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March 16th: Mom, ZeFrank, and Stock Options

2007-03-16 · Hank · watch on YouTube · Personal life · personal update

Hank marks Ze Frank's last daily video, crediting him as an inspiration and inviting his viewers to Brotherhood 2.0, then celebrates their mom's birthday a day early, half-seriously proposing that parents should own stock in their children because moms do it all for nothing.

What is said

00:00:00 — Birthday-song opener; Ze Frank's daily show ends today; welcome to Ze Frank viewers

  • ★★ Hank says Ze Frank likely inspired much of what the brothers are doing in Brotherhood 2.0, maybe more than they realise. (hedged) — 00:00:03 · Ze Frank, Brotherhood 2.0
  • ★★ Hank says Ze Frank has made a hilarious video every weekday for the past year, earning international attention, New York Times coverage and hundreds of thousands of viewers. — 00:00:03 · Ze Frank, The New York Times
  • ★★ Hank says that from today Ze Frank viewers will no longer be able to watch Ze Frank. — 00:00:44 · Ze Frank
  • ★★ Hank invites Ze Frank's viewers to procrastinate with Brotherhood 2.0 instead, which also has songs and projects viewers can join, though none as cool as Ze Frank's. (playful) (hedged) — 00:00:44 · Ze Frank, Brotherhood 2.0

00:01:37 — Mom's birthday (tomorrow, a Saturday) celebrated early; thanks to Mom for the bad days

  • ★★ Their mom's birthday is tomorrow, a Saturday with no Brotherhood 2.0 video, so Hank celebrates it a day early. — 00:01:37 · Brotherhood 2.0
  • ★★ Hank says no one is more important to Brotherhood 2.0 than their mom, thanks her for bearing and raising them through many bad days, and calls her support vital. (playful) — 00:01:37 · Brotherhood 2.0

00:02:26 — Proposal that people could own stock in people (51/49); moms do it all for nothing; sign-off and sandwich song

  • ★★★ Hank proposes that people could own stock in people: a child owns 51% of itself, parents 49% they may sell (e.g. 10% to a college), and the child may buy stock back. (hypothetical) (hedged) — 00:02:26
  • ★★ Hank says it seems wrong that people can pour so much energy into a person who then does whatever they want with it, and asks whether Mom shouldn't get something back. (hedged) — 00:03:18
  • ★★★ Hank concludes that moms are great and do it all for nothing. — 00:03:18

Humor (significant)

  • Hank lists what Brotherhood 2.0 offers Ze Frank viewers in comparison. — 00:01:12 > «I mean, we blink. Ze Frank doesn't blink.»
  • Explaining why no one is more important to Brotherhood 2.0 than their mom: 'I mean, we both came...' — 00:01:59 > «out of her. And I really and truly want to thank her for that.»
  • Hank acknowledges his birth must not have been fun for his mom. — 00:01:59 > «I have a pretty big head.»
  • Hank runs through the bad days he gave his mom over the years. — 00:01:59 > «And then high school was, like, all bad days. And then I went to college and I just never called you.»

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