Nerdcore comedy | Ze Frank

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  • čas přidán 15. 01. 2007
  • Performer and web toymaker Ze Frank delivers a hilarious nerdcore standup routine, then tells us what he's seriously passionate about: helping people create and interact using simple, addictive web tools.
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  • @jabronjunklove760
    @jabronjunklove760 Před 4 lety +1599

    And that is how a Ted Talk do.

    • @candieland4276
      @candieland4276 Před 3 lety +19

      That's how a zefrank do😆😆😆

    • @redshiftcomplx2652
      @redshiftcomplx2652 Před rokem +10

      So glad to see that that's his real voice and not his true facts voice 😆 I'd love to see more "stand up" from him

    • @echognomecal6742
      @echognomecal6742 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Congrats on achieving perfection & thank you for facing the other way.

  • @lidette711
    @lidette711 Před 4 lety +2381

    This is what bingeing True Facts will do to your CZcams recommended.

    • @davidec.4021
      @davidec.4021 Před 4 lety +35

      And i’m not complaining

    • @mftcuaresma
      @mftcuaresma Před 4 lety +23

      It's 2020 and I just got the memo. I'm pleased nonetheless.

    • @Qudiir
      @Qudiir Před 4 lety +16

      Binging.... but yea this video is 13 years old and it is just hopping in my recommended

    • @Answerisequal42
      @Answerisequal42 Před 4 lety +3

      @@davidec.4021 Me neither

    • @realgoongolfwang
      @realgoongolfwang Před 4 lety +2

      Your not lieing

  • @varshithreddy9355
    @varshithreddy9355 Před 3 lety +202

    Even his dad is a genius. He won the Nobel prize in Chemistry in 2017.
    Like father, like son.

  • @jasoneyre9740
    @jasoneyre9740 Před 4 lety +367

    Ze Frank, a man ahead of his time. Perfect.

    • @ZNIR777
      @ZNIR777 Před 3 lety +6

      Yes!! I was thinking how he was so ahead of his time

    • @wildflo267
      @wildflo267 Před 3 lety +7

      A true pioneer. My favourite moment was when he comes to the part about what makes websites popular and the screen shows, "Dance like an idiot and don't sell anything", and immediately my mind strayed to TikTok. Ze Frank didn't know how accurate that would be... or did he?

  • @LPSArtemis88888
    @LPSArtemis88888 Před 10 lety +2038

    OH MY GODS.
    IT'S ZE FRANK.
    THE WHITE MORGAN FREEMAN DUDE.
    TRUE FACTS IS AMAZING.

  • @aaroneger5444
    @aaroneger5444 Před 4 lety +321

    Watching this in 2019, it's crazy how much tech and vocab has already changed!

    • @sammamishq7688
      @sammamishq7688 Před 4 lety +2

      scary hey

    • @MadMontyMN
      @MadMontyMN Před 4 lety +6

      Never thought Netscape would make me nostalgic :P

    • @linhle8294
      @linhle8294 Před 4 lety +12

      Watching this in 2020, it's crazy Zefrank starts to make music video about mating dance of birds

    • @pkendlers
      @pkendlers Před 4 lety +2

      And zefrank

    • @twincherries6698
      @twincherries6698 Před 2 lety

      Mainstream internet has gotten so much less productive and interesting
      Thankfully the fun stuff is still out there, just in different places

  • @VideoNozoki
    @VideoNozoki Před 11 lety +111

    I watched this years ago and thought, "This is kind of cool. A bit more fun than some of the speeches." Now after years of watching Ze, I clicked on it again and thought, "Wow, this was REALLY ahead of its time. This is VERY cool!"
    Ze, thank you for being such an inspiration, bringing joy to us, reminding us to think and be joyful.

  • @iluvsns
    @iluvsns Před 7 lety +280

    I just cannot believe how much the internet has changed in 10 years. Wow.

    • @Stellar-Cowboy
      @Stellar-Cowboy Před 3 lety +1

      What is it now

    • @asyoucansee1185
      @asyoucansee1185 Před 3 lety

      @@Stellar-Cowboy still internet I guess

    • @Stellar-Cowboy
      @Stellar-Cowboy Před 3 lety

      @As you can see you dont say

    • @shuleshersh13
      @shuleshersh13 Před 3 lety

      You should see it in three years from back now.

