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Talk's Today?! was invented by an improv troupe known as
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PowerPoint karaoke originated in
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In 2023, the first World
Championship of PowerPoint Karaoke took place at Boom Chicago in Amsterdam. Dutch comedian and improv artist Andries Tunru won the title. In 2024, Minna Taylor and Nathan de Groot will host Slide Slam: The World Championship of PowerPoint Karaoke in Amsterdam on April 15.
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The presentation can either be a real slideshow on an arcane topic, or a set of real slides from different presentations that are nonsensical when assembled together, or slides that are nonsensical on their own (in some cases created by randomly downloading images from the internet and adding
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is based on PowerPoint karaoke. One player presents a slideshow presentation created in real time by a second "assistant" player, using a user-generated title and provided transition phrases and pictures.
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British philanthropist and raconteur Senor
Cucumber used Power Point Karaoke as a tool to convey his economic principles during The Impossible Lecture in Skipton, England in July 2012.
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