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Chewbacca for President! Let the Wookie Win!

2009-07-11 (said on 2009-07-10 — implied: date said in the video; uploaded 1 day later) · list · John · 2:24 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Pop culture (also: US politics & society) · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: community lore, self promotion, song or performance

Following up his offhand idea from his last video, John jokingly rebuts three arguments against Chewbacca becoming US president in 2012, then announces a Chewie for President t-shirt and Hank's song.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Callback to the last video; three arguments against Chewbacca for president: one (we have a president), two (eligibility rules)

  • ★★ John recalls that in his last video he offhandedly said Chewbacca would make a great president with Han Solo as vice president and chief translator, and the idea had legs. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • ★★★ John jokingly sets out three main arguments against Chewbacca becoming US president in 2012 and rebuts each. (joke) — 00:00:00
  • ★ Argument one, that the US already has a suitable president, John grants as fair, except that he is not a Wookiee. (joke) — 00:00:00 · Barack Obama, United States
  • ★★ John says the US Constitution requires a president to be a natural-born citizen, at least 35 years old, and a US resident for at least 14 years. — 00:00:00 · United States

00:00:45 — Chewbacca fails the requirements (far away galaxy, deceased per Vector Prime, fictional); the Constitution can be amended

  • ★★ John jokes Chewbacca is ineligible: not natural-born (a galaxy far away), deceased as the 1999 Star Wars novel Vector Prime shows, and fictional. (joke) — 00:00:45
  • ★★ John jokes that the Constitution can be amended, so people who call it impossible should let the Wookiee win. (joke) — 00:00:45

00:01:14 — Argument three rejected: public servants should be like Chewbacca; the Chewie for President 2012 t-shirt at DFTBA.com

  • ★★ John dismisses argument three, Chewbacca's poor communication and bellicosity: public servants should be more like him, loyal and self-sacrificing. (playful) — 00:01:14
  • ★★★ After John's last video more than 100 Nerdfighters asked for a Chewie for President 2012 t-shirt; the brothers designed one, on sale at DFTBA.com. — 00:01:14 · DFTBA Records, Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ John warns the shirt was designed today and will take about three weeks to arrive, so buyers should not get mad. — 00:01:14

00:01:44 — Shipping delay; P.S. Hank's Chewbacca for President song as a free download, snippet

  • ★★ John tells Nerdfighters who want the t-shirt to go get it, but not to get mad if it takes a few weeks. — 00:01:44
  • ★★ Hank sent John a Chewbacca for President song, which will be a free download with the t-shirt; a snippet plays over the shirt. — 00:01:44 · Hank Green

00:02:12 — Thanks to Hank; sign-off and outtake

Humor (dominant)

  • Chewbacca fails the Constitution's natural-born-citizen requirement. — 00:00:45

    “because he lived a long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.”

  • After listing that Chewbacca is foreign, dead in a Star Wars novel and fictional, John admits the obstacles. — 00:00:45

    “Being a deceased, non-human, non-American fictional character does make it hard for you to become President of the United States.”

  • In Hank's Chewbacca for President song, if the lobbyists try to line Chewbacca's pockets... — 00:01:44

    “they'll rip their arms out of their sockets!”

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Mentioned

Central: Chewie for President t-shirt

Also: People: Barack Obama

Projects: DFTBA Records

Works: Constitution of the United States · Hank's Chewbacca for President song · Star Wars · Vector Prime

Terms: link in the sidebar

Places: United States

Characters: Chewbacca · Han Solo · Wookiee · Yoda

Replies to

Later videos replying to this one

Part of an exchange of 7 videos, 2009-06-14 – 2009-07-17.