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Letting It Snow with Kiernan Shipka, Shameik Moore, Anna Akana, and Blogbrother John Green

2019-11-05 · collab / interview · John, Kiernan Shipka, Shameik Moore, Anna Akana, Isabela Merced, Odeya Rush, Jacob Batalon, Maureen Johnson, Lauren Myracle · 3:44 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Books & writing · mode: Q&A & conversation · tags: guest or collab, self promotion, calendar ritual, on location

At the Let It Snow press junket John, with co-authors Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle, puts nerdfighters' questions to the Netflix film's cast: favourite Christmas movies and songs, filming in the cold, marshmallows, when to start decorating, first-time sledding, and where to watch the film from November 8.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Cold open: 'why are we here?' answered cosmically, then the Good morning greeting

  • ★★ a guest: A cast member calls Let It Snow a really funny, light Christmas movie. — 00:00:00

00:00:29 — Junket questions: Christmas movies, filming in snow, marshmallows, who to be snowed in with, holiday songs

  • ★★ a guest: Asked for their favourite Christmas movie of all time, a cast member names A Muppet Christmas Carol. — 00:00:29
  • ★★ a guest: Cast members say they filmed in real snow with more added on top, and the coldest day was minus 30. — 00:00:29
  • ★ a guest: Asked how many marshmallows are optimal in hot chocolate, a cast member makes a top layer, eats it, then adds another. (playful) — 00:01:00
  • ★★ a guest: Asked for a favourite holiday song, a cast member names Alvin and the Chipmunks' Christmas song. — 00:01:00

00:01:49 — Decorating timing, praise for the cast, first-time sledding, gas station snacks, where to watch, sign-off

  • ★★ a guest: Asked when to start decorating, a cast member stays on the fence: those who start right after Halloween and those after Thanksgiving are all good people. (playful) — 00:01:49
  • ★★★ Asked whether they have all seen it, John says the film is genuinely great and the cast are all talented. — 00:01:49
  • ★★ a guest: The cast tells the authors they couldn't have made it without them. — 00:01:49
  • ★★ John replies that they could have: he has seen them in other things made without the authors, and those were good too. (playful) — 00:01:49
  • ★★ a guest: A cast member addressed as Luke says filming was his first time ever sledding, with some camera tricks, though he did his own stunt rolling off. — 00:02:29
  • ★ a guest: Asked for a favourite gas station snack, a cast member jokes Australia has no gas stations, then names honey soy chicken chips. (playful) — 00:02:53 · Australia
  • ★★ a guest: Asked where to watch Let It Snow, the cast says November 8 and, they add, from then in perpetuity. (playful) — 00:03:23

In the description and comments

  • ★★★ The description says John and co-authors Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle are thrilled with the Let It Snow movie, out on Netflix on November 8. — video description · Maureen Johnson
  • ★★ The description says John poses real nerdfighters' questions to Isabela Merced, Kiernan Shipka, Shameik Moore, Odeya Rush, Jacob Batalon and the rest of the Let It Snow cast. — video description · Nerdfighteria

Humor (significant)

  • Asked why we are here 'in the largest sense', a cast member explains their parents decided to procreate, like the parents before them. — 00:00:00

    “I didn't sign up for this.”

  • Asked who they'd want to be snowed in with, a cast member's hesitant answer draws mock outrage from a co-star. — 00:01:00

    “I gotta say, for an actor, you are a bad one.”

  • A cast member's diplomatic answer on when to start decorating ends with everyone becoming better people together. — 00:01:49

    “Are you running for office?”

  • Saying the film is out on November 8, the cast insists it can also be watched afterwards. — 00:03:23

    “That would be very bad for us if people could watch it on November 8th.”

Threads in this video

Mentioned

Central: Let It Snow (film)

Also: Alvin and the Chipmunks · Australia · Halloween (holiday) · It's a Wonderful Life · Netflix · Thanksgiving · The Muppet Christmas Carol

Taking part: Anna Akana · Isabela Merced · Jacob Batalon · Kiernan Shipka · Lauren Myracle · Maureen Johnson · Odeya Rush · Shameik Moore

Also centred on Let It Snow (film): Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle's Let It Snow

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