Can You Name a Book? ANY Book???

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According to a recent study from the Pew Research Center, almost one in four Americans has not read a book in the past year. So to find out if that is true, we sent a team to the street to ask pedestrians to name a book, and here are the very sad results.
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Комментарии : 28 тыс.

@chinmaya4693 4 года назад

A moment of silence for the many people who named a book but didn't make it on to this video...

@Finn-EirikScharnewski 4 года назад

Thank u for saying that

@eddymichael1376 4 года назад

Facts

@SoudipanMaity 4 года назад

Obviously, a lot may have named more than one. If nothing else, 'The Bible' at least. But, just the fact that these gentlemen and ladies couldn't even name that really highlights the pathetic education system in a good way.

@amandaburger2506 4 года назад

@@SoudipanMaity in their (potential) defense... when I'm placed on the spot like that sometimes my mind goes blank. As soon as I turned on the video I couldn't recall the name of the book I'm currently reading. I'd like to hope that at least in the librarian's case she couldn't think of an answer for that same reason.

@eddymichael1376 4 года назад

@@amandaburger2506 yeah obviously this can't be possible that they haven't read a single book in their life... It's just that the situation, the place and the question was so random the human brain gets blank... I couldn't come up with a book name too cause I was not expecting that

@megansimpson1918 5 лет назад

Even if you don't read, I don't see how you couldn't think of any name of a book.

@sylvetteslavika5930 5 лет назад

A Dictionary.

@professorhistoire5349 5 лет назад

Anna Karenina, for example.

@danieleccleston7928 5 лет назад

Someone could have at least said Mead... That's a book right

@igorjee 5 лет назад

The editors cherrypick the embarrassing ones to make the audience feel better.

@danieleccleston7928 5 лет назад

@@igorjee that makes plenty of sense

@Dgm-oe5vm 4 года назад

Incredible how people couldn’t even say like Harry Potter or something

@katiemorova1764 4 года назад

That's what I thought or like Lord of the rings or something

@milomilo55 4 года назад

...but like the guy who mentioned the Lion King, would most people have actually _read_ any of the Harry Potter books or just been familiar with movie titles.

@alfonsog.3152 4 года назад

I would prefer to say i don't read instead harry potter

@Magic_beans_ 4 года назад

Really open-ended questions like that can be surprisingly hard to answer, even more so when you’re on the spot and your failure to immediately answer creates even more stress. There’s a “Billy on the Street” video where the host asks contestants to name a woman, and they couldn’t do it.

@dylanc5835 4 года назад

They probably did and it was cut

@midori1 2 года назад

The Librarian can definitely name a book. I think people’s minds just go blank when they’re put on the spot.

@diamondly6250 Год назад

ya even if she doesn't read there no way she had that job and cant name one

@Helelsonofdawn Год назад

@@diamondly6250 bidens picks cant sY WHAT A WOMEN IS

@karmagrl76 8 месяцев назад

I can name dozens of books both read or just heard about, but if you put a microphone in my face, don't even ask me my name.

@overgrownkudzu 7 месяцев назад

all these people can name books. the bible is a book. as much fun as it is to laugh at people like these, they're clearly just nervous and blanking

@artistjoh 5 месяцев назад

she said she was a librarian, but no longer employed as one... do I need to join the dots for you?

@Zilray 5 лет назад

and when the camera turned off 5 book titles came in their minds

@rachellinaaa 5 лет назад

Yupppp, happens all the time 😂😂

@ramenwithaliens5431 5 лет назад

Exactly

@danielx4731 5 лет назад

反正那一秒钟就是死都想不起来😂这个问题就在于几十亿本书到底该说哪一本，真的超容易把人问懵😂

@abdullahdelab1075 5 лет назад

Me in every exam

@shuonanniu9783 5 лет назад

@@danielx4731 这种奇葩问题，完全没有上下文被人问，确实很懵，都不知道对方什么意思。

@MostBelovedMonster 4 года назад

No one said the Bible? I'm not even religious, but come on people.

@jefgir 4 года назад

Not trying to be pedant but the bible is not a book, is a collection of books. The "chapters" of the bible are actually separate books.

@mango9602 4 года назад

Seems like Harry Potter isn’t a thing for them either

@Christiangjf 4 года назад

@@jefgir that's like a saying a poetry book isnt a book just a collection of poems. A book is just a bunch of pages bounded together.

@l.u.k.e7975 4 года назад

yeah

@raihan5831 4 года назад

Or the Quran

@jasonwong7140 4 года назад

They should've cut into between the videos to show that one guy who couldn't stop naming books

@aylbdrmadison1051 4 года назад

That guy passed away 15 years ago.

@weirdopandaowl3345 4 года назад

@Lavealikesreading 4 года назад

@@aylbdrmadison1051 i didn't know that i died at age 2

@abistorey252 4 года назад

That guy would have been me

@torvilasulvstle362 4 года назад

I am 71 years old, read 3 magazines, 3 newspapers and ca.10 books a week. Learned to read 5 1/2 years old. When I was 17, I could read much more, but old age creeps up on me, unfortunately...

@TheBestSam42 2 года назад

I think this has totally been cherry-picked to an extreme degree like they were probably just stressed or freaking out

@KennyakaTI 2 года назад

That's why they do this though. To see how people respond to answering questions they weren't prepared for

@MegaNancyLover 2 года назад

You are clearly oblivious to the sheer stupidity within the general American public. Especially in big liberal cities like California and New York. I would suggest you look up nore videos like this, but then that would probably make you lose faith in humanity.

@vounovapor 3 месяца назад

No!!!. It is simple. They don’t read books.

@MrPuckpunk Месяц назад

@vounovapor Why do you need to read a book to name one?

@cassieosbourne7666 5 лет назад

In fairness, "The Jungle Book" is a book

@bluecadilac007 5 лет назад

Cassie Osbourne yes it is and one of the most popular book

@maazali8889 5 лет назад

Yes, it's a novel by Rudyard Kipling

@cassieosbourne7666 5 лет назад

Maaz Ali Yeah, I know

@sarahkerr7540 5 лет назад

Problem is he couldn't definitively say it was a book. 🤦‍♀️

@MattMlcc 5 лет назад

dude was cracked out he had no idea if it was a book or not

@dilberttaint9405 5 лет назад

People aren’t this dumb. People just get really nervous when you ask them a super generic question while they are getting recorded by a huge camera and have a microphone on them. They just blanked.

@AgrestisAnima 5 лет назад

Yeah that even happens to me sometimes- as a bookseller ; ) people come into the store who are interested in something I like- and suddenly I don't remeber the author or title. It's really embarassing. But it still hurt to watch the video

@roejogan3035 5 лет назад

Exactly excellent point dude

@rounakshrestha4078 5 лет назад

You know its scripted...

