Hey, Jon’s on Ze Frank’s “The Show” today!

Now, if you don’t know who Ze Frank is, he’s a multi-talented multimedia guy who’s doing a video blog every weekday for a year. Each one is original and produced on the day. Which means not every one of them is a gem. And not every one will be to your tastes. Some days he’s incredibly silly, some days his commentary is so incredibly insightful that you want to shake the world and make it listen. Sometimes he composes a song (or two). He can insert relevancy into a bit of revenge on a corporation*, or media panic* or just compare holiday dinner to a current military situation.

One day when he was sick, he came up with the stunningly memorable “10 stages of ICEC“, which is worth the price of admission right there.

Sometimes he has an idea that has never been done before: for example, Ze’s the brains behind the Earth Sandwich (a piece of bread on one side of the Earth, the Earth, and a piece of bread on the other side). He introduced the topic on the video blog, and the tools (using Google Earth) to make it happen, if you could get two pieces of bread in the right spot. And a month or so later, it was done.

It’s the interplay with the audience that really gets things going. At one point, he played chess against the audience (termed The Fabulosos), a move a day, and got crushed. And Jon’s there because the audience has been invited to introduce the show (not that Jon is a regular viewer. But he loves the songs he’s allowed to hear 🙂 )

Ze shows how important it is to keep the ideas flowing, not let them fester, something he calls “brain crack*”.

He’s a creative spark, and he keeps life interesting. Thank you, Ze.

*Just a note: not all of Ze’s pieces are family/work-friendly, so viewer beware!

N.B. Translating Jon, who’s using the cool lingo in the clip: “Sports Racers” are fans of the show; during the early show, Ze started introductions with “Knowledge” doing activities, like a living being.