Question Tuesday: The Potato Edition

[@mitramirpour8289]

John: "You know, potatoes have eyes just like humans" Hank: "Not just like humans." I laughed very hard at this.

[@christopherbrand5360]

Yep, it is harder to grow more humans by cutting out a small part of a person with an eye in it and then planting it. And I wouldn’t want to eat the rest either.

[@syntacticalcrab]

John DEFINITELY has the better potato impression. Hank is much more like a parsnip.

[@BertGrink]

Agreed :D lol

[@bethh4143]

Very parsnipish

[@erinpeterson3202]

😂😂

[@dashi4660]

omg yess

[@FootofaFerret]

I've always been a fan of Lemony Snicket's "A Series Of Unfortunate Potatoes"

[@c.i.demann3069]

+FootofaFerret The Unbearable Lightness of Potatoes.

[@c.i.demann3069]

+FootofaFerret Harry Potter and the Chamber of Potatoes.

[@randafoote2341]

The Mysterious Potato Society

[@clarahowson2911]

I genuinely loved that series. My dad read all of the books with me and my sister when we were younger. And I think that all of the kidnapping, cults and murder really helped shape my personality.

[@emberswords]

+

[@tessaviolet]

This was so fun. It's fun to watch you two hang out, the laughter is infectious!

[@MothOnFire]

Hello Tessa!

[@RainaRamsay]

"Not JUST like humans" says the guy who two weeks ago was stopping to consider whether coconuts are mammals.

[@renendarkfire]

+Raina Ramsay Link please? I really want to hear his mammal coconut discussion.

[@RainaRamsay]

soundcloud.com/dearhankandjohn I believe it's in episode 36, but it might be in 35.

[@renendarkfire]

Thanks!

[@RainaRamsay]

Of course! :)

[@lily-_-]

Did anyone else find it weird how easily John slipped into his potato impression there?

[@javierbenez7438]

Like he practiced it in a mirror.

[@lennic95]

+Liliana Lancheros Hi Lily :D

[@hsmoscout]

The Perks of Being a Potato

[@WouldntULikeToKnow.]

The Fault in Our Potatoes lol

[@reagan892]

@@WouldntULikeToKnow. Potatoes all the way down

[@micahfisher6125]

50 Shades of Potatoes is a good book for some steamy spud on spud action.

[@99growlithe99]

xD

[@marthadineen565]

+MaxHydroStorm That needs to be a cookery book. Sure there is a cookery book by a frigging serial killer (Dorothea Puente) so why not one on steamy spud recipes?

[@AlexPope1668]

Lord of the Fries?

[@BertGrink]

brilliant!

[@tapashalister2250]

That is a very good vegetarian fast food restaurant in Melbourne

[@emmetcameron1026]

I gave a speech about potatoes in third grade and to this day I feel like the bulk of the information I have retained from elementary school is stuff I put in that potato speech.

[@fitzgerald4744]

Em Cameron Nice! I feel the same exact way about a project I did about lemmings.

[@WouldntULikeToKnow.]

I did a report on Venezuela for my Spanish class one year and I've retained a weirdly large amount of Venezuela facts. Even in my 30s I still remember stuff. That was one successful assignment.

[@alesrip]

I'm in middle school and remember NOTHING academic from elementary school

[@nastber]

Oh my god me tooo! I gave my very first presentation in third grade, also about potatoes (it was either that or spiders). I even remember my teacher complimenting my 'creative introduction', which consisted of asking my classmates "Who of you likes potatoes?" (incredibly original) And quite a lot of people raised their hand... Why do I always remember the useless stuff :D

[@RussoFamilyVlogs]

surprise reunion videos make me do the smiles

[@RussoFamilyVlogs]

+RussoTalks i love the description: John and Hank reunite to discuss potatoes

[@RedHatNat]

+RussoTalks me too. also hi.

[@peachvamps]

I relate to the average Irish person in 1844.

[@KaijaSchmauss]

Sisterhood of the Traveling Potato was one of my favorites when I was in middle school.

[@mck0612]

Reunion videos (along with Thoughts From Places) are my favorite. I love to see them directly interacting with each other and joking around. It always makes me smile.

