I only get those kinds of jokes cos I used to date a graphic designer for a long time. They all seem to take this Comic Sans thing very personally. That is for dang for
@@christophermccutcheon2143 I used to be a graphic designer in my younger days.. and yes indeed, we do took comic sans personal.. not because it's ugly, mind you, most of us actually liked comic sans.. but we learn to deeply hate it because it was so very overused by everyone in the 90s and early 2000s.. and I do mean EVERYONE, especially people who don't know how to layout, who took such beautiful font and unknowingly made a load of ugly designs with it.
This isn’t even his best one. I have watched a couple others and I actually think this one was the least funny (it was still funny, the other ones were just better).
This is not only highly informational, but also extremely funny! When I came to highschool my English teacher (I live in Austria) showed us this clip. The learning effect for me was so good! Since then I rocked every presentation. Still, I will come here once a year and just watch this for entertainment. The man is a legend!
A true comedy genius can have the audience get breathless by laughter, just stating mere facts. It's all about acute observation, right presentation, perfect timing.
While this being extremely funny, this needs to be shown to everybody in school work etc. This is a great way to show how to present info without losing an audience
I started a new job as a RN for a dialysis company and our educator showed this video to us. The entire class loved it! Don McMillan is so talented and I appreciate how he brings humor to a normally dreary topic. :-)
I don't know how I just came across this. The humor is outstanding and the fact that I have had to deal with this very subject makes it even better. I was working a DOD contract for an Army "course". Occasionally the students were required to receive some classes that were presented with the Death by PowerPoint method of instruction. The cadre that prepared the instruction were thorough in their research, planning and presentation of the subject matter at hand. However, even after being told there was a quiz/test at the completion, as soon as the lights lowered and the screens came to life, the heads started to tilt and they became lifeless.
This guy was on America's Got Talent this year. It seems enough people found this video by searching for his routines, but for you and I, it just found its way on our home page.
I just want to thank my teacher for showing this in class. I almost died laughing just watching a quarter of it, I regret nothing about that. And now that I watched it completely, it's even better!
This is great, this guy hit on every power point pet peeve currently known. I really enjoyed how he did it in a comedic way that made it fun to watch for students. Its too bad this wasnt around when I was in high school and had to sit through all the lack luster presentations by class mates.
My professor in computing showed us this video in lecture:) We were also told that if we can get a discussion going between us and the audience at the end, or a debate, even better.
THIS right here is hilarious. I'm not a PowerPoint content creator but I've sat through TONS of meetings where the presenters did some or all of those things that Don said not to do. Great stuff, Don. You nailed it, man!
I also had to watch this video for a class assignment. I used to think that power points were boring because I didn't know the specifics of power point presentation. This video was actually funny and I was able to learn some interesting facts on preparing a power point presentation.
I saw this video years ago. I referenced it a lot for friends. When I tried to excitedly pull it up, I did not know what search terms to use and I could never find this. Then, the glorious API finally began to work...
I watched this for my class, and I agree with it. All of the topics he talks about are nice to have in your power point but there is definitely a point when it becomes to much.
This is funny but effective. Keeps me learning and entertained at the same time. You don't see alot of powerpoint presentations like this. Thanks for the tips Don!
Whatever happened to that paperclip that popped up to help you in Word... He should be in Power Point nowadays.... "Hi, It looks like you are putting every word you are going to say on this slide, can I help you?"
I found this very entertaining. I love the fact that he added in those of us with ADD! ;) I work for a major airline and we are constantly using Powerpoint in our training workshops. Some of the training materials that is sent to us from corporate include the most boring presentations that you can imagine. This is a must share with my training friends.
Just saw you tonight in sunnyvale. Didn’t get enough so I came a lookin for more! Thanks for being wonderful you and representing the Silicon Valley!!! 🥰
I really enjoyed watching this video. You make very good points about what should be in powerpoints, and it was very entertaining and very clear to understand. I definitely agree that making your powerpoint with to many bullets could be a bad thing.
Melissa Kelly What makes it funny is everyone who has watched it or that will watch it will find humor in it because what he displays is so true for anyone who has sat through a powerpoint presentation.
