John unexpectedly finds himself in an airport ('Am I in an airport?') (2013)
running joke · status: running joke (last seen 2016) · last event: callback (2016-05-10)
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-03-05 | first use | John opens by noting the gray speckled walls behind him: 'in a stunning turn of events' he has found himself in an airport; the walls give the video its title. (playful) | The Gray Speckled Walls Encroach: The Perks and Liabilities of Frequent Flying 00:00:03 |
| 2013-03-20 | callback | Mid-complaint about his tooth, John notices his surroundings: "Am I in an airport?" (playful) | Ads Work...but for Whom? 00:00:00 |
| 2013-06-11 | callback | Craig notes John is often in an airport, and instead visits one of his 'favorite not-airports'. (joke) | How To Be John Green 00:03:43 |
| 2013-07-30 | callback | Mid-sentence about being home with his family, John again discovers he is in an airport ('Dang it!'), riffing that he can neither smoke nor snort heroin there. (joke) | Paternity Leave Ends! And I Find Myself… 00:00:12 |
| 2014-06-24 | callback | John opens, as in the bit's origin, by noting the grey speckled walls behind him: in a stunning turn of events he has found himself in an airport. (playful) | In Pursuit of Quiet 00:00:01 |
| 2015-04-21 | callback | John says that, in a stunning turn of events, he finds himself in an airport. (playful) | A Stunning Turn of Events 00:00:01 |
| 2015-04-28 | callback | The description says that, in a stunning turn of events, John finds himself in an airport; in the video he decamps there to film. (playful) | Is the Paper Towns Movie Like the Book? Thoughts on Adaptations video description |
| 2016-05-03 | callback | John says that, in a stunning turn of events, he finds himself in an airport. | No Fumar 00:00:09 |
| 2016-05-10 | callback | After John's last video teased where he was going next and Katherine commented it was a toss-up between the dentist and the airport, John says he is at the dentist. (playful) → refers to No Fumar | On Pain 00:00:00 |
What is said about it
2 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2013-03-20 · Ads Work...but for Whom? — John feigns surprise at finding himself in an airport and warns never to make a video about not being in an airport for six months, because the fates will conspire against you. (playful) — 00:00:00
- 2013-06-11 · How To Be John Green — Craig Benzine: Craig parodies more things John does: Question Tuesday with fake questions, a 'Who the eff is Hank?' answer, Sharpie face (a cracker smashed on his forehead), a Thoughts from Places about his office, an Oscar Wilde reading, and a 'not-airport'. (joke) — 00:02:07