Such a wonderful dry humor. He is one of my all time favorites. "Goddamnit!"
@Goozeeeee
6 жыл бұрын
"B" stands for beginning. "E" stands for... electricity.
@shaunavincent8211
6 жыл бұрын
Shockeye00 ya
@susandaniels
5 жыл бұрын
Mine too.
@ChrisSchepman
2 жыл бұрын
incredible.
@melchiorvulpius8170
8 жыл бұрын
This is really cool. It's like a cross between a college lecture and a stand-up comedy routine!
@garfocusalternate
8 жыл бұрын
+Jeff Weskamp What every college lecture ought to be, really.
@pravinda333
7 жыл бұрын
Well, sometimes the roles are reversed.
@AAmoroso
2 жыл бұрын
look up the video where he's older and it has spanish ("castellano") subtitles. he includes a shakespearean story "arch".
@-RandomBiz-
2 жыл бұрын
This story and the story of Hamlet can be found in his book a man without a country.
@jacobkennedy1009
Жыл бұрын
Fun is our brains favourite way to learn 😁👍
@Tujdosen
13 жыл бұрын
"Off-scale happiness" sounds a lot better than "lives happily ever after"
@thatoneguy8525
7 жыл бұрын
"Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt"
@ghwalsh90
11 жыл бұрын
Kurt Vonnegut was a true artist with an unrivaled literary voice. This man lived an incredible life, one that will forever be immortalized in his many short stories, novels, and essays. The day after Kurt Vonnegut passed in 2007, I was set to give a presentation on Vonnegut's life and works in my high school english class. It crushed me to have to add "and so it goes" to the end of the presentation. This is one of my favorite of Vonnegut's speeches, wish I could have seen him speak in person!
@drelouch544
Жыл бұрын
Reading "and so it goes" just sent a shiver down my body 🥲
@st.charlesstreet9876
9 ай бұрын
Totally Agree! One of the Best literary voices around. Thank You Kurt Vonnegut ❤
@Bobbieliz
8 ай бұрын
I did in circa 1980 at the U of Iowa. It was forever memorable.
@ANDROLOMA
4 ай бұрын
And so it went.
@esceotiti
2 жыл бұрын
I was fortunate enough to attend one of his speaking engagements. I can’t imagine his take on these dark times… he is sorely missed.
@gospelofrye6881
Жыл бұрын
Whatever his take would have been, it would have ended with: "And so it goes..."
@ChicoChavez
3 жыл бұрын
Can you imagine the horrible state your life must be in when you thumbs-down a 4 minute video of Kurt Vonnegut explaining fiction?
@eriontufa
3 жыл бұрын
Personally, that is inconceivable.
@carriebecker5531
3 жыл бұрын
Don't worry, that person is just the main character in that third storyline.
@tothelighthouse9843
2 жыл бұрын
Way way wayyyyyyyyy down on the G/I axis!!! So low that not even Kurt Vonnegut can offer his stairs up.
@jamesmcinnis208
2 жыл бұрын
What I can't imagine is caring if or how many people choose "thumbs-down."
@-RandomBiz-
2 жыл бұрын
@@jamesmcinnis208 you'll get over it. And if you don't it's no one's problem but yours.
@3D6Space
9 жыл бұрын
I love "off scale happiness"!!!!
@jdweekley
9 жыл бұрын
One of the great humorists in American history... "What, incidentally, was a pregnant mother of two doing, operating a vacuum cleaner on Mother's Day? She was practically asking for a bullet between the eyes!"
@sublimafreud698
5 жыл бұрын
Deadeye Dick? Also, now that I'm seeing that quote again, if it's actually the one I think it is, I'm realizing it might be a reference to the way people talk about rape.
@grannydems5044
3 жыл бұрын
Which narrative was this?!
@jamesmcinnis208
2 жыл бұрын
@@sublimafreud698 "actually"
@jdweekley
Жыл бұрын
@skyhouse Well, he was pointing out how that women, even on the day they're supposed to be celebrated, still feel compelled to do housework, and for that, they deserve to be punished. It's a commentary on the unfairness of these kinds of gender roles and the place of women in society. It's classic Vonnegut.
@danielledean8013
11 жыл бұрын
I started reading Vonnegut when I was 15 and I have to say it introduced me to a huge amount of knowledge. There will never be another like him.
@conorwellman8592
Жыл бұрын
I wonder how he would map out the curve for slaughter house 5
@user-xq6uz6sq3f
8 ай бұрын
@conorwellman8592 I pretty well know how he'd map a curve for one of today's slaughterhouses.
@litheq
3 жыл бұрын
01:25 "Somebody gets into trouble - gets out of it again." He just described 'life'.
