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Introducing...The Awesome

2008-12-18 · announcement · John, Hank · 2:32 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Global development (also: Internet & YouTube) · mode: Announcements · tags: calendar ritual, guest or collab, civic or action cta

John and Hank, as guest editors of YouTube's front page for a day, introduce favourite 2008 Project for Awesome videos, joke about buying Hank Heifer International animals, and thank Nerdfighters and viewers.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — The brothers introduce themselves and the vlog to the YouTube front page and define the 2008 Project for Awesome

  • ★ John says he and Hank live on opposite sides of the country, shows roughly where on a widescreen map, and notes their offices look very similar. (playful) — 00:00:00 · Hank Green
  • ★★ Hank says the brothers have bridged the distance with video blogs on YouTube for a few years, but the project has long not been just about them. — 00:00:00 · Vlogbrothers, YouTube
  • ★★★ Hank says they are here to introduce some of their favourite videos from the 2008 Project for Awesome. — 00:00:00 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★★ Hank describes the Project for Awesome as an annual holiday-season event in which tens of thousands of YouTubers draw attention to charities worldwide. — 00:00:00 · Project for Awesome, YouTube

00:00:42 — Heifer International as a featured P4A video; John's gift to Hank of five llama butts

  • ★★ John presents Heifer International, a featured P4A charity, as a way to buy animals for someone else that actually go to people who need them. (playful) — 00:00:42 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★ John tells Hank his Christmas present is a Heifer gift, jokingly 'five llama butts', since you can buy part of an animal. (playful) — 00:01:10 · Hank Green, Christmas

00:01:35 — YouTube lets them guest-edit the front page for a day; how they chose the featured videos

  • ★★★ both: The brothers say YouTube let them be guest editors of its front page for a day. — 00:01:35 · YouTube, Project for Awesome
  • ★★ both: They say they featured none of their own videos and no best friends, except a video their parents made. (playful) — 00:01:35 · Mike Green, Sydney Green
  • ★★ both: The speaker feels guilty about amazing P4A videos left off the front page and tells viewers to search around for more Project for Awesome videos. — 00:01:35 · Project for Awesome

00:02:04 — Search for more P4A videos; thanks to Nerdfighters and viewers; sign-off by Hank

  • ★★ both: They thank the people known as Nerdfighters who helped make the project such a success. — 00:02:04 · Nerdfighteria, Project for Awesome
  • ★★ both: The brothers thank viewers for checking out P4A videos and for considering giving time and money to people and organisations that do the right thing. — 00:02:04 · Project for Awesome

Humor (significant)

  • John says P4A reminds us the season's spirit is giving, then adds what he really loves about it. — 00:00:42

    “but also that it allows me to quickly and efficiently deal with all my present buying.”

  • John admits five llama butts cost as much as a whole llama. — 00:01:10

    “I wanted you to get a lot of llama butt.”

  • They say they took guest-editing the YouTube front page very seriously. — 00:01:35

    “We haven't put any of our own videos up, like Oprah did that one time.”

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Mentioned

Central: Project for Awesome

Also: Christmas · Heifer International · Mike Green · Oprah Winfrey · Sydney Green · YouTube

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