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Brotherhood 2.0: May 4: The Top Secret Project

2007-05-04 · compilation · John, a guest · 5:58 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: community lore, song or performance, guest or collab, calendar ritual

John reveals the Top Secret Project: for Hank's 27th birthday, Nerdfighters send a compilation of greetings, songs and outtakes, ending with Happy Birthday.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — John: Hank's 27th birthday is tomorrow; the Top Secret Project was never viral marketing; the first birthday wishes

  • ★★★ John notes it is Friday, May 4; tomorrow, Saturday May 5, is Hank's 27th birthday, and he wishes him happy birthday. — 00:00:20 · Hank Green
  • ★★ John admits he was lying when he told Hank the Top Secret Project involved some kind of viral marketing; he doesn't even know what viral marketing is. (playful) — 00:00:20 · Top Secret Project

00:01:14 — A contributor sings a snippet of a Paul Simon song ('Mama Pajama rolled out of bed...') for Hank

  • ★ a guest: A contributor sings a snippet of 'Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard' for Hank. (playful) — 00:01:14

00:02:06 — Montage of Nerdfighters' birthday greetings: 'Hank is made of awesome today', a school group from Holmen, Wisconsin, individual greeters and outtakes

  • ★★ a guest: Contributors send greetings, including one declaring that Hank is made of awesome today and a group from Holmen High School in Holmen, Wisconsin. (playful) — 00:02:06 · made of awesome

00:05:30 — Closing: Happy Birthday sung to Hank

In the description and comments

Humor (significant)

  • John recalls telling Hank the Top Secret Project involved some kind of viral marketing. — 00:00:20

    “I was lying. I don't even know what viral marketing is.”

  • A greeter keeps flubbing a birthday message, and the outtake is kept in. — 00:03:26

    “Birthday greeting take 29. Happy birthday, Hank. Damn it!”

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Central: Top Secret Project

Also: Happy Birthday to You · Holmen High School · Holmen, Wisconsin · made of awesome · Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard

Only in the description or credits: book censorship · Brotherhood 2.0 · Maureen Johnson

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