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Tour de Nerdfighting 2012 edition

project history · status: completed · last event: outcome (2012-02-03) · last mentioned: 2024-11-13

John and Hank's Tour de Nerdfighting for The Fault in Our Stars, announced in December 2011, ran for three weeks from 10 January 2012 across the United States and Canada, with several shows sold out; years later both still recalled it.

Part of: The Fault in Our Stars: writing, title and publication (2011)

Parts: John: the brothers will do another Tour de Nerdfighting (2009) · John asks Nerdfighters what they would like to see happen on the brothers' tour for his new book (2011) · John points viewers to the doobly-doo for Tour de Nerdfighting 2012 tickets (2011) · The brothers' Houston hotel mix-up and luxury room with a Picasso print on the tour (2012) · Hank invites viewers to buy the leftover Tour de Nerdfighting CDs (2012) · John: the brothers will visit the Midwest on their next tour (2012)

Told alongside: Nerdfighters Sara and Luis meet at a 2012 tour stop outside Washington, DC, fall in love and marry (2017) · Turtles All the Way Down tour: John and Hank's US book tour (2017) · Tour de Nerdfighting 2008 edition · John asks viewers to suggest titles for his untitled new novel in the comments (2011)

About: United States, John's untitled novel (2011), Tour de Nerdfighting, The Fault in Our Stars, Katherine Green, Twitter, Hanklerfish, New Orleans, Houston, Texas, Arizona, California, Seattle

date event what video
2011-06-10 proposed John says he and Hank will go on tour in the United States when his new book comes out. Then I Took Off My Bra 00:02:15
2011-12-09 announced John announces the January 2012 Tour de Nerdfighting for The Fault in Our Stars: 16 stops from Boston to Vancouver, January 10-31, admission in most cases the price of a copy bought from the host bookstore. Puppies and The Tour de Nerdfighting 2012 00:00:00
2011-12-19 milestone John reports the Tour de Nerdfighting shows in Vancouver, Boston, New York, Portland and Raleigh are sold out. Sharpie Face and Little Hank: The Project for Awesome's Aftermath 00:01:56
2011-12-28 rule change There are some new tickets to the Boston Tour de Nerdfighting event, and its venue has changed. Goats Mating video description
2012-01-10 (said on 2012-01-09, implied) launched John says he is leaving his family for a month to go on tour; later he lists the stops that still have tickets (New Orleans, Houston, Austin, Phoenix, Albuquerque, Seattle, San Francisco). The Fault in Our Stars 00:00:12
2012-01-13 (said on 2012-01-10, implied) rule change Hank announces Nerdcash for the 2012 tour: the brothers leave bags of buttons in places, which viewers can only find out about by following them on Twitter. TFiOS PARTY! 00:01:07
2012-01-17 milestone John reports the 2012 tour under way: van drives of about 500 miles, afternoon signings, crowds, the evening show, five hours of signing and 2 a.m. hotel arrivals. Thoughts from Places: The Tour 00:00:08
2012-01-20 (happened 2012-01-19) milestone Hank says the brothers are in New Orleans and played a show last night in a synagogue, weird but awesome. Thoughts on SOPA From New Orleans 00:00:00
2012-01-24 (happened 2012-01-23) milestone John reports the Tour de Nerdfighting stop in Houston last night (23 January 2012), with signing lasting until about midnight. Nicest Hotel Room in the World 00:00:01
2012-01-27 milestone Hank films the tour drive from Arizona across the river into California. (playful) In 'N' Out-Erview 00:00:00
2012-01-31 (happened 2012-01-30) milestone John says the 2012 Tour de Nerdfighting is coming to an end after three weeks, with a signing in Seattle last night. How It Felt 00:00:01
2012-01-31 looked back John looks back on the tour as the internet made real and records a montage for their future selves of what it was like and how it felt. How It Felt 00:00:51
2012-02-03 outcome Hank says the tour is over: after the last show he and Katherine flew home to Missoula, saying 'we did it' all the way. An Awful Lot of Touring 00:00:54
2012-02-03 looked back Hank tries to look back on the three-week tour but finds it hard to remember, like a separate file cut off from his normal life; he thanks all who made it possible. An Awful Lot of Touring 00:01:35
2017-09-07 (happened 2012) looked back John recalls that the 2012 tour did not visit the Midwest, which caused much consternation. I Love and Apologize to (Insert Location Here): Surprise Thursday Bonus Video! 00:01:13
2017-11-21 (happened 2012-01) looked back On the January 2012 Fault in Our Stars tour, at a hotel ballroom outside Washington, DC, Nerdfighters Sara and Luis met before the show, hit it off and later began dating. Two Love Stories 00:00:11
2023-12-24 looked back After a Houston hotel sold their rooms on tour, the brothers got another hotel's best room, bigger than John's house, with a Picasso print and certificate of authenticity. John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated 01:56:36
2024-11-13 (happened 2012-01) looked back John recalls the 2012 Fault in Our Stars tour: 32 consecutive nights at Holiday Inn Expresses, including a very nice one on a river outside Bend, Oregon; Hank doubts it was near Bend. Some New Things… 00:53:22

