meh.".

[noahsamsen]

it's a great night... for anything that can happen

[robzs]

this is one of his best clips, I think. The music is so fucking on point

[TLMcKnightART]

The beat @ 10:00 literally exploded my mind

[terminalbungus]

Addressing some comments below, yes it is quite strange that the post-production engineer decided to completely remove the audience sounds while Reggie was talking. It is good practice to have an ambient mic in the room to, in this case, not only make Reggie's voice sound more natural for the setting but also to, as expressed below, make the interactions between him and the audience seem more natural. And considering that it does seem that they had such an ambient mic set up, it is kind of puzzling that they chose to make the audience seem like a laugh track. Intentional?
Still, a great video and performance.