[@abbiebradley4071]

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Potatoes: just made into a movie!

[@heidi64freedom]

As bad as it is, I kinda love Hank's expression/reaction on the only non-potato related question. It's like through the whole video of potatoes, that single question stands out as a sorta de-familiarising factor and make the question and situation of it much more realistic and stand out more in its seriousness, in comparison to all the potatoes questions. So kudos on John's planning for this vid?

[@laurenmegspeed]

All smiles again. Brotherly love is lovely.

[@lamarethington]

Thank you guys so much for posting. I really needed a reason to smile today. I had more than one of course, but you guys have a way of reminding me to think of them.

[@TheDeerstalkerHat]

That dreamy, faraway look in Hank's eyes as he's talking about making a sentient potato golem really gets me, as does John's immediate reaction to it. (At 1:24)

[@courtneyy7789]

This video was everything I wanted in a reunion video, you guys were just so witty and banter-y and fun. I wasn't having a particularly good day, so thanks for making it a little more awesome.

[@lilaroseg]

An Abundance of Potatoes

[@jackmcgrath2634]

In your pants

[@prajjwalbhattarai8276]

+Gaming And Baking Potatoes for Alaska..

[@lilaroseg]

Jack Raichu Potatoes your pants.

[@lilaroseg]

+Prajjwal Bhattarai Looking for Potatoes

[@TheMinerZ3]

Harry Potter and- The sorcerer's potato The potato of secrets The potato of azkaban The potato of fire The order of potato The half-blood potato And finally, The deathly potato

[@evanmartin9684]

Harry potato

[@dotkill01]

+Ragnarok Productions Come on! The Half-Potato Prince is WAY better than half-blood potato, that is, unless you are referring to a potato that is literally half blood.

[@kroberts1515]

yer a potato, harry

[@LouHls]

+Ragnarok Productions I think the first one should be "The potato stone" haha but I love the other ones!! =D

[@WouldntULikeToKnow.]

I feel like it should be the Goblet of Potatoes

[@soundlyawake]

This is my new favorite video on this channel.

[@Scheurthiaume]

When John said "name three potatoes" I really wanted Hank to say "mashed, scalloped, and sweet"

[@bhagad]

Pfft. Good job on the closed captions. [A Potatoey silence] 2:28

[@sheaelliott942]

Reunion videos make me very happy, and this one especially was lovely because I'm having a bad day. I can always count on the vlogbrothers to cheer me up when I'm sad, thanks :)

[@sergiogarza2519]

I'm upset no one said "50 Shades of Potatoes." Partly because there's actually a lot more shades of potatoes.

[@Bobobottle2]

Reunion videos are the best videos.

[@ds93]

To Kill a Mocking Potato is my personal favorite.

[@ds93]

Or Potato Farm. Potato politics at its finest.

[@kallirhcp]

when potatoes come back by john corey whaley

[@veronicayeracaris3485]

+Danyell Stoerger To Kill a Potato Bird

[@MagusMarquillin]

Anyone read Journey to the center of the Potato?

[@MrsMusica]

+Danyell Stoerger Would it be Pride and Potatoes or Potatoes and Prejudice? Hmmmm, deep questions.

[@isaaczurich9272]

It's nice to find someone else who shares my revulsion for Lord of the Flies.

[@rowenblue]

+Jackson Ossea I also share your revulsion.

[@ColterDewitt]

+Jackson Ossea We're mates.

[@aoliver3230]

Me too. Finallyyy I am not alone.

[@MrNerdHair]

Me too! I found the degeneration into anarchy and horror profoundly unrealistic, which robbed its commentaries about human nature and society of their impact and left only an unredeemed example of the vulgar. My seventh grade English teacher disagreed, and I got a C because I clearly hadn't recognized the book for the work of genius it was; I'm still bitter about that.

[@lijohnyoutube101]

@@MrNerdHair I feel the polar opposite one only has to look at slavery, lynchings, concentration camps, massacre in Rwanda etc etc Our species is inherently severely flawed and we can only turn the corner if we can be real about our weaknesses.

