Name: A comic sendup of TED2006
Uploaded: 2007-04-16T03:54:00Z
Duration: 19 min 41 s
Description: Satirist Tom Rielly delivers a wicked parody of the 2006 TED conference, taking down the $100 laptop, the plight of the polar bear, and people who mention, one too many times, that they work at Harvard. Watch for a special moment between Tom and Al Gore.

Satirist Tom Rielly delivers a wicked parody of the 2006 TED conference, taking down the $100 laptop, the plight of the polar bear, and people who mention, one too many times, that they work at Harvard. Watch for a special moment between Tom and Al Gore.

A comic sendup of TED2006

A whirlwind parody skewers the self-importance and doomsday obsessions of a tech conference, mixing biting wit with sharp cultural critique. From polar bears drowning to the $100 laptop and Harvard name-drops, nothing escapes the roast. Fake inventions like cradle-to-cradle scream bags and granola houses lampoon earnest solutions with surreal humor. Even the threat of global warming gets lost in a Babel Fish translation, landing on a punchline that highlights both panic and powerlessness.