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Hi!

I absolutely love your work! The historian in me has absolute admiration for you!

I have a question though! I came across this Instagram clip and two things came to mind: 1) when did this happen? Judging by Jared's haircut, it looks to be about the first three seasons of Supernatural; and 3) why is it the "famous" hug?

Thank you!

Link to clip: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLLPPDhSHVf/

Hi, thanks so much! 💗

If there's anything I can guarantee I'll recognize, it's that clip because it was from the very first panel that I ever made an enhanced video for. That hug is also the one in my tiny profile photo, although people probably can't really see it. It happened at the breakfast panel at the Chicago convention in November 2007. So you're right, it's from season 3. They were in the middle of filming Jus in Bello at the time.

As for why it's "famous"? I wasn't in the fandom back then, so I can only guess. I didn't start my descent down this rabbit hole until 2022, so I've missed a lot. My guess is because it was one of the first hugs between the two of them that fans saw in person at a convention.

There was a hug at Paleyfest in 2006 also, although not on stage, and I think a few at press events, but this was captured in photos and videos by fans who were actually there and who shared it with their fellow fans online. Aside from Paleyfest, which arguably might not be considered a "convention", Chicago 2007 was the first convention that they attended together. So I think the rarity and newness of it for fans at the time probably helped make it a pretty big deal within the fandom. That's just my speculation, though. If my guess is wrong, maybe someone else who knows more can chime in.

If you'd like to see it with a little more context to understand why Jared is even talking about wearing pink, below is a link to my enhanced version of the video. (The video thumbnail is from one of the frames with the hug.) I have the link set to start just a little bit earlier than the Instagram clip does, and you can back up even further if you'd like more context because the whole panel is here.

Also, there's a funny moment even earlier in that video where Jared wipes his sweaty head off on Jensen's shirt sleeve. Go back to around 06:50 to see that part. The whole video is a lot of fun, but I thought those were two of the funniest moments.

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Any movie aficionados have any guesses on this one? (Subtitling help request.)

Edit: With huge thanks to @arwenadreamer and @sensitivehandsomeactionman, the mystery has been solved... Good Will Hunting!

Original Post:

I'm teetering on the border of just letting this one go because I don't think the context is very critical to understand Jared's point, but I thought I'd check here before I gave up!

I can't figure out the movie(?) he says after Lawrence of Arabia. This video was recorded in March 2008 at LACON so it has to have been something known by then. He implies that he's referring to "great movies and classic movies", so I don't think it's an obscure example, I'm just not much of a movie watcher.

Things I've considered but couldn't convince myself made sense:

The Wanting (This is what it sounded like the most to my ears, but in the context of "great movies and classic movies", I couldn't find anything that seemed relevant.)

The Haunting (This might fit the context better, but I can't convince myself he's saying Haunting because I think there's definitely a 'wa' sound in there like in "won" or "one". Unless he stumbled over the word and accidentally reversed the vowel sounds, pronouncing it huanting? Which actually does sound a lot like what he's saying.)

"the one thing" (This was a grasping-at-straws interpretation, but it doesn't really sound like that to me. My theory behind this was that maybe he only listed one specific movie and then changed to being non-specific such as "I can say this thing or that thing or the one thing or the other thing".)

It might also be in another language, or a name more common in other countries? I tried looking for titles with "Juan" for example.

I also read long lists of two-word movie titles starting with "The"... after which point I decided I'd probably put more effort into this than it really warrants. 😂 And maybe the first syllable isn't even actually "The", but that's all I can hear.

If the consensus is that he probably just misspoke the word "haunting" or something like that, I'll just leave it as [inaudible] and not put anything in the sidebar for it since I don't feel like we can be very confident. But I thought maybe there's something I'm missing due to lack of knowledge that would seem obvious to someone else and would make everything make sense. It wouldn't be the first time!

Whether you have some miraculous answer or just quietly listen and shake your head in perplexed commiseration, I appreciate you all for letting me occasionally drag you into my subtitling madness. 💗💙 (On the bright side, the audio for this panel was actually pretty good and most of it has been easy to subtitle. It was a breath of fresh air after that breakfast video!)

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Moose's Market

I just realized for the first time that there's a typo on his apron. (Photo found here; no idea on original source. This photo is everywhere.)

