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Pizza John

meme merch · in 105 videos (2009–2026)

The image of John with pizza and a mustache, designed by Nerdfighter Valerie2776 from his liking pizza and once having a mustache for five minutes, and sold as shirts at DFTBA.com. Since 2012 it has been the centre of Pizzamas, with new limited designs each year and later hot sauces, and by 2026 John's mustache itself meant Pizzamas.

Videos by year: 2009: 1 · 2010: 7 · 2011: 8 · 2012: 3 · 2013: 5 · 2014: 7 · 2015: 7 · 2016: 7 · 2017: 5 · 2018: 5 · 2019: 7 · 2020: 3 · 2021: 7 · 2022: 10 · 2023: 9 · 2024: 4 · 2025: 4 · 2026: 6

Also known as: Pizza John shirt, Pizza Johns

In the lexicon: Pizza John

Threads

Also named in the threads: 'In your pants' suffix game (2007) · John's 1984 tee-ball 'all-star in our hearts' trophy (2007) · John's puppy-sized elephant (2008) · Willy as the Dread Pirate Fireball Wilson Roberts (2008) · John grows a Movember beard for prostate cancer research (2009) · 'French the llama': John's misreading of FTL as an exclamation of amazement (2009) · John's spring 2010 tour for Will Grayson, Will Grayson · Hank asks viewers to follow the Eff Yeah Nerdfighters Tumblr (2010) · Humpy Hank: Nerdfighter animations of Hank humping things (2011) · John's diseased gallbladder and its removal (2011) · Pizzamas 2014 edition: the 12 Days of Pizzamas with a vlogbrothers video every weekday · John asks viewers to buy AFC Wimbledon Nerdfighteria scarves, proceeds to the club (2014) · Dear Hank and John: the brothers' advice podcast (2015) · Pizzamas 2015 edition · Hank and John ask viewers to buy Pizzamas 2015 shirts and products at DFTBA.com before the sale ends (2015) · AFC Wimbledon's play-off final against Plymouth Argyle at Wembley (May 30, 2016) · John's 36 hours from the Indianapolis 500 to Wembley and AFC Wimbledon's promotion party (May 2016) · Pizzamas 2017 edition · Pizzamas 2018 edition · John draws 170,000 circles to grasp the US COVID-19 death toll (2020) · Pizzamas 2020 edition · Pizzamas 2021 edition · Pizzamas 2022 edition · John asks viewers to buy Pizzamas 2022 merch at pizzamas.com before Pizzamas ends (2022) · John and Hank reunite in Indianapolis during Pizzamas (2022) · Pizzamas 2023 edition · John asks viewers to buy Pizzamas 2023 merch at pizzamas.com or the Pizzamas app before Pizzamas ends (2023)

Often together

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

Pizzamas (65) · DFTBA Records (35) · corndog shirt (2) · AFC Wimbledon (6) · The Fault in Our Stars (7) · Tumblr (5) · Hollywood, Ending (3) · Partners In Health (6) · Orin Green (4) · Indianapolis (5)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2009

  • 2009-12-01 · Shaving for Pakistan — John: Shaved down to a mustache by the end of the video, John signs off with a drawn-out 'Mustache!' (playful) — 00:03:54

2010

  • 2010-02-24 · JOHN GREEN IS FAT. — announcement: The description says the pizza mustache shirt is a pre-order at dftba.com/pizza, closing in a week and shipping in mid-March. — video description
    • John says he loves a fan photo of himself with a brief mustache and the word 'pizza' under his face, and wants it as a shirt. (playful) — 00:01:27
  • 2010-03-01 · The Marriage Ref SUCKS — John says unlike NBC, Nerdfighteria is not in the advertiser business but in pond sand filters, Haitian relief and the pizza shirt, and above all in taking care of each other. — 00:02:14
  • 2010-04-07 · Shmancy Hotel Room Is Shmancy — John reports the first event of the tour was last night and was great: there was a Star Wars stormtrooper and many people wore the Pizza John shirt. (playful) — 00:00:50
  • 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
    • Half of John's proceeds from the corndog shirt go to planting trees where trees used to be; the other half to an account for Nerdfighteria to buy Hank 30 presents for his 30 years. — 00:02:03
  • 2010-11-15 · Hey! You! Fix the Budget! — announcement: John announces the pizza shirt is back in stock at DFTBA.com/pizza; orders placed today ship tomorrow, until it runs out. — 00:00:29
  • …and 3 statements more in 2010 — all statements of 2010

Also named in: FRENCH THE LLAMA! John is 33!

