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The Fathers of the Founding Fathers

2009-06-17 · Hank · watch on YouTube · History & curiosities · comedy performance

In a comic Father's Day song Hank complains that the fathers of great men and women are forgotten while bad dads get the attention, concludes good dads are underrated, and thanks his own dad for creating the vlogbrothers.

What is said

00:00:12 — Song: famous men and women whose fathers nobody remembers; good dads are underrated

  • ★★★ Hank sings that on every Father's Day we hear about great sons, but the fathers of great men are quickly forgotten. (playful) — 00:00:12
  • ★★ Hank lists Rockefeller, Washington and Bell and their achievements, but says he knows none of the men who called them sons. (playful) — 00:00:12
  • ★★ Hank sings that great women - Earhart, Nightingale, Curie, Tubman - were polished by their fathers into 'powerful pearls'. (playful) — 00:00:39
  • ★★★ Hank sings that dads are only talked about when parenting goes bad, so good dads are underrated and need a day to be appreciated. (playful) — 00:01:24

00:02:12 — Thanks to his dad and all dads; Happy Father's Day

  • ★★ Hank thanks dads, especially his own, who 'created the vlog brothers', and wishes everyone a happy Father's Day. (playful) — 00:02:12 · Vlogbrothers

Humor (dominant)

  • Hank challenges listeners to name famous men whose dads were even more awesome than them. — 00:00:39 > «try to think of more than Jesus and Hank Williams Jr.»
  • Hank sings that we only talk about a famous man's dad when the parenting went bad. — 00:01:24 > «the kid ends up murdering half of Leningrad»
  • Hank thanks his own dad for Father's Day. — 00:02:12 > «through his sweat and blood and yes other bodily fluids Created the vlog brothers»

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