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The Dread Pirate Fireball Roberts! (And Housekeeping)

2008-05-30 · John · watch on YouTube · Nerdfighteria · announcement promotion

John's twelve-part housekeeping video alternates news with puppy Willy: Paper Towns advance-copy winners, the Blurbing Book Club's return, a November Tour de Nerdfighting, a T-shirt contest, a call for a Nerdfighter wiki, and a new challenge: pass Oprah in subscribers.

What is said

00:00:00 — How to make housekeeping funny (the puff, Willy); part 1: Paper Towns advance-copy winners

00:00:48 — Willy sits; Blurbing Book Club to return; Willy and shoes; the 2008 Tour de Nerdfighting in November; librarians wanted

  • ★ Willy has learned a new trick: sitting on command. — 00:00:48 · Willy
  • ★★ John says the Nerdfighter Blurbing Book Club will return in the near future. — 00:00:48 · Blurbing Book Club
  • ★★ John asks viewers to say in the comments which book the Blurbing Book Club should pick next. — 00:00:48 · Blurbing Book Club
  • ★★★ John announces the 2008 Tour de Nerdfighting across America and hopefully a few places in Canada, telling Nerdfighters to mark their calendars for November. (hedged) — 00:00:48 · Tour de Nerdfighting, Hank Green, Katherine Green, Sarah Urist Green, United States, Canada
  • ★★ John says they believe what happened in Grand Rapids can happen everywhere, and that they will hopefully go everywhere. (hedged) — 00:01:20
  • ★★ John asks librarians interested in hosting or sponsoring a public event with the brothers to email him. — 00:01:20

00:01:49 — Willy's new cast with a heart; T-shirt design contest; Omnictionary and a wanted Nerdfighter encyclopedia

  • ★★ Willy needed a new cast after eating the old one; the new one has a heart on it, which John finds unfit for a dread pirate, hoping for a skull and crossbones next. (playful) — 00:01:49 · Willy
  • ★★ Because of the tour, the brothers are holding a T-shirt design contest; designs go to John's email and winners get prizes, though delivery will be slow. — 00:01:49
  • ★★ John says Nerdfighters on Omnictionary are writing a novel wiki-style; the wished-for Nerdfighter encyclopedia is a good idea, but not for Omnictionary. (hedged) — 00:02:19
  • ★★ John recalls an earlier encyclopedia-like site credited to Stuart Kitto and asks anyone who can make and host a wiki to email him. — 00:02:47

00:02:47 — Willy the 'little wolf'; the standing Helen Hunt challenge and a new one: pwn Oprah in subscribers

  • ★★ John restates the standing challenge: proof that Helen Hunt has seen or heard Hank's Helen Hunt song lets Nerdfighters challenge the brothers, subject to their wives' veto. — 00:02:47 · Helen Hunt, Helen Hunt
  • ★★ John says Nerdfighters value quality over quantity in recruiting, so as not to dilute the awesome. (playful) — 00:02:47 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★★ John announces a second celebrity challenge: if and when the brothers pass Oprah on YouTube's most-subscribed list, Nerdfighters may challenge them any way they see fit. — 00:03:23 · YouTube, pwned, Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ John says the brothers are 6,000 subscribers short of passing Oprah on the most-subscribed list. — 00:03:23 · YouTube

Humor (significant)

  • John worries his housekeeping video won't be funny and considers his puff despite a recent haircut. — 00:00:00 > «People have seen the puff. They know the puff. They're tired of the puff.»
  • Willy doesn't just enjoy chewing shoes. — 00:00:48 > «He wants his self to be annihilated into the bright, shining light of shooness.»
  • The vet puts a heart on Willy's new cast. — 00:01:49 > «You can't be the Dread Pirate Fireball Wilson Roberts with a heart on your cast!»
  • John admits the brothers are slow to deliver contest prizes. — 00:02:19 > «We're like the opposite of Ed McMahon.»

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