The anatomy of a great YouTube video | Alan Melikdjanian | TEDxRiga

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  • @cody7888
    @cody7888 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2268

    Most of his jokes really seemed to be missed by the audience. Great visuals, great humor, great speech.

    • @superwild1
      @superwild1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +270

      It's the way the talks are recorded, not the audience. They don't have a mic pointed at the audience so it sounds like they're not making any noise.

    • @KbanjoK
      @KbanjoK 4 ปีที่แล้ว +172

      SuperWild1 I mean you can clearly hear them laugh at some points in the video so I think it was just a tough crowd

    • @ethanlamar9018
      @ethanlamar9018 4 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      Yeah it hurts to see his jokes just get a small laugh idk.

    • @Sp3cialXotic
      @Sp3cialXotic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Angry Ancestor [KbanjoK] I have a feeling the audience is a recording that was added in because I dont think they would gather hundreds of people together during these times

    • @iifatdoge
      @iifatdoge 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@Sp3cialXotic You can literally see the crowd. In fact they point the camera at the crowd

  • @williamb5725
    @williamb5725 3 ปีที่แล้ว +433

    Very brave of Alan to go onstage and talk about his boss for 20 minutes

  • @notreallyasloth
    @notreallyasloth 4 ปีที่แล้ว +553

    Honestly - I hate this audience. Thank you intern Alan. That was extremely amazing.

    • @Woynich
      @Woynich ปีที่แล้ว +41

      From what I understand, the audience's reactions arent recorded for tedx talks, so they are reacting and laughing at his jokes, hence why he's pausing for them, but we're only hearing what his mic picks up.

    • @antnoknee
      @antnoknee 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Woynich 11:34

  • @thomasalias8492
    @thomasalias8492 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1663

    He put beige body paint all over himself to look presentable for TEDx. That's dedicated.

    • @Booksds
      @Booksds 4 ปีที่แล้ว +102

      I’m pretty sure that’s his intern, Alan

    • @maddog564
      @maddog564 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      @@kempt_ congratulations you missed the joke entirely

    • @Red-jr2lk
      @Red-jr2lk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      In the “Lore” of his video universe, it sometimes is beige paint, and is sometimes a mask.

    • @cguyn
      @cguyn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@kempt_ r/woosh

    • @asbuilt0017
      @asbuilt0017 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Booksds wow really they sound almost exactly the same

  • @ryko9975
    @ryko9975 4 ปีที่แล้ว +314

    His Intern seemed really prepared & confident for this one!

  • @ScreaminMadMurphy
    @ScreaminMadMurphy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +136

    "You can trick them into watching an hours long video"
    >me on a cd binge
    "Hmmm, yes."

    • @psycorunners
      @psycorunners 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hmmmm, yes, yes, the floor here is made out of floor.
      Sorry, couldn't resist.

  • @cowslaw
    @cowslaw 4 ปีที่แล้ว +562

    Captain Disillusion/Alan Melikdjanian, no matter how many subscribers he has, will always be underrated. We don't deserve him!

    • @kuldimanas
      @kuldimanas 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Is he Armenian?

    • @cowslaw
      @cowslaw 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@kuldimanas Latvian, actually!

    • @Andvare
      @Andvare 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Alan is of partially Armenian descent IIRC, though he was born in Riga.
      Captain Disillusion is an alien android obviously. Dunno how you can confuse the two.

    • @Daye04
      @Daye04 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Andvare partially?

    • @Andvare
      @Andvare 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Daye04 I'm not sure both his parents were Armenian

  • @TheUselessInfoSquad
    @TheUselessInfoSquad 4 ปีที่แล้ว +201

    “The lense flairs are... anamorphic” Never change, Captain D

  • @SirSethery
    @SirSethery 4 ปีที่แล้ว +430

    “They’re talented. They’re better than us.”
    Audience: **claps**

    • @JohnSmith-us9fv
      @JohnSmith-us9fv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Yeah, I don't get why everyone laughed/clapped. It feels wrong 😔

    • @Benjy52
      @Benjy52 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ming Ling This is Latvia lol. They’re not exactly... into humour. Really attractive girls though.