2011

  • 2011-01-17 · Cheating Cheaters of Cheatery: The Amazing Story of Brazil's Cotton War with the U.S. — ask: John: Telling Nerdfighters the American taxpayer already paid for much of his shirt, John invites them to pay the rest at DFTBA.com/pizza: $18, 'thanks to bad economic policymaking'. (playful) — 00:03:11
  • 2011-02-09 · NERDFIGHTERS UNITE! (in your pants) — John: Because Nerdfighter suchducks claimed in a video that they make fewer inside jokes than they used to, John reveals the Pizza John mustache for the second time. (playful) — 00:00:00
    • 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
  • 2011-04-06 · Tales of Nerd Love! — John: In story three, Janice emailed that a boy, Andrew, asked if she was a Nerdfighter when she wore her Pizza John shirt in Elementary Statistics, then invited her to a Gaming and Anime Society meeting; they're now in Nerdfighterlike. — 00:01:53
  • 2011-05-23 · Eating the Unicorn — John says Tumblr seems to be the top destination for Nerdfighter jokes, Looking for Alaska quotations, DFTBA tattoos, Pizza John jokes and Humpy Hank sites. (hedged) — 00:02:50
  • 2011-06-15 (said on 2011-06-14, implied) · Question Tuesday! Paula Deen Riding Me (and critical reading) — announcement: John: Pizza John shirts are back in all sizes at DFTBA.com/pizza. — 00:01:54
  • 2011-09-09 · 10 Years after September 11th, and Diablo III — ask: Hank asks viewers to follow Eff Yeah Nerdfighters on Tumblr, which finds the best things in Nerdfighteria, such as Sharkeye Jones's laser-eyed Pizza John art. — 00:03:26
  • 2011-10-19 · Question Wed — THE COVER OF THE FAULT IN OUR STARS! — John: Asked by a viewer who grew to hate pizza, John says he once stopped liking pizza because he had a diseased gallbladder and needed abdominal surgery, so yes, something is wrong. (playful) — 00:01:32
  • …and 3 statements more in 2011 — all statements of 2011

2012

  • 2012-09-25 · Do Businesses Need to Suck? — John says that as DFTBA grew Hank wanted YouTubers to sell wristbands, posters and shirts and keep most proceeds, and Nerdfighter merch has always been designed by Nerdfighters. — 00:01:27
  • 2012-11-07 · The 51st State — announcement: Hank announces that tomorrow morning DFTBA.com starts a pre-order of an interesting new item he won't reveal because it's weird. — 00:03:46
  • 2012-11-08 · VOLT! A Dream Comes True. — announcement: John: For about the next 72 hours, six variations Hank made on Valerie2776's original Pizza John shirt design are on pre-order at DFTBA.com, then disappear forever. — 00:03:01

2013

  • 2013-01-15 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall — John says the Pizza John shirt comes from his liking pizza and once having a mustache for five minutes; Nerdfighter Valerie2776 merged the two into the design. (playful) — 00:58:19
  • 2013-01-29 · Across Three Continents: A Tale of Tumblr, Copyright, and Excellent Posters — John says this is why their shop now focuses on royalties for Nerdfighter designers: he splits Pizza John shirt royalties half-and-half with its designer Valerie2776. — 00:00:58
  • 2013-11-08 · VidCon, Punishments, Comments, and Pumpkins — announcement: Hank says they are in the middle of the 12 Days of Pizzamas: instead of last year's (2012) limited-edition Pizza John designs, the Pizza John face goes on many different products. — 00:02:35
    • The Pizzamas items (hoodie, keychains, pin, mugs, guitar picks, frisbees, fleece blanket, pencils, journals, mouse pads, socks) are on pre-order until the 15th, then never available again. — 00:02:58
  • 2013-11-15 · I Have a Band? — announcement: The description announces that Pizzamas has officially ended. — video description
    • Hank says this is the last day of the 12 Days of Pizzamas and tells viewers to buy their pizza things now. — 00:03:23
    • Hank says the Pizzamas items will never be available again, except maybe the number one top-selling one; he is not sure. (hedged) — 00:03:28
  • …and 1 statement more in 2013 — all statements of 2013

