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107 lists in parts of videos about pop culture (a written list: in videos about it), oldest first. All topics · Overview

2007

  • 2007-03-20 · March 20th: Dancing and the Idiocy of Age · Hank, 5 named — Watching with Katherine, Hank keeps telling her how much he likes Pam, justifying it by listing celebrities she has crushes on but has never met. (00:00:58)
    1 Eddie Izzard · 2 Christian Bale · 3 Edward Norton · 4 Hugh Jackman · 5 Hugh Grant

  • 2007-04-24 · Brotherhood 2.0: April 24: Moving · John, 3 named (playful) — John's list: Natalie Portman ('perfectly acceptable'), Jenna Fischer as Pam from The Office — he'd like Pam and John together more than Pam and Jim — and Judy Blume. (00:00:44)
    1 Natalie Portman · 2 Jenna Fischer · 3 Judy Blume

  • 2007-07-03 · July 3: Decepticons · Hank, 4 named — Hank first wanted a better supervillain team, but found supervillains almost always work alone with henchmen (Dr. Claw, Shredder, Mumm-Ra, Skeletor); the Decepticons are an exception. (00:02:25)
    1 Dr. Claw · 2 Shredder · 3 Mumm-Ra · 4 Skeletor

  • 2007-09-04 · September 4th: Negative Suck Cubed Equals Awesome · John, 3 named (joke, 3 unnamed items) — John lists 'blank and the blanks' names by genre, from Barry and the Hatchets (death metal) to Schrodinger and the Maybe Dead Cats (art rock) and Holly and the Louias (gospel). (00:01:08)
    … · 4 Judy Blume · 5 Schrödinger's cat “Schrodinger and the Maybe Dead Cats” · 6 Michael Jackson

  • 2007-09-04 · September 4th: Negative Suck Cubed Equals Awesome · John, 2 named (joke, 1 unnamed item) — John adds other names: a ska band, The Moby Moby Dicktones; a rap name, MC1100 or MCMC; a noise band, All Loud on the Western Front. (00:01:49)
    1 The Mighty Mighty Bosstones + Moby-Dick · … · 3 All Quiet on the Western Front

  • 2007-10-05 · October 5th: Feuding, Goonies and Politics · Hank, 2 named — Hank offers new feud items with his picks: cheese over chocolate (more kinds of cheese), sxePhil over What the Buck, and Star Trek: The Next Generation over the Original Series. (00:01:12)
    1 Philip DeFranco “Sexy Phil” · 2 What the Buck?!

  • 2007-10-05 · October 5th: Feuding, Goonies and Politics · Hank, 2 named — Hank offers new feud items with his picks: cheese over chocolate (more kinds of cheese), sxePhil over What the Buck, and Star Trek: The Next Generation over the Original Series. (00:01:12)
    1 Star Trek: The Original Series · 2 Star Trek: The Next Generation

  • 2007-10-05 · October 5th: Feuding, Goonies and Politics · Hank, 2 named — New feud items: cheese or chocolate, sxePhil or What the Buck, Star Trek TOS or TNG, Kung Fu (00:01:12)
    1 Kung Fu (TV series) · 2 Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

  • 2007-10-05 · October 5th: Feuding, Goonies and Politics · Hank, 2 named — Huey Lewis; Neverending Story or Goonies; the Goonies as the original Nerdfighters; young Nerdfighters should watch it (00:01:41)
    1 Back in Time · 2 Ghostbusters (song)

  • 2007-10-05 · October 5th: Feuding, Goonies and Politics · Hank, 2 named — Huey Lewis; Neverending Story or Goonies; the Goonies as the original Nerdfighters; young Nerdfighters should watch it (00:01:41)
    1 The Neverending Story (film) · 2 The Goonies

  • 2007-10-05 · October 5th: Feuding, Goonies and Politics · Hank, 5 named (playful) — Hank suggests the Goonies may have been the original Nerdfighters, running through the gang: the inventor kid, Mikey, Mouth, Chunk and Sloth. (00:01:41)
    1 Data (character, “The Goonies”) · 2 Mikey · 3 Mouth · 4 Chunk · 5 Sloth (character, “The Goonies”)

  • 2007-10-17 · October 17th: The Man Who Throws The Tetris Piece · Hank, 4 named (playful) — Hank sings that of all video-game villains (Bowser, the Pong opponent, the Pac-Man ghosts, Donkey Kong) one stands alone: the tireless, unbeatable man who throws the Tetris piece. (00:00:58)
    1 Bowser · 2 Pong · 3 Pac-Man · 4 Donkey Kong

  • 2007-11-15 · Nov 15: Jay-Z, the Inkys, Nerdfighteria, and Venn Diagrams! · John, 2 named (joke) — Part one, pop quiz: Jay-Z's 500-euro bills as proof of the dollar's weakness (00:00:00)
    1 Lil Jon · 2 T-Pain

2008

  • 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 · 3 Julia Nunes · 4 Narciso Lobo · 5 Gustav · 6 Wizard rock · 7 The Parselmouths “Parcel Mouths” · 8 The Moaning Myrtles · 9 Of Montreal · 10 Cotton Fields

