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102 statements about nerdfighters.com in 57 videos, by upload date.

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2008

  • 2008-01-20 (said on 2008-01-18, implied) · John and Hank on NPR Today! — announcement: Hank says the brothers will post a link to the interview on Nerdfighters.com as soon as it is up, so missing the broadcast is not the end of the world. — 00:01:58
  • 2008-02-11 (said on 2008-02-12, implied) · Nerdfighters Blurbing Book Club! — ask: Hank asks readers to post their blurb in a blog post and send it to him; he will set up a poll, and the winner gets a free Nerdfighter t-shirt and their face saying the blurb on the Vlogbrothers channel. — 00:02:00
  • 2008-02-11 (said on 2008-02-12, implied) · Nerdfighters Blurbing Book Club! — ask: Hank encourages everyone to buy 13 Little Blue Envelopes, wherever books are sold or via the link on nerdfighters.com, and start reading it as he is. — 00:02:46
  • 2008-02-26 · Best Wishes! — ask: John: To take part in the Blurbing Book Club and maybe win prizes, Nerdfighters must write a blurb of 13 Little Blue Envelopes in 10 words or less and post it as a Ning blog post by Sunday (2 March 2008) midnight. — 00:02:12
  • 2008-02-26 · Best Wishes! — announcement: John promises they will read all the blurbs. — 00:02:26
  • 2008-02-27 · People Who Love Giraffes Who Love Giraffes (The Song) — ask: Hank asks everyone to post their blurbs at nerdfighters.com and says there will be a vote next week (week of 3 March 2008). — 00:03:29
  • 2008-02-27 · People Who Love Giraffes Who Love Giraffes (The Song) — announcement: Hank: Besides nerdfighters.com news there is now a forum; Hank tells viewers to go 'foruming' and says he and John will be on there. — 00:03:29
  • 2008-03-07 (said on 2008-03-08, implied) · Shawty Got Low, Tritube and Blurbing — announcement: Hank announces the end of the first Blurbing Book Club blurb fest; blurbs were hard to find, but most are catalogued at nerdfighters.com and in three blog posts below the video. — 00:00:50
  • 2008-03-07 (said on 2008-03-08, implied) · Shawty Got Low, Tritube and Blurbing — Hank says the blurbs are great, many are awesome, he likes a lolcat one, and it will be hard to choose. — 00:01:56
  • 2008-03-07 (said on 2008-03-08, implied) · Shawty Got Low, Tritube and Blurbing — announcement: Hank: For the 20,000th subscriber, Hank, and possibly John, will video-chat via Stickam on Nerdfighters.com's front page tomorrow night at 7 Mountain, 6 Pacific, 9 Eastern. (hedged) — 00:02:19
  • 2008-03-15 (said on 2008-03-14, implied) · Ruins, LOLBooks, and the Blurbing Book Club — announcement: John announces the winner of the first Nerdfighter Blurbing Book Club: a blurb that is an anagram of Maureen Johnson's 13 Little Blue Envelopes. — 00:01:30
  • 2008-03-15 (said on 2008-03-14, implied) · Ruins, LOLBooks, and the Blurbing Book Club — announcement: John: The winning blurb's author will receive special prizes, but John could not find out who that Nerdfighter is and hopes Hank knows. (hedged) — 00:01:30
  • 2008-03-15 (said on 2008-03-14, implied) · Ruins, LOLBooks, and the Blurbing Book Club — announcement: John: Without consulting Hank, John declares a second winner: the vote's runner-up, a LOLbook blurb about Europe, grieving an aunt and kissing. — 00:01:30
  • 2008-03-21 (said on 2008-03-22, implied) · Twitter After School Time — announcement: Hank: The Slaughterhouse-Five round of the Blurbing Book Club is complete; all submissions are in the forum at nerdfighters.com. — 00:03:36
  • 2008-03-21 (said on 2008-03-22, implied) · Twitter After School Time — ask: Hank asks Nerdfighters to pick their favourite blurbs and list them in the new forum post he has just made. — 00:03:36
  • 2008-04-01 · Please Google, Take Me to Mars — Hank points to the nerdfighters.com forum for Blurbing Book Club information and says blurbs for the next book (heard as 'Going Coastal', likely Going Postal) can go up now. — 00:03:00
  • 2008-04-01 · Please Google, Take Me to Mars — announcement: Hank tells John he thinks they should make videos more often. (hedged) — 00:03:29
  • 2008-04-01 · Please Google, Take Me to Mars — ask: Hank asks viewers who want more frequent videos to say so in comments on YouTube or nerdfighters.com; the reaction will decide, and comments make them feel appreciated. — 00:03:29
  • 2008-04-08 · Nerdfighting in Bangladesh — announcement: John reports the vote: by 4,336 to 11, Nerdfighters decided the brothers should make more videos more often. — 00:00:00
  • 2008-05-30 · The Dread Pirate Fireball Roberts! (And Housekeeping) — announcement: John announces the 2008 Tour de Nerdfighting across America and hopefully a few places in Canada, telling Nerdfighters to mark their calendars for November. (hedged) — 00:00:48
