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Lists, 2008

68 lists in 52 videos, by upload date. Each list: who says it, how many named members, what it is about (the statement or segment it belongs to) and its start; then the members in the order said, each linked to its entity page where there is one. A skipped number (…) is an item that names no entity; “quoted” words are how a member was actually said when that differs from its name. All years

2008-01-04 · Nerdfighting in 2008, Pakistan, and Hillary Clinton

  • John, 5 named (joke) — John jokes that mustaches on 20th-century world leaders are a bad sign (Stalin, Hitler, Saddam Hussein, Kaiser Wilhelm II; Genghis Khan), so by comparison Musharraf is 'kind of a winner'. (00:02:04)
    1 Joseph Stalin · 2 Adolf Hitler · 3 Saddam Hussein · 4 Wilhelm II · 5 Genghis Khan

2008-01-08 · Sledding and YouTube Tag

  • Hank, 2 named (1 unnamed item) — Hank tags five YouTubers in turn, among them Ransom Riggs and Maureen Johnson. (00:03:26)
    … · 2 Ransom Riggs · 3 Maureen Johnson

2008-01-08 · The Return of Question Tuesdays

  • a viewer, 4 named (joke) — Offered Game Boy, Teletubby, Harry Potter or George Lucas, John picks Harry Potter as the only 'real human', joking that a robot killed Lucas and made episodes 1-3. (00:01:06)
    1 Game Boy · 2 Teletubbies “Teletubby” · 3 Harry Potter (character, “Harry Potter”) · 4 George Lucas

2008-01-30 · I Am Not A Pornographer

  • John, 3 named — John tells those who say teens lack critical sophistication to stop condescending: readers of Animal Farm or Huck Finn don't take them literally (Godot, he jokes, doesn't help). (00:02:48)
    1 Animal Farm · 2 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (00:02:54) · 3 Waiting for Godot (00:03:00)

2008-02-04 · Obama Says Subscribe

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank says Romney and Huckabee scare him, while McCain only half scares him. (00:00:41)
    1 Mitt Romney · 2 Mike Huckabee

2008-02-08 · QUESTION TUESDAYS (On Friday)

  • John, 2 named (playful) — Brownies, Looking for Alaska, Lost or Heroes, puppy-sized animals, Alaska's origin, 'Ness', anagrams, the God-burrito question (00:02:06)
    1 Lost · 2 Heroes

2008-02-14 · The Puff Pwns Gravity

  • John, 3 named — John asks all Nerdfighters to vote for Daniel against stiff competition; in one category he is nominated alongside John McCain, John Edwards and Mitt Romney's five sons. (00:01:36)
    1 John McCain · 2 John Edwards · 3 Mitt Romney

2008-02-19 · Your Spying Thieving Valentine: Hank

  • Hank, 7 named — Part 2: the Amazon affiliate link and what Nerdfighters buy (00:00:58)
    1 Elsewhere · 2 Star Wars (00:01:27) · 3 Nerds: Who They Are and Why We Need Them · 4 Probability and Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences · 5 Solar Energy Projects for the Evil Genius · 6 The Gifted Kids' Survival Guide · 7 Fraggle Rock (00:01:57)

2008-02-21 · People Who Love Giraffes Who Love Giraffes

  • John, 2 named — For a trip to the Evil Baby Orphanage John would take A Love Supreme by John Coltrane and something by the Mountain Goats, though evil baby Stalin would steal them. (00:01:14)
    1 A Love Supreme · 2 The Mountain Goats

2008-03-04 · SETTING THE QUESTION TUESDAY WORLD RECORD

  • John, 2 named — John's quick picks: Kant over Nietzsche, the Beatles over the Rolling Stones, cookie dough over cake batter, Vader over Voldemort, a blue shirt. (00:00:28)
    1 Darth Vader · 2 Voldemort

  • John, 2 named — John's quick picks: Kant over Nietzsche, the Beatles over the Rolling Stones, cookie dough over cake batter, Vader over Voldemort, a blue shirt. (00:01:56)
    1 Immanuel Kant · 2 Friedrich Nietzsche

