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WIDE ANGLE LENS! And Not Eating Fat Sandwiches

2009-06-10 · letter vlog · Hank · 2:48 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria (also: Personal life) · mode: Personal update · tags: punishment or challenge, community lore, civic or action cta

Hank explains that John can't post his video while switching to Final Cut Express amid an audio-sync problem, announces the chosen punishment (a strawberry-protein Crisco fat sandwich, which John has eaten and filmed), shows off a new wide-angle lens, and asks viewers to comment on and favorite John's video when it goes up.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — John can't make a video: Hank has been teaching him computers; the iMovie to Final Cut Express switch

  • ★★★ Hank says John is currently unable to make a YouTube video: he is switching from iMovie to Final Cut Express, which Hank recently did too and calls a big pain, and it is taking John a long time. (playful) — 00:00:00 · John Green, YouTube
  • ★ Hank says he has been helping John use computers for more than word processing and web surfing since the project began. (playful) — 00:00:00

00:00:29 — The chosen punishment: strawberry protein powder in melted Crisco as a fat sandwich; John has done it, filmed it and puked

  • ★★★ Hank announces the chosen punishment: strawberry-flavored protein powder dissolved into melted Crisco and made into a fat sandwich, like a Carl's Jr. burger eaten 'John's way'. (playful) — 00:00:29 · Punishment
  • ★★★ Hank says John has done and filmed the punishment; John reported the first two bites were delicious and then he puked. — 00:00:29 · John Green, Punishment

00:00:58 — Carl's Jr. jab; Hank's new wide-angle lens demo as a 'teaser'; the audio-video sync problem begins

  • ★ Hank says Carl's Jr. burgers taste delicious but should make you want to puke. (playful) — 00:00:58
  • ★★ Hank shows a new wide-angle lens he got today and says he has plans for it but nothing prepared yet; he calls this video a teaser for John's fat-sandwich video. (playful) — 00:00:58
  • ★★ Hank says the audio and video of John's video won't sync; they are pretty sure it is a YouTube problem because the video is fine on John's computer. (hedged) — 00:01:21 · YouTube

00:01:51 — Sync problem blamed on YouTube; ask to comment on and favorite John's fat sandwich video; Dance Dance Revolution clip

  • ★★★ Hank asks everyone to comment on and especially favorite John's fat sandwich video once it is up, as a thank-you to John. — 00:01:51 · John Green
  • ★ Hank ends with a clip of himself playing Dance Dance Revolution on a High School Musical 3 dance pad, the cheapest he could get. (playful) — 00:01:51

Humor (significant)

  • Hank quotes John: the first two bites of the fat sandwich were delicious, then he puked. — 00:00:58

    “which frankly is how we all should respond to Charles jr. burgers”

  • Hank demonstrates his new wide-angle lens on his own face. — 00:01:21

    “now I can make my face all crazy and disperse it like I got a humongous nose”

  • Hank closes with footage of himself playing Dance Dance Revolution. — 00:01:51

    “on a High School Musical 3 dance pad because that was the cheapest one I could get”

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Mentioned

Works: Dance Dance Revolution · High School Musical 3: Senior Year

Organizations: Carl's Jr. · YouTube

Rituals: Punishment

Products: Carl's Jr. portobello mushroom burger · Crisco · Final Cut Express · iMovie

Only in the description or credits: Canon HV30

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