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celebrity

concept · in 14 videos (2007–2013)

Mentions by year: 2007: 3 · 2008: 1 · 2009: 4 · 2010: 1 · 2011: 1 · 2012: 3 · 2013: 1

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What the videos say

2007

  • 2007-04-23 · April 23rd: Celebrity — Asked to comment on reports he is on someone's free pass list, Hank notes he is apparently a celebrity, declines to comment, is fine with it, and is disappointed to rank after Brian Setzer. (00:02:19)
  • 2007-07-26 · July 26: The Price of Fame — Hank says the price of YouTube fame is comments: for every 100 views a video gets, there will be one comment. (00:01:21)
  • 2007-07-26 · July 26: The Price of Fame — Hank says a few comments can be taken one by one, but 2,000 of them form a shape: a bell curve of mostly nice comments with two extremes, way too mean and way too nice. (00:01:21)
  • 2007-07-26 · July 26: The Price of Fame — Hank finds the comments stressful - half seem to call him gay, half want his babies - but has tempered it by seeing that most people are very nice and supportive. (00:02:22)
  • 2007-08-16 · August 15: Getting Featured on YouTube — Hank says the brothers should be happy with their current fame: being famous to cool people is better than being famous with everybody. (00:03:23)

2008

  • 2008-01-09 · The Return of Question Tuesdays — Asked what word he hates saying, John names 'celebrity': he thinks the world would be better if the word and the idea behind it ceased to exist. (00:01:06)

2009

  • 2009-07-21 · Twenty Questions and Michael Collins — Hank reports 20Q then guessed 'John Green, author', and declares this the definition of famous: John is now officially famous. (00:00:29)
  • 2009-07-21 · Twenty Questions and Michael Collins — Hank concludes he shouldn't be upset if 20Q doesn't know him, since he hasn't been to the moon, and congratulates John on being more famous than the astronaut who stayed in the craft. (00:02:53)
  • 2009-08-06 · Robert Pattinson and DJ Railstone — John says the point is to find out how real made-up people can become and to remind us we are not innocent bystanders in celebrity: Pattinson has us to thank and blame for his beauty. (00:02:47)
  • 2009-10-18 · The Balloon Boy Hoax — John says the father so wanted to be a famous TV star that he faked his son's possible death, thinking, like all narcissists, that he was a genius. (00:03:02)
  • 2009-10-18 · The Balloon Boy Hoax — John's question of the day: since fame leads to divorce, personality disorders, head-shaving and general ass-hattery, why do people want fame and sell out values and loved ones for strangers' attention? (00:03:02)
  • 2009-10-18 · The Balloon Boy Hoax — John asks what incentive fame could offer if we behave as incentivized; it isn't money, since lawyers make better money than stars of TLC shows. (00:03:31)
  • 2009-10-26 · Fame: The Road Trip — John recalls his Balloon Boy video last week and its question: why do people want fame despite ample evidence it is sucky and destructive? (00:00:39)
  • 2009-10-26 · Fame: The Road Trip — First category, fame lets you live after death: John says no one lives forever, since eventually no humans will remain to remember anyone. (00:00:39)
  • 2009-10-26 · Fame: The Road Trip — Second category, fame makes you rich without hard work: John is unconvinced; getting famous is peculiar but real work, and you don't get that rich. (00:02:07)
  • 2009-10-26 · Fame: The Road Trip — John thinks we are genetically coded to seek respect, not from everyone but from the people whom we respect. (00:02:36)

2010

  • 2010-07-14 · Top 10 VIDCON MOMENTS — John says that although YouTubers are mostly introverted, nerdy people, everyone at VidCon was incredibly nice, famous people did not act famous, and the vibe was supportive and collaborative. (00:01:51)

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2013

  • 2013-10-15 · Thoughts for Nerdfighteria — John says they realized years ago that fame is not very fulfilling, but making stuff you like with people you like is tremendously fulfilling. (00:02:09)