My Name Is Jonas
Jonas' first video, added November 16, 2006, the same time, or at least around the same time, he joined YouTube.
Transcript
[Jonas is sitting in a yellow armchair in front of several bookcases, wearing a tank top that shows off his muscles] Hey, what's up. Uh, my name is Jonas...like the Weezer song. Uh, actually, the band, they named the song after me! That is a true story. ... No, that's not true. [laughs]
I've been watching a lot of the videos on here, uh, I've seen a lot of the ... lonelygirl15? and the Danielbeast videos... That is, that is some freaky stuff, guys, um...but it, it inspired me. so um i thought, y'know, I'll give it a shot.
[The Chosen by The Psychokinetics plays while he spins arounf in his chair]
A little bit about me: what do I like and waht do I not. I like skate. I'm more of a, uh... Stacy Peralta guy than a Tony hawk: i mean the midtwist is, is lame. I dig stacy peralta, i think because he's a filmmaker. I'm also into editing - I think my heroes [video repeats "heroes" several times] if I had to pick one, my heroes are Max Headroom, the guys who came up with that. Yeah, no I can hear what you're saying - "Wasn't max headroom before your time, Jonas?" Yes. Maybe, but um... i consider myself a student of all things cool. And Max Headroom is definitely cool. Yeahs, no he's cool. He's cool.
Now in case you were wondering what these are for [holds up red boxing gloves, then boxes the camera and then his head in slo-mo] Okay, so i'm into boxing.
[Looks over his shoulder at bookcases] We're in my dad's library. Is that wierd? Yeah, it's wierd...I am not into working. I am definitely ... NOT into working. I don't have a job; i have never had a job, I just kinda do stuff around the house and uh... hang out with my boyz. School? Eeeehhhh...not really into it. No. Not at all. But I do like learning new things. I do. I just uh... I just don't like structure. Ugh.
[spreads arms out in a sort of shrug] Well, i hope you like my video. That's it for now, but uh... chill.
Notes
- Stacy Peralta is a (male, despite his name and shoulder lenth hair) movie director and former professional skateboarder.
- Max Headroom was a fictional artificial intelligence TV character.
- There is also a Weezer song called my name is jonas. Which is probably where the name of the video comes from.
