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

@Finn-EirikScharnewski

4 жыл бұрын

Thank u for saying that

@eddymichael1376

4 жыл бұрын

Facts

@SoudipanMaity

4 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

@@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 жыл бұрын

@@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

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

@sylvetteslavika5930

5 жыл бұрын

A Dictionary.

@professorhistoire5349

5 жыл бұрын

Anna Karenina, for example.

@danieleccleston7928

5 жыл бұрын

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

@igorjee

5 жыл бұрын

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

@danieleccleston7928

5 жыл бұрын

@@igorjee that makes plenty of sense

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

@diamondly6250

Жыл бұрын

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

@BLMacab

Жыл бұрын

@@diamondly6250 bidens picks cant sY WHAT A WOMEN IS

@karmagrl76

6 ай бұрын

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

6 ай бұрын

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

4 ай бұрын

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

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

Жыл бұрын

Let me take a wild guess , youre single

@-autumnfeelings

Жыл бұрын

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

@Trentstone121

Жыл бұрын

​@@-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

Жыл бұрын

Nerves!

@ichmich9324

Жыл бұрын

​@@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.

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

@rachellinaaa

5 жыл бұрын

Yupppp, happens all the time 😂😂

@ramenwithaliens5431

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@danielx4731

5 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

Me in every exam

@shuonanniu9783

5 жыл бұрын

@@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。

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

@jefgir

4 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

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

@Christiangjf

4 жыл бұрын

@@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 жыл бұрын

yeah

@raihan5831

4 жыл бұрын

Or the Quran

Haha I remember one time a psychology therapist went to our school to check us kids and when they talked to me to find out if I'm mentally stable to be there they asked me about my favorite subjects. I told them that I love literature. Then they asked me to name some books. They didn't give me any explanations. I was confused because I didn't know if they want me to name something from school program or something I enjoy. I was so anxious and all my classmates were there, which made me even more anxious, so I don't even remember now if I said anything properly. I love reading by the way! So I understand these poor people

@ianmangham4570

2 жыл бұрын

🤡

@kanjifreak420

Жыл бұрын

Just say harry potter.

@EstherHulst-Artist

Жыл бұрын

I think thats it for some they want to name a book that is interesting or "important"

@PkmnmasterBP

Жыл бұрын

na bro you gotta control your anxiety if you can't respond to one question 💀

@orangesheep7094

Жыл бұрын

@@PkmnmasterBP yeah thank you so much for your advise! I was CLEARLY asking for it

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

@KennyakaTI

2 жыл бұрын

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

@MegaNancyLover

2 жыл бұрын

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

2 ай бұрын

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

They 100 percent just cut out the people who don't panic

@fortunetaco4585

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah that’s what I was thinking, like a lot of people don’t panic and could say something simple, like Harry Potter.

@lotsofotherstuff

4 жыл бұрын

I mean yeah, but thats the whole point of this segment

@wetsocks7483

4 жыл бұрын

it's scripted

@carlosfer2201

4 жыл бұрын

@@wetsocks7483 no it isn't, it's edited.

@1Lainer1

4 жыл бұрын

Well yes because it wouldn’t be funny if they just showed the 99.9% of people who said a book title

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

@katiemorova1764

4 жыл бұрын

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

@milomilo55

4 жыл бұрын

...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 жыл бұрын

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

@Magic_beans_

4 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

They probably did and it was cut

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

@skssis5741

Жыл бұрын

Me the bible

@basila33

6 ай бұрын

good plot, but too many characters.

@lisiasty688

4 ай бұрын

Cambridge dictionary is better

@alysdexia

2 ай бұрын

@@skssis5741which one?

@supergripevolution5964

2 ай бұрын

yo Merriam-webster solos any dictionary

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

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

@theox9015

3 жыл бұрын

@RIPapa hahaha

@valerycro3853

3 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

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

@valerycro3853

3 жыл бұрын

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

@Kushufy

3 жыл бұрын

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

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

@aylbdrmadison1051

4 жыл бұрын

That guy passed away 15 years ago.

