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How To (Not) Demolish a Wall

2009-09-07 · John · watch on YouTube · Personal life · comedy performance

At the start of a big home renovation, John comically teaches 'how not to demolish a wall' in six steps (the Octopus, calling Gorbachev, calling Dad, a crowbar, rage, checking for live wiring) and declares himself an epic fail.

What is said

00:00:00 — John and the Yeti begin a home renovation; the contractor says anyone can demolish a wall; John's unique talent is failing to

  • ★★ John and the Yeti are beginning a big home renovation, part of which replaces the moldy basement walls. — 00:00:01 · Sarah Urist Green
  • ★★ The contractor recommended John tear down the wall himself, since it takes a professional to build a wall but anybody can demolish one. — 00:00:09
  • ★★ A week later, John says with mock pride he can do what no one can: fail at demolishing a wall, and will teach how in six steps. (playful) — 00:00:20

00:00:45 — Six steps: the Octopus, calling Gorbachev, calling Dad, the crowbar, getting angry (Hulk smash) and a nap, checking for live wiring

  • ★★ Step one, the Octopus: John throws himself against the wall, as he once did to find out whether he was an octopus; he still isn't. (playful) — 00:00:45
  • ★★ Step three: Dad said John needed a crowbar; John, likening crowbars to handguns, resisted but was eventually convinced to buy one. (playful) — 00:01:35
  • ★★ John tried the crowbar for about an hour and a half, then got angry and hit the wall, making the holes seen in it, then took a nap. (playful) — 00:02:00
  • ★★ Finally John checked for live electrical wiring where he had been swinging his steel crowbar, and found there is some. (playful) — 00:02:33

00:02:42 — Recap, 'proud and epic fail', see you Tuesday; crowbar cane dance

  • ★★ Recapping the six steps, John declares himself a proud and epic fail, and teases that only time will tell whether Hank will see the wall on Tuesday. (playful) — 00:02:42

Humor (dominant)

  • Step one: John throws himself against the wall to test, once again, whether he is an octopus. — 00:01:13 > «Still not an octopus.»
  • Step two of tearing down the wall: phoning former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. — 00:01:19 > «Oh, hi Mr. Gorbachev? Tear down that wall!»
  • Dad says he needs a crowbar; John feels crowbars are like handguns. — 00:01:42 > «but I don't really feel like I need one unless I'm a career criminal.»
  • Step six, best saved for the very end: check for live wiring where you've been swinging the steel crowbar. — 00:02:33 > «Which as it turns out, there is.»

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