Florida

place · in 23 videos (2007–2012)

Mentions by year: 2007: 5 · 2008: 2 · 2009: 7 · 2010: 3 · 2011: 2 · 2012: 4

Threads

The brothers' 'movie magic': footage shot on another day presented as today's (2007) — bit, callback, 2007–2013
Hank returns to Florida for a friend's wedding and a college-friends reunion (2010) — story, tell, 2010–2010
Hank's trip to Florida to visit his in-laws and his high-school friends in Orlando (2011) — story, update, 2011–2011
John: always vote, a promise made after he failed to vote in Florida in the 2000 US presidential election — promise, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2012–2012
The Green family reunion in Seaside, Florida (2012) — story, retell, 2012–2012

What the videos say

2007

2007-01-04 · Brotherhood 2.0: Eating Toilet Paper — John says he did not vote in 2000 even though he could have voted in Florida, and comically blames himself for George Bush. (00:00:40)
2007-01-23 · Week 1 Condensed! — John says he didn't recycle until he watched An Inconvenient Truth and is still iffy on it, and didn't vote in 2000 though he could have in Florida, comically blaming himself for George Bush. (00:02:50)
2007-02-12 · Brotherhood 2.0: February 12th — Hank says he is back in Montana, then admits he made the video early in Florida, kayaking with Katherine, on the most beautiful day he expects to see for a long time. (00:00:00)
2007-02-12 · Brotherhood 2.0: February 12th — Hank says the limpkin, which danced around him for photos, is one of the rarest bird species in Florida and almost went extinct in the early 1900s. (00:01:34)
2007-02-12 · Brotherhood 2.0: February 12th — Hank says alcohol cannot be sold on Sundays in Florida, so he has to buy the wine right away, before the cutoff. (00:02:14)
2007-05-16 · Brotherhood 2.0: May 16: Beating the EBO into the ground — John recalls the family living in Michigan, then moving to Birmingham, where Hank was born, then to Florida. (00:02:08)
2007-11-21 · November 20th: A White Thanksgiving — Hank says he has a bizarre fondness for cold weather, surprising since he and John grew up in Florida. (00:02:31)
2007-11-21 · November 20th: A White Thanksgiving — In Florida the family bundled up at 60 degrees; when it hit 30 degrees once, Dad got the brothers up around 6 a.m. to see frost on the roof. (00:02:31)

2008

2008-08-06 · Everyone's Your Friend... — Hank tells Nerdfighters anywhere on the East Coast they have to come, excusing only those as far away as Florida, then softens it to 'if you can, do it'. (00:00:46)
2008-10-24 · Talking to Myself — John told Hank the Florida nerdfighter event had a fantastic atmosphere; Hank's best friend from high school and John's elementary-school best friends were there. (00:02:27)

2009

2009-02-11 · Paper Towns Tastic Question Tuesday — John says Paper Towns is about Margo Roth Spiegelman, her next-door neighbour Q, the state of Florida and Walt Whitman. (00:00:00)
2009-04-15 · The World's Largest Balls — The world's largest rubber band ball, made by Joel Wall (as heard) in Florida, has more than 700,000 rubber bands weighing over 8,000 pounds and is named Megaton. (00:01:10)
2009-12-17 · Project for Awesome: The Nature Conservancy — Hank says the brothers' dad worked for the Nature Conservancy when they were growing up, as its Florida State Director. (00:00:33)

2010

2010-07-26 · Hank's Life in a Day — At Splash Montana, quaint and tiny by the standards of Hank's Florida childhood, they mostly lounged, Katherine ate a taco-topped bag of Doritos, and they rode slides. (00:02:21)
2010-08-06 · Looking for Alaska at My High School — John says Looking for Alaska is about a Florida boy obsessed with famous last words who leaves for an Alabama boarding school, and that he himself was once that boy. (00:00:20)
2010-10-11 · Like a Snake Swallowing an Egg: Thoughts from Florida — Hank wakes at nine, goes for a run, looks at some fish and, because it is so hot and humid, jumps into a pool; he is in Florida. (00:00:00)
2010-10-11 · Like a Snake Swallowing an Egg: Thoughts from Florida — Hank says it is very hot everywhere the air isn't conditioned, so no one is outside and everyone, himself included, is stuck in huge SUVs. (00:00:12)
2010-10-11 · Like a Snake Swallowing an Egg: Thoughts from Florida — Hank lived in Florida most of his life and, after moving away, saw much wrong with it; now he realizes his memory of it was selectively negative. (00:00:40)
2010-10-11 · Like a Snake Swallowing an Egg: Thoughts from Florida — Hank lists Florida's downsides: unnecessarily hot, a ridiculously bright sun, big cars needed everywhere, styrofoam cups, and fire ants, which stung him, deservedly. (00:00:50)
2010-10-11 · Like a Snake Swallowing an Egg: Thoughts from Florida — Hank says there are also things he loves: sweet tea, Waffle House, and a sun that breeds a variety of life Montana can't compare with. (00:01:06)
2010-10-11 · Like a Snake Swallowing an Egg: Thoughts from Florida — Hank realizes he misses not Florida but the reason he is there: a friend's wedding, with old college friends he hasn't seen in almost 10 years. (00:01:29)
2010-10-11 · Like a Snake Swallowing an Egg: Thoughts from Florida — Hank says most of the best reasons to love a place are people: he loves Florida for the people he loved there and will keep loving forever. (00:01:51)

2011

2011-05-31 · Horatio, the Newest Member of our Family — Hank is in Florida visiting his in-laws. (00:00:01)
2011-06-24 · On Religion (Redux) — In college John visited a Pentecostal church in rural Florida where a woman asked the pastor to pray for her sister, lost because she attended the Pentecostal church across the street. (00:01:06)

2012

2012-05-08 · Tiny Chickens Invade, But Still I Vote — John doesn't want to vote while sick, but after failing to vote in Florida in the 2000 presidential election he promised himself and his country he would always vote. (00:01:10)
2012-05-29 · Nerds at the Beach: A REUNION VIDEO! — John says he and Hank are at a family reunion in Seaside, Florida, which he calls the world capital of teenagers who don't know who they are. (00:00:18)
2012-06-01 · Adorable Squirrel and Table Topics — Hank says he has very much enjoyed the family vacation in sunny, steamy Florida (the people, the scenery, an adorable squirrel), especially hanging out with John. (00:00:00)
2012-11-09 · The Stadium of Representatives: The End of B20 Week :-( — Since the 435 can't grow, seats would be taken from other states; citing an online report, Hank says Florida, Washington, Texas, California and Minnesota would each lose one. (00:02:55)