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63 statements about Brian in 54 videos, by upload date.

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2007

2008

  • 2008-02-14 · The Puff Pwns Gravity — John had thought the 'in your pants' joke had run its course until a nerdfighter checking in books for third graders found 'Pooh Gets Stuck'. (playful) — 00:02:05
  • 2008-04-21 · Belated Book-tacular Questions — recommendation: John: For the 'in your pants' game, John's favorite book title at the moment is Amy Krouse Rosenthal's Little Pea. (playful) — 00:01:22
  • 2008-05-18 · A CUTETACULAR INTRODUCTION! — John shows gifts Nerdfighters brought the brothers in Grand Rapids: a ceramic DFTBA cup and a book called 'Scruffy Teddy Likes to Play in Your Pants'. — 00:00:30
  • 2008-10-21 · Lonesome Cloud — Hank: Friends Brian and Jessalyn are visiting; for their anniversary the day before (20 October 2008), Hank says they all went into the recording studio and recorded some songs together. — 00:00:00
  • 2008-10-21 · Lonesome Cloud — Hank calls Brian a fantastic guitarist and songwriter and Jessalyn and Katherine wonderful singers; the three recorded the song he plays in the background. — 00:00:00
  • 2008-10-21 · Lonesome Cloud — ask: Hank asks viewers who like the song to comment, so its writer Brian, who is not very drawn to the internet, knows whether it would welcome him. — 00:02:46

2009

  • 2009-02-08 · All Aboard the Fail Boat — John says Nerdfighteria takes the attack on women's pants personally: the in-your-pants book-title joke is funny, a hoopskirt designed to rob women of power is not, and Williamson will not take his in-your-pants jokes. (playful) — 00:01:33
  • 2009-06-01 · DFTBA Street Team In Your Pants — Maureen Johnson: As E. Lockhart sought a title for what became The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, Maureen, staring at John's cream cheese, proposed adding 'in your pants' to any title; Looking for Alaska and An Abundance of Katherines came first. (playful) — 00:02:00
  • 2009-07-26 · Volunteering (In Your Pants) — John recounts that he and Maureen Johnson discovered in a coffee shop that adding 'in your pants' to book titles makes them funnier, and runs through examples. (playful) — 00:00:37
  • 2009-10-06 · Victoria Beckham In Your Pants — John restates the 'in your pants' rule: adding the words to the end of a book title often makes it funnier, and Nerdfighters keep finding examples, the last being 'Pooh Gets Stuck'. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2009-10-06 · Victoria Beckham In Your Pants — John says a Nerdfighter may have found an even better example: Victoria Beckham's book 'That Extra Half an Inch', subtitled 'Hair, Heels, and Everything in Between'. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:32
  • 2009-12-13 · Eyelash Malaria — John notes he pointed at his pants but wants the questions left in the comments, not in his pants. (joke) — 00:03:27
  • 2009-12-27 · How To Be a Nerdfighter: A Vlogbrothers FAQ — John says 'in your pants' was discovered by Maureen Johnson: adding it to book titles makes them funnier, e.g. The Sun Also Rises and A Spot of Bother. (playful) — 00:02:38

2010

  • 2010-01-22 · ThisIsNotJohn — Maureen Johnson: She describes herself as a friend of John's and fellow YA author, probably best known to Nerdfighters as the originator of the 'In Your Pants' joke. (hedged) — 00:00:00
  • 2010-08-20 · The Fox Hat IS REAL, but Are Zombies People? — John: In 'important developments in the field of your pants', John announces that a UK Nerdfighter has found a children's book called The Sweaty Yeti. (playful) — 00:03:18

2011

  • 2011-02-09 · NERDFIGHTERS UNITE! (in your pants) — John piles up old in-jokes: pizza in the mustache, the singamajig, his puppy-sized elephant, the Dread Pirate Fireball Wilson Roberts and French the Llama, Tender Morsels in your pants. (playful) — 00:00:18
  • 2011-02-11 · 200 People in Your Pants — Hank: The Your Pants Facebook application produces messages like 'Are you sure you want to remove Your Pants?', which Hank says sounds like a bad text-based romance simulator. (playful) — 00:00:10
  • 2011-04-29 · Peanut Butter Face Question Tuesday — John explains the 'in your pants' rule: their friend Maureen Johnson discovered that book titles are funnier with 'in your pants' added, and gives examples. — 00:01:31
  • 2011-11-28 · Stuffed with STUFF! — Hank says the fight to bring back the Your Pants forum continues and apologises that it has taken so long. — 00:00:58

2012

  • 2012-01-02 · Changes to Vlogbrothers — John says five years ago he would never have guessed there would be a Nerdfighteria, a Project for Awesome, In Your Pants jokes or an Evil Baby Orphanage (which still doesn't exist but should). — 00:00:00
  • 2012-06-19 · Solving Your Problems! — recommendation: John: To find local Nerdfighters, John points to Facebook, the Ning and Your Pants, where there are many location-specific Nerdfighter groups. (playful) — 00:03:16

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