He looks a lot like Merton from PianoChatImprov. I wonder if it's the same guy?

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Ah, Paul Merton from quite a few years ago. I still maintain he's one of the quickest comedians I know.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'merton, freestyle, piano, chat roulette, improvisation' to 'merton, freestyle, piano, chat roulette, improvisation, improv' - edited by calvados

>> ^rychan:

>> ^Smugglarn:
Looks like he found his muse at 3:00.
Yeah, he seemed to be playing with exceptional flourish there.
Merton really is crazy talented. The stuff he puts together off the top of his head is amazing. After seeing him play Fireflies on his first video, I looked at other Youtube videos of people playing it on the piano. They were clearly accomplished pianists, but Merton's improvised version was far better than all of them.


aye, tis' a rare breed the spontaneous improvisational of the planet-

>> ^Smugglarn:

Looks like he found his muse at 3:00.


Yeah, he seemed to be playing with exceptional flourish there.

Merton really is crazy talented. The stuff he puts together off the top of his head is amazing. After seeing him play Fireflies on his first video, I looked at other Youtube videos of people playing it on the piano. They were clearly accomplished pianists, but Merton's improvised version was far better than all of them.

http://videosift.com/video/Chat-Roulette-Piano-Improv

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Is there a link to the original piano guy (Merton)?

Is there a link to the original piano guy (Merton)?

Youtube says "This video has been removed due to terms of use violation." What the bloody hell. It had 4 million views. What was the violation?

Actually, Merton posted this new edited version of the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTwJetox_tU

With these comments:
This is a new, edited version of the original Video #1. I had to make some changes in order for YouTube to be happy with it.

My apologies to all of the subscribers for being summoned here just to see a repeat post, but there was no way around it.

For the record, the original video had 4,238,658 Views. At the time of its demise, it was the Top-Rated YouTube Video of All Time. No shit.

I will be posting Video #2 very soon, and thank you all so much for your support.

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Wow, the girl that requests Fireflies is blurred out. That's BS, I think. What reasonable expectation of privacy do you have when you broadcast your image to a stranger on the Internet?

The moment the Merton vid was sifted, this was the version I wanted to see next. Awesome.

Well he's no Merton..

Is the show coming back? Paul Merton is done with it and I can't see anyone else fronting such an old format.

Thanks! Already promised bamdrew we will use all of his names for the firstborn. But those are next in line!

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Chubbs, Demitri, Cal, Merton, Stanlie, Harcourt, Io, Gingilla, Mustapha, Col. Pickens, Mulva, Chrissy, Bunny, Mister Carl, Ponga.......Gladys

Chubbs, Demitri, Cal, Merton, Stanlie, Harcourt, Io, Gingilla, Mustapha, Col. Pickens, Mulva, Chrissy, Bunny, Mister Carl, Ponga.......Gladys

Room 101 was great, shame Paul Merton has stepped down. I don't know if he's replaceable, I can't imagine anyone doing it. Brigstocke's a decent guy too and I agree with him here!