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Introducing...The Awesome

2008-12-19 · John, Hank · watch on YouTube · Global development · announcement promotion

John and Hank, as guest editors of YouTube's front page for a day, introduce favourite 2008 Project for Awesome videos, joke about buying Hank Heifer International animals, and thank Nerdfighters and viewers.

What is said

00:00:00 — The brothers introduce themselves and the vlog to the YouTube front page and define the 2008 Project for Awesome

  • ★ John says he and Hank live on opposite sides of the country, shows roughly where on a widescreen map, and notes their offices look very similar. (playful) — 00:00:00 · Hank Green
  • ★★ Hank says the brothers have bridged the distance with video blogs on YouTube for a few years, but the project has long not been just about them. — 00:00:00 · Vlogbrothers, YouTube
  • ★★★ Hank says they are here to introduce some of their favourite videos from the 2008 Project for Awesome. — 00:00:00 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★★ Hank describes the Project for Awesome as an annual holiday-season event in which tens of thousands of YouTubers draw attention to charities worldwide. — 00:00:00 · Project for Awesome

00:00:42 — Heifer International as a featured P4A video; John's gift to Hank of five llama butts

  • ★★ John presents Heifer International, a featured P4A charity, as a way to buy animals for someone else that actually go to people who need them. (playful) — 00:00:42
  • ★★ John tells Hank his Christmas present is a Heifer gift, jokingly 'five llama butts', since you can buy part of an animal. (playful) — 00:01:10 · Hank Green, Christmas

00:01:35 — YouTube lets them guest-edit the front page for a day; how they chose the featured videos

  • ★★★ The brothers say YouTube let them be guest editors of its front page for a day. — 00:01:35 · YouTube, Project for Awesome
  • ★★ They say they featured none of their own videos and no best friends, except a video their parents made. (playful) — 00:01:35
  • ★★ The speaker feels guilty about amazing P4A videos left off the front page and tells viewers to search around for more Project for Awesome videos. — 00:01:35 · Project for Awesome

00:02:04 — Search for more P4A videos; thanks to Nerdfighters and viewers; sign-off by Hank

  • ★★ They thank the people known as Nerdfighters who helped make the project such a success. — 00:02:04 · Nerdfighteria, Project for Awesome
  • ★★ The brothers thank viewers for checking out P4A videos and for considering giving time and money to people and organisations that do the right thing. — 00:02:04 · Project for Awesome

Humor (significant)

  • John says P4A reminds us the season's spirit is giving, then adds what he really loves about it. — 00:00:42 > «but also that it allows me to quickly and efficiently deal with all my present buying.»
  • John admits five llama butts cost as much as a whole llama. — 00:01:10 > «I wanted you to get a lot of llama butt.»
  • They say they took guest-editing the YouTube front page very seriously. — 00:01:35 > «We haven't put any of our own videos up, like Oprah did that one time.»

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