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The Fair: Testacular!

2011-08-12 · letter vlog · Hank · 3:09 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Personal life (also: Projects, Nerdfighteria) · mode: Personal update · tags: on location, calendar ritual, civic or action cta, community lore

Hank starts to analyse 'Good morning, John', drops it as boring, shows the Western Montana Fair's food and animals, describes his brain crack, including a new ReadIt1st website idea, and asks viewers (not John) to sign up at nerdfighters.com for a secret August 24 celebration.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Mock-serious reflection on 'Good morning, John' as the most important words of the videos, abandoned as boring

  • ★★ Hank muses that 'Good morning, John' may be the most important words in the videos: it reminds him John is the key audience member and links every Vlogbrothers video to every other. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:00 · Vlogbrothers, John Green

00:00:29 — The Western Montana Fair: hand-dipped corn dogs, a startled big sheep

  • ★★ Hank says he loves the fair and mostly goes for the food: it is his one chance a year for a hand-dipped corn dog, which he is not going to miss. — 00:00:29

00:01:27 — Fair attractions list; Hank's brain crack: two huge projects and the ReadIt1st website idea from a tweet, logo and Tumblr design critique

  • ★ Hank lists what the fair offers: deep-fried meatballs, cheese curds and corn dogs, llamas, chickens, geese, ducks, bunnies, and eerily violent Lego Star Wars sets. (playful) — 00:01:27
  • ★★ Hank says he has been suffering from severe brain crack lately, with two huge projects on his mind. — 00:01:27 · brain crack
  • ★★ Hank tweeted that he may stop going to see movies if he hasn't read the book first, because seeing the film first ruins it; many people agreed. (hedged) — 00:01:56
  • ★★★ Hank made up a logo for a website called Read It First, posted it on his Tumblr, had a design critique with commenters, and bought the domain ($10 in), so he must now start work. — 00:01:56

00:02:25 — Thanks to Nerdfighteria; John told to stop watching; sign up at nerdfighters.com for an August 24 celebration; sign-off

  • ★★ Hank says the idea would not be possible without Nerdfighteria and thanks Nerdfighteria for supporting it and for being a source of tremendous inspiration. — 00:02:25 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★★ Hank tells John to stop watching, then asks viewers curious about August 24 to sign up at nerdfighters.com within two days to learn how to join the celebrations; the description calls it a secret project for John. — 00:02:25 · nerdfighters.com, John Green

Humor (significant)

  • Hank solemnly analyses 'Good morning, John' as the most important words in the videos, then gives up. — 00:00:00

    “This isn't what I wanted. This is boring.”

  • Hank wonders whether his corn-dog obsession is real. — 00:00:29

    “maybe I invented my obsession with corn dogs because it's funny, because the word corn dog is funny.”

  • Listing the fair's deep-fried foods, Hank slips in an impossible item. — 00:01:27

    “deep fried cheese curds and deep fried vikings”

  • Before revealing a secret project, Hank addresses his brother directly. — 00:02:25

    “John Green, stop watching the video right now.”

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Mentioned

Central: ReadIt1st · Western Montana Fair

Also: anglerfish · brain crack · French Revolution · Good morning greeting · Happy John Day · nerdfighters.com

Also centred on ReadIt1st: How to Make Ideas Real: Readit1st.com

Also centred on Western Montana Fair: August 13: The Fair!!!!

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