    • @user-wb7ez9ud4p
      @user-wb7ez9ud4p Před 2 lety +3

      by changed do you mean not at all? lol people are still jackasses, they still post wacky photos, they still do weird Google searches... You name it

  • @zzz181085
    @zzz181085 Před 6 lety +333

    Ze man, ze legend, Ze Frank

  • @b1_ferg
    @b1_ferg Před 3 lety +42

    Ze Frank was at the dawn of the internet's social experience explosion here. What an amazing thing to capture. It was a big crazy tool for odd experimentation. Nobody knew how it could be fully utilized, but these were ideas that could be highly refined or repurposed. Very very cool.

  • @Jivolt
    @Jivolt Před 4 lety +162

    “These are True Facts about the comedic genius...”
    You read that in Ze Frank’s voice.

  • @sophiac6466
    @sophiac6466 Před 4 lety +261

    I’m watching this is 2020 during the quarantine. Thank you CZcams algorithm.

    • @lajoyous1568
      @lajoyous1568 Před 3 lety +5

      I saw your comment and briefly thought I had been here and commented before.

    • @lahart2003
      @lahart2003 Před 3 lety +1

      Just found him on his animal channel true facts! So hilarious! Check it out!

    • @David_Fellner
      @David_Fellner Před 3 lety +2

      Sometimes it's actually good for something.

    • @withlessAsbestos
      @withlessAsbestos Před 3 lety +4

      Ha I’m in 2021 from the future. (PS Biden when’s the election and a Buffalo breaches the capital)

    • @sophierobinson2738
      @sophierobinson2738 Před rokem

      @@withlessAsbestos Here from 2022 and the country is seeing the effects of trump pulling the flush lever. Women are being reduced to property again, and gays and trans will be hunted like animals. Clarence Thomas will have to divorce that nut case wife of his, leave the Supreme Court, and become properly himself. I don’t think he actually sees that last part coming.

  • @samichgrrl
    @samichgrrl Před 11 lety +343

    Am I the only one who is completely in love with this guy?

    • @Abc-to6im
      @Abc-to6im Před 6 lety +15

      samichgrrl no, you're not the only one.

    • @unsinkablemedusa9914
      @unsinkablemedusa9914 Před 6 lety +10

      Nope.

    • @KateCarew
      @KateCarew Před 6 lety +11

      Not even a little bit, however, the majority of people commenting are totally clueless as to what his humor is or they just want him to be in Morgan freeman mode :/
      I think many of the people are younger than this recording from 2004...not even 2007, which is what everyone thinks because they can't pay attention to anything.
      Ugh

    • @shawnwales696
      @shawnwales696 Před 6 lety +5

      samichgrrl No.

    • @2degucitas
      @2degucitas Před 4 lety +12

      Move over. I saw him first.

  • @mftcuaresma
    @mftcuaresma Před 4 lety +64

    Holy fudge, this was uploaded even waaaay before YT was googlefied.
    I feel so old 😃

    • @allooutrick8266
      @allooutrick8266 Před 4 lety +6

      Way back before machine learning and algorithms jumbled everything up because they think they can predict what we want to see. Right down to the order comments are shown.

  • @MephLeo
    @MephLeo Před 8 lety +614

    "Here are true facts about Ze Frank"

  • @lisaleone2296
    @lisaleone2296 Před 5 lety +39

    I liked it. I wish ZeFrank could explain this talk in his Dear Kitten voice.

  • @sleeper564
    @sleeper564 Před 11 lety +173

    That was the most random ted talk i have ever seen.

  • @zepfan9993
    @zepfan9993 Před 3 lety +24

    “Damn it Jerry what am I supposed to do with these 3 minutes”

  • @PetitPinec
    @PetitPinec Před 11 lety +47

    Nope nopity nope. He's the holy grail. He is the sizzle of smart. He makes my neurones fume in happiness and my heart beat like a human heart. He's the lightning that brings Frankenstein's creature to life. I'd gladly crown him King of the Universe. He makes even bad jokes sound funny. He's Ze.

