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September 24: Airports and M. T. Anderson

2007-09-25 · John, M. T. Anderson · watch on YouTube · Personal life · personal update

John records a miserable 5 a.m. start at the Indianapolis airport, after accidentally taking Sarah's car key, then a happier day in Boston working with M. T. Anderson, who gives a comic tour of his art, and a nerdy MIT hotel.

What is said

00:00:00 — 5 a.m. at the Indianapolis airport, no pretzels; Sarah's car key in his pocket; Atlanta; Boston to work with M. T. Anderson

  • ★★ At 5 a.m. on Monday John is miserable in the Indianapolis airport; he arrived too early and the pretzel stand he likes is not open yet. (playful) — 00:00:03
  • ★★★ John accidentally pocketed Sarah's car key while packing at 4 a.m., leaving her in Indianapolis without a car, which he calls a terrible thing to do to someone you love. — 00:00:43 · Sarah Urist Green, Indianapolis
  • ★★★ Via Atlanta, John flew to Boston to hang out with M. T. Anderson and work with him on a small joint project; it made his day. — 00:00:43 · Boston

00:01:29 — M. T. Anderson's guide to the art in his living room: lovers, parasites, nervous system; arrival at the hotel

  • ★★ M. T. Anderson gives viewers a guide to the art on his apartment wall: young lovers, young body parasites and the central nervous system. (playful) — 00:01:29
  • ★★ M. T. Anderson says the art reminds you that while nestled with loved ones, parasites still live on you; love is found in your mouth and eyebrows too. (playful) — 00:01:55
  • ★★ John's hotel on the MIT campus delights him after a long day: comforters with mathematical equations and chairs that seem made of atoms. — 00:01:55

00:02:24 — The MIT campus hotel's math comforters and atom chairs; They Might Be Giants sign-off

Humor (significant)

  • At 5 a.m. with the pretzel stand closed, John addresses the hour itself. — 00:00:03 > «I'm a cranky Frankie. I hate you, five o'clock Monday morning.»
  • M. T. Anderson explains his art: the young lovers hang beside body parasites. — 00:01:55 > «love may be found within you, but it is also found very much in your mouth, in your eyebrows.»
  • John admires the MIT hotel's chairs that appear to be made of atoms. — 00:02:24 > «one could argue that all chairs are made out of atoms.»

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