Public figures: film, tv & comedy
261 people with no personal tie to the brothers in the registry, grouped by the field in their registry kind, most-mentioned first. Back to the people overview.
| person | date | role | what is said | video |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helen Hunt (actor) (actor) | 2007-04-23 | joke | Hank tells the Yeti and Katherine, whom he knows are watching, that he and John don't have free pass lists, except maybe Helen Hunt. | April 23rd: Celebrity (00:03:04) |
| 2007-04-24 | joke | John questions Hank's putting Helen Hunt on his 'guilt-free three' list, joking about hunting cougars. | Brotherhood 2.0: April 24: Moving (00:00:10) | |
| 2007-04-25 | subject | Hank calls Judy Blume a weird pick for John's list and admits Helen Hunt is weird too: 'We're weird.' | Helen Hunt (00:00:04) | |
| 2007-04-26 | joke | John asks 'Madam Seymour' whether it will ever happen between Hank and Helen Hunt (crystal ball: highly doubtful) and whether he'd do a good job on the An Abundance of Katherines screenplay (no). | Brotherhood 2.0: April 26: Hollywood Meetings (00:02:38) | |
| 2007-05-03 | joke | Hank thinks John's book-banning video has drawn more comments than any other Brotherhood 2.0 video; people care more about book banning than his Helen Hunt obsession, which he calls a good thing. | May 3rd: Yetis, TMBG, Weeds and MoJo (00:01:53) | |
| 2007-09-27 | subject, joke | The punishment is a thesis on whom Hank would rather fight: Helen Hunt in an after-school special on PCP, or the new Bionic Woman before she adjusts to her implants. | September 27th: Bionic Woman v. Helen Hunt on PCP (00:00:46) | |
| 2008-01-21 | subject | First project: make sure Helen Hunt has seen Hank's months-old song about her and provide proof; if nerdfighters succeed, they can punish both brothers. | A Short History of the PUPPY SIZED ELEPHANT (00:03:14) | |
| 2008-02-19 | joke | 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. | Your Spying Thieving Valentine: Hank (00:02:28) | |
| 2008-02-21 | subject | Asked whether Helen Hunt has seen the Helen Hunt song, John says no and tells Nerdfighters to keep fighting. | People Who Love Giraffes Who Love Giraffes (00:02:56) | |
| 2008-05-30 | subject | John restates the standing challenge: proof that Helen Hunt has seen or heard Hank's Helen Hunt song lets Nerdfighters challenge the brothers, subject to their wives' veto. | The Dread Pirate Fireball Roberts! (And Housekeeping) (00:02:47) | |
| 2008-11-24 | passing | 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. | DFTBA Records (00:00:53) | |
| 2009-07-17 | passing | Hank says selling books, CDs and t-shirts is not outside what Nerdfighteria is: on YouTube Hank has written songs since (apparently) his Helen Hunt song, and John books. | Selling Out, Chewbacca and Taking Leave (00:01:25) | |
| 2009-08-18 | subject | In the song 'Helen Hunt', Hank comically declares a crush on Helen Hunt dating from puberty, punning on her film and TV titles and on sharing the name Hank with her husband. | So Jokes: Video EP (00:03:19) | |
| 2010-04-28 | cited | 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. | Who's in Your Hug Bucket? (00:01:38) | |
| 2011-04-29 | subject | Helen Hunt has not yet heard Hank's Helen Hunt song, John says, pointing out that Helen Hunt has a Twitter. | Peanut Butter Face Question Tuesday (00:02:01) | |
| 2011-05-06 | subject | Hank reports that on his birthday (5 May 2011) Helen Hunt tweeted at him that she had seen his videos. | Happy Birthday To Me! (00:00:09) | |
| 2011-06-08 | passing | Hank asks what John was thinking when he gave himself a punishment, since he now has two because of the Helen Hunt thing. | Punishments, Floods, and Pink Hitler Babies (00:00:07) | |
| 2011-07-27 | joke | John lists other Nerdfighter feats: getting Hank's album on the Billboard charts, chartering airplanes of medical supplies to Haiti, and getting Helen Hunt to hear the Helen Hunt song. | 150,000 Autographs (00:01:15) | |
| 2012-09-14 | personal story | Hank lists his songs about quarks, ponies, Harry Potter and Helen Hunt, notes Helen Hunt tweeted him about hers, and recalls inventing 2D glasses and turning Pride and Prejudice into a video blog. | 1000 VIDEOS!!! (00:01:36) | |
| 2013-01-15 | joke | Hank opens with 'Helen Hunt', the first song he ever put on YouTube, a song about a girl who isn't his wife. | An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall (01:02:32) | |
| 2014-07-18 | passing | In 2011 the standing deal to punish Hank if Helen Hunt saw his 'Helen Hunt' video came true: she tweeted him, and he had to hump his entire town. | EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! (00:02:33) | |
| 2015-04-21 | passing | John recalls that when Hank released his love song for Helen Hunt in 2007 he didn't know Hank could play guitar; his main feeling was 'when did Hank get a guitar?' | A Stunning Turn of Events (00:00:24) | |
| 2016-01-15 | joke | Hank begins to say there may be some wisdom in '50s food, but is cut off. | Eating Weird Food from the 50s (with Katherine) (00:03:39) | |
| 2023-11-03 | personal story | Hank says that in high school he was obsessed with Gordon Gano and Helen Hunt. | We Need to talk about Sarapocial Relationships (00:00:00) | |
| 2026-02-13 | personal story | Asked to play his song 'Helen Hunt', Hank declines: it is too embarrassing and too weird to do to Helen Hunt, who is now a real person to him. | Project for Awesome 2026 part 2! (05:17:34) | |
| 2026-02-14 | joke | To reach the night's goal, Hank tells donors that a donation over $500 gets their name written on his face. | Project for Awesome 2026 part 4! (06:14:01) | |
| 2026-05-29 | subject | Hank says he asked Helen Hunt why she had never done a one-woman show or stand-up comedy. | Chemo Cow Body Odor YouTube Helen Hunt Commute (00:00:00) | |
| Nat Wolff (actor) | 2013-09-10 | takes part | Secrets of the Movies: Thoughts from The Fault in Our Stars Set (00:02:15) | |
| 2013-09-17 | takes part | John does a Question Tuesday in the woods with Nat Wolff, who plays Isaac in the movie, asking him questions viewers submitted on Twitter. | Question Tuesday with Nat Wolff (aka Isaac in The Fault in Our Stars movie) (00:00:10) | |
| 2014-04-08 | passing | John says next month (May 2014) he goes on a brief tour with Nat Wolff, Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort, who play Isaac, Hazel and Gus in the TFIOS movie. | I Don't Even Know (00:00:01) | |
| 2014-04-15 | personal story | John saw T Cooper, author of Changers, met Ansel Elgort and Sarah at a hotel, then went to the MTV Movie Awards with Nat Wolff and walked the red carpet. | Walking the Red Carpet: Thoughts from Los Angeles (00:01:38) | |
| 2014-05-06 | personal story | Starting today John tours with Shailene, Ansel and Nat; it is Fox's free tour, he has no idea what will happen, and doors open at 5 with the show around 6:30. | TFIOS Movie Madness, Incongruent, and Headless Hotel People (00:02:23) | |
| 2014-05-12 | personal story | John tells Hank he has just finished Fox's tour for the TFIOS film with Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort and Nat Wolff. | Perfect Puff and Endless Interviews: Touring and Hollywood Press Junkets (00:00:07) | |
| 2014-05-30 | passing | Hank announces The Night Before Our Stars: US-only screenings (not everywhere, not Missoula) on June 5, the day before release, then a livestream with John, Nat Wolff, Ansel Elgort, Shailene Woodley and Josh Boone. | Nerdfighteria Census 2014 Results! (00:02:58) | |
| 2014-06-03 | takes part | Nat Wolff joins John for a Today Show live chat, followed by a live chat with Shailene Woodley, whom John calls 'Hazel'. | The Fault in Our Stars Movie Premiere (00:01:32) | |
| 2014-09-16 | passing | John says his friend Nat Wolff will play Q in the Paper Towns film. | It's Question Tuesday! Cheesy Jokes, Paper Towns Movie, and Dinosaur Butt Brains (00:01:02) | |
| 2014-11-04 | takes part | John introduces Nat Wolff, who plays Q in the movie they have just started filming. | Mustaches and Movies: Day One of Paper Towns (00:00:33) | |
| 2014-11-11 | passing | Asked whether he sees Nat as a friend, brother or lover, John picks friend. | Lacey and Angela Question Tuesday: Pizzamas Day 2 (00:02:15) | |
| 2014-11-17 | takes part | John: most of his time on set is spent listening to Nat, Justice and Austin joke between takes, watching the monitors and hearing post-take discussions of size and lighting. | Combines and Movie Magic: Pizzamas Day 6 (00:01:04) | |
| 2014-11-19 | takes part | Nat Wolff announces the P4A will be on December 12 and 13, not its usual time around his December 17 birthday, because that is the end of the Paper Towns shoot. | The Future of the Project for Awesome: Pizzamas Day 8 (00:01:06) | |
| 2014-11-21 | takes part | John says he, Cara Delevingne and Nat Wolff did their 'modeling faces' yesterday, and they have all been practising them. | The Sleepiest Sleepyhead in Sleeptown (00:00:43) | |
| 2014-12-09 | subject | Asked what it is like to kiss Nat, Cara says he is a really good kisser, as she and a friend who also kissed him agreed. | Question Tuesday with Cara Delevingne of Paper Towns (00:00:11) | |
| 2015-02-03 | personal story | John says Nat and Justice introduced him to rap artists on the Paper Towns set, including Earl Sweatshirt, whom he likes a lot; in turn he introduced them to the Mountain Goats. | Beards, Birds, and the Paper Towns Release Date: Question Tuesday! (00:01:50) | |
| 2015-04-14 | personal story | John met up with Justice Smith, 'a.k.a. Radar', Alex Wolff and Nat Wolff at another hotel, and they drove to the awards. | A Long Good Day (00:01:02) | |
| 2015-06-08 | passing | John, Nat and Cara will tour the US in July, visiting the states with the most votes at papertownsmovie.com/tour, where one Tumblr like or reblog counts as one vote, until June 15. | Monday Bonus Video! (00:01:10) | |
| 2015-06-16 | takes part | While Nat's back is turned, John calls him a great actor and a brilliant person and says he loves him. | Paper Towns Madrid with Nat Wolff! THE TOUR BEGINS (00:02:11) | |
| 2015-06-23 | takes part | John records Question Tuesday in the back of a movie theater in Berlin with Nat Wolff, who plays Q, and Cara Delevingne, who plays Margo Roth Spiegelman in the Paper Towns film. | Question Tuesday with Cara Delevingne and Nat Wolff (00:00:06) | |
| 2015-06-30 | passing | John says he, Cara Delevingne, Nat Wolff and Halston Sage will tour the US before the Paper Towns film comes out, in the states that won a Tumblr vote: Ohio, Texas and Indiana. | Some News (00:00:41) | |
| 2015-07-14 | personal story, performed | John will be in Indianapolis the next day for the start of the Paper Towns tour with Nat, Cara, Akilah Hughes and Nerdfighters, then Columbus and Dallas; events are free, details in the doobly-doo. | On Exhaustion (00:00:45) | |
| 2015-07-21 | personal story | John says the past week was intense and overwhelming, with lots of interviews, which he is not good at, but he was usually with Nat Wolff, who makes everything better. | PAPER TOWNS IS HERE AND JOHN IS A BALL OF ANXIETY (00:00:04) | |
| 2015-07-28 | takes part, personal story | In New York John met his friend and publicist Elyse Marshall, met Nat at the YouTube Space, collaborated with The Gregory Brothers and was interviewed by The Young Turks. | Paper Towns, Agloe, and Touring: Thoughts from (Many) Places (00:00:16) | |
| 2018-08-28 | cited | Fans were very mad when Nat Wolff was cast as Isaac, who is blond in the book, and John was concerned too, but Wolff turned out to be the perfect Isaac. | The Book Was Better? (00:01:06) | |
| 2022-01-25 | personal story | In 2015 John, Nat Wolff and Cara Delevingne travelled to eight countries in two weeks to promote the Paper Towns movie. | My Least Relatable Story: The Parisian Dentist (00:00:00) | |
| 2026-02-13 | passing | After checking that it is public, John says Billie Eilish is dating Nat Wolff and that they confirmed their relationship on February 1, 2026. | Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! (03:03:01) | |
| Shailene Woodley (actor) | 2013-04-02 | subject | John announces Shailene Woodley has been cast as Hazel, citing her Golden Globe nomination and Sundance award, and says she is a real fan who wrote him before the film. | TFiOS Movie Casting, New Books, and Groundhog Wars: An Old School Vlogbrothers Video (00:01:56) |
| 2013-05-14 | subject | To fans angry about the casting, John says he too wants a good movie; having seen the auditions, he says viewers will just see Hazel and Gus, not the actors. | Puppies, Pegasi, and TFiOS Casting: It's Question Tuesday (00:00:44) | |
| 2013-08-13 | subject | John says Shailene Woodley, who will play Hazel in the Fault in Our Stars movie, is a rare soul who stays weird, empathetic and wonderful despite success. | Shailene's Hair, Unfair Monopoly, and the Just World Fallacy (00:02:49) | |
| 2013-08-27 | personal story | John says he had a great day hanging out with Shailene and Ansel, and reports that Ansel paints miniature figurines: "He's one of us!" | On the TFIOS Movie Set (00:00:30) | |
| 2013-09-10 | takes part | Shailene Woodley says she has read the book multiple times; it is in her top two favorite books ever, alongside 1984, which she really loves. | Secrets of the Movies: Thoughts from The Fault in Our Stars Set (00:03:22) | |
| 2013-09-17 | joke | Asked if Shailene Woodley is a good kisser, Nat says he wouldn't know: Isaac doesn't get to kiss Hazel. | Question Tuesday with Nat Wolff (aka Isaac in The Fault in Our Stars movie) (00:00:28) | |
| 2013-10-04 | personal story | Ansel says that while shooting Divergent in Chicago, Shailene gave him a package not to open; days later Josh Boone told him to open it: a rotten Dutch cheese and tomato sandwich meant he got the part. | Q&A with Ansel Elgort and Mike Birbiglia from The Fault in Our Stars Movie Set (00:01:25) | |
| 2013-10-22 | subject | To people saying Shailene is too attractive to play Hazel, John replies he is offended on Hazel's behalf: the book never says she is not attractive. | Question Tuesday: The Fault in Our Stars Movie Edition (00:02:55) | |
| 2014-04-08 | passing | John says next month (May 2014) he goes on a brief tour with Nat Wolff, Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort, who play Isaac, Hazel and Gus in the TFIOS movie. | I Don't Even Know (00:00:01) | |
| 2014-05-06 | personal story | Starting today John tours with Shailene, Ansel and Nat; it is Fox's free tour, he has no idea what will happen, and doors open at 5 with the show around 6:30. | TFIOS Movie Madness, Incongruent, and Headless Hotel People (00:02:23) | |
| 2014-05-12 | personal story | John tells Hank he has just finished Fox's tour for the TFIOS film with Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort and Nat Wolff. | Perfect Puff and Endless Interviews: Touring and Hollywood Press Junkets (00:00:07) | |
| 2014-05-30 | passing | Hank announces The Night Before Our Stars: US-only screenings (not everywhere, not Missoula) on June 5, the day before release, then a livestream with John, Nat Wolff, Ansel Elgort, Shailene Woodley and Josh Boone. | Nerdfighteria Census 2014 Results! (00:02:58) | |
| 2014-06-03 | passing | John meets Indy 500 winner Ryan Hunter-Reay, takes a selfie with Mike Birbiglia, and stands with his wife near Shailene Woodley and Laura Dern. | The Fault in Our Stars Movie Premiere (00:01:41) | |
| 2014-11-04 | personal story | John shows his own trailer with Hollywood lights, says he loves being an executive producer, jokes he is available for the new Divergent movie, and says he misses Shailene and Ansel. | Mustaches and Movies: Day One of Paper Towns (00:02:15) | |
| 2014-11-21 | passing | Now in Los Angeles after some sleep on the flight, John spent the day with Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort and others from the TFIOS movie as an Amsterdam-style TFIOS bench was installed on the Fox lot. | The Sleepiest Sleepyhead in Sleeptown (00:02:33) | |