So I fixed it.

(Yes, I know I can't possibly be the first person to notice this or do this, and others have probably done it way better, but humor me. I've only been hanging out on the edge of fandom circles since late 2023. I've missed a lot!)

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source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfnK5udWtEM

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New Enhanced Edition - LACON 2008 - J2 Breakfast

Direct link to video. Link to YouTube channel. (24 videos available.)

Here's my newest video, the J2 breakfast from LA in March 2008.

Of all the conventions that badly need the "Enhanced Edition" treatment, this one is surely high on that list. Even if you don't normally use them, I recommend turning on the subtitles this time. For some reason Jared and Jensen were only given a single microphone to share, which meant one or both of them often didn't use it at all. I ended up with many of the dreaded [inaudible]'s, but I think I did pick up a lot more through repeated listening than what most people would catch from a single casual watch-through.

Footage Found/Recovered

I mentioned this in the "What's Next?" section of my last video announcement, but I had the great fortune to make contact with Candygramme while searching for videos for this project. She has a beautiful 4.5 minute clip from the breakfast video that you'll see around the middle of the panel. That portion of the panel was covered in other videos, but not in such good quality. You can see the difference in my comparison images below.

Due to camera battery difficulties, she wasn't able to capture Jared's solo panel or the first half of Jensen's, but she did catch the second half of Jensen's and the entire main J2 panel. She has a little under 3 minutes' worth of coverage that's not covered at all by any other videos I've seen, plus I counted about 8.5 minutes where she was the only one who had Jared in the frame along with Jensen during the main J2 panel. There's a lot of fun banter between them in that panel so being able to see both of them makes a huge difference! I don't believe her videos are on YouTube, so a lot of people may not have them and I'm excited to share them.

What's Next?

Jared's solo panel from this convention is next. Unfortunately this one will have a lot of gaps. I have about 21.5 minutes' worth of footage.

Jensen's solo panel will follow that one, and then the main J2 panel. I have full coverage for both of those, along with the new-to-many-of-us footage as described above.

Before/After Comparison Photos

The first comparison shots from Candygramme's footage only represents 4.5 minutes of the video, as mentioned above. The rest will look more like the second set which was the source I used the most of. So most of the video quality won't be great, but you can see the expressions on their faces a little better in the enhanced version so I'm hopeful people will consider this to be an improvement over whatever they might have watched before.

A recap for anyone not familiar with this project…

In December 2023, I started a project to enhance old convention videos. The project is mostly focused on Jared and Jensen, but there will occasionally be videos with other actors. I'm upscaling the videos and making other visual improvements, adding extra content to clarify various references, and adding human-generated, color-coded subtitles so you can better understand the sometimes-chaotic audio. The subtitles can be auto-translated to other languages via YouTube.

My goal is to publish the best, most complete, and most watchable versions of these older convention panels yet seen, but this is only possible thanks to the fans who captured the footage in the first place and were generous enough to share it with other fans. My video descriptions on YouTube will always credit my sources.

If you have any old convention videos you'd be willing to contribute to this project, please message me! I can also be reached at DetailTilted@gmail.com. If I can get them to upscale (I can't always), I'd happily send the upscaled files back to you for your own collection whether I use them or not.

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SPNOKC (Oklahoma City) - 2nd Version of J2 Gold and Main Panels by Robyn Phillips

These were published by a different person than the ones I'd shared previously. At first glance, it looks like this version has a closer and slightly less angled view.

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SPNOKC (Oklahoma City) J2 Main Panel StageIt Version and a Few Other Vids

Hopefully we'll get some better in-person videos later (and Gold!) but the StageIt version is up here:

Also, I haven't seen anyone post the Misha panel yet. This looks like an in-person recording.

And sensitivehandsomeactionman already posted two in-person recordings of Jensen's songs here.

But if anyone wants it, there's a StageIt version of the full Saturday Night Special concert here:

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SPNOKC (Oklahoma City) J2 Main Panel - In-Person Recording

This was posted by the same person who uploaded the Gold panel I'd posted before I went to bed last night.

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SPNOKC (Oklahoma City) J2 Gold Panel

Here's the gold panel! The same person said on bsky that they have the main panel also but they're still on hotel wifi, so we should see that after a while.

