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170 statements about doobly-doo in 144 videos, by upload date.

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2009

  • 2009-10-28 · We Win When Everyone Wins — ask: Hank asks Nerdfighters to donate cameras above 6 megapixels, camcorders exporting via FireWire or USB, digital audio recorders and headphones better than earbuds; they already have computers. — 00:03:08
  • 2009-10-29 · EMBARASSMENT: The Live Show — ask: Hank invites viewers to join the live show via the link in the description. — 00:00:24
  • 2009-11-08 · H1N1 Vaccine Fears — ask: John tells Nerdfighters he will be in Hinsdale, Illinois this week (week of 2 November 2009) and invites them to come; details in the doobly-doo. — 00:00:00
  • 2009-12-20 · Awesome Project Is Awesome — John credits WheezyWaiter with inventing the "dooblydoo", like so much else that is good and beautiful. (playful) — video description
  • 2009-12-20 · Awesome Project Is Awesome — announcement: John says several P4A items are still auctioned on eBay, including a nerdfighter's bobblehead of John benefiting charity: water; links are in the doobly-doo. — 00:01:51

Also named in: Puppy Elephant Defends Capitalism

2010

  • 2010-04-21 · The Insurrection of Subjugated Knowledges — announcement: John announces a corndog shirt, a sequel to the pizza shirt, on pre-order for one week only and shipping in about three weeks, via a secret link in the description. — 00:01:34
  • 2010-05-31 · Farmville!!!!! A Song — ask: Hank says the link to buy the single is in the doobly-doo. — 00:02:53
  • 2010-07-05 · With Esther — ask: John asks viewers to vote for the Harry Potter Alliance via the link in the description and to get their friends to vote. — 00:02:22
  • 2010-07-16 · VidCon, Oil Spill, Punishments, Shane Dawson, and my Balls — recommendation: Hank thanks everyone making VidCon recap videos and links a few favourites in the description. — 00:01:49
  • 2010-07-21 · I Hung out with Snookie...Accidentally — ask: Hank hopes John is enjoying Germany and points viewers who want to see John there to information linked in the description. — 00:03:40
  • 2010-08-27 · Rest In Awesome, Esther — ask: John asks those so inclined to give to the Friends of Esther Fund, which goes directly to her family for expenses incurred during her care; link in the doobly-doo. — 00:02:01
  • 2010-09-17 · Positive Prank Calls!! — ask: Hank puts the script of his positive prank calls in the description so viewers can make their own, noting that they are perfectly legal. — 00:02:45
  • 2010-09-29 · MY FRIEND CHESTER — announcement: John says he is on his way to Waupaca, Wisconsin, where he will be speaking on Friday and Saturday, with more information in the description. — 00:03:05
  • 2010-10-04 · The Terrible Burden of Destiny: Chicago and Waupaca — ask: John tells viewers who want to take part in the 10/10/10 event to click the screen or read about it in the doobly-doo. — 00:02:12
  • 2010-10-13 · On Hope and Chile — ask: John asks viewers to check out the playlist in the doobly-doo, even if they aren't wondering whether it gets better, which it does. — 00:02:03
  • 2010-10-22 · Making Adorable Music — ask: John tells Nerdfighters there is only one week left to pre-order Hank's shirt celebrating giraffes who love giraffes, with the link in the doobly-doo. — 00:02:04
  • 2010-10-27 · You Are Awesome — ask: John asks viewers to stay tuned to Shawn's Twitter and YouTube channel, linked in the doobly-doo. — 00:00:01

Also named in: New Tour! New Book! (Remember Books?) Your Q's A'ed!, Cute OVERLOAD: The Ultimate Concern Edition, Quotations (And Holden Hats), Will Grayson, Will Grayson, Shmancy Hotel Room Is Shmancy, Advice on Dumb Boyfriends, Going to College, and More, Advice on First Kisses, Stalkers, College Majors, and More, In Defense of Contemporary Art, Giraffe Sex: A Terrifying Introduction to Nature at Work (and Play), Hey! You! Fix the Budget!, p4a, Space Pasta, and Giant Squids of Anger, Giant Tortoise Coitus, 8 Things I Love

