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Tour de Nerdfighting

project · in 35 videos (2008–2012)

Mentions by year: 2008: 17 · 2009: 5 · 2011: 2 · 2012: 11

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What the videos say

2008

  • 2008-05-30 · The Dread Pirate Fireball Roberts! (And Housekeeping) — John announces the 2008 Tour de Nerdfighting across America and hopefully a few places in Canada, telling Nerdfighters to mark their calendars for November. (00:00:48)
  • 2008-07-01 · Live from LAX — John jokes that Hank missed ALA because he is training body and mind to meet 'tens of billions' of nerdfighters on the Great American Tour de Nerdfighting 2008. (00:02:11)
  • 2008-08-18 · This Video Comes in Threven Parts — Hank says they may print the top three or four shirts, and some will be available on the Great American Tour de Nerdfighting. (00:03:03)
  • 2008-09-04 · Paper Towns Tour Dates! — After a few days off, Hank, Katherine, sometimes the Yeti and John start the Great American Tour de Nerdfighting 2008, from Plano, Texas, on November 2 to Ames, Iowa, on November 16. (00:02:56)
  • 2008-09-24 · Paper Towns and Touring Question Tuesday — Answering why the tour skips certain cities, John says that over the next five to six weeks he is going everywhere he possibly can. (00:00:43)
  • 2008-09-24 · Paper Towns and Touring Question Tuesday — John says several new tour events were added, details at nerdfighters.com, and lists the cities the tour is definitely going to. (00:01:12)
  • 2008-10-28 · Early Voting with Hank — Hank announces the Tour de Nerdfighting with John (and apparently Katherine) begins in Plano, Texas on November 2nd, and invites people to come party. (00:01:31)
  • 2008-11-03 · Hank and John from the Road — The Great American Tour de Nerdfighting 2008 begins, featuring Hank, John, Katherine and a minivan. (00:00:00)
  • 2008-11-03 · Hank and John from the Road — John says they will collect money for Save the Children Bangladesh throughout the entire tour. (00:01:11)
  • 2008-11-05 · Election Night In Indianapolis! — Hank corrects John's video of the day before: his CD is only currently available on the tour; afterwards they will sell and ship it online, hopefully in early December. (00:01:15)
  • 2008-11-07 · Funny Noises from Tennessee — Hank offers a song on Thursday rather than Wednesday: a Nerdfighter chant he and John have done at Tour de Nerdfighting gatherings, which he wants everyone to know. (00:00:29)
  • 2008-11-17 · Life on Tour — With Hank in the next hotel room, John greets Nerdfighters and presents a day in their life on tour. (00:00:14)
  • …and 10 more statements in 2008 (most important shown)

2009

  • 2009-02-03 · Five Parts — Hank shows a Hank sock made by a Nerdfighter and given to him on the Nerdfighter tour, and asks for ideas of what he and the sock could do besides embarrassing-moment sock puppet theater, which was already done. (00:01:45)
  • 2009-08-12 · The Island of Nerdfighteria? — John promises the brothers will do another Tour de Nerdfighting, though planning, logistics and money mean it may be a while. (00:00:32)
  • 2009-09-23 · Paper Towns in Paperback: A How-to Guide — John credits their commitment and organization with putting Paper Towns on the New York Times bestseller list, thanks them for gifts, and says the tour let him meet Nerdfighters. (00:00:00)
  • 2009-09-25 · Fake John Green : New Album : Shirts — Hank says there is a chance he will tour the western US with the new album, though it comes out soon and he is not guaranteeing anything; the Tour de Nerdfighting covered the east. (00:01:56)
  • 2009-09-30 · DFTBA TAKEOVER!!! — Hank says that, planning a tour of the western United States, he doesn't know where Nerdfighters are, and will go where lots of people sign up, as with the Tour de Nerdfighting. (00:02:40)

2011

2012

  • 2012-01-10 · The Fault in Our Stars — John is a bit stressed: he has to leave his family for a month, which is a bummer, but he is excited to go on tour. (00:00:12)
  • 2012-01-10 · The Fault in Our Stars — John says Tour de Nerdfighting tickets remain only near New Orleans, Houston, Austin, Phoenix, Albuquerque, Seattle and San Francisco, with ticket info in the description. (00:02:31)
  • 2012-01-13 · TFiOS PARTY! — Hank says that during the tour the brothers do 'Nerdcash': leaving bags of buttons in places, which viewers can only find out about by following them on Twitter. (00:01:07)
  • 2012-01-13 · TFiOS PARTY! — Hank tells John it is an honour to be his brother and to be on this tour with him. (00:01:32)
  • 2012-01-17 · Thoughts from Places: The Tour — On tour John wakes every morning after a few hours of sleep with 'Five Hundred Miles' stuck in his head, packs up and drives 500 miles or so in the van to the next place. (00:00:01)
  • 2012-01-20 · Thoughts on SOPA From New Orleans — The brothers are in New Orleans and played a show last night in a synagogue, weird but awesome; John is at a conference while Hank walks the city with his wife, eating and watching street performers. (00:00:00)
  • 2012-01-24 · Nicest Hotel Room in the World — After the Houston stop of the Tour de Nerdfighting, signing ended around midnight and the hotel told the brothers it had accidentally sold their rooms; John was cranky and wanted to sleep. (00:00:01)
  • 2012-01-27 · In 'N' Out-Erview — The brothers banter about the tour shows: a show line 'my greatest accomplishment is being your brother' is called a favourite joke, and one brother gets shocked almost every night instead of the other (speakers unclear). (00:01:27)
  • 2012-02-01 · How It Felt — John says the Tour de Nerdfighting is coming to an end after three weeks; last night they were signing in Seattle. (00:00:01)
  • 2012-02-01 · How It Felt — John, Hank and Katherine talked yesterday about how they hardly remember the 2008 Tour de Nerdfighting, what it was like or how it felt. (00:00:30)
  • 2012-02-04 · An Awful Lot of Touring — Hank says someone on tour suggested he redo 'An Awful Lot of Running' as 'An Awful Lot of Driving', and he did; he sings the parody about tour life. (00:00:00)
  • 2012-02-04 · An Awful Lot of Touring — Hank tells John that he and Katherine kept saying 'we did it' after the last show, at the hotel, the airport, landing in Missoula and getting into their own bed. (00:00:54)
  • …and 3 more statements in 2012 (most important shown)