| 2014-12-12 | passing | Hank lists perks: a replica of the An Imperial Affliction prop (seven pages, written by John, as Shailene Woodley reads in the movie) and a P4A-only green special edition of The Fault in Our Stars. | NONSENSE: P4A 2014 - Partners in Health (00:02:09) | |
| 2015-04-14 | personal story | Shailene Woodley won best actress for her role in The Fault in Our Stars; her kindness about John in her speech made him cry, and Nat teased him for it. | A Long Good Day (00:02:23) | |
| 2019-09-24 | cited | Ours Poetica's readers include poets like Paige Lewis and non-poets like Shailene Woodley. | I, Too, Dislike It (00:01:58) | |
| Ansel Elgort (actor) | 2013-05-14 | subject | John confirms the TFIOS film casting: Ansel Elgort as Augustus Waters and Shailene Woodley as Hazel Grace Lancaster. | Puppies, Pegasi, and TFiOS Casting: It's Question Tuesday (00:00:37) |
| 2013-08-27 | takes part, personal story | John says he had a great day hanging out with Shailene and Ansel, and reports that Ansel paints miniature figurines: "He's one of us!" | On the TFIOS Movie Set (00:00:30) | |
| 2013-09-10 | takes part | John does a quick Question Tuesday with Ansel Elgort, who plays Gus, and says viewers can submit questions so that maybe they will do another one with real questions. | Secrets of the Movies: Thoughts from The Fault in Our Stars Set (00:02:53) | |
| 2013-09-17 | passing | Nat says he prepared by watching online videos of blind people, meeting a man named Ethan, and watching Scent of a Woman. | Question Tuesday with Nat Wolff (aka Isaac in The Fault in Our Stars movie) (00:02:43) | |
| 2013-10-04 | takes part | John says that earlier in the week he asked Ansel Elgort, who plays Augustus Waters, real questions from real Nerdfighters. | Q&A with Ansel Elgort and Mike Birbiglia from The Fault in Our Stars Movie Set (00:00:19) | |
| 2014-03-11 | joke | Asked if he really thinks the TFIOS film is good, John says he'd find nice things to say even if he didn't like it, but in fact he loves it, though he might be wrong and isn't objective. | Question Tuesday: TFIOS Movie, Existential Crises, and Symbolism (00:00:16) | |
| 2014-04-08 | passing | John says next month (May 2014) he goes on a brief tour with Nat Wolff, Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort, who play Isaac, Hazel and Gus in the TFIOS movie. | I Don't Even Know (00:00:01) | |
| 2014-04-15 | takes part | John saw T Cooper, author of Changers, met Ansel Elgort and Sarah at a hotel, then went to the MTV Movie Awards with Nat Wolff and walked the red carpet. | Walking the Red Carpet: Thoughts from Los Angeles (00:01:38) | |
| 2014-05-06 | personal story | Starting today John tours with Shailene, Ansel and Nat; it is Fox's free tour, he has no idea what will happen, and doors open at 5 with the show around 6:30. | TFIOS Movie Madness, Incongruent, and Headless Hotel People (00:02:23) | |
| 2014-05-12 | personal story | John tells Hank he has just finished Fox's tour for the TFIOS film with Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort and Nat Wolff. | Perfect Puff and Endless Interviews: Touring and Hollywood Press Junkets (00:00:07) | |
| 2014-05-30 | passing | Hank announces The Night Before Our Stars: US-only screenings (not everywhere, not Missoula) on June 5, the day before release, then a livestream with John, Nat Wolff, Ansel Elgort, Shailene Woodley and Josh Boone. | Nerdfighteria Census 2014 Results! (00:02:58) | |
| 2014-06-03 | passing | The Fault in Our Stars Movie Premiere (00:00:00) | ||
| 2014-09-16 | joke | Asked to review Hank's album, John playfully calls it Hank's best album to date, with the Perfect Strangers' punk energy, and gives it five out of five stars. | It's Question Tuesday! Cheesy Jokes, Paper Towns Movie, and Dinosaur Butt Brains (00:02:34) | |
| 2014-11-04 | personal story | John shows his own trailer with Hollywood lights, says he loves being an executive producer, jokes he is available for the new Divergent movie, and says he misses Shailene and Ansel. | Mustaches and Movies: Day One of Paper Towns (00:02:15) | |
| 2014-11-21 | passing | Now in Los Angeles after some sleep on the flight, John spent the day with Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort and others from the TFIOS movie as an Amsterdam-style TFIOS bench was installed on the Fox lot. | The Sleepiest Sleepyhead in Sleeptown (00:02:33) | |
| Cara Delevingne (actor) | 2014-10-28 | personal story | John is in North Carolina for the Paper Towns movie; filming starts in a week, he slept in director Jake Schreier's apartment and had pizza with Cara Delevingne. | The Paper Towns Movie IS HERE! (00:00:01) |
| 2014-11-19 | takes part | John vlogs at night-morning, nearly dawn in Roscoe, New York; readers of the book will know from the setting it's a serious day, so he won't mess around much with Nat and Cara. | The Future of the Project for Awesome: Pizzamas Day 8 (00:00:06) | |
| 2014-11-21 | takes part | John says he, Cara Delevingne and Nat Wolff did their 'modeling faces' yesterday, and they have all been practising them. | The Sleepiest Sleepyhead in Sleeptown (00:00:43) | |
| 2014-12-09 | takes part | John introduces Cara Delevingne, who plays Margo in the Paper Towns movie, and says he will ask her real questions from real Nerdfighters. | Question Tuesday with Cara Delevingne of Paper Towns (00:00:06) | |
| 2015-04-14 | personal story | After the carpet Cara Delevingne arrived; she, Nat and John introduced a clip from the Paper Towns film of Q and Margo Nair-ing off Chuck's eyebrow. | A Long Good Day (00:01:57) | |
| 2015-06-08 | passing | John, Nat and Cara will tour the US in July, visiting the states with the most votes at papertownsmovie.com/tour, where one Tumblr like or reblog counts as one vote, until June 15. | Monday Bonus Video! (00:01:10) | |
| 2015-06-23 | takes part | John records Question Tuesday in the back of a movie theater in Berlin with Nat Wolff, who plays Q, and Cara Delevingne, who plays Margo Roth Spiegelman in the Paper Towns film. | Question Tuesday with Cara Delevingne and Nat Wolff (00:00:06) | |
| 2015-06-30 | passing | John says he, Cara Delevingne, Nat Wolff and Halston Sage will tour the US before the Paper Towns film comes out, in the states that won a Tumblr vote: Ohio, Texas and Indiana. | Some News (00:00:41) | |
| 2015-07-14 | personal story | John will be in Indianapolis the next day for the start of the Paper Towns tour with Nat, Cara, Akilah Hughes and Nerdfighters, then Columbus and Dallas; events are free, details in the doobly-doo. | On Exhaustion (00:00:45) | |
| 2015-07-21 | joke | After a translated review likens the film to John Hughes movies, John says comparisons to John Hughes are always welcome. | PAPER TOWNS IS HERE AND JOHN IS A BALL OF ANXIETY (00:02:15) | |
| 2015-07-28 | personal story | In Columbus John met Cara, who reluctantly beatboxed in a TV interview; John was told the anchors really liked his book, 'No Fault in These Stars'. | Paper Towns, Agloe, and Touring: Thoughts from (Many) Places (00:02:21) | |
| 2022-01-25 | personal story | In 2015 John, Nat Wolff and Cara Delevingne travelled to eight countries in two weeks to promote the Paper Towns movie. | My Least Relatable Story: The Parisian Dentist (00:00:00) | |
| Wil Wheaton (actor) | 2010-04-28 | cited | 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. | Who's in Your Hug Bucket? (00:01:38) |
| 2010-04-28 | passing | Hank says he will play his song 'What Would Captain Picard Do?' in front of Wil Wheaton, who in his head is still Wesley Crusher. | Who's in Your Hug Bucket? (00:03:02) | |
| 2010-05-12 | personal story | He also saw his friend Stephen Toulouse, who runs bans on Xbox Live, ate pizza bought by organisers Paul and Storm, and found Wil Wheaton adorably excited. | Hank Raps about w00tstock...for real (00:01:12) | |
| 2010-05-14 | passing | John thanks Hank for getting Wil Wheaton to say hello to him and for his rapping. | Advice on First Kisses, Stalkers, College Majors, and More (00:03:52) | |
| 2013-05-07 | passing | John says Danica works on Crash Course, doing its excellent chalkboard drawings and also the Mental Floss set. | The Clif Bars Go in the Jar Because Mice: An Office Tour (00:00:19) | |
| 2013-12-20 | credited | The P4A 2013 livestream hosts included Hannah Hart, Joe Beretta, Elliott Morgan, Kristina Horner, Joe Holmes, Henry Reich, Vi Hart, Patrick Rothfuss, Wil Wheaton, Meghan Tonjes, Karen Kavett, Emily Graslie, Liam Dryden, Michael Aranda, Stefan Chin and others. | Best Moments of the Project for Awesome (00:00:00) | |
| 2014-03-07 | passing | Hank was on the ship for the fourth annual JoCo Cruise Crazy, a floating nerd adventure with semi-celebrity nerds including John Hodgman, Wil Wheaton, Hank himself and Jonathan Coulton. | Thoughts from a Cruise (00:01:18) | |
| 2014-03-11 | joke | Question Tuesday: TFIOS Movie, Existential Crises, and Symbolism (00:03:09) | ||
| 2014-12-19 | takes part | Hank, in a onesie-like outfit, explains Butfartman: wear two very similar shirts, one on top and one on the bottom, and you too can be Butfartman. | BUTFARTMAN Is Coming To Town! (00:02:47) | |
| 2015-04-03 | passing | 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. | Snap Questions: On the Set of Titansgrave! (00:00:01) | |
| 2019-10-08 | credited | The description announces the tie-in edition with the series cast on the cover and a new audiobook read by Wil Wheaton. | Looking for Alaska (...with Alaska) (00:00:00) | |
| 2025-12-09 | passing | John says Titansgrave was a wildly popular RPG show hosted by Wil Wheaton and co-starring Hank. | Hank Green, from A to Z (00:03:53) | |
| Oprah Winfrey (tv-host) | 2007-08-27 | cited | John jokes that no one in history has had a birthday present like it: his birthday beat Oprah Winfrey's best birthday ever. | August 27th: Thanks Yous and Cameos (00:00:00) |
| 2007-08-29 | cited | The song recalls that John said his birthday beat Oprah's best birthday and that, instead of a wake, lots of people ate blended birthday cakes. | August 29th: Goodbye 29 Year Old John (00:00:03) | |
| 2007-10-12 | joke | John jokes that his first pick for the Nobel Peace Prize would have been the brothers themselves, his second Oprah, and his third Al Gore. | October 12th: Carbon Re-Neutralizing Brotherhood 2.0 (00:00:14) | |
| 2008-05-30 | subject | John announces a second celebrity challenge: if and when the brothers pass Oprah on YouTube's most-subscribed list, Nerdfighters may challenge them any way they see fit. | The Dread Pirate Fireball Roberts! (And Housekeeping) (00:03:23) | |
| 2008-09-21 | subject | John reads YouTube's most-subscribed directors list: the Vlogbrothers have 41,818 subscribers and Oprah 41,365, so they have 'pwned' Oprah. | The Pwning of Oprah (00:00:50) | |
| 2008-10-08 | subject | Hank says the brothers asked Nerdfighters to help them 'pwn' Oprah, and together they got more YouTube subscribers than Oprah. | Hanks actual Vlog (00:00:32) | |
| 2008-10-31 | joke | John shows a page from a fictional National Enquirer in which Oprah is pwned, with a headline 'Margo flips out over Tell All Book'. | Show 'n Tell Thursday (00:01:54) | |
| 2008-12-18 | joke | They say they featured none of their own videos and no best friends, except a video their parents made. | Introducing...The Awesome (00:01:35) | |
| 2013-07-16 | joke | She says friends and social life will become more important than anything else, including online interaction, since real life would involve going outside. | The Ghost of Teenaged Future (00:00:27) | |
| 2021-06-08 | subject | Having Oprah love her book feels like stripping off wet, soggy clothes after a whole cold day outside and getting into the perfect hot shower. | Feelings, Little Tunnels, and Oprah: It's Question Tuesday with Ashley C. Ford (00:00:29) | |
| Felicia Day (actor) | 2010-04-28 | cited | 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. | Who's in Your Hug Bucket? (00:01:38) |
| 2012-07-03 | passing | John recaps VidCon: Hank performed with Felicia Day and George Watsky before thousands, Meghan Tonjes sang about John's book, they met nerdfighters, discussed educational video, watched a Gregory Brother hula-hoop. | The Physics of Book Clubs and Vidcon (00:00:37) | |
| 2012-09-14 | personal story | Hank got to sing a song with George Watsky and Felicia Day. | 1000 VIDEOS!!! (00:02:18) | |
| 2013-04-12 | takes part | Hank drives on to see Felicia Day and asks her what annoying question she is asked most. | Felicia Day, Hannah Hart, and The Fine Brothers (00:01:01) | |
| 2013-05-07 | passing | John says Danica works on Crash Course, doing its excellent chalkboard drawings and also the Mental Floss set. | The Clif Bars Go in the Jar Because Mice: An Office Tour (00:00:19) | |
| 2013-12-20 | credited | The Women of YouTube charity calendar featured Justine Ezarik, Mamrie Hart, Felicia Day, Meekakitty, Hannah Hart, Daily Grace, Alli Trippy, Ashley Clements, Emily Graslie, Meghan Tonjes, Emma Blackery, Lee Newton, Trisha Hershberger and Meg Turney. | Best Moments of the Project for Awesome (00:00:00) | |
| 2014-12-19 | takes part | Asked by Reid Reimers why a skunk, Lollipop, is in the room, Jessi Knudsen Castañeda answers that she is awesome. | BUTFARTMAN Is Coming To Town! (00:01:23) | |
| 2015-11-06 | takes part | In the opening montage Felicia Day says video, to her, is a way to make people feel like they belong. | Announcing VidCon 2016! June 23 - 25 (and Pizzamas 2015!) (00:00:15) | |
| Benedict Cumberbatch (actor) | 2011-08-17 | passing | Asked about the modernised Sherlock Holmes, John gives the Cumberbatch version two thumbs up and the Downey Jr. version one thumb; Hank, who has seen both, agrees. | Hank's Question Tuesday DEBUT! (00:01:48) |
| 2012-07-27 | cited | In the song Hank portrays Tumblr as a compulsive, dopamine-chasing scroll that keeps him glued to his screen, full of cats, memes, fandoms and GIFs. | Tumblr: The Musical (00:00:07) | |
| 2012-10-05 | credited | Since the video is short, Hank adds a promo of the brothers' other YouTube channels, SciShow, Crash Course, Lizzie Bennet and HankGames, which he says are doing quite well. | 21st Century Sherlock: A Sherlock / Doors Song (00:01:29) | |
| 2013-07-02 | joke | Her joke spare-time projects: a library for Henry and Alice from The Jolly Postman to The Unbearable Lightness of Being, and a Globe Theatre replica in John's garden. | The Perks of Being John's Assistant (00:02:31) | |
| 2013-12-20 | joke | Hank, still partly covered in Sharpie from the livestream, wonders why he did not plan how to remove it before covering his face. | Best Moments of the Project for Awesome (00:02:26) | |
| 2014-01-28 | joke | Asked who would play Dave Green in a movie, John picks Benedict Cumberbatch; asked if he likes Dave more than Hank, he notes Dave never gave him a cold. | Question Tuesday! TFIOS Movie Trailer, Penguin Knees, and Backflips (00:00:56) | |
| 2020-05-19 | recommended | In a comment John points to Taika Waititi and others, including Meryl Streep and Cumberbatch, reading Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach to raise money for PIH. | Didn't Make Sense Not to Live for Fun (00:00:00) | |
| Brennan Lee Mulligan (comedian) | 2022-03-04 | passing | Hank says Beanie Sanfurbs came back for some guest appearances but was not this year's (2022) P4A mascot, and was seen less and less as the show went on. | The 2022 P4A Meme Review!!! (00:01:27) |
| 2022-08-05 | passing | Hank describes a pretty hard week: Brennan Lee Mulligan was on their podcast and Hank was on Decoder, one of his favourite tech podcasts. | Let's Make Some Fish (00:02:10) | |
| 2024-05-20 | personal story | Hank recalls that Brennan said 'I am your mortal enemy' when he first saw Jarrod. | Hang on tight, spider monkey, it's the P4A 2024 MEME REVIEW!! (00:09:37) | |
| 2026-01-30 | passing | Hank says the new Ask Hank Anything, an hour of him answering Brennan Lee Mulligan's questions, just came out and viewers probably want to watch it. | Has Anyone Ever Accidentally Seen me Naked (Question Tuesday on a Friday) (00:01:56) | |
