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Brian

friend · in 54 videos (2007–2023)

Friend of Hank's, a guitarist and songwriter who visited with Jessalyn in October 2008 and recorded songs with them in the studio. Hank shared one of his songs and asked viewers to comment, since Brian is not very drawn to the internet.

Works: Brian's song (Lonesome Cloud?)

Videos by year: 2007: 35 · 2008: 4 · 2009: 6 · 2010: 2 · 2011: 4 · 2012: 2 · 2023: 1

Threads

Also named in the threads: Hank and Katherine's October trip: drive from Montana to Seattle, then fly on (2007)

Often together

What comes up in the same parts of the videos; the number is how many parts.

Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone? (2) · in your pants (3) · Katherine Green (4)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2007

  • 2007-01-23 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 23rd — Hank says he was recently at Maureen Johnson's blog, about a long conversation John, Johnson and Lockhart had on the suffix 'in your pants': every book title gets better with it. (playful) — 00:01:57
    • Hank applies the suffix to books in the cabin: The Dance of the Dissident Daughter, Present Moment Wonderful Moment, Stumbling on Happiness, The Left Hand of Darkness and a student bible. (joke) — 00:02:28
  • 2007-01-24 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 24, 2007 — John applies the 'in-your-pants rule' to books from his home library: Getting the Girl, The Mystery of the Golden Spheres, Rabbit at Rest, The Cheese Monkeys, Everyman, The Stranger and more. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:24
    • John adds an addendum to the rule: sometimes 'in your pants' isn't the funniest addition; funniest is 'Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone… From Your Pants'. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:31
  • 2007-01-29 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 29th — Hank: The project is a performance of 'Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone From Your Pants', the old song with the 'from your pants' suffix. (playful) — 00:00:50 · also in: October 16th: John's Library Pwns
  • 2007-01-30 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 30, 2007 — John: Offering in-your-pants jokes, John asks Hank and viewers which is funnier: 'Everyone Poops in My Pants' or 'Everyone Poops in Your Pants'. (playful) — 00:01:22
  • 2007-01-31 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 31st — Hank: Agreeing with most commenters, Hank rules 'in my pants' funnier: 'Everyone Poops in My Pants' is a sad story, and sad poop stories are funnier than funny ones. (playful) — 00:02:13
  • 2007-06-08 · Brotherhood 2.0: June 8: Studying the Clues — John's 'clue in my pants' turns out to be evil-baby drawings: evil baby Stalin and, he thinks, evil baby Hitler. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:43
  • 2007-07-19 · July 19: A Day in the Life of a Writer (Who Has No Friends) — announcement: John is working on a part of his new novel about 150 pages in, and reads its prologue as a hint because people 'in my pants' debate what the book is about. — 00:01:32
  • 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'. (joke) — 00:02:37
  • 2007-10-02 · Oct. 2nd: Brotherhood 2.0 on the Road (Literally) — John: Pants from the Nerdfighter pants outlet would bear pineapples, 'the international sign for welcome', as in 'welcome to my pants'. (joke) — 00:01:40
  • 2007-12-31 · Dec 31: Goodbye Brotherhood 2.0 — both: The song lists the year's in-jokes: thinking about 'my pants' (the forum) makes them do their happy dance, along with 'Peels' (unclear), shirtless pictures and wax on John's chin. (playful) — 00:01:24
  • …and 29 statements more in 2007 — all statements of 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
  • 2008-05-18 · 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
    • 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
    • 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
  • …and 1 statement more in 2008 — all statements of 2008

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
    • 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
  • 2009-12-27 · 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
  • …and 1 statement more in 2009 — all statements of 2009

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
  • 2011-04-29 · 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
  • …and 1 statement more in 2011 — all statements of 2011

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

2023