Happy Spreadsheet Day! Yes, that’s a real thing, but when you think about spreadsheets, you probably don’t associate them with comedy. Fortunately, stand up mathematician Matt Parker is here to change your mind.
This video shows Matt’s stand-up comedy routine about Spreadsheets, from a Festival of the Spoken Nerd performance. You can learn more about Matt Parker on his StandUp Maths website.
And you can learn more about Spreadsheet Day too.
Spreadsheet Comedy Routine by Matt Parker
In this spreadsheet comedy routine, Matt announces that he will “perform for you tonight
somewhere between zero and a whole joke’. And, of course, that joke is “Excel-lent”. (You’re welcome!)
Then, Matt shows a bunch of coloured cells with numbers in them. Exciting right? As a precaution, Matt warns the crows to remain calm. “If you get too excited now, you’re not going to leave yourself the emotional room to move later on.’
But see what happens to those cells, when Matt zooms out, further and further. That’s pretty cool! Well, it’s cooler than an overhead projector.
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Spreadsheet Comedy Routine
No, I don’t have any spreadsheet jokes in my stand-up routines right now, but maybe it’s time to add some. I’m always trying to Excel!
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