Nerdcore comedy | Ze Frank

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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[@varshithreddy9355]

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

[@jenniferm6093]

OMG this is actually true. Insane!

[@varshithreddy9355]

@@jenniferm6093 yep, ikr!

[@harukrentz435]

Really?

[@speedwagon1824]

​@@harukrentz435 yes

[@mamapetillo8675]

Wowsers

[@jabronjunklove760]

And that is how a Ted Talk do.

[@candieland4276]

That's how a zefrank do😆😆😆

[@redshiftcomplx2652]

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]

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

[@LPSArtemis88888]

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

[@mikoda92]

lol

[@NickShvelidze]

This is how Ze Frank do

[@JoshVanLoon1]

The new viewers are here.

[@frysause934]

OMG!!!!! He IS The White Morgan Freeman!!!! I never realized that till now...

[@tagsradchannel]

@@JoshVanLoon1 Sportsracer?

[@VideoNozoki]

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.

[@Jivolt]

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

[@angiporter2863]

Exactly

[@zepfan9993]

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

[@chrisgestalis3563]

Blame Chris

[@grcarie]

Legendary

[@MephLeo]

"Here are true facts about Ze Frank"

[@WordUnheard]

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

[@exelint]

Young Ze looks alarmingly like Hugh Laurie

[@dalegrant2111]

He could star in a Stuart little/ dr house reboot!!!

[@alisaurus4224]

I think more Paul Bettany

[@sandrastreifel6452]

A very young Hugh Laurie!

[@chrismcwilliams3552]

Better than Hugh Laurie! IMO

[@sirocto4277]

240p.. we meet again.

[@closeblast3298]

Yes yes 240p will soon roam the earth like it did 7 years ago buffering in all it's glory

[@kvstreet]

Overused comment.. we meet again

[@ragnaci2756]

winer

[@carolynmmitchell2240]

I have mine set up 240p to save data haha

[@spaztron5000]

of course you do, carolyn

[@izuZ34]

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

[@BizarreIoveTriangle]

It's a little less amazing if you notice that this was filmed in 2004, but ya he changed a lot!

[@jaxojames]

BizarreIoveTriangle you're so right

[@carolynmmitchell2240]

it's 2018 now

[@lsswappedcessna]

Age and Buzzfeed will do that to ya.

[@TheNeeenha]

It's called TIME

[@DangerAaron21]

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.

[@sieglindedeboer6408]

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

[@Eclipsed_Archon]

How the Ze Frank do...

[@Offgridkayaking]

😂🥰

[@nustiuma]

Hes not only smart and insightful but funny as hell xD

[@linkeffect82]

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!

[@HeliRy]

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

[@kalapradeep2362]

But I see no ads though!

[@ChRiyad]

Kala Pradeep no ads = no money

[@glitch1037]

Riyad Chokri He is pretty high up in BuzzFeed I believe

[@RandyFust1634]

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

[@Elle-mq8ij]

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

[@ancient_anime9993]

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

[@GenScinmore]

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

[@gravelessomega7951]

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

[@GenScinmore]

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

[@sandmastermaster]

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

[@nonamesleft136]

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

[@tinta4352]

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

[@wstmess]

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.

[@iamusari]

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

[@stonemason66]

Quite a remarkable character. Blessings, my man.

[@ByronVoogt]

He was just a bebeh here...

[@ififellinlove77]

it wasn't really a joke. I'm talking about the opening of his talk. it was just kind of a generally funny story that helped him segue into the body of his presentation.

[@robbieparker9959]

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.

[@aomega6]

I could watch him talk for hours.

[@SamForrestTube]

You can see so easily that he inspired vlogbrothers and wheezywaiter, because he's almost like a mix of the two with some extra too!

[@moggydave]

Could I point the current discussion to Ze Frank's talk at VidCon. He showcases a lot of the stuff he did here, but has the time to showcase why it's important, and why people care, and what value we can take from it. It's effing brilliant. Just search "Ze Frank Vidcon".

[@YochevedDesigns]

What a delightfully genius bit of pure chaos!

[@khalidian]

Feels like only a few get recommended this one.

[@eliza7511]

the steve martin influence positively screams through. which is nice. (mixing references...)

[@petravanessa]

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

[@jimmie999999999]

a real artist, man.