2011

  • 2011-01-07 · CONCUSSED Question Friday — recommendation: John: Asked for his favourite Mountain Goats song, John recites a lyric about Raskolnikov; for a first album he puts a recommendation in the description. — 00:01:34
  • 2011-01-07 · CONCUSSED Question Friday — ask: John asks viewers who know any zombie-killing scenarios to leave them 'in the dooblydoo'. — 00:02:55
  • 2011-02-16 · This Video Brought to you by Nyquil — Hank: Exploring Your Pants, Hank found some of his favourite threads in the history of all forums, such as one where sciency people blow minds, linked in the doobly-doo. — 00:01:37
  • 2011-03-14 · Thoughts from Places: Los Angeles after the Earthquake — recommendation: John says Ransom used such photographs to make one of the greatest YouTube videos of all time, linked in the doobly-doo. — 00:00:57
  • 2011-03-14 · Thoughts from Places: Los Angeles after the Earthquake — ask: John tells Hank that a link to the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund is in the doobly-doo. — 00:02:31
  • 2011-03-28 · Participatory Geometry — ask: John asks actual teenagers to follow the link in the description and vote for their favourite book of the year. — 00:01:16
  • 2011-04-25 · Meeting Greg Mortenson — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to discuss ways to make Hank's birthday awesome in a Your Pants thread linked in the description, and tells Hank not to read it. — 00:02:57
  • 2011-04-29 · Peanut Butter Face Question Tuesday — ask: John: Asked about Hanko de Mayo plans, John points viewers to the link in the doobly-doo and forbids Hank to click it, with a mock threat. — 00:03:05
  • 2011-05-05 · IT'S HANKO DE MAYO!! — announcement: John: Hank receives today a large box of birthday greetings from Nerdfighters around the world, mailed to an Ohio P.O. box run by Valerie2776. — 00:00:23
  • 2011-05-05 · IT'S HANKO DE MAYO!! — ask: John: Nerdfighters who still want to can mail Hank a belated birthday card to the P.O. box in the doobly-doo. — 00:00:48
  • 2011-06-29 · THE FAULT IN OUR STARS — announcement: John: The Fault in Our Stars is number one on both Amazon and Barnes & Noble; John thanks everyone who pre-ordered it. — 00:00:29
  • 2011-06-29 · THE FAULT IN OUR STARS — ask: John points to the pre-order link in the doobly-doo (dft.ba/tfios), where the book costs only about $9. — 00:00:29
  • 2011-06-29 · THE FAULT IN OUR STARS — ask: John delegates the Sharpie colour to a poll in Your Pants, linked in the doobly-doo. — 00:01:10
  • 2011-07-01 · Humping the Town — Hank thanks Nerdfighters for making this a huge deal and being part of something he thinks is historic in the timeline of the publishing industry. — 00:03:13
  • 2011-07-04 · How to Turn Your Dumb Summer Job Into $162,000 — ask: John: Many Nerdfighters reached the voting round of YouTube NextUp Europe; John links their entries and asks viewers to watch all the videos and vote, since they can shape YouTube's future. — 00:03:26
  • 2011-07-08 · Kill the Dollar Bill! — John thanks Nerdfighters for continuing to make The Fault in Our Stars a bestseller on Amazon and Barnes & Noble: 'you're made of awesome'. — 00:02:29
  • 2011-07-08 · Kill the Dollar Bill! — ask: John: Viewers are deciding which Sharpie colour John will use to sign the books: the poll in Your Pants is linked in the doobly-doo, so vote. — 00:02:49
  • 2011-07-27 · 150,000 Autographs — John says Penguin told him it had watched the comments and Nerdfighters wanted the book before May, and credits their 'hardcore pre-ordering' for the earlier date. — 00:00:28
