Paper Towns Tour Dates!

2008-09-04 · announcement · John · 4:00 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Books & writing (also: Projects) · mode: Announcements · tags: self promotion, community lore

John shows the first finished copies of Paper Towns with its two covers, polls viewers on the covers, and announces the October Paper Towns tour dates and the November Tour de Nerdfighting dates.

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 to new subscribers; the two finished Paper Towns copies as Margo puppets

★ John welcomes the nearly 2,000 subscribers who joined since the Sarah Palin video. — 00:00:00 · Sarah Urist Green
★★★ John shows the first two finished copies of Paper Towns, which has two different covers (happy Margo and sad Margo) with the same book inside. — 00:00:00 · Paper Towns

00:00:42 — Why two covers: answer promised for next video; cover poll in comments

★★ John says he will answer why Paper Towns has two covers in his next video, devoted to questions about Paper Towns and the tour. — 00:00:42 · Paper Towns
★★ John asks viewers to say in comments which of the two covers they prefer, calling it an extremely unscientific study. (hedged) — 00:00:42 · Paper Towns
★ The back of both editions is a big photo of John in Amsterdam in mismatched argyle socks. (playful) — 00:00:42 · Amsterdam

00:01:12 — Official Paper Towns tour dates, from the New York launch party to the Los Angeles Halloween party

★ Before the tour, John will be at an event in Columbus, Ohio, on Monday, September 8. — 00:01:12
★★★ John announces an October 16 New York launch party for Paper Towns' release with Hank, their parents, the Yeti, Maureen Johnson and other authors; Julia Nunes is floated as a 'rumor'. — 00:01:12 · Paper Towns, New York City, Hank Green, Mike Green, Sydney Green, Sarah Urist Green, Maureen Johnson, Looking for Alaska (novel)
★★★ John announces the Paper Towns tour stops from October 17 to 30: Boston, Indianapolis, Columbus, Atlanta, Miami, Orlando, Chicago suburbs and city, Phoenix, Seattle, San Francisco, and a Nerdfighter Halloween party in Los Angeles. — 00:01:43 · Indianapolis, Chicago (city), Los Angeles, Paper Towns
★★ John says much of Paper Towns is set in Orlando, Florida. — 00:02:13 · Paper Towns

00:02:56 — Tour de Nerdfighting 2008 dates booked so far; which stops are you coming to

★★★ After a few days off, Hank, Katherine, sometimes the Yeti and John start the Great American Tour de Nerdfighting 2008, from Plano, Texas, on November 2 to Ames, Iowa, on November 16. — 00:02:56 · Tour de Nerdfighting, Hank Green, Katherine Green, Sarah Urist Green
★★ The November 4 stop is an Election Day Spectacular in Greenwood, Indiana. — 00:02:56 · United States presidential election
★★ John asks Nerdfighters which tour stop or stops they are coming to. — 00:03:25 · Nerdfighteria
★ John says he looks forward to three weeks in a car with Hank in November, joking it will not hurt their relationship. (playful) — 00:03:25 · Hank Green

Humor (significant)

John voices the two Paper Towns covers as Margo puppets crowding him out; one protests with a pun on covers. — 00:00:42

“Don't cover me up! I refuse to be silenced!”
Expecting a third of Nerdfighters not to know Julia Nunes, John bends Mr. T's catchphrase. — 00:01:43

“As Mr. T so memorably put it, I pitied a third.”
On returning to Columbus, John credits Queen Isabella with an obscure pun about Christopher Columbus. — 00:02:13

“I can't get enough Columbus!”
A Margo cover announces Westport, Connecticut, in a squeaky voice. — 00:03:25

“Margo, I don't want to criticize here, but you have a terrible voice for vlogging.”

Threads in this video

milestone · Paper Towns: writing, revision and publication (2007) — John shows the first two finished copies of Paper Towns. (00:00:00)
promised · John: answer why Paper Towns has two covers in his next video (2008) — John promises to answer why Paper Towns has two covers in his next video, a Q&A about Paper Towns and the tour. (00:00:42)
asked · John asks viewers which Paper Towns cover they prefer (2008) — John asks viewers to tell him in comments which of the two Paper Towns covers they prefer. (00:00:42)
announced · Paper Towns Tour (2008) — John announces the official Paper Towns tour dates, from the October 16 New York launch party to the October 30 Nerdfighter Halloween party in Los Angeles. (00:01:12)
callback · John's wife Sarah as 'the Yeti' (2007) — John lists "the Yeti" among the guests at the Paper Towns launch party. (00:01:43)
announced · Tour de Nerdfighting 2008 edition — John announces the Tour de Nerdfighting 2008 dates booked so far, November 2 to 16. (00:02:56)
asked · John asks Nerdfighters to find the nearest tour stop and come, bringing friends (2008) — John asks Nerdfighters which tour stop or stops they are coming to. (00:03:25)

Where the stories that moved here went next

John asks Nerdfighters to find the nearest tour stop and come, bringing friends (2008) — invitation (not a request); last: reminder, 2008-10-28 (said on 2008-10-27, implied)
John: answer why Paper Towns has two covers in his next video (2008) — kept late
Paper Towns Tour (2008) — last documented in 2008 (looked back on in 2019)
Paper Towns: writing, revision and publication (2007) — completed; last: looked back, 2023-11-07
Tour de Nerdfighting 2008 edition — completed; last: looked back, 2026-07-14

Mentioned

Central: Paper Towns · Paper Towns Tour · Tour de Nerdfighting

Also: People: Christopher Columbus (“I can't get enough Columbus”) · Isabella I of Castile · Julia Nunes · Katherine Green · Maureen Johnson · Mike Green · Mr. T · Sarah Palin · Sarah Urist Green · Sydney Green

Works: Looking for Alaska (novel)

Terms: secret sibling

Places: Ames, Iowa · Amsterdam · Ann Arbor, Michigan · Atlanta · Boston · Charlottesville, Virginia · Chicago (city) · Columbus, Ohio (“I can't get enough Columbus”) · Greenwood, Indiana · Indianapolis · Lancaster, Pennsylvania · Los Angeles · Louisville, Kentucky · Miami · New York City · Oklahoma City · Orlando, Florida · Phoenix, Arizona · Pittsburgh · Plano, Texas · San Francisco · Seattle · St. Louis · Virginia Beach, Virginia · Westport, Connecticut

Events: Halloween (holiday) · United States presidential election

Characters: Margo Roth Spiegelman

Also centred on Paper Towns Tour: Hanks actual Vlog · Travel Tips, Delivered Hoarsely

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