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Brotherhood 2.0: July 17: Topless Dancer

2007-07-17 · challenge / punishment · John · 3:00 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: punishment or challenge, community lore

John performs his punishment: after shopping on Indianapolis's 86th Street for props, he assembles huge pants, a belt, a bow tie, three medals and glasses and does a shirtless dance recreating a mix of two pictures.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Punishment day; reply to Hank's punishment video; shopping on 86th Street for props

  • ★★★ John announces that Tuesday, July 17 is the day of his punishment. — 00:00:10 · Punishment
  • ★ John calls Hank's punishment video pretty hilarious and notes Hank said he didn't know where to get spray-on green hair dye. — 00:00:10 · Punishment
  • ★★ John shopped for props on Indianapolis's 86th Street, which he jokes contains all possible commercial entities, visiting Walgreens, the Salvation Army, Goodwill and a party store. (playful) — 00:00:10 · Indianapolis

00:00:40 — Props: green hair dye postponed to Thursday, huge pants and belt, the two pictures, three medals, bow tie

  • ★★ John got green spray-on hair dye but thinks his green hair will have to wait until Thursday (19 July 2007), since Hank hasn't done his green hair yet. (hedged) — 00:00:40
  • ★★ John explains his punishment is to recreate a mix of two pictures; he shows huge pants, a belt, a bow tie and three medals. (playful) — 00:00:40 · Punishment
  • ★★ The three medals: his Alabama Library Association Author Award, a medal for being an Audie Award finalist, and a homemade one from an ethernet cable and a nerdfighter's Evil Baby Orphanage button. (playful) — 00:01:19 · Evil Baby Orphanage, Nerdfighteria

00:01:45 — The punishment dance: glasses he cannot see through, the shirtless dance, a fall; sign-off

  • ★★ John puts on glasses he can't see out of, performs the dance, falls, and reports he is okay. (playful) — 00:01:45

Humor (dominant)

  • John admits the belt for his huge pants is probably a girl belt, then remembers what Hank just did in his punishment. — 00:00:40

    “I mean, you just wore lipstick.”

  • John tries on a pair of glasses to recreate the picture. — 00:01:45

    “These make me look like the bastard child of Harry Potter and Harry Carey.”

  • Mid-dance, John reflects on who is really suffering. — 00:02:25

    “Really, Hank, is this a punishment for me or for the audience?”

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Central: Punishment

Also: 86th Street (Indianapolis) · Alabama Library Association Author Award · Audie Award · Evil Baby Orphanage · Harry Caray · Harry Potter (character, “Harry Potter”) · Indianapolis

Only in the description or credits: Jonathan Coulton

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