@weirdopandaowl3345

4 жыл бұрын

Me

@Lavealikesreading

4 жыл бұрын

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

@abistorey252

4 жыл бұрын

That guy would have been me

@torvilasulvstle362

4 жыл бұрын

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...

1:22 he’s correct though, the jungle book is actually a book that the movie is based on, which they could’ve easily googled. yet they’re pretending he’s the stupid one

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

8 ай бұрын

krlh meno se eh o brabo ne

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

4 жыл бұрын

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

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly excellent point dude

@rounakshrestha4078

4 жыл бұрын

You know its scripted...

@gogolavanlinden7174

4 жыл бұрын

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

4 жыл бұрын

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

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

@percyuji9058

4 жыл бұрын

True

@diegomeringer3953

4 жыл бұрын

Yeeehaw America sucks, i should move to Iceland

@onepageahead7582

4 жыл бұрын

Diego Meringer Or Canada maybe?

@diegomeringer3953

4 жыл бұрын

Go ByulSun perhaps

@journeythroughtherails5294

4 жыл бұрын

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 :)

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

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

In fairness, "The Jungle Book" is a book

@bluecadilac007

5 жыл бұрын

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

@maazali8889

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, it's a novel by Rudyard Kipling

@cassieosbourne7666

5 жыл бұрын

Maaz Ali Yeah, I know

@sarahkerr7540

5 жыл бұрын

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

@MattMlcc

5 жыл бұрын

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

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

@TurtleLover300

5 жыл бұрын

M Pinchi it is

@9airpods917

5 жыл бұрын

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

@nicholas4727

5 жыл бұрын

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

@9airpods917

5 жыл бұрын

Nicholas Bolton Yeah, that too!

@jwswe7732

5 жыл бұрын

very american

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

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

I thought 90 percent of them would say HARRY POTTER

@ahmadnaeim756

4 жыл бұрын

Same

@user-lq6jo5zl2w

4 жыл бұрын

@@ahmadnaeim756 i thought about russian classic)

@aaryankoli6274

4 жыл бұрын

Ik right!!!

@itchystick3907

4 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

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

How does a former librarian not remember any title of any book? Well I guess it shows why she's no longer one...

@crunchyalmond

5 жыл бұрын

I know like she was surrounded by books every day 🤣🤣

@joelman1989

5 жыл бұрын

Well when I get put on the spot I draw a blank sometimes.

@smeaglesmegg1243

5 жыл бұрын

@Joe Rose Same. When I suddenly get out on the spot, I freak out and say gibberish

@joelman1989

5 жыл бұрын

Axe Swinger 69 yeah and you know you’re going to be on TV. Plus If you’re perspective enough you will notice she says “I’m drawing a blank..” and then it cuts. She most likely mentions the name of a book there, and then they ask what she does for a living. It literally just took her a few seconds to come up with a book.

@blubbness

5 жыл бұрын

she WAS a librarian, maybe they fired her because she can´t read 😂😂

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

''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 !

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

@wontuserealname8918

4 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@AllAboutPurple

3 жыл бұрын

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

@ib2993

3 жыл бұрын

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

@jimtokee8450

3 жыл бұрын

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

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

@ritaruggerone4434

3 жыл бұрын

Yes I was thinking that!

@harbinger9231

3 жыл бұрын

He probably didn't know

@Jllyrol311

3 жыл бұрын

The Jungle Books are actually my favorite book!

@QonQueso

3 жыл бұрын

The lion king guy was right also

@henrymcdowell3103

3 жыл бұрын

Jimmy Kimmel doesn't know that.

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

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

“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 жыл бұрын

Honestly Same

@parna1006

4 жыл бұрын

Same

@lizzytaylor8981

4 жыл бұрын

Same

@forireadandfly4873

4 жыл бұрын

True!

