A TED speaker's worst nightmare

http://www.ted.com Colin Robertson had 3 minutes on the TED stage to tell the world about his solar-powered crowdsourced health care solution. And then... the whole talk turned out to be a wonderful and hilarious prank by ImprovEverywhere.

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[mmr11027]

That kinda pissed me off, thinking they interrupted some guy's only chance to present; then I found this on the improveverywhere site:

Eugene Cordero played the fake speaker, “Colin Robertson.” You might remember Agent Cordero as the wrestler who crashed my wedding. He was introduced like a normal TED speaker, and took the stage in front of 1500 people at the Long Beach Performing Arts Center.

[Lyndall Sargent]

I beg to differ. I have a "fudd" (which is code for PHD--acquired from the University Of Hard Rocks) in zener diodes made from dehydrated potato skins. The molecular structure of a yam will not coagulate with a Zenker diverticulum diode.It produces methane which is too volatile and has an explosive effect.I watch TED vids to increase my knowledge but found this event to be contradictive to my FUDD.My professors agree.....

[Esmeralda Loredo]

either way this was a useless presentation.

[Malreyus]

I feel bad for the guy, why did they do that.

I just hope he got another chance to present

[john dillinger]

I wish that would happen when I'm waiting for a loading screen.

[Obbliteration]

Some people dont take their time before they speak. It took me 5 seconds to read that is was all fake

[MrGuitarphenomenon]

2:07, "Fml"..

[Kel10ization]

He was a fake speaker.

[ritsfata]

Not trying to be. 

[rachel hunter]

.....dont have to be mean about it