2014

  • 2014-11-10 · The Woman Without a Face - Pizzamas Day 1 — announcement: Hank says the Pizzamas before last was just T-shirts; this year (2014) mixes new weird Pizza John designs with products they have never done before. — 00:01:12
    • Hank has worn a different Pizza John shirt in every shot since the warehouse, including a glowing Pizza John shirt that lights up his face. — 00:03:11
  • 2014-11-11 · Lacey and Angela Question Tuesday: Pizzamas Day 2 — announcement: John wishes Hank a happy Pizzamas, the only time of year his face is available on an astonishing variety of items. (playful) — 00:03:38
  • 2014-11-12 · The History of Pizza John! — Hank loves Pizzamas: there is now an official lyricist in the comments and an official emoji combination, and more weird Pizza John things are created all the time. — 00:00:17
    • Hank says Pizza John began when John, in a video about Pakistan, slowly shaved his Movember beard, ending with a few seconds of mustache, crazy eyes and big hair; Hank dates it to 2011. — 00:01:32
    • A nerdfighter screencapped that moment; Valerie2776, now the brothers' community manager, adjusted the contrast, traced it in Illustrator and made it white on red: that was Pizza John. — 00:01:44
    • Valerie2776 posted it on her blog; John saw it and said he wanted it as a shirt, so they made one and some, not many, people bought it. — 00:01:57
    • Hank says the Pizza John face is weird, recognizable and bold, fits the nerd aesthetic and takes a little bravery to wear in public, so it became a kind of nerdfighter badge. — 00:02:07
    • Hank recounts Pizzamas: a few years ago limited-edition Pizza John designs, named Pizzamas, with no extra videos; last year (2013) different products; now both new designs and products plus extra Vlogbrothers videos. — 00:02:38
  • 2014-11-13 · The History of Pizza and the History of John: Pizzamas Day 4 — John enjoyed Hank's history of the Pizza John design, which made him wonder about the history of pizza and the history of Johns. — 00:00:13
  • 2014-11-17 · Combines and Movie Magic: Pizzamas Day 6 — ask: John: P.S.: only four days are left in Pizzamas, so viewers who want John's mustachioed face on any item must order within four days (link in description). — 00:02:43
  • 2014-11-21 (said on 2014-11-20, implied) · The Sleepiest Sleepyhead in Sleeptown — ask: John: today is the last day of Pizzamas, the last day to buy items with his mustachioed face, such as Pizza John shirts or a baby onesie; link in the description. — 00:00:22
  • …and 3 statements more in 2014 — all statements of 2014

Also named in: MY FACE ON A BUS

2015

  • 2015-01-23 · Interviewing the President — Hank: Wearing his Pizza Bowie John shirt, Hank expects to wait hours at the White House before the interview and to spend all that time panicking. (playful) — 00:00:59
  • 2015-11-06 · Announcing VidCon 2016! June 23 - 25 (and Pizzamas 2015!) — announcement: Hank: Pizzamas also brings limited-edition Pizza John shirts; last year's (2014) cannot be had, and this year's (2015) new designs will be shown when Pizzamas begins on Monday with Hank's video. — 00:03:37
  • 2015-11-09 · Enjoy My Stupid Dancing! (Pizzamas Day 1) — recommendation: Hank points those confused by Pizza John to his video from last year (2014) on the history of Pizza John, which he worked hard on and thinks is good. (hedged) — 00:01:04
    • During Pizzamas Pizza Johns come in various styles, available for pre-order only in this two-week period and then never again. — 00:01:12
    • The shirts are available at DFTBA.com and never again; Pizzamas also offers a Pizza John ornament, snapback, window cling, stickers and a travel mug, only available now. — 00:03:15
  • 2015-11-10 · It's a Pizzamas Miracle! (Pizzamas Day 2) — John: After a Nerdfighter commenter and Hank both said they finally liked his beard, John declares it time to shave it and reveals his moustache as a Pizzamas miracle. (playful) — 00:00:13
    • Besides the Pizza John T-shirts, other Pizza John gear such as shoestrings and a travel mug is available only during Pizzamas. — 00:01:08
  • 2015-11-12 · Cheez Doodles Guy, Ringo Silver, and Dad Jokes (Pizzamas Day 4) — ask: John recommends Pizza John shoelaces and a Pizza John travel mug as gifts, available for pre-order only during Pizzamas at DFTBA.com. (playful) — 00:01:38
  • 2015-11-18 · SUIT UP! A Very Fancy Reunion Video (Pizzamas Day 8) — announcement: John: Asked whether there will be Dear Hank and John merch, John instead plugs the Pizza John merch available now at DFTBA.com. — 00:00:45
    • Hank adds that the Pizza John merch is available only for a couple more days. — 00:00:50
  • …and 3 statements more in 2015 — all statements of 2015

