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YOU'RE AN ALL STAR!

2020-05-05 · letter vlog · John · 3:42 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Personal life · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: calendar ritual, fundraising ask, self promotion, song or performance

For Hank's 40th birthday John presents the All Star sing-a-ma-jig that Rebecca, a nerdfighter in Tokyo, found and shipped to end his 15-month hunt, plus Nerdfighteria's All Star gifts, with the creators' fees going to charity and a None Pizza with Left Hank charity shirt.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — The All Star sing-a-ma-jig sings the chorus of All Star

00:00:21 — Hank's 40th birthday: the All Star sing-a-ma-jig found by Rebecca in Tokyo, her Cone Life project, and Tuataria's hacked sing-a-ma-jig

  • ★★★ On Hank's 40th birthday John presents the All Star sing-a-ma-jig, his white whale for 15 months as he hunted it across the globe to unite his love of sing-a-ma-jigs and Hank's of All Star. — 00:00:21 · Hank Green
  • ★★★ John says a nerdfighter in Tokyo named Rebecca, helped by her partner Ocean, found one, shipped it to him and brought his quest to an end. — 00:00:50 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ John says the All Star sing-a-ma-jig had been for sale in Japan at Costco about 11 years ago. — 00:00:50
  • ★★ John recommends Rebecca's beautiful Instagram art project about traffic cones, Cone Life, and says he loves Nerdfighteria. — 00:00:50 · Instagram, Nerdfighteria
  • ★★★ John says people from the Tuataria Discord hacked a regular sing-a-ma-jig so it sings All Star in one mode and holds an audio birthday card for Hank in another. — 00:00:50

00:01:19 — The subreddit's All Star from video clips and Erin's All Star sing-a-ma-jig symphony

  • ★★ John says the Nerdfighter subreddit made a version of All Star using only clips from the brothers' videos. — 00:01:19 · Reddit, Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ John says a musician and sing-a-ma-jig specialist named Erin made Hank a proper All Star sing-a-ma-jig symphony, which he plays. — 00:01:19

00:02:55 — Charity in place of fees, the None Pizza with Left Hank shirt, birthday wishes and sign-off

  • ★★ John says each creator asked him to donate to charity instead of paying them, so the silliness raised money for refugees, food banks and other causes. — 00:02:55
  • ★★★ John announces a None Pizza with Left Hank t-shirt for Hank's birthday, only at DFTBA.com, with all proceeds to charity for the next few days. — 00:02:55 · DFTBA Records
  • ★★ John wishes Hank a happy 40th birthday, despite the circumstances. — 00:03:25 · Hank Green

In the description and comments

  • ★★ The description says: never underestimate Nerdfighteria. — video description · Nerdfighteria
  • ★ In a comment, John says it takes a lot of focus to make the sing-a-ma-jig work after eleven years and two continents of being pushed and shipped. — creator comment
  • ★ In a comment, John notes that the brothers' dad was born on May 3rd. — creator comment

Humor (significant)

  • John introduces Erin's symphony and hands it to Hank. — 00:01:55

    “is all star, but it's every sing-a-ma-jig.”

  • John explains the creators asked for charity donations instead of fees. — 00:02:55

    “in addition to bringing much singamajigic joy into the world”

  • After announcing the DFTBA shirt named for the none-pizza-with-left-beef meme, John savours the name. — 00:03:25

    “none pizza with Left Hank really is the light that I have needed in these dark times”

  • After signing off, John waits for the sing-a-ma-jig to deliver its own farewell. — 00:03:25

    “It's gonna say goodbye in a second here.”

Threads in this video

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Mentioned

Central: All Star · Singamajigs

Also: Works: None Pizza with Left Hank shirt (“Nun Pizza with Left Hank”) · The Cone Life

Organizations: Costco · Discord · Instagram

Concepts: Charity (practice) · refugee · Traffic cone

Places: Japan · Tokyo

Memes: None pizza with left beef (“Nun Pizza with Left Hank”)

Only in the description or credits: DFTBA Records · Erin (musician, mentioned from 2020) · Rebecca (nerdfighter, mentioned from 2020) · Reddit · Smash Mouth · Tuataria

Also centred on All Star: hey now · Didn't Make Sense Not to Live for Fun · All That Glitters Is Gold · I ain't she was with well and I so and it's and but so and I'll and

Also centred on Singamajigs: hey now

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