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Greek Phallic Disco Golf Balls: A Free Association Game

2011-12-14 · collab / interview · John, Hank · 3:54 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria (also: Personal life) · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: guest or collab, civic or action cta, self promotion

Together in Mountain Brook and, John says, not in the mood for a proper video, John and Hank play a game of word association from 'lemon' to Silvio Berlusconi and ask Nerdfighters to continue it in the comments.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Both brothers: it's Wednesday, John not in the mood for a proper video; Uncle Mike brings flowers; word-association game announced

  • ★★ John says it is Wednesday and he is not really in the mood to make a proper video; their Uncle Mike brings the brothers flowers. — 00:00:01
  • ★★★ John announces the brothers will play a game of word association and that viewers will then continue the game in the comments. — 00:00:09 · Nerdfighteria

00:00:13 — Word association, part 1: lemon pie to Mitt Romney, George Bush, Mountain Brook ('where we are right now'), disco golf balls, DFTBA.com pre-order gag, Pizza John shirt

  • ★★ Hank: Associating from 'rich people', Hank names Mountain Brook and says that is where the brothers are right now. (playful) — 00:01:01
  • ★ John jokes that disco golf balls are now available for pre-order at DFTBA.com, then says not really, but viewers can get a Pizza John shirt. (playful) — 00:01:35 · DFTBA Records, Pizza John

00:01:43 — Word association, part 2: DFTBA, Hank, George Washington, obelisks and phallus, Socrates and Crash Course episode 3, turpentine, Venice, Berlusconi and The Economist's headline

  • ★★ Hank says 'Socrates'; John says it is either Greek or Latin, which Hank will soon find out in episode 3 of Crash Course. (playful) — 00:02:39 · Crash Course
  • ★★ John recalls an Economist cover on Silvio Berlusconi headlined 'The Man Who Screwed an Entire Country'. — 00:03:25

00:03:34 — Hand-off: viewers continue the game in comments from Silvio Berlusconi; Chief the dog; sign-off

In the description and comments

Humor (dominant)

  • After John's 'Minty', Hank's association jumps by sound to a presidential candidate. — 00:00:49

    “Um, Mitt Romney.”

  • The chain loops from golf to clubs to disco to balls and back to golf, and John 'announces' the result at DFTBA.com. — 00:00:58

    “DFTBA.com. Now available for pre-order. Disco golf balls.”

  • Hank answers John's 'Obelisks' with 'phallus'. — 00:02:20

    “It's just - all balls and phalluses today, here.”

  • After 'corruption', Hank says 'Berlusconi'; John's association is the Italian prime minister's sex scandal. — 00:03:15

    “Sex with 17-year-old girls.”

Threads in this video

Where the stories that moved here went next

Mentioned

People: George W. Bush · George Washington · Katherine Green · Mitt Romney · Silvio Berlusconi · Socrates

Projects: Crash Course · DFTBA Records

Organizations: Etsy · The Economist · Tumblr

Terms: DFTBA · Pizza John

Places: Italy · Mountain Brook, Alabama · Venice

Characters: Luigi · Mario · Sonic the Hedgehog

Only in the description or credits: Project for Awesome · the brothers' grandfather

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