Helen Hunt
2007-04-25 · song · Hank · 3:24 · watch on YouTube
Topic: Pop culture · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: song or performance, community lore
Hank answers John's celebrity list by admitting Helen Hunt is the only person on his 'guilt-free three' and sings her a comic love song built from her film and TV titles, then calls his own video creepy.
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; Judy Blume on John's list is weird; Helen Hunt is the only person on Hank's 'guilt-free three', which Katherine dislikes
- ★★ Hank calls Judy Blume a weird pick for John's list and admits Helen Hunt is weird too: 'We're weird.' (playful) — 00:00:04 · guilt-free three
- ★★ Hank says Helen Hunt is the only person on his 'guilt-free three'; Katherine has long known and doesn't like it, but you can't help who is on it. (playful) — 00:00:04 · Katherine Green, guilt-free three
00:00:38 — The song 'Helen Hunt': puns on her after-school special, Mad About You, The Waterdance, As Good as It Gets and Twister
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★★★ Saying Helen Hunt deserves to be on 'guilt-free threes' all over the nation, Hank performs a love song he wrote for her. (playful) — 00:00:38 · guilt-free three
“Helen Hunt, Helen Hunt, you make my heart do acrobatic stunts”
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★★ In the song, Hank says he first saw Helen Hunt when he hit puberty, in an after-school special where she smoked one laced joint, which made him never want to do PCP. (playful) — 00:00:38
- ★ A lyric claims Helen Hunt was best comedy actress 'four years in a row'. (playful) — 00:01:56 · also in: So Jokes: Video EP
00:02:31 — Hank finds his video creepy and apologizes; 'take that' to Helen Hunt's doubters; reassures Helen; sign-off
- ★★ After watching the video through, Hank finds it really creepy, calls himself the creepiest, and apologizes for getting carried away. (playful) — 00:02:31
- ★★ Hank says 'take that' to people who see no reason to love Helen Hunt, repeats that she made him never want to do PCP, and tells Helen he is not that scary. (playful) — 00:03:05
Humor (dominant)
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Hank recalls Helen Hunt's after-school special about one laced joint. — 00:00:38
“That after school special made me wanna never do PCP”
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Hank's song lists Helen Hunt films: he saw her naked in The Waterdance. — 00:01:21
“It was as good as it gets in my pants”
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An ex-best friend called Helen Hunt old and ugly. — 00:01:56
“looking down at him bleeding in the snow, I asked him who was best comedy actress four years in a row.”
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Hank rewatches his love song to Helen Hunt. — 00:02:31
“I'm the creepiest of them all!”
Threads in this video
- first use · Hank's crush on Helen Hunt (2007) — Hank performs a love song he wrote for Helen Hunt, the only person on his 'guilt-free three'. (00:00:38)
- callback · 'In your pants' suffix game (2007) — Hank's Helen Hunt song puns on As Good as It Gets with 'in my pants'. (00:01:21)
Where the stories that moved here went next
- Hank's crush on Helen Hunt (2007) — running joke (last seen 2026); last: callback, 2026-05-29
Mentioned
People: Hank Azaria · Helen Hunt (actor) · Judy Blume · Katherine Green
Works: As Good as It Gets · Desperate Lives · Helen Hunt (song) · Mad About You · The Waterdance (“water dance”) · Twister
Terms: in your pants
Concepts: phencyclidine
Memes: guilt-free three
Replies to
- answers · Brotherhood 2.0: April 24: Moving — “Helen Hunt and Judy Blume are weird people to have in your guilt-free-free.”
Later videos replying to this one
- 2007-04-26 · Brotherhood 2.0: April 26: Hollywood Meetings (John) — answers (callback on Hank's crush on Helen Hunt (2007)) — John asks Madam Seymour's crystal ball whether it will ever happen between Hank and Helen Hunt; the answer is 'highly doubtful'. (00:02:38)
- 2008-01-21 · A Short History of the PUPPY SIZED ELEPHANT (John) — refers back (open on John asks Nerdfighters to prove Helen Hunt has seen Hank's song about her (2008)) (derived — resolved by title match: whole title quoted) — John sets the first project: make sure Helen Hunt has seen Hank's song video and provide proof; success lets nerdfighters punish both brothers. (00:03:14)
- 2011-05-06 · Happy Birthday To Me! (Hank) — refers back (result on John asks Nerdfighters to prove Helen Hunt has seen Hank's song about her (2008)) — Hank reports Helen Hunt tweeted that she had seen his videos; at the end he counts this as Nerdfighters getting her to see the Helen Hunt video, earning punishments for both brothers. (00:00:09)
- 2013-01-15 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall (John) — refers back (callback on Hank's crush on Helen Hunt (2007)) — Hank performs 'Helen Hunt' live at Carnegie Hall, calling it the first song he ever put on YouTube. (01:02:32)
- 2015-04-21 · A Stunning Turn of Events (John) — refers back (callback on Hank's crush on Helen Hunt (2007)) — John recalls Hank's 2007 love song for Helen Hunt and wondering, while watching that video, when Hank got a guitar. (00:00:24)