@gogolavanlinden7174 5 лет назад

Some people just don't read, dumb or not dumb. But you do have a point, putting you on the spot makes you go blank, I've read hundreds of books in my life but I can barely name a few of the top of my head

@cheeseham9503 5 лет назад

@@sarah-cw3xp Not all Americans are dumb, you just want to stereotype them. You know who was American? Bill Gates.

@cevewr 5 лет назад

this is THE SADDEST video I’ve seen recently

@claudiav5638 5 лет назад

this is the saddest video I've seen period

@vojaurosevic5176 5 лет назад

america things,nothing special lol

@theactualbajmahal833 5 лет назад

These videos are heavily edited for maximum humor. The punchline that people don't read anymore wouldn't work unless they feature those people who either really don't read or who freeze up in front of the camera so much that they can't give any decent response. They probably got dozens of answers from people who could "name a book", but that wouldn't have fit their premise. It's not actually a commentary on illiteracy in modern America. They're just having a laugh.

@gail9299 5 лет назад

There are no words! Even video editing doesn't excuse the fact that some people can't name a solitary book.

@izzya8132 5 лет назад

People know they'll only be featured if they respond with something dumb, so they go along with it. That's all there is to it, it's not an interesting phenomenon.

@merissamakesstuff Год назад

Side note: I read 3-15 books a month and blanked when the video played. I spend 1-5 hours a day reading. I'm currently reading three books. I imagine at least the librarian just blanked.

@boltzmannbrain6607 Год назад

Let me take a wild guess , youre single

@-autumnfeelings Год назад

@@boltzmannbrain6607 Or just intelligent. Other people play Sports for hours. Doing something a lot doesn't mean nobody wants them

@Trentstone121 Год назад

@@-autumnfeelings would depend on what he's reading. If he spends hours a day reading literature from various authors with different backgrounds, I would agree that he's probably an intelligent person. If he spends hours a day reading fanzines of Harry Potter/Star Trek mash ups, I would argue reading isn't helping him much. To be completely honest though, I just feel a compulsive need to argue with any given statement, and it is a problem. Lol. Sorry. Have a nice day!

@jonathonshanecrawford1840 Год назад

Nerves!

@ichmich9324 Год назад

@@Trentstone121 even if you read various Artist there will be still a difference in just watching words and understanding it (or trying to understand it in fully). I know to many people with alot of books, that actually read them but when it comes to talking about them it won't get over what character does what. Why they doing it or even what these people think the intentions behind making the character doing that is for these readers a mystery. They can't even probably explain why which story is good, they just can say it's good and when an explanation comes it is mostly just saying with extra steps that it is famous.

@ripapa6355 3 года назад

"I was a librarian, now I'm unemployed" Sounds about right after seeing this.

@theox9015 3 года назад

@RIPapa hahaha

@valerycro3853 3 года назад

Can't believe that she was librerian. Even if she never open to read one, must remember one of the titles. Idiot. And that's not insult. Name of the book. GOOD ONE.

@Kushufy 3 года назад

@@valerycro3853 you're the idiot for not knowing very basic psychological phenomenons

@valerycro3853 3 года назад

@@Kushufy really? Where you read that?She never reads. Period.

@Kushufy 3 года назад

@@valerycro3853 there's this thing called stress, i think you learn about it in preschool

@tagnetron9444 4 года назад

This is how the rest of the world views Americans. I'm just being honest.

@percyuji9058 4 года назад

True

@diegomeringer3953 4 года назад

Yeeehaw America sucks, i should move to Iceland

@onepageahead7582 4 года назад

Diego Meringer Or Canada maybe?

@diegomeringer3953 4 года назад

Go ByulSun perhaps

@journeythroughtherails5294 4 года назад

But America isn’t a stupid county as they say. Trump is the stupid one. Even though America is in a rough time, we are still a great country :)

@mpinchi3433 5 лет назад

People are proud to say "I don't read books" like it's a good thing..

@TurtleLover300 5 лет назад

M Pinchi it is

@9airpods917 5 лет назад

Turtlelover300 LMAO! I don’t think so... Why don’t people at least use Kindle, that’s ELECTRONIC!

@nicholas4727 5 лет назад

I don't read books, but I do listen to them.

@9airpods917 5 лет назад

Nicholas Bolton Yeah, that too!

@jwswe7732 5 лет назад

very american

@nintendoman8915 2 года назад

"Can you name a book? " Me: starts naming every book from the 1990s

@BournetoRead 3 года назад

Tbf the guy that said The Jungle Book was right it is a book by Rudyard Kipling

@ritaruggerone4434 3 года назад

Yes I was thinking that!

@harbinger9231 3 года назад

He probably didn't know

@Jllyrol311 3 года назад

The Jungle Books are actually my favorite book!

@QonQueso 3 года назад

The lion king guy was right also

@henrymcdowell3103 3 года назад

Jimmy Kimmel doesn't know that.

@Creativity06 4 года назад

I thought 90 percent of them would say HARRY POTTER

@ahmadnaeim756 4 года назад

Same

@ДенисИд 4 года назад

@@ahmadnaeim756 i thought about russian classic)

@aaryankoli6274 4 года назад

Ik right!!!

@itchystick3907 4 года назад

Or maybe the lightning thief Just checked and Harry Potter came out in 2001 so probably more millennials read the book than people born before

@eladhen9735 4 года назад

@@itchystick3907 or the da vinci code That's pretty popular too

@nafisa1029 4 года назад

"I was a librarian. Now I'm unemployed." We can see why.

@wontuserealname8918 4 года назад

She's proof that it's just nerves. There is no conceivable way that a person who handles books all day, gets asked about books, sorts and stacks books wouldn't be able to name at least ONE book. These videos don't prove anything. Readership is down, but these videos are not a good metric

@Mohitkumar-mv8mj 4 года назад

😂😂

@AllAboutPurple 4 года назад

Won't Use Real Name yeah she probably doesn’t know she’s on RU-vid, maybe then she would’ve racked up her brain to remember.

@ib2993 4 года назад

I think that was her joke. that from that moment on she is unemployed

@jimtokee8450 4 года назад

I don't know whether I should laugh or should be sad😂😆

@PenguinBooksUK 6 лет назад

We'll get our coats...

@aliceunderground1620 6 лет назад

Penguin Books UK or perhaps jackets would be more appropriate??

@hotlover000000000000 6 лет назад

Oh gosh I love Penguin Books!