| 2026-02-13 | passing | John offers 460 leftover signed quote posters from P4A 2024, each signed by one of Brennan Lee Mulligan, John, Hank, Alexis Nikole Nelson, Tyler Thrasher, Sabrina Cruz, Travis McElroy or the SciShow Tangents hosts. | Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! (02:04:31) | |
| 2026-02-14 | passing | John says not all the Project for Awesome's money has come from Nerdfighteria, but the vast majority has, and that makes him really proud. | Project for Awesome 2026 part 3! (01:08:02) | |
| 2026-02-14 | passing | Hank says Brennan Lee Mulligan's signed prints sell faster than John's and Hank's: 42 of 230 are left, against 64 of Hank's. | Project for Awesome 2026 part 4! (05:00:09) | |
| Jake Schreier (film-director) | 2014-09-16 | credited | John says the Paper Towns film looks really likely to happen: they have hired a director, Jake Schreier, who made Robot & Frank. | It's Question Tuesday! Cheesy Jokes, Paper Towns Movie, and Dinosaur Butt Brains (00:00:54) |
| 2014-10-28 | takes part | John introduces Isaac Klausner, executive producer of Paper Towns and of The Fault in Our Stars, and director Jake Schreier. | The Paper Towns Movie IS HERE! (00:00:24) | |
| 2014-10-28 | personal story | John is in North Carolina for the Paper Towns movie; filming starts in a week, he slept in director Jake Schreier's apartment and had pizza with Cara Delevingne. | The Paper Towns Movie IS HERE! (00:00:01) | |
| 2014-11-17 | takes part | John: director Jake Schreier wears a suit to set every day and his shoe game is exceptionally strong. | Combines and Movie Magic: Pizzamas Day 6 (00:01:42) | |
| 2015-02-03 | passing | John says he watched about ten minutes of the Paper Towns movie that Jake Schreier showed him in Los Angeles, and he is very excited. | Beards, Birds, and the Paper Towns Release Date: Question Tuesday! (00:00:49) | |
| 2015-02-17 | passing | John says he assumed the quote was in Paper Towns because people kept sourcing it there, admits he should have researched, and adds that most of us have failed to fact-check online. | Places I've Never Been (00:01:03) | |
| 2015-03-10 | credited | John calls the new date good news because Jake and everybody will have time to actually finish the movie. | Travel Tips (and Paper Towns Movie Updates) (00:00:24) | |
| 2015-07-21 | passing | After a translated review likens the film to John Hughes movies, John says comparisons to John Hughes are always welcome. | PAPER TOWNS IS HERE AND JOHN IS A BALL OF ANXIETY (00:02:15) | |
| Keanu Reeves (actor) | 2019-05-17 | subject | Asked by Stephen Colbert what he thinks happens when we die, Keanu Reeves answers that the ones who love us will miss us. | Keanu. (00:00:00) |
| 2019-05-21 | subject | John acknowledges people are talking about Keanu Reeves only because he has a new movie out and PR gets free advertising, but he still loves Keanu. | Keanu Reeves: A Love Letter (00:00:00) | |
| 2019-06-18 | joke | John says Denny Love memorized one of the Colonel's monologues from the book when he auditioned (the scene was just shot); Denny says it was so beautiful and wrenching that he had to have performed it even if he never got to play the Colonel. | Question Tuesday with Miles and the Colonel: Manolo! (00:01:12) | |
| 2019-10-08 | joke | Asked if they know how John feels about Keanu Reeves, a guest answers that John Green loves Keanu Reeves. | Looking for Alaska (...with Alaska) (00:01:27) | |
| 2019-10-31 | passing | Hank says there are a lot of Keanu references, and a Despacito question makes him want to add Despacito. | Book News! (00:01:48) | |
| 2022-04-08 | quoted | Asked what happens when the sun dies, John says he doesn't know, but believes the people who love us will miss us, his favorite Keanu Reeves line. | Hank and John Discover Chippy Butties (00:00:58) | |
| 2025-07-11 | subject | On a TV show, asked what happens when we die, Keanu Reeves answers that he knows the ones who love us will miss us. | The Ones Who Love Us (00:00:00) | |
| Isaac Klausner (film producer) | 2013-08-27 | passing | John is on the set of The Fault in Our Stars movie, in a trailer with producer Isaac, filming at a deliberately weird angle so as not to give away locations, and cannot show the set (no spoilers). | On the TFIOS Movie Set (00:00:06) |
| 2013-09-10 | takes part | Secrets of the Movies: Thoughts from The Fault in Our Stars Set (00:01:57) | ||
| 2014-10-28 | takes part | John introduces Isaac Klausner, executive producer of Paper Towns and of The Fault in Our Stars, and director Jake Schreier. | The Paper Towns Movie IS HERE! (00:00:24) | |
| 2015-04-14 | personal story | His friend and movie producer Isaac made John turn his camera off, which John calls the best part of a very good and very long day. | A Long Good Day (00:03:29) | |
| 2017-12-05 | personal story | Isaac, producer of The Fault in Our Stars and Paper Towns, pointed out that obsessive thoughts are also non-linguistic, which didn't stop John writing the book. | On the Movies (00:02:43) | |
| 2022-04-26 | takes part | Unsure whether he may name the city, John asks Isaac, who is producing the movie, and then sends greetings from Cincinnati. | An Amazing Day (00:00:00) | |
| Josh Boone (director) | 2013-04-02 | subject | John admits the film makes Nerdfighteria and him nervous, but calls director Josh Boone brilliant and deeply understanding of the book; Boone's first film Stuck in Love opens in June. | TFiOS Movie Casting, New Books, and Groundhog Wars: An Old School Vlogbrothers Video (00:01:27) |
| 2013-08-27 | personal story | John says it looks boring but is amazing to see a story that long existed only in his imagination become visible, from the Phalanxifor bottles to the costumes, which is why he keeps laughing and crying. | On the TFIOS Movie Set (00:01:37) | |
| 2013-09-10 | takes part | John says he always thought making movies was super glamorous, but it is mostly just a construction site. | Secrets of the Movies: Thoughts from The Fault in Our Stars Set (00:01:24) | |
| 2013-09-17 | personal story | Nat, on his second movie with director Josh Boone, calls Boone one of his best friends and hopes to work with him for the rest of his career. | Question Tuesday with Nat Wolff (aka Isaac in The Fault in Our Stars movie) (00:02:14) | |
| 2013-10-04 | personal story | Ansel says that while shooting Divergent in Chicago, Shailene gave him a package not to open; days later Josh Boone told him to open it: a rotten Dutch cheese and tomato sandwich meant he got the part. | Q&A with Ansel Elgort and Mike Birbiglia from The Fault in Our Stars Movie Set (00:01:25) | |
| 2014-05-30 | passing | Hank announces The Night Before Our Stars: US-only screenings (not everywhere, not Missoula) on June 5, the day before release, then a livestream with John, Nat Wolff, Ansel Elgort, Shailene Woodley and Josh Boone. | Nerdfighteria Census 2014 Results! (00:02:58) | |
| Justice Smith (actor) | 2014-10-28 | takes part | John introduces Justice Smith, who plays Radar in the movie. | The Paper Towns Movie IS HERE! (00:01:57) |
| 2014-11-17 | takes part | John: most of his time on set is spent listening to Nat, Justice and Austin joke between takes, watching the monitors and hearing post-take discussions of size and lighting. | Combines and Movie Magic: Pizzamas Day 6 (00:01:04) | |
| 2015-02-03 | personal story | John says Nat and Justice introduced him to rap artists on the Paper Towns set, including Earl Sweatshirt, whom he likes a lot; in turn he introduced them to the Mountain Goats. | Beards, Birds, and the Paper Towns Release Date: Question Tuesday! (00:01:50) | |
| 2015-04-14 | takes part | John met up with Justice Smith, 'a.k.a. Radar', Alex Wolff and Nat Wolff at another hotel, and they drove to the awards. | A Long Good Day (00:01:02) | |
| 2015-07-21 | joke | After a translated review likens the film to John Hughes movies, John says comparisons to John Hughes are always welcome. | PAPER TOWNS IS HERE AND JOHN IS A BALL OF ANXIETY (00:02:15) | |
| Lindsay Lohan (actor) | 2007-04-10 | cited | John says behaviour is inevitably shaped by people around us, physically or virtually (e.g. Lindsay Lohan, Cristiano Ronaldo), so one must be aware how one's behaviour shapes others and is shaped. | Brotherhood 2.0: April 10th: Role Models (00:00:33) |
| 2007-06-06 | joke | John says he is in his boxer shorts but won't prove it; showing skin might help their YouTube views, but a Lindsay Lohan bikini still shot is another way to the top. | June 6th: Lindsay Lohan's Bikini and My Pants (00:01:06) | |
| 2007-07-27 | cited | Anticipating flamers calling him a nerd, John asks why being a nerd is bad: it means preferring intelligence and thoughtfulness to stupidity and vapidity. | July 27: How Nerdfighters Drop Insults (00:01:01) | |
| 2009-04-26 | joke | John says he can follow about six news stories at once and lists them: the economic crisis, Iraq, Pakistan, the Craigslist killer, North Korea and Lindsay Lohan's breakup. | Peanut Butter Face Discusses Sri Lanka (00:00:07) | |
| 2009-10-25 | joke | 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. | Fame: The Road Trip (00:03:05) | |
| Paul Newman (actor) | 2020-11-27 | cited | Hank says the idea isn't new: in the 80s Paul Newman, wanting to make salad dressing but not money, created Newman's Own with friends. | Finally Launching this Project!!! (00:01:00) |
| 2023-12-01 | cited | Hank says their model was Newman's Own, started by actor Paul Newman, who didn't need the money and gave all the salad-dressing profit to charity: 'let's give it all away'. | It's OK if you think less of me after this! (00:04:14) | |
| 2024-11-13 | passing | It is noted, apparently by Sarah off-camera, that Paul Newman also went to Kenyon, John's college. | Some New Things… (00:25:09) | |
| 2025-08-08 | joke | Hank explains the club: subscribers get a new pair of underwear designed by an independent artist every month from MeUndies and Good Store. | I'm Glad I Ignored That Billionaire (00:02:59) | |
| 2025-11-24 | subject | John says he and Paul Newman, who went to Kenyon at a different time, are both IndyCar fans; Newman was a huge motor-racing fan who raced and owned a racing team. | Good Store Holiday Gift Guide LIVE with Hank and John (00:39:39) | |
| Snooki (reality television personality) | 2010-07-21 | subject | After someone took a photo with Snooki, another person asked Hank if he was Hank Green and wanted a photo with him, leaving Snooki confused: 'when worlds collide'. | I Hung out with Snookie...Accidentally (00:00:29) |
| 2010-07-21 | passing | At the airport going home from VidCon, Hank saw a small, heavily made-up woman with a four-man entourage; people readied cameras, and he later identified her as Snooki from Jersey Shore. | I Hung out with Snookie...Accidentally (00:00:00) | |
| 2010-07-24 | criticized, passing | After Hank's video on Wednesday about meeting Snooki, a reality TV star John only half knew, John checked her Twitter, and what he found troubled him. | Grammar School with Snooki (00:00:19) | |
| 2010-08-10 | passing | Evil Hank plays an unexplained internet clip (per the description, a weird Taiwanese video about Snooki) and says it is just an internet thing. | JOIN THE PEN15 CLUB!! (00:02:50) | |
| 2010-08-16 | cited | John argues we choose what we care about and spend resources on, what we lust after, watch, like and build; unconscious choices (handbag, Starbucks, Snooki) leave us no less responsible. | Lust and Folly in London and Edinburgh (00:03:00) | |
| 2010-08-24 | joke | Hank's song bids goodbye to 32-year-old John, recapping his year (travel, a son, VidCon, a book with David Levithan) with the refrain 'now you're 33, French the llama'. | FRENCH THE LLAMA! John is 33! (00:03:23) | |
| Ashley Olsen (actor) | 2007-10-04 | joke | Against commenters saying pirates pwn, John says pirates haven't been cool since Goonies, and names the online series Ask a Pirate as one of the best in history. | October 4th: Happy Dances, Feuds, and Raccoon Infestations (00:02:26) |
| 2009-05-10 | joke | John answers 'What could you do with a Poe bust?' with a run of comic uses: on his head, playing Wii, sunglasses, a talking 'nevermore', waterboarding, fitness equipment, a garden gnome. | What Could You Do with a Poe Bust?! (00:00:13) | |
| 2011-11-30 | joke | Honey badgers are hard to kill because their loose skin lets them twist round and bite back, and their thick skin resists machetes and arrows. | Honey Badgers: The Crazy Truth (00:01:45) | |
| 2013-09-10 | joke | Secrets of the Movies: Thoughts from The Fault in Our Stars Set (00:02:10) | ||
| Fred Rogers (tv host) | 2013-04-16 | quoted | John cites Mr. Rogers on tragedies: look for the helpers, you will always find people who are helping; and we do. | Flags and Helpers (00:00:58) |
| 2020-06-09 | credited | Borrowing a practice from Fred Rogers, John asks graduates, separated from many who helped them, to spend one minute of silence thinking about the people who loved them up into this moment. | i could use a little fuel myself (00:01:56) | |
| 2022-04-22 | passing | Hank shows a tie in the plaid Mr. Rogers wore, bought for him by their dad, who probably got John one too; he calls him a good dad. | My Life is on My Walls (00:03:16) | |
| 2024-10-01 | quoted | John reports that Mr. Rogers once said fame is a four-letter word, then paused a long time before adding 'like love'. | On Fame and Chappell Roan (00:01:19) | |
| George Lucas (filmmaker) | 2008-01-08 | 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. | The Return of Question Tuesdays (00:01:35) |
| 2011-06-06 | joke | John tells Julie he won't change his spelling of stormtroopers unless George Lucas tells him it's two words, but concedes she is right about everything else. | Men Running on Tanks and the Truth about Book Editors (00:02:21) | |
| 2015-12-22 | passing | John says Campbell's writing on shared mythologies strongly influenced George Lucas writing the original Star Wars, and Luke Skywalker follows the hero's journey step by step. | The Myth Reawakens (00:00:59) | |
| 2016-01-12 | subject | John reports that George Lucas, the creator of Star Wars, said of The Force Awakens that they wanted to do a retro movie and he didn't like that. | Zero Severed Hands: On Star Wars and Making Things (00:00:18) | |
| Halston Sage (actor) | 2014-10-28 | takes part | Halston Sage says she loves the book and even highlighted it, and that her younger sister is a huge fan. | The Paper Towns Movie IS HERE! (00:01:25) |
| 2014-11-11 | takes part | Halston Sage's favourite scene in the movie or book is the bathtub scene with Q. | Lacey and Angela Question Tuesday: Pizzamas Day 2 (00:00:27) | |
| 2015-06-30 | passing | John says he, Cara Delevingne, Nat Wolff and Halston Sage will tour the US before the Paper Towns film comes out, in the states that won a Tumblr vote: Ohio, Texas and Indiana. | Some News (00:00:41) | |
| 2015-07-28 | personal story | In Indianapolis John slept in his own bed, did many interviews with Halston Sage and Nat, signed books and did a show at the Murat Theatre. | Paper Towns, Agloe, and Touring: Thoughts from (Many) Places (00:01:10) | |
| Kim Kardashian (media personality) | 2012-11-08 | joke | John says he has dreamed of a Chevy Volt since Hank's January 2007 Detroit Auto Show video, where it emerged as a concept car, and waited six years, partly for lack of money. | VOLT! A Dream Comes True. (00:00:29) |
| 2016-11-25 | joke | Nathan says he is not good at a lot of things: sports, pottery, juggling, and he would make a terrible doctor. | You're Not Good Enough (00:00:18) | |
| 2022-10-04 | joke | John urges viewers to get the Pizzamas shirt now: it will be gone forever, or at least until they make a throw blanket of it next year (2023). | Hank and John Reunited at Last (00:03:29) | |
| 2026-07-28 | passing | John feels so conflicted about celebrity that he wrote a book about it, and did not particularly enjoy his time near the center of US pop culture, when Kim Kardashian was tweeting about him. | 'Are You John Green?' (00:03:27) | |
