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Giant Baby Attack

2010-09-11 (said on 2010-09-10 — implied: date said in the video; uploaded 1 day later) · letter vlog · John, Hank · 3:26 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Personal life (also: Nerdfighteria) · mode: Personal update · tags: guest or collab, on location

John, joined by Hank in Sonoma, California, jokes that a giant baby attacked him (he broke a rib falling off his bike), reports that they are celebrating Dad's 60th birthday without their parents after Mom broke her ankle, announces their new Facebook pages, and asks for nerd exercise suggestions.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Giant baby attack: John's broken rib from a bike fall; his 'backyard' looks like Sonoma

  • ★★ John says that since saying earlier this week (week of 6 September 2010) that a baby attacked him, he has now been attacked by a giant baby. (joke) — 00:00:03
  • ★★★ John admits the injury may really come from falling off his bike and breaking a rib. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:15

00:00:28 — Hank's painful slide down something wet and slippery; poop-based analogies; 'Brotherhood 2.0 recreation moment'

00:00:46 — In Sonoma for Dad's 60th birthday without Mom and Dad (Mom broke her ankle); wineries; the rented house and its quiet fridge

  • ★★★ John says he and Hank are in Sonoma, California, for Dad's 60th birthday party. — 00:00:49 · Mike Green
  • ★★★ Mom and Dad could not come because Mom broke her ankle, so the brothers celebrate Dad's 60th birthday without them and send them their love. — 00:00:57 · Sydney Green, Mike Green
  • ★ John says the video is short because they will honor Dad's 60th birthday (at wineries, Hank adds) and enjoy their rented house. — 00:01:22 · Mike Green

00:01:52 — Facebook's 5,000-friend limit; the brothers switch to Facebook pages

  • ★★ John says they both have thousands of outstanding Facebook friend requests because Facebook allows only 5,000 friends. — 00:01:52 · Facebook
  • ★★ John says Facebook does not understand the internet. (playful) — 00:02:03 · Facebook
  • ★ Hank adds that Facebook does not understand Nerdfighteria. (playful) — 00:02:05 · Facebook, Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ John announces that the brothers have changed their Facebook profiles to pages that can have more than 5,000 friends, so viewers can now connect; link in the description. — 00:02:07 · Facebook

00:02:15 — Hiccups with a broken rib; Hank's joke that can't be told to Nerdfighters

  • ★ John says getting the hiccups with a broken rib last night was torture; Hank had made him laugh with a joke they cannot tell Nerdfighters. (playful) — 00:02:25

00:02:45 — Request for nerd exercise suggestions; Hank's 'dropped something behind the desk' stretch; sign-off

  • ★★ John says that despite his broken rib the brothers are thinking of exercising over the weekend and asks viewers for exercise suggestions, specifically nerd exercises. (hedged) — 00:02:45 · Nerdfighteria

Humor (significant)

  • John describes a giant baby pulling himself along the ground, crawling toward him. — 00:00:07

    “Giant baby attack.”

  • John says he has never shown Hank his backyard. — 00:00:18

    “looks astonishingly like Sonoma, California.”

  • John pauses the camera so Hank can retell the joke that made him laugh, to judge whether Nerdfighters can hear it. — 00:02:33

    “We can't tell you.”

  • Asked for nerd exercises, Hank demonstrates a new stretch. — 00:02:59

    “I've dropped something behind the desk.”

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Central: Mike Green · Sonoma

Also: Brotherhood 2.0 · Facebook · Sydney Green

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