  • 2008-05-30 · The Dread Pirate Fireball Roberts! (And Housekeeping) — John says they believe what happened in Grand Rapids can happen everywhere, and that they will hopefully go everywhere. (hedged) — 00:01:20
  • 2008-05-30 · The Dread Pirate Fireball Roberts! (And Housekeeping) — announcement: John: Because of the tour, the brothers are holding a T-shirt design contest; designs go to John's email and winners get prizes, though delivery will be slow. — 00:01:49
  • 2008-07-01 · Live from LAX — announcement: John jokes that Hank missed ALA because he is training body and mind to meet 'tens of billions' of nerdfighters on the Great American Tour de Nerdfighting 2008. (playful) — 00:02:11
  • 2008-08-15 · Metric Sabbath — Hank says many Nerdfighters at Terminus asked about the Nerdfighter T-shirt contest; it is in the works and hopefully a video about it will come soon. (hedged) — 00:02:33
  • 2008-08-18 · This Video Comes in Threven Parts — ask: Hank announces a secret project needing a lot of Nerdfighter help and asks people to sign up at nerdfighters.com; it uses the same list as an earlier secret project. — 00:02:03
  • 2008-08-18 · This Video Comes in Threven Parts — announcement: Hank says submissions to the Nerdfighter T-shirt design contest are closing, shows the entries in rapid motion, and asks Nerdfighters to vote on them at nerdfighters.com. — 00:02:34
  • 2008-08-18 · This Video Comes in Threven Parts — announcement: Hank says they may print the top three or four shirts, and some will be available on the Great American Tour de Nerdfighting. (hedged) — 00:03:03
  • 2008-09-04 · Paper Towns Tour Dates! — announcement: John: After a few days off, Hank, Katherine, sometimes the Yeti and John start the Great American Tour de Nerdfighting 2008, from Plano, Texas, on November 2 to Ames, Iowa, on November 16. — 00:02:56
  • 2008-09-04 · Paper Towns Tour Dates! — announcement: John: The November 4 stop is an Election Day Spectacular in Greenwood, Indiana. — 00:02:56
  • 2008-09-23 · Paper Towns and Touring Question Tuesday — announcement: John says several new tour events were added, details at nerdfighters.com, and lists the cities the tour is definitely going to. — 00:01:12
  • 2008-09-25 (said on 2008-09-24, implied) · Obama llama Duck — announcement: Hank says he and John have almost finished the Paper Towns tour dates; a tour list with RSVPs will soon be at sparksflyup.com (John's site) and nerdfighters.com. — 00:02:08
  • 2008-09-25 (said on 2008-09-24, implied) · Obama llama Duck — Hank: For newcomers, Hank explains that he is Hank, his brother John writes books, and anyone enjoying the video is probably a nerdfighter, made of awesome. (playful) — 00:02:08
  • 2008-10-06 · Berlin and Let it Snow (in Your Pants) — announcement: John: With Hank's help, all Paper Towns and Nerdfighting Tour events are now on Facebook with up-to-date information; Eventful.com, now their 'mortal enemy', is dropped. — 00:02:20
  • 2008-10-06 · Berlin and Let it Snow (in Your Pants) — ask: John asks viewers to find the tour events listed on Nerdfighters.com, RSVP and invite their friends. — 00:02:20
  • 2008-10-08 (said on 2008-10-07, implied) · Hanks actual Vlog — announcement: Hank has coloured Karen's map and put it on PaperTowns.com: each city links to its Facebook event page, and the brothers' heads to their Facebook profiles. — 00:01:33
  • 2008-10-08 (said on 2008-10-07, implied) · Hanks actual Vlog — Hank is thinking of a text version of the map for Nerdfighters not on Facebook; he won't make anyone join, and though resistant at first, now finds Facebook compelling. (hedged) — 00:01:56
  • 2008-10-28 (said on 2008-10-27, implied) · Early Voting with Hank — announcement: Hank announces the Tour de Nerdfighting with John (and apparently Katherine) begins in Plano, Texas on November 2nd, and invites people to come party. — 00:01:31
  • 2008-10-28 · The Unzipped Zipper (Of Your Pants) — announcement: John says November is also 'national drive-around-America-with-your-brother month', which he is definitely going to do. (playful) — 00:01:03
  • 2008-10-31 (said on 2008-10-30, implied) · Show 'n Tell Thursday — announcement: John will see Hank in person on Saturday as they get ready for the Great American Tour de Nerdfighting 2008, which excites him. — 00:02:24
  • 2008-10-31 · SPWNING Halloween — Hank can't really take part in Halloween, no parties, only giving out candy, because he is packing to begin the Nerdfighter tour very soon. — 00:00:34
  • 2008-10-31 · SPWNING Halloween — announcement: Hank will see John the next day at the airport as the tour begins. — 00:02:58