  • @WordUnheard
    @WordUnheard Před 12 lety +40

    TED and Ze Frank are two of the best things I've found my seven years here on CZcams.

  • @exelint
    @exelint Před 10 lety +254

    Young Ze looks alarmingly like Hugh Laurie

  • @catloveR2121
    @catloveR2121 Před 12 lety +24

    Why does no one know about Ze Frank? For how brilliant he is he deserves a broader audience!

    • @StopWhining491
      @StopWhining491 Před 11 měsíci +2

      I've tried introducing my students to Ze with some of his less colorful versions of True Facts (don't want anyone running to the office to report me). They don't react. I weep for this generation.

  • @willowwish648
    @willowwish648 Před 4 lety +98

    "And you come back as a duck" ah, the precursor to untitled goose game

  • @babbies321
    @babbies321 Před 11 lety +18

    I just recently started watching Ze Frank, and I loved his videos. I still do, moreso now than ever before. But half an hour ago, I saw this video of something I watched 4 years ago, and I realised that I've been watching and been amazed by Ze Frank for so much longer than I had thought.
    It's the little things in life.

  • @boomwamwam
    @boomwamwam Před 12 lety +33

    this man is so freaking brilliant.

  • @eyasoussi1290
    @eyasoussi1290 Před 4 lety +398

    CZcams algorithm:
    2007 : no
    2010: no
    2015: no
    2017: no
    2018: no
    2019: YES

    • @TheJestermint
      @TheJestermint Před 4 lety +6

      lol right? I was watching the stinkhorn video and this came up.

    • @jetkwan6707
      @jetkwan6707 Před 4 lety +13

      2020 for me.

    • @alexandrikson
      @alexandrikson Před 4 lety

      @@jetkwan6707 been a fan of ze since day one. What gives, CZcams?

    • @Ariqginjall93
      @Ariqginjall93 Před 4 lety +2

      Hey, i just remember that this very video was the source of my english assignment about presenting something back in my 2010 high school era (back then was watching it from the TED website). And now seeing him doing the True Facts series was really amazing (i forget it was him when doing this presentation/video). And the things he talked about here has come to fruition and advancing.

    • @TheBigIdeawithMacFrazier
      @TheBigIdeawithMacFrazier Před 3 lety

      I think I've probably gone back and watched this every one of those years. Ze Frank is one of the original genius Internet "creators". Watch his "the show" and "a show" and you are seeing the seeds of a lot of what is still good about CZcams, as well as some warnings about what could go wrong.

  • @Strix182
    @Strix182 Před 10 lety +209

    THIS is the guy who makes True Facts?!?

  • @izuZ34
    @izuZ34 Před 10 lety +226

    He looks so different now, between 2007-2014 he changed alot!

  • @sieglindedeboer6408
    @sieglindedeboer6408 Před 4 lety +9

    It's been 13 years and this is in my recommendations

  • @nustiuma
    @nustiuma Před 10 lety +52

    Hes not only smart and insightful but funny as hell xD

  • @sirocto4277
    @sirocto4277 Před 10 lety +927

    240p.. we meet again.

  • @DangerAaron21
    @DangerAaron21 Před 6 lety +21

    Zefrank you’re awesome. You always make me feel better. I especially love your narration of the dear kitten series. How those folks got such amazing footage for that series is beyond me.

  • @GippyHappy
    @GippyHappy Před 6 lety +27

    How does his humor fluctuate so quickly between "way above my intelligence" to "shaking keys in front of a baby"

  • @vickiezaccardo1711
    @vickiezaccardo1711 Před rokem +3

    This has got to be the best speaker ever on a Ted Talk.

  • @PureSniperWolf
    @PureSniperWolf Před 11 lety +17

    Ze you freakin' genius! The audience couldn't keep up!

  • @BassNinja
    @BassNinja Před 4 lety +14

    12 years later I finally see this video recommendation from YT.

  • @plinpain
    @plinpain Před 6 lety +7

    Wow, never knew ZeFrank did a TED. Really impressive, yet not shocking when everything else have been so good.

  • @Eclipsed_Archon
    @Eclipsed_Archon Před 9 lety +118

    How the Ze Frank do...