  • 2011-08-05 · Vidcon: Thoughts from Places — ask: The description invites viewers to pre-order John's new book, The Fault in Our Stars. — video description
  • 2011-08-15 · HANKLERFISH! — announcement: John says he brought the sheets because he cannot take a week off from signing: everyone who pre-orders The Fault in Our Stars gets a signed book, and 5% will be Hanklerfished. — 00:03:00
  • 2011-08-17 · Hank's Question Tuesday DEBUT! — announcement: Hank adds that The Fault in Our Stars is available at a link below and all copies will be signed. — 00:02:54
  • 2011-08-19 · Outtake Insanity and NERD FACTOR — announcement: John says his novel The Fault in Our Stars comes out in January and all pre-ordered copies will be signed. — video description
  • 2011-08-31 · How to Become An Adult — recommendation: John recommends Ilene's book Angel in My Pocket for the middle-grade reader in your life, with a link in the doobly-doo. — 00:03:11
  • 2011-09-07 · The Great Gatsby: Living the Dream in the Valley of Ashes — announcement: In the description John says his new novel The Fault in Our Stars is available for preorder and all preorders will be autographed. — video description
  • 2011-09-16 · Narrowly Avoiding Arrest: Some Airport Insanity — ask: In the description John says the entire first printing of The Fault in Our Stars will be signed and suggests today may be the day to order it. — video description
  • 2011-10-14 · Defying Wadsworth! — ask: John points viewers to the iTunes link for Laurena Segura's EP in the doobly-doo. — 00:03:37
  • 2011-10-19 · Question Wed — THE COVER OF THE FAULT IN OUR STARS! — ask: John asks viewers to submit covers via abundanceofcovers.com (linked in the doobly-doo), joking that the future of An Abundance of Katherines depends on it. — 00:01:02
  • 2011-10-28 · Reading Chapter One of The Fault in Our Stars — ask: John points to doobly-doo links to pre-order a signed copy; all copies will be signed, nobody should feel obligated, and he prefers they reach Nerdfighter homes. — 00:27:40
  • 2011-11-07 · IS THIS HEAVEN? — ask: John asks viewers to subscribe to Crash Course and SciShow through links in the doobly-doo and annotations. — 00:02:05
  • 2011-11-11 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — ask: John points viewers to a doobly-doo link to join the Nerdfighters group on Kiva and contribute to the lending arm of the Bank of Nerdfighteria. — 00:02:17
  • 2011-11-25 · Chapter TWO of The Fault in Our Stars — ask: John says Chapter 2 won't make much sense without Chapter 1 and points to a doobly-doo link to watch, hear or read it. — 00:00:07
  • 2011-11-25 · Chapter TWO of The Fault in Our Stars — ask: John says the chapter can also be read as text at scribd.com, with a doobly-doo link. — 00:22:54
  • 2011-11-25 · Chapter TWO of The Fault in Our Stars — ask: John puts links in the doobly-doo to all the places viewers can pre-order the book. — 00:22:54
  • 2011-11-25 · Chapter TWO of The Fault in Our Stars — ask: John says hearing him read the whole book is only possible via the special box set from his last video, thanks to Brilliance Audio; link in the doobly-doo. — 00:22:54
  • 2011-12-05 · 5 Worst Typos of History — ask: John points viewers to doobly-doo links to pre-order a signed copy of The Fault in Our Stars. — 00:03:08
  • 2011-12-23 · There Will Be NO SPOILERS!!! — ask: John: The Fault in Our Stars is still available for pre-order, and meanwhile viewers can read John's other books (the description names Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines and Paper Towns). — 00:02:50

