Showing posts with label Humor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Humor. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Case Study No. 2103: Unnamed Female Librarian (Hitler's Library)

Hitler's Library (Chinese)
5:42
This is a video project I made for Chinese class. Nothing too special here, just a library run by Hitler/a Hitler-esque person. Its pretty good I guess.
Tags: Hitler Library Chinese
Added: 9 years ago
From: fungusshark408
Views: 653

["1. No running" appears on screen]
["2. No drooling" appears on screen]
["3. No Michael Jackson" appears on screen]
["4. Late books are fined your pants" appears on screen]
["5. Three strikes and you are shot" appears on screen]
["6. No speaking English" appears on screen (and appears to be written in crayon)]
[cut to a boy riding his bicycle (as "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" plays in the background), then he stops and enters a "library" (i.e. someone's house)]
[cut to inside the library, where the boy walks up to a young female librarian (short black hair, glasses, Hitler mustache, trenchcoat with a paper swastika taped to the front) standing at the "front desk" (i.e. the kitchen table)]
LIBRARIAN: [translated] Why did you come to the library?
PATRON 1: [translated] Because I want to borrow a book and magazine.
LIBRARIAN: [translated] Sweet. I recommend that you borrow "Mein Kampf" and "The Hitler Youth."
PATRON 1: [translated] WTF are you? I think I r3c0gn1z3 U ...
LIBRARIAN: [translated] You can call me Forest Gump.
PATRON 1: [translated] Um, I think I'll go find my book on my own ...
[cut to the boy walking through the library, when he picks up a piece of paper with the word "Playboy" written on it]
PATRON 1: [translated] Awesome! Playboy!
[cut to a shot of the librarian removing her mustache, examining it, then placing it back under her nose ... then the camera pans out to show the boy reading the "magazine" (as the theme from the 1960s "Spider-Man" cartoon begins to play in the background)]
[cut back to the librarian watching the boy, as "Spider-man, Spider-man ... does whatever a spider can ... spins a web, any size ... Hitler's got really freaky eyes ... Look out! Hitler's got spidey sense!" appears on screen]
[cut to the librarian walking towards the boy, as she taps him on the shoulder]
LIBRARIAN: [translated] Did you see the friggin' rules?
[he turns towards her]
PATRON 1: [translated] No, I don't know the friggin' rules.
LIBRARIAN: [translated] The rules say ... No drooling!
[she points a finger at him]
LIBRARIAN: [translated] This is your first "strike" ... If you have three strikes, I'll kill your bunshole!
PATRON 1: [translated] Okay ...
[cut to another boy talking to the librarian]
PATRON 2: [translated] Uh, this book is overdue ...
LIBRARIAN: [translated] Did you see the rules?!
[he looks around]
PATRON 2: [translated] No ...
LIBRARIAN: [translated] I need to take your pants!
PATRON 2: [translated] Heck no! I'm not giving you my pants!
LIBRARIAN: [translated] I don't give a care!
[he slams his hands on the desk]
PATRON 2: [translated] This is very unreasonable!
LIBRARIAN: [translated] You dare have these words come out of your mouth?!
PATRON 2: [translated] This is a public library! How can you say this crap?
[the librarian reaches over and "rips" his pants off in one motion, as the camera pans over to show the boy (from the waist up) with a shocked look on his face]
PATRON 2: [translated] Dude! My pants! What the f***?!
[he storms off, then (after a beat) he returns]
PATRON 2: [translated] Umm ... Can I borrow a violin book?
[cut to the boy (in his underwear) walking over to the couch and sitting down next to the first boy]
PATRON 2: [translated] You know violins can cost money?
PATRON 1: [translated] Umm ...
[cut to the boy showing him his book]
PATRON 2: [translated] Look at this! Look! I'm saying stuff!
PATRON 1: [translated] If I give you money, will you shut up?!
[cut to another boy talking to the librarian]
PATRON 3: [translated] Um, can you help me find a book?
LIBRARIAN: [translated] What book do you want me to find?!
PATRON 3: [translated] I feel like getting a "physics" book ...
[the librarian points at him and yells once he pronounces the word "physics" in English]
LIBRARIAN: [translated] Can't speak English in the library!
PATRON 3: [translated] For serious?
LIBRARIAN: [translated] Have you seen the rules?
PATRON 3: [translated] Yeah, there are five.
LIBRARIAN: [translated] Did you really read the rules?
PATRON 3: [translated] Fo sho! The rules didn't say anything about not speaking English!
LIBRARIAN: [translated] Well, now there is!!
PATRON 3: [translated] Fine, then where's my physics book?
LIBRARIAN: [translated] Fine, here's your physics book.
[she hands him a book]
PATRON 3: [translated] Thank you. Physics is really interesting.
[cut to a closeup of the door, as someone knocks, then cut to a still image of Michael Jackson (as the mouth moves to simulate him talking)]
MICHAEL JACKSON: [translated] Please open the door. Michael Jackson wants to renew a book!
[cut to the first boy sitting on the couch]
PATRON 1: [translated] I have a feeling that Michael Jackson wants to get in ...
[everyone else says in unison "The rules say ... No Michael Jackson allowed!"]
[cut back to the still image of Michael Jackson]
MICHAEL JACKSON: [translated] Come on guys, just let me renew the book!
[cut to the librarian]
LIBRARIAN: [translated] No! Go away, Michael Jackson!
[cut back to the still image of Michael Jackson (as the eyebrows and mouth move to make him look angry)]
MICHAEL JACKSON: [translated] Rawr!
[the screen fades to black, then cut to the boy talking to the librarian]
PATRON 3: [translated] Okay, can I check this book out now?
LIBRARIAN: [translated] Give me your library card!
[he hands her a piece of paper, and she nods]
PATRON 3: [translated] Ah, it is getting late. I better head home.
[he gets up, then the other two boys walk up to him]
PATRON 1: [translated] How about we go home together?
PATRON 3: [translated] Who the crap are you guys?
[a ringing bell can be heard, as they all look around nervously]
PATRON 1: [translated] Fire!
[they all run off, then cut to the librarian pointing at them]
LIBRARIAN: [translated] No running!
[she reaches under the table and pulls out a shotgun, then begins firing at them ... she gets off two shots, then points the barrel at the camera as the screen cuts to black]

Directed by
Chris Chen

Original story by
Boyang Zhang

Screenplay by
Jessica Warner

Costumes and Props
Alex Lin

Visual and Sound Effects
Chris Chen

Cast

Library Patron #1
Alex Lin

Librarian
Jessica Warner

Library Patron #2
Chris Chen

Library Patron #3
Boyang Zhang

Michael Jackson
Chris Chen

Friday, July 3, 2015

Case Study No. 2067: Staff of Unnamed Library (HERPADERPSMIT)

HERPADERPSMIT | The Librarians
1:35
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Added: 1 year ago
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Views: 349

[scene opens with three male patrons standing in a library, looking through the books on the shelves (as one of them giggles while reading his book)]
PATRON 1: Aw man ... Aw man, this is some brilliant S-H-I-T! Ah!
[he turns the page and continues to chuckle, then cut to another one of the patrons reading a book with a look of deep contemplation on his face (even though he's holding it upside down)]
[cut to the third patrons pulling a book on tropical rainforests off the shelf, as he smiles and begins to read]
[cut to a shot from the other side of the shelf, peering at the three men through the books (while the first patron laughs again)]
PATRON 1: Who thinks of this shit?
PATRON 4: [whispers] Hey!
[they look around, then cut to a fourth male patron standing on the other side of the shelf, whispering to them while looking through the books at them]
PATRON 4: [whispers] Hey! Hey! Yeah, you! C'mere! C'mere!
[the patrons gather around on their side of the shelf to talk to him]
PATRON 1: What's up?
PATRON 4: [whispers] Dude, don't you make any sound right now ...
PATRON 1: Well, yeah, it's a library--
PATRON 4: [whispers] No! No, they're coming ...
[the patrons start murmuring amongst themselves about this cryptic message, when another male patron joins their group (no doubt curious what the commotion is about)]
PATRON 4: [whispers] No, shh! Shut up, shut up, shut up! Don't you make one fucking noise!
[the first patron turns to the newcomer]
PATRON 1: They're coming ...
PATRON 2: They're coming?
PATRON 3: Who?
PATRON 4: [whispers] No noise right now, no noise!
[the first patron suddenly recoils away from the shelf]
PATRON 1: Ah, d-dust! I'm so allergic! I'm so--
[he stumbles away, then stops and lets out a loud sneeze]
PATRON 1: Achoo!
[cut back to the other side of the bookshelf, as the whispering patron grimaces]
PATRON 4: [whispers] Do you have any idea what you just did?
[cut back to the group of patrons on the other side of the bookshelf, as the camera begins to shake]
PATRON 1: Wait ... What is that? Guys?
[they stumble around (as if caught in an earthquake), then cut to a group of four female librarians approaching from the other end of the room]
PATRON 2: Whoa!
PATRON 1: Stop ... Take it easy.
[the librarians suddenly charge, and the patrons scream in terror]
[the librarians tackle the patrons to the ground, then the whispering patron emerges from behind the bookshelf to witness the carnage, throwing his hands up in the air and yelling in frustration]
PATRON 4: I told you!
[he stops (realizing his mistake), then turns just in time to see another female librarian as she leaps on top of him, hissing and clawing at his face]
PATRON 4: Ahhh!
["Luciano Picazo Productions" appears on screen]

Friday, June 26, 2015

Case Study No. 2051: "Buffets and Librarians"

