Stuff on Heads: viewers send pictures and videos of stuff on their heads (2007)
project history · status: completed · last event: proposed (2007-10-01) · last mentioned: 2026-02-14
A Nerdfighter project from March 2007: after John sang about putting stuff on your head while he was ill with pink eye, Hank asked viewers to send pictures and videos of stuff on their heads and showed them as a montage on 26 March 2007. The brothers have recalled it fondly ever since.
Parts: Hank asks Nerdfighters to help build stuffonheads.com (2007)
Told alongside: Hank asks viewers to put stuff on their heads (2007) · John's orbital cellulitis and hospital stay (2007) · 'In your pants' suffix game (2007) · The brothers' 'secret siblings' (2007) · Hank's 'tiny chickens' illness bit (2007)
About: Stuff on Heads
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-03-21 | proposed | John sings that when you're sad with pink eye and suck levels are high, you gotta put stuff on your head; the colour doesn't matter, but don't use a plastic bag. (playful) | Brotherhood 2.0: March 21st: Put Stuff on Your Head 00:00:55 |
| 2007-03-22 | proposed | Hank proposes setting up a way for people to send pictures and videos of stuff on their heads. (hedged) | March 22nd: Book Club and Business Cards 00:03:11 |
| 2007-03-26 | outcome | Hank shows the collected pictures and clips of dozens of people with stuff on their heads as a montage set to music. | March 26th: Stuff on Everyone's Heads! 00:00:10 |
| 2007-03-28 | looked back | Hank says his last video, with all the people putting stuff on their heads, was more awesome than tax day. (playful) → refers to March 26th: Stuff on Everyone's Heads! | March 28th: Taxes 00:01:13 |
| 2007-10-01 | proposed | Hank says he is considering launching the Stuff on Heads website stuffonheads.com, 'coming soon'. (hedged) | October 1st: Stuff on Heads...dot com??? 00:01:15 |
| 2007-10-02 | looked back | John imagines building a Nerdfighter outlet mall in Winner, South Dakota, with a Put Stuff On Your Head outlet, a Peeps outlet and a pants outlet. (joke) | Oct. 2nd: Brotherhood 2.0 on the Road (Literally) 00:01:14 |
| 2007-12-24 | looked back | The tribute lists what the brothers brought: intelligent humor, blended meals, 'In My Pants', DFTBA, songs on Wednesday, stuff on heads, awesome and togetherness. | THE NERDFIGHTER HAPPY DANCE PROJECT 00:08:13 |
| 2009-12-27 | looked back | Hank says putting stuff on your head makes you feel better about life. (playful) | How To Be a Nerdfighter: A Vlogbrothers FAQ 00:01:50 |
| 2014-08-08 (happened 2007-03) | looked back | Hank recalls that when John first missed a video, for his eye infection, the community made a video of people putting stuff on their heads to make him feel better. → refers to March 26th: Stuff on Everyone's Heads! | Who Owns a Monkey's Selfie? And a Song About Meningitis! 00:02:29 |
| 2014-08-12 | looked back | John thanks Nerdfighters for putting stuff on their heads to cheer him up; it did the trick when he desperately needed it. | EBOLA! (...meningitis) 00:03:49 |
| 2020-10-07 (said on 2020-10-06, implied) (happened 2007-03) | looked back | To cheer John up, Hank asked viewers of their new YouTube videos to send pictures of themselves with something silly on their heads, before smartphones made that easy. | The Golden Age of Vlogbrothers 00:00:00 |
| 2023-09-19 (happened 2007) | looked back | John recalls Hank asking the community in 2007 for pictures with stuff on their heads to cheer him up in hospital; about 350 of some 400 regular viewers sent them. → refers to March 26th: Stuff on Everyone's Heads! | So, um.... GOOD NEWS?!?!?! 00:04:54 |
| 2023-12-24 | looked back | A Nerdfighter dictionary lightning round defines puppy-sized elephants, stuff on heads, French the llama, puff levels, Decepticons, the Giant Squid of Anger, tiny chicken disease, secret siblings, in your pants and the gang sign. | John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated 02:18:41 |
| 2026-02-14 (happened 2007-03) | looked back | John recalls that when he was ill in March 2007, about 270 viewers sent pictures with stuff on their heads to cheer him up, the first moment he and Hank thought of doing more with the community. | Project for Awesome 2026 part 4! 00:08:24 |
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
9 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2007-03-21 · Brotherhood 2.0: March 21st: Put Stuff on Your Head — recommendation: John says the simple answer to a long bad day, with a weepy eye and people looking at you funny, is to put stuff on your head. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:33
- 2007-03-21 · Brotherhood 2.0: March 21st: Put Stuff on Your Head — ask: John ends by asking Hank what is on his head. (playful) — 00:01:24
- 2007-03-26 · March 26th: Stuff on Everyone's Heads! — Hank presents a montage of dozens of people putting stuff on their heads (per title and description), set to a song whose refrain thanks someone 'for not being one of them'. — 00:00:10
- 2007-03-27 · March 26th: Thanks — John says Hank in particular, and all the viewers who sent pictures of stuff on their heads, went above and beyond, showing him things one can put on one's head, from an ironing board to a knee-length boot. — 00:00:42
- 2007-10-01 · October 1st: Stuff on Heads...dot com??? — Hank says he misses people putting stuff on their heads, which is surprisingly fun and interesting. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:03
- 2007-10-01 · October 1st: Stuff on Heads...dot com??? — Hank says stuff on cats is cute but stuff on people is important and more liberating. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:15
- 2007-10-01 · October 1st: Stuff on Heads...dot com??? — announcement: Hank will start a thread about it on the forum 'my pants', which he says is now fully restored. — 00:02:01
- 2007-10-04 · October 4th: Happy Dances, Feuds, and Raccoon Infestations — John says he is totally in favor of Hank's stuff-on-your-heads idea, calling heads one of the last great areas for human exploration. (playful) — 00:00:00
- 2023-09-19 · So, um.... GOOD NEWS?!?!?! — John recalls Hank asking the community for pictures with stuff on their heads to cheer him up: of about 400 regular viewers, about 350 sent pictures, before the iPhone. — 00:04:54