2016

  • 2016-10-28 · Give Me Your Tweets, I'll Give You My Phone · Last Video Before Leave! — announcement: Hank says this year's (2016) Pizzamas designs differ: he asked favourite internet designers for their take on Pizza John, producing a diverse, weird set he is excited to share. — 00:00:51
  • 2016-11-07 · It's Pizzamas!!! (Thoughts From the Place Where they Print Our Shirts) — announcement: Hank thanks this year's (2016) Pizzamas designers: Tekst, Ming Doyle, Judy Kaufmann, Rude, Julia Pott, Sara Cervantes, Duncan Gasiewicz and Rachel Calderon Navarro, each with their Pizza John design. — video description
  • 2016-11-08 · A PIZZAMAS MIRACLE — announcement: John says it is Pizzamas, when every year they make vlogbrothers videos every weekday for two weeks. — 00:00:07
    • John says each year brings limited-edition Pizza John merch (this year (2016) a LaCroix Pizza John, a hoodie, shirts by Hank's favourite designers) at DFTBA.com, available only during Pizzamas. — 00:00:52
  • 2016-11-10 · The Museum of Pizza Johns Past — Dave introduces Valerie, who lives in Missoula and works for VidCon, as the designer of Pizza John, which led to Pizzamas: her lasting legacy. — 00:00:35
    • Valerie2776: Valerie gives the ten-second history of Pizza John: John likes pizza, once had a mustache in a video, and all of this followed. (playful) — 00:01:00
    • Valerie2776: Valerie says that this year (2016), as Hank said, they asked their favourite designers to design Pizza John shirts. — 00:01:50
    • Rachel says the personal pizza Pizzamas box holds box-only items: a hot and fresh shirt and notepad, a Pizza John pizza cutter with bottle opener and an apron with gold imprints. — 00:02:31
    • Rachel says that, as last year (2015), one item gives its proceeds to charity: 100% of profits from the Pizza John pet leash go to the Animal Legal Defense Fund. — 00:02:52
  • 2016-11-14 · Who the Eff Is Hank? — Craig Benzine: Calling the Pizza John moustache crucial, Craig says the oldest portrait of a moustache is an Iranian horseman from 300 BC (first saying AD, then correcting himself). (playful) — 00:02:11
  • 2016-11-15 · Good News/Bad News: A Pizzamas Video in Nine Slices — ask: John says only a few days are left to order Pizzamas items, such as Pizza John shirts and PJs, from DFTBA.com before Pizzamas ends. — 00:00:10
  • 2016-11-17 · Decathlons, Pretension, and the Weirdest Animal I've Met: It's Question Thursday — ask: John reminds viewers that Pizzamas ends tomorrow and its items are available for only one more day at dftba.com. (playful) — 00:03:24
  • …and 8 statements more in 2016 — all statements of 2016

