ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ze Frank - Humorist, web artist
Ze Frank rose to fame on a viral video -- in 2001! He has been making online comedy, web toys and massively shared experiences (like the addictive Young Me Now Me) ever since.

Why you should listen

Ever since his "How to Dance Properly" viral video -- born as a party invite for 17 friends -- hit the Web in 2001, Ze Frank has been making people giggle, guffaw and gasp out loud whilst procrastinating at work. He defines, in many ways, the genre of online comedy, and continues to innovate madly on the form. 

In 2006 he launched a year-long daily video blog called The Show with Ze Frank, which Slate.com called "the best sustained comedy run in the history of the Web." His rapid-fire delivery and absurd explorations in audience participation (like Earth Sandwich) has influenced a generation of digital native YouTubers. Perhap his most brilliant move: calling on fans to write the show for him. Using collaborative tools, online viewers collectively put words in his mouth (and props in his lap); he faithfully performed this wiki-comedy each week for his "Fabuloso Friday" show.

In 2008, along with Erik Kastner, Frank launched Colowars, the first massively multiplayer game on Twitter, which featured two months of sponsored online events and competitions. Recently he has worked with his audience to create a series of projects based on shared emotions such as pain, fear and the pang of nostalgia. Frank works as a consultant to range of industries on audience engagement and is a public speaker on the subject of the virtual life.

In 2012 he returned to the internet airwaves with "A Show." About which a MetaFilter commenter wrote:

If this were a cult, I would join.

If this were a religion, I would attend services.

If this were a band, I would not torrent the albums, but buy them, full price, from a local independent record store.

If this were a telethon, I would buy multiple tote bags.

Welcome back, Ze.

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TED2014

Ze Frank: Are you human?

Зе Франк: Адамсыз ба?

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"Адаммын ба?" - деген сауалды қойып көрдіңіз бе? Зе Франк осындай қарапайым сауалдарды ұсына отырып, жауап іздейді. Сабыр сақтап, жауаптарын тыңдап көріңіз. Бастайық...
- Humorist, web artist
Ze Frank rose to fame on a viral video -- in 2001! He has been making online comedy, web toys and massively shared experiences (like the addictive Young Me Now Me) ever since. Full bio