  • 2008-11-03 · Hank and John from the Road — announcement: Hank: The Great American Tour de Nerdfighting 2008 begins, featuring Hank, John, Katherine and a minivan. — 00:00:00
  • 2008-11-03 · Hank and John from the Road — John, driving through Missouri, says the minivan is the same one Q's mom owns in Paper Towns, one reason they picked it for the tour. — 00:00:00
  • 2008-11-03 · Hank and John from the Road — John says they are driving to a Nerdfighter gathering in St. Louis; the day before (2 November 2008), gatherings in Plano, Texas and Oklahoma City were both awesome. — 00:00:42
  • 2008-11-03 · Hank and John from the Road — announcement: John: They miss the Yeti but are coming home to her the next day for the Election Day Spectacular in Greenwood, Indiana. — 00:02:18
  • 2008-11-03 · Hank and John from the Road — announcement: John: After Greenwood the tour goes to Louisville, Kentucky, then Knoxville, Tennessee, then Gadsden, Alabama. — 00:02:18
  • 2008-11-03 · Hank and John from the Road — announcement: Hank says a Tour de Nerdfighting Twitter stream will constantly broadcast updates from the road, using a device that gets him online in the minivan. — 00:03:14
  • 2008-11-03 · Hank and John from the Road — announcement: Hank says he and John will broadcast all the Nerdfighter gatherings on BlogTV, with links in the sidebar for Twitter and BlogTV. — 00:03:41
  • 2008-11-03 · BlogTV in St Louis! — announcement: Hank says they are driving to the St. Louis event and will upload this so viewers know it is time to join the BlogTV stream and hang out with them. — 00:00:00
  • 2008-11-03 · BlogTV in St Louis! — announcement: Hank: On the stream viewers can watch John give his talk and Hank sing his songs, and John will read from Paper Towns. — 00:00:00
  • 2008-11-03 · BlogTV in St Louis! — announcement: Hank says they will do a Question Tuesday on Monday, which is what today is in St. Louis. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2008-11-04 · Election Night In Indianapolis! — John, in Indianapolis after a Nerdfighter event, watches election returns and says it is too early to say anything. — 00:00:00
  • 2008-11-04 · Election Night In Indianapolis! — Hank says the Tour de Nerdfighting has been fantastic but has not included much sleeping, so he is very tired. — 00:01:15
  • 2008-11-04 · Election Night In Indianapolis! — announcement: Hank says there may be a special update later with official news, and that Nerdfighters will see John on the road to Louisville, Kentucky tomorrow. (hedged) — 00:01:45
  • 2008-11-05 · On Loving One Another or Dying — John opens with 20 seconds of Hank singing in front of many Nerdfighters in Louisville, a song only available on the Paper Towns secret collaboration album. — 00:00:00
  • 2008-11-05 · On Loving One Another or Dying — John: Afterwards John read from the part of Paper Towns that inspired the song and ranted about the importance of imagining the other with more complexity. — 00:00:58
  • 2008-11-06 · Funny Noises from Tennessee — Hank: On the way home from the Knoxville gathering, John told Hank not to worry about his late video, since all Nerdfighters want from him is funny noises. (playful) — 00:01:08
  • 2008-11-06 · Funny Noises from Tennessee — Hank says the gatherings keep going well and he messes up his songs less often, though he has not yet played one without a mistake. — 00:02:07
  • 2008-11-06 · Funny Noises from Tennessee — announcement: Hank: Tomorrow the tour will be in Gadsden, Alabama, followed by a day off before moving on. — 00:02:35
  • 2008-11-07 · Vlogging from Gadsden — Hank records live from the Gadsden Public Library in Gadsden, Alabama; they arrived early, so he made a little video. — 00:00:00
  • 2008-11-07 · Vlogging from Gadsden — announcement: Hank: They are live on BlogTV right now and will broadcast the entire Gadsden event there; the link is in the sidebar. — 00:01:20
  • 2008-11-17 · Life on Tour — John: With Hank in the next hotel room, John greets Nerdfighters and presents a day in their life on tour. — 00:00:14
  • 2008-11-17 · Life on Tour — John: They arrive in Pittsburgh, where John jokingly contemplates how he will 'pwn' Maureen Johnson. (playful) — 00:01:24
  • 2008-11-17 · Life on Tour — announcement: John looks forward to seeing Nerdfighters in Kansas City and St. Paul. — 00:02:51
  • 2008-11-24 · DFTBA Records — Hank says the Tour de Nerdfighting was fantastic and that, thanks to viewers, he lives in Nerdfighteria, the best place in the world. (playful) — 00:00:23
  • 2008-11-27 · Thanksgiving in Asheville — John enjoyed three weeks with Hank and Katherine on the Tour de Nerdfighting: playing cows, meeting thousands of nerdfighters, watching Hank become a rock star. — 00:00:00

