March 26th: Stuff on Everyone's Heads!
2007-03-26 · compilation · Hank · 3:23 · watch on YouTube
Topic: Nerdfighteria (also: Personal life) · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: community lore, guest or collab
After wishing John, who is ill, a quick recovery, Hank presents a montage of dozens of people putting stuff on their heads, set to The Mr. T Experience's song thanking someone 'for not being one of them', ending with get-well wishes for John's eyeball.
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 and get-well wish; montage of people with stuff on their heads set to The Mr. T Experience's 'Thank You (For Not Being One of Them)'
- ★★ Hank hopes John is feeling better; last he heard John was, and if not, he will be soon. — 00:00:10 · John Green
- ★★★ Hank presents a montage of dozens of people putting stuff on their heads (per title and description), set to a song whose refrain thanks someone 'for not being one of them'. — 00:00:10 · Stuff on Heads
00:02:30 — Closing clips: eating a clove of garlic, 'I just saw God', get-well wishes for John's eyeball; sign-off
- ★★ The montage closes with 'Get well soon' and clips wishing that John's eyeball gets better. — 00:02:30 · John Green
Humor (dominant)
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In a closing clip someone announces they will eat a clove of garlic and admits it kind of hurt. — 00:02:30
“I don't think I'm going to be kissing him for quite a long, long time.”
Threads in this video
- update · John's orbital cellulitis and hospital stay (2007) — Hank hopes John is feeling better, as he last heard, and the video ends with wishes that John's eyeball gets better. (00:00:10)
- outcome · Stuff on Heads: viewers send pictures and videos of stuff on their heads (2007) — Hank shows the collected pictures and clips of dozens of people with stuff on their heads as a montage set to music. (00:00:10)
- result reported · Hank asks viewers to put stuff on their heads (2007) — The montage shows the people who answered Hank's call to put stuff on their heads. (00:00:10)
Where the stories that moved here went next
- Hank asks viewers to put stuff on their heads (2007) — reported back; last: result reported, 2023-09-19
- Stuff on Heads: viewers send pictures and videos of stuff on their heads (2007) — completed; last: looked back, 2026-02-14
- John's orbital cellulitis and hospital stay (2007) — told 10×, last update 2026; last: mentioned, 2026-02-14
Mentioned
Central: Stuff on Heads · Thank You (For Not Being One of Them)
Only in the description or credits: The Mr. T Experience
Later videos replying to this one
- 2007-03-27 · March 26th: Thanks (John) — answers (thanks on Hank asks viewers to put stuff on their heads (2007)) — John thanks Hank and the viewers who sent pictures of stuff on their heads for going above and beyond, and the Nerdfighters for being made of awesome. (00:00:42)
- 2007-03-28 · March 28th: Taxes (Hank) — refers back (retro on Stuff on Heads: viewers send pictures and videos of stuff on their heads (2007)) — Hank says his last video, with all the people putting stuff on their heads, was more awesome than tax day. (00:01:13)
- 2014-08-08 · Who Owns a Monkey's Selfie? And a Song About Meningitis! (Hank) — imitates (retro on Stuff on Heads: viewers send pictures and videos of stuff on their heads (2007)) — Hank recalls that when John first missed a video, for his eye infection, the community made a video of people putting stuff on their heads to make him feel better. (00:02:29)
- 2023-09-19 · So, um.... GOOD NEWS?!?!?! (John) — refers back (retro on Stuff on Heads: viewers send pictures and videos of stuff on their heads (2007)) — John recalls Hank asking the community in 2007 for pictures with stuff on their heads to cheer him up in hospital; about 350 of some 400 regular viewers sent them. (00:04:54)