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Happy John Day 2011 edition: Nerdfighters' secret August 24 project for John

project history · status: completed · last event: outcome (2011-08-24)

For Happy John Day 2011, Hank invited Nerdfighters in August to join a secret project for John through nerdfighters.com. On John's birthday, 24 August, he revealed the present: a calendar for the next year of John's life, each page made by a different Nerdfighter.

Parts: Hank asks viewers to sign up at nerdfighters.com for the secret August 24 project (2011) · Hank asks viewers to leave happy-birthday wishes for John in the comments (2011) · Hank: with Nerdfighters, make enough calendar pages for John to have a page a day for the rest of his life (2011)

Later, under the same rule: Hank asks viewers (not John) to go to llamajohn.com for John's birthday (2014)

About: nerdfighters.com, Happy John Day, Nerdfighteria's 367-day calendar for John

date event what video
2011-08-12 launched Hank tells John to stop watching and announces an August 24 celebration that viewers can join via nerdfighters.com; the description calls it a secret project for John. The Fair: Testacular! 00:02:25
2011-08-24 outcome Hank reveals the Nerdfighters' present: a 367-day calendar for the next year of John's life, each page from a different Nerdfighter. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN! 00:00:58

What is said about it

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

  • 2011-08-12 · The Fair: Testacular! — ask: Hank tells John to stop watching, then asks viewers curious about August 24 to sign up at nerdfighters.com within two days to learn how to join the celebrations; the description calls it a secret project for John. — 00:02:25
  • 2011-08-24 · HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN! — announcement: Hank: Nerdfighters made John a 367-day calendar, August 24, 2011 to August 24, 2012 (a leap year), each page a design, thought, idea or gift from a different Nerdfighter. — 00:00:58
  • 2011-08-24 · HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN! — Hank made the first and last pages; the last collects extra submissions, because Nerdfighteria sent far more pages than could be used. — 00:01:41
  • 2011-08-24 · HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN! — announcement: Hank: Having enough for a second year, Hank says that in the coming months they will create enough pages for a page-a-day calendar for the rest of John's life. — 00:01:41
  • 2011-08-24 · HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN! — Hank says he is heading to FedEx to send the calendar overnight so John has it for August 25. — 00:02:04