[@tamarrajames3590]

I love a beautifully twisted mind. 🖤🇨🇦

[@destree6348]

Tamarra James beautifully stated

[@mindstormmaster]

2:27 EVERYBODY MISSED THAT EPIC JOKE! D:

[@vittershins5430]

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

[@solodolotrevino]

Bo Burnham is very reminiscent of this guy

[@phonyshoemaker7379]

Everyone in entertainment is directly or indirectly influenced by Ze Frank.

[@cloudsilver1]

i miss his shows too! long live zefrank

[@hexachordal]

This is the best talk out there. :(

[@zoltargirl]

My dad was watching a thing on TV... It looked pretty boring but after a while, I said, "what are you watching?" He said it's supposed to be Ted but it some guy called Zee Frank. I totally geeked out and I was like "WHAT"

[@otarthemad1782]

He looks SO YOUNG at the beginning of this video!

[@turkoizdog]

Funny how he makes jokes about what happens if you go over time, then he goes over time. :P

[@candieland4276]

You gotta do the voice, man....do the voice!!!😀😀😀

[@kimmariefaber4636]

Love frogs!, excellent meme of frogs!

[@faduma349]

I love this guy!!!

[@gladwellj96]

Gladwell? I'm here!

[@FeeLinaLuminous]

You know what the craziest thing about this video is? That it's quality was fine almost 15 years prior to this very comment and now I can't read a single thing. Can you? Let alone that he shared so much truth and yet here we still are. No matter whenever I wrote this comment. (?) Also, after two decades of "ignoring" suicidal thoughts because -from what I'm learning- they are considered egotistical, I'm still here. And so are you. Even if you're reading this 15 or 200 years from now. Of course, in hopes that this very video on this specific website still exists. Lol. (?)

[@davidbuschhorn6539]

Hello 240p my old friend. I haven't run across you since the MySpace days.

[@Christ_Is_King34]

Hello 240p my old friend, it's nice to squint at you again.

[@staphinfection]

I was so entertained by this, and then all of a sudden, they rush him off the stage.... BOOOOOOO HISSSSS!

[@demonic6042]

15:50 woulda be real relatable when COVID’s over and toilet papers are still found in stacks at our dear homes

[@chocolaterockz]

A Show with Ze Frank sent me here.... : ) (The newly done one, it was called Thinks like me, I think...)

[@kristinaplays2924]

OMG he's so young...

[@LucasOliveira-tm1jb]

Krickistina plays He is not...

[@harishsharma2974]

+Lucas Oliveira 44.

[@JTPlayz0121]

@@harishsharma2974 This was in 2007 so he would be 35

[@foreverwantingpie]

Until about fourteen minutes, I felt like I was watching stand-up. And it was good.

[@RajSingh-qc6lq]

Wow, Ted 2007. I was 11 when this was filmed.

[@adamevans9697]

Old but good video nice job zefrank

[@Shiimochi]

Morgan Freeman voice love.

[@OkaneHaus]

18:02 genius!

[@Zarrar2802]

aah, 2007. pre historic peaceful times

[@mooxim]

@yourboycal this was recorded in 2004. TED's always been about a variety.

[@detonationlurks]

Holy crap he looks so young in this video.

[@tehryanx]

Dude. This is killing me. What was the last thing he wanted to show?

[@robiri1]

I just got cancer from that resolution... Thanks TED...

[@DYLZAL]

In 2007 most KZbin videos looked like this.

[@KateCarew]

DYLZAL actually filmed in 2004...

[@ankitbann]

Oh YEAH! Thank you so much, Cheers to you! :)

[@angelaxu110]

Is he’s voice behind the Geography documentaries / ‘Dear Kitten’ series? Why is so much different? 🤔

[@Romanlieutenant19]

He's so much younger here and his voice sounds so different. It's almost difficult to tell that it's him

[@samanthahouston5995]

I never realized how much ZeFrank looks like Ryan Reynolds. Deeeeyamn.

[@axelandersson6314]

11:54 ignore this I just really like it

[@daniellasullivan6398]

"Agch I'm using my sarcastic voice."

[@VOIPWoot]

You must have missed where its show FEB2004 at 0:36

[@steamknife1]

@1:29 probably inspired Psy's Gangnam Style.

