Open Letters

[MasteRagequit]

The thing is, though that the reason for your GPS spazzing out is because they did that, thy kinda just ripped down a bunch of stuff and built new roads. It's called the big dig and even us bostonians hate it

[cocajola23]

Haha, I live like 45 minutes outside of Boston and my cousin was having a big swim meet at Harvard so my mom and I decided we'd go. We spent four hours driving around Boston, Cambridge and a bunch more cities with the GPS on before we gave up. Your little open letter reminded me of that(:

[evolvingboard]

@DayEyK Funniest, most awesome comment ever.

[DayEyK]

There is a town in Iceland with the world's worst traffic system. I have this theory that the only reason anyone lives there is because they accidentally drove into the town and couldn't find their way out.

[rashayley]

sick in bed with the flu, trying not through up, and feeling as if he were talking to me about controlling my stomach. Feels pretty good.

[synchrogirl978]

I love downtown Boston I lived 30 minutes away without travel and like 1 hour with traffic now I live more than an hour away. Southern New Hampshire sucks sometimes.

[ddc32997]

lilac letter was myt favorite, no joke :)

[Grandrandom]

0:16 Wait wait wait. Back up for a minute. Hank had a nephew in May 2009?

[JessieLightyear]

@Grandrandom Hank became an uncle when he married the Katherine because her siblings had kids

[Grandrandom]

@JessieLightyear Yeah I realized that after I posted the comment. Don't I feel like an idiot now.

[annathe3rd]

@JessieLightyear I was like, "JOHN AND HANK HAVE SECRET SIBLINGS?" Oh wait. They do.

[plutoisaplanettoo]

@Grandrandom This is what I was thinking! :O

I am now confused. :(

Maybe Henry mastered time travel?

[mirecada]

I live in downtown Boston - I love it!!

[TheGummyBearOverLord]

@mirecada i live in boston too!!! :)

[KittiMitties]

Hank shut up. I love downtown Boston<3



[bkksugarsyrup]

i wanna talk about sexual intercause...

[emilycaroline9]

This video is not only one of my favorite videos, but was also made on my fourteenth birthday. :) WIN! :)

[LillianMoon]

FUCK U LILACS R AWSUM

Uh... sorry. I may have overreacted there.

[MissLFlechsig]

@LillianMoon omg.

YOU'RE THE ONE WHO TOOK THIS USERNAME!

GAHHHHH

[Ravenclaw797]

DOWNTOWN BOSTON. aughh!

[firefliesfindlife]

Dear Hank,

I have a hamster.

[hismuse]

I was born and raised in Massachusetts and yes, Boston driving is pure hell.

[blulemonade]

why do Hank's videos buffer faster?

[ClocksInMyPlace]

Haha, I was about to choke when you said "To lilacs... You guys are awesome". That was definitely awesome. :D

[urfaceisausername]

"New Hampshire rhymes with new hamster, and a hamster is something I dont have."

[Exayevie]

For a minute I was like "Hank's nephew?!?! But Henry isn't born yet!" And then I remembered the Katherine ^_^

[wooshicle14]

Today in my free period I was talking to some friends about one of your videos and another kid in the vicinity yelled, "Who the eff is Hank?!" We both cracked up and the kid spent the rest of the period trying to get an honest answer out of us about who Hank was. He was unsuccessful.

[MarleyMe95]

Agreed with the Boston thing. We went there once. Roundabouts are a creation of the devil. My mother and father's explanation is that it isn't a grided city due to the fact that it's never been destroyed enough to rebuild. Maps could never make you understand it's layout. However, other than that it's a pretty place. Would love to go back.....

[LadyElric617]

I never get over watching this video and hearing how much fun Hank had at LC2009- let's turn it up to 11!!!

[SirTeeGeeEss]

Don't know if Deal or no Deal is different in America but it's not bad here in Britain.

[MegaBacktalk]

I really love the smell of lilacs but my mom is allergic to them. So is the rest of my moms side of the family.