@jamesmcinnis208
2 жыл бұрын
Not mine. I'm stuck in trouble.
@20000dino
Жыл бұрын
@@jamesmcinnis208 I think that's how it actually goes for most of us.
@jamesmcinnis208
Жыл бұрын
@@20000dino That's how it goes.
@misterhorse8327
8 жыл бұрын
The same man who wrote the short story called "The Big Space Fuck."
@andrewm3210
3 жыл бұрын
If things had not worked out for Kurt Vonnegut as an author he likely would have had a brilliant career as a standup comedian. His jokes and timing are spot-on. I can imagine growing up watching a cutting-edge but very insightful sitcom called Vonnegut.
@scriptr1tr
5 жыл бұрын
I saw this lecture at the University of Kansas in the late 80's.
@judymurray6312
Жыл бұрын
Wow! What treasure to have this lecture preserved. I didn't realize he had such a sense of humor.
@jasminekeller1904
7 ай бұрын
His humor is a big part of him! His sense of irony and humor often appear in many of his literature pieces I highly recommend them.
@kstrehlo
13 жыл бұрын
Elsewhere Vonnegut wrote 8 rules for the short story and ended it by saying that Flannery O'Connor broke all these rules except the first, and that great writers tend to do that. The first rule was "Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted." Vonnegut's stories always did that, although the dark irony of his stories often had characters near the bottom of the chart from B to E. So it goes.
@kaykap7
9 жыл бұрын
I just love Kurt Vonnegut,
@gsco82
11 жыл бұрын
Kurt Vonnegut is my favorite author. I'd recommend any of his novels, but Player Piano, and The Sirens of Titan are particularily excellent.
@Uilenstede48
4 жыл бұрын
almost word to word similar to his lecture at the Case Western Univ when he's older. But damn … what do I care … if it isn't nice, I don't know what is! Thank you Mr. Vonnegut. You make my day, Sir!
@ANDROLOMA
4 ай бұрын
Some of his works were brilliant. Short story recommendation is Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow. Some hard-core prophecy. And so it goes.
@doriswhite1348
9 жыл бұрын
He is just so incredible. Thanks for posting.
@davereynard
Жыл бұрын
I absolutely love this clip - I must have watched it 20 times and it still never fails to make me grin!
@belleyboy
7 ай бұрын
The "Oh God Damn It!!" @ 1:59 gets me everytime!
@violaweekend442
5 жыл бұрын
what a truly remarkable man
@mountainashfarmhospitality5156
7 жыл бұрын
Great writer and humorist. You Tube - our favorite people back in the moment to revisit for eternity. Thank-you computer.
@rushabhparikh4797
2 жыл бұрын
The best kind of presentation lecture I've ever seen
@MattWaltherNaught
10 жыл бұрын
"...Oh God dammit."
@amirdeen355
2 жыл бұрын
He literally has better comedic timing than a lot of comedians!
@Bridg2Peace
11 жыл бұрын
I LOVE this man. This was fun and brilliant.... Awesome.
@dsneddon9
12 жыл бұрын
great visualization - I love it!
@evilartstudio
12 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting this - he is rad.
@thomcomcastrmt173
8 жыл бұрын
OH, HE WAS SAYING "BOING BOING" NOT BORING!!
@Vitrous
4 жыл бұрын
you have achieved off scale awareness
@jaxentheidiot
3 жыл бұрын
yo man them subtitles say he sayin boring, not boring. just saying my guy.
@62flamenco
Жыл бұрын
What a genius he was! Brilliant!
@RBBardy
11 жыл бұрын
this is one of my favorite videos
@Captain_Mckeggor
7 жыл бұрын
With new data mining techniques years later he was absolutely right we can now see the shapes of stories. :)
@melodramacaminante
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for uploading it.
@CHUCK1213
11 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for putting this up ! I have read and reread Vonnegut's novels for many many years and have practically memorized his earlier works verbatim. He taught at the Famous Writer's Workshop at the University of Iowa in the same building where I took some writing courses when I was a chemistry student there and when I found that out, I was ecstatic !!! What a brilliant, funny, compassionate man !
@jamesburgess6326
2 жыл бұрын
Want some cool trivia? He worked at GE and knew Langmuir. His brother was a scientist there.
@Bobbieliz
8 ай бұрын
During years I lived in IC 2 times in late 1970’s I found myself across the remainders table in the Book Store in the student Union from a fellow in an old crumpled raincoat and I thought that he looked a lot like Kurt Vonnegut ( my fave author). Then I went to a visiting lecture by him. There he was ! The fellow from the remainder table! He did photograph a bit different from in person. It was a great lecture! I think he must have visited friends from time to time.
@jj27vv
9 жыл бұрын
Love it. Have to keep coming back to it. My problem is trying to have all these plots running together - men in a mess.
