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Project for Awesome 2019 Recap (BUTT IS LEGS)

2019-12-31 · compilation · Hank, a guest · 3:50 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Global development · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: calendar ritual, community lore, guest or collab

A montage of P4A 2019 livestream moments (the 'butt is legs' debate, perk ideas, a Chipotle visit, songs, odd one-liners) ending with the closing total of $1,303,460 and thanks; the description says the P4A raised over $1.4 million and credits editor Nicole Sweeney.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Montage of P4A 2019 livestream moments: the 13th P4A, 'butt is legs' debate, perk ideas, Chipotle, songs, Sharpie face, tardigrades and fly genitalia

  • ★ a guest: A livestream voice opens the 13th annual Project for Awesome, noting the P4A is now a teenager. (playful) — 00:00:00 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★ a guest: In the livestream's 'butt is legs' debate, participants argue the butt is the top or what happens above the legs, and one rules that medically and anatomically butt is legs. (playful) — 00:00:32

00:03:12 — Closing total ($1,303,460, $615,000 via Indiegogo), happy dance and thanks

  • ★★ a guest: A livestream voice reads the closing total: $1,303,460 raised, $615,000 of it through the Indiegogo. — 00:03:12 · Indiegogo
  • ★★ a guest: A livestream host thanks everyone who made this P4A happen and everyone who stayed with them for the last 48 hours. — 00:03:30 · Project for Awesome

In the description and comments

  • ★★★ The description thanks everyone who took part in this year's (2019) Project for Awesome, which raised over $1.4 million and had a lot of silly, stupid fun. — video description · Project for Awesome
  • ★★ The description credits Nicole Sweeney with editing the video, with its author helping to a lesser extent. — video description
  • ★ The description credits The Gregory Brothers' 'We Are All Bat People' among the music used in the montage. — video description

Humor (dominant)

  • In the livestream debate over Hank's 'butt is legs' opinion, a participant gives the medical verdict — 00:00:32

    “From a medical standpoint, butt is definitely legs. Anatomically, butt is legs.”

  • Someone proposes 'butt is the thing that happens above the legs', and another hears an echo of Emily Dickinson — 00:00:32

    “Butt is the thing that happens above the legs sounds like a ripoff of Hope is the Thing with Feathers.”

  • After 'beans' is declared a bad word, someone pitches a perk idea — 00:00:00

    “Cosmic beans. That is a good idea.”

  • During a science segment on the livestream, someone marvels at the topic — 00:02:37

    “Does anyone wake up thinking they're going to learn about fly genitalia?”

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Mentioned

Central: Project for Awesome

Also: "Hope" is the thing with feathers (“Hope is the Thing with Feathers”) · Chipotle Mexican Grill · Indiegogo · Mars · Partners In Health · Sharpie · tardigrade

Only in the description or credits: Nicole Sweeney · The Gregory Brothers · We Are All Bat People

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