@LouisH267 6 лет назад

Dead 😂😂😭

@scrap8660 6 лет назад

DONT GUYS I SERIOUSLY DEPEND ON YOU FOR SPME OF MY FAVS

@fiisshuhooks3566 6 лет назад

HHAHAAHAHA

@surfercharlie25 4 года назад

“I don’t read books.” A life without books is such a foreign concept to me that I can’t even picture what that would be like.

@Saturn-p8z 4 года назад

Honestly Same

@parna1006 4 года назад

Same

@lizzytaylor8981 4 года назад

Same

@forireadandfly4873 4 года назад

True!

@baremangus3576 4 года назад

Same

@dv9239 5 лет назад

At least I'm happy that these dimwits didn't say "facebook"

@wewewewewewewewwewe 5 лет назад

HAHAHAHHAHA

@dv9239 5 лет назад

@Winters well pretty much

@ansh0133 5 лет назад

@Winters hater

@sophiechang5149 5 лет назад

🤣

@nishangkinibarua 5 лет назад

This had me cracking up 😂😂😂😂😂

@chimeravidar7679 Год назад

“Can you name a book?” My big brain answer: “Oxford dictionary”

@skssis5741 Год назад

Me the bible

@basila33 7 месяцев назад

good plot, but too many characters.

@lisiasty688 5 месяцев назад

Cambridge dictionary is better

@alysdexia 3 месяца назад

@@skssis5741which one?

@supergripevolution5964 3 месяца назад

yo Merriam-webster solos any dictionary

@IcarusLP 5 лет назад

It’s funny because they probably went through hundreds of people to find these people.

@minhored6995 5 лет назад

Agreed

@alexvarella6276 5 лет назад

yeah, i feel like Kimmell tries so hard with these to make americans look so dumb, when in reality they probably paid these people to act so they could get video views or just had to cut out the hundreds of average people who can name one book.

@Dennis-1367 5 лет назад

its still embarassing that you can still find people like these.

@thegrayghost1786 5 лет назад

@@Dennis-1367 Most of them are probably paid actors. Especially the librarian.

@JH-dl6vu 5 лет назад

@@alexvarella6276 If is really that unbelievable that people are this stupid? Or is that your bias?

@cherlyza9354 5 лет назад

Harry Potter was the first came through my mind..

@Steve-uf5yf 5 лет назад

Yup same

@georgegriffiths1437 5 лет назад

same but no idea why 🤣 never even read it

@ludwigvanbeethoven4132 5 лет назад

The Kapital, karl marx..

@sumandangol5717 5 лет назад

Mine was A song of ice and fire

@user-kg5xp6en9w 5 лет назад

Seriously

@r2b2ct1 4 года назад

When I was in school, my teacher randomly asked me to name an actor. I blanked. Obviously I have seen actors. This is an example of "putting people on the spot."

@kerensabirch5214 3 года назад

Even so, surely you could think of a book you actually have on your own bookshelf - unless you don't have any. Besides, most of these people admitted they don't read books.

@luciuscabralzenardo2897 3 года назад

THANK YOU

@leonardshevlin7260 3 года назад

It's such an unexpected and strange challenge. I think I would have struggled a bit though I am always in the process of reading one or more books and I have thousands of books.

@randalftheblack2572 3 года назад

@@kerensabirch5214 I've read quite a few books.. But without looking over at my bookshelf I'm struggling to remember the names of each individual book. I remember the name of the book series I've read, but drawing a blank on most of the individual books.

@coolioso808 3 года назад

@RandalfTheBlack Even so, and I know people can be put on the spot and almost go blank - but if someone does read regularly, they should at least know the name of the current book they are reading, whatever it is. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, The Hunger Games, The Help, The Lorax, y'know whatever it is current. Obviously, Kimmel found people who already admit they don't read books making that question even harder for them. It is still pretty scary. I'm sure they talked to people who could name books, but I wonder how many they asked and what the ratio was. Was it 10 to 1? 10 knew a book and 1 didn't so they asked like 50 people and had 5 who didn't know? I'm a lil' worried to know the answer.

@analogparadiso577 2 года назад

I read, not above the average but at least a book every 2 months. When I was being interviewed to enter the university to study Anthropology, they asked me this and i answered like the first girl just without the "i don't read books" part. I froze out of being nervous.

@GeorgeLillar 10 месяцев назад

krlh meno se eh o brabo ne

@karthiksurkanti8780 3 года назад

Fun Fact - your mind goes blank when some random guy or someone else ask you a question even though you know the answer

@TTFerdinand 3 года назад

I had the same kind of experience some time ago, when I went to see the city christmas tree with my kid, and suddenly there was a TV camera and a reporter asking me:"So what does the first advent of christmas mean to YOU?" We just got there and we hadn't even seen the tree properly yet. I'm not religious and I didn't know what to say about the first advent, so I improvised and said:"It means peace and a time being with my family. A peaceful time." Since I was at peace and with my family. It turned out to be the right answer for the TV crew as we were shown in the evening news. And it was also straight from the heart.

@Shrektopuz 3 года назад

Finally an actual fun fact that isn’t some nonsense

@charko4191 3 года назад

Yes I expierienced something similar

@pa9030 3 года назад

true but its not like they didnt get enough time and its also not like the presentator was pushing them

@NightOwlUtopia 3 года назад

You sure it’s not just they have a blank mind. “I don’t read books” should be pretty embarrassing for someone to flat out admit. It’s like saying “hi I’m a dumbass, and I’m fine with that”

@eesslemont 4 года назад

Me in my head: Harry Potter Harry Potter Harry Potter Harry Potter Harry Potter Harry Potter. Just waiting for someone to say Harry Podar

@saraylevi729 4 года назад

Lol same

@andreacrumlish9976 4 года назад

harry potter harry potter harry potter OOOOOOOOH harry potter harry potter harry potter OOOH thats me! snape harry snape harry snape harry snape harry snape harry snape harry snape harry snape harry--- DUMBLEDOOOOOOOR!!! heeeeermione! sorry i love harry potter puppet pals 😂

@auroradaza3620 4 года назад

OMG ME TOO! IM RE-READING ALL OF THEM

@shrijitasgable 4 года назад

Me too!

@nativeafroeurasian 4 года назад

The hunger games

@efimmaiboroda9629 4 года назад

I read Moby Dick's book Horse it really touched me in a way no book has.

@D70Dug 4 года назад

Do you want to show us on the doll where the book touched you ???? :-)

@farah6203 4 года назад

@@D70Dug superb comedy, my friend. john would be proud XD

@claran828 4 года назад

LMAOo

@thecrow9026 4 года назад

You asked for Doug comment

@serena7351 4 года назад

🤣🤣🤣

@shreyasphanipendyala1008 2 года назад

"Name your favourite book" *"A MACBOOK"*

@KRiddytoo 4 года назад

"I haven't read a book for 12 years". That's insanely idiotic.

