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Being Weird in the Airport

2008-01-13 · other · Hank · 0:43 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Everyday life · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: on location, song or performance, community lore

Bored in an airport, the vlogger (taken to be Hank) complains that talking to a camera in public gets him funny looks, then does something he expects will really mark him as a freak; the description says the song is 'They're Taking the Hobbits to Isengard'.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Bored in an airport: talking to a camera gets funny looks; then a performance to 'They're Taking the Hobbits to Isengard' (per description)

  • ★★ Hank says he is bored in an airport and tired of people looking at him funny just for talking to a camera. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • ★★ Hank jokingly argues that talking to a camera shouldn't make him a freak, since actors talk to cameras and are treated like gods. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • ★★ Hank announces that what he is about to do (per the description, a performance to 'They're Taking the Hobbits to Isengard') will probably classify him as a freak. (joke, hedged) — 00:00:00 · Taking the Hobbits to Isengard

Humor (dominant)

  • After doing his weird airport act, Hank remarks on the travellers around him. — 00:00:00

    “I really have to admire all of these people's ability to completely ignore me.”

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Mentioned

Only in the description or credits: Taking the Hobbits to Isengard

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