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Mike Green

parent · in 139 videos (2007–2026)

The brothers' father, usually called Dad, whom John calls a really awesome, always proud and supportive father.

Speaks in 3 videos; this page lists what is said about them.

Videos by year: 2007: 44 · 2008: 5 · 2009: 11 · 2010: 5 · 2011: 8 · 2012: 6 · 2013: 7 · 2014: 3 · 2015: 5 · 2016: 4 · 2017: 3 · 2018: 8 · 2019: 3 · 2020: 3 · 2021: 2 · 2022: 3 · 2023: 4 · 2024: 5 · 2025: 3 · 2026: 7

Also known as: Dad, our dad, Dad Green

Threads

Also named in the threads: Hank asks John and viewers what to do with his misprinted EcoGeek business cards (2007) · The brothers' 'movie magic': footage shot on another day presented as today's (2007) · John and Sarah move to Indianapolis (2007) · Question Tuesday: weekly Tuesday question days for nerdfighters (2007) · Hank and Katherine's October trip: drive from Montana to Seattle, then fly on (2007) · Hank asks John to show his own box of childhood keepsakes (2007) · John's 1984 tee-ball 'all-star in our hearts' trophy (2007) · Brotherhood 2.0 scavenger hunt (2007) · Paper Towns Tour (2008) · John finds and reads a picture book he wrote as a child, 'Happy New Year Streamers' (2009) · Hank loses his camcorder charger and cannot record new video (2009) · The brothers' childhood choreographed dances to Ice Ice Baby and Stand · John's house renovation and flooded basement (2009) · John and Sarah (the Yeti) are expecting a baby (2009) · Red Green's poop in the brothers' childhood Nintendo · John: how Looking for Alaska was written, revised and won the Printz Award (2006) · John in Venice for the Indianapolis Museum of Art's US Pavilion at the Venice Biennale (2011) · John's six-year dream of owning a Chevy Volt comes true (2012) · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall (2013) · John's depression at 24 in Chicago: leave from Booklist, home to Orlando, and watching Harvey · Hank and John's family trip to Florida (January 2015) · John: go to Wembley to watch AFC Wimbledon if they reach the play-off final (2016) · John's 36 hours from the Indianapolis 500 to Wembley and AFC Wimbledon's promotion party (May 2016) · PodCon 2017 (Seattle, December 9-10): podcast convention with Night Vale Presents and the McElroys · John and Sarah's two-person book club before they started dating · Hank asks donors of more than $500 to join the P4A 2026 matching fund at projectforawesome.com/matching (2026) · Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) · P4A 2026 edition

Often together

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

Sydney Green (70) · Katherine Green (18) · Sarah Urist Green (18) · Florida (6) · Indianapolis (9) · Missoula, Montana (6) · Christmas (4) · Henry Green (6) · Europe (4) · New York City (5)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

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. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:27
  • 2007-01-15 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 15th — Hank: 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. (hedged) — 00:01:05
  • 2007-05-16 · Brotherhood 2.0: May 16: Beating the EBO into the ground — John: Correcting Hank's last video, John says he was born in Indianapolis but lived there only until he was three weeks old, not three years. — 00:02:08
  • 2007-06-13 · June 13: Dominican Debacles — Hank: Their dad arranged for the brothers to visit a village and some of the people in those situations; Hank calls it really awesome and a look at what the country is actually like. — 00:02:08
  • 2007-06-14 · Brotherhood 2.0: June 14: Good News/Bad News — announcement: John thinks they learned a lot about microfinance, poverty and real life in the Dominican Republic, and look forward to making those videos back home. (hedged) — 00:01:48
  • 2007-08-27 · August 27th: Thanks Yous and Cameos — announcement: Hank says it probably won't be the last secret project: he and John are working on an idea, with more later this week (week of 27 August 2007). (hedged) — 00:02:28
  • 2007-10-25 · October 25th: Down Memory Lane — Hank is at his dad's house in Fairview, North Carolina, surrounded by childhood memories, with a big box of 'everything that ever mattered' in his life. — 00:00:10
  • 2007-10-30 · Oct. 30th: My Name Is John Green. And I'm a Nerd. — John: Partly to get him to leave town and because they love him, his parents had a trophy made reading 'John Green, 1984, all-star in our hearts', his only childhood trophy, which he cannot find. (playful) — 00:03:16
  • 2007-11-02 · November 2nd: John Green at the Young Author's Award — Hank presents the footage as the moment John became a writer: a girl says she liked his book and it seemed like real life, and John feels the joy of being appreciated for what he made. (playful) — 00:01:50
  • 2007-11-30 · Nov. 30th: A CHRISTMAS RANT — announcement: John says he was supposed to finish the happy dance project by December 1 but will not; he will finish it in December instead. — 00:00:00
  • 2007-12-26 (said on 2007-12-25, implied) · Dec. 26th: Christmas, Manga, and Goat Poop — John calls this one of his favourite Christmases, first because of the Happy Dance Project, which has made him happy nearly every minute for days and which he thinks will be his cure for sadness. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:47
  • 2007-12-28 · Dec. 28th: John's Last Brotherhood 2.0 Video — John has come to think a lot of life is about doing things that don't suck with people who don't suck, which is why he enjoyed the Happy Dance Project and the Project for Awesome. (hedged) — 00:03:11
  • …and 78 statements more in 2007 — all statements of 2007

