Hilarious, Talented Improviser: Reggie Watts at TEDxUSC 2012

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  • Опубликовано: 9 янв 2013
  • The hilarious, brilliant and unpredictable Reggie Watts makes his first appearance at TEDxUSC. Reggie's improvised musical sets are created on-the-spot using only his formidable voice and a looping machine. No two songs are ever the same. Hear his first, original, never-before-heard song at TEDxUSC 2012 here.
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  • @medmed974
    @medmed974 8 лет назад +555

    This is actually what lectures sound like when you zone out.

    • @johnnythreefour2902
      @johnnythreefour2902 8 лет назад +1

      +Crème Fraîche Not really.

    • @natepark2973
      @natepark2973 8 лет назад +14

      +Crème Fraîche Yea maybe at 4:48 lol. That part had me in tears

    • @PickyMcCritical
      @PickyMcCritical 8 лет назад +6

      +Nate Park One of my favorite THINGS that Reggie has done on stage lol

    • @stradedigital3725
      @stradedigital3725 6 лет назад

      No idea what the heck is the USCK... some New Zealand auditorium perhaps.

    • @fsebb541
      @fsebb541 3 года назад

      Actually ...

  • @guigoGOGO
    @guigoGOGO 7 лет назад +108

    That "I would like to be Claire" bit was Genius, and so easy to miss!!

    • @notsure1969
      @notsure1969 Год назад

      Great understated joke.

    • @guigoGOGO
      @guigoGOGO Год назад +2

      @@notsure1969 youtube sent me a notification for your comment here for some reason, so now I have to watch the video again to remember what I was talking about... hahahahah

  • @fz3990
    @fz3990 6 лет назад +216

    Have you actually thought about how hard it is to properly speak improperly . He's very talented lol .

    • @UserName-ii1ce
      @UserName-ii1ce 3 года назад

      "The alfulence of our current emorional state" lmao

    • @stevoofd
      @stevoofd 5 месяцев назад +1

      Yeah he’s doing comedy on a Meta level that takes advantage of the arbitrary nature of language and is operating on a level exposing the emergent nature of meaning. There is some sense in his nonsense which we can all relate to.

  • @Selekta.official
    @Selekta.official 8 лет назад +97

    THIS IS ART.

  • @wilhelmdrum7918
    @wilhelmdrum7918 8 лет назад +49

    He's such a hilarious and talented improviser!

  • @knobtwista
    @knobtwista 8 лет назад +37

    His sweater is amazing, I want one.

  • @thehappyfarmerdefi2365
    @thehappyfarmerdefi2365 7 лет назад +81

    I love how well he talks about absolutely nothing

  • @DomeeNyck
    @DomeeNyck 3 года назад +5

    This is without a doubt

  • @TrinityGhost1
    @TrinityGhost1 10 лет назад +53

    I don't think I've ever seen a bad Reggie Watts performance. Literally, not even one.
    I say this, as a person who has watched pretty much every Reggie Watts performance on youtube, and a few irl.

  • @russelldofrane6614
    @russelldofrane6614 6 лет назад +8

    TEDx has jumped the shark but Reggie is top of his game! Truly one of the greatest entertainers of a generation.

  • @Chartoise
    @Chartoise 8 лет назад +44

    I had to stop it, because im laughing too hard and im in the office....

  • @Pimpapotomus
    @Pimpapotomus 9 лет назад +81

    Griptape or not, someones pulling that ollie to nosebleed.

  • @seandavidlelandmusic
    @seandavidlelandmusic 11 лет назад +9

    "we are always trying to invent some new niche" - brilliant - how can so many voices come from one person? awesome

    • @MayaState
      @MayaState 2 года назад

      You should look into some cartoon vocal artists.

  • @SlightsAndTricks
    @SlightsAndTricks 9 лет назад +12

    best quote, "we've all seen ghost protacall, we all know what happens... so ill stop there." hahahahahaha

  • @Nihil_Supernum
    @Nihil_Supernum 10 лет назад +15

    the first 40 seconds: I've done these to many times, but you cant really say no to one of these.