  • @charlottem.1477
    @charlottem.1477 Před 4 lety +3

    Dear CZcams, why did it take so long for this recommend?!?
    This video is 16 yrs old. I’m not complaining. I would have loved to see this so much sooner....

  • @keithwinget526
    @keithwinget526 Před 5 lety +58

    Ah, yes. This starts with one of those old scam emails to launder money. I miss that... Those were such innocent times.

  • @romankrem
    @romankrem Před 17 lety +8

    This guy has an amazing mind. What a speaker too!

  • @kharris3352
    @kharris3352 Před 8 lety +36

    I remember the days of CZcams when you couldn't put the video in full screen because it was way too grainy.

  • @txsuz
    @txsuz Před 4 lety +6

    Adore this man! What a fun and genius soul.

  • @MirorR3fl3ction
    @MirorR3fl3ction Před 4 lety +11

    This talk feels almost exactly like a Bo Burnham comedy show....guess we found one of Bo's primary comedic influences :P

  • @mellowapocalypse
    @mellowapocalypse Před 9 lety +56

    *This* is how you do a TED Talk.

  • @sdushdiu
    @sdushdiu Před 9 lety +80

    This guy is seriously deranged.
    ...as well as a complete delight!
    Thanks much for your delightfully demented videos!
    But I am a bit disappointed that there are no references to "bebbies", how the Internet "do", and strange facts about "penises".... Maybe next time.... ;-)

  • @ericlawrence9060
    @ericlawrence9060 Před 4 lety +6

    I Love Ze Frank! Not only is he a total boss Stud... he's one of the gods of comedy. Check out everything he does. Top notch!

    • @cannedmusic
      @cannedmusic Před 4 lety

      I love his dear sad cat therapy stuff

  • @REALITY2point0
    @REALITY2point0 Před 15 lety +8

    ZeFrank is a shining example of a playful and in the most complimentary sense "childish" intelligence. As children, we are all possessed of these same playful, inquiring, and creative instincts. In the vast majority of people as we grow into "maturity" (which I use here in its most derogatory sense) this fearless intellectual inquisitiveness is gradually relinquished in favour of socially accepted "certainties" which is why the vast majority of adults suck so bad.

  • @linkeffect82
    @linkeffect82 Před 4 lety +11

    This was yet another fun TED talk from Zefrank that I binged watched from two other TED talks! Very fun and insightful, and I really liked the humor, especially for the games (Being a gamer myself).
    This was fantastic!

  • @simtan2418
    @simtan2418 Před 7 lety +226

    Young Ze reminds me of Jim Carrey

    • @ainymunnee7780
      @ainymunnee7780 Před 6 lety +2

      Sim Tan totally

    • @willemroux321
      @willemroux321 Před 5 lety +1

      Fuckin A dude he does

    • @lincthomas7178
      @lincthomas7178 Před 4 lety +2

      NOTHING like jim

    • @TheColemancreek
      @TheColemancreek Před 4 lety +1

      The only difference being Jim has not been funny since around the period In Living Color was on, and Frank is still as funny as ever. Once comedians start getting into hardcore political activism you know their wellspring of creativity is dry. Not just my opinion -- have heard tons of comedians who are still funny saying the same thing. Jim was brilliant but went thru a lot of mental illness and his bits became stale.

    • @tatumrileyshairfollice
      @tatumrileyshairfollice Před 3 lety

      You should look up NOW Ze it's really weird...

  • @olivernewbold3082
    @olivernewbold3082 Před 3 lety +2

    2021. Zefrank still at it. You go man

  • @ancient_anime9993
    @ancient_anime9993 Před rokem +2

    The “am I feeling lucky” got me good😂😂

  • @Elle-mq8ij
    @Elle-mq8ij Před 4 lety +4

    Is this the guy who does Sad Cat Diary? GOD I LOVE THAT.

  • @MrJdsenior
    @MrJdsenior Před 3 lety +7

    "He explained to me he was in a bind"
    He was way behind, and he was willing to make a deal.

  • @HeliRy
    @HeliRy Před 9 lety +50

    1.5 million subs to ZF and counting.... glad to see he's making *some* money with this internet thing now :)

    • @kalapradeep2362
      @kalapradeep2362 Před 9 lety +2

      But I see no ads though!

