The list thing is a parlor trick. The timeline here is blurred it would seem..anyway the parlor trick is this: the magician has you write a secret on a piece of paper and he does the same, then they seal the "answers" in envelope or something..sometimes they burn it...anyway..while the trick is being played out, the answers are revealed and they "magically" match up. This is a trick that is played by real entertainers the world over and Patrick's character even. The video was set up that way. I am sure that Names board was used to make the video...how I don't know, but again that's the secret of the trick. But in my mind it is just that...a trick.