@zebma884 4 года назад

what that symbol represents is kinda idiotic too

@KRiddytoo 4 года назад

? what symbol. If you mean the pfp and you don't understand memes then yes.

@zebma884 4 года назад

@@KRiddytoo yh i meant the pfp, sry. i do like some good quality dank memes once in a while but i guess i dont know that one. unless u meant the anthem of the ussr, that is a classic

@KRiddytoo 4 года назад

@@zebma884 Yeah, USSR anthem/just general USSR is a meme.

@User42959 4 года назад

Reading doesn't make you automatically smarter, and not-reading doesn't mean you're stupid. Some people don't learn well from reading they learn from demonstration or lecture or whatever.

@phoenixisvibing3622 4 года назад

1:28 The Jungle Book is a real book...

@remchaill9898 4 года назад

This guy hasn't read it. He's just really hoping it's a book because it has "book" in the name. As he said, he's not at all sure.

@kingofthebeast4024 4 года назад

Remchaill still I don’t why people laughed when he named it.

@gurutruecrimeguru1405 4 года назад

If only he'd actually known that.

@samin409 4 года назад

He even said he’s not sure if it’s a book

@luisa6142 4 года назад

@@kingofthebeast4024 because they're all just as stupid

@backupemail848 5 лет назад

They probably cut out all the ones where people actually said a book

@backupemail848 5 лет назад

@Melkhiordarkblade ya but it is Hollywood blvd

@SuperYinox 4 года назад

@Melkhiordarkblade they could be paid actors

@Notski 4 года назад

@Melkhiordarkblade It's called blanking out. Look it up

@perriredd615 4 года назад

I hope so because this looks horrible

@lightituplikedynamite3492 4 года назад

Murska117 ngl Americans are pretty uneducated tho.

@bingder 2 года назад

If someone said "Shrek", they'd be correct, actually. Shrek is an actual book.

@moritzschroder 3 года назад

„The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who can’t read.“ - Mark Twain

@zvipatent 3 года назад

Thanks for that quote. I've read a few of Samuel Clemens' books, including the amazingly boring Life on the Mississippi

@Arkeshan 3 года назад

"Full belly is little worth, where the mind is starved" ~Mark Twain(Prince and the Pauper)

@zvipatent 3 года назад

@@Arkeshan In reality, I don't agree, despite being a big big fan of Mark Twain's wonderful wit and wisdom. I am NOT religious, but there is an expression in Hebrew that can be translated as: "without bread, there is no bible" (meaning, we must be able to survive and eat or there is no point in having a bible)

@walterm.robertsiiiphd2157 3 года назад

@@zvipatent "An unexamined life is not worth living."

@zvipatent 3 года назад

@@walterm.robertsiiiphd2157 I generally agree and it's a wonderful saying. I imagine there are people somewhere whose lives are full of hunting & gathering food and other survival issues, that there is little time for introspection, but that is probably rare these days. Peace and justice Mr. III.

@proudslytherin0218 3 года назад

Interviewer: can you name a book? Me, panicking on the inside because I’m obsessed with books and have too many titles in mind: Just one?!

@chiaras.1361 3 года назад

Hahaha feel you

@julialilley1864 3 года назад

@anujashan7658 3 года назад

I can relate

@darshana1932 3 года назад

I can absolutely relate 😄

@digital_nobody 3 года назад

Name a book

@MarshalGrover 6 лет назад

Wow, how embarassing

@seyboraarmymoo1057 6 лет назад

yeah the librarian was especially embarrassing.

@tinaandersen3270 6 лет назад

Agree

@sphinxweasley589 6 лет назад

Man, this is so painful to watch. Americans look like they live inside a stupidity forcefield, only caring about themselves and their social media, ignoring about the rest of the real world, but ironically claiming to know it all.

@victoriapurdy178 6 лет назад

Sphinx Weasley I live in a America and I could of listed multiple books

@sphinxweasley589 6 лет назад

Lmao, your comment has too many layers of stupidity, proving my point. Funny that i can speak better english than you.

@noahhylton9112 5 месяцев назад

To be fair, “The Jungle Book” was a book by Rudyard Kipling. From my memory, the characters’ personalities were sort of different from the Disney movies. For example, Hathi the elephant didn’t act like a military colonel, and rarely spoke. But that guy not knowing that it was a book was concerning.

@jinhunterslay1638 2 месяца назад

And there’s a whole series about mongoose hero fighting against a tyrannical Cobra King if I remember correctly

@charlottefaye86 3 года назад

Me a reader Reads the title and instantly forgets every book I ever read

@baggyobeast 3 года назад

Same! Took me about a minute

@sakshisuryawanshi648 3 года назад

Same man i couldn't even remember the one I'm currently reading 😱

@charlottefaye86 3 года назад

@@sakshisuryawanshi648 ooo what you reading

@charlottefaye86 3 года назад

@@baggyobeast sameee

@AarushiKrishna 3 года назад

Me: Comes up with the classic Harry Potter in 0.0003 seconds

@BelowMinimums 6 лет назад

That librarian is a perfect example that for some of these people it's not them being unable to name a book, it's the pressure of being on camera with a microphone on your face being expected to perform. I guarantee you she cane name plenty of books but she froze.

@LucasLima-sz4kg 6 лет назад

if she had frozen she wouldnt have said she was a librarian...it's staged

@danamiralles 6 лет назад

Well said

@Vincetagram 6 лет назад

BelowMinimums or the fact that the whole thing is fake

@MrMousley Год назад

''I am totally blanking out on books'' ''What do you do for a living ?'' ''i was a librarian'' Thank you .. and now we all know why it's WAS !

@vic5233 6 лет назад

Me sitting here, watching this, mentally yelling names of books at the screen.

@_trisha17_ 6 лет назад

Queen Victoria haha same

@rehksthemess9800 6 лет назад

I thought of like 50 titles just looking at the title of this video

@elena-cq4ok 6 лет назад

Hogwarts Demigod same smh

@matthewwilliams8244 6 лет назад

I thought if the 20 books I have read in the past year, just think of movies and you’ll come to a book

@Michaela-yh9sm 6 лет назад

SAME

@seriouslyschleichstudios2294 6 лет назад

As a fellow bookworm, this is KILLING me.

