The Sleepiest Sleepyhead in Sleeptown

2014-11-21 (said on 2014-11-20 — implied: date said in the video; uploaded 1 day later) · letter vlog · John, Cara Delevingne, Nat Wolff · 3:14 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Books & writing (also: Personal life) · mode: Personal update · tags: on location, guest or collab, self promotion, calendar ritual, community lore

An exhausted John, travelling between airports during the Paper Towns shoot, marks the last day of Pizzamas, shows his 'model faces' with Cara Delevingne and Nat Wolff, praises the hard-working film crew, and reports a Fault in Our Stars bench installed on the Fox lot in Los Angeles.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Airport greeting: it's really Thursday; John is 'the sleepiest sleepyhead in Sleepsylvania'; Harry Potter scar remnants

• ★ John says it is actually Thursday; tomorrow he will be in airports all day, today in just two. — 00:00:01

00:00:22 — Last day of Pizzamas: Pizza John shirts and onesie

• ★★ John: today is the last day of Pizzamas, the last day to buy items with his mustachioed face, such as Pizza John shirts or a baby onesie; link in the description. — 00:00:22 · Pizzamas, Pizza John

00:00:41 — Model faces with Cara Delevingne and Nat Wolff

• ★ John says he, Cara Delevingne and Nat Wolff did their 'modeling faces' yesterday, and they have all been practising them. (playful) — 00:00:43

00:01:25 — Paper Towns crew's long hours versus John's easy job; thanks to the crew

• ★★ John: everyone involved in the Paper Towns movie is doing a great job, and he doesn't know how they do it because the hours are incredibly long. — 00:01:25 · Paper Towns (film)
• ★★ John says his own job on set is ridiculously easy (sitting in a chair eating peanut M&Ms, laughing and crying as others bring the story to life), yet he is extremely tired. (playful) — 00:01:32 · Paper Towns (film)
• ★ John thanks the Paper Towns crew, who will stay up until five in the morning tonight. — 00:01:47 · Paper Towns (film)

00:01:57 — Thanks for feedback on P4A 2014

• ★★ John thanks Nerdfighters for their feedback on Project for Awesome 2014 and says he will talk more about it when he is less exhausted. — 00:01:57 · Nerdfighteria, Project for Awesome

00:02:03 — Enjoyed Pizzamassing with Hank; sleeping on a plane

• ★★ John tells Hank he really enjoyed doing Pizzamas with him: it has been really fun, a 'good old days' kind of feeling. — 00:02:03 · Pizzamas

00:02:27 — In Los Angeles: TFIOS bench installed on the Fox lot with Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort; back to the airport

• ★★ Now in Los Angeles after some sleep on the flight, John spent the day with Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort and others from the TFIOS movie as an Amsterdam-style TFIOS bench was installed on the Fox lot. — 00:02:33 · Los Angeles, The Fault in Our Stars (film), Amsterdam
• ★★ John: the Fox lot has a statue of Napoleon Dynamite and murals of The Simpsons and Star Wars, and joining that company is pretty wonderful. — 00:02:42 · The Fault in Our Stars (film)

00:02:59 — Sign-off; P.S. the AFC Wimbly Womblys' most important games

• ★★ P.S.: John tells Nerdfighters the AFC Wimbly Womblys have just played the most important games in their history, with links in the description. (playful) — 00:03:00 · Nerdfighteria

Humor (significant)

• In an airport and short on sleep, John describes how tired he is. — 00:00:14

  “I am the sleepiest sleepyhead in Sleepslvania.”

• John demonstrates his normal face and then his 'model face', which looks the same. — 00:01:19

  “So subtle.”

• Despite the ridiculous easiness of his job on set, John is exhausted. — 00:01:40

  “I am truly the most fatigued, fatigued person in all of Fatiguedville.”

• Wanting to sleep, John describes his coming flight as a steel cylinder hurtling through the unsurvivable atmosphere. — 00:02:16

  “And that's just the kind of environment I'd like to sleep in.”

Threads in this video

• first use · John's exhausted mock place names: 'the sleepiest sleepyhead in Sleepsylvania' (2014) — John describes his exhaustion with mock place names, starting with 'the sleepiest sleepyhead in Sleepsylvania' (the title has Sleeptown), then Fatiguedville and Exhaustia. (00:00:14)
• reminder · John asks viewers to order Pizzamas 2014 items with his mustachioed face before Pizzamas ends (2014) — John reminds viewers that today is the last day of Pizzamas, the last day to buy things with his mustachioed face, such as Pizza John shirts or a onesie. (00:00:22)
• thanks · John asks Nerdfighteria for feedback on changing how P4A 2014 money is divided (2014) — John thanks Nerdfighters for their feedback on Project for Awesome 2014. (00:01:57)
• promised · John: talk more about the P4A 2014 feedback once he is less exhausted (2014) — John says he will talk more about the P4A 2014 feedback when he is not so exhausted. (00:01:57)
• looked back · Pizzamas 2014 edition: the 12 Days of Pizzamas with a vlogbrothers video every weekday — On the last day of Pizzamas John tells Hank he really enjoyed Pizzamassing with him: really fun, a 'good old days' feeling. (00:02:03)
• told · John attends the installation of a Fault in Our Stars bench on the Fox lot in Los Angeles (2014) — John spends the day in Los Angeles with Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort and others from the TFIOS movie as an Amsterdam-style TFIOS bench is installed on the Fox lot, among a Napoleon Dynamite statue and Simpsons and Star Wars murals. (00:02:33)
• reminder · John asks Nerdfighters to subscribe to HankGames and watch his AFC Wimbledon FIFA videos (2013) — In a P.S. John points Nerdfighters to the links for the AFC Wimbly Womblys' 'most important games in their history'. (00:03:00)
• milestone · The Fault in Our Stars film adaptation (2012) — Now in Los Angeles after some sleep on the flight, John spent the day with Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort and others from the TFIOS movie as an Amsterdam-style TFIOS bench was installed on the Fox lot. (00:02:33)
• milestone · John's AFC Wimbledon FIFA series on HankGames, whose ad revenue sponsors the real AFC Wimbledon with Nerdfighter-designed ads (2013) — P.S.: John tells Nerdfighters the AFC Wimbly Womblys have just played the most important games in their history, with links in the description. (00:03:00)

Where the stories that moved here went next

• John: talk more about the P4A 2014 feedback once he is less exhausted (2014) — the project it belongs to reported its result; last: promised, 2014-11-21 (said on 2014-11-20, implied)
• John's AFC Wimbledon FIFA series on HankGames, whose ad revenue sponsors the real AFC Wimbledon with Nerdfighter-designed ads (2013) — running; last: looked back, 2026-03-17
• The Fault in Our Stars film adaptation (2012) — completed; last: looked back, 2024-02-06

Mentioned

Central: Paper Towns (film)

Also: People: Ansel Elgort · Cara Delevingne · David Bowie · Nat Wolff · Shailene Woodley

Projects: Pizzamas · Project for Awesome

Works: Star Wars · The Fault in Our Stars (film) · The Simpsons

Organizations: 20th Century Fox (studio)

Terms: Pizza John

Places: Amsterdam · Los Angeles

Characters: AFC Wimbledon Wimbly Womblys · Harry Potter (character, “Harry Potter”) · Napoleon Dynamite

Products: M&M's

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