Buffets and Librarians
1:46
Buffets and Librarians

Mike DeStefano

(P) 2010 Stand Up! Records

Released on: 2010-07-06

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Added: 4 months ago
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MIKE: Raping a stripper is like taking extra food from a buffet ...
[the audience laughs]
MIKE: Some girl yelled out one night, "Oh, that's wrong!" Oh, really? It is? Thanks, thanks. I thought it was right, I-I didn't know.
[the audience laughs]
MIKE: I-I thought ... Oh, thank you for reminding me that I'm doing a seminar on, like, y'know, helping women with their issues. Y'know, ya fuckin' dope!
[the audience laughs]
MIKE: She's like, "So you think a stripper deserves to be raped?" Did I say that? No, it was an analogy! I was using an analogy! Not a deserving, uh, who deserves it. I mean, nobody deserves to be raped! Nobody! Nobody deserves a fucking stranger's thumb jammed in their ass against their will! Nobody!
[he pauses]
MIKE: But if you have to say who deserves it ...
[the audience laughs]
MIKE: I would have to say that a librarian deserves a thumb jammed in her ass ... less than a stripper does.
[the audience laughs]
MIKE: If it's a stripper, there's a story. She was getting too close, I was trying to push her away.
[the audience laughs]
MIKE: I just had lasik surgery, she was scaring me up.
[the audience laughs]
MIKE: I was, y'know? If you jam your thumb in a librarian's ass, that was premeditated.
[the audience laughs]
MIKE: You left the house saying "I am jamming my thumb in a librarian's ass today."
[the audience laughs]
MIKE: There were diagrams found ... What're you gonna say? "Oh, she fell off the ladder, I was trying to help her?" No!
[the audience laughs]

---

From amazon.com:

OK Karma
Mike DeStefano

Audio CD (June 8, 2010)
Original Release Date: 2011
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Stand Up! Records
ASIN: B003TVQPA6

1. Warm Welcome From Mike [Explicit]
2. NO! [Explicit]
3. BOO! [Explicit]
4. Ass Hair Waxer [Explicit]
5. Rage Against The Cul-De-Sac [Explicit]
6. Homeless Tough Love [Explicit]
7. Fighting Terrorism [Explicit]
8. Bull-Emia [Explicit]
9. Buffets And Librarians [Explicit]
10. Overused Words [Explicit]
11. A Million Bucks [Explicit]
12. Free Tibet [Explicit]
13. Spiritual Handgun [Explicit]
14. Heroin Is Bad For Some People [Explicit]
15. Fake Optimism [Explicit]
16. Lead Finger [Explicit]
17. Chocolate Milk [Explicit]

The title of Mike DeStefano's first stand-up CD isn't so much an assessment of his status in the universe, nor is it an open, ''Bring it on!'' style exhortation. No, more in keeping with the conflicted Buddhist he represents on the cover (gun in one hand, meditation beads in the other), ''OK Karma'' is a mantra. If Buddhism is about realizing that desire, attachment, and addiction cause all suffering, OK Karma is DeStefano's way of acknowledging that we've all seen some sh*t. Okay, he says, this is how the world is. And if the world's like this, we'd better put aside our weeping and our bitching and get down to the laughter. It just might save our sorry lives.

DeStefano's delivery is straight-up Bronx. No trickery or slippery rhetoric here, just truths - the harder, the funnier. With years of New York, sink-or-swim comedy behind him (and, before that, a life full of the heavy kinds of experiences that render a guy a wee bit unlikely to care if an audience loves or hates him), DeStefano has learned how to dish it out, how to take it, and how to wrap an audience around his finger (we're guessing it's always the same one...) in an hour or less. Listening to him level humanity, regardless of color, religion, age, or political inclination, is a revelation. Because it doesn't matter who you are, suburban kids who think they're gangsters are always annoying.

Appearing now on the 2010 edition of NBC's ''Last Comic Standing'' and nearly every night on a stage somewhere in the great Big Apple, Mike DeStefano is ready to receive his adoring fans. Just, for the love of Buddha, learn how to spell ''excuse me'' before you try to shake his hand.

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Case Study No. 2016: Unnamed Female Librarian (Bored Shorts TV)

Kid Snippets: "Library" (Imagined by Kids)
2:39
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New Kid Snippets videos every MONDAY. If movies were written by our children... We asked a girl to be a librarian and her brother to pretend to go to the library. This is what they came up with.


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Tags: kids kid clean comedy funny video fun entertaining hilarious Joke Laugh laughing appropriate entertainment children family humor humour lip syncing sync lol random act acting out stories storytelling written by a kid child son daughter mom dad Parents Silly tell telling little young toddler actors actresses story told made up make boys girls youth make up writing fairy tale fiction voices creators original library book read books reading librarian school
Added: 1 year ago
From: BoredShortsTV
Views: 1,041,591

[scene opens with an adult male patron pulling books off the shelf, then just tossing them to the floor]
[an adult female librarian (long brown hair, orange jacket, black blouse, black pants) enters the scene, then speaks to the patron (as her voice is switched out with that of a young toddler)]
LIBRARIAN: Can I help you?
[the patron continues throwing books to the floor (as his voice is also replaced with that of a toddler)]
PATRON: Yes, I'm looking for a book!
LIBRARIAN: Shh, this is a library. You have to be quiet. What book are you looking for?
PATRON: A one about ... dragons!
LIBRARIAN: Dragons. Hmm, let me see ...
[she looks around, then points off camera]
LIBRARIAN: Alright, it's just down this aisle here.
[cut to the librarian and patron walking up to a bookshelf]
LIBRARIAN: I'll let you choose a dragon book. What book do you want?
[he sighs]
LIBRARIAN: About dragons?
PATRON: I don't know!
LIBRARIAN: Shh, this is the librarian! You have to be quiet! Now which ... book do you want?
PATRON: What about a bus that has a gun on the side of it!
LIBRARIAN: You said you wanted dragons.
PATRON: I did not!
LIBRARIAN: Yes you did.
[she puts a finger to her lips]
LIBRARIAN: Now be quiet. I'll show you the aisle.
[cut to the librarian and patron walking up to another bookshelf]
LIBRARIAN: Here are books with buses and guns ... on the side of them.
[he pulls a book off the shelf, then smiles and yells in excitement]
PATRON: Thanks!
[she puts a finger to her lips and shushes him]
LIBRARIAN: Shh! You're welcome.
[she walks off, then cut to the patron sitting down and reading his copy of Marilyn Singer's "I'm Your Bus" (with a sticker of a gatling gun attached to the cover)]
PATRON: Cool! It's squishing a zombie!
[he looks over at another male patron sitting and reading a book, who just nods nervously]
PATRON: Then it landed on spikes, cool!
[cut to the librarian standing nearby, as she puts a finger to her lips and gently shushes him]
LIBRARIAN: Shh ...
[cut back to the patron, with a confused look on his face]
PATRON: And then it landed on a house? What's that supposed to mean?
[he looks back at the other patron, who just puts a finger to his lips and angrily shushes him]
PATRON: A dragon?
[the patron looks up from his book and smiles, then cut back to the librarian who again shushes him]
LIBRARIAN: Shh!
[cut back to the patron]
PATRON: A zombie? A dragon and a zombie?
[cut back to the librarian, who again shushes him]
LIBRARIAN: Shh! Shh! Shh! Shhhhhh! This is a library!
[cut back to the patron, who holds up his book for the librarian to see]
PATRON: And a gun? And a laser?
[cut back to the librarian]
LIBRARIAN: If you do that one more time, you have to get out of the library without a book, okay?
[cut back to the patron]
PATRON: Okay! Okay!
[cut back to the librarian]
LIBRARIAN: [whispers] Be quiet ... shh!
[cut back to the patron]
PATRON: [whispers] Okay ...
[he gets up and walks over to the librarian]
PATRON: [whispers] Can I borrow this book?
LIBRARIAN: [whispers] Sure.
PATRON: Thank you!
[the patron smiles and walks away, as the librarian finally explodes]
LIBRARIAN: Be quiet!
[she covers her mouth in embarrasment, as the scene fades to black]

Monday, June 1, 2015

Case Study No. 1995: Irene the Ratchet Librarian

Irene The Ratchet Librarian
2:41
Hey guys! I really hope you liked this video! I felt like making something weird and random this week so here it is!! Make sure to like and subscribe for weekly videos! Love you guys and see you next week with an all new video!
Tags: Swag ratchet librarian
Added: 7 months ago
From: Irene C
Views: 257

[scene opens with a teenage girl (long brown hair, glasses, large glued-on eyebrows) speaking to someone off camera]
IRENE: Welcome to the United Estates ... Lie-Brayr-Ree!
[she flips her hair]
IRENE: Okay? My eyebrows is on fleek! Mmm, this is a lie-bary! In lie-baries, you all stay quiet, ya hear me?
[she looks around]
IRENE: If you is not quiet, you is out this lie-bary!
[she holds up a book]
IRENE: Or I'mma whoop your ass with a book! Ya hear me?
[she looks around]
IRENE: Ya hear me!
[cut to the librarian reading a book, as someone off camera starts whispering]
IRENE: Oh, I said shut the fuck up!
[she looks around]
IRENE: If you ain't quiet, you is outta this lie-bary!
[she points off camera]
IRENE: Gets out!
[she pauses]
IRENE: Don't you throw that book at her! She ain't do anything to you!
[she points off camera]
IRENE: Gets outta this room!
PATRON: [from off camera] No.
IRENE: No, gets ... gets out!
PATRON: [from off camera] I don't want to!
IRENE: Gets out this room!
PATRON: [from off camera] No.
IRENE: I'mma call Nine One One if you don't gets outta this room!
PATRON: [from off camera] Do it, then!
IRENE: I'mma call Nine One One, mmm!
[she picks up a phone]
IRENE: Hello, Nine One One? Yeah, gets this whore honkey out this room, she been throwing books! She, she be talkin' back, I don't know what's her problem, but y'all need to come over here and arrest this ho!
[she pauses]
IRENE: Mm hmm!
[she pauses again]
IRENE: Yeah, I'm in the United Estates Library!
["Two hours later" appears on screen, then cut to the librarian holding a book]
IRENE: Listen, the police gonna come for you, if you don't get outta this lie-bary!
[she pauses]
IRENE: Is you out? Oh, youse gonna get out now, hmm?
[she pauses]
IRENE: Okay ... Bye, Felicia! Bye! See you later!
[she waves]
IRENE: Bye! Bye! Bye! Don't you come back in this lie-bary ever again!
[the sound of a door closing can be heard]
IRENE: Bye! Yeah, she leave! I'm gonna call the cops! Tell 'em that we took her outta this lie-bary!
[she picks up the phone, then the screen transitions to black]

