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Project for Awesome 2026 part 2!

2026-02-13 · other · Hank, John, Travis McElroy, Erika Ishii, Demi Adejuyigbe, Freddie Wong, Tessa Violet · 6 h 1 min · watch on YouTube

Topic: Global development (also: Nerdfighteria) · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: calendar ritual, fundraising ask, community lore, guest or collab, self promotion, song or performance

In the second part of the 2026 Project for Awesome livestream, Hank hosts the afternoon and late night after John hands over: Travis McElroy and Erika Ishii dress him up in a how-well-do-you-know-me game, balloon tasks make him speak British, call random contacts and read a Shakespeare sonnet as Old Trashwater, and Demi Adejuyigbe extends the 2027 bit, as the total passes $1.6 million.

What is said

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

00:02:44 — John and Hank poll viewers on 'Rest in Peace, My Granny'; none pizza with left beef; John's total update and handover

  • ★ John and Hank start a poll asking viewers whether they know the children's internet rap song 'Rest in Peace, My Granny, She Got Hit by a Bazooka', which Hank has never heard. — 00:03:13
  • ★ John says that from his perspective no song in the world is more famous right now; it has been in his head for weeks. (playful) — 00:07:04
  • ★★★ John says the 2026 Project for Awesome has raised $1.56 million in total, after $560,000 of Tiltify donations. — 00:09:03 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★ John says the 2026 Project for Awesome is $440,000 away from $2 million and expects Hank to raise that in the next two hours. (playful) — 00:09:33 · Project for Awesome
  • ★ John says Sarah is watching Heated Rivalry, and once you get into it, it is hard to pull yourself out. — 00:10:06 · Sarah Urist Green

00:11:28 — Balloon tasks, donor thanks, waiting for Travis and Erika

  • ★★ Hank says he will soon be joined by Travis McElroy and Erika Ishii, who have planned an activity. — 00:11:28
  • ★★ Hank pops balloons holding tasks as the Project for Awesome passes fundraising marks: at $560,000 raised, the next comes at $575,000; he says he has already done the one he dreaded most. — 00:11:52 · Project for Awesome
  • ★ Asked whether he used a beef day for his None pizza with left beef, Hank says he did, and it was not worth it. — 00:15:23 · Beef day, None pizza with left beef
  • ★ Told that middle schoolers torment school staff with 'Rest in Peace, My Granny', Hank says he has not heard it because there is no middle or high school student in his life. — 00:15:50

00:16:49 — How-well-do-you-know-each-other costume game with Travis McElroy and Erika Ishii

  • ★★ Hank says his first job was at Walmart, where all his friends worked; he was what they called a stockman. — 00:27:08
  • ★★ Hank says he plays the guitar and also the drums, though not as well as the guitar. — 00:37:33
  • ★ Hank says an earlier balloon task made him order a None pizza with left beef, and the pizza place thought he was pulling their leg. — 00:40:27 · None pizza with left beef
  • ★★ Hank offers the DadCast, his podcast with Travis McElroy about being dads, as a Project for Awesome perk on its own or in the digital download bundle. — 00:41:49 · Project for Awesome
  • ★ Hank says one of his very first websites was about a planet: Mars. — 00:47:56 · Mars
  • ★★ Hank lists P4A perks including an exclusive Hank's channel video and an exclusive episode of The Anthropocene Reviewed, John's podcast that has not had an episode in years. — 01:02:29 · The Anthropocene Reviewed (podcast), hankschannel, Project for Awesome
  • ★★ Thanking Erika Ishii and Travis McElroy, Hank asks viewers who want to donate to go to projectforawesome.com/donate. — 01:02:29 · Project for Awesome

01:02:55 — Balloon task: a British accent until Demi arrives; perks; Mark Watson's email

  • ★★ A balloon task tells Hank to speak in a British accent for an hour; he cuts it to until Demi Adejuyigbe arrives. — 01:04:18
  • ★★ Hank says the digital download bundle includes an audiobook of Zombicorns narrated by Stan Muller. — 01:08:32
  • ★ Prompted by viewers, Hank finds that Mark Watson emailed him in an old thread from 2022, which he had not seen. — 01:13:08

