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?

Ze Frank: Er du et menneske?

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Har du nogensinde spekuleret på: Er jeg et menneske? Ze Frank foreslår en række simple spørgsmål, der vil afgøre dette. Slap af, og følg anvisningerne. Lad os begynde ...
- 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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(MusicMusik) This is the humanhuman testprøve,
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(Musik) Dette er den menneskelige test
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a testprøve to see if you are a humanhuman.
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en test for at se, om du er et menneske.
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Please raisehæve your handhånd if something appliesgælder to you.
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Venligst hæve din hånd, hvis noget gælder for dig.
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Are we agreedaftalt? Yes?
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Er vi enige? Ja?
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Then let's beginbegynde.
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Så lad os begynde.
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Have you ever eatenspist a boogerBooger
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Har du nogensinde spist en bussemand
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long pastforbi your childhoodbarndom?
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længe efter din barndom?
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(LaughterLatter)
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(Latter)
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It's okay, it's safesikker here.
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Det er okay, det er sikkert her.
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Have you ever madelavet a smalllille, weirdmærkelig soundlyd
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Har du nogensinde lavet en lille, mærkelig lyd
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when you rememberedhusket something embarrassingpinligt?
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når du husket noget pinligt?
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Have you ever purposelymed vilje lowercasedhjælper
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Har du nogensinde med vilje skrevet med småt
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the first letterbrev of a texttekst
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det første bogstav i en SMS
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in orderbestille to come acrosset kors as sadtrist or disappointedskuffet?
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med henblik på at komme på tværs
som trist eller skuffet?
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(LaughterLatter)
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(Latter)
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Okay.
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Okay.
01:02
Have you ever endedsluttede a texttekst with a periodperiode
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Har du nogensinde sluttet
en tekst med en punktum
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as a signskilt of aggressionaggression? Okay. PeriodPeriode.
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som et tegn på aggression? Okay. Punktum.
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Have you ever laughedlo or smiledsmilede
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Har du nogensinde leet eller smilet
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when someonenogen said something shittylorte to you
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når nogen sagde noget lortet til dig
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and then spentbrugt the resthvile of the day
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og derefter tilbragte resten af ​​dagen
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wonderingundrende why you reactedreagerede that way?
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med at tænke over hvorfor du
reagerede på den måde?
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Yes.
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Ja.
01:24
Have you ever seemedsyntes to losetabe your airplanefly ticketbillet
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Har du nogensinde følt at du har mistet din flybillet
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a thousandtusind timesgange as you walkedgik
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tusind gange mens du gik
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from the check-inCheck-in to the gatePort?
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fra check-in til gaten?
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Yes.
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Ja.
01:34
Have you ever put on a pairpar of pantsbukser
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Har du nogensinde trukket et par bukser på
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and then much latersenere realizedgik op for that there was
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for så meget senere at indse, at der sad
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a looseløs sockSok smushedsmushed up againstmod your thighlåret?
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en løs sok fast mod din lår?
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(LaughterLatter)
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(Latter.)
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Good.
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Godt.
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Have you ever triedforsøgt to guessgætte
someonenogen else'sellers er passwordadgangskode
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Har du nogensinde prøvet at
gætte en andens adgangskode
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so manymange timesgange that it lockedLåst theirderes accountkonto?
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så mange gange, at det låste deres konto?
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MmmMmm.
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Mmm.
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Have you ever had a naggingnagende feelingfølelse that one day
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Har du nogensinde haft en nagende fornemmelse,
at en dag
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you will be discoveredopdaget as a fraudsvig?
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du vil blive opdaget som et bedrageri?
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Yes, it's safesikker here.
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Ja, du er sikker her.
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Have you ever hopedhåbet that there was some abilityevne
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Har du nogensinde håbet, at der var en vis evne
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you hadn'thavde ikke discoveredopdaget yetendnu
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du ikke havde opdaget endnu
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that you were just naturallynaturligt great at?
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og du var bare var naturlig god til?
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MmmMmm.
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Mmm.
02:15
Have you ever brokengået i stykker something in realægte life,
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Har du nogensinde ødelagt noget i det virkelige liv,
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and then foundfundet yourselfdig selv looking
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og så fandt dig selv søgende
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for an "undofortryde" buttonknap in realægte life?
