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Hank asks viewers to put stuff on their heads (2007)

ask · status: reported back · last event: result reported (2023-09-19) · owner: John and Hank

In March 2007, when John was having a bad day with an eye infection, Hank asked viewers to put stuff on their heads; hundreds sent pictures, which became a montage, and Hank called it a way of life. The brothers recalled it for years, and Hank did it again when John had meningitis in 2014.

Told alongside: Stuff on Heads: viewers send pictures and videos of stuff on their heads (2007) · John's orbital cellulitis and hospital stay (2007)

About: Stuff on Heads

date event what video
2007-03-20 asked Hank asks viewers who are getting older and less silly to put something on their heads. March 20th: Dancing and the Idiocy of Age 00:03:03
2007-03-21 result reported John takes up Hank's call himself, putting stuff on his head ('Wait, where's the camera? Where am I?') before singing about it. (playful) Brotherhood 2.0: March 21st: Put Stuff on Your Head 00:00:33
2007-03-21 reminder John sings that the remedy for a bad day with pink eye is to put stuff on your head. (playful) Brotherhood 2.0: March 21st: Put Stuff on Your Head 00:00:55
2007-03-22 thanks Hank thanks everyone who has taken his plea to put stuff on their heads seriously. → refers to March 20th: Dancing and the Idiocy of Age March 22nd: Book Club and Business Cards 00:03:11
2007-03-26 result reported The montage shows the people who answered Hank's call to put stuff on their heads. March 26th: Stuff on Everyone's Heads! 00:00:10
2007-03-27 thanks John thanks Hank and the viewers who sent pictures of stuff on their heads for going above and beyond, and the Nerdfighters for being made of awesome. → refers to March 26th: Stuff on Everyone's Heads! March 26th: Thanks 00:00:42
2007-04-13 reminder Hank says he doesn't know much about Kurt Vonnegut, but the English nerdfighters clearly do, and he mourns with them; the stuff on his head is for Vonnegut. Friday the 13th: Step It Up! 00:00:00
2007-10-01 reminder Hank again asks people to put stuff on their heads, in public, and enjoy it. (playful) → refers to March 20th: Dancing and the Idiocy of Age October 1st: Stuff on Heads...dot com??? 00:02:01
2007-10-04 reminder John says he is totally in favor of Hank's stuff-on-your-heads idea, calling heads one of the last great areas for human exploration. (playful) October 4th: Happy Dances, Feuds, and Raccoon Infestations 00:00:00
2009-12-27 reminder Hank says putting stuff on your head makes you feel better about life. (playful) How To Be a Nerdfighter: A Vlogbrothers FAQ 00:01:50
2014-08-08 result reported Hank recalls that the first time John missed a video, for the eye infection, the community made a video of people putting stuff on their heads to help him feel better. Who Owns a Monkey's Selfie? And a Song About Meningitis! 00:02:29
2014-08-12 thanks John thanks Nerdfighters for putting stuff on their heads to cheer him up; it did the trick when he desperately needed it. EBOLA! (...meningitis) 00:03:49
2020-10-07 (said on 2020-10-06, implied) (happened 2007-03) reminder To cheer John up, Hank asked viewers of their new YouTube videos to send pictures of themselves with something silly on their heads, before smartphones made that easy. The Golden Age of Vlogbrothers 00:00:00
2023-09-19 (happened 2007-03) result reported John recalls Hank asking the community for pictures with stuff on their heads to cheer him up: of about 400 regular viewers, about 350 sent pictures, before the iPhone. So, um.... GOOD NEWS?!?!?! 00:04:54

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