[longhairgreeneyes]

Thank you for the letter to people who want to throw up but don't! I never throw up. I haven't thrown up in years (4 or 5 maybe? I can't remember). Sometimes I do feel like throwing up, but then I don't do it. I'm glad it's appreciated. =)

[ferngirltlc]

Ah, the car window thing is lucky... 

[nbtful]

1000 comment?

[shantrues]

I like lilacs better than iris'

[fullmetalchemy]

Future note on Downtown Boston: NEVER DRIVE ANYWHERE!! We have subways and taxis specifically so that u wont. U will always struggle to get anywhere unless u let the MBTA get u there.

[evanafter]

I do this on my blog. I call them 'Letters to No One' since I never send them.

Really good stuff :)

[Progrmngeek]

My name is Iris.. I smell good.. THANK YOU!!!!!!

[Kandigalxx]

I'm allergic to lilacs :(

[pete275]

hank talking about world events, so cute

[RedHeadExitting]

i was born in new hamster

[tomtw123]

Downtown Boston is just so great. If you imagined the streets as a grid and jumbled up all the lines in the grid you'd get the road layout.

[Mangacrazy36]

YES! Lilacs! <3

[ihearttheplanet]

YES!!! I hate deal or no deal :)

[evanafter]

@ihearttheplanet It was really, really good in England. Where it started. Where it did NOT involve beauty pageant women.

[GenieBella]

I think Jo appreciates her fans. Most authors don't.

[xXSammikinsXx17]

LIlacs and Lavanders are my fav flowers thanks for the random screen shot of them Xp

[openbook82]

I love the lighting in this video. And the letters are awesome. <3

[regularguy5mb]

A great series of letters. I'm going to have to write some of my own.

[caitiesus]

Boston is a pain in the butt..our GPS died too.

[TheZocar]

@caitiesus Our GPS had a nervous breakdown.

[unsightlyboot]

montreal is also horrible for driving and navigating in. especially if youve never been.

i'm pretty sure j.k. rowling doesnt realize how lucky she is, and in fact, often takes her fans for granted.

and also--wow, hank, macbook in an open car? thats a pretty big fail. you are SO lucky.

[MarlonOwnsYourCake]

YES YES YES YES!!! You're welcome Hank! You probably have no idea how many times I've wanted to throw up or my body's immune system has told me to throw up (a lot of desert like foods have nuts in them and my body HATES nuts) and I somehow painfully pulled through without doing it and this is the first time I've been thanked for it. Thank you for thanking me and you're welcome again.

[hbmjr777]

Hank! You sound like Stephen Colbert in this one. And you know that is a compliment!

[GIANTclaaam]

When he says Cambridge... is there a Cambridge in the US? Because the one in the UK is pretty cool too.

[vcav22]

lol and canada!

[yougosquishnow]

Cambridge, Massachussettes.  It's where Harvard is.

[ChateauOfADoubt]

Oh my goodness, the GPS in Boston tells us to take left hand turns through brick walls.

[gabbysaurus]

Lilacs are my favorite flowers (:  <3

[freehugs41]

I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU WERE IN BOSTON AND I MISSED IT. That's what I get for not watching for awhile. Oh well.

[flyfishingteen]

I live wicked close to there!!

[nerdboy32121]

What's with the Deal or No Deal hate? Not a bad show, all in all.

[RHCProckmyfaceoff]

thank you

[kookygirl1001]

how do you talk so fast?

it's AWESOME!

:D

[Nerdfighter21]

The lilacs at my house are E-vil, they attract bees, then they set the bees on me when I'm on the slip and slide that's like 35 foot long tarp down a seventy five degree angled hill, with dish washer soap.

[sunsetsweetie12]

Yes. Yes, Harry Potter fans are the best fans that ever were a fan of anything! =]

[Xvnessx3]

hahaaa welcome to boston, hank

[1Cr8zyInDiaN]

i dont really like the smell of lilacs

[spongebobluvalalala]

This is the most AWESOME video EVER!