I have never used Powerpoint but Times New Roman is what I always use on MS WordPad and it is not the default, I have to change it every time I want to make a new file...
Awesome, original content which is hard to do these days. And I didn't here the efwerd once. You get 10 out of 10. Thank you Don. BTW, I can relate to all of this.
I had to watch this video for an assignment and it was great. This guy is funny and he definitely gets his point across on what to do and NOT to do! Enjoyed this video.
I was watching this for a school assignment and very much agree with everything he said! Most people get carried away with power points and he gives some great tips in some funny ways!!
1:22 When it went to 2nd slide, I lost it! In my previous life, I worked with many an administrative & executive asst who'd claw your eyes out rather than make minor adjustment to get everything on 1 slide.
Great sketch! I can relate to it all, especially since my former boss was the H.S.H.I.C. of where I was employed. He was truly the Head Shit Head In Charge, though it was ' all in his head'. Keep up the great stand up work that you do, and thanks for making us all smile. PJM
One of my instructors recommended viewing this--it's been a long time since I laughed that much at something (partly because I've been in business, and seen most of those things at least once). Luckily, the only one of those rules I break with any sort of regularity is moving text, but only then as a way to bring text onto the screen.
I had a teacher that (un ironically) one-upped all those teachers who have their entire lectures in PowerPoint and read from them in class. She WROTE everything she said on the black board. She talked at the speed at which she could write on the black board. I called her classes "vorschpiel" and I usually left schlosched.
4:00 We are now in 2023... and still there is NO WAY to select an entire line and (like you do for "Copy", "Cut", "Change Color/Font/size") chose "Capital" to change and/or switch capitals with small letters and vice versa. I don't think it would be that complicated to add that option.
One place I worked the boss insisted on giving our clients documentation via powerpoint. I cringed and tried to persuade him to change his mind to us using documents rather than presentations for 'documentation'. Needless to say that we lost the contract a year later.
I have never seen this video. I found it to be very funny and informative. I learned a lot of tips for keeping a power point presentation clean and professional. It was very accurate.
man pulled up a powerpoint presentation in a comedy club.
what a legend.
He does a full special (25 min.) too! Search Drybar Comedy nerd vs. dork. It’s fantastic.
He used a powerpoint to slam powerpoints.
That one guy who laughed histerically when he just said "comic sans" and "helvetica" is clearly a graphic designer of some sort
I'm not a graphic designer but I somehow do have nice visual capabilities. I do like to use helvetica and the fun part is I do like mayonnaise🤣
I only get those kinds of jokes cos I used to date a graphic designer for a long time. They all seem to take this Comic Sans thing very personally. That is for dang for
@@christophermccutcheon2143 I used to be a graphic designer in my younger days.. and yes indeed, we do took comic sans personal.. not because it's ugly, mind you, most of us actually liked comic sans.. but we learn to deeply hate it because it was so very overused by everyone in the 90s and early 2000s.. and I do mean EVERYONE, especially people who don't know how to layout, who took such beautiful font and unknowingly made a load of ugly designs with it.
Comic Sans and Helvetica would have never had the balls to walk into that bar if they knew what they did there the previous week to Papyrus...
Typography humor. Love it!😂😂😂💀
"I'd like to buy a vowel, I can't solve your conversation", OMG LOL!!!!
I love how your words are purely acronyms
"This is a bar chart of my favourite pies. And this is a pie chart of my favourite bars"
- Marshall Eriksson
I'd never thought i'd watch a powerpoint comedy show. Didnt even know such a thing existed. Life is good
Matt Parker from Stand up maths did one on spreadsheets
Comedian David Gorman used PowerPoint too
@@lilyfelicity5358 *Dave
Jimmy Dore does it tbf
This isn’t even his best one. I have watched a couple others and I actually think this one was the least funny (it was still funny, the other ones were just better).
This is not only highly informational, but also extremely funny! When I came to highschool my English teacher (I live in Austria) showed us this clip. The learning effect for me was so good! Since then I rocked every presentation. Still, I will come here once a year and just watch this for entertainment. The man is a legend!
Once a year
It has been at least a year now, we need an update in case you need rescue from death by PowerPoint, please comment so we know you are still alive.