[@lallen387]

The curious incident of the potato in the night time

[@MattDW45]

+Lilly Allen The Eyes of a Potato

[@cornishphilosopher]

You can do all of the John Green books: Looking for potatoes, An abundance of potatoes, Potato towns, the potatoes in our stars, and most recently Potatoes all the way down... There's also the books he wrote with other people: Will Potato Potato Grayson, and Let it potato! And ofcorse there's Hank Green's book: An absolutely remarkable potato

[@bbyfcetm]

I love reunion videos, they bring me so much joy.

[@ggggg921]

You did not want to be living in Ireland in 1844

[@jaypillsbury843]

Potato Expectatons Artemis Potato Ender's Potato An Abundance of Potato The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Potato

[@cloverhighfive]

+Jake Pillsbury Or, The Potato's Guide to the Galaxy.

[@Itania333]

+Clover HighFive Douglas Adams would approve

[@atariad]

+Clover HighFive You are a great person

[@yourlocalbi9811]

+Jake Pillsbury Life, the Universe and Potato

[@cloverhighfive]

Thanks guys :D lol

[@pipermeloche7915]

two reunion videos in a row?!?! it must be my christmas!

[@jjyu5633]

Two reunions in a row?! *does nerdfighter sign* John and Hank clearly didn't forget to be awesome!

[@benl2140]

The opposite of potato is a potato made of antimatter.

[@henryjensen2741]

1. science ftw 2. its a tomato

[@benl2140]

Henry Jensen Ok, if that's the opposite of potato, what's the opposite of potato chips?

[@WouldntULikeToKnow.]

@@benl2140 ketchup

[@RumerPriestly]

John's snort at 2:47 tickled me so hard I had to rewatch it so many times. His childlike mischief and wonder at the idea of potato related questions is wonderful. Also I wrote about potato pizza without ever having tasted it! I wrote it as delicious, so I'm glad someone actually thinks that!

[@ampz1466]

Knowing that John hates The Lord of the Flies makes me feel better about how much I hate it. When I had to do a speech on it in High school I told my English teacher, "I can not describe the deeps of my hatred for this book." I was a weird kid, but I still really hate that book.

[@lijohnyoutube101]

I love that book, its a reflection on how deeply broken our species really is on a disturbing level. It relates to things like why does police brutality continue and why did concentration camps kill many 100,000’s during WWII. We can not fix our species weaknesses if we can not get real about what they are.

[@dragonflies6793]

Similar to how I absolutely abhor The Great Gatsby. (fun fact! that's the first book I ever read for school that I had to skim through instead of actually reading, because I hated it so much I had to either skim through or just not read it)

[@verity3616]

Some people read that book when they are still so young the bullying just comes off as inaccurate rather than allegorical. That happened to me too. I think, re-reading it as an adult, the hunting of the wild boar is a brilliant passage, and goes a long way to explaining how Golding won the Nobel in literature. If you ever get the chance, go back to the novel for an afternoon. Isn't it just a devastating critique of humanity, coming from a man who not only served in WWII, but participated in D-day? I can no longer hate the novel for making me uncomfortable. He had a reason for wanting to do that.

[@Crokto]

john's giggle at "not *just* like humans" was precious

[@drakan4769]

"are you stressed for the presidential race?" "oh god" I think that counts as a yes

[@GBobob]

John

[@ItsMeTheSteph]

Hank

[@elisa4101]

Hank

[@fossilfighters101]

+Dolphicorn ~ Hank.

[@jjyu5633]

+G. Bobob Who the eff is John?

[@emmaociee]

Oh. I assumed we were voting on potato impersonation….

[@KarolaTea]

I'm glad potatoes are getting the attention they deserve.

[@Sirake]

An abundance of potato - the alternative title for the martian

[@somethingelse9176]

I'm currently reading Plato's Republic. I'm not sure which I like better: Plato's Potatoes or Potato's Republic

[@ThisIsReMarkable]

Hahaha! I'm a fan of Potato's Republic. A chip off the old block, if you ask me

[@corinnenierzwicki4042]

I laughed at that maybe harder than is socially acceptable.

[@bendubz9000]

I don't understand how +Mark Dowdy wedges Potato puns in so easily

[@libby14081]

+somethingelse Plato's Potatoes :D

[@somethingelse9176]

+Mark Dowdy I've got my eye on you, pun perpetrator.