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SPNOKC (Oklahoma City) J2 Main Panel StageIt Version and a Few Other Vids

Hopefully we'll get some better in-person videos later (and Gold!) but the StageIt version is up here:

Also, I haven't seen anyone post the Misha panel yet. This looks like an in-person recording.

And sensitivehandsomeactionman already posted two in-person recordings of Jensen's songs here.

But if anyone wants it, there's a StageIt version of the full Saturday Night Special concert here:

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Jensen: "YouTube, bring me a farting Panda!" (LACON 2008 J2 Breakfast)

This post is intended to provide context for something Jensen said in the LA 2008 Breakfast panel. I plan to publish that video on June 13 and my video description on YouTube will link to this post for anyone who wants more context than just the screen shot and blurb in the sidebar. A video clip is shown below from the show Jensen was talking about. For anyone who follows my videos, it might be useful to have this context in advance so you can better appreciate Jensen's reference.

On March 30, 2008, Jensen said: I saw this thing on TV last night. I don't know the guy's name, but it was just a clip of a commercial for a show and it was just talking about the accessibility of YouTube. And the guy says, "YouTube, bring me a farting panda! [claps hands]". I had to pause the television 'cause I was laughing.

The show in question was "Root of All Evil". It aired on Comedy Central in 2008 for 18 episodes. The premise was that the "judge", Lewis Black, would pit two people against each other to argue about which of two things was the most evil.

The episode Jensen saw the commercial for was episode 4, "YouTube vs. Porn". It aired on April 2, 2008, 3 days after this panel, so he definitely saw a promo for it and didn't necessarily watch the show.

In this episode, a comedian named Patton Oswalt was arguing against YouTube in favor of porn. I edited together this video to show the portions of his argument that were most relevant to Jensen's quote, leading up to the quote itself. This is my own edit from the episode. I don't know what parts Jensen actually saw in the commercial aside from the part he quoted.

Patton Oswalt did a similar bit at a club called the Purple Onion, I think 3 months earlier, but Oswalt paused differently when he said the phrase that time. Based on the timing and Jensen's description of what he saw and the imitation he did, I'm pretty confident that what Jensen saw was a promo for the episode in my clip.

We will not talk about how long I spent trying to find confirmation of where his quote came from or a clip that had it. We also won't talk about the fact that I paid $2 for the privilege of watching this torturous 20-minute episode without even being 100% sure I was watching the right thing. And that was why I did it -- I live in fear of putting inaccurate info in the sidebar because I can't edit it after I publish it, so I wanted to know for sure that this was the source, and I wanted a relevant screen shot for the sidebar.

(Let's also not talk about how loudly I squealed once the elusive phrase was finally uttered. And we definitely won't talk about the fact that I did chuckle at parts of the episode.)

After all that effort, I felt like I needed to share the fruits of my labor, even if it's something most rational people won't care about. A mere screen cap with a brief blurb in the sidebar of my video was insufficient fruit, so I made this edit. Hopefully nobody is going to come after me for sharing 64 seconds from a 17-year-old TV episode, but I thought I'd be better off putting it here rather than risking my YouTube channel.

If the whole fandom already knew this and has a clip of this portion of the episode tucked away someplace -- or better yet the actual commercial! -- that may need to be something else we don't talk about. I'm not sure I even want to know at this point! (Actually, I do want to know.)

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J2 at PURCON9 - Stomach "Tap"

I haven't seen this here on Tumblr yet. The original 26-second video is here.

It's like he tried to resist, but just couldn't do it. 😂

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This is hilarious; I'd never seen it before! I had to try to track down the rest of it. (Thanks jinkies for including the link to the Twitter post, that helped shorten my search!)

It's from the 42nd Saturn Awards in June 2016. Once I had a general idea of what I was looking for, I quickly found the video on one of the awesome YouTube playlists that @kirathehyrulian has created.

Here's the full video if anyone else hasn't seen it and wants to watch. The above clip shows a lot of the funny parts, but I thought there were other parts that were funny and I enjoyed watching it all since it was new to me.

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New Enhanced Edition - Fangoria 2008 with Jared

Direct link to video. Link to YouTube channel. (23 videos available.)

My latest video is up. This was at Fangoria in Austin, TX in January 2008.

