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Election Night In Indianapolis!

2008-11-04 · letter vlog · Hank, John · 2:26 · watch on YouTube

Topic: US politics & society (also: Projects, Nerdfighteria) · mode: Personal update · tags: timely hook, on location, guest or collab, self promotion, self correction, civic or action cta

On election night in Indianapolis after a Tour de Nerdfighting event, John says he hates election night, which is like a football game without the action but with world stakes; the brothers tease Elizabeth Dole's defeat, and Hank corrects John: his CD will be sold online after the tour.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Election night in Indianapolis after a Nerdfighter event; hating election night; elections as a boring football game

00:00:44 — Football innuendo; world stakes; Hank arrives; Elizabeth Dole loses, thanks to Mom and Dad; Hank's Montana Grizz shirt and Jon Tester

  • ★★ both: The brothers note that Elizabeth Dole no longer has a job, thanking their Dad and Mom for not voting for her; 'we just don't like Elizabeth Dole'. (playful) — 00:00:44 · Mike Green, Sydney Green
  • ★ Hank jokes that he is wearing his Montana Grizz shirt because it brought about the election of 'seven-fingered' Jon Tester in 2006. (joke) — 00:00:44

00:01:15 — Tired from the Tour de Nerdfighting; hope viewers 18+ voted; John not vomiting; correcting John about the CD

  • ★★ Hank says the Tour de Nerdfighting has been fantastic but has not included much sleeping, so he is very tired. — 00:01:15 · Tour de Nerdfighting
  • ★★ Hank hopes all viewers 18 or older voted today, calling it a historic day. (hedged) — 00:01:15 · United States presidential election
  • ★★★ Hank corrects John's video of the day before: his CD is only currently available on the tour; afterwards they will sell and ship it online, hopefully in early December. (hedged) — 00:01:15 · Tour de Nerdfighting

00:01:45 — CD to be shipped online after the tour; Willy says hi; showing true colors; possible later update; sign-off

  • ★★ Holding Willy, Hank says the Vlogbrothers are not political, but sometimes you have to show your true colors. (playful) — 00:01:45 · Vlogbrothers, Willy
  • ★★ Hank says there may be a special update later with official news, and that Nerdfighters will see John on the road to Louisville, Kentucky tomorrow. (hedged) — 00:01:45 · Nerdfighteria

Humor (significant)

  • John laments that elections lack football's spectacle of 'well-trained, well-oiled young men', and the image turns into innuendo. — 00:00:44

    “each other in the behinds.”

  • Hank credits his Montana Grizz shirt for the 2006 election of seven-fingered Jon Tester. — 00:01:15

    “He hangs loose 100% of the time.”

  • Hank judges how the election is going by whether his brother is throwing up. — 00:01:15

    “You know an election's going well and Jon Green isn't vomiting.”

Threads in this video

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Mentioned

Central: United States presidential election

Also: People: Elizabeth Dole · Jon Tester · Mike Green · Sydney Green · Warrick Dunn

Projects: Tour de Nerdfighting

Works: So Jokes

Places: Indianapolis · Louisville, Kentucky

animal: Willy

Replies to

  • corrects · Hank and John from the Road — “Yesterday in Jon's video, he said that my CD would only be available on the Tour de Nerdfighting, and that is not entirely true.”

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