Friday, May 29, 2015

Case Study No. 1990: Karen George

Pranktz - Bail Bondsman calls Karen the Librarian
4:27
http://www.you tube.com/watch?v=EMUx01YI-mE


October 2012
Tags: chris the hacker pranktz fc2u rqkai bail bondsman fred herbert frank garrett duncan construction
Added: 1 year ago
From: SlightBloodierMargie
Views: 1,408

[the sound of a phone ringing can be heard, then cut to a still image of a female librarian]
KAREN: Public library, Karen.
[cut to footage from Alexander Pistoletov's "Pirates of the Caribbean" video (where he sings in Russian while naked)]
KAREN: Hello?
[the music continues, then cut back to the still image of the librarian]
KAREN: Um, if you're playing that for my benefit, fine. I can't understand a word he's saying. Can I do something for you?
[the music continues, then cut back to the still image of the librarian]
KAREN: Sir, as bad as I hate to say this, I'm recording this call for the police department, so ... bye.
[cut to a black screen (as the sound of a phone ringing can be heard again), then cut back to the still image of the librarian]
KAREN: Hello?
[cut to a still image of a bail bondsman]
BAIL BONDSMAN: I've got your phone number and I'm gonna wring your fucking neck!
[cut back to the still image of the librarian]
KAREN: Sir? Thank you ... Uh, I guess I should--
[cut back to the still image of the bail bondsman]
BAIL BONDSMAN: What?
[cut back to the still image of the librarian]
KAREN: Let you know that these messages are being recorded. Uh ...
[cut back to the still image of the bail bondsman]
BAIL BONDSMAN: This isn't a recording.
[cut back to the still image of the librarian]
KAREN: And the police station has access to them, so you're not only talking to me--
[cut back to the still image of the bail bondsman]
BAIL BONDSMAN: What sheriff's department?
[cut back to the still image of the librarian]
KAREN: You're also talking to the fine police department here in Stilwell.
[cut back to the still image of the bail bondsman]
BAIL BONDSMAN: Well, if it's the sheriff, tell him to come to my office.
[cut back to the still image of the librarian]
KAREN: And the state ... Now bye!
[cut back to the still image of the bail bondsman]
BAIL BONDSMAN: Bye.
[cut to a black screen (as the sound of a phone ringing can be heard again), then cut back to the still image of the librarian]
KAREN: Public library, Karen.
[cut back to the still image of the bail bondsman]
BAIL BONDSMAN: Do you wanna give me your name and number, and I'll give it to bail bonds?
[cut back to the still image of the librarian (as she says nothing), then back to the still image of the bail bondsman]
BAIL BONDSMAN: Hello?
[cut back to the still image of the librarian]
KAREN: [pause] Yes?
[cut back to the still image of the bail bondsman]
BAIL BONDSMAN: Well, hi!
[cut back to the still image of the librarian]
KAREN: Can I tell you something?
[cut back to the still image of the bail bondsman]
BAIL BONDSMAN: May I help you?
[cut back to the still image of the librarian]
KAREN: Uh, sure.
[cut back to the still image of the bail bondsman]
BAIL BONDSMAN: Well, waddaya want? Hi, this is Fred. I'm away from--
[cut back to the still image of the librarian]
KAREN: [pause] Well ...
[cut back to the still image of the bail bondsman]
BAIL BONDSMAN: Who's this?
[cut back to the still image of the librarian]
KAREN: I don't know. We're kinda looney here ...
[cut back to the still image of the bail bondsman (as the sound of a phone ringing in the background can be heard)]
BAIL BONDSMAN: Okay.
[cut back to the still image of the librarian]
KAREN: Hello? I'm fine.
[cut back to the still image of the bail bondsman (as the ringing phone continues), then back to the still image of the librarian]
KAREN: You're so--
[cut back to the still image of the bail bondsman]
BAIL BONDSMAN: Hi, this is Fred.
[cut back to the still image of the librarian]
KAREN: Yeah? Hi Red, this is Purple. How are you doing?
[cut back to the still image of the bail bondsman]
BAIL BONDSMAN: Okay.
[cut back to the still image of the librarian]
KAREN: Uh, yeah.
[cut back to the still image of the bail bondsman]
BAIL BONDSMAN: Okay.
[cut back to the still image of the librarian]
KAREN: Yeah.
[cut back to the still image of the bail bondsman (as the ringing phone continues)]
BAIL BONDSMAN: Is this somebody pranking me?
[cut back to the still image of the librarian]
KAREN: Okay. That will work.
[cut back to the still image of the bail bondsman (as the ringing phone continues)]
BAIL BONDSMAN: Hello?
[cut back to the still image of the librarian]
KAREN: I'm looking for my start button and can't find it.
[cut back to the still image of the bail bondsman]
BAIL BONDSMAN: Hello?
[cut back to the still image of the librarian]
KAREN: Oh my ... I don't want the radio, I want the DVD.
[cut to a black screen (as the sound of a ringing phone can be heard again), then cut back to the still image of the librarian]
KAREN: This is Karen, may I help you?
[cut to a still image of the librarian superimposed over the face of the bail bondsman]
KAREN SOUNDBOARD: Look, we know you're not Frank Garrett.
[cut to a still image of a construction worker superimposed over the face of the bail bondsman]
DUNCAN: Asshole!
[cut back to the still image of the superimposed librarian]
KAREN SOUNDBOARD: The police department's already got the report--
[cut back to the still image of the superimposed construction worker]
DUNCAN: Asshole!
[cut back to the still image of the superimposed librarian]
KAREN SOUNDBOARD: Frank's already filed a report against you--
[cut back to the still image of the superimposed construction worker]
DUNCAN: Fuck you!
[cut back to the still image of the superimposed librarian]
KAREN SOUNDBOARD: I've already turned you in to YouTube--
[cut back to the still image of the superimposed construction worker]
DUNCAN: You're a stupid cocksucker!
[cut back to the still image of the superimposed librarian]
KAREN SOUNDBOARD: So give it up, okay? Bye!
[cut back to the still image of the superimposed construction worker]
DUNCAN: Asshole!
[cut back to the still image of the bail bondsman]
BAIL BONDSMAN: Gosh!
[cut back to the still image of the librarian]
KAREN: Well, I can see you guys haven't grown ...
[cut back to the still image of the bail bondsman]
BAIL BONDSMAN: Wow!
[cut back to the still image of the librarian]
KAREN: And you're not mature yet. So, uh, why do you have to bug us?
[cut back to the still image of the bail bondsman]
BAIL BONDSMAN: Okay.
[cut back to the still image of the librarian]
KAREN: What kinda thrill do you get outta doing that?
[cut back to the still image of the bail bondsman]
BAIL BONDSMAN: I'm afraid this is a prank call.
[cut back to the still image of the librarian]
KAREN: I mean, you know Frank's dead. You know most of the people that you're calling. We know we're on the internet, we know we're on YouTube. We know you made Leanne cry and everything ... Bullcrap.
[cut back to the still image of the bail bondsman]
BAIL BONDSMAN: No.
[cut back to the still image of the librarian]
KAREN: Just leave us alone.
[cut to a black screen (as the sound of a ringing phone can be heard again), then cut back to the still image of the librarian]
KAREN: Public library.
[cut to a drawing of a yellow smiley face with a tear running down its cheek]
XXVIDEOPERSONXX: I'm, uh, just ringing to apologize for all this.
[cut back to the still image of the librarian]
KAREN: Okay, bye.
[cut back to the smily face]
XXVIDEOPERSONXX: Apologize for all these calls and stuff like that ...
[cut to a black screen (as the sound of a ringing phone can be heard again), then cut back to the still image of the librarian]
KAREN: Public library.
[cut back to the smiley face]
XXVIDEOPERSONXX: Well, it's just probably your reactions. I'm sorry.
[the camera zooms in on the smiley face, as Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" plays in the background]

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From wikidot.com:

The 2008 Duncan Scare (less commonly known as the first Duncan Scare or Library Incident) was an incident in April 2008, which resulted in the Soundboard Prank Call community removing almost all Duncan-related prank calls, soundboards, and media from both YouTube and various other websites such as Realm of Darkness (which removed all victim soundboards and calls), based on the erroneous fear of legal repercussions. Such fears were seemingly credible at the time, though would later come to be proven as baseless.

Background
Behind the whole thing was a short recording of a Duncan prank call to the Stilwell Public Library in Frank Garrett's hometown. This in itself, was nothing new, as they had been pranked multiple times with the Duncan soundboard before and had threatened each time to involve the police. This time, however, one of the librarians revealed that they now knew it was not the real Frank Garrett who had been calling them. Additionally, she claimed that both they and Frank had already filed reports with the police department about it and that they knew about the YouTube videos and had reported them. The fact that they somehow found out about the YouTube videos gave a frightening amount of credibility to the supposed threat and has lead some people to speculate that they were tipped-off by a rat in the prank call community.

