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TFiOS Movie Casting, New Books, and Groundhog Wars: An Old School Vlogbrothers Video

2013-04-02 · John · watch on YouTube · Books & writing · announcement promotion

In a five-part 'old school' vlog, John announces a book of a private person's writings, reports Shailene Woodley's casting in the likely Fault in Our Stars film, tells of the office groundhog's feud with a goose, announces his coming paternity leave and relaunches Nerd Factor.

What is said

00:00:00 — Old-school five-part vlog; a private person inspired TFiOS but Hazel is not a private person; a book of a private person's diaries, fiction and letters comes out January 2014, pre-order now

  • ★★★ John says a private person was a huge inspiration for The Fault in Our Stars and he could never have written it without knowing her. — 00:00:00 · The Fault in Our Stars
  • ★★★ Answering readers who ask whether Hazel is a private person, John says the novel is not a private person's story; her story belongs to her and her family. — 00:00:00 · Hazel Grace Lancaster, The Fault in Our Stars
  • ★★ John tells new Nerdfighters that a private person was a Nerdfighter and friend of his who died of cancer in 2010 at 16. — 00:00:00 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★★ John announces a book of a private person's writing (diaries, fiction, letters, material from her parents, his introduction), out January 2014; cover not final. — 00:00:29
  • ★★ John says the book will be a private person's story, he is very happy it will exist, and viewers can pre-order it now via the link. — 00:00:29
  • ★ John apologises for the large hole in his mouth and hopes to have it fixed by next Tuesday. (hedged) — 00:00:29

00:00:58 — The groundhog called YouTube at the Indianapolis office and its standoff with an aggressive goose

  • ★★ John says the Indianapolis office has a groundhog they call YouTube, joking that it stays inside, is easily distracted and knew the brothers before it was cool. (playful) — 00:00:58 · Indianapolis
  • ★★ John says that with the geese back for spring, YouTube has been locked for weeks in a staring standoff with one aggressive goose, which he jokes makes work impossible. (playful) — 00:00:58

00:01:27 — The TFiOS movie: increasingly likely, director Josh Boone, Shailene Woodley cast as Hazel; cautious optimism

  • ★★★ John says a film adaptation of The Fault in Our Stars seems increasingly likely, though still not certain. (hedged) — 00:01:27 · The Fault in Our Stars (film), The Fault in Our Stars
  • ★★ John admits the film makes Nerdfighteria and him nervous, but calls director Josh Boone brilliant and deeply understanding of the book; Boone's first film Stuck in Love opens in June. — 00:01:27 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★★ John announces Shailene Woodley has been cast as Hazel, citing her Golden Globe nomination and Sundance award, and says she is a real fan who wrote him before the film. — 00:01:56 · Hazel Grace Lancaster
  • ★★ John says, in what he calls his most positive statement ever about Hollywood, that people should be cautiously optimistic about the film. (hedged) — 00:01:56 · The Fault in Our Stars (film)

00:02:26 — John is about to become a father; four-to-five-week paternity leave with guest Johns

  • ★★★ John says he is about to have a child, due around May or June (Sarah points out he will not be the one having it, but he will be its father). — 00:02:26 · Sarah Urist Green
  • ★★★ John says he will take a four- or possibly five-week paternity leave from Vlogbrothers and everything else, except probably Tumblr. (hedged) — 00:02:26 · Vlogbrothers, Tumblr
  • ★★ John says guest Johns will fill in during his absence, including Hannah Hart, Grace Helbig and a Nerdfighter now watching. — 00:02:26 · Nerdfighteria

00:02:55 — Nerd Factor returns: submit one video as a video response; winners featured and one becomes a guest host; sign-off

  • ★★ John announces the return of Nerd Factor, a contest idea he says they stole from Michael Buckley. — 00:02:55
  • ★★★ John asks Nerdfighters to make one favourite video of theirs a video response; winners will be featured on Vlogbrothers and one will be a paternity-leave guest host. — 00:02:55 · Nerdfighteria

Humor (significant)

  • John explains why the office groundhog is called YouTube: it stays inside and is easily distracted — 00:00:58 > «he knew who Hank and John were before it was cool.»
  • The groundhog and goose have stared each other down for weeks, making work impossible — 00:01:27 > «So if my new book doesn't come out till, like, 2018, you know why.»
  • John warns Hank he is about to say the most positive thing he has ever said about Hollywood — 00:01:56 > «I think we should be cautiously optimistic.»
  • John says he is about to have a human child — 00:02:26 > «Sarah just pointed out that in fact I'm not going to have it.»

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