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We love xkcd
- michael_dorfman 17y agoThat was a thing of beauty. Impressive cast, too.
- jimmyjim 17y agoI don't think the cast willingly participated. I think they're just clips taken from interviews and so on that just happen to fit.
- electromagnetic 17y agoI'm hoping this is a joke that I overlooked, because I think it's rather unlikely that you're going to get an interview with Neil Gaiman jumping up and down on a trampoline and incidentally says 'I love her sister' to one of this twin daughters. Also, I'd hope Cory Doctorow doesn't wear that cape in every interview.
- jimmyjim 17y agoFair enough (and I had to google Cory Doctorow). I think it's possible then that some clips were specifically recorded for this, and others just caught from other videos.
- electromagnetic 17y agoI know of many people on the list, and to me all the videos appear purposely made for the creation.
- jorgeortiz85 17y agoThe clip of Lessig is actually from his appearance on the Colbert Report, where Lessig gives viewers explicit permission to remix, despite Colbert threatening to get "very angry and possibly litigious". The voice might actually be Lessig purposely recording for this creation.
- aresant 17y agoJust in case you didn't see the link - this is a vid tracking the comic: http://xkcd.com/442/ http://xkcd.com/442/ which tracks the original discovery channel ad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at_f98qOGY0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at_f98qOGY0
- jimmyjim 17y agoIs the original Discovery channel ad based on something of its own altogether? Either way, the 'boom de ya da' is very catchy and nice.
- twinwing 17y agoIt's originally a camping song called "I love the mountains" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ExQGwF0Z3g http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ExQGwF0Z3g *edit: fixed link
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- jimmyjim 17y agoHmm. Wiki says this: «I Love the World, also known as I Love the Whole World, is an advertising campaign launched by Discovery Channel in 2008 in promotion of their new tagline: "The World is Just... Awesome".[1] The song used in the ad is a re-writing of a traditional camping song known as I Love the Mountains or I Love the Flowers, sung to the tune of Hoagy Carmichael's 1938 "Heart & Soul", featuring a chorus of "boom-de-yadda, boom-de-yadda".[2]» But the tune of 'Heart & Soul' ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8CSjDC18b0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8CSjDC18b0 ) isn't very similar to the one in 'I Love the Word'. Confusing. Here's Hugh Laurie with his take of it, by the by!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHJRSKvbiXA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHJRSKvbiXA
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- moonpolysoft 17y agoI love xkcdexplained.
- tptacek 17y agoWe all do.
- hugothefrog 17y agoI'd not seen this - thanks for the pointer.
- dagobart 17y agoI often experienced the issue that friends I pointed to xkcd either didn't get it because of poor English skills or lack of geek background. Maybe I should try to point them to xkcdexplained.com instead -- thanks for the hint!
- gkoberger 17y agoThere's also an animated version, which uses music from the same person: http://www.vimeo.com/7151435 http://www.vimeo.com/7151435
- deconigo 17y agoNo tedtalk gave me such cool positive feeling as this animation & music :) And of course, XKCD rox.
- dlsspy 17y agoIt's inspiring to imagine making something so great as to have even a fraction of this sort of response.
- seldo 17y agoThere are actually lots and lots of video tributes to this strip, although this new one does feature a bunch of celebrities. Here's one of the best older ones: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvGhEJyfC7U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvGhEJyfC7U
- jimmyjim 17y agoThe only pity is the downfall of Discovery. It makes me so sad to see it airing bullshit shows like 'Ghost Hunters'. That is not science.
- jff 17y agoI love xkcdsucks: http://xkcdsucks.blogspot.com/ http://xkcdsucks.blogspot.com/