    • @matrixphijr
      @matrixphijr 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Everyone else in the comments complaining the audience didn't react to his jokes. Here you are complaining they reacted too much to a joke.

  • @Cheshire_Cat_
    @Cheshire_Cat_ ปีที่แล้ว +34

    there are two types of people: on one end, "It was so nice of Captain D to paint his face beige as not to scare them.", on the other end "So brave of Intern Alan to go on stage and talk about his boss"

  • @RADALGANG
    @RADALGANG 4 ปีที่แล้ว +222

    what a lord

    • @Mike_Toreno
      @Mike_Toreno 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Duuude didn't expect you here.
      Hope you and your babushka are doing great 😀

    • @rayhanfikih
      @rayhanfikih 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Whoaa, sosig

    • @lobaandrade7172
      @lobaandrade7172 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      RADAL on a non-GTA or Sosig video?
      Watdefok

    • @iane7474
      @iane7474 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sosig

  • @GimmeMonie
    @GimmeMonie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +439

    I've watched several talks for CD and honestly he has some extraordinary presentation skills!

    • @mkontent
      @mkontent 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Actually, you can tell this presentation went...
      It's a really common thing for many performances of various nature and has a certain feel to it, I'll try to describe it.
      "Nothing went wrong". As in, every single aspect that depends on your effort goes as planned, but no wow-effect is achieved, the performance was solid and somewhat impressive in that regard, but fell short of what it could've been.
      I think things like these can be attributed to overscripting, when the script also doesn't target the audience too well.

    • @_ee75
      @_ee75 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@mkontent do you know his other talks he has on TH-cam? Do you feel like they are better or do you just don't like his Style?

    • @mkontent
      @mkontent 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@_ee75 Yes, I think some of them went better than this. Not like overall better, I am not trying to grade them or anything, but in regards to this specific aspect, some went better.

  • @ghifari77
    @ghifari77 4 ปีที่แล้ว +155

    Capt. D is too smart for this audience.

  • @wafflefries174
    @wafflefries174 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    I was half expecting him to say "love with your heart and use your head for everything else" at the end.

    • @mqbaka
      @mqbaka 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The audience wouldn't have got it

    • @_ee75
      @_ee75 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mqbaka it wouldn't have mattered

    • @mqbaka
      @mqbaka 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@_ee75 yep since none from the audience would have reacted to it

    • @coloredfoxx
      @coloredfoxx 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      but that's the Captains catchphrase, not his

  • @Bryzerse
    @Bryzerse 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    We finally know why CD is the most perfect youtuber.
    Also, I hate that audience.

  • @loteezah2821
    @loteezah2821 4 ปีที่แล้ว +343

    Kinda tough crowd, no one really laughed at the hugh hefner tweet :(

    • @bergermaestro
      @bergermaestro 4 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Its likely because these are recorded in a way so that there's no mics pointed at the audience so you can't hear their reactions (don't know why, but whatever)

    • @deisiilves6770
      @deisiilves6770 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Cold Baltic people. We do not have emotions.

    • @ernestsburmistris9500
      @ernestsburmistris9500 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@deisiilves6770 yup as a Latvian probably it.

    • @zyansheep
      @zyansheep 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      There might be less people due to the pandemic too

    • @scaper8
      @scaper8 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@zyansheep It was filmed in November. So, not that.

  • @fLUXX_77
    @fLUXX_77 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    The audience at these TEDx talks sometimes is horrible. Great talk - really like it and great advice.

  • @demonking86420
    @demonking86420 4 ปีที่แล้ว +163

    Who is this guy and why does he look like Captain D wearing a CGI flesh thing
    Edit: oh it's Alan the assistant

  • @beforethebigbang892
    @beforethebigbang892 4 ปีที่แล้ว +884

    Cleary this whole video is a CGI. Captain disillusion is pretending to be a human in this one.

