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March 16th: Mom, ZeFrank, and Stock Options

2007-03-16 · letter vlog · Hank · 3:54 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Personal life (also: Internet & YouTube, Everyday life) · mode: Personal update · tags: timely hook, self promotion

Hank marks Ze Frank's last daily video, crediting him as an inspiration and inviting his viewers to Brotherhood 2.0, then celebrates their mom's birthday a day early, half-seriously proposing that parents should own stock in their children because moms do it all for nothing.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Birthday-song opener; Ze Frank's daily show ends today; welcome to Ze Frank viewers

  • ★★ Hank says Ze Frank likely inspired much of what the brothers are doing in Brotherhood 2.0, maybe more than they realise. (hedged) — 00:00:03 · Brotherhood 2.0
  • ★★ Hank says Ze Frank has made a hilarious video every weekday for the past year, earning international attention, New York Times coverage and hundreds of thousands of viewers. — 00:00:03 · The New York Times
  • ★★ Hank says that from today Ze Frank viewers will no longer be able to watch Ze Frank. — 00:00:44
  • ★★ Hank invites Ze Frank's viewers to procrastinate with Brotherhood 2.0 instead, which also has songs and projects viewers can join, though none as cool as Ze Frank's. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:44 · Brotherhood 2.0

00:01:37 — Mom's birthday (tomorrow, a Saturday) celebrated early; thanks to Mom for the bad days

  • ★★ Their mom's birthday is tomorrow, a Saturday with no Brotherhood 2.0 video, so Hank celebrates it a day early. — 00:01:37 · Sydney Green, Brotherhood 2.0
  • ★★ Hank says no one is more important to Brotherhood 2.0 than their mom, thanks her for bearing and raising them through many bad days, and calls her support vital. (playful) — 00:01:37 · Sydney Green, Brotherhood 2.0

00:02:26 — Proposal that people could own stock in people (51/49); moms do it all for nothing; sign-off and sandwich song

  • ★★★ Hank proposes that people could own stock in people: a child owns 51% of itself, parents 49% they may sell (e.g. 10% to a college), and the child may buy stock back. (hypothetical, hedged) — 00:02:26 · Sydney Green
  • ★★ Hank says it seems wrong that people can pour so much energy into a person who then does whatever they want with it, and asks whether Mom shouldn't get something back. (hedged) — 00:03:18 · Sydney Green
  • ★★★ Hank concludes that moms are great and do it all for nothing. — 00:03:18 · Sydney Green

Humor (significant)

  • Hank lists what Brotherhood 2.0 offers Ze Frank viewers in comparison. — 00:01:12

    “I mean, we blink. Ze Frank doesn't blink.”

  • Explaining why no one is more important to Brotherhood 2.0 than their mom: 'I mean, we both came...' — 00:01:59

    “out of her. And I really and truly want to thank her for that.”

  • Hank acknowledges his birth must not have been fun for his mom. — 00:01:59

    “I have a pretty big head.”

  • Hank runs through the bad days he gave his mom over the years. — 00:01:59

    “And then high school was, like, all bad days. And then I went to college and I just never called you.”

Threads in this video

Mentioned

Central: Sydney Green · Ze Frank

Also: Brotherhood 2.0 · The New York Times · The Show with Ze Frank

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