August 29th: Goodbye 29 Year Old John
2007-08-29 · Hank · watch on YouTube · Nerdfighteria · comedy performance
Hank sings John a comic birthday song bidding goodbye to 29-year-old John, recapping John's year, then shows a copy of Scott Westerfeld's Peeps signed to Maureen Johnson.
What is said
00:00:00 — Greeting and Hank's birthday song 'Goodbye 29 year old John': blended cakes, awards, how John started Brotherhood 2.0, his year
- ★★ The song recalls that John said his birthday beat Oprah's best birthday and that, instead of a wake, lots of people ate blended birthday cakes. (playful) — 00:00:03
- ★★★ Hank sings John a birthday song bidding goodbye to '29 year old John' and teasing that he is now 30. (playful) — 00:00:29 · John Green
- ★★ The song tells John to be proud of the awards he won, though silver is not as good as gold. (playful) — 00:00:29
- ★★ The song says John started out obsessed with 'a frank and lonely girl' (apparently Ze Frank and lonelygirl15), jumped into their world, dragged his brother in and started Brotherhood 2.0. (playful) — 00:00:29 · Ze Frank, Brotherhood 2.0
- ★★ The song lists John's year: his eye got infected, he found a yard to mow, got a house and 'a wee' (unclear, possibly a Wii), and had a first anniversary with the Yeti. (playful) — 00:01:17 · Sarah Urist Green
00:01:47 — Song finale; no guitar, so Hank drums on a book; Nerdfighters should be excited about tomorrow
- ★★ Hank says Nerdfighters should be very excited about tomorrow. — 00:01:47 · Nerdfighteria
00:02:29 — Hank's copy of Peeps signed by Scott Westerfeld to Maureen; reading late at night; sign-off
- ★★ Hank's copy of Peeps is, oddly, signed by Scott Westerfeld to 'our secret sister Maureen'; he says the book is really good. — 00:02:29 · Maureen Johnson
- ★ Hank read about a hundred pages of it between 2 and 4 in the morning, so his sleep schedule is a little screwed up. — 00:02:29
Humor (dominant)
- Hank opens John's birthday song by treating his turning 30 as the death of 29-year-old John. — 00:00:03 > «The day that you died was a good day.»
- In a verse recapping John's year, Hank inflates John's eye infection. — 00:01:17 > «Well your eye got infected and it threatened to explode»
- Without his guitar, Hank explains how he kept the beat for the song. — 00:01:47 > «So I decided to play the drums on the nearest book»
Threads in this video
- update · John's birthday (2007) — Hank's song marks John turning 30, recalling that John said his birthday beat Oprah's best birthday. (00:00:03)
- retro · Secret project: Nerdfighters' birthday greetings for John (2007) — The song recalls the birthday project: lots of people ate blended birthday cakes for John. (00:00:29)
- retell · John's eye illness and hospital stay (2007) — The song recalls that John's eye got infected this year. (00:01:17)
- retell · John house-hunts in Indianapolis (2007) — The song recalls that John got himself a house, with a yard that needed mowing. (00:01:17)
- retell · John and Sarah's first wedding anniversary (2007) — The song recalls John and the Yeti's first anniversary. (00:01:17)
- callback · John's wife Sarah as 'the Yeti' (2007) — Hank's song calls Sarah 'the Yeti'. (00:01:17)
- callback · The brothers' 'secret siblings' (2007) — Hank calls Maureen Johnson 'our secret sister Maureen'. (00:02:29)
Replies to
- August 27th: Thanks Yous and Cameos — «You said that it was better than Oprah's best birthday»
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