Tour de Nerdfighting 2012 edition
stage · status: retro
About: United States, John's untitled novel (2011), Tour de Nerdfighting, The Fault in Our Stars, Katherine Green, Twitter, Hanklerfish, New Orleans, Houston, Texas, Arizona, California, Seattle
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-06-10 | propose | John says he and Hank will go on tour in the United States when his new book comes out. | Then I Took Off My Bra 00:02:15 |
| 2011-12-09 | launch | John announces the January 2012 Tour de Nerdfighting for The Fault in Our Stars: 16 stops from Boston to Vancouver, January 10-31, admission in most cases the price of a copy bought from the host bookstore. | Puppies and The Tour de Nerdfighting 2012 00:00:00 |
| 2011-12-19 | milestone | John reports the Tour de Nerdfighting shows in Vancouver, Boston, New York, Portland and Raleigh are sold out. | Sharpie Face and Little Hank: The Project for Awesome's Aftermath 00:01:56 |
| 2012-01-10 | launch | John says he is leaving his family for a month to go on tour; later he lists the stops that still have tickets (New Orleans, Houston, Austin, Phoenix, Albuquerque, Seattle, San Francisco). | The Fault in Our Stars 00:00:12 |
| 2012-01-13 | rule-change | Hank announces Nerdcash for the 2012 tour: the brothers leave bags of buttons in places, which viewers can only find out about by following them on Twitter. | TFiOS PARTY! 00:01:07 |
| 2012-01-17 | milestone | John reports the 2012 tour under way: van drives of about 500 miles, afternoon signings, crowds, the evening show, five hours of signing and 2 a.m. hotel arrivals. | Thoughts from Places: The Tour 00:00:08 |
| 2012-01-20 | milestone | Hank says the brothers are in New Orleans and played a show last night in a synagogue, weird but awesome. | Thoughts on SOPA From New Orleans 00:00:00 |
| 2012-01-24 | milestone | John reports the Tour de Nerdfighting stop in Houston last night, with signing lasting until about midnight. | Nicest Hotel Room in the World 00:00:01 |
| 2012-01-27 | milestone | Hank films the tour drive from Arizona across the river into California. | In 'N' Out-Erview 00:00:00 |
| 2012-02-01 | milestone | John says the 2012 Tour de Nerdfighting is coming to an end after three weeks, with a signing in Seattle last night. | How It Felt 00:00:01 |
| 2012-02-01 | retro | John looks back on the tour as the internet made real and records a montage for their future selves of what it was like and how it felt. | How It Felt 00:00:51 |
| 2012-02-04 | milestone | Hank says the tour is over: after the last show he and Katherine flew home to Missoula, saying 'we did it' all the way. | An Awful Lot of Touring 00:00:54 |
| 2012-02-04 | retro | Hank tries to look back on the three-week tour but finds it hard to remember, like a separate file cut off from his normal life; he thanks all who made it possible. | An Awful Lot of Touring 00:01:35 |