[@cibomatto47]

It makes my heart happy that you two are brothers and friends. Like, that's so refreshing and wonderful!

[@shereah]

"I didn't even know I was here" lol Oh, Hank...

[@MsAnnaJosieElise]

Green reunion videos fill me with such warm for both of the brothers. I just love their relationship. I love their love. awwwwwweee.

[@11299rachel]

John, I am a junior in high school and was assigned a research paper on an American author. After reading both Paper Towns and The Fault in Our Stars, I instantly fell in love with your writing and I decided to write my paper about your influences for your novels! I related my life to The Fault in Our Stars because of a recent death of my aunt to cancer, my friends defeat of cancer in 5th grade, and a 4-year old family friend of mine who is currently fighting cancer. Thank you for providing such inspiring novels for young adults today. I have been researching your influences for The Fault in Our Stars, Looking for Alaska, and An Abundance of Katherine's but soon realized that most of the online sources are Q&A's from popular sites and news sites. Would it be possible to email you with a few questions for my research paper? I believe that my choice of a current author is very challenging to find correct information on and hope to hear back! Thank you so much for inspiring me!

[@sketchlee1856]

Potato Towns Looking For Potatoes An Abundance of Potatoes

[@warxdrum]

Will Potato, Will Potato A Cheertastic Potato Miracle

[@TenleyNadine]

+Falling Star "An Abundance of Potatoes" sounds like the sequel to "Looking for Potatoes". It's a series about a guy who roams around all day seeking out potatoes during the potato famine. Then finally, in book two, he finds them! An abundance of them, in fact!

[@warxdrum]

***** before the famine they were "potato towns" ;]

[@TenleyNadine]

warxdrum Of course! It's a trilogy!

[@JeweledOwl812]

POTATOES FOR ALASKA

[@yazhini5652]

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Potato Harry Potter and the Chamber of Potatoes Harry Potter and the Potato of Azkaban Harry Potter and the Goblet of Potatoes Harry Potter and the Order of the Potato Harry Potter and the Half-Potato Prince Harry Potter and the Deathly Potatoes

[@Waterflame]

+Paranoid Penguin I see that, and I raise you these: Harry Potter and the Potato's Stone Harry Potter and the Potato of Secrets Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Potato Harry Potter and the Potato of Fire Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Potato Harry Potter and the Potato Hollows

[@renendarkfire]

+Paranoid Penguin Potato of Azkaban, personal favorite.

[@renendarkfire]

+Paranoid Penguin +Waterflame Let's make it all about the potato: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Potato Harry Potter and the Potato of Secrets Harry Potter and the Potato of Azkaban Harry Potter and the Potato of Fire Harry Potter and the Potato of the Pheonix Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Potato Harry Potter and the Deathly Potatoes And for kicks, Harry Potato..........

[@BasementRuthie]

I see all of these and I raise you Potato Potato and the Potato's Potato.

[@Ganters]

+BasementRuthie I see your Potato Potato and the Potato's Potato and raise you a Potato Potato potato potato Potato Potato

[@sallyyyyrenee]

I started replacing words in book titles with “potatoes” and my mom got so fed up with it that she told me I’m not allowed to ever say that word.😂

[@alyssajones9186]

“Are you stressed about the presidential race?” Hits different in 2020.

[@Doomsday-yo7lh]

Two reunion videos in a row! This is unprecedented! I think!

[@erica2912]

John's laugh gives me life.

[@miss0jode]

thumbs up if you would totally vote for either john or hank if any of them ran for president !!! #johnorhankforpresident2020

[@mallaidhdevlin4512]

#johnorhankforpotato2020

[@delulunatic]

#johnANDhankforpotato2020

[@FliederimHaar]

+njoud hisham I would be so much less stressed, if #johnorhankforpresident2016 was possible

[@vincentfiestada]

+njoud hisham They should be co-consuls or something.

[@miss0jode]

FliederimHaar exactly !

