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Eating a FAT SANDWICH

2009-06-10 · challenge / punishment · John, Sarah Urist Green · 3:54 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: punishment or challenge, community lore, guest or collab, recurring series

In a 'Cooking with John' episode John performs his punishment, eating a strawberry-protein Crisco 'fat sandwich' equivalent to a Carl's Jr. burger; like fast food, he says, the first bites were delicious, then it got grosser and he vomited.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — 'Cooking with John' intro; the last episode's blenderized Happy Meal

  • ★★ John opens 'Cooking with John', the show where they make and eat disgusting things; the last episode was a blenderized McDonald's Happy Meal. (playful) — 00:00:00 · Cooking with John

    “Cooking With John”

00:00:16 — The recipe: Carl's Jr. burger as constituent parts (Crisco, corn syrup, salt, strawberry soy protein, wheat bun), blended; Sarah's predictions

  • ★★★ John explains the challenge: eat the nutritional equivalent of a Carl's Jr. specialty burger as its constituent parts - fat, corn syrup, salt and protein - plus a bun. (playful) — 00:00:16
  • ★ John says he bought the strawberry-flavored protein because it was cheaper and will probably regret it. (playful) — 00:00:30
  • ★★ John's recipe: a quarter cup of Crisco, one teaspoon of high fructose corn syrup (Mrs. Butterworth), one teaspoon of salt and two scoops of strawberry soy protein, blended, on a wheat bun. (playful) — 00:00:44
  • ★ Sarah Urist Green: Sarah predicts it will be better than the blenderized Happy Meal, consistency-wise, because the bun is a familiar element. (hedged) — 00:01:24 · Sarah Urist Green

00:01:57 — Eating the fat sandwich: delicious, then nasty; voiceover cuts the vomiting; John finishes

  • ★★★ John finds the fat sandwich 'kind of delicious' at first - strawberry, salty, sugary, fatty - but halfway through it tastes bad and he feels sick, and powers through. (playful) — 00:02:10
  • ★★★ A voiceover freezes the footage so young viewers need not see John vomit; John then finishes the sandwich. (playful) — 00:03:11

00:03:37 — Verdict: just like fast food; penance of answering 317 questions; sign-off

  • ★★★ John says that, just like regular fast food, the first couple of bites were delicious and then it became progressively grosser. (playful) — 00:03:37

  • ★★★ To pay further penance, John promises to answer the first 317 questions asked in comments, particularly on the Ning. — 00:03:46 · Nerdfighter Ning

    “I will answer the first 317 questions asked in comments”

Humor (dominant)

  • John explains his choice of buns for the fat sandwich. — 00:00:41

    “I got the wheat buns because, you know, I'm watchin' my figure.”

  • Sarah's new fear is that John will like the fat sandwich. — 00:01:47

    “Baby, make me a fat sandwich! Strawberry flavored, please!”

  • Sarah asks John to describe the first bite of the fat sandwich. — 00:02:18

    “Unfortunately, it's really good.”

  • A voiceover freezes the footage because young people watch the videos. — 00:03:11

    “having what is known in competitive eating circles as a reversal of fortune.”

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Mentioned

People: Sarah Urist Green

Projects: Nerdfighter Ning

Organizations: Carl's Jr. · McDonald's

Terms: Cooking with John

Products: Carl's Jr. portobello mushroom burger · Crisco · Happy Meal · Mrs. Butterworth's

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