March 22, 2009 24 Comments

Watching Clarence Own It

Being a fan of Clarence is tricky. He’s brilliant, passionate, and way too human to be hanging out with all the riff raff. He’s serious and genuine and very driven about what he’s doing. He wants everything to be just so. Clarence does not put out inferior product.

Thus, one has to wait until Clarence is ready. And luckily, he has something for us. Here’s a bit from Fray from SXSW, where Clarence delivers a story about heaven, high fructose corn syrup, and Halo, nothing but net.


DYKCTV: “Fray Cafe 9″ from Do You KNOW Clarence? on Vimeo.

Check out more of Clarence at Do You Know Clarence.

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  • http://www.jewishangle.com David H.

    Awesome. And how do we free ourselves from high-fructose corn syrup?

  • http://www.jewishangle.com David H.

    Awesome. And how do we free ourselves from high-fructose corn syrup?

  • http://www.jewishangle.com David H.

    Awesome. And how do we free ourselves from high-fructose corn syrup?

  • http://www.DrinksAreOnMe.net Dale Cruse

    For me, the video cuts off as Clarence is describing the severed artery. I’d love to hear the end of the story – don’t leave me hanging!

  • http://www.DrinksAreOnMe.net Dale Cruse

    For me, the video cuts off as Clarence is describing the severed artery. I’d love to hear the end of the story – don’t leave me hanging!

  • http://bloggerillustrated.net Allyn

    sweet Clarence, oh sweet clarence!

  • http://bloggerillustrated.net Allyn

    sweet Clarence, oh sweet clarence!

  • http://bloggerillustrated.net Allyn

    sweet Clarence, oh sweet clarence!

  • http://nirajkhanna.com niraj

    Hi Chris,

    I’ve been reading you for a few months now. I can’t say that Clarence’s material was all that good (although I stopped watching after about 4 minutes). Interestingly, I found your endorsement of him to be disingenuous. My spidey-sense tells me that he’s a client of yours OR a very close friend that has pictures of you in a compromised position. Anyways, love the blog and really appreciate all the useful information for budding social marketers.

  • http://nirajkhanna.com niraj

    Hi Chris,

    I’ve been reading you for a few months now. I can’t say that Clarence’s material was all that good (although I stopped watching after about 4 minutes). Interestingly, I found your endorsement of him to be disingenuous. My spidey-sense tells me that he’s a client of yours OR a very close friend that has pictures of you in a compromised position. Anyways, love the blog and really appreciate all the useful information for budding social marketers.

  • http://chrisbrogan.com chrisbrogan

    @niraj – wow, you caught me. Clarence pays me $25000 a week to promote him (or not).

    Maybe you and I have a different taste in entertainment. I really like his storytelling. It feels real and comes from a really interesting voice. But then, I hang out with him from time to time, so maybe it’s just the novelty of seeing his stories told on stage instead of in person.

    If he has pictures of me in weird positions, I expect we’ll all see them shortly.

  • http://chrisbrogan.com chrisbrogan

    @niraj – wow, you caught me. Clarence pays me $25000 a week to promote him (or not).

    Maybe you and I have a different taste in entertainment. I really like his storytelling. It feels real and comes from a really interesting voice. But then, I hang out with him from time to time, so maybe it’s just the novelty of seeing his stories told on stage instead of in person.

    If he has pictures of me in weird positions, I expect we’ll all see them shortly.

  • http://chrisbrogan.com chrisbrogan

    @niraj – wow, you caught me. Clarence pays me $25000 a week to promote him (or not).

    Maybe you and I have a different taste in entertainment. I really like his storytelling. It feels real and comes from a really interesting voice. But then, I hang out with him from time to time, so maybe it’s just the novelty of seeing his stories told on stage instead of in person.

    If he has pictures of me in weird positions, I expect we’ll all see them shortly.

  • http://ericrice.com Eric Rice

    /me chuckles, just chuckles @ comment # 4

  • http://ericrice.com Eric Rice

    /me chuckles, just chuckles @ comment # 4

  • http://ericrice.com Eric Rice

    /me chuckles, just chuckles @ comment # 4

  • http://nirajkhanna.com niraj

    Personally, I found the story telling not worth the payoff. You could see a lot of the jokes coming a mile away. Because you described him as brilliant and passionate I was expecting to see that in the video but was disappointed. Had you not described him this way, I would have checked out the video, come to the same conclusion, but wouldn’t have left a comment. But I’ve seen a lot worse. There’s no doubt if he sticks with it, he’ll improve. Check out Louis CK in 2007 and now in 2009. The stories are similar, but the delivery, timing and the selling of his “why” shtick is so much better now than it was just 2 years ago. Hopefully Clarence can pull it off. I wish him luck.

  • http://nirajkhanna.com niraj

    Personally, I found the story telling not worth the payoff. You could see a lot of the jokes coming a mile away. Because you described him as brilliant and passionate I was expecting to see that in the video but was disappointed. Had you not described him this way, I would have checked out the video, come to the same conclusion, but wouldn’t have left a comment. But I’ve seen a lot worse. There’s no doubt if he sticks with it, he’ll improve. Check out Louis CK in 2007 and now in 2009. The stories are similar, but the delivery, timing and the selling of his “why” shtick is so much better now than it was just 2 years ago. Hopefully Clarence can pull it off. I wish him luck.

  • http://nirajkhanna.com niraj

    Personally, I found the story telling not worth the payoff. You could see a lot of the jokes coming a mile away. Because you described him as brilliant and passionate I was expecting to see that in the video but was disappointed. Had you not described him this way, I would have checked out the video, come to the same conclusion, but wouldn’t have left a comment. But I’ve seen a lot worse. There’s no doubt if he sticks with it, he’ll improve. Check out Louis CK in 2007 and now in 2009. The stories are similar, but the delivery, timing and the selling of his “why” shtick is so much better now than it was just 2 years ago. Hopefully Clarence can pull it off. I wish him luck.

  • http://www.fastcompany.com Lynne d Johnson

    @Eric Rice /marinate

  • http://www.fastcompany.com Lynne d Johnson

    @Eric Rice /marinate

  • http://www.fastcompany.com Lynne d Johnson

    @Eric Rice /marinate

  • http://www.zoombits.fr/accessoire-jeux/ joystick

    Dude, you gotta rock one of my tees on stage! Let me know if you would be down for that.

  • http://www.zoombits.fr/accessoire-jeux/ joystick

    Dude, you gotta rock one of my tees on stage! Let me know if you would be down for that.