Jokes in four minutes: Hank's rapid-fire joke videos (2008)
project history · status: last documented in 2016 (looked back on in 2021) · last event: milestone (2016-12-23) · last mentioned: 2021-12-10
After printers misread So Jokes as 50 Jokes in 2008, Hank made a video of fifty viewer jokes and kept returning to the format, packing 31 to 54 jokes into about four minutes through 2016. By 2021 he said the first minute of Dear Hank and John had taken its place.
Parts: Hank asks viewers to leave their favorite jokes in the comments (2008) · Hank asks viewers to name their favourite of his 31 Jokes for Nerds by number (2011)
Told alongside: Hank's paternity leave from vlogbrothers, with guest hosts standing in (2016) · Hank and Katherine have a baby, Orin (2016)
About: Jokes in four minutes
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-11-06 | proposed | After the printers misread So Jokes as 50 Jokes, Hank proposes a video of 50 favourite jokes, his own and viewers'. (hedged) | Funny Noises from Tennessee 00:01:38 |
| 2008-11-30 | launched | Hank makes a video of fifty jokes sent in by Nerdfighters (the description adds 'in four minutes'). | 50 Jokes (Yes...actually 50 jokes) 00:00:13 |
| 2009-02-04 | milestone | Hank makes another jokes-in-four-minutes video, trying to fit 51 jokes into four minutes. (playful) | 51 Jokes (in Four Minutes) 00:00:01 |
| 2009-07-23 | milestone | Hank makes another fifty-jokes-in-four-minutes video, noting there are two more of these videos. (playful) | 50 MORE JOKES in FOUR MINUTES 00:00:06 |
| 2011-04-13 | milestone | Hank completes another jokes video: 31 numbered nerdy jokes told in less than four minutes. (playful) | 31 Jokes for NERDS! 00:03:15 |
| 2013-01-04 | milestone | Hank completes another jokes video, telling 53 jokes in about four minutes and beating his previous record. | 53 Terrible Jokes! 00:03:49 |
| 2014-01-17 | milestone | Hank returns to the jokes videos after over a year, attempting to beat his record with 54 jokes in under four minutes. (playful) → refers to 53 Terrible Jokes! | 54 JOKES! In Four Minutes! 00:00:00 |
| 2016-12-23 | milestone | Hank says that, being a dad at last, he can make a video he has wanted to make for years but felt unqualified for: 41 dad jokes in under four minutes. | 41 Dad Jokes in 4 Minutes! (with special guest star...) 00:00:02 |
| 2021-12-10 | looked back | Asked when the next jokes-in-four-minutes video is coming, Hank says the first minute of Dear Hank and John is where he does that now. | What Was Early YouTube Like? (with Hank and John) 00:01:55 |
What is said about it
16 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2008-11-06 · Funny Noises from Tennessee — announcement: Hank: The misreading gives Hank an idea: a video of 50 jokes, mixing his own favourites with viewers' jokes. (hedged) — 00:01:38
- 2008-11-30 · 50 Jokes (Yes...actually 50 jokes) — announcement: Hank says he kind of wants to make another video like this one. (hedged) — 00:03:55
- 2008-12-15 · Famous Last Words — John makes the video in honor of Hank's recent video of 50 jokes in four minutes. — 00:00:03
- 2009-02-04 · 51 Jokes (in Four Minutes) — announcement: Hank says he might make another joke video like this. (hedged) — 00:03:43
- 2009-02-18 (said on 2009-02-17, implied) · Winners and Winners and Ningmasters — announcement: Hank gives away the signed copy of his CD to whoever told the best joke in the comments of the 51 Jokes video. — 00:00:00
- 2009-02-18 (said on 2009-02-17, implied) · Winners and Winners and Ningmasters — Hank says the first 2,000 or so jokes in the 51 Jokes comments held some excellent candidates, and reads two of them. — 00:00:00
- 2009-04-28 · 10 Book Reviews in 4 Minutes — Hank says a joke book he bought while thinking of another jokes video sucks; the jokes Nerdfighters leave in comments are far better. (playful) — 00:01:00
- 2011-04-13 · 31 Jokes for NERDS! — Hank: Saying he likes funny stuff and nerdy stuff, Hank presents a video of funny nerdy stuff: 31 Jokes for Nerds. (playful) — 00:00:00
- 2011-04-13 · 31 Jokes for NERDS! — announcement: In the description Hank says he chose 31 jokes because he knew he would not reach 50 and wanted a prime number. — video description
- 2013-01-04 · 53 Terrible Jokes! — Hank says he will tell a bunch of jokes and plans to beat his previous record, which requires 52 jokes in under four minutes. (playful) — 00:00:00
- 2013-01-04 · 53 Terrible Jokes! — recommendation: Hank points viewers who want more to the several joke videos he has made over the years. — 00:03:55
- 2013-01-08 (said on 2013-01-05, implied) · Addicted to the Internet — John thanks Hank for the 53 'wonderful terrible jokes' and says he will see Hank on Saturday, when he gets back. — 00:02:25
- 2014-01-17 · 54 JOKES! In Four Minutes! — Hank says it has been over a year since he last told John jokes, so he will try to beat his record again with 54 jokes in under four minutes. (playful) — 00:00:00
- 2014-01-17 · 54 JOKES! In Four Minutes! — In the description Hank thanks the Nerdfighters on Twitter who helped with the jokes and the jokes' original creators, and says he has now told 289 jokes across his jokes videos. — video description
- 2016-12-23 · 41 Dad Jokes in 4 Minutes! (with special guest star...) — sponsor: The description thanks all the dads whose wonderful dad jokes over the years Hank stole for this video, and lists some sources. — video description
- 2016-12-23 · 41 Dad Jokes in 4 Minutes! (with special guest star...) — recommendation: Hank says he can't believe how many jokes videos he has made over the years, and has made a playlist of them all. — 00:03:53