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April 23rd: Celebrity

2007-04-23 · letter vlog · Hank, Robert Michael Pyle · 3:24 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria (also: Books & writing) · mode: Q&A & conversation · tags: guest or collab, community lore

Hank introduces his former professor, nature writer Robert Michael Pyle, confirms John's carbon math and recasts the vlog's audience as over $30,000 of viewers' time at minimum wage to be used to decrease world suck, answers how long a video takes, and jokes about being on a viewer's free pass list.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Bowling clip with Robert Michael Pyle (a spare vs a good paragraph); Hank introduces his former visiting professor and his influence on Hank becoming a writer

  • ★ Robert Michael Pyle: Asked what picking up a spare feels like, Robert Michael Pyle says it feels even better than writing a good paragraph. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • ★★ Hank introduces acclaimed naturalist and nature writer Robert Michael Pyle ('Bob'), a visiting professor at his university a couple of years ago whose class Hank took; fun to bowl with. — 00:00:00
  • ★★ Hank says Pyle had a lot to do with him becoming a writer, just as John did, so it is nice to introduce them to each other. — 00:00:00 · John Green

00:00:57 — Hank praises John's carbon math; 100,000 views and ~6,000 hours watched; at minimum wage that is over $30,000 of viewers' time, to be used to decrease world suck

  • ★★ Hank tells John he is proud of his mathematics and that the 940-something pounds of carbon is right, though not something to be proud of. (playful) — 00:00:57
  • ★★ Hank says their videos have been watched over 100,000 times, something like 6,000 hours of watching. — 00:00:57 · Brotherhood 2.0
  • ★★★ Hank calculates that paying viewers the minimum wage for their watching time would have cost over $30,000: Brotherhood 2.0 has cost the world $30,000 of time. — 00:01:22 · Brotherhood 2.0

  • ★★★ Hank says this is how the project works: he thanks viewers for the $30,000 of time and says the brothers will use it to decrease world suck, somehow. (hedged) — 00:01:22 · world suck, Brotherhood 2.0

    “We're going to use it to decrease world suck.”

00:01:50 — More hours watching than making; a comment asks how long a video takes (minimum two hours); 126 votes at the Blogger's Choice Awards

  • ★ Hank says it is good to know that more hours go into watching the videos than into making them. — 00:01:50
  • ★★ Asked in the comments how long a video takes, Hank says it is hard to say, since he interleaves writing EcoGeek stories and breakfast, but concentrating it takes at least two hours. — 00:01:50 · EcoGeek
  • ★★ Hank says the brothers are appreciated to the tune of 126 votes at the Blogger's Choice Awards. — 00:01:50

00:02:19 — Catching up to YouTube; thanks to the many watchers; Hank on someone's free pass list, after Brian Setzer; to the Yeti and Katherine: no free pass lists, except maybe Helen Hunt; sign-off

  • ★★ Hank grants they are not the biggest video blog project, but says a lot of people watch him talk to John, which is weird, and he wants to thank them. — 00:02:19 · Brotherhood 2.0, Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ Asked to comment on reports he is on someone's free pass list, Hank notes he is apparently a celebrity, declines to comment, is fine with it, and is disappointed to rank after Brian Setzer. (playful) — 00:02:19 · celebrity, guilt-free three
  • ★★ Hank tells the Yeti and Katherine, whom he knows are watching, that he and John don't have free pass lists, except maybe Helen Hunt. (playful, hedged) — 00:03:04 · Sarah Urist Green, Katherine Green, guilt-free three

Humor (significant)

  • Hank thanks viewers for $30,000 worth of their time and says what the brothers will do with it. — 00:01:22

    “We're going to use it to decrease world suck. Somehow.”

  • After reporting 126 votes at the Blogger's Choice Awards, Hank sizes up the competition. — 00:02:19

    “Holy frickin' moly. We are catching up to YouTube.”

  • Hank declines to comment on being on someone's free pass list, but has one complaint. — 00:02:19

    “I am a little bit disappointed that I came in after Brian Setzer.”

  • Hank assures the Yeti and Katherine that the brothers don't have free pass lists. — 00:03:04

    “Except maybe Helen Hunt.”

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Mentioned

Central: Brotherhood 2.0 · Robert Michael Pyle

Also: People: Brian Setzer · Helen Hunt (actor) · Katherine Green · Sarah Urist Green

Projects: EcoGeek

Organizations: Bloggers' Choice Awards · YouTube

Terms: world suck

Concepts: carbon footprint · celebrity

Memes: guilt-free three

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Part of an exchange of 6 videos, 2007-04-19 – 2007-04-26.