an UNHINGED recap of Dear Dumb Diary

jamie kelly i apologize to you in advance..
it's been about a year since i've done a book related video so.. i decided to read all 12 of the "year one" dear dumb diary books! i'm a huge fan of jim benton’s work so this was incredibly worth all the time!
if this video does well enough i'll try to make a sequel on "year two" BUT no joke i will literally buy the new dear dumb diary books if they come to fruition..
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Introduction\Characters
7:52 Book #1 "Lets Pretend This Never Happened"
17:08 Book #2 "My Pants Are Haunted"
32:43 Book #3 "Am I The Princess Or The Frog"
44:01 Book #4: "Never Do Anything Ever"
51:39 Book #5 "Can Adults Become Human"
1:04:38 Book #6 "The Problem Here Is That It's Where I'm From"
1:16:35 Book #7 "Never Underestimate Your Dumbness"
1:27:48 Book #8 "It's Not My Fault I Know Everything"
1:36:36 Book #9 "That's What Friends Aren't For"
1:45:41 Book #10 "The Worst Things In Life Are Also Free"
1:52:05 Book #11 "Okay, So Maybe I Do Have Superpowers"
1:57:11 Book #12 "Me! (Just Like You Only Better)"
2:04:35 The Movie\NEW Books???
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[@JimBentoncartoons]

Jim Benton here. what a terrific video you made!

[@lulaloopsey]

THEE Jim Benton?? In my comments?? (i can’t tell if i’m being duped or i should have my fangirl moment) such a huge fan of your work thank you for tuning in🫶

[@vineqar333]

Hey Jim, thanks for the works

[@michaelaheasley9807]

thanks for making reading silly and fun for me as a kid, you’re wonderful!

[@generalginx]

Can’t explain to you how much the Dear Dumb Diary books meant to me in my childhood :,) They also inspired me to draw all the time, and I still do!! You’re the best, Jim!💞

[@BugjoeCEO]

WHAT

[@gregjayonnaise8314]

I mentioned this in another comment, BUT FORREAL, Jamie gives baby gay vibes. Jamie goes on and on about how much she “hates” Angeline because she’s blond and pretty and has lovely eyes and a cute smile, and when Angeline is nice to her she seems unable to reconcile her irrational “hatred” with how Angeline is as a person. It’s giving “I have a crush on another girl but my brain can’t process it because same-sex attraction is never legitimatized by those around me so I’m going to assume what I’m feeling is actually dislike”. She kept a LOCK of her hair. If Jamie were a boy, that’d be a dead giveaway of a middle school crush. Keep in mind that Jamie never shows the same intensity she feels for Angeline for boys she SUPPOSEDLY has crushes on; she keeps every guy on a list of whose socially acceptable for her to like, calculating her chances with Hudson, the “eight cutest boy”. She never seems to ACTUALLY like these boys, only bothering because it’s what she thinks she’s supposed to do. What I’m saying is, for supposedly having a crush on him, Hudson never occupies Jamie’s thoughts like Angeline does.

[@caitlynr7295]

YES I completely agree! It especially stands out to me because it mirrors almost exactly (besides the keeping a lock of hair lol) how I acted about a girl I "hated" - and later figured out I actually liked - when I was Jamie's age. I said I couldn't stand this girl but could never actually give a reason why - she was pretty and popular but always nice to me, and despite "hating" her I'd basically melt into a puddle whenever I talked to her, and I was way more focused on her than I really had any need to be, all of which remind me of Jamie's interactions with Angeline. I had a "crush" on one of the most popular guys in school because he was a safe, common option, and a lot of my friends also liked him so I guess he just made sense as crush? Also because I felt really jealous of him and the girl I liked whenever they were together, I just thought I was jealous of her, not of him lol, even though I almost never thought or cared about him outside of when he was with this girl - it reminds me of how jealous Jamie gets when Angeline is with Hudson; I don't think it's about Hudson. It was actually a shock how much of myself I saw in these books once I looked back on them and had the perspective to notice it. Jamie talking about Angeline could easily have been ripped from my middle school journals about the girl I liked. And this seems to be a common experience among WLW. So yeah I'm definitely on team "Jamie was gay and in love with Angeline".

