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August 13: The Fair!!!!

2007-08-14 · Hank · watch on YouTube · Personal life · documentary visit

Hank gives a dizzy montage tour of the Western Montana Fair, says Stephen Colbert probably didn't steal his presidential anagrams and that comedy should be free anyway, and softens John's punishment to a blenderized Happy Meal, one waxed leg and licking a cat.

What is said

00:00:00 — Greeting from a spinning ride; Hank can't say what day it is; nausea; 'We went to the fair'

  • ★ Dizzy from spinning on a ride, Hank can't work out what day it is and has to keep his eyes off the camera to avoid feeling sick. (playful) — 00:00:09
  • ★★★ Hank reports that he went to the fair (the Western Montana Fair, per the description). — 00:00:09

00:00:43 — Fair montage: flower arrangements, dressed-up zucchinis, sheep showmanship, livestock, llamas, rides, funnel cake, the 'Man of Galilee' General Lee car; Hank loves the fair

  • ★★ Hank tours the exhibits: flower arrangements, zucchinis dressed up like Mussolini, a pig and penguins, carved zucchinis, giant zucchinis, pumpkins and white eggplants. (playful) — 00:00:43
  • ★★ Hank and Katherine watched sheep showmanship; a named exhibitor and her gigantic lamb won first prize in the professional sheep showmanship class. — 00:00:43 · Katherine Green
  • ★ The animals included cows, goats, chickens, turkeys, bunnies, llamas (one really ugly), tiny horses, shaggy cattle and buffalo. (playful) — 00:01:12
  • ★★ Hank calls the giant rides horrible, nauseatingly gross and evil, and doesn't understand how anybody gets on them. (playful) — 00:01:36
  • ★★ The fair features the 'Man of Galilee', a 1969 Dodge Charger made up like the General Lee from The Dukes of Hazzard that is actually an evangelistic tool. — 00:02:07
  • ★★ Hank loves the fair, looks forward to it all year, and it always lives up to his expectations, mostly that there will be fried food. — 00:02:07 · Montana

00:02:28 — Forum discussion: Stephen Colbert did presidential anagrams on The Colbert Report the same day as Hank; probably not stolen; comedy should be free

  • ★★ Hank reports forum discussion that Stephen Colbert did presidential anagrams on The Colbert Report the same day as Hank's video, a couple exactly like his. — 00:02:28 · Brotherhood 2.0 forum
  • ★★★ Asked whether Colbert stole them, Hank says maybe but probably not: he and John are pretty sure the show is filmed well before Hank put his video online. (hedged) — 00:02:57
  • ★★★ Hank says comedy should be free; if Colbert did borrow it, that is more a gigantic ego boost than something to feel bad about. — 00:02:57

00:02:57 — John's punishment: any Happy Meal and drink but blend and eat it; wax just one leg and lick a cat; sign-off

  • ★★★ Hank doesn't care which Happy Meal or drink John gets, but John must blend it and eat it. (playful) — 00:02:57 · Happy Meal, Punishment
  • ★★★ Calling John a good sport, Hank offers, if John agrees, to cut the waxing to one leg; with licking a cat, John will be done. (playful) (hedged) — 00:03:26 · world suck

Humor (significant)

  • Spinning on a fair ride, Hank tries twice to say the date. — 00:00:09 > «It's Monday and I don't know what day it is.»
  • Hank rattles off the vegetable exhibits, zucchinis dressed as Mussolini, a pig and unknown things. — 00:00:43 > «And zucchinis dressed up like penguins! And inappropriate messages for children!»
  • Hank lists the llamas one after another. — 00:01:36 > «A really ugly llama.»
  • Hank says the fair always lives up to his expectations. — 00:02:28 > «Especially because mostly my expectations are that there will be fried food.»

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