John, Hank and Maureen Johnson speak at a Grand Rapids library (2008)
project history · status: completed · last event: outcome (2008-05-11) · last mentioned: 2019-11-08
In May 2008 John, Hank and Maureen Johnson spoke together at a library in Grand Rapids, Michigan, their first event together, which drew 97 Nerdfighters to a very small room. The brothers later named it as the reason for their tour and looked back on it years afterwards.
Told alongside: John asks Nerdfighters to suggest punishments for John and Hank (2008) · John's 8/8/08 event in Chicago: library talk, Grant Park and The Bean (2008) · Turtles All the Way Down tour: John and Hank's US book tour (2017)
About: Grand Rapids, Michigan, Maureen Johnson, Kent District Library
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-05-05 | announced | John announces that he, Maureen Johnson and Hank will talk at a library in Grand Rapids, Michigan on Thursday (8 May 2008) at 6:30. | A HORRIFYING OVERSIGHT!!!! 00:01:47 |
| 2008-05-11 (happened 2008-05-08) | outcome | Hank reports the Grand Rapids library event drew about 75 people on arrival and 97 Nerdfighters by the end. | Nerdfighting IRL 00:00:44 |
| 2008-05-30 | looked back | John says they believe what happened at Grand Rapids can happen everywhere, the reason for the tour. | The Dread Pirate Fireball Roberts! (And Housekeeping) 00:01:20 |
| 2017-11-03 (happened 2008-05-08) | looked back | John recalls the first time he saw Hank play in front of a crowd: 45 people in Grand Rapids, Michigan, almost a decade ago. | Because We're Here 00:00:13 |
| 2019-11-08 | looked back | John recently watched the five-minute video of Hank, Maureen and John in Grand Rapids, their first event together, which Hank finds very cute. | Trolling Through John's YouTube History...GUESS WHAT I FOUND!? 00:02:45 |
What is said about it
5 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2008-05-05 · A HORRIFYING OVERSIGHT!!!! — announcement: John: Nerdfighters in or near Grand Rapids, Michigan can hear John, Maureen Johnson and Hank talk at a library on Thursday at 6:30. — 00:01:47
- 2008-05-06 · Hank Would Think This Is Awesome: The Project — announcement: John: As said yesterday, Hank, Maureen Johnson and John will speak at a Grand Rapids, Michigan library on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. — 00:01:05
- 2008-05-07 · From the Airport: And some Nerdfighterlike — announcement: Hank looks forward to seeing some viewers in Grand Rapids the next day. — 00:00:00
- 2008-05-11 · Nerdfighting IRL — Hank recounts that the turnout expected at the Kent library grew from a misheard 16 to 60; about 75 were there on arrival and 97 Nerdfighters by the end, in a very small room. — 00:00:00
- 2008-05-30 · The Dread Pirate Fireball Roberts! (And Housekeeping) — John says they believe what happened in Grand Rapids can happen everywhere, and that they will hopefully go everywhere. (hedged) — 00:01:20