54 JOKES! In Four Minutes!

2014-01-17 · list · Hank · 4:00 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Everyday life · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: community lore, recurring series

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: over a year since the last jokes video; trying to beat his record with 54 jokes in under four minutes

• ★★ Hank says it has been over a year since he last told John jokes, so he will try to beat his record again with 54 jokes in under four minutes. (playful) — 00:00:00 · Jokes in four minutes

00:00:08 — Fifty-four rapid-fire puns and jokes: claws/clause, Thoreau editing, kleptomaniacs, Chewy wookiee steak, Shih Tzu, lemon tree my dear Watson, lichen marriage on the rocks, Dorian Gray

00:03:47 — Sign-off

In the description and comments

• ★ In the description Hank thanks the Nerdfighters on Twitter who helped with the jokes and the jokes' original creators, and says he has now told 289 jokes across his jokes videos. — video description · Nerdfighteria, Twitter, Jokes in four minutes

Humor (dominant)

• Hank says kleptomaniacs just don't get puns. — 00:01:09

  “They always take things, literally.”

• Someone asks Sherlock what he is doing with a 200-pound shrub. — 00:02:32

  “It's not a shrub. It's a lemon tree, my dear Watson.”

• Hank recalls telling John in one of his first videos about a fungus and an alga that took a liking (lichen) to each other. — 00:02:53

  “Well I've got bad news. Their marriage is on the rocks.”

• After 'Where does Dorian Gray shop? Forever 21!', Hank closes the list. — 00:03:42

  “Dorian Gray jokes. They never get old.”

Threads in this video

• milestone · Jokes in four minutes: Hank's rapid-fire joke videos (2008) — Hank returns to the jokes videos after over a year, attempting to beat his record with 54 jokes in under four minutes. (00:00:00) → refers to 53 Terrible Jokes!

Where the stories that moved here went next

• Jokes in four minutes: Hank's rapid-fire joke videos (2008) — last documented in 2016 (looked back on in 2021)

Mentioned

Central: Jokes in four minutes

Also: People: Abraham Lincoln · Albert Einstein · Henry David Thoreau (“Thoreau”) · Julius Caesar (Roman statesman)

Works: Cinderella · Civil Disobedience

Organizations: Catholic Church (“Roman Catholic”) · Forever 21 · Instagram · United States Department of Defense · Virgin Mobile

Places: Boston · Mount Rushmore (“Mmmount Rushmore”)

Characters: Barty Crouch Jr. (“Barty Crouch Jr”) · Chewbacca (“Chewy”) · Dorian Gray · Dr. Watson (“Watson”) · Pillsbury Doughboy · Sherlock Holmes (fictional detective) · Stormtrooper · Wookiee

Only in the description or credits: Twitter

Replies to

• continues · 53 Terrible Jokes! — “since the last time I told you jokes,”

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