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Paper Towns MOVIE1!!!11!

2008-10-24 · letter vlog · John · 2:40 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Books & writing (also: Nerdfighteria) · mode: Announcements · tags: punishment or challenge, self promotion, community lore, on location

John sets Hank's punishment (dressing as Carrie Bradshaw for Sex and the City), thanks Hank and Nerdfighters for Paper Towns' number-five New York Times bestseller debut, announces that the film rights have been optioned by the producers of Juno, and asks Nerdfighteria what he can do for them.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Hotel bathrobe; one-take video; Hank's punishment: dress as Carrie Bradshaw and watch the Sex and the City movie at home

  • ★ John records in a hotel bathrobe with about four minutes to make the video in one take, and warns it will be bad. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • ★★★ John tells Hank he is being punished by having to do something he once agreed to: dress as Carrie Bradshaw for the Sex and the City movie, at home since it has left theaters. (playful) — 00:00:00 · Punishment

00:00:51 — Thanks to Hank and Nerdfighters for Paper Towns' number-five debut on the New York Times bestseller list

00:01:21 — Paper Towns movie rights optioned by Mandate and Mr. Mudd, the makers of Juno

  • ★★★ John announces that the movie rights to Paper Towns have been optioned by Mandate and Mr. Mudd, the people who made Juno. — 00:01:21 · Paper Towns
  • ★ John says the last time these producers made a movie it won a bunch of Oscars. (playful) — 00:01:21
  • ★★ John says the Mr. Mudd producers were the ones he said 'best wishes' to months ago, and it did not make them hate him. (playful) — 00:01:21 · best wishes

00:01:50 — Contrast with An Abundance of Katherines' release day; gratitude to Hank; John asks Nerdfighteria what he can do for them; sign-off

  • ★★ John recalls that on the day An Abundance of Katherines came out, he and the Yeti found no copies at a bookstore, then went home, had soup and watched CSI. (playful) — 00:01:50 · An Abundance of Katherines, Sarah Urist Green
  • ★★★ John says hanging out with 200 Nerdfighters last night, with hundreds more watching on BlogTV, is the nicest gift he has ever been given. (hedged) — 00:01:50 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ John tells Hank, without getting cheesy, that all of this would have been impossible without him. — 00:01:50
  • ★★★ In solidarity with Hank's punishment and in gratitude, John asks Nerdfighteria what he can do for them, offering examples, and asks for answers in comments. — 00:01:50 · Nerdfighteria, Punishment

Humor (significant)

  • John shows the bathrobe the hotel gave him. — 00:00:00

    “I couldn't bring myself to actually put it on naked because I don't know what the previous tenants did in it.”

  • John notes that the last movie these producers made won a bunch of Oscars. — 00:01:21

    “No pressure or anything.”

  • John describes the release day of his second novel: no copies in the bookstore. — 00:01:50

    “Then I went home and we had some soup. Then we watched CSI and went to bed.”

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Mentioned

Central: Paper Towns · planned Paper Towns film (2008 Mandate Pictures option)

Also: People: Sarah Urist Green

Projects: Paper Towns Tour

Works: An Abundance of Katherines · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation · Juno · Sex and the City (tv series)

Organizations: BlogTV · The New York Times · YouTube

Rituals: Punishment

Terms: best wishes · made of awesome

Places: Bangladesh

Events: Academy Awards

Characters: Carrie Bradshaw

Products: Happy Meal

Only in the description or credits: Mandate Pictures · Mr. Mudd

Also centred on planned Paper Towns film (2008 Mandate Pictures option): The Unzipped Zipper (Of Your Pants)

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