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(Music) This is the human test,
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(Музыка) Бұл - тіршілік иесін тексеру,
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a test to see if you are a human.
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адам екеніңізді анықтайтын тест.
00:19
Please raise your hand if something applies to you.
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Егер сізге қатысы болса,
қолыңызды көтеріңіз.
00:23
Are we agreed? Yes?
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Келістік пе?
00:27
Then let's begin.
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Онда бастайық.
00:29
Have you ever eaten a booger
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Қызыл қоңыз жеп көрдіңіз бе
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long past your childhood?
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кішкентай кезіңізде?
00:34
(Laughter)
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It's okay, it's safe here.
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Ештеңе етпес. Ол зиянды емес.
00:40
Have you ever made a small, weird sound
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Ақырын ғана, біртүрлі дыбыс
шығарып көрдіңіз бе
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when you remembered something embarrassing?
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есіңізге ыңғайсыз жағдай түскенде?
00:49
Have you ever purposely lowercased
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Мәтінді әдейі кіші әріппен
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the first letter of a text
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бастап жазған ба едіңіз
00:53
in order to come across as sad or disappointed?
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мұңайғаныңызды, әлде
түңілгеніңізді көрсету үшін?
00:57
(Laughter)
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(Күлкі)
00:59
Okay.
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Жақсы.
01:02
Have you ever ended a text with a period
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Бір кездері ренішіңізді көрсету үшін
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as a sign of aggression? Okay. Period.
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мәтін cоңына нүкте қойған ба едіңіз?
Жақсы. Нүкте.
01:11
Have you ever laughed or smiled
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Біреуге күліп,
әлде жымиған ба едіңіз
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when someone said something shitty to you
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сізге жаман сөз айтқанда
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and then spent the rest of the day
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және күні бойы неге солай жауап
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wondering why you reacted that way?
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қатқаныңыз жайында ойландыңыз ба?
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Yes.
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Иә.
01:24
Have you ever seemed to lose your airplane ticket
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Ұшақ билетіңізді
мың рет жоғалтып
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a thousand times as you walked
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алғандай сезімде
болдыңыз ба
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from the check-in to the gate?
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тіркеуден ұшаққа мінгелі бара жатқанда?
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Yes.
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Дәл солай.
01:34
Have you ever put on a pair of pants
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Шалбарды қабаттап киіп көрдіңіз бе
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and then much later realized that there was
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кейінірек нәскидің
түсіп бара жатқанын
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a loose sock smushed up against your thigh?
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сездіңіз бе?
01:41
(Laughter)
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01:43
Good.
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Жақсы.
01:46
Have you ever tried to guess
someone else's password
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Бөтен біреудің паролін
анықтауға тырысқан ба едіңіз
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so many times that it locked their account?
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оның шоты бұғатталғанша
бірнеше рет?
01:53
Mmm.
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Ммм.
01:54
Have you ever had a nagging feeling that one day
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Азапты сезімдерді
бастан кештіңіз бе
01:58
you will be discovered as a fraud?
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бір күндері алаяқ
болып табылатындай?
02:02
Yes, it's safe here.
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Иә, осы жерде
айта беріңіз.
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Have you ever hoped that there was some ability
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Бойыңызда ашылмай жатқан
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you hadn't discovered yet
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табиғи дарыныңыз
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that you were just naturally great at?
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бар деп үміттеніп жүрсіз бе?
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Mmm.
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Ммм.
02:15
Have you ever broken something in real life,
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Шынайы өмірде
бірнәрсені бүлдіріп
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and then found yourself looking
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алып, кейін
оны түзету
02:20
for an "undo" button in real life?
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амалын іздедіңіз бе?
02:25
Have you ever misplaced your TED badge
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TED белгісін ебедейсіз
қадап алып,
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and then immediately started imagining
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табан астында
02:29
what a three-day Vancouver
vacation might look like?
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Ванкувер демалысын
қиялдай бастадыңыз ба?
02:35
Have you ever marveled
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Таңданып көрдіңіз бе
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at how someone you thought was so ordinary
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қарапайым деп
ойлаған біреудің
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could suddenly become so beautiful?
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күтпеген жерден
әдемі бола алатынын?
02:45
Have you ever stared at your phone
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Біреуге хат жазып отырып
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smiling like an idiot while texting with someone?
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өз-өзіңізден күлімсіредіңіз бе?
02:52
Have you ever subsequently texted that person
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Мәтін алмасу соңында
сол адамға "Телефоныма
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the phrase "I'm staring at the phone
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есуас сияқты күлімсіреп
қарап тұрмын" деп
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smiling like an idiot"?
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айтып көрдіңіз бе?
03:01
Have you ever been tempted to,
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Ырқыңыздан тыс
арбалып көрдіңіз бе,
03:03
and then gave in to the temptation,
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содан соң азғырыла
бастадыңыз,
03:05
of looking through someone else's phone?
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оған біреудің телефонына
үңілгеніңіз себеп болды ма?
03:09
Have you ever had a conversation with yourself
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Өзіңізбен өзіңіз сөйлесіп
көрген бе едіңіз
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and then suddenly realized
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содан кейін бірден
03:13
you're a real asshole to yourself?
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шын мәнінде нақұрыс
екеніңізді байқадыңыз ба?
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(Laughter)
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03:19
Has your phone ever run out of battery
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Телефоныңыздың қуаты
таусылып қалып па еді
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in the middle of an argument,
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ұрыстың дәл ортасында,
03:24
and it sort of felt like the phone
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бұл араңызды
03:26
was breaking up with both of you?
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ажыратып жіберген
телефонға ұқсады ма?
03:30
Have you ever thought
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Ойланып көрдіңіз бе
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that working on an issue between you was futile
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мәселе мен сіздің араңыздағы
жұмыстың пайдасыз екенін
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because it should just be easier than this,
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бұған қарағанда ол
оңай соғуы керек,
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or this is supposed to happen just naturally?
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әлде бұл тек табиғи
жолмен өрбуі тиіс пе?
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Have you ever realized that very little, in the long run,
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Ең соңында өте аз екенін,
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just happens naturally?
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табиғи жолмен орын алып
жатқанын түсіндіңіз бе?
03:48
Have you ever woken up blissfully
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Бақыт құшағында оянып
жатқаныңызда
03:51
and suddenly been flooded
by the awful remembrance
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бірден қорқынышты естеліктер
шайып жіберді ме
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that someone had left you?
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біреу тастап кетті ме?
03:57
Have you ever lost the ability to imagine a future
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Болашақты қиялдай алмайтын
күйге түстіңіз бе
04:00
without a person
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оған қайтып келмейтін
04:01
that no longer was in your life?
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сол біреу себепші болды ма?
04:06
Have you ever looked back on that event
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Өткен оқиғаны
04:08
with the sad smile of autumn
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күзді күнгі мұңлы күлкі
кейпінде
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and the realization that futures will happen
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және болашақта жүзеге
асатынына
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regardless?
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назар аудармастан
артқа көз салдыңыз ба?
04:17
Congratulations.
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Құттықтаймын.
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You have now completed the test.
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Тестті аяқтадыңыз.
04:21
You are all human.
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Бәріңіз адамсыз.
04:24
(Applause)
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(Қол соғу)
Translated by Ainur Akhmetova
Reviewed by Askhat Yerkimbay

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ze Frank - Humorist, web artist
Ze Frank rose to fame on a viral video -- in 2001! He has been making online comedy, web toys and massively shared experiences (like the addictive Young Me Now Me) ever since.

Why you should listen

Ever since his "How to Dance Properly" viral video -- born as a party invite for 17 friends -- hit the Web in 2001, Ze Frank has been making people giggle, guffaw and gasp out loud whilst procrastinating at work. He defines, in many ways, the genre of online comedy, and continues to innovate madly on the form. 

In 2006 he launched a year-long daily video blog called The Show with Ze Frank, which Slate.com called "the best sustained comedy run in the history of the Web." His rapid-fire delivery and absurd explorations in audience participation (like Earth Sandwich) has influenced a generation of digital native YouTubers. Perhap his most brilliant move: calling on fans to write the show for him. Using collaborative tools, online viewers collectively put words in his mouth (and props in his lap); he faithfully performed this wiki-comedy each week for his "Fabuloso Friday" show.

In 2008, along with Erik Kastner, Frank launched Colowars, the first massively multiplayer game on Twitter, which featured two months of sponsored online events and competitions. Recently he has worked with his audience to create a series of projects based on shared emotions such as pain, fear and the pang of nostalgia. Frank works as a consultant to range of industries on audience engagement and is a public speaker on the subject of the virtual life.

In 2012 he returned to the internet airwaves with "A Show." About which a MetaFilter commenter wrote:

If this were a cult, I would join.

If this were a religion, I would attend services.

If this were a band, I would not torrent the albums, but buy them, full price, from a local independent record store.

If this were a telethon, I would buy multiple tote bags.

Welcome back, Ze.

More profile about the speaker
Ze Frank | Speaker | TED.com