It's been interesting to watch how this video series has developed. In earlier episodes, the "past" Julie was scared but hopeful. In later episodes "past" Julie has acquired a sense of learned helplessness and doom.

Here's the now-classic first episode from April 2020:

I hope Julie Nolke stops making these videos. Not because I don't like them (I love them) but because when she stops that means the pandemic will finally be over.

In this 5th installment, an August 2021 Julie updates a December 2020 Nolke on the state of the world, with special emphasis on explaining why the pandemic continues to tear through the population because so many people refuse to take the vaccine. — Read the rest

Last April, comedian Julie Nolke popped into the past and hinted about the pandemic to her January self, who was totally confused. At the time, it was hilarious to see how things had changed in just a few months, and "hey," we thought, "it's funny because this ain't gonna last." — Read the rest

Julie Nolke says, "What would happen if I tried to explain what's happening now to the June 2020 version of myself?"

Part 1 here:

Part 2 here:

Comedian Julie Nolke's "Explaining the Pandemic to My Past Self" was hands down her best sketch — until today's brilliant performance in "My Call with Jeff Bezos."

Nolke plays two wicked villains —a Russian crook named "Oksana" and Jeff Bezos — who have been conspiring together to take over the world. — Read the rest

YouTubers Julie Nolke** and Ryan George collaborated on two videos (one on her channel, one on his) to point out the absurdities of getting hitched, and, subsequently, unhitched.

**You'll remember her from her funny "Now-self explains the pandemic to past-self" videos (one and two). — Read the rest

In mid-March, 33-year-old Daniel Thorson checked himself into a silent Buddhist meditation retreat in a remote part of Vermont. On May 23, two-and-a-half months later, he left the retreat and tweeted, "Did I miss anything?"

First, watch part one, in which Julie Nolke travels back in time from April to the pre-pandemic era and freaks out her earlier self. Then, watch this video on which today's Julie Nolke travels back in time to give April's Julie Nolke a heads-up on what's to come. — Read the rest

Imagine trying to explain to your-January-self how different the world would be in a few short months. That's what YouTuber Julie Nolke imagines doing in this cute video.

Looking for something fun to do as the summer winds down and we wait for however the heck the Delta variant decides to dissipate? While some people have run out of ideas on how to preoccupy themselves these days, you're an innovator of fun always looking for the next great adventure, right? — Read the rest

Julie Nolke is back with a funny sketch about the pleasures and perils of being an Instagram model. They share best poses, scoring free swag, and the need for a good boyfriend/photographer.

Julie Nolke, known for her comedic three-part "Explaining the Pandemic to My Past Self" videos, puts into focus the most irritating thing about sweeping – the stubborn line of dust that never makes it into the dustpan. With Charlie Chaplin-style humor, this short mostly silent video is in a different style than most of Nolke's work, and I hope we see more from her like this.

We've featured comedian Julie Nolke a few times before on Boing Boing. In this video, she teams up with Ryan George to imagine they were the first two people ever to get married.

They also have a skit about being the first couple ever to get divorced:

"Travel Influencers Be Like" by Julie Nolke.

The only bit missing is: "The people who live there are so poor but they are sooo happy."