The Markiplier Episode

Summary

Chuckle Sandwich Podcast: "The Markiplier Episode" Summary

Release Date: January 14, 2025
Hosts: Ted Nivison & Schlatt
Guest: Markiplier

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1. Introduction and Guest Appearance

The episode begins with Ted and Schlatt announcing the final merchandise drop, urging listeners to grab exclusive items from the Chuckle Store before they're permanently discontinued. This segment sets a tone of culmination, hinting at the podcast's impending conclusion.

At [01:43], the hosts introduce the guest appearance of Markiplier, highlighting this as the third and final attempt to feature him on the show. Markiplier humorously acknowledges previous unsuccessful attempts, stating, "Chuckle Sandwich, we had some run-ins with Mark before. Safe to say they were not good enough to post."

2. Initial Banter and Comedic Skit

Upon Markiplier's entrance at [03:03], the conversation kicks off with playful banter. The hosts and Markiplier engage in a lighthearted exchange about LA traffic and the challenges of remote podcast setups. This segment establishes a relaxed and humorous atmosphere, characteristic