Skip to content

Awesome Project Is Awesome

2009-12-21 · John · watch on YouTube · Global development · announcement promotion

John reports the 2009 Project for Awesome as the best yet (over 2,000 videos, over a million comments, #P4A trending above Avatar), thanks hosts, video makers and Hank, explains 'French the llama', and asks viewers what the channel should do more and less of as it reinvents itself for the new year.

What is said

00:00:00 — Date ('French the llama'); John's baby due in exactly one month; wedgie questions for Sarah

  • ★★ John says he is scheduled to have a baby in exactly one month, correcting as last time that Sarah will have it while he annoys her. (playful) — 00:00:00 · Sarah Urist Green
  • ★★ The description lists P4A auctions (bobbleheads for Malaria No More and charity: water; So Jokes cover and disc art for the Nature Conservancy) and says Fall of Autumn Distro matches donations to Save the Music. — 00:00:00 · So Jokes

00:00:27 — Part one: P4A 2009 results (trending above Avatar, 2,000+ videos, a million comments, three combined years), shoulder injury, thanks to hosts, logo designer and video makers; donations, FirstGiving and eBay auctions

  • ★★★ John says the 2009 Project for Awesome was the awesomest ever, putting three years worth of awesome into 48 hours. (playful) — 00:00:27 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★ John says #P4A trended above the movie Avatar for most of the P4A; Avatar cost $250 million to make, the P4A zero dollars. (playful) — 00:00:27 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★★ John says there were more than 2,000 Project for Awesome videos this year and participants commented on them more than a million times. — 00:00:27 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★ John says, not as a joke, that he commented so much during the 48 hours that he hurt his left shoulder. — 00:00:56
  • ★★ John says the thousands following the livestream show spent a combined three years rating, favoriting and commenting during the 48 hours. — 00:00:56 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★ John thanks the livestream hosts, from Maureen Johnson and Natalie Tran to several Five Awesome Girls, Liz, Karen Kavett and Alan of Fall of Autumn Distro, and the 2009 logo designer. — 00:01:22 · Maureen Johnson, Karen Kavett, Alan Lastufka
  • ★★ John thanks everyone who rated, commented and favorited, and above all everyone who made a video, from big YouTubers like Lisa Nova, Shay Carl and Kassem G to people with under 100 subscribers. — 00:01:22
  • ★ John says this year brought more comments and ratings on more P4A videos than ever, and next year 'we're gonna do even better'. — 00:01:51 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★★ Having brought attention to organizations that decrease world suck, John hopes viewers will join him in donating to some favourites; he is still choosing where his $1,000 goes. (hedged) — 00:01:51 · world suck
  • ★★ John reminds viewers they can give his baby a present at the johnsbabyhatesmalaria FirstGiving page. — 00:01:51
  • ★★ John says several P4A items are still auctioned on eBay, including a nerdfighter's bobblehead of John benefiting charity: water; links are in the doobly-doo. — 00:01:51 · doobly-doo

00:02:21 — Explaining 'French the llama' (FTL); thanks to Hank for inventing the P4A

  • ★★★ John explains 'French the llama': he kept seeing 'world suck FTL' in comments; FTL means 'for the lose', but a nerdfighter told him it means 'French the llama'. (playful) — 00:02:21 · French the llama, world suck
  • ★★ John thinks 'French the llama' should be an exclamation of amazement. (playful) (hedged) — 00:02:21 · French the llama
  • ★★ John thanks Hank for inventing the idea of the Project for Awesome and for all the work he did to make it happen. — 00:02:21 · Hank Green, Project for Awesome

00:03:04 — Part two: the channel reinvents itself at year end; what should there be more and less of; sign-off

  • ★★★ John says the Vlogbrothers channel traditionally reinvents itself at the end of each year, and will do so again this year with viewers' help. — 00:03:04 · Vlogbrothers, Nerdfighteria
  • ★★★ John asks what viewers want more and less of (an island? more projects, news, funny, interaction? pants?) and says they take comments seriously and always read them. — 00:03:04 · Nerdfighteria

Humor (significant)

  • John imagines annoying Sarah in labour with questions. — 00:00:00 > «Is it like a wedgie? Well, but is it like a worse version of a wedgie?»
  • John proposes 'French the llama' as an exclamation of amazement and gives an example. — 00:02:21 > «French the llama the square root of negative one is a letter?»
  • John admits he is no expert at internet memes. — 00:02:21 > «Or meemees. Moomoos?»
  • John assures viewers the brothers take comments seriously and always read them. — 00:03:33 > «Well, I mean, except during the project for Awesome.»

Threads in this video

Replies to

BR2_690a52e122