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The cake is a lie

A borrowed internet catchphrase John adapts twice: 'the treat is a lie' to his dog Willy (2010) and an April Fools' video with one false part (2011).

borrowed slang / meme (catchphrase) · in 2 videos, 2010–2011 · last heard 2011

Videos per year: 2010: 1 · 2011: 1

Every video

2010

date video use what is said
2010-09-29 MY FRIEND CHESTER 00:01:47 mention John says 'who' describes a person and 'that' everything else, so the Avett Brothers, one of his favorite bands, infuriate him by singing 'friends that I can trust'.

2011

date video use what is said
2011-04-01 Many Truths, 1 Lie! 00:00:03 mention John says it is April Fool's Day and one of the video's eight parts is a lie; viewers either guess it or he wins an arbitrary contest of his own creation.