Not long after it was made, the call was released anonymously through the webmaster of one of the various prank call websites and the alarm quickly began to spread throughout the Soundboard Prank Call community. Xaozzz, who had been behind many of the Duncan prank calls, even posted a video telling people about the call and warning anyone with Duncan-related media or calls on their YouTube accounts to get rid of them ASAP, due to the threat of legal problems. The warning was heeded and incredibly, within about a week's time, the number of Duncan-related videos on YouTube dropped from hundreds, down to one single call, Duncan calls Domino's, which continues to survive today as the oldest Duncan call still on YouTube.

Fortunately for all, the whole thing turned out largely to be much ado about nothing. In the end, nobody was arrested and only a few people actually had their YouTube accounts suspended over it. Sadly, however, there was one lasting effect of this incident, from which the Soundboard Prank Call community has never fully recovered: although most have since been restored, more than a few of the prank calls and parodies that were removed are seemingly lost forever, as some people (especially the more prolific pranksters) even went as far as deleting the original copies off of their own computers, in case they were seized by the authorities.

---

From knowyourmeme.com:

About
Frank Garrett, also known as just Duncan, is the owner of Duncan Construction which is in Stilwell, Oklahoma. He is one of the most famous soundboard prank call victim of all time. He is known for his fiery temper and use of profanity in response to prank calls, and also for his quick witted responses and defiance in the face of any legal threats made against him.

Origin
The original calls to Duncan were made by a pranker known as w3baholic using a Deacon Frost soundboard sometime in late 2007. W3baholic had been using an expired phone book while calling random liquor stores in Oklahoma and to his surprise, accidentally called Duncan at his job. His fast, bitter and witty responses despite relatively nothing offensive being said led quickly to his very on soundboard which was an immediate success. The original name for the soundboard being "Drunk Guy" after being mistaken for being drunk. However he eventually took the name Duncan, being mistaken for his actual name.

Duncan or Frank Garrett calls quickly became a success with the youtube prank call community even though relatively few calls had been made to him during the early stages of his success. "Hello." "Duncan Construction." "You stupid cocksucker." "Fuck you." "This is a business phone, get off of it!" and the ever-popular, "Well I don't give a shit." among others. In one of these Pranks the legendary "Tom the Pissed off Roofer" was contacted who would also end up receiving his own soundboard.

This was also during a time in which pranksters contacted frank every few weeks to keep things things from getting out of hand. Unfortunately this led to the change of Duncan Construction number and for a while Pranks came to a halt. How ever Duncan's new number (which is also posted on his website) was recovered. Frank to this day hasn't changed his phone number and the pranks continue.

---

From wikia.com:

Karen the Librarian (real name: Karen George) is a victim who was pranked multiple times by the Duncan soundboard. She is the former branch manager of the Stilwell Public Library, located in Stilwell, Oklahoma, the same town where Frank Garrett lived and worked, prior to his death. As such, she knew who he was and easily recognized the name Duncan Construction as a local company.

As of August 2014, Karen no longer works at Stilwell Library.

Name: Karen Alvira George (nee Smoot)
Category: Prank Call Victim, Victim Soundboard
Occupation: Former Branch Manager / Librarian at the Stilwell Public Library
Age: 1949 (age 65–66)
Nationality: American
Residence: Stilwell, Oklahoma

History
She accused Duncan of being an alcoholic, and remarked that she was not scared of him, saying that she had "put up with a damn drunk stepfather all [her] life." She claimed to have been in the process of filing a police report in a later call, which had echoed a remark made by another librarian named Denise a moment before. She later figured out that Frank Garrett was not actually calling the library and somehow discovered the YouTube videos of the calls, leading to the suspicion that she had been tipped-off by a rat in the prank call community. She alleged that Frank Garrett had filed a report with the police, and that she had contacted both the police and YouTube. This incident led to what would become known as the 2008 Duncan Scare.

She was also called at one point with a soundboard of another Stilwell resident, Charles from A to Z Pawn, as well as a soundboard of Frank Garrett, whom she was told was a Sheriff's deputy. Karen then proceeded to explain what had been happening to her library and claimed that she knew exactly who was prank calling her.

Karen is now well aware of the Prank Calling Community and no longer responds to prank calls, except to half-heartedly threaten to call the police. A victim soundboard of her is also available (see external links below). A final call was made to her by Pranktz on October 19, 2012, again confirming her being aware of the call series on YouTube, making her the last called Stilwell victim of the "Duncan-era". She and the Stilwell Public Library were featured in a special Thanksgiving Day call for The Bail Bondsman Games.

In August 2014, Officer Rivieri called the library with Duncan in the hope to prank Karen. When a different lady answered, another caller asked for her specifically to be told by the other worker that "Karen no longer works here, she retired." Fittingly, Rivieri then chimed in with the famous Duncan line "Awwoh piss!"

Quotes
* [Stilwell] Public Library, Karen.
* I'm sorry?
* That's what I do best (re: Duncan: Bitch.)
* Oh, I know it. I'm so bad.
* Ohhh! Well, you may have to take some wormin' medicine. (re: Duncan: Hey, has your mama still got, uh...worms crawlin' out her pussy?)
* Well, I dunno! It smells pretty good. (re: Duncan: Stupid son of a bitch, I'm gettin' tired 'o your shit!)
* I just finished writing up a report for the police.
* Yeah, I know! No, you'll go to hell, [a] long time before I do, Frank. (re: Duncan: Oh, go to hell, ya son of a bitch!!!)
* No, no, no, Frank, you're not really [unintelligible] and your family's not going to buy you out of problem---trouble, so just get ready for it: you're gonna sober-up in jail, man! Goodbye!
* You need to try [performing oral sex on a man], you might like it.
* Uhhuhh. Pruh-Probably is [has "worms crawling out her pussy"], she's rottin' in a grave. Just like someday we'll all be like that.
* Well, that's true, 'cause she has been dead a few years. (re: Duncan: Sittin' around watchin' the worms crawl out of your mama's pussy?)
* I don't think so, sweetheart.
* No, 'fraid not. (re: Duncan: Shit. Scared to death.)
* No, you're the one who started it, not me.
* Well, the same to ya.
* I'm trying to type and talk to you too.
* Well I can't [come see you], I don't have a car. Why don't you come see me?
* No, I don't think I've ever sucked any cocks. Have you?
* No, no, that's just...FRANK! Listen to me! You pulled this shit last week and we called the cops! Now if you're gonna pull it this week, I'll call the cops again and I'll go out and I'll have 'em arrest your sorry ass and throw it in jail! So you either sober-up and throw this number away, or you're gonna rot in hell! Okay?! Bye, Frank!
* Well, let me tell you, Frank: there's nothing you can say that's gonna upset me or make me run and hide, because I have put up with a damn drunk stepfather all my life and I know how you drinkers act. So...SCREW IT!! Bye!
* Look, we know you're not Frank Garrett. The police department's already got the report, Frank's already filed a report against you, I've already turned you in to...YouTube, so give it up, okay? Bye.
* [sarcastically] I love these calls! You record them and you put them on YouTube and it's soooo funny!
* Well, I...I'll tell ya what, I know who's doing this, so if the deputy wants to come down here to the library, I'll fill him in on the phone calls that we were getting. And they found the people who were doing it, because what they do is they call...they record peoples' voices without telling 'em they're recording them and then...for us, it was Frank Garrett that was calling all the time.

Prank Calls
Date: 2008-2011
Title: Duncan calls The Library
Caller:
Victim(s): Stilwell Public Library
Notes: Original calls. An individual listing is not possible due to the 2008 and 2011 Duncan Scares.

Date: N/A
Title: Stilwell Library has a chat with Stilwell Police Department
Caller: Whoruandwherdulive
Victim(s): Stilwell Public Library, Stilwell Police
Notes: Three-way call between Karen and the Stilwell PD.

Date: September 22, 2011
Title: Frank haunts Stilwell library
Caller: Whoruandwherdulive
Victim(s): Stilwell Public Library
Notes:

Date: October 11, 2011
Title: Deputy Garrett and Charles - Call Stilwell library
Caller: Whoruandwherdulive
Victim(s): Stilwell Public Library
Notes:

Date: October 19, 2012
Title: Bail Bondsman calls Karen the Librarian
Caller: Pranktz
Victim(s): Stilwell Public Library
Notes:

Date: November 2012
Title: Charles and Bail Bondsman call Karen
Caller: Pranktz
Victim(s): Stilwell Public Library
Notes: Part of the Bailbondsman Games series

Date: November 23, 2012
Title: A Bail Bondsman Thanksgiving 420
Caller: Pranktz
Victim(s): Stilwell Public Library
Notes: Part of the Bailbondsman Games series