  • 2008-06-24 · Questions Answered! · 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

  • 2008-07-18 · 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 · 3 Starfighters of Adumar · 4 Paper Towns · 5 Knights Who Say "Ni!" · 6 Nerdfighteria “nerdfighters”

  • 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

2009

  • 2009-01-06 · The Rock-Afire Explosion Controversy · Hank, 2 named — Hank says fans bought old Rock-afire Explosion sets and programmed them to sing songs like Hips Don't Lie and Love in This Club. (00:00:00)
    1 Hips Don't Lie · 2 Love in This Club

  • 2009-01-06 · The Rock-Afire Explosion Controversy · Hank, 6 named — Hank introduces the band: keyboard gorilla Fatz Geronimo, drummer Dook LaRue (his favourite), Mitzi Mozzarella, Beach Bear, Looney Bird and Billy Bob Brockali. (00:01:12)
    1 Fatz Geronimo · 2 Dook LaRue · 3 Mitzi Mozzarella · 4 Beach Bear · 5 Looney Bird · 6 Billy Bob Brockali

  • 2009-02-18 · Fake Movie Talk With A Sock · Hank, 5 named (joke) — Hank and Hank Sock list current movies that would be better with one title word changed (Gorilla Wars, Rise of the Ligers, Hotel for Ligers, Paul Blart Small Cop, Anything Else-aholic). (00:00:27)
    1 Bride Wars · 2 Underworld: Rise of the Lycans · 3 Hotel for Dogs · 4 Paul Blart: Mall Cop · 5 Confessions of a Shopaholic

  • 2009-05-08 · Star Trek: The Movie, Review · Hank, 2 named — The franchise: Shatner, Nimoy, Roddenberry; the original series free on YouTube; Katherine's taped Next Generation VHS (00:00:49)
    1 William Shatner · 2 Leonard Nimoy

  • 2009-05-08 · Star Trek: The Movie, Review · Hank, 3 named (playful) — Non-spoiler review: Star Trek as a formative influence; the film didn't suck; praise for cast and character relationships; less cerebral than he likes (00:01:18)
    1 Sydney Green “mom” · 2 Mike Green “dad” · 3 Jean-Luc Picard

  • 2009-05-24 · WROCK! · John, 2 named — John says he is short on time because he is going to Australia, and invites Nerdfighters in Melbourne or Sydney to hang out with him (details in the sidebar). (00:00:00)
    1 Melbourne · 2 Sydney

  • 2009-08-18 · So Jokes: Video EP · Hank, 4 named (joke) — Song 'Book 8': Hank wants J.K. Rowling to write an eighth Harry Potter book (00:02:07)
    1 Starfighters of Adumar · 2 Harry Potter and the Pillar of Storgé · 3 The Solitaire Mystery · 4 Nerdfighteria “Harry Potter and the Nerdfighters”

  • 2009-09-09 · Television Crime Shows Suck · Hank, 2 named (playful) — Hank's song claims every television crime show, from CSI to Columbo, follows the same plot, in which the guy met in the first 15 minutes did it. (00:00:44)
    1 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation · 2 Columbo

  • 2009-09-09 · Television Crime Shows Suck · Hank, 2 named (playful, 5 unnamed items) — Hank lists things better than TV crime shows: John Green's books, all books, odd objects like fake hands, video games, and YouTube. (00:02:46)
    1 John Green · … · 7 YouTube

  • 2009-09-30 · 13 SEVERED HANDS! (1) · Hank, 6 named — Prequels: Phantom Menace (none), Attack of the Clones (bar jerk, Anakin), Revenge of the Sith (Dooku, Grievous, Mace Windu, Anakin) (00:00:58)
    1 Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace · 2 Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones · 3 Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith · 4 Star Wars (film) “A New Hope” · 5 The Empire Strikes Back · 6 Return of the Jedi

  • 2009-09-30 · 13 SEVERED HANDS! (2) · Hank, 6 named — Prequels: The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith (00:00:58)
    1 Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace · 2 Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones · 3 Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith · 4 Star Wars (film) “A New Hope” · 5 The Empire Strikes Back · 6 Return of the Jedi

  • 2009-10-25 · Fame: The Road Trip · John, 3 named — John says he looks up to young adult writers like Walter Dean Myers, E. Lockhart and Markus Zusak and wants respect from them. (00:03:05)
    1 Walter Dean Myers · 2 E. Lockhart · 3 Markus Zusak

  • 2009-10-25 · Fame: The Road Trip · John, 3 named (playful) — John asks whose respect you want, the 'silverback gorilla' of your life's jungle: Ellen DeGeneres, Shakespeare or Jay-Z is fine; Lindsay Lohan calls for a hard look at yourself. (00:03:05)
    1 Ellen DeGeneres · 2 William Shakespeare · 3 Jay-Z

