Brotherhood 2.0.0.9
2009-01-02 · Hank · watch on YouTube · Nerdfighteria · announcement promotion
Hank announces Brotherhood 2.0.0.9, the brothers' rules for 2009: John's news video every Sunday, a free video on Tuesdays, Hank's original song every other Wednesday, occasional surprise videos, and punishments for missed duties.
What is said
00:00:00 — Hank sings 'Auld Lang Syne' and reads it as asking whether Hank and John should make more videos in 2009
- ★★ Hank reads 'Auld Lang Syne' as asking whether Hank and John should make more videos in 2009, and answers yes. (playful) (hedged) — 00:00:00
00:00:37 — Hank restages his first Brotherhood 2.0 video from two years ago
- ★★ Hank restages his first Brotherhood 2.0 video from two years ago, including the camera glitch and the eye reflection, admitting he then did not know how to make videos. (playful) — 00:00:37 · Brotherhood 2.0
- ★★ Restaging his first video, Hank reverses its no-textual-communication line: this time the brothers will be communicating through textual means. (playful) — 00:00:37 · No textual communication
00:01:19 — The Brotherhood 2.0.0.9 rules: news Sundays, free Tuesdays, song Wednesdays, surprise videos, punishments
- ★★★ Every Sunday for the year, John will send Hank a video about a current news event he considers vitally important and Hank is probably ignorant of. — 00:01:19 · Brotherhood 2.0
- ★★ Hank says John's news videos were one of the coolest things they did in Brotherhood 2.0: blissful ignorance is nothing compared to the crushing weight of the truth. (playful) (hedged) — 00:01:19 · Brotherhood 2.0
- ★ Hank wants John's Sunday news videos to be good, comprehensive and in-depth, though John may also eat toilet paper or smear peanut butter on his face. (playful) — 00:01:48
- ★★ Every Tuesday one brother sends the other a video blog of any kind. — 00:01:48
- ★★★ Every other Wednesday Hank will perform an original song: Song Wednesdays are back. — 00:01:48 · Song Wednesday
- ★★ Later in the week there may be a surprise video, so viewers who like surprise and those who like structure both get what they want. (hedged) — 00:01:48
- ★★ A brother who fails to keep up these responsibilities will be punished; Hank jokes the punishment could be sticking a needle in his eye. — 00:02:17 · Punishment
00:02:41 — Recap: more structure and more videos, BlogTV appearances, open days; sign-off
- ★★ Hank sums up: at least one vlog a week, news on Sunday, songs every other Wednesday, more structure and more videos because everybody wanted more videos. — 00:02:41
- ★ Hank adds there will be more BlogTV appearances and open days for doing whatever they want. — 00:02:41 · BlogTV
- ★★ Hank hopes viewers will accept the brothers doing whatever they want, since nothing beats doing it with John. (hedged) — 00:02:41
Threads in this video
- retro · Brotherhood 2.0: the 2007 year of daily video letters — Hank looks back on Brotherhood 2.0, restaging its first video and calling John's news videos one of the coolest things they did; this year's rules are more complicated than the first year's. (00:01:19)
- launch · Brotherhood 2.0.0.9: the vlogbrothers' 2009 schedule and rules (2009) — Hank launches Brotherhood 2.0.0.9: news videos from John on Sundays, free videos on Tuesdays, his original songs every other Wednesday, surprise videos, punishments for missed duties, and textual communication allowed again. (00:01:19)
- restart · Song Wednesday: Hank performs a song on Wednesdays (2008) — Hank announces Song Wednesdays are back: he will perform an original song every other Wednesday as part of the 2009 schedule. (00:01:48)
Replies to
- Brotherhood 2.0: January 1st — «I made a video two years ago in which I didn't know how to make videos»
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