Brotherhood 2.0: April 2nd: Punishments in the Ramble
2007-04-02 · challenge / punishment · John · 2:31 · watch on YouTube
Topic: Nerdfighteria (also: Personal life) · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: punishment or challenge, community lore, fundraising ask, on location
Walking through the Ramble in Central Park, John lets Hank choose his punishment from five humiliation options, and tells the 'free Hank' people that if 20 people give $10 to the fund, Hank need not be punished at all.
What is said
The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).
00:00:00 — The Ramble in Central Park as New York's wilderness; a porn find; John can't pick Hank's punishment
- ★ John films in the Ramble in Central Park, 'our answer to the state of Montana', to show Hank the difference between Montana's wilderness and New York's. (playful) — 00:00:10 · Montana, New York City
- ★ John says he and the Yeti came across porn in the Ramble; he shoots it at a wide angle so as not to offend younger viewers. (playful) — 00:00:10 · Sarah Urist Green
- ★★★ John says picking Hank's punishment has been hard because Nerdfighters made great suggestions, so he will let Hank choose his own from a list of five. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:10 · Nerdfighteria, Punishment
00:00:59 — Two kinds of punishment; options one to four; the goose
- ★★ John divides punishments into humiliation and pain punishments; so far they have emphasized pain because pain is funny, but humiliation is also funny. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:59 · Punishment
- ★★★ Options one to three: attend a senior water aerobics class (surely at the Missoula YMCA), have his chin waxed by a professional, or act out his most embarrassing moment with hand puppets. (playful) — 00:00:59 · Missoula, Montana
- ★★ John warns that if Hank chooses the hand-puppet option, the moment must be as embarrassing as chin waxing would be painful. (playful) — 00:01:30
- ★★★ Options four and five: convince people in downtown Missoula to sing verses from the Nerdfighters song with him, or visit his local GM dealer and test-drive a Hummer. (playful) — 00:01:30 · Missoula, Montana
00:02:13 — Option five (test-drive a Hummer); sign-off; Free Hank offer: 20 people giving $10 to the fund
- ★★★ To the 'free Hank' people, John says that if 20 people give $10 to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck, Hank doesn't have to do a punishment at all. — 00:02:13 · Foundation to Decrease World Suck, Punishment, world suck
Humor (significant)
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Showing Hank New York's answer to Montana's wilderness, John describes what he and the Yeti found in the Ramble. — 00:00:10
“when we came across, you guessed it, porn.”
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Before announcing option five, John walks toward a goose. — 00:01:30
“I'm gonna get up close to a goose I'm scared of geese but it's gonna be awesome”
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The fifth humiliation punishment for Hank. — 00:02:13
“Visit your local GM dealer and test drive a Hummer.”
Threads in this video
- callback · John's wife Sarah as 'the Yeti' (2007) — John calls Sarah 'the Yeti' while walking through the Ramble. (00:00:10)
- set · Hank: embarrassing moment sock puppet theater (2007 punishment) — John lets Hank choose his punishment from five options: senior water aerobics, professional chin waxing, acting out his most embarrassing moment with hand puppets, leading downtown Missoula in the Nerdfighters song, or test-driving a Hummer at a GM dealer. (00:00:10)
- asked · John: 20 people give $10 each to the fund to free Hank from his punishment (2007) — John tells the 'free Hank' people that if 20 people each give $10 to the fund, Hank will not have to do a punishment. (00:02:13)
Where the stories that moved here went next
- John: 20 people give $10 each to the fund to free Hank from his punishment (2007) — reported back; last: reminder, 2007-04-03
- Hank: embarrassing moment sock puppet theater (2007 punishment) — performed
Mentioned
People: Sarah Urist Green
Projects: Foundation to Decrease World Suck
Organizations: General Motors · YMCA
Groups: Free Hank movement
Rituals: Punishment
Places: Central Park · Missoula, Montana · Montana · New York City
Products: Hummer
Later videos replying to this one
- 2007-04-05 · April 5th: Embarrassing Moment Sock Puppet Theater (Hank) — answers (perform on Hank: embarrassing moment sock puppet theater (2007 punishment)) — Having ruled out the Hummer test drive (dealer 153 miles away) and chin waxing (salons refuse), Hank performs his punishment as 'embarrassing moment sock puppet theater', acting out three embarrassing moments. (00:00:29)