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efter en "fortryd"-knap i det virkelige liv?
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Have you ever misplacedmalplaceret your TEDTED badgebadge
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Har du nogensinde forlagt din TED badge
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and then immediatelymed det samme startedstartede imaginingat forestille sig
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og derefter straks begyndte at forestille
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what a three-daytre-dages VancouverVancouver
vacationferie mightmagt look like?
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hvordan en tre dages Vancouver ferie ser ud?
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Have you ever marveledundrede sig
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Har du nogensinde undret dig over
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at how someonenogen you thought was so ordinaryalmindelig
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hvordan en person, du troede var så almindelig
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could suddenlypludselig becomeblive so beautifulsmuk?
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pludselig kunne blive så smuk?
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Have you ever staredstirrede at your phonetelefon
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Så du nogensinde på telefonen
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smilingsmilende like an idiotidiot while textingtekstning with someonenogen?
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og smilede som en idiot mens du sms'ede med nogen?
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Have you ever subsequentlyefterfølgende textedtekstet that personperson
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Har du nogensinde efterfølgende sms'ede til denne person
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the phraseudtryk "I'm staringstirre at the phonetelefon
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sætningen "Jeg stirrer på telefonen
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smilingsmilende like an idiotidiot"?
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og smiler som en idiot? "
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Have you ever been temptedfristet to,
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Har du nogensinde været fristet til at,
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and then gavegav in to the temptationTemptation,
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og derefter gav efter for fristelsen,
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of looking throughigennem someonenogen else'sellers er phonetelefon?
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af at kigge i en andens telefon?
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Have you ever had a conversationsamtale with yourselfdig selv
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Har du nogensinde haft en samtale med dig selv
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and then suddenlypludselig realizedgik op for
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og så pludselig indse
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you're a realægte assholerøvhul to yourselfdig selv?
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du er et rigtig røvhul mod dig selv?
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(LaughterLatter)
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Has your phonetelefon ever runløb out of batterybatteri
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Har din telefon nogensinde løbede tør for batteri
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in the middlemidten of an argumentargument,
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i midten af et argument,
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and it sortsortere of feltfølte like the phonetelefon
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og det følte slags ligesom telefonen
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was breakingbreaking up with bothbegge of you?
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var ved at bryde op med jer begge to?
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Have you ever thought
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Har du nogensinde tænkt
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that workingarbejder on an issueproblem betweenmellem you was futileforgæves
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at arbejde på et problem mellem jer var forgæves
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because it should just be easiernemmere than this,
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fordi det skal bare være nemmere end dette,
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or this is supposedformodede to happenske just naturallynaturligt?
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eller det er meningen at bare skulle ske naturligt?
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Have you ever realizedgik op for that very little, in the long runløb,
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Har du nogensinde indset,
at meget lidt, i det lange løb,
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just happenssker naturallynaturligt?
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bare sker naturligt?
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Have you ever wokenvågnet up blissfullysaligt
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Har du nogensinde vågnet op saligt
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and suddenlypludselig been floodedoversvømmet
by the awfulforfærdelig remembranceerindring
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og pludselig blevet oversvømmet
af den forfærdelige erindring
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that someonenogen had left you?
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at nogen havde forladt dig?
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Have you ever lostfaret vild the abilityevne to imagineforestille a futurefremtid
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Har du nogensinde mistet evnen
til at forestille sig en fremtid
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withoutuden a personperson
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uden en person
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that no longerlængere was in your life?
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som ikke længere var i dit liv?
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Have you ever lookedkigget back on that eventbegivenhed
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Har du nogensinde kigget tilbage
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with the sadtrist smilesmil of autumnefterår
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med den triste smil af efterår
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and the realizationerkendelse that futuresfutures will happenske
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og erkendelsen af, at fremtiderne vil ske
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regardlessuanset?
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alligevel?
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CongratulationsTillykke.
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Tillykke.
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You have now completedafsluttet the testprøve.
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I har nu gennemført testen.
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You are all humanhuman.
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I er alle mennesker.
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(ApplauseBifald)
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(Bifald)
Translated by Arendse Lund
Reviewed by Anders Finn Jørgensen

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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