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Hank and John's Smooth Airport Reunion

2019-08-20 · Q&A · John, Hank · 3:55 · watch on YouTube

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

Together in the Madison airport during their Minitour, with smooth jazz playing, John and Hank answer viewer questions: Hank's untold most embarrassing story, college classes, writing a novel together ('Space prison love'), couple names, Patronuses and what now feels like.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — John and Hank together in an airport playing smooth jazz; hat and head-size banter

  • ★★ John is again in an airport, unusual because it plays smooth jazz and contains Hank. — 00:00:00 · Hank Green

00:00:33 — Viewer questions: embarrassing story, college classes, contact lenses, a novel together, couple names, Patronuses

  • ★★ Hank: Asked for his most embarrassing story, cut from the podcast, Hank says everyone he tells says never say it aloud, then decides he is too embarrassed. — 00:00:33 · Dear Hank and John
  • ★★ John says the second most embarrassing thing about Hank is that he faked a British accent for a full year as a teenager. (playful) — 00:00:33 · Hank Green · also in: John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated
  • ★★ John's favorite college class was about the emergence of Islam in Central Asia, a bit niche but great. — 00:00:33
  • ★★ Hank liked all his college classes except physical chemistry. — 00:00:33
  • ★ John says that is not how he felt about college. — 00:01:09
  • ★ Hank: One brother wore contact lenses for a while in high school, but they hurt his eyes; he doesn't like how he looks without glasses. — 00:01:09
  • ★★ Hank would write a novel with John: it would have great spaceships and great love stories. (playful) — 00:01:41
  • ★★ John doesn't want a spaceship love story; they settle on a love story in a room in space prison, 'Space prison love', due in 2031 at his writing pace. (joke) — 00:01:41
  • ★ Hank: A texted 'million dollar idea' is offered free to the world: a novel made of a single 52,000-word YouTube comment. (playful) — 00:02:04 · YouTube
  • ★★ Couple portmanteaus are for people in love and dating, like Bennifer, or William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman, together about 30 years. (playful) — 00:02:34 · Bennifer
  • ★★ both: Asked their Patronus, the brothers name a tiny, new baby bear cub that sometimes falls over and a very old fox. (playful) — 00:02:34

00:03:03 — Inflatable crayon alarm, the diseased-goat cat, what now felt like; tour thanks and sign-off

  • ★★ An announcement says someone left an inflatable crayon at the security checkpoint, which, John jokes, is cause for a full airport alarm. (playful) — 00:03:03
  • ★ Hank: Asked why a viewer's cat smells like a diseased goat, Hank advises getting it checked out. (joke) — 00:03:03

  • ★★★ Asked what now felt like, the answer after false starts: it felt like starting a lot of sentences without knowing how to finish them. — 00:03:31 · also in: John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated

    “It felt like starting a lot of sentences, but not knowing how to finish them.”

  • ★★ John says touring with Hank and Katherine has been fun, and thanks everyone who came and the Madison airport for its smooth jazz. — 00:03:31 · Hank Green, Katherine Green

Humor (significant)

  • Hank asks whether a disease could make John's head bigger so his hat stopped fitting — 00:00:00

    “There is, Hank. Thanks for mentioning it.”

  • Having named their co-written novel 'Space prison love', John gives its release date — 00:02:04

    “Based on my current writing pace, look for it in 2031.”

  • Someone left an inflatable crayon at the security checkpoint, which John calls cause for a full airport alarm — 00:03:03

    “100% some mom somewhere was like, oh, thank God we left that inflatable crayon.”

  • A viewer asks why their cat smells like a diseased goat; Hank says get it checked out — 00:03:03

    “Why do you know what a diseased goat smells like?”

Threads in this video

Mentioned

People: Felicity Huffman · Katherine Green · William H. Macy

Projects: Dear Hank and John

Organizations: YouTube

Concepts: Islam

Places: Central Asia · Dane County Regional Airport

Characters: Patronus

Memes: Bennifer

Only in the description or credits: Madison

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