| Laura Dern (actor) | 2014-06-03 | passing | John meets Indy 500 winner Ryan Hunter-Reay, takes a selfie with Mike Birbiglia, and stands with his wife near Shailene Woodley and Laura Dern. | The Fault in Our Stars Movie Premiere (00:01:41) |
| 2016-01-19 | passing | Asked to six-degrees-of-Kevin-Bacon himself, John says he acted in The Fault in Our Stars movie (scene cut, but in the extended version) with Laura Dern, who was in Novocaine with Kevin Bacon. | The Looking for Alaska Movie, Davos, and Hufflepuff Shade: It's Question Tuesday (00:01:23) | |
| 2016-11-17 | credited | Asked which of his characters he would vote for as president, John picks Hazel's mom from The Fault in Our Stars: cool under pressure, thoughtful, cautious, played by Laura Dern. | Decathlons, Pretension, and the Weirdest Animal I've Met: It's Question Thursday (00:01:16) | |
| 2022-04-05 | cited | John doubts Laura Dern would ever consider running for president, one of her many character assets, but he would vote for her. | Celebrities I've Met and Whether I'd Vote for Them??? (00:01:27) | |
| Mary-Kate Olsen (actor) | 2007-10-04 | joke | Against commenters saying pirates pwn, John says pirates haven't been cool since Goonies, and names the online series Ask a Pirate as one of the best in history. | October 4th: Happy Dances, Feuds, and Raccoon Infestations (00:02:26) |
| 2009-05-10 | joke | John answers 'What could you do with a Poe bust?' with a run of comic uses: on his head, playing Wii, sunglasses, a talking 'nevermore', waterboarding, fitness equipment, a garden gnome. | What Could You Do with a Poe Bust?! (00:00:13) | |
| 2011-11-30 | joke | Honey badgers are hard to kill because their loose skin lets them twist round and bite back, and their thick skin resists machetes and arrows. | Honey Badgers: The Crazy Truth (00:01:45) | |
| 2013-09-10 | joke | Secrets of the Movies: Thoughts from The Fault in Our Stars Set (00:02:10) | ||
| Mike Birbiglia (comedian) | 2013-10-04 | takes part | John says he also interviewed Mike Birbiglia, one of his favorite comedians and people, who plays Patrick in the film. | Q&A with Ansel Elgort and Mike Birbiglia from The Fault in Our Stars Movie Set (00:02:15) |
| 2014-06-03 | personal story | John meets Indy 500 winner Ryan Hunter-Reay, takes a selfie with Mike Birbiglia, and stands with his wife near Shailene Woodley and Laura Dern. | The Fault in Our Stars Movie Premiere (00:01:41) | |
| 2023-10-05 | personal story | John will travel to England to see his friend Mike Birbiglia perform comedy and AFC Wimbledon perform, by the betting odds, tragedy. | America's Second Favorite Fourth Tier English Soccer Team (00:00:29) | |
| 2025-08-26 | personal story | John got birthday texts with personal reflections and good wishes from comedian Mike Birbiglia, who was in The Fault in Our Stars, and from YouTuber CGP Grey. | Not to Criticize Hank… (00:01:27) | |
| Natalie Portman (actor) | 2007-04-24 | personal story | 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. | Brotherhood 2.0: April 24: Moving (00:00:44) |
| 2011-01-03 | cited | John mocks the present tense and indefinite article of 'is Benjamin Franklin a president?' (as if there were several US presidents, or Franklin were in the band The Presidents of the United States of America) and solemnly informs 'the Googlers of the world' that Franklin has died. | Is bronchitis contagious? Is black a color? (00:01:13) | |
| 2011-11-25 | passing | John recaps Chapter 1: Hazel and Augustus meet at a cancer kids' support group; he says she looks like V for Vendetta-era Natalie Portman and invites her to watch it at his house. | Chapter TWO of The Fault in Our Stars (00:00:37) | |
| 2012-03-09 | joke | Hank's personal bucket list: visit the Grand Canyon, soak in a geothermal hot spring in Iceland, and be kissed on the cheek by Natalie Portman and Emma Stone at once. | The Future of Manned Space Exploration (00:00:00) | |
| Nicolas Cage (actor) | 2011-04-01 | subject | John says Nicolas Cage has a son named Kal-El, Superman's birth name, called Kal-El Coppola Cage because Cage is cousins with Sofia Coppola. | Many Truths, 1 Lie! (00:00:42) |
| 2013-05-14 | joke | Asked how it feels to be a doctor, John says about the same as before, and says he has hardly taken off his 'cape thing'. | Puppies, Pegasi, and TFiOS Casting: It's Question Tuesday (00:01:45) | |
| 2014-09-05 | joke | Asked who plays Margo in the Paper Towns movie, Hank jokingly claims the role, purely for the money, as 'the Nick Cage of John Green movies'. | REUNION TUESDAY! FRIDAY! WHATEVER! (00:01:16) | |
| 2015-04-10 | joke | Hank gives a quick tour of his offices: staff at work, Callie Awesomesauce moved to a different tank for being 'a murderer', the Crash Course studio (now upstairs), SciShow and VidCon. | This Video Makes No Sense (00:01:31) | |
| Paris Hilton (celebrity) | 2008-12-15 | joke | John notes W.C. Fields's last words were addressed to Carlotta, his mistress, not his wife Hattie; he says he tones the quote down for young nerdfighters. | Famous Last Words (00:02:37) |
| 2009-02-24 | joke | John tells boys that nerd girls are the world's greatest underutilized romantic resource, and that denying they are hot is a Paris Hilton-esque failure to understand hotness. | How to Make Guys Like You (00:02:52) | |
| 2011-09-07 | cited | John jokes that Tom Buchanan, who has what everyone else wants, is such an unbearable ass-face that he makes Paris Hilton look charming and grounded. | The Great Gatsby: Living the Dream in the Valley of Ashes (00:01:25) | |
| 2013-06-18 | joke | Concluding she is not as smart as the Vlogbrothers, Grace offers to teach how to trick people into thinking you're more intelligent, cultured or socially sophisticated than you are. | 50 Ways to Pretend to Be Smarter (00:01:19) | |
| Alex Trebek (tv-host) | 2010-12-22 | quoted | John says a Nerdfighter librarian, Julia, on Jeopardy! yesterday, didn't know the Final Jeopardy answer and wrote 'Who is John Green?' as a shout-out, so Alex Trebek said his name. | I Was on Jeopardy!!!! (00:01:04) |
| 2024-09-24 | cited | 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. | The Forgotten Viral Video that Could Never be Made Today (00:00:29) | |
| 2024-09-25 | cited | John loved Hank's video about the only time Sarah Michelle Gellar, Alex Trebek, George Clooney and Brad Pitt appeared together; it reminded him of the first YouTube video he saw. | You have no chance to survive make your time. (00:00:00) | |
| Amanda Bynes (actress) | 2010-02-15 | cited | John says Amanda Bynes tweeted that she hates being misquoted, then less than 24 hours later tweeted a line attributed to Albert Einstein, which he calls a misquotation. | Hello Baby!! (00:00:46) |
| 2010-02-17 | subject | Hank says he knows the six types of quarks and also who Amanda Bynes is, from Hairspray, which he has seen about five times: physics knowledge doesn't exclude pop culture. | WRONG WRONG WRONG (00:01:40) | |
| 2010-02-19 | joke | John says he is losing weight by not listening to his gut, which wants to eat everything, even his unique My Little Pony. | Henry's Pee and My Gut (00:02:22) | |
| Austin Abrams (actor) | 2014-10-28 | passing | John introduces Justice Smith, who plays Radar in the movie. | The Paper Towns Movie IS HERE! (00:01:57) |
| 2014-11-11 | passing | Asked which boy in the cast can do the most push-ups, Halston Sage points to Austin, who did push-ups between takes to stay warm. | Lacey and Angela Question Tuesday: Pizzamas Day 2 (00:01:46) | |
| 2014-11-17 | passing | John: most of his time on set is spent listening to Nat, Justice and Austin joke between takes, watching the monitors and hearing post-take discussions of size and lighting. | Combines and Movie Magic: Pizzamas Day 6 (00:01:04) | |
| Brad Pitt (actor) | 2011-01-10 | cited | Icke's followers include the father of 'balloon boy'; the reptilians supposedly include the British royal family, most of America's presidents, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, feed on human guilt, fear and aggression, and must drink human blood to keep their humanoid shape. | Top 5 Ridiculous Conspiracy Theories (00:02:49) |
| 2024-09-24 | cited | 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. | The Forgotten Viral Video that Could Never be Made Today (00:00:29) | |
| 2024-09-25 | cited | John loved Hank's video about the only time Sarah Michelle Gellar, Alex Trebek, George Clooney and Brad Pitt appeared together; it reminded him of the first YouTube video he saw. | You have no chance to survive make your time. (00:00:00) | |
| Christian Slater (actor) | 2008-02-21 | passing | In high school John said Christian Slater had never made a bad movie, and people called him 'Kuffs' for a long time afterwards. | People Who Love Giraffes Who Love Giraffes (00:01:32) |
| 2011-03-09 | joke | John says that as a teenager friends nicknamed him 'Kuffs' after he said Christian Slater never made a bad movie. | DANDY LIONS! It's Question Day (00:00:31) | |
| 2017-02-21 | joke | John says some high-school friends still call him Kuffs because he once said Christian Slater never made a bad movie. | Does Human Life Have Real Meaning? (00:02:50) | |
| Conan O'Brien (TV host) | 2010-01-22 | cited | Maureen jokes that she is 'second prettiest green brother' and the Conan to John's Leno: John is giving her the show only to take it right back, having picked her because she is bad at videos. | ThisIsNotJohn (00:00:20) |
| 2010-11-26 | cited | Hank says they just spoke with YouTube, which is giving them treatment like Conan O'Brien and the President get: a four-hour live stream on YouTube. | p4a, Space Pasta, and Giant Squids of Anger (00:00:54) | |
| 2024-05-03 | credited | Hank says the film is on Max; in the US Max can be had through the Play Store, the App Store, Amazon Prime or Max.com. | Everything Wrong with Turtles All the Way Down (00:02:39) | |
| Drew Barrymore (actor) | 2012-03-20 | joke | Asked who should play Hazel and Augustus, John says he knows nothing of contemporary actors (Drew Barrymore is still 17 in his mind) and asks who viewers would want. | Sharpie Face Question Tuesday (00:01:28) |
| 2012-06-05 | joke | Asked whether he will cast nerdfighters in a Fault in Our Stars movie, John says if Fox makes it he will have exactly as much say in casting as viewers, and should not be trusted with it. | The Dangling Rope of Terror: It's Question Tuesday (00:02:27) | |
| 2021-05-18 | personal story | John shows a picture of Drew Barrymore hugging his book after she said she loved it. | Saying What I've Needed to Say to Hank for a While (00:01:43) | |
| Dwayne Johnson (actor and wrestler) | 2016-11-17 | personal story | John says he looks up most to his parents and secondarily Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, and wants to be remembered as a father, husband and AFC Wimbledon sponsor. | Decathlons, Pretension, and the Weirdest Animal I've Met: It's Question Thursday (00:00:13) |
| 2018-08-14 | joke | Asked his third favorite type of rock, John punningly starts with Dwayne Johnson and settles on the Rock of Gibraltar. | Question Tuesday: Secrets & Primes (00:00:22) | |
| 2022-04-05 | cited | Dwayne Johnson handed John an MTV Movie Award in about 2015; John doesn't remember their backstage chat, so distracted was he by The Rock's biceps. | Celebrities I've Met and Whether I'd Vote for Them??? (00:01:56) | |
| Ellen DeGeneres (TV host) | 2009-10-25 | cited | 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. | Fame: The Road Trip (00:03:05) |
| 2011-08-05 | passing | John says Hank and Alan brought Meghan Tonjes to DFTBA Records before she was on Ellen and famous, and her first album is now coming out. | Vidcon: Thoughts from Places (00:00:32) | |
| 2014-01-21 | joke | Joking, John invokes a 'rule of Twitter following' he just made up: you may call anyone you follow on Twitter by first name — like Barack, Beyonce and Ellen. | Are Poor Countries Doomed? (00:00:46) | |
| Emma Stone (actor) | 2012-03-09 | joke | Hank's personal bucket list: visit the Grand Canyon, soak in a geothermal hot spring in Iceland, and be kissed on the cheek by Natalie Portman and Emma Stone at once. | The Future of Manned Space Exploration (00:00:00) |
| 2012-06-08 | joke | Hank says what works for him will not work for everybody: he dislikes rigid, micromanaged schedules and lets his internal stress level decide what to work on each day. | How to be More Productive...With Hank! (00:03:06) | |
| 2012-07-27 | cited | The song ends with the claim that everyone can agree Tumblr is the place for him. | Tumblr: The Musical (00:01:36) | |
| Evanna Lynch (actor) | 2011-07-15 | passing | 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. | Harry Freaking Potter (00:03:06) |
| 2011-07-20 | passing | Hank says Evanna Lynch both looks and sounds like Luna Lovegood. | HARDCASTLED! (00:00:03) | |
| 2013-10-11 | credited | Another perk: Hank's Harry Potter fanfic 'The Womb of Requirement', an origin story for the Room of Requirement, read as an audiobook by Evanna Lynch. | TFiOS Movie, Emma Approved, Subbable Update, etc (00:02:28) | |
| George Clooney (actor) | 2013-05-17 | passing | Henry Reich explains that light is affected by black holes because gravity is an interaction between objects with energy and momentum, which light has. | GIFs, JIFs, Whip Pans, Trivia, and BATMAN! (00:02:18) |
| 2024-09-24 | cited | 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. | The Forgotten Viral Video that Could Never be Made Today (00:00:29) | |
| 2024-09-25 | cited | John loved Hank's video about the only time Sarah Michelle Gellar, Alex Trebek, George Clooney and Brad Pitt appeared together; it reminded him of the first YouTube video he saw. | You have no chance to survive make your time. (00:00:00) | |
| Jack Nicholson (actor) | 2008-06-04 | cited | On Tim Kaine: he could help turn Virginia blue and, as a very religious Catholic, help Obama with Catholics; but John finds him boring. | VEEPSTAKES! (00:02:13) |
| 2014-09-05 | joke | Asked who plays Margo in the Paper Towns movie, Hank jokingly claims the role, purely for the money, as 'the Nick Cage of John Green movies'. | REUNION TUESDAY! FRIDAY! WHATEVER! (00:01:16) | |
| 2024-10-30 | joke | Hank says Good Store has too many socks, so a mystery 12-pack of high-quality American socks costs $5 a pair. | Sipping the Tea with Hank (00:46:07) | |
| Jaz Sinclair (actor) | 2014-10-28 | takes part | John introduces Jaz Sinclair, who plays Angela: a fan of the book who was excited to audition and 'just killed it'. | The Paper Towns Movie IS HERE! (00:01:37) |
| 2014-11-04 | personal story | Filming outside in North Carolina without revealing the location, John says he was jumping up and down with Jaz Sinclair, who plays Angela, from excitement, and does his happy dance. | Mustaches and Movies: Day One of Paper Towns (00:00:42) | |
| 2014-11-11 | takes part | Jaz Sinclair's favourite scene is Drunk Ben. | Lacey and Angela Question Tuesday: Pizzamas Day 2 (00:00:30) | |
| Lauren Conrad (reality TV personality) | 2009-10-25 | cited | John proposes that reality-show stars don't live on after death: Lauren Conrad is likely to be remembered less than a high school English teacher. | Fame: The Road Trip (00:01:08) |
| 2010-10-22 | joke | John says Hank's song made him sad he isn't more talented, joking that writing books barely counts since Lauren Conrad writes books. | Making Adorable Music (00:00:00) | |
| 2013-07-02 | joke | Her joke spare-time projects: a library for Henry and Alice from The Jolly Postman to The Unbearable Lightness of Being, and a Globe Theatre replica in John's garden. | The Perks of Being John's Assistant (00:02:31) | |
| Tom Selleck (actor) | 2007-10-18 | joke | John congratulates Nerdfighter Sara Zarr, whose first novel, Story of a Girl, is a finalist for the National Book Award. | October 18: Live from Datyon: PARTY BLOWER SOLO (00:02:27) |
| 2019-02-05 | joke | John jokes the deepfake shows how bad Hank would look with a mustache and reminds him that he himself is no Tom Selleck. | Deepfake: A Brief History of Unreliable Images (00:00:00) | |
