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Paper Towns Tour (2008)

project history · status: last documented in 2008 (looked back on in 2019) · last event: milestone (2008-10-30 (said on 2008-10-29, implied)) · last mentioned: 2019-12-17

John's 2008 book tour for Paper Towns: the dates were announced in September, the tour opened with a New York release party on 16 October and went on through Boston, Florida and Seattle, with Hank and Katherine along in a rented minivan. From late October John streamed the events on BlogTV for those who could not come.

Parts: Hank asks Nerdfighters to RSVP for the Paper Towns tour events (2008)

Told alongside: Tour de Nerdfighting 2008 edition · John invites Nerdfighters to request a visit to their city on Eventful (2008) · Paper Towns: writing, revision and publication (2007) · John asks nerdfighters to return his camcorder left in Boston (2008) · John asks Nerdfighters what he can do for them to thank them for Paper Towns (2008) · John: join Hank on the An Absolutely Remarkable Thing tour in six cities (2018) · Contest over whether John or Hank talks faster (2008) · John loses his camcorder in Boston on the Paper Towns tour (2008)

About: Paper Towns Tour, Paper Towns, New York City, Boston, BlogTV, Karen, Facebook

date event what video
2008-09-04 announced John announces the official Paper Towns tour dates, from the October 16 New York launch party to the October 30 Nerdfighter Halloween party in Los Angeles. Paper Towns Tour Dates! 00:01:12
2008-09-21 milestone John says details of the Paper Towns tour dates are starting to be posted at eventful.com. The Pwning of Oprah 00:03:15
2008-09-23 milestone John says the events are entirely free and open to the public, and tickets are not needed except in a couple of cases. Paper Towns and Touring Question Tuesday 00:01:41
2008-09-25 (said on 2008-09-24, implied) milestone Hank says he and John have almost finished the Paper Towns tour dates; a tour list with RSVPs will soon be at sparksflyup.com (John's site) and nerdfighters.com. Obama llama Duck 00:02:08
2008-10-06 milestone With Hank's help, all Paper Towns and Nerdfighting Tour events are now on Facebook with up-to-date information; Eventful.com, now their 'mortal enemy', is dropped. Berlin and Let it Snow (in Your Pants) 00:02:20
2008-10-08 (said on 2008-10-07, implied) milestone Hank has posted a Nerdfighter-made map of all the tour stops on PaperTowns.com, linking each city to its Facebook event page. Hanks actual Vlog 00:01:33
2008-10-09 milestone Hank says the brothers will be at the New York City launch event, viewers can RSVP on Facebook via papertowns.com, and he hopes to see many across the US through November. Let it Snow Let it Snow Let it Snow 00:02:48
2008-10-17 (happened 2008-10-16) launched The Paper Towns tour is under way: John reports from the release party in New York, and Hank, now in Boston, says another Nerdfighter event is about to start. Vital Status Report from NYC 00:00:00
2008-10-21 (said on 2008-10-20, implied) milestone John reports the Paper Towns tour has passed through New York and Boston (two days with Hank) and Columbus, Ohio. (playful) Travel Tips, Delivered Hoarsely 00:00:33
2008-10-21 (said on 2008-10-20, implied) rule change For the rest of the tour John streams every event on BlogTV and starts a nerdfighter gift exchange: gifts are passed on to nerdfighters at the next stop. Travel Tips, Delivered Hoarsely 00:02:42
2008-10-22 milestone John reports from Miami on the Paper Towns tour: Vero Beach High School students gave him a shirt and the Paper Towns BP items; Miami tonight, Orlando and Naperville next. Punish Hank? Save Hank? YOU DECIDE. 00:00:00
2008-10-24 milestone Hank relays that John's Florida nerdfighter event was a phenomenal day, with old friends of both brothers there. Talking to Myself 00:02:27
2008-10-24 (happened 2008-10-23) milestone John hung out with 200 Nerdfighters at last night's (23 October 2008) tour event while hundreds more watched on BlogTV. Paper Towns MOVIE1!!!11! 00:01:50
2008-10-28 milestone John, greeted by Nerdfighters in Phoenix, heads to an event at the Seattle Public Library where he will see Hank. The Unzipped Zipper (Of Your Pants) 00:03:52
2008-10-30 (said on 2008-10-29, implied) milestone Hank and Katherine are back from the Seattle event, which Hank thinks drew the library's biggest crowd ever. (hedged) Hank is Late (dr horrible) 00:00:54
2019-12-17 looked back Hank long supported John's writing: when Paper Towns came out in 2008, Hank and Katherine toured libraries and bookstores with him in a rented minivan, Hank singing and playing a turtle professor or sock puppet. The Best Days of My Decade 00:02:27

Dates are upload dates, which set the order. Where the speaker gives a different recording date in the video, it is added as "said on YYYY-MM-DD, implied" (derived from the date said in the video).