@wentale
9 жыл бұрын
I wonder if that also fits the "series", pick the critical points to cut off the story so people keep coming back for more and inevitably end up at the happiness bar!
@jj27vv
9 жыл бұрын
I wonder if the series is as he has drawn ... all the patterns together as you follow different characters?
@WillPierce1
5 жыл бұрын
Brilliant decomposition.
@bertaga41
8 жыл бұрын
What a guy. So funny and so clever.
@markloveless1001
2 жыл бұрын
I listened to this for a voice sample, trying to figure out his parts in Ken Burns' The Civil War. I was surprised - I didn't realize he was a Hoosier, and it answered my question. I stayed for the essay, and I'm glad I did.
@MisterF_1984
7 жыл бұрын
this is absolutely fantastic!
@gusty7153
8 ай бұрын
my god. the very fundamental structure of narrative is a trope in itself.
@Kitsua
11 жыл бұрын
Love the Bach at the end too.
@scoldexperiment1554
2 жыл бұрын
Man's explaining stuff I wouldn't have understood in the most humorous way possible
@SigmaChi04
3 жыл бұрын
Great Scott! This is heavy.
@Alkis05
3 ай бұрын
What a genius lecturer.
@hansombrother1
2 ай бұрын
My favorite author ❤❤❤
@RobertoSabasArtist
11 жыл бұрын
A humorous but effective (and useful) illustration and analysis of narrative structure.
@aerojockey
3 ай бұрын
Soon as he said, "we're gonna start way down here", I knew what story it was.
@JessicaJBrodie
6 жыл бұрын
Love this!
@shaolinpunkFTW
4 ай бұрын
Learned recently he was in the same POW camp as my grandfather... his book Slaughterhouse Five was inspired by that time.
@mikethompson7321
8 жыл бұрын
Fabulous...
@user-im9ht4ym3z
7 ай бұрын
He is at the tope of my favorite authors
@prans28
3 жыл бұрын
I could't stop laughing after a really long time. So wonderful!
@ThatsJustMyBabyDaddy
3 жыл бұрын
Still epic in 2021 ♥️
@k-popprincess416
3 ай бұрын
The way he described the story of Cinderella made me smile!!
@singmysong4444
6 жыл бұрын
Brilliant..... yet so simple. Love it!
@chrisphan4566
7 жыл бұрын
He's an icon, an inspiration, a teacher of life not only to artists and writers but to everyone, not only Americans but the world.
@JesseSargentSoG
7 жыл бұрын
Thankfully he was an American. *The majority of the rest of the world would have forced him to do something other than what he loved and likely killed him...* _Lovely socialism._ Most of his life's work was also here so most of his teaching was actually American only.
@deadstraight3944
7 жыл бұрын
funny how he was a socialist and even funnier was how you missed and contorted the original post into your own propaganda
@theawesometiger9385
7 жыл бұрын
...is that racist? Wow
@JesseSargentSoG
7 жыл бұрын
Deadstraight crazy... are you suggesting that his line of work was for socialism? Maybe you don't realize that what you're saying is that this lecture is a direct result of his wo4k for socialist propaganda then; which makes my comment all the more poignant, and you have justified my words despite your laughter. Problem is, the tools of propaganda have another, more well-known description with which you may be familiar, and I challenge you to show that I have used any of them; they are afterall more commonly known as *Logical fallacies.*
@418Abdul
7 жыл бұрын
And an astoundingly poignant comment it undoubtedly was.
@RoryBramwell
5 жыл бұрын
Brilliant!
@narrativepodcasts
Жыл бұрын
We call it "person in hole" these days for our course, but it's still such a useful way of giving a visual to something abstract.
@BlueGuise9
11 жыл бұрын
Wow! What a legend!
@juliagoga-cooke6168
10 жыл бұрын
I love Kurt
@seanworle
9 жыл бұрын
Does anybody have more of this lecture, where he goes on to discuss the story curves of Kafka stories, aboriginal legends, and Hamlet? I've read about it, but I'd like to see him giving it, if I could find it.
@JordanFrgsn
5 жыл бұрын
If anyone is still looking, a longer version has been uploaded here: kzitem.info/news/bejne/qIV92KmVbaxiiZg
@thc_goon
5 жыл бұрын
Jordan Ferguson gracias !!
@JordanFrgsn
5 жыл бұрын
de nada!
@-RandomBiz-
2 жыл бұрын
This entire lecture is in his book a man without a country
@trojanhorse62
11 жыл бұрын
This guy is a boss. Nothing more can be said.
@alexcheng0808
3 жыл бұрын
The piece that plays at the end is Variation 1 from Goldberg Variations by Bach.
