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All Aboard the Fail Boat

2009-02-09 · John · watch on YouTube · World affairs · news analysis

On Newsday John takes the Willy-captained 'Fail Boat' to two places of world suck: the Vatican's lifting of Holocaust denier Richard Williamson's excommunication, which he calls an error, and Australia's deadliest wildfires, sending sympathy to Australian Nerdfighters.

What is said

00:00:00 — Newsday: boarding the Fail Boat, captained by Willy, to places of world suck

  • ★★ John introduces the Fail Boat, the puppy-captained vessel Nerdfighters use to travel Nerdfighteria and to sail the world learning about places experiencing world suck. (playful) — 00:00:06 · Willy, Nerdfighteria, world suck

00:00:28 — The Vatican lifts Holocaust denier Richard Williamson's excommunication; John expects him to recant and calls rehabilitation an error

  • ★ John calls Richard Williamson a crazy person and jokes that his craziness is why he had been excommunicated from the Catholic Church. (playful) — 00:00:36
  • ★★★ John reports that Pope Benedict recently lifted the excommunication of Richard Williamson so the church could possibly rehabilitate him as a bishop. — 00:00:44
  • ★★★ Many people are upset because Williamson has repeatedly denied that the Holocaust involved the murder of six million Jews. — 00:00:52
  • ★★ After public outcry Williamson agreed to reconsider the historical evidence of the Holocaust, which John likens to reconsidering whether America had a president called Ronald Reagan. (playful) — 00:01:00
  • ★★★ John guesses Williamson will say there was a Holocaust and apologise so he can be a bishop, and says rehabilitating him would be an error. (hedged) — 00:01:10

00:01:19 — Williamson's views on women (no college, no pants); John defends in-your-pants jokes; Willy barks at Williamson

  • ★★ John says Williamson also holds other crazy beliefs, such as that women should not be allowed to go to college or to wear pants. — 00:01:22
  • ★★ John says Nerdfighteria takes the attack on women's pants personally: the in-your-pants book-title joke is funny, a hoopskirt designed to rob women of power is not, and Williamson will not take his in-your-pants jokes. (playful) — 00:01:33 · Nerdfighteria, in your pants

00:02:22 — Australia's deadliest wildfires: heat, arson, damage; thoughts with Australian Nerdfighters

  • ★ John titles the Australia item 'Just because it's cold in your house doesn't mean global warming is a lie' news. (playful) — 00:02:24
  • ★★★ The deadliest wildfires in the history of Australia are raging in the south of the country. — 00:02:27 · Australia
  • ★★ It has been very hot, dry and windy in Australia, around 117 degrees Fahrenheit, and these conditions combined with apparent arson in at least some cases. — 00:02:32 · Australia
  • ★★★ Hundreds of square miles of wilderness have burned, entire towns have been destroyed and many people have died. — 00:02:48
  • ★★ The brothers have many Nerdfighter friends living in southern Australia; John says they are both concerned and sends their thoughts and prayers. — 00:02:54 · Nerdfighteria, Australia

00:03:04 — John in a Hank costume sends best wishes; a Nerdfighter-made John disguise with a Kim Jong-il haircut

  • ★ Dressed as Hank (or as John in a Hank costume), John sends best wishes to cheer up Australian Nerdfighters, then shows a Nerdfighter-made John disguise. (playful) — 00:03:04 · Hank Green, Nerdfighteria

Humor (significant)

  • Williamson agreed to 'reconsider the historical evidence' of the Holocaust. — 00:01:06 > «Which is like reconsidering the historic evidence that America had a president called Ronald Reagan.»
  • John contrasts the funny 'in your pants' book title with a not-funny hoopskirt designed to rob women of power. — 00:01:56 > «And Richard Williamson, you, bishop or no, will NOT take away my in-your-pants-jokes.»
  • John asks Captain Fireball (Willy) what he wants to say to Williamson; Willy barks. — 00:02:11 > «Oh my, you tiny, white, fluffy pirates sure do have dirty mouths.»
  • John thanks the Nerdfighter who made his John disguise. — 00:03:21 > «but why did I get Kim Jong-Il's haircut?»

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