@baremangus3576

4 жыл бұрын

Same

"I'm surrounded by idiots." - Scar

@colonelbossman4571

3 жыл бұрын

Wait who is Scar sorry Also for that one person who watches Hermitcraft, I'm confused with you

@aarya1107

3 жыл бұрын

@@colonelbossman4571 Scar from Lion King

@katrinaleightilley8741

3 жыл бұрын

He was so much better in the book. The movie just totally butchered his character.

@katrinaleightilley8741

3 жыл бұрын

@Jerz_Beefy So does Scar

@karthiksurkanti8780

3 жыл бұрын

I am your 1000th like

Herman Melville si laughing from the beyond

'Can you name a book?' 'The JUNGLE BOOK' that was instant

This is how Europeans view all Americans.

@nayabsohail6136

4 жыл бұрын

papa tingle Many people underestimate Americans smh

@derdiedasBY

4 жыл бұрын

@papa: Nice! Greetings from Germany! ;-)

@TheNickness

4 жыл бұрын

@@nayabsohail6136 Underestimate? Man you elected Trump as your president

@theshakespeareandoge2210

4 жыл бұрын

papa tingle and a few Asians.

@vinnregi4882

4 жыл бұрын

I mean, that's how Americans present them. But yeah, it's like we expected the intellectuals to pop up

Cameraman: "Can you name a book?" Me: "Yes." *walks off*

@SONUYADAV-mo3ng

4 жыл бұрын

Cameraman: ohhhkkkk... I got it... *Gone with the wind*

@fladimo9594

4 жыл бұрын

Could you please tell me your name? Me:yes Oh sorry we only look for the dumb ones

@beorn4625

4 жыл бұрын

Twenty øne piløts!!!

@soup7434

4 жыл бұрын

@@beorn4625 Mhm |-/ ||-//

@choccmilk

4 жыл бұрын

i love twenty one pilots

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

Ай бұрын

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

Not even the Bible... 🤣

Okay, but I was expecting everyone to say Harry Potter...

@carbon5362

3 жыл бұрын

I wasn't because if they did it wouldn't have shown up on the video.

@aishwarya5663

3 жыл бұрын

why is this me tho

@miloslavmasar

3 жыл бұрын

But it wouldn't be entertaining that way

@miloslavmasar

3 жыл бұрын

@@aaishanaz5627 nice joke

@jahnabihazarika

3 жыл бұрын

@@aaishanaz5627 ha ha hello alien! how are you?

this is THE SADDEST video I’ve seen recently

@claudiav5638

5 жыл бұрын

this is the saddest video I've seen period

@vojaurosevic5176

5 жыл бұрын

america things,nothing special lol

@theactualbajmahal833

5 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

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

@izzya8132

5 жыл бұрын

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.

I often wonder if it is just that people are camera shy. I really don't buy that a librarian doesn't know the name of any books when not under pressure

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

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 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU

@leonardshevlin7260

3 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

@@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 жыл бұрын

@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.

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

@zvipatent

3 жыл бұрын

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

@Arkeshan

3 жыл бұрын

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

@zvipatent

3 жыл бұрын

@@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 жыл бұрын

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

@zvipatent

3 жыл бұрын

@@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.

Why did they laught at the Lion King? That was a book before it was a movie.

What’s amazing to me: 99% of commenters have the Harry Potter books as THE ONLY BOOKS THEY EVEN KNOW OF! Blatant ripoffs of Tolkien and C.S. Lewis which I could barely get through - the first HP book, as a favor to a 6 year old I loved

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 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

Finally an actual fun fact that isn’t some nonsense

@charko4191

3 жыл бұрын

Yes I expierienced something similar

@pa9030

3 жыл бұрын

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

@Cashwisdom94

3 жыл бұрын

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”

Why did no one say Harry Potter,most people know who that is.

@hcroussette

3 жыл бұрын

tons of people probably did say that, they just didn't put anyone who had an answer in the video

@zoharzion9752

3 жыл бұрын

Omg I thought that too!

