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Moon Farts: Being Charlie While Running Errands

2012-05-01 · Q&A · John · 3:12 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Personal life (also: History & curiosities, Sports) · mode: Q&A & conversation · tags: community lore, calendar ritual, self promotion

While running errands (his old and new offices, getting his movie deal notarized), John answers the questions Hank asked Charlie McDonnell, and tells the story of astronaut John Young's hot-mic farts on the moon.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — John will answer Hank's questions for Charlie while running errands; Missoula and Richard Hugo's poem; the La-Z-Boy where he wrote his novels; the small shared old office

  • ★★ John says he will answer all the questions Hank asked Charlie McDonnell in his last video, briefly fulfilling his dream of being Charlie, and tell a story about astronauts farting on the moon. (playful) — 00:00:00

  • ★★ John loves Missoula, the only Montana town he ever visits; it reminds him of Richard Hugo's poem 'Degrees of Gray in Philipsburg', some lines of which he recites. — 00:00:00 · Missoula, Montana, Montana

    “Say your life broke down. The last good kiss you had was years ago.”

  • ★★ John shows the La-Z-Boy chair his mom gave him for his 23rd birthday, in which he has written all of his novels. — 00:00:24 · Sydney Green

  • ★★ John loves his old office, which has his chair and lets him play Swoodilypoopers videos, but it is small and he shares it with Stan and sometimes two other people. — 00:00:24

00:00:53 — Answers: the preemptive scream; the new office's river view; eliminate 'celebrity'; kidnap rather than kill baby Hitler; getting the movie deal notarized; worst challenge (chin waxing); a tattoo that looks like a mole

  • ★★ John's last scream was a preemptive one last night, taking recycling into the dark garage in case an intruder was hiding there; he calls the preemptive scream underrated. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:53
  • ★★ John shows his new office and its view of the river, saying he loves rivers. — 00:00:53
  • ★★ Asked which word he would eliminate from English, John chooses 'celebrity'. — 00:00:53 · celebrity
  • ★★ John can't believe Hank still asks the baby-Hitler question five years after the Evil Baby Orphanage began; he would not kill baby Hitler but kidnap him. (playful) — 00:00:53 · Evil Baby Orphanage, Hank Green
  • ★★★ John goes to get his movie deal notarized, calling it the day of the best errands ever; the description says it is the movie option for The Fault in Our Stars. — 00:01:23 · The Fault in Our Stars (film), The Fault in Our Stars
  • ★★ John says all the eating challenges were bad, but waxing his chin was his worst challenge. — 00:01:23
  • ★ John thinks he is too old for a first tattoo, but likes the idea of a brown dot on his shoulder so he can tell admirers it is not a mole but a tattoo. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:23

00:01:50 — A storm; the bloody glove question; writing vs editing; regular gassy; astronaut John Young gets the farts on the moon

  • ★ John says he spends more time writing his videos than editing them. — 00:01:50
  • ★★★ John says astronaut John Young once got the farts on the moon and swore about it, the first F-bomb on the moon; NASA told Commander Young he had a live mic, and Young asked how long it had been on. (playful) — 00:01:50

00:02:19 — The live mic and Young's reply; making videos vs video games: only the Swindon Town Swoodilypoopers (and maybe Angry Birds); preparing for season four

  • ★★ John spends far more time making videos than playing video games; he only plays as the Swindon Town Swoodilypoopers, unless Angry Birds counts as a video game. (playful) — 00:02:19
  • ★★ John says he is preparing for season four, in which his Swindon Town Swoodilypoopers will go for a third straight title (name unclear), and insists his trophy is real, not a made-up thing or a plate. (playful) — 00:02:19

00:02:52 — The trophy is real, not a plate; say hi to Charlie; P.S. Hanko de Mayo plans and a present for Hank

  • ★★ In a P.S., John asks Nerdfighters what they are doing for Hanko de Mayo and hopes they will do lots of fun nerdfightastic things. (hedged) — 00:02:52 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★★ John says he has a present for Hank that involves the viewers, which he will reveal on Hanko de Mayo. — 00:02:52 · Hank Green

In the description and comments

Humor (significant)

  • John's last scream was a preemptive one in his dark garage, in case an intruder was hiding there. — 00:00:53

    “I'm a big fan of the preemptive scream. I think it's underrated.”

  • John would tattoo a brown dot on his shoulder so that when people say they like his mole he can reply: — 00:01:23

    “it's not a mole, it's a tattoo.”

  • John tells how astronaut John Young swore about his farts on the moon, and NASA told him he had a live mic; after a pause Young replied: — 00:02:19

    “uh, how long has the mic been on?”

  • John insists the Swindon Town Swoodilypoopers' FIFA success is not made up. — 00:02:52

    “Hank, if it's a made-up thing, why do I have a real trophy? Don't tell me it's a plate.”

Threads in this video

Where the stories that moved here went next

Mentioned

Central: Charlie McDonnell

Also: People: Adolf Hitler · John Young · Richard Hugo · Stan Muller · Sydney Green

Works: Angry Birds · Degrees of Gray in Philipsburg · The Fault in Our Stars (film)

Organizations: La-Z-Boy · NASA

Rituals: Hanko de Mayo

Terms: Evil Baby Orphanage

Concepts: celebrity

Places: Missoula, Montana · Montana

Characters: Swindon Town Swoodilypoopers

Only in the description or credits: (500) Days of Summer · Fox 2000 Pictures · The Fault in Our Stars

Also centred on Charlie McDonnell: Supernote and Charlie's Birthday · 8 Things I Love · Hank Talks to Charlie McDonnell · Thoughts from Bath: The Legacy of Wealth

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