  • 2009-11-25 · Things I'm Not Thankful For · Hank, 6 named (playful) — Hank complains that too many TV characters are named Hank, claiming three current main characters (in Californication, a show called Hank, and a concierge doctor) plus Hanks on Bones and House. (00:01:11)
    1 Hank Hill · 2 Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo · 3 Hank Moody · 4 Hank (TV series) · 5 Bones · 6 House

2010

  • 2010-04-28 · Who's in Your Hug Bucket? · Hank, 14 named (1 unnamed item) — Hank lists people he loves but has never met and wants to hug because he is impressed with their work, from They Might Be Giants and Wil Wheaton to Ursula Le Guin, plus many YouTubers. (00:01:38)
    1 John Flansburgh · 2 John Linnell · 3 Wil Wheaton · 4 David Tennant · 5 Nathan Fillion · 6 Ze Frank · 7 MythBusters · 8 Threadless · 9 Felicia Day · 10 Jonathan Coulton · … · 12 Helen Hunt (actor) · 13 Kim Stanley Robinson · 14 MC Frontalot · 15 Ursula K. Le Guin

  • 2010-05-12 · Hank Raps about w00tstock...for real · Hank, 4 named — Hank performed on a bill with Savage, Fraction, Frontalot and Loading Ready Run, and the crowd was so loud he couldn't believe it was happening to him. (00:01:43)
    1 Adam Savage · 2 Matt Fraction · 3 MC Frontalot · 4 LoadingReadyRun

  • 2010-10-29 · Hank Has Questions · Hank, 2 named (playful) — Among his questions Hank wonders whether non-Nerdfighters would wear the giraffe love shirt if it were sold at Target or Hot Topic. (00:00:29)
    1 Target Corporation · 2 Hot Topic

  • 2010-10-29 · Hank Has Questions · Hank, 2 named — Hank just got Fable III; before buying it he asked Nerdfighteria on Facebook and Twitter whether he should, given he'd likely be unproductive for weeks, and the overwhelming answer was yes. (00:01:27)
    1 Facebook · 2 Twitter

  • 2010-11-17 · HARRY POTTER SONG! · Hank, 5 named (playful) — Hank sings that Diagon Alley beats Ankh-Morpork, President Snow is no Voldemort, and Lyra's parentage is a good plot twist, but none of it is Harry Potter. (00:03:02)
    1 Diagon Alley · 2 Ankh-Morpork “Ockmore Pork” · 3 President Snow · 4 Lyra Belacqua · 5 Mrs Coulter

2011

  • 2011-02-11 · 200 People in Your Pants · Hank, 29 named — Instead of an annotated video: a tour of the toys, books and gifts on Hank's bookshelf (00:00:38)
    1 Dark Horse Comics · 2 Mike Green “my dad” · 3 Orlando Solar Bears · 4 Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace · 5 Obi-Wan Kenobi · 6 John Green bobblehead · 7 The Sandman · 8 The Hunger Games (book series) · 9 Terry Pratchett · 10 Mars trilogy · 11 Neil Gaiman · 12 DFTBA Records · 13 giraffe · 14 Jet Black · 15 Cowboy Bebop · 16 John Green · 17 VidCon · 18 LeakyCon · 19 Evil Baby Orphanage · 20 Adolf Hitler · 21 Hellboy · 22 Chevrolet Volt · 23 Yoda · 24 anglerfish · 25 Mace Windu · 26 Gungan · 27 Scuzzy Kizoozle Curl · 28 Han Solo · 29 Jar Jar Binks

  • 2011-03-11 · Superhero Creation Myths · video description, 4 named (1 unnamed item) —
    1 Wolverine · 2 Captain America · … · 4 Batman · 5 Doctor Who

  • 2011-03-30 · The Ice Cream Changes · Hank, 13 named — Hank's discovery, made while looking for guitar songs, not on Reddit: the 50s progression; 1950s examples (00:00:18)
    1 Earth Angel · 2 Donna · 3 A Teenager in Love · 4 Duke of Earl · 5 Where Have All the Flowers Gone? · 6 Octopus's Garden · 7 Crocodile Rock · 8 Every Breath You Take · 9 She Has a Girlfriend Now · 10 I'm Not Edward Cullen · 11 Baby · 12 Psychosocial “I did my time and I want out” · 13 Friday

  • 2011-05-11 · 1990's Sim Games. SO GOOD! · Hank, 3 named — Hank has been playing Portal 2 on his gaming channel, plus Lego Harry Potter and Assassin's Creed, which he is about to finish. (00:00:14)
    1 Portal 2 · 2 Lego Harry Potter: Years 1–4 · 3 Assassin's Creed

  • 2011-05-11 · 1990's Sim Games. SO GOOD! · Hank, 9 named — Maxis and its games (SimCity, The Sims, SimLife, SimAnt, SimHealth, SimFarm, SimEarth) and Sid Meier's Civilization (00:00:56)
    1 SimCity · 2 The Sims · 3 SimLife · 4 SimAnt · 5 SimHealth · 6 SimFarm · 7 Civilization (series) · 8 SimEarth · 9 SimCity 2000

