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Jelly Face, Sharpie Face, Peanut Butter Face, and Mummy Dancers: The 2014 Project for Awesome

2014-12-16 · announcement · John, Henry Green, Sarah Urist Green · 2:36 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Global development (also: Personal life) · mode: Announcements · tags: calendar ritual, fundraising ask, community lore, guest or collab, self promotion

A sick John reports that P4A 2014 raised over $1.2 million, the most successful ever, thanks Nerdfighters, his family and the volunteers, reminds viewers the Indiegogo closes today, and plays livestream highlights.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — John's flu-like illness, begun during Sharpie face on the P4A Saturday; missing the last days of the Paper Towns shoot

  • ★★ John says he has a flu-like illness, warns this will be the worst vlogbrothers video ever, and plays P4A livestream highlights instead of showing his face. (playful) — 00:00:02 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★ John says the illness began with a throat tickle on the P4A Saturday morning (13 December 2014) while Henry gave him Sharpie face; he jokes the Sharpie fumes may have caused it. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:12 · Henry Green, Sharpie Face, Sharpie, Project for Awesome
  • ★★ John says being ill is miserable because only a few days remain in the Paper Towns shoot; he wants to be there but does not want to make the cast and crew sick before they finish. — 00:00:23 · Paper Towns (film)

00:00:36 — P4A 2014 raised over $1.2 million, the most successful ever; thanks to Nerdfighters; best one yet

  • ★★★ John says P4A 2014 has raised over $1.2 million for charity, by far the most successful P4A ever; at the end he cheers "$1 million… actually like 200,000 more". — 00:00:36 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★ John thanks Nerdfighters who donated, made, watched, shared and commented on P4A videos and watched the live show; for him it was the best P4A yet, and he wants to hear viewers' views in comments. — 00:00:44 · Nerdfighteria, Project for Awesome

00:00:59 — Livestream clip: Henry refuses to cover his forehead with Sharpie, fearing forehead disease

00:01:13 — Thanks to family and Sarah (jelly); Indiegogo live today only; perks; tax-deductible, money to charities chosen by Nerdfighters

  • ★★ John thanks his family for their patience and participation in P4A, especially Sarah, who let herself be covered in jelly. (playful) — 00:01:13 · Sarah Urist Green, Project for Awesome
  • ★★★ John says the Indiegogo is live today only, with perks from a calendar of YouTubers before they were YouTubers to the P4A-exclusive TFIOS, MinutePhysics art, An Imperial Affliction, P4A socks and pressed pennies. — 00:01:23 · Indiegogo, The Fault in Our Stars, Project for Awesome
  • ★★ John says donations are tax-deductible in the US and all money after manufacturing and shipping costs goes to charities chosen by the Nerdfighter community at projectforawesome.com. — 00:01:42 · Nerdfighteria, Project for Awesome

00:01:49 — Livestream clip: banana eyes and jelly face

00:02:05 — Foundation to Decrease Worldsuck has no overhead: volunteers; thanks; over a million; Hank the mummy dancer; sign-off

  • ★★ John says the Foundation to Decrease Worldsuck works because it has no overhead: DFTBA Records warehouse workers who pack and ship perks volunteer, as do Sam Rudge, Karen Kavett, Laura Chernikoff and dozens of others. — 00:02:05 · Foundation to Decrease World Suck, DFTBA Records
  • ★ John tells Hank, of his P4A livestream performance, that he is the most beautiful mummy dancer the world has ever known. (joke) — 00:02:29 · Hank Green, Project for Awesome

Humor (significant)

  • In a clip Henry refuses Sharpie on his forehead because 'you get forehead disease'; John, now sick after his own Sharpie face, says: — 00:01:13

    “Oh, Henry you were so right to be worried about forehead diseases”

  • Sick John watches the banana-eyes clip and remembers when #bananaeyes trended on Twitter. — 00:01:54

    “Happier days, Hank, happier days.”

  • Closing the video, John announces a sentence he thought he would never say to his brother: — 00:02:29

    “you are the most beautiful mummy dancer the world has ever known.”

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Mentioned

Central: Project for Awesome

Also: People: Henry Green · Sarah Urist Green

Projects: DFTBA Records · Foundation to Decrease World Suck

Works: Paper Towns (film) · The Fault in Our Stars

Organizations: Indiegogo · Twitter

Terms: Sharpie Face

Characters: An Imperial Affliction

Products: Sharpie

Only in the description or credits: Henry Reich · Karen Kavett · Laura Chernikoff · Peanut Butter Face · Sam Rudge · The Art Assignment

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