[@phantomboba]

I’m straight and even I see it

[@hopefullyhelping6664]

As a kid (8-10 years old or so) I read the Dear Dumb Diary series and ABSOLUTELY BELIEVED THIS WHOLEHEARTEDLY. This was even before I really had an understanding of romantic attraction (I’m AroAce and nonamorous), much less same-gender romantic attraction, but I STILL NOTICED IT. I distinctly remember reading and thinking: “…Does she _like_ her?… OH YES SHE DOES!”

[@eatatjoes6751]

@@hopefullyhelping6664 Oh my God, yes. No one goes *on and on* about hating someone this much.

[@grem4102]

i related a lot to this book as a trans guy too lol i definitely see it

[@Bolero451]

Isabella is low-key Greg Heffley coded

[@gregjayonnaise8314]

If they were in a fight Isabella would kill him and eat his heart

[@Tw0Dots]

Greg would be wanted for tax evasion Isabella is wanted for owning weapons of mass destruction

[@persephone6457]

I know that this video is gonna be good if that’s the first comment I see

[@lpsotakutrash]

Both are probably sociopaths LOL.

[@tanasiascott]

omg!

[@eggyleggy]

this is sapphic literature

[@carissaclanton4150]

The gayest straight book I read as a kid

[@veronicawilson7594]

Hear me out. As a bisexual 12 year old I instinctually knew that Jamie was in love with Angeline and hated her for it.

[@justyoureverydaycasualship146]

That’s literally what I was thinking.

[@kpwoody220]

LITERALLY

[@GlitteringChesh]

Exactly what I was thinking

[@gunkwizardry]

ME TOO!! to me Jamie is experiencing comphet but is so obsessed with Angeline

[@skyr5247]

Literally she was me and I was her

[@fatcat1414]

I always loved this series for being the one female-oriented diary series on the shelf that was unapologetically Weird. Dork Diaries tried, but it was held back by having a 'not like other girls' disdain for femininity played straight while simultaneously indulging in feminine tropes, and it just seemed more hypocritical than anything. Like the message was that you can be QuirkyTM so long as it is still vaguely squeaky clean and aesthetically feminine. Jamie on the other hand, was amazing weird girl rep written by a self-aware author.

[@sunettas9738]

Very true

[@legoboy468]

Jamie’s lucky that no one ever read her diary, any outside observer would realize she’s gay af for Angeline immediately

[@chloetee98]

The scene where she’s talking about the shampoo method that allows her to whip different smells in different directions when she moves her head has been engrained in my brain for almost 20 years

[@Thesoggymeatball]

SAME!!!!!!

[@giboi03]

I was thinking about this the other week while staring at my 2 scented Loreal Kids shampoo bottles, and couldn't recall exactly which middle-school girl diary series it was from. I almost mistakenly attributed it to Dork Diaries and then this video came through my recommended a short while later. And the results are...nothing. It doesn't work, girls. Jamie was just high and in denial on that Angelina 3-in-1 shampoo.

[@gwendolynrobinson3900]

I think about it nearly every time I take a shower 😂

[@kailey_marler]

roman empire asf

[@anacarolinamenezes8912]

Same and to this day I want to be that person with such a good smelling hair that i leave a breeze of delicious aromas as a pass by

[@noname-mi2we]

the rivalry in dear dumb diary always kinda felt like those baby lgbt crushes to me.. what do you mean you hate her because shes so pretty. years later jamie discovers she likes girls i bet

