Secret project: Nerdfighters' birthday greetings for John (2007)
project history · status: completed · last event: outcome (2007-08-24) · last mentioned: 2007-08-29
For John's birthday in August 2007 Hank secretly compiled a two-part video of Nerdfighters wishing John a happy birthday, performing for him and eating blenderized birthday cakes. John thanked Hank and the Nerdfighters for the two-day present.
Parts: Hank asks Nerdfighters to email him about a secret project for John's birthday (2007)
Told alongside: John's 30th birthday (2007)
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-08-24 (said on 2007-08-23, implied) | milestone | Hank finishes Part 1 of the secret project: a compilation of Nerdfighters' birthday greetings and performances for John. | August 23rd: John's Secret Project Part 1 00:04:58 |
| 2007-08-24 | outcome | Part 2 of the secret project: Nerdfighters' birthday greetings for John and blenderized birthday cakes. | August 24th: John's Secret Project Part 2 video description |
| 2007-08-27 | looked back | John thanks Hank for the two-day birthday present and the work behind it, and thanks the Nerdfighters. → refers to August 24th: John's Secret Project Part 2 | August 27th: Thanks Yous and Cameos 00:00:00 |
| 2007-08-29 | looked back | The song recalls the birthday project: lots of people ate blended birthday cakes for John. (playful) | August 29th: Goodbye 29 Year Old John 00:00:29 |
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
10 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2007-08-24 (said on 2007-08-23, implied) · August 23rd: John's Secret Project Part 1 — a guest: The video opens with Happy Birthday sung to John and a WRAS Atlanta radio birthday dedication from his secret siblings and Nerdfighters in Atlanta. (playful) — 00:00:03
- 2007-08-24 (said on 2007-08-23, implied) · August 23rd: John's Secret Project Part 1 — a guest: A performance of the Time Warp takes up most of the video as a birthday gift for John. (playful) — 00:00:42
- 2007-08-24 (said on 2007-08-23, implied) · August 23rd: John's Secret Project Part 1 — a guest: A montage of greeters wishes John a happy birthday, among them What The Buck, a Spanish-language greeting and a distro. (playful) — 00:04:00
- 2007-08-24 (said on 2007-08-23, implied) · August 23rd: John's Secret Project Part 1 — announcement: Hank: As a gift from the Nerdfighters and Hank, John won't have to make his video tomorrow, which will be a special Nerdfighter day - 'something pretty awesome'. — 00:04:58
- 2007-08-24 · August 24th: John's Secret Project Part 2 — a guest: Nerdfighters send John birthday greetings, including one from the entire Penn State College of Medicine class of 2010. (playful) — 00:00:03
- 2007-08-24 · August 24th: John's Secret Project Part 2 — a guest: Because John had to eat a blenderized Happy Meal, contributors blenderize birthday cakes for him and drink them on camera. (playful) — 00:00:47
- 2007-08-24 · August 24th: John's Secret Project Part 2 — a guest: The video closes by congratulating John on living and being a Nerdfighter for 30 years, then sings Happy Birthday. (playful) — 00:03:34
- 2007-08-27 · August 27th: Thanks Yous and Cameos — Hank, for both brothers, thanks all the Nerdfighters who helped with the most recent secret project. — 00:02:28
- 2007-08-28 · August 28th: Starring Mom — John thanks Hank and the Nerdfighters again for his birthday: the videos, pictures and songs rejuvenated his awesome. — 00:00:27
- 2007-08-29 · August 29th: Goodbye 29 Year Old John — Hank: The song recalls that John said his birthday beat Oprah's best birthday and that, instead of a wake, lots of people ate blended birthday cakes. (playful) — 00:00:03