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August 15: Getting Featured on YouTube

2007-08-16 · Hank · watch on YouTube · Internet & YouTube · comedy performance

Hank sings a song about being featured on the YouTube front page with 'Accio Deathly Hallows', then announces that YouTube has made the brothers partners, adding that being famous to cool people beats being famous with everybody.

What is said

00:00:00 — Greeting (Wednesday, August 15th); the song is about something that changed Hank's life a few weeks ago

  • ★★ Hank says his song is about something that happened to him a few weeks ago that sort of changed his life; he started it then and has now finished it. (playful) (hedged) — 00:00:03

00:00:52 — Song 'Getting Featured on YouTube': John's call about the front page, the views, comments and happy dance

  • ★★★ In the song, John phones Hank in bed shouting 'front page'; Hank wants to nap, then realises, runs to his laptop and finds himself featured on YouTube. (playful) — 00:00:52 · John Green, YouTube > «Holy crap, I got featured on YouTube»
  • ★★ The song says the featured video was highly rated, its pronunciation debated, 30,000 people watched Hank's happy dance and it was watched 700,000 times, reaching the most-discussed page. (playful) — 00:01:23 · Accio Deathly Hallows, Happy dance
  • ★ The song adds that about 20% of commenters called him lame or gay, and that he now knows he'll never be that famous again. (playful) — 00:01:55

00:02:59 — No song about John's blenderized Happy Meal; thanks to YouTube; big news: the brothers are YouTube partners; being famous to cool people; cat licking; sign-off

  • ★ Hank says he didn't have time to write a song about John eating a blenderized Happy Meal. (playful) — 00:02:59 · Happy Meal, John Green
  • ★★★ Hank thanks YouTube and announces big news: YouTube has made the brothers partners; he isn't sure what that means, but he and John will sit in on an orientation session. — 00:02:59 · YouTube, John Green
  • ★★ Hank notes that the famous YouTubers are partners and muses that the brothers might become famous YouTubers too, 'probably not'. (playful) (hedged) — 00:03:23
  • ★★ Hank says the brothers should be happy with their current fame: being famous to cool people is better than being famous with everybody. — 00:03:23 · celebrity
  • ★ Hank says he looks forward to John finding a cat to lick. (playful) — 00:03:51 · John Green

Humor (significant)

  • In the song John phones Hank in bed shouting about the front page. — 00:00:52 > «And I was like, dude, I'm taking a freaking nap»
  • Hank sings about how elated he felt that so many people would see his video. — 00:01:23 > «Something so many people would see And laugh at me»
  • Hank sings that commenters pushed the video to the most-discussed page. — 00:01:55 > «Even if 20% of them said I was lame or gay»

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