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The Bella Twins Like Paper Towns

2009-10-20 · John · watch on YouTube · Books & writing · announcement promotion

John reports that Paper Towns won YALSA's teen-voted Teens' Top Ten, thanks Nerdfighters for voting, and shows his thank-you video: a professional-wrestler skit followed by sincere thanks to teens, librarians, the ALA and the WWE.

What is said

00:00:00 — In Columbus, Ohio before a Nerdfighter gathering; must make a video or be punished; Paper Towns a Teens' Top Ten finalist

  • ★ John is in Columbus, Ohio, getting ready for a Nerdfighter gathering, and has to make a video or he will be punished. — 00:00:00 · Nerdfighteria, Punishment
  • ★★ John recalls that YALSA, the American Library Association's branch, named Paper Towns one of 25 finalists for the Teens' Top Ten, an award voted on by teens. — 00:00:00 · Paper Towns

00:00:29 — Paper Towns wins the teen vote; the Bella Twins hold the book; thanks to Nerdfighters; YALSA thank-you video opens as a wrestler bit

  • ★★★ John announces that Paper Towns won the Teens' Top Ten vote, beating great books like The Hunger Games, The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks and the last Twilight book. — 00:00:29 · Paper Towns
  • ★★ John says 11,000 people voted in the Teens' Top Ten. — 00:00:29
  • ★★ John says that because he won, the Bella Twins, professional wrestlers, held his book and said his name. (playful) — 00:00:29 · Paper Towns
  • ★★★ John credits the power of Nerdfighters for the win and thanks them for voting for Paper Towns. — 00:00:29 · Nerdfighteria, Paper Towns
  • ★ John jokes that he can't believe a gigantic nerd like him won a popularity contest. (playful) — 00:00:29
  • ★★ John shows the celebration video he made for YALSA, a skit in which he poses as a professional wrestler voted teens' favourite until a voice corrects him. (playful) — 00:00:29 · Paper Towns

00:00:58 — Wrestler skit: a voice corrects John; a book about Walt Whitman beat hot vampires

  • ★★ John marvels that in a popularity contest his book about Walt Whitman beat Stephenie Meyer's book about hot vampires. (playful) — 00:00:58 · Paper Towns, Walt Whitman

00:01:27 — Sincere thanks to teen voters, librarians, the ALA and the WWE; Bella Twins joke; sign-off

  • ★★★ John thanks the teens who took part and the librarians who get great books to kids; the award means most because teenagers choose it, and he deeply respects teens as readers. — 00:01:27
  • ★ John thanks the American Library Association and the WWE for supporting teen reading, especially the Bella Twins, who are strong and might beat him up. (playful) — 00:01:27

Humor (significant)

  • Paper Towns beat The Hunger Games and the last Twilight book in the teen vote. — 00:00:29 > «I beat futuristic dystopias and hot vampires.»
  • A voice corrects John's wrestler persona: the award was for his book, and he isn't a wrestler. — 00:00:58 > «And third, you do not have an impressive physique.»
  • John thanks the WWE, particularly the Bella Twins, because they're strong... — 00:01:56 > «and if I don't thank them, they will beat me up.»

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