Ol' McMillan had a job... EIEIO.
And in that job, he had DM's... E-I-E-I-O...
With a DM here and a DM there...
At least u wont have to buy a vowel!😂
I'm actually the Chief Engagement in Innovational Efficiency and Integrity Officer in my company.
You NAILED IT!!!
@@Thrilla4romManila And I am the Assistant Regional Secretary of Holistic Operational Liability Executions. (I'm South American).
Microsoft needs to make this mandatory watching before anyone is allowed to buy PowerPoint!
He was the Apple Quicktime guy, so its plausible.
And pay him a few million for it.
I was actually shown this in one of my college classes that focused on professional writing
Amen! Every possible Powerpoint mistake in less than 10 minutes.
Power corrupts. PowerPoint corrupts absolutely.
😂
A true comedy genius can have the audience get breathless by laughter, just stating mere facts.
It's all about acute observation, right presentation, perfect timing.
And juxtaposition 😁
While this being extremely funny, this needs to be shown to everybody in school work etc. This is a great way to show how to present info without losing an audience
Wit.
No swears, no sex, no crap. Pure skill.
This is what comedy is, the pure unexpected.
"Comedy is the juxtaposition of the incongruous with the unexpected."
and that's why there are so little comedians.
you need skill to be one.
Amen to that. Very few witty funny comedians with a grasp of the language where the same curse isn’t a verb, noun, adjective etc.
He sometimes swears, but it's funny when he does it.
Absolutely brilliant. Never thought I would laugh so much just with PowerPoint.
This Sir.... is off the charts. Very funny! Loved it!
No pun intended, obviously.
BlackAdder joke was priceless and timeless.
Wonder if Rowan Atkinson ever thought of that!
@@alm2187 Depends....did he have a cunning plan??
@@samsignorelli His cunning plan is to send Baldrick to have a few words with this comic. But only a few words, because that is all Baldrick knows.
And Baldrick is still trying to carve his name on the bullet point.
I started a new job as a RN for a dialysis company and our educator showed this video to us. The entire class loved it! Don McMillan is so talented and I appreciate how he brings humor to a normally dreary topic. :-)
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I don't know how I just came across this. The humor is outstanding and the fact that I have had to deal with this very subject makes it even better. I was working a DOD contract for an Army "course". Occasionally the students were required to receive some classes that were presented with the Death by PowerPoint method of instruction. The cadre that prepared the instruction were thorough in their research, planning and presentation of the subject matter at hand. However, even after being told there was a quiz/test at the completion, as soon as the lights lowered and the screens came to life, the heads started to tilt and they became lifeless.
This guy was on America's Got Talent this year. It seems enough people found this video by searching for his routines, but for you and I, it just found its way on our home page.
This guy's timing and delivery are incredible. He is one of the funniest guys ever. Love clean comedy.
This is actually a great teaching tool! It should be required watching for anyone that has access to PowerPoint in their professional work.
I just want to thank my teacher for showing this in class.
I almost died laughing just watching a quarter of it, I regret nothing about that.
And now that I watched it completely, it's even better!
*IVE WATCHED THIS VIDEO 4 DIFFERENT TIMES IN 4 DIFFERENT CLASSES*
@@seedsoflove7684 CAPSLOCK
YOU YELL A LOT
you yell way too much
LOUD NOISES!
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This is great, this guy hit on every power point pet peeve currently known. I really enjoyed how he did it in a comedic way that made it fun to watch for students. Its too bad this wasnt around when I was in high school and had to sit through all the lack luster presentations by class mates.
I got to see this in my class and I was the only student laughing, I almost fell off my seat.
yea same for me, people in my class have no humor I swear.
It was just me and my friends dying of laughter
sAME my class don't laugh at anything xD
My friends in class are so dumb that they were asking what is weed
same. this is hilarious.
This is a classic. I watch this every now and then to avoid taking work so seriously.
My teacher sent me here.
mine too!
same here and I watched it for 6th time and I still cannot remember what I am doing wrong
IaeyanElyuex lmao me too
IaeyanElyuex me too
my english class teacher sent me here. (yes, i'm a frog eater)
2:59 If you use Arial, then it was actually Google Slides, not PowerPoint
(Explanation: Google Docs, Slides, etc. uses Arial as the default font.)