  • John, 2 named — John's quick picks: Kant over Nietzsche, the Beatles over the Rolling Stones, cookie dough over cake batter, Vader over Voldemort, a blue shirt. (00:01:56)
    1 The Rolling Stones · 2 The Beatles

  • John, 2 named — John recommends Suite Scarlett by Maureen Johnson and Three Little Words by Ashley Rhodes-Courter. (00:01:56)
    1 Suite Scarlett “Sweet Scarlet” · 2 Three Little Words

  • John, 2 named — World-record Question Tuesday: rapid answers to viewer questions (00:02:51)
    1 Alaska Young · 2 Lindsey Lee Wells “Lindsay”

2008-03-21 · Twitter After School Time

  • Hank, 5 named — Hank argues Twitter is not for telling anyone how you are but for defining yourself through the self the internet lets you create across many platforms. (00:01:39)
    1 Facebook · 2 LinkedIn · 3 Myspace · 4 Flickr (photo sharing site) · 5 YouTube (00:02:12)

2008-04-08 · Nerdfighting in Bangladesh

  • John, 2 named — John is a big believer in giving to charities like Save the Children and Oxfam, which do amazing work with impressive efficiency. (00:00:48)
    1 Save the Children · 2 Oxfam

2008-04-16 · ITCHY MUSIC!

  • Hank, 10 named — Hank's top-nine list of songs found on YouTube: Ultra Relax, Abby, Julia Nunes, Narciso Lobo, Gustav, wizard rock, Of Montreal, Cotton Fields (00:01:38)
    1 Ultra Relax · 2 Abby (00:02:24) · 3 Julia Nunes · 4 Narciso Lobo · 5 Gustav · 6 Wizard rock (00:03:08) · 7 The Parselmouths “Parcel Mouths” · 8 The Moaning Myrtles · 9 Of Montreal · 10 Cotton Fields

2008-04-21 · Belated Book-tacular Questions

  • John, 2 named (joke) — Belated Question Tuesday: rapid answers to book questions (Paper Towns, favorite books, authors, poets, last words, Looking for Alaska ban, Catcher, Hamlet) (00:00:53)
    1 E. Lockhart · 2 Libba Bray

2008-05-16 · Hank's Punishment (ugh...I don't believe uploading this...)

  • Hank, 4 named — Hank suggests birthday material: Katherine loves cute things, Ze Frank, Cute with Chris, Johnny Depp (particularly Captain Jack Sparrow) and cats. (00:03:23)
    1 Ze Frank · 2 Cute with Chris · 3 Johnny Depp · 4 Jack Sparrow

2008-05-20 · Guys Love Giraffe Love

  • John, 6 named (joke) — Choosing between a million dollars and punching Hitler, John would time-travel to put evil baby Hitler, Stalin, Idi Amin and others in the Evil Baby Orphanage in Tibet, then sell the time machine. (00:02:42)
    1 Adolf Hitler · 2 Joseph Stalin · 3 Idi Amin · 4 Vlad the Impaler · 5 Elizabeth Báthory · 6 Ranavalona I “evil baby Queen Rana Valona the First”

2008-05-22 · Adorable Puppy Injury!!!!

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank also asks about anagrams in math, whether evil people like Hitler or Stalin had pets, and what an iota is. (00:03:12)
    1 Adolf Hitler · 2 Joseph Stalin

2008-05-30 · The Dread Pirate Fireball Roberts! (And Housekeeping)

  • John, 2 named — John announces the 2008 Tour de Nerdfighting across America and hopefully a few places in Canada, telling Nerdfighters to mark their calendars for November. (00:00:48)
    1 Katherine Green “the Catherine” · 2 Sarah Urist Green “the Yeti”

2008-06-04 · VEEPSTAKES!

