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Childhood stories: Hank's proposed vlogbrothers theme week (February 2010)

project history · status: last documented in 2010 · last event: launched (2010-02-24)

In February 2010 Hank suggested stories from their childhood as that week's vlogbrothers theme; two days later John took it up, offering his weight gain since a skinny childhood as his story.

Part of: Vlogbrothers in 2010: the channel's end-of-year reinvention (2009)

Told alongside: Pizza John shirt: DFTBA pre-order of John's pizza-mustache photo shirt (2010)

date event what video
2010-02-22 (said on 2010-02-23, implied) proposed Hank suggests stories from their childhood as the brothers' theme this week (week of 22 February 2010). (hedged) TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND!! 00:00:29
2010-02-24 launched John takes up the childhood-stories theme: he skips a planned story about the family dachshund Red Green and offers his weight gain as 'my childhood story'. (playful) JOHN GREEN IS FAT. 00:00:00

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What is said about it

1 statement, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).

  • 2010-02-24 · JOHN GREEN IS FAT. — John: As his childhood story, John says he used to be skinny and has technically gained 63 pounds since a 1995 photo, the first maybe 20 needed, the last 43 optional. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:29