01:13:37 — Demi Adejuyigbe: the infinite down pool, the 2027 fish war, totals and how the P4A splits its money

  • ★★ Hank says the P4A Tiltify, where people donate for perks, has raised $589,000, and matching donors make each donation worth about double. — 01:16:02 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★★ Hank says the 2026 Project for Awesome has raised $1.6 million in total. — 01:16:29 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★★ Hank explains that the Project for Awesome splits the money it raises: half goes to Save the Children and Partners In Health, half to organizations the community votes for. — 01:19:43 · Project for Awesome, Save the Children, Partners In Health
  • ★★ Hank tells Demi Adejuyigbe that it is secretly 2027 and every problem has been fixed, though a few things happened in those twelve months. (joke) — 01:21:58

01:35:51 — $600,000 confetti; balloon task to call a random contact (Peter Hollens)

  • ★ Hank jokes that a $1,000 donation buys a place among the first to swim in the 'infinite pool' that only goes down. (joke) — 01:35:51
  • ★ Hank's random letters first bring up his 'home' contact, Katherine, which he feels is not in the spirit of the task. — 01:39:02 · Katherine Green
  • ★★ For a balloon task to call a random phone contact and wish them an excellent year, Hank calls the YouTube musician Peter Hollens, who does not answer. — 01:40:21

01:49:32 — After Demi's song: Hanklerfish and Pizzamas one-shot perks, a call to Freddie Wong, featured video

  • ★★ Hank says his woodblock Hanklerfish perks are still available: 19 of 65 left of part one, eight-by-eight woodblocks he painted, fair market value $25. — 01:53:39 · Hanklerfish
  • ★★ Hank offers a perk game of the Pizzamas one-shot sequel with its game master Kathleen: four to five hours over video call, or in person in Victoria, British Columbia; fair market value $750. — 01:55:48
  • ★★ For the random-contact balloon task, Hank's letters W-O bring up Freddie Wong, and he calls him, relieved that it is a fellow YouTuber. — 01:56:19
  • ★ Hank tells Freddie Wong that on a shoot with him he secretly wished they would hang out every night, since he had no home to go to there, and he felt out of his element. — 01:59:10

02:04:21 — Thrive Youth Center featured video; Tessa Violet takes over while Hank puts his son to bed

  • ★★ After a featured video for Thrive Youth Center, Hank explains that money raised at projectforawesome.com/donate is split among charities according to viewers' votes. — 02:04:21 · Project for Awesome
  • ★ Tessa Violet takes over the stream while Hank goes to put his son Orin to bed and have a snack before the night shift. — 02:04:48 · Orin Green

04:02:42 — Hank joins the Nerdcrafteria hosts: a crochet pattern of Crank, the build poll

  • ★ Joining the Nerdcrafteria hosts as they show a crochet pattern of Crank, Hank says he is making more task balloons. — 04:03:23 · Crank Green

04:09:32 — Late-night shift: Jared poll and rules, Dr. Billiam Feathersby lore, a lost balloon task

  • ★ Back for the late-night shift, Hank thanks the Nerdcrafteria Minecraft server and the viewers who suggested balloon tasks, of which he has a big stack. — 04:09:32
  • ★ Hank reads a chat introduction calling him the progenitor of cursed Cranks, Jareds and ducks with medical licenses, and says he does not remember the duck lore. (playful) — 04:10:44 · Crank Green
  • ★ Hank offers confetti for the 'Project for Awesome 2027', saying he means 2027 because everyone knows the actual situation. (joke) — 04:12:52 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★ Hank opens a donation poll on whether Jared visits the late-night stream and states the Jared rules: he stays no longer than 15 minutes, with a 15-minute warning. — 04:13:19
  • ★ Reading a viewer's lore guide, Hank recalls Dr. Billiam Feathersby, a duck emissary to Earth searching for signs that humanity is worth saving. — 04:14:14
  • ★★ Hank says the Project for Awesome Tiltify stands at $661,000 and doubts it can gain $100,000 in his last shift. (hedged) — 04:17:01 · Project for Awesome