  • John, 10 named — Ten likely running mates for Obama, each with upside and downside: Clinton, Schweitzer, Biden, Dodd, Sebelius, Kaine, Tester, Webb, Hagel, Richardson (00:00:46)
    1 Hillary Clinton · 2 Brian Schweitzer · 3 Joe Biden (00:01:15) · 4 Chris Dodd (00:01:44) · 5 Kathleen Sebelius · 6 Tim Kaine (00:02:13) · 7 Jon Tester · 8 Jim Webb (00:02:42) · 9 Chuck Hagel (00:03:12) · 10 Bill Richardson

2008-06-19 · Memo to the Fourteenth Century (and to the Tobians)

  • John, 2 named — John notes that in recent weeks they have asked a lot of Nerdfighters: money for Daniel Biss, Tetris pieces, T-shirt ideas and a collaboratively written novel. (00:03:17)
    1 Daniel Biss · 2 Tetris

2008-06-24 · Questions Answered!

  • Hank, 2 named — Viewers told Hank the difference between mono and uni is that uni is Latin and mono Greek; he had thought both were Latin. (00:00:58)
    1 Latin · 2 Greek language

  • Hank, 3 named (playful) — Are there more murders on TV or in real life? (00:01:54)
    1 Tony Shalhoub · 2 Angela Lansbury · 3 Hercule Poirot

2008-07-01 · Live from LAX

2008-07-08 · Hank Tried to Kill Me With a Hammer

  • John, 2 named — John jokes his own books are the best inspiration, then says that once you finish a book 'they' want the pale basement-dwelling writer to become a selling machine, though he only wants to stay home, make videos, eat Peeps and hang out with Willy. (00:01:12)
    1 Peeps (00:01:21) · 2 Willy (00:01:12)

2008-07-18 · Book Eight...Another Harry Potter Song

  • Hank, 6 named (joke) — Song: Hank wants a Book 8 (Harry's sons, Grindelwald and Dumbledore, epilogue, Voldemort's son, the veil, Hagrid's parents) and suggests titles (00:02:57)
    1 Harry Potter and the Pillar of Storgé · 2 Narnia (00:03:25) · 3 Starfighters of Adumar · 4 Paper Towns · 5 Knights Who Say "Ni!" · 6 Nerdfighteria “nerdfighters”

2008-07-22 · OMFG CATCHER IN THE RYE!!!

  • John, 3 named — John says Catcher is Salinger's most famous work, but he also published Franny and Zooey, Nine Stories and a book holding Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction. (00:00:00)
    1 Franny and Zooey · 2 Nine Stories · 3 Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction

  • John, 2 named (joke) — Reading schedule (first half by next Tuesday) and things to watch: unlikable Holden, the red hunting cap, the two Holdens (00:02:14)
    1 Lisa Donovan · 2 Smosh

2008-07-30 · Audiobooks and 8 8 08

  • John, 4 named — Because the day coincides with the Harry Potter conference Terminus, John says special guests will come: Secret Brother Adam, Secret Sister Rosianna, some of the Five Awesome Girls and Guys, and a surprise guest. (00:00:25)
    1 Adam · 2 Rosianna Halse Rojas · 3 Five Awesome Girls (00:00:48) · 4 Five Awesome Guys

2008-08-04 · Breakdancing in Missoula Montana

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank shows the crew to the tune of '21 Jump Street', not the TV theme but a song about the show by DJ Wise and Red Cloud, courtesy of Syntax Records. (00:00:29)
    1 DJ Wise “DJ Wyze” · 2 Redcloud

2008-08-06 · Question Tuesday Returns (on a Wednesday)

  • John, 2 named (joke) — Questions: being a nerd, proposing to the Yeti via Hendrik Hertzberg, superhero, starting the next book, favourite Hank song, parents, Green Green Manifesto, another P4A, grades, what Hank does for money, toast (00:02:38)
    1 Fred Figglehorn · 2 Smosh

2008-08-12 · Eight Days of Awesome

  • Hank, 6 named — 8/8/08 in Chicago: talk at Google, library event with 380+ Nerdfighters, wizard rock in the park, The Bean, electrified concert, dancing (00:02:42)
    1 Short sisters · 2 The Butterbeer Experience · 3 The Parselmouths · 4 Five Awesome Girls · 5 Rosianna Halse Rojas · 6 Adam

2008-08-15 · Metric Sabbath

  • Hank, 2 named (2 unnamed items) — Ten days of awesome and a 'metric Sabbath'; coming down after Terminus and New York; improvised 'I miss Terminus' song (00:02:05)
    … · 3 Wizard rock · 4 nerdfighter “nerd fighting”

