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HAPPY JOHN DAY!!!

2009-08-25 · Hank · watch on YouTube · Nerdfighteria · comedy performance

Hank presents Nerdfighters' birthday collaboration for John: an opening song, a montage of fan greetings, songs and cakes, then announces a longer collaboration and a John Green bobblehead as the birthday present.

What is said

00:00:00 — Opening birthday song 'It's John Green's birthday' after Hank's greeting (singer apparently a Nerdfighter)

  • ★★ The description says the bobbleheads are sold out and that people on the secret project mailing list got first dibs. — 00:00:00
  • ★ The description lists category picks from the birthday submissions (best cake, drawing, blended cake, activity, furthest away). — 00:00:00 · Paper Towns

00:00:43 — Montage of Nerdfighters' birthday greetings, cakes, a Willy Peep, fan songs and John Muffins

  • ★★ In the montage, Nerdfighters from around the world, one from Bahrain, wish John a happy birthday with greetings, songs, cakes and other tributes. — 00:00:43 · Nerdfighteria, John Green

00:08:58 — Hank on the footage, a longer collaboration to come, the bobblehead present and a final clip from Dutch Nerdfighters

  • ★★ Hank says he received over two hours of Nerdfighter birthday footage for John and cut it to nine minutes, longer than he wanted. — 00:08:58 · Nerdfighteria, John Green
  • ★★ Hank says he is making John a comprehensive collaboration with much more Nerdfighter footage that did not fit in this video. — 00:08:58 · Nerdfighteria, John Green
  • ★ Hank gives props to the Nerdfighter who blended a birthday cake and a Happy Meal together. — 00:09:18 · Happy Meal
  • ★★★ Hank announces John's birthday present from Hank and the Nerdfighters: a John Green bobblehead; 500 were made, nearly all sold, one is on its way to John. — 00:09:18 · Nerdfighteria, John Green
  • ★★ Hank says Dutch Nerdfighters acquired a final clip for John's birthday collaboration. — 00:09:42 · Nerdfighteria

Humor (significant)

  • The opening birthday song (apparently sung by a Nerdfighter) says the singer is so excited John still writes books. — 00:00:21 > «You'd think that he'd retire and make money off his looks.»
  • A Nerdfighter eats a Willy Peep in John's honour despite the permanent marker on it. — 00:02:06 > «Hopefully I don't die or anything.»
  • A fan's birthday song rhymes on joining Nerdfighteria. — 00:03:15 > «And I hope you don't get Get malaria, yeah!»
  • A fan song celebrating John. — 00:05:29 > «They call him the king of in-your-pants jokes»
  • Fans whose thing is making muffins bake 'John Muffins' in honour of John Day. — 00:06:13 > «John, you're a muffin!»
  • A fan's song urges putting stuff on your head, with one rule of thumb. — 00:08:11 > «don't use a plastic bag Cause that could go really wrong»
  • Hank reveals that Nerdfighters have turned John into a bobblehead. — 00:09:42 > «Your lifelong dream of becoming a plastic figurine with a head that wobbles back and forth has finally been realized.»

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