First thing you notice is that this guy is good. Then, you realize how tiny his apartment his. Then, you see his mother, who's probably seen this a thousand times just goes on knitting.
Trust me, unless you've ever heard of Bill Bailey (and I haven't), you haven't seen anything like this. Bill Bailey re-invents the British national anthem (he's British) as one of those moody, angst-ridden, pop-indie pieces. Humor's always been about putting disparate ideas in a mix, and realizing the humor in it. In the process, Bailey pokes fun at anthems, and the kind of self-important, "woe is me" artists that produce not only this kind of music, the the video backdrop that you see (I recall watching "Doves" from Britain do something like this).
The funny part, beyond the uncanny imitation of a voice via a theramin (this is an instrument used in the old Frankenstein movies, that creates other-worldly sounds, and had a few top practitioners) is the Google search at the end. Instead of simply typing "theramin", they type it in the Jeopardy-like "What is a theramin?".
Three opinions on theorems
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1. Think of theorem statements like an API. Some people feel intimidated by
the prospect of putting a “theorem” into their papers. They feel that their
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