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The Naughty Professor: Hank and John at the Beach - REUNION!

2014-01-24 · Q&A · Hank, John · 3:56 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria (also: Personal life, Books & writing) · mode: Q&A & conversation · tags: recurring series, guest or collab, on location, community lore, self promotion

Hank and John, together on a Florida beach, answer viewer questions: The Art Assignment premiere, the imaginary third brother Dave Green, love, swapped glasses and the upcoming TFIOS trailer.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Beach opening: Henry's fear of orcas, greeting, Hank's sun complaint, Henry's T. S. Eliot line about light

  • ★ John says four-year-old Henry is nervous about being eaten by orcas; John tells him not if he's eight inches in the water. (playful) — 00:00:06 · Henry Green
  • ★ John says when he asks Henry what light is, Henry answers 'the visible sign of the invisible light', a T. S. Eliot line; John finds it adorable. — 00:00:23 · Henry Green

00:00:33 — Question Friday on the beach: Art Assignment premiere, who is Hank, fighting with objects, Dave Green, why love is hard, swapping glasses, the naughty professor

  • ★★ John says the first episode of The Art Assignment comes out in late February and asks viewers to subscribe via the doobly-doo link. — 00:00:48 · The Art Assignment, doobly-doo
  • ★★ Asked why Dave Green is never in the videos, Hank explains Dave is a 'third unsuccessful brother' made up by a Tumblr; John is surprised to have an imaginary brother. (playful) — 00:01:22 · Dave Green, Tumblr
  • ★★ John: Answering why love is so hard, John says love should always be a little bit of work because it matters; Hank agrees, and John adds there are many kinds of love. — 00:01:50 · also in: John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated
  • ★★ John: Overriding Hank's joke request for kinds of farts, John asks viewers to tell them about Dave Green in the comments. (playful) — 00:02:06 · Dave Green
  • ★ John: Swapping glasses, the brothers agree John has the worse prescription; John says Hank's left eye is almost identical to his own. (playful) — 00:02:22

00:02:52 — Hank asks about the TFIOS trailer: out in the next few weeks; John has seen it and thinks it excellent

  • ★★★ John: Asked by Hank about the TFIOS trailer, John says it will come out soon, in the next few weeks. — 00:02:56 · The Fault in Our Stars (film)
  • ★★ John says he has seen the trailer and thought it truly excellent; he hopes others like it and is very nervous for everyone to see it. — 00:03:03

00:03:10 — Wrap-up: Hank's sunburn in Florida, goodbyes, beach outtakes

  • ★★ Hank thanks John for taking him to Florida, where he says he probably got a sunburn in the last twenty minutes; John wore sunscreen. (playful, hedged) — 00:03:14 · Florida

Humor (significant)

  • Asked how they would fight with the objects to their left, John has only sand and Hank a computer. — 00:01:17

    “I would sand Hank’s computer because there is nothing that would upset him more.”

  • Asked why Dave Green is never in the videos, Hank explains who Dave is. — 00:01:26

    “The third unsuccessful brother.”

  • John says there are all different kinds of love. — 00:01:56

    “There’s all different kinds of farts.”

  • Wearing John's glasses, Hank asks how he looks. — 00:02:40

    “Do I look like a naughty professor?”

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Mentioned

Central: The Fault in Our Stars trailer

Also: People: Henry Green · T. S. Eliot

Projects: The Art Assignment

Works: What Is Love

Organizations: Tumblr

Rituals: Question Tuesday

Concepts: love

Places: Florida · Gulf of Mexico

Characters: Dave Green

Also centred on The Fault in Our Stars trailer: Question Tuesday! TFIOS Movie Trailer, Penguin Knees, and Backflips · In Depth Viewing of the TFiOS Trailer

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