SIGNING MADNESS

2011-10-05 · John · watch on YouTube · Books & writing · personal update

Lower-confidence wave

2011 videos did not pass the QA gate (17 %); their analysis is shown but less reliable.

John reports he has signed over 80,000 copies of The Fault in Our Stars but must reach 150,000 by November 3, tours his signing setup, warns his videos may suck for a month while promising to sign every copy, and plugs Amy Krouse Rosenthal's Beckoning of Lovely film.

What is said

00:00:00 — Greeting; puff levels high; signing progress on the Tipiosometer: over 80,000, publisher wants 150,000 by November 3; videos will suck for a month

• ★★★ John has signed over 80,000 copies of The Fault in Our Stars, but his publisher called to say he must reach 150,000 by November 3. — 00:00:00 · The Fault in Our Stars
• ★★ That means signing 3,000 to 4,000 copies a day, 9 to 12 hours of work, so John apologises that his videos are going to suck for the next month. — 00:00:00

00:00:25 — Cute story: a child of the brothers in the garden asks 'TV on?' and pokes the TV thinking it's an iPad

• ★★ Showing a child of the brothers flowers and tomatoes and explaining sunlight, pollen and bees, John got the reply 'TV on?'; watching TV with him lately because of the signing, a child of the brothers pokes the TV, thinking it's an iPad. (playful) — 00:00:25

00:00:55 — Tour of the signing situation: boxes, signing aid from his occupational therapist, signed sheets Yeti'd by Sarah, 300 used Sharpies, keep calm and DFTBA, chili-stained shirt; he will sign every copy; thanks Nerdfighters

• ★★ John tours the signing setup: boxes still to sign, a pile of Singamajigs, and signing with a Sharpie using an aid his occupational therapist gave him. (playful) — 00:00:55
• ★★ The Yeti (Sarah) sits with John watching TV at night while he signs and, when bored, draws Yetis on some of the signed sheets. (playful) — 00:01:24 · Sarah Urist Green
• ★★ John has used about 300 Sharpies and is only just more than halfway done. — 00:01:24
• ★ Rather than freak out, John tries to 'keep calm and DFTBA'. (playful) — 00:01:24 · DFTBA
• ★★★ John says that, however the next month goes, he is going to sign every copy of The Fault in Our Stars, and thanks Nerdfighters for giving him such a wonderful problem. — 00:01:53 · The Fault in Our Stars, Nerdfighteria, the Puff > «I am going to sign every copy of The Fault in Our Stars.»

00:02:27 — Signing without looking; compliment on Hank's 'my chair' joke; sign-off; iPhone 4S gag; plug for Amy Krouse Rosenthal's Beckoning of Lovely feature film and how to take part

• ★ John praises Hank's joke: when the CERN physicist asked what keeps him from falling to the center of the earth, Hank said 'my chair'. (playful) — 00:02:27 · Hank Green
• ★★★ John says viewers can be part of a feature film by his longtime collaborator Amy Krouse Rosenthal for the Beckoning of Lovely: she wants people worldwide to design their own greeting based on a Beckoning of Lovely anagram (wording unclear). — 00:02:27 · Amy Krouse Rosenthal
• ★★ John shows examples by Amy and by him and his friend Stan, points to a how-to video, and calls the Beckoning of Lovely an amazing project going on for three years. — 00:02:58 · Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Humor (significant)

• John explains sunlight, pollen, bees and the magic of it all to a child of the brothers in the garden. — 00:00:25 > «and then he looked at me, and he said, TV on?»
• John shouts out his occupational therapist, who gave him a signing aid. — 00:00:55 > «I think I have the weirdest occupation he's ever therived»
• John apologises for a chili stain on the shirt he has been wearing for days. — 00:01:53 > «I'm not taking a lot of showers right now.»
• After signing off, John stops: 'Wait, one more thing.' — 00:02:27 > «The iPhone 4S is just like the iPhone 4.»

Threads in this video

• callback · John's 'the puff' stress habit (2007) — John opens with 'Puff levels are high' and later warns puff levels may stay high for a month. (00:00:00)
• callback · John's wife Sarah as 'the Yeti' (2007) — John says the Yeti sits with him while he signs and sometimes 'Yetis' the signed sheets with Yeti drawings. (00:01:24)
• update · John: sign every copy of The Fault in Our Stars (2011) — John reports progress on signing all copies of The Fault in Our Stars: over 80,000 signed, 150,000 needed by November 3, about 300 Sharpies used, just over halfway; he restates he will sign every copy. (00:01:53)
• open · John invites viewers to make their own Beckoning of Lovely greeting for Amy Krouse Rosenthal's feature film (2011) — John invites viewers to design their own greeting, based on a Beckoning of Lovely anagram, for Amy Krouse Rosenthal's feature film, via a how-to video. (00:02:27)

Replies to

• The LHC and Alex's Survey — «great joke to the CERN physicist when he was like, what's keeping you from falling to the center of the earth? And you were like, my chair.»

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