The brothers' argument over the Rock-afire Explosion (Chuck E. Cheese) band (2009)
running joke · status: running joke (last seen 2009) · last event: callback (2009-05-05)
Told alongside: John: give Hank a birthday present (2009) · John arranges for the Rock-afire Explosion to record Hank's song Book 8 (2009)
About: The Rock-afire Explosion, ShowBiz Pizza Place
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-01-06 | variation | Hank answers John's slander of Showbiz Pizza's Rock-afire Explosion with a whole video defending the band and refusing to take back his love. (playful) → refers to Israel. Gaza. PUPPY! | The Rock-Afire Explosion Controversy 00:00:00 |
| 2009-01-07 | callback | In the Behind the Music parody Hank casts John as his Rock-afire Explosion-hating brother and asks whether John has even heard the band's Beatles medley. (playful) | Hank Green: Behind the Music 00:00:00 |
| 2009-05-05 | callback | John's gift turns on the Rock-afire Explosion band of Showbiz Pizza, the band the brothers have argued over. (playful) | HANKO DE MAYO! Happy Birthday Hank! 00:00:51 |
What is said about it
10 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2009-01-06 · The Rock-Afire Explosion Controversy — Hank says the brothers' brotherhood very likely will not survive John's slander of Showbiz Pizza's Rock-afire Explosion band. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:00
- 2009-01-06 · The Rock-Afire Explosion Controversy — Hank explains that the Rock-afire Explosion was an animatronic band, likely the premier new media of its decade, something never seen again except in YouTube clips. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:00
- 2009-01-06 · The Rock-Afire Explosion Controversy — Hank says fans bought old Rock-afire Explosion sets and programmed them to sing songs like Hips Don't Lie and Love in This Club. — 00:00:00
- 2009-01-06 · The Rock-Afire Explosion Controversy — Hank says he honestly believes the Rock-afire Explosion created great music and will not rescind his love. (playful) — 00:00:39
- 2009-01-06 · The Rock-Afire Explosion Controversy — Hank points to the band's version of 'They Say It's Your Birthday', though he is not sure it was the song on the LP he owned; he wishes he still had that LP. (hedged) — 00:00:39
- 2009-01-06 · The Rock-Afire Explosion Controversy — Hank refuses to take it back: Showbiz Pizza no longer existing doesn't stop him liking the band, just as John Lennon's shooting doesn't stop him liking the Beatles. (playful) — 00:01:48
- 2009-01-06 · The Rock-Afire Explosion Controversy — Hank reminds John that last night, after Hank showed him Rock-afire videos, John said he could hardly believe it and that it was so beautiful. (playful) — 00:01:48
- 2009-01-07 · Hank Green: Behind the Music — Hank: The narration says Hank's relationship with his Rock-afire-hating brother John is at its limit; Hank asks whether John has even heard the band's Beatles medley. (playful) — 00:00:00
- 2009-05-05 · HANKO DE MAYO! Happy Birthday Hank! — John reminds Hank that before Chuck E. Cheese there was Showbiz Pizza, which had an animatronic animal rock band, the Rock-afire Explosion. — 00:00:51
- 2009-05-05 · HANKO DE MAYO! Happy Birthday Hank! — John asks whether eight-year-old Hank, listening to the Rock-afire Explosion, would have imagined writing a song they would record. (playful) — 00:01:29