John's Chewbacca for President 2012 bit, with Han Solo as running mate (2009)
running joke · status: running joke (last seen 2012) · last event: callback (2012-08-24)
In July 2009 John said he wanted Chewbacca for president in 2012 with Han Solo as vice president and translator, and soon built the idea into a mock campaign that Hank joined. The brothers kept calling back to the Chewie-Solo ticket, Hank still naming it his favourite in August 2012.
Parts: Chewie for President 2012 t-shirt and Hank's Chewbacca for President song download (2009)
About: Chewbacca, Han Solo
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-07-05 | first use | Riffing that Chewbacca is not an average politician either, John decides he wants Chewbacca as president with Han Solo as vice president and translator, and ends 'Chewy for president 2012'. (joke) | Sarah Palin Resigning! Four Possible Reasons Why 00:03:12 |
| 2009-07-07 | callback | Hank ends his essay by calling back to John's Chewbacca-for-president idea: a fun way to fix the world is to vote Chewbacca and Solo in 2012. (joke) | Too Much Love will KILL YOU 00:03:10 |
| 2009-07-11 (said on 2009-07-10, implied) | callback | John expands his offhand Chewbacca-for-president idea into a mock campaign rebutting three arguments against it. (joke) → refers to Sarah Palin Resigning! Four Possible Reasons Why | Chewbacca for President! Let the Wookie Win! 00:00:00 |
| 2009-07-17 | callback | Hank adds a new objection to John's Chewbacca-for-president campaign: Chewbacca owes Han Solo a life debt, so the president would die for his vice president. (joke) → refers to Chewbacca for President! Let the Wookie Win! | Selling Out, Chewbacca and Taking Leave 00:00:00 |
| 2009-09-08 | callback | John calls the chewed Chewbacca figurine 'the Wookiee who should be our nation's next president'. (playful) | My Puppy's SECRET SHAME (and Paper Towns) 00:00:52 |
| 2012-08-24 | callback | Hank calls the Chewie-Solo 2012 ticket still his favourite, joking not to write it in but to vote for a real candidate. (playful) | Happy Birthday John Green! 00:02:41 |
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What is said about it
6 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2009-07-11 (said on 2009-07-10, implied) · Chewbacca for President! Let the Wookie Win! — John recalls that in his last video he offhandedly said Chewbacca would make a great president with Han Solo as vice president and chief translator, and the idea had legs. (playful) — 00:00:00
- 2009-07-11 (said on 2009-07-10, implied) · Chewbacca for President! Let the Wookie Win! — John jokingly sets out three main arguments against Chewbacca becoming US president in 2012 and rebuts each. (joke) — 00:00:00
- 2009-07-11 (said on 2009-07-10, implied) · Chewbacca for President! Let the Wookie Win! — John jokes that the Constitution can be amended, so people who call it impossible should let the Wookiee win. (joke) — 00:00:45
- 2009-07-17 · Selling Out, Chewbacca and Taking Leave — Hank adds a reason Chewbacca can't be president: he owes Han Solo a life debt, so the president would jump in front of a blaster bolt to save his vice president. (joke) — 00:00:00
- 2009-09-08 · My Puppy's SECRET SHAME (and Paper Towns) — John came home to find Willy had chewed his figurine of the Wookiee (Chewbacca), leaving it armless with a damaged foot. (playful) — 00:00:52
- 2012-08-24 · Happy Birthday John Green! — announcement: Hank: For election time Hank brings back the Chewie-Solo 2012 shirts, still his favourite ticket, though he jokingly says not to write it in but vote for a real candidate. (playful) — 00:02:41