  • @afrog2666
    @afrog2666 8 лет назад +9

    I love Reggie Watts, he`s always funny.. You guys should check out Reggie Watts Teaches Science!

  • @CRAY0NEAT3R
    @CRAY0NEAT3R 8 лет назад +97

    Two thirds of the audience has no idea what the fuck is going on.

    • @limealgant9582
      @limealgant9582 7 лет назад +1

      kevin martin including me

    • @th3unmaker
      @th3unmaker 7 лет назад +2

      Limeal Gant he says nothing at all. and uses a lot of words to do so. and sounds like he might be saying something.

    • @samcravits3245
      @samcravits3245 6 лет назад +1

      Some of his ideas go into a funnel that you know he is saying something he believes but it's not in context with anything else because he breaks off into other ideas. Above everything else he seems to point his ideas to individualistic relativity, which is the birth of art but also nihilism and he knows that what matters, is that even if someone doesn't understand a lot of things, they're perspective and understanding of his art is just as important as the perspective of someone who understands a lot of things, or just as important as the non-perspective of a molecule of dust I.E. the universe.

  • @QadamNahkal
    @QadamNahkal 8 лет назад +69

    finely somebody speaking my language

    • @RatFilth
      @RatFilth 8 лет назад +37

      "finely"

    • @DoozieDoodle
      @DoozieDoodle 5 лет назад +6

      @@RatFilth Exactly

    • @officialjarix
      @officialjarix 4 года назад

      Well, the world beyond that you could send me your address, the owner of a volcano vaporizer greet you and I will have a great weekend and I have been a while. Thx!

    • @notsure1969
      @notsure1969 Год назад

      finely. lol

  • @williamkjwilliamkj1815
    @williamkjwilliamkj1815 5 лет назад +1

    Every time I watch this...Just brilliant. I wish there were more Reggie Ted Talks.

  • @captkremen1725
    @captkremen1725 9 лет назад +63

    Were you supposed to get a free spliff with this talk?

  • @darkcnotion
    @darkcnotion 8 лет назад +63

    Namasphere.

  • @thomasgamperle
    @thomasgamperle 6 лет назад +4

    Don't know why but I love when he says "Telemetrics"

  • @tonys-photo-shop
    @tonys-photo-shop 7 лет назад +2

    Love this guy, totally random and hilarious with the added musical and rhythm talents 😎

  • @PickyMcCritical
    @PickyMcCritical 8 лет назад +5

    Pause at 0:57. Everyone you see who doesn't crack a smile is working full-force to understand what they're hearing lol

  • @avedic
    @avedic 11 лет назад +5

    3:00 to 4:00 is utterly brilliant. gahhh....he's way more than an amazing comedian. he's a true musical genius. it's like psychedelic electro soul.

  • @williamgregory1848
    @williamgregory1848 Год назад

    I’ve been waiting my whole life for this.

  • @hayley8715
    @hayley8715 4 года назад +1

    awesomeness, how have I never heard of this guy?!

  • @crawford244
    @crawford244 6 лет назад +15

    When you're trying to hit the word count in an essay...

  • @Tony07UK
    @Tony07UK 9 лет назад +223

    This guy writes political speeches for politicians ..

    • @jessiebennett416
      @jessiebennett416 9 лет назад

      :$

    • @letsplaythatgame
      @letsplaythatgame 8 лет назад +6

      beyond biological knowledge, in a sense that makes sense if you sense it, if you know it. it's almost like passion, when you write it. like others. biologie.

    • @paulflahive8275
      @paulflahive8275 5 лет назад +1

      In a sense it makes cents

    • @soulslaveone
      @soulslaveone 5 лет назад

      For who?

    • @jam_maj
      @jam_maj 2 года назад +1

      @@letsplaythatgame the intonation of ones comment implies the gathering of one another to understand without distancing from what is effectively a social situation

  • @solarestone
    @solarestone 3 года назад +2

    My attention span: *Finally, a worthy opponent!*

  • @uknowwho889
    @uknowwho889 10 лет назад +43

    I like to be Claire.. so clever.

    • @EmperorsNewWardrobe
      @EmperorsNewWardrobe 6 лет назад

      uknowwho889, why? Is it a reference to someone specific?

