Brotherhood 2.0: May 18: How to Write a Book Proposal

[DarianWulfbane]

I was half-expecting Slenderman to appear.

[theusstig]

He's already doing TFiOS stuff!

[LamanKnight]

May 18th, 2007: John Green begins to pierce the fabric of space, and looks like he's wrapped in bubble wrap while doing it.

[DayEyK]

@AWEandthenSOME42 Right, forgot how old this video is. Timeywhimey.

[DayEyK]

The awkward moment when you can't tell whether the person who deleted Hank's Wikipedia entries and replaced them with 'he is a gay' is making a Paper Towns reference or is just stupid.

[AWEandthenSOME42]

@DayEyK Pretty sure Paper Towns hadn't come out by then, maybe this is the cause of the joke?

[shoelace07]

what happened to this video? it definitely didn't do that the first time I watched it...

[rhelenem]

@willisisnotaduck yes, i see the glitches. it is rather annoying

[Willisisnotaduck]

Did anyone else see the glitches?

[JessicaRedvines]

I remember Oobi from when I was little, aw..

[SomeoneBeginingWithI]

what happened to this video?

[tati13221]

y so messed up???????????????????????

[SpaceController]

when is EBO coming out please tell me!

[moosikins1234]

in a ROBOT VOICE. The group gets a flash of Hank's abusive personality? Or is it just a childlike tantrum that fits him all too well? Poor Yeti.

[wetbivybag]

This is a waste of everyone's time. Talking utter shite!!!!!!

[masonman1222]

watching them all!

[dannerzme]

I don't know what a proposal is! I'm just a little Oobi!! lmao! My neice is currently obsessed with Oobi to I find this incredibly funny. lol! :)

[MarioCort]

Some people have no respect for the english language

[mynameismatt2010]

Ahhh, 240p, we meet again!

[Beutifyllik]

I HEARD THE YETI!!!!!

[EmoOnTheInside123]

"If you're going to vandalize Wikipedia, at least do it with some reverence for the English language."

I AGREE.

[bbmonkey14]

I like how he doesn't have to explain why he's asking, the yeti just does it anyway, the only prompting being 'come on'.

[pickles4all]

Checkmate!

[xXxLinguagirlxXx]

Thank goodness The Yeti remembered The Katherine's birthday eh!

[Twefrence]

Glad that I'm not the only one with a messed up video quality =P

[dolphin64575]

and The Katherine thanks The Yeti for remembering her birthday...

[crunchygreengello]

IN A ROBOT VOICE!

I just want to yell that at people now.

[IamIndeedLayingAnEgg]

Wow. The Yeti has a sexy voice.

[OrangeCowProduction]

John is making a video in the infinite grid

[masis123wow]

i knew how to do it this guy is gey

[FredIsMyName22]

@masis123wow This guy is chiefly or quite? Chiefly or quite WHAT? You must be Scottish.

[urfaceisausername]

is it just my computer being stupid ior is the video reeeeally baaadd?

[abvp257]

@urfaceisausername not alone!

[bellmaison1023]

yay, infinite jest in the background! :D

[shellfish1010]

"Because if you're going to vandalize Wikipedia, you should do it with reverence for the English language"

[bluepinky45]

I'm just a little obi!

[FrenchTheLlama1]

This video has broken the matrix. 

[YeahHildeKase]

this video is hurting my eeyyyes

[HaraldNordbo]

1:35 was referenced to in Paper Towns!

[HaraldNordbo]

1:35 was referenced to in Paper Towns!

[kiasuten]

Do you think it would be beneficial to take a Fiction Writing course? I have an English elective left for my Eng. minor and I'm considering taking it. Some people think that you can't force talent, others believe it can be taught or honed.

What do you think, John?

[aquadrop25]

@kiasuten I may not be John, but here's what I have to say:

Go.

You may not be able to force talent, but you can learn and hone techniques.

[CutePuertoRicanChick]

@kiasuten I'm no expert and am definitely not John but I would suggest you take it! Writing courses can help you polish your ideas and learn to write more effectively. Just by taking the detailed advice of people I was able to improve my writing a lot and I'm really happy with it. If I had money I would definitely take a class. =)

[OhMySavy]

Why is this video so fucked up? Lol.

[greengirllover]

your face at :45 was CRAZY

[pete275]

heh, "some brotherhood 2.0 viewers". that's not what we're called! :p

[CheeseGenius]

It was hard to watch this without noticing the glitches.

[itsmehannahlily]

You can see the Puff in the puppet show :D

[Ilopsen]

Hot video quality.

