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REUNION!!! Mountain Goats Aren't Goats

2018-09-28 · Q&A · Hank, John · 3:47 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria · mode: Q&A & conversation · tags: recurring series, guest or collab, on location, community lore

Reunited on tour in Canton, Ohio, Hank and John answer quick viewer questions in an alley: songs stuck in their heads, cheese, goats (mountain goats aren't goats), favorite words in An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, writing in silence, and the best part of tour, which is being together.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Greetings, together in Canton, Ohio for a 'Question Tuesday'; songs on repeat (Don't Stop Me Now, Despacito)

  • ★★ Hank and John are together in Canton, Ohio, doing a 'Question Tuesday' of questions from Nerdfighters. — 00:00:00 · Question Tuesday, Nerdfighteria
  • ★ Asked what song they have had on repeat, the brothers name Don't Stop Me Now and Despacito, which they have heard a lot in the last 48 hours. (playful) — 00:00:00

00:00:42 — Cheese, goats and mountain goats, Halloween costumes, favorite words in the book, Wikipedia, pumpkin spice, naming a robot

  • ★★ Asked for the best cheese, after 'American' is called floppy, Hank says you can't pick a favorite cheese: different cheeses suit different moods, and he likes goat. (playful) — 00:00:42
  • ★★ After one brother is called a mountain goat fan, not a billy goat fan, Hank says he doesn't think mountain goats are actually goats; the reply is 'Shut your mouth'. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:42
  • ★ Asked what he will be for Halloween, a brother says he is going to be a bumblebee, and a second bumblebee outfit is being bought. — 00:01:20
  • ★★ John's favorite word in Hank's book is 'deadpanned', which Hank used exactly once; John wonders if it was a shout-out and it made him happy. — 00:01:20 · An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
  • ★★ Hank says his favorite word in An Absolutely Remarkable Thing is 'beautiful'. — 00:01:20 · An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
  • ★★ John says his Wikipedia page wrongly calls him an actor; it should call him an actor cut from the only film he appeared in. (playful) — 00:01:20 · Wikipedia

00:02:05 — A mock video series, music to write to, getting Don't Stop Me Now out of one's head

  • ★★ Asked what he would name a robot found in New York City at 3 a.m., Hank says Carl, an extremely metaphorically resonant name (John offers Benjamin). (playful) — 00:02:05 · New York City
  • ★★ Asked the best music genre to write to, Hank says silence: he cannot understand how anyone writes while listening to music. — 00:02:05
  • ★ John would pay $200 to get Don't Stop Me Now out of his head and pitches an Uber for getting songs out of your head. (playful) — 00:02:37

00:03:06 — Favorite movie of the year; the best part of tour; sign-off

  • ★★ The movie Hank watches most is Penguins of Madagascar, which he calls the single most underrated movie in human history. (playful) — 00:03:06
  • ★★ John names Son-in-Law as his favorite movie answer. (playful) — 00:03:06
  • ★★★ Hank says the best part of the tour has been hanging out with his brother. — 00:03:38 · John Green
  • ★★★ John says hanging out with Hank is the best part of the tour for him too. — 00:03:38 · Hank Green

Humor (dominant)

  • Hank calls John a mountain goat fan, not a billy goat fan, then claims mountain goats aren't goats. — 00:00:42

    “I don't think mountain goats are actually goats. Shut your mouth.”

  • John answers a question nobody asked about his Wikipedia page calling him an actor. — 00:01:20

    “an actor who was literally cut from the only film he appeared in.”

  • A brother announces a forthcoming video series, How to Read an Absolutely Remarkable Thing. — 00:02:05

    “It's gonna be eight parts, 40 minutes a piece, spread out over two months.”

  • Asked his favorite TV show or movie of the year, Hank names his toddler. — 00:03:06

    “The movie that I tend to watch most is Taking Care of a Two-Year-Old.”

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Mentioned

Works: An Absolutely Remarkable Thing · Despacito · Don't Stop Me Now · Only Wanna Be with You · Penguins of Madagascar · Son in Law

Organizations: Uber · Wikipedia

Groups: Hootie & the Blowfish · Spice Girls (“The Spice Girl”) · The Mountain Goats (“mountain goat fan”)

Rituals: Question Tuesday

Concepts: goat · Mountain goat

Places: Canton, Ohio · New York City

Events: Halloween (holiday)

Characters: Carl

Only in the description or credits: Reunion video

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