Monday, May 18, 2015

Case Study No. 1963: Anthony Aycock

Anthony Aycock, the Librarian
4:25
My step-dad did a comedy routine at Goodnight's Comedy Club in Raligh.
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CHARLIE: This next student is the real deal. He's everything I'm about to tell you he is, and more. By day, he is a librarian. He's a real-ass librarian, and by night, he wants to be a comic now. So, please welcome my good buddy, Anthony Aycock! Come on!
[the audience applauds, as a young male librarian (short brown hair, glasses, suit and tie) walks up on stage]
ANTHONY: Thank you, thank you--
[he tries to adjust the microphone, and it slips (as the audience laughs)]
ANTHONY: Whoops ... I didn't think I had the same problem as him.
[the audience laughs]
ANTHONY: So, as Charlie said, I'm a librarian ... so I'm probably the only comic you'll ever meet who would prefer you stay quiet.
[the audience laughs]
ANTHONY: Just kidding. It's not a library, so you can laugh, cheer. Y'know, whatever you want ... but if you boo me, you'll have to pay a fine.
[the audience laughs]
ANTHONY: Um, one thing about working at a library ... one thing that puzzles me is that people are surrounded by knowledge, yet they ask dumb questions.
[the audience laughs]
ANTHONY: Uh, one woman approached me at the desk and said, "Excuse me, do you have restrooms here?" Well, I just looked at her and said, "No ma'am, we don't have restrooms here. We all hang our butts out the back window and pee in the parking lot."
[the audience laughs]
ANTHONY: And in case you wanna do that, I gave her the book "One Thousand and One Ways to Urinate in Public."
[the audience laughs]
ANTHONY: And uh, another guy came up to the desk and he said he needed a photograph of Jesus.
[the audience laughs]
ANTHONY: I said, "Oh, you mean paintings of Jesus?" He said, he looked at me like I was the idiot and he said, "No, a photograph of Jesus."
[he pauses]
ANTHONY: I said, "Well, I'm sorry, we don't have photographs of Jesus, but you could check out Jesus' Instagram page."
[the audience laughs]
ANTHONY: I'm sure there's a selfie of him at the Last Supper.
[the audience laughs]
ANTHONY: You might also try hittin' his Twitter feed ... hashtag "Pearly Gates."
[the audience laughs]
ANTHONY: Some people don't seem to have much respect for librarians. Years ago, I dated this, I went out with this one girl. When I told her what I do for a living, she said, "Well, y'know, librarians aren't needed anymore because everything is online."
[he pauses]
ANTHONY: So, later that night, we were in bed together ... she was right there on the edge, and I just got up and started getting dressed. She said, "Hey, where's my orgasm?" I said, "Google it."
[the audience laughs]
ANTHONY: So y'know, some people confuse librarians with therapists. One guy approached me at the desk and he told me this whole story about how he had cheated on his wife, she was divorcing him, he wanted to reconcile with her. He said, "Do you have any books that could help me?"
[he pauses]
ANTHONY: I said, "Sure. Uh, let me recommend a few ... Harry Potter and the Lying Bastard."
[the audience laughs]
ANTHONY: "Fifty Shades of Whoops!"
[the audience laughs]
ANTHONY: "How to Tell--"
[the microphone slips again]
ANTHONY: Whoops.
[the audience laughs]
ANTHONY: Maybe that was the real problem ... Uh, I said, "Another book is How to Tell the Difference Between Someone Else's Pussy and Your Wife's."
[the audience laughs]
ANTHONY: "The Illustration Guide."
[he pauses]
ANTHONY: Uh, the worst thing though, I think, is dealing with difficult people. Y'know, people who lose their temper when we don't have what they want. Or people who look at porn on the computers. Homeless people who take baths in the bathroom sinks.
[the audience laughs]
ANTHONY: Uh, once I was reshelving books and I came upon a prostitute who was servicing a client right there in the library ... I was appalled. I said, "You can't do that here!"
[he pauses]
ANTHONY: "This is the biography section, you need to be in health and human services."
[the audience laughs]
ANTHONY: Thank you very much.
[the audience applauds, as the emcee returns to the stage]
CHARLIE: Anthony Aycock! First time ever on stage, a real librarian! A real librarian! All these guys write all their own stuff, and they're awesome!

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From libcal.com:

Since 2010, Anthony Aycock has managed the library of the North Carolina Justice Academy, a nationally accredited law enforcement training facility in eastern North Carolina. Before that, he was the head of access services at the Charlotte School of Law Library in Charlotte, North Carolina. He has also been a librarian in law firms, a corporate legal department, and at various public libraries.

Anthony has published essays and articles in the Missouri Review, Gettysburg Review, Creative Nonfiction, ONLINE, Library Journal, National Paralegal Reporter, and Community & Junior College Libraries, and holds a BA in English, an MLIS, and an MFA in creative writing. From 1992 to 2000, Anthony worked as a McDonald's restaurant manager. He has only two things to say about that career: 1) Big Mac sauce is not Thousand Island dressing; and 2) the next time you use a drive-through in the rain, please, please, please turn off your windshield wipers at the pay window.

Friday, May 1, 2015

Case Study No. 1931: "Questions asked of librarians"

Humor: Questions Asked of Librarians
1:01
The following have all been asked of library reference desk workers in the USA and Canada.
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Added: 1 year ago
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Views: 60

From rr.com:

Part 1: Actual reference queries reported by American and Canadian library reference desk workers of various levels.

* Do you have books here?

* Do you have a list of all the books written in the English language?

* Do you have a list of all the books I've ever read?

* I'm looking for Robert James Waller's book, Waltzing through Grand Rapids. (Actual title wanted: Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend.)

* Do you have that book by Rushdie: Satanic Nurses? (Actual title: Satanic Verses)

* "Where is the reference desk?" This was asked of a person sitting at a desk who had hanging above her head a sign saying "REFERENCE DESK"!

* I was here about three weeks ago looking at a cookbook that cost $39.95. Do you know which one it is?

* Which outlets in the library are appropriate for my hairdryer?

* Can you tell me why so many famous Civil War battles were fought on National Park Sites?

* Do you have any books with photographs of dinosaurs?

* I need a color photograph of George Washington [Christopher Columbus, King Arthur, Moses, Socrates, etc.]

* I need a photocopy of Booker T. Washington's birth certificate.

* I need to find out Ibid's first name for my bibliography.

* Why don't you have any books by Ibid? He's written a lot of important stuff.

* I'm looking for information on carpal tunnel syndrome. I think I'm having trouble with it in my neck.

* "Is the basement upstairs?" (Asked at First Floor Reference Desk)

* I am looking for a list of laws that I can break that would send me back to jail for a couple of months.

Part 2: Actual Reference Interviews reported by American and Canadian library reference desk workers of various levels.

Patron: I'm looking for a book.
Mental answer 1: Well, you're in the right place.
Mental answer 2: Here's one. (Hand over nearest volume.)
Audible answer : Can you be a little more specific?

Patron: I got a quote from a book I turned in last week but I forgot to write down the author and title. It's big and red and I found it on the top shelf. Can you find it for me?
Mental answer: Books classified by color are shelved downstairs in the [non-existent] third sub-basement.
Audible answer: What were you looking for when you found the book the first time?

In an art library:
Patron: Do you have any books on Art?
Ref: Yes. Did you have a certain artist in mind, or a period or style in mind?
Patron: No.
Ref: I guess you'll have to look through our 120,000 books and see if you find anything.
Patron: OK.

Patron: Do you have anything good to read?
Reference person getting her audible and mental answers mixed up: No, ma'am. I'm afraid we have 75,000 books, and they're all duds.

Telephone patron: Do you have books on leaves?
Library worker: Nope, we keep them on shelves.
(She then hung up. Can you tell she's not too fond of Reference duty?)

Caller: I have a painting by Vincent Van Gogh. It's all blue with swirly stars on it. Can you tell me where I can get it appraised?
Ref.: Sir, does it say 'Metropolitan Museum of Art' on the bottom? It does? Well, what you have there is a poster that they sell in the gift shop. I think they're about $10.00.

Patron: I am looking for a globe of the earth.
Ref: We have a table-top model over here.
Patron: No, that's not good enough. Don't you have a life size?
Ref (after a short pause): Yes, but it's in use right now!

Student: Do you have any regular magazines here, or just periodicals?
Ref: Well, what do you mean by regular magazines?
Student: You know, Vogue, Seventeen ...
Ref: If we had those magazines, you would find them listed in our Serials Holdings List, alphabetically by title, and could get the call numbers to look them up. I don't think we have those titles, though.
Student goes to check, but soon reappears:
I didn't see them listed. Where will I find them?
Ref: If they're not in the list, that means we don't have them here.
Student: Then where do you have them?
(Fortunately, good sense got the better of the Library Worker that day, and he patiently continued to explain that they did not have any copies of Vogue or Seventeen at all.)

This happened in the late 1980's:
Student: Do you still have that great book on current economics? My sister went here in 1972 and you had it then. It is yellow if that helps.
Ref: Anything on 'current economics' from 1972 would be outdated. Would you like to see something else?
Student: Nope, I want the yellow one 'cause my sister said it explained the current situation so well.
She left empty handed, despite continued attempts to get her to take something published more recently.

Patron: I need the book with the picture of the building on the front.
Ref: Sir, we have only Government Documents. Almost all of the books have the picture of a building on the front. What type of information do you need?
Patron: It is a book with tables in it.
Ref: What are you trying to find in the tables?
Patron: In the front there is a map that I was using.
It came about that he needed the U.S. Statistical Abstracts which that year had a map with the Congressional districts in it.

Patron: Do you have a book with numbers in it?
Mental answers left to your imagination.
Actual information needed: International statistics on 5 areas of 5 different countries for comparison purposes.

Patron: I have to write a two-page paper on the Civil War, can you help?
Ref: What aspect of the war interests you?
Patron: What aspect? You mean I have to choose something in particular about it? I thought I'd just write about the whole thing.

In the 'no common ground available' department, I was working at a state library agency and took a reference call from the head of a state agency who wanted me to find medical information on the reproductive compatibility of humans and aliens. I clarified several times, unable to believe that someone in charge of a portion of my tax dollars was actually asking what I was hearing him asking. He was extremely matter-of-fact about it.
I did feel duty-bound to let him know that the medical establishment as a whole is skeptical about the existence of extraterrestrials, so I was not hopeful about finding much. "That's okay," he said. "It's understandable since the government has censored most of the information about them. Try the Internet." Well, I did, and found plenty of anecdotal (to use the polite term) information. To be thorough, I also did a MEDLINE search, with predictable results (none).
When I called him back, I hoped he'd laugh and say he was impressed with my diligence in following through on such a ludicrous question, or at least say he had suspected there wouldn't be any information about it. Instead he was disappointed. Turns out he was preparing examples for a lecture he was giving on how yesterday's science fiction has become today's science fact. I never did find out what the other examples were...and I'm not sure I want to know!

