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2008-10-08 (said on 2008-10-07 — implied: date said in the video; uploaded 1 day later) · letter vlog · Hank · 4:00 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Books & writing (also: Personal life, Nerdfighteria) · mode: Personal update · tags: punishment or challenge, community lore, self promotion

Hank explains that the month of Brotherhood 2.1 vlogging is the brothers' punishment for passing Oprah, shows a Nerdfighter's tour map now on PaperTowns.com, recommends James Crumley's The Last Good Kiss, and tells how a 'dead body' turned out to be a mannequin.

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, election countdown; the three nerdfighters in Missoula seen on Eventful

00:00:32 — Why Brotherhood 2.1: the brothers' punishment for passing Oprah

  • ★★★ Hank, who thinks John forgot to explain it in his last video, says Brotherhood 2.1, the brothers' private name for this month (October 2008) of vlogging, is their punishment. — 00:00:32 · Brotherhood 2.0, Punishment
  • ★★ Hank describes the arrangement: the brothers ask Nerdfighters to do amazing things, and in return Nerdfighters get to punish them. — 00:00:32 · Punishment, Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ Hank says the brothers asked Nerdfighters to help them 'pwn' Oprah, and together they got more YouTube subscribers than Oprah. (playful) — 00:00:32 · YouTube, pwned, Nerdfighteria

00:01:01 — The punishment is a month of daily vlogging; Karen's tour map, now at PaperTowns.com with Facebook links; Hank on Facebook

  • ★★★ Hank says the Nerdfighters' punishment is for the brothers to vlog Brotherhood 2.0-style for an entire month. — 00:01:01 · Brotherhood 2.0, Punishment
  • ★★ Hank credits a Nerdfighter named Karen, designer of the voted-on Welcome to Nerdfighteria shirt (probably on sale on tour), with a map of all tour stops. — 00:01:01
  • ★★★ Hank has coloured Karen's map and put it on PaperTowns.com: each city links to its Facebook event page, and the brothers' heads to their Facebook profiles. — 00:01:33 · Paper Towns, Facebook
  • ★★ Hank is thinking of a text version of the map for Nerdfighters not on Facebook; he won't make anyone join, and though resistant at first, now finds Facebook compelling. (hedged) — 00:01:56 · Facebook

00:02:25 — Recommendation: The Last Good Kiss by James Crumley (over-17s)

  • ★★★ Hank strongly recommends James Crumley's The Last Good Kiss, which he finished the day John mentioned it, to readers over 17; younger readers should ask their parents, as it is seedy. — 00:02:25
  • ★ Hank says James Crumley lived and died in Missoula and will be missed, though Hank did not know who he was when he died. — 00:02:25 · Missoula, Montana

00:02:55 — Katherine spots a 'dead body' that turns out to be a naked mannequin; sign-off

  • ★★ Driving home the day before, Katherine thought she saw a dead body behind a razor-wire fence; Hank went to look and found a naked mannequin wearing shoes. (playful) — 00:02:55 · Katherine Green

Humor (significant)

  • Hank excitedly reports that Eventful showed three nerdfighters in Missoula, Montana. — 00:00:00

    “Well, one of them was me. One of them was Catherine.”

  • Katherine sees what looks like a naked dead body behind razor wire; Hank stops, walks up and opens his phone. — 00:02:55

    “and I look, and it is a freaking mannequin!”

  • Hank voices the fence owner smugly admitting the mannequin is a practical joke. — 00:03:39

    “I don't know why the razor wire fence-owning freaky Missoulian has a British accent.”

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Mentioned

Central: Brotherhood 2.0 · Paper Towns Tour · Punishment · The Last Good Kiss

Also: People: Katherine Green · Oprah Winfrey

Works: Paper Towns · Welcome to Nerdfighteria shirt

Organizations: Eventful · Facebook · YouTube

Places: Missoula, Montana

Events: United States presidential election

Memes: pwned

Only in the description or credits: James Crumley · Karen

Also centred on Paper Towns Tour: Paper Towns Tour Dates! · Travel Tips, Delivered Hoarsely

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