2008

  • 2008-09-04 · Paper Towns Tour Dates! — announcement: John announces an October 16 New York launch party for Paper Towns' release with Hank, their parents, the Yeti, Maureen Johnson and other authors; Julia Nunes is floated as a 'rumor'. — 00:01:12
  • 2008-11-04 · Election Night In Indianapolis! — both: The brothers note that Elizabeth Dole no longer has a job, thanking their Dad and Mom for not voting for her; 'we just don't like Elizabeth Dole'. (playful) — 00:00:44
  • 2008-11-27 · Thanksgiving in Asheville — John spends Thanksgiving 2008 at his parents' house in Asheville, North Carolina, 'where it all started' for him. — 00:00:00
  • 2008-12-18 · Introducing...The Awesome — both: They say they featured none of their own videos and no best friends, except a video their parents made. (playful) — 00:01:35

Also named in: Question Tuesday Returns (on a Wednesday)

2009

Also named in: Star Trek: The Movie, Review

2010

  • 2010-01-18 · Fatherhood — John says their father is a really awesome father: always proud and supportive, he made many sacrifices and can do dad things like woodworking; a hard example to live up to, but John is lucky to have it. — 00:00:22
    • Their dad can always answer kids' questions like why the sky is blue; John cannot, even though Dad has explained it to him 'like a thousand times'. (playful) — 00:00:40
  • 2010-03-05 · Red Green, the Nintendo, and HANK — John says the doors were locked overnight, so the suspects are the family and Red; he knows he didn't do it, and finds their parents unlikely since he thinks they liked the Nintendo keeping him busy. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:58
  • 2010-05-03 · Net Neutrality in the Shower — Hank: It is the brothers' dad's 60th birthday; Hank teases that he won't mention I Love Lucy, the lack of silicon transistors, or that both sons will soon be over 30. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2010-06-02 (said on 2010-06-01, implied) · The Case of the Poopy Nintendo — John: With Mom, Dad and Hank all denying it, John says it was Red Green, a home invader, or a lying family member, and insinuates that it was Hank. (playful) — 00:02:58
  • 2010-09-11 (said on 2010-09-10, implied) · Giant Baby Attack — John says he and Hank are in Sonoma, California, for Dad's 60th birthday party. — 00:00:49
    • Mom and Dad could not come because Mom broke her ankle, so the brothers celebrate Dad's 60th birthday without them and send them their love. — 00:00:57
  • …and 1 statement more in 2010 — all statements of 2010

