Here’s a new episode — #McG-001, “Stirling Castle” with Terry Jones — of the Improbable Research TV series. It’s the first of many episodes featuring the bad poetry of William Topaz McGonagall. William Topaz McGonagall, who died in 1902, is widely regarded as the worst poet ever to write in the English language. On March […]
Category: Improbable TV
Documentaries and other videos that make people LAUGH, then THINK.
Improbable TV: The Coffee Diet
Here’s a new episode — #131, “The Coffee Diet” — of the Improbable Research TV series. “The Coffee Diet” is the concluding song from the mini-opera “The Atkins Diet Opera“. This video shows the debut performance, which was part of the 2004 Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony held in Sanders Theatre, Harvard University. The opera starred […]
Video: Dynamics of Hula Hooping
Ariel Kraakman demonstrates the dynamics of hula-hooping, on the day after she first took up the practice. In so doing, she unknowingly honors the research of scientists Ramesh Balasubramaniam and Michael Turvey, who were awarded the Ig Nobel Prize in physics in 2004 for their study “Coordination Modes in the Multisegmental Dynamics of Hula Hooping” […]
Ig Nobel webcast will be live on YouTube
Good news! The Ig Nobel Prize ceremony will be streamed live on YouTube. Details are on the ceremony web page. This should make it simple and easy for almost everyone to watch.