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November 29th: sXePhil, Leaky Brains and a Secret Project

2007-11-29 · letter vlog · Hank · 3:42 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria (also: Science & nature) · mode: Curiosity & trivia · tags: community lore, punishment or challenge

Hank thanks Philip DeFranco for a surge of new subscribers, reports progress on his song challenge, relays the Nerdfighters' answer that a liquefied brain would most likely exit through the eyes as proof of their power, and teases a final Brotherhood 2.0 project.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Cold open: Hank tells Phil about a kinky-club dream; greeting; welcome to Phil's fans; thanks to Philip DeFranco for ~1,500 new subscribers; a secret sister goes to the CNN/YouTube debates

  • ★ In a cold open Hank tells Phil he dreamed Phil was in a bizarre kinky club where people dressed as cartoon characters, then finds Phil's defensiveness weird. (joke) — 00:00:10
  • ★★ For newcomers Hank explains that Nerdfighters and 'secret siblings in my pants' have teamed up to decrease world suck with a scavenger hunt; he calls it 'pretty jokes' and apologises for the terminology. (playful) — 00:00:10 · Nerdfighteria, secret sibling, in your pants, world suck, jokes
  • ★★★ Hank thanks Philip DeFranco: the brothers got about 1,500 new subscribers just because Phil mentioned them. — 00:00:10 · Vlogbrothers
  • ★ Hank says a secret sister flew to St. Petersburg, Florida to take part in the CNN/YouTube debates, and wishes her a good time. — 00:00:10 · secret sibling

00:01:02 — Song challenge: none until next week, two songs left and both already written; songwriting is fun but hard

  • ★★★ Because of Thanksgiving Hank has no song until next week (week of 3 December 2007); only two songs of his challenge remain and both are already written, a load off. — 00:01:02
  • ★★ Hank says songwriting is fun and it's awesome when people like the songs, but it is hard and takes a lot of time he doesn't have. — 00:01:02

00:01:31 — Offer of songs to people who love him; the power of Nerdfighters (Tiffany, the Shazam Corvette); John was right to ask about liquid brains

  • ★★ Having decided to give his time to people who love him, Hank playfully offers to write a song for any of them, especially about Christmas or 'eating your wife', whose chorus diehard Nerdfighters already know. (playful) — 00:01:31 · Christmas
  • ★★★ Hank says the brothers have finally come to respect the power of the Nerdfighters, who took the Tiffany search more seriously than expected and found the owner of a Los Angeles Corvette plated 'Shazam'. (hedged) — 00:01:31 · Nerdfighteria, Los Angeles

00:02:11 — The answer: a liquefied brain would most likely leave through the eyes, then nose and mouth; ears less likely; Egyptian mummification

  • ★★★ Hank reports that, from a variety of sources, a liquefied brain would most likely come out through the eyes. (hedged) — 00:02:11 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ Because the eyes connect to the nose through the tear ducts, and the nose to the mouth and stomach, Hank says the brain would probably exit via nose and mouth, some dripping into the stomach. (hedged) — 00:02:11
  • ★★ Hank says exit through the ears is less likely because the eardrum would have to break. — 00:02:11
  • ★★ Some suggested the nose because ancient Egyptians removed pharaohs' brains that way; Hank says a bone must be broken there, while liquid could slip around the bone at the base of the eye sockets. — 00:02:40

00:03:03 — A final Brotherhood 2.0 project, 'the ultimate test of awesome', to be announced next week; sign-off

  • ★★★ Hank says that next week (week of 3 December 2007) he wants to announce a final Brotherhood 2.0 project, the ultimate test of awesome, needing every Nerdfighter's combined efforts to make the awesomest thing happen. (hedged) — 00:03:03 · Brotherhood 2.0, Nerdfighteria

00:03:28 — No new scavenger hunt clue until John's clue is solved

  • ★★ Hank says there will be no new scavenger hunt clue until John's clue is figured out; John isn't answering his phone and Hank doesn't know the answer either. — 00:03:28

Humor (significant)

  • Hank tells Phil about a dream of him in a kinky cartoon-costume club, and Phil gets defensive. — 00:00:10

    “Oh. Phil, that is weird.”

  • Hank stumbles, saying the secret sister flew to St. Petersburg to 'protect- participate'. — 00:01:02

    “That participate there at the end was giving me some problems.”

  • Hank says he'd love to write a song about Christmas or about eating your wife. — 00:01:31

    “God, not that way. Sexy Phil fans are so disturbed.”

  • Hank explains how the ancient Egyptians broke a bone to pull pharaohs' brains out through the nose. — 00:02:40

    “You just let me know if I'm making you uncomfortable.”

Threads in this video

Where the stories that moved here went next

Mentioned

Central: Philip DeFranco

Also: People: Tiffany (private person, mentioned from 2007)

Projects: Brotherhood 2.0 · Brotherhood 2.0 forum (“my pants”) · Nerdfighter Scavenger Hunt

Terms: in your pants (“in my pants”) · jokes · secret sibling · world suck

Places: Ancient Egypt · Los Angeles · St. Petersburg, Florida

Events: Christmas · CNN/YouTube presidential debates · Thanksgiving

Replies to

Later videos replying to this one

Part of an exchange of 3 videos, 2007-11-28 – 2007-12-03.