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Sept. 20th: Wacky String

2007-09-20 · John · watch on YouTube · Personal life · comedy performance

John sprays himself with wacky string to mark Hank and Katherine's first anniversary, jokes that Hank's luck song left out his brother, and reminds nerdfighters to send happy dance videos by October 1.

What is said

00:00:00 — Greeting; book revision finished; wacky string congratulations on Hank's song and first anniversary; Hank's song left out his lucky brother

  • ★★ John says he has no particular topic because he is still awash in the joy of having finished the revision of his book. — 00:00:11
  • ★★ John congratulates Hank on his excellent song the day before and on his one-year anniversary with Katherine, marking it with leftover silly string. — 00:00:11 · Katherine Green
  • ★★ John playfully complains that Hank's song listing his lucky breaks left out how lucky he is to have a brother like John. (playful) — 00:00:42
  • ★★ John says he is very happy for Hank and Katherine after a year of marriage, and that he too is lucky Hank married Katherine because she's great. — 00:00:42 · Katherine Green

00:01:20 — Forehead joke; the happy dance video collection: October 1 deadline, over 100 videos, a phone is enough

  • ★★★ John reminds viewers that he and Hank are collecting nerdfighters' happy dance videos by email, with an October 1 deadline; a phone is enough to film one. — 00:01:20 · Happy dance, Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ John reports more than 100 happy dance videos received so far and hopes all nerdfighters everywhere will send theirs. — 00:01:49 · Happy dance, Nerdfighteria
  • ★ John notes there are more than 6 billion people in the world, so over 6 billion happy dances remain unrecorded. (playful) — 00:01:49

00:02:19 — Nerdfighters on TV outside the Today Show; wanting a kid after the 'secret' niece and nephew's videos; the Yeti and the carpet; sign-off and scalp coda

  • ★★ John reports that a group of nerdfighters appeared on TV holding a 'Nerdfighters' sign outside the Today Show. — 00:02:19 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ John says watching the videos of their 'secret Australian niece and nephew' makes him want a kid: all the awesome of a person compacted into a tiny package. (playful) — 00:02:19 · secret sibling

Humor (significant)

  • In Hank's song listing his lucky breaks, John noticed one kind of luck was missing. — 00:00:42 > «how lucky you are to have a brother like me»
  • John admits he isn't a mathematician, so he consulted Brotherhood 2.0's resident mathematician about the October 1 deadline. — 00:01:49 > «he says that October 1st is potentially as little as 10 days away!»
  • John imagines the Yeti finding congealed wacky string on the carpet and postponing the baby. — 00:02:48 > «I'm not going to have a baby until my husband stops playing with Wacky String.»
  • After voicing the Yeti's imagined lecture about his wacky string habit, John protests that he can't help himself. — 00:02:48 > «It's so fun! Oh, I'm 30.»

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