[erni414]

My dad always says that in Boston, whenever on the road you are always playing a game to see how many people you can cut off. Let's just say he got very good at it while living there. And has passed some techniques onto his children. My favorite is the "side squeeze"- going to merge into one lane, but just keep on going into the next to the demise of the car behind you!

[sonicemi]

Boston is extremely confusing to navigate!

I went there to look at colleges, and our OnStar directions kept telling us to go to the wrong place.

Apparently, the airport on our left was Boston University...lol

[AnimeAndMusicLover]

I HEARD ABOUT THAT LAPTOP STORY!!!! Who was...I think nerimon told it...i'm pretty sure thats who it was...

[Qw3rtypop]

they dont rhyme :(

[orangesho13es]

This is a great example of your inability to grow a real beard. Good ol' HD YouTube

[Minkusia]

Lilacs smell better than anything in the universe :O

[ilaugheasy23]

I love you spaz monkey

:D

[samanthak2205]

i have to stop favouriting all of your videos but i can't because they are ALL SO GOOD!!!

[beatlemania1234]

This amuses me.

[zigZAGGEDzebra]

Haha, that was great. :)

[Fralmunk]

This was posted on my birthday. :) It's nice.

[RumehKon]

youre so cute lol =D

[azmoonchick]

To lilacs! Awesome.

I too don't approve of Deal or No Deal, it's ridonkulous.

[bobojoto]

=D my name is iris. ^^

[PratNamedEvans]

"Dear North Korea:

WTF, guys."

i applaud you.

lol do more of these, they're awesome!

[BeautyVintageRoses]

lmfao

[TheBoomTube]

cool!

i like those open letters,

theyre all like

awesome

and stuff :)

[XxSingYourHeartOutxX]

Great video! made me laugh so many times! Do more soon :)

[spongebobluvalalala]

i so wanna b a nerdfighter

[memyselfiamweird]

You already are

[whetdu]

agreed. im sure we'd pass the test though. lol.

[summerfae]

amazing per usual :)

[Fralmunk]

I want to be a Green when I grow up :D

[unasman]

Being from Boston I agree with banning cars and yes many gps' have died because of boston but i still love it

[Ev105]

You guys remind me of the Johns of They Might be Giants.

[TheArtsyTuber]

Please do more Open letters. They are very very fun

[Readera]

This is so funny!

[LightAvion52]

I'm not worthy to even watch these videos. They are too epic.

[DawnInferno]

five stars! I love ur videos hank!! my dog even laughs when she watches you. HA!! i sent this video to my friend who is FROM north korea, and he hates me now(not really of course). I am such a harry potter nerd, but i gotta say, during the final battle during the 7th it was pretty stupid that ron + hermionie snogged. oh well U ROCK

[twister14saw]

I wish someone would write me an open letter...

[umbrellaboy2]

Dear twister14saw, Don't Forget To Be Awsome!  From Umbrellaboy

[twister14saw]

Dear Umbrellaboy,

Thanks so much! you're made of awesome!

sincerlly,

twister

[Minireb123]

ha you rock. the end.

[Jonloge]

when i was in Boston, my GPS just started making up streets...i think mine died too haha :)

[shawzie1916]

haha to north korea...wtf! lol

[hydroman41967]

hahaha yea driving in boston sucks dude, welcome to mass...oh and deal or no deal kicks ass man

[emovampess]

how could you do that to your Mac Book?

[alexalexon]

this....is....arguably my favorite video yet from nerdfighters...i am nearly speechless with happiness.

[VirginatorRules]

Oh-muh-gawd New Hampshire rocks.

[hellogoodfriendx]

omg, five stars for portsmouth and lilacs! -is a new hampshire dork-

[hydroman41967]

oh im sorry. really

[mikroskoritsi]

sometimes life smiles at you in the kindest of ways. I wonder how many people actually saw your mac sitting there. I would have left it there also... but im nice like that.

[Loony1393]

On the contrary, Jo especially needs a awesome fan base because she is, in fact, just that awesome.

