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November 2nd: John Green at the Young Author's Award

2007-11-02 · Hank · watch on YouTube · Personal life · personal update

From Englewood, Florida, Hank shows their dad's home video of eight-year-old John at the Orange County Young Authors Award and playfully presents a girl's compliment on John's book as the moment John became a writer.

What is said

00:00:00 — Greeting; in Englewood, Florida, wearing glasses to fit in with 'old Florida'; surprise promised to Englewood Nerdfighters; morning footage spliced in

  • ★ Hank is in Englewood, Florida, part of 'old Florida' where almost everyone is very old, and wears glasses to fit in. (playful) — 00:00:04
  • ★★ Hank tells Nerdfighters in Englewood that he has a surprise for them at the end of the video. — 00:00:04 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★ Hank splices in footage taped that morning, so his hair looks longer and his shirt oranger; his mom has since given him a haircut. — 00:00:04

00:00:43 — Mom's haircut; reply on the secret sibling dating a prominent Nerdfighter: the foundation can pay the $100 train fare; It Just Isn't Fair won the Orange County Young Authors Award

  • ★★ Replying to John, Hank is unsure which secret sibling is meant and asks if the 'prominent Nerdfighter' is an actor; needing train-fare help, they are probably not famous. (playful) — 00:00:43 · secret sibling
  • ★★ Hank is willing to help and thinks the brothers' foundation can cover the $100 train fare. (hedged) — 00:00:43 · Foundation for Decreasing Suck Levels Worldwide
  • ★★ Hank says that after reading John's childhood book It Just Isn't Fair on Monday, he discovered it received the Orange County Public Schools Young Authors Award. — 00:00:43 · John Green

00:01:12 — Dad's home video of the award conference: the two Audubon Park winners, writers' groups, a girl's compliment as 'the moment' John became a writer

  • ★★ Hank shows their dad's home video of the winners' conference: John and a girl as Audubon Park Elementary's two winners, then children reading their books in writers' groups. — 00:01:12 · John Green
  • ★★★ Hank presents the footage as the moment John became a writer: a girl says she liked his book and it seemed like real life, and John feels the joy of being appreciated for what he made. (playful) — 00:01:50 · John Green
  • ★ Hank tells John he is proud of him and his adorable little face. (playful) — 00:01:50 · John Green

00:02:53 — Tag: at Blind Pass Park in Englewood, Hank wonders what could be under a rock (the surprise promised to Englewood Nerdfighters)

  • ★★ At Blind Pass Park in Englewood, Hank wonders aloud what could be under a rock, the promised surprise for local Nerdfighters. (playful) — 00:02:53

Humor (significant)

  • Hank explains that Englewood is part of 'old Florida', and why he is wearing glasses. — 00:00:04 > «I mean it's one of the parts of Florida where almost everyone is very old. And so I wanted to fit in.»
  • Hank introduces eight-year-old John in the home video, beaming beside the other winner. — 00:01:12 > «And John Green, who apparently was told to smile and took it a little too seriously.»
  • Hank narrates the girl's compliment as the solemn birth of John's writing career. — 00:01:50 > «You've seen the moment when it happened. The moment. Amazing that it was captured on film.»

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