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ThisIsNotJohn

2010-01-22 · letter vlog · Maureen Johnson · 3:16 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: guest or collab, song or performance, community lore

Maureen Johnson introduces herself as the fill-in for John while he is on paternity leave, jokes that she is the Conan to John's Leno and claims the 'in your pants' joke, asks for feedback on Twitter, and presents a music-video homage to a secret dangerous side of John ('Actual John Green').

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Maureen Johnson introduces herself: filling in for John while he is off being a father; friend and fellow YA author

  • ★★★ Maureen Johnson introduces herself and says she will be filling in for John while he is off being a father, for the next few days or weeks. — 00:00:00 · Maureen Johnson, John Green
  • ★★ Maureen Johnson: She describes herself as a friend of John's and fellow YA author, probably best known to Nerdfighters as the originator of the 'In Your Pants' joke. (hedged) — 00:00:00 · in your pants, Nerdfighteria

00:00:20 — Originator of 'in your pants', 'second prettiest green brother', the Conan to John's Leno; moving the chair for two hours; 'keep it in his pants'

  • ★★ Maureen Johnson: Maureen jokes that she is 'second prettiest green brother' and the Conan to John's Leno: John is giving her the show only to take it right back, having picked her because she is bad at videos. (joke) — 00:00:20 · Maureen Johnson

00:01:05 — Send comments on her performance via Twitter; another side of John she will help viewers explore

  • ★★ Maureen Johnson: Maureen asks viewers to send comments on her performance to her on Twitter rather than by mail, and says she will read them. — 00:01:05 · Twitter
  • ★★ Maureen Johnson: She says there is another side to John she can help viewers explore, and presents footage she shot of him, cut into a music-video homage. — 00:01:25 · John Green

00:01:48 — Music video 'Actual John Green': footage of John cut into a homage to a dangerous John

  • ★★ Maureen Johnson: The song 'Actual John Green' casts John as dangerous, with the refrain 'Actual John Green'; most lyrics are unclear in the audio. (joke) — 00:01:48

Humor (dominant)

  • Maureen lists the titles Nerdfighters may know her by. — 00:00:20

    “you may also know me by my most common title which is second prettiest green brother”

  • Maureen explains her role as John's stand-in host. — 00:00:20

    “what I am is the Conan to John's Leno because he's just giving me the show and he's just gonna take it right back”

  • All she has learned from the brothers' videos is that you're supposed to move your chair now and then. — 00:00:42

    “so I'm just gonna do that for like I don't know two hours”

  • Explaining why John needs a stand-in at all, the originator of 'in your pants' finally gets to say it. — 00:00:42

    “this wouldn't really even be an issue if John just could, you know, keep it in his pants.”

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Mentioned

Central: Maureen Johnson

Also: Actual John Green · Conan O'Brien · in your pants (“keep it in his pants”) · Jay Leno · Twitter

Only in the description or credits: Gene Cawley

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