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NERD FACTOR

2011-09-21 · announcement · John · 4:00 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria (also: Personal life) · mode: Announcements · tags: community lore, civic or action cta, guest or collab, recurring series

John announces the six Nerd Factor winners chosen from almost 2,000 video entries, praises each and asks viewers to watch, like and subscribe to them, around gags about his cough and Hank aging into Orville Redenbacher.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Greeting; 'afoot' pun; John's cough; Hank will age into Orville Redenbacher; congratulations on five years of marriage; Nerd Factor entries reviewed

  • ★ John says his voice is husky because he has a cough. — 00:00:00
  • ★★ John reports a nerdfighter's Tumblr discovery that as Hank ages he will look more and more like popcorn magnate Orville Redenbacher. (playful) — 00:00:00 · Tumblr, Hank Green
  • ★★ John congratulates Hank on five years of marriage. — 00:00:00 · Hank Green, Katherine Green
  • ★★★ John says they have finally gone through almost 2,000 Nerd Factor video entries and chosen six winners. — 00:00:00

00:00:34 — Nerd Factor winners one to five (vlog, Thoughts from Places from Bloemfontein, bizarre-fruit song, rant on fictional characters, Thomas Jefferson musical); cigarette gag

  • ★★ John says he cannot believe how much talent there is in Nerdfighteria and is sick that only six winners can be picked when there could be hundreds. — 00:00:34 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ John praises winner one, an unpretentious, well-edited, funny, authentic video blog that has only about 117 views and three likes and deserves a wider audience. — 00:00:34
  • ★★ John praises winner two, a Thoughts from Places video from Bloemfontein, South Africa, that he says improved on the format; its maker has no subscribers, a problem John says 'we can fix'. — 00:01:23 · Thoughts from Places
  • ★★ John names winners three to five: a song about bizarre fruits, a rant about romanticizing fictional characters, and what he calls the best musical about Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence. — 00:01:58

00:02:35 — John phones Mom about Orville Redenbacher; the sixth winner, the Permafrost music video, begins

00:03:26 — Praise for the sixth winner; playlist and ask to like and subscribe; video responses open; back to signing TFIOS; sign-off

  • ★★ John praises winner six, the Permafrost music video: he can't stop listening to it, and her other songs are just as good. — 00:03:26
  • ★★★ John points to a playlist of all the Nerd Factor winners and asks viewers who like them to spread the word by commenting, liking and subscribing. — 00:03:26
  • ★★ John leaves video responses open on this video so viewers can find work made by nerdfighters there. — 00:03:26 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ To rest his voice, John says he is going back to signing The Fault in Our Stars. — 00:03:26 · The Fault in Our Stars
  • ★ John jokingly ranks his favourite bands: the Mountain Goats first and second, Hank Green third, and now the Permafrost singer fourth, a spot that used to be the Mountain Goats'. (joke) — 00:03:26 · Hank Green

In the description and comments

  • ★★ John's list of Nerd Factor winners also names 'Fictional Characters: Emotional Pain?' by lindseythenerdiest, 'Chicago Adventure and the Dark Night' by MitenSoni, the 'Bizarre Fruits' song by Kaysysconundrum and 'Thomas Jefferson: The Musical' by theonlinemusical. — video description
  • ★★ John says the idea of Nerd Factor was blatantly stolen from Michael Buckley of What the Buck. — video description
  • ★★ John thanks Danica and Stan for helping with Nerd Factor, and everyone who took part. — video description

Humor (significant)

  • John explains why his foot is in the frame. — 00:00:00

    “it's because a couple things are afoot.”

  • A nerdfighter found that Hank will age into popcorn magnate Orville Redenbacher; John addresses Katherine. — 00:00:00

    “Catherine, enjoy it now because you will one day be married to Hankville Greenenbacher.”

  • John phones Mom, demands an immediate answer, and asks whether she ever had a romantic relationship with Orville Redenbacher. — 00:02:35

    “That was a pause!”

  • John ranks his favourite bands: the Mountain Goats first and second, Hank Green third, the winner fourth. — 00:03:26

    “It used to be the Mountain Goats.”

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Mentioned

Central: Nerd Factor

Also: People: Katherine Green · Orville Redenbacher · Sydney Green · Thomas Jefferson

Projects: Thoughts from Places

Works: Phineas and Ferb · The Fault in Our Stars · United States Declaration of Independence

Organizations: Tumblr

Groups: The Mountain Goats

Places: Bloemfontein · South Africa

Only in the description or credits: Danica · Michael Buckley · Stan Muller

Also centred on Nerd Factor: Outtake Insanity and NERD FACTOR · TFiOS Movie Casting, New Books, and Groundhog Wars: An Old School Vlogbrothers Video · NERD FACTOR! (...And Why I Fear for Tumblr)

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