2008-08-21 · INTERNET SENSATION B$%CH

  • Susan Carlson (quoted), 2 named — CBS 2 report by Susan Carlson with Hank's commentary: textual communication vs texting, 13.5 million viewers, John on the community's message, the Chicago library crowd, the non-existent prize, air quotes, JT, fans and a parent on Nerdfighters (00:02:58)
    1 Britney Spears · 2 Justin Timberlake

2008-08-25 · Oh John Green, You're 31

  • a guest, 6 named (playful) — Search for a song with John in the name: John Barleycorn, John Brown, Wild Thing, John Deere Green, Johnny Appleseed, Jingle Bell Rock (00:03:48)
    1 John Barleycorn · 2 John Brown's Body · 3 Wild Thing · 4 John Deere Green · 5 Johnny Appleseed · 6 Jingle Bell Rock

2008-08-26 · The Catcher in the Rye, Part 2

  • John, 3 named — Spoiler joke; the second-half topics John had planned (innocence vs experience, the red hunting cap, the ducks, the museum, the carousel) (00:00:00)
    1 Central Park · 2 American Museum of Natural History · 3 Phoebe Caulfield

2008-08-29 · Sarah Palin: An Introduction

  • John, 3 named — John says Palin is reliably conservative on social issues important to the Republican base: strongly pro-life, against gay marriage and a lifelong NRA member. (00:00:40)
    1 anti-abortion movement “pro-life” · 2 same-sex marriage · 3 National Rifle Association (00:00:43)

  • John, 2 named — John calls Palin a very Alaska-centric governor who, unlike governors such as Kathleen Sebelius or Rod Blagojevich, has not led on national issues. (00:02:05)
    1 Kathleen Sebelius · 2 Rod Blagojevich

2008-09-04 · Paper Towns Tour Dates!

  • John, 12 named — John announces the Paper Towns tour stops from October 17 to 30: Boston, Indianapolis, Columbus, Atlanta, Miami, Orlando, Chicago suburbs and city, Phoenix, Seattle, San Francisco, and a Nerdfighter Halloween party in Los Angeles. (00:01:12)
    1 New York City · 2 Boston (00:01:43) · 3 Indianapolis · 4 Columbus, Ohio (00:02:13) · 5 Atlanta · 6 Miami · 7 Orlando, Florida · 8 Chicago (city) · 9 Phoenix, Arizona · 10 Seattle · 11 San Francisco · 12 Los Angeles

  • John, 12 named — Tour de Nerdfighting 2008 dates booked so far; which stops are you coming to (00:02:56)
    1 Plano, Texas · 2 Oklahoma City · 3 St. Louis · 4 Greenwood, Indiana · 5 Louisville, Kentucky · 6 Virginia Beach, Virginia · 7 Charlottesville, Virginia · 8 Lancaster, Pennsylvania · 9 Westport, Connecticut (00:03:25) · 10 Pittsburgh · 11 Ann Arbor, Michigan · 12 Ames, Iowa

2008-09-11 · A Video about Videos

  • John, 2 named — John describes Amy Krouse Rosenthal as the author of acclaimed best-selling books, including Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life and Little Pea. (00:01:34)
    1 Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life · 2 Little Pea

2008-09-23 · Paper Towns and Touring Question Tuesday

  • John, 4 named — Paper Towns out in 22 days; John stressed, the puff; Question Tuesday: release date October 16 (00:00:00)
    1 Dallas · 2 Washington, DC · 3 Tucson, Arizona · 4 Tempe, Arizona (00:00:43)

  • John, 29 named — The cities the tour is definitely going to, recited fast; events free, few tickets (00:01:41)
    1 New York City · 2 Boston · 3 Indianapolis · 4 Columbus, Ohio · 5 Atlanta · 6 Orlando, Florida · 7 Miami · 8 Naperville, Illinois · 9 Chicago (city) · 10 Phoenix, Arizona · 11 Seattle · 12 San Francisco · 13 Los Angeles · 14 Plano, Texas · 15 Oklahoma City · 16 St. Louis · 17 Louisville, Kentucky · 18 Knoxville, Tennessee · 19 Gadsden, Alabama · 20 Newport News, Virginia · 21 Charlottesville, Virginia · 22 Lancaster, Pennsylvania · 23 Westport, Connecticut · 24 Pittsburgh · 25 Ann Arbor, Michigan · 26 Racine, Wisconsin · 27 Ames, Iowa · 28 Kansas City, Missouri · 29 Minneapolis–Saint Paul “the Twin Cities”

