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Reaction Video: THE THING!

2016-05-27 · letter vlog · Hank, Katherine Green · 3:35 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Projects (also: History & curiosities) · mode: Personal update · tags: on location, guest or collab

In a tour vlog, Hank and companions visit the roadside attraction The Thing without showing what it is, then Hank wraps up the tour saying it was really fun and he really likes the community.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Concert audience shouts 'Good morning, John, it's Friday!'

00:00:15 — Visit to The Thing: doors, yards and sheds; it can't be broadcast, so a 'reaction video'

  • ★★ Hank and companions visit The Thing, following doors through other people's yards and sheds until they find where it lies. (playful) — 00:00:22
  • ★★ A man says he doesn't think they can broadcast what The Thing is, so the video will just be a 'reaction video' to The Thing (the title bit). (playful) — 00:00:28
  • ★ After seeing The Thing, which has no informational placards, Hank says his curiosity is unsatisfied and some things are not meant to be known. (playful) — 00:01:14

00:01:19 — Tour road footage with music: a melted Hershey bar, regrets, an uphill stretch

00:03:09 — Last show is over: Hank on the fun of the tour and the community; sign-off

  • ★★ Hank announces that the last show of the tour is over. — 00:03:09
  • ★★ Hank says the tour was really fun, with many great shows and great people, and that he really likes the community. — 00:03:25 · Nerdfighteria

In the description and comments

  • ★ The description says seeing The Thing costs a dollar per person (seventy-five cents for kids), and calls looking it up on Wikipedia cheating. (playful) — video description
  • ★★ In the description Hank calls the past couple of weeks fascinating and hard to process, says they helped him realize or reinforce what is special about 'this thing that we're doing', and thanks everyone who came out. — video description · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ Hank says it is easy to get caught up in simple metrics like views or subscribers, but knowing they can have a real, positive impact on individual people is wonderful and rewarding, and he is so pleased to be part of it. — video description · Nerdfighteria

Humor (significant)

  • A man says they can't broadcast what The Thing is, so the visit must be filmed without revealing it. — 00:00:31

    “It'll just be a reaction video to The Thing.”

  • On the way to The Thing, someone remarks on where something was made. — 00:00:36

    “Made in Constantinople, or was it Istanbul?”

  • Having seen The Thing, with no placards to explain it, Hank says his curiosity is unsatisfied and some things are not meant to be known. — 00:01:17

    “For example, I guess, The Thing.”

  • Hank considers climbing a ladder at the last venue and decides against it. — 00:03:22

    “It's not-not built for people with my disposition.”

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Katherine Green · The Thing · Tour Because Awesome

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