[@lulaloopsey]

originally my script for this video had a segment all about this because i 100% agree! but because they might be related & the video was already so long i scrapped it.. in the jim benton interview i referenced he actually talks about it (time stamp around 27:40?) but the way she talks about angeline at times comes off that way too like she’d read the diary years later & realize 😭

[@gregjayonnaise8314]

NO BUT FORREAL. Jamie goes on and on about how much she “hates” Angeline because she’s blond and pretty and has lovely eyes and a cute smile, and when Angeline is nice to her she seems unable to reconcile her irrational “hatred” with how Angeline is as a person. It’s giving “I have a crush on another girl but my brain can’t process it because same-sex attraction is never legitimatized by those around me so I’m going to assume what I’m feeling is actually dislike”. Keep in mind that Jamie never shows the same intensity she feels for Angeline for boys she SUPPOSEDLY has crushes on; she keeps every guy on a list of whose socially acceptable for her to like, calculating her chances with Hudson, the “eight cutest boy”. She never seems to ACTUALLY like these boys, only bothering because it’s what she thinks she’s supposed to do. What I’m saying is, for supposedly having a crush on him, Hudson never occupies Jamie’s thoughts like Angeline does.

[@ranchustars3050]

no way i thought i was the only one! this was exactly what i thought when i read the books when i was like 11

[@noname-mi2we]

@@lulaloopsey 🤯🤯🤯🤯

[@noname-mi2we]

@@gregjayonnaise8314 🫢 eighth cutest boy hudson but indisputably prettiest girl angeline i see how it is 🏳️‍🌈

[@miaschannelforcommenting]

i say this with the kindest tone possible, but with Jamie's personality trait of main character energy, there's no way an adaptation WOULDN'T be a musical. she's the epitome of when you were kinda socially awkward as a kid but yearned to break out into perfectly choreographed song and dance that you made up in your head

[@anis_oregano]

Jamie Kelly is just kid Rebeca Bunch (minus the BPD)

[@verybestandmilkyestcow4623]

@@anis_oregano OMG OMG SUCH GREAT COMPARISON....like no as a girl that is similar to both those characters spent countless hours watching both and just so happens to be a theater kid this is so spot on and you just broke my mind im almost mad i didnt think of this myself

[@queenbee3561]

I feel called out, stop it.

[@Kumaclaws]

Something I loved about Dear Dumb Diary is just how funny they were. I’ll still catch myself randomly remembering random jokes like “I think librarians wear that strap on their eyeglasses because they get in fist fights over book returns”

[@marim8494]

I have to say, Jaime definitely gave queer vibes. I remembered more of these plots than I thought, and even now I definitely think she had a crush on Angeline (and also Colette haha). The Clique and Dork Diaries had similar things going on!

[@Razzberry_dollz]

Definitely gives vibes of hating the girl she has a crush on tbh she’s not sure if she wants to be her or if she likes her

[@justinecourtneysgavel89]

You're telling me I DIDN'T hallucinate this as a trauma-response to sixth grade?

[@erm492]

THISSS HAHAHA

[@SugarViv_]

NOT THE PE TEACHER BEING CALLED *BEN DOVER* 😭😭😭

[@fall_tea8857]

WAIT WHAT

[@beajaelol7402]

Jamie had social anxiety and masked it with being “mean”

[@SophiiLuca]

I loved these books and how mean and weird the characters were. I was a kid that did everything right, was too adultish for my age (caused by trauma) and in general had a big sense of what was right and wrong. So reading these books, I could emotionally put myself in shoes where I could just be a proper shitty child, have no real intelligence and just be a kid. I found it so funny how absurd the main character was and acted. I always liked these kind of characters. Shaggy from scooby doo, the Mad Hatter from Alice in wonderland and gumball and co.

[@waffleauflauf4213]

Same here! It was so freeing.

[@anacarolinamenezes8912]

Omg same!!

[@CosmicCupcake007]

As Kerri colby said "Another one thank yew" (same here)

[@draculena]

i COMPLETELY forgot about this series, but i did not forget about angeline's iconic shampooing technique.

