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DFTBA TAKEOVER!!!

2009-09-29 (said on 2009-09-30 — implied: date said in the video; uploaded -1 days later) · announcement · Hank · 3:32 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Projects · mode: Announcements · tags: self promotion, civic or action cta

Hank celebrates DFTBA Records videos holding YouTube's front page (Rhett and Link as new artists, Alex Day's album), shares Katherine's Rancid cover and Truth or Fail news, and asks Nerdfighters to sign up on Eventful so he can plan a western US tour.

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

00:00:00 — DFTBA Records on the YouTube front page: explainer, Alan and Tom Milsom song, new artists Rhett and Link, Alex Day's album

  • ★★★ Hank says DFTBA Records is on the front page of YouTube as he makes the video: 'we own the front page of YouTube'. (playful) — 00:00:00 · DFTBA Records, YouTube
  • ★★ Hank lists the front-page videos: an explanation of DFTBA Records starring him and Alan Lastufka, and a song by Alan Lastufka and Tom Milsom. — 00:00:00 · DFTBA Records, Alan Lastufka
  • ★★★ Hank says Rhett and Link are new DFTBA artists; their front-page video 'Live on the Internet' features Shiba Inu puppies and Snoop Dogg. — 00:00:00 · DFTBA Records
  • ★★ Hank praises Alex Day's new song and album, which DFTBA is releasing, as the kind of music he likes, and urges viewers to watch the video for a hidden present. — 00:00:29 · DFTBA Records
  • ★ Hank credits CharlieIsSoCoolLike with editing Alex Day's video extremely well. — 00:00:29

00:00:58 — Buick flash drive gag; Olympia, Washington message and Katherine's cover of the Rancid song

  • ★★ Hank says a Nerdfighter messaged him about touring to Olympia, Washington, which got the Rancid song 'Olympia, Washington' stuck in his head; he reworked its chords. — 00:00:58 · Nerdfighteria

00:01:27 — Katherine's harmonies; Truth or Fail doing well, Dan Brown on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire; slow-motion hand-motion review

  • ★★ Hank says Katherine sang the Rancid song while they recorded it, then surprised him by adding harmonies; he calls her cover really awesome and points viewers to it. — 00:01:27 · Katherine Green
  • ★★ Hank says Truth or Fail is doing extremely well; its last guest host, Dan Brown, did a wonderful job on a Truth or Fail about The Lost Symbol. — 00:01:27
  • ★★ Hank reports that Dan Brown has been picked as a contestant on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, and hopes he wins lots of money. — 00:01:27

00:02:40 — Western US tour planning: sign up on Eventful to say where you are; linked videos; sign-off

  • ★★★ Hank says that, planning a tour of the western United States, he doesn't know where Nerdfighters are, and will go where lots of people sign up, as with the Tour de Nerdfighting. — 00:02:40 · Nerdfighteria, Tour de Nerdfighting
  • ★★★ Hank asks everyone, even outside the West Coast, to sign up on Eventful and say where they are, so he knows where to hold Nerdfighter gatherings; link in the sidebar. — 00:02:40 · Nerdfighteria, link in the sidebar

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Mentioned

Central: DFTBA Records · Eventful

Also: People: Alex Day · Dan Brown (creator) · Katherine Green · Snoop Dogg

Projects: Tour de Nerdfighting · Truth or Fail

Works: Alex Day's DFTBA album (untitled here) · Live on the Internet · Olympia WA. · The Lost Symbol · Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

Organizations: YouTube

Groups: Rhett and Link

Places: Olympia, Washington · Phoenix, Arizona · Tucson, Arizona · Western United States

Only in the description or credits: Alan Lastufka · Charlie McDonnell · Rancid · Tom Milsom

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