  • 2011-07-15 · Harry Freaking Potter · Hank, 3 named (1 unnamed item) — Hank announces two Harry Potter Alliance competitions (art and ideas) at ImagineBetter.org, $1,000 first prizes, top 20 judged by a panel including him, Jason Alexander, Anthony Head and Evanna Lynch. (00:03:20)
    … · 2 Jason Alexander · 3 Anthony Head · 4 Evanna Lynch

  • 2011-08-26 · Will He Kiss You? Am I a Muggle? It's Question Friday. · John, 2 named (playful) — Interrobang; Elmo or Grover via a song stuck in his head; Scotland's national animal (00:02:34)
    1 Elmo · 2 Grover

  • 2011-08-26 · Will He Kiss You? Am I a Muggle? It's Question Friday. · John, 2 named — Interrobang; Elmo or Grover via a song stuck in his head; Scotland's national animal (00:02:37)
    1 The Mountain Goats · 2 Hank Green

  • 2011-09-09 · 10 Years after September 11th, and Diablo III · Hank, 5 named — Hank says the tribute album, with Tom Milsom, Molly Lewis, MC Frontalot, Driftless Pony Club and Mike Lombardo, is on CD at minkcarcover.com, iTunes or Bandcamp, benefiting the FDNY Foundation. (00:02:59)
    1 Tom Milsom · 2 Molly Lewis · 3 MC Frontalot · 4 Driftless Pony Club · 5 Mike Lombardo

  • 2011-09-09 · 10 Years after September 11th, and Diablo III · Hank, 2 named — Hank says the tribute album, with Tom Milsom, Molly Lewis, MC Frontalot, Driftless Pony Club and Mike Lombardo, is on CD at minkcarcover.com, iTunes or Bandcamp, benefiting the FDNY Foundation. (00:03:08)
    1 iTunes · 2 Bandcamp

  • 2011-11-16 · Top 5 Zombie Apocalypses OF ALL TIME · John, 6 named — No. 5 Pride and Prejudice and Zombies; No. 4 The Walking Dead comic (better than the TV show) (00:00:29)
    1 Pride and Prejudice and Zombies · 2 The Walking Dead · 3 Night of the Living Dead · 4 Left 4 Dead 2 · 5 Shaun of the Dead · 6 I Am Legend (novel)

2012

  • 2012-04-10 · A Surreal Descent into Madness: Reviewing Children's TV · John, 3 named (joke) — John jokes that children's TV has abandoned child labor laws: Diego is a four-year-old promoted to park ranger saving animals, as do Wonder Pets and Little Einsteins. (00:00:49)
    1 Go, Diego, Go! · 2 Wonder Pets! · 3 Little Einsteins

  • 2012-04-10 · A Surreal Descent into Madness: Reviewing Children's TV · John, 2 named (joke) — Abandoned child labor laws: Diego, Wonder Pets, Little Einsteins; Special Agent Oso and Team Umizoomi helping 'child actors' (00:01:12)
    1 Special Agent Oso · 2 Team Umizoomi

  • 2012-04-10 · A Surreal Descent into Madness: Reviewing Children's TV · John, 3 named (playful) — Backyard hallucination shows; Phineas and Ferb the best program ever; Mickey Mouse Clubhouse as advertisement; Yo Gabba Gabba's music (00:01:39)
    1 The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! · 2 The Backyardigans · 3 Phineas and Ferb

  • 2012-04-10 · A Surreal Descent into Madness: Reviewing Children's TV · John, 4 named — John doesn't know what Yo Gabba Gabba is about but says it has more good music than MTV, with the Shins, Weezer, Weird Al and Mos Def. (00:02:11)
    1 The Shins · 2 Weezer · 3 Weird Al Yankovic · 4 Yasiin Bey “Mos Def”

  • 2012-08-10 · I Don't Have a Favorite Pony · Hank, 6 named (playful) — The second verse contradicts the chorus by praising each pony: Rainbow Dash's hair, Applejack's strength, Fluttershy, Rarity's beauty, Pinkie Pie's excitement and Twilight's nerdiness. (00:01:08)
    1 Rainbow Dash · 2 Applejack · 3 Fluttershy · 4 Rarity · 5 Pinkie Pie “Pinky Pies'” · 6 Twilight Sparkle

2013

  • 2013-01-15 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall · John, 3 named (1 unnamed item) — John introduces Hank as co-founder of VidCon, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries and DFTBA Records and founding editor of EcoGeek.org. (01:01:29)
    1 VidCon · … · 3 DFTBA Records · 4 EcoGeek

  • 2013-01-15 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall · Hank, 8 named (playful) — Hank loves that so many kinds of music come from the same progression, 'the infinite nature of creation', and sings examples from Earth Angel and Duke of Earl to Baby and Friday. (02:07:52)
    1 Earth Angel · 2 Duke of Earl · 3 Octopus's Garden · 4 Every Breath You Take · 5 Slipknot · 6 Green Day · 7 Baby · 8 Friday