| 2023-09-05 | cited | John praises Hank's new beard: Hank looks different because he is different, moving through a profound, difficult experience and looking good; he might go full Tom Selleck. | I Ain't Even Here, Sergeant. I'm in Cheyenne, Wyoming. (00:03:38) | |
| Walt Disney (film producer) | 2013-01-11 | cited | Hank says Disney likewise made existing stories (Alice in Wonderland, The Little Mermaid, Cinderella) into movies, but is now the primary force behind extending copyright length 'forever'. | On the Ownership of Ideas (00:01:55) |
| 2017-01-24 | criticized | John calls the line 'if you can dream it, you can do it', attributed to Walt Disney and on countless posters, manifestly untrue. | On Motivation (00:00:47) | |
| 2018-06-29 | subject | The obvious guess is Walt's signature, but Walt Disney had many signatures; some resemble the logo, none has a D like the loopy D. | Why is the Disney "D" So Weird? (00:00:31) | |
| Adam Savage (tv-presenter) | 2010-04-28 | passing | Hank will play w00tstock in Portland and Seattle on May 7 and 8, meeting Adam Savage, MC Frontalot and Wil Wheaton, adding 'two and a half' names from his list. | Who's in Your Hug Bucket? (00:02:38) |
| 2010-05-12 | personal story | In rap, Hank calls it perhaps the second oddest weekend of his life: he browsed Portland real estate with a MythBuster's wife on Adam Savage's iPad. | Hank Raps about w00tstock...for real (00:00:08) | |
| 2010-05-12 | passing | 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. | Hank Raps about w00tstock...for real (00:01:34) | |
| Alan Rickman (actor) | 2011-07-15 | passing | In the song Hank asks Harry Potter whether the final film is 'it', the last piece of a pie most fans have eaten all their adult lives. | Harry Freaking Potter (00:00:46) |
| 2026-10-30 | cited | Hank notes that David Bowie, Prince, Alan Rickman, Muhammad Ali, Carrie Fisher and George Michael all died in 2016. | The Last Normal Year (00:01:30) | |
| Alec Baldwin (actor) | 2010-03-03 | joke | Disagreeing with John's last video, Hank says he watched The Marriage Ref and found it entertaining, not that bad, perhaps because of his man crush on Alec Baldwin. | VidCon Schedule Spectacular! (00:00:27) |
| 2010-03-08 | passing | Hank watched the Oscars at a friend's house though he is not interested in them; Alec Baldwin was co-hosting. | GIGANTIC CHICKEN EGG!! (00:01:51) | |
| Angelina Jolie (actor) | 2011-01-10 | cited | Icke's followers include the father of 'balloon boy'; the reptilians supposedly include the British royal family, most of America's presidents, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, feed on human guilt, fear and aggression, and must drink human blood to keep their humanoid shape. | Top 5 Ridiculous Conspiracy Theories (00:02:49) |
| 2012-09-07 | joke | Hank says you cannot really curve a bullet, jokes that only Angelina Jolie can, and calls that film terrible though he saw it in theatres. | Can You Really Light a Fart? (00:01:32) | |
| Ashton Kutcher (actor) | 2009-04-19 | subject | John recounts that Ashton Kutcher and CNN raced to be the first Twitter account with one million followers; Ashton pledged $100,000 of malaria bed nets if he won, won, and gave it. | Weekend of Surreality (00:00:00) |
| 2009-12-13 | cited | John says Bill Gates, and even Ashton Kutcher, are smart enough to see this; Kutcher gave $100,000 against malaria this year (2009). | Eyelash Malaria (00:01:42) | |
| Charlie Chaplin (actor and filmmaker) | 2012-04-24 | joke | They then went to an extremely creepy, long-abandoned hospital, now sometimes used as a horror-movie setting; John says this is the kind of place Ransom takes his friends, unsurprising to readers of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. | Beneath an Abandoned Hospital: Thoughts from Places (00:00:12) |
| 2020-12-31 | credited | Today the tune plays in Japanese department stores before closing, was South Korea's anthem tune in 1945-1948, inspired a famous Dutch football chant, and fills film soundtracks from The Gold Rush (1925) to Minions (2015). | Auld Lang Syne: The Anthropocene Reviewed (00:08:24) | |
| Charlie Sheen (actor) | 2011-03-04 | subject | John announces a game, 'Sheen or Gaddafi?', a voyage into contemporary narcissistic megalomania: guess whether each quotation was said by Charlie Sheen or Muammar Gaddafi. | SHEEN or GADDAFI? (00:00:05) |
| 2011-05-11 | joke | Hank says knowing he gets to decide for himself what success is was one of the most important lessons he ever learned, and he learned it from simulation games. | 1990's Sim Games. SO GOOD! (00:03:31) | |
| Chris Fleming (comedian) | 2024-06-21 | recommended | Asked in the comments for stand-up special recommendations, Hank names Chris Fleming. | I Was So Sad that I Did Comedy (00:00:00) |
| 2026-04-17 | subject | Hank says Chris Fleming should not have a podcast: he should stay mysterious, in the amount where Hank always desperately wants more of him; it is the right call. | Something Awaits For Me in the Divine for Resisting (00:00:58) | |
| Christopher Walken (actor) | 2010-10-22 | quoted | Paraphrasing Christopher Walken, John says Hank needs more sing-a-ma-jig to reach the next level of his career. | Making Adorable Music (00:01:09) |
| 2014-09-05 | joke | Asked who plays Margo in the Paper Towns movie, Hank jokingly claims the role, purely for the money, as 'the Nick Cage of John Green movies'. | REUNION TUESDAY! FRIDAY! WHATEVER! (00:01:16) | |
| David Caruso (actor) | 2009-09-09 | joke | Hank mocks David Caruso: it doesn't matter what he says as long as he takes off his glasses first. | Television Crime Shows Suck (00:02:27) |
| 2009-09-12 | joke | John contrasts CSI, where David Caruso outwits master serial killers, with real murders, where detectives end up comforting a remorseful killer who got drunk and killed a friend. | Special Friday Video! (On Saturday) (00:01:07) | |
| David Duchovny (actor) | 2009-02-18 | 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). | Fake Movie Talk With A Sock (00:00:27) |
| 2024-09-24 | passing | In 1999, the year Napster launched, Bree Sharp released 'David Duchovny', a well-produced, funny X-Files fan song about being in love with the actor who plays Fox Mulder. | The Forgotten Viral Video that Could Never be Made Today (00:02:26) | |
| David Tennant (actor) | 2010-04-28 | cited | 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. | Who's in Your Hug Bucket? (00:01:38) |
| 2015-04-17 | cited | Hank says David Tennant married an actress who played his daughter in Doctor Who, and she was the real daughter of a man who played the Doctor. | 7 Weirdest Marriages (or Lack Thereof) From an Airport (00:02:54) | |
| Ed McMahon (television-personality) | 2008-05-30 | joke | John says Nerdfighters on Omnictionary are writing a novel wiki-style; the wished-for Nerdfighter encyclopedia is a good idea, but not for Omnictionary. | The Dread Pirate Fireball Roberts! (And Housekeeping) (00:02:19) |
| 2009-07-23 | joke | 50 MORE JOKES in FOUR MINUTES (00:01:19) | ||
| Eddie Izzard (comedian) | 2007-03-20 | passing | 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. | March 20th: Dancing and the Idiocy of Age (00:00:58) |
| 2026-02-14 | passing | Hank's dream Ask Hank Anything guest is Bob Mortimer, definitely over James Acaster. | Project for Awesome 2026 part 4! (05:55:35) | |
| Eddie Murphy (actor) | 2007-02-23 | joke | John says bookshelves cost about $20, less than taking your wife to see Eddie Murphy's film Norbit. | Brotherhood 2.0: February 23, 2007: Books (00:00:28) |
| 2026-02-27 | cited | Hank says Wikipedia has a list of notable people and fictional characters plus public pageview data that can stand in for how famous each is. | Can We Do a Science Together?? (00:03:09) | |
| Eric Idle (comedian) | 2007-02-07 | joke | At the request of several commenters, John challenges Hank to answer every question in his survey in one video of 3 minutes 30 seconds or less. | Brotherhood 2.0: February 7, 2007 (00:02:48) |
| 2007-02-28 | joke | Brotherhood 2.0: Everyone Poops in my Pants, a Picture Book (00:02:49) | ||
| Farrah Fawcett (actor) | 2009-07-23 | joke | 50 MORE JOKES in FOUR MINUTES (00:01:19) | |
| 2010-01-29 | cited | Hank says the first high-profile Super Bowl ad aired in 1973: Farrah Fawcett spreading Noxzema on quarterback Joe Namath's face, setting a bar for racy ads later outdone by GoDaddy. | An Extremely Brief History of Superbowl Commercials (00:00:36) | |
| Gene Roddenberry (television producer) | 2009-05-08 | credited | Hank says the original Star Trek series can be watched free on YouTube, though it is 'kind of hilariously bad'. | Star Trek: The Movie, Review (00:00:49) |
| 2017-09-29 | cited | In an interview Piller recalled pitching Gene Roddenberry an adventurous chase across the universe; Roddenberry asked what it was about, and they could only repeat the plot. | What's This Video About? (00:01:43) | |
| Hank Azaria (actor) | 2007-04-25 | joke | A lyric claims Helen Hunt was best comedy actress 'four years in a row'. | Helen Hunt (00:01:56) |
| 2009-08-18 | joke | The Helen Hunt song says she was best comedy actress four years in a row. | So Jokes: Video EP (00:04:33) | |
| Harry Caray (broadcaster) | 2007-07-17 | joke | John puts on glasses he can't see out of, performs the dance, falls, and reports he is okay. | Brotherhood 2.0: July 17: Topless Dancer (00:01:45) |
| 2026-02-13 | passing | John's background includes a baseball signed by Harry Caray that he got for his 16th birthday, a Swindon Town 2011 FA Cup champions plate given to him, and his MTV Movie Award for The Fault in Our Stars. | Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! (03:10:35) | |
| Harry Houdini (magician) | 2009-10-30 | cited | Option two: magician Harry Houdini died on Halloween 1926 as a result of being punched in the stomach by a college student (one option is false). | Truth or Fail: Halloween! (00:00:00) |
| 2026-02-13 | passing | John tells Henry that Harry Houdini died after someone punched him in the stomach and his appendix burst. | Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! (02:11:36) | |
| Hugh Grant (actor) | 2007-03-20 | passing | 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. | March 20th: Dancing and the Idiocy of Age (00:00:58) |
| 2012-06-05 | joke | John says if the movie is made casting will go as always: everyone is upset at the announcement, then sees the film and finds the actor perfect, as with Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss. | The Dangling Rope of Terror: It's Question Tuesday (00:02:47) | |
| Ira Glass (radio host) | 2013-06-18 | cited | Grace's media markers: NPR as a car preset, a specific favorite Simpsons episode, finding the new Arrested Development season more nostalgic than groundbreaking, reblogging the New Yorker, Wes Anderson, Ira Glass, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Ken Jennings on Twitter, Alanis Morissette's misuse of 'ironic'. | 50 Ways to Pretend to Be Smarter (00:03:15) |
| 2016-12-16 | quoted | Ira Glass, quoted by Tessa: creative people start with good taste, but for the first couple of years their work is not that good, and their killer taste is why their work disappoints them. | Fear in Art (00:01:42) | |
| Jennifer Garner (actor) | 2015-11-18 | personal story | Hank says he met Jennifer Garner and stood near Olivia Wilde at the gala. | SUIT UP! A Very Fancy Reunion Video (Pizzamas Day 8) (00:00:07) |
| 2023-12-24 | passing | During Pizzamas, John says they have just come from the Save the Children gala, where he met Jennifer Garner and stood near Olivia Wilde. | John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated (01:12:43) | |
| Jenny Lawton (producer) | 2020-12-31 | credited | The episode was edited by Stan Muller, mixed by Joe Plourde and scored by Hannis Brown, and produced by Jenny Lawton and Rosianna Halse Rojas. | Auld Lang Syne: The Anthropocene Reviewed (00:00:00) |
| 2021-01-26 | credited | The description credits Nadim Silverman for the art (all of TAR's art), Stan Muller for editing, Hannis Brown for music, Jenny Lawton and Rosianna Halse Rojas as producers, Joe Plourde as technical director; John wrote it. | The Sycamore Tree: The Anthropocene Reviewed (00:00:00) | |
| Julia Pott (animator) | 2016-11-07 | credited | 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. | It's Pizzamas!!! (Thoughts From the Place Where they Print Our Shirts) (00:00:00) |
| 2016-11-10 | credited | Rachel lists this year's (2016) designers: Judy Kaufmann, Sara Cervantes, Julia Pott, Rachel herself, TEKST (Big John Pizzeria), Ming Doyle (an indigo design) and the design duo Rude. | The Museum of Pizza Johns Past (00:01:56) | |
| Kevin Bacon (actor) | 2014-02-07 | joke | Hank asks whether, given the beauty and value of Earth's seemingly unique biological systems, humans are worth it: would the world be better off without us, is humanity just an asteroid? | Kill All The Humans (00:00:25) |
| 2016-01-19 | passing | Asked to six-degrees-of-Kevin-Bacon himself, John says he acted in The Fault in Our Stars movie (scene cut, but in the extended version) with Laura Dern, who was in Novocaine with Kevin Bacon. | The Looking for Alaska Movie, Davos, and Hufflepuff Shade: It's Question Tuesday (00:01:23) | |
| Kirsten Dunst (actress) | 2007-02-07 | joke | The list of pant-poopers: his mom, dad and brother John, Kirsten Dunst while filming Spider-Man 2, Liverpool Football Club, Günter Grass, Stephen Dedalus, Al Roker and Lenin. | Brotherhood 2.0: February 7, 2007 (00:01:12) |
| 2024-04-30 | passing | John got home last night from the amazing LA premiere of the Turtles All the Way Down film, celebrated with its makers, Kirsten Dunst, YouTube friends, Rosianna and the cast; his kids saw one of his movies for the first time and loved it. | Not Doing That Great (00:00:00) | |
| Latif Nasser (broadcaster) | 2020-08-11 | credited | John loves the Netflix show hosted by Radiolab's Latif Nasser (he calls it Connections): whether on sewage or dust, it gives him wonder and models how inquiry happens for him. | never get bored (00:01:30) |
| 2021-05-18 | personal story | The tour continues tonight with Radiolab co-host Latif Nasser and Sarah Urist Green, Wednesday with Hank and Sarah, Saturday with Ashley C. Ford and Sarah; tickets in the description. | Saying What I've Needed to Say to Hank for a While (00:02:20) | |
| LeVar Burton (actor) | 2014-05-30 | takes part | Hank congratulates John and says he is getting on a plane tomorrow to come to John's premiere. | Nerdfighteria Census 2014 Results! (00:03:39) |
| 2018-07-27 | credited | 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. | Why Environmentalists Hate Captain Planet (00:00:48) | |
| Mary Tyler Moore (actor) | 2007-12-04 | joke | December 4th: Question Tuesday!!!! (00:02:48) | |
| 2008-08-06 | joke | Asked for his autobiography title, John offers "Does My Eye Look Okay to You?" or "As the Puff Riseth", each subtitled "The John Green Story". | Question Tuesday Returns (on a Wednesday) (00:01:40) | |
| Matt Damon (actor) | 2012-08-24 | cited | Hank says they now have a database of 5,000 Nerdfighters to photo-mosaic into anything, such as Mario, a TARDIS, John Green or Matt Damon, whom he loves. | Happy Birthday John Green! (00:00:00) |
| 2013-02-15 | passing | Wheezy Waiter and Shay Carl got to make a video with Matt Damon, whom Hank playfully calls his idol. | Baby, Harlem, Obama, Dance Crazes, Big Week (00:02:22) | |
| Nathan Fillion (actor) | 2010-04-28 | cited | 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. | Who's in Your Hug Bucket? (00:01:38) |
| 2013-04-12 | joke | Felicia Day says the most common annoying question she gets is what Nathan Fillion smells like. | Felicia Day, Hannah Hart, and The Fine Brothers (00:01:01) | |
| Olivia Wilde (actor) | 2015-11-18 | personal story | Hank says he met Jennifer Garner and stood near Olivia Wilde at the gala. | SUIT UP! A Very Fancy Reunion Video (Pizzamas Day 8) (00:00:07) |
