TRUTH OR FAIL!!! (START HERE) (re-try...with more info)

2009-03-05 · announcement · Hank · 1:45 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria · mode: Announcements · tags: recurring series, community lore, self correction

Hank re-posts the Truth or Fail start video with a new 'Hank from the future' insert: he corrects a wrong question (the Perfect Strangers one was really the Growing Pains theme), says there are four questions not five, and apologises that the first upload missed subscription boxes.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Re-used Truth or Fail introduction; 'Hank from the future' insert begins

• ★★ In the re-used opening, Hank introduces Truth or Fail: two facts, pick the true one through a sequence of videos, five correct answers win a secret prize. — 00:00:00 · first in: 2009-03-04, Truth or Fail! START HERE
• ★ 'Hank from the future' explains the opening was recorded long ago and he is now away from home, stumbling over the word for a baby mobile. (playful) — 00:00:00

00:00:45 — Corrections: Perfect Strangers question was really Growing Pains; four questions not five; first upload missed subscription boxes

• ★★★ Hank says he got one question wrong: the one about Perfect Strangers was actually the theme from Growing Pains, and hints viewers should click the Perfect Strangers answer. — 00:00:45
• ★★ Hank corrects the rules: there are four questions to answer, not five. — 00:00:45
• ★★ Hank apologises that the first video didn't show up in many subscription boxes, hopes this one will, and says it is all part of figuring out how Truth or Fail will work. — 00:00:45

00:01:12 — Question one repeated

• This part replays Truth or Fail! START HERE (2009-03-04); what is said here is covered on that page: 1 statement.

Threads in this video

• rule change · Truth or Fail game-show videos (2009) — Hank corrects the game: one question's answer was wrong (Growing Pains, not Perfect Strangers) and there are four questions, not five. (00:00:45) → refers to Truth or Fail! START HERE

Where the stories that moved here went next

• Truth or Fail game-show videos (2009) — last documented in 2011 (looked back on in 2018)

Mentioned

Central: Truth or Fail

Also: Growing Pains · Helen Hunt (song) · Perfect Strangers

Also centred on Truth or Fail: Truth or Fail! START HERE · TRUTH OR FAIL!!! Episode 2 (New and Improved) · Truth or Fail with John! Famous Authors Edition · Twitter Games and Truth or Fail · Truth or Fail: John Green Books · Truth or Fail: DRUGS!

Replies to

• corrects · Truth or Fail! START HERE — “for some reason this video didn't show up in a lot of people's subscription boxes”

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