I never dove too deep but always liked him a lot, and I have to agree his delivery was exceptional. I knew about 10% of the way in this was a shaggy dog joke, but he kept me second guessing that the whole time. And he had such a dopey style of speaking, like he was just as surprised and amused by what he was saying as if he was out of body listening to himself. Which is totally disarming when done well.
If this is the case, it makes a lot of sense. He was dressed like the lead singer of a band, cussed a lot and was very candid. None of those are a knock on him, he's awesome and it was definitely one of the best talks.
It's most interesting to hear what he's talking about and how he can just keep talking and talking and talking.
He'll repeat himself and then say it again in a third way, it's great.
For those who haven't watched the video, his whole talk is tongue-in-cheek. The flavor of the talk is the same as the flavor of his writing; both worthwhile.
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