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June 7: Weather and My Pants

2007-06-08 · Hank · watch on YouTube · Personal life · personal update

Hank rigs a makeshift basement studio to win over the Weather Channel, which found his Montana location a 'daunting task', and by the end of a phone call learns he will be on the channel; he also marvels at the forum 'My Pants' growing to over 300 users overnight.

What is said

00:00:00 — Giant-cow opening; light, sound and position check with a tissue-wrapped CFL; 'production value' for the Weather Channel, which finds Montana a daunting task; rehearsed title cards

  • ★ Hank does a light, sound and position check for the Weather Channel; the yellow background light is a fluorescent bulb wrapped in tissue paper. (playful) — 00:00:23
  • ★★ Hank first frames his upgraded set (no clutter, more light, dark shirt, no They Might Be Giants posters) as for the Nerdfighters, then admits it is to get onto the Weather Channel. (playful) — 00:00:46 · Nerdfighteria, They Might Be Giants
  • ★★ Hank doesn't know whether it will happen: the Weather Channel is finicky about him living in Montana, calling it a daunting task, which it wouldn't be if he lived in LA. (hedged) — 00:01:16 · Montana, Los Angeles

00:01:46 — The forum 'My Pants' grows to over 300 users and about a thousand posts overnight; Evil Baby Orphanage and election threads, book suggestions

00:02:34 — Being paid in gift cards; the Weather Channel phone call: byline must say .org; Hank will be on the channel

  • ★ Hank finds it weird that he is sometimes paid in gift cards, such as a $100 CDW card, when he would rather have $100 for rent. (playful) (hedged) — 00:02:34
  • ★★★ On a call with the Weather Channel Hank asks that his byline not say .com 'because it's .org', then says he is going to be on the Weather Channel; they call again tomorrow. — 00:02:34

00:03:21 — No happy dance: the fragile books-on-a-stool tripod and MacBook command station; clearing the hard drive before tomorrow's call; sign-off

  • ★ Hank would do his happy dance but his setup is fragile: the tripod is books on a stool and he controls everything from the MacBook in his lap. (playful) — 00:03:21 · Happy dance

Humor (significant)

  • Hank opens by explaining the clip viewers have just seen. — 00:00:23 > «That was me poking my head out of the butt of a giant cow.»
  • Hank rehearses on-air captions for himself: clean technology expert, EcoGeek editor-in-chief, satisfied cat owner. — 00:01:16 > «Hank Green, your baby's daddy.»
  • Hank describes the forum 'My Pants' filling with over 300 users overnight. — 00:01:46 > «At first I was worried my pants had gotten too big for its britches.»
  • Hank explains he can't do his happy dance and shows his makeshift studio. — 00:03:21 > «This is my tripod. It's some books on a stool.»

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