Thanks for making sense of 43 years of teaching, academia and conference going. I'm taking up comedy for the next 43 years of my career.
My Italian professor showed us this in class - guess as a hint that a lot of presentations haven't been very good. Great video! :)
My professor in computing showed us this video in lecture:) We were also told that if we can get a discussion going between us and the audience at the end, or a debate, even better.
The TH-cam Algorithm is digging deep for Video recomentions after me watching them all for like 2month straight.
I lost it at the CAKE CHART lol
THIS right here is hilarious. I'm not a PowerPoint content creator but I've sat through TONS of meetings where the presenters did some or all of those things that Don said not to do. Great stuff, Don. You nailed it, man!
I also had to watch this video for a class assignment. I used to think that power points were boring because I didn't know the specifics of power point presentation. This video was actually funny and I was able to learn some interesting facts on preparing a power point presentation.
I had watched this video for a school assignment. I love this video! I have never laughed so hard at a school video!
@Kala Turner me too
I highly agree. Keeping your Powerpoint presentation simple and to the point is the best thing to do.
I saw this video years ago. I referenced it a lot for friends. When I tried to excitedly pull it up, I did not know what search terms to use and I could never find this.
Then, the glorious API finally began to work...
I watched this for my class, and I agree with it. All of the topics he talks about are nice to have in your power point but there is definitely a point when it becomes to much.
I show this video to all my public speaking classes! Thank you for using humor to explain something so complicated.
I just realized that when the cat doesn't cover it, its telling me to change it. Makes so much sense now. I've been trained by my cat!
Thank you, brilliant 😂
This is funny but effective. Keeps me learning and entertained at the same time. You don't see alot of powerpoint presentations like this. Thanks for the tips Don!
Finest PowerPoint Tutorial on the web. I have learnt a lot. Thank you!
Super funny. You had me at the charts, it went into the stratosphere of funniness from there!
Wow, this was hilarious. I guess that shows how many ppt decks I’ve made! Well done and great comic timing to boot!
i come back to watch this every once in a while and i will always love it dearly
...i'm alone in my office right now & am tickled by Don's presentation; awesome!
Whatever happened to that paperclip that popped up to help you in Word... He should be in Power Point nowadays....
"Hi, It looks like you are putting every word you are going to say on this slide, can I help you?"
Clippy was laid off.
I agree.
He got bent out of shape
Very good. Literally just talking about PowerPoint at work. This made be laugh - brilliant.
I found this very entertaining. I love the fact that he added in those of us with ADD! ;) I work for a major airline and we are constantly using Powerpoint in our training workshops. Some of the training materials that is sent to us from corporate include the most boring presentations that you can imagine. This is a must share with my training friends.
Just saw you tonight in sunnyvale. Didn’t get enough so I came a lookin for more!
Thanks for being wonderful you and representing the Silicon Valley!!!
🥰
I really enjoyed watching this video. You make very good points about what should be in powerpoints, and it was very entertaining and very clear to understand. I definitely agree that making your powerpoint with to many bullets could be a bad thing.
I was watching this for school assignment. This is so funny, if you know about PowerPoint or Presentations, it's a must see!
I just agree with you there Melissa this is a must see powerpoint video presentation.
I just love it.
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Melissa Kelly What makes it funny is everyone who has watched it or that will watch it will find humor in it because what he displays is so true for anyone who has sat through a powerpoint presentation.
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OMG! I had a lot of fun with these office and ppt jokes! 😂
Love this!
I know he’s an engineer but, he actually seems like he’d be a good marketing/salesperson
I have never used Powerpoint but Times New Roman is what I always use on MS WordPad and it is not the default, I have to change it every time I want to make a new file...
Just discovered this guy today. . . boy have I been missing out
Thanks!
Just trying to help the world through better Powerpoints! Thank you for the kind words!!
I saw Don live once, my sides were hurting from laughing
I think you mean, your SLIDES hurt.
Huh? Huh?