    • @delgalessio
      @delgalessio 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      that's his assistant

    • @justarandomweeb3220
      @justarandomweeb3220 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      No thats him. He just put too much effort to make his skin looks normal.

    • @רפאל-ב
      @רפאל-ב 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Are you serious? This is not CGI!
      It's a full body mask in human colors (If that's how you call it)
      But don't tell anyone

    • @PebsBeans
      @PebsBeans 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      It's his intern Alan

    • @DjMinusMusic
      @DjMinusMusic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Nah mate, that's Alan

  • @cosmeticstew244
    @cosmeticstew244 4 ปีที่แล้ว +205

    This guy is smart, he should start a youtube channel

    • @PyPylia
      @PyPylia 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      *BuT he dOeS hAvE ONe!*

    • @pareshkumar9094
      @pareshkumar9094 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Man stop this lame old joke.

    • @elephant3109
      @elephant3109 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      i think he'll be famous at debunking videos too, ya know?

    • @SUBSCRIBERSWITHOUTVIDEOS-dj7vo
      @SUBSCRIBERSWITHOUTVIDEOS-dj7vo 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Bill Blass OH NO

    • @oceanix91
      @oceanix91 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      We saw this joke like a million times.

  • @saranshgautam6551
    @saranshgautam6551 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    I'm genuinely so happy he got a TED talk!!

    • @thecloneguyz
      @thecloneguyz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I believe this is his second or third one

    • @totalgej
      @totalgej 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      its only TEDx so we did not get the 3d version :(

    • @hambos
      @hambos 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sameeeee!

  • @JamesOKeefe-US
    @JamesOKeefe-US 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    Alan is truly brilliant and his presentation skills are spectacular. Even the audience underrated him. True genius is seldom realized in its time... Love you Captain!

  • @tornadoaltar1488
    @tornadoaltar1488 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Bro his disguise is flawless! Can hardly see the chrome underneath

  • @thecloneguyz
    @thecloneguyz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    CAPTAIN D FOR TH-cam REWIND 2020
    GIVE HIM 100% CREATIVE CONTROL!!!!!!!

    • @katz86
      @katz86 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      + if this ever worked, he'd kill us

    • @thecloneguyz
      @thecloneguyz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@katz86
      I don't know how to start a movement for this but someone needs to because after last year's rewind!!!!????

    • @katz86
      @katz86 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@thecloneguyz make one of those online petitions i keep seeing everywhere? Make a Facebook page dedicated to the cause? Spam youtube with snail mail proposing the idea? Create your own youtube rewind featuring CD by painstakingly editing together bits from existing CD videos?

    • @thecloneguyz
      @thecloneguyz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@katz86
      Im cpu ILLITERATE
      I just learned how to copy and paste recently!!!!

    • @katz86
      @katz86 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@thecloneguyz i know the feeling! I suppose we could just ask CD if he would make one? And who cares what "TH-cam" does officially.

  • @Awakenbeing
    @Awakenbeing 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    He is an innovative filmmaker, he writes, acts and directs so well. Humor and visual trickery is his ground.

  • @JoeBoney
    @JoeBoney 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Captain Disillusion has inspired me to even make videos myself. I'm very thankful for this guy.

  • @electriceel3489
    @electriceel3489 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Oh, Alan, i wish i would have known about this event as i would have been there in a heartbeat. I have been a fan of yours for some time now and i am glad you visited us here in Latvia. That "Paldies" at the end was great, thank you for the talk!

    • @godfreyozzy7128
      @godfreyozzy7128 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I felt the same when I found out he'd been in Australia after the fact.

