Pizza Cocktails with John and Hank!

2017-11-01 · collab / interview · John, Hank · 3:59 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria (also: History & curiosities) · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: calendar ritual, guest or collab, community lore, self promotion

For Pizzamas, John and Hank taste viewer-suggested pizza cocktails, from a Bloody Mary take with a mozzarella stick to The Hank with Ovaltine, and name the Old School Vlogbrothers Joke (Strawberry Hill, champagne, Diet Dr Pepper) the winner whose suggester gets all the Pizzamas merch.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Greeting; the Pizza John shot glasses

• ★★ John and Hank make pizza cocktails, using John's Pizza John shot glass and a hotel glass because Hank forgot his. — 00:00:08 · Pizza John, Hank Green

00:00:14 — Tasting viewer-suggested cocktails: Bloody Mary take, Tipsy John Green, Old School Vlogbrothers Joke, The Hank, Keep It Simple

• ★★ The first cocktail, a modern take on the Bloody Mary, uses V8 juice, vodka, a mozzarella stick and pepperoni; it does not taste good. — 00:00:14
• ★★ John says he hates Bloody Marys. — 00:00:21
• ★★ The Tipsy John Green is Diet Dr Pepper and vodka; the brothers find it good. — 00:00:50
• ★★★ The Old School Vlogbrothers Joke is equal parts champagne, Dr Pepper and Strawberry Hill; lacking Strawberry Hill, they use Mike's Strawberry Lemonade. — 00:01:08 · Vlogbrothers
• ★★ John calls it the best way to have Diet Dr Pepper, Mike's Hard Lemonade and champagne, and pours himself another. (playful) — 00:01:32
• ★★ The Hank is Strawberry Hill (here Mike's Hard Lemonade), vodka and Ovaltine, because Hank made an Ovaltine joke in the previous video; it is not good. — 00:01:44 · Hank Green
• ★★ 'Keep It Simple' is just a shot of bubbly water, which the brothers drink in a toast to Willis Carrier. — 00:02:16

00:02:34 — Aside: the creator of the periodic table defined vodka

• ★★ Hank says the Russian who created the periodic table also defined vodka: he created the definition of what vodka was. — 00:02:38

00:02:47 — The Vlogbrothers Classic: Strawberry Hill with a Peep

• ★★ The last drink, the Vlogbrothers Classic, is Strawberry Hill with a Peep on top, made here with Mike's Harder Strawberry Lemonade. — 00:02:49 · Vlogbrothers, Peeps

00:03:08 — Mock-reluctant DFTBA merch pitch

• ★ John tells a tipsy Hank that pitching DFTBA merch during Pizzamas is incredibly important. (playful) — 00:03:08 · DFTBA Records, Pizzamas
• ★★ Hank says they don't have to pitch it: the merch is such high quality that people will get it whether they talk about it or not. (playful) — 00:03:20 · DFTBA Records

00:03:26 — Winner of the cocktail contest; sign-off

• ★★★ John announces the winner, whose suggester will receive all the Pizzamas merch: the Old School Vlogbrothers Joke, equal parts Strawberry Hill, champagne and Diet Dr Pepper. — 00:03:37 · Pizzamas, Vlogbrothers · also in: John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated

In the description and comments

• ★★ The description says John and Hank drink some of the viewers' suggested pizza cocktails, and congratulates the viewer who suggested their favourite. — video description
• ★★ The description says Pizzamas merch is available for only 10 more days. — video description · Pizzamas

Humor (dominant)

• The rejected Bloody Mary ingredients go into the chaser glass. — 00:00:42

  “Boy, that looks exactly like puke.”

• After a sip of the Tipsy John Green (Diet Dr Pepper and vodka). — 00:01:06

  “That's the best vodka I've ever had.”

• The brothers raise a toast with a shot of plain bubbly water. — 00:02:24

  “Here's to Willis Carrier.”

• Asked whether he wants a marshmallow-ghost or spooky-cat Peep. — 00:03:01

  “Just for future reference, Peeps don't have flavor, they just have shape.”

Threads in this video

• result reported · Hank asks viewers to suggest a Pizza John cocktail, virgin and alcoholic, in the comments (2017) — John announces the winner, whose suggester will receive all the Pizzamas merch: the Old School Vlogbrothers Joke, equal parts Strawberry Hill, champagne and Diet Dr Pepper. (00:03:37)
• progress update · John and Hank: send all the Pizzamas 2017 stuff to the author of the chosen Pizza John cocktail (2017) — John announces the winner, whose suggester will receive all the Pizzamas merch: the Old School Vlogbrothers Joke, equal parts Strawberry Hill, champagne and Diet Dr Pepper. (00:03:37)
• reminder · Hank asks viewers to buy Pizzamas 2017 gear at DFTBA.com before it ends on Friday (2017) — The description says Pizzamas merch is available for only 10 more days. (video description)
• milestone · Pizzamas 2017 edition — The description says Pizzamas merch is available for only 10 more days. (video description)

Where the stories that moved here went next

• Hank asks viewers to suggest a Pizza John cocktail, virgin and alcoholic, in the comments (2017) — reported back; last: result reported, 2017-11-01
• John and Hank: send all the Pizzamas 2017 stuff to the author of the chosen Pizza John cocktail (2017) — the project it belongs to reported its result; last: progress update, 2017-11-01
• Pizzamas 2017 edition — completed; last: looked back, 2026-10-16

Mentioned

People: Dmitri Mendeleev · Willis Carrier

Projects: DFTBA Records · Pizzamas

Works: Like a G6

Terms: Pizza John

Concepts: Bloody Mary · champagne · Vodka

Products: Boone's Farm · Diet Dr Pepper · Dr Pepper · Mike's Hard Lemonade · Ovaltine · Peeps · V8

Replies to

• answers · I Mustache You: A Pizzamas Reunion! — “because you made an Ovaltine joke in the previous video”

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