Pallets

Randy Johnson discusses building wooden pallets in 1984 in two near-duplicate commentary videos, both centered on the same childhood job and what he bought with the money.

Catalogued sources

1. Building Pallets In 1984
   Role: randy commentary
   Randy relationship: Randy is the first-person narrator and participant in the pallet-building job.
   Sentiment: positive

   Randy says that during the summer of 1984, his dad's boss needed a lot of pallets, hired him and his mother to make them, paid him $14, and he spent the money on two Atari 2600 games.

   I built about 50 pallets and mom built about 50 pallets.

2. When I Built Wooden Pallets
   Role: randy commentary
   Randy relationship: Randy is the first-person narrator and participant in the pallet-building job.
   Sentiment: positive

   Randy repeats the same story with slightly different wording, saying he and his mother built about 50 wooden pallets each, were paid $14 each, and that he later bought Atari 2600 games with the money.

   mom and I built about 50 wooden pallets each