    • @mikakettunen7939
      @mikakettunen7939 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I also wish i would have known about this - am Finnish living in Rīga and hardcore CD admirer for life 💛

  • @LowBudgetJustinY
    @LowBudgetJustinY 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    That crowd doesn't deserve Captain Disillusion smh

    • @nobody-tj1mv
      @nobody-tj1mv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The audience doesn't have a microphone. You can see they're laughing, because the presenter doesn't get more nervous, and that he pauses to the laugh, and how he speaks louder. You're not watching a comedy show. If you're here to listen to laugh, you're missing the point.

  • @rakha8198
    @rakha8198 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    This is such a great presentation by Captain D!! How can all of those brilliant jokes went over the audience's heads?!

  • @vierikristianto1334
    @vierikristianto1334 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Alan Melikdjanian always put his best in animating his presentation.
    Greatest appreciation for your great job and dedication Alan!

  • @iiStxrii
    @iiStxrii 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Finally this guy is getting some recognition!

  • @manboymanchild2521
    @manboymanchild2521 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Why is this only in my recommended now. This is absolute gold.

  • @JeghedderThomas
    @JeghedderThomas 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Melikdjanian is top notch. Always enlightening to see his stuff.

  • @ahsnsb
    @ahsnsb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    love with your heart and use your brain for everything else

  • @oderalon
    @oderalon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Paldies!

  • @mk_rexx
    @mk_rexx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +130

    Wow, he actually painted his whole face with skintone on this one

    • @WeirdSmellyMan
      @WeirdSmellyMan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Actually his face is normally skin color, he puts silver paint on his face. For some reason people don't know that.

    • @mk_rexx
      @mk_rexx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Jeremy Staples You don't say

    • @WeirdSmellyMan
      @WeirdSmellyMan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mk_rexx yeah it's pretty obvious when you think about it, I mean how many people have silver skin?

    • @Foocho
      @Foocho 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Jeremy Staples Dang I guess you make a pretty convincing point. 🤔 never thought of it that way!

    • @Arthur_C22
      @Arthur_C22 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@WeirdSmellyMan You might be on to something here.

  • @antwn2610
    @antwn2610 4 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    All the jokes were missed by the audience omg ya all dont deserve him

  • @BradSeiler
    @BradSeiler 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Capt D: I love the choreography in your live talks. I imagine it requires a lot of planning and practice to get your live movements so in sync with a pre-recorded video. Just a hint of that in this talk but I enjoyed it. Thanks!

  • @crittle4246
    @crittle4246 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I have become obsessed with his channel. He's amazing.

  • @mopolo
    @mopolo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I think this is your best presentation, Captain!.
    Ps. Rip ears with the intro and outro

  • @lapischicken
    @lapischicken 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    Must've taken forever to edit this.. so realistic

  • @theperson123able
    @theperson123able 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is probably the most qualified person on YT do such a TedTalk.

  • @coryman125
    @coryman125 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I dunno who this guy is, but he sure loves talking about Captain Disillusion. Must be a really big fan or something

  • @SkandiaAUS
    @SkandiaAUS 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Captain is so based. The most consistent content creator on TH-cam.

  • @motolus1677
    @motolus1677 4 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    the crowds probably old business people that don’t understand his humor or speech

    • @nobody-tj1mv
      @nobody-tj1mv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The audience doesn't have a microphone. You can see they're laughing, because the presenter doesn't get more nervous, and that he pauses to the laugh, and how he speaks louder. You're not watching a comedy show. If you're here to listen to laugh, you're missing the point.

    • @motolus1677
      @motolus1677 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      matt it’s captain disillusion homie, I was definitely here to laugh

    • @ericlee2433
      @ericlee2433 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@motolus1677 "If you're here to *listen* to laugh."
      I'm not gonna watch a video of people laughing.

    • @Defiring
      @Defiring 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Bill Blass When the guys at the front laugh loud enough you do hear them. Anyway, this is a common complaint on 'funny' TEDx talks.

