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I Was on Jeopardy!!!!

2010-12-22 · John, Daniel Biss, Craig Benzine · watch on YouTube · Nerdfighteria · personal update

John says a miserable week (a child of the brothers very sick, fear that P4A would fail) turned around: a child of the brothers recovered, P4A 2010 made over 3,000 videos and raised over $135,000, and a Nerdfighter on Jeopardy! got Alex Trebek to say his name, so he does a happy dance.

What is said

00:00:00 — A miserable week: a child of the brothers very sick; worry that P4A would fail; the 'world's largest ball of suck'

  • ★★ John says last week was one of the worst of his life: a child of the brothers was very sick and crying all night, so they were scared and up every night. — 00:00:01
  • ★ John says he also worried that P4A would raise no money, the website would break, and Nerdfighteria would hate the brothers and exile them to Elba. (playful) — 00:00:11 · Project for Awesome, Nerdfighteria

00:00:26 — a child of the brothers recovers; P4A 2010 results (3,000+ videos, $135,000+); phone call to mathematician Daniel Biss

  • ★★ John says things then changed, first and most importantly because a child of the brothers got better. — 00:00:26
  • ★★★ John reports that P4A 2010 generated more than 3,000 P4A videos and raised more than $135,000 that can be confirmed, probably much more. (hedged) — 00:00:31 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★ Not being a mathematician, John phones 'Brotherhood 2.0 resident mathematician' and state representative-elect Daniel Biss to ask whether $135,000 is a lot; on hearing yes, John cheers. (playful) — 00:00:47 · Daniel Biss, Brotherhood 2.0

00:01:04 — A Nerdfighter librarian answers Final Jeopardy! with 'Who is John Green?' and Alex Trebek says his name

  • ★★★ John says a Nerdfighter librarian, Julia, on Jeopardy! yesterday, didn't know the Final Jeopardy answer and wrote 'Who is John Green?' as a shout-out, so Alex Trebek said his name. — 00:01:04 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★ John tells the contestant he is sorry she lost on Jeopardy!, thanks her, and awards her the non-existent Nerdfighter prize of the day. (playful) — 00:01:28

00:01:38 — Thanks to Nerdfighters; John's happy dance around his hotel, coached by Wheezy Waiter

  • ★★ John thanks Nerdfighters for making P4A videos, donating, commenting, and for making Alex Trebek say his name on television. — 00:01:38 · Nerdfighteria, Project for Awesome
  • ★★ Because his week has turned around, John shares his happy dance, performed around his hotel and coached by Wheezy Waiter, ending in a handstand. (playful) — 00:01:44 · Happy dance, Craig Benzine

00:02:36 — Raffle drawing on December 26, the zombie novella, holiday schedule and sign-off

  • ★★ John tells Hank the brothers will draw the P4A raffles on December 26. — 00:02:36 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★ John says he still has to finish his zombie apocalypse novella, but he is on it. — 00:02:36
  • ★ John says there will be no video from him on Friday because it is Christmas Eve; he will see Hank on Monday. — 00:02:44 · Christmas

Humor (significant)

  • John phones a published mathematician and state representative-elect to ask whether $135,000 is a lot of money. — 00:00:52 > «Yes! We did it!»
  • A Nerdfighter's Final Jeopardy! answer 'Who is John Green?' leads Alex Trebek to utter what John calls immortal words. — 00:01:21 > «John Green? That's gonna cost ya.»
  • John awards the Jeopardy! contestant the non-existent Nerdfighter prize of the day, a running bit. — 00:01:32 > «which isn't nothing. Actually, it is nothing.»

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