Hanko de Mayo 2020 edition: Hank's 40th birthday and John's failed hunt for an All Star sing-a-ma-jig present
project history · status: past edition (2020; looked back on in 2025) · last event: milestone (2020-05-05) · last mentioned: 2025-01-03
For Hank's 40th birthday on 5 May 2020, John gave him an All Star sing-a-ma-jig after hunting for it for 15 months. Hank had a happy birthday in isolation, and the brothers still mentioned the present years later.
Parts: John asks viewers for an All Star sing-a-ma-jig or another present idea for Hank's 40th birthday (2020) · Hank: None Pizza with Left Hank may outsell None Pizza with Left John before its sale ends (2020)
Later, under the same rule: John asks Nerdfighters to get or make Hank something for his birthday (May 2009) · John encourages viewers to upload birthday videos for Hank's 30th birthday on May 5 (2010) · John asks viewers to suggest inexpensive presents for Hank's 30th birthday (2010) · John asks Nerdfighters to plan Hank's birthday in a Your Pants thread (Hanko de Mayo 2011) · John asks Nerdfighters to mail belated birthday cards for Hank to the P.O. box (Hanko de Mayo 2011) · John asks Nerdfighters to do fun nerdfightastic things for Hanko de Mayo (2012)
Told alongside: Vlogbrothers videos titled with Smash Mouth's All Star lyrics (2020)
About: Hanko de Mayo
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-01-21 | milestone | In a P.S., John tells Hank he is getting a weighted blanket for his birthday. (playful) | Gifts That Changed My Life 00:03:40 |
| 2020-04-21 | milestone | John says Hank's 40th birthday is coming and tells the story of the great white whale of a present he has maniacally chased for 14 months. | hey now 00:00:00 |
| 2020-05-05 | milestone | On Hank's 40th birthday John presents the All Star sing-a-ma-jig, his white whale for 15 months as he hunted it across the globe to unite his love of sing-a-ma-jigs and Hank's of All Star. | YOU'RE AN ALL STAR! 00:00:21 |
| 2020-05-08 | looked back | Hank says he had a wonderful 40th birthday in isolation with his family, and thanks John and the community for being the online community he has long practice finding. | The years start coming and they don't stop coming! 00:00:29 |
| 2020-10-07 (said on 2020-10-06, implied) | looked back | John loves nerdfighter collaborations such as programming a singamajig to sing All Star for Hank's birthday. | The Golden Age of Vlogbrothers 00:02:26 |
| 2025-01-03 | looked back | Hank names the All Star Singamajig among his own unique legendary quest items. | My 2025 Bingo Card 00:05:03 |
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