04:23:33 — Old Trashwater reads a Shakespeare sonnet and 'Be Drunk'; Jared wins the poll; Denver Philharmonic featured video

  • ★★ A balloon task tells Hank to read a Shakespearean sonnet in a silly voice; viewers pick his character Old Trashwater. — 04:26:22
  • ★★ As Old Trashwater, Hank says his one wall fell over while his wife was pregnant, so their son is named Old Fallen Wall; now 17, he is going off to 'college' between two big rocks at the quarry. (fiction) — 04:29:19
  • ★ As Old Trashwater, Hank reads Shakespeare's sonnet beginning 'As an unperfect actor on the stage'. — 04:31:59
  • ★ After reading the poem 'Be Drunk' at a viewer's request, Hank says he did not know it and liked it, though it is not necessarily the best message; being drunk on virtue is one of its options. — 04:37:16
  • ★★ Hank calls 'Be Drunk' a poem for the times, because with doomscrolling we are always a little drunk. — 04:39:03
  • ★★ Hank says the Project for Awesome Tiltify has raised $671,000 and is unsure it will reach $700,000. (hedged) — 04:39:03 · Project for Awesome
  • ★ Introducing a featured video for the Denver Philharmonic Orchestra, Hank calls the Project for Awesome and Nerdfighteria wide-ranging and wide-branching. — 04:39:55 · Project for Awesome, Nerdfighteria

05:03:36 — After Jared's visit: the vibe-coded pretzel company and Project for Awesome Bingo

05:09:30 — Balloon task to play a song: Strange Charm, the anglerfish song and the Mountain Goats' This Year

  • ★ A balloon task tells Hank to play a song, and he asks viewers for requests. — 05:10:54
  • ★ Hank says he loves 'Teenage Dirtbag' and would sing it at karaoke any day, but it has chords he does not know. — 05:13:27
  • ★ At viewers' request, Hank plays his own song 'Strange Charm'. — 05:13:50
  • ★★ Asked to play his song 'Helen Hunt', Hank declines: it is too embarrassing and too weird to do to Helen Hunt, who is now a real person to him. — 05:17:34
  • ★ Instead of 'Helen Hunt', Hank plays his anglerfish song. — 05:17:34
  • ★ Asked to re-upload his songs, Hank says they are trying to figure out what is going on with his music on Spotify, a long story. — 05:20:50
  • ★ Hank plays a cover of 'This Year' by the Mountain Goats. — 05:25:36
  • ★ Hank says he knows everyone will make it through this year (2026) because he is in 2027. (joke) — 05:26:02

05:26:30 — A Banana Loca at $690,000; Casey Kasem reports from the 2027 squid war; ISKME featured video

  • ★★ Hank says about 2,000 people are still watching late at night and he had hoped the P4A Tiltify would reach $700,000 before he goes to bed, $20,000 in half an hour. — 05:26:30 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★ Hank promises to do a Banana Loca if the Project for Awesome Tiltify reaches $690,000 in the next ten minutes. — 05:26:58 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★ Hank says new small Hanklerfish canvas perks are up, with 57 of 90 left. — 05:29:13 · Hanklerfish
  • ★★ Speaking as Casey Kasem from 2027, Hank extends the 2027 bit: a squid attack destroyed New York City, humanity came together, and people gained the entire ocean. (joke) — 05:31:10 · New York City
  • ★★ Hank announces that the Project for Awesome Tiltify has reached $690,000 within the ten minutes. — 05:35:44 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★ Rolling dice for his Banana Loca, Hank gets a cucumber to be stuffed with Nerds Gummy Clusters and Worcestershire sauce, with sweetened condensed milk as the sauce. — 05:37:57
  • ★ Hank introduces a featured video for ISKME, the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education. — 05:38:40

