[mother talking to child] You stay right there... right there... Here, I won't get you on video,
just your... just the box delivery part. Did you want to make sure it got through? Thank
you! Oh no, this is so exciting. This is my husbands Silver Play Award from YouTube. That
is awesome! For a 100,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel. Well Congratulations! I am
glad I could help. Thank you very much! I thought I did something wrong. No, it was
awesome! Thank you for making our day:) BAM! Today is a very special bam because you guys
have done something that I never thought would be possible when I started this YouTube channel.
And about a year and a half ago we started realizing that this might be something that
is a possibility. Those of you that are regular watchers probably noticed that as you left
comments and got.. uh... responses, a lot of those if they were not math questions were
from my wife. You know, encouraging you to please like, and subscribe, and share this
channel with your friends, and support the ads. That is how... these ads that you are
supporting are what helps me support myself and create more of these free lessons for
you all. And well, it happened. Today we got a delivery and it is in this little box. It
came from a company which is... says here RS Owens division. We first noticed that company
name when we got this mysterious email saying that a packing slip had been made for us.
I was like, honey did you order something on Amazon or something, because we have something
coming possibly from UPS. We went on the internet and it turns out that it is a company that
among other really cool looking awards produces... or creates the Oscars and Emmy awards for...
you know.. actors and such. Of course I know that I am not up for an Emmy. But I have been
looking forward to getting this Silver Play Button Award. I am really really excited to
share this with you and, you know, it is through the support of my wife, through a lot of hard
work, and obviously you guys. If you were not choosing my math lessons to learn from
and doing that liking, and subscribing, and sharing these video with your friends this
would never be possible. So I just wanted to share this moment with you all. So let
me just... open this thing up and see what it looks like:) [looking at my wife] You know
a lot of time goes into not just the production of these video, but once they are out there
we do... my wife answers almost every comment that is not a math question. I do my best,
you know, teaching full time and trying to make these videos... Did I say it already?
580 videos in 4 1/2 years. That and working full time is a huge task. Without the love
of my wife, without her taking the time to answer all these comments. And... I want to
answer them all myself but you know we are working together... You know... She has been
my parter now for 23 years of marriage. You know, it's team work and you guys are a part
of that team now and I am hoping that you appreciate this just as much as I do. So I
have got out the little knife here. Open this up. I am doing one of those videos that I
always think is really corny on the internet. Oh look, I have got a new toy... I have got
a new gadget. Let me open it up for you. But this is not just a random toy or gadget. It
says here, You have something done something very few YouTube creators accomplish. You
have an astonishing 100,000 peopled subscribe to your channel. And that by the way happened
February 25th of this year. We know numbers on YouTube can get really big, but we hope
that you don't loose site of the reality behind that six digit milestone. Each and every person
who has subscribed to your channel was touched by what you did. And thank you. They were
inspired, or challenged, or entertained. Um.. Hopefully as much entertained as you possibly
be... can be while learning math. You made it to this milestone with hard work, perseverance,
and chances are a healthy sense of humor. Uh... I find myself probably a little bit
more humorous than my wife does. She does not know how sometimes my students put up
with me:) You have accomplishment cannot be taken away from you and we would like to recognize
you and all of your hard work, and my wife's, with this silver play button. A small token
of our esteem and respect. We know you don't do this for rewards. You do it because you
have a drive to create and share, and teach you all math. And... it does not say that:)
And because you found an audience that cares, believe us when we say that we can't wait
to see what you do next. A million subscribers may seem a long way off right now, and it
does but then so did 100,000, but you're closer than you think and we are rooting for you.
Congratulations. Sincerely, Susan... ummm mmm... I am not going to try to pronounce
that last name. CEO of YouTube. If I knew that was going to be on there I would have
probably practiced her last name. So let's see here. Let's get this up here. You can
take a look at that a little bit later. We have got a box in a box! This is one is grey
instead of brown. And, on the back of this box, I will take a close up picture, I am
going to guess that these are logos and pictures of other YouTube creators. Are you excited?!
wife [dat tadda daaaa] We have some foam. And here it is. [box falls to the ground]
YouTube, ProfRobBob congratulations for surpassing... [laughing because I couldn't read] I am not
excited [laughing] 100,000 subscribers. Wow! That is quite impressive and lot heavier than
I expected. So there it is. I will try not to drop this as soon as I got it out of the
box. There we go. Um, 100,000 subscribers. Again 4 1/2 years ago I never thought that
was a possibility and who knows, maybe we can make to a million together. You can count
on me to continue to make more math videos. I am working right now on Calculus 2. I am
working on Close Captioning. I am working on whatever you guys need to help you with
your math studies and help you be success as you have helped me be. Thank you very much.
I am Mr. Tarrou. BAM! Go do your homework! And thank you for subscribing, and please
continue to share my channel, why not ask now, with all of your friends... like, subscribe,
share on Facebook.. share on Twitter.. Do whatever. But please again, thank you very
much. I really really appreciate it and so does my wife. I cannot thank you enough. [wife]
Thank you! And here is the close up of my award that you guys have allowed me to have,
and one more time thank you very much. And, you know, you only get to open that box up
once and I just want to make sure that you all understand that there is hundreds if not
thousands of teachers like me on YouTube that are passionate about their jobs, that are
passionate about helping others achieve their dreams, as they did theirs. And if you have
a channel besides mine that you really appreciate, you use all the time, please also like...
subscribe... share those channels as well as mine and allow those other teachers dreams
to come true as you have allowed mine to come true today. So thank you very much. I also
want to thank not only for the support one more time of my wife, but my Mom who encouraged
me and instilled the love of learning... and made me understand just how important education
was in my life... in anyones life. It allows you to achieve the dreams that you want for
yourself. It allows those to come true. It gives you the tools that you need to work
toward those goals and be successful. And though she may never see this video, I also
want to throw a shout out to my high school math teacher that inspired me to become a
teacher myself, Mrs. Henry. So, haha. I know I have said this too many times again, but
thank you... thank you... thank you.