| 2023-12-24 | passing | During Pizzamas, John says they have just come from the Save the Children gala, where he met Jennifer Garner and stood near Olivia Wilde. | John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated (01:12:43) | |
| Paul Giamatti (actor) | 2011-05-02 | passing | Hank calls Win Win, the new Paul Giamatti film, awesome and a really good movie. | Osama Bin Laden is Dead (00:00:20) |
| 2026-05-12 | passing | Talking on the livestream about giving Rice University's commencement address, John named Giamatti as his speaker; someone marvelled that Paul Giamatti's dad spoke, so John checked Wikipedia. | Lies, Damn Lies, and Bart Giamatti (00:00:20) | |
| Paula Deen (celebrity chef) | 2011-06-15 | joke | Asked about Tumblr, John calls it the internet's number one destination for images of Paula Deen riding him — the title bit. | Question Tuesday! Paula Deen Riding Me (and critical reading) (00:02:34) |
| 2011-06-20 | joke | John: how to balance the urge to be more than nihilists with blunting consciousness's sharp edges through funny stuff like Paula Deen riding Paula Deen riding him, or Humpy Hank. | On Religion (00:02:58) | |
| Rainn Wilson (actor) | 2012-08-13 | takes part | John says that, like Ze Frank and Wheezy Waiter, he recently got to talk to Rainn Wilson, and he asked Twitter for romantic problems they could solve together. | John and Rainn Wilson Talk Romance (00:00:00) |
| 2012-08-24 | cited | People have drawn, sculpted and knitted the brothers; Kimya Dawson, Lupe Fiasco and Minecraft creator Notch watch, and John got to hang out with Rainn Wilson. | Happy Birthday John Green! (00:01:42) | |
| Rebecca Thomas (film director) | 2015-06-30 | subject | Weber and Neustadter, screenwriters of the TFIOS and Paper Towns films, have written a Looking for Alaska script, and Becca Thomas, director of Electric Children, has been hired to direct, so the film will probably happen. | Some News (00:02:58) |
| 2015-07-14 | personal story | In Birmingham for just over 12 hours, John met Looking for Alaska director Becca Thomas and took her to his old high school at night, to the place where he used to smoke. | On Exhaustion (00:00:20) | |
| Robert Downey Jr. (actor) | 2011-08-17 | passing | Asked about the modernised Sherlock Holmes, John gives the Cumberbatch version two thumbs up and the Downey Jr. version one thumb; Hank, who has seen both, agrees. | Hank's Question Tuesday DEBUT! (00:01:48) |
| 2013-10-22 | joke | Shooting finished five days ago; the film now has to be edited, which is when it really becomes a movie and takes a long time; it is held for June as summer fare. | Question Tuesday: The Fault in Our Stars Movie Edition (00:00:58) | |
| Robert Pattinson (actor) | 2009-08-06 | cited | John argues that while some of Robert Pattinson's beauty is natural good looks, most of it is something we have collectively constructed. | Robert Pattinson and DJ Railstone (00:00:00) |
| 2010-01-27 | joke | Mid-interview she was distracted by her 2010 Rob Pattinson annual and made a Rob Pattinson joke; she implies that joke is what the New York Times quoted. | Boobs and the iPad (00:02:22) | |
| Ryan Gosling (actor) | 2012-03-06 | joke | John sets out to help Hank understand what is going on in Syria in four minutes of historical context. | Know Your News! Understanding the Syrian Revolution in Under 4 Minutes (00:00:00) |
| 2015-06-02 | joke | John says contemporary flowers are like a collaboration among humans, plants and bees, and that humans need to collaborate better with plants and bees. | Let's Go Outside (00:01:13) | |
| Shia LaBeouf (actor) | 2019-11-19 | cited | John says Nike didn't invent 'just doing it'; Shia LaBeouf would only infringe Nike's trademark by saying 'just do it' in contexts like marketing sportswear. | Kylie Jenner Shows Me What's Wrong with Reddit (00:01:01) |
| 2024-05-20 | passing | Hank explains Jarrod's tagline 'invest in the present': it wasn't all about future money, since value sitting in markets is not value used by people. | Hang on tight, spider monkey, it's the P4A 2024 MEME REVIEW!! (00:05:31) | |
| Stephen Colbert (comedian, TV host) | 2007-08-13 | subject | Hank reports forum discussion that Stephen Colbert did presidential anagrams on The Colbert Report the same day as Hank's video, a couple exactly like his. | August 13: The Fair!!!! (00:02:28) |
| 2019-05-17 | subject | Asked by Stephen Colbert what he thinks happens when we die, Keanu Reeves answers that the ones who love us will miss us. | Keanu. (00:00:00) | |
| Steve Buscemi (actor) | 2011-06-08 | joke | Hank says the brothers originated blending and drinking things, but he wrote to Corey Vidal to ask to borrow his click-to-choose idea, and Corey agreed. | Punishments, Floods, and Pink Hitler Babies (00:01:31) |
| 2021-04-06 | cited | The meme comes from a 30 Rock scene where a then-55-year-old Steve Buscemi dresses as a high schooler; it first appeared almost a decade ago. | How Do You Do, Fellow Kids? (00:00:00) | |
| Tom Cruise (actor) | 2008-10-17 | joke | In a comic bit, a guest who has not read Paper Towns claims it is about paper, sounds like a picture book, and will be a movie with Tom Cruise playing the towns. | Vital Status Report from NYC (00:02:32) |
| 2015-07-31 | passing | Hank liked the Tom Cruise film but can't settle its title (Edge of Tomorrow or Live, Die, Repeat); its Japanese source book's title, All You Need Is Kill, is far better. | Why Paper Towns is Awesome (00:00:29) | |
| Tom Hanks (actor) | 2015-02-17 | joke | After his last video a Nerdfighter asked who wore it better, Tom Hanks in Cast Away or John, and a commenter said the puff had migrated south; John says he has trimmed his beard. | Places I've Never Been (00:00:01) |
| 2018-11-05 | cited | Commenters say John looks like Jimmy Neutron, a Lamborghini-touting scammer, a Weeble, middle-aged James Potter, Megamind with hair, a young Santa Claus and Tom Hanks. | Reading Mean Comments with John (00:00:29) | |
| Tony Danza (actor) | 2010-05-28 | joke | John says there are three approaches to kissing (the fish, the slightly stupid person, the jaw-dislocating snake) and advises being between the fish and the stupid person, never the snake. | How To Do Everything (00:00:59) |
| 2012-06-12 | passing | After dinner John ended up at a skyscraper-top party with Chris Colfer, Tony Danza, John Hodgman, SNL cast members, reality-TV housewives, a mob wife, and writer Darin Strauss. | Chris Colfer, John Green, Mob Wives, and Jeffrey Eugenides: Thoughts from Places Book Expo (00:01:56) | |
| Vince Vaughn (actor) | 2018-08-07 | joke | At the party they talked about Chris's time in the Peace Corps and John's time as a hospital chaplain, and about living on a street full of old people. | How I Made Friends (00:02:34) |
| 2021-05-11 | joke | In an airport store with his best friend Chris Waters, a clerk asked John how he knows Vince Vaughn, so he was once recognized for being Vince Vaughn's best friend. | I am a small boat. It's Question Tuesday. (00:00:47) | |
| W. C. Fields (comedian) | 2008-05-20 | quoted | Asked for his last words, John says romantic last words are almost always lame; the only exception he knows, W. C. Fields's words to Carlotta, is spoiled because she was his mistress. | Guys Love Giraffe Love (00:01:44) |
| 2008-12-15 | quoted | John notes W.C. Fields's last words were addressed to Carlotta, his mistress, not his wife Hattie; he says he tones the quote down for young nerdfighters. | Famous Last Words (00:02:37) | |
| Werner Herzog (filmmaker) | 2015-04-07 | credited | John says Penguins of Madagascar won his heart immediately by opening with voiceover from the great documentarian Werner Herzog. | John Reviews Kids Movies (00:02:16) |
| 2017-01-17 | credited, passing | John recommends Werner Herzog's beautiful documentary Cave of Forgotten Dreams for much more on the Chauvet paintings and the people who made them. | How Young Is History? (00:00:00) | |
| Will Smith (actor) | 2016-12-23 | joke | 41 Dad Jokes in 4 Minutes! (with special guest star...) (00:01:11) | |
| 2019-01-08 | joke | His phone still orders food, hails rides and more: basically a magic wand that just can't tell him how people feel about Will Smith in the Aladdin movie. | I Quit Social Media. Here's How It's Going (00:00:44) | |
| William H. Macy (actor) | 2019-08-20 | cited | Couple portmanteaus are for people in love and dating, like Bennifer, or William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman, together about 30 years. | Hank and John's Smooth Airport Reunion (00:02:34) |
| 2024-10-30 | joke | Hank shows Good Store greeting cards, printed in Missoula down the street from his house. | Sipping the Tea with Hank (00:13:02) | |
| William Shatner (actor) | 2009-05-08 | passing | Hank says the original Star Trek series can be watched free on YouTube, though it is 'kind of hilariously bad'. | Star Trek: The Movie, Review (00:00:49) |
| 2009-10-30 | cited | Option one: the mask Michael Myers wore in the film Halloween was a William Shatner mask painted white (one option is false). | Truth or Fail: Halloween! (00:00:00) | |
| Zach Braff (actor) | 2013-04-26 | joke | Hank thanks backers of the Lizzie Bennet Kickstarter, the fifth top-funded film and video project ever; it was fourth that morning until Zach Braff's campaign. | Cat GIF Critique (00:02:21) |
| 2014-02-18 | passing | John recommends The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green by Joshua Braff, Zach Braff's brother: a great coming-of-age novel, worth it for the bar mitzvah thank-you notes. | 18 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read (00:01:00) | |
| Adam Conover (comedian) | 2017-06-02 | passing | Hank recommends Twitter threads by Vi Hart and Adam Conover on these topics, which he really enjoyed. | The Paris Accord: What is it? And What Does it All Mean? (00:00:00) |
| Al Pacino (actor) | 2013-09-17 | passing | Nat says he prepared by watching online videos of blind people, meeting a man named Ethan, and watching Scent of a Woman. | Question Tuesday with Nat Wolff (aka Isaac in The Fault in Our Stars movie) (00:02:43) |
| Al Roker (television weather presenter) | 2007-02-07 | joke | The list of pant-poopers: his mom, dad and brother John, Kirsten Dunst while filming Spider-Man 2, Liverpool Football Club, Günter Grass, Stephen Dedalus, Al Roker and Lenin. | Brotherhood 2.0: February 7, 2007 (00:01:12) |
| Alex Carpenter (filmmaker) | 2013-04-26 | personal story | Hank says Corey Vidal, Alex Carpenter and the Apprentice A team are in town filming their vlogging documentary I'm Vloggin' Here, which looks very good. | Cat GIF Critique (00:01:23) |
| Alex Horne (comedian) | 2024-04-09 | joke | Asked which brother is the Taskmaster and which is Alex Horne, John says he thinks he is the Taskmaster. | Hank and John Reunited WITH RAX (00:02:16) |
| Alison Haislip (actor) | 2015-04-03 | passing | 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. | Snap Questions: On the Set of Titansgrave! (00:00:01) |
| Alton Brown (tv host) | 2018-11-05 | cited | Prompted by a comment that Hank looks like 'the guy from the Welch's grape commercials and other Food Network shows', identified as Alton Brown, John says you should never do a commercial, because forever after you're 'the Welch's grape guy'. | Reading Mean Comments with John (00:02:03) |
| Andy Kaufman (comedian) | 2012-11-20 | cited | They will try to put on Carnegie Hall's greatest show, though with Richard Pryor, Andy Kaufman and Billie Holiday as competition they aim only to beat Jenkins. | Great at Being Terrible: The Florence Foster Jenkins Story (00:01:57) |
| Angela Lansbury (actor) | 2008-06-24 | joke | Whether TV or real life has more murders stays unanswered; consensus says real life probably has more, but per capita TV definitely does, and TV characters live shorter lives. | Questions Answered! (00:01:38) |
| Anthony Head (actor) | 2011-07-15 | passing | 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. | Harry Freaking Potter (00:03:06) |
| Ava DuVernay (director) | 2018-02-02 | passing | Hank says Dawn is being made into a TV series by Ava DuVernay, shockingly the first time an Octavia Butler work has been adapted for TV or film. | What is That Plane Rainbow? (It's Question Tuesday) (00:00:38) |
| Bam Margera (tv-personality) | 2011-01-03 | cited | John answers a run of autocomplete questions: BearShare is not safe; Bam Margera is technically still married; Beyoncé is not pregnant; Brett Favre is married; Beezid is a rip-off, not a scam; bronchitis is contagious; Bleach is not over. | Is bronchitis contagious? Is black a color? (00:00:09) |
| Ben Richardson (cinematographer) | 2013-09-10 | takes part | Cinematographer Ben Richardson agrees, and explains that a second camera would be visible in the shots they had just filmed. | Secrets of the Movies: Thoughts from The Fault in Our Stars Set (00:00:52) |
| Bernie Su (producer) | 2013-08-30 | passing | In a song, Hank recalls asking Bernie what he thought of Pride and Prejudice characters as vloggers, and marvels that the idea won an Emmy award. | Raw Onion, Twerking, and Speech Jam (00:00:52) |
| Bill Cosby (comedian) | 2010-07-30 | quoted | Hank jokingly warns John to prepare before Henry turns four, citing Bill Cosby's 'brain damage' routine about young children. | Demon Four Year Old (00:01:16) |
| Bill Maher (comedian, TV host) | 2013-06-18 | cited | Grace's list, first part: call art 'derivative', mention the film Basquiat, carry On the Road, say you watch Bill Maher and love soccer, carry a Moleskine, French-press coffee, a leather messenger bag, smudged glasses. | 50 Ways to Pretend to Be Smarter (00:01:19) |
| Billy Mays (television-personality) | 2009-07-23 | joke | 50 MORE JOKES in FOUR MINUTES (00:01:22) | |
| Bob Saget (comedian) | 2010-03-03 | joke | Hank argues YouTube is not a new way of experiencing old things, as Zucker thinks when he treats it as America's Funniest Home Videos without Bob Saget. | VidCon Schedule Spectacular! (00:01:26) |
| Calista Flockhart (actor) | 2024-09-24 | cited | 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. | The Forgotten Viral Video that Could Never be Made Today (00:00:29) |
| Carey Mulligan (actor) | 2015-04-17 | cited | Hank says Carey Mulligan and the man from Mumford and Sons were childhood pen pals who both became famous independently, reconnected and married. | 7 Weirdest Marriages (or Lack Thereof) From an Airport (00:03:12) |
| Carlotta Monti (actress) | 2008-05-20 | passing | Asked for his last words, John says romantic last words are almost always lame; the only exception he knows, W. C. Fields's words to Carlotta, is spoiled because she was his mistress. | Guys Love Giraffe Love (00:01:44) |
| Carrie Fisher (actor) | 2026-10-30 | cited | Hank notes that David Bowie, Prince, Alan Rickman, Muhammad Ali, Carrie Fisher and George Michael all died in 2016. | The Last Normal Year (00:01:30) |
| Casey Kasem (radio-host) | 2026-02-13 | joke | Speaking as Casey Kasem from 2027, Hank extends the 2027 bit: a squid attack destroyed New York City, humanity came together, and people gained the entire ocean. | Project for Awesome 2026 part 2! (05:31:10) |
| Ceyda Torun (filmmaker) | 2017-05-10 | quoted | Hank talked with the film's makers, Ceyda Torun and Charlie Wuppermann. | Seeing Myself Through a Cat's Eyes (00:02:50) |
| Charles Nelson Reilly (actor) | 2024-09-24 | cited | 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. | The Forgotten Viral Video that Could Never be Made Today (00:00:29) |
| Charlie Wuppermann (filmmaker) | 2017-05-10 | credited | Hank talked with the film's makers, Ceyda Torun and Charlie Wuppermann. | Seeing Myself Through a Cat's Eyes (00:02:50) |
| Chris Rock (comedian) | 2014-12-30 | recommended | John recommends non-video voices on race: Roxane Gay's work in Slate and The Butter, a New York Times story on recent black graduates, Chris Rock's interview, Ashley Ford's commentary and Kiese Laymon's writing. | Racism in the United States: By the Numbers (00:00:00) |