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

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

  • 2011-06-10 · Then I Took Off My Bra — announcement: John says he and Hank will go on tour in the United States when his new, as-yet-untitled but soon-to-be-titled book comes out. — 00:02:15
  • 2011-06-10 · Then I Took Off My Bra — ask: John: Saying the brothers are not that creative, John asks Nerdfighteria what they would like to see happen and do on the tour (where to go is a separate conversation). — 00:02:39
  • 2011-12-09 · Puppies and The Tour de Nerdfighting 2012 — announcement: John announces that three and a half years later he, Hank and Katherine are going back on tour to celebrate the release of The Fault in Our Stars, in a slightly larger vehicle. — 00:00:00
  • 2011-12-09 · Puppies and The Tour de Nerdfighting 2012 — announcement: John: In one take John lists the stops: Boston, New York, Washington DC, Raleigh, Atlanta, Birmingham, New Orleans, Houston, Austin, Albuquerque, Tempe, Santa Monica, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle and Vancouver. — 00:00:00
  • 2011-12-09 · Puppies and The Tour de Nerdfighting 2012 — announcement: John says the tour gatherings will feature music, readings, decreasing worldsuck, punishments and hilarity. — video description
  • 2011-12-09 · Puppies and The Tour de Nerdfighting 2012 — ask: John invites tour questions in the comments or on Tumblr and says he will try to reply. — video description
  • 2011-12-09 · Puppies and The Tour de Nerdfighting 2012 — announcement: John says the tour mostly sticks to the coast, not for lack of love for the Midwest, but because it snows there in January and they travel by car; he apologises to the Midwest. — 00:00:45
  • 2011-12-09 · Puppies and The Tour de Nerdfighting 2012 — announcement: John: The tour starts January 10th, the day the book comes out, and ends January 31st. — 00:01:15
  • 2011-12-09 · Puppies and The Tour de Nerdfighting 2012 — announcement: John: In most cases admission is the price of a copy of The Fault in Our Stars bought from the host bookstore, which gets you a signed, Hanklerfished book, a poster and the show. — 00:01:15
  • 2011-12-09 · Puppies and The Tour de Nerdfighting 2012 — announcement: John: The show will feature John reading from The Fault in Our Stars, Hank playing songs, discussion (and jokingly electrocution and puppetry); John will sign books and Hank CDs. — 00:01:49
  • 2011-12-09 · Puppies and The Tour de Nerdfighting 2012 — announcement: John: Tickets are going fast and New York is almost sold out; they are trying to add a second New York event; ticket details are in the doobly-doo. (hedged) — 00:02:19
  • 2011-12-09 · Puppies and The Tour de Nerdfighting 2012 — announcement: John: Summing up, Hank, Katherine, John and occasionally the Yeti will be on tour in January 2012. — 00:02:19
  • 2011-12-19 · Sharpie Face and Little Hank: The Project for Awesome's Aftermath — announcement: John: Tour de Nerdfighting updates are in the doobly-doo: shows in Vancouver, Boston, New York, Portland and Raleigh are sold out, but tickets remain in many cities. — 00:01:56
  • 2012-01-10 (said on 2012-01-09, implied) · The Fault in Our Stars — John is a bit stressed: he has to leave his family for a month, which is a bummer, but he is excited to go on tour. — 00:00:12
  • 2012-01-10 (said on 2012-01-09, implied) · The Fault in Our Stars — announcement: John says Tour de Nerdfighting tickets remain only near New Orleans, Houston, Austin, Phoenix, Albuquerque, Seattle and San Francisco, with ticket info in the description. — 00:02:31
  • 2012-01-17 · Thoughts from Places: The Tour — John: On tour John wakes every morning after a few hours of sleep with 'Five Hundred Miles' stuck in his head, packs up and drives 500 miles or so in the van to the next place. — 00:00:01
