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Puppies, Pegasi, and TFiOS Casting: It's Question Tuesday

2013-05-14 · John · watch on YouTube · Nerdfighteria · conversation qa

In a rapid-fire Question Tuesday John confirms the casting of Ansel Elgort and Shailene Woodley in The Fault in Our Stars film, reassures upset fans, recommends two novels and answers comic questions.

What is said

00:00:04 — Quick answers: least favourite animal, dance move, ferrets, favourite photograph (Young Farmers, August 1914), Willy

  • ★★ Asked for his favourite photograph, John picks 'Young Farmers' (also called 'Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance, August 1914'), noting they were also headed for World War I. (playful) — 00:00:24
  • ★ Asked how Willy is, John says he is good and shows him for the next several questions. — 00:00:33 · Willy

00:00:37 — TFIOS film casting: Ansel Elgort and Shailene Woodley; reassuring angry fans; how much say John has in casting

00:01:14 — Gatsby movie sigh, invisibility, cell phone, multitasking, being a doctor and the cape thing, rabid badger vs Nicolas Cage

  • ★ Asked what he thought of the Gatsby movie, John answers only with a frustrated sigh. (playful) — 00:01:14
  • ★★ John says studies consistently show that the better people think they are at multitasking, the worse they actually are (then claims he is great at it). (playful) — 00:01:37
  • ★★ Asked how it feels to be a doctor, John says about the same as before, and says he has hardly taken off his 'cape thing'. (playful) — 00:01:45

00:02:08 — Book recommendations: The End Games and How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia

  • ★★ Asked for one book to recommend, John says it changes weekly; for now he recommends The End Games by T. Michael Martin (zombie) and How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia (non-zombie). — 00:02:08

00:02:20 — Pegasus gift, Holden Caulfield's Central Park ducks, honey badger Broadway musical; sign-off

  • ★★ John says the Central Park pond Holden Caulfield wonders about never freezes, so its ducks stay, citing Central Park's official photographer of 27 years. — 00:02:37

Humor (significant)

  • If invisible for an hour John would go to the ER, imagining the hypochondriac conversation — 00:01:19 > «Perhaps we should do a CAT scan!»
  • John cites studies that the better people think they are at multitasking, the worse they are — 00:01:38 > «I am GREAT at it.»
  • John politely declines a gifted pegasus, citing no barn and the cost of hay — 00:02:23 > «Plus, I've always found flying pets to be kind of more trouble than they're worth.»
  • Asked about getting nerdfighters to tame honey badgers for a Broadway musical, John imagines the headline — 00:02:56 > «7 dead, including no honey badgers.»

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