2017

2018

  • 2018-10-29 · PIZZAMAS IS HERE! — John's mustache is back for Pizzamas; he claims to be one of the people who can pull a mustache off. (playful) — 00:00:59
    • John unboxes the designer Pizza John shirts: Abstract Pizza John by Sofia Cardone, a Mr. Potato Man Pizza John by Andy J. Pizza, and shirts by Maria Wynn and David Pemberton. — 00:01:05
    • The last shirt, designed by DFTBA, is an extremely subtle Pizza John for those proud of Pizzamas but not too proud. — 00:01:28
    • John is very excited about this year's (2018) Pizza John calendar, full of pizza artwork from nerdfighters around the world. — 00:02:07
  • 2018-11-05 · Reading Mean Comments with John — Hank: A separate category of comments describes John with his mustache: the guy you glance at at Walmart, an 80s substitute teacher, a Ned Flanders double, the protagonist of Her. (playful) — 00:03:06
  • 2018-11-08 · Let's Talk Money: The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Semi-Annual Report — John says he has always felt kind of guilty being paid for Pizza John t-shirts and thinks there are better ways to spend that money, so they will. (hedged) — 00:01:37
  • …and 4 statements more in 2018 — all statements of 2018

2019

  • 2019-10-11 · Your Life Will be Better After you Know About Frogmouths — announcement: Hank announces Pizzamas from October 28, when the brothers make videos every weekday as in 2007 and sell Pizza John products. — 00:02:54
    • Hank announces the Pizza John Halloween mask, sold before Pizzamas because it is needed before then, at DFTBA: the worst thing they've ever done, and he loves it. (playful) — 00:03:22
  • 2019-10-15 · I'm Having a Lot of Feelings — announcement: John says the Pizza John masks are available at DFTBA.com for a properly horrifying Halloween costume. (playful) — 00:00:29
  • 2019-10-25 · Unscripted and Unhinged — announcement: Hank says Pizzamas starts next week (week of 28 October 2019), when he and John go back to 2007 vlogbrothers and make videos every day, so he will see John on Monday. — 00:03:33
  • 2019-10-28 · PIZZAMAS IS HERE!!!! — announcement: John announces Pizzamas, the most magical time of year in Nerdfighteria, when for two weeks they make weekday videos as in 2007. — 00:00:00
    • John jokes that he might need to grow a mustache, and one appears on camera; he calls it terrible, worse for being subtle. (playful) — 00:00:00
    • John presents a Pizza John mug, for drinking coffee in a classy, sophisticated and slightly mustachioed way. (playful) — 00:00:29
    • John presents a 'magnificently subtle' Pizza John sweatshirt. (playful) — 00:00:29
    • John presents a football scarf for Pizza John and finds it surprisingly comfortable. — 00:00:29
    • John says this is shaping up to be the best Pizzamas ever and the Pizza John shirts are now like high art. — 00:00:29
    • John says Hank once made a video on Pizzamas' backstory; every year DFTBA.com commissions items themed on his mustachioed face, sold only during Pizzamas, which he unboxes unseen. — 00:00:29
    • John presents a Pizza John pennant, so buyers can brag about having gone to pizza college. (playful) — 00:03:15
  • …and 6 statements more in 2019 — all statements of 2019

2020

  • 2020-10-05 · Thank God It's Over and PIZZAMAS IS HERE!!!!!!! — announcement: John announces Pizzamas: for two weeks the brothers trade videos every weekday as in 2007 and sell stuff with John's mustachioed face, a reference to something from 2008 he doesn't remember. — 00:00:00
    • John unboxes this year's (2020) items, starting with Circles Pizza John, which combines two of his favorite things, drawing tiny circles and having a mustache, then shirts, a hoodie, a tote, socks, pins, wrapping paper. (playful) — 00:00:29
    • John says it wouldn't be 2020 without a Pizza John mask, joking that wearing it makes people keep their distance. (playful) — 00:02:28
  • 2020-10-13 (said on 2020-10-05, implied) · Me from the Past: A Pizzamas Miracle — John announces his mustache is back, a Pizzamas miracle, adding that not all miracles are good. (playful) — 00:00:00
    • On 5 October 2020, John predicts about 40 people will buy the Pizza John shirt on upload day, and tells viewers not to be afraid to beat that expectation. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:27
  • 2020-10-14 · John Predicts the Future! — announcement: Hank says they blew John's shirt prediction out of the water, selling more than 95, an example of how imagining the future affects the future. — 00:00:58
  • …and 1 statement more in 2020 — all statements of 2020