@sergeantmaymay4833
9 жыл бұрын
This is a fantastic clip. It gives me some new ideas for my subreddit post, and for some new dank may mays. (tips hat in appreciation).
@adharshvanchi
9 жыл бұрын
***** such prejudice, much meanness
@chemicalimbalance7030
9 жыл бұрын
I, too, am above average intelligence.
@CharlotteIssyvoo
13 жыл бұрын
Excellent. Perfect for a first year course on the short story. You know, the unit in which you explain how artificial the traditional Western story structure is.
@Saxonation
13 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@shockinghorrors
7 жыл бұрын
"Born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana, Vonnegut attended Cornell University, but dropped out in January 1943 and enlisted in the United States Army. He was deployed to Europe to fight in World War II, and was captured by the Germans during the Battle of the Bulge. He was interned in Dresden and survived the Allied bombing of the city by taking refuge in a meat locker of the slaughterhouse where he was imprisoned."
@fanboydee
11 жыл бұрын
Brilliant.
@The_Hofol
7 жыл бұрын
1:43 onwards. THE BEST REPRESENTATION EVAR.
@BrassBoyz1
8 жыл бұрын
slaughter house 5 is one of his best works in my opinion.
@fayettevillainJD
8 жыл бұрын
+Hunter Brass literally everyone agrees slaughter house 5 is 'one of his best works.'
@ritapacheco8059
8 жыл бұрын
+Alan Herrera Mother Night is amazing too! :)
@sav1050
6 жыл бұрын
Cat's Cradle, Bluebeard, & God Bless You Mr.Rosewater are excellent reads too!
@alexmathewmendoza
11 жыл бұрын
an absolute genius. His stories make me laugh, cringe, and more importantly, think.
@Nw7usUs
12 жыл бұрын
Great FUN! And, so very true...
@neilbarembaum1094
5 жыл бұрын
So. Most stories can be described by trigonometry. Fascinating.
@steventurnblade9168
6 жыл бұрын
Interesting illustration.
@formusicplaylist1
11 жыл бұрын
i've read cats cradle and slaughterhouse 5. i absolutely loved everything about them both. what vonnegut should i read next?
@bootblacking
9 жыл бұрын
1:58 gets me every time.
@djordjeblaga7815
8 жыл бұрын
+meadslosh me too! I think he's ironicly referring to his rule 6. "Be a sadist." :D
@CaptCozy
8 жыл бұрын
+meadslosh Me too. I just saw this in my writing class, laughing in the middle of class, and laughed even louder just now.
@BillyxRansom
6 жыл бұрын
"Oh, god dammit" Tears every time
@therespectedlex9794
5 жыл бұрын
Should we take him literally? I know we don't have to but...
@TheNorthernMist
Жыл бұрын
Pure genius
@davidjaslow6458
3 жыл бұрын
I always loved Kurt's Stories, He was the Best.
@nextit91
10 жыл бұрын
Genius!
@vincentpendergast2417
6 жыл бұрын
He would have slayed at a TED Talk
@DreamseedVR
7 ай бұрын
Wow, this video has been wondering what the shape of the story of my life is
@paradoxinmotion
3 жыл бұрын
perfection
@sudhindrak
7 жыл бұрын
I think it is the reputation of the brilliant man that is driving the thunderous applause for what was otherwise a funny take on story arcs. Any takers for that appraisal?
@Lazyguy22
7 жыл бұрын
The one Vonnegut book I've read is Cat's Cradle, which I can't stand. I think this is hilarious.
@hobbedgoblin10
5 жыл бұрын
My mom’s weird friend introduced me to his books and they’re really good
@marceloaraujo8331
7 жыл бұрын
And so it goes!
@k1awdttt
13 жыл бұрын
Cerealy, we need moar of dis!
@hugotsunami3850
10 жыл бұрын
Can we get the whole lecture? That would be fantastic
@mervertmoon
11 жыл бұрын
My personal hero
@TheRapidRadish
5 жыл бұрын
This man can draw straight lines
@leo333333able
7 жыл бұрын
fantastic
@1jckinnick
10 жыл бұрын
I like how the first two scales look like AC wave forms too.
@Pahlko
5 жыл бұрын
Shows how AI will never be a total curve. This man is ahead of his time. Always uplifting to watch this.
@unclepatrick2
11 жыл бұрын
Agree, The Hamlet bit is the best part of skit.
@plexitox
12 жыл бұрын
I agree. "The Road" had some curve to it. Including several shocking spikes downward. Now "Lost in Translation" was an absolute flatliner.
@ArmenianBlueberry
12 жыл бұрын
oh goddammit. My favorite part.
@scottdintelman7359
4 жыл бұрын
We call this the Story EKG and use it to analyze stories at work.
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