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Enjoy My Stupid Dancing! (Pizzamas Day 1)

2015-11-09 · announcement · Hank · 3:46 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Global development (also: Nerdfighteria, Projects) · mode: Announcements · tags: calendar ritual, fundraising ask, civic or action cta, self promotion, community lore, song or performance

Opening Pizzamas 2015, Hank explains for newcomers what Pizzamas and the Project for Awesome are and how to take part in P4A, and plugs the limited Pizzamas merchandise.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Pizzamas rap with dancing: vlogbrothers videos every weekday; Hank rapping is always a bad idea

  • ★ Hank opens Pizzamas with a rap: vlogbrothers videos every day except weekends, before conceding that Hank Green rapping is always a bad idea. (playful) — 00:00:06 · Pizzamas, Vlogbrothers

00:00:28 — Worry about accumulating traditions that intimidate newcomers; Pisa John; Pizzamas explained as two weeks of daily videos as in Brotherhood 2.0; pointer to his History of Pizza John video

  • ★★ Hank says he is getting a little worried the channel will acquire so many traditions that eventually every day will have something from Nerdfighteria history prescribed. (playful) — 00:00:28 · Vlogbrothers, Nerdfighteria
  • ★★★ Hank thinks the channel's traditions and inside knowledge are wonderful but can be intimidating for people who are new. (hedged) — 00:00:47 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ Hank explains Pizzamas as a two-week period of daily videos from John and him, like when they started in 2007 with what was called Brotherhood 2.0. — 00:00:52 · Pizzamas, Brotherhood 2.0
  • ★★ Hank points those confused by Pizza John to his video from last year (2014) on the history of Pizza John, which he worked hard on and thinks is good. (hedged) — 00:01:04 · Pizza John

00:01:12 — Pizza Johns in various styles, pre-order only during Pizzamas; Hank gives his away during P4A

  • ★★ During Pizzamas Pizza Johns come in various styles, available for pre-order only in this two-week period and then never again. — 00:01:12 · Pizza John, Pizzamas
  • ★ Hank has none of his own Pizza Johns because he tends to give them away during the Project for Awesome. — 00:01:20 · Pizza John, Project for Awesome

00:01:24 — What the Project for Awesome is and how to take part: charity videos, Indiegogo perks, livestream, voting; money split; upload time; Extra Life got Hank jazzed

  • ★★★ Hank explains the Project for Awesome, run by him and John since 2007, the first year of vlogbrothers: instead of a usual upload, people upload a video about a charity they think does good work. — 00:01:24 · Project for Awesome, Vlogbrothers
  • ★★ P4A also has a 48-hour livestream with lots of guests and weird things, where memes and new traditions are created. — 00:01:42 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★★ Hank lists ways to take part in P4A: make a charity video, donate through the week-long Indiegogo campaign with perks from YouTubers, watch and promote the livestream and videos, and vote for favourite videos. — 00:01:52 · Project for Awesome, Indiegogo, YouTube
  • ★★★ Money raised in the first half of P4A will be split between Save the Children and the UN refugee agency; second-half money goes to the charities in the most-voted videos. — 00:02:18 · Project for Awesome, Save the Children
  • ★★ Hank says voting influences where the pot of money goes, which in the last few years has been more than a million dollars. — 00:02:30 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★ Hank says P4A videos are to be uploaded at midnight on December 11, right when it becomes December 11. — 00:02:35 · Project for Awesome
  • ★ Hank spent all weekend watching the Extra Life livestreams of the YouTube and Twitch gaming community, which got him super jazzed for P4A. — 00:02:41 · YouTube, Project for Awesome

00:02:56 — A shirt that costs extra with all proceeds to the Point Foundation, an LGBTQ scholarship fund

  • ★★ One Pizzamas shirt costs extra and all its proceeds go to the Point Foundation, an LGBTQ scholarship fund. — 00:03:00 · Pizzamas

00:03:07 — Sign-off with the Pizzamas schedule

00:03:15 — Post-sign-off: shirts at DFTBA.com never available again, tear-off tags, Hank's favourite; ornament, snapback, window cling, stickers, travel mug

  • ★★ The shirts are available at DFTBA.com and never again; Pizzamas also offers a Pizza John ornament, snapback, window cling, stickers and a travel mug, only available now. — 00:03:15 · DFTBA Records, Pizza John, Pizzamas

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Mentioned

Central: Pizza John (“Pisa John”) · Pizzamas · Project for Awesome

Also: Projects: Brotherhood 2.0 · DFTBA Records

Organizations: Indiegogo · Point Foundation · Save the Children · Twitch · UNHCR · YouTube

Places: Pisa (“Pisa John”)

Events: Extra Life

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