What Could You Do with a Poe Bust?!
2009-05-10 · list · John · 1:37 · watch on YouTube
Topic: Books & writing · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: self promotion, song or performance, community lore
Having won an Edgar Award for Paper Towns, John runs through comic answers to 'What could you do with a Poe bust?' before deciding to keep it on the mantel.
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 (Sunday); Paper Towns won an Edgar Award, so John owns a bust of Edgar Allan Poe
- This part replays Oinkbarf Pandemic! An Intellectual Response to Swine Flu (2009-05-04 (said on 2009-05-03, implied)); what is said here is covered on that page: 1 statement.
00:00:13 — 'What could you do with a Poe bust?': comic list of uses (head, Wii, sunglasses, 'nevermore', waterboarding, fitness, garden gnome), ending on the mantel
- ★★ John answers 'What could you do with a Poe bust?' with a run of comic uses: on his head, playing Wii, sunglasses, a talking 'nevermore', waterboarding, fitness equipment, a garden gnome. (playful) — 00:00:13
- ★ In the end John decides he will just keep the Poe bust on the mantel. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:28
00:01:30 — P.S. in the bust's voice: Australian Nerdfighters, see the sidebar for upcoming events with John
- ★★ In a P.S. voiced as the Poe bust, John tells Australian Nerdfighters to look in the sidebar for information about his upcoming events. (playful) — 00:01:30 · Nerdfighteria, Australia
Humor (dominant)
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John plays Wii with the Poe bust and beats him. — 00:00:31
“Oh! You just got Edgar Allan Pwned!”
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Suggesting you could waterboard the bust, John interrogates Poe as if he were a suspect. — 00:01:08
“I'm gonna ask you one last time, Edgar. What does the raven symbolize?”
Threads in this video
- retold · John's Paper Towns wins the Edgar Award (2009) — John retells that Paper Towns won an Edgar Award last week (week of 27 April 2009), making him the owner of a bust of Edgar Allan Poe. (00:00:01)
- callback · John's 'the puff' stress habit (2007) — Holding the Poe bust in front of his face, John compliments 'Edgar' on his lovely puff (John's hair showing above the bust). (00:00:38)
- reminder · John invites Nerdfighters in Melbourne and Sydney to meet him during his Australia trip (2009) — In the bust's voice, John points Australian Nerdfighters to the sidebar for his upcoming events. (00:01:30)
- result reported · John asks Nerdfighters what he can do with his Edgar Award bust of Poe (2009) — In the end John decides he will just keep the Poe bust on the mantel. (00:01:28)
Where the stories that moved here went next
- John asks Nerdfighters what he can do with his Edgar Award bust of Poe (2009) — reported back; last: result reported, 2009-05-10
Mentioned
People: Ashley Olsen · Edgar Allan Poe · Mary-Kate Olsen
Works: Paper Towns · The Raven
Organizations: Edgar Award · Mystery Writers of America
Terms: the Puff
Places: Australia
Products: Wii
Memes: pwned (“Edgar Allan Pwned”)
Only in the description or credits: Tyler Oakley
Later videos replying to this one
- 2009-05-13 · GREEN SCREEN!!!! (Hank) — imitates (open on Hank asks Nerdfighters for ideas of what to do with his green screen (2009)) — Hank asks Nerdfighters to leave ideas in the comments for what he should do with his green screen. (00:01:49)