The Woman Without a Face - Pizzamas Day 1
2014-11-10 · letter vlog · Hank, Matthew · 3:46 · watch on YouTube
Topic: Projects (also: History & curiosities, Nerdfighteria) · mode: Announcements · tags: calendar ritual, self promotion, community lore, on location
On the first day of Pizzamas 2014, Hank shows new merch arriving at the DFTBA warehouse and tells the story of the Phantom of Heilbronn, a supposed serial killer whose DNA turned out to come from a cotton-swab factory worker, as a sign of how tiny cells are and how sensitive DNA detection has become.
What is said
The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).
00:00:00 — First day of Pizzamas and of snow in Missoula; daily Brotherhood 2.0-style videos mean Hank is always late; Tumblr asks
- ★ Hank says the first day of Pizzamas is the first day of snow in Missoula; it is cold, and he has just had a haircut. — 00:00:00 · Missoula, Montana, Pizzamas
- ★★ Hank says the promised two weeks of Brotherhood 2.0-style daily videos mean he will be late with every video, since he makes each video the day it is uploaded, uploading at night. — 00:00:14 · Brotherhood 2.0, Pizzamas
- ★ Viewers sent Hank Tumblr asks wanting his promised video; he answers that it is still Monday and the video has to be made. (playful) — 00:00:26 · Tumblr
00:00:42 — At the DFTBA warehouse: leftovers from past Pizzamas, this year's mix of new Pizza John designs and new products, TFIOS mugs and a Pizza John glass arrive
- ★★ Hank shows leftovers from last year's (2013) Pizzamas: DFTBA always orders extra in case of returns and tends to give the leftovers away as SciShow or Subbable perks or for the Project for Awesome. — 00:00:58 · Pizzamas, DFTBA Records, SciShow, Subbable, Project for Awesome
- ★★★ Hank says the Pizzamas before last was just T-shirts; this year (2014) mixes new weird Pizza John designs with products they have never done before. — 00:01:12 · Pizzamas, Pizza John
- ★ New merch arrives by truck at the warehouse, including TFIOS mugs and a pint glass with Pizza John's face. — 00:01:32 · The Fault in Our Stars, Pizza John
00:01:52 — The Phantom of Heilbronn: DNA at 40 crime scenes traced to a cotton-swab factory worker; packing mugs also sends skin cells
- ★★★ Hank says that between 1993 and 2009 one woman's DNA was found at 40 crime scenes, from burglaries to execution-style murders, in three European countries. — 00:01:56 · Europe
- ★★ Hank says by 2008 police were hunting her as a rare female serial killer, knew her clothes and drugs, and found her DNA in the car of a man accused of three murders who denied knowing her. — 00:02:08
- ★★ Hank says she became known as the Woman Without a Face, a female Keyser Söze. — 00:02:31
- ★★★ Hank says in 2009 the DNA was traced to a woman who worked at a cotton-swab factory: it was already on the Q-tips used for the tests, not at the crime scenes. — 00:02:35
- ★★★ Packing mugs reminds Hank he is also sending buyers skin cells; for him the case shows how tiny cells are and how sophisticated and amazing DNA detection techniques have become. — 00:02:53
00:03:11 — A different Pizza John shirt in every shot, the glowing Pizza John; sign-off; end screen of other Pizzamas products
- ★★ Hank has worn a different Pizza John shirt in every shot since the warehouse, including a glowing Pizza John shirt that lights up his face. — 00:03:11 · Pizza John
- ★★ Hank says he is late and a little worried he might not finish and upload the video in time, but hopes he will. (hedged) — 00:03:25
- ★★ On the end screen Hank lists more Pizzamas products than shirts: baby onesies, iPhone cases (iPhone 5 only), patches, stickers, magnets and the pint glass. — 00:03:32 · Pizzamas
Humor (significant)
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Viewers on Tumblr demand the video Hank promised; he insists it is still Monday. — 00:00:34
“I'm going to go to the park and scream for a while and then you will get your video.”
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After the DNA-contamination story, Hank applies it to his own mug packing. — 00:02:53
“how in addition to a mug, I'm also sending you some skin cells.”
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The police's sophisticated DNA hunt for a serial killer turned out to be chasing a cotton-swab factory worker. — 00:03:06
“So sophisticated that we end up thinking that a nice woman who works at the cotton swab factory is a freaking crime boss.”
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A plain-looking Pizza John shirt turns out to glow in the dark. — 00:03:19
“You can see my face in the light of the Pizza John!”
Threads in this video
- launched · Pizzamas 2014 edition: the 12 Days of Pizzamas with a vlogbrothers video every weekday — The 12 Days of Pizzamas begin: Hank marks the first day and shows the new designs and products arriving at the DFTBA warehouse. (00:00:00) → refers to New Crash Course and Pizzamas!
- looked back · Pizzamas 2013 edition: the 12 Days of Pizzamas, the Pizza John face on many products — Hank looks back on last year's (2013) Pizzamas as just weird things for sale, showing leftover stock from it at the warehouse. (00:00:50)
- looked back · Pizzamas 2012 edition: the Pizza John collection, six limited designs on pre-order — Hank recalls that the Pizzamas before last (2012) was just T-shirts. (00:01:12)
Where the stories that moved here went next
- Pizzamas 2014 edition: the 12 Days of Pizzamas with a vlogbrothers video every weekday — past edition (2014); last: looked back, 2014-11-21 (said on 2014-11-20, implied)
Mentioned
Central: Phantom of Heilbronn · Pizza John · Pizzamas
Also: People: Matthew
Projects: Brotherhood 2.0 · DFTBA Records · Project for Awesome · SciShow · Subbable
Works: The Fault in Our Stars
Organizations: Tumblr
Concepts: DNA profiling
Places: Europe · Missoula, Montana
Characters: Keyser Söze
Products: iPhone 5 · Q-tips
Later videos replying to this one
- 2014-11-12 · The History of Pizza John! (Hank) — continues — “in reading the comments to my last video” (00:00:24)