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Brotherhood 2.0: January 16, 2007

2007-01-16 · John · watch on YouTube · Nerdfighteria · comedy performance

Tired before a writing day, John runs his video 'school style': he owns up to the 70-42 happy-dance mishap, relays entertainment news, hopes to film from the Super Bowl, stages his own Battle of the Books between editions of Looking for Alaska, and asks Hank for five business cards and an end-of-February happy-dance deadline.

What is said

00:00:00 — Opening footage introduced as Maureen Johnson and E. Lockhart; website praise; 6:30 a.m. and a writing day; first period, math: the 70-42 mishap and the novel draft due in 8,640 minutes

  • ★ John praises the new Brotherhood 2.0 website, then says it is 6:30 a.m., he is extremely tired with a long day of writing ahead, so he will be quick and go 'school style'. — 00:00:12 · Brotherhood 2.0
  • ★★ John owns up to the '70-42 mishap': the right count is 42 five-second clips, not his 70; he jokingly blames a lifelong belief that a minute has 100 seconds. (playful) — 00:00:12 · Happy dance
  • ★★ John says the first draft of his new novel is due in 8,640 minutes, which the 60-second minute makes '40% more terrifying'. (playful) — 00:00:41

00:01:11 — Second period, history as taped TV: Paula Abdul and Ivanka Trump; third period, PE: the Bears one game from the Super Bowl

  • ★ In mock entertainment news for TV-less Hank, John says Paula Abdul has a drug problem and calls Ivanka Trump 'improbably attractive'. (playful) — 00:01:11
  • ★★ John notes the Bears are one game from the Super Bowl and says that, if he has his way, he will film Brotherhood 2.0 from the Super Bowl. (playful) (hedged) — 00:01:11

00:01:40 — Fourth period, English: John's Battle of the Books, the American Looking for Alaska against the Dutch, Danish and British editions

  • ★★★ Inspired by Hank's Battle of the Books, John stages his own as a self-declared pale imitation: the American Looking for Alaska against the Dutch edition, joined by the Danish and British editions for Europe. (playful) — 00:01:40 · Looking for Alaska

00:02:37 — 'I am such a loser'; announcements: mail five misprinted EcoGeek cards, happy-dance compilation by end of February; 2,000 words; back to bed

  • ★ John says editing it made him realise he is 'such a loser', and he won't show his even more embarrassing Hemingway vs. Faulkner battle. (playful) — 00:02:37
  • ★★ John asks Hank to mail him about five of the misprinted EcoGeek business cards, getting his address from their parents. — 00:02:37 · EcoGeek
  • ★★★ John asks whether they can agree to have their happy-dance compilation video done around the end of February. — 00:02:37 · Happy dance
  • ★★ John psyches himself up for a big day of 2,000 words, then says he is going back to bed. (playful) — 00:03:04

Humor (significant)

  • John explains why he computed 70 happy-dance clips instead of 42. — 00:00:12 > «I incorrectly believed, and indeed have always believed, that each minute contains 100 seconds.»
  • John learns a minute only has 60 seconds. — 00:00:41 > «This is a tragedy not only for the American Minute, but also for me personally.»
  • In the Battle of the Books, the Danish and British editions of Looking for Alaska join the Dutch edition against the American one. — 00:02:04 > «Oh my god, they're for Europe, not America!»
  • John psyches himself up for a big day of 2,000 words, chanting it four times. — 00:03:04 > «Okay, I'm gonna go back to bed.»

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