2008-09-25 · Obama llama Duck

  • Hank, 4 named — Hank says he and John, still following the presidential campaigns, are both taking part in YA for Obama, where authors for young people write why they are voting for Obama. (00:02:41)
    1 Maureen Johnson · 2 Judy Blume · 3 Libba Bray · 4 Cory Doctorow

2008-10-16 · Paper Towns Collab Album Project!!!

  • video description, 5 named —
    1 Hank Green “Me!” · 2 Liane Graham · 3 Abby · 4 Lauren Fairweather · 5 Kristina Horner

  • Hank, 3 named — First condition for the album: make a picture of yourself with Paper Towns your MySpace, Facebook, YouTube and every other profile picture. (00:00:58)
    1 Myspace · 2 Facebook · 3 YouTube

2008-10-17 · Vital Status Report from NYC

  • John, 5 named — John reports from the Paper Towns release party with Liane from the Five Awesome Girls, his agent Jodi, Hank's wife Katherine, and Alex and Charlie from London. (00:00:00)
    1 Liane Graham “Leigh-Anne” · 2 Jodi Reamer “Jodie” · 3 Katherine Green “Catherine” · 4 Alex Day · 5 Charlie McDonnell

  • a guest, 4 named — At a diner, a guest playfully introduces John Green, Scott Westerfeld and Maureen Johnson as famous people. (00:00:58)
    1 John Green · 2 Scott Westerfeld · 3 Maureen Johnson · 4 Caitlin Hill (00:01:27)

  • a guest, 2 named (1 unnamed item) — A guest recalls watching early YouTube videos (a rap, Brooke Brodack, lonelygirl15) and says she now understands how such videos get made: amazing to be there, puzzling to watch online. (00:01:27)
    … · 2 Brooke Brodack · 3 lonelygirl15

2008-10-21 · Travel Tips, Delivered Hoarsely

  • John, 4 named — Later this week (week of 20 October 2008) John will be in Atlanta, where the show starts at 6, not 6:30 (people should probably come early), then Miami, Orlando and Naperville. (00:01:02)
    1 Atlanta · 2 Miami · 3 Orlando, Florida · 4 Naperville, Illinois

2008-10-22 · Punish Hank? Save Hank? YOU DECIDE.

  • John, 4 named — Vero Beach High School nerdfighters gave John every item Lacey, Ben, Q and Radar pick up at their first BP stop in Paper Towns, including Nerds; he says it is no spoiler. (00:01:24)
    1 Lacey Pemberton · 2 Ben Starling · 3 Quentin Jacobsen · 4 Radar

  • John, 2 named (playful) — 4:16 video with no montage breaks the rules; phone call: Hank's black-space defence; Nerdfighters to vote (00:02:17)
    1 Vlogbrothers · 2 Brotherhood 2.0

  • John, 3 named — John hopes to see nerdfighters tonight in Miami, tomorrow in Orlando or on Friday in Naperville, Illinois. (00:03:43)
    1 Miami · 2 Orlando, Florida · 3 Naperville, Illinois

2008-10-24 · Talking to Myself

  • Hank, 2 named — Others will use caffeine but Hank goes substance-free; with Shay Carl, Charles Trippy and other YouTube peers, whoever stays up longest wins. (00:03:14)
    1 Shay Carl · 2 Charles Trippy

2008-10-24 · Paper Towns MOVIE1!!!11!