    • @wriches
      @wriches 5 лет назад +2

      @@EmperorsNewWardrobe yuh like totally

  • @vanceclemens9934
    @vanceclemens9934 9 лет назад +7

    I wish I could get all of the 'songs' Reggie Watts has made..

  • @777fiddlekrazy
    @777fiddlekrazy 7 лет назад +3

    this guy is brilliantly funny and invoking!

  • @smokejc
    @smokejc 3 года назад +2

    We must protect Reggie Watts at all costs.

  • @ClutchClick
    @ClutchClick 11 лет назад +1

    Best 9 minutes I've ever spent.

  • @kyudieu9870
    @kyudieu9870 3 года назад +3

    can you imagine how hard to do this kind of art compared to convention type performances. damn unbelievable.

  • @marksteele5183
    @marksteele5183 10 лет назад +8

    This dude is amazing though

  • @louisskulnik7390
    @louisskulnik7390 2 года назад +1

    He is like James Joyce in so many ways. Psychedelic, Encyclopedic, extremely funny!

  • @CodyBarneck
    @CodyBarneck 11 лет назад +2

    You my hero for life.
    You my hero for ever.

  • @sonicfamily5704
    @sonicfamily5704 11 лет назад +1

    Great video quality! A+++++++

  • @BennyBoy_1010
    @BennyBoy_1010 9 лет назад +1

    Love it!! he's hilarious!

  • @djmaxxsaint
    @djmaxxsaint 8 лет назад +1

    The sweater is mesmerizing. And it's Claire.

  • @DCSwallow
    @DCSwallow 7 лет назад +1

    Excellent!

  • @major1388
    @major1388 3 года назад +1

    Gotta love reggie

  • @mangekyotsukuyomii
    @mangekyotsukuyomii 10 лет назад +36

    Reggie Watts is speaking my language. What is nothing if not something? Something can't be nothing if something, such as, within itself is in something. Therefore the conclusion that I came to is that all somethings originate from nothingness. But is such a thing real? Maybe so, when in reality, I came up with a solution, which is that reality is reality.

  • @lifeofanidiot
    @lifeofanidiot 10 лет назад +18

    I NEED THAT SWEATER

  • @pro163
    @pro163 9 лет назад

    i love him

  • @jamestheredd
    @jamestheredd 6 лет назад +2

    Claire's perspective was needed on that topic I think.

  • @alexhetherington8028
    @alexhetherington8028 5 лет назад +4

    At the end I would of said I'm outa sphere.

  • @NocturnalIntuition
    @NocturnalIntuition 10 лет назад +4

    This whole sphere talk is actually about the energetics of our bodies. How we absorb peoples energy and peoples absorb ours.

    • @ryanhall5619
      @ryanhall5619 10 лет назад +5

      what the fuck ever he is doing it to be funny

  • @morrow8787
    @morrow8787 8 лет назад +2

    we do grow up pretty quick indeed Reggie. Cheers for reminding me that

  • @carlossanches7862
    @carlossanches7862 7 лет назад +7

    this is what happens to you when language become paint or strings or steel balls gravitating outside of your interior

  • @jasper24601
    @jasper24601 4 года назад +2

    He’s so good at a British accent!

    • @EdiDrums
      @EdiDrums 3 года назад +1

      He can cook up a beastly Chinese tongue and a pretty convincing Italian pastiche too, on a whim. See also Bill Bailey.

    • @jasper24601
      @jasper24601 3 года назад

      @@EdiDrums I am indeed a Bill Bailey fan!

    • @matthewbishop8395
      @matthewbishop8395 3 года назад

      English accent

    • @jasper24601
      @jasper24601 3 года назад

      @@matthewbishop8395 yes

  • @akiranozawa-temchenko2087
    @akiranozawa-temchenko2087 27 дней назад

    so talented... holy smokers

  • @marksteele5183
    @marksteele5183 10 лет назад +52

    I feel like this would make much more sense if you were high

    • @Seranadensoul
      @Seranadensoul 7 лет назад +2

      Mark Steele I think less so

    • @matmatician7
      @matmatician7 7 лет назад +4

      4:47 would completely ruin your brain.