2021

  • 2021-03-09 · Hank Rebranded Without Any of Us Noticing — John: As proof of Hank's rebrand, John recalls the Corndog Hank t-shirt made to go with the Pizza John t-shirt: Pizza John is still here, Corndog Hank forgotten to history. (playful) — 00:02:26
  • 2021-03-12 · A Crisis of Branding — Hank honestly loves Pizza John and They Might Be Giants. — 00:02:30
  • 2021-08-17 · Who Owns Nerdfighteria? — John's example is Pizza John: does he own it because it is his face from a screenshot of his video, or Valerie because they made the design? And who owns it when Alice makes one? — 00:01:27
  • 2021-10-04 · PIZZAMAS IS HERE! — John, wearing his Pizzamas mustache, says it is hard to say anything serious with it. (playful) — 00:00:28
    • Some Pizzamas 2021 items are limited editions because few could be made: a Pizza John candle, a large blanket with the floral Pizza John, Puzzle John (a 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle) and a tie-dye hoodie. — 00:00:36
    • Pizzamas 2021 also offers a Pizza John ice tray and a dice set. — 00:01:00
    • After ten Pizzamases, John says, the inside jokes may be very hard for new viewers to parse; he adds that he has the face Pizza John is based on and doesn't get it either. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:44
    • Also at pizzamas.com: a 10th-anniversary Pizza John patch, Pizza John scratch-and-sniff stickers, a Pizza John winter hat, and a pin subscription whose board viewers fill with topping pins over six months. — 00:02:47
    • For the 10th anniversary there is a Pizza John zine in which Nerdfighters from all around the world tried to draw Pizza John from memory; John calls it amazing. — 00:03:10
    • John wonders how something Valerie designed all those years ago turned into all of this, and says he is so, so grateful. — 00:03:28
  • 2021-10-14 · Pizza Sized Johns or John Sized Pizza? It's Question Thursday — recommendation: John's favorite Pizzamas merch is the Pizza John zine in which people drew Pizza John from memory: it's magic. He also loves the blanket. — 00:00:00
  • 2021-11-09 · Hank Green's Million Dollar Ideas — John says if the idea of 2D glasses could become 2D glasses, then a conference could become VidCon, an educational video company Complexly, and John with a mustache a t-shirt. — 00:01:46
  • …and 2 statements more in 2021 — all statements of 2021

2022

  • 2022-04-22 · My Life is on My Walls — Hank shows the meat Furby, the bean Furby, Pizza John art whose maker he thanks, and the map of the realm of Narnia that will always be behind him. — 00:03:16
  • 2022-09-26 · PIZZAMAS IS UPON US — announcement: The description corrects that John mixed up two designers: the Pizza Johns Starting Lineup is by Josh Taira (Daruma Party) and the Wolf Pizza John by Bern Lehtinen. — video description
    • John says his mustache is back and not for the better: letting it grow longer this year (2022) did not help, it looks like it does every year. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2022-09-28 · How My Book Became a Hit with Elderly People — announcement: John: Breathless from a workout in his Pizza John football jersey, hand towel and water bottle, John says all of it is available only at Pizzamas.com for 12 more days. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2022-09-30 · COMMIT TO THE BIT — ask: John says buying the Pizza John floor rug shows utter commitment to the bit; no one will question your commitment with it on your floor. (playful) — 00:02:36
  • 2022-10-05 · Asking an AI Image Generator for Pizza Johns — announcement: Hank says he put Pizza John into an AI art generator, slowly lost his mind, and will walk John through the process. — 00:00:00
    • Hank, in John's home, notes that they are wearing the same outfit. — 00:00:00
    • Hank describes prompting Pizza John in artists' and period styles: by Van Gogh, as a Renaissance painting, and as Andy Warhol pizza art. — 00:01:07
  • 2022-10-06 · The Pizzamas Magic Is Almost Over… — announcement: John shows his Pizza John Nalgene bottle, saved until near the end of Pizzamas. — 00:00:00
    • Instead, John suggests Paul install the Pizza John bust in his home, from pizzamas.com. (playful) — 00:00:43
  • 2022-10-07 · Planets Don't Exist — Hank: At the Stephen Sprouse exhibit, Hank told Katherine that someday there would be a museum show like it of Pizza John art; the brothers muse about a Pizza John gallery. (playful) — 00:03:13
  • 2022-10-14 · The Surprise Revelation of NerdfArters — Hank runs through early prompts: DFTBA, Pizza John Yourself, Breezy Fall Day (a reference to his second novel), Just the Word Pelican, Surprise Fiddle Concert, Nerdfighteria and Pizzamas. — 00:00:58
  • …and 9 statements more in 2022 — all statements of 2022

