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Los Angeles Earthquake at VidCon

2010-07-08 · Hank, James at War · watch on YouTube · Internet & YouTube · conversation qa

In Los Angeles for VidCon, Hank rides out a small earthquake and berates the Earth, then interviews parody musician James at War about writing songs for his wife, going viral, pausing for the Air Force and returning to YouTube full-time.

What is said

00:00:00 — An earthquake in Los Angeles: shaking chandelier, standing in a doorway, the Earth should stay put

  • ★★★ Hank, in Los Angeles, experiences an earthquake that shakes the chandelier and stands in a doorway, as he hears one should. — 00:00:00 · Los Angeles

00:00:32 — Earth entitled to a little shaking; introducing James at War, the first YouTuber Hank ran into; the button that fell off his jacket

  • ★★ Hank says the Earth should be trustworthy and stay in place, but since it does a lot for us and we don't do much for it, it's entitled to a little shaking. (playful) (hedged) — 00:00:32
  • ★ Hank guesses the quake was about a one on the Richter scale, though it felt impressive and his heart is racing. (hedged) — 00:00:32
  • ★★ Hank introduces James at War, maker of amazingly popular parody videos, the first YouTuber he ran into at random, and interviews him. — 00:00:57
  • ★ James claims the earthquake made a button fall off his jacket. (playful) — 00:00:57

00:01:26 — James at War: five kids, Alaska via the Air Force, parody lyrics for his wife, Pop Star and Hey Harry Potter going viral

  • ★★ James, who Hank says looks 12, has five kids. — 00:01:26
  • ★★ James lives in Alaska because the Air Force sent him there, a place he had chosen. — 00:01:26
  • ★★★ In Alaska James's wife, a club manager, hated hearing the same songs, so he wrote new words for her: the songs Pop Star and Hey Harry Potter. — 00:01:26
  • ★★★ Just as he discovered YouTube he posted both songs; both went viral, to his surprise, and he kept writing songs mostly for his wife. — 00:02:11 · YouTube

00:02:38 — Why he stopped (war on terror, Air Force workload), leaving the Air Force in August to return full-time, plans to dorkify songs, thanks for coming to VidCon

  • ★★★ James stopped making videos because the war on terror raised the Air Force tempo; YouTube took a back burner to the profession of arms. — 00:02:38 · YouTube
  • ★★★ James says he is coming back: he leaves the Air Force in August for full-time writing and videos. — 00:02:38
  • ★★ Asked about plans, James says new Harry Potter and Twilight movies and new games are coming, and that is his niche; Hank sums it up as dorkifying popular songs. — 00:03:13
  • ★★ James calls himself a dork: someone kind of into everything but not really good at anything. (playful) — 00:03:13
  • ★ James thanks Hank and says he can't wait for VidCon to start and be over so he can make a video about it. (playful) — 00:03:37 · VidCon

Humor (significant)

  • Hank asks only that the Earth stay in one place, then escalates his demands. — 00:00:32 > «Could I ask from the Earth, okay, also supply us with an infinite amount of abundant fossil fuels? Do that too, Earth.»
  • Hank suggests the button fell off because the jacket thought it had too many buttons. — 00:00:57 > «The jacket thought it was too gaudy and just said, I'm out.»
  • Hank asks how James, who looks 12, has a lot of kids. — 00:01:26 > «I started when I was six, and nobody talked to me about prophylactics, so five kids at the age of 18.»
  • James embraces being the dork and defines the word. — 00:03:13 > «kind of into everything but not really good at anything»

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