    • @mush420
      @mush420 7 лет назад +3

      it does a little, but now im hungry

  • @LimmingKenny
    @LimmingKenny 11 лет назад +1

    I remember this guy, he's cool

  • @MatthewMcGovernmainpage
    @MatthewMcGovernmainpage 9 лет назад +1

    A genius!

  • @DramaticDepth
    @DramaticDepth 8 лет назад +23

    Am I having a stroke

  • @alecek
    @alecek 8 лет назад +10

    Namasphere :D:D:D

  • @bvdek
    @bvdek 6 лет назад +3

    I often like to be Claire as well Reggie... usually just on weekends though

  • @troyhilliard5390
    @troyhilliard5390 5 лет назад +2

    5:04 he started saying sheeple.

  • @xenofied
    @xenofied 9 лет назад +5

    Someone please link to this comment feed someone who entertains on the same level as Reggie Watts. And this is what I mean by entertain: to not explicitly communicate a single message yet receive an applause at the end.

    • @juanjamm
      @juanjamm 9 лет назад

      Jaime Gracious Nah man. You won't find another one at his level.
      Really.

    • @matthewfeger5006
      @matthewfeger5006 9 лет назад

      I dont think you know what sarcasm is.

    • @ProdigyOfSinMD
      @ProdigyOfSinMD 8 лет назад

      +Jaime Gracious Paul F Tompkins, Andy Daly, Jon Daly, Lauren Lapkus, Thomas Middleditch, Jason Mantzoukas, Bret Gelman, Scott Aukerman, Mike Hanford, Paul Rust, Neil Campbell. Pretty much anyone that pops up on Comedy Bang Bang for that matter. Listen to the podcast, it's great.

    • @xenofied
      @xenofied 8 лет назад +1

      Wow. Thanks a million KoalaPassion. I will check all these people out as soon as I finish work.

    • @Selekta.official
      @Selekta.official 8 лет назад +1

      +Jaime Gracious YES YES YES, he seperates the two on purpose i think. Its insane. The people who just clap and go ahhhh there it is. And the people who say AHH THERE it is. His encompassing real act.

  • @USEDtoRule
    @USEDtoRule Год назад +3

    After years I still have no clue whether it's the best or the worse talks ever been on RUclips.

  • @Alexander-rz2en
    @Alexander-rz2en 8 лет назад +4

    He is in the Late Late show with James Corden

  • @chuey30
    @chuey30 10 лет назад +2

    There's a TED message somewhere in his performance

  • @Pogonotrophy
    @Pogonotrophy 11 лет назад +1

    I want this sweatshirts. All of them.

  • @thebigeasye77
    @thebigeasye77 11 лет назад

    best. sweater. ever.

  • @ArneBergsch
    @ArneBergsch 11 лет назад +1

    constant namaste to that.

  • @BenNJerrys2xaday
    @BenNJerrys2xaday 8 лет назад +1

    clair

  • @WatchdogGoon
    @WatchdogGoon 10 лет назад +11

    I want to be Claire.
    *noms a sphere*

  • @Inertia2012
    @Inertia2012 4 года назад +4

    The master of talking, without actually saying anything... 😅

  • @TheCoolStuffHD
    @TheCoolStuffHD 9 лет назад +4

    Thats what i sound like when i'm super baked.

  • @amygoodenough7646
    @amygoodenough7646 2 года назад +2

    It's like listening to Boris Johnson

  • @eschelar
    @eschelar 10 лет назад +1

    Nice intro!

  • @DerekMoore82
    @DerekMoore82 7 лет назад +18

    I'm wondering, as good as this is.. What makes it better is that he probably listened to the people in the conference ahead of him, and is making fun of all those speakers in his act. So the people in the audience would get even more out of it. However, if there was a speaker named Claire.. that might be a bit mean.

