Crazy Man is Crazy (with SEATTLE INFO!!)
2009-11-18 · letter vlog · Hank · 4:02 · watch on YouTube
Topic: Nerdfighteria (also: Projects, Personal life) · mode: Personal update · tags: on location, self promotion, song or performance, community lore
On tour in Phoenix, Hank announces the Seattle show venue and a $5 suggested donation, sings a short road-trip packing song (then loses his keys), and shows off gifts from Nerdfighters and the This Machine Pwns n00bs CD package.
What is said
The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).
00:00:00 — Leaving Phoenix for Portland and Seattle gatherings; inserted next-day update with the Seattle show venue, times, capacity and $5 suggested donation
- ★★ Hank, in a Phoenix hotel, is leaving this section of the tour for the Pacific Northwest, with gatherings in Portland and Seattle. — 00:00:00 · Tour de Hank
- ★★★ Hank announces the Seattle show at the Sunset Hill Community Center, 3003 Northwest 66th Street, from 6 to 9; the room holds only 150 people. — 00:00:25 · Tour de Hank
- ★★ Because the rented room costs about $500, Hank asks for an optional $5 suggested donation to help cover it. — 00:00:25
00:00:54 — Wednesday song: a short road-trip song listing the things Hank must not lose, then he says he lost his keys that day
- ★★ For the Wednesday song, Hank sings a short road-trip song listing things he'd be screwed without: computer, camera, chargers, guitar, phone, keys. (playful) — 00:00:54 · Song Wednesday
00:01:24 — Nerdfighters buy pizza while he waits for a locksmith (offered as the day's song); show-and-tell of Nerdfighter gifts, helium balloon attempt, Nerds portrait
- ★★ Hank says he lost his keys that day; a group of Nerdfighters ordered pizza and ate with him on a street corner while he waited for a locksmith. (playful) — 00:01:24 · Nerdfighteria
- ★★ Hank shows gifts from Nerdfighters on the tour, including an in-depth 'dream of Nerdfighteria' he plans to scan, In-N-Out ketchup, a portrait made of Nerds and a Lay's-bag crane. — 00:01:24 · Nerdfighteria
- ★ Hank tries to make a 'best wishes' balloon he can't take on the plane more interesting (by inhaling it) but is only very slightly squeaky. (playful) — 00:01:53
00:02:56 — Last gifts (items stuck on his car after Scottsdale, a Lay's-bag crane); first look at the This Machine Pwns n00bs CD package (poster, artwork, lyrics); sign-off
- ★★ Hank shows the physical This Machine Pwns n00bs CD for the first time on the vlog: track list, poster, artwork and printed lyrics. (playful) — 00:02:56
Humor (significant)
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Hank sings a song meant to help him remember not to lose his keys and other things. — 00:00:54
“Funny thing about that is that today I lost my keys.”
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Having lost his keys, Hank offers the lost-keys story in place of a proper song. — 00:01:24
“So we could just make that my song for the day. Does that count? Feels like it counts to me.”
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Hank inhales from a gift balloon hoping for a squeaky voice. — 00:01:53
“I wanted that to be cool, and it was mostly just lame.”
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Showing the CD package, Hank unfolds the poster. — 00:03:26
“Poster, poster, poster, poster, poster, poster. Look at me!”
Threads in this video
- milestone · Tour de Hank: Hank's tour of shows and Nerdfighter gatherings (2009) — Hank fixes the Seattle show of his 2009 tour: Sunset Hill Community Center, 6 to 9, room for 150, $5 suggested donation. (00:00:25)
- reminder · Hank invites Nerdfighters near his tour stops to the Tour de Hank shows (November 2009) — Hank announces the Seattle show at the Sunset Hill Community Center, 3003 Northwest 66th Street, from 6 to 9; the room holds only 150 people. (00:00:25)
- progress update · Hank: make a video for each Tour de Hank location with show details (2009) — Hank announces the Seattle show at the Sunset Hill Community Center, 3003 Northwest 66th Street, from 6 to 9; the room holds only 150 people. (00:00:25)
Where the stories that moved here went next
- Hank: make a video for each Tour de Hank location with show details (2009) — open (updates through 2009, not reported done); last: progress update, 2009-11-18
- Tour de Hank: Hank's tour of shows and Nerdfighter gatherings (2009) — last documented in 2009; last: looked back, 2009-12-02 (said on 2009-12-03, implied)
Mentioned
Central: Seattle · Sunset Hill Community Center · This Machine Pwns n00bs (album) · Tour de Hank
Also: Organizations: In-N-Out Burger
Rituals: Song Wednesday
Places: Pacific Northwest · Phoenix, Arizona · Portland, Oregon · Scottsdale, Arizona
Events: LeakyCon
Products: Lay's · Nerds
Also centred on Seattle: April 3rd: Seattle!
Also centred on This Machine Pwns n00bs (album): Balloon Boy: A Short Song · This Machine Pwns n00bs! · Please Buy My Album (A Song / Medley) · The TOUR DE HANK!!! · Question Tuesday: The Free Money Edition · This Machine Pwns n00bs Video LP
Later videos replying to this one
- 2009-11-22 · Hank in FAMY (John) — punishes (set on Hank: 15 hours in the Missoula Target for his 4:02 video (2009)) — Citing Hank's four-minute-two-second video last week (week of 9 November 2009) as a breach of the four-minute rule, John declares that Hank is getting punished. (00:01:57)
- 2009-12-01 · Shaving for Pakistan (John) — punishes (set on Hank: 15 hours in the Missoula Target for his 4:02 video (2009)) — John sets Hank's punishment: 15 hours in the Missoula Target from opening to close without leaving, plus buying a blender and publicly blending and eating a meal in the Target restaurant. (00:03:03)