[@gremmie8843]

i remember as a kid i related to jamie so much. That’s really why i prefer this book to dork diaries, cuz i felt like jamie, while unhinged, was a much more realistic main character. 😭 also nikki lowkey got on my nerves.

[@jellynut5903]

SAME I always related to Jamie more tbh Nikki felt more like a pick me trying to be weird

[@rosied7082]

Something i really like about this series, is that over the couse of the books, yoi can see Jamie's art improve. Her lines are less shaky, her proportions are done better and just generally look a lot better

[@draculena]

omg.. graphic novel versions of this series are in the works?!?!?! I'M SOOOOO HERE FOR THIS

[@rosied7082]

Omg really!

[@lulaloopsey]

i hope we get an update soon i am invested 😭

[@jaxsjpg3225]

Book 9 is so gay coded. Jamie isn’t upset she’s lost Isabella she’s upset she hasn’t got the attention of Angeline herself…

[@ZantePrayer]

Oh my goodness, thank you for making a video on this childhood classic. No joke, the whole 'zone shampooing' thing has lived rent-free in my head for like 15 years, like sometimes when I wash my hair I'm like 'man, imagine doing that'.

[@goodpelt]

Mr. Dover’s first name being Ben went over my head as a kid but it’s all I’ve been thinking about for the past four hours. It’s so hysterical to me

[@valeriansprite5819]

I read dear dumb diary pretty recently and the humor holds up incredibly well. It is and always has been one of the funniest book series ive ever read. angeline with that sign that says "i am a goon' still makes me loose my shit

[@sarahg2665]

This series was so deeply hidden in the recesses of my mind. These books are such a gem. They’re genuinely funny and age appropriate without being infantilizing. I’m so sad gen alpha doesn’t have the same relationship with reading previous generations benefited from. I know there will always be kids that enjoy books but as a whole, gen alpha is far behind in terms of reading, writing, and comprehension and books like these are more of a rarity these days.

[@wenchology]

Well said.

[@Meditz650]

I was absolutely obsessed with the songs in the movie 😭 Meatloaf Mystery is a straight bop tho

[@lulaloopsey]

ITS SO UNDERRATED

[@negiposi]

the talking meatloaf was so scary tho

[@frootsnacc6790]

My friend showed that song to our graphic communications teacher and he was so confused by the meatloaf, "Why is there a talking piece of shit?"

[@rachezzel]

​@@negiposiMMM YOU KNOW IM TASTY

[@negiposi]

@@rachezzel flashbacks.....

[@astralloser1177]

the “small wet thing” in my school was wet paper towel. that’s it. get some paper towel, run it under the tap. we also had ice packs that were “crack activated”, like those hand warmers, but the opposite. tell you what though, they did nothing, when compared to the supernatural efficacy of the Wet Paper Towel ™️

[@theclairewhy]

I too noticed the gaping hole on KZbin for Dear Dumb Diary content and you filled it perfectly. It was my favourite diary series and so unhinged

[@Chu2chompsankles]

As someone who grew up on dork diaries (while hating Nikki) I'm starting to regret not being a dear dumb diary kid because i've never gotten so invested in a series and its humour like I did with this video 😭

[@mollymayes9627]

i was so obsessed with this movie when it was still on netflix, i def tortured my family by taking over the tv to rewatch the movie for the 10th time at the age of 9 😭😭

[@butterflytaster5553]

i audibly aww'd when it was revealed that isabella doesn't focus on her drawing bc she likes to watch jamie draw. she's still insane but that was very cute

[@Ouchtf]

“Peach Girl” is a manga & anime about two friends who compete against each other for male attention but its mostly a one sided competition!

[@venusflytrap1927]

angeline and jamie are literally soulmates the kindergarten reveal had me floored

[@MsSeeingdouble]

That one part from one of the Dear Dumb Diary books where she fantasises about a camel getting plastic surgery caused me much anguish as a child, I still think about it sometimes.

