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John and Hank FIGHT FOR DOMINANCE!!!

2024-05-17 · challenge / punishment · Hank, John · 6:36 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Pop culture (also: Nerdfighteria, Personal life) · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: guest or collab

Hank presents a video, recorded in Indianapolis and edited by his friend Milo, in which he and John race each other at New York Times games (Wordle, Connections, the Mini, and a race to the Spelling Bee pangram), ending in a tie that Hank is delighted with.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Hank explains the video was recorded in Indianapolis and edited by Milo because the edit was too much for him

  • ★★ Hank explains that he and John recorded a New York Times Connections games race in Indianapolis; the edit was too much for him, so his friend Milo, who edits Hank's Channel videos, made the video. — 00:00:00 · Indianapolis, The New York Times, hankschannel, Vlogbrothers
  • ★ Hank says Milo did a great job, definitely better than he would have done. — 00:00:00
  • ★ Hank jokes that the universe made the game race a remarkably dramatic piece of sports content that came down to the wire. (playful) — 00:00:00

00:00:29 — Greetings in John's house; John shows a prop from the Turtles All the Way Down film

  • ★ John shows Hank a prop from the Turtles All the Way Down film, from the grand opening ceremony of the Pickett Center for Tuatara Research; he calls the beer sword the best prop. — 00:00:29

00:01:04 — The New York Times games race: Wordle, Connections, the Mini and the Spelling Bee pangram race

  • ★★ Hank sets up the New York Times games race: Wordle, Connections and the Mini, with the winner decided by who first finds the pangram in Spelling Bee. — 00:01:04 · The New York Times
  • ★ John says he has no gift whatsoever for Connections. (playful) — 00:02:24
  • ★★ John: After the Mini, the brothers note that each destroyed the other at one game; John has two points, so Spelling Bee can only produce a tie. — 00:04:32

00:06:14 — Hank's added ending after the camera battery ran out: he cannot believe he tied John

  • ★★ Hank says the camera battery ran out before the end; he cannot believe he tied John and feels very good. — 00:06:14 · John Green

In the description and comments

  • ★ The description jokes that if the New York Times Company would like to sponsor further videos like this, it should email hankandjohn@gmail.com. (playful) — video description · The New York Times
  • ★ The description credits Milo with editing the video and calls her great. — video description
  • ★ In a channel comment Hank says he lost much of his close-up vision in the last year. — creator comment

Humor (dominant)

  • Hank introduces a video of word games as if it were a sports broadcast. — 00:00:00

    “the universe made it so that this is a remarkably dramatic piece of sports content”

  • As the race begins, one brother worries the video advertises the Times for free. — 00:01:04

    “I feel like this is now free sponsorship for the Times, which is not how you should take it.”

  • Mid-Wordle, a stream of texts from Dad derails one brother's game. — 00:01:34

    “Oh my god, stop sending me texts. I've completely lost my ability to do this.”

  • Stuck on Connections, John concedes he cannot solve the puzzle however long he gets. — 00:02:53

    “I mean, you can give me all day and I'm not gonna get this, so.”

  • Trailing two to one, Hank says even a tie would be a triumph. — 00:04:32

    “Yeah, but tie would be a huge win for me against a word guy.”

  • Hunting for the Spelling Bee pangram, a brother tries an invented word. — 00:05:30

    “I just typed in bangable, but that's not a word.”

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Mentioned

Central: Connections (game) · The New York Times

Also: hankschannel · Indianapolis · Pickett Center for Tuatara Research · Spelling Bee (game) · The Mini Crossword · Turtles All the Way Down (film) · Wordle

Only in the description or credits: Milo

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