Patron: I want information on time machines.
Me: Are you looking for H.G. Wells story The Time Machine?
Patron: No, just information on time machines...like how to build them and all.
Me: Are you doing a paper for a class? What kind of information are you trying to find?
Patron: We saw that movie, Back to the Future, and my husband's really good at building things, so he wanted me to get a copy of the plans so he could build one. He thinks he knows where that other guy went wrong.
Me: Aah...that wasn't real. There's no such thing.
Patron: Oh. Are you sure?

Three pop into my mind:
1) A student who couldn't believe we had no books by a "very famous" author. The author's name: "Wilma Catheter"
2) Someone who wanted to know if we had any copies of newspapers published on the day after Jesus was born so he could see how the event was covered.
3) Another student who had an assignment to find out who was elected President in recent elections (this was back in the early 90's)--I showed her the World Almanac with results for 1988 and 1992. She looks at me and says, "Well, what about 1989, 1990, 1991...?"

One of those mothers who come in to get the books for their childrens' assignments (grrrrr!) said that her son had to do an assignment on the invention of television, so she wanted a book on the inventor. She knew it was Mr Sony, if I could just tell her where to look for the biographies .....

Friday, April 24, 2015

Case Study No. 1917: Ernie the Librarian

Ridiculous Librarian Prank!
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[scene opens with a young male librarian (short brown hair, glasses, multi-colored sweater, blue undershirt, blue jeans) walking up behind a male student in a college library]
ERNIE: [whispers] Excuse me?
MALE STUDENT 1: [whispers] Yeah?
ERNIE: [whispers] Do you have your library card?
MALE STUDENT 1: [whispers] I don't.
ERNIE: [whispers] Get the fuck out of my library.
MALE STUDENT 1: [whispers] Why?
ERNIE: [whispers] You heard me.
[the student just stares at him in disbelief]
MALE STUDENT 1: [whispers] I didn't know you had to have a library card ...
ERNIE: [whispers] Yeah.
MALE STUDENT 1: [whispers] Really?
ERNIE: [whispers] Yeah.
MALE STUDENT 1: [whispers] Oh ... kay.
["The Ridiculous Librarian Prank" appears on screen, then cut to the librarian speaking with a female student]
ERNIE: [whispers] Do you have your library card?
FEMALE STUDENT 1: [whispers] What?
ERNIE: [whispers] Do you have your library card?
FEMALE STUDENT 1: [whispers] No.
[the librarian sighs and shakes his head]
ERNIE: [whispers] I'm gonna have to ask you to leave.
FEMALE STUDENT 1: [whispers] Are you serious?
ERNIE: [whispers] Yeah.
FEMALE STUDENT 1: [whispers] Because my pencil's too loud?
ERNIE: [whispers] Yeah, it's way too loud. It's distracting.
[cut to the librarian walking up behind another male student looking at his cell phone]
ERNIE: [whispers] There's no texting in the library ... Read a book!
[the librarian shakes his head in disgust and walks away, then cut to the librarian talking to another female student holding a pair of earbuds]
FEMALE STUDENT 2: [whispers] You can hear this right now?
ERNIE: [whispers] Yeah ... Yeah.
[the student gives him an incredulous look, but he simply shrugs]
FEMALE STUDENT 2: [whispers] You can hear this right now?
ERNIE: [whispers] Yeah.
FEMALE STUDENT 2: [whispers] Are you being for real?
ERNIE: [whispers] Yeah ... It's R. Kelly. I know.
FEMALE STUDENT 2: [whispers] R. Kelly?
ERNIE: [whispers] Yeah.
FEMALE STUDENT 2: [whispers] It's not R. Kelly.
[the librarian leans in, and the student holds up one of the buds to his ear]
ERNIE: [whispers] Yeah, that's R. Kelly.
FEMALE STUDENT 2: [whispers] That is not R. Kelly!
[the student laughs and turns back to her laptop, while the librarian makes a motion with his hands (as if he's covering the table with something)]
ERNIE: [whispers] Pisssss ....
[cut to the librarian carrying a large stack of books, when he trips and falls in front of another female student]
ERNIE: [whispers] Oh, gosh darnit! I ripped my jeans!
[the student gets up to help him pick up the books, but then the librarian just turns and awkwardly runs away]
[cut to a closeup of another female student sitting nearby (having watched the whole scene) looking around in confusion, then cut to the librarian walking past another male student when he drops a single book to the floor]
ERNIE: [whispers] Oh, geez.
[the student bends down to pick up the book and hands it to the librarian, who takes the book ... but then leans in close and gives the student a menacing look]
ERNIE: [whispers] You work for me now.
[he walks away, then cut to the librarian standing behind another female student, as he puts a finger to his lips and shushes her (even though all she was doing was typing on her laptop)]
ERNIE: [whispers] Shhh ... This is a library, not a playground. Okay?
[cut to the librarian walking up behind another (perfectly silent) female student, as he again puts a finger to his lips and shushes her]
ERNIE: [whispers] Shhh ...
FEMALE STUDENT 3: [whispers] Okay.
[cut to the librarian walking up behind another female student (again not making any noise), as he puts a finger to his lips and shushes her]
ERNIE: [whispers] Shhh ...
[the student looks up in alarm]
FEMALE STUDENT 4: [whispers] Oh my god ...
ERNIE: [whispers] Yeah.
FEMALE STUDENT 4: [whispers] What?
ERNIE: [whispers] You gotta be a little more quiet.
FEMALE STUDENT 4: [whispers] Oh, sorry. Sorry.
ERNIE: [whispers] You're typing a bit above the recommended volume.
FEMALE STUDENT 4: [whispers] Oh, okay. Sorry.
ERNIE: [whispers] You're just hitting the keys a little too hard.
FEMALE STUDENT 4: [whispers] Oh. Okay.
[cut to the librarian walking past another male student sitting at a table reading a book, when he stops and looks over his shoulder ... the student looks up at him and laughs nervously, but the librarian continues to just stare over his shoulder in a stoic fashion]
MALE STUDENT 2: [whispers] Yeah?
ERNIE: [whispers] Proceed.
[the student smiles and tries to continue reading ... but ends up just looking around in confusion]
MALE STUDENT 2: [whispers] Yup.
[the librarian makes a "hurry up" motion with his hand]
ERNIE: [whispers] Proceed ...
[the student (not knowing what else to do) motions towards the book that the librarian is holding]
MALE STUDENT 2: [whispers] What're you reading?
ERNIE: [whispers] I'm the librarian. I'm here to make sure that you are ready to learn. That you excel to the highest you that you can be.
[the student can only nod]
ERNIE: [whispers] Now proceed.
MALE STUDENT 2: [whispers] Okay.
[the student tries to go back to reading, then the scene freezes and "Thug Life" appears on screen]
[cut back to the first male student that the librarian swore at, as he breaks character and starts laughing]
ERNIE: [whispers] I'm just kidding, dude. Don't leave.
MALE STUDENT 1: [whispers] It's okay.
ERNIE: [whispers] We're making, like, a funny YouTube video. Like, the ridiculous librarian prank.
MALE STUDENT 1: [whispers] Yeah?
[they fist bump]
ERNIE: [whispers] That was great.
MALE STUDENT 1: [whispers] Where's the hidden camera?
ERNIE: [whispers] It's, uh ... where is it?
[he looks around briefly, then points at the camera]
ERNIE: [whispers] Oh, it's right there.
MALE STUDENT 1: [whispers] Oh.
[the student waves]
ERNIE: [whispers] Nice job.
["Thanks for watching" appears on screen]

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Case Study No. 1881: "What you really wanted to do to your high school librarian"

What you really wanted to do to your high school librarian
0:06
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Added: 2 months ago
From: VineInfo
Views: 380

[scene opens in a high school library, as two students are looking at a book and laughing, when someone off camera shushes them]
[cut to a female librarian (grey wig in a bun, glasses, red track suit) with a finger to her lips, as she turns to walk away]
[cut back to the two students]
MALE STUDENT: This bitch ...
[the female student hands him a book, then cut to the librarian as she's walking away ... until the book flies through the air and hits her hard in the back]

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From vine.co:

Watch Brittany Furlan's Vine "What you really wanted to do to your high school librarian... W/ Alx James & Simone Shepherd" taken on 18 January 2015.

Friday, February 27, 2015

Case Study No. 1870: Akash the Librarian

The Librarian
2:47
Join us as we follow Akash in his daily, but never routine, life at the Malone Library.

The songs in this video are "Cool Blast" and "Airport Lounge" by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com and are licensed for my use under Creative Commons.