2011

  • 2011-02-11 · 200 People in Your Pants — Hank shows a gift from Dark Horse Comics, an Orlando Solar Bears item from his dad (they went to hockey games), a Nerdfighter's gift, and Episode I figures dueling. — 00:00:38
  • 2011-03-07 · Why is Haiti Poor? — Hank recalls that long ago he and John went to the Dominican Republic and toured with a microfinance organization; that video is deep in the Brotherhood 2.0 archives. — 00:00:51
  • 2011-08-03 · I Love My Brother — Hank tells his dad he loves him for being an excellent father who never complains about how weird his sons are, and his mom for being proud of them even when they did weird things. — 00:02:26
  • 2011-10-07 · Steve Jobs and a Song — Hank says Steve Jobs made what the brothers do possible: from their first computer, the Apple IIe their dad got, to the computers bought in 2007 for this project and all their editing software. — 00:03:03
  • 2011-11-18 · Top 5 Reasons ████ ██ ██████ — Hank recalls that their dad took him to see Akira in a dinner theater when he was 10, which he says he will never forgive. (playful) — 00:00:08
  • 2011-12-28 · Goats Mating — John woke at Mom and Dad's house, admired the view of Western North Carolina from the porch and went for a walk. — 00:00:00
    • Mom and Dad raise goats and turn their milk into fancy soap and cheese; goats must have babies to produce milk. — 00:01:06
    • John watched a long courtship (beard-rubbing, tail-wagging), hid so as not to discourage the goats, and after misplaced humping saw them mate; he was glad Henry didn't see. — 00:01:27
    • Lost in thought, John got very lost in the woods; following water downhill, he found his trail by the skid marks from his fall, 'another life saved by dead leaves'. — 00:02:07
  • …and 2 statements more in 2011 — all statements of 2011

2012

2013

  • 2013-01-15 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall — Hank: Asked what most decreased world suck, Hank names P4A but recalls their first-year visit to a microfinance organization in the Dominican Republic; microfinance seems to really work. (hedged) — 01:55:09
    • For the finale John brings out the performers, his parents, Julie Strauss-Gabel, Jodi Reamer, Elyse Marshall who made the evening possible, Sean Titone, Katherine, Sarah (whom he first forgot) and Valerie2776. — 02:50:08
  • 2013-01-18 · Thoughts from Carnegie Hall — Hank thanks Neil Gaiman, Kimya Dawson, The Mountain Goats, Ashley and Daniel, Hannah and Grace, Elyse, their parents, their wives and all of Nerdfighteria for making the show possible. — 00:01:44
  • 2013-08-09 · What I Learned at VidCon — Hank thanks his wife, his parents and the VidCon team for supporting him, though he often doesn't know what he's doing. — 00:03:06
  • 2013-10-29 · Perspective — John: He called his parents, they agreed he should come home, and he tried to quit; Booklist publisher Bill Ott suggested a two-week leave of absence instead, one of the nicest things anyone did for him. — 00:01:17
    • John's dad drove up to Chicago and they drove back to Orlando; John got into daily therapy, started a much better medication for him, and watched Harvey. — 00:01:51
  • 2013-11-26 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — both: Hank appears beside John for a surprise reunion video; they point to the lending and donation links and look forward to a great P4A. — 00:03:34
  • 2013-11-29 · REUNION! Arm Wrestling, Drawing, and Questions with Hank and John! — The description says the brothers are in North Carolina visiting their parents for Thanksgiving and are thankful for each other, their families and viewers. — video description
    • both: They have turkey, not pizza, for a normal Thanksgiving; both prefer pumpkin pie, and there is only one pumpkin pie this year (2013). — 00:01:28
  • 2013-12-13 · Mom and Dad Green! Extra Special Question Tuesday — Hank introduces a special Question Tuesday in which his real mom and dad answer real questions from Nerdfighters. — 00:00:01
    • Mike Green: Mike says they didn't want him to be a Bill or a Willie and liked 'Hank' as cute, but realizes the name has been a monumental pain for Hank. (playful) — 00:00:41
    • Mike Green: Mike says newborn Hank was a little blue and did not have a very high APGAR score. (playful) — 00:01:14
  • …and 9 statements more in 2013 — all statements of 2013

2014

  • 2014-12-02 · What You Eat Of Those You Love — John says that over the last roughly 100 hours he, Hank, Katherine and both of their parents had norovirus. — 00:00:01
    • John names his one-year-old daughter as the family's patient zero: five days before Thanksgiving she woke from a nap and vomited on him, though he did not get sick then. — 00:00:53
  • …and 1 statement more in 2014 — all statements of 2014