Also named in: DANDY LIONS! It's Question Day, TERRIBLE, Why Does My Dog Eat Poop?, Hank is an Adorable, Drunk Princess, Tales of Nerd Love!, Eating the Unicorn, Gatsby's American Dream: Reading The Great Gatsby Critically, Chapter 1, Awesome Bankers?, Signing Psychosis Takes Over, Honey Badgers: The Crazy Truth

2012

Also named in: Things I Can Do, Sharpie Face Question Tuesday, Chris Colfer, John Green, Mob Wives, and Jeffrey Eugenides: Thoughts from Places Book Expo, Solving Your Problems!, An Open Letter to Students Returning to School, Open Letter to the Wizards, Time for AWESOME

2013

Also named in: New Channels, New Songs, and Just Plain News, THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2013 IS UPON US!

2014

Also named in: A Middle Aged Man, Looking Away

2015

  • 2015-05-12 · Becoming Someone Else — ask: John thanks Tameka Norris and asks viewers to check out The Art Assignment's many assignments and videos about contemporary art. — 00:03:22
  • 2015-06-30 · Some News — ask: John points viewers to nightonthetowns.com, linked in the description, for the night-before screening and livestream where the cast will answer questions and sing. — 00:02:11
  • 2015-07-14 · On Exhaustion — announcement: John will be in Indianapolis the next day for the start of the Paper Towns tour with Nat, Cara, Akilah Hughes and Nerdfighters, then Columbus and Dallas; events are free, details in the doobly-doo. — 00:00:45
  • 2015-07-21 · PAPER TOWNS IS HERE AND JOHN IS A BALL OF ANXIETY — John: Caring mostly about responses from Nerdfighteria and people who care about the story, John invented a fake hashtag to follow instead of the official ones, linked in the doobly-doo. — 00:03:14
  • 2015-12-01 · John's Book Giving Guide for the Holidays! — announcement: John says links to all the books are in the description and tells Hank he is getting some of them for Christmas. (playful) — 00:03:41
  • 2015-12-29 · How to Give Away Over a Million Dollars — announcement: John points to more information about the charities in the description, including a playlist of Project for Awesome videos about each. — 00:01:51

Also named in: Beards, Birds, and the Paper Towns Release Date: Question Tuesday!, Is Obamacare Working? The Affordable Care Act Five Years Later, Hank's Haircut and Related Existential Crises, Is Poverty Necessary? Looking back at the Millennium Development Goals, Understanding YouTube Red: Paid Subscriptions and the Future of Online Video, The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Semiannual Report

2016

Also named in: Decathlons, Pretension, and the Weirdest Animal I've Met: It's Question Thursday

2017

  • 2017-04-04 · Why I Won't Run for Office — John says a scavenger hunt is happening with a different riddle every week, explained in the doobly-doo, and this week's (week of 3 April 2017) clue is Self-Care Bunny, rearranged. (playful) — 00:03:33
  • 2017-07-11 · Signing 200,000 Autographs — ask: John: The signed edition has its own ISBN, with links in the doobly-doo, but the book is available pretty much wherever books are sold. — 00:03:22
  • 2017-07-25 · What OCD Is Like (for Me) — ask: John asks anyone concerned about their mental health to seek help, pointing to resources in the description. — 00:03:28
  • 2017-09-07 · I Love and Apologize to (Insert Location Here): Surprise Thursday Bonus Video! — ask: John points to a doobly-doo link with information on each event and tickets. — 00:02:43
  • 2017-09-12 · How Will the World End? Why Even Get Out of Bed? It's Question Tuesday. — ask: John says several other shows are nearly sold out, so now is a good time to get tickets at turtlesallthewaydownbook.com, linked in the doobly-doo. — 00:01:51
  • 2017-11-28 · Let's Talk about Money — ask: John asks viewers who know a great educational creator needing a few thousand dollars, or who are one, to apply through the link in the description. — 00:00:23
  • 2017-11-28 · Let's Talk about Money — recommendation: John highly recommends Hank's guide to making a good P4A video, linked in the description. — 00:02:24
  • 2017-12-12 · 2017 is the Best? — ask: John invites donations with perks such as tuatara coins, deleted scenes from Turtles All the Way Down and a personalized self-care bunny, some limited: 'no pressure, em dash, a little bit of pressure'. — 00:03:30
  • 2017-12-15 · Why Big Solutions Fail — ask: Hank says that besides funding this hard work, donors get cool stuff, so viewers should go to projectforawesome.com/donate. — 00:02:31
  • 2017-12-19 · History Is Happening — ask: John says viewers can still donate until midnight at projectforawesome.com/donate, with perks such as New Zealand nickels, P4A socks and signed copies of Turtles All the Way Down. — 00:01:28
  • 2017-12-19 · History Is Happening — John thanks everyone who took part in the Project for Awesome by donating, making videos, commenting or joining the livestream. — 00:01:45