  • 2013-01-15 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall · John, 8 named (1 unnamed item) — 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)
    1 Mike Green “my mom and dad” · 2 Sydney Green “my mom and dad” · 3 Julie Strauss-Gabel · 4 Jodi Reamer · 5 Elyse Marshall · 6 Sean Titone · 7 Katherine Green “Hank's wife, Catherine” · … · 9 Valerie2776

  • 2013-05-17 · GIFs, JIFs, Whip Pans, Trivia, and BATMAN! · Hank, 2 named — Batman as superhero; Man-Bat trivia; the Dougie; Henry Reich on light and black holes; Marvel or DC; Stan Lee; the extra Hanks (00:02:41)
    1 Marvel Entertainment · 2 DC Comics

  • 2013-05-21 · Poetry Makes Nothing Happen: Thoughts on Ai Weiwei from the Indianapolis Museum of Art · John, 2 named — John says Ai's sculptures of over 2,000 pounds of pressed tea each recall Judd and Andre's minimalism but use Chinese material long imported by the West, asking what is appropriated, by whom. (00:01:35)
    1 Donald Judd · 2 Carl Andre

  • 2013-07-12 · Oh, JK Rowling - A Harry Potter Song · Hank, 3 named (playful) — Hank offers her absolute creative freedom - a screenplay, a Broadway prequel musical, a comic with Joss Whedon, a BBC mini-series - but asks her to avoid cartoons, Fox and MMORPGs. (00:01:41)
    1 Broadway theatre · 2 Joss Whedon · 3 BBC

  • 2013-08-16 · Harry Potter vs. Science! · Hank, 2 named (3 unnamed items) — Hank says Harry Potter is also collaborative, through screenwriters, actors and its fan community, including unintended collaborators like himself and Harry and the Potters; more so than most art, so a tie. (00:02:26)
    … · 2 Harry and the Potters · … · 5 StarKid Productions

  • 2013-11-01 · Scarier than Gravity: Real Life Close Calls in Space · Hank, 2 named — Hank, who dislikes scary things, recently saw the film Gravity with Henry of MinutePhysics and Derek of Veritasium and found it terrifying. (00:00:00)
    1 Henry Reich · 2 Derek Muller

2014

  • 2014-02-11 · A Middle Aged Man · John, 4 named — John has never heard 'Boyfriend' (about 300 million views) or 'One Time', though he likes both, nor 'Beauty and da Beat' featuring Nicki Minaj. (00:01:15)
    1 Boyfriend · 2 One Time · 3 Beauty and a Beat · 4 Baby

  • 2014-05-09 · Oh JK Rowling - Kinetic Typography · Hank, 3 named (playful) — The song gives Rowling 'absolute creative freedom': a screenplay, a prequel Broadway musical, a comic with Joss Whedon or a BBC miniseries, but no cartoons and no MMORPG. (00:00:42)
    1 Broadway theatre · 2 Joss Whedon · 3 BBC

  • 2014-07-04 · 13 Things to Know about Concerts · Hank, 2 named — Hank says mosh pits are surprisingly safe and stage diving surprisingly dangerous; leave the mosh pit area if you don't want in, and secure shoes, glasses and loose items if you do. (00:02:38)
    1 moshing “Moshpits” · 2 stage diving

  • 2014-10-07 · I Kind of Hate Batman · John, 2 named — John says Spider-Man and Sailor Moon didn't choose their powers, but Batman is just a rich guy with an affinity for bats playing out an insane fantasy of single-handedly ridding Gotham of crime. (00:00:50)
    1 Spider-Man · 2 Sailor Moon

  • 2014-10-07 · I Kind of Hate Batman · John, 3 named — John says that in the Batman universe crime is caused by evil people who want to see the world burn and stupid people following charismatic villains like the cat person, the Joker or the Penguin. (00:01:41)
    1 Catwoman “cat person” · 2 Joker · 3 Penguin (fictional character)

  • 2014-10-07 · I Kind of Hate Batman · John, 3 named — John asks why no one calls Batman out for spending all his resources on crime in Gotham when he could also fight global poverty, habitat destruction or climate change. (00:02:44)
    1 extreme poverty · 2 habitat destruction · 3 climate change

  • 2014-12-26 · The Best and Worst of 2014 · Hank, 13 named — Hank says 2014 was probably the best year ever to be a nerd, listing TV and film returns, a comet landing, Curiosity's lakebed, a female Thor and a black Captain America. (00:01:07)
    1 Sherlock · 2 Orphan Black · 3 Star Wars · 4 Star Trek (franchise) · 5 Avengers (film series) · 6 X-Men (film series) · 7 Doctor Who · 8 Veronica Mars (film) · 9 Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey · 10 Philae landing “We landed a probe on a comet” · 11 Mars Science Laboratory “Curiosity” · 12 Thor (Marvel Comics) · 13 Captain America

2015

  • 2015-01-20 · REUNION MINIGOLF · John, 2 named — Asked what should win the Best Picture Oscar, John picks Whiplash or Selma, both of which he thought excellent. (00:02:19)
    1 Whiplash · 2 Selma

