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Happy dance

ritual · in 41 videos (2007–2011)

Mentions by year: 2007: 28 · 2008: 5 · 2009: 4 · 2010: 3 · 2011: 1

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What the videos say

2007

  • 2007-01-12 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 12, 2007 — John's last punishment idea: do your happy dance for 3 minutes 30 seconds, but only in 5-second clips; unable to phone Daniel this late, he works out 70 dances in 70 locations. (00:01:27)
  • 2007-01-12 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 12, 2007 — John suggests the happy-dance idea might be a project rather than a punishment: the brothers intersperse their happy dances, 35 each, and he asks Hank if he is interested. (00:01:50)
  • 2007-01-15 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 15th — In a 'Brotherhood 2.0 agreement moment', Hank backs John's idea of doing their happy dances for 3 minutes 30 seconds as a perfect Brotherhood 2.0 project. (00:01:05)
  • 2007-01-16 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 16, 2007 — John owns up to the '70-42 mishap': the right count is 42 five-second clips, not his 70; he jokingly blames a lifelong belief that a minute has 100 seconds. (00:00:12)
  • 2007-01-16 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 16, 2007 — John asks whether they can agree to have their happy-dance compilation video done around the end of February. (00:02:37)
  • 2007-01-27 · Week 2 Condensed Highlight Reel — John suggests the happy dance might instead be a project, interspersing their dances, 35 each, and asks Hank's interest. (00:05:58)
  • 2007-05-24 · Brotherhood 2.0: May 24: How to Happy Dance — John says his happy dance is huge in the Netherlands: people from his Dutch publisher in Rotterdam asked him to do it outside the restaurant where they took him to dinner. (00:01:47)
  • 2007-05-26 · May 25th: FreeMonkey's Tour — To celebrate Free Monkey's day, John's happy dances in Holland and the end of the collection period for Randy's family, Hank lowers the World Suck Index to Suck Level Yellow. (00:01:57)
  • 2007-08-31 · August 31: Copyright and Airports — All Brotherhood 2.0 happy dances are licensed under a Creative Commons license for distribution and modification, though everyone should really have their own happy dance. (00:01:43)
  • 2007-08-31 · August 30th: A Secret Project for Nerdfighters — John asks all Nerdfighters to send their happy dances, filmed in front of awesome places in their towns and neighborhoods, for a compilation video. (00:02:15)
  • 2007-09-18 · September 18: In Defense of Chris Crocker — John says he has finished a revision of Paper Towns and is happy, relieved and excited enough to dance. (00:00:10)
  • 2007-09-20 · Sept. 20th: Wacky String — John reminds viewers that he and Hank are collecting nerdfighters' happy dance videos by email, with an October 1 deadline; a phone is enough to film one. (00:01:20)
  • …and 15 more statements in 2007 (most important shown)

2008

2009

  • 2009-04-25 · Saturday Video?!?!?! — John doubts happy dances can be copyrighted and gives a viewer permission to teach his happy dance in her aerobics class. (00:02:03)
  • 2009-06-08 · I Will Call Him Louis: Australia Rocks! — At the Melbourne Nerdfighter gatherings Debbie warmed up the crowd with the Happy Dance song, and Natalie and a child of the brothers sang about puppy-sized elephants. (00:02:32)

2010

  • 2010-10-13 · On Hope and Chile — John does his happy dance in his basement because he was too socially awkward to do it in front of hundreds of Nerdfighters at the Bean in Chicago, and shows theirs. (00:00:47)
  • 2010-12-17 · PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2010: Save the Children and Partners in Health — John defines 'us' as people who 'do this' (an on-screen gesture) to remind themselves to be awesome and who happy dance even after tragedy; keeping it going helps the poor and helps us. (00:01:56)
  • 2010-12-22 · I Was on Jeopardy!!!! — Because his week has turned around, John shares his happy dance, performed around his hotel and coached by Wheezy Waiter, ending in a handstand. (00:01:44)