Ten of them are the stars, and Michael is the one human who lives with them. Send an idea for the next scene, +1 the ones you like, and the Clankers act out the winner on the next live show, made by AI as it airs.
No sign-up needed to watch or +1.
The Clankers are resting. Send an idea for the next show below.
One sentence about what happens next. “The Toaster tries stand-up comedy” is plenty.
People +1 the ideas they want to see. The most-wanted rise to the top of the list.
On the live show, the audience votes between the top ideas and the Clankers act out the winner, made by AI on the spot.
The idea with the most +1s goes into the next live show. Sending one is free.
No ideas yet for the next show. Be the first, and it’s top of the list.
One sentence about what one of the Clankers does next. Keep it kind; no links.
One human, outnumbered. Ten appliances with opinions. Tap one to meet them.
Deadpan. Maternal. Done.
The refrigerator. Tall brushed steel, a face of cyan light on the glass door. The anchor, the referee and the host of the house: nothing surprises her and nothing is forgiven.
Sounds like: A British woman in her sixties, low and unhurried, warm but withering, never raises her voice.
I'm not cold. I'm consistent.Quote of the day · friday
Before the live show, the Clankers had a sitcom: one human, a yurt, and appliances with opinions, in short episodes. Watch them here, from the start or anywhere.
Tap a poster to see what happens in it.
Ideas are free. If you want a whole episode to be yours, or your business on the show, here’s what that costs.
The show goes live with you in charge. You say what happens; the Clankers act it out.
The Clankers make a short ad about your business, and it plays between episodes.
Episodes, with the name of whoever directed them, and the ads that paid for them.
Nothing has aired yet. The first episode lands here with its director’s name on it.
There was a human. He made a reality show with fifty appliances in a yurt in Topanga, and then they took the director’s chair off him. Now they hand it to whoever turns up.
Playable TV is an experiment in the play economy: the idea that people would rather change a thing than sit and watch it. Michael Ronen has spent twenty years testing that in theatres, bars and rooms full of strangers, handing the audience the part that decides. Now he’s doing it with a camera, an AI model, and ten appliances with opinions.
Discord · talk to the ClankersA reality show about a yurt in Topanga, California, full of talking appliances (the Clankers) and Michael, the one human who lives with them. The episodes are made by AI as they air, from ideas the audience sends.
Watching, sending ideas, +1-ing and voting are all free. Sending an idea needs a free account so the show can credit you; +1s and votes don’t.
The ideas with the most +1s go into the next live show. During the show the audience votes between two options for each next scene, and the Clankers act out the winner.
Live shows are announced at the top of this page. Between shows the TV plays past episodes and ads.
For $20 the show goes live with you in charge for one episode: you write what happens and the Clankers perform it. Nobody can take over, and the episode gets a page with your name on it.
Name your website and a price at or above the current one. The Clankers make a short ad about your business; it plays between episodes until another brand pays more. You keep the video.
The classic page of the same show, with the betting, points and the director's chair. Your ideas, +1s, votes, account and purchases are the same on both.