  • 2015-04-03 · Snap Questions: On the Set of Titansgrave! · Hank, 3 named — Hank is on the set of Wil Wheaton's tabletop RPG show, playing a custom-designed campaign Wil made for him, Yuri Lowenthal, Laura Bailey and Alison Haislip. (00:00:12)
    1 Yuri Lowenthal · 2 Laura Bailey · 3 Alison Haislip

  • 2015-04-17 · 7 Weirdest Marriages (or Lack Thereof) From an Airport · Hank, 7 named — Seven weird facts about marriage, from Ferris Bueller's parents to Carey Mulligan; coincidences are bound to happen (00:01:51)
    1 Ferris Bueller's Day Off · 2 The Bachelor · 3 Crimean War · 4 Walt Disney World · 5 Mickey Mouse · 6 David Tennant · 7 Carey Mulligan

  • 2015-06-16 · Paper Towns Madrid with Nat Wolff! THE TOUR BEGINS · John, 4 named — At the Reina Sofia museum John and Nat see works by Carl Andre, an early Picasso, crowds at Guernica and a Warhol; John praises period films in every room as a fascinating curatorial choice. (00:01:39)
    1 Carl Andre · 2 Pablo Picasso · 3 Guernica · 4 Andy Warhol

  • 2015-12-22 · The Myth Reawakens · John, 2 named — John says Luke's story gave him the awe and recognition we seek from myth: recognition as a ne'er-do-well dreaming of space, awe at Vader and the Death Star. (00:01:39)
    1 Darth Vader · 2 Death Star

  • 2015-12-22 · The Myth Reawakens · John, 3 named — John notes we pity the droid R2-D2 and empathize with Chewie though he isn't human, but not with humanoid, English-speaking Stormtroopers, who weren't 'proper people' in 1977. (00:01:56)
    1 R2-D2 · 2 Chewbacca “Chewie” · 3 Stormtrooper

  • 2015-12-22 · The Myth Reawakens · John, 3 named — John says the prequels lacked mythic resonance, were for many just movies and not great ones, and made him think Star Wars had given the common myth all it could. (00:02:38)
    1 Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace · 2 Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones · 3 Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith

2016

  • 2016-01-12 · Zero Severed Hands: On Star Wars and Making Things · John, 4 named — John says Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige has said all Phase Two Marvel films feature an arm amputation because of Star Wars: Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, Iron Man 3 and, kind of, Ant-Man. (00:01:51)
    1 Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 2 Guardians of the Galaxy · 3 Iron Man 3 · 4 Ant-Man

  • 2016-07-05 · The Horizon Line · John, 6 named — Hiroshi Sugimoto's Seascapes and the comfort of a water horizon (00:00:29)
    1 Tasman Sea · 2 Caribbean · 3 Sea of Japan · 4 Baltic Sea · 5 Mediterranean Sea · 6 Lake Superior

  • 2016-07-29 · Thoughts from Comic-Con (NO MORE CHEETO MEDIA!) · video description, 3 named — In the description Hank names Kim Stanley Robinson books, Star Trek and The Tick as what he loves, and says community built around loved things beats the content and its makers.
    1 Kim Stanley Robinson · 2 Star Trek (franchise) · 3 The Tick

  • 2016-09-08 · Punk Friends · video description, 6 named — The description lists the other genre versions: normal by Landon Austin, ska by Rob Scallon, metal by Anthony Vincent, old school rap by Dan Bull, country by Taryn Southern, video game by Todd Bryanton.
    1 Landon Austin · 2 Rob Scallon · 3 Anthony Vincent · 4 Dan Bull · 5 Taryn Southern · 6 Todd Bryanton

  • 2016-10-04 · Drowzees and Masterpieces: Thoughts from London · John, 3 named — Gallery day: National Portrait Gallery, the clock game, Royal Academy, Somerset House masterpieces, Drowzees (00:00:34)
    1 Elizabeth I · 2 Thomas Wolsey · 3 Thomas Cranmer

  • 2016-10-04 · Drowzees and Masterpieces: Thoughts from London · John, 9 named — Gallery day: National Portrait Gallery, the clock game, Royal Academy, Somerset House masterpieces, Drowzees (00:01:19)
    1 Georges Seurat · 2 Paul Cézanne · 3 Pablo Picasso · 4 Edgar Degas · 5 Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 6 Camille Pissarro · 7 Vincent van Gogh · 8 Édouard Manet · 9 Francisco Goya

2017

  • 2017-02-07 · Good News, YA Books, and Bears: It's Question Tuesday · John, 3 named — The first was probably Tiffany's I Think We're Alone Now, but also New Partner by the Palace Brothers and Love Love Love by the Mountain Goats. (00:02:58)
    1 I Think We're Alone Now · 2 New Partner · 3 Love Love Love

  • 2017-04-25 · Pokemon, Reviewed by a Dad Who Knows Nothing about Pokemon · John, 2 named — Most Pokémon are based on legends (Charizard, a dragon) or animals (Rhyhorn, a rhinoceros), but Pikachu seems just our collective idea of adorable, which we throw balls at and cage. (00:02:39)
    1 Charizard · 2 Rhyhorn

