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How to Make Cinnamon Toast (two ways)

2014-06-13 · explainer · Hank · 3:33 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Everyday life (also: Projects, Personal life) · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: self promotion

Hank comically demonstrates 'soggy' (butter first, then toast) versus 'crunchy' cinnamon toast after a Tumblr debate, siding with Team Soggy, between VidCon, tank-top and Tour Because Awesome plugs.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Cinnamon toast two ways: the soggy technique (butter first, then toaster) versus the crunchy technique; Team soggy for life

  • ★★ Hank makes cinnamon toast two ways and champions the soggy technique (butter, cinnamon and sugar first, then toaster) over the crunchy one: Team soggy for life. (playful) — 00:00:22

00:01:00 — The Tumblr post and the soggy-versus-crunchy debate; animosity, possibly projected stress; chewing a poster

  • ★★ Hank says he posted his cinnamon-toast method on Tumblr and people criticized him, saying to toast before buttering, which he calls ludicrous. (playful) — 00:01:00 · Tumblr
  • ★★ Hank says there is a lot of animosity between Team soggy and Team crunchy, admitting he may be projecting other stress onto it. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:18

00:01:38 — VidCon 2014 agenda released

  • ★★ Hank says the VidCon 2014 agenda, what happens at what times, has just been released. — 00:01:38 · VidCon

00:01:48 — Toaster ovens do not exist everywhere; broil in the oven instead

  • ★★ Hank learned toaster ovens don't exist everywhere; he excuses toaster-only Team crunchy but suggests broiling in an oven, which is so much better. (playful) — 00:01:48

00:02:06 — Painting anglerfish art for the VidCon charity auction: promised two, did four

  • ★★ Hank paints anglerfish art for the VidCon charity auction, says he doesn't know how, and did four pieces after saying he would do two. — 00:02:06 · VidCon

00:02:23 — Housekeeping: tank-top pre-order until Monday; Tour Because Awesome lineup and tickets

  • ★★ Hank says tank tops are on pre-order sale until Monday (16 June 2014) and may or may not return depending on sales. — 00:02:23
  • ★★★ Hank urges viewers to buy $15-20 tickets for Tour Because Awesome with Hank Green and the Perfect Strangers, Harry and the Potters, Driftless Pony Club, Andrew Huang and Rob Scallon. — 00:02:30

00:02:52 — Stress makes Hank sleepy: going out like a light bulb with a hole in it

  • ★★ Hank says his defense mechanism under stress is getting really sleepy; he prefers unconsciousness to lying in bed thinking. (playful) — 00:02:52
  • ★ Hank explains that a light bulb with a hole goes out fast because oxygen gets in; the chamber needs a vacuum so the filament doesn't burn. — 00:03:08

00:03:22 — Comment question (soggy or crunchy, poster value); thanks; sign-off

  • ★ Hank asks commenters: Team soggy or Team crunchy, and is the chewed poster worth more or less now? (playful) — 00:03:22

Humor (significant)

  • After a heavy-metal montage making crunchy cinnamon toast, Hank looks at the result. — 00:00:50

    “I'm not even gonna put this in my mouth! Team soggy for life!”

  • Hank describes the online debate over whether to toast before buttering. — 00:01:11

    “People died. I mean, people did die, in the world, while we were having the debate, but not actually because of the debate.”

  • Venting his anti-crunchy rage, Hank bites a poster between his teeth. — 00:01:38

    “Do you think that poster's worth more or less now that I've chewed on it?”

  • Hank explains that stress makes him sleepy. — 00:02:52

    “How to avoid stress? I know! Unconsciousness. It's great!”

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Mentioned

People: Andrew Huang · Rob Scallon

Projects: Tour Because Awesome · VidCon

Organizations: Tumblr

Groups: Driftless Pony Club · Hank Green and the Perfect Strangers · Harry and the Potters

Concepts: anglerfish

Only in the description or credits: Michael Aranda

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