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Banana Milk and Almond Orchards

2017-11-06 · letter vlog · Hank, John, Brock · 3:59 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Personal life (also: Books & writing) · mode: Personal update · tags: on location, guest or collab, self promotion

Hank recaps the last day of the Turtles tour with John (banana milk at a road stop, a Pizza John photo shoot in an orchard, the last show) and reflects that his flexible brain quickly accepts each new life, making the transition home overwhelming but a chance to examine his work.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Last day of tour: a food stop, a book signed for Brock's daughter, banana milk

  • ★ At a road food stop Hank finds banana milk in the healthy section; sniffing it, John and Brock say it smells like banana Now and Later candy, awful and fake. (playful) — 00:00:17

00:01:06 — Pet area, a crowned dog, a weird tree and a Pizza John photo shoot in an orchard, over music

  • ★ The brothers stop to make John's video at a roadside pet area: a dog wearing a crown, a trunkless 'tree made out of dirt', a joking 'Pizza John photoshoot' with a dirty chain, and an unlocked farm. (playful) — 00:01:27 · Pizza John

00:02:16 — The last show: venue, books to sign, donuts, John introduces Hank

  • ★★ At the last show of the tour, a big venue, Hank thanks people for showing up early, shows the books John will sign in the basement, and thanks whoever gave them donuts. — 00:02:19

00:03:09 — Flexible brains, the transition home, and gladness about the tour; sign-off

  • ★★★ Hank says human brains are remarkably flexible: after big shifts like college, summer camp, moving or touring, his brain quickly accepts that the new life is his life now. — 00:03:09
  • ★★ Hank says the transition is overwhelming but also an opportunity to examine his work and what he wants to be doing. — 00:03:28
  • ★★ Hank is glad to have shared the intense tour with John and many others, made people happy and thought out loud about being a person, but very happy to be home. — 00:03:38 · John Green

In the description and comments

  • ★ The description credits all the music to Andrew Huang's album Interstellar. — video description

Humor (significant)

  • After John and Brock decide the banana milk smells awful and like fake bananas, Hank notes where he found it — 00:00:49

    “It was in the healthy section”

  • At a roadside pet area Hank spots a dog wearing a crown — 00:01:08

    “It's a king dog. His name is Crown.”

  • Posing for a Pizza John photo shoot with a chain Hank says is real dirty, John gives up — 00:01:27

    “I actually don't want this on my body anymore.”

  • At the last show of their joint tour, John introduces his brother as if for his debut — 00:03:01

    “I would now like to bring to the stage for the very first time”

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Brock · hedonic adaptation · Pizza John

Only in the description or credits: Andrew Huang · Interstellar · Pizzamas

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