  • 2017-05-16 · The Introducer, My Childhood Dream Job · John, 4 named — John names favourite documentaries missing from Netflix: the 7 Up series, Herb & Dorothy, Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter and Slavery by Another Name, each briefly described. (00:01:27)
    1 Up series · 2 Herb & Dorothy · 3 Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter · 4 Slavery by Another Name

  • 2017-06-23 · Reviewing Musicals from their Wikipedia Pages · Hank, 6 named (playful) — Reviewing Broadway musicals from their Wikipedia pages: American Dance Machine, Banjo Eyes, the Superman musical, The Cocoanuts, Marriage a la Carte, Teddy & Alice (00:00:49)
    1 American Dance Machine · 2 Banjo Eyes · 3 It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman · 4 The Cocoanuts · 5 Marriage a la Carte · 6 Teddy & Alice

  • 2017-08-08 · What You Make of It: Thoughts from Venice, Italy · John, 6 named — After the Grand Canal view, they visit the Peggy Guggenheim Collection: works by Anish Kapoor, Modigliani, Warhol, Frank Stella, Picasso and Pollock, though John mostly saw the backs of heads. (00:01:45)
    1 Anish Kapoor · 2 Amedeo Modigliani · 3 Andy Warhol · 4 Frank Stella · 5 Pablo Picasso · 6 Jackson Pollock

  • 2017-09-29 · What's This Video About? · video description, 4 named —
    1 The Drumhead · 2 Measure of a Man · 3 The Inner Light · 4 Clues

  • 2017-09-29 · What's This Video About? · Hank, 3 named — It's easy to write good-versus-evil stories with exploding spaceships, hard to write about disability, racism, what it means to be human, or honesty. (00:02:21)
    1 disability in the media · 2 racism · 3 human nature

2018

  • 2018-01-16 · My Hollywood Star, Brexit Pears, and Hank's Book: It's QUESTION TUESDAY · John, 7 named — John ranks the films: Empire best and A New Hope excellent (correctly rated), Jedi slightly overrated, Rogue One and Force Awakens right, Phantom Menace worst, Sith best prequel, so Attack of the Clones is most underrated. (00:01:20)
    1 The Empire Strikes Back · 2 Star Wars (film) “A New Hope” · 3 Return of the Jedi · 4 Rogue One · 5 Star Wars: The Force Awakens · 6 Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace · 7 Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith

  • 2018-04-27 · Finding Respite in 2018 · Hank, 13 named — The list of sources of respite, from Space Opera to Orla Gartland and a video of his baby (00:02:01)
    1 Space Opera · 2 Bovidae “bovids” · 3 The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel · 4 Hello from the Magic Tavern · 5 Janet · 6 Eons · 7 Elle Mills · 8 Nature League · 9 Long Long Man · 10 Ask a Mortician · 11 Janelle Monáe · 12 Let Me Google That · 13 Orla Gartland

  • 2018-07-27 · Why Environmentalists Hate Captain Planet · Hank, 5 named — Hank says that pitch sold the show, for its first season at least, to a ridiculously star-studded cast: Whoopi Goldberg, Meg Ryan, LeVar Burton and Sting. (00:00:52)
    1 Whoopi Goldberg · 2 Meg Ryan · 3 LeVar Burton · 4 Sting · 5 Jeff Goldblum

  • 2018-08-14 · Question Tuesday: Secrets & Primes · John, 3 named — John is geeking out about a novel by Tommy Orange, DoctorBenjyFM's YouTube series managing a fictional football team (never so invested in pixels), and the new season of the podcast In the Dark. (00:00:55)
    1 Tommy Orange · 2 DoctorBenjyFM · 3 In the Dark

  • 2018-10-23 · Why Are Humans Suddenly Getting Better at Tetris? · John, 2 named — Tetris, developed by Alexey Pajitnov, arrived in the United States in 1989 for the Game Boy and the Nintendo Entertainment System. (00:00:00)
    1 Game Boy · 2 Nintendo Entertainment System

  • 2018-10-23 · Why Are Humans Suddenly Getting Better at Tetris? · John, 2 named — Live streaming on Twitch and YouTube lets players learn from each other; even decades-long top players are changing their style to reflect new discoveries. (00:01:56)
    1 Twitch · 2 YouTube

2019

  • 2019-07-16 · star struck · John, 3 named — John blabbered to Dan Howell at VidCon last weekend, couldn't form a sentence meeting Zadie Smith seven years ago, and wonders if Rebecca Lowe saw his hands shaking. (00:00:00)
    1 Dan Howell · 2 Zadie Smith · 3 Rebecca Lowe

2020

  • 2020-03-03 · Consciously Experiencing Human Dignity · John, 4 named — John realized only from the comment that exercises in consciously experiencing human dignity are what he looks for in novels, poetry, YouTube videos, philanthropy, video games and much else. (00:00:00)
    1 novel · 2 poetry (concept) · 3 YouTube · 4 video game