[LuciePerhaps]

to North Korea...wtf?

[MotzoRella]

WHERE'S THE SUNDAY VIDEO???

[daughterofthenight66]

You know what, Hank?! Downtown Boston says 'Take the T next time!!' ....also, Anime Boston 2010?

[hydroman41967]

hahahahaha and roll your fucking windows up and lock the doors, cambridge is just as bad as anywhere else man

[musicalforce]

Yay! I'm one of those people that wanted to puke but didn't! I hate puking...blughhhh.

[mandapandalewis]

wtf guys!!! i love it

[lunken86]

the reason nobody took your macbook, hank was because of that everybody knows that mac is worthless

[McKennahLane]

have to disagree with you on the iris thing, buddy. They are in full bloom here (right outside my door). And every time I walk outside... I give thanks for lilacs.

Best scent possible...other than taking a walk through the woods in Wisconsin after a summer rain shower. BINGO!

[shadowslave4]

Go Wisconsin!

[BSandalwoodskin]

This open letters idea is bloody brilliant!

[cellardoor64]

I really enjoy your videos but you need the confidence to not be so derivitive of Ze Frank.

[L0L0rox]

Hank! This is by far one of my favorite videos of yours! :) When you wrote a letter to your knees, it reminded me of JohnnyDurham19's video of "dear body." haha North Korea. WTF?! Loved that. Loved that whole thing with lilacs. OMG! That is very lucky and amazing your MacBook Pro was still there! You should do more open letters! :)

[HighKingTurgon]

Gentles, i am slightly taken for a loop (he said, mixing his metaphors) at the sudden emergence of open letters among the Green brothers. Is there a catalyst? Or is it simply an auspicious time for open letters?

[thepeteris]

His "nephew's" finger painting?

John doesn't have kids...

And as far as we know there is no third sibling...

So how exactly does he have a nephew?

[drwnpainlemonade]

Katherine's family?

[sinatra3021]

he's married. might be from his wife's side of the family

[Nevoexpo]

lol, XD

[lizzieangel90]

Thank YOU hank for being so friggin awesome. And you're welcome to hang with us ANY time. :)

-Lizzie

The Leaky Cauldron/PotterCast

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[logician15]

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[Ramendude20]

I'll take case 27 Howie.

lol

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[smeyers83]

I agree that Boston should be a car free city.

[princessaimeemae]

Deal or No Deal.. I completely agree!!

[tylerlebens13]

that north korea thing was a little imperialistic if you ask me Hank, i mean we all know how hard they are to deal with but lets be a little diplomatic and refrain from threats of turning entire countries to GLASS

[redsquirrelmedia]

If you listened, HE wasn't threatening to turn North Korea into glass. He said thats what the rest of the world would do if North Korea decided to use nuclear weapons. Not him. The rest of the world. Frankly, thats probably what would happen, believe in it or not.

[tylerlebens13]

well considering hank is not a resident of north korea HE would be included in THE REST OF THE WORLD. what i really meant was that i found his comment to be a bit pessimistic and i usually see hank as a very logical and diplomatic person. i was caught off guard with his comment because it sounded like something from the mouth of a confederate-flag-totin', george w-lovin', conservative.

[Kadafiduce]

It's not war mongering to state the reality of Mutually Assured Destruction. Since Nagasaki, he whole idea behind having Nukes is to make it so no one else will nuke you. Nuclear relations are based on an entirely different sort of diplomacy than that which the right often derides as weak and useless. Also: pessimistic isn't an antonym of Logical.

[DawnInferno]

ok, so I would go with unicorns cause, their horns have magical healing power that can heal anything, and BLACK unicorns have venom that can KILL anything, and the only way to heal one is healing fluids from a unicorn and zombie is just a muggle word for inferi. who would want to be a dead body being controlled by an evil wizard?! plus unicorns have a way to turn off their healing to simply impale and hurt attackers. Its an obvious choice. I CHOOSE UNICORNS!!