Also named in: The Catcher in the Rye, Part 2

2009

  • 2009-05-08 · Star Trek: The Movie, Review — ask: Hank asks Nerdfighteria for their opinions of the film in comments or longer reviews on nerdfighters.com, some of which will be featured over the weekend. — 00:03:08
  • 2009-06-05 · JOHN'S PUNISHMENT! Eating Carl's Jr John's Way — Hank says four recipes at nerdfighters.com are nutritionally and chemically very similar to the burger, each with 50 g protein, 1,000 mg sodium, 9 g sugar, 47 g carbohydrates and 54 g fat. — 00:00:58
  • 2009-06-05 · JOHN'S PUNISHMENT! Eating Carl's Jr John's Way — ask: Hank asks viewers to go to nerdfighters.com and vote for the most punishing recipe, deciding how John eats the constituent parts. — 00:01:30
  • 2009-06-07 · I Will Call Him Louis: Australia Rocks! — ask: John tells Nerdfighters they can still vote on his punishment. — 00:03:46
  • 2009-06-10 · WIDE ANGLE LENS! And Not Eating Fat Sandwiches — announcement: Hank announces the chosen punishment: strawberry-flavored protein powder dissolved into melted Crisco and made into a fat sandwich, like a Carl's Jr. burger eaten 'John's way'. (playful) — 00:00:29
  • 2009-08-12 · Vegetables that look like Penises — ask: Hank asks people interested in a secret project to sign up for the secret-project mailing list at nerdfighters.com; those who do within 24 hours will get an email about an important secret project he is excited about. — 00:02:40
  • 2009-09-12 (said on 2009-09-11, implied) · Special Friday Video! (On Saturday) — announcement: John announces Ningmaster Tom is now officially the senior executive nerdfighter, head of the Ning, who will improve it since the brothers have failed; he urges everyone to go to nerdfighters.com. — 00:01:36
  • 2009-09-22 · Paper Towns in Paperback: A How-to Guide — John credits their commitment and organization with putting Paper Towns on the New York Times bestseller list, thanks them for gifts, and says the tour let him meet Nerdfighters. — 00:00:00
  • 2009-09-22 · Paper Towns in Paperback: A How-to Guide — ask: John suggests writing a Nerdfighter note, a note slipped into copies of his books telling readers they may be a nerdfighter and pointing to nerdfighters.com. (hedged) — 00:01:45
  • 2009-09-23 · Where's Margo! A Nerdfighter Event! — ask: Hank offers a free mp3 of the song, with instructions at nerdfighters.com. — 00:03:45
  • 2009-10-28 · We Win When Everyone Wins — announcement: Hank says that as soon as Anne's students produce videos, they'll be featured on nerdfighters.com and possibly on vlogbrothers. — 00:03:08
  • 2009-12-03 (said on 2009-12-04, implied) · $40,000 of Red Balloons — ask: Hank asks Nerdfighteria and the YouTube community in the continental US, with a car and cell phone and free on Saturday, to join the Search, Discover, and Confirm team. — 00:00:58
  • 2009-12-03 (said on 2009-12-04, implied) · $40,000 of Red Balloons — ask: Hank: To join, email DARPANERD at gmail.com titled 'Search Team' with name, city, state (optionally neighborhood and phone), and sign up in the box on nerdfighters.com. — 00:01:24
  • 2009-12-03 (said on 2009-12-04, implied) · $40,000 of Red Balloons — ask: Hank: Those outside America, without cars or not free on Saturday also have 'very important jobs', revealed only by signing up for the mailing list on nerdfighters.com. — 00:02:22
  • 2009-12-06 · LOSERS!!!! — John says thousands of Nerdfighters, including hundreds sent to drive around their cities after false leads, seemed on the verge of completing the challenge when MIT won. — 00:00:29
  • 2009-12-06 · LOSERS!!!! — John thanks the Ningmasters at Nerdfighters.com, who worked hard sorting leads and confirming balloons. — 00:01:54
  • 2009-12-08 · Announcing the 2009 Project for Awesome!!! — ask: Hank asks viewers to pause the video, go to nerdfighters.com and put their name and email into the Project for Awesome mailing-list form. — 00:03:04

