Mom and Dad Green! Extra Special Question Tuesday

2013-12-13 · Q&A · Hank, Sydney Green, Mike Green · 3:55 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Personal life · mode: Q&A & conversation · tags: recurring series, guest or collab

Hank puts Nerdfighters' questions to his parents, who explain why he was named William Henry, recall the brothers as small children, and give parenting advice.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Special Question Tuesday with Hank's real mom and dad; Dad is nervous on camera, Dad makes films

★★ Hank introduces a special Question Tuesday in which his real mom and dad answer real questions from Nerdfighters. — 00:00:01 · Question Tuesday, Nerdfighteria, Mike Green, Sydney Green
★ Hank notes that their dad makes films and says that is where the brothers got it from. — 00:00:18 · Mike Green

00:00:26 — Why Hank is William Henry; girl names (Elizabeth for John); Hank born a little blue, the APGAR score

★★★ Sydney Green: Sydney says that, being Southern, they named Hank William Henry after his two grandfathers. — 00:00:36 · Hank Green
★★ Mike Green: Mike says they didn't want him to be a Bill or a Willie and liked 'Hank' as cute, but realizes the name has been a monumental pain for Hank. (playful) — 00:00:41 · Hank Green
★ Hank recalls not knowing how to spell William at about thirteen. (playful) — 00:00:50 · Hank Green
★★ Sydney Green: Sydney says she had no girl name for Hank because she knew he was a boy; the girl name for John was Elizabeth. — 00:00:59 · John Green, Hank Green
★★ Mike Green: Mike says newborn Hank was a little blue and did not have a very high APGAR score. (playful) — 00:01:14 · Hank Green

00:01:32 — John as a child: "horrible", embellishing the truth, lying down in the Miami airport; Hank took a hammer to John

★★ Mike Green: Mike describes John as a child as wonderful, a little troubled and lonely. (playful) — 00:01:39 · John Green
★★ Sydney Green: Sydney says John was always into embellishing the truth. (playful) — 00:01:44 · John Green
★★ Mike Green: Mike recalls five-year-old John calmly lying down on his back in the Miami airport and saying it was just too much and he couldn't take it anymore. (playful) — 00:01:47 · John Green
★★ Sydney Green: Sydney recalls that small Hank, who could not yet really talk, once got tired of John yelling at him and took a hammer to him. (playful) — 00:02:04 · Hank Green, John Green

00:02:14 — Do friends understand what the brothers do; is Hank OK with John's fame; meme question; parenting tip; choosing Asheville with a spreadsheet

★★ Sydney Green: Sydney says their friends and family clearly understand what John does, but not what Hank does with the videos. (playful) — 00:02:21 · John Green, Hank Green
★★ Mike Green: Mike says it surprises and amuses him that people ask whether Hank is okay with John being so famous and successful. — 00:02:31 · Hank Green, John Green
★★ Mike Green: Mike gives his number-one parenting tip in one word: encourage. — 00:02:48
★★ Sydney Green: Sydney says Mike's number-one marriage tip is persistence and her own parenting tip is along the same lines. (hedged) — 00:02:54 · Mike Green
★★ Mike Green: Mike says they live about 20 minutes outside Asheville and chose the place with a spreadsheet of indicators that came almost all from the census. — 00:03:07

00:03:22 — Mom's bloomered doll; Hank thanks his parents; Mom loves that it is P4A time; goodbye

★ Hank thanks his parents for supporting the brothers throughout all of this, and his dad throughout his life. — 00:03:34 · Mike Green, Sydney Green
★★ Sydney Green: Sydney says she loves that it is time for the Project for Awesome, her favorite time of year. — 00:03:48 · Project for Awesome

Humor (significant)

Dad says newborn Hank did not have a very high APGAR score. — 00:01:20

“John's grades were higher even then”
Hank asks what John was like as a child; Mom answers before he can finish the question. — 00:01:32

“Horrible.”
Dad is amused that people ask whether Hank is okay with John being so famous and successful. — 00:02:38

“I'm not though”
Hank reads a viewer's deliberately nonsensical meme question to his parents. — 00:02:41

“Yes!”

Threads in this video

told · Hank's parents explain naming him William Henry but calling him Hank (childhood) — Hank's parents explain they named him William Henry after his grandfathers because they are Southern, avoided Bill or Willie, and called him Hank because they thought it cute. (00:00:36)
told · Five-year-old John lies down in the Miami airport: 'it's just too much' (childhood) — Mike tells how five-year-old John calmly lay down on his back in the Miami airport and said it was all too much. (00:01:47)
retold · The childhood hammer story: Hank 'tried to kill' John (2008) — Sydney retells how small Hank, unable to talk yet, got tired of John yelling at him and took a hammer to him. (00:02:04)

Mentioned

Central: Mike Green · Sydney Green

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