[mariiaha]

hahahaha i cracked up when the yeti does her robot voice

[jellodefrancais]

TRIPPY

[uiruu]

@jellodefrancais i lolled

[prsfilms]

what was with the colors and lines in this one? o_O

[bufar]

I love the unintentional datamoshing.

[MikeCheck25]

lol, i loved the robot altercation between john and - I'm guessing the yeti?

[luckychihuahua90]

@MikeCheck25 Yeah, it's the Yeti =)

Also, "Robot Altercation" is like, the best band name ever.

[artvandelay13]

Not very good at "pronounciation", eh? ;)

[pottercullengirl]

My English teacher pronounces it WHY-ki-pedia. It bugs me. A lot.

[noxzimbyp]

I wonder why John Green knows of Oobi... he didn't have a kid back then... so I must assume he likes to watch toddler shows.

[an0nim0u51]

Checkmate!

[Tkstylerules]

haha funny but i need advice not wikipedia

[BirdOfParadise777]

Well, I guess there is not much to learn here. I mean c'mon! The information is in the last few seconds of the video. Seriously, couldn't you have made a separate video to argue with your boyfriend in? What a waste of time! Your title and description in the sidebar are misleading! It is MOSTLY an argument with your bff about wiki and a few seconds about a proposal! If this is the way you write your books no wonder you haven't sold many.

[irishmuffin23]

they're brothers, and john is a best selling author (look up "Paper Towns")

[jennifereatworld]

I just flipped out because I have that argyle sock. And I only have one of it. Just like in this video.

I have a happy Nerdfighter.

[porcupine179]

"My husband is a puppeteer!"

I've never wanted to meet someone's husband so badly.

[MelleB90]

Noooooo!

Why have I only discovered Brotherhood 2.0 now... Too late!

Shame I missed you guys, you are great!

[ElleAri94]

YES! I now know how to make a book proposal! My life is complete!

[jackson4socks]

I don't think you look like and gay or a trans....unless you're a female to male lesbian

[simbanalakiss]

is your left ear upside down ?

[scargirl133]

It does kind of look like that!!!

[NillumNaes]

holy crap, you're right, or left.

That wasn't even funny.

[whatawittyusername]

my tongue doesn't make those movements.........in your pants

[punkslilncs]

oobi is creepy. My son and I feel asleep on the couch one day watching a movie we woke up and Oobi was on and he screamed...

[erolennahsythe]

Oobi!!!

[NeilTheDruid]

The puff is in frame!

[maxie9229]

The ad for this video was "Where would you stick it?"

[SilmarilSam]

So much Paper Towns stuff! :D

[Heatliex24]

His wife, sarah, he calls her that because she dosent want to be seen on camera.

[AnonaNicole]

The Yeti!!!

[deathbytango]

Oobi made me super happy. Favorite show ever. I am not ashamed to admit that There are times when I wake up early to watch it on noggin.

[MouthsLikSdwndrMisls]

I'm sure people have already pointed this out, but you know "communication" is spelled wrong in the little beginning segment.

[yellowpages67]

That's because there's no "I" in brotherhood.

[MouthsLikSdwndrMisls]

ah, I see...clever.

[Meteorplutos]

But they had the other "I" in the word communication.

[cp516]

he's kidding. John and Hank have noticed ^^

[dancingspacequeen]

i love that you know Oobi!!!

[senorsqueakydesk]

Writing a book proposal sounds hard!! I'm not sure I have the dedication for that, much less writing an entire book.

[Hinataxox101]

do you ...um... never blink? Just wondeirng dont mean anything bad (yes i know i spelt wondering bad but im too lazy to go change it)

[valerie2776]

Hehee "I'm just a little Oobie!"

[cfrye2011]

this was on my birthday!

[legzandherpiano]

Mine too!

[BeAlive06]

Your yeti is so supportive. :]

[ck12k10]

LMAO! YAY Yeti/Sarah! What an awesome robot voice.

I think Hank is right but I say it like John. DFTBA!

[reallystupid78]

*sings a little song*

may 18th is my birthday

[KatyKillahh]

wikipedia

[dawnatthedisco]

Omg, The Yeti (: that was awesome. :D

I think it's John's way, regardless of how it's supposed to be, because it sounds better and is easier to say wikipedia, not wikeeeepedia.

OOBY :D

[cellcycle1]

hahah i love the yeti. wonderful robot voice.

[Amiryfey]

you should use different voices for the puppets

[ViaAriel]

The new "Audio Preview" feature on the comment's says it John's way!

[speede179]

Aha. It does!

I did not even think about that until now.