Great example of what not to do when creating PowerPoint Presentations. I liked how he included comedy into his presentation.
Awesome, original content which is hard to do these days. And I didn't here the efwerd once. You get 10 out of 10. Thank you Don. BTW, I can relate to all of this.
I had to watch this video for an assignment and it was great. This guy is funny and he definitely gets his point across on what to do and NOT to do! Enjoyed this video.
Awesome video, don't think I have laughed this hard in quite a while!!!
Loved this one! Every year at our annual work conference it’s DEATH BY POWERPOINT!!! Presentation after presentation 😭
this guy is just too damn good
I was watching this for a school assignment and very much agree with everything he said! Most people get carried away with power points and he gives some great tips in some funny ways!!
1:22 When it went to 2nd slide, I lost it!
In my previous life, I worked with many an administrative & executive asst who'd claw your eyes out rather than make minor adjustment to get everything on 1 slide.
3:35
“And if you like Wingdings, it means you’re a nerd and have no life”
*W.D Gaster had never seen such bullshit before*
Man, this is awesome!!! He's totally hilarious!!
He makes so many good points in a humorous way !
he's so brilliant!
we watched this while we were practise our presentations xD
All of this, spot on (Saw you years ago at Rooster T. Feathers in Sunnyvale, and in the "Skunky Beer" commercials for Bud).
hahaha this is so hilarious! Great work Don!
Brilliant! Love this!! 🤣🤣🤣👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Was that a standup comedy act or a true "What not to do with Powerpoint" lecture to a room full of computer users. Either way, true and funny.
This should be a TED talk, and mandatory in all undergraduate engineering courses
You can tell he's not british because Black Adder doesn't mean you're Rowan Atkinson.
Great sketch! I can relate to it all, especially since my former boss was the H.S.H.I.C. of where I was employed. He was truly the Head Shit Head In Charge, though it was ' all in his head'. Keep up the great stand up work that you do, and thanks for making us all smile. PJM
One of my instructors recommended viewing this--it's been a long time since I laughed that much at something (partly because I've been in business, and seen most of those things at least once). Luckily, the only one of those rules I break with any sort of regularity is moving text, but only then as a way to bring text onto the screen.
Watched this for an assignment. Addressed common issues with humor to keep audience engaged. Enjoyed this video!
I had a teacher that (un ironically) one-upped all those teachers who have their entire lectures in PowerPoint and read from them in class.
She WROTE everything she said on the black board. She talked at the speed at which she could write on the black board.
I called her classes "vorschpiel" and I usually left schlosched.
4:00
We are now in 2023... and still there is NO WAY to select an entire line and (like you do for "Copy", "Cut", "Change Color/Font/size") chose "Capital" to change and/or switch capitals with small letters and vice versa.
I don't think it would be that complicated to add that option.
The dull triangle was the best.
The slide at 0:12 reminds me of The Artist formally known as PRINCE2.😂
I need my professor to see this, he could learn a few
He forgot the “do whole presentation in editing mode because I don’t know how to use slide show view”😂
Three cheers for Don! Everything I try to tell clients (too often to no avail). :(
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This is so underrated 😂
I learned so many things in just 9 minutes.
I enjoyed watching this video, made me laugh.
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Awesome Presentation Love The Jokes !!!!
One place I worked the boss insisted on giving our clients documentation via powerpoint.
I cringed and tried to persuade him to change his mind to us using documents rather than presentations for 'documentation'.
Needless to say that we lost the contract a year later.
Hilarious - got his points across loud and clear. Great post.
For Intro to Computers. My second time watching this video. He's fairly accurate.
I have never seen this video. I found it to be very funny and informative. I learned a lot of tips for keeping a power point presentation clean and professional. It was very accurate.
I'm having a bad day and this cheered me right up :)
What makes this an actual presentation and not a skit is him ending with "any questions?" 😂😂😂
well said about power point, very funny too! You engaged your learners pretty well. :)
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Holy fuck, I spilled my coffee at the "BlackAdder" part.
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They always said Old McDonald was outstanding in his field
10 years later and people are still watching this this is GOLD hAHAHAHA
I actually used this video to help my student on how not to give their PP presentations.....