Footage Found/Recovered

My video is a little over 42 minutes long. There's uninterrupted coverage from the beginning of the panel up until 39.5 minutes in. After that, there are two gaps of unknown length that I couldn't fill.

Jewels667 on YouTube had 38 minutes' worth of great coverage for this event, but the videos had become private. (In 2021, YouTube automatically changed unlisted videos to private, so that might be what happened here.) I was able to make contact and they kindly made the videos public again, and granted me permission to use them for this project. I used 20.5 minutes' worth of their video and 31.5 minutes' worth of their audio. They had 3 minutes and 46 seconds of coverage that none of the other videos had and some of the better-quality audio. The videos have thousands of views, so a lot of you may have seen them before, but they were new to me and I was very excited about them.

@j2spntranscripts, who has incredible video-finding skills, also found two videos with 21 minutes' worth of coverage on DailyMotion that I hadn't run across myself. I didn't use a lot of content from them, but I did use a few minutes and it was very helpful to have another audio source to listen to when refining my subtitles. You can find the links on the aforementioned blog, or in the credits on my video description.

Audio

Jared called on fans in the audience to ask questions, and they didn't have mics, so they're usually very hard to hear. I determined which video source picked up the fan question the most clearly and included that in the audio. If it wasn't clearly audible in its original form, I increased the volume drastically and added some background noise suppression tools to try to make it as clear as possible. It helps a little, but there are still some fans who are nearly impossible to make out. You'll notice more audio fluctuations in this video than usual (mostly just when the fans are speaking) due to my sometimes-drastic audio manipulations to try to hear the fans.

What's Next?

I'm moving on to the Los Angeles convention from March 2008 next! While searching for more videos from this convention, I learned through an old post on LiveJournal that a fan going by the name of Candygramme had recorded some great videos from this event that aren't on YouTube. I was able to make contact and she generously sent me everything she had, so I'm excited to share them. The biggest treasure is the full video of the main J2 panel. She also caught about half of Jensen's solo panel and 4.5 minutes of the Breakfast. Her video quality was much better than the other videos I've found from this con.

For the parts of the panels not covered by her videos, the video quality will be very low and I expect there to be some large and frustrating gaps in Jared's solo panel. But the existing YouTube coverage of this con is limited and pretty difficult to watch, so I'm excited to put together something more coherent than what we have today, and I'm especially excited about the footage from Candygramme that newer fans have likely not seen.

Before/After Comparison Photos

The Fangoria videos didn't upscale, and the original colors weren't too bad, so you won't see a big improvement in video quality on this one.

A recap for anyone not familiar with this project…

In December 2023, I started a project to enhance old convention videos. The project is mostly focused on Jared and Jensen, but there will occasionally be videos with other actors. I'm upscaling the videos and making other visual improvements, adding extra content to clarify various references, and adding human-generated, color-coded subtitles so you can better understand the sometimes-chaotic audio. The subtitles can be auto-translated to other languages via YouTube.

My goal is to publish the best, most complete, and most watchable versions of these older convention panels yet seen, but this is only possible thanks to the fans who captured the footage in the first place and were generous enough to share it with other fans. My video descriptions on YouTube will always credit my sources.

If you have any old convention videos you'd be willing to contribute to this project, please message me! I can also be reached at DetailTilted@gmail.com. If I can get them to upscale (I can't always), I'd happily send the upscaled files back to you for your own collection whether I use them or not.

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NJCON 2025 - Another J2 Gold and Main Set of Recordings by RhiannonNymph

I haven't been able to keep up with Tumblr or the tags the last few days, but I don't think the videos by this YT channel have been posted yet. Apologies if I'm wrong!

And if you haven't seen them yet, there are also videos of both Gold and Main by strgazr04 up. I posted their Gold panel like 5 minutes after it went up thanks to a coincidence of timing, and other people posted the main panel long before I got to it so I didn't post that one. Both channels have Misha's panel too.

RhiannonNymph's are split out into multiple parts:

Gold (2 Parts)

Main (4 Parts)

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NJCON 2025 - 1st Version of Main J2 Panel by Melmel.

It was recorded from a distance, I think we'll get some much closer views later by a couple other people who were recording, but this is the first one I've seen published.

So for those of us who like to know about allll the versions available...