"If you don't want to run out of ideas, the best thing to do is not to execute."

Re:"If you don't want to run out of ideas, the best thing to... by noonespecial on Sunday November 22, 2009 @07:02PM (#956448)

Its a strange observation that really has nothing to do with the topic but it disturbs me in a weird way that he's edited his videos so that you never see him blink.

Is it just me or is this disturbing to others as well? Its a good gimmick if it does. It sure got my attention.

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Re:"If you don't want to run out of ideas, the best thing to... by zck on Sunday November 22, 2009 @08:57PM (#956588)

When he blinks, his left nostril dilates, and that bothers him, so he cuts the videos so it doesn't happen. He describes it in this video: http://www.zefrank.com/theshow/archives/2006/05/051006.html

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Re:"If you don't want to run out of ideas, the best thing to... by jmagar on Sunday November 22, 2009 @07:39PM (#956497)

Michael Caine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddUbsWnEVXM

Powerful stuff.

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Re:"If you don't want to run out of ideas, the best thing to... by thinksketch on Sunday November 22, 2009 @07:46PM (#956504)

Yeah for sure. I've noticed this technique before in some great comedians - for example Andy Kaufman and Will Ferrell. In fact - that was what really got me about Kaufman's bits - the utter lack of blinking. I love how it makes the character seem possessed by some personality outside their own self.

I also think that when we are in conversation with other people, we innately calculate when to blink based on when they blink. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/5925932/Huma...

So of course when that character doesn't blink it genuinely f*cks with out sense of balance in our communication - In the case of comedy, it's hilarious. Maybe in the case of a physical confrontation, it would be threatening instead..

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