VHS promotional video/Transcript

[A video posted by @JointheWeird on Twitter on March 28, 2021. The Tweet reads, “Got locked in the dot storage closet all weekend, found these old vhs promo tapes to keep me entertained tho.”]

[A grainy, glitched video of a road rushing by, surrounded by greenery. Cut to overhead view of a car on the same road.]

[Inspirational upbeat music.]

[Cut to a driver with sunglasses.]

[Cut to children playing in an autumn park.]

Voiceover: Spring is here. Summer is right around the corner.

[Cut to a couple relaxing on a boat.]

[Multiple cuts of executive offices, which glitch. Between clips, there is flashing text.]

Text: Hello?

Voiceover: And the entire Department of Transportation is working around the clock to make--

[Ominous deep noise. Audio briefly cuts out. The Department of Weird logo, an all-seeing eye triangle inside a circle of question marks, appears.]

Text: Can you hear me?

Voiceover: --sure you can get where you need to go. So from everyone here at the D.O.T., we want to remind you to remember that whenever you’re flying for business--

[Video glitches further. Cut to a vacationing woman standing beneath a plane. Cut to text.]

Text: I know you’re there.

[Cut to people standing on top of a car, looking at mountains.]

Voiceover: --traveling across the country to see an old friend--

[Ominous noise. The image goes upside-down. The Department of Weird logo appears on an empty red ocean.]

Text: We need to talk

[Cut to residential areas, a security camera, and a coffee shop.]

Voiceover--or even just driving around the corner to see a neighbor, the D.O.T. is there for y-y-y-you.

[The audio skips as smiling stock photos flash by. In the background, an ominous hum gets louder.]

Text: The Department of Transportation. Travel Safe

Voiceover: D.O.T.! Travel safe.

[Upbeat music cuts out.]

[The Department of Weird logo appears and gets larger, flashing into text. Static and echoes get louder.]

Text: You’ve been recruited. 05.03.2021.

[Theme music fades in]

Text: Learn more at JointheWeird.com