Have you seen the new video of John discussing football? It's on Youtube, uploaded by the Men in Blazers channel. John comes in at about the hour and nineteen minute mark. Thought I'd share!
I wanted to wait until I actually watched this to respond!! I have now, and here's the link for everyone:
For starters, what an absolutely incredible introduction for him. (Starts around 1 hr. 18 min.) I was moved by that and I'm just an internet rando!!
This is an absolutely fantastic clip overall. I will not pretend to be the most knowledgeable person about football - I know how it's played and its ongoing cultural importance, but never really watched it too intensely. (Maybe I should, but no one is taking baseball from me and I'm afraid to lose that to another sport.) Starting with more personal anecdotes before moving into the subject of Qatar's human rights abuses and violence worked really well for me, and the interview has the same humour and insightful balance as my favorite bits of LWT.
This also reminded me that I was in New York during the World Cup in 2010. I was supposed to go see The Daily Show and our flight got delayed so late that we missed it (sob), but watching John and Jon Stewart straight up screaming at each other on our hotel room TV while my late aunt and I basically collapsed with laughter and my mom kept trying to hear the show over her hrair dryer is one of my all-time favorite memories. Also football was EVERYWHERE and it was such a fun atmosphere in the city. I know a lot of that is tainted now because of FIFA's bullshit, but it was an experience.
"A Fyre Festival of a World Cup" is a hell of a line. Same as "They are based in Switzerland, geographically and morally." Definitely shipping these two footballers they invented a homoerotic flirtation for, for no understandable reason.
Wild to hear John call someone ELSE out on self-hatred too, lol. John, you devote about half of your air time to shitting on your bangs, appearance, show concept, furry leanings, hobbies, and general being. I'm torn between saying "pot meet kettle" and "I guess you're the best judge of self-immolation".
And because no one asked, maroon is definitely John's color and he should wear it more. Him throwing his leg up on the table to show he has legs... fuck me.