  • 2020-04-21 · hey now · John, 5 named — John says Fisher-Price made a huge variety of sing-a-ma-jigs, songs from Skip to My Lou to Jingle Bells and the US national anthem, for a toy never particularly popular. (00:00:26)
    1 When the Saints Go Marching In · 2 Skip to My Lou · 3 London Bridge Is Falling Down · 4 Jingle Bells · 5 The Star-Spangled Banner

  • 2020-08-11 · never get bored · John, 12 named — Documentaries Foosballers and The Speedcubers, Rubik's Cubes and flow, Latif Nasser's Netflix show (00:01:01)
    1 Foosballers · 2 The Speed Cubers · 3 Rubik's Cube · 4 Connected “Connections” · 5 The Other Latif · 6 Invisibilia · 7 Heavyweight · 8 Planet Money · 9 The Bell Jar · 10 Behind You · 11 The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks · 12 Life's Library

  • 2020-12-01 · The Utah Monolith, What It Means, Why It Matters, and Whether It's Aliens · John, 3 named — John says American deserts hold many artworks responding to stark landscapes: Spiral Jetty on the Great Salt Lake, the fake Prada store near Marfa, Texas, and Nancy Holt's Sun Tunnels near Wendover, Utah. (00:01:23)
    1 Spiral Jetty · 2 Prada Marfa · 3 Sun Tunnels

2021

2022

  • 2022-04-05 · Celebrities I've Met and Whether I'd Vote for Them??? · John, 8 named — Elon Musk, Laura Dern, Joe Biden and The Rock as presidents (00:01:03)
    1 Elon Musk · 2 Laura Dern · 3 Joe Biden · 4 Dwayne Johnson · 5 Rand Paul · 6 Ryan Reynolds · 7 Zadie Smith · 8 Hank Green

  • 2022-07-01 · 7 Movie Reviews in Four Minutes · Hank, 6 named — Hank thinks he has seen six movies in the five and a half years since Orin was born (Parasite, Knives Out, Little Women, Coco, Encanto, Into the Spider-Verse) and decided to double that in days. (00:00:29)
    1 Parasite · 2 Knives Out · 3 Little Women · 4 Coco · 5 Encanto · 6 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

  • 2022-07-01 · 7 Movie Reviews in Four Minutes · Hank, 7 named — Six movies in five and a half years, then seven quick movie reviews with cry counts (00:00:52)
    1 Dune · 2 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings · 3 In & Of Itself · 4 Everything Everywhere All at Once · 5 The Lighthouse · 6 Pokémon Detective Pikachu · 7 Palm Springs

  • 2022-10-18 · Terraverse Over Everything: Thoughts from London · John, 5 named — John was drawn to landscapes: Lucas Arruda's paintings, Byron Kim's abstracted landscape, Didier William's underseascape, Yoan Capote's plaster-and-metal landscape and Sam Moyer's stones-and-canvas painting. (00:02:00)
    1 Lucas Arruda · 2 Byron Kim · 3 Didier William · 4 Yoan Capote · 5 Sam Moyer

2023

  • 2023-08-22 · The Panera Phenomenon · John, 2 named — John notes Yung Gravy did not need Panera for the rhyme and could have named Fazoli's or O'Charley's, but chose Panera. (00:01:56)
    1 Fazoli's · 2 O'Charley's “O'Charlie's”

  • 2023-08-22 · The Panera Phenomenon · John, 3 named — John says many rappers mention Panera, among them Lil Uzi Vert, Rick Ross and Lil Yachty, and the list goes on. (00:02:36)
    1 Lil Uzi Vert · 2 Rick Ross · 3 Lil Yachty

2024

  • 2024-09-24 · The Forgotten Viral Video that Could Never be Made Today · Hank, 14 named — The now almost forgotten video featured 90s celebrities: George Clooney, Erik Estrada, Whoopi Goldberg, Rosie O'Donnell, Alex Trebek, Pamela Anderson, Kevin Nealon, David Spade, Jerry Springer, Brad Pitt as Tyler Durden, Jerry O'Connell, Garry Shandling, Charles Nelson Reilly and Calista Flockhart. (00:00:38)
    1 George Clooney · 2 Erik Estrada · 3 Whoopi Goldberg · 4 Rosie O'Donnell · 5 Alex Trebek · 6 Pamela Anderson · 7 Kevin Nealon · 8 David Spade · 9 Jerry Springer · 10 Brad Pitt · 11 Jerry O'Connell · 12 Garry Shandling · 13 Charles Nelson Reilly · 14 Calista Flockhart

2025

  • 2025-01-03 · My 2025 Bingo Card · Hank, 4 named — Asked for his closest thing to a legendary unique quest item (the asker names a Pizza Hut Magic 8 ball), Hank lists several of his own: a biblically accurate crab he knows is unique, the All Star Singamajig, a hoverboard signed by SourceFed, and one of every player's dice from a Dimension 20 season he was on. (00:04:37)
    1 Pizza Hut + Magic 8 Ball · 2 Singamajigs “All Star Singamajig” · 3 SourceFed · 4 Dimension 20