College road trip with John Green and Kathy, circa 1998

[Niekpas1]

How has his voice changed this much in 14 years?

[FunnyGirlz221]

for the record Tinseltown USA still looks exactly the same. i go there like every 2 weeks to see movies

[FunnyGirlz221]

it's like pre-vlogbrothers thoughts from places

[xxsaranghaeyo]

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, STFU JOHN.

[CarolineTheAwesome]

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD LOOK AT THAT

[blewthnder]

Makes me want to take a road trip

[lehcarrrachel]

LOOK AT THAT!

[TheStaticGypsy]

It appears that John's fear of heights haven't taken affect yet...

[ahappyhuman]

That accent... the first thing I thought of when I heard him talk is the movie "Fargo".

[EffYeahHermione]

This is pretty much the first "Thoughts From Places" video

[iammehowru]

How does John know what tacky is in that outfit?

[Kimathy24]

nice glasses dude.

[ixnaytheigloo]

John green road trips in a shirt and tie

[lynnontherun]

Listen to that Hoosier accent on John. For the love of God.

[ChasingChimeras1]

In 1998 John was precariously perched on the edge of the Grand Canyon. Fast forward to 2008 where his acrophobia nearly prevented him from standing ON A TABLE. What happened in those ten years??

[Charlemange9]

John (then) : It's Thursday, or Wednesday or Friday . . .

Still 'so bad at days'

[KiltAllen]

Holy crap guys, he went to Tinsel Town! :D That makes me so stupidly happy that we've driven the same stretch of highway. Ahhhh!

[LissaJane94]

Was wondering if Kathy was the Yeti until I read the description box. *Disappointment*

[thisisnotHolly]

@LissaJane94 *spoiler alert* the Yeti's name is Sarah :)

[nearthe2nd]

"I took a piss in Mexican Water" -Clap Clap Clap- Amazing John just Amazing.

[MyUsername156]

This video has convinced me to buy a video camera and start filming things more often

[rackfocus]

Three things.

1: I was 13.

2: This was before GPS

3: For the love of god...

[whythepuddle]

"for the love of god"

[melissaratliff]

He was vlogging before vlogs existed. John Green's a hipster!

[posthumorously]

Thank you, Ransom, for uploading this!!  By the way, I love your name!

[uraniumheart]

Oh. My.

I nearly expected John to at point say " For the love of god, double rainbow!"

[flyelphiefly19]

My first thought: "Oh god I hope they find an airport soon!"

mapcrunch has really taken over my life...

[pickchick38]

whattt?! i wanted to hear the joke about the invisible man.!!!

[TheParikC]

For the love of French the Llama!!

[xcskier999]

My brain refuses to believe that is John Green. And oh those glasses....

[sparkybish]

Oh you 90's! I remember you. I was seven months pregnant when this was filmed. Awesome glasses John.

[TheRydog100]

Oh God, that accent.

[SolsticeSteph]

I was 5 at the time this was shot

[hamster12340]

in that car there are two future new york times bestselling authors!!! how awesome:)

[SormaNo4]

This video has also reminded me of how amazing and astounding it is that we can see those people whom we look up to and admire as young people. And just how inspirational that can be x

[SormaNo4]

I did not realise that this was the person who made the amazing beautiful videos about the Solen Sea and lost photographs, but I'm glad I do.

[Ashatokka]

john... such a smart ass

[cjk8]

For the love of God.

[mylitttleemilyjayne9]

Young John Green's voice is externally soothing for some reason.

[idkwtflol13]

Just came back to this video from recent vlogbrothers video just so I can see him say "You taking pictures of me dude?" XD

[niamhtheturtle]

John looks so young!!!!!! lol :)

[baronlableu]

John....you had a very 90's accent.....

[The4fourEver]

JOHN! do you have an accent...?

[klaytonrocks]

@The4fourEver Yes he does. And if you listen to him speak in vlogbrothers videos, you can kind of hear it, especially with some of his S's. :D

[Mis4Mika]

his voice was so much higher and youthful and less smart! O:

[yknowthatgirl]

Looooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooool. John, you silly.

[ClaireLaBear11]

4:46 COWS!

[LostxinthexMusic]

He sounds so YOUNG!!!

[CharmedSlayerr]

Kathy...as in Katherine...as in An Abundance of?

[zuzupetals3]

New Mexico's not THAT boring...

In some parts.

Well...

Never mind.

[Daremusically13]

I really hope the Yeti has seen this

[amazingfertilla123]

he WAS a nerd.

[JustinReubenMedia]

I'm pretty sure John had a Canadian accent...

[JustinReubenMedia]

for the love of god

[ChristianaVerite]

Anyone else think young John Green looks and sounds rather like young Patrick Stump?

