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Other John Greens

2018-07-24 · list · John · 3:58 · watch on YouTube

Topic: History & curiosities · mode: Curiosity & trivia · tags: self promotion, community lore

John introduces six other people named John Green (a Bigfoot researcher, a political scientist, the co-creator of Teen Boat, a horse sticker-book author, a British furniture designer and a cinematographer), notes that namesakes have won Oscars, a Grammy and Emmys, then says he will join Hank's book tour and recommends the new album of Katie Else, who invented 'Don't forget to be awesome'.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Part one: six other John Greens and the John Green near-EGOT

  • ★★ Calling himself an expert on people named John Green after 40 years, John introduces six of his favourite John Greens who aren't him. (playful) — 00:00:15 · John Green
  • ★★★ The first, a Bigfoot expert called one of the Four Horsemen of Sasquatchery, was a small-town newspaper publisher until 45, then became a full-time Bigfoot researcher and wrote books arguing large human-like apes roam North America. — 00:00:29
  • ★ John owns the Bigfoot researcher's book Year of the Sasquatch and says it's not bad. — 00:00:40
  • ★★ After John implied in a Mental Floss article that Bigfoot didn't exist, the Bigfoot researcher wrote in to say he had besmirched the good name of John Greens everywhere. — 00:00:46
  • ★★ Professor John Green, who has a great beard, recently became interim president of the University of Akron; he is a political scientist researching religion and politics in American life. — 00:00:58
  • ★★ John Green the artist, maybe John's favourite, co-created the graphic novel series Teen Boat, about a teenager who occasionally turns into a yacht, and does art for comics and video games. (hedged) — 00:01:10
  • ★★ A sticker and coloring book author John Green, whose sticker books John's college bookstore sold, seems to be into horses, with titles such as Horses Tattoo and Favorite Horses Stickers. (hedged) — 00:01:44
  • ★★ A British designer John Green makes excellent furniture, such as the Embrace coffee table, which works two ways. — 00:02:05
  • ★★ The cinematographer John Green, who goes by Jack, has often been director of photography on films directed by Clint Eastwood. — 00:02:16
  • ★★ The cinematographer was nominated for an Oscar for Unforgiven but has not won one. — 00:02:24
  • ★★ After a mock ranking of the cinematographer's films, John insists that Rookie of the Year really is a phenomenal movie. — 00:02:38
  • ★★ John Greens as a whole have won Oscars: the composer won four Academy Awards and a Grammy, and a TV producer won three Emmys, leaving them one Tony short of a John Green EGOT. — 00:02:49

00:03:11 — Part two: Hank's An Absolutely Remarkable Thing tour and the cities where John joins him

00:03:35 — Part three: Katie Else invented DFTBA; her new album; sign-off

  • ★★★ John reminds viewers that their catchphrase, 'Don't forget to be awesome', was invented not by the brothers but by his friend Katie Else in 2007. — 00:03:39 · DFTBA
  • ★★★ Katie, an acclaimed singer of Irish music, has just released her album Songs from Across the Lake and Sea, which John calls beautiful, haunting and wonderful; link in the description. — 00:03:43

Humor (significant)

  • John admits he filmed this video five days ago. — 00:00:02

    “a past so distant I'm sure we're already looking back on it with fondness”

  • John quotes Teen Boat's creator on what makes the comic unique. — 00:01:28

    “The thrill of being a boat”

  • John lists the horse sticker-book author's many titles. — 00:01:56

    “That guy has published more books about horses than I have published books.”

  • John ranks the cinematographer's films in rising order of greatness. — 00:02:31

    “and he's worked on all-time classics like Rookie of the Year.”

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Mentioned

People: Clint Eastwood · Jack Green · John Green (artist) · John Green (bigfoot researcher) · John Green (coloring book author) · John Green (designer) · John Green (oscar winner) · John Green (political scientist) · John Green (tv producer)

Works: An Absolutely Remarkable Thing · Rookie of the Year · Songs from Across the Lake and Sea · Speed 2: Cruise Control · Teen Boat · The Net · Twister · Unforgiven · Year of the Sasquatch

Organizations: Emmy Award · Grammy Award · Mental Floss · Tony Award · University of Akron

Terms: DFTBA

Places: Boston · Chicago (city) · Indianapolis · Kansas City, Missouri · New York City · North Canton

Events: Academy Awards

Myths: Bigfoot

Only in the description or credits: Katie

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