Also named in: Human Life Is Getting Better. Faster Than Ever Before., My New Book, Death and How to Avoid It (...for a while), 40, Why Cities?, Turtles All the Way Down!!! A Reunion Video, Look at Tiny Baby Hank

2018

  • 2018-07-03 · How Does This End? — announcement: John: A survey is in the doobly-doo, and John will abide by its results. — 00:03:40
  • 2018-07-06 · This Ends in Death — Hank: The survey results say people are fine with the brothers taking three weeks of vacation. — 00:00:40
  • 2018-07-06 · This Ends in Death — Hank doesn't know how he will take vacation: flexible space may not be good for him, since he needs to know exactly what he has to do. (unsure) — 00:00:44
  • 2018-07-06 · This Ends in Death — announcement: Hank plans to schedule his vacation days far in advance so he can't skip a week for lack of good ideas: he needs the pressure. (hedged) — 00:00:55
  • 2018-10-29 · PIZZAMAS IS HERE! — announcement: John: For newcomers John puts an explanatory link in the doobly-doo, with a link to all Pizzamas items, available only for two weeks; all proceeds go to charity. — 00:03:06

Also named in: What Can't a Billion Dollars Buy?, When Your Friend Runs for Governor, My Signature Move, You Did It!, Let's Talk Money: The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Semi-Annual Report

2019

  • 2019-02-12 · Are Textbooks Obsolete? — recommendation: John recommends reading the entire Gates letter if you're interested, with a link in the doobly-doo. — 00:01:27
  • 2019-03-05 · Way, Way Down the Rabbit Hole — announcement: John tells the whole story, as far as he knows it, in the Art Assignment video linked in the doobly-doo. — 00:02:55
  • 2019-04-05 · TOO MANY MILKS — Hank notes John didn't post on Tuesday: they had said they would take vacation days, and now one has actually happened and Hank is adjusting. — 00:00:00
  • 2019-04-09 · The Only Psychiatric Hospital in Sierra Leone — ask: John hopes viewers will sign up for the new newsletter about the Sierra Leone project, linked in the doobly-doo, to learn more. — 00:06:00
  • 2019-09-24 · I, Too, Dislike It — ask: John asks viewers to check out Ours Poetica via the link and subscribe, hoping they find in it a place for the genuine. — 00:03:30
  • 2019-10-08 · Looking for Alaska (...with Alaska) — announcement: John: The series also comes out on BBC3 in the UK and in Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and many other places; more info in the doobly-doo. — 00:00:29

Also named in: I Quit Social Media. Here's How It's Going, The Mexican Repatriation, Unscripted and Unhinged, old fashioned parts video, We Are Cats Now, I Guess?

2020

  • 2020-03-17 · together. — recommendation: John has found YouTube videos helpful, such as Grant at 3Blue1Brown explaining exponential growth and Jane Wong reading a poem on Ours Poetica. — 00:02:55
  • 2020-04-14 · books that help — announcement: John says Sarah's virtual book tour begins tonight, with more information in the description. — 00:00:57
  • 2020-07-21 · Somebody Once Asked . . . — recommendation: John: To make friends online, John recommends online Nerdfighter communities, linked in the doobly-doo. — 00:03:21
  • 2020-09-29 · How 'bout Yours? — recommendation: In a channel comment John says he finds poems as one book leads to another (the Norton Anthology led him to the Wallace Stevens book), and recommends Ours Poetica. — 00:00:00

Also named in: On Immunity, Inoculation, and Individuals, Finally Launching this Project!!!

2022

Also named in: Is This Painting Upside Down?

