Brotherhood 2.0: January 24, 2007
2007-01-24 · letter vlog · John · 3:30 · watch on YouTube
Topic: Nerdfighteria (also: Personal life) · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: community lore, song or performance
John answers the first part of Hank's survey to a puppet (knowing Hank and Katherine, a Wii, his books and the video project, his untitled third book, The Book Thief), then applies the 'in your pants' rule to books from his library and adds an addendum: sometimes 'from your pants' is funnier.
What is said
The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).
00:00:00 — Two-part plan; survey part one, asked by a puppet: knowing Hank and Katherine, a Wii, writing books and the video project, the untitled third book, best book The Book Thief and a sticker under Zusak's name
- ★★ Answering the survey, John says he has known Hank since Hank was born and Katherine since, he believes, 1999. (hedged) — 00:00:00 · Hank Green, Katherine Green
- ★★ Asked what he wants from them, John calls it a 'question wrongly phrased': the question is what his brother wants from him, a Nintendo Wii, which John also wants from Hank. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:00
- ★★ John says he is writing books for teenagers and doing 'this weird video project' with his brother; his answer to why he writes is cut off mid-sentence. — 00:00:38 · Brotherhood 2.0
- ★★★ John says the major next thing is finishing his new and as yet untitled third book. — 00:00:59
- ★★★ Asked for the best book he's read this year (2007), John names the best he read last year (2006): probably The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. (hedged) — 00:00:59
00:01:24 — Congratulations to Zusak; books from John's home library with 'in your pants' (Getting the Girl to The Echo Maker)
- ★★ Placing a sticker right beneath Zusak's name on the book (the description calls it the Printz Honor), John congratulates him: 'Definitely deserved.' — 00:01:24
- ★★★ John applies the 'in-your-pants rule' to books from his home library: Getting the Girl, The Mystery of the Golden Spheres, Rabbit at Rest, The Cheese Monkeys, Everyman, The Stranger and more. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:24 · in your pants
- ★ In passing John calls The Mystery of the Golden Spheres 'unfathomably bad'. — 00:01:24
- ★★ The list continues with The Little Drummer Girl, The Sun Also Rises, The Thin Man, The Echo Maker and Everything That Rises Must Converge. (joke) — 00:01:46
00:02:31 — Everything That Rises Must Converge; addendum to the rule: 'Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone… From Your Pants', sung as a Carter Family tune; sign-off
- ★★★ John adds an addendum to the rule: sometimes 'in your pants' isn't the funniest addition; funniest is 'Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone… From Your Pants'. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:31 · in your pants, Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone?
- ★★ John says he believes 'Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone' is an old Carter Family tune, and sings it with 'from your pants'. (hedged) — 00:03:00 · Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone?, in your pants
Humor (significant)
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Asked what he wants from Hank and Katherine, John reframes the question as what his brother wants from him. — 00:00:38
“a Nintendo Wii. That's also what I want from my brother.”
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Adding 'in your pants' to the title The Sun Also Rises. — 00:01:46
“which is actually what The Sun Also Rises is about.”
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After 'Rabbit at Rest in Your Pants', something is hopping. — 00:01:46
“Man, I sure am glad you stopped hopping.”
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John's addendum: the funniest variant of 'Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone' is… — 00:03:00
“From your pants.”
Threads in this video
- result reported · Hank asks John to answer his annual friends-and-family survey (2007) — John answers the first part of Hank's survey, asked by a puppet: knowing Hank and Katherine, a Wii, his books and the video project, his untitled third book, The Book Thief. (00:00:00) → refers to Brotherhood 2.0: January 19th
- variation · 'In your pants' suffix game (2007) — John applies the 'in-your-pants rule' to books from his home library and adds an addendum: sometimes 'from your pants' is funnier. (00:01:24)
Where the stories that moved here went next
- Hank asks John to answer his annual friends-and-family survey (2007) — reported back; last: result reported, 2007-01-26
Mentioned
Central: in your pants · The Book Thief
Also: People: Katherine Green
Projects: Brotherhood 2.0
Works: Everyman · Everything That Rises Must Converge · Getting the Girl · Rabbit at Rest · The Cheese Monkeys · The Echo Maker · The Little Drummer Girl · The Mystery of the Golden Spheres · The Stranger · The Sun Also Rises · The Thin Man · Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone? (“will you miss me when I'm gone”)
Products: Wii
Only in the description or credits: Albert Camus · Markus Zusak · Michael L. Printz Award · The Carter Family
Replies to
- answers · Brotherhood 2.0: January 19th — “the first part of the survey”
Later videos replying to this one
- 2007-01-25 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 25th (Hank) — corrects (remind on Hank asks John to answer his annual friends-and-family survey (2007)) — Hank says he enjoyed John's survey answers and hopes to see more of them tomorrow. (00:03:30)