The other song is "Goodness" from sound snap.com.
Tags: Library Video with Akash
Added: 3 years ago
From: 7RANDOM7
Views: 1,200

[scene opens with a young male librarian (black hair, glasses, grey sweatshirt, blue jeans) sitting in one of the seminar rooms at the Everett L. Cattell Library, as he is reading a book (nodding to himself and moving his lips), when he suddenly looks up at the camera and slams the book shut]
AKASH: Well hello!
[he laughs and gives the camera a goofy grin]
AKASH: Didn't see you there, and for a moment!
[he laughs again]
AKASH: Well, welcome to the Malone University Library, where books are ...
[he bends down next to a stack of books and sniffs them, then turns back to the camera]
AKASH: Plentiful!
[he laughs again, then gets up]
AKASH: Well, follow me to a world of knowledge ... and discovery! There will also be some of that!
[he gives the camera another big goofy grin, then opens the door]
AKASH: Well, welcome ... into my home!
[cut to a montage of the librarian walking through the stacks and pulling books off the shelves (set to dubstep music), which finishes with him turning to the camera and giving a thumbs up]
[cut to another shot of the librarian pulling a book off the shelf, when he suddenly turns to the camera and puts a finger to his lips]
AKASH: [whispers] Shh! We're in a library!
[a loud crashing noise can be heard off camera, then cut to a male student on the floor covered in books]
[cut to the librarian standing over the student, as he puts a finger to his lips and shushes him]
AKASH: Shh! We're in a library!
[cut to the librarian speaking directly to the camera]
AKASH: Sometimes you can't reach a book you need ... that's when the tri-pedestaliac elevation device comes in handy!
[cut to a stepstool on the floor next to the librarian, as he uses it to reach a book on the top shelf]
AKASH: Works every time!
[cut to the librarian standing next to a fire extinguisher on the wall]
AKASH: What we have here is our local fire-putter-outter ... Sometimes, even in the library, it's important to be safe!
[cut to the librarian pulling a large book from the shelf]
AKASH: One time, I read the unabridged version of this book!
[he laughs, then suddenly gets a serious look on his face]
AKASH: Well actually, three times!
[he laughs again, then cut to the librarian running his fingers along some books on the shelf, when he pulls one out and moves it two places to the right]
AKASH: Frustrating!
[cut to the librarian standing next to a cabinet of map drawers]
AKASH: This section is where we organize some of our files. Here, let me show you!
[he tries to open one of the drawers, but it's locked, so he looks around confused before wandering off]
[cut to the librarian pointing at an empty shelf]
AKASH: These books are invisible.
[he pantomimes picking up one of the books and dropping it, as a loud crash can be heard]
AKASH: Ha!
[he then points at another empty shelf]
AKASH: These are the books that have become extinct.
[he makes an exaggerated gesture of holding his nose]
AKASH: Ew, gross!
[he laughs, then points at another empty shelf]
AKASH: These are the books that have not yet been written.
[he points at the camera]
AKASH: Maybe you will be one who will write a book ...
[he points with his other hand]
AKASH: Or you!
[he laughs]
AKASH: Or you!
[he laughs again, then adjusts his glasses]
AKASH: Well, that's all for today. I'm Akash the librarian, reminding you to read and-or write a book!
[he smiles, then uses the stepstool to reach another high book, as the scene fades to black]

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Case Study No. 1862: Staff of Harold B. Lee Library Book Repair

BR | Harold B. Lee Library Book Repair
0:51
We help good books get better! The book repair department at the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University works tirelessly to mend, repair, revive, and bring books back to life.
Tags: byu book repair books library university research scholar er emergency room br
Added: 4 years ago
From: hbllproduction
Views: 9,581

["BR Book Repair" appears on screen, as several shots of librarians dressed in medical scrubs are shown, while a "sound-alike" version of the theme song from the TV show "ER" plays]
[cut to more shots of librarians and student workers (wearing surgical masks) as they push book carts through the library]
[cut to a shot of a female librarian (wearing a surgical mask) standing over the camera, as a student worker hands her a scalpel ... then someone off camera sprays her with liquid (library paste to simulate blood?)]
[cut to a shot of the "operating table", as the librarian works on an old-looking book]
[cut to a shot of a male librarian (wearing a surgical mask and a name tag reading "Jeff") as he looks up at the camera and nods]
[cut to several quick shots of the various members of the library staff, then to a shot of Boyesen's "The Works of Schiller" on the operating table]
[cut to a male librarian pushing a book cart slowly towards the camera, as other staff members follow behind him]
[cut to a shot of three librarians standing over the camera, as they place a book down on top of it, then "HBLL Book Repair, Helping Good Books Get Better!" appears on screen]

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From blogspot.com:

Seriously, I could fill the list here with just productions from The Harold B. Lee Library Multimedia Unit . Among some of the ones I liked includes the short but effective videos using unreliable sources like fortune tellers, used car sales persons to drive in the point of using reliably sources. See Library Databases | The Card Reader , Library Databases | The Used Car Salesman and the Library Databases | YouTube Kid

I also liked the warm, moving, THE Library | What Changes Us video as well as the National Treasure like Special Collections | Theatrical Trailer, not to mention the famous Old Spice spoofs

But in the end the one I am going to showcase is BR, book repair , a spoof of ER the TV show opening credits. If you have ever watched the show you will marvel at how good this is. I would add this concept isn't new , see Arlington Heights Memorial Library's Technical Services for a less polished example.

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From byu.edu:

Theft, on-going construction, heavy traffic, damage to property and crowded areas - although these problems sound like a New Yorker's headache, they happen in Provo at the Harold B. Lee Library.

The constant shuffle of people through the library's only exit keep security officers busy monitoring the alarm system for theft, checking returned books for damages and patrolling for sneaky snackers from 7 a.m. until midnight each day.

The alarms at the exit are set off three to four times a day, said Ryan Judd, the library's supervising security officer. Each time, an "F.I." or filled interview card is completed for police records. The card contains the person's name and an explanation of what set off the alarm.

Common excuses for a book not being checked out are the person forgot to check it out or someone slipped the book in a backpack as a joke. A few people are not BYU students that try to leave without checking out a book. In most cases of attempted theft, it is a BYU student who forgot their ID or has lost library privileges, Judd said.

The cards are used to monitor whether a pattern develops with a certain person, but no citations are usually given, Judd said. A few do escape with books not checked out, but most are caught, he said.

"When (a robbery) happens, it makes us take a hard look at what we are doing and what we can do better," Judd said

Theft is not the only problem faced by the library security. The main problem is actually book abuse, Judd said.

Judd feels the cause of this problem is selfishness. When a patron cuts out a page for personal use, that periodical or book cannot be used again by someone else, he said.

Mutilation includes everything from ripping out pages to highlighting a sentence. The library has had cases ranging from pen marks to a book shot with a gun, Judd said.

The damaged books are reported by the on-duty security officers at the exit book-return desk. When a book is turned in, the officer looks it over for anything from missing pages to pen marks.

If some damage is discovered, the student who returned the book is called in for a personal interview to explain, Judd said. If the student refuses to come in, the case is referred to the police department.

Fines for damaged books are often a flat $100, which goes to the general university fund. If the book is rare, or must be replaced, the student is also responsible for those additional charges.

"There is malicious mutilation and then there is just not taking care of the book," Judd said.

Many patrons may not understand the impact book damage has on a library.

Students need to be educated about how to treat a library book and what constitutes abuse, Judd said.

The library receives 150 books a month, on average, that are damaged and need mending, said James Fairbourn, supervisor of book repair. The most common abuse is writing or highlighting in the book. Other books sent to be repaired are wet, have cut or torn pictures and pages or are stained, he said.

Although many of the books can be repaired without having to be replaced, the amount of work that goes into the repair process is incredible, Fairbourn said.

About 5 books a month are so damaged they need to be replaced. The library spends $200 to $1000 a month replacing these books, Fairbourn said.

"If a book is out of print, which happens sometimes, it costs extra to get a hold of," Fairbourn said. "Even if the book does not need to be replaced, we spend $100-$500 a month in labor and repair costs."

A display about mutilation of books is now in the glass case near the circulation desk. Judd has also approached BYU professors to ask their classes not to highlight in library books.

Monday, February 16, 2015

Case Study No. 1845: "The Elusive Wild Librarian"

The Elusive Wild Librarian...
0:47
Wild Librarians are very shy and hard to find. I went on a search recently and managed to catch one, briefly, on camera, in Quinn Library.

**No books were harmed in the making of this video.**
Tags: Quinn Library Books Librarian (Profession)
Added: 5 months ago
From: Chris Hicks
Views: 62

[scene opens with someone holding a handheld camera and walking through Quinn Library at Ohio University-Chillicothe, when he points it at himself]
CHRIS: Today, we're hunting for the rare librarian. Let's go see if we can find her ...
[he points the camera forward, then opens a door and starts walking through the stacks area]
CHRIS: [from off camera] This is the natural habitat of the librarian. They live in stacks like these.
[he stops and gasps when he sees a female librarian (hair in a bun, purple and white blouse, black pants), standing with her back to him, at the end of one of the aisles]
CHRIS: [from off camera] We've spotted one! Quick, she might run and hide ...
[she turns, then runs behind one of the bookcases]
CHRIS: [from off camera] Oh! She ran!
[he starts walking down the aisle towards her]
CHRIS: [from off camera] We're gonna find her ... Where's that rare librarian?
[the librarian peeks from behind the bookcase]
CHRIS: [from off camera] Oh, she ... They're a shy bunch. You gotta approach quietly.
[she reaches out and tosses a book towards him]
CHRIS: [from off camera] Their natural defense, throwing books ...
[he backs away (as you can hear the librarian giggling), then starts to slowly walk forward again]
CHRIS: [from off camera] They can be dangerous, but if you corner one ... you can usually pet them!
[she takes a book off a nearby cart and throws it, so he backs off again]
CHRIS: [from off camera] No! She's a vicious one!