Also named in: The 2022 P4A Meme Review!!!, The Wildest Way it Could Possibly Have Gone - Our 16 Year Anniversary

2023

  • 2023-08-22 · The Panera Phenomenon — John: The peppers are for John and his mom's annual hot sauce: he is making experimental fermented sauces with the early peppers, and the traditional family sauce later in the year. — 00:03:08
    • John says the family names its hot sauce every year; last year's (2022) was Societal Collapse Is in the Air, after something Timothée Chalamet said during a press junket. — 00:03:20
  • 2023-09-25 · PIZZAMAS IS HERE!!! — recommendation: In a channel comment John recommends visiting pizzamas.com even without buying, to read Zoe's product descriptions, quoting the Pizza John Origins shirt text. — creator comment
  • 2023-09-26 · THE REVEAL — announcement: The description wishes everyone a happy Pizzamas and plugs the 'Johnough' shirts (the He's Just John shirt). — video description
    • Hank says the DFTBA team worked for months to get ready for Pizzamas and pulled off things he doubted, like a Pizza John Chia Pet he thought could not be made. — 00:00:15
    • Hank says his shaving has reached a classic Pizza John, the mustache running down for peak ridiculousness, but he will clean his up: that one is John's, so what is his? (playful) — 00:02:15
  • 2023-09-29 · Like Apocalyptic Horsemen — John says the family is concerned that Hank hinted his mustache might become permanent, and insists it should only be a Pizzamas mustache. (playful) — 00:01:27
  • 2023-10-06 · I Quit — announcement: Hank says the person they hired, LJ Joukovski, is amazing; she has had a crash course in Pizza John and has embraced the weird. — 00:02:29
    • Hank says he told Katherine this was his last Pizzamas video so he could shave his mustache, and she said he didn't have to. (playful) — 00:07:20
    • Hank offers the code HANKSENTME for an extra $5 off the discounted items, for those who want to commit to the bit; this year's (2023) Pizza John shirts are available only a couple more days. — 00:08:28
  • 2023-10-31 · How to Make Hot Sauce for Just $65 per Bottle — The description says John and his mom make homemade hot sauce that costs $65 per bottle, takes about eight months and has a fairly high chance of catastrophic failure. (playful) — video description
    • John cannot sell the sauce, since it was not made in a commercial kitchen and would need about $80 a bottle to profit, so he gives it to family and friends for the holidays. — 00:02:50
  • …and 11 statements more in 2023 — all statements of 2023

Also named in: The Hottest Place and the Coldest Place in the Universe are the SAME PLACE

2024

  • 2024-09-23 · IT'S HERE! — announcement: John: After last year's (2023) Pizza John hot sauce, this year (2024) there are so many Pizza John hot sauces that there is a year-round subscription. — 00:00:29
    • John lists more Pizzamas items: an oversized sweatshirt-blanket, a Pizza John Magic 8-Ball, a Pizza John blanket and a Pizza John chef's apron. — 00:00:29
    • A wooden Pizza John dice holder with Pizza John dice (a 20 rolls a Pizza John) comes with the Pizzamas one-shot, a Pizzamas role-playing game also sold on its own. — 00:01:17
    • John lists smaller items: Pizza John pimple patches, a dirty/clean dishwasher magnet, a pizza bucket hat and a Pizza John lunchbox. — 00:01:46
    • John shows this year's (2024) t-shirts: him saying hello from his Pizzamas abode, a 'pizza fall' shirt after brat summer, a cowboy lassoing a pizza, and 'Pizza John made fresh'. (playful) — 00:02:16
  • 2024-09-27 · Is It 2010? IT'S A PARTS VIDEO — recommendation: John's favourite available item is the hot sauce subscription, four bottles through the year, which he calls epic and a pretty good deal. — 00:02:55
  • 2024-10-04 · Trees are Destroying the Earth (Again) — announcement: Hank: To clear undersold warehouse inventory, the leftover sale discounts the lunchbox, blanket, pimple patches, tattoos, clog charms, BRAT shirts and past years' items; the blanket comes with a free Pizza John print. — 00:05:21
  • …and 2 statements more in 2024 — all statements of 2024

