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Brotherhood 2.0: April 30: Hellos from Los Angeles

2007-05-01 · John, Francesca Lia Block, Coe Booth · watch on YouTube · Books & writing · personal update

From the LA Times Book Prize weekend, John has young adult authors and his editor say hello to Hank, shows bootleg footage of the young adult award won by Coe Booth, and challenges Hank to write a song to replace the Helen Hunt song stuck in his head.

What is said

00:00:00 — Greeting; authors and John's editor at the LA Times Book Prize weekend say hello to Hank

  • ★★ John says many people wanted to say hi to Hank this weekend, so he let them: his editor and a number of authors greet Hank on camera. — 00:00:10

00:00:32 — Surprise hello from Francesca Lia Block; Judy Blume and the guilt-free three; Coe Booth tells Hank he's cute

  • ★★ As a surprise, Francesca Lia Block greets Hank and a viewer; John calls her the author of Weetzie Bat, a book he and Hank both like. — 00:00:32 · Brotherhood 2.0
  • ★ John jokes that meeting Francesca Lia Block might have knocked Judy Blume out of his 'guilt-free three'. (playful) (hedged) — 00:00:32
  • ★ In the final introduction, Coe Booth tells Hank she thinks he's really cute and knows he's married. (playful) (hedged) — 00:00:32

00:01:02 — Bootleg footage of the LA Times Book Prize young adult award: five finalists, Coe Booth wins

  • ★★ Since Hank had mentioned that filming the LA Times Book Prizes was illegal, John says he recorded them surreptitiously, joking about his poor camera work. (playful) — 00:01:02
  • ★★ Presenter Jacqueline Woodson introduced the five young adult finalists: The Rules of Survival, Tyrell, Octavian Nothing, An Abundance of Katherines and Justin Case. — 00:01:02 · An Abundance of Katherines
  • ★★ In her acceptance, Coe Booth hopes her book will reach kids who rarely see themselves represented in literature. — 00:01:40
  • ★★ John shares Coe Booth's hope and congratulates her on the award. — 00:01:40

00:01:50 — The Helen Hunt song is stuck in John's and the Yeti's heads; John challenges Hank to write more songs and a replacement song

  • ★★ John and the Yeti have sung the Helen Hunt song almost nonstop for five days and can't get it out of their heads, though they can't sing it in key. (playful) — 00:01:40 · Helen Hunt, Sarah Urist Green
  • ★★★ John challenges Hank to make lots more songs, and right now to write a song that will replace the Helen Hunt song in his head. (playful) — 00:02:19 · Helen Hunt

Humor (significant)

  • John boasts about his shaky secret footage of the LA Times Book Prizes, imagining a prize for the best bootleg recording of them. — 00:01:02 > «I am definitely going to win.»
  • Announcing the winner, John says it is the moment 'we've all been waiting for, and by we, I mean...' — 00:01:40 > «the 30 people in the audience who care about young adult literature.»
  • After asking what's funnier than dogs in New York ('Dogs in Los Angeles'), John shows a dressed-up Chihuahua. — 00:02:41 > «It's a Chihuahua that seems to be married to a 19th century plantation owner.»

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