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Four Jokes from a Two year Old

2018-11-23 · list · Hank · 3:58 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Personal life (also: Projects) · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: self promotion, fundraising ask, timely hook

Hank shares all four jokes his two-year-old son Orin has ever told, from 'Mama. Dada.' to 'coconut', then runs through Black Friday plugs: a Nerdfighter poetry book for charity, DFTBA's tenth-anniversary free shipping, a PodCon gift pin and DFTBA's new Flair Club.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Every joke Orin has told, in order

  • ★★ Hank recalls being excited, after having a baby a couple of years ago, to officially tell dad jokes; now Orin, barely two, is telling jokes himself. — 00:00:00 · Orin Green
  • ★★ Orin has told only four jokes, and Hank shares every one of them in order. (playful) — 00:00:00 · Orin Green
  • ★★ Of Orin's first joke, 'Mama. Dada.', Hank says he finds it funny too, and for the same reason Orin does. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:44 · Orin Green, Mike Green
  • ★★ Joke two, 'Blue. Baby.': grasping adjectives, Orin applies them to things they don't fit and finds it funny, with variants like 'blue moon' and 'police bus'. — 00:00:44 · Orin Green
  • ★★ Joke three: pointing at his corduroy pants, Orin said 'Papa pants', Papa being their dad, who wears lots of corduroy; as far as Hank can tell, Orin is making fun of Dad's fashion advice, which Hank considers top notch. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:32 · Orin Green, Mike Green

00:02:01 — Black Friday: poetry book, DFTBA sale and coins, PodCon pin, Flair Club, warehouse livestream

  • ★★ Joke four: looking at pictures of himself and asked which baby it is, Orin answered 'coconut', which everyone agreed was a very good joke. — 00:02:01 · Orin Green
  • ★ Hank describes Black Friday as the day Americans realize no holidays remain before Christmas and take on the stressful collective burden of buying gifts for loved ones. (playful) — 00:02:01 · Christmas, United States
  • ★ Hank doesn't know what Cards Against Humanity is doing for Black Friday, having recorded the video the night before, but expects something weird. (unsure) — 00:02:39
  • ★★ Hank plugs a book of poetry Nerdfighters created together, with all proceeds going to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck. — 00:02:39 · Nerdfighteria, Foundation to Decrease World Suck, world suck
  • ★★ Through Black Friday weekend DFTBA.com celebrates ten years as a company with free shipping on every order of $50 and over. — 00:02:39 · DFTBA Records
  • ★★ Hank invites viewers to DFTBA.com for merch from the McElroy brothers, the Gregory Brothers, the Green brothers, Lindsay Ellis, The Valleyfolk and many other creators. — 00:03:08 · DFTBA Records
  • ★★ The first 1,000 items bought from Black Friday on come with a challenge-coin token reading 'Don't forget to be awesome'. — 00:03:08 · DFTBA, DFTBA Records
  • ★★ PodCon has a gift special this weekend: tickets aren't discounted, but US buyers get an 'I Like Podcasts' pin mailed before Christmas. — 00:03:08 · Christmas
  • ★★★ DFTBA is stopping the sock club and the pin club and replacing them with the Flair Club, a quarterly box with more stuff per box. — 00:03:08 · DFTBA Records, Awesome Socks Club, DFTBA Pin Pals
  • ★★ The Flair Club costs $30 a quarter, each box stuffed with surprises; the first box can be seen at DFTBA.com now. — 00:03:38 · DFTBA Records
  • ★★ Right after uploading, Hank will livestream on Hank's channel from the DFTBA warehouse while packing orders, and invites viewers to hang out. — 00:03:38 · hankschannel, DFTBA Records

In the description and comments

Humor (significant)

  • Hank presents his toddler's very first joke, performed as a two-year-old — 00:00:00

    “Mama. Dada.”

  • Discovering adjectives, Orin pairs words that don't fit — 00:00:44

    “Blue. Baby.”

  • Pointing at his corduroy pants, Orin names his corduroy-loving grandfather — 00:01:32

    “Papa pants.”

  • Asked which baby is in a photo of himself, Orin answers — 00:02:01

    “And he says, coconut.”

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Mentioned

Central: DFTBA Records · Orin Green

Also: People: Lindsay Ellis · Mike Green

Projects: Awesome Socks Club · DFTBA Pin Pals · Flair Club · Foundation to Decrease World Suck · hankschannel · PodCon

Works: Life...As it Happens

Organizations: Cards Against Humanity

Groups: McElroy brothers · The Gregory Brothers · The Valleyfolk

Terms: DFTBA

Concepts: dad joke

Places: United States

Events: Black Friday · Christmas

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