2025

  • 2025-09-16 · After seven long years… — John lists the community's real accomplishments: tens of millions of dollars raised for stronger health care systems, lower prices for TB diagnostics and treatments, and, playfully, the legacy of Pizza John. — 00:00:00
  • 2025-09-29 · PIZZAMAS IS UPON US! — John: Unboxing the shirts, John credits the team at DFTBA and says the shirts are now simply awesome t-shirts that happen to be Pizza John themed. — 00:00:30
    • John says he did not grow a pizza mustache this year (2025) because he made a call to stay married. (playful) — 00:01:03
    • John shows more items than in past years: a Views shirt with his own face on it and Pizza John pajama pants. — 00:02:03
    • John shows a puffy Pizzamas bag, a Pizza John 'Nunu' backpack or keychain charm (not a Labubu) and a camo hat that says pizza. — 00:02:32
    • John shows a subtler item, a Pizza John cutting board made in Montana, plus a Pizzamas fidget and the Pizza John Forever Coloring Book. — 00:04:01
    • Welcoming new Nerdfighters at their first Pizzamas, John says he has no idea how his briefly having a mustache in 2008 led to all this. (playful) — 00:04:31
  • 2025-10-01 · Real Reasons for Hope — announcement: John plugs the 2025 Pizzamas pin subscription: monthly bookplates featuring John and his mustache as a different literary character each month, beginning with Frankenstein. — 00:02:26
  • …and 1 statement more in 2025 — all statements of 2025

2026

  • 2026-09-28 · Death. Taxes. Pizzamas. — John says his mustache can only mean one thing: it is Pizzamas. (playful) — 00:00:00
    • John begins the reveal of this year's (2026) Pizzamas items with a Pizza John mug and a hat he likes enough to wear for the rest of the video. — 00:00:30
    • John says that while filming he did not realize this year’s (2026) Pizza John is Western-themed because he has been playing Red Dead Redemption 2 on John’s Channel, though of course it is. — 00:01:04
    • For new viewers, John explains that Valerie2776 created Pizza John almost 20 years ago. — 00:01:52
    • John shows a shirt with an old-school 70s vibe and one combining Andy Warhol, Hollywood, Ending and Pizza John. — 00:02:43
    • John singles out a denim jacket whose buttons each bear Pizza John and whose back he finds very cool. — 00:02:43
    • John shows a Let's Dough This Pizza John hoodie with him delivering pizza on a motorcycle, and matching sweatpants with Pizza John on the butt. — 00:03:20
  • 2026-09-29 · Pretend You Don't Know This — Hank says Pizzamas rests on a Nerdfighteria bit about John having a mustache for 20 minutes in 2008, and in 2026 they are still doing it. (playful) (slip of the tongue: 2008) — 00:01:45
  • 2026-10-08 · The Test of a First Rate Intelligence — announcement: John shows his Pizzamas hoodie, which made it into the meager supplies of the carry-on suitcase he has lived out of for almost a month: it has "pizza" on the aglets and Pizza Johns inside the hood; he praises DFTBA for committing to the weirdest bit. — 00:00:59
  • 2026-10-09 · The Productivity Lie — recommendation: In a comment, Hank instead recommends the Pizza John Hot Sauce, which people have begged them to bring back for years, and the third annual Pizza John One-Shot TTRPG. — creator comment
  • 2026-10-27 · Should I Salinger… — John and his mom grow pepper plants to make their family hot sauce; tending them is another thing he might be doing if he ever Salingered. — 00:03:32
  • …and 1 statement more in 2026 — all statements of 2026

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