    • @motolus1677
      @motolus1677 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Regardless, you hear the audience laugh a few times, he obviously didn’t want to have a boring speech so he had to throw in some humor and it does seem missed by the audience who are most likely old successful business people. Also I’d like to point out I enjoyed captain d’s speech and didn’t only focus on the audience

  • @gozirraizroose
    @gozirraizroose 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks Captain D! Some of us got it.

  • @JordanBeagle
    @JordanBeagle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Wow, this was actually in his home country of Latvia, cool.

    • @dissonantdreams
      @dissonantdreams 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I thought he was Armenian??

    • @theajayyy
      @theajayyy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He is from Latvia. See the h3h3 podcast

  • @Adhithya2003
    @Adhithya2003 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    That crowd doesn't deserve Captain Disillusion period.

  • @BSKX17
    @BSKX17 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    i really like his presentations. i'd watch even if they are too long by normal standards.

  • @ajuicejemas
    @ajuicejemas 4 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    how on earth does this only have 700 views????

    • @kevinchen976
      @kevinchen976 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree

    • @luieli9765
      @luieli9765 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah it baffles me

    • @aliasd5423
      @aliasd5423 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ikr

    • @Moire9
      @Moire9 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Because it's new? Most TED(x) videos only have millions of views because of the algorithm. It takes a bit for it to gain views, it's gained some because he mentioned it on his channel.

    • @hew0014
      @hew0014 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Moire9 it usually doesn't take 5 days

  • @nickvlahos7072
    @nickvlahos7072 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Everything Alan does is exceptional

  • @enderhugo
    @enderhugo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    HOW DID I MISS THIS!?

  • @Toksiku
    @Toksiku 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    CD is the best content creator. The quality of the videos he is producing is just so good.

  • @MicahFleischman
    @MicahFleischman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    His epic humor minus them laughing made it more funny for me 😂

  • @TailcoatGames
    @TailcoatGames 4 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    Captain disillusion needs to debunk this this fake human model of captain disillusion

  • @hambos
    @hambos 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    we just witnessed a magnificent celebration of teamwork, that was good! Thank ya Captain D!

  • @SpamCobb
    @SpamCobb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I can barely remember a time when I was so young. But I do remember the beginning of TH-cam when there was nothing on it but CD.

  • @callumgfroerer2396
    @callumgfroerer2396 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I would love for him to make a feature film

  • @lizzie-4011
    @lizzie-4011 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    the admiration i have for this man only grows with each piece of media he makes that i watch

  • @alexanderkulakov1345
    @alexanderkulakov1345 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    It is now 2021 and I can say that this guy is still extremely underrated. Just keep going, bro! 🤘👍

  • @thecloneguyz
    @thecloneguyz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You can watch ANY of his videos and notice NEW THINGS EVERY TIME

  • @owlleep6047
    @owlleep6047 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I wonder how it must’ve been for Alan to go back to Riga (knowing he grew up there for a portion of his childhood). I’m not super surprised that it was a ‘tough crowd’ (which i felt like wasn’t as bad as people made it out to be), and simply is a cultural difference, i think places where people may have expected to be laughter, but werent, isnt because they dont get it or dont find it funny, but are genuenly just trying to listen. I think it went well!

  • @paulbradley2364
    @paulbradley2364 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Watches him say "look to see if someone already said it"
    Reads a hundred comments that all make the same joke.

  • @navedhasan4632
    @navedhasan4632 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This needs more views!!!!!!!

  • @Pit.Gutzmann
    @Pit.Gutzmann 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lately I see a lot of videos on Facebook where they put up a situation/trap/a cool recipe but take ten minutes to show every detail and delay the conclusion as long as possible which I find very annoying. Usually one person says what he/she is doing next and the camera person asks ten times back if that REALLY is what the first person is going to do. And at some point they start to tell each other how "awesome" this will be...
    I also don't like unscripted videos where the maker thinks he will explain things right out of his head but gets into "uhms" all the time because he lost the thread.
    Timing and quality are just as important as the content, otherwise you will get a boring "lesson" of otherwise interesting stuff.
    I really like how Captain Disillusion makes his videos and I do think he is the right person for this talk.