[tibby1195]

you're cute.

[mazzwillrocu]

Hank my love for you burns like a dieing pheonix

[haroldfrost5]

"1. I am dead

2. You are next

3. Someone will kill you in the next 5 hours

4. Post to 6 other videos or youll die"

[colormekristen]

Hahah, the letter to downtown boston is absolutely right. However, Oh how i love you downtown boston <3

[wrockforever]

I'm so bummed I didn't get to go to Leaky this year. Damn school.

[sahifaha]

so this was officially FREAKING HILARIOUS. gosh this video is so quotable and I plan on using "Dear North Korea, W-T-F" in my daily conversations now :)

[SammieAndFriends]

I like lilacs, but my boyfriend doesn't. *sob*

[imagineermatt]

I haven't read the 878 preexisting comments, but "New Hampshire rhymes with hamster, and a hamster is something I do not have" would make a really good Hank Song lyric.

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[SquirrelLover7373]

Lilacs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bacdafucup4]

fuck you geeks - i fuck u suck

[MineVlog]

lol! Umm, no.

[spongah]

hahahahaha!! I thought you said "niece" first.. but yeah I've driven around in boston and oh my god the streets just go whatever way they want huh?! it's like a scribble or something they just go every which way! Cambridge is kickass tho yeah for sure I was only there for like 2 days with my sister but wow it's amazing and thats cool to hear nobody took your macbook!! they all must already have one lol

[HungarianHungryHarry]

no green screen? :'(

[grassyassmariana]

you came to cambridge??? and i didnt know???!!! GAHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[Prizerfighterclaudio]

question for hank since he... you know... likes them. MAKE ANOTHER CD!!!!!!! I WANTS TO HEAR THE EDWARD CULLEN SONG AT HOME!!!! ... wait.... thats a demand........ crap....

[crazyedward95]

where do you come up with this stuff?

[rasmusxp]

Watching this in HD somehow makes it black :'(.

[sunnwingss]

Love it! You should do more open letter videos, because that was awesome!

[vashniir]

Or if you were here and left your GPS stickin in the windshield where it goes and your iPod and cell phone in the glove box with your windows only SLIGHTLY CRACKED, those would have all been stolen. Sigh.

[PapaDeltaRomeo]

Why is it okay for us to have nukes but not N Korea? They need to test just like we have tested.

[MexicanGodzilla]

Because they want to use them, now.

[spongah]

he said he dont care if they have em! he said just dont use them! I guess we've used ours huh? hmm

[jimithingjames]

If you had left your iPod out on your car-seat, that little misadventure may have turned out differently.

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!

[necrolet]

Very very true. The only reason the mac notebook was still there is because Cambridge is MIT Nerd country, and no one wants to touch a mac computer. iPods are totally ok though. Also, I hate that Hank gets a show in Cambridge after I move to Florida. WTF Hank?

[WonderDogOne]

Dear Hank,

You are awesome. DFTBA.

[patie9]

The only problem with saying DFTBA to John and Hank is that they are made of pure awesome, so I don't think they can forget to be awesome.

[reflectionofnevar]

I have an open letter for all of you who stop and read this post. Dear Nerd Fighters and pet owners This is a late due Bill that is in threat of become an issue to anyone who is an exotic pet owner. This new nightmare HR 669.

[humiliat3dGrape]

It's true. We are awesome.

[StillnessVanishing]

I wonder what kind of camera he uses. The quality is impeccable.

[ivaanaleeallan]

Gee, thanks for risking the lives of all the people of the Nerdfighteria!

[iamsummahtime]

OMG I had such a wonderful time at your show, and Cambridge loves everyone, and you can learn to love Downtown Boston if you come more! Just visit often!

[Szbooks9]

You should see the Lilac Festival in Rochester, NY -- absolutely gorgeous!

[thespian1009]

the deal or no deal thing made me lol

[srk1214]

I had to rewatch the first 6 seconds just to make sure you really said something as silly as that. I favorited this just for that.

Kim Jo