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Reading Mean Comments with John

2018-11-05 · collab / interview · Hank, John · 3:58 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: calendar ritual, guest or collab, community lore, self promotion

In a surprise Pizzamas reunion video, together for their cousin's wedding, Hank and John read Vlogbrothers comments saying whom they look like, from Minkus and Jimmy Neutron to the Proclaimers, Bernard from Megamind and, for mustached John, 'the guy you glance at at Walmart'.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Surprise reunion for their cousin's wedding, Pizzamas plug, and the comment search set-up

  • ★★ both: Hank and John appear together in an unplanned Pizzamas reunion video: they are together because their cousin is getting married. — 00:00:00 · Reunion video, Pizzamas
  • ★★ Hank says only five days are left in Pizzamas and urges viewers to get their Pizzamas gear now at DFTBA.com. — 00:00:00 · Pizzamas, DFTBA Records
  • ★★ John says he recently discovered that all Vlogbrothers comments can be searched, so they will find out what commenters say the brothers look like. (playful) — 00:00:00 · Vlogbrothers, Nerdfighteria

00:00:29 — Reading 'looks like' comments about Hank and John, ending with the mustache category

  • ★ Almost all of the brothers' comments are lovely, though some are not. — 00:00:29
  • ★★ both: Commenters say Hank looks like Minkus from Boy Meets World, handsome Squidward, one of the Proclaimers, a YA urban fantasy hero, Alton Brown and Scott Pilgrim. (playful) — 00:00:29
  • ★★ both: Commenters say John looks like Jimmy Neutron, a Lamborghini-touting scammer, a Weeble, middle-aged James Potter, Megamind with hair, a young Santa Claus and Tom Hanks. (playful) — 00:00:29
  • ★ John says Jimmy Neutron looks like a Disneyland caricature artist's drawing of him. (playful) — 00:00:29
  • ★★ both: Discussing a comment, the brothers note that James Potter died at 21 and was never middle-aged in the Harry Potter books. (playful) — 00:01:34 · Harry Potter (book series)
  • ★ John: Prompted by a comment that Hank looks like 'the guy from the Welch's grape commercials and other Food Network shows', identified as Alton Brown, John says you should never do a commercial, because forever after you're 'the Welch's grape guy'. (playful) — 00:02:03
  • ★★ John says he looks far more like Bernard from Megamind than like Megamind. (playful) — 00:02:03
  • ★★ A separate category of comments describes John with his mustache: the guy you glance at at Walmart, an 80s substitute teacher, a Ned Flanders double, the protagonist of Her. (playful) — 00:03:06

00:03:35 — The Walmart burn, off to the wedding, Pizzamas plug and sign-off

  • ★★ John calls 'the guy you glance at at Walmart' perhaps the greatest burn he has ever received. (playful, hedged) — 00:03:35

In the description and comments

  • ★★ The description says having hundreds of thousands of comments on the channel is an amazing honor, and reading old comments was wonderful and very funny. — video description · Vlogbrothers

Humor (dominant)

  • John reacts to commenters comparing him to the cartoon Jimmy Neutron. — 00:00:29

    “Jimmy Neutron looks like the caricature artist at Disneyland was drawing me.”

  • Told that James Potter died at 21 and was never middle-aged, John claims the role. — 00:01:34

    “There was never a middle-aged James Potter. That never happened. Until me.”

  • A comment says Hank in sunglasses and a sport coat looks like a startup VP who talks about company culture. — 00:03:06

    “Too close. Too real.”

  • Among the mustache comments, John singles out 'the guy you glance at at Walmart'. — 00:03:35

    “The guy you glance at at Walmart might be the greatest burn I've ever received in my whole life.”

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Mentioned

Central: Reunion video

Also: People: Alton Brown · Henry Green · Tom Hanks

Projects: DFTBA Records · Pizzamas

Works: Harry Potter (book series) · Her

Organizations: Food Network · Lamborghini · Walmart · Welch's

Groups: The Proclaimers

Places: Disneyland

Characters: Bernard · James Potter · Jimmy Neutron · Megamind · Ned Flanders · Scott Pilgrim · Squidward Tentacles · Stuart Minkus

Products: Weebles

Myths: Santa Claus

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