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Adorable Squirrel and Table Topics

2012-06-01 · Q&A · Hank, John · 3:43 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Personal life · mode: Q&A & conversation · tags: on location, guest or collab

Hank, on the Florida family vacation, shares footage of the brothers answering Table Topics question cards: John has his dream job, values mutual generosity in marriage and hopes for Nerdfighteria projects; the rest is banter.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Hank enjoys the family vacation in Florida and an adorable squirrel; introduces footage of the brothers playing Table Topics, not sponsored

  • ★★ Hank says he has very much enjoyed the family vacation in sunny, steamy Florida (the people, the scenery, an adorable squirrel), especially hanging out with John. — 00:00:00 · Florida
  • ★★ John (apparently) says Table Topics did not sponsor them: they don't do product placement so viewers can know no corporation is responsible for their videos. — 00:00:00

00:00:29 — No product placement; mock pitches (Exxon Mobil owns Table Topics, Diet Dr Pepper, Dr Pepper 10); first question: past, present or future

00:00:57 — Table Topics questions: Time Lords, marriage, dream job, a question for a psychic, a party if money were no object

  • ★★ John: Answering a Table Topics question, John names mutual generosity as the most important quality in marriage; Hank agrees it is sweet and true. — 00:00:57
  • ★★ John: Asked his dream job, John says he already has it: making video blogs with his brother and writing novels. (playful) — 00:00:57 · Vlogbrothers · also in: John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated
  • ★★ John: Asked what one question he would ask a psychic, John (apparently) would ask how they live with themselves knowing their profession is a lie. (playful) — 00:01:26
  • ★ Asked about a party if money were no object, Hank says he would throw VidCon. (playful) — 00:01:55 · VidCon
  • ★ John says that if money were no object he wouldn't throw a party, since he likes to be by himself with only family invited; then he jokes he'd throw one on Mars. (playful) — 00:01:55 · Mars

00:02:25 — John questions Hank: athlete, world's biggest problem, boat name, land to preserve, childhood, unfinished goals, this year's goal; sign-off

  • ★★ John: Asked for one goal this year (2012), John says he would like to do a couple of cool projects with Nerdfighteria, noting he and Hank work on different scales. — 00:03:25 · Nerdfighteria

Humor (significant)

  • Stressing that Table Topics did not sponsor them, the brothers claim the game belongs to an oil company. — 00:00:29

    “Delicious Exxon Mobil oil. Good to the last drop.”

  • Practising as a pitchman, a brother turns to Diet Dr Pepper and then Dr Pepper 10's men-only marketing. — 00:00:29

    “It's not for women, it's for apparently misogynists.”

  • John points out that Hank, with a million jobs, already has his dream job. — 00:01:26

    “Your dream job is to have all the jobs. All the jobs!”

  • Asked what he has left undone for years, Hank tops a liposuction quip. — 00:02:55

    “The elimination of death. I've been meaning to get to that.”

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Mentioned

Central: Table Topics

Also: People: Henry Green

Projects: VidCon

Organizations: ExxonMobil

Places: Florida · Mars

Characters: Harry Potter (character, “Harry Potter”) · Time Lord

Products: Diet Dr Pepper · Dr Pepper · Dr Pepper Ten

Only in the description or credits: Seaside, Florida

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