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This Isn't Hogwarts! A Harry Potter Song

2009-07-16 · Hank · watch on YouTube · Pop culture · comedy performance

Hank performs a comic song about a nerd stuck in public school wishing it were Hogwarts, then says he wrote it because the school system is degrading, for the Half-Blood Prince release and the Accio Deathly Hallows anniversary.

What is said

00:00:00 — Song 'This Isn't Hogwarts': public school as a concrete box versus wizard school

  • ★★★ In the song, a student hates public school, a 'concrete box' where pictures never talk and teachers don't care, and wishes it were Hogwarts. (fiction) — 00:00:51 > «This isn't Hogwarts, this is a concrete box»
  • ★★ The narrator sings he is proud to be a nerd, but public school is no place for a wizard. (fiction) — 00:00:51 > «public school ain't no place for a wizard»

00:03:02 — Three reasons for the song (school system, Half-Blood Prince release, Accio Deathly Hallows anniversary); midnight showing with Katherine; Harry Potter Truth or Fail

  • ★★★ Hank says he wrote the song partly because he truly believes the US school system is degrading quickly and thinks it could learn from Hogwarts. (hedged) — 00:03:02 · education
  • ★★ Hank notes the song marks the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince today. — 00:03:02
  • ★★ Hank says it is nearly the third anniversary of 'Accio Deathly Hallows', the song that kicked the Vlogbrothers into the mainstream. — 00:03:02 · Accio Deathly Hallows, Vlogbrothers
  • ★★ Hank and Katherine went to the midnight showing of Half-Blood Prince last night, found it awesome and saw Nerdfighters there. — 00:03:02 · Katherine Green, Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ Hank announces a Harry Potter Truth or Fail today, guest hosted by Kristina Horner of the Parselmouths and the Five Awesome Girls. — 00:03:02 · Truth or Fail

00:03:43 — Truth or Fail guest host Kristina Horner; song and video with Lauren Fairweather; out of time

  • ★★ Hank says he and Lauren Fairweather of the Moaning Myrtles wrote and recorded a song together and just made its video. — 00:03:43

Humor (dominant)

  • Public school versus Hogwarts: no talking portraits, teachers who don't care. — 00:00:51 > «The most magical thing we have is fluorescent lights»
  • They don't put you in Hufflepuff if you're not cool. — 00:00:51 > «Instead they sort you in the parking lot after school»
  • The narrator would do almost anything to go to wizard school. — 00:01:56 > «I'd even call Dolores Umbridge my friend If it meant I never had to go to gym again»
  • No ghosts in the halls or bathroom stalls at his school. — 00:02:23 > «And the stairs don't move, cause there's no stairs at all»

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