@treemugger3590 6 лет назад

Seriously Schleich me too man you’re not alone (I’m also a huge Harry Potter fan)

@HisWord_Joshua1_9 6 лет назад

I feel you

@kc-yw9ys 6 лет назад

Same same SAME😭😭

@كنتسأنجبمنكقبيلة-ت1ث 6 лет назад

Same here dude same here

@kamilairmukhamedov4408 5 лет назад

Yessss me too, like haven't you heard of lord of the flies, the book thief, literally ANYTHING? Plus, I wanted to know if anybody in the comment section reads ya? I'd like some recommendations thanks.

@thepoisonouspotato3631 Год назад

Why do people don’t like reading? Reading is fun, just find the perfect book

@bigstrokey47 5 лет назад

The Jungle Book is a bloody book.

@britneyham7355 5 лет назад

Autistic Jeffy I bet they paid her to say that

@guidad542 5 лет назад

Yes, out of everything this was the single most infuriating thing. And the ignorant interviewer (and audience) are still acting like the self-important idiots they are

@dcarbs2979 5 лет назад

Clue's in the name! Ironically Shere Khan (the tiger in The Jungle Book) means Lion King in Hindustani

@geosk650 5 лет назад

Of course it is! It was written by rudyard kipling who actually won a nobel prize in literature

@saiffronn 5 лет назад

@@dcarbs2979 *tiger king bro, but yea still coincidental

@saman9291 6 лет назад

None of these people said Harry Potter...

@bridgerhamm1818 6 лет назад

it's fake, how could you not realize.

@LilyTamblin 6 лет назад

I know! Any Harry Potter book was where my mind first directed itself.

@sarsoura1027 6 лет назад

HOW DARE THEY

@choleshnookems 6 лет назад

that’s what I was gonna say!!

@littlevikingtv6981 6 лет назад

therealme ;-;

@merissamakesstuff Год назад

" I can't name a book." "What do you for a living?" " I was a librarian." 😆🤣😆🤣

@lucyyoo9390 5 лет назад

Can you name a book? Me emerges from my cave: *My time has come....*

@katiemorova1764 4 года назад

Hahah me too

@perriredd615 4 года назад

😄 exactly. Ready to go🏁

@miffiestar 4 года назад

MEEE

@gracemcglone1817 4 года назад

Sad Excuse Of a Human me

@bemusedbandersnatch2069 4 года назад

Bibliophiles of the world unite!!

@badandbookiee9081 3 года назад

This was so sad to watch, I can’t imagine my life without books

@meylinhernandez461 3 года назад

I can. I work 12 hour shifts. On my off time, between taking care of my relatives, to taking care of personal matters, exercise, chores, etc, I do not have time to read. Or rather, I prefer not to read in the little off time that I have. I go outside, I exercise, or I nap. The last books I genuinely read were for my nursing career.

@suvilevi9211 3 года назад

@@meylinhernandez461 dude ....I wanna know more about you lol

@suvilevi9211 3 года назад

I'm looking for a website, an app or something where I can talk to people about books and know their opinions about it and also their recommendations (btw I havent read alot of books)

@chrisgutierrez3544 3 года назад

You should try watching the episode called enough time at last from the twilight zone

@vandeolkon 3 года назад

@@suvilevi9211 you should contact your local library, they can help you with an app or an online book club. So much to be found at the library.

@damnedifidonut Год назад

I read a lot, I'd be scrambled to select just one out of the hundreds I've perused

@Emily-Dong 5 лет назад

How is everyone saying Dr.Suess? Did they not read ANY textbooks or books in high school?

@adi4305 5 лет назад

I KNOW RIGHT.

@lindakong1863 5 лет назад

i was boutta name my french textbook

@TheOverSeened 5 лет назад

I don’t think I remember any of my textbook names. Only their covers

@DivisonXx 5 лет назад

When you’re asked to recall something, you go to household names or the most common name you can think of. If you ask me to name a fruit, I’d probably say apple even tho I never eat them

@waterwater9708 5 лет назад

and i know a bunch of adults that read on kindles

@liesl5313 6 лет назад

No one said harry potter?? No one????

@lauren8836 6 лет назад

Lisa Kan I was screaming Harry Potter in my head

@elinn4258 6 лет назад

lolo Ahahah me too!!

@tudor1693 6 лет назад

IKR

@feyzarezkyka7773 6 лет назад

Thats what i was Going to write on the comment😂

@GSL1999 6 лет назад

SAME IT WAS THE FIRST THING THAT CAME TO MY HEAD

@naiyaaquaria42 2 года назад

As a bookworm.... This is disheartening. This is why I gave up my dream of becoming a librarian.

@abistorey252 4 года назад

To the guy who said The Jungle Book, you are right. It was a book before it was a movie

@WhoamI27676 4 года назад

Only problem: he didn't know that...he himself said he wasn't sure...

@sarahvanburen7819 4 года назад

It was a book waaaaaay before it was a movie

@chüüku050 6 лет назад

There's just no way... they had to have cut out people who actually named a book....

@shelizabeth25 6 лет назад

Well yeah, they’re not gonna show the over 90% that can because that’s probably not entertaining to most people

@abrahamsanchez3684 6 лет назад

tbh i do believe the video is real

@mikaelnadal6661 6 лет назад

Abraham Sanchez nice dharma hydra station pic, honestly looking at that picture gives me nostalgia

@omelashomelas 6 лет назад

chuma ifezue, but it was all a single take and no cuts, which means nobody in the entire city that day knew a single book. It could be government mind control -- collective blocking of people's memories in large areas. I read about it in a movie.

@danielamarjina1339 6 лет назад

Omelas Homelas now repeat what you wrote in your last sentence. Yep that's right. You wrote "read in a movie".😂

@natalie8571 6 лет назад

Tbh they probably cut out anyone who actually named a book

@lunayen 6 лет назад

Pineapple Pineapple Not really. The guy who answered The jungle book was correct, but they made him second guess his own answer. The jungle book was written by Rudiard Kipling.

@Aliaahmedd 6 лет назад

Pineapple Pineapple

@youcefy-cofficiel6354 6 лет назад

Cyanide Redeemer true I missed that

@a.t.3192 6 лет назад

Still, an embarrassing number of people said nothing.

@jovaniskandar5089 6 лет назад

Cyanide Redeemer To be fair, they might just be nervous being on camera and can't think straight.

@lifeofgames5350 2 года назад

I bet they interviewed dozens of people who COULD name books, but they didn't make it on to the show.

@TheGoldSwordSquad 6 лет назад

You don’t have to read books to be able to name a book. You must have at least heard of a book. If they were really struggling they could have even picked a film based on a book but even that seems too difficult

@Icex7 6 лет назад

'merica.

@hristina7371 6 лет назад

Brilliant they are just stupid...

