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27 Part Video

2011-11-09 · list · Hank · 4:00 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Personal life (also: Pop culture, Science & nature, Global development) · mode: Personal update · tags: self promotion, fundraising ask, civic or action cta, community lore

Hank delivers a video in 27 short parts, several prompted by Twitter: a They Might Be Giants and Jonathan Coulton show, SciShow, microwaves and nutrients, his meat-free month, P4A on December 17th, and the result of his facial-hair fundraiser, where Keep It narrowly beat Shave It.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Blue construction-paper blue screen; going home; the video comes in 27 parts, with topics from Twitter

  • ★★ Hank says the video comes in 27 parts, with an on-screen label for each, and that people he asked on Twitter supplied topics. — 00:00:00 · Twitter

00:00:36 — They Might Be Giants and Jonathan Coulton show in Spokane; SciShow; 'T-shirt and jeans'; bad breath; whether video games are art

  • ★★ Hank went to a They Might Be Giants show in Spokane this weekend, with Jonathan Coulton opening. — 00:00:36
  • ★★ Hank thinks Coulton's joke that he didn't have to sign 150,000 pre-ordered CDs was probably a reference to The Fault in Our Stars. (hedged) — 00:00:36 · The Fault in Our Stars
  • ★★★ Hank says he and John are starting big new YouTube channels; his, SciShow, will cover science news and broader topics so everyone can be smarter. — 00:00:36 · SciShow
  • ★ Hank says people's breath smells bad because of bacteria living in the mouth. — 00:00:36
  • ★★ Hank doesn't find the debate over whether video games are art interesting, because it requires a definition of art everyone accepts, which he doesn't. — 00:00:36

00:01:27 — Maybe a live show on 11/11/11; TMBG's Join Us; Twitter answers; microwaves do not destroy nutrients

  • ★★ Hank says he is thinking maybe he'll start doing a live show on 11/11/11 and tells viewers to come back then and see. (hedged) — 00:01:27
  • ★★ Hank says he has been listening to They Might Be Giants' new album, Join Us, constantly. — 00:01:27
  • ★★ Hank says it is not true that microwaves destroy all the nutrients in food: microwaving does nothing steaming or frying wouldn't, and boiling removes more nutrients from vegetables. — 00:01:27

00:02:02 — Corn dogs back at the grocery store; NaNoWriMo; Quidditch World Cup in New York this weekend; Minecraft

  • ★ Hank thought about doing NaNoWriMo this year (2011), then realized it is already about halfway through November. — 00:02:02
  • ★★ Hank says Harry Potter fans play actual Quidditch in New York every year, this weekend, and urges viewers who are around to go; details in the description. — 00:02:02 · New York City, Harry Potter (book series)
  • ★ Hank thinks Minecraft is totally amazing; he plays, finds a spot for a new house, digs and dies. (playful) — 00:02:02

00:02:40 — Minecraft death; the meat-free month reported; P4A on December 17th

  • ★★★ Hank reports he did go a month without meat after his video about it, though he never talked about it again; his life became very cheese-centric. — 00:02:40
  • ★★ Hank says giving up meat is not an easy life choice and it is clear why most people eat meat: it is delicious and easy; he doubts his cheese-heavy month was healthy. — 00:02:40
  • ★★★ Hank announces the Project for Awesome is happening again this year (2011) on December 17th. — 00:02:40 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★ Hank tells viewers they should already be working on ideas for their videos promoting charities for the Project for Awesome. — 00:02:40 · Project for Awesome

00:03:10 — Keep It / Shave It fundraiser result for the Foundation to Decrease World Suck; thanks to a donor; part 27 sign-off

  • ★★★ Hank reports the Keep It / Shave It fundraiser result: Keep It $1494.43 beat Shave It $1449.98, together almost $3,000 for the Foundation to Decrease World Suck. — 00:03:10 · Foundation to Decrease World Suck, world suck
  • ★★ Hank says he wishes it had not been so close, feels he is betraying half of viewers, and is going to shave at the end of November. — 00:03:10
  • ★★ Hank thanks Leanne Spillane, his high school English teacher, whose $100 donation to Keep It decided the result. — 00:03:39

In the description and comments

Humor (significant)

  • Hank shows off his homemade blue screen. — 00:00:00

    “Obviously, I'm enough of an internet sensation that I've just taped several pieces of blue construction paper behind me”

  • Playing Minecraft, Hank digs toward ore and something attacks him. — 00:02:40

    “I somehow survived that. Somehow survived. Eh, not anymore.”

  • After a $100 donation decided the facial-hair vote, Hank says every vote counts. — 00:03:39

    “And when I say vote, of course I mean dollar, because that's how America works.”

Threads in this video

Where the stories that moved here went next

Mentioned

Central: Foundation to Decrease World Suck

Also: People: Jonathan Coulton

Projects: Project for Awesome · SciShow

Works: Harry Potter (book series) · Join Us · Minecraft · The Fault in Our Stars

Organizations: Twitter

Groups: They Might Be Giants

Concepts: Vegetarianism · video games as an art form

Places: New York City · Spokane, Washington

Events: National Novel Writing Month · Quidditch World Cup

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