Stuff on Heads
community photo project · in 22 videos (2007–2026)
Hank later floated a stuffonheads.com site, and the brothers long recalled it as the community cheering John up, with about 350 of some 400 viewers sending pictures.
Videos by year: 2007: 12 · 2008: 1 · 2009: 2 · 2010: 1 · 2014: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2026: 1
Also known as: Put Stuff on Your Head
Website: stuffonheads.com
Threads
- Hank asks viewers to put stuff on their heads (2007) — ask, reported back, 2007–2023
- Stuff on Heads: viewers send pictures and videos of stuff on their heads (2007) — project history, completed, 2007–2026
- Hank asks Nerdfighters to help build stuffonheads.com (2007) — asked in 2007; no response reported, 2007
Also named in the threads: Hank asks John and viewers what to do with his misprinted EcoGeek business cards (2007) · Hank's 'tiny chickens' illness bit (2007) · 'In your pants' suffix game (2007) · The brothers' 'secret siblings' (2007) · Song Wednesday: Hank performs a song on Wednesdays (2007) · John's 'the puff' stress habit (2007) · John asks what the opposite of a nerdfighter is (2007) · John's 'giant squid of anger' (2009)
Often together
What comes up in the same parts of the videos; the number is how many parts.
in your pants (4) · world suck (4) · made of awesome (2) · Brotherhood 2.0 forum (2) · Brotherhood 2.0 (4) · nerdfighter (2) · Maureen Johnson (2) · DFTBA (2) · Katherine Green (3) · Sarah Urist Green (2)
What the videos say
The most important statements of each year; all statements.
2007
- 2007-03-20 · March 20th: Dancing and the Idiocy of Age — ask: Hank urges anyone who finds themselves getting older and less silly to do something about it: put something on their head. (playful) — 00:03:03
- 2007-03-21 · Brotherhood 2.0: March 21st: Put Stuff on Your Head — recommendation: John says the simple answer to a long bad day, with a weepy eye and people looking at you funny, is to put stuff on your head. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:33
- 2007-03-22 · March 22nd: Book Club and Business Cards — ask: Hank wants to see viewers' heads and suggests setting something up so people can send pictures and videos of stuff on their heads. (hedged) — 00:03:11
- 2007-03-26 · March 26th: Stuff on Everyone's Heads! — Hank presents a montage of dozens of people putting stuff on their heads (per title and description), set to a song whose refrain thanks someone 'for not being one of them'. — 00:00:10
- 2007-03-27 · March 26th: Thanks — John says he has been doing a lot better since watching Hank's video, which made his week. — 00:00:00
- John says Hank in particular, and all the viewers who sent pictures of stuff on their heads, went above and beyond, showing him things one can put on one's head, from an ironing board to a knee-length boot. — 00:00:42
- 2007-04-13 · Friday the 13th: Step It Up! — Hank says he doesn't know much about Kurt Vonnegut, but the English nerdfighters clearly do, and he mourns with them; the stuff on his head is for Vonnegut. — 00:00:00
- 2007-10-01 · October 1st: Stuff on Heads...dot com??? — announcement: Hank says he is considering launching a website called stuffonheads.com, 'coming soon'. (hedged) — 00:01:15
- 2007-10-02 · Oct. 2nd: Brotherhood 2.0 on the Road (Literally) — John imagines building a Nerdfighter outlet mall in Winner, South Dakota, with a Put Stuff On Your Head outlet, a Peeps outlet and a pants outlet. (joke) — 00:01:14
- 2007-12-24 · THE NERDFIGHTER HAPPY DANCE PROJECT — Debbie Kitto: The tribute lists what the brothers brought: intelligent humor, blended meals, 'In My Pants', DFTBA, songs on Wednesday, stuff on heads, awesome and togetherness. — 00:08:13
- …and 10 statements more in 2007 — all statements of 2007
Also named in: July 26: The Price of Fame
2008
- 2008-02-19 · Your Spying Thieving Valentine: Hank — Hank shows several valentines: one 'from Helen Hunt', one naming Queen Ranavalona, a 'place head here' card, and one shaped like Nerdfighter fingers; he promises to treasure them. (playful) — 00:02:28
2009
- 2009-12-27 · How To Be a Nerdfighter: A Vlogbrothers FAQ — Hank says putting stuff on your head makes you feel better about life. (playful) — 00:01:50
Also named in: HAPPY JOHN DAY!!!
2014
- 2014-08-08 · Who Owns a Monkey's Selfie? And a Song About Meningitis! — Hank recalls that the first time John missed a video, for the eye infection, the community made a video of people putting stuff on their heads to help him feel better. — 00:02:29
- 2014-08-12 · EBOLA! (...meningitis) — John thanks Nerdfighters for putting stuff on their heads to cheer him up; it did the trick when he desperately needed it. — 00:03:49
2020
- 2020-10-07 (said on 2020-10-06, implied) · The Golden Age of Vlogbrothers — John: To cheer John up, Hank asked viewers of their new YouTube videos to send pictures of themselves with something silly on their heads, before smartphones made that easy. — 00:00:00
2023
- 2023-09-19 · So, um.... GOOD NEWS?!?!?! — John recalls Hank asking the community for pictures with stuff on their heads to cheer him up: of about 400 regular viewers, about 350 sent pictures, before the iPhone. — 00:04:54
- 2023-12-24 · John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated — both: A Nerdfighter dictionary lightning round defines puppy-sized elephants, stuff on heads, French the llama, puff levels, Decepticons, the Giant Squid of Anger, tiny chicken disease, secret siblings, in your pants and the gang sign. — 02:18:41
2026
- 2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 4! — John recalls that when he was ill in March 2007, about 270 viewers sent pictures with stuff on their heads to cheer him up, the first moment he and Hank thought of doing more with the community. — 00:08:24
Also named in other years (nothing said): Top 10 VIDCON MOMENTS (2010-07-14)