Brotherhood 2.0: February 7, 2007
2007-02-07 · story · John · 3:23 · watch on YouTube
Topic: Nerdfighteria · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: song or performance, community lore, punishment or challenge
On 'story day' John reads his promised story 'Everyone Poops in My Pants by Hank Green', a list of famous and fictional people who poop in Hank's pants, then, at commenters' request, challenges Hank to answer his whole survey in 3:30.
What is said
The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).
00:00:00 — Greeting; story day: 'Everyone Poops in My Pants by Hank Green'; crowds chant outside Hank's house
- ★★★ On what he calls story day, John reads his story 'Everyone Poops in My Pants by Hank Green', told in Hank's voice. (playful) — 00:00:10 · Hank Green
- ★★ In the story Hank's small problem is that everyone poops in his pants: each morning crowds surround his house chanting for his pants. (fiction) — 00:00:10 · Hank Green, in your pants · also in: Brotherhood 2.0: Everyone Poops in my Pants, a Picture Book
00:00:42 — Not quite everyone: poor people and babies; the list of pant-poopers from family to Kirsten Dunst, Liverpool, Grass, Dedalus, Al Roker, Lenin and George W. Bush
- ★★ The narrator concedes that not literally everyone has: poor people can't afford to fly to Montana and babies are busy with their own, but statistically an improbably large number have. (fiction) — 00:00:42 · Montana · also in: Brotherhood 2.0: Everyone Poops in my Pants, a Picture Book
- ★★ The list of pant-poopers: his mom, dad and brother John, Kirsten Dunst while filming Spider-Man 2, Liverpool Football Club, Günter Grass, Stephen Dedalus, Al Roker and Lenin. (fiction) — 00:01:12 · Sydney Green, Mike Green, John Green · also in: Brotherhood 2.0: Everyone Poops in my Pants, a Picture Book
- ★★ In a comic jab, John's story calls George W. Bush so incompetent he failed to poop in Hank's pants, then denied intending to, as did his administration. (playful) — 00:01:37 · also in: Brotherhood 2.0: Everyone Poops in my Pants, a Picture Book
00:02:20 — Does it bother Hank? Obama's poop; everyone has a cross to bear
- ★★ The narrator says Barack Obama's poop kind of makes him believe in America again. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:20 · Barack Obama · also in: Brotherhood 2.0: Everyone Poops in my Pants, a Picture Book
- ★ Mostly the narrator dislikes it, but everyone has a cross to bear (chronic back pain, Team Karen, being Republican); it could be worse. (fiction) — 00:02:20 · Republican Party
00:02:48 — Story ends with Eric Idle; at commenters' request John challenges Hank to answer his survey in 3:30 or less; sign-off
- ★★★ At the request of several commenters, John challenges Hank to answer every question in his survey in one video of 3 minutes 30 seconds or less. (playful) — 00:02:48
Humor (dominant)
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Each morning dozens of people surround Hank's house and chant. — 00:00:10
“What do we want to poop in? Hank's pants! When do we want to poop in them? Now!”
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The narrator concedes that not everyone has pooped in his pants. — 00:00:42
“And many babies haven't pooped in my pants because they're too busy pooping in their own.”
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George W. Bush failed to poop in the pants, pooped near them and then denied ever intending to. — 00:01:37
“Having seen his poop, I can report that it looks exactly like bullshit.”
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The narrator says something great sometimes happens, like a visit from Barack Obama. — 00:02:20
“his poop kind of makes me believe in America again.”
Threads in this video
- kept · John: write the picture book 'Everyone Poops in My Pants' and read it on the air (2007) — John reads his story 'Everyone Poops in My Pants by Hank Green' on the air, on what he calls story day. (00:00:10)
- variation · 'In your pants' suffix game (2007) — The 'in your pants' bit becomes a whole story: 'Everyone Poops in My Pants', in which everyone poops in Hank's pants. (00:00:10)
- set · Hank: answer every question of his own survey in one video of 3 minutes 30 seconds or less (2007 challenge from John) — At the request of several commenters John challenges Hank to answer every question in his survey in one video of 3 minutes 30 seconds or less. (00:02:48)
Where the stories that moved here went next
- John: write the picture book 'Everyone Poops in My Pants' and read it on the air (2007) — kept; last: recalled, 2007-03-01
- Hank: answer every question of his own survey in one video of 3 minutes 30 seconds or less (2007 challenge from John) — performed
- 'Everyone Poops in My Pants' picture book: Hank's illustrated remake of John's story (2007) — completed; last: looked back, 2007-03-01
Mentioned
People: Al Roker · Barack Obama · Eric Idle · George W. Bush · Günter Grass · Kirsten Dunst · Mike Green · Sydney Green · Vladimir Lenin
Works: Everyone Poops (“Everyone Poops in My Pants by Hank Green”) · John's planned picture book 'Everyone Poops in My/Your Pants' (“Everyone Poops in My Pants by Hank Green”) · Spider-Man 2
Organizations: Liverpool FC · Nobel Prize in Literature · Republican Party
Groups: Monty Python
Terms: in your pants (“Everyone Poops in My Pants by Hank Green”)
Places: Montana
Characters: Stephen Dedalus
Later videos replying to this one
- 2007-02-08 · Brotherhood 2.0: February 8th (Hank) — answers (accept on Hank: answer every question of his own survey in one video of 3 minutes 30 seconds or less (2007 challenge from John)) — Hank accepts John's challenge to answer his survey in 3 minutes 30 seconds and says he will do his best. (00:03:31)