    • @ChRiyad
      @ChRiyad Před 9 lety +1

      Kala Pradeep no ads = no money

    • @glitch1037
      @glitch1037 Před 9 lety +7

      Riyad Chokri He is pretty high up in BuzzFeed I believe

    • @RandyFust1634
      @RandyFust1634 Před 8 lety +1

      +ArchieJG Yep, at least, last I heard he was the overall video director. That has to be making something.

  • @Ariqginjall93
    @Ariqginjall93 Před 4 lety +3

    Hey, i just remember that this very video was the source of my english assignment about presenting something back in my 2010 high school era (back then was watching it from the TED website). And now seeing him doing the True Facts series was really amazing (i forget it was him when doing this presentation/video). And the things he talked about here has come to fruition and advancing.

  • @treesongmagic
    @treesongmagic Před 11 lety +7

    I just watched this video and had the very same experience! I thought I had just "discovered" him recently but I've been watching him for a long time now!

  • @f00ky3w2oob
    @f00ky3w2oob Před 15 lety +8

    Ze Frank is a freaking genius.

  • @grantcanyon77
    @grantcanyon77 Před 6 lety +4

    This is a great leap for comedy! Thank you Ze Frank!

  • @SizzleMoonSong
    @SizzleMoonSong Před 24 dny

    Hard to believe this was 20 years ago. So much has changed, but then again it's all so very current & relevant today as well. This is just a tiny bit of the multitude of reasons why Ze Frank is an actual pure brilliance beyond genius.

  • @Cygnus0lor
    @Cygnus0lor Před 4 lety +84

    Oh, internet before memes, how I loved thee...

  • @thefieldofdaisies
    @thefieldofdaisies Před 11 lety +5

    aw, little baby ze

  • @smallstudiodesign
    @smallstudiodesign Před 3 lety +2

    When TEDTalks meets Just for Laughs you get ZeFRANK

  • @stonemason66
    @stonemason66 Před 5 lety +3

    Quite a remarkable character. Blessings, my man.

  • @wstmess
    @wstmess Před 11 lety +3

    that's just a part of what he is known for.
    he's pretty much one of the first, if not the first vlogger ever, but he is the one that made vlogging what it is today.

  • @AllisonDole
    @AllisonDole Před 11 lety +27

    Ze looks young? GOOGLE looks young!

  • @jakssmithy
    @jakssmithy Před 4 lety +8

    Am I the only one who thinks that the “duck” from the Buddhist game looks and awful lot like a certain goose?

  • @iamusari
    @iamusari Před 11 lety +3

    Yes, yes he is. Great series. I wish for it to never end.

  • @GenScinmore
    @GenScinmore Před 8 lety +307

    not going to lie I felt very lost for some reason.

    • @gravelessomega7951
      @gravelessomega7951 Před 8 lety +2

      Forgive me, I had to ask:
      is your username inspired by Gin Wigmore?

    • @GenScinmore
      @GenScinmore Před 8 lety

      EmptySpace94 no, but that's curious, i'll look it up/

    • @sandmastermaster
      @sandmastermaster Před 7 lety +39

      Gen Scinmore I'm watching right now and I don't have a clue what he's talking about.

    • @nonamesleft136
      @nonamesleft136 Před 7 lety +15

      Jesse Meyer It's about the creative process, a sense of purpose and a dash of self-deprecating humor.

    • @tinta4352
      @tinta4352 Před 6 lety +6

      Same here. I didn't get any of the joke.

  • @JackDaniel617
    @JackDaniel617 Před rokem +2

    5:42 damn, its nuts how old you feel when you see an old browser page.

  • @VelmaLaNegra
    @VelmaLaNegra Před 10 lety +7

    I love this dude, Ze is so funny .

  • @philpheburbs
    @philpheburbs Před 8 lety +40

    A brilliant, highly original stand-up set!

    • @dawndee6770
      @dawndee6770 Před 6 lety

      look up Stephen Wright and then comment again... Having said that, I do appreciate Z. F's work.

  • @StopWhining491
    @StopWhining491 Před 3 lety +4

    If Ze ever needs a place to stay, he can come live with us.

