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HAPPY JOHN DAY!!!

2009-08-24 · compilation · Hank · 10:14 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: calendar ritual, community lore, song or performance, guest or collab, self promotion

Hank presents Nerdfighters' birthday collaboration for John: an opening song, a montage of fan greetings, songs and cakes, then announces a longer collaboration and a John Green bobblehead as the birthday present.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Opening birthday song 'It's John Green's birthday' after Hank's greeting (singer apparently a Nerdfighter)

00:00:43 — Montage of Nerdfighters' birthday greetings, cakes, a Willy Peep, fan songs and John Muffins

  • ★★ a guest: In the montage, Nerdfighters from around the world, one from Bahrain, wish John a happy birthday with greetings, songs, cakes and other tributes. — 00:00:43 · Nerdfighteria, John Green

00:07:25 — A Nerdfighter's birthday song about putting stuff on your head

00:08:58 — Hank on the footage, a longer collaboration to come, the bobblehead present and a final clip from Dutch Nerdfighters

  • ★★ Hank says he received over two hours of Nerdfighter birthday footage for John and cut it to nine minutes, longer than he wanted. — 00:08:58 · Nerdfighteria, John Green
  • ★★ Hank says he is making John a comprehensive collaboration with much more Nerdfighter footage that did not fit in this video. — 00:08:58 · Nerdfighteria, John Green
  • ★ Hank gives props to the Nerdfighter who blended a birthday cake and a Happy Meal together. — 00:09:18
  • ★★★ Hank announces John's birthday present from Hank and the Nerdfighters: a John Green bobblehead; 500 were made, nearly all sold, one is on its way to John. — 00:09:18 · John Green bobblehead, Nerdfighteria, John Green
  • ★★ Hank says Dutch Nerdfighters acquired a final clip for John's birthday collaboration. — 00:09:42 · Nerdfighteria

In the description and comments

  • ★★ The description says the bobbleheads are sold out and that people on the secret project mailing list got first dibs. — video description · John Green bobblehead
  • ★ The description lists category picks from the birthday submissions (best cake, drawing, blended cake, activity, furthest away). — video description · Paper Towns
  • ★★ The description credits the Ze Frank clip, picked as the 'Biggest Get', to Tom, Patricia, Lidewij and Lotte (Lotte and Lidewij also run Best Wishes from NL), and names Valerie2776 for 'Best Painter's Tape'. — video description

Humor (significant)

  • The opening birthday song (apparently sung by a Nerdfighter) says the singer is so excited John still writes books. — 00:00:21

    “You'd think that he'd retire and make money off his looks.”

  • A Nerdfighter eats a Willy Peep in John's honour despite the permanent marker on it. — 00:02:06

    “Hopefully I don't die or anything.”

  • A fan's birthday song rhymes on joining Nerdfighteria. — 00:03:15

    “And I hope you don't get Get malaria, yeah!”

  • A fan song celebrating John. — 00:05:29

    “They call him the king of in-your-pants jokes”

  • Fans whose thing is making muffins bake 'John Muffins' in honour of John Day. — 00:06:13

    “John, you're a muffin!”

  • A fan's song urges putting stuff on your head, with one rule of thumb. — 00:08:11

    “don't use a plastic bag Cause that could go really wrong”

  • Hank reveals that Nerdfighters have turned John into a bobblehead. — 00:09:42

    “Your lifelong dream of becoming a plastic figurine with a head that wobbles back and forth has finally been realized.”

Threads in this video

Where the stories that moved here went next

Mentioned

People: Sarah Urist Green · Ze Frank

Projects: Stuff on Heads

Works: John Green bobblehead · Looking for Alaska (novel)

Terms: DFTBA · in your pants

Places: Bahrain

Products: Happy Meal · Peeps

animal: Willy

Only in the description or credits: Best Wishes from NL · Happy John Day · Lidewij · Lotte · Paper Towns · Patricia · Tom · Valerie2776

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