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21st Century Sherlock: A Sherlock / Doors Song

2012-10-05 · song · Hank · 3:26 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Pop culture (also: Projects) · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: song or performance, self promotion

Hank performs a Doors-style parody song celebrating BBC's modern Sherlock, then fills the short video with a promo montage of the brothers' other YouTube channels.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — "21st Century Sherlock": Hank's song about BBC's Sherlock to the tune of the Doors

  • ★★★ Hank sings a parody song about the modern TV Sherlock ("21st Century Sherlock"): lean and cool, humiliating others at crime scenes, beating a corpse with a riding crop. (parody) — 00:00:02

00:01:29 — Final choruses; joke credits; promo montage of SciShow, Crash Course, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries and HankGames clips; thanks to John and sign-off

  • ★★ Since the video is short, Hank adds a promo of the brothers' other YouTube channels, SciShow, Crash Course, Lizzie Bennet and HankGames, which he says are doing quite well. — 00:01:29 · SciShow, Crash Course, HankGames, John Green
  • ★★ Hank asks viewers who are not subscribed to the brothers' other channels to check them out. — 00:01:29
  • ★ The montage plays clips from the channels: World War I and Mr. Green, chimeras, drunk pigs, a chicken shortage, Lizzie Bennet Diaries scenes, FIFA commentary, the cinnamon challenge. — 00:02:09 · Crash Course, SciShow, HankGames
  • ★ Hank thanks John for helping him make a bunch of cool stuff. — 00:03:08 · John Green

In the description and comments

  • ★★ Hank sings that he is waiting impatiently to watch more; the description says he is kinda devastated Season 3 of Sherlock is so far away. (playful, hedged) — video description
  • ★★ Per the description, a recent Truth or Fail round on Sherlock Holmes titled "21st Century Sherlock" inspired the song. — video description

Humor (dominant)

  • In the Doors-style verse, Sherlock humiliates the police at crime scenes. — 00:00:02

    “As he beats on a corpse with a riding crop.”

  • The chorus answers Sherlock's critics with his own line from the show. — 00:00:02

    “He's a sociopath. A high functioning one.”

  • The song turns to the fan waiting for the next season. — 00:00:56

    “Hurry up, I want to watch.”

  • Hank credits Moffat, Jim Morrison, Conan Doyle and Cumberbatch for making the video possible. — 00:01:29

    “my mom. Wouldn't happen without her.”

Threads in this video

Mentioned

Central: Sherlock

Also: 20th Century Fox (song by The Doors) (“21st century Sherlock”) · Crash Course · HankGames · SciShow · Sherlock Holmes (fictional detective) · The Lizzie Bennet Diaries

Only in the description or credits: Arthur Conan Doyle · Benedict Cumberbatch · Jim Morrison · Steven Moffat · Sydney Green · The Doors · Truth or Fail

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