William Shakespeare

person · in 19 videos (2007–2013)

Mentions by year: 2007: 5 · 2008: 4 · 2009: 2 · 2010: 1 · 2011: 3 · 2012: 2 · 2013: 2

What the videos say

2007-01-08 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 8, 2007 — Besides finishing it, John's problem is that the novel has no title; he is thinking of taking one from Shakespeare or the Bible. (00:01:27)
2007-07-27 · July 27: How Nerdfighters Drop Insults — John contrasts a dialogue of contemporary insults (dork, geek, you suck) with one built from real Shakespearean insults, which he performs. (00:01:37)
2007-07-27 · July 27: How Nerdfighters Drop Insults — John concludes that Shakespeare is how you insult people: Nerdfighters for the win. (00:02:39)
2007-07-27 · July 27: How Nerdfighters Drop Insults — John tours his home library's sections for Hank, from Shakespeare and religions to author copies and foreign editions of his own books, fiction, YA and humor. (00:02:46)
2007-08-22 · August 22nd: Um. Uh. IN YOUR PANTS — John declares that 'in your pants' jokes never get old, like the family in Tuck Everlasting, and runs through literary titles 'in your pants'. (00:02:37)
2007-10-16 · October 16th: John's Library Pwns — John tours his shelves: poetry (Cummings, Shakespeare, Dante, the Norton Anthology, Dorothy Parker), reference, religions, family, languages, social sciences, screenwriting and his author copies. (00:00:42)

2008-04-21 · Belated Book-tacular Questions — John says Shakespeare would vlog about the poor quality of insults on YouTube. (00:03:00)
2008-12-30 · Comment Haters and Christmas — Hank says Nerdfighters are good at insulting people and often invoke Shakespeare, reading one commenter's Shakespearean reply to an offensive comment. (00:00:53)
2008-12-30 · Comment Haters and Christmas — Hank says he is a big fan of answering haters' comments with Shakespearean insults, and sees it as proof of a great well of awesome in the world just being uncapped. (00:01:22)

2009-05-04 · Oinkbarf Pandemic! An Intellectual Response to Swine Flu — John says we generally respond to the futility of effort by ignoring it; he doesn't think about a day when no one reads Shakespeare, let alone his books. (00:02:51)
2009-10-26 · Fame: The Road Trip — John asks whose respect you want, the 'silverback gorilla' of your life's jungle: Ellen DeGeneres, Shakespeare or Jay-Z is fine; Lindsay Lohan calls for a hard look at yourself. (00:03:05)

2011-06-29 · THE FAULT IN OUR STARS — The title comes from Julius Caesar's 'the fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars'; John says that's easy for Shakespeare or a Roman nobleman to say, and he doesn't fully agree. (00:00:00)
2011-12-05 · 5 Worst Typos of History — John says the name Imogen comes from Shakespeare's Cymbeline and is probably a transcription error for Innogen, so Imogen Heap's name rests on a typo. (00:00:51)

2012-06-06 · The Dangling Rope of Terror: It's Question Tuesday — In a lightning round John names favorites: Behind the Beautiful Forevers (book of the year so far), Harvey (movie), the White Album, Charlie (YouTuber) and, this time, Macbeth over Hamlet. (00:01:45)

2013-09-06 · Undigested Lump (A Song) — After the survey results Hank started making more music, including a new song, "Undigested Lump", about being super angry at someone and insulting them using only Shakespearean insults. (00:01:07)