- SO THERE'S BIG NEWS IN THE WORLD OF SELFIES,
AND FOR ONCE IT'S NOT MY FAULT.
RESEARCHERS HAVE CONFIRMED THAT THEY'VE FOUND THE FIRST SELFIE
EVER TAKEN.
THIS IS TRUE. IT'S FROM 1839.
HERE IT IS, AND...
[laughter]
IT LOOKS KINDA ROUGH, BUT HE WAS THE ZAC EFRON OF HIS TIME,
I THINK.
HE HAD TO SET HIS CAMERA UP,
AND THEN HE HAD TO HOLD THE POSITION
FOR, LIKE, 15 MINUTES
WHILE IT TOOK THE PHOTO.
THAT'S WHY NO ONE'S EVER SMILING IN THOSE OLD-TIMEY PHOTOS.
AFTER ABOUT TEN MINUTES, YOU START LOSING THAT SMILE.
THEY'RE VERY HUNGRY AND ANGRY BY THE TIME IT CLICKS.
CAMERAS HAVE CHANGED SO MUCH SINCE THEN.
WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, CAMERAS USED ACTUAL FILM.
WHO REMEMBERS ACTUAL FILM?
WOW.
MOST OF YOU. THAT'S GREAT.
[chuckles]
OTHER PEOPLE ARE LIKE, "WHAT'S FILM?"
YOU HAD TO LOAD IT YOURSELF,
AND YOU HAD TO TREAT THE FILM LIKE--JUST OH, SO CAREFULLY,
LIKE IT WAS A NEWBORN BABY OR SOMETHING.
YOU HAD TO MAKE SURE IT WASN'T EXPOSED TO THE LIGHT,
AND THEN YOU HAD TO PUT IT
IN ITS OWN LITTLE SPECIAL DARK CONTAINER.
WELL, IT WAS MORE LIKE A VAMPIRE THAN A BABY, BUT ANYWAY...
AFTER EVERY PICTURE, YOU HAD TO WIND THE FILM,
WHICH WAS EXHAUSTING.
YOU HAD TO WIND IT.
AND THEN YOU COULDN'T DEVELOP IT
UNTIL THE WHOLE ROLL WAS USED.
SO BY THE END, YOU'RE JUST, LIKE--
YOU'RE JUST TAKING PICTURES OF ANYTHING.
JUST, YOU KNOW, LIKE...
SHOES, CLICK. GRASS, CLICK.
MY LUNCH, CLICK.
AND THEN AT SOME POINT, YOU KNOW,
YOU GET YOUR PICTURES BACK,
BUT YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THEM FOR A WHILE,
AND--AND IT'S LIKE,
"I WENT TO THE GRAND CANYON? WHEN DID I DO THAT?
I HAVE NO IDEA."
'CAUSE YOU HAD TO WAIT FOR IT TO COME OUT.
THERE WAS NO SCREEN FOR YOU TO CHECK OR ANYTHING.
AND NOW EVERYONE'S GOT DIGITAL CAMERAS EVERYWHERE.
WE TAKE PICTURES OF STUFF ALL DAY LONG.
AND WE NEVER DELETE THEM. EVER.
SO YOU WIND UP WITH LIKE, 10 MILLION PHOTOS OF YOUR CAT.
AND YOU ONLY NEED 9 MILLION, REALLY.
[laughter]
DON'T YOU MISS HAVING PHYSICAL COPIES OF YOUR PICTURES?
audience: YES.
- THAT'S WHAT MADE POLAROID CAMERAS SO GREAT.
YOU WOULD TAKE A PHOTO,
AND IT WOULD POP OUT "INSTANTANLY"--INSTANTANEOUSLY.
INSTANTLY. AND...
[laughter]
RIGHT AWAY.
WHY DO I TRY TO USE BIG WORDS AND IMPRESS YOU PEOPLE?
WELL, NOW, POLAROID HAS A DIGITAL CAMERA
THAT PRINTS INSTANTLY.
ANDY, WHERE IS IT?
I WANT TO SHOW YOU ALL WHAT THIS IS.
ANDY. OKAY.
SO TAKE A PICTURE OF ME AND MY LOVELY AUDIENCE RIGHT HERE.
[scattered cheers]
OKAY.
AND THEN YOU JUST HIT PRINT, RIGHT?
AND THEN IT'S GONNA COME OUT.
- THERE YOU GO. - ALL RIGHT.
OKAY, SO IT'S GONNA COME OUT IN A MINUTE,
BUT WHILE WE WAIT FOR THAT TO HAPPEN,
LET'S DANCE.