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Family, Love and BISON ATTACKS!

2010-08-04 · Hank, Katherine Green · watch on YouTube · Personal life · personal update

Hank notes the Vlogbrothers are about to be passed by Toby Turner in the subscriber charts, then recounts outings with Katherine's visiting family, from his nephew's first deer and baseball game to the National Bison Range, warning never to approach wildlife.

What is said

00:00:00 — Hank tells John he loves him; the Vlogbrothers are 81st most subscribed and about to be passed by Toby Turner; Katherine's family still in town

  • ★ Hank opens by telling John he loves him, then moves straight on. (playful) — 00:00:00 · John Green
  • ★★ Hank says the Vlogbrothers are now the 81st most subscribed channel on YouTube and are about to be passed by Toby Turner; he jokes 81st is as high as they will go. (playful) — 00:00:00 · Vlogbrothers, YouTube
  • ★★ Hank says he is excited when creators he likes pass them, and that Toby Turner's literal Harry Potter trailer shows he deserves 81st more than they do. — 00:00:00
  • ★★ Katherine's family is still in town and they are packing in epic family adventures, since they see them only rarely (the interval is garbled in the ASR). — 00:00:00 · Katherine Green

00:00:32 — Greenough Park, Hank's nephew's first deer, his first baseball game (Missoula Osprey) and the case for subpar first experiences; the nephew leaves

  • ★ They visited Greenough Park, which Hank and Katherine used to live across from; Hank likes to throw rocks while Katherine builds things out of them. (playful) — 00:00:32 · Katherine Green
  • ★★ Hank's nephew saw his first live deer in Greenough Park and wanted to hug it; Hank's warning that people who approach wild animals get badly hurt was too much information for him. — 00:00:32
  • ★★ Hank argues new experiences should start out subpar, like a first apartment with the toilet beside the bed, so that later upgrades feel significant and make you happy. (playful) (hedged) — 00:01:01
  • ★★ So the nephew's first baseball game was the Missoula Osprey, which Hank calls the worst team in the minorest of the minor leagues; there was no rally. (playful) — 00:01:31
  • ★★ The nephew then had to leave, which Hank found sad but also a bit of a relief because the boy is a little high-maintenance. (playful) — 00:01:31

00:02:00 — Trip to the National Bison Range with Katherine's parents: bison pun, antler pile, grasshoppers, bison-attack footage and 'never approach wildlife', animals seen

  • ★★ With the nephew gone, Hank and Katherine's parents took a longer trip to the National Bison Range, where Hank hit his head on a pile of antlers amid plague-level grasshoppers. — 00:02:00 · Katherine Green
  • ★★ Hank says bison look docile, slow and peaceful but can run as fast as a horse and are extremely aggressive. — 00:02:32
  • ★★★ Showing government-owned footage of a man attacked by a bison (who was fine), Hank tells viewers never to approach wildlife. — 00:02:32
  • ★ At the range they saw a bighorn sheep, pronghorn antelope and a baby mule deer, but few bison up close apart from a stuffed one at the visitor's center. — 00:02:32

00:03:02 — Stuffed bison at the visitor's center, near-extinction, the oddness of bison burgers and Hank's bison-leather wallet; sign-off

  • ★★ Hank calls the bison a very beautiful, amazing animal that humans almost drove into extinction through ignorance. — 00:03:02
  • ★★ Hank finds it weird to serve bison burgers next to the range, though he concedes the animals are half-cow ranch animals, then notes his own wallet is bison leather. (playful) (hedged) — 00:03:02

Humor (significant)

  • Hank announces the channel is 81st most subscribed and says 81st is a very important number. — 00:00:00 > «It marks as high as we will go in the charts.»
  • Hank argues first experiences should be subpar, starting with your first apartment. — 00:01:01 > «the toilet should be right next to the bed with no wall or door between you.»
  • Hank asks Katherine what the buffalo said to his son when he went off to college. — 00:02:00 > «Bison.»
  • Hank complains it is weird to eat bison burgers next to the bison range. — 00:03:31 > «And I just realized that my wallet is made out of bison leather, so I'm going to shut up now.»

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