Thursday, February 5, 2015

Case Study No. 1823: Unnamed Female Librarian (Massage Mustard)

Massage Mustard, Ep. 11 | Librarian | Chicago Comedy Film Festival
1:32
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Added: 5 months ago
From: chicagocomedyfilm
Views: 21

[scene opens with a man (wearing a fake-looking blonde wig) talking to a young female librarian (curly black hair, glasses, blue sweater, white blouse covered with flowers)]
LIBRARIAN: I received your electronic message--
REGINALD: Uh huh.
LIBRARIAN: It came directly into my Wild Blue account, and I logged on, and I understand you're ... you're massaging.
["Massage Mustard, An Improvised Experiment" appears on screen, then cut back to the two shaking hands (as the man pulls his hand away in apparent pain)]
REGINALD: Ah, that's a handshake!
LIBRARIAN: Oh, it's just ... I've got strong wrists from all that gardening I've been doing!
REGINALD: Jeez ...
[he starts putting on a pair of gloves]
LIBRARIAN: Yeah, in and out!
REGINALD: You do everything! A librarian, gardener ...
LIBRARIAN: Oh!
REGINALD: You're so handy!
LIBRARIAN: Well, I try! Y'know what they say about idle hands ...
[cut to a security officer in the room eating a banana]
LIBRARIAN: [from off camera] Ya gotta use your hands!
[cut back to the masseur and the librarian]
REGINALD: That's very true.
LIBRARIAN: It's very important ...
REGINALD: If you don't use your body, it falls apart.
LIBRARIAN: Ya gotta stay young, ya gotta stay active, ya gotta use your brain! I do crosswords, I do--
REGINALD: Whoa!
LIBRARIAN: I do ... I do, uh, reading.
REGINALD: Well hey, pop a squat and-and-and I'll start on the shoulders, I guess.
LIBRARIAN: Oh, sure! Sure!
[she sits down]
REGINALD: And work down ... Just be careful, it's a workout bench slash massage bench.
LIBRARIAN: Well, it's got padding, and that's all that matters for my little boney bum!
[he laughs, then starts adjusting his gloves]
REGINALD: I'm just gonna fix my gloves, they're not working with me today ...
LIBRARIAN: Okay ... I gotta warn ya, I-I played some sports in my day. My muscles are not small, so you can really be rough with me!
REGINALD: Okay.
[cut to a closeup of the back of the librarian's neck, which features a giant tattoo reading "Born 2 Kill"]
REGINALD: [from off camera] Alright, here we go ...
[cut back to the masseur, as he looks at her neck and jumps back in shock/fear]
REGINALD: Oh god! Oh! Whoo! Oooh!

Michael Carothers
Alex Moffat
Becca Levine

Director and Creator
Jack Thurston Farrell

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From massagemustard.com:

The Story
Reginald Sunday(Mike Carothers) was put on room arrest in his departed sons's old bedroom after his wife left him. He was required to do a years worth of community massage to avoid jail time for impersonating a cop. This all took place under the watchful eye of Officer Crumpkey(Alex Moffatt).
From Jack Farrell.

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From facebook.com:

Monday, August 4
at 8:30pm - 12:00am in CDT

CIC Theater
1422 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago, Illinois 60613

This is the official launch party of the completed series Massage Mustard. All are invited. We will view whole series which will be 90mins, break for beverages and bathrooms then a 20 min improv set with all who were involved. There will be free drinks, specials and more. No cost to go.

About
Popcorn Productions is the result of comedic minds Jack Thurston Farrell and Michael Carothers. Sit back relax and enjoy this ride :)

Thursday, January 29, 2015

Case Study No. 1807: Strawberry Librarian

Strawberry librarian
0:33
No description available.
Tags:
Added: 1 year ago
From: Karen Miller
Views: 7

[scene opens with a picture of a strawberry with googly eyes and the mouth of a human being super-imposed over it, as she starts talking in a high-pitched voice]
STRAWBERRY: Hi! I'm Strawberry, and I'm here to tell you how to search the library catalog. Now, I'm feeling a little bit concerned that you're not gonna take me seriously, because ... well, because I'm a strawberry, and you're probably not used to taking advice from a strawberry!
[she pauses]
STRAWBERRY: But, I'm really good at what I do! I-I really am, and I hope that you believe me ... Please, please believe me!
["Made with Funny Movie Maker For iPhone and iPad. Photo credit: Koshyk" appears on screen]

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Case Study No. 1787: Unnamed Male Librarian (Jack Vale Films)

LOUD IN A LIBRARY!
2:05
I was reading too loud in the library. I was asked to "keep it down". The guy next to me was typing too loud and I couldn't hear what I was reading.
Tags: prank jack vale jackvalefilms practical joke reading loudly library books people librarian funny comedy comedian hilarious candid camera hidden video
Added: 3 years ago
From: jackvalefilms
Views: 553,853

[scene opens with two men sitting in a public library, one typing on his laptop while the other flips through a book while reading out loud]
JACK: "Boats are not needed for catfishing. Simply find a spot on shore where you have enough room to cast out your waited rig. Let it sink to the bottom, snug up your line, and wait for the prowling whiskerfish to find your offering."
[cut to another shot of Jack reading (a little louder now), while the other patron fidgets uncomfortably in his chair]
JACK: "The best catfishing, and the largest catfish--"
[cut to a closeup of the patron, as he rubs his forehead in annoyance (but doesn't say anything)]
JACK: "They can weigh five, ten, twenty pounds or more, are often caught after dark."
[cut to another shot of Jack, as he turns to the other patron]
JACK: Do you have any idea about that?
[cut to a young male librarian (short black hair, earring, t-shirt, jeans) at the help desk, as he turns and looks at the two, then back to Jack]
JACK: Catfish?
[the other patron doesn't bother looking up from his laptop]
PATRON: No.
JACK: Huh.
[cut to another shot of Jack, as he leans in next to the other patron]
JACK: [whispers] Excuse me, sir? Could you do me a favor? It's hard to get a lotta this reading done with the, all the typing going on. Could you, could you ...
[he makes a motion with his hand like he's closing a laptop]
JACK: [whispers] Take it somewhere else?
[the patron just nods his head]
JACK: [whispers] Appreciate that. Thank you.
[cut to Jack as he continues reading (and the patron continues typing at his laptop), when the librarian walks up behind them]
JACK: "Crappies provide fun and relaxed fishing--"
LIBRARIAN: [whispers] Sir? Is there any way you could read to yourself?
JACK: Huh?
LIBRARIAN: [whispers] Is there any way you could read to yourself, so you don't disturb everybody else that's reading?
JACK: [whispers] Oh no, I ... Yeah, I'm only reading to myself.
LIBRARIAN: [whispers] Yeah.
JACK: [whispers] I'm only reading to myself.
LIBRARIAN: [whispers] Is there a way, like, just a little quieter? At least?
[Jack motions towards the other patron (who is still just staring at his laptop)]
JACK: [whispers] Oh, we're not together.
LIBRARIAN: [whispers] No no, but I'm saying ... by yourself. Like, just you, by yourself.
JACK: [whispers] Yeah yeah yeah, I'm just by myself, I'm just gonna read it by myself.
LIBRARIAN: [whispers] I know, but you're reading a little loud, is the thing.
JACK: [pause] Huh?
LIBRARIAN: [whispers] You're reading a little loud, is the thing.
JACK: [whispers] Wh-What do you mean?
LIBRARIAN: [whispers] You're reading loud.
JACK: I'm reading loud?
[the librarian nods]
LIBRARIAN: [whispers] Mm hmm, you're reading loudly.
JACK: [whispers] Oh. Oh oh, okay. Yeah, of course.
[someone from off camera interrupts]
UNSEEN PATRON: [from off camera] No, I think they were just having a conversation.
PATRON: Not me. I don't know anything about him.
JACK: No, I'm not. I'm not. I'm not.
LIBRARIAN: He, he's reading. He's just reading.
UNSEEN PATRON: [from off camera] These two were talking.
JACK: No, we weren't--
PATRON: He's talking to himself.
[cut to another shot of the librarian talking to Jack]
JACK: Yeah yeah yeah.
LIBRARIAN: Okay, thank you.
JACK: Sure.
[the librarian leaves, then Jack leans in next to the patron]
JACK: [whispers] I think, um, I think ... I think he said you were working too loud.
[the patron again doesn't bother looking up from his laptop]
PATRON: No, I think you.
JACK: [whispers] Me?
PATRON: Yeah.
JACK: [whispers] Oh, okay. No problem.
PATRON: So--
JACK: [whispers] Sure, alright.
PATRON: Keep it to yourself.
JACK: [whispers] Oh.
UNSEEN PATRON: [from off camera] I thought we just talked about this. You're talking again?
JACK: [whispers] No no no.
[he shakes his head, puts a finger to his lips, and does that "throat slash" motion to indicate that this conversation is over]
[cut to the patron by himself, as Jack is talking to someone else off camera (the camera man?)]
JACK: [from off camera] Yeah, he said I was being too loud here. Yeah, yeah.

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From wikipedia.org:

Jack Vale (born September 2, 1973) is an American comedian who has a YouTube channel featuring hidden-cameras and pranks. As of September 10, 2014, his videos have around 220 million views and his channel has more than 1,100,000 subscribers.

Several of Vale's pranks are what he calls "Pooter" pranks. These involve Vale walking around in public making flatulence sounds, using a handheld device and capturing the reactions of the people nearby on a hidden camcorder. On one occasion this resulted in a physical altercation between Vale and an old man (whose wife Vale used the device on nearby), despite Vale explaining that it was a prank and even showing him the device. The subsequent police intervention led to both the man and Vale being banned from that specific supermarket. Many of his pranks are completed in Huntington Beach, CA.

Other pranks include "Paranoid", sketches in which Vale, pretending to be talking on his mobile phone, walks past customers in a shop or on the street and describes them to his imaginary conversational partner (in order to see whether they will react with paranoia), and "Nonsense", in which Vale confuses members of the public by approaching them and speaking gibberish.

Jack Vale's most elaborate prank to date which by most, is considered to be more of an experiment, is called "The Social Media Experiment". Vale searched hashtags in his local area and located people nearby. He then learned all about these people and convinced them he was psychic. The video was picked up by several national publications and he made appearances on various talk shows explaining how he did the experiment. The video resonated with people so well that it made the world think twice before posting their current locations online.