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Chewbacca for President! Let the Wookie Win!

2009-07-11 · John · watch on YouTube · Pop culture · comedy performance

Following up his offhand idea from his last video, John jokingly rebuts three arguments against Chewbacca becoming US president in 2012, then announces a Chewie for President t-shirt and Hank's song.

What is said

00:00:00 — Callback to the last video; three arguments against Chewbacca for president: one (we have a president), two (eligibility rules)

  • ★★ John recalls that in his last video he offhandedly said Chewbacca would make a great president with Han Solo as vice president and chief translator, and the idea had legs. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • ★★★ John jokingly sets out three main arguments against Chewbacca becoming US president in 2012 and rebuts each. (joke) — 00:00:00
  • ★ Argument one, that the US already has a suitable president, John grants as fair, except that he is not a Wookiee. (joke) — 00:00:00 · Barack Obama
  • ★★ John says the US Constitution requires a president to be a natural-born citizen, at least 35 years old, and a US resident for at least 14 years. — 00:00:00 · United States

00:00:45 — Chewbacca fails the requirements (far away galaxy, deceased per Vector Prime, fictional); the Constitution can be amended

  • ★★ John jokes Chewbacca is ineligible: not natural-born (a galaxy far away), deceased as the 1999 Star Wars novel Vector Prime shows, and fictional. (joke) — 00:00:45
  • ★★ John jokes that the Constitution can be amended, so people who call it impossible should let the Wookiee win. (joke) — 00:00:45

00:01:14 — Argument three rejected: public servants should be like Chewbacca; the Chewie for President 2012 t-shirt at DFTBA.com

  • ★★ John dismisses argument three, Chewbacca's poor communication and bellicosity: public servants should be more like him, loyal and self-sacrificing. (playful) — 00:01:14
  • ★★★ After John's last video more than 100 Nerdfighters asked for a Chewie for President 2012 t-shirt; the brothers designed one, on sale at DFTBA.com. — 00:01:14 · DFTBA Records, Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ John warns the shirt was designed today and will take about three weeks to arrive, so buyers should not get mad. — 00:01:14

00:01:44 — Shipping delay; P.S. Hank's Chewbacca for President song as a free download, snippet

  • ★★ John tells Nerdfighters who want the t-shirt to go get it, but not to get mad if it takes a few weeks. — 00:01:44
  • ★★ Hank sent John a Chewbacca for President song, which will be a free download with the t-shirt; a snippet plays over the shirt. — 00:01:44 · Hank Green

Humor (dominant)

  • Chewbacca fails the Constitution's natural-born-citizen requirement. — 00:00:45 > «because he lived a long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.»
  • After listing that Chewbacca is foreign, dead in a Star Wars novel and fictional, John admits the obstacles. — 00:00:45 > «Being a deceased, non-human, non-American fictional character does make it hard for you to become President of the United States.»
  • In Hank's Chewbacca for President song, if the lobbyists try to line Chewbacca's pockets... — 00:01:44 > «they'll rip their arms out of their sockets!»

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