I can’t tell what’s more mesmerizing: The way Arthur, looking fresh from Afroman’s beach recording studio, stands in front of his lo-fi sun-filled weather board, saying “pretty much everywhere, it’s gonna be hot;” or the casual tug of Charlotte’s lapel when she responds, “and then I don’t need a jacket” (is she flirting?); or the pause and then high cackle hee-hee-hee; or the way that Charlotte’s sidekick gathers his face as he plans his segue; or the fact that the “related videos” includes the zombie kid who likes turtles.
All I know is I’ve been thinking about this for hours. No really, the zombie kid is hilarious.
Further questions: Why do they, in fact, all wear the same jacket? And why does Arthur’s jacket have a “TV” badge on it??
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Amazing breakdown Jim–no way would I have parsed all the layers on my own
I am personally responsible for 1.5 million of the 4.9 million views of the turtle kid clip, and I still think it’s hilarious. I will now put on cargo shorts.
pretty sure she says ‘then i don’t need a jacket.’ i say they have an inside joke about the jackets (hate them?) and it took that extra moment of reflection on arthur’s part for the depth of her remark to sink in. what’s so funny is that we don’t actually know what’s so funny… ?
I think Arthur’s just stoned out of his mind and it took him like 2 seconds to realize what she was saying.
yeah after watching this video 48 more times, i think “then i don’t need a jacket” is correct. you can tell at the beginning that he’s about to start laughing, like he’s trying to hold it in but he’s got the giggles, then charlotte busts out some corny line about not needing a jacket, and he loses it. And what were once giggles is now a stoner’s guffaw. maybe charlotte and her co-anchor like messing with arthur when they know he’s blazed.