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Re: July 18: Accio Deathly Hallows

2007-07-25 · announcement · Hank · 1:46 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria (also: Pop culture) · mode: Personal update · tags: timely hook, self promotion

Hank celebrates that, for the first time, a Brotherhood 2.0 video (his Harry Potter song) is on YouTube's front page, thanks commenters, and pleads with them to stop posting Deathly Hallows spoilers, noting the song was written before the book came out.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Hank celebrates (not gloats) that his song video is the first Brotherhood 2.0 video on the YouTube front page; thanks to whoever featured it and to commenters

  • ★★★ Hank reports that, for the first time after about 150 videos, a Brotherhood 2.0 video is on the front page of YouTube. — 00:00:08 · Brotherhood 2.0, YouTube
  • ★★ Hank insists he is not gloating but celebrating, taking in thousands of YouTube viewers enjoying his music. (playful) — 00:00:08 · YouTube
  • ★ Hank thanks whoever put the video on the front page and the people leaving nice comments. — 00:00:08

00:00:56 — Plea to stop posting spoilers in the comments; the song was written before the book came out; 'special edition' sign-off and cat

  • ★★★ Hank pleads with commenters to stop posting spoilers of the new Harry Potter book, since not everybody has read it yet. — 00:00:56
  • ★★ Hank explains he wrote the song before the book came out, so it has no spoilers; that is why things from the book are not in it. — 00:00:56
  • ★ Hank points viewers to Brotherhood2.com for more Brotherhood 2.0 videos. — 00:01:20 · Brotherhood 2.0

Humor (significant)

  • Hank thanks the commenters who leave nice comments and those who leave links to porn sites. — 00:00:08

    “Oh, where would I find porn if it weren't for my YouTube comments?”

  • Hank describes how being on the front page feels, comparing it with a gesture on screen. — 00:00:08

    “It feels better than a big stack of $1 bills.”

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Central: Accio Deathly Hallows

Also: Brotherhood 2.0 · Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows · YouTube

Also centred on Accio Deathly Hallows: July 20: Green Mohawk · Book Eight...Another Harry Potter Song · Hank Vlogs (and a String Quartet) · I Hung out with Snookie...Accidentally · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall · Accio Decade Hallows

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