Election Night In Indianapolis!
2008-11-05 · Hank, John · watch on YouTube · US politics & society · personal update
On election night in Indianapolis after a Tour de Nerdfighting event, John says he hates election night, which is like a football game without the action but with world stakes; the brothers tease Elizabeth Dole's defeat, and Hank corrects John: his CD will be sold online after the tour.
What is said
00:00:00 — Election night in Indianapolis after a Nerdfighter event; hating election night; elections as a boring football game
- ★★ John, in Indianapolis after a Nerdfighter event, watches election returns and says it is too early to say anything. — 00:00:00 · Indianapolis, United States presidential election
- ★★ John says he hates election night and would like to be able to sleep. — 00:00:00 · United States presidential election
- ★★★ John compares watching an election to watching a football game you care about, except nothing happens and the result affects the future of the whole world. (playful) — 00:00:00
00:00:44 — Football innuendo; world stakes; Hank arrives; Elizabeth Dole loses, thanks to Mom and Dad; Hank's Montana Grizz shirt and Jon Tester
- ★★ The brothers note that Elizabeth Dole no longer has a job, thanking their Dad and Mom for not voting for her; 'we just don't like Elizabeth Dole'. (playful) — 00:00:44
- ★ Hank jokes that he is wearing his Montana Grizz shirt because it brought about the election of 'seven-fingered' Jon Tester in 2006. (joke) — 00:00:44
00:01:15 — Tired from the Tour de Nerdfighting; hope viewers 18+ voted; John not vomiting; correcting John about the CD
- ★★ Hank says the Tour de Nerdfighting has been fantastic but has not included much sleeping, so he is very tired. — 00:01:15 · Tour de Nerdfighting
- ★★ Hank hopes all viewers 18 or older voted today, calling it a historic day. (hedged) — 00:01:15 · United States presidential election
- ★★★ Hank corrects John's video of the day before: his CD is only currently available on the tour; afterwards they will sell and ship it online, hopefully in early December. (hedged) — 00:01:15 · So Jokes, Tour de Nerdfighting
00:01:45 — CD to be shipped online after the tour; Willy says hi; showing true colors; possible later update; sign-off
- ★★ Holding Willy, Hank says the Vlogbrothers are not political, but sometimes you have to show your true colors. (playful) — 00:01:45 · Vlogbrothers, Willy
- ★★ Hank says there may be a special update later with official news, and that Nerdfighters will see John on the road to Louisville, Kentucky tomorrow. (hedged) — 00:01:45 · Nerdfighteria
Humor (significant)
- John laments that elections lack football's spectacle of 'well-trained, well-oiled young men' (the verb is lost in ASR), and the image turns into innuendo. — 00:00:44 > «each other in the behinds.»
- Hank credits his Montana Grizz shirt for the 2006 election of seven-fingered Jon Tester. — 00:01:15 > «He hangs loose 100% of the time.»
- Hank judges how the election is going by whether his brother is throwing up. — 00:01:15 > «You know an election's going well and Jon Green isn't vomiting.»
Threads in this video
- milestone · Tour de Nerdfighting 2008 edition — John, sitting in Indianapolis, says a Nerdfighter event has just taken place ('the afterglow of a Nerdfighter event') as the brothers watch election returns. (00:00:00)
- remind · Hank asks viewers of voting age to vote early in the 2008 election (2008) — On election day Hank says he hopes all viewers 18 or older voted. (00:01:15)
- rule-change · Hank's album So Jokes: release (2008) — Hank corrects John: the CD is only currently tour-only; after the tour they will set up shipping to sell it online, hopefully in early December. (00:01:15)
Replies to
- Hank and John from the Road — «Yesterday in Jon's video, he said that my CD would only be available on the Tour de Nerdfighting, and that is not entirely true.»
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