  • John, 2 named — In solidarity with Hank's punishment and in gratitude, John asks Nerdfighteria what he can do for them, offering examples, and asks for answers in comments. (00:01:50)
    1 Happy Meal · 2 Bangladesh

2008-11-03 · Hank and John from the Road

  • John, 2 named — 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)
    1 Plano, Texas · 2 Oklahoma City

  • John, 4 named — After Greenwood the tour goes to Louisville, Kentucky, then Knoxville, Tennessee, then Gadsden, Alabama. (00:02:18)
    1 Greenwood, Indiana · 2 Louisville, Kentucky · 3 Knoxville, Tennessee · 4 Gadsden, Alabama

2008-11-17 · Life on Tour

  • John, 2 named — John looks forward to seeing Nerdfighters in Kansas City and St. Paul. (00:02:51)
    1 Kansas City, Missouri · 2 Saint Paul, Minnesota

2008-11-24 · DFTBA Records

  • Hank, 3 named — Hank says the label's first release is his own album (joking about a 'promising young artist' with songs about Harry Potter, Barack Obama and Helen Hunt); the digital version is on sale now. (00:00:53)
    1 Harry Potter (book series) · 2 Barack Obama · 3 Helen Hunt (actor)

  • Hank, 3 named — Hank says the label signed him first and has also signed CharlieIsSoCoolLike, Chameleon Circuit (a band singing only about Doctor Who) and Dave Days; it is working on an album by a musician he admires. (00:01:22)
    1 Charlie McDonnell “CharlieIsSoCoolLike” · 2 Chameleon Circuit · 3 Dave Days

2008-12-08 · I Am Afraid of Heights

  • video description, 3 named —
    1 Médecins Sans Frontières “Doctors without Borders” · 2 First Book · 3 Asha for Education “Ashanet”

2008-12-11 · The 2008 Project for Awesome!!!

  • Hank, 3 named — Hank's first way to take part: make a Project for Awesome video about your favourite charity (e.g. Toys for Tots, the Nature Conservancy, Save Darfur) and why you give to it. (00:00:41)
    1 Toys for Tots · 2 The Nature Conservancy · 3 Save Darfur Coalition

2008-12-15 · Famous Last Words

  • John, 50 named — The real last words of 50 famous, deceased people, with comic asides (00:00:00)
    1 George Washington · 2 John Adams · 3 Thomas Jefferson · 4 Henrik Ibsen “Henry Gibson's nurse” · 5 Winston Churchill · 6 Vespasian · 7 Nero · 8 Nancy Astor · 9 Dylan Thomas (00:00:52) · 10 Abraham Lincoln · 11 John Wilkes Booth · 12 Henry Ward Beecher · 13 Brendan Behan · 14 Che Guevara · 15 Pancho Villa · 16 Benjamin Franklin (00:01:21) · 17 Millard Fillmore · 18 Franklin Delano Roosevelt “FDR” · 19 Robert E. Lee · 20 John Sedgwick · 21 Stonewall Jackson · 22 Charles Darwin · 23 Voltaire · 24 Eugene O'Neill · 25 Elizabeth Barrett Browning · 26 Emily Dickinson · 27 Paul Claudel · 28 O. Henry (00:02:09) · 29 Oscar Wilde · 30 Leo Tolstoy · 31 Lope de Vega · 32 John Field · 33 Elizabeth I · 34 W. C. Fields · 35 Franz Kafka (00:02:46) · 36 Ethan Allen · 37 J. M. Barrie · 38 Pablo Picasso · 39 Malcolm X · 40 Conrad Hilton · 41 John Maynard Keynes · 42 Ned Kelly · 43 Edgar Allan Poe · 44 Del Close · 45 Walt Whitman · 46 Thomas Edison (00:03:30) · 47 George Bernard Shaw · 48 H. G. Wells · 49 Daniel Webster · 50 Ludwig van Beethoven

2008-12-26 · Skoodilypooping

  • John, 5 named — John's five: Save the Children of Bangladesh, the Wounded Warrior Project, the Susan G. Komen Foundation, MS research and Save Darfur. (00:00:40)
    1 Save the Children · 2 Wounded Warrior Project · 3 Susan G. Komen · 4 multiple sclerosis “MS research” · 5 Save Darfur Coalition

2008-12-29 · Comment Haters and Christmas

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank asks for people interested in environmental technology and people active in social news sites like Reddit and StumbleUpon to email him about a project he and a friend are working on. (00:03:27)
    1 Reddit · 2 StumbleUpon