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DEMOLITION DERBY!

2009-08-27 · Hank · watch on YouTube · Sports · comedy performance

Hank, prompted by commenters who thought demolition derbies were fictional, performs a comic song about the demolition derby as the best part of the county fair, then plugs This Is Not Tom and a Friday Truth or Fail.

What is said

00:00:00 — False start with the tripod; commenters on the county-fair video thought demolition derbies were fictional, so Hank introduces them with a song

  • ★★★ Hank says commenters on his county-fair video thought demolition derbies were fictional, so he wants to introduce people to them with today's song. — 00:00:00
  • ★★ Hank says the heyday of demolition derbies is long gone and there will never again be a real professional demolition derby circuit. — 00:00:28

00:00:57 — The Demolition Derby song: fair food, cash for clunkers, crashing cars, see you next year

  • ★★ In the song Hank says the demolition derby, with its mangled metal and flaming exhaust, is the reason he goes to the county fair. (playful) — 00:00:57 > «the demolition derby is why I'm there»
  • ★★ The song jokes that old cars shouldn't let a 'death panel' choose how they die; Cash for Clunkers pays four thousand bucks, but the demolition derby is a more exciting way to ditch them. (joke) — 00:01:23
  • ★ Hank judges his performance not very good, but maybe just good enough. (playful) — 00:02:53

00:03:18 — Song co-written with Nerdfighters on Etherpad; This Is Not Tom continues; Truth or Fail on Friday with John and Jory from the Microwave Show; sign-off

  • ★★ Hank says he wrote the song collaboratively on Etherpad, where Nerdfighters filled in lines, so several lines are from Nerdfighters. — 00:03:18 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ Hank announces that This Is Not Tom is continuing and says the story continues to be amazing. — 00:03:18
  • ★★ Hank announces a Truth or Fail going live Friday with John and Jory from the Microwave Show, which he finds hilarious while editing. — 00:03:18 · Truth or Fail

Humor (dominant)

  • Hank opens by running into his tripod with demolition-derby footage, then notices a second mistake. — 00:00:00 > «Also, I'm not talking into my mic! God damn it.»
  • Hank puts on a nice shirt and jackets because at a demolition derby you should wear nice clothes. — 00:00:57 > «No, you shouldn't. I don't know why I am. It just feels right.»
  • Singing that old cars are ready to say goodbye, Hank borrows the 2009 health-care catchphrase. — 00:01:23 > «But we can't let a death panel choose how they die»
  • The song describes the derby as church and the smashing cars as prayers. — 00:02:23 > «One car left running, I shed a single tear»

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