Also named in: A Few Of My Favorite Things, THE 2009 PROJECT FOR AWESOME!!!

2010

  • 2010-02-26 (said on 2010-02-27, implied) · Ningmaster Tom — Hank says Tom, known as NingMasterTom, a graphic-design student, is more or less the de facto leader of the community at nerdfighters.com and has done much to make Nerdfighteria better. — 00:00:49
  • 2010-02-26 (said on 2010-02-27, implied) · Ningmaster Tom — announcement: Hank says the brothers will keep viewers updated on Tom at nerdfighters.com and in video. — 00:02:46
  • 2010-03-01 · The Marriage Ref SUCKS — announcement: John reports Ningmaster Tom is conscious and has spoken to his family but has a long way to go in recovery; the community will be with him throughout. — 00:00:00
  • 2010-06-11 · Mmmm....PARTS — John: Ningmaster Tom, comatose the last time he appeared in a video, is fine: he has problems with his left eye but is doing much better and is grateful for Nerdfighters' support. — 00:01:52
  • 2010-08-18 · Demon Four Year Old Interviewed — ask: Hank asks Nerdfighters to join by signing up for the secret project mailing list at nerdfighters.com, reading the emails, and watching the instructional videos linked at the end. — 00:02:48
  • 2010-08-24 · FRENCH THE LLAMA! John is 33! — Hank says the birthday message comes from over a thousand Nerdfighters who photographed themselves doing what Hank did in a pre-prepared video. — 00:00:00
  • 2010-08-24 · FRENCH THE LLAMA! John is 33! — announcement: In the description Hank thanks everyone who sent pictures and videos, through the Photomatron or otherwise; the videos did not fit, but he has a plan. — video description
  • 2010-08-27 · Rest In Awesome, Esther — John thanks everyone who took part in the birthday video. — 00:02:29

2011

  • 2011-08-12 · The Fair: Testacular! — ask: Hank tells John to stop watching, then asks viewers curious about August 24 to sign up at nerdfighters.com within two days to learn how to join the celebrations; the description calls it a secret project for John. — 00:02:25
  • 2011-08-24 · HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN! — announcement: Hank: Nerdfighters made John a 367-day calendar, August 24, 2011 to August 24, 2012 (a leap year), each page a design, thought, idea or gift from a different Nerdfighter. — 00:00:58
  • 2011-08-24 · HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN! — Hank made the first and last pages; the last collects extra submissions, because Nerdfighteria sent far more pages than could be used. — 00:01:41
  • 2011-08-24 · HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN! — announcement: Hank: Having enough for a second year, Hank says that in the coming months they will create enough pages for a page-a-day calendar for the rest of John's life. — 00:01:41
  • 2011-08-24 · HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN! — Hank says he is heading to FedEx to send the calendar overnight so John has it for August 25. — 00:02:04
  • 2011-08-26 · Will He Kiss You? Am I a Muggle? It's Question Friday. — John checks the date on his calendar and thanks someone for it (apparently the Nerdfighters' birthday calendar). (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2011-12-09 · Puppies and The Tour de Nerdfighting 2012 — John recalls the 2008 Tour de Nerdfighting, when he, Hank and Katherine piled into a minivan, played cows and travelled the country. — 00:00:00

2012

  • 2012-01-31 · How It Felt — John, Hank and Katherine talked yesterday (30 January 2012) about how they hardly remember the 2008 Tour de Nerdfighting, what it was like or how it felt. — 00:00:30

2014

  • 2014-05-23 · My Freakish Talent — ask: Hank points viewers to nerdfighteria.com to sign up for a weekly newsletter and to find a list of Nerdfighter events around the world. — 00:03:18

2023

2026

  • 2026-07-14 · On the Road Again — John recalls the 2008 Great American Tour de Nerdfighting: he, Hank and Katherine drove around the country for a month in a minivan, Hank selling CDs and John Paper Towns; exhausting but exhilarating. — 00:00:00