Also named in: My Day Before VidCon

2015

  • 2015-01-23 · Interviewing the President — Hank: Back in Florida after the interview, Hank says Dad and Katherine have just picked him up at the airport. — 00:03:24
  • 2015-03-03 · What's in the Box in the Box in the Box? — John says he recently discovered a box of childhood memorabilia, unexplored for at least 10 years, and will find out what's inside. — 00:00:01
    • Finding a science and engineering fair participant badge, John jokes that their parents keeping his participant ribbon perhaps explains why Hank is the brother who took apart an adding machine. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:18
    • At the bottom is his baby milestones book filled out by their parents, recording their first words about him: Mom wrote 'he's ugly!' and Dad 'he's so purple!'. — 00:02:29
  • 2015-06-16 (said on 2015-06-13, implied) · Paper Towns Madrid with Nat Wolff! THE TOUR BEGINS — The description says the European leg of the Paper Towns press tour begins in Madrid, with John and Nat Wolff pushing through crushing jet lag. — video description
    • In Asheville, John's parents, 'noted American heroes Mom and Dad', will look after John's kids for the week while he is in Europe. — 00:00:16
    • Having dropped off the kids, John reaches New York just in time for the flight to Madrid, hoping to sleep the whole way, and finds Nat. (hedged) — 00:00:44
  • 2015-06-23 · Question Tuesday with Cara Delevingne and Nat Wolff — John records Question Tuesday in the back of a movie theater in Berlin with Nat Wolff, who plays Q, and Cara Delevingne, who plays Margo Roth Spiegelman in the Paper Towns film. — 00:00:06
  • 2015-08-25 · Question Tuesday: The Goat Edition — John: Defending his goat knowledge against Hank, John says he made the internet's number one video about goat mating and has seen goats do it. (playful) — 00:01:46

2016

  • 2016-05-03 · No Fumar — John says today is also their dad's birthday. — 00:00:40
    • John says few people know that their dad basically ran their company until a year ago, doing the payroll, budgeting and spreadsheets that made Crash Course and SciShow possible. (hedged) — 00:00:44
    • John calls their dad a really great dad and person and wishes him a happy birthday with 'I love you'. — 00:00:52
  • 2016-07-05 · The Horizon Line — John: Their dad grew up in Indianapolis when it was nicknamed Naptown because nothing happened there, a place for people wanting quiet lives in America's flat, unbeautiful middle. — 00:01:09
    • Their dad worked hard to get out of Indianapolis; he and Mom left for good a few weeks after John was born and never looked back. — 00:01:27
    • In 2007, living in New York, John called Dad to say Sarah had a job in Indianapolis; Dad said, 'You can't be serious.' — 00:01:33
  • 2016-12-27 · The Best of My 2016 — John's first memory: attending the 100th running of the Indy 500 with his mom and dad and many friends. — 00:00:29
    • From the Indy 500 John flew to London to see Nerdfighteria-sponsored AFC Wimbledon win at Wembley for a third-tier spot, then partied at their home stadium with his dad and players. — 00:00:50
  • …and 1 statement more in 2016 — all statements of 2016

2017

  • 2017-05-16 · The Introducer, My Childhood Dream Job — John says their dad is a documentary filmmaker who, while they grew up, made films on everything from water in Florida to education in Alaska. — 00:00:02
    • John grants they may have followed their dad by making non-fiction video, but calls vlogs not documentaries but very short podcasts featuring facial expressions, needing less visual-storytelling talent. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:08
    • John says he inherited from their dad a really deep love for documentary films. — 00:00:34
  • 2017-07-18 · Accio Decade Hallows — John: Fourth: in January 2006, engaged and walking in New York with his parents to register for wedding presents, John got a call that Looking for Alaska had won the Printz Award; his dad photographed the moment. — 00:01:24
  • 2017-08-04 · Why Bullets are Good for the Environment — Hank says their dad was the Florida state director of the Nature Conservancy, which is how he knows about an obscure law. — 00:00:36

