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Yes, I never give scripted talks, especially back in school. I just made sure I knew the topic and then got up and started to talk. That resulted in a couple really bad flame outs (usually because I didn't know the subject as well as I convinced myself I did) but for the most part it worked very well for me.
I used to be terrified of public speaking and that was the only way I could get through it. I would actually blank out afterwards (speaking amnesia) and have absolutely no recollection of the talk I gave.
I did this with my high school senior presentation (fail the presentation and you don't graduate) and I've never known what I said.
I was probably inspired to this by my childhood hero, Isaac Asimov, who was very proud of the fact that he very rarely spoke with preparation. He'd just show up, find out what the topic was and then talk for the allotted time without a visible clock. (I can't do the timing part.)
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