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Hank Green: Behind the Music

2009-01-07 · announcement · Hank · 3:52 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Projects · mode: Announcements · tags: self promotion, song or performance, community lore

In a VH1 Behind the Music parody Hank mocks his own fame and the Rock-afire rift with John, credits producer Schmidt, then announces So Jokes' official release tomorrow with shipping and a BlogTV party.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Behind the Music parody: Hank's fame, the Rock-afire rift with John, producer Schmidt and the songs they recorded

  • ★ In mock-documentary narration, Hank's fame has taken him everywhere worth being, from YouTube's front page to Ames, Iowa. (parody) — 00:00:00 · YouTube
  • ★★ The narration says Hank's relationship with his Rock-afire-hating brother John is at its limit; Hank asks whether John has even heard the band's Beatles medley. (playful) — 00:00:00 · John Green
  • ★★ Hank notes So Jokes isn't out yet but jokes it will be internationally best-selling, depending on the definition. (playful) — 00:00:29
  • ★★ Hank recorded many of his YouTube hits with Schmidt, who he says owns THE music studio in Missoula, played on Weezer albums and made music for That '70s Show. (playful) — 00:01:03 · Missoula, Montana, YouTube
  • ★★ Hank praises Schmidt as awesome: working with him was like a big awesome dream, doing something awesome every session. — 00:01:47

00:01:47 — So Jokes official release tomorrow: DFTBA shipping, signed CDs for the first hundred, ordering, BlogTV release party; sign-off

  • ★★★ Dropping the VH1 conceit, Hank announces So Jokes is officially released tomorrow, with a big BlogTV party the same day. — 00:01:47
  • ★★ Alan, Hank's DFTBA partner who made this video's intro, and a special guest will work all day at the DFTBA distribution center so pre-orders ship; the first hundred get signed CDs. — 00:01:47 · Alan Lastufka, DFTBA Records
  • ★★ From tomorrow So Jokes can be ordered at DFTBA.com and ships immediately; Hank asks viewers to check it out, saying he worked hard on it and is proud of it. (hedged) — 00:02:31 · DFTBA Records
  • ★★ On the stream Hank will play music and talk about the album, Song Wednesdays, the future of Brotherhood 2.0 and DFTBA Records, starting around 5 pm Eastern. (hedged) — 00:02:31 · Song Wednesday, Brotherhood 2.0, DFTBA Records

Humor (significant)

  • Mock VH1 narration opens on the scale of Hank Green's fame. — 00:00:00

    “From the front page of YouTube to Ames, Iowa, Hank Green has been everywhere worth being.”

  • The narration says Hank's relationship with his Rock-afire-hating brother is at breaking point; Hank pleads with John. — 00:00:00

    “have you even heard their Beatles medley? Have you heard it? It's beautiful!”

  • The narrator hails the internationally best-selling album, then admits So Jokes is not out yet. — 00:00:29

    “but it will be internationally best-selling, depending on how you define that term.”

  • Hank describes producer Schmidt as what would happen if Weird Al Yankovic and John Lennon had a baby. — 00:01:03

    “And it was BALD. Most babies are bald.”

Threads in this video

Where the stories that moved here went next

Mentioned

Central: So Jokes

Also: People: John Lennon · Weird Al Yankovic

Projects: Brotherhood 2.0 · DFTBA Records

Works: Accio Deathly Hallows · Behind the Music · Book Eight · Edward Spoonhands · That '70s Show · The Rock-afire Explosion

Organizations: BlogTV · VH1 · YouTube

Groups: The Beatles · Weezer

Rituals: Song Wednesday

Places: Ames, Iowa · Missoula, Montana

Only in the description or credits: Alan Lastufka · Schmidt

Also centred on So Jokes: Hank and John from the Road · DFTBA Records · Comment Haters and Christmas

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