  • @janeric8721
    @janeric8721 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is the way! CD you rock! (as always)

  • @eiramu
    @eiramu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks Captain!

  • @banban8481
    @banban8481 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think this one of the best Public talk that Captain D everdone

  • @DavidAtwell
    @DavidAtwell 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Tough crowd. Good talk.

    • @pozhiloy_d-class5192
      @pozhiloy_d-class5192 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's shot in Rīga. Baltic people are extremely emotionless.

  • @RxRTamago
    @RxRTamago 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    This CGI actually looks real.

  • @yaswanthyalamuri1727
    @yaswanthyalamuri1727 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This guy can take over his creative editing and comedy skills and defeat professional ted team in their own video.

  • @uelssom
    @uelssom 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    How cool that Alan, just an intern is getting his own talks

  • @jaromtoy7128
    @jaromtoy7128 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Two words: Thank you.

  • @morningdivabeam
    @morningdivabeam 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Won't say the obvious witty jokes repeatedly here at the comments so let me say some very specific things:
    First of all, great talk. I love a creator who knows so much but at the same can convey those thoughts with people in layman's terms without being preachy or spoonfeeding information. Just learned about CD from Mark Rober (another great youtuber btw) and thought none of him since I like Mark's voice more. (With these informative educational youtubers I really like people with great voice intonation, weird trait but if you're talking about physics and audio visual terms it's nice that you have a good engaging voice to listen too right?) Anyway finishing binge watching MR, I went to CD's channel and went on a rabbit hole (again) and I'm just AMAZED by the quality of the production, the way he explain very technical terms that even I can understand (take note I don't even know how to photoshop 😬). His demographic is not just focused on kids but to people who have the same industry as his as well. That balance that he's talking about, he got it so good. You can tell he knows he's good but he won't be too cocky about it. Just a great educator here on youtube. Sorry for rambling, I 'm glad I saw that squirrel course from MR that lead me to you CD. Keep up the good work and maybe in the near future you won't be underrated anymore. :)

  • @KuruGDI
    @KuruGDI 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I admire the way how this man makes presentations. I hope that one day I'll be as good as him!

  • @car9411
    @car9411 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nice to see Alen outside his isolation chamber.

  • @Creee
    @Creee 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Talk about a dead crowd.

    • @emperorleachicus2199
      @emperorleachicus2199 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s not a dead crowd, it’s a crowd with no microphone to record their laughter. Even in the shots where it shows lots of people are laughing you can barely hear anything

    • @pozhiloy_d-class5192
      @pozhiloy_d-class5192 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's shot in Rīga. Baltic people could be described as severely emotionless.

  • @fisterB
    @fisterB 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    His videos are epic. Alan Melikdjanian.....it never even occurred to me before, that I didin't know his name. He will always be Captain D in my mind.

  • @gngrphyr
    @gngrphyr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Perfect presentation! Captain is always S tier

  • @PerSixPlus
    @PerSixPlus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    as a latvian i can admit that it's quite a shame that it is this way, but a large part of latvians don't have a good understanding of English, most aged 30+ don't, and the overwhelming majority aged 50+ don't. that's because only a few years after the 80s began, latvia became once again fully independent for the first time in over 40 years and, being under the USSR prior, English was nowhere near a well known/spoken/used language. only in the past 10 to 15 years, with the boom of the internet, has English become something that's focused more on, and so, only the newer generations understand it to the degree of being able to properly communicate through English like they would in Latvian.
    what i'm trying to say is, most people in the audience probably couldn't quite understand English that well and therefore missed a lot of the jokes/the punchline wasn't as effective on them. CD, i know this is an old video and therefore this comment is more than just likely not going to be seen by you, but i hope you know that the latvians, that know of you and your nationality, think you're an icon and are very proud of what you've achieved. you've truly done a lot and have even more goals to achieve.
    this was a great presentation and i wish the best for your future work, i have been watching for 3+ years now and you've taught me a lot, even about the things that i thought i already knew. you're amazing. best of luck to all.

