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The Clif Bars Go in the Jar Because Mice: An Office Tour

2013-05-07 · John, Danica, Mark, Stan Muller · watch on YouTube · Projects · documentary visit

On 'Take Your Brother to Work Day' John gives Hank a Cribs-style tour of the Indianapolis office where Crash Course, Mental Floss videos and the Swoodilypoopers are made, so Hank can meet the team that will keep working during John's coming paternity leave.

What is said

00:00:00 — Take Your Brother to Work Day: the office entryway, Danica, the printer room, Meredith

  • ★★ John gives Hank a tour of his workplace for 'Take Your Brother to Work Day', framed as an episode of Cribs. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • ★★ John says Danica works on Crash Course, doing its excellent chalkboard drawings and also the Mental Floss set. — 00:00:19 · Crash Course
  • ★★ John says Meredith writes for Mental Floss and, more importantly, is the CEO of the Swindon Town Swoodilypoopers. (playful) — 00:00:33 · Swindon Town Swoodilypoopers

00:00:39 — John's office: couch, Lazy Boy, treadmill desk, signed Pelé jersey, the Swoodilypoopers TV

  • ★★ John says he has written at least parts of every one of his books in his office Lazy Boy chair. — 00:00:44
  • ★ John shows his treadmill desk, where he has taken 360 steps today, and a signed Pelé jersey reading "To J. Green, DFTBA, good luck". (playful) — 00:00:47

00:00:59 — Sarah's painting, hung upside down before they dated, and John's romantic advice

  • ★★ John says he bought a painting from Sarah before they dated, framed it, and when she first visited his apartment while they were dating she told him it was upside down. (playful) — 00:01:01 · Sarah Urist Green

00:01:19 — Foreign editions of The Fault in Our Stars, Leonardo's Leonardo, the river view and Canada geese

  • ★★ John keeps his foreign editions of The Fault in Our Stars in his office and reads out several translated titles, noting he took French. (playful) — 00:01:19 · The Fault in Our Stars

00:01:53 — Kitchen, Clif bars in a jar because mice, the Mental Floss room with Mark and Stan, the fridge and mustard

  • ★ The office kitchen features artwork by John's son a child of the brothers and posters available at DFTBA.com. (playful) — 00:01:53 · DFTBA Records
  • ★★ John says Mark is the producer and director of the Mental Floss channel, and Stan, as always, is working on Crash Course. — 00:02:11 · Crash Course

00:02:40 — Why the tour: meet the people who make the shows before John's paternity leave; the baby is due June 1; sign-off

  • ★★ John wanted Hank to see the office because Hank had shown John his, and to meet the people who actually make Crash Course, Mental Floss and the Swoodilypoopers happen. — 00:02:40 · Crash Course, Swindon Town Swoodilypoopers
  • ★★★ John says he will soon be on paternity leave, but the things made in the office will continue to be made while he is away. — 00:02:51 · Crash Course
  • ★★★ John says Sarah (the Yeti) is due to have their baby on June 1, though it might come earlier. (hedged) — 00:03:04 · Sarah Urist Green

Humor (significant)

  • John proudly shows Sarah the painting he bought from her and framed. — 00:01:09 > «And she said, "Yeah, That's upside-down."»
  • John says Canadians corrected his "Canadian geese". — 00:01:43 > «"Geese don't have a nationality!", they said. "Thank you for mentioning Canada."»
  • Touring the kitchen, John explains the jar. — 00:02:01 > «We have to keep all the clif bars in here because mice.»
  • John has a theory that every refrigerator contains mustard. — 00:02:35 > «and sure enough, even though we have nothing to mustard, mustard.»

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