The Pwning of Oprah
2008-09-22 · John, Daniel Biss · watch on YouTube · Nerdfighteria · comedy performance
John comically announces that the Vlogbrothers have passed Oprah on YouTube's most-subscribed list, credits Nerdfighteria and Hank, and, as agreed, invites Nerdfighters to suggest the brothers' punishment.
What is said
00:00:00 — 'Riddle Sunday': two riddles and an anagram riddle hinting at Oprah
- ★ John opens 'Riddle Sunday', answering riddles from Nerdfighters, ending with an anagram riddle that points to Oprah. (playful) — 00:00:00 · Nerdfighteria
00:00:31 — Checking YouTube's most-subscribed list and a mathematician's confirmation that the Vlogbrothers passed Oprah
- ★★★ John reads YouTube's most-subscribed directors list: the Vlogbrothers have 41,818 subscribers and Oprah 41,365, so they have 'pwned' Oprah. (playful) — 00:00:50 · Vlogbrothers, YouTube, pwned
- ★ John, admitting he once thought a minute had 100 seconds, phones 'resident mathematician' Daniel Biss to confirm the numbers. (playful) — 00:01:08 · Daniel Biss
- ★★ Daniel Biss confirms he is a professional mathematician with a PhD from MIT and that 41,818 is larger than 41,365. (playful) — 00:01:25 · Daniel Biss
00:02:03 — Celebration and a voicemail telling Oprah she was pwned
- ★★ John leaves a voicemail telling Oprah she was pwned and asking her to call back through his agent Jodi Reamer at Writers House. (joke) — 00:02:14
00:02:45 — Credit to Nerdfighteria and Hank; Nerdfighters get to punish the brothers
- ★★ John credits the awesomeness of Nerdfighteria and of Hank for passing Oprah on the most-subscribed list. — 00:02:50 · Nerdfighteria, Hank Green
- ★★★ John says that, as previously agreed, passing Oprah means Nerdfighters get to punish the brothers. — 00:02:58 · Nerdfighteria, Punishment
- ★★★ John asks Nerdfighters to leave punishment suggestions in the comments. — 00:02:58 · Nerdfighteria, Punishment
00:03:15 — P.S. Paper Towns tour dates on eventful.com
- ★★ John says details of the Paper Towns tour dates are starting to be posted at eventful.com. — 00:03:15 · Paper Towns Tour
Humor (dominant)
- On 'Riddle Sunday', after two stock riddles, John reads a riddle whose anagram hints at Oprah. — 00:00:18 > «has a name that anagrams to "I pwn Harry Foe" and has fewer subscribers than us?»
- To be sure the Vlogbrothers passed Oprah, John phones a trained mathematician with an MIT PhD for a professional opinion. — 00:01:46 > «Is the number 41,818 larger than the number 41,365?»
- In a voicemail for Oprah, John explains why he will not give her his own phone number. — 00:02:32 > «I generally like to reserve my cell phone number for people who I have not yet pwned.»
- John, flushed with excitement, invokes his stress habit, the puff. — 00:02:45 > «Hank, it's that rare occasion where puff levels are caused by unadulterated joy.»
Threads in this video
- milestone · Vlogbrothers in 2008: the channel after Brotherhood 2.0 (2008) — John reports the Vlogbrothers (41,818 subscribers) have passed Oprah (41,365) on YouTube's most-subscribed directors list. (00:00:50)
- callback · John's 'the puff' stress habit (2007) — John says his puff levels are, for once, caused by joy. (00:02:45)
- result · Nerdfighter projects: complete a project to earn the right to punish the brothers (2008) — John says that, as previously agreed, Nerdfighteria's passing Oprah earns Nerdfighters the right to punish the brothers. (00:02:58)
- accept · John and Hank: punishment chosen by Nerdfighters for passing Oprah (2008) — John accepts that, as previously agreed, passing Oprah lets Nerdfighters punish the brothers. (00:02:58)
- open · John asks Nerdfighters to suggest punishments for passing Oprah (2008) — John asks Nerdfighters to leave punishment suggestions in the comments. (00:02:58)
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