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Question Tuesday: Wookiee Gunships, Sneezing Cessation, and Pizza

2015-08-04 · Q&A · John · 2:44 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Personal life (also: Books & writing, Nerdfighteria) · mode: Q&A & conversation · tags: recurring series, community lore, self promotion

In a quick-fire Question Tuesday, John answers brief viewer questions: parenting has swapped writing time for Lego Wookiee gunships, there is no "apart from pizza", he does not cast movies, and his inkless tattoo punishment is coming soon-ish.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Question Tuesday opening; briefs or boxers; how long until people noticed no one sneezes

  • ★★ John's Question Tuesday answers real questions from real Nerdfighters; he had asked for brief questions and got them, starting with 'briefs or boxers?' (boxer briefs). (playful) — 00:00:01 · Question Tuesday, Nerdfighteria
  • ★ Asked how long it would take people to notice if everybody stopped sneezing, John guesses about a month but would like rigorous research on it. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:14

00:00:26 — Children and writing: building a Lego Wookiee gunship; popular vs smart; middle name; The Americans; another book?

  • ★★ Asked how having children has affected his writing, John says that where 2009 John would have been writing, 2015 John builds a Lego Wookiee gunship, and he does not feel it is a bad change. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:28
  • ★ To a viewer whose schoolmate would rather be popular than smart, John suggests the right response is sympathy. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:43
  • ★ Asked his middle name, John jokes 'Danger' before saying it is Michael. — 00:00:46 · John Green
  • ★★ The last TV show John marathoned was The Americans, which he calls excellent. — 00:00:50

00:00:58 — Favourite little-known poet Hafiz; no "apart from pizza"

  • ★★ Asked for a relatively unknown poet he loves, John names the Persian poet Hafiz, who he feels is not as well known here as he should be. (hedged) — 00:01:01
  • ★★ John cuts off a question beginning "apart from pizza": there is no "apart from pizza", one of the few things that make him angry. (playful) — 00:01:05

00:01:19 — Looking for Alaska movie casting: John does not cast movies

  • ★★ Asked whom he will cast in the Looking for Alaska movie, John says he does not cast movie adaptations of his books, or any movies; he is a novelist, video blogger and pizza enthusiast, not a caster of films. (playful) — 00:01:19

00:01:33 — When the inkless tattoo punishment will happen; asks for tattoo ideas

  • ★★ Asked when he will do his inkless tattoo punishment, John says 'Soon. Ish.' and asks viewers for tattoo ideas in the comments. (hedged) — 00:01:33 · Punishment

00:01:44 — Henry's battle dinosaur; the unfinished Lego gunship

00:02:01 — Signing Paper Towns for independent bookstores; his audible cameo in the Paper Towns movie

  • ★★ John is signing his name over and over so independent bookstores around the US will have signed copies of Paper Towns for the holidays. — 00:02:01 · Paper Towns
  • ★★ John says his cameo in the Paper Towns movie is not something you see so much as someone you hear. — 00:02:06 · Paper Towns (film), Paper Towns

00:02:13 — American Ninja Warrior: John vs Hank; sign-off; Willy

  • ★★ John thinks he would get further than Hank in American Ninja Warrior: watching it with Henry gives him the advantage of knowing what it is, and he likes his odds past the quintuple steps. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:13 · Hank Green, Henry Green
  • ★★ John suggests to Hank adding American Ninja Warrior to next year's (2016) Quadragocon. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:29 · Hank Green
  • ★★ Answering the week's most-asked question, 'Can we see Willie?', John calls Willy over with a treat. (playful) — 00:02:34 · Willy

Humor (significant)

  • Asked his middle name, John gives a fake, cooler one first. — 00:00:44

    “Danger!”

  • Asked whether he is writing another book, John ignores the question and shows off the Lego Wookiee gunship instead. — 00:00:52

    “You know another awesome thing about this wookie gun ship it opens up, it's got like a cargo bay inside of it.”

  • A viewer's question begins 'Apart from pizza, what do you think is the best...'; John cuts it off in mock outrage. — 00:01:05

    “No, no, no, there is no "apart from pizza."”

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Mentioned

Central: Punishment · Question Tuesday

Also: People: Hafez · Henry Green

Projects: Quadragocon

Works: American Ninja Warrior · Looking for Alaska (film) · Paper Towns · Paper Towns (film) · The Americans

Concepts: Apatosaurus · independent bookstore · pizza

Characters: Wookiee

Products: Lego · LEGO Wookiee Gunship

animal: Willy

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