@roberthermann97

3 жыл бұрын

That's a character, not the (complete) name of a book. Aren't they all Harry Potter and the this and that.

@beageler

3 жыл бұрын

Don't have to got that far. The Bible...

@rutujad3382

3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same idk but i think these are staged

Them: I don't read books. No! Me: whaaaat? so there can be people who..who..don't READ?? how come? Riddikulus. LOL

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

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 жыл бұрын

Hahaha feel you

@julialilley1864

3 жыл бұрын

Ya

@anujashan7658

3 жыл бұрын

I can relate

@darshana1932

3 жыл бұрын

I can absolutely relate 😄

@digital_nobody

3 жыл бұрын

Name a book

looks like all of these people are Jared, 19

@linesandcircles7465

4 жыл бұрын

This is underrated.

@samanthaodom9965

4 жыл бұрын

and they never learned how to read

@koishiwatanabe953

4 жыл бұрын

And they never fuc***g learned how to read

@itsdende4979

4 жыл бұрын

*ah yes i can see you are a person of culture as well*

@ikshisnotok

4 жыл бұрын

Evelyn Saunders 😂😂

The fact that these people agreed to be on TV makes me think it's not real. (In the USA, you typically cannot be put on television without your consent.)

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

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

@minhored6995

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@alexvarella6276

4 жыл бұрын

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

4 жыл бұрын

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

@thegrayghost1786

4 жыл бұрын

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

@JH-dl6vu

4 жыл бұрын

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

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

5 жыл бұрын

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

@danamiralles

5 жыл бұрын

Well said

@Vincetagram

5 жыл бұрын

BelowMinimums or the fact that the whole thing is fake

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

The Lion King guy may have been thinking of the Mowgli books, which The Jungle Book was based on.

i bet for a lot of people they could name a book but it's like when someone asks what your favourite movie is and you forget all movies ever made so you can't name one

@j4genius961

6 жыл бұрын

Yep, and they only showed those who didn't know a book, we don't know how many people actually did know books

@Chief_Bill

6 жыл бұрын

Rea Keebz They didn't ask them about their favourite book. *THEY ASKED THEM TO NAME ANY BOOK IN THE HISTORY OF BOOKS*

@YumiSumire

6 жыл бұрын

Actually I can name a lot of movies right now, like, 40 of them. As for books, i've just read The disaster artist.

@NiramBG

6 жыл бұрын

Chief Bill I know so many jokes you would probably need years to count to that number, but every time someone has asked me "Tell me a joke, any joke" I would always draw a blank, but if they asked me for a specific type I would be able to tell like 3 on the spot. Sometimes when you're pressured on the spot your mind just goes blank. It's perfectly normal and happens all the time. Also the broader the specter the worse it actually is.

@1aa2aa3GiRl

6 жыл бұрын

Rea Keebz I'd never forget my fav book or movie lol

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

@D70Dug

4 жыл бұрын

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

@farah6203

4 жыл бұрын

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

@claran828

4 жыл бұрын

LMAOo

@thecrow9026

4 жыл бұрын

You asked for Doug comment

@serena7351

4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

I hope they edited the crap out of this. I'm hoping they interviewed 1000 people to find these few.

I love books. Watching this makes me wanna read more. Books can change your life.

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

@zebma884

4 жыл бұрын

what that symbol represents is kinda idiotic too

@KRiddytoo

4 жыл бұрын

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

@zebma884

4 жыл бұрын

@@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 жыл бұрын

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

@User42959

4 жыл бұрын

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.