2018

  • 2018-03-09 · John's Best Gift to Me — Hank remembers John and Matt Brown bringing They Might Be Giants' album Flood into the house and playing it in Dad's giant CD player. — 00:01:28
  • 2018-05-08 · Old Man Yells at Cloud — John says getting older need not mean yelling at clouds: his parents are wonderful models, having stayed passionate, hopeful and curious throughout their adult lives. — 00:01:02
  • 2018-05-29 · How to Cook Eight Peas — John: A deer ate a lot of John's food a couple of weeks ago, so his dad built a fence. — 00:00:05
  • 2018-07-20 · Making Bad Decisions with My Dad — Mike Green: Hank learned over dinner that their dad, at eight to ten, would come home from school and eat Wonder Bread topped with two or three teaspoons of sugar; Dad calls it an after-school ritual, not a habit. — 00:00:12
  • 2018-09-18 · On the Participation Trophy — John's parents' solution: the family still visited his grandparents and he missed the game, but they had a trophy made reading 'John Green 1984 All-Star In Our Hearts'. — 00:01:56
    • John's parents always praised his effort more than his achievements; even now his mom says she knows he worked hard rather than congratulating him on an award. — 00:02:26
  • 2018-11-23 · Four Jokes from a Two year Old — Hank: Of Orin's first joke, 'Mama. Dada.', Hank says he finds it funny too, and for the same reason Orin does. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:44
  • 2018-12-11 · When the Internet Came Home — John: When the internet first came to John's house in the early 1990s, it seemed to live inside a box; once his dad got it working, it was green letters on a black screen. (hedged) — 00:00:03
    • John's dad showed him what the internet could do, like the current weather in Beijing or downloading the Apology of Socrates for free. — 00:00:13
    • John found an English-language version of the service, which changed his life: he made friends, including many of the most important friendships of his childhood. — 00:00:58
    • Online John met a girl he eventually fell in love with and dated for most of college; when they first met in person, neither had ever seen a picture of the other. — 00:01:08
    • CompuServe hired John, always in its student forum, as a moderator, meaning he got free internet; it taught him a little about online community building. (playful) — 00:01:40
  • …and 13 statements more in 2018 — all statements of 2018

2019

  • 2019-01-29 · Do You Believe in Miracles? — John: On November 23, 1984, seven-year-old John watched Boston College play Miami, rooting for Boston College, and cried when Miami took a seemingly insurmountable late lead. — 00:00:00
    • Boston College's quarterback threw a 52-yard pass to his roommate and best friend Gerard Phelan to win in what became the Miami Miracle; John's dad threw him in the air. — 00:00:29
  • 2019-02-22 · I Don't Want The Same Things Anymore — Hank: On a bridge watching his son throw rocks into a creek, Hank told their dad a business idea; his dad asked 'you're not going to do that, are you?' and Hank said of course not. — 00:00:58
  • 2019-12-17 · The Best Days of My Decade — John: That Evening of Awesome included the Mountain Goats, Kimya Dawson, Neil Gaiman and many friends, with Sarah, Katherine and the brothers' parents all there. — 00:00:28
    • Everything was perfect: singing with fans in a pub, then Wembley with his dad, Rosianna, his friend Stuart and Wimbly Womblies co-founder Meredith. — 00:01:21
    • Lyle Taylor scored to put AFC Wimbledon into the third tier, and John partied all night with fans, friends, players and his dad. — 00:01:32

2020

  • 2020-01-17 · It's Like Shark Tank, but for Charity — Hank's dad has run businesses, and whenever Hank has a problem he can call him for help, which is extremely valuable. — 00:00:38
  • 2020-01-21 · Gifts That Changed My Life — John shows the world on a turtle that his parents gave him, which means a lot to him because of its symbolic resonances. — 00:00:58
  • 2020-10-20 · How to Sign Your Name 150,000 Times — John recalls winning a writing contest at nine to attend the 1987 Florida Young Writers Conference, where a famous author he loved refused his worn paperbacks, signing only new hardcovers he couldn't afford; he felt horrible. — 00:01:54

2021

2022

2023

  • 2023-04-04 · The Search for Real Feeling — John: When John saw AFC Wimbledon promoted to the third tier at Wembley with his dad, friends and 60,000 others, he felt pure, simple joy without dread. — 00:02:05
  • 2023-05-23 · Rough Week — John says their dad had cancer twice when the brothers were little. — 00:01:08
  • 2023-06-27 · Alone on the Cancer Boat: A Vlogbrothers Reunion — John: Their dad is outside trying to save a tree that doesn't look well, but it is alive and worth his efforts. — 00:02:54
    • Hank says the tree is on its own boat but not alone, since Dad is there; Hank has Dad too, though Dad can't stake him upright: that is Dr. Carl's job. — 00:02:54
    • Closing on Dad still at work on the tree, John tells Hank he may be alone on the boat, but many people are trying to right that ship. — 00:10:25
  • 2023-08-03 · I love you, Hank. Happy Esther Day. — John says their dad had cancer twice when they were little, which had a huge impact on his life and theirs. — 00:01:59