[@kroberts1515]

The Series of Unfortunate Potatoes was my favorite series as a kid

[@LindaK14]

I was marathoning old vlogbrothers videos, like 2008 old, and i saw this in the suggestions and i got super excited like "how is it ive been watching these guys for over 6 years and i never came across this reunion video??" but then of course i clicked on it and the video recording quality was so good i realized it must be recent.

[@ambientmoder]

John's potato impression is spot-on.

[@hanneke5527]

i found hanks impression slightly more expressive tbh

[@elliottwalker577]

I love John's laugh at 1:28

[@FirstLast-qt6kb]

Harry Potter series: potato edition the Potato's stone the chamber of potatoes the potatoes of azkaban the POTATO OF FIREEEE the Order of the Potato The half-potato prince hahahahab the deathly Potatoooo

[@CodeTriangle]

wow.

[@emilydeboer9476]

The Philosopher's Potato The Chamber of Potatoes The Potatoes of Azkaban The Goblet of Potato The Order of the Potato The Half-Blood Potato The Deathly Potatoes

[@someperson5506]

+Emily de Boer Potato of fire is better than Goblet of Potato.

[@syntacticalcrab]

The Philosopher's Potato is BY FAR a superior book to The Potato's Stone, I have to say. Although I am partial to The Potato of Secrets, The Prisoners of Potato, The Potato of Fire and The Half-Potato Prince to the alternatives.

[@chiragjeswani7086]

Potato Note

[@ZipIsLove]

I just recently started Uni and for my history course, some of our required watching is CRASH COURSE so thanks to John and to everyone involved with that because damn I am so ready to watch that a hundred times

[@ethancron]

Find these John Potato novels near you: The fault in our potatoes Looking for potatoes Paper Potatoes An abundance of potatoes Potato Days This potato won't go out Let it potatoes

[@muhreike]

What a great video, I love the way you two have fun together. Your relationship is just so great, always reminds me to spent time with my sister!

[@KiddsockTV]

Hitchhikers Guide to the Potato

[@maxravenwood3877]

This had some of the best lines in it. "I want him to be a thinking, feeling potato man." "Have you not seen Toy Story?" "Y'know, potatoes have eyes, just like Humans." "Not /just/ like Humans" "The opposite of potato is the vacuum of space."

[@joshbobst1629]

John, why do you revile the _Flies_? My favorite part isn't even in the book. Golding later said about the ending, "The boys are rescued by the crew of a battle-cruiser, and that is very well for them, but who will rescue the crew?" The point being that the adult world is hardly more settled and sensible than the world of a bunch of twelve-year-olds.

[@meteorrejector]

hank's "not JUST like humans" at 2:34 makes me laugh every time i watch it

[@MiddleAgedNerd]

With all this potato talk I was hoping for an update on when the P4A signed potatoes were shipping out. Ah, well; I'm patient.

[@squaltch]

The moment where Hank thinks Lord of the Rings and John thinks Lord of the Flies is their relationship in a nutshell.

[@soup_please]

Can we take a moment to bask in the glow of john's potato impression?

[@adelined]

{a potatoey silence} pro tip: always leave the captions on because then you get gems like this

[@sabrinam4021]

I want the audio to this video to be played at my funeral. Also I will be buried in a potato casket

[@CaptainSarahSparrow]

In the Nerdfighter survey, you asked what would we like to see more videos of. I now have my answer: you two together!

[@emmettdel]

An abundance of potatoes Searching for potato The potato thief My son the potato How the grinch stole potatoes The lion, the witch, and the potato 198potato

[@freyaguppy]

1:11 what a great face, John 10/10

[@Mikazha]

I'm currently reading It's Kind of a Funny Potato, it's quite good.

[@maryiduque]

I'm currently reading Their Eyes Were Watching Potato and I'm not feeling it. It's supposedly a "true literary wonder" but I'm finding it pretty dull :/

[@peytonnico1402]

The Giver= Potato Giver When you reach me= When potatoes reach me Harry potter and the chamber of secrets= harry potter and the potato of secrets

[@nattbeth3]

This is all more hilarious given the fact that Hank has signed hundreds of fake potatos to sell as a perk for P4A

[@mikeo.4924]

+Natalie Williams That came to mind too! I'm patiently waiting for mine.