2023

  • 2023-03-07 · What's the Deal with Paperback Publishing? — announcement: John announces the paperback of The Anthropocene Reviewed is about to come out and he will launch it in person in Miami, Florida, on March 23; tickets in the description. — 00:00:29
  • 2023-08-08 · TAKE IT UP A NOTCH — ask: John asks viewers to decide, via a poll linked in the description, whether the brothers should continue the four-minute rule. — 00:04:11
  • 2023-10-06 · I Quit — ask: Hank invites people making mostly long- or short-form educational video, or who know someone who is, to apply via the description link; grants are usually $1,000 to $3,000. — 00:07:58
  • 2023-11-21 · Minus Its Charms — ask: John links the debt jubilee in Casey McIntyre's honor for viewers who want to join in donating, calling it a lovely way to remember someone and care for each other. — 00:03:14
  • 2023-12-24 · John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated — announcement: John says the first episode of The Art Assignment comes out in late February (2014). — 01:34:23

2024

  • 2024-01-16 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — ask: John asks people who can donate over $500 to P4A 2024 to sign up for the matching fund through the link in the description and pinned comment, so every small donor's gift is matched. — 00:02:50
  • 2024-03-26 · I Own Danaher — ask: John says the tests for XDR-TB, HIV and hepatitis remain far too expensive, so several organizations are asking for lower prices in low- and middle-income countries; viewers can sign their petition. — 00:00:40
  • 2024-04-16 · I Already Got Paid — In a channel comment, John says Wheezywaiter invented the term doobly-doo. — creator comment
  • 2024-04-16 · I Already Got Paid — announcement: John says the film's trailer is live, linked in the description, and the film comes out May 2nd on Max. — 00:03:14
  • 2024-05-28 · A Midlife Crisis — ask: John asks viewers to check out the Crash Course coin via the doobly-doo at crashcoursecoin.com. — 00:04:31
  • 2024-06-04 · how it all ends — ask: John: In a P.S., John hopes viewers will watch or listen to the Crash Course Universe podcast, linked in the doobly-doo. — 00:04:52
  • 2024-06-18 · The Tea — ask: John: A link in the doobly-doo and an offer code give 50% off the first tea subscription order. — 00:04:52
  • 2024-08-03 · I Love Hank. (Also I'm back.) — announcement: John: Esther's friends and family will celebrate her and Esther Day tonight, Eastern Time; John, Wheezy Waiter and Flula will be there, with a link in the doobly-doo. — 00:02:26
  • 2024-08-06 · What Helped Through Depression — John donated to Henry's well project, promised to help share it, and links it in the doobly-doo. — 00:01:56
  • 2024-09-27 · Is It 2010? IT'S A PARTS VIDEO — ask: John says the TB Fighters community asks viewers to call their congressperson about the act, with info in the description: a rare phone call that could save lives. — 00:01:13
  • 2024-09-27 · Is It 2010? IT'S A PARTS VIDEO — ask: John asks viewers who can to sign a petition for more tuberculosis funding from the Global Fund, linked below; it takes about 30 seconds. — 00:04:38
  • 2024-10-22 · My New Book: Everything Is Tuberculosis — ask: John says viewers can pre-order a signed copy via the link below or at everythingistb.com. — 00:02:55
  • 2024-10-22 · My New Book: Everything Is Tuberculosis — ask: John says he has been livestreaming signing sessions on John's Channel and invites viewers to hang out with him in a low-stress way, link below. — 00:03:20
  • 2024-11-01 · Working Through a Crisis with My Brother — ask: Hank asks for applications for the Vlogbrothers sponsorship: half of their money helps newer educational creators on any internet platform. — 00:00:29

Also named in: The world will change.

2025

  • 2025-03-11 · Hank Green's Brother — ask: John hopes viewers like EcoGeek and says they should check it out via the link in the description. — 00:02:57
  • 2025-04-22 · The Unimportant Things — ask: John invites viewers to watch the first episode and all future episodes free on YouTube via the link in the doobly-doo. — 00:02:26

Also named in: The Double

2026

Also named in: Noted Brother Hank Green

Also named in other years (nothing said): let's go on a parts adventure (2021-01-19), I L*** Hank (2021-08-03)