2024

  • 2024-04-04 · The New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie looks WEIRD!!! — Hank says he is in John's house while John is out of town, something that has never happened before: he is visiting their mom and dad and snuck in; John will be back soon. — 00:00:00
  • 2024-08-07 · Dear Hank and John Livestream! — Hank: Their dad chose where to move from Florida with a spreadsheet scoring places, including Obama vote share; he picked Asheville, North Carolina, but now lives in Indianapolis. — 00:33:12
  • 2024-08-13 · The Time a Spy Visited Me Because of P*tin. — John: After the man left warmly, John immediately called his father to say he thought he had just met a spy and told him the whole story. — 00:03:45
    • Mike Green (quoted): John's dad concluded that they had decided John was neither an asset nor a threat, just a dad from Indianapolis. (hedged) — 00:04:01
  • 2024-09-10 · The world will change. — John relays a story first heard from Dr. Salmaan Keshavjee: in 1950, the year their dad was born, tuberculosis was the leading cause of death in Alaska. — 00:00:00
  • 2024-10-03 · Broadly in Favor of Humans — John says humanity is worth it: worth the toil of trying to make a better world and the hope and heartbreak of what his father calls hard-headed optimism. — 00:04:49

2025

  • 2025-01-24 · Am I OK? — ask: Hank: With the Project for Awesome coming soon, Hank asks people who can donate more than $500 to join the matching fund via the description form, which goes to their dad, who runs the program. — 00:06:54
  • 2025-07-22 · At Least There Are Trees — John says his dad was the state director of the Nature Conservancy when they were kids, and critics derided him as a tree hugger, as if he thought trees mattered more than people. — 00:00:28
    • John says all his proceeds from the shirt will go to the Nature Conservancy in honor of his dad. — 00:05:10
  • 2025-07-25 · The Molecule that Changed Everything — announcement: Hank says John's At Least There Are Trees shirt is still available, probably for the last reminder, with all proceeds to the Nature Conservancy to honor their dad, who is still at it. (hedged) — 00:07:30

2026

  • 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — announcement: John thanks the P4A 2026 matching donors (Partners In Health, Save the Children and hundreds of Nerdfighters) and the people who run the fund, including his father Mike Green. — 00:27:16
    • John offers 20 prints of the Good News Bridge, which his mother painted after learning Hank's cancer was treatable rather than the worst case; John and his parents were on a walk there when they heard. — 01:00:55
    • John says his father, who worked in nonprofits for most of his career, including the Nature Conservancy, offered to help with donor development and the matching fund, which now brings in about $1.5 million a year. — 07:34:32
    • John says that when he told his father he wanted to be a writer, his father asked his English teacher whether he was any good, then went all in, becoming a bigger fan of the idea than John himself. — 07:35:22
  • 2026-03-03 · The Best Fan Mail I Ever Received — John: In third grade John wrote a story about death, It Just Isn't Fair, and won the Audubon Park Young Author Award for 1986. — 00:05:03
  • 2026-06-23 · A Very French Reunion — John and Hank, greeting from a French barge, are on vacation for their parents' 50th wedding anniversary. — 00:00:00
    • Their dad took John, then 16, to the 1994 World Cup, which turned him into a soccer fan; Hank, not interested, didn't go. — 00:06:05
    • John is very grateful to their parents for 50 long years of marriage, no small feat. — 00:06:34
    • John says a long marriage has an accomplishment piece and a beauty piece; they are lucky to be a close family with extraordinary parents who helped make them who they are. — 00:07:14
  • 2026-06-26 · No Video Today!! — Hank: The brothers are in France to celebrate their parents' 50th anniversary, a trip planned for about two years. — 00:00:58
    • Hank says how lucky the brothers are to have wonderful, thoughtful, empathetic, values-laden parents who worked hard to do good in their world and support each other, their children and grandchildren. — 00:02:20
  • 2026-09-04 · This is a Terrible Idea… — Hank thanks John for helping design the scent of the Memory soap, which reminds Hank of their dad's shaving cream from childhood. — 00:06:28
  • …and 9 statements more in 2026 — all statements of 2026