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Week 2 Condensed Highlight Reel

2007-01-27 · John, Hank, Daniel Biss · watch on YouTube · Nerdfighteria · comedy performance

A condensed re-edit of Brotherhood 2.0's second week (January 8-12): the disputed Strawberry Hill challenge and the book club idea, Hank at the Detroit auto show, John's carbon footprint, Hank's 'tiny chickens' and misprinted EcoGeek cards, and John's card and punishment ideas ending in a shared happy-dance project.

What is said

00:00:00 — John (January 8 clip): leaving Asheville for Birmingham; Hank didn't complete the Strawberry Hill Challenge; mouth surgery and the dental rinse; Brotherhood 2.0 book club proposal

  • ★★ John and Sarah are about to drive out of Asheville on their way to Birmingham, Alabama. — 00:00:00 · Sarah Urist Green
  • ★★★ John mock-congratulates Hank on completing the Strawberry Hill Challenge, then says he didn't complete it. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • ★★ John had mouth surgery a few weeks ago; he says Strawberry Hill tastes exactly like the minty rinse spat out after a dental procedure. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • ★★★ John proposes a Brotherhood 2.0 book club: each reads a book the other suggests; his first suggestion is What Is the What or We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families. — 00:00:40 · Nerdfighter Book Club

00:01:05 — Hank (January 9 clip) in Detroit: seeing Canada to the south, General Motors' invitation to the auto show, values, the fake waterfall; books about genocide

  • ★★ Hank says he stands in the only place in the continental United States where you can look south and see Canada. — 00:01:05 · Canada, United States
  • ★★★ Hank has accepted General Motors' invitation to the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, invited because he writes for environmental blogs. — 00:01:05
  • ★★ Contrasting the show with his values ('This is not my values'), Hank shows a fake waterfall that spells words and calls it lame. (playful) — 00:01:05
  • ★★ Hank sarcastically welcomes John's book-club suggestions as chances to read so many books about genocide. (playful) — 00:02:02 · Nerdfighter Book Club

00:02:24 — John (January 10 clip): patriarchal oppression; carbon footprint 16 tons vs US average 18.58; $6 a ton; Daniel computes $96; paying Al Gore

  • ★★ John greets the women used 'as objects to sell other objects' and apologises for the patriarchal oppression. (playful) — 00:02:24
  • ★★★ Inspired by Hank's video, John calculates his carbon footprint on BP.com: 16 tons of carbon a year, 'still really bad'. — 00:02:24
  • ★★ John says his 16 tons of carbon a year is lower than the United States average of 18.58. — 00:02:24 · United States
  • ★★ John says he read online that getting rid of your carbon footprint costs only $6 per ton. — 00:02:45
  • ★★ After phoning Daniel for 16 times 6, John concludes offsetting his carbon would cost $96 a year. — 00:02:45 · Daniel Biss
  • ★★ John jokes that paying Al Gore $96 would clear his name of global warming; the exchange ends with Gore eating the carbon and pooping out 'political gold'. (joke) — 00:02:45 · climate change

00:03:25 — Al Gore eats the carbon; Hank (January 11 clip): tiny chickens in his head; misprinted EcoGeek business cards; 500 Miles is not a punishment

  • ★★ Hank says he is paying the price for not living by his values, comically blaming a tiny chicken whose chicks feed on his brain, their poop coming out his nose. (playful) — 00:03:25
  • ★★★ Hank's online-ordered business cards came back misprinted; he asks John and viewers what to do with cards that say EcoGeek. — 00:04:28 · EcoGeek
  • ★★ Singing 500 Miles, Hank says it would not be a punishment for him: they need better punishments. — 00:04:28 · Punishment

00:05:02 — John (January 12 clip): card utilization ideas; punishment ideas from the living room; happy dance in 70 five-second clips, or a joint project of 35 each

  • ★★ John offers misprinted-card ideas: a dress for Katherine, terse thank-you notes after the wedding, wallpaper for Hank's dollhouse. (playful) — 00:05:02 · Katherine Green
  • ★★ John's punishment ideas from the living room: the 1,100-page Continuum History of Apocalypticism, or the happy dance in 70 five-second clips in 70 locations. (playful) — 00:05:02 · Happy dance, Punishment
  • ★★★ John suggests the happy dance might instead be a project, interspersing their dances, 35 each, and asks Hank's interest. (hedged) — 00:05:58 · Happy dance

Humor (significant)

  • Comparing Strawberry Hill to the minty rinse after his mouth surgery. — 00:00:40 > «Strawberry Hill tastes exactly like that spit.»
  • Hank on John's book-club suggestions, both about genocide. — 00:02:02 > «I love genocide.»
  • John on paying Al Gore to offset his carbon. — 00:03:25 > «He eats the carbon, and then when he poops it out, it's actually political gold.»
  • Hank blames his illness on a tiny chicken's eggs hatching in his head. — 00:03:59 > «They're eating my brain and their poop is coming out my nose.»
  • Suggesting Hank wallpaper every room in his dollhouse with the cards. — 00:05:02 > «Everybody thinks you have a dollhouse now.»
  • Holding up an 1,100-page history of apocalypticism as a punishment. — 00:05:32 > «It's pretty punishing.»

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