| Christian Bale (actor) | 2007-03-20 | passing | 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. | March 20th: Dancing and the Idiocy of Age (00:00:58) |
| Chuck Norris (actor) | 2010-03-24 | cited | John reminds Hank how he loves giraffes before ranking the giraffe's kick ninth. | Top 10 Animal POWER MOVES (00:00:19) |
| Craig Zobel (filmmaker) | 2014-12-06 | credited | Ryder says in Atlanta in 1996, University of Georgia students Mike Chapman and Craig Zobel, finding children's books bad, wrote a quasi-parody starring Homestar Runner, Strong Bad and The Cheat. | A Brief History of Homestar Runner (00:00:13) |
| Daniel Radcliffe (actor) | 2011-07-15 | passing | In the song Hank asks Harry Potter whether the final film is 'it', the last piece of a pie most fans have eaten all their adult lives. | Harry Freaking Potter (00:00:46) |
| Daniel Tosh (comedian) | 2010-12-31 | cited | Hank notes a recurring autocomplete trend of asking whether people are gay: Daniel Tosh, Justin Bieber and Nate Berkus, whom Hank does not even know. | Is Lady Gaga a Man? (00:00:51) |
| Dave Chappelle (comedian) | 2016-06-21 | cited | John says more than 3 million Americans today are Muslims, from Dave Chappelle to the owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars to his congressman André Carson. | Syrian Refugees in the United States: One Family's Story (00:02:28) |
| David Attenborough (broadcaster) | 2007-09-25 | joke | Hank drops the voice because it makes him cough, and says it was a good show. | September 25th: TMBG and NYT (00:01:57) |
| David Lanzenberg (cinematographer) | 2014-11-17 | takes part | John seeks advice on set: cinematographer David Lanzenberg teaches him a little about using the camera, such as framing from the bottom and adding depth. | Combines and Movie Magic: Pizzamas Day 6 (00:02:01) |
| David Letterman (TV host) | 2009-12-30 | cited | The song says the Tiger Woods and David Letterman scandals were crappy news: rich men cheating on their wives is nothing new. | The STUPIDEST NEWS STORIES of 2009 (a song) (00:01:33) |
| David Spade (comedian) | 2024-09-24 | cited | 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. | The Forgotten Viral Video that Could Never be Made Today (00:00:29) |
| Del Close (comedian) | 2008-12-15 | quoted | John notes W.C. Fields's last words were addressed to Carlotta, his mistress, not his wife Hattie; he says he tones the quote down for young nerdfighters. | Famous Last Words (00:02:37) |
| Devon Murray (actor) | 2013-06-28 | takes part | At LeakyCon in Portland Hank meets Harry Potter actor Devon Murray, someone even more tired than he is. | Plane Butts, Fish Farts, LeakyCon, and Marriage Equality (00:01:58) |
| Diane Keaton (actor) | 2008-06-04 | cited | John introduces ten of the most likely running mates for Barack Obama in 2008, giving an upside and a downside for each. | VEEPSTAKES! (00:00:46) |
| Douglas Fairbanks (actor) | 2010-10-08 | cited | John reads last words from the book's F's: Douglas Fairbanks ('I've never felt better'), Ben Franklin, composer John Field, Richard Feynman ('this dying is boring'), Marshall Field II, Robert Frost. | GEEKING OUT Over Dying Declarations (00:00:55) |
| Edward Norton (actor) | 2007-03-20 | passing | 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. | March 20th: Dancing and the Idiocy of Age (00:00:58) |
| Elizabeth Gabler (film-executive) | 2017-12-05 | personal story | John says he sold the rights and got very lucky: Elizabeth and Erin at Fox 2000 were perfect stewards, with amazing producers, screenwriters and cast, and a movie he really loved. | On the Movies (00:01:54) |
| Elizabeth Oldak (actor) | 2012-07-27 | credited | The credits: Molly Gallagher plays Hipster Ariel and Elizabeth Oldak the Fangirl, beside Hank and the Nazareths; Elizabeth Oldak made the Ariel costume and puppet; Antonius Nazareth wrote the lyrics with Hank and the music; Vijay Nazareth and Michael Aranda shot and edited. | Tumblr: The Musical (00:00:00) |
| Emma Watson (actor) | 2014-12-26 | cited | Hank says discussion of systemic sexism advanced with Emma Watson's HeForShe speech at the UN and a video of a woman harassed walking around New York that got about 30 million views. | The Best and Worst of 2014 (00:02:15) |
| Erik Estrada (actor) | 2024-09-24 | cited | 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. | The Forgotten Viral Video that Could Never be Made Today (00:00:29) |
| Erika Ishii (actor) | 2026-02-13 | takes part | Hank says he will soon be joined by Travis McElroy and Erika Ishii, who have planned an activity. | Project for Awesome 2026 part 2! (00:11:28) |
| Erin Siminoff (film-executive) | 2017-12-05 | personal story | John says he sold the rights and got very lucky: Elizabeth and Erin at Fox 2000 were perfect stewards, with amazing producers, screenwriters and cast, and a movie he really loved. | On the Movies (00:01:54) |
| Felicity Huffman (actor) | 2019-08-20 | cited | Couple portmanteaus are for people in love and dating, like Bennifer, or William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman, together about 30 years. | Hank and John's Smooth Airport Reunion (00:02:34) |
| Fred Astaire (dancer-actor) | 2010-01-29 | cited | Hank says a 1997 ad showed the late Fred Astaire dancing with a Dirt Devil vacuum cleaner. | An Extremely Brief History of Superbowl Commercials (00:01:17) |
| Gal Gadot (actor) | 2024-09-24 | joke | Hank counts Gal Gadot's Instagram video of celebrities singing John Lennon's Imagine in many keys among the pandemic's harms, though far down the list. | The Forgotten Viral Video that Could Never be Made Today (00:00:00) |
| Garry Shandling (comedian) | 2024-09-24 | cited | 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. | The Forgotten Viral Video that Could Never be Made Today (00:00:29) |
| Gary Busey (actor) | 2009-08-25 | joke | John argues the creator of the Gary Busey family portrait was not thinking of riches or fame but of doing a great idea well to make people happy. | The Gift of Gary Busey (00:01:40) |
| Gary Oldman (actor) | 2013-01-04 | joke | 53 Terrible Jokes! (00:01:22) | |
| George A. Romero (filmmaker) | 2011-11-16 | credited | John says George Romero's 1968 film Night of the Living Dead basically invented modern zombies, though it never uses the word; zombies originally come from Haitian folklore. | Top 5 Zombie Apocalypses OF ALL TIME (00:01:53) |
| German actor and chess boxer (name not given) (actor) | 2008-10-06 | takes part | At German schools an actor read John's book, as John doesn't read or speak German; one of those actors is among the world's best chess boxers. | Berlin and Let it Snow (in Your Pants) (00:02:49) |
| Goldie Hawn (actress) | 2016-03-01 | joke | After Hank names the russet, the purple and 'Goldie Hawn' as potatoes, John says there should be a potato named after Goldie Hawn, an American treasure. | Question Tuesday: The Potato Edition (00:01:51) |
| Grant Imahara (TV host, engineer) | 2014-03-07 | passing | Hank was on the ship for the fourth annual JoCo Cruise Crazy, a floating nerd adventure with semi-celebrity nerds including John Hodgman, Wil Wheaton, Hank himself and Jonathan Coulton. | Thoughts from a Cruise (00:01:18) |
| Gwyneth Paltrow (actress) | 2010-02-19 | joke | John says he is losing weight by not listening to his gut, which wants to eat everything, even his unique My Little Pony. | Henry's Pee and My Gut (00:02:22) |
| Heath Ledger (actor) | 2007-03-02 | joke | Hank shows people viewers say he looks like, including a woman from a Heath Ledger film, and calls it extremely strange. | Brotherhood 2.0: March 2nd: Politics and Butt Explosions (00:01:48) |
| Howie Mandel (tv-host) | 2009-05-27 | criticized | Hank tells Howie Mandel that whatever his financial problems, Deal or No Deal is not okay; he should have slapped its pitchers with a rubber band and walked out. | Open Letters (00:00:50) |
| Hugh Jackman (actor) | 2007-03-20 | passing | 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. | March 20th: Dancing and the Idiocy of Age (00:00:58) |
| James Acaster (comedian) | 2026-02-14 | passing | Hank's dream Ask Hank Anything guest is Bob Mortimer, definitely over James Acaster. | Project for Awesome 2026 part 4! (05:55:35) |
| James Cameron (film-director) | 2010-03-08 | joke | Hank calls the eggs the best part of the evening, better than watching James Cameron's ex-wife beat him at the Academy Awards. | GIGANTIC CHICKEN EGG!! (00:03:10) |
| Jason Alexander (actor) | 2011-07-15 | passing | 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. | Harry Freaking Potter (00:03:06) |
| Jason Mantzoukas (actor) | 2026-02-14 | passing | The Ask Hank Anything questions that took longest to research this season were probably Jason Mantzoukas's science questions, such as on allergies; he has a terrible egg allergy. | Project for Awesome 2026 part 4! (05:54:00) |
| Jay Leno (TV host) | 2010-01-22 | cited | Maureen jokes that she is 'second prettiest green brother' and the Conan to John's Leno: John is giving her the show only to take it right back, having picked her because she is bad at videos. | ThisIsNotJohn (00:00:20) |
| Jean-Claude Van Damme (actor) | 2014-01-10 | joke | Hank thinks the problem is that 'global warming' is a terrible name for the thing: it makes it sound like things will just get warmer. | Global Warming and the Polar Vortex (00:01:13) |
| Jenna Fischer (actor) | 2007-04-24 | personal story | 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. | Brotherhood 2.0: April 24: Moving (00:00:44) |
| Jennifer Lawrence (actor) | 2012-06-05 | cited | John says if the movie is made casting will go as always: everyone is upset at the announcement, then sees the film and finds the actor perfect, as with Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss. | The Dangling Rope of Terror: It's Question Tuesday (00:02:47) |
| Jerry O'Connell (actor) | 2024-09-24 | cited | 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. | The Forgotten Viral Video that Could Never be Made Today (00:00:29) |
| Jerry Seinfeld (comedian) | 2010-03-01 | joke | John says that while he watched the Olympic closing ceremonies the day before, Bob Costas cut away from the giant inflatable beavers to introduce The Marriage Ref. | The Marriage Ref SUCKS (00:00:33) |
| Jerry Springer (tv-host) | 2024-09-24 | cited | 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. | The Forgotten Viral Video that Could Never be Made Today (00:00:29) |
| John Barrymore (actor) | 2011-03-09 | quoted | Asked whether reading Looking for Alaska made him think about his own last words, John says not at all, paraphrasing John Barrymore: dying is the last thing he would ever do. | DANDY LIONS! It's Question Day (00:00:25) |
| John Belushi (actor) | 2007-12-05 | joke | In song, Hank's narrator confesses he loves his partner the way he should love food, and vice versa; food is still his favorite thing, but now his favorite food is the partner. | December 5th: The Adorable Cannibal (PG-13) (00:00:25) |
| John Boyega (actor) | 2015-11-11 | cited | Hank says sometimes you feel others' excitement without understanding it, and other times you are right there with them, as with John Boyega seeing his part in the Star Wars teaser trailer. | Watch This If You Want To Smile (Pizzamas Day 3) (00:02:11) |
| John Brennan (CIA director) | 2016-05-17 | cited | John says CIA director John Brennan, asked whether the CIA spied on Senate aides, said nothing could be further from the truth, because without password theft it wasn't 'hacking' by his definition. | A Brief History of the Non-Denial Denial (00:01:57) |
| John Cusack (actor) | 2008-06-04 | cited | John introduces ten of the most likely running mates for Barack Obama in 2008, giving an upside and a downside for each. | VEEPSTAKES! (00:00:46) |
| John Hughes (filmmaker) | 2015-07-21 | cited | After a translated review likens the film to John Hughes movies, John says comparisons to John Hughes are always welcome. | PAPER TOWNS IS HERE AND JOHN IS A BALL OF ANXIETY (00:02:15) |
| John Lasseter (animator) | 2012-11-02 | cited | Hank says Lucasfilm's effects studio, Industrial Light and Magic, hired John Lasseter in the early 80s, and he and others created its computer graphics department. | Disney Buys Star Wars and DFTVA! (00:00:00) |
| John Travolta (actor) | 2007-09-06 | joke | Prompted by Hank's hatred of Hummers, John announces the Brotherhood 2.0 Book Club is back, like high-waisted jeans, the Indonesian economy and John Travolta's acting career. | September 6th: The Book Club Returns (00:00:39) |
| John Waters (film director) | 2011-11-04 | cited | Hank says that, according to her Wikipedia page, John Waters cast Hatchet-Face with a one-line ad asking for a girl with a good body and an alarming face who is proud of it. | You CAN Judge a Book by its Cover! (00:00:43) |
| Johnny Depp (actor) | 2008-05-16 | passing | Hank suggests birthday material: Katherine loves cute things, Ze Frank, Cute with Chris, Johnny Depp (particularly Captain Jack Sparrow) and cats. | Hank's Punishment (ugh...I don't believe uploading this...) (00:03:23) |
| Jonah Hill (actor) | 2014-04-15 | passing | John says the red carpet, shared with Jonah Hill and Grumpy Cat, was overwhelming: the screaming and cameras left him and Nat unable to 'even'. | Walking the Red Carpet: Thoughts from Los Angeles (00:02:14) |
| Julia Roberts (actor) | 2007-08-21 | cited | Replying to John, Hank says John isn't the only one who needs a haircut. | August 21: Hairy Hairy Head Hair (00:00:25) |
| Kal-El Coppola Cage (celebrity child) | 2011-04-01 | subject | John says Nicolas Cage has a son named Kal-El, Superman's birth name, called Kal-El Coppola Cage because Cage is cousins with Sofia Coppola. | Many Truths, 1 Lie! (00:00:42) |
| Kathryn Bigelow (film-director) | 2010-03-08 | joke | Hank calls the eggs the best part of the evening, better than watching James Cameron's ex-wife beat him at the Academy Awards. | GIGANTIC CHICKEN EGG!! (00:03:10) |
| Katie Holmes (actor) | 2014-10-10 | joke | Hank tells John he got Batman pretty much entirely wrong: Bruce Wayne does help the city's infrastructure as much as he can amid its deep-rooted corruption. | I Kinda AM Batman (00:00:07) |
| Kelly Kend (documentary filmmaker) | 2014-09-19 | cited | Hank says Kelly Kend's documentary raised $10,000 on Kickstarter, all of which she has already spent working on the film. | The Oculus Rift is Freakin Me Out (00:03:38) |
| Ken Burns (documentary filmmaker) | 2013-01-01 | joke | John says the last two years saw the least effective Congress since at least the 1850s: it passed only 219 bills, almost all naming federal buildings after war heroes. | Why Does Congress Suck? (00:00:30) |
| Kevin Feige (film producer) | 2016-01-12 | cited | 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. | Zero Severed Hands: On Star Wars and Making Things (00:01:43) |
| Kevin Nealon (comedian) | 2024-09-24 | cited | 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. | The Forgotten Viral Video that Could Never be Made Today (00:00:29) |
| Kim McGuire (actress) | 2011-11-04 | passing | Hank learned about physiognomy while searching the website of Kim McGuire, who played Hatchet-Face in Cry-Baby and with whom he is 'kind of obsessed'. | You CAN Judge a Book by its Cover! (00:00:36) |
| Kumail Nanjiani (actor) | 2026-02-14 | passing | Hank does not know what it would take to be on Taskmaster and knows he is not there, since Jason Mantzoukas set a bar and Kumail Nanjiani is going to be on it, but thinks he would do great. | Project for Awesome 2026 part 4! (05:56:28) |
| Kylie Jenner (media-personality) | 2019-11-19 | subject | John saw a Reddit post with 129,000 upvotes titled 'Kylie Jenner thinks she owns the phrase rise and shine'. | Kylie Jenner Shows Me What's Wrong with Reddit (00:00:09) |
| Laura Bailey (actor) | 2015-04-03 | passing | 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. | Snap Questions: On the Set of Titansgrave! (00:00:01) |
