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10 Years on YouTube (...and MORE GREAT NEWS)

2017-01-03 · letter vlog · John · 3:53 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria (also: Projects, Personal life) · mode: Announcements · tags: community lore, punishment or challenge, self promotion, timely hook, civic or action cta

In an eight-part video marking ten years since his first upload, John reports that 100 Days has begun, plugs Claire Emery's anniversary woodblock prints, launches This Day in Vlogbrothers History, invites viewers to watch AFC Wimbledon's FA Cup tie, confirms Hank's punishment for NerdCon: Nerdfighteria, and thanks Hank for the closeness the channel brought them.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Voldemort's-soul eight-part intro; John is sick

  • ★ John says he is full of snot and apologizes for sounding sick, because he is sick. — 00:00:11

00:00:17 — 100 Days has begun; live workout at NerdCon: Nerdfighteria

  • ★★★ John announces 100 Days has begun: he and his best friend Chris are trying a healthy midlife crisis, learning about health and fitness over 100 days. — 00:00:17 · 100 Days
  • ★★ Partner abs remind John his stomach was made for resting a laptop on, but he says his life is changing dramatically during the 100 days. (playful) — 00:00:35 · 100 Days
  • ★★ John invites viewers to follow along with 100 Days at youtube.com/100days if they are so inclined. — 00:00:43 · 100 Days, YouTube
  • ★★ John says people at NerdCon: Nerdfighteria in Boston next month (February 2017) can do a live workout with him, Chris and their trainer Laura. — 00:00:45

00:00:51 — Ten years since John's first upload; a 2007-style jump cut; thanks to viewers

  • ★★★ John marks the anniversary: ten years and one day ago he uploaded his first ever video to YouTube. — 00:00:51 · Vlogbrothers, YouTube
  • ★ Showing an old-school jump cut, John jokes that if he had one day to live he would want it full of 2007 Vlogbrothers jump cuts. (playful) — 00:00:59 · Vlogbrothers
  • ★★ John recalls his first video began 'I'm not going to be good at this'; he wasn't, and in many ways still isn't, but feels lucky to be at it ten years later. — 00:01:07
  • ★★ John thanks everyone who has been part of the last decade with the brothers. — 00:01:14

00:01:20 — Claire Emery's tenth-anniversary woodblock prints at DFTBA.com; Michael Aranda's video about her

  • ★★★ The brothers asked Montana-based artist Claire Emery for limited-edition woodblock prints for the 10th anniversary; her three prints are on pre-order at DFTBA.com, black and white or hand-coloured. — 00:01:20 · Montana, Vlogbrothers, Nerdfighteria, DFTBA Records
  • ★★ John says the brothers get no royalty on the prints; they just love them and want to celebrate the anniversary. — 00:01:38
  • ★★ John recommends Michael Aranda's beautiful video about Claire Emery and her work on Hank's channel. — 00:01:43 · hankschannel

00:01:49 — This Date in Vlogbrothers History on the Community tab

  • ★★★ John announces that throughout 2017 he and Hank will rewatch every Vlogbrothers video for a new project, This Date in Vlogbrothers History. — 00:01:49 · Hank Green, Vlogbrothers
  • ★★ As an example, John says on January 3, 2007 Hank first mentioned that people said the brothers looked like the Proclaimers. — 00:01:58 · Hank Green
  • ★ John adds that on January 3, 2011 he made one of his most viewed videos ever, joking that this surely had nothing to do with the thumbnail. (playful) — 00:02:03
  • ★★ The rewatched videos and the brothers' reflections appear on the vlogbrothers Community tab; subscribers can turn on notifications with the bell. — 00:02:09 · Vlogbrothers

00:02:22 — AFC Wimbledon v Sutton United in the FA Cup on Fox Sports 1; Nerdfighter watch parties

  • ★★★ John says Nerdfighteria sponsors third-tier AFC Wimbledon, who play Sutton United in the FA Cup third round this Saturday (7 January 2017) at 10 a.m. Eastern, televised on Fox Sports 1. — 00:02:23 · Nerdfighteria, AFC Wimbledon
  • ★★ John notes Wimbledon players wear DFTBA on the back of their shorts, visible live in high definition on Saturday. — 00:02:41 · AFC Wimbledon, DFTBA, DFTBA Records
  • ★★ Colorado Nerdfighters will watch the game at the Three Lions Pub in Denver; there may be other places to watch with Nerdfighters, and John started a Reddit thread on it. (hedged) — 00:02:47 · Nerdfighteria, Reddit

00:02:57 — Hank's punishment for going over four minutes, live at NerdCon: Nerdfighteria; ask for suggestions

00:03:16 — A moment of sentimentality: ten years of making things with Hank brought the brothers close

  • ★★★ John tells Hank that making things with him and Nerdfighteria over ten years and three days has been the great professional privilege of his life. — 00:03:18 · Hank Green, Nerdfighteria
  • ★★★ When the project started the brothers weren't close: John left for boarding school when Hank was 11, and they talked by phone maybe once a year; now at least twice a week. (hedged) — 00:03:25 · Hank Green, Vlogbrothers
  • ★★★ John says Nerdfighteria and its projects brought him much joy and fulfillment, but the best part has been growing closer to Hank and sharing in the awesome he brings into the world. — 00:03:37 · Nerdfighteria, Hank Green

In the description and comments

Threads in this video

Where the stories that moved here went next

Mentioned

People: Chris Waters · Laura (trainer, mentioned from 2017)

Projects: 100 Days · DFTBA Records · hankschannel · NerdCon: Nerdfighteria · This Day in Vlogbrothers History

Organizations: AFC Wimbledon · Fox Sports 1 · Reddit · Sutton United F.C. · YouTube

Groups: The Proclaimers

Rituals: Four-minute rule · Punishment

Terms: DFTBA

Concepts: jump cut

Places: Boston · Colorado · Denver · Montana

Events: FA Cup

Characters: Voldemort

Products: YouTube Community tab · YouTube notifications

Only in the description or credits: Claire Emery · Michael Aranda

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