[@riotghoul4237]

one thing i always liked about the books when i was younger was how you could sort of see how jamie's art style developed and improved over time, i don't know if this was intentional or just a result of jim benton's art style subtly changing as the series progressed but i always loved how there was such a clear difference in the quality of the art in book one vs book six or seven. it's like you get to grow up with jamie in a way

[@zoelouise140]

omg "am i the princess or the frog" was the one book of these i actually read and im pretty sure i never returned it to my school's library so i might actually have a copy of that lying around somewhere

[@livelollobotomy]

40:42 so far sounds like everyone in this book is an ABSOLUTE menace to society expect for Jamie’s mom and Angeline(Angeline is going to be inducted into sainthood soon)

[@MarkRichards4Prez]

Always mesh this movie and that Moody Judy movie in my head together

[@lulaloopsey]

THIS!!! when i was watching the dear dumb diary movie i realized i hadn’t seen it & had confused it with the judy moody one the whole time

[@nohintshere]

hello person with ezekiel pfp

[@nyny2263]

I'm glad I wasnt the only one 😩 , I must've watched them both around the same time bcus omggg.

[@leticiahaza1079]

SAME

[@kornfan45]

DUDE SAME!! the only reason i ever watched the dear dumb diary movie was that i confused it with a judy moody movie

[@Gluestickthealien]

BROOO THESE BOOKS WERE MY ENTIRE FLIPPIN CHILDHOOD QND I DIDNT EVEN KNOW THERE WAS A MOVIE!!!OMG THESE BOOKS WERE MY FAVE

[@Intoxicatingaxe]

angeline and jamie becoming rlly close was my fav part

[@cidneyc7243]

THANK YOU I HAVE NOT SEEN A SINGLE SOUL TALK ABOUT DDD IN A WHILEE

[@SillyGoofyBitch111]

this series is the reason why when i was little i wrote Property Of: [my full legal name] and a vague threat on any notebook and diary i owned

[@Kitkat_bar]

Not the love interest being called Hudson Rivers 😭

[@Bolero451]

I was OBSESSED with this movie as a kid and I have no idea why

[@gamsougher3574]

i’m so glad other also people recognize in retrospect that jamie was gay as FUCK for angeline. i loved that subplot so much as a kid… for some reason…

[@kumaxhime]

I looooved these books as a kid. One of the volumes came with a big sticker of Jamie dancing that said, "It's true, my grooves are righteous," and it's still on my old bedroom door at my mom's house...even though I'm 26 now and the room was turned into an office 😂

[@snakeubitxh]

Dear dumb diary made me the person who I am today

[@thehyperobsesr]

So glad someone is talking abt this weird movie I had a weird obsession with for like a month😂

[@thomasmannia]

You, too? 😂

[@romiiau]

you just made me remember a BIG part of my childhood. i love your channel

[@lulaloopsey]

💕💕

[@allisonmoon2536]

had an intrusive thought the other day "that damn Angeline..." out of absolutely no where. thank you for making this!!!!!

[@IsaacFlores-ou2rc]

i NEED a part two, I'm too invested now

[@shnowyfox5851]