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

@wewewewewewewewwewe

5 жыл бұрын

HAHAHAHHAHA

@dv9239

5 жыл бұрын

@Winters well pretty much

@ansh0133

5 жыл бұрын

@Winters hater

@sophiechang5149

5 жыл бұрын

🤣

@nishangkinibarua

5 жыл бұрын

This had me cracking up 😂😂😂😂😂

I think he meant to say only 1 in 4 Americans have read a book, not haven't

This is so sad omg. THE WAY I SCREAMED 😭😭😭💀

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

@baggyobeast

3 жыл бұрын

Same! Took me about a minute

@sakshisuryawanshi648

3 жыл бұрын

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

@charlottefaye86

3 жыл бұрын

@@sakshisuryawanshi648 ooo what you reading

@charlottefaye86

3 жыл бұрын

@@baggyobeast sameee

@AarushiKrishna

3 жыл бұрын

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

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

@_trisha17_

6 жыл бұрын

Queen Victoria haha same

@rehksthemess9800

6 жыл бұрын

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

@elena-cq4ok

6 жыл бұрын

Hogwarts Demigod same smh

@matthewwilliams8244

6 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

SAME

I said Kamasutra under half a second.

*2:05** Doctor what?? "Suce"?? it means "SUCK" in French!!* 😂😂😂

The audience was laughing at the guy who said The Jungle Book but that’s actually a book. He was the only guy who actually named a real book.

@Icex7

6 жыл бұрын

The Lion King is a book.

@kikesola3271

6 жыл бұрын

I think that If there is a book of Lion King, was made after the movie. In the case of Jungle Book was wrtitten before, and actually its like a compilation of short stories about animals, and one that is the largest, that tolds the story of Mowgli.

@Icex7

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, The Lion King book was made after the movie.

@jaxon3333

6 жыл бұрын

Adapt yeah a picture book maybe based on the movie. But it’s not an actual chapter book and if there is one it’s also based on the movie.

@laurasequin8619

6 жыл бұрын

jaxon3333 No, there is an actual book with new stories explaining some of the things from the movie (like Scar's real name etc). It's called Lion King Six New Adventures

Harry Potter was the first came through my mind..

@Steve-uf5yf

5 жыл бұрын

Yup same

@georgegriffiths1437

5 жыл бұрын

same but no idea why 🤣 never even read it

@ludwigvanbeethoven4132

5 жыл бұрын

The Kapital, karl marx..

@sumandangol5717

5 жыл бұрын

Mine was A song of ice and fire

@user-kg5xp6en9w

5 жыл бұрын

Seriously

Sad, because American Literature is actually amazing

I want to be asked this just so I can name every classic book since the 1800's

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

@backupemail848

5 жыл бұрын

@Melkhiordarkblade ya but it is Hollywood blvd

@SuperYinox

4 жыл бұрын

@Melkhiordarkblade they could be paid actors

@Notski

4 жыл бұрын

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

@perriredd615

4 жыл бұрын

I hope so because this looks horrible

@lightituplikedynamite3492

4 жыл бұрын

Murska117 ngl Americans are pretty uneducated tho.

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 жыл бұрын

Lol same

@andreacrumlish9976

4 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

OMG ME TOO! IM RE-READING ALL OF THEM

@shrijitasgable

4 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@nativeafroeurasian

4 жыл бұрын

The hunger games

Why did people laugh with “the jungle book”?

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

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

@katiemorova1764

4 жыл бұрын

Hahah me too

@perriredd615

4 жыл бұрын

😄 exactly. Ready to go🏁

@miffiestar

4 жыл бұрын

MEEE

@gracemcglone1817

4 жыл бұрын

Sad Excuse Of a Human me

@bemusedbandersnatch2069

4 жыл бұрын

Bibliophiles of the world unite!!

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

@WhoamI27676

4 жыл бұрын

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

@sarahvanburen7819

3 жыл бұрын

It was a book waaaaaay before it was a movie

the lion king, the jungle book... they actually can be found as a book, not only a movie. nothing to shame here

Every time they asked people to name a book, my brain kept shouting "The Doors of Stone! C'mon Rothfuss you lazy bastard, get off twitch!"