[@nattbeth3]

Mike O'. Same haha I'm irrationally excited about a plastic potato

[@ElizabethTravelsNow]

I love the joint videos! You guys have been my inspiration for so many years now :)

[@erinpeterson3202]

currently laughing like an idiot in my kitchen. thank you. I needed this today

[@BasementRuthie]

Words cannot describe how much I love this video. And potatoes. This video and potatoes are my two great loves.

[@the-thane]

Requiem for a Potato. My favourite book.

[@hollysmarie]

This is what I look forward to each week.

[@rickseiden1]

Will Potato, WIll Potato

[@tracybartels7535]

I don't honestly care how outdated it is, if it's about potatoes and appreciates potato pizza, presciently dreads the presidential race, and speaks to my fears about teaching things (like "Lord of the Flies") that it properly dislikes, I'm going to watch it and give it a thumbs-up. I am, however, glad that the Greens went in for vlogging and writing and such rather than performing vegetable impressions, because I'm pretty sure it's not possible to do much worse impressions of potatoes.

[@chantelvanderveen9786]

Hank, were you thinking of Yukon Gold when you said Goldie Hawn?

[@simbaaa1D]

My love and admiration for these two will never die.

[@PotatoesofDestiny]

Never has this username made me happier.

[@dylankornberg4892]

I have no potato and I must scream

[@Irmalizzette]

Looking for Potatoes by John Green

[@neptunepriest]

I've always loved an absolutely remarkable potatoe

[@daphnetran1796]

You guys like the Fault in our Potatoes, too! I thought I was the only one!!

[@henryjensen2741]

+TheCubingSquad did you watch the video? SCRUB

[@brianafredline1785]

+Daphne Tran The fault in our spuds.

[@Mikazha]

+Daphne Tran I also enjoyed other books by the same author, particularly An Abundance of Potatoes.

[@cloudz9383]

+Daphne Tran I think the potato in our stars was better.

[@lizziep503]

I thought that Looking for Potatoes was the best, but maybe it's just me.

[@paigedel1961]

I love seeing then laugh together. You can really feel the brotherly bond, it's cute :P

[@jasonschneijder2012]

DAMNIT JOHN AND HANK, SPEAK OUT! TELL US ABOUT POLITICS, INFLUENCE THE VOTERS PLEASE BEFORE THEY SCREW UP TERRIBLY!!!!!

[@ranaklindor8069]

+Jason Schneijder I can guarantee you, the people who are voting for Trump (assuming you are referring to them here) are a small minority of the people who watch Vlogbrothers, a lot of their videos are very liberal. Especially the older ones.

[@jasonschneijder2012]

Ranak Lindor Not just talkin about Trump, I need the Vlogbros to give people some sound advice on voting right now when it matters.

[@cookiedemander]

I've needed these funny reunion videos. Thanks for the smiles and laughs!

[@therealquade]

the perchlorates in the martian soil are not in high enough concentration for potatos growing it in to die, or to kill you. the way it appears in the martian, one person eating that quantities of potatoes eaten in the movie and book 'the martian', you'd be fine. it's not until you eat way more than that, that it becomes an issue. Film theory (mattpatt) did a video on that, and I'd love to see you double-check his work.

[@SergioSilva1337]

i was about to comment exactly this xD

[@renendarkfire]

+therealquade +vlogbrothers Interesting, I hadn't heard this. I, too, would like to hear more about it.

[@AbiMulholland]

"potatoes have eyes just like humans" "not JUST like humans" I had to pause because I was laughing so hard

[@Vexillographer]

The opposite of a potato is an antimatter potato.

[@carsonbarlow348]

+Vexillographer Yes! Thank you!

[@TheOrbitalDropShock]

+Vexillographer Don't bring it near a normal potato. They'll be drawn towards each other and mash together

[@xXsolar99Xx]

+Vexillographer With reversed chirality. Also time-reversed, for good measure.

[@intercsaki]

+TheOrbitalDropShock And that'll be anti-mashed potato!

[@juliomoraification]

The antitato

[@ayeshachaudhry1135]

TWO REUNION VIDEOS?!? WHAT HAVE WE DONE TO DESERVE THIS