I never read the books growing up.. but, when the movie came out on Netflix I took it as gospel. Thing is though.. maybe having Jamie Kellie as a role model wasn't the best. Especially with my at the time completely undiagnosed mental issues. I did pick up some healthy things from her, like being more true to myself, but goodness that did not outweigh the horrible habits I picked up. I was also discovering my sexuality at the time and my autistic ass tried to do the "boy-ology" thing from the movie, and decide which amab peer of mine would be best for romancing. My mom either saw this or I explained my "genuis" to her proudly (probably the latter), and she explained to me how objectifying and shitty it was. I was embarassed and ended up crying and asked her to not tell any of the men in the household. Next has to be the "all pretty people are evil" thing.. instead of finding a healthy way to explore and cope with feelings of envy and jealousy, I decided they were all evil, just like how Jamie and Isabella thought about Angeline. And.. well I think most people are pretty, I didn't really judge based on appearance before watching this and deciding Jamie was who I wanted to be. The one girl I chose though was plastered in acne, had almost brown blonde hair (possibly dyed, some kids were doing thst at the time I never noticed or cared though), and teeth just a bit straighter than my own. I don't know why I chose her to be my angeline but it was weird. I wasn't like.. actually mean or weird to her for the most part. I just was aware that I was "lower in the heirarchy" compared to her (which also wasn't true.. it was such a small town there wasn't any hierarchy, popularity was really just being extroverted and including others tbh). I also shared a bus with her. One day, me and my brother were singing on the bus together and just before her usual stop I was like "okay the popular girl is about to get on. She's super pretty and super cool so let's stop singing so we don't annoy her." And when I noticed she didn't get on I looked around confused and then I made eye contact with her in the seat directly next to ours. We said nothing to each other. The movie also weirdly convinced me I hated meatloaf even though my mom makes probably the best meatloaf I've ever had.. Again, I doubt many other people picked up her bad behaviors to my extent, but for me it was pretty substantial.. and at the time, I was also watching things like LPS popular too and that one yumsoda/sodapets mlp one. My mother also gave me puberty books from her and my sister's generations which skewed my view of what middle school was even more with how outdated they were. Was embarrassing to say the least, but God were those songs poppin.

[@therearenocowshere]

I genuinely loved these as a kid (despite being a huge literature snob back then so I would have never admitted it) -- thank you for doing this lol it absolutely made my week. Also I remember Isabella being kind of the worst and a questionable friend but looking back she's straight up a villain 💀 had me dead

[@bellaangel728]

These books were integral to the development of my sense of humor. I’m just now realizing as a 20 year old just how much my sarcasm and snark stems from these.

[@kristy3017]

when i tell u my jaw DROPPED that this video didn't have more recognition. this is the best video essay I've seen in awhile and brought back so many childhood memories tysm

[@operation_turtle]

the real question, did angeline have a crush on jaime the whole time and jaime had no idea how to process it

[@butterflytaster5553]

FR the kindergarten besties backstory that angeline kept in her back pocket this whole time is like..... hello. i love the idea of jamie gritting her teeth white-knuckling her pencil stewing in her jealous gayrage over angeline while angeline just follows her around like a big sweet blonde puppy who's wanted to win her affection for years

[@mellyflori6856]

I remember the actors in the movie looking so much older when I was a kid, i thought they looked like high schoolers

[@imwastingmytimeonthis677]

what u were born in 05 crazy it’s weird to see another 05 baby as a adult funny to think we’re adults now 😭

[@frankiemustdie]

dear dumb diary fr shaped my art style forever i used to copy the drawings allll the time AND EVERYTIME I BRING IT UP NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT IT WHERE HAVE YALL BEEN

[@purpley869]

As a bisexual, now just realizing that Jamie is very very gay I’m glad I love the books growing up with these amazing books

[@lurking__lurker]

Omg my elementary school had those sponges too! I thought they were the pinnacle of modern medicine when I was little lol

[@MintyFreshCupcakes]

These books were genuinely so funny. Me and my sister used to read them together. I wish theu existed in one big book so i could read them again without filling my bookshelf lol

[@labaker4285]

A cousin once removed is the child of your cousin, so if my cousin A has a baby B, baby B is my cousin once removed. If B has a kid later, little C, that's my cousin twice removed

[@qlassveins]

this video is such a treat to me. every time i see someone reference DDD i always say "i can smell this video" bc the distinct smell the books had always made me feel nostalgic. + when i used to want to learn how to draw, i would put papers over the visuals of angeline and trace the art and try to replicate the shiny hair shading the visuals have. the book series started my love for all diary series books, wimpy kid, dork diaries.. and the vampire one but not the cool one, its the lame one that goes into detail ab how AB blood types are the sweetest or wtv

[@wenchology]

Oh my GOSH it’s insane that I read every single one of these yet it had disappeared from my memory until now

[@SwaggyG_2102]

I read these "Dear Dumb Diary" books a lot as a kid. Although I wasn't a girl, there was something so intriguing to me about DOAWK-esque books that were told through the perspective of a teen girl.

