August 1: It's Too Hot
2007-08-01 · song · Hank · 3:44 · watch on YouTube
Topic: Everyday life (also: Pop culture) · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: song or performance, punishment or challenge
On his Wednesday song day Hank wishes Harry Potter a happy birthday, then sings 'It's Too Hot', a comic song about a sleepless, sweaty heat wave in Montana that includes a jab at people who doubt climate change.
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; Wednesday means a song; happy birthday to Harry Potter, same age as Hank; Hank would probably have been a Ravenclaw
- ★★ Hank says it is Wednesday, which means he has to sing a song. — 00:00:10 · Song Wednesday
- ★ Hank wishes Harry Potter a happy birthday (yesterday) and notes they are the same age, so they would have been at school at the same time. (playful) — 00:00:10
- ★ Asked about it, Hank thinks he would probably have been a Ravenclaw, not in Harry's house, but likes to think he would have stayed to the end. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:10
00:00:31 — Song 'It's Too Hot', written lying awake at 2 a.m.: sweating in bed, the window fan, the UN heat-death figure, climate change and 102 degrees in Montana, ice cubes in his pants
- ★★ Hank wrote much of the song lying awake at 2 a.m., unable to sleep because of too much caffeine and because of the heat the song is about. — 00:00:31
- ★★★ In the song Hank complains that it is too hot: sweating in bed, lying on the floor in boxers and a washcloth, his will to live melting and his state on fire. (playful) — 00:01:04
- ★★ Hank sings that the United Nations says 11,000 people die of heat each year. (playful) — 00:01:56
- ★★ Hank sings that anyone would have to be deranged not to believe in climate change when it is 102 degrees in Montana after dark. (playful) — 00:02:25 · climate change, Montana
- ★ In the song Hank sweats in his basement watching 'Hotness Prevails' by Winekone, calling him his favorite YouTube star. (playful) — 00:02:25
00:03:25 — He really poured ice down his pants; a piece of ice still in his pocket; sign-off
Humor (dominant)
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Hank wakes at 2 a.m., strips off and slowly realises what is wrong. — 00:00:31
“And a fire between the mattress and my butt”
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Hank lists the only ways he can bear the heat. — 00:01:04
“making out with the window fan, hoping the mailman doesn't look in today”
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After citing a UN figure of 11,000 heat deaths a year, Hank casts the sun as hunting him. — 00:01:56
“but the burning sun, it wants 11,001, but it's not gonna get me, you hear?”
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Hank does a funny dance in the song and explains why. — 00:02:25
“cause I went and got some ice cubes and I put them in my pants”
Threads in this video
- performed · Hank: write a song every two weeks (2007 challenge from John) — On his Wednesday song day Hank says he has to sing a song and performs 'It's Too Hot'. (00:00:10)
- first on record · How serious is climate change? — In a song line Hank calls it deranged not to believe in climate change when Montana is at 102 degrees in the dark. (00:02:25)
Where the stories that moved here went next
Mentioned
Central: It's Too Hot
Also: climate change · Harry Potter (character, “Harry Potter”) · Montana · Ravenclaw · Song Wednesday · United Nations · Winekone
Later videos replying to this one
- 2007-08-02 · August 2nd: Airports and Box Fans (John) — imitates — “It actually inspired me to do a song of my own.” (00:00:09)