[xxsaranghaeyo]

i feel like punching him in da face. luv u john<3 :\

[icantskip]

oh dear

[emagainsthem]

Oh my god John as a college student...weird.

[bekahbooks]

I can not "for the love of god" stop laughing at how different John sounds.

[BlooMuzik]

inspiration for the road trip in Paper Towns? :P

[TheSomethingWitty]

Oh god, john. your voice was so dorky.

[pokethekittycat]

@TheSomethingWitty It is unbelievably high pitched for a college student and compared to his voice now it's so weird lol

[carpediEMILY]

oh john. vlogger for life.

[Bambitheninja]

Isnt Ozark village between Ozark and Branson? I've seen signs for it on the way to SDC but I've never seen it >_>

[stephiiee]

he was my age in this vid! woah

[Smabber]

Rans Riggs should have filmed John Green's book trailers.

[dpfblackbelt]

Oh, John Green. Saying sorry for his grammer since 1998

[tila130]

@dpfblackbelt sorry, this is really late, but could you tell me when he does? not that i doubt you, i have just watched it though and haven't been able to find that. dftba!

[gavers23]

Has anyone done a "for the love of god" count? I'd say it's close to 30...

[Quintinia]

COWS!

[MrIanitus]

I love how he says he didn't like Indiana, and now he lives there.

[HariSlate]

@MrIanitus I think he was born there, and then moved to Florida, then eventually New York, until the Yeti got a job there.

[cynthiayl12]

John Green: vlogging since 1998.

[8Metaphysicist8]

"For the Love of God" is a great Steve Vai instrumental piece.

[awkwardfour]

"For the love of God" must have been John Green's catchphrase.

[cloebaby97]

John sounds a lot like Chris Farley...weird.

[jml21000]

oh my god look at young John

[Henry610]

7:10 Apparently, Randy had had enough of the invisible man. 

[Henry610]

This makes me strangely self conscious of all of my sub par home movies on the off chance that in about 10 years they may be being watched by thousands upon thousands of people....

[lilcaits]

DFTBA.

[Rocketfists]

For the love of God.

[akidforever92]

The 90's, jesus christ!

[akidforever92]

when he was filming this he had no idea that 30K+ people would see this

[markisonlin3]

For the love of god.....

[nalgenesRULE]

John's young voice reminds me of Rick Moranis for some reason.

[cmmmgg]

This happened the in year I was born :O

[Giftoftruth]

God I love the description lol. Ransom don't feel left out. Your videos are pretty freaking amazing too =).

[lksbat]

He was bad at days even then.

[romantheflash]

I'm liking the slight differences in John's voice over the years...lol

[stude444]

He sounds...like a child XD.

[Royalemperorblue]

I suddenly feel like I have some more time to learn to be as awesome as John Green.

[pegmama8]

OMG john's glasses!!!!!!

[eniloracw]

This is like a much less eloquent thoughts from places.

[Meggg99]

@eniloracw Everything is either "nice" or "pretty." Clearly writing novels increases one's vocabulary haha.

[OrsonSpade]

8:02 John has apparently ALWAYS been bad at days

[delii93]

even in old videos, John was bad with days

[applecroft17]

@MrNic608 Ah Man! I feel utterly noobish now, but thanks for clearing up my vlogbrother-spouse confusion. :)

[LovelessEggplant]

On the other videos where John is telling stories, a few people asked, "Was John really ever a nerd?!"

...I think this sufficiently answers that question.

[hello12mary]

I LIVE IN ARIZONA!!!!

[mindygogogo]

When you guys went through Texas, you went through my town!!!!

[applecroft17]

If this Kathy ISN'T the yeti, then has John actually had an abundance of katherines in his life?

[MrNic608]

@applecroft17 the Yeti's name is Sarah

[aFriendlyArab]

this is so nostalgic..

[smashrobot3ZO]

Yes, John, I wish my five year old self was with you on this road trip thanks for reminding me.

[smashrobot3ZO]

Yes, John, I wish my five year old self was with you on this road trip thanks for reminding me.

[shereah]

Wow I was 7...

[123456789robbie]

@shereah i was 2

[EmZumBe]

they listen to leonard cohen at 10:00..cool video ^^

[nijichama]

John looks so adorable :D

[diveforsharc]

Im feeling such a welling of emotions watching your videos. Im such a nostagia fanatic that these John Green films and your photographs and Miss Peregrin videos make me feel every range of wonderment possible. You are my kind of humans.

[JoySprung]

COWS!!

[MEGANgetlow]

I TOOK A PISS IN MEXICAN WATER.