[@Maddie-zh4ww]

dude i love ur content!! i cant believe we’re the same age, you’ve got such a talent for this- it’s very jenny nicholson reminiscent. i’d love to see more of these ramble (/pos!) style videos!! :)

[@swordofseals33]

SO THIS IS WHERE ZONE SHAMPOOING COMES FROM!! So happy to remember this series I used to love. Thanks for posting!

[@paigeOhTwo]

Bro, my phones listening to me. I LITERALLY started reading these books again because i randomly thought about them at 3 am 😂 I love this video!!!

[@rosied7082]

15:13 The reason she packed her own luch was to avoid her mom giving her a peach

[@splicerbabe]

I was recently wondering where I read in a book about a character that kept ditching their kittens because they weren’t as cute like a few days ago and chalked it up to be Diary of a Wimpy Kid. I totally forgot these books existed! Thanks for answering my brain question.

[@L0rdOfThePies]

40:10 you cant tell me this is her way of saying she thinks shes cute?? These comments are right this is a sapphic experience

[@burrit01]

my mom never let me read dear dumb diary, but i remember in kindergarten and first grade my book buddy would let me read some of hers.

[@christinar.7955]

As a 25 year old who also read DDD as a kid, I'm so glad that people your age were also reading it as kids lol.

[@Kessilyn_]

I HAVE BEEN WAITING MY WHOLE LIFE FOR SOMEONE TO TALK ABOUT THIS. I was obsessed with these books and the made for tv adaptation when I was 9 and this is the first video i've found of someone talking about it. tysm this really was a staple of my childhood

[@lambybunny7173]

FINALLY someone makes a video on dear dumb diary!!

[@MarbleSodaPop]

Finally, I see someone talking about this series! I was obsessed with the books and movie, I even had the movie soundtrack on CD and I would play it constantly lol

[@verybestandmilkyestcow4623]

Saw your video paused it and immediately went to go rewatch the movie as I realized I hadn't seen it in years. Like you I'm also 18 so I personally didn't the books and at one point didnt even know DDD was based off of anything simply because it came out and gained a reader base before i could even walk. Plus in middle school i was more a dork diaries gal, anyway. But it was just so cool to not only see how well the DDD musical held up over the years being extraordinarily funny and having GREAT songs but how it also used so much of the source material. Going through the video it was so crazy to hear the exact quotes and references over the span of the first 10 books that made it to the movie in a way that felt completly organic truly a love letter to books and its fanbase. Props to Big Jim that guy really is amazing.

[@Thesoggymeatball]

GOD. these books were SOOO important to me as a 8-12 year old, like absolutely influential to me and my best friend trying to be popular in late elementary/first year of middle school LMAO. and yes. before you ask. we were gay and didnt have words for it lol. the obsessions with “popular girls”, always scheming to be near them 💀 vividly remember each year planning our double bday party (aug 20 and 28, aka our combo party was the last weekend before school started) and basically doing chess to figure out how to get the pretty girls (“to” “become” “popular” “ourselves”) to go (hint: we were children and anyone we invited would go LMFAO)

[@irllyluvcatss]

i forget what theure called but it would he great if you could do a book on these fairy books i read in 1st grade. they had different series of fairies like color fairies and it was kirsten and her best friend and jack frost was usually the villain

[@irllyluvcatss]

THE SERIES IS CALLED RAINBOW MAGIC I JUST REMEMBERED

[@carlyskolnik296]

My childhood I love that series

[@ihopeicanchangethisnamelat7108]

They made a movie too!!

