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A HORRIFYING OVERSIGHT!!!!

2008-05-05 · letter vlog · John · 2:41 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria (also: Personal life) · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: community lore, civic or action cta, self promotion, calendar ritual

John comically confesses that he and the Nerdfighters failed to make Hank something awesome for his birthday, asks viewers for birthday wishes and ideas, and promises to announce a plan the next day.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Forgot Hank's birthday: no cognitive-surplus gift, unlike the blenderized birthday cakes for John; Hank might quit ('Vlog Brother')

  • ★★★ John admits he and the Nerdfighters forgot Hank's birthday: some Nerdfighters remembered, but they did not pool their cognitive surplus to make him something awesome. (playful) — 00:00:00 · Hank Green, Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ John contrasts this with Hank getting many people to blenderize birthday cakes and eat them for John's birthday. (playful) — 00:00:00 · Hank Green

00:00:49 — Hank the more popular brother; no ideas; party-blower solo and the Atlanta concierge; fancy Atlanta hotel with a twin bed

  • ★ John is staying in a very fancy hotel in Atlanta whose only shortcoming is a twin bed. (playful) — 00:00:49

00:01:18 — Plan: wish Hank happy birthday in comments, suggest ideas better than blenderized cakes; back tomorrow

  • ★★★ John asks everyone to wish Hank a happy birthday in the comments, then to suggest a really good idea, distinctly better than blenderizing birthday cakes. — 00:01:18 · Hank Green, Nerdfighteria
  • ★★★ John will post again tomorrow, his first back-to-back videos in 16 months, and announce what they will do for Hank and when. — 00:01:18

00:01:47 — Back-to-back videos; punishment settled; Grand Rapids library event with Maureen Johnson and Hank; apology and birthday song

  • ★★ John thanks Nerdfighters for their punishment suggestions and says he thinks they have settled on one. (hedged) — 00:01:47 · Punishment, Nerdfighteria
  • ★★★ Nerdfighters in or near Grand Rapids, Michigan can hear John, Maureen Johnson and Hank talk at a library on Thursday at 6:30. — 00:01:47 · Maureen Johnson, Hank Green

Humor (significant)

  • If the Nerdfighters don't make something awesome, Hank will drop out of the channel. — 00:00:00

    “We're going to have to call it Vlog Brother.”

  • John asks his Atlanta hotel concierge where to get party blowers for a solo. — 00:00:49

    “sir, I'm not legally allowed to answer that question.”

  • After boasting of his very fancy Atlanta hotel, John reveals its one shortcoming: a twin bed. — 00:01:18

    “What is this? Nanny's house?”

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Mentioned

Atlanta · cognitive surplus · Grand Rapids, Michigan · Happy Birthday to You (“Happy birthday to Hank. Happy birthday to Hank.”) · link in the sidebar · Maureen Johnson · Punishment

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