TRUTH OR FAIL!!! Episode 2 (New and Improved)

2009-07-03 · announcement · Hank · 2:35 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Projects (also: History & curiosities) · mode: Announcements · tags: recurring series, self promotion

Hank announces that he and John are relaunching Truth or Fail with a separate no-subscribe answer channel and rotating hosts at youtube.com/truthorfail, then poses the first two-fact question.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Relaunch of Truth or Fail: rules, the second no-subscribe channel, posting at youtube.com/truthorfail, future guest hosts

• ★★ Hank says viewers may remember the original Truth or Fail as a great big fail, but he liked the idea and has refined it. (playful) — 00:00:00
• ★★★ Hank announces that he and John are relaunching Truth or Fail as of today: two facts are given and viewers choose the true one or fail. — 00:00:00 · John Green
• ★★ Hank says there are now two Truth or Fail channels: one to subscribe to with the first video, and a no-subscribe channel for all the answer videos, so subscribers avoid 25 videos per game. — 00:00:00
• ★★ Hank tells viewers which Truth or Fail channel to subscribe to and repeats the address youtube.com/truthorfail. — 00:00:00 · YouTube
• ★★ Hank says Truth or Fail videos will be posted on the host's channel and at youtube.com/truthorfail, with future hosts other than the vlogbrothers; the first other host is not yet announced. — 00:00:33 · Vlogbrothers

00:01:31 — Game: Hank introduces the show and reads two facts (strippers' earnings and ovulation; Einstein and Scrabble)

• ★★ Hank poses the episode's question: either strippers earn more while ovulating than while menstruating, or Albert Einstein loved playing Scrabble; viewers pick the truth. (playful) — 00:01:31

Threads in this video

• milestone · Truth or Fail game-show videos (2009) — Hank announces that he and John are relaunching Truth or Fail as of today, refined after the original was a fail. (00:00:00)
• rule change · Truth or Fail game-show videos (2009) — Hank sets the new rules: a subscribe channel for the first video and a no-subscribe channel for answer videos; videos posted on the host's channel and at youtube.com/truthorfail; rotating hosts. (00:00:00)
• asked · Hank asks viewers to subscribe to the Truth or Fail channel (2009) — Hank tells viewers to subscribe to the main Truth or Fail channel, not the no-subscribe answer channel. (00:00:00)

Where the stories that moved here went next

• Truth or Fail game-show videos (2009) — last documented in 2011 (looked back on in 2018)
• Hank asks viewers to subscribe to the Truth or Fail channel (2009) — promotion (not a request); last: reminder, 2012-01-06

Mentioned

Central: Truth or Fail

Also: Albert Einstein · Scrabble · YouTube

Also centred on Truth or Fail: Truth or Fail! START HERE · TRUTH OR FAIL!!! (START HERE) (re-try...with more info) · Truth or Fail with John! Famous Authors Edition · Twitter Games and Truth or Fail · Truth or Fail: John Green Books · Truth or Fail: DRUGS!

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