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Vlogging from Gadsden

2008-11-07 · Hank · watch on YouTube · Nerdfighteria · personal update

Arriving early at the Gadsden Public Library tour stop, Hank jokes that John lost the presidency to Obama, reports finding his camcorder, shows his CDs and the signing tables, and says the whole Gadsden event is being broadcast on BlogTV.

What is said

00:00:00 — Live from the Gadsden Public Library: John's lost presidential run; found camcorder; a zit despite washing to stay healthy on tour

  • ★ Hank jokes that John Green should have become president but lost to 'this scoundrel' Barack Obama, and that he himself would not have been John's vice president. (satire) — 00:00:00 · John Green, Barack Obama
  • ★★ Hank records live from the Gadsden Public Library in Gadsden, Alabama; they arrived early, so he made a little video. — 00:00:00
  • ★★ Hank has found his camcorder, which he is filming with. — 00:00:00
  • ★ Hank has a big zit despite washing his face, and everything, religiously because he does not want to get sick on the tour. — 00:00:00 · Tour de Nerdfighting

00:00:46 — Showing Hank's CDs (disc art by SharkeyeJones) and John's signing table and books

  • ★★ Hank shows a pile of his CDs live on air for the first time: front, back, and the disc, whose art looks like a chicken being run over by a car. — 00:00:46 · So Jokes
  • ★★ Hank credits the CD's design to SharkeyeJones, pointing viewers to the YouTube channel and calling him one of the greatest illustrators of his generation. (playful) — 00:00:46
  • ★ Hank shows John's signing table (John has wandered off, gets a big chair while Hank gets a little one), stacks of John's books, Nerdfighter shirts, and Katherine reading Paper Towns. (playful) — 00:00:46 · John Green, Katherine Green, Paper Towns

00:01:20 — Nerdfighter shirts, Katherine reading Paper Towns, the internet device; the Gadsden event is broadcast on BlogTV

  • ★★★ They are live on BlogTV right now and will broadcast the entire Gadsden event there; the link is in the sidebar. — 00:01:20 · BlogTV, link in the sidebar

Humor (significant)

  • The day after the 2008 election, Hank mourns John Green's historic presidential run. — 00:00:00 > «he lost to this scoundrel named Barack Obama.»
  • Showing the room, Hank points out his wife Katherine reading John's novel. — 00:01:20 > «And down here we have a Catherine reading a paper town.»

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