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Published on Mar 9, 2012

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For our latest mission, a presenter at the TED conference has his talk interrupted by the Mac spinning wait cursor, commonly known as the "Spinning Beach Ball of Death." As he stands awkwardly and waits, things get weird. Enjoy the video first and then go behind the scenes with our report below.

Filmed at TED
http://ted.com

Created by Charlie Todd
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Starring Eugene Cordero as the fake presenter
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Animation by Bob Bonniol
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Music by Tyler Walker
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  • mitzi32996

    mitzi32996 1 month ago

    he was in on it

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    in reply to latias426 (Show the comment)
  • EatGoodAndLift

    EatGoodAndLift 3 weeks ago

    oh, that's all my time?

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  • Jennifer Leth

    Jennifer Leth 4 hours ago

    Poor Ted looks so confused

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  • blaster chief

    blaster chief 23 hours ago

    That dude looks like russel Wilson

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  • Trinity Manning

    Trinity Manning 1 day ago

    The guy had a bemused face the whole time xD

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  • Wendsters G

    Wendsters G 1 day ago

    I was on the Ellen page a second ago...how did I get here?

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  • Wiitowersheep

    Wiitowersheep 2 days ago

    I felt sorry, because he couldn't join in.He had to stay all "confused".

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    in reply to mitzi32996 (Show the comment)
  • lbuddyz9608

    lbuddyz9608 3 days ago

    Fbuxi o. .xx. xxx. Xx axxxax o. X c o

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  • SphinxJinx82

    SphinxJinx82 3 days ago

    That was epic

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  • TheClockworkgal

    TheClockworkgal 4 days ago

    I need a direct download link to the song. I love it,

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