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Everything Is Improvisation — Including This TED Talk | Reggie Watts | TED

In this ode to improvisation, musician and comedian Reggie Watts beatboxes, raps, loops his own rhythms and reflects upon the everyday power of turning the mundane into magic. After all, he says, we’re all just making it up as we go along. (Recorded at TED2024 on April 18, 2024) If you love watching TED Talks…

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In this ode to improvisation, musician and comedian Reggie Watts beatboxes, raps, loops his own rhythms and reflects upon the everyday power of turning the mundane into magic. After all, he says, we’re all just making it up as we go along. (Recorded at TED2024 on April 18, 2024)

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49 Comments

  1. @henricuss

    October 7, 2024 at 7:34 am

    The king is back

  2. @remedyrescue

    October 7, 2024 at 7:34 am

    A perfect start to the week, I loved it! Thank you!

  3. @asmodahlia

    October 7, 2024 at 7:44 am

    I’ve never clicked on a TED video faster

    • @delsings

      October 7, 2024 at 8:30 am

      Same here!

    • @quisqueya2564

      October 7, 2024 at 8:49 am

      Same

    • @Salubrity_hub

      October 7, 2024 at 9:19 am

      same😭

    • @TabethaAurochs

      October 7, 2024 at 9:39 am

      Yup, same 😆

  4. @HarveyJackson1967

    October 7, 2024 at 7:55 am

    Mid af.

  5. @delsings

    October 7, 2024 at 8:09 am

    Reggie is such a genius and the range of his vocal ability is off the charts. GREAT TED

  6. @ChristopherCampNYC

    October 7, 2024 at 8:17 am

    The best to ever do it

  7. @uniqdzign2

    October 7, 2024 at 8:20 am

    The world needs an entire Ted Talk by Reggie!

    • @xxIncognitoxx

      October 7, 2024 at 10:07 am

      He’s done several already.

  8. @hongthamnguyen355

    October 7, 2024 at 8:21 am

    ..

  9. @evanmcguire9043

    October 7, 2024 at 8:31 am

    A bit of the queens English innit love?

  10. @GGLun

    October 7, 2024 at 8:41 am

    Wtf did I just watch. This is genius

  11. @Christosan88

    October 7, 2024 at 8:50 am

    Hes what started Ted talks for me

  12. @MTMGAMERS1

    October 7, 2024 at 8:52 am

    I’m confused

  13. @TDBR-ms7vf

    October 7, 2024 at 8:53 am

    🎉🎉

  14. @thepragmaticfarmer6308

    October 7, 2024 at 10:01 am

    I was fortunate to see Reggie and Robert Clasper perform together over a decade ago, and I still reflect on that show quite often. Thank you for this. Great Monday morning vibes.

  15. @martinm.vienna8362

    October 7, 2024 at 10:11 am

    They look away when i come, o kaiiik

  16. @hayh7353

    October 7, 2024 at 11:09 am

    reggie + ted = immediate click

  17. @Andy_Tx

    October 7, 2024 at 11:18 am

    One of my favorites

  18. @l01230123

    October 7, 2024 at 11:30 am

    You take some Reggie take some TED
    take some Reggie take some TED

    You gotta Reggie TED stack 🎶

  19. @spookmineer

    October 7, 2024 at 12:03 pm

    Dang I didn’t even know I could do that!

  20. @talonfirst

    October 7, 2024 at 12:53 pm

    Genius-level performance skills aside (though let’s still give props), I love that he gave a simple but powerful life perspective: everybody essentially improvs all the time, and creating is what life is all about. Outside of just astounding everyone with his skills, I appreciate that he is letting us know to wield creativity and agency without fear.

  21. @staxtry

    October 7, 2024 at 1:04 pm

    Oh…

  22. @DemLottBoyz

    October 7, 2024 at 1:58 pm

    I remembered that song and sang along

  23. @easyaccessjeans

    October 7, 2024 at 2:09 pm

    They invited Reggie again!!!

  24. @3_mad_96

    October 7, 2024 at 2:26 pm

    Please make it with subtitle 🙏

  25. @jerel2119

    October 7, 2024 at 8:01 pm

    This was a great TED talk! It is talks like this that make me a part of Toastmasters and improv classes. I plan on joining my local Ted soon after. Thank you.

  26. @WilliamGallagher-g9q

    October 7, 2024 at 11:26 pm

    Adderall enhances Improvisation

  27. @sarojbhandari9291

    October 7, 2024 at 11:57 pm

    It’s helping me in listening comment down who are going to give ielts exam on 26thoctober

  28. @RidingwithStymie

    October 8, 2024 at 12:08 am

    I could swear this same guy did this same routine several years ago, but it was funnier then.

  29. @paputz72

    October 8, 2024 at 2:23 am

    Reggie gone back to his roots! I was wating for that!!

  30. @brookedodson2888

    October 8, 2024 at 2:30 am

    Allen Mary Davis Sandra Young Daniel

  31. @altmusic96

    October 8, 2024 at 3:58 am

    He improvised even the deck, didn’t notice that until he brought it to attention

  32. @Shalomferreiradrawing6322

    October 8, 2024 at 1:07 pm

    uau muito legal

  33. @MusicByDamienA

    October 8, 2024 at 2:26 pm

    I JUST SEARCHED FOR THE NEWEST REGGIE VID AND ITS A TED TALK?? 🤯

  34. @platero814

    October 8, 2024 at 4:28 pm

    long time no see, and this was very refreshin’

  35. @VoTuyetLanh

    October 8, 2024 at 9:17 pm

    good video as always, I would only add for people to read ‘Magnetic Aura’ from Borlest, it helped me a tonn

  36. @HànNăngBan

    October 8, 2024 at 9:17 pm

    this video’s take really clicks with some of the things I’ve been reading in ebook magnetic aura from Borlest

  37. @taoanhBAD

    October 8, 2024 at 9:17 pm

    this format really suits me

  38. @NghiemQuynhHanh

    October 8, 2024 at 9:17 pm

    awesome vid g

  39. @TrinhĐặngLion

    October 8, 2024 at 9:17 pm

    best!!!

  40. @kieranthomas2961

    October 9, 2024 at 7:03 am

    Brilliant

  41. @maxschaeuffele

    October 9, 2024 at 3:59 pm

    Dope 🎉 thats creativitys father

  42. @HarbingerOfSound

    October 9, 2024 at 7:57 pm

    The legend is back!

  43. @dorothylee5998

    October 10, 2024 at 2:00 am

    This is the first TED lecture I have never skipped

  44. @fcsaldanha

    October 10, 2024 at 9:33 am

    If improvisation ever needs an improvised definition, this is pretty much it!

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