Hank is Late (dr horrible)

2008-10-30 (said on 2008-10-29 — implied: date said in the video; uploaded 1 day later) · letter vlog · Hank · 2:43 · watch on YouTube

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

Posting late in one take while dressed as Carrie Bradshaw, Hank promises a Dr. Horrible song with Katherine for Song Wednesday, reports the Seattle event, Paper Towns' second week on the bestseller list, and that the company that optioned Paper Towns made Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Late with six minutes left; one take via Quick Capture; dressed as Carrie Bradshaw; late because of Nick and Norah; Song Wednesday song to follow

★★ Hank is very late: with six minutes left before midnight he records in one take with Quick Capture to avoid a second punishment. — 00:00:01 · Punishment
★★★ Hank records the video while dressed like Carrie Bradshaw, which he calls embarrassing on its own. (playful) — 00:00:01 · Punishment
★★ Hank and Katherine are late because they went to see Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist and Hank forgot he had to post a video. — 00:00:23 · Katherine Green
★★★ Hank says that after this video he and Katherine will perform a special song from Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog for Song Wednesday, though it will be Thursday on the East Coast. — 00:00:23 · Song Wednesday, Katherine Green

00:00:54 — Dr. Horrible song with Katherine; back from Seattle; thanks; the library crowd

★★ Hank and Katherine just got back from the Seattle event; Hank thanks the Nerdfighters there and thinks the library never had a bigger crowd. (hedged) — 00:00:54 · Katherine Green, Nerdfighteria
★ Hank thanks several named Nerdfighters who came to the Seattle event and tells viewers to subscribe to one of them. — 00:00:54

00:01:23 — Paper Towns' second week on the NYT list at number six; Nick and Norah's producers optioned Paper Towns; John may write the screenplay

★★★ Hank announces Paper Towns will spend a second week on the New York Times bestseller list, at number six, showing people beyond the first Nerdfighter rush are still buying it. — 00:01:23 · John Green, The New York Times, Paper Towns, Nerdfighteria
★★★ Hank says Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist was produced by the same production company that optioned Paper Towns. — 00:01:52 · Paper Towns
★★ Hank says John may be writing the Paper Towns screenplay for the people who made Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist. (hedged) — 00:01:52 · John Green, Paper Towns
★★ Hank calls Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist a really great movie that left him teary. — 00:01:52
★ Hank says this is his first ever one-take Brotherhood 2.0 video. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:52 · Brotherhood 2.0

00:02:21 — First one-take video; wait for the song; sign-off

Threads in this video

performed · Hank: dress as Carrie Bradshaw, punishment for his 4:16 video (2008) — Hank records his video dressed like Carrie Bradshaw, part of the punishment John set. (00:00:01)
promised · Hank (with Katherine): post a Dr. Horrible song for Song Wednesday after his late video (2008) — Hank commits that he and Katherine will perform a special song from Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog after this video, for Song Wednesday. (00:00:23)
milestone · Paper Towns Tour (2008) — Hank and Katherine are back from the Seattle event, which Hank thinks drew the library's biggest crowd ever. (00:00:54)
milestone · Paper Towns: writing, revision and publication (2007) — Paper Towns will spend its second week on the New York Times bestseller list, at number six. (00:01:23)
told · John writes the Paper Towns screenplay (2008) — Hank says John may be writing the Paper Towns screenplay for the people who made Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist. (00:01:52)

Where the stories that moved here went next

Hank (with Katherine): post a Dr. Horrible song for Song Wednesday after his late video (2008) — kept
Hank: dress as Carrie Bradshaw, punishment for his 4:16 video (2008) — performed
Paper Towns Tour (2008) — last documented in 2008 (looked back on in 2019)
Paper Towns: writing, revision and publication (2007) — completed; last: looked back, 2023-11-07
John writes the Paper Towns screenplay (2008) — told 3×, last update 2015; last: retold, 2015-04-28

Mentioned

Central: Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (film) · Paper Towns

Also: People: Katherine Green

Projects: Brotherhood 2.0

Works: Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog · planned Paper Towns film (2008 Mandate Pictures option)

Organizations: The New York Times

Groups: Five Awesome Girls

Rituals: Punishment · Song Wednesday

Places: Seattle

Characters: Carrie Bradshaw

Products: YouTube Quick Capture

Only in the description or credits: Mandate Pictures

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