July 23rd: The Tickling of the Innards

2007-07-23 · letter vlog · John · 1:40 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Personal life · mode: Personal update

John, feverish in bed, tells Hank that he and Sarah bought furniture for the new house at the Sandwich Antiques Fair in Sandwich, Illinois, and came home with an upper respiratory infection but no sandwich.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Greeting; how many Q-tips fit in an ear; John in bed, feverish

• ★★ John is lying in bed because he is a little feverish. — 00:00:09

00:00:33 — Sandwich Antiques Fair with Sarah: table and 1960s TV for the new house, an upper respiratory infection, the Mountain Dew sign

• ★★★ Over the weekend John and Sarah went to the Sandwich Antiques Fair in Sandwich, Illinois, and got things for the new house, including a dining room table and a 1960s TV that looks a bit like a diver's helmet. — 00:00:33 · Sarah Urist Green
• ★★★ John has an upper respiratory infection with fever and achiness, joking that the antiques fair sells those too; his innards feel tickled, but not in a good way. (playful) — 00:00:33
• ★ They passed on a good-looking Mountain Dew sign because it was too expensive. — 00:00:33

00:01:03 — Innards tickled; no sandwich in Sandwich; flu via video blog; Brotherhood 2.0 as a marriage; sign-off

• ★★ John jokes that his marriage to Brotherhood 2.0 is an in-sickness-and-in-health, till-2008-do-us-part commitment, so he makes the video despite being sick. (playful) — 00:01:03 · Brotherhood 2.0

Humor (significant)

• John opens by counting how many Q-tips fit in one ear, then checks on the audience. — 00:00:09

  “Are the new viewers gone yet?”

• John reports what the town of Sandwich, Illinois, lacked. — 00:01:03

  “The one thing we couldn't find in Sandwich, Illinois, and this was a bit of a surprise to me, a sandwich.”

Threads in this video

• callback · John's wife Sarah as 'the Yeti' (2007) — John calls Sarah 'the Yeti' when telling of their trip to the antiques fair. (00:00:33)
• update · John and Sarah move to Indianapolis (2007) — John and Sarah buy a dining room table and a 1960s TV for the new house at an antiques fair. (00:00:33)
• told · John gets sick after the Sandwich Antiques Fair (2007) — John tells Hank he is feverish with an upper respiratory infection, which he jokingly says he got at the Sandwich Antiques Fair along with the antiques. (00:00:33)

Where the stories that moved here went next

• John and Sarah move to Indianapolis (2007) — told 5×, last update 2021; last: retold, 2021-05-25
• John gets sick after the Sandwich Antiques Fair (2007) — followed over 2 videos (2007); last: update, 2007-07-26

Mentioned

Central: Sandwich Antiques Fair

Also: Brotherhood 2.0 · Mountain Dew · Sandwich, Illinois · Sarah Urist Green

Only in the description or credits: Ze Frank

Later videos replying to this one

• 2007-07-24 · July 24: More Harry Potter?! (Hank) — answers — “that your innards are all tickly” (00:02:35)