@artnos 6 лет назад

well one of the guys did it, they just weren't confident, the jungle book is a book.

@AnyoneCanSee 3 года назад

"I was a librarian and now I'm unemployed." I wonder why.

@suvilevi9211 3 года назад

Lol

@gamerknight1014 3 года назад

😂😂😂😂😂

@dianapaice7118 3 года назад

😂😂😂😂

@highwayrunner9771 3 года назад

no need to wonder why. find a job

@AarushiKrishna 3 года назад

Same thought

@DT-my3jo 2 года назад

"I was a librarian." I really lol on that one. Classic!

@murielllee 5 лет назад

“Can you name a book? Any book?” Me, **pulling out a list** : I’m glad you asked

@adisuyash 5 лет назад

Book lovers wait for this moment

@sashaszilagyi6701 5 лет назад

That is me

@janussanders8345 5 лет назад

Murielle Azzi Me too sis

@sourayasaidi2629 5 лет назад

Oh what's was your last favourite book you read I'm curious? (needmorebookstoaddtomytbr)

@ravenlikesbluefood7518 5 лет назад

Hey Annabeth

@barbaraa5538 6 лет назад

Wow this hurts my heart a little.

@negainsectwhite 6 лет назад

I feel that, hehe

@zachblakemore3567 6 лет назад

Don’t worry the producers tell the people to act dumb so that the show is more interesting. If you ask any random person, they’ll probably tell you a book.

@melliejenny8047 6 лет назад

Same

@qulas23195 6 лет назад

666th like wtf😂

@samiimadonda1012 6 лет назад

Don’t, they probably cut out all the people who answered properly.

@StalinIsBack 2 года назад

Seriously they can't even name one SINGLE BOOK? THERE ARE SO MANY BOOKS OUT THERE: Kafka on the shore Crime and Punishment Love in the time of cholera HARRY POTTER RUSTY AND THE LEOPARD THE NIGHT TRAIN AT DEOLI SAPIENS Mein kampf DAVID COPPERFIELD HAMLET AND MANY MORE

@keziamaliqa2015 6 лет назад

I thought all of them would say Harry Potter

@KiwiFresh 6 лет назад

kezia maliqa lmao dead

@tuanngominh86 6 лет назад

Ha ha, me too.

@rtgbhreth 6 лет назад

for real. I was reading Harry potter in elementary school. these people have only seen the movies I bet

@k07385 6 лет назад

Seiran I was literally thinking COME ON SAY HARRY POTTER, for the entire video

@musnicker8382 6 лет назад

expected someone to say hunger games as well :/

@gabrielam.7681 4 года назад

2:08 This is exactly what I expect a high school mean girl to look like in her 20's

@mrrabia1 4 года назад

So true

@didiko21 4 года назад

lol i agree

@hebbyjohns3797 4 года назад

God, she sounds like Kristen Wiig when she played Penelope on SNL

@high1719 4 года назад

plastic

@GusCollen 4 года назад

@@selmachikhi7044 It's clearly a girl, it could be a trans girl, but come on, trans gender girls are GIRLSSSSSSS

@henrymathews3671 2 года назад

Harry Potter babes, how did non of you even think of that 😭

@saraha180 6 лет назад

"We took random people who were thinking about something else, made people super nervous by telling them they were going to be on national television, asked them a weirdly broad question, and then cherry picked the responses where people froze up." Insightful? No.

@Graanvlok 6 лет назад

Entertaining? Hell yes.

@k.m.924 6 лет назад

It wasn’t for an actual study to benefit mankind lol. It was made for entertainment purposes only.

@Primalxbeast 6 лет назад

Idiot Farm Girl It wasn't very entertaining for the people they made fools of. I've been a rabid reader all of my life and I also would have froze in that situation.

@Primalxbeast 6 лет назад

ksts45Ⓐ I don't know wether they bothered to do that or not. It's not as if you need permission to film people in public and then release it.

@sirgreedy88 6 лет назад

in the united states you do not need consent to film someone in public even if you release it on tv...when you see blurred faces that is either the people recording being courteous or they are not in a public setting and couldnt get consent.

@Random_Guy518 6 лет назад

Do they cut out all the people that answer correctly?

@MySerpentine 6 лет назад

Yeah, but the fact that there were any left is still terrible.

@general5503 6 лет назад

no, they just pay these people to act like idiots

@freemusic3206 6 лет назад

Henlo 123 nobody answered actually

@denialxproductions127 6 лет назад

I bet they do cut out the ones answering.

@svetlanalazarev126 6 лет назад

yes

@GlennLopez 2 года назад

When you do a google image search on a screenshot and find out half of the people interviewed are paid actors.

@azofeclipse 6 лет назад

This is not comedy. This is tragedy.

@AwesomeFlamingoX 6 лет назад

it’s fake

@gabytenor1226 6 лет назад

Elisha E lmao

@astromaniac360 6 лет назад

Comedy = Tragedy + Time...

@Booklover-coffeelover 5 лет назад

I know right. It's intented to make people laugh at the ignorance but it's just horrifying how uncultured we really are.

@spacexd78 6 лет назад

This is America

@draganoiugeorge6010 6 лет назад

is that good book?

@khaiunderattack5242 6 лет назад

don't catch you slippin up

@oscarp5632 6 лет назад

D O N T C A T C H Y O U S L I P P I N G U P

@DaL33T5 6 лет назад

"I'm too stupid to understand how editing and media manipulation works."

@huguesmucyo415 6 лет назад

Fools in my Area

@GreenOnionBrother 6 лет назад

The thing is, I can name dozens of books from the top of my head while I'm sitting at home, but when a reporter comes up to me and asks me, I'm not sure if I could name any. It's the same with language; my mother tongue is German, but if anyone came up to me and asked me to say something in German I'd probably forget the entire language for a minute.

@CassandrashadowcassMorrison 6 лет назад

I was surprised they didn't get 40,000 women saying 50 Shades of Grey. Geeks saying The Hobbit (one book and three films). And at least one saying The Bible, the Quran, The Iliad, anything.

@creative-anon-ca______4560 6 лет назад

so, youre scared of a reporter ? hes just trying to play a game show. lighten up !

@GreenOnionBrother 6 лет назад

creativeProjects720 CLRG Thank you, oh master, now that you have shared your wisdom with me, I will never draw a blank on out-of-context questions again...

@osen9881 2 года назад

@@creative-anon-ca______4560 Yes, some people don't like to be recorded or gets nervous around cameras...

@guillermosahuquillo4499 Год назад

Sad, because American Literature is actually amazing

@EasyKiwi111 5 лет назад

I feel like these people are just nervous cause they got put on the spot

@caitthecat 5 лет назад

Exactly.