What is said about it

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

  • 2008-09-04 · Paper Towns Tour Dates! — announcement: John announces an October 16 New York launch party for Paper Towns' release with Hank, their parents, the Yeti, Maureen Johnson and other authors; Julia Nunes is floated as a 'rumor'. — 00:01:12
  • 2008-09-04 · Paper Towns Tour Dates! — announcement: John announces the Paper Towns tour stops from October 17 to 30: Boston, Indianapolis, Columbus, Atlanta, Miami, Orlando, Chicago suburbs and city, Phoenix, Seattle, San Francisco, and a Nerdfighter Halloween party in Los Angeles. — 00:01:43
  • 2008-09-23 · Paper Towns and Touring Question Tuesday — announcement: John says Julia Nunes will not be at the New York event but will be at the Boston event. — 00:02:10
  • 2008-10-08 (said on 2008-10-07, implied) · Hanks actual Vlog — Hank credits a Nerdfighter named Karen, designer of the voted-on Welcome to Nerdfighteria shirt (probably on sale on tour), with a map of all tour stops. — 00:01:01
  • 2008-10-08 (said on 2008-10-07, implied) · Hanks actual Vlog — announcement: Hank has coloured Karen's map and put it on PaperTowns.com: each city links to its Facebook event page, and the brothers' heads to their Facebook profiles. — 00:01:33
  • 2008-10-11 (said on 2008-10-10, implied) · Question Friday — announcement: John: At the Nerdfighter gatherings, John says, songs will be sung, Paper Towns read, books discussed, questions answered and stuff signed. — 00:02:37
  • 2008-10-11 (said on 2008-10-10, implied) · Question Friday — announcement: John will sign books other than Paper Towns on tour, anything except skin. — 00:03:15
  • 2008-10-11 (said on 2008-10-10, implied) · Question Friday — announcement: John will see Hank in real life at the Paper Towns release party on Thursday. — 00:03:15
  • 2008-10-17 · Vital Status Report from NYC — Hank says he is now in Boston before another Nerdfighter event and will soon see John at dinner with their parents and cousin. — 00:03:02
  • 2008-10-21 (said on 2008-10-20, implied) · Travel Tips, Delivered Hoarsely — John, on the Paper Towns tour, is in Columbus, Ohio, super tired after a long day of touring. — 00:00:00
  • 2008-10-21 (said on 2008-10-20, implied) · Travel Tips, Delivered Hoarsely — announcement: John: Later this week (week of 20 October 2008) John will be in Atlanta, where the show starts at 6, not 6:30 (people should probably come early), then Miami, Orlando and Naperville. (hedged) — 00:01:02
  • 2008-10-21 (said on 2008-10-20, implied) · Travel Tips, Delivered Hoarsely — ask: John says everyone should come to the Naperville event, which will be big, fun and awesome. — 00:01:02
  • 2008-10-21 (said on 2008-10-20, implied) · Travel Tips, Delivered Hoarsely — announcement: John will also do a smaller Saturday 4 p.m. event at a bookstore in Lincoln Square, Chicago, giving tickets to the first 45 people who email. — 00:01:02
  • 2008-10-21 (said on 2008-10-20, implied) · Travel Tips, Delivered Hoarsely — announcement: John: Nerdfighter gift exchange: gifts nerdfighters give the tour will be passed on to nerdfighters at the next stop, keeping John's luggage carry-on. — 00:02:42
  • 2008-10-21 · Lonesome Cloud — Hank wishes John a good time in Melbourne, Florida the next day. — 00:03:43
  • 2008-10-22 · Punish Hank? Save Hank? YOU DECIDE. — announcement: John hopes to see nerdfighters tonight in Miami, tomorrow in Orlando or on Friday in Naperville, Illinois. — 00:03:43
  • 2008-10-24 · Talking to Myself — Hank: John told Hank the Florida nerdfighter event had a fantastic atmosphere; Hank's best friend from high school and John's elementary-school best friends were there. — 00:02:27
  • 2008-10-24 · Paper Towns MOVIE1!!!11! — John says hanging out with 200 Nerdfighters last night, with hundreds more watching on BlogTV, is the nicest gift he has ever been given. (hedged) — 00:01:50
  • 2008-10-28 (said on 2008-10-27, implied) · Early Voting with Hank — announcement: Hank says he flies to Seattle tomorrow, where he will see John and many Nerdfighters, and urges people near Seattle to come. — 00:00:44
  • 2008-10-28 (said on 2008-10-27, implied) · Early Voting with Hank — announcement: Hank says John then goes on alone: Menlo Park on the 29th and a final Paper Towns Halloween special on October 30th for anyone in the western United States. — 00:00:44
  • 2008-10-31 (said on 2008-10-30, implied) · Show 'n Tell Thursday — John devotes Show and Tell Thursday to real presents Nerdfighters gave him on his tour, of two kinds: related to his book, and related to Nerdfighters. — 00:00:00