05:43:44 — Banana Loca of cucumber, Nerds Gummy Clusters, condensed milk and Worcestershire; $1.9 million; good night

  • ★★★ Hank reports that the 2026 Project for Awesome has raised $1.9 million. — 05:49:12 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★ Hank says his wife married a chemist and blogger and now has a husband who is a professional fundraiser through absurdist humor and gross challenges. (playful) — 05:50:18 · Katherine Green
  • ★★ Hank finds his Banana Loca bad on every level: the problem is Nerds Gummy Clusters with sweetened condensed milk and Worcestershire sauce. — 05:52:12
  • ★ Hank finds Nerds Gummy Clusters with sweetened condensed milk delicious, while the Worcestershire sauce and cucumber add little. — 05:53:21
  • ★★ Near the end of his shift, Hank says the Project for Awesome Tiltify stands at $696,000, short of $700,000. (hedged) — 05:55:10 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★ Hank lists perks still available: small Hanklerfish canvases, a signed Hank Green and Sara Sandoval mural print, the digital download bundle and the Zombicorns audiobook. — 05:55:44 · Hanklerfish
  • ★ Signing off for the night, Hank thanks the Project for Awesome staff, the matching donors and Dr. Joia Mukherjee. — 05:58:50 · Project for Awesome

Humor (significant)

  • John insists the children's rap 'Rest in Peace, My Granny' is everywhere, though Hank has never heard it. — 00:06:08

    “Hank, this is one of the most viral songs in the history of the universe.”

  • Asked for a French accent, Hank says his French always slides somewhere else. — 01:03:48

    “No matter, no matter what I do, it always goes German from French.”

  • Hank's balloon-task British accent wanders from region to region. — 01:06:44

    “There's not going to be one corner of that island that I leave unturned.”

  • Hank tells Demi Adejuyigbe what happened in 2027. — 01:22:43

    “There was a war with the fish and we won, which means that we got to take the oceans, but they took the land.”

  • Demi asks whether anything can prevent the 2027 future of living under the sea. — 01:23:07

    “One of the things we had to do was kill you.”

  • As Old Trashwater, Hank explains his son's name. — 04:29:19

    “And that's how my son got his name, Old Fallen Wall.”

  • Old Trashwater says his son is going off to college. — 04:30:30

    “And by college, I mean the place where the rocks come together and makes a crack that you can go into.”

  • As Casey Kasem in 2027, Hank explains the loss of New York City in the fish war. — 05:32:09

    “You can't make a fish war omelet without breaking a couple of gigantic metropolitan areas.”

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Mentioned

Central: Banana Loca · Project for Awesome

Also: People: Casey Kasem · Demi Adejuyigbe · Erika Ishii · Freddie Wong · Gary · Helen Hunt (actor) · Henry Green · Joia Mukherjee · Katherine Green · Kathleen DeVere · Mark Watson · Orin Green · Peter Hollens · Stan Muller · Tessa Violet · Travis McElroy

Projects: hankschannel · Nerdcrafteria · The Anthropocene Reviewed (podcast)

Works: A Song About an Anglerfish · Be Drunk · DadCast · Hanklerfish · Heated Rivalry · Helen Hunt (song) · Incongruent · Pizzamas one-shot · Rest in Peace, My Granny · Shakespeare's sonnets · Squid Game · Stairway to Heaven · Strange Charm · Teenage Dirtbag · This Year · Zombicorns

Organizations: Denver Philharmonic Orchestra · Domino's · Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education · Partners In Health · Save the Children · Spotify · This Star Won't Go Out (charity) · Thrive Youth Center · Tiltify · Walmart

Terms: Beef day · Crank Green

Concepts: doomscrolling · giant squid

Places: Mars · New York City

Characters: Dr. Billiam Feathersby · Jarrod · Old Trashwater · Scuzzy Kizoozle Curl

Products: Diet Dr Pepper · Nerds Gummy Clusters

Memes: None pizza with left beef

Only in the description or credits: Sara Sandoval · The Mountain Goats

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