[@kristenjustkristen9462]

He looks like Paul Bettany. Alarmingly so. I wanted him to do the "True Facts" voice so bad tho.

[@a4yster]

he is sooo right!

[@shootBeforeIdo]

i wouldn't say "copied", but yeah I know that ze's one of the vlogbrother's inspirations.

[@lidette711]

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

[@davidec.4021]

And i’m not complaining

[@mftcuaresma]

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

[@Qudiir]

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

[@Answerisequal42]

@@davidec.4021 Me neither

[@realgoongolfwang]

Your not lieing

[@jasoneyre9740]

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

[@ZNIR777]

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

[@wildflo267]

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?

[@aaroneger5444]

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

[@sammamishq7688]

scary hey

[@MadMontyMN]

Never thought Netscape would make me nostalgic :P

[@linhle8294]

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

[@pkendlers]

And zefrank

[@twincherries6698]

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

[@sophiac6466]

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

[@lajoyous1568]

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

[@lahart2003]

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

[@David_Fellner]

Sometimes it's actually good for something.

[@withlessAsbestos]

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

[@sophierobinson2738]

@@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.

[@zzz181085]

Ze man, ze legend, Ze Frank

[@PhillipAmthor]

Hanz get ze Flammenwerfer

[@treering8228]

Ichbims Derepep WTF does THAT mean? 🤣

[@PhillipAmthor]

@@treering8228 its a german meme. It means: Hans get the Flamethrower

[@sandrastreifel6452]

Now I know how to pronounce his name!

[@eyasoussi1290]

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

[@TheJestermint]

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

[@jetkwan6707]

2020 for me.

[@alexandrikson]

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

[@Ariqginjall93]

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]

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 KZbin, as well as some warnings about what could go wrong.

[@iluvsns]

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

[@Stellar-Cowboy]

What is it now

[@asyoucansee1185]

@@Stellar-Cowboy still internet I guess

[@Stellar-Cowboy]

@As you can see you dont say

[@shuleshersh13]

You should see it in three years from back now.

[@崔莱]

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

[@sleeper564]

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

[@imangiomo]

Ha! Word, me too..

[@AFishBicycle]

Legend

[@sarahbeee3]

And the most important.

[@mftcuaresma]

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

[@allooutrick8266]

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.

[@Strix182]

THIS is the guy who makes True Facts?!?

[@jen2053]

Strix182 Yes

[@odettegordonyo]

Ya,Behbeh!

[@gloriamontgomery6900]

Yes!

[@KIWIchix0r]

And pet diaries.

[@samichgrrl]

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

[@Abc-to6im]

samichgrrl no, you're not the only one.

[@unsinkablemedusa9914]

Nope.

[@KateCarew]

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]

samichgrrl No.

[@2degucitas]

Move over. I saw him first.

[@sadboi3423]

It is great and odd to see him in fleshy fleshy than voicy voicy

[@keithwinget526]

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

[@sdushdiu]

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.... ;-)

[@orpheus9098]

This, is how sdushdiu do

[@PetitPinec]

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.

[@GippyHappy]

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

[@echognomecal6742]

I LOVE those keys. howdareyou.

[@b1_ferg]

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.

[@willowwish64]

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

[@ginrincreates]

That explains a lot, actually.

[@lisaleone2296]

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

[@mattw7949]

Back when Ze was just a beh-beh.

[@simtan2418]

Young Ze reminds me of Jim Carrey

[@ainymunnee7780]

Sim Tan totally

[@willemroux321]

Fuckin A dude he does

[@lincthomas7178]

NOTHING like jim

[@TheColemancreek]

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]

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

[@Cygnus0lor]

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

[@TheBigIdeawithMacFrazier]

Mahir and Cats would like a word.

[@DarthGibberish]

There was no internet before memes.

[@linoduma8908]

@@DarthGibberish You're just too young.

[@DarthGibberish]

@@linoduma8908 read it again

[@linoduma8908]

@@DarthGibberish My point stands.

[@catloveR2121]

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

[@StopWhining491]

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.

[@kharris3352]

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

[@AllisonDole]

Ze looks young? GOOGLE looks young!

[@littlespinycactus]

Brilliant. Even without Jerry.