[LaydBakBrownEyed]

i love you to death John, but if you diss ohio again... imma have to backhand you -_-

[doiconfuseyou]

PAPER TOWNS MOMENT

[evileye7546]

Ahh the glory days when gas prices were affordable :)

[sweetandsav0ry]

He seemed really mad that someone didn't go on the road trip with you guys.

[Targaryenator]

X) ahh, john, your nerd creds are irrefutable.

[Onami3]

"There's green stuff and brown stuff and red stuff..." You're so good at describing, John. And I am new to your channel, but I love you videos, whatever your name is! (don't know it)

[NarutoVillageIdiot]

why do i feel like john green was REALY annoying when he was younger? (still love you john <3 you're the best-est <3 lol )

[wingedxfox6044]

I love how similar he acts to now, even though this was more than 10 years ago.

[SeeSarahGo]

I'd love to see what the camera they're using looks like. Huge I imagine.

[marus815]

OMG HIS VOICE!!! IT SOUNDS SO DIFFERENT!!!

[go1711]

For the love of God. 

[lattrayant]

So did John develop his fear of heights later in life?

[CaptainSteelRain]

For the love of God! John is such a nerd. xD

[LittleReadRidingHood]

This makes me nervous about just how different I'll be in 10 years!! Because although John is not THE most adulty person I know, (or rather, don't know), the contrast between the college john I can now imagine in my mind based on this and a couple other videos is starkly different than the current John I construct in my mind based on the vlogbrothers videos.

[bobdaewoo]

i live ten minutes from the place in the shot when you're talking about missouri. its a small town named Lebanon. i pass that exact spot on the highway all the time!

[ArkieLib]

You skipped Arkansas? For the love of God. . .

[Xxelyssax007xX]

I laughed xD

John was/is such a nerd.

[elijahlupe]

Young John kinda sounds like Chris Farley here...

[shortymicfry]

People, I know this is young John Green, but do you realize though that this is also young Ransom Riggs? As in THE Ransom Riggs that wrote Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children? Holy crap!

[TVLover1995]

I wonder if her ever imagined that he would be living in Indiana as he was driving through it. Just a thought.

[SamxRxI]

For the love of god, young John, you're freaking adorable. Specifically your laugh. Just sayin. :D

[woodwanderer]

It's shocking the difference between the john green of this video and that of the clip of him talking about senior pranks...

[vngaris]

"Do you remember like 20 minutes back when we almost got killed?"

[medalf]

Every horror movies start like this

[Shellewell]

"its thursday or wednesday or friday" he already has his trouble with days of the week

[Invincible117]

Wow. Wow. Wow. Young John is actually kind of obnoxious. But this is still funny.

[thesegirlshaveboobs]

COWS!

[almdudler368]

nice ohio accent.

[Benjy3634]

Oh my John had an annoying voice back then!

[ciasplntr]

I can tell it's a Volvo 240 DL sedan from the headrests... that's my dream car!

[Sophronisby]

Oh my goodness, John sounds so funny, more nerdy I think :D

[TheLavLav]

@Sophronisby Really? I think he sounds less nerdy! Less excited and more awed maybe.

[Quirellmort99]

4:47 COWS!!! I guess you didn't always suck at that :]

[ash29ley]

i have not laughed this hard is so long, thank you thank you thank you for this! john's narratives are almost unwatchable. holy crap.

[strcd]

have john and hank seen this?

[Quirellmort99]

@strcd yes they both know about it

[jmovlogs]

@strcd I'm pretty sure at least John has.

[HalbleeresGlas]

although i love the "john-green-time-machine-video­s" i like the videos you make when you're talking about something, rain, photos, accidental seas, actually a bit more.

you are so talented. i hope you keep doing what you do until your hair is grey and your skin is wrinkly.

[cho474chang]

wtf...SPRING break? lol for the love of god!

[yashjv]

Aw, John Green is such a cute stereotypical nerd :)

[crossmyheart1]

THIS, for some odd reason, slightly reminds me of the climax in Paper Towns. JUST SAYING.

[TheLavLav]

@crossmyheart1 Well, it is a road trip. He has based a lot of things in his books on his high school and college experiences

[bettyNH123]

is that cat power?

[lin90210]

john really looks like hank here hahaha

[r0dnify]

"It's the rainex. Look at that beading! For the love of God!"

[paladin102]

And, thus, a Vlogbrother was born.

[mmmmtoasterwaffles]

One dislike...WHO IS THAT PERSON?!

[StageForHire]

9:27. In the side mirror.

I want to know what that person is doing right now.

[EmmyBea]

Even in 1998, John Green was a sucker for bridges.

[ErinMeetsWorld]

For the love of God, eloquent 1998 John was eloquent.

cough.

[FredIsMyName22]

I wanna hear the joke about the invisible man!

[elazarn2]

For the love of God, DFTBA!!!