Oct 3rd: Baby I Sold Your Dog On EBay
2007-10-03 · song · Hank · 3:59 · watch on YouTube
Topic: Everyday life · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: song or performance, community lore
Hank performs an original comic song, 'Baby I Sold Your Dog on eBay', about a man who sells his partner's destructive dog to pay the bills, dedicated to the Yeti on her birthday, and asks John to talk about the happy dance project next.
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; a song dedicated to the Yeti on her birthday, 'about a woman scorned'
- ★★ Hank introduces his song, dedicated to the Yeti on her birthday, as a song about a woman scorned. (playful) — 00:00:42 · Sarah Urist Green
00:00:47 — Song 'Baby I Sold Your Dog on eBay': the narrator sells his partner's dog on eBay to pay bills
- ★★ In the song, the narrator tells his crying partner he sold her dog on eBay because they had bills to pay, choosing to keep his PlayStation 2 instead. (fiction) — 00:01:11
- ★ The narrator says the dog escaped, ate everything he owned and peed on season two of Deep Space Nine, so he shipped it overnight to a buyer in Buffalo. (fiction) — 00:01:34
- ★ The narrator calls the dog ugly and constantly pooping, says he got a hundred fifty dollars for it, and knows there will be hell to pay. (fiction) — 00:03:06
00:03:51 — Sign-off: asks John to talk about the happy dance project tomorrow
- ★★ Hank asks John to talk about the happy dance project in tomorrow's video. — 00:03:53 · John Green
Humor (dominant)
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The narrator explains why the dog had to go rather than his games console. — 00:01:22
“it was either him or my playstation 2, which doesn't even eat food and will never ever pee on the duvet”
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Listing the dog's crimes, the narrator names the last straw. — 00:01:53
“He peed on season 2 of Deep Space 9 That's crossing the line”
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The narrator describes shipping the boxed dog to its buyer. — 00:02:12
“the guy online paid for overnight shipping so the very next day he was in Buffalo”
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In the closing verse the narrator sums up the dog's obedience training. — 00:03:36
“he could sit but he absolutely couldn't stay”
Threads in this video
- callback · John's wife Sarah as 'the Yeti' (2007) — Hank dedicates his song to 'the Yeti' because it is her birthday. (00:00:29)
- asked · Hank asks John to talk about the happy dance project in his next video (2007) — Hank asks John to talk about the happy dance project in his video tomorrow. (00:03:53)
Where the stories that moved here went next
- Hank asks John to talk about the happy dance project in his next video (2007) — reported back; last: result reported, 2007-10-04
Mentioned
Baby I Sold Your Dog on eBay · Buffalo, New York · eBay · Nerdfighter Happy Dance Project · PlayStation 2 · Sarah Urist Green · Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Later videos replying to this one
- 2007-10-04 · October 4th: Happy Dances, Feuds, and Raccoon Infestations (John) — answers (result on Hank asks John to talk about the happy dance project in his next video (2007)) — John answers Hank's request to talk about the happy dance project: not much to say, but a lot of dances arrived. (00:00:00)