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  • - 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.

- SO THERE'S BIG NEWS IN THE WORLD OF SELFIES,

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