[@lulaloopsey]

RAINBOW MAGIC! love that series too :D

[@cabinetman69]

OMG RAINBOW MAGIC!! THOSE BOOKS WERE MY CHILDHOOD :D

[@eeebethrrrr]

the movie was an absolute fever dream omg

[@sadienw127]

i'm pretty sure my brain blended this series and dork diaries together because this video is how i found out that they were not the same series! i only read one or two books from each series, so it kind of makes sense that it happened. simultaneously remembering some of the details from the first dear dumb diary book SO clearly while also being confused because i was sure the main character had a different last name because of a whole plotline about her father running a bug extermination company with the family last name on it and the popular girl making fun of her for it gave me some serious whiplash though lol

[@sorryicantread]

ooaahhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my older cousin had these books and i read all of them that she had, i think 4 of these, when i was..11? 12? and have never been able to remember the name of the books or never had a talk about it with anyone thinking maybe it was a shared psychosis. im so so happy to find this video thank you so so much!!!! i didn't know there was a movie but it probably never even got dubbed in my language anyway hehe. oh i loved these books i was replicating the style jamie was writing in, i was copying the art style and everything aiagshwhhhh. in my early 20s watched the video with great intensity kicking my feet and giggling. thank you. the stickers on your face was such a cute touch btw lol so in theme of the book :^)

[@emmylemons3846]

I’ve been listening to this video off and on all day and I really love how you tell the story!

[@VampPhoenix99]

FINALLY, a brave soul is willing to speak out against TruMoo milk! That stuff tasted like paint!

[@pluutonius]

I'm so glad everyone in the comments agrees that she has baby gay vibes.

[@koolkel00]

THIS THUMBNAIL JUST GAVE ME AN INVERSE THAT'S SO RAVEN MOMENT TO MY CHILDHOOD AND ALL THE ILLUSTRATIONS!!

[@mychemicaldante]

i was OBSESSED with these books in middle school and it was so fun revisiting it in this video :)

[@elizrebezilmadommdo1662]

I've been waiting for someone to make a video about Dear Dumb Diary tbh

[@nix_cosplay]

I read the once-removed cousin / wart page as a kid and still remember it so clearly now

[@beaaajpg]

ok but i LOVE how you talk its so clear and keeps me listening! also, i usually need subtitles to understand but i realised at the end that i didn't even put close caption on

[@tabbiexcat]

Another great video from you! I grew up reading the Dear Dumb Diary books and watched the movie a few times when it was on Netflix years ago. This gave me so many flashbacks, some I wish I could forget like that talking meatloaf. I’d love if you’d make a video on the Year Two series eventually.

[@sofeyuh]

AAAAA THANK U SM !!! these books were SO funny to me as a child- angeline’s zone shampooing method lives in my soul

[@townfool4682]

This was a fantastic video, thank you for bringing this back:) I had no idea how many of these books I remembered until we were still cruisin about halfway through the video

[@susie8799]

I was not a fan of this series growing up (I thought Jamie was too mean) but my best friend was so she forced me to watch the movie so my only perception of this series was the movie

[@Loverera2023]

Thanks for putting in the time to make this video. I’ve never heard about this series until now, seems like I missed a real good one. ❤

[@kingofhellsdaydream]

1:08:26 the second i saw the drawing of the bald guy looking over a wall it was the #1 thing i doodled on everythjng. To this day i still doodle it whenever im doodling.

[@tinyteacupzz]

I totally forgot about this series, and it used to be one of my favorites growing up, thank you!

[@r3ntz699]

This was the perfect video to watch while sculpting!

[@superblooming]

im convinced anyone whos favorite tween diary series was dear dumb diary is gay now

[@avabackupaccount]

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