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Hank is an Adorable, Drunk Princess

2011-03-25 (said on 2011-03-24 — implied: date said in the video; uploaded 1 day later) · letter vlog · Hank, Greg DiCostanzo, Paul Sabourin, Mike Phirman · 3:25 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Internet & YouTube (also: Projects) · mode: Personal essay · tags: on location, guest or collab, self promotion

From a Seattle hotel floor on a mini Pacific Northwest tour with Paul and Storm, Hank recounts a soundcheck where Jason Finn drummed along to his song, plugs his Portland show, and admits he is ashamed to profit from advertising, which he thinks a little evil, while keeping ads to fund the videos and mocking Geico and Toyota commercials.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Seattle hotel, Space Needle out the window; a commenter's aperture advice Hank couldn't apply

  • ★ Hank says he is in Seattle, with the Space Needle out the window. — 00:00:00
  • ★ Hank says someone on his last video told him to change his aperture settings so he'd be less blurry; he tried but couldn't find the settings. — 00:00:17

00:00:31 — Mini Pacific Northwest tour with Paul and Storm and Mike Phirman; soundcheck where Jason Finn drums and Paul plays piano along to 'I'm Gonna Kill You'

  • ★★★ Hank says he is on a tiny mini tour of the Pacific Northwest with Paul and Storm and Mike Phirman. — 00:00:31
  • ★★★ Hank says that at soundcheck the night before he filmed, Jason Finn, drummer of The Presidents of the United States of America, a band he geeked out about in high school, drummed along to 'I'm Gonna Kill You'. — 00:01:10
  • ★★ Hank says Paul of Paul and Storm, calling the song the same three chords over and over, played it on the piano, and soundcheck turned into dreams coming true. — 00:01:32

00:01:46 — Friday show in Portland, Oregon; links in the description

  • ★★ Hank says he is filming on Thursday because Friday is another show day, in Portland, Oregon, and asks Portland viewers why they wouldn't be at his show. (playful) — 00:01:46

00:01:59 — Hank is ashamed to make money from advertising, which he thinks a little evil, but keeps ads on to fund the videos

  • ★★★ Hank tells John he is ashamed to make money from advertising, which he believes is a little bit evil, often there to lie to us and make us do things we otherwise wouldn't. — 00:01:59 · online advertising
  • ★★ Hank adds that not all advertising is bad: sometimes we should do things we don't want to, and sometimes ads just shift spending from one thing to another. — 00:02:08 · online advertising
  • ★★★ Hank apologizes to Nerdfighteria but won't turn off ads, since otherwise he couldn't make the videos, and believes their entertainment outweighs the advertisers' damage to viewers' brains. — 00:02:21 · Nerdfighteria, online advertising

00:02:32 — Mocking Geico's 'up to 15% or more' and Toyota's guilt-tripping kid commercials

  • ★★ Hank mocks a Geico ad offering him 'up to 15% or more' off car insurance as the most non-specific statement possible. (playful) — 00:02:32
  • ★★★ Hank calls Toyota's new commercials very evil: a child shames his dad over an old car, implying a father should be ashamed of being poor or fiscally responsible. (playful) — 00:02:46

00:03:16 — Rambling on the hotel floor; sign-off to Portland and John

Humor (significant)

  • Storm boasts he can talk to a camera and drive at the same time; Paul notes he is not driving. — 00:00:43

    “I am not driving. Do you find me amusing?”

  • Hank repeats Geico's offer of 'up to 15% or more' off car insurance, stressing each word. — 00:02:36

    “You could not create a more non-specific statement!”

  • After impersonating Toyota's guilt-tripping kid, Hank tells the carmaker off and points somewhere off camera. — 00:03:07

    “Y'know what Toyota? Eat it! And I'm pointing to a corndog”

  • Having just admitted he profits from ads he finds evil, Hank feels better after ridiculing two of them. — 00:03:12

    “you're seeing advertisements, but I'm making fun of advertisements too, so it's cool!”

Threads in this video

Mentioned

Central: online advertising · Paul and Storm

Also: People: Greg DiCostanzo · Jason Finn · Mike Phirman · Paul Sabourin

Works: I'm Gonna Kill You

Organizations: GEICO · Toyota

Groups: The Presidents of the United States of America

Terms: doobly-doo

Places: Pacific Northwest · Portland, Oregon · Seattle · Space Needle

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