    • @relwalretep
      @relwalretep 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I am not from Latvia, but reading through the comments on this video what you say did occur to me as a possibility. I'm glad a local made the point that not everyone on the planet is a fluent English speaker who screams and claps at the end of every sentence of the language.

    • @PerSixPlus
      @PerSixPlus 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@relwalretep yeah, the newest generations are definitely far better at English than the older population. furthermore, the newer generations need to learn 3 languages to become a fully functional member of society in Latvia, since the Russian language is still very prevalent in this country. a lot of people who speak mostly Russian and barely any Latvian have been living here for decades, but just never got to learn it and have gotten too old to learn it now. it is what it is, really. we tryna make it by somehow.

  • @matthewkile3493
    @matthewkile3493 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Lmao I love how Alan managed to bring it all back around to the Captain being the best 🤣

  • @darkrogue9158
    @darkrogue9158 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    with his final point that works as long as you're able to have a team that will stay together like a brick house instead of a house of cards
    there are examples of TH-cam channels that built themselves on the fact that each person worked on it together or each person attracted certain fans who favored one of the entertainers over the others and kept coming back for them so if one member leaves there's now several (imma mention two) paths the rest of the group can take
    say its been a good run and announce the channels end or find a replacement
    the latter brings the problem of if they were one of the entertainers than those who enjoyed the one who left will either leave or hate on the replacement or depending on the situation surrounding the members departure it'll cause back lash at the rest of the group causing it to be nearly impossible to continue the channels videos

  • @lewismassie
    @lewismassie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That idea of hiding your superpowers to mask your other inabilities is downright genius. I think I'mma have to put that one into practice asap

  • @mitchy545
    @mitchy545 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great work Capt!

  • @bradleysampson8230
    @bradleysampson8230 ปีที่แล้ว

    I miss Hello Internet. Best podcast ever.

  • @gianluca.g
    @gianluca.g 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like how Captain Disillution painted half his face skin pink just for the talk

  • @AbhineetKelley
    @AbhineetKelley 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    He is so amazing at speaking!

  • @DeFlanko
    @DeFlanko 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Alan the assistant putting in work.

  • @JordanBeagle
    @JordanBeagle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Glad he got some laughs, although I think he should've got more

  • @jakob8876
    @jakob8876 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This speech is really underrated!

  • @3ctjhseolere
    @3ctjhseolere 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Well, that was a nice talk. It's somewhat informative too, in my case.

  • @bs_coolgames6888
    @bs_coolgames6888 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Always love a hello internet shoutout

  • @Justakidthatrantsisapimp
    @Justakidthatrantsisapimp 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    What a terrible crowd.

    • @wowt
      @wowt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yup. They laughed when they were being told they had no talent. :)

    • @pozhiloy_d-class5192
      @pozhiloy_d-class5192 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Baltic people are usually very reserved and don't laugh out loud at humour.

  • @sellainaz3686
    @sellainaz3686 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    He is the most talented guy on TH-cam

  • @MishaG4mer
    @MishaG4mer 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    why is it after watching one tedx video, all the recommendations below are nothing BUT tedx videos? whats up, youtube algorithm?

  • @jonathanwamble9340
    @jonathanwamble9340 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    the most underrated ted ex'er!

  • @Number1Bassman
    @Number1Bassman 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant!!!

  • @o0o-jd-o0o95
    @o0o-jd-o0o95 ปีที่แล้ว

    The only social media I have is TH-cam and the only reason I sit down to watch TH-cam is to learn things and I cannot learn anything in 60 seconds

  • @Stewiegriffin73
    @Stewiegriffin73 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Captain disillusion🤗❤️

  • @hahahalala-i1x
    @hahahalala-i1x 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i love this guy