  • 2012-01-17 · Thoughts from Places: The Tour — John: They arrive in the early afternoon to lots of books needing signatures and Hanklerfishes, which takes a couple of hours. — 00:00:25
  • 2012-01-17 · Thoughts from Places: The Tour — John: Then many people arrive, wearing John's face or Doctor Who shirts, bringing book cakes, some with things he wrote tattooed on their bodies; John finds it amazing, beautiful and completely terrifying. — 00:00:43
  • 2012-01-17 · Thoughts from Places: The Tour — John: At the show John reads and talks about The Fault in Our Stars, Hank sings, John answers questions, Hank wears a tutu, and in joint questions whoever is talking when the timer goes off is shocked with Charlie McDonnell's 'patented shocker'. — 00:01:37
  • 2012-01-17 · Thoughts from Places: The Tour — John: After the show they sign for five hours, reach the hotel around 2 a.m., and John sleeps a few hours before it starts again. — 00:02:10
  • 2012-01-27 · In 'N' Out-Erview — John: A traveller, apparently John (speaker inferred), says he had four hours of sleep and asks Hank for a very quiet video. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2012-01-27 · In 'N' Out-Erview — Hank narrates the drive from Arizona across the river into California, with back-and-forth over where the border is, and a stop at the Jesus Christ is Lord Travel Center. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2012-01-27 · In 'N' Out-Erview — both: The brothers banter about the tour shows: a show line 'my greatest accomplishment is being your brother' is called a favourite joke, and one brother gets shocked almost every night instead of the other (speakers unclear). (playful) — 00:01:27
  • 2012-01-27 · In 'N' Out-Erview — John: Asked what he does backstage before a show, John says he mostly watches Hank play the same Chameleon Circuit song over and over; the brothers then joke about nerves and practising the set songs. (playful) — 00:02:00
  • 2012-01-31 · How It Felt — John's description thanks everyone who came to the tour, the independent bookstores and theaters that hosted it, and the Nerdfighter who held the camera. — video description
  • 2012-01-31 · How It Felt — John says the three weeks were like the internet became IRL: fun, clever, crowded, good to be a nerd, with talk of Sherlock and Doctor Who and singing of songs about particle physics. — 00:00:01
  • 2012-01-31 · How It Felt — John: Like the internet, the tour went by very fast, like pressing the down key on Tumblr; John says a problem with the internet is that things pass too fast to really experience them. — 00:00:30
  • 2012-01-31 · How It Felt — John tells Hank the video is for their future selves: this is what the tour was like and how it felt; a montage follows with a crowd singing 'Five Hundred Miles'. — 00:00:51
  • 2012-02-03 · An Awful Lot of Touring — Hank says someone on tour suggested he redo 'An Awful Lot of Running' as 'An Awful Lot of Driving', and he did; he sings the parody about tour life. — 00:00:00
  • 2012-02-03 · An Awful Lot of Touring — Hank: In the song Hank describes the tour bus, playing Xbox 360 and beating John, waiting stage left every night, and stopping at 17 places in 21 days on cookies and gas station food. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2012-02-03 · An Awful Lot of Touring — Hank wants to look back on the three weeks but can't: asked for a fun tour story he can't think of one; the tour feels like it lasted forever and took no time at all. — 00:01:35
  • 2012-02-03 · An Awful Lot of Touring — Hank thanks the many people who made the tour possible, especially those who came out and were enthusiastic, and says he doesn't know how he got so lucky. — 00:03:18