| Lauren Lapkus (comedian) | 2018-03-09 | quoted | Lauren Lapkus tweeted that older siblings are the original influencers: her brother called sausage pizza gross and she didn't eat it for 20 years. | John's Best Gift to Me (00:00:13) |
| Laverne Cox (actress and activist) | 2014-04-29 | cited | John calls it an unearned honor: he can name several thousand more influential people who did not make the Time 100, such as Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Laverne Cox and Ai Weiwei. | Influence, Airports, and the Nerdfighter Book Club (00:00:13) |
| Leonard Nimoy (actor) | 2009-05-08 | passing | Hank says the original Star Trek series can be watched free on YouTube, though it is 'kind of hilariously bad'. | Star Trek: The Movie, Review (00:00:49) |
| Leonardo DiCaprio (actor) | 2016-01-19 | passing | John is in an airport on his way to the World Economic Forum in Davos, a gathering of world leaders, CEOs and Leonardo DiCaprio, and already feels a little out of place. | The Looking for Alaska Movie, Davos, and Hufflepuff Shade: It's Question Tuesday (00:00:01) |
| Lily Gladstone (actor) | 2017-09-01 | credited | Hank recommends Crash Course Film Production with Lily Gladstone as so good. | What Everyone Gets Wrong About Global Warming (00:03:50) |
| Liv Tyler (actor) | 2007-11-30 | joke | In a comic list John says he dislikes Uncle Sam, red with green, outdoor Christmas lights (a waste of electricity), reindeer, elves unless played by Liv Tyler, toy soldiers, eggnog and indoor Christmas trees. | Nov. 30th: A CHRISTMAS RANT (00:01:09) |
| Mark Wahlberg (actor) | 2010-07-24 | cited | John suggests Mark Wahlberg might believe Snooki is a fan if she spelled his name correctly, with a K. | Grammar School with Snooki (00:01:18) |
| Mark Watson (comedian) | 2026-02-13 | passing | Prompted by viewers, Hank finds that Mark Watson emailed him in an old thread from 2022, which he had not seen. | Project for Awesome 2026 part 2! (01:13:08) |
| Mary (film crew) | 2022-04-26 | quoted | John says it is impossibly amazing to have so many people pour time, talent and love into the story; first assistant director Mary said they are trying to 3D print his imagination. | An Amazing Day (00:01:13) |
| Matt Chapman (animator) | 2014-12-06 | subject | Hank says Mike and his brother Matt worked in graphic design while teaching themselves Flash, then launched homestarrunner.com in late 1999, Mike doing most design and Matt most voices. | A Brief History of Homestar Runner (00:00:31) |
| Matt Lauer (tv-host) | 2015-03-17 | joke | John says all his children vomited on him in the past 24 hours, so he fears catching a stomach bug and throwing up on The Today Show, imagining the GIFs with Matt Lauer. | What Are Paper Towns? (00:00:29) |
| Matt Smith (actor) | 2013-11-26 | passing | In a PS John shows a picture of Matt Smith doing the Nerdfighter sign with Danish Nerdfighters; Hank notes that Mom collects kaleidoscopes. | The Bank of Nerdfighteria (00:03:47) |
| Mayim Bialik (actor) | 2016-04-01 | personal story | Hank spent a day at a collab camp, a new idea to him, where he met many YouTubers; later he visited 3 Black Dot to talk shop and try the HTC Vive. | Loving Loving Things in Los Angeles (00:00:59) |
| Meitar Almog (animator) | 2021-05-25 | credited | The video continues a tradition from 2008, when John read Paper Towns' first chapter; the brothers have since read first chapters of seven books; for this one John and Rosianna asked Meitar Almog to make art. | The Anthropocene Reviewed, Animated (00:00:00) |
| Michael Ian Black (comedian) | 2007-06-06 | cited | John teases that Hank will be a TV star who does for the Weather Channel what I Love the 80s did for VH1: its Michael Ian Black. | June 6th: Lindsay Lohan's Bikini and My Pants (00:01:35) |
| Michael J. Fox (actor) | 2011-04-01 | subject | John says Michael J. Fox's middle name is Andrew. | Many Truths, 1 Lie! (00:00:58) |
| Mike Chapman (animator) | 2014-12-06 | subject | Ryder says in Atlanta in 1996, University of Georgia students Mike Chapman and Craig Zobel, finding children's books bad, wrote a quasi-parody starring Homestar Runner, Strong Bad and The Cheat. | A Brief History of Homestar Runner (00:00:13) |
| Milo Yiannopoulos (media personality) | 2017-02-03 | criticized | Hank wants to act for his beliefs without attacking those who disagree: not every Trump supporter is like Milo or Richard Spencer, 50% of Americans still approve of Trump's job, and treating them as a monolithic block of racists does more harm than good. | Are We Making Things Worse? (00:00:00) |
| Miss Cleo (television psychic) | 2010-11-08 | cited | Hank says no one, not Miss Cleo, Albert Einstein or even Dr. Manhattan, could know where an individual coin would fall. | Probability 101 (00:01:52) |
| Missy Palmer (voice-actor) | 2014-12-06 | credited | Ryder says the early site's simple children's-book-style cartoons introduced regulars: Marzipan (voiced by Missy Palmer), Strong Mad, Strong Sad, Bubs, Coach Z, the King of Town and the Poopsmith. | A Brief History of Homestar Runner (00:00:48) |
| Molly Gallagher (actor) | 2012-07-27 | credited | The credits: Molly Gallagher plays Hipster Ariel and Elizabeth Oldak the Fangirl, beside Hank and the Nazareths; Elizabeth Oldak made the Ariel costume and puppet; Antonius Nazareth wrote the lyrics with Hank and the music; Vijay Nazareth and Michael Aranda shot and edited. | Tumblr: The Musical (00:00:00) |
| Mr. T (actor) | 2008-09-04 | joke | 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. | Paper Towns Tour Dates! (00:01:43) |
| Nate Berkus (tv-personality) | 2010-12-31 | cited | Hank notes a recurring autocomplete trend of asking whether people are gay: Daniel Tosh, Justin Bieber and Nate Berkus, whom Hank does not even know. | Is Lady Gaga a Man? (00:00:51) |
| Norm Macdonald (comedian) | 2021-09-07 | credited | John first heard the moth joke from Norm Macdonald, but says it is very old. | My Two Favorite Jokes (00:00:58) |
| Orlando Bloom (actor) | 2008-01-21 | joke | In a phone skit John calls Orlando Bloom and asks him to put on his elf ears and get his bow and arrow, because 'they're taking Hank Green to Isengard'. | A Short History of the PUPPY SIZED ELEPHANT (00:03:14) |
| Pamela Anderson (actor) | 2024-09-24 | cited | 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. | The Forgotten Viral Video that Could Never be Made Today (00:00:29) |
| Paul F. Tompkins (comedian) | 2014-03-07 | passing | Hank was on the ship for the fourth annual JoCo Cruise Crazy, a floating nerd adventure with semi-celebrity nerds including John Hodgman, Wil Wheaton, Hank himself and Jonathan Coulton. | Thoughts from a Cruise (00:01:18) |
| Pauly Shore (actor) | 2009-12-16 | passing | Hank says the brothers' dad worked for the Nature Conservancy when they were growing up, as its Florida State Director. | Project for Awesome: The Nature Conservancy (00:00:33) |
| Peter Sagal (radio host) | 2014-03-07 | passing | Hank was on the ship for the fourth annual JoCo Cruise Crazy, a floating nerd adventure with semi-celebrity nerds including John Hodgman, Wil Wheaton, Hank himself and Jonathan Coulton. | Thoughts from a Cruise (00:01:18) |
| Renate Müller (actress) | 2012-07-17 | cited | John says Hitler was controlling, possessive and domineering, with all the hallmarks of an abusive relationship; four of the six women he most likely had sex with killed themselves, including Eva Braun, married 40 hours before. | Hitler and Sex! (00:01:59) |
| Richard Pryor (comedian) | 2012-11-20 | cited | They will try to put on Carnegie Hall's greatest show, though with Richard Pryor, Andy Kaufman and Billie Holiday as competition they aim only to beat Jenkins. | Great at Being Terrible: The Florence Foster Jenkins Story (00:01:57) |
| Rob Cornell (broadcaster) | 2026-10-06 | passing | John says Mikey T and his partner Rob Cornell made gripping radio, and plays Mikey's call of Ronan Curtis's last-second goal against the Milton Keynes franchise. | Make Your Art. (00:01:27) |
| Rush Limbaugh (radio-host) | 2010-02-22 | joke | Hank is going to the doctor because he can't move his neck; the pain reaches his arm and shoulder and he is worried about it. | TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND!! (00:00:00) |
| Russell Crowe (actor) | 2007-05-15 | cited | Hank once found Russell Crowe's Wikipedia page vandalized with a line calling him gay, and removed it himself by clicking edit. | May 15th: A Bit More EBO and Wikipedia (00:01:57) |
| Ryan Phillippe (actor) | 2007-12-04 | joke | Asked whether an SUV owner can be a nerdfighter, John says clearly yes. | December 4th: Question Tuesday!!!! (00:01:38) |
| Ryan Seacrest (television host) | 2016-08-19 | criticized | Hank says the Olympics seem to have no idea how people consume media now: banning GIFs, a 'social media opening ceremony' with Ryan Seacrest, no online viewing without a cable subscription. | 16 Sports that Should Be in the Olympics (00:00:11) |
| Sam Trammell (actor) | 2014-06-03 | passing | The Fault in Our Stars Movie Premiere (00:00:00) | |
| Sandra Bullock (actor) | 2013-04-30 | passing | John names Pine Marten Invades Swiss Soccer Match the greatest such GIF: biting marten and fouling defender leave no clear hero, suggesting each of us contains multitudes. | Animals Interrupt Sporting Events: A Critical Analysis (00:02:26) |
| Sarah Michelle Gellar (actor) | 2024-09-25 | cited | John loved Hank's video about the only time Sarah Michelle Gellar, Alex Trebek, George Clooney and Brad Pitt appeared together; it reminded him of the first YouTube video he saw. | You have no chance to survive make your time. (00:00:00) |
| Sean Penn (actor) | 2008-10-28 | cited | Asked to make sure a Paper Towns movie doesn't ruin the book, John says a movie can't ruin a book: All the King's Men is still great despite Sean Penn's unconvincing accent. | The Unzipped Zipper (Of Your Pants) (00:01:18) |
| Season Kent (film music supervisor) | 2016-03-29 | joke | Asked how Willy is, John says he is so good, but cannot say hi because he cannot talk. | My New Book, Marriage Advice, and Hamilton: 50 Snapchat Questions Answered! (00:03:13) |
| Seth Radley (video producer) | 2018-03-06 | credited | The description credits Seth Radley with producing, editing and inspiring the video, and thanks Patrik Svedberg for photographing the Broccoli Tree and for rights to his images. | The Broccoli Tree: A Parable (00:00:00) |
| Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (filmmaker) | 2016-01-26 | recommended | John recommends the Oscar-nominated documentary about honor killing in Pakistan by Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy, whom he met at Davos: one of the most powerful films he has seen. | Billionaires and Radical Hope: Thoughts from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland (00:02:13) |
| Shmorky (animator) | 2015-04-24 | credited | Hank thanks Shmorky and Weebl for making the music video for the song. | Mother Pheasant Plucker - A Song (00:02:39) |
| Simon Pegg (actor) | 2009-05-08 | passing | Hank praises the cast: Simon Pegg is brilliant, the young Russian prodigy is hilarious, and a character (likely Uhura) is upgraded from glorified secretary to xenolinguist. | Star Trek: The Movie, Review (00:01:18) |
| Sofia Coppola (filmmaker) | 2011-04-01 | passing | John says Nicolas Cage has a son named Kal-El, Superman's birth name, called Kal-El Coppola Cage because Cage is cousins with Sofia Coppola. | Many Truths, 1 Lie! (00:00:42) |
| Steven Spielberg (film director) | 2014-04-01 | credited | John says the velociraptor wasn't famous until Michael Crichton's 1990 novel Jurassic Park and Spielberg's film, which show smart, people-sized, scaly pack hunters dug up in Montana. | VELOCIRAPTORS (00:00:11) |
| Sue Kim (filmmaker) | 2020-08-11 | credited | John has been watching documentaries and enjoyed Foosballers and Sue Kim's short film The Speedcubers, both about people obsessed with niche sports, his genre. | never get bored (00:01:01) |
| Teller (magician) | 2010-11-26 | joke | Hank announces a Black Friday DFTBA Records sale on new shirts (giraffe love, two DFTBA University shirts, the Giant Squid of Anger shirt by Nerdfighter Vondell Swain) and old favorites. | p4a, Space Pasta, and Giant Squids of Anger (00:03:04) |
| Tim Allen (actor) | 2009-06-29 | joke | GAY is NOT an INSULT (00:02:59) | |
| Tim Curry (actor) | 2010-10-25 | cited | Hank says Rocky Horror's success can't rest on its good points (absurdity, an amazing Tim Curry); it is a big deal because of the people who watch it. | Rocky Horror + Glee = ? (00:01:30) |
| Tim Robbins (actor) | 2007-12-04 | joke | Asked what appeals to him in Walt Whitman's Song of Myself, John says readers will find out when Paper Towns comes out, in September. | December 4th: Question Tuesday!!!! (00:02:07) |
| Tom Baker (actor) | 2014-08-26 | joke | With made-up numbers: bad seed earns $500 a harvest, good seed and fertilizer $1000 for $100 of inputs, a no-brainer — except a farmer who made $500 last year (2013) lacks the $100. | Food Is Weird: Understanding Agriculture in the Developing World (00:01:51) |
| Tom Felton (actor) | 2010-02-03 | cited | Prizes listed include Harry Potter books signed by J. K. Rowling with a thank-you note, a guitar signed and used by Tom Felton, a cast-signed Deathly Hallows, signed Gaiman, Pratchett and John Green books, and Where the Wild Things Are artwork. | Win The Awesomest Prizes EVAR! (00:01:17) |
| Tommy Lee Jones (actor) | 2010-11-29 | joke | John says tortoises can live to be more than 200 years old. | Giant Tortoise Coitus (00:00:07) |
| Tony Shalhoub (actor) | 2008-06-24 | joke | Whether TV or real life has more murders stays unanswered; consensus says real life probably has more, but per capita TV definitely does, and TV characters live shorter lives. | Questions Answered! (00:01:38) |
| Ubbe Iwerks (animator) | 2018-06-29 | passing | In a tidbit cut from the video, Hank writes that in 1922, when Ubbe Iwerks (co-creator of Mickey Mouse) first met Walt Disney, the 19-year-old Walt was literally practicing variations on his signature, and the piece he seemingly couldn't settle on was the D. | Why is the Disney "D" So Weird? (00:00:00) |
| Vezitos (animator) | 2018-08-17 | credited | Hank points viewers to an animation by Vezitos of him and Katherine. | My Worst Job Search Fail (00:00:00) |
| Vijay Nazareth (filmmaker) | 2012-07-27 | credited | The credits: Molly Gallagher plays Hipster Ariel and Elizabeth Oldak the Fangirl, beside Hank and the Nazareths; Elizabeth Oldak made the Ariel costume and puppet; Antonius Nazareth wrote the lyrics with Hank and the music; Vijay Nazareth and Michael Aranda shot and edited. | Tumblr: The Musical (00:00:00) |
| Vincent D'Onofrio (actor) | 2018-08-07 | joke | At the party they talked about Chris's time in the Peace Corps and John's time as a hospital chaplain, and about living on a street full of old people. | How I Made Friends (00:02:34) |
| Weebl (animator) | 2015-04-24 | credited | Hank thanks Shmorky and Weebl for making the music video for the song. | Mother Pheasant Plucker - A Song (00:02:39) |
| Wes Anderson (film director) | 2013-06-18 | cited | Grace's media markers: NPR as a car preset, a specific favorite Simpsons episode, finding the new Arrested Development season more nostalgic than groundbreaking, reblogging the New Yorker, Wes Anderson, Ira Glass, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Ken Jennings on Twitter, Alanis Morissette's misuse of 'ironic'. | 50 Ways to Pretend to Be Smarter (00:03:15) |
| Wyck Godfrey (film-producer) | 2014-11-04 | takes part | John reports that day one of filming is finished and going well; producer Wyck Godfrey cheers. | Mustaches and Movies: Day One of Paper Towns (00:02:02) |
| Yuri Lowenthal (actor) | 2015-04-03 | passing | 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. | Snap Questions: On the Set of Titansgrave! (00:00:01) |
| Zac Efron (actor) | 2009-09-03 | joke | Hank adds the Gary Busey family portrait and a picture of Mount Rushmore from behind as examples, saying the world is better because people like awesome. | WTF IS GOING ON!!! (00:00:29) |