August 24th: John's Secret Project Part 2
2007-08-24 · compilation · a guest · 4:13 · watch on YouTube
Topic: Nerdfighteria · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: community lore, guest or collab, calendar ritual, song or performance, recurring series
Part 2 of Hank's secret birthday project for John: Nerdfighters wish John a happy 30th birthday, tease him about getting old, and blenderize and drink birthday cakes in sympathy with his blenderized Happy Meal.
What is said
The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).
00:00:00 — Opening greetings: a Nepal-article gag, birthday wishes, the Penn State College of Medicine class of 2010
- ★★ a guest: Nerdfighters send John birthday greetings, including one from the entire Penn State College of Medicine class of 2010. (playful) — 00:00:03 · John Green
00:00:47 — More greetings: John is turning 30 and getting old; contributors decide to liquefy a cake as John blenderized his Happy Meal
- ★★ a guest: Greeters note that John is turning 30 and tease him that he is old and will start getting shorter and achy. (playful) — 00:00:47 · John Green
- ★★★ a guest: Because John had to eat a blenderized Happy Meal, contributors blenderize birthday cakes for him and drink them on camera. (playful) — 00:00:47 · John Green
00:01:32 — Contributors blenderize birthday cakes (with Nerds, Otter Pops, orange Peeps), toast John and drink them
- ★ a guest: One contributor shows a cake spelling John in Nerds before blending it, as proof of dedication to Brotherhood 2.0 and the Nerdfighters. (playful) — 00:01:32 · Brotherhood 2.0, Nerdfighteria
- ★ a guest: Tasters report that the blenderized cake is not terrible, likening it to a weird truffle and saying it is nothing compared to a blenderized Happy Meal. (playful) — 00:03:05
00:03:34 — Closing congratulations and a sung Happy Birthday, ending in German
- ★★ a guest: The video closes by congratulating John on living and being a Nerdfighter for 30 years, then sings Happy Birthday. (playful) — 00:03:34 · John Green, nerdfighter
Humor (dominant)
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The birthday compilation opens with someone earnestly reporting their reading. — 00:00:03
“I was reading this really good article about the political situation in Nepal.”
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A greeter's rhyme warns John that at 30 he'll start getting shorter and his joints will ache, then offers him mercy. — 00:00:47
“And since we are so merciful, we'll liquefy a cake.”
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Contributors pile cake, Otter Pops and orange Peeps into the blender. — 00:01:59
“Why does it smell like burning? We killed the blender.”
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A taster tries to describe the blenderized cake. — 00:03:05
“Tastes like the weirdest truffle I've ever had.”
Threads in this video
- outcome · Secret project: Nerdfighters' birthday greetings for John (2007) — Part 2 of the secret project: Nerdfighters' birthday greetings for John and blenderized birthday cakes. (video description)
- result reported · Hank asks Nerdfighters to email him about a secret project for John's birthday (2007) — Nerdfighters' contributions to Hank's secret birthday project make up the video, e.g. a wish from a medical-school class. (00:00:03)
- callback · John's proposal to say 'jokes' instead of 'cool' (2007) — A greeter wishes John 'a totally jokes made of awesome birthday', using 'jokes' as an adjective. (00:00:47)
- variation · John's 'Cooking with John' show: making and eating disgusting things (2007) — Contributors redo John's blend-and-eat with new content: they blenderize birthday cakes and drink them, because John had to eat a blenderized Happy Meal. (00:00:47)
- update · John's 30th birthday (2007) — John turns 30; contributors toast him with blenderized cake. (00:02:32)
Where the stories that moved here went next
- Hank asks Nerdfighters to email him about a secret project for John's birthday (2007) — reported back; last: thanks, 2007-08-28
- Secret project: Nerdfighters' birthday greetings for John (2007) — completed; last: looked back, 2007-08-29
- John's 30th birthday (2007) — followed over 6 videos (2007); last: update, 2007-08-29
Mentioned
Projects: Brotherhood 2.0
Works: Happy Birthday to You
Organizations: Penn State College of Medicine
Terms: jokes · made of awesome · nerdfighter
Places: Nepal
Products: Happy Meal · Nerds · Otter Pops · Peeps
Later videos replying to this one
- 2007-08-27 · August 27th: Thanks Yous and Cameos (John) — answers (retro on Secret project: Nerdfighters' birthday greetings for John (2007)) — John thanks Hank for the two-day birthday present and the work behind it, and thanks the Nerdfighters. (00:00:00)