May 1st: Neil Gaimen in Helena

Woman: With no further ado, give it up for Neil! (applause)
Neil Gaiman: Good morning John, it is Tuesday, May 1st.
Hank: That was New York Times bestselling author, Hugo Award winner, Nebula Award winner, and all around awesome Nerdfighter-guy Neil Gaiman! Now I know that you're a writer and that you hang out with writers and that you always have good writers on Brotherhood 2.0, but now? I've got one! I may have had to wait in a very, very long line to get one, but I got one. And he's sayin' 'hi'.
Congratulations to Coe! LA Times Book Award, that's a big deal. Congratulations to you, John, for getting nominated. And since I know a lot of the Nerdfighters are Neil Gaiman fans, and I know a lot of the Nerdfighters want to someday be writers, I think I'm going to share with you a clip from Neil's lecture that I surreptitiously captured. Someone asked him if there was really anything better than seeing your name on the spine of a book. And having watched you go through this, John, I can attest that he is right. I'm actually pretty sure that you fell victim to Gaiman's law, which says that as soon as your first book is published, you will go to the bookstore, and open the book to a random page on which you will find possibly the only typographical error in your entire book. And then you will want to kill yourself. So here is Neil talking about being an author:
Neil Gaiman: It's not another day at the office. It's, it's magic. It's, You know, I can't think of- there's nothing else I would want to do. Um, it's every bit as good as you think it would be. But... it's like all of those things that when you're a kid you think 'If I just do that once... who would ever need anything more, ever?' It's like when you're fourteen and you finally figure out what sex is. And then you cannot for the life of you understand why adults do anything else.
Hank: So there you have it. Thanks for challenging me to write more songs. As a commenter pointed out, it is actually kind of difficult and requires lots of creative energy. So, I can't guarantee anything. Umm... sometimes you just draw a blank, right? So there were other reasons besides Neil Gaiman that I was in Helena, Montana.
(singing echo) Helena, Montana.
Hank: That was, weird. Did you--?
(echo) Helena, Montana.
Hank: Wh--oh, oh, I--okay I think, I think it's time for a song!
(echo) Helena, Montana. Helena, Montana. Helena, Montana. Helena, Montana.
Gold and cows and chopping trees, 

these are the industries 

of Helena, Montana!
They serve your eggs with butter 

and there were Peeps in the gutter. 

Oh, Helena, Montana.
Helena, Montana.
We played frisbee at the capitol, 

and looked at lots of belt buckles.
Helena, Montana.
Please check your guns at the door,  

fat guy in a candy store.
Helena, Montana. Helena, Montana.
(spoken) Well, I don't know if that was anything like as catchy the Helen Hunt song but maybe it'll bump it out of some of you guys' heads. Still no progress on that me not being paid for my work front. Uh... I'm very excited that Coe Booth thinks I'm hot. And I'd like to say 'hi' to Francesca Lia Block. And to all of the other amazing people who said hi to me in the last video blog. Hello to you all! We may not be famous, but we got famous people on the Brotherhood. I'll see you tomorrow!