[DittoFreak]

Comment 98:

The Yeti did a good job with that robot voice.

[bakerybabe29]

I love Wikipedia

apperently my school burned down like 2 years ago

[kira902k]

heehee

[StrangeAndDerranged]

According to microsoft sam wikipedia is pronounced Wikeyepedeea

[pipsipirate]

haha John I'm rewatching all the videos again...and I'm just noticing how much I love that during the puppet part of this one you can stil see the puff at the bottom of the screen :D

[BarryAldridge]

Sarah/Yetti ftw on the robot voices. I hate the vandalism on wikipedia. They are funny to hear about the vandalism. Hey Oobey I love it. Simple to see how to do a book proposal, I need to do one.

[Ichbinblod]

I LOVE OOBEY!

[LariaKaiba]

I do believe I have that same pair of socks. O.o;;

[getawesome12]

for some odd reason or another i own the "gulag" book right behind your head. i like finding books i own in john greens bookshelf

[Meerabobeera]

so basically that dictionary that's always in the back is the exact same dictionary that i own

[zrg48]

pwned back into the ground

[Zita1208]

Haha xD

19 keer Katherine.

19 is in Dutch pronounced as 'negentien'

Not bad though ;)

[5471123]

"That`s the American way."

lol

[SpiffyMcSnazzy]

And 'party' is supposed to be pronounced "par-tea" but (most) americans pronounce it "par-dee"

[darksiderollerchick]

sarah/sara/yetti-

your robot voice made me laugh litterally outloud for the first time in like a month... i mean like i chuckle all the time, but like later the neighbours asked what was so funny...

[brookpluse]

(ugh) in a ROBOT voice.

[wooodstockDK]

I'm just a little obbie..lol

[xxEternalEclipsexx]

Wikipedia hahahahahahahaha so funny!!!!! I love that you put those idiots who say such pathetic insults on here in their place! And the puppet thing? I was slightly :| <<< but i that 'i'm just a little oobie thing' just made me laugh and laugh and laugh ... you get the point ....

[SimplyKell]

May 18th is my birthday.

One year later...

and this video is still made of awesome!

[tokyosweetheart]

"i don't know, I'm just a little Oobie!"

[EmiiGirl]

Umm they both have wives...

[emilyann2170]

CHECKMATE!

ahhahahahha!

oh man that was funny.

[Writerworm]

YOUR HILARIOUS, oh my gosh

[nikki7250]

Just under 4 minutes. Nice!

[shmaller]

It must be a thrill to know you in personal life. A hilarious thrill... of nerdiness.

[CoffeeShopPunk]

My Nephew and Nieces love Oobie.

...OoBiE...oObIe...He takes over my hand sometimes.

[xxbeatlesxxgirl]

i call my dog oobie sometimes, lol

[nicbh]

haha I love how you could clearly see you head throughout that little puppet show :)

[regularguy5mb]

I learn so much watching these videos. Thank you John for your succinct lesson on writing a book proposal.

[xXxflamingchickenxXx]

wi-ki-pedia *"robot voice"

Lmao!

[FayeMidori]

You were in the Netherlands :|

OM-friggin-GAWD!!

Why didn't I discover you guys sooner :(

Hope you come back soon xD

x

[viciousfish012]

Haha! The pronunciation of Wikipedia bit was very Stephen Colbert-esque.

[sn4kp4k]

3:59 roflamao dode

[omgitslukky]

Oh man, that robot voice made me laugh so hard.

[kashiiampersand]

that was my birthday! i want to marry you.

[sn4kp4k]

creepy......lol

[thatisawkward]

What happened to Hank's wikipedia page it is gone?

[LeximusMaximus]

lol, The poof is sticking up between the puppets!

[snappleapplesnapple]

when i change things they always change them back right away, so the funny doesnt last long

[greenlife7]

i've heard that if u want your puppet to talk well u need to opens it's mouth when saying the vowels..........

[kushya]

ii loooveeee the yeti!!!!

** proud member of the official yeti club!!

[vlo1125]

"say it in a robot voice!" lol!

[goonieschick3]

did you get a haircut?

[SaramisKismet]

... Tow-bi-us?

If it's spelled Tobias...

.... and that was almost really informative. Almost. So very close. But yeah, finished manuscript for newbies... check. *nodnod*

[BisFitty]

Cut it a little close there, lol

[seraphinapandora]

lol; "He is a gay." I don't even know what you're talking about. XD

I say "wee-kee" if it's any consolation.

Oobie!

[WowziePants]

i'm off to CIGSYA prom, and i'm wearing a nerd fighter fandora so yeah :D