Hank is asked to be interviewed for a Weather Channel show on global warming (2007)
story · status: told 2×, last update 2007 · last event: update (2007-06-20)
In June 2007 the Weather Channel asked to interview Hank for a new show on global warming. He appeared at the end of a Forecast Earth episode, his first national TV appearance, and John congratulated him.
About: The Weather Channel, climate change, Michael Ian Black, Montana, Forecast Earth
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-06-05 | told | The Weather Channel emails Hank asking to interview him for a new show on global warming. | Jun 5th: S-S-S-Somethin From the Forum 00:01:37 |
| 2007-06-06 | retold | John reacts to Hank's Weather Channel interview: Hank is going to be a TV star, the Michael Ian Black of the Weather Channel. (playful) | June 6th: Lindsay Lohan's Bikini and My Pants 00:01:35 |
| 2007-06-07 | update | Hank prepares a makeshift studio for the Weather Channel, which calls his Montana location a daunting task; after a phone call he says he is going to be on the channel, with another call tomorrow. | June 7: Weather and My Pants 00:02:34 |
| 2007-06-19 | update | The Weather Channel interview airs: Hank appears at the end of a Forecast Earth episode, his first national TV appearance; he missed it but it will rerun. (hedged) | June 19: GOOD LUCK JOHN 00:02:19 |
| 2007-06-20 | update | John congratulates Hank on his Weather Channel appearance, which their mom says is awesome. | Brotherhood 2.0: June 20: Moving 00:00:52 |
What is said about it
4 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2007-06-07 · June 7: Weather and My Pants — Hank does a light, sound and position check for the Weather Channel; the yellow background light is a fluorescent bulb wrapped in tissue paper. (playful) — 00:00:23
- 2007-06-07 · June 7: Weather and My Pants — Hank first frames his upgraded set (no clutter, more light, dark shirt, no They Might Be Giants posters) as for the Nerdfighters, then admits it is to get onto the Weather Channel. (playful) — 00:00:46
- 2007-06-07 · June 7: Weather and My Pants — Hank doesn't know whether it will happen: the Weather Channel is finicky about him living in Montana, calling it a daunting task, which it wouldn't be if he lived in LA. (hedged) — 00:01:16
- 2007-06-19 · June 19: GOOD LUCK JOHN — Hank appeared on The Weather Channel's Forecast Earth in an episode about heat that starts with John Kerry; it was his first national TV appearance and he thinks Brotherhood 2.0 was mentioned. (hedged) — 00:02:19