  • @carddu
    @carddu Před 4 lety +6

    I clicked on this for Ze Frank

  • @MrBabyBoa
    @MrBabyBoa Před 3 lety +1

    Classic. I'm a huge fan of his "True Facts". After watching this clip, I'm reminded of a young Steve Martin.

  • @curiousmiami
    @curiousmiami Před 4 lety +13

    Hahaha I love this guy his true facts channel is hilarious

  • @vinayseth1114
    @vinayseth1114 Před 8 lety +16

    This was a great routine, but it actually made me feel bad in a way- in the sense that everything is becoming so random and temporary now :/

  • @nkc2666
    @nkc2666 Před 3 lety

    Holy crap. An ancient zefrank video. I’m screaming

  • @Kittyxoxo
    @Kittyxoxo Před 9 lety +2

    I think he's made the TED talk so much more watchable with the added humor, they're a little boring sometimes but he's so awesome! much watch all his vdieos xD UR THE BEST!!

  • @outthasky
    @outthasky Před 5 lety +13

    I hear 1970’s Steve Martin in there somewhere

  • @donna30044
    @donna30044 Před 5 lety +16

    That's how a ZE FRANK do.

  • @Morganational
    @Morganational Před 2 měsíci

    Love this guy, we need more of him!!

  • @Traveler246
    @Traveler246 Před 11 lety +2

    A very long time ago, I watched this video and became absolutely amazed with this channel TEDtalksDirector. I used to watch BreakingNYC, RWJ's vlog channel, where I met Meekakitty. I subscribed to her channel as well. A few years later, Meekakitty put up a link for Ze Frank's channel and I became a huge fan. Having long forgotten about this man, as I watched his videos I was led to this TED talk. I thought, "I can't believe he was on TED!" It's interesting how life experiences come full circle.

  • @livingformusic93
    @livingformusic93 Před 8 lety +38

    Well, that ended abruptly!

  • @immasmiler7520
    @immasmiler7520 Před 9 lety +27

    OMG ZeFrank looks sooo young here! Quite attractive too

  • @robbieparker9959
    @robbieparker9959 Před rokem +1

    I've been watching Ze videos for about 2 years now and never seen this before. I love his style of humour and I got from his True fact he is incredibly smart but im only now finding out just how smart he really is.

  • @rizzorizzo2311
    @rizzorizzo2311 Před 3 lety +2

    I get one of those “I want you to have all of this money” faxes at least twice a month at work.

  • @TheYvesL
    @TheYvesL Před 10 lety +65

    Ze looks like House M.D.

  • @theAfghanHomeland
    @theAfghanHomeland Před 5 lety +16

    LOL
    Watching this in 2018 Can't Believe😂😂😂

    • @True-trini
      @True-trini Před 5 lety +1

      Watching this in 2019. I want to believe.

  • @aomega6
    @aomega6 Před 14 lety +1

    I could watch him talk for hours.

  • @LiveLikeCheez
    @LiveLikeCheez Před 11 lety +1

    I just watched ze for about 20 minutes. I regret nothing.

  • @tamarrajames3590
    @tamarrajames3590 Před 6 lety +6

    I love a beautifully twisted mind. 🖤🇨🇦

  • @goblethisgoblethat
    @goblethisgoblethat Před 10 lety +8

    this guy... I like him

  • @outcast935
    @outcast935 Před 3 lety +1

    Can't believe it's been 13 years.

  • @vittershins5430
    @vittershins5430 Před 10 lety +1

    I forgot I had watched this already a month ago. I just watched it again, all the way through.

  • @petravanessa
    @petravanessa Před 13 lety +6

    and I say: mom, dad...
    brilliant!!!

  • @andieann6115
    @andieann6115 Před 10 lety +87

    Ahhh. Zefrank was young once. I can't beleive this was ten years ago.
    Shit, was that rude? Sorry, Ze!

  • @cloudsilver1
    @cloudsilver1 Před 15 lety +1

    i miss his shows too! long live zefrank

  • @Qwert69284
    @Qwert69284 Před 12 lety +1

    I'm so excited for his new show :)

  • @Way2Spirited
    @Way2Spirited Před 10 lety +6

    Congrats Ze! Great presentation :o)