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HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN!

2011-08-24 · letter vlog · Hank · 2:47 · watch on YouTube

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

For John's birthday Hank jokingly gives him the week's news, then reveals Nerdfighteria's present: a 367-day calendar of pages from different Nerdfighters, to be extended into a page-a-day calendar for the rest of John's life.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Birthday greeting; the brothers take each other's birthday days; comment wishes; mock presents from the week's news (Gaddafi, the East Coast earthquake, Liverpool, Hurricane Irene)

  • ★★ Hank wishes John a happy birthday and explains he is posting today rather than Monday because the brothers take each other's birthday days. — 00:00:00 · John Green
  • ★★ Another way the brothers celebrate each other's birthdays, Hank says, is asking people to leave happy-birthday wishes for John in the comments. — 00:00:00
  • ★★ As mock presents Hank 'gives' John the week's news: a potential end to Gaddafi's rule, an embarrassed East Coast, Liverpool beating Exeter City 3-1, Hurricane Irene, a Barbie set, a Twitter founders' product. (joke) — 00:00:00 · Twitter
  • ★★ Hank says the East Coast earthquake that alarmed people was about 23,000 times less powerful than the earthquake that hit Japan. — 00:00:29

00:00:58 — The 'insight' fake-out, then Nerdfighteria's real present: a 367-day calendar, each page from a different Nerdfighter

  • ★★ Hank pretends his present is an insight: the world gives us gifts every day as if every day were our birthday, amazing things to enjoy and love; then asks if John fell for it. (playful) — 00:00:58
  • ★★★ Nerdfighters made John a 367-day calendar, August 24, 2011 to August 24, 2012 (a leap year), each page a design, thought, idea or gift from a different Nerdfighter. — 00:00:58 · Nerdfighteria

00:01:41 — Too many pages: a page-a-day calendar for the rest of John's life; FedEx overnight; John takes Hank's Friday; same-shirt sign-off

  • ★★ Hank made the first and last pages; the last collects extra submissions, because Nerdfighteria sent far more pages than could be used. — 00:01:41 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★★ Having enough for a second year, Hank says that in the coming months they will create enough pages for a page-a-day calendar for the rest of John's life. — 00:01:41
  • ★★ Hank tells John so many people like him that he could get a warm wish or good idea from a different person every day for life; he's a pretty special dude. — 00:02:04 · John Green
  • ★ Hank says he is heading to FedEx to send the calendar overnight so John has it for August 25. — 00:02:04
  • ★ Hank thanks John for offering to take his Friday day because John has things to talk about, so Hank will see John on Friday, not Monday. — 00:02:04

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Mentioned

Central: Happy John Day · Nerdfighteria's 367-day calendar for John

Also: People: Faith Hill · Muammar Gaddafi · Tim McGraw

Organizations: Exeter City F.C. · FedEx · Liverpool FC · Twitter

Places: East Coast of the United States · Libya

Events: 2011 Virginia earthquake · Hurricane Irene · Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami

Products: Barbie

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