Hank and John Discover Chippy Butties

2022-04-08 · Q&A · Hank, John · 3:55 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria (also: Personal life, Everyday life) · mode: Q&A & conversation · tags: guest or collab, community lore

Together for their mother's birthday, Hank and John answer viewer questions from Twitter (fan fiction, the Turtles All the Way Down movie, learning after school, podcasts, static shocks), then John explains the British chip butty and they go to make one.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Reunion opening: chair joke; together for their mother's birthday

★★ both: The brothers say they are in the same place because it is their mother's birthday; Hank says they will make a video and play Spider-Man video games. — 00:00:00 · Sydney Green, John Green · also in: John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated

00:00:29 — Twitter questions: fan fiction, the Turtles movie, the sun dying, learning after school, podcasts

★★ John: Asked if he has read fan fiction of his books, John says yes: there is a lot of Isaac-related Fault in Our Stars fan fiction, and versions of the fan fiction Daisy writes in Turtles All the Way Down. — 00:00:29 · The Fault in Our Stars, Turtles All the Way Down · also in: John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated
★★ John reminds Hank that Turtles All the Way Down is really going to be a movie, and introduces a conversation with its star, Isabela Merced. — 00:00:29 · Turtles All the Way Down
★★ John: Asked what happens when the sun dies, John says he doesn't know, but believes the people who love us will miss us, his favorite Keanu Reeves line. (playful) — 00:00:58
★★ both: Asked how to keep learning after school stops, the brothers first answer: use Crash Course. (playful) — 00:00:58 · Crash Course
★★★ both: Hank says learning after school is about being curious and knowing how to chase the question, best done by reading nonfiction; John adds it takes the time, space and skillset to pursue that curiosity. — 00:01:33 · curiosity · also in: John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated
★ both: Hank says he often balks at reading a big book on a subject, then does and has many questions; John says that is his relationship with science, medical history and history books. — 00:01:33
★★ John: Asked for a podcast to learn from, John names 99% Invisible, Radiolab, Invisibilia and Throughline, after Hank jokingly suggests The Anthropocene Reviewed. — 00:01:58 · The Anthropocene Reviewed (podcast) · also in: John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated

00:02:27 — More questions: Elden Ring, static shocks in Vegas, All the Questions, HowJSay

★ Asked why metal shocks you in Vegas, Hank says there is no water in the air, John riffs on it and asks whether you get shocked more when the air is drier, as in winter, and Hank confirms. (playful) — 00:02:27
★★ Hank recalls starting a YouTube channel called All the Questions whose goal was to answer every question, recorded 50 at a time. — 00:02:27

00:03:21 — John explains the chip butty; they go to make one

★★ John explains that in the UK a butty is a sandwich: a chip butty contains nothing but bread and french fries, and any kind of butter sandwich is a butty. (playful) — 00:03:21
★★ They have french fries upstairs, so the brothers go off to make a chip butty. — 00:03:21

In the description and comments

★★ The description says an outtakes video will be uploaded to Hankschannel soon, if it hasn't been already. — video description · hankschannel
★★ In the description Hank apologizes to John for not uploading this video last week (week of 28 March 2022): he got confused. — video description · John Green

Humor (significant)

John tells Hank he set Hank's chair a little low on purpose, a joke he never tires of. — 00:00:00

“That joke never gets old to me.”
John answers 'what happens when the sun dies' with a Keanu Reeves line about being missed. — 00:00:58

“My favorite Keanu Reeves line.”
Explaining static shocks in dry Vegas, Hank garbles water and air and John runs with it. — 00:02:27

“There is no air in the water. It's a huge problem. Only fish have solved it.”
On the HowJSay pronunciation app, they marvel that its narrator has said every word. — 00:02:56

“just because people know how to pronounce it doesn't mean he hasn't said it.”

Threads in this video

update · John and Hank's planned paired secret videos, Hank's not yet uploaded (2022) — In the description Hank apologizes to John for not uploading this video last week (week of 28 March 2022): he got confused. (video description)
first use · The brothers' chip butty ('chippy butty') saga (2022) — The joke starts when the HowJSay pronunciation app says 'butty'; John explains that a chip butty is a sandwich of bread and french fries, and Hank says they have fries upstairs and are going to get a chippy butty. (00:03:21)
milestone · Turtles All the Way Down film adaptation (2017) — John reminds Hank that Turtles All the Way Down is really going to be a movie, and introduces a conversation with its star, Isabela Merced. (00:00:29)

Where the stories that moved here went next

The brothers' chip butty ('chippy butty') saga (2022) — short bit (2022); last: callback, 2022-04-12
Turtles All the Way Down film adaptation (2017) — completed; last: milestone, 2024-05-21

Mentioned

Central: chip butty

Also: People: Isabela Merced · Keanu Reeves · Sydney Green

Projects: All the Questions · Crash Course · The Anthropocene Reviewed (podcast)

Works: 99% Invisible · Elden Ring · Invisibilia · Radiolab · The Fault in Our Stars · Throughline · Turtles All the Way Down · Turtles All the Way Down (film)

Organizations: HowJSay · Twitter

Concepts: curiosity · fan fiction

Places: Las Vegas

Characters: Daisy Ramirez · Isaac (character, “The Fault in Our Stars”) · Spider-Man

Only in the description or credits: hankschannel · Reunion video

Also centred on chip butty: Utter Chippy Butty Chaos

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