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1000 VIDEOS!!!

2012-09-14 · announcement · Hank · 3:19 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria (also: Projects) · mode: Personal essay · tags: community lore

Marking the 1,000th Vlogbrothers video, Hank argues the 1,500 years of viewers' time were well spent, listing charity totals, silly projects, media coverage and new ventures, and thanks Nerdfighters, calling himself and John the luckiest brothers.

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; the first video 2,083 days ago; what changed since (baby, dog, last Harry Potter book, president, new particle, 240p to 1080p)

  • ★★ Hank recalls that 2,083 days ago he posted the first Vlogbrothers video, and John posted his a day later to a different channel because they did not understand YouTube. — 00:00:00 · Vlogbrothers, YouTube
  • ★ Since then John has had a baby and Hank got a dog, while the world got the last Harry Potter book, a new president and a new fundamental particle; video went from 240p to 1080p. — 00:00:12 · Henry Green, Barack Obama, Harry Potter (book series)

00:00:30 — 1,000 videos, average 250,000 views, 1,500 years of human life; justified by P4A, This Star Won't Go Out, Kiva, Thoughts from Places, Tumblr GIFs

  • ★★★ Hank announces that he and John have made 1,000 videos and says he is proud of them both. — 00:00:30 · Vlogbrothers
  • ★★ Hank says each video averages 250,000 views, a quarter of a billion in total, which watched through would be 1,500 years of human life. — 00:00:40 · Vlogbrothers
  • ★★★ Hank says he would feel bad about those 1,500 years of viewers' lives if he didn't feel they had done some pretty cool things with that time. (hedged) — 00:00:58
  • ★★★ Hank lists results: $300,000 and thousands of videos for charities through P4A, thousands of This Star Won't Go Out bracelets, over $1,000,000 lent through the Nerdfighter Kiva group, hundreds of Thoughts from Places. — 00:01:04 · Project for Awesome, This Star Won't Go Out (charity), Bank of Nerdfighteria, Thoughts from Places

00:01:23 — Clip show of embarrassments and bits: Henry, the dog, songs, Helen Hunt tweet, 2D glasses, Lizzie Bennet, tour, Mario, Swoodilypoopers FA Cup

  • ★★ Hank says they spent much of that time embarrassing themselves or doing nasty things to themselves, which he does not regret at all. (playful) — 00:01:23
  • ★★ Hank lists his songs about quarks, ponies, Harry Potter and Helen Hunt, notes Helen Hunt tweeted him about hers, and recalls inventing 2D glasses and turning Pride and Prejudice into a video blog. (playful) — 00:01:36 · Harry Potter (book series)
  • ★ Hank recalls going on tour, beating a Super Mario Bros. game with Katherine, and the Swindon Town Swoodilypoopers winning the FA Cup. (playful) — 00:01:48 · Katherine Green

00:01:56 — Press coverage; FTDWS a non-profit; educational channels; record label, web series, conference; Watsky and Felicia Day; friends and community

  • ★★ Hank says they have been on the front page of USA Today and the New York Times and, more importantly, of Reddit. — 00:01:56 · The New York Times, Reddit
  • ★★ Hank says they made new things they could never even have conceived of without the support of this community. — 00:02:02 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ Hank says the Foundation to Decrease World Suck is a real non-profit now. — 00:02:08 · Foundation to Decrease World Suck, world suck
  • ★★ Hank says they started educational channels that both have more than 200,000 subscribers, plus a record label, a web series and a conference. — 00:02:11 · Crash Course, SciShow, DFTBA Records, VidCon
  • ★ Hank got to sing a song with George Watsky and Felicia Day. — 00:02:18
  • ★★ Hank says they made remarkable friends worldwide and helped create and define a creative community that he thinks is bound for really amazing things. (hedged) — 00:02:21 · Nerdfighteria

00:02:31 — Never missed a day (John once, in hospital); quantifying the unquantifiable: the luckiest brothers; thanks and commitment; 'auto power off' sign-off

  • ★★ Hank has never missed a scheduled Vlogbrothers day; John has missed only one, which Hank forgives because John was in the hospital. — 00:02:35 · Vlogbrothers

  • ★★★ Trying to quantify the unquantifiable, Hank offers one more number: two, the number of brothers who are the luckiest brothers ever. — 00:02:45

    “the luckiest brothers in ever.”

  • ★★ Hank thanks everyone who watched a video, took part in a project or donated to their charities, for helping them be better people. — 00:02:56 · Nerdfighteria

  • ★★ Hank says he and John will keep doing their best not to let viewers down, to make content they like, and to try to make the world better. — 00:03:08

Threads in this video

Where the stories that moved here went next

Mentioned

People: Barack Obama · Felicia Day · George Watsky · Helen Hunt (actor) · Henry Green · Katherine Green

Projects: Bank of Nerdfighteria · Crash Course · DFTBA Records · Foundation to Decrease World Suck · Project for Awesome · SciShow · Thoughts from Places · VidCon

Works: 2D Glasses · Harry Potter (book series) · Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows · Helen Hunt (song) · I Don't Have a Favorite Pony · Pride and Prejudice · Strange Charm · The Lizzie Bennet Diaries

Organizations: Kiva · Reddit · The New York Times · This Star Won't Go Out (charity) · Tumblr · USA Today · YouTube

Concepts: Higgs boson

Events: FA Cup

Characters: Swindon Town Swoodilypoopers

Memes: GIF pronunciation

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