All Harry Potter fans are screaming at the computer

@lacrossechild8939

5 жыл бұрын

There is me: THE FUUUUUUUGGGGGG

@keikroodle

5 жыл бұрын

Even non Harry Potter fans should get it sksksk

@alex-sf4er

5 жыл бұрын

Rūta YES ME !!!!!!!

@itsjusteden760

5 жыл бұрын

I don’t know if it’s true but in school we were told that Harry Potter is banned is USA because of witchcraft

@TheMoisterizer

5 жыл бұрын

@@itsjusteden760 only in some school districts not the whole country

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

@suvilevi9211

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@gamerknight1014

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@dianapaice7118

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@highwayrunner9771

3 жыл бұрын

no need to wonder why. find a job

@AarushiKrishna

3 жыл бұрын

Same thought

As soon as I saw the title, I immediately thought "Under the Oak Tree" but then I was ashamed to not know the authors name...

This is how I felt every time I had to do mental arithmetic in elementary school. Mind went completely blank. I DO read a lot but being asked spontaneously on the streets, probably no title would have come up. And I have 70 titles in my e-reader collection of "current favorite books"! 🙃

Wow this really is a new low

@NDBit

6 жыл бұрын

I Write A Song A Day Not really. It's to be expected

@plokijuh5830

6 жыл бұрын

I Write A Song A Day They’re just nervous because they’re put on the spot in front of a camera. They also understand that this is a comedy segment that aims to poke fun at people who don’t ever read books, so they subconsciously conform to the role that’s expected of them by the audience. Or maybe they consciously do so because they realise they won’t be on TV if they name a book. Get off your high horse.

@cosmo8771

6 жыл бұрын

I Write A Song A Day as if no one knows Harry potter is based on a movie

@zhm96

6 жыл бұрын

I was expecting everyone to say Harry Potter but knowing Americans they probably don't know that the movies were based off books.

@alirazi9198

6 жыл бұрын

I Write A Song A Day No it's not the US reached the lowest by electing trump

We'll get our coats...

@aliceunderground1620

6 жыл бұрын

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

@hotlover000000000000

6 жыл бұрын

Oh gosh I love Penguin Books!

@LouisH267

6 жыл бұрын

Dead 😂😂😭

@scrap8660

6 жыл бұрын

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

@fiisshuhooks3566

6 жыл бұрын

HHAHAAHAHA

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

When people realize then can say "The dictionary"

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

@shelizabeth25

6 жыл бұрын

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

@abrahamsanchez3684

6 жыл бұрын

tbh i do believe the video is real

@mikaelnadal6661

6 жыл бұрын

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

@omelashomelas

6 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

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

None of these people said Harry Potter...

@bridgerhamm1818

6 жыл бұрын

it's fake, how could you not realize.

@LilyTamblin

6 жыл бұрын

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

@sarsoura1027

6 жыл бұрын

HOW DARE THEY

@choleshnookems

6 жыл бұрын

that’s what I was gonna say!!

@littlevikingtv6981

6 жыл бұрын

therealme ;-;

Well, The Jungle Book is a book that was written by Rudyard Kipling in 1894.

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

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

@remchaill9898

4 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

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

@gurutruecrimeguru1405

4 жыл бұрын

If only he'd actually known that.

@samin409

4 жыл бұрын

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

@luisa6142

4 жыл бұрын

@@kingofthebeast4024 because they're all just as stupid

Honestly, just say any word and it's probably the title of a book.

@amanullah1707

5 жыл бұрын

True that

@semajracubolk

5 жыл бұрын

Lol I just strung together some words that sounded like a title of a book... googled it to see if it was a book, sure enough it was! Title: A ray of hope 😎

@bernges7228

5 жыл бұрын

There is a Romance novel called "Serotonin" so yeah

@Chuck999Norris

5 жыл бұрын

THE LION KING

@ansh0133

5 жыл бұрын

Pubes

Remember they are only showing the ones that couldn't come up with one....

Interviewer: what was the last book you read? Me: pulls a book out from my bag, "this one"