FALLOUT + CONTEST
FAVE LINKEY-POO RIGHT THIS SECOND: This Hotdishes of Minnesota towel rules. Love that my agent, a total New York girl, actually has one.
So, uh, you know that little video I made? The one called Editing Letter? Um, so, it turns out it got a lot of hits on YouTube. Like, a lot. And yesterday? You want to know who left a comment about it? John Green. As in An Abundance of Katherines. As in one of the greatest YA writers ever. As in I freaked out. Totally.
I want to give a huge thank you to everyone who viewed it, who passed it around, who left a comment about it, and who took the time to email me about it. I love that it had such a fab impact, and I can’t wait to make more of the same. Rob and I are already working on it, actually, and we’re on the look out for awesome ideas.
Which brings me to my next point. If anyone has a killer idea for our next video, I’d love for you to submit it here, in the comments, and if we actually use it we’ll a.) credit you; b.) send you a copy of DONUT DAYS; and c.) send you a Dunkin’ Donuts gift card. You could do worse, right? The only requirement is that the skit has to mention DONUT DAYS and give a nod to the fact that it’s coming out in August. More than that is creative license, baby.
So please, send us your ideas! We’d love to hear them and incorporate them into more DONUT DAYS videos.
Happy movie-making!
9 Responses to “FALLOUT + CONTEST”
May 12th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
how about some indiana jonesish kinda thing where you have to interpret the hieroglyphics of editing marks in order to obtain some kinda golden novel or something
May 12th, 2009 at 5:11 pm
holy crap! John Green. I love that it’s the top link on his YouTube channel. http://www.youtube.com/user/vlogbrothers (under Recent Activity)
May 12th, 2009 at 5:24 pm
Love the towel! I totally ordered one. Of course, my love of hotdish and its related paraphernalia is dwarfed in comparison to my love for “editing letter”! As for your next video, I don’t have any grand ideas, but was hoping you could incorporate a tambourine and an alien doll.
May 12th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
Ideas:
(1) A short, slightly sarcastic feel good film about a police officer who buys DONUT DAYS for his young adult living at home, continuing a family tradition of mild obsession with circular sweets. Perhaps he happens across it after a mad shopping rush for the holidays or a birthday present or something. (One of my best friends is a cop in Detroit. I have blanket permission to make donut cop jokes.)
(2) A young employee at Dunkin Donuts is upset that no one remembers her birthday until she gets DONUT DAYS.
(3) Go the music video route again: Make Rob put on his leather pants and sing an alternate version of Zepplin’s “Dancin Days” with the more-than-a-bit obvious title “DONUT DAYS.” I have no idea what the lyrics would be, but I will spend hours helping you write them if Rob does the leather pants thing.
(4) Do a short film called “Donut Day Afternoon.” This could go in a number of directions. Perhaps a guy, let’s call him “Sonny,” is trying to rob a bookstore to get a copy of DONUT DAYS to give to his pre-op trans girlfriend a reason to live. Or perhaps he’s robbing a bank and is ultimately teased out of the store by enticing him with a copy of DONUT DAYS. It might seem silly to advertise a contemporary young adult novel using a 70s R-rated film about a robbery gone wrong, but… well, no it’s silly. Which is why it rules.
May 13th, 2009 at 3:44 am
Wow! I just love all the ideas and can’t wait to see what you pick and do.
I’ll get my popcorn ready!
May 16th, 2009 at 10:30 pm
I could have used that towel on our cross country RV trip. In fact I recommend each state whip up their own and sell them at KOA campgrounds.
The new video? Hmmm. Did you know Madonna used to work at Dunkin Donuts? Another odd fact, my husband actually purchased two boxes of Entemens donuts last night at the supermarket and they’re all gone… How about a Donut U? Isn’t that where cops get their badges?
Or a conveyer belt like at Krispy Creme only the end product rolling out is a bunch of Donut Days books??? Or a nutrition class where there is a new food pyramid being introduced with donut’s on every level… Perhaps your book is required reading?
BTW, having your book in my home will encourage dangerous powdered donut binges… I for one cannot wait.
May 16th, 2009 at 10:41 pm
I totally love that hotdish towel! I remember seeing it at a art crawl a few years ago, love it!
May 24th, 2009 at 11:31 am
All y’all, thanks for the awesome ideas! Can I combine them all and have Indiana Jones chasing an alien … wait, that already happened. [Pauses for a moment to mourn fourth installment of series.] Um, okay, Indiana Jones with a tambourine, who raids a donut shop where Madonna and some cops are building a food pyramid — all to the tune of “Donut Days” a la “Dancin’ Days.” (Alternately, we did bounce around the idea of doing something to Springsteen’s “Glory Days.”) You will all get credit in the next video for sure — thanks for submitting and being awesome! If we use any of these ideas directly, the gift card is in the mail! xox
June 5th, 2009 at 2:38 am
How about Rob goes all Roger and Me, following you as you try to pursue Homer Simpson for a blurb for your book and he continually evades you?
Mmmm, Donut Days.