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Happy John Day 2010 edition: Nerdfighters' secret-project birthday video for John

project history · status: completed · last event: outcome (2010-08-24)

For John's 33rd birthday in August 2010 Hank organised a secret project with Nerdfighters, and on 24 August he presented one video carrying a message from over a thousand of them.

Parts: Hank asks Nerdfighters to sign up for the secret project mailing list at nerdfighters.com for John's birthday video (2010)

Told alongside: Hank asks Nerdfighters to sign up at nerdfighters.com for a secret project (August 2008)

date event what video
2010-08-18 launched Hank announces a secret-project birthday video for John's August 24 birthday, featuring thousands of Nerdfighters, with instructions by email and video. Demon Four Year Old Interviewed 00:02:17
2010-08-24 outcome Hank presents the secret-project birthday video: a message to John from over a thousand Nerdfighters assembled into one video. FRENCH THE LLAMA! John is 33! 00:00:00

What is said about it

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

  • 2010-08-18 · Demon Four Year Old Interviewed — announcement: Hank: With John banished from watching, Hank says John's birthday is August 24 and he plans a video made as no video ever has been, featuring thousands of Nerdfighters. — 00:02:17
  • 2010-08-18 · Demon Four Year Old Interviewed — ask: Hank asks Nerdfighters to join by signing up for the secret project mailing list at nerdfighters.com, reading the emails, and watching the instructional videos linked at the end. — 00:02:48
  • 2010-08-23 · Make-up Tutorial: Katniss Everdeen Look — announcement: Hank notes tomorrow is John's birthday without discussing it, and tells John he will see Hank and a lot of Nerdfighters tomorrow. — 00:03:12
  • 2010-08-24 · FRENCH THE LLAMA! John is 33! — Hank says the birthday message comes from over a thousand Nerdfighters who photographed themselves doing what Hank did in a pre-prepared video. — 00:00:00
  • 2010-08-24 · FRENCH THE LLAMA! John is 33! — Hank: An application Hank and Sam Rudge invented puts the submitted images together into one video starring thousands of people. — 00:00:00