August 21: Hairy Hairy Head Hair
2007-08-21 · letter vlog · Hank · 3:01 · watch on YouTube
Topic: Personal life (also: Nerdfighteria) · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: community lore
Hank riffs on his own overdue haircut - hair that grows outward and into his ears and, he jokes, would eventually kill him - and muses that Nerdfighters, once downtrodden, are now 'the jokesest of the jokes'.
What is said
The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).
00:00:00 — Sings a line of 'Mamma Mia'; greeting, Tuesday August 21
00:00:25 — Hank needs a haircut too: the hair 'game', Julia Roberts in Steel Magnolias, hair that grows out and into his ears, Devil's Snare, haircuts save his life, $20
- ★★ Replying to John, Hank says John isn't the only one who needs a haircut. (playful) — 00:00:25 · John Green
- ★ Hank says he loves the 'game' John played yesterday, and shows his hair getting bigger as he keeps talking. (playful) — 00:00:25
- ★★ Hank says he and John both have hair that grows out rather than down, bigger instead of longer (thanks, Dad), except near the ears, where it grows in. (playful) — 00:00:49 · John Green, Mike Green
- ★★ Hank jokes that long hair would first impede his hearing and then, like Devil's Snare, grow into his brain and kill him, so he keeps it trimmed. (joke, hedged) — 00:01:23
- ★★ Hank calls paying someone $20 for a haircut an exorbitant grooming ritual of no practical value, justified only because, he jokes, haircuts save his life. (playful) — 00:01:23
00:02:01 — Nerdfighters are jokes: nerds but made of awesome, centre of the universe at Winner, 'the jokesest of the jokes'; permanent hair damage and a scissor apocalypse; sign-off
- ★★ Hank finds it strange that Nerdfighters, not supposed to be 'jokes' (cool), kind of are: nerds but made of awesome, once the downtrodden masses, now 'the jokesest of the jokes'. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:01 · Nerdfighteria, jokes, made of awesome
- ★★ Hank notes that the Nerdfighter Center of the Universe is at a place called Winner. (playful) — 00:02:01 · Winner, South Dakota, Nerdfighteria
- ★ Hank thinks he may have permanently damaged his hair, which might stop its ear-invading and help in a scissor apocalypse; he admits that wasn't funny. (joke, hedged) — 00:02:01
Humor (dominant)
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Hank spins his hair around until it puffs up. — 00:00:25
“I look like Julia Roberts from Steel Magnolias.”
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Hank's long hair would grow into his brain like Devil's Snare, so he'd cast a light spell. — 00:01:23
“But it wouldn't work because there's no way to get light into my brain.”
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Hank explains why he submits to paying for haircuts. — 00:01:23
“I firmly believe that I get haircuts in order to save my life.”
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Nerdfighters, once the bottom of the downtrodden masses, have risen. — 00:02:01
“are now totally the jokesest of the jokes”
Threads in this video
- callback · John's proposal to say 'jokes' instead of 'cool' (2007) — Hank uses 'jokes' as an adjective: Nerdfighters are now 'the jokesest of the jokes'. (00:02:01)
- callback · Winner, South Dakota: the brothers' midpoint and a Nerdfighter commune (2007) — Hank says the Nerdfighter Center of the Universe is at a place called Winner. (00:02:01)
Mentioned
Devil's Snare · jokes · Julia Roberts · made of awesome · Mamma Mia · Mike Green · Steel Magnolias (film) · Winner, South Dakota
Replies to
- continues · August 20th: Winner, South Dakota — “I kind of love that game you were playing yesterday”
Later videos replying to this one
- 2007-08-22 · August 22nd: Um. Uh. IN YOUR PANTS (John) — continues — “Best comment from yesterday? Hank, I think your hair has a horcrux.” (00:01:02)