Humpy Hank

2011-04-15 · announcement · John · 2:06 · watch on YouTube

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

John recounts how Hank's brief humping of Google in a recent video, and Nerdfighter Mattie Boosh's Tumblr animation of Hank humping the TARDIS, launched 'Humpy Hank', then presents Karen Kavett's music video of the animations.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Warning; origin of Humpy Hank: Hank humps Google, Mattie Boosh's TARDIS animation on Tumblr

• ★★ John reminds Hank that he recently made a video in which he briefly humped Google. (playful) — 00:00:05 · Hank Green, Google
• ★★★ John says that a couple of days later Nerdfighter Mattie Boosh posted an animation of Hank humping the TARDIS on his Tumblr, and the Humpy Hank phenomenon was born. (playful) — 00:00:05 · Tumblr, Hank Green

00:00:15 — Music video compiling fan animations of Hank humping people, animals and himself

00:01:48 — Yeats parody 'what rough Humpy Hank'; credit to Karen Kavett; John leaves for Amsterdam; sign-off

• ★★ John credits Nerdfighter Karen Kavett with making the music video, calls her awesome and says everyone should subscribe to her. — 00:02:00
• ★★ John tells Hank he has to go to Amsterdam. — 00:02:03 · Amsterdam

In the description and comments

• ★★ The description says the video collects animations of Hank humping an astonishing variety of people and animals (and himself) into a single music video. (playful) — video description · Hank Green
• ★ The description jokingly draws a lesson: never put video of yourself humping on the Internet, or the Internet will make you pay. (playful) — video description

Humor (dominant)

• John warns that today's video is not suitable for young children. — 00:00:01

  “Or anyone.”

• Calling it a historical moment, John is reminded of the great poet William Butler Yeats, who famously wrote: — 00:01:48

  “And what rough Humpy Hank, his hour come round at last, slouches towards Youtube, to be born?”

Threads in this video

• first use · Humpy Hank: Nerdfighter animations of Hank humping things (2011) — John recounts how Hank's brief humping of Google and Mattie Boosh's Tumblr animation of Hank humping the TARDIS gave birth to the Humpy Hank phenomenon, the title bit. (00:00:05)
• update · John's two-month move to the Netherlands (April 2011) — John signs off saying he has to go to Amsterdam. (00:02:03)

Where the stories that moved here went next

• Humpy Hank: Nerdfighter animations of Hank humping things (2011) — running joke (last seen 2016); last: callback, 2016-10-07
• John's two-month move to the Netherlands (April 2011) — told 2×, last update 2012; last: retold, 2012-03-27

Mentioned

Amsterdam · Google · TARDIS · The Second Coming (poem) (“what rough Humpy Hank, his hour come round at last, slouches towards Youtube”) · Tumblr · W. B. Yeats

Only in the description or credits: Karen Kavett · Mattie Boosh

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