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Then I Took Off My Bra

2011-06-10 · John, a parent of the brothers · watch on YouTube · Books & writing · announcement promotion

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Near the end of his stay in Amsterdam, John lists what he will and won't miss, plugs This Star Won't Go Out bracelets, announces a US tour with Hank for his new book and asks Nerdfighters what should happen on it and whether he should read the audiobook.

What is said

00:00:00 — John's time in the Netherlands is ending: what he will miss about Amsterdam

  • ★★ John says his time in the Netherlands is almost over; he will miss Amsterdam's elm trees, public transport, canal view, cafés, bicycles and his apartment older than his country. — 00:00:00 · Netherlands, Amsterdam

00:00:20 — Their mom, visiting John in Amsterdam, says hi; who is the favorite son

  • ★ Their mom is visiting John in Amsterdam; John teases that she comes all that way to see him but rarely sees Hank in Montana. (playful) — 00:00:20 · Montana

00:00:31 — Notes on Hank's last video: mean punishments; the SexyBack ice cream truck

  • ★★ John tells Hank the punishments in his last video are very mean and says he will talk more about that when he gets back to the States. — 00:00:31 · Punishment
  • ★★ The one thing John won't miss about Amsterdam: shops play real music rather than muzak, including gangster rap with unedited lyrics, which Hank's SexyBack ice cream truck reminded him of. (playful) — 00:00:37 · Amsterdam

00:01:19 — Thanks to Belgian and Dutch Nerdfighters and the Dutch Literature Foundation

  • ★★ John thanks the Belgian and Dutch Nerdfighters who came out to his events and the Dutch Literature Foundation for making his stay possible. — 00:01:19 · Nerdfighteria

00:01:29 — A Nerdfighter's This Star Won't Go Out bracelet; bracelets at DFTBA.com; over $10,000 raised in the ten months since a private person died

  • ★ On tour in Hoogeveen a Nerdfighter gave John a This Star Won't Go Out bracelet, which he has worn since; his own was broken by a small, unnamed member of his household. — 00:01:29
  • ★★★ John reminds viewers This Star Won't Go Out bracelets are at DFTBA.com, with 100% of proceeds to the foundation set up in a private person's memory to support families affected by cancer. — 00:01:44 · DFTBA Records
  • ★★★ John says that in the almost ten months since a private person died, more than $10,000 has been raised for This Star Won't Go Out, and thanks Nerdfighteria. — 00:02:02 · Nerdfighteria

00:02:15 — US tour with Hank when the new book comes out; its probable title came from a Nerdfighter; what should happen on tour?

  • ★★★ 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 · United States, Hank Green
  • ★★ John says the probable title of his new novel, and its central observation, were taken from a Nerdfighter, and thanks Nerdfighteria. (hedged) — 00:02:30 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★★ 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 · Nerdfighteria

00:02:51 — Should John read the audiobook of a book narrated by a young woman ('And then I took off my bra'); back to editing; sign-off

  • ★★ John asks whether Nerdfighters would like him to read the audiobook, though it is a little weird because the book is narrated by a young woman. — 00:02:51 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★ John signs off to go back to editing. — 00:03:12

Humor (significant)

  • Mom visits John in Amsterdam but rarely sees Hank in Montana. — 00:00:27 > «I don't know who the favorite son is!»
  • To show shopping to unedited gangster rap, John replaces the curse words with the names of British Romantic poets. — 00:01:06 > «I'm a William Blake gangster, so of course you want my Samuel Taylor Coleridge»
  • John's own This Star Won't Go Out bracelet was broken by a member of his household. — 00:01:41 > «who will remain nameless, although he is quite small.»
  • John wonders whether to read the audiobook of a novel narrated by a young woman, in his own voice. — 00:03:00 > «And then I took off my bra.»

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