    • @gabrielA95-t5o
      @gabrielA95-t5o 6 лет назад +1

      Derek Moore I’m pretty sure he makes most of it up on the spot. He does improve

    • @gabrielA95-t5o
      @gabrielA95-t5o 6 лет назад +1

      Improv

  • @travellingsherpa9037
    @travellingsherpa9037 7 лет назад +5

    Am I the only one who actually feels dumb for not laughing, yet impressed at the 5 seconds of beatboxing?!

  • @BurningCopies
    @BurningCopies 9 лет назад +5

    how does he put that shirt on

    • @Deathshuck
      @Deathshuck 9 лет назад +59

      You have to remember this simulation is a good one. Things are solid and you can move this mass of molecules from one place to another at will. Similarly, you can put your arms through the sweater holes and decorate yourself with that fine woven tapestry.
      As Reggie would say, that's something you live inside of every day.

  • @ballsw33d
    @ballsw33d 6 лет назад +2

    What happened to him when he joined james

    • @smokejc
      @smokejc 3 года назад

      Nothing.

  • @nibblynobbler7064
    @nibblynobbler7064 10 лет назад +3

    Yes, because the lettuce in salads is so nutritional.

  • @KelseyBearrr820
    @KelseyBearrr820 11 лет назад +4

    hes like a new terence mckenna

    • @jarrettboyarsky602
      @jarrettboyarsky602 7 лет назад +1

      he swims in the same consciousness as mckenna but mckenna will always take the cake for me lol... im just glad to see someone out there knows about terrance . he's my all time favorite dude aha

    • @arthurcheek5634
      @arthurcheek5634 5 лет назад

      I agree "he swims in the same conciousness"

  • @dalesmith4609
    @dalesmith4609 5 лет назад

    ollie to nosebleed :)

  • @rubentschernutter2093
    @rubentschernutter2093 6 лет назад

    lyrics pls

  • @tamerbashat1058
    @tamerbashat1058 11 лет назад +2

    Keep your spheres where your spheres belong, try not to expose your spheres to people. Haha :D

  • @CausalityLoop
    @CausalityLoop 10 лет назад +2

    I am a professor of Non-Molecular Dynamics.

  • @bvdek
    @bvdek 6 лет назад +1

    Namasphere

  • @FirstLast-tj6xy
    @FirstLast-tj6xy 9 лет назад

    go watch, reggie watts - why shit so crazy on youtube

  • @akiranozawa-temchenko2087
    @akiranozawa-temchenko2087 27 дней назад

    gifted man! this man is fr machiavelli and nietzche and jazz rapper combined with canada maple leaf with technology loving aliens surrounging his head lolz.. so funny, so random, so acting! acting is the way man, my path fr. i will meet u when i am great!!! support christianity !! and monotheism, i like krishna, i dont understand these trends in america very well. i will be studying brotehr. see u soon.!!!!! 7/4/2024!!!!

  • @saadan92
    @saadan92 10 лет назад

    what's up with his pink little finger nail at 6:46 :D

  • @jamiepsilon
    @jamiepsilon 7 лет назад

    Is this the guy from pitch perfect 2

  • @coralineparmentierpianist
    @coralineparmentierpianist 6 лет назад

    That sweater though

  • @jayceemanila3575
    @jayceemanila3575 11 лет назад +1

    sensible enough for me what do you thnk..?

  • @Rhlgull1331
    @Rhlgull1331 4 года назад

    4:42

  • @djesno
    @djesno 7 лет назад

    Fu k...Shit is stacked here. Also, it's very substantative!

  • @vaotuuboi314
    @vaotuuboi314 3 года назад

    If your high don’t watch 5:00 🤯

  • @terceiraxxi
    @terceiraxxi 11 лет назад

    "Numehro" 5:30 Numero ,number.

  • @damarilawrence9330
    @damarilawrence9330 6 лет назад

    Son Gohan playin golf on his shirt...

  • @notsure1969
    @notsure1969 Год назад

    That was

  • @Stbuster31
    @Stbuster31 9 лет назад +1

    Musical and more comedic Hitchens

    • @kibijit
      @kibijit 9 лет назад +1

      And also, not a twat.

  • @s13zenki
    @s13zenki 10 лет назад +2

    Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

  • @j.gustavoventura9323
    @j.gustavoventura9323 4 года назад

    Uhh counter?