@JackHY2K 5 лет назад

The definition of 'put someone on the spot' (according to Google): force someone into a situation in which they must make a difficult decision or answer a difficult question. Difficult question? Hardly.

@IamNihill 6 лет назад

the lion king was the first Disney animated feature to not be based of a book, so if that guy literally said any other Disney film he would have been correct.

@danielledodero1191 6 лет назад

Nihill well it’s technically based off of Hamlet

@dedanon6076 6 лет назад

He's not wrong though, they were turned into books after the movie. They had DEEPEST LORE too.

@andoniarangurenubierna5660 6 лет назад

It was actually inspired by Kimba. Edit: More than inspired "remastered" xD

@jameswilson807 6 лет назад

Actually, the lion king is basically lifted from the story of a white circus lion.

@xiaxiyan6158 6 лет назад

Did you know there actually is a Lion King light novel series? While it was made after the movie, there still is a book of it.

@LexitaMai 4 года назад

Even if you don't read, you HAVE to have Romeo and Juliet or Harry Potter or SOMETHING come to mind lol.

@yardenoved599 4 года назад

Isn't romeo and juliet considered a play?

@LexitaMai 4 года назад

@@yardenoved599 yeah, original writing was a script for physical play, but the adaptations we tend to all know/read are the book versions. So it's both. Idk if you ever did the play or anything in school, but that version is different. The common one that we all know is the book version. So if they said "Romeo and Juliet", it wouldn't be wrong, it just wouldn't be referring to live play version

@markissleepy 4 года назад

@@LexitaMai Wait... what? I have never seen a prose book version of Romeo and Juliet - only the play. I just searched on Amazon and the top 50 results (I stopped looking after that) were all either the play or books analyzing the play and when I google "Romeo and Juliet Book" everything that comes up is related to the play. Did you read a novelization of a movie based on the play somewhere? I've seen a few movie versions too and they are all essentially the play. Just curious what this book version that "everyone knows" that is different from the play is.

@LexitaMai 4 года назад

@@markissleepy go to any college or advanced highschool class and they'll give you a direct code to the ones in the library to make sure you don't borrow or purchase the play version because it's different than the book version lol. The play version has far more stage direction and cues than the book version and often is bound differently.

@camelliabell9046 4 года назад

@@markissleepy I've worked in both a school and public library, and can confirm this is true. While the plotline of both is identical, there are some key differences to the play vs the novel version of Romeo and Juliet. The play Version is meant to be acted out, so it gives more detail on what exactly is supposed to physically happen and how. Most people *do* only know the book version, but don't even realize that they know that version because it's not common knowledge that there is a seperate version for plays. Often times it's only those who perform in a high quality theater (so often professional, but at times highschools with a more funded program, such as Stadium High School in Washington State, where I worked) who are aware of and have access to the play version. It's almost impossible to come by unless you're working directly through a performance agency or extend, so there is likely little to no mention of it online.

@fredericlinden 2 года назад

"A child who reads will be an adult who thinks". That tells you the intellectual level of this society....

@joestockton7016 6 лет назад

No Americans were harmed during the making of this video.

@Nullifidian 6 лет назад

But perhaps in the viewing of the video: I'm an American and it gave me a headache.

@youngbalky67 6 лет назад

Joe Stockton 😂😂😂

@AtltheV 6 лет назад

*Sadly*

@martinjaimes87 6 лет назад

Joe Stockton well god bless america

@honeyhannie941 6 лет назад

Joe Stockton But their egos might be harmed.......

@monicaazzawan4200 6 лет назад

I know a lot of books, but when someone ask me can you name a book well my mind will immediately going blank and i can't tell any

@fallenangel6908 6 лет назад

Monica Azzawan Same here.

@liad4909 6 лет назад

Yeah same I have read alot of books and when I was first thinking of it couldn't remember any.

@TheHomicidalTendency 6 лет назад

I started thinking of series names and not individual books until I noticed my mistake. Really easy to blank out like them.

@icemans6067 6 лет назад

Same

@creative-anon-ca______4560 6 лет назад

so, Monica, what does That tell you ? has the media brainwashed you ? cant think under pressure huh ? LOL. its okay. lol

@AR-ws1gr 6 лет назад

I think this videos need disclaimers "we edit out all the responses that don't fit our narrative for comedy while trying make it appear representive" or just disclose the number of people you ask and how many could answer your question.

@suchmouse 6 лет назад

ar ar regardless it's still sad that there are this many people who can't name a book.

@morganchamb 6 лет назад

exactly lol

@luwado 6 лет назад

i seriously think the librarian part was staged... just my personal opinion and thoughts

@Koribaby1 6 лет назад

Luqman Wadood I thought she was joking, myself.

@pranukvs 6 лет назад

Well that's obvious isn't it !

@m.a.c.thecatogen8639 2 года назад

You'd think at least one person would've said the Bible

@meganfinney1254 6 лет назад

They couldn’t name a Dr. suess book?? Harry Potter? The Lord of the Rings? The Hobbit? Or even one stand alone book? I know not everyone reads but still!!

@issy9586 6 лет назад

Megan Finney the hobbit is lord of the rings lmao

@meganfinney1254 6 лет назад

Hannah Hashtag i know? I’m just saying they couldn’t name either books? They are separate books so

@hahatdog5404 6 лет назад

They said Dr. Suess

@meganfinney1254 6 лет назад

Magical Cutenicorn yeah but they didn’t name any of his books, just said they read a dr. Suess book last

@hahatdog5404 6 лет назад

@@meganfinney1254 but they still said it

@emem7303 6 лет назад

Have these people been living under a rock...?

@dominicdibenedetto6558 6 лет назад

Dølan Døbre actually they probably got hit in the head by a rock

@rubyjeancaminos340 6 лет назад

You need to hide under a rock when anyone can walk in the street with an automatic gun

@ry5018 6 лет назад

Ruby Jean Caminos 😂😂

@Amphirelle 6 лет назад

Dølan Døbre They’re actors

@taborvandusseldorp1035 6 лет назад

KeenanDoesStuff your mom is an actor

@princessdva4725 6 лет назад

This is HORRIFYING this is my nightmare

@princessdva4725 6 лет назад

Salea Gilner 😕 I never said she was?

@peytonm219 6 лет назад

cuz ur a book nerd

@princessdva4725 6 лет назад

and? Is that problem?

@princessdva4725 6 лет назад

*rolls eyes* I know she isn't a princess. Its my youtube brand name...

