PIZZAMAS IS HERE!

2018-10-29 · announcement · John · 3:37 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Projects (also: Nerdfighteria) · mode: Announcements · tags: calendar ritual, self promotion, fundraising ask, community lore

Sick with a fever, John opens Pizzamas 2018, says all profits and royalties go to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck as Project for Awesome matching funds, and unboxes the limited-time merch while wearing his Pizza John mustache.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Pizzamas begins: two weeks of daily videos, 'third most important holiday'; John is sick

★★★ John opens Pizzamas: once a year for two weeks the brothers trade videos every weekday as in 2007; it is Nerdfighteria's third most important holiday, celebrating love, pizza and e-commerce. (playful) — 00:00:00 · Pizzamas, Nerdfighteria
★★ John is sick with a fever, out of bed for the first time in four days and not feeling great. — 00:00:16

00:00:29 — Profits to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck for P4A matching; Auden riff; the box

★ John says things are terrible in general and apologises for it. — 00:00:29
★★★ This year (2018) all Pizzamas profits and royalties go to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck, to be used as matching funds during the Project for Awesome. — 00:00:31 · Pizzamas, Foundation to Decrease World Suck, Project for Awesome, world suck

00:00:59 — Unboxing with the returned mustache: designer Pizza John shirts, flag, calendar, jacket, goat-milk soap, mug and more

★★ John's mustache is back for Pizzamas; he claims to be one of the people who can pull a mustache off. (playful) — 00:00:59 · Pizza John, Pizzamas
★★ John unboxes the designer Pizza John shirts: Abstract Pizza John by Sofia Cardone, a Mr. Potato Man Pizza John by Andy J. Pizza, and shirts by Maria Wynn and David Pemberton. — 00:01:05 · Pizza John
★★ The last shirt, designed by DFTBA, is an extremely subtle Pizza John for those proud of Pizzamas but not too proud. — 00:01:28 · DFTBA Records, Pizza John, Pizzamas
★★ Everything, including a Pizzamas sleep mask, is available only during Pizzamas at DFTBA.com and then disappears forever. — 00:01:28 · Pizzamas, DFTBA Records
★★ John is very excited about this year's (2018) Pizza John calendar, full of pizza artwork from nerdfighters around the world. — 00:02:07 · Pizza John, Nerdfighteria
★ The Pizza John satin jacket lets you look like John's 1985 Little League coach, who made him an alternate on the All-Star team. (playful) — 00:02:07 · Pizza John
★★ There is Pizzamas soap from Farmer Jane Soap, the goat-milk soap company John's mom founded, handmade with real goat's milk in Western North Carolina. — 00:02:07 · Sydney Green, Pizzamas
★ Also on sale: a Pizza John coffee mug, a travel pillow and a paint-by-numbers Pizza John shirt kit with markers. — 00:02:36 · Pizza John

00:03:02 — Pizzamas can't cure disease; explanatory link; sign-off; showing Sarah the mustache

★★ John still feels terrible: Pizzamas can't cure disease, but it can clothe you, clean you and give you coffee mugs. (playful) — 00:03:02 · Pizzamas
★★ For newcomers John puts an explanatory link in the doobly-doo, with a link to all Pizzamas items, available only for two weeks; all proceeds go to charity. — 00:03:06 · doobly-doo, Pizzamas

Humor (significant)

Opening the box, John cries that something terrible has happened: his mustache is back. — 00:00:59

“You know, there are some people who can pull off a mustache, and I am one of them.”
John recalls W. H. Auden's 'All I have is a voice to undo the folded lie' and adapts it. — 00:00:29

“Well, all I have is a box full of weird Pizzamas stuff from DFTBA.com.”
John puts on every designer Pizza John shirt at once. — 00:01:28

“I mean, why buy one when you can comfortably wear five Pizza John t-shirts at a time?”
John notes he takes no royalties from Pizzamas this year. — 00:01:28

“Just because I'm not making the royalties doesn't mean I'm not working hard on the sales.”

Threads in this video

launched · Pizzamas 2018 edition — John opens Pizzamas: once a year for two weeks the brothers trade videos every weekday as in 2007; it is Nerdfighteria's third most important holiday, celebrating love, pizza and e-commerce. (00:00:00)
callback · John's Pizza John mustache, worn on camera as a recurring bit (2011) — John's mustache is back for Pizzamas; he claims to be one of the people who can pull a mustache off. (00:00:59)
mentioned · John's 1984 tee-ball 'all-star in our hearts' trophy (2007) — The Pizza John satin jacket lets you look like John's 1985 Little League coach, who made him an alternate on the All-Star team. (00:02:07)
asked · Hank asks viewers to get their Pizzamas 2018 gear at DFTBA.com before Pizzamas ends (2018) — Everything, including a Pizzamas sleep mask, is available only during Pizzamas at DFTBA.com and then disappears forever. (00:01:28)
milestone · Nerdfighteria revenue (Pizzamas royalties, Life's Library proceeds) redirected to charity (2018) — This year (2018) all Pizzamas profits and royalties go to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck, to be used as matching funds during the Project for Awesome. (00:00:31)

Where the stories that moved here went next

Hank asks viewers to get their Pizzamas 2018 gear at DFTBA.com before Pizzamas ends (2018) — promotion (not a request); last: reminder, 2018-11-09
Pizzamas 2018 edition — completed; last: outcome, 2018-11-09
Nerdfighteria revenue (Pizzamas royalties, Life's Library proceeds) redirected to charity (2018) — completed; last: milestone, 2026-10-09

Mentioned

Central: Pizza John · Pizzamas

Also: People: Sarah Urist Green · Sydney Green · W. H. Auden

Projects: DFTBA Records · Foundation to Decrease World Suck · Project for Awesome

Organizations: Farmer Jane Soap · Little League Baseball

Terms: doobly-doo

Concepts: moustache

Places: North Carolina

Only in the description or credits: Andy J. Pizza · David Pemberton · Maria Wynn · Sofia Cardone

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