@crybabyhamiltondawson3456 6 лет назад

DVA YAS I LOVE OVERWATCH

@wideawake5630 10 месяцев назад

Willful illiteracy is so disturbing.

@ninjasimsim 6 лет назад

I'm pretty sure they cut out the ones who name books , and only show the ones who haven't read any .

@creative-anon-ca______4560 6 лет назад

Correct.

@user-rn4qr5ve2k 6 лет назад

ANYONE should know the title of one book.

@Ou8y2k2 6 лет назад

Look out! We got a genius over here.

@bekhele 6 лет назад

true but the fact you ca nstill find so many who cant name any book is to say the least a bit concerning if not disturbing ...

@dawnbrannon3126 6 лет назад

That's liberals for you

@maligayavillalino1147 6 лет назад

No wonder why book stores and libraries are empty!

@udidnot 6 лет назад

Cause everybody buys the books

@sabiyaarfan9159 6 лет назад

I still read in the library.

@sqoob7082 6 лет назад

Well it's because e-books are superior.

@Owlerycrinkie0918 6 лет назад

Nowadays almost everything is electronic, so if they don’t read e-books they would buy used cheap books online and have them deliver to their houses.

@allensnea9335 5 лет назад

I know right

@aayushi2866 6 лет назад

Are u serious?! People can't name A BOOK?

@kimmokoolwtf 6 лет назад

Ava Meyers it would also be interesting topic, that How many books you own. Since teen i have collected my fav authors books, but i think many young adults dont even have a book shelf nowadays.

@xyzxyzuvwuvw7633 6 лет назад

fake fake fake

@heyitsshah4621 6 лет назад

kimmokoolwtf I have a mini library in my room 😂😂😂

@johnnycatch2243 6 лет назад

kimmokoolwtf I do. Lol.

@TheDiagnoser 6 лет назад

They could’ve just said Harry Potter.

@aliasmarg8ta127 2 года назад

fun fact: librarians do not read all the books in their library all day. That's not what the librarian is paid to do.

@acoolusername1447 6 лет назад

1:30 jungle book is a book by Rudyard Kipling lol. It was made into a movie later.

@sierra8077 6 лет назад

a cool username Yeah it wasn't a nice surprise when we read "The White Man's burden" in high school and it turned out it was the Jungle Book author ;(

@diegom-a7970 6 лет назад

He won the Nobel

@ADAMan123 6 лет назад

I know it's a book but the guy in the video didn't. He just said it because it's a movie with the word "book" in it

@634983 6 лет назад

yeh he wasnt even sure

@anton3450 2 года назад

There's absolutely no way that these are real people.

@greenlifematters895 5 лет назад

" Ummmmm, I haven't read a book for like 12 years" Yeah it shows

@tahmidrahman1424 5 лет назад

Lol

@greenlifematters895 5 лет назад

@X4TERUMI hahahaha

@clarissakagoro7401 5 лет назад

The shade!!!

@BlazeXCl 5 лет назад

No it doesn't hater

@kingb696 5 лет назад

Hahahah

@jordanarmstrong8477 3 года назад

This is the same problem as someone asking you what your favourite song is and then suddenly forgetting every single genre of music ever.

@773SleepyHollow 2 года назад

Thank you... I can't believe people here are making excuses for the folks in the video. It would be one thing if they were asked something specific, but Christ, all they had to do was mention any book in the history of the world.

@stevevasta 2 года назад

Oddly, as a professional musician, I have that problem (too much material). I usually say, "A Hundred Bottles of Beer on the Wall."

@user-bb3kw8gx1n 2 года назад

I duno - trying to come up with an answer on camera can be paralyzing for some.

@rc.... 2 года назад

That would never happen to me....how can a person not able to name ONE song, forget favorite song....just one song. These people can name songs! But not not books

@darcy3145 2 года назад

it is the difference of naming ONE song vs your favorite song. it is very easy if you are a civilized and moderately cultured human being

@sachadhanjal3081 6 лет назад

I'm surprised that no one thought of Harry Potter

@just1bandfan104 6 лет назад

OMG IKR!!!!

@kekse8094 6 лет назад

someone probably did. but they obviously only showed videos of the people that didnt know any books...

@johnnyb.1849 6 лет назад

Same.

@princessraerae6950 6 лет назад

The whole time I was thinking that at least one person would say Harry Potter but no one did

@kaylieryann4181 6 лет назад

PrincessRaeRae Same, I was just like someone is gonna say Harry Potter before clicking on this and nobody did.

@yourhonoritsemrys5921 2 года назад

this is so funny to me because the jungle book IS A BOOK

@sarahdez1 5 лет назад

I feel like its the pressure that makes this question difficult. I honestly think I would have struggled and I read 20+ books a year.

@Kicktugo55 5 лет назад

Had to dig deep to find the truth in this comment section

@luongcamtu875 5 лет назад

Exactly! Being put on the spot is really stressful

@munfri 5 лет назад

@Buttercup58 agreed.

@khlo9900 5 лет назад

sarahdez1 I agree but if you read 20+ books a year, then it shouldn't be hard to say ONE single book.

@Hortonheardahoe 5 лет назад

Buttercup58 I would totally classify this as pressure. No one knew the question before hand, plus the cameras and crew. Any normal person would struggle, even one who does read often.

@krystylafloof7537 6 лет назад

I've read hundreds of books but I'd honestly probably draw a blank if I was asked to name a book with a camera in my face lol.

@lavendaperfume 6 лет назад

KrystyLaFloof na

@edsed9290 6 лет назад

seriously man? ANY book. ANY. You don't even need to read one to know a book's title. Red riding hood, Alice in Wonderland, Harry Potter. Really now? Jesus christ. If this happened to my country, being embarrassed wouldn't be enough, I would want to move to another country. Such behavior is only justified for countries with illiteracy problems, e.g: Sub Saharan Africa and South Asia. I cannot believe this is America.

@dannyapeshit 6 лет назад

I'm surprised nobody said the bible, lol. Like, really this is not hard.

@mattbaker8787 6 лет назад

Of course it's not hard. They edited out the 99% of people that could name a book.

@8UMadBro8 6 лет назад

Ed Sed tell me a joke

@g.chatterjee2296 6 лет назад

To be fair if a random guy had shoved a mic in my face and asked me to name a book, I would have frozen too. And I actually do read :X

@jaroslavkreisl8505 6 лет назад

exactly my thought (i hope that's correct grammar hh)

@amr_music_ambience 6 лет назад

lol, well then you are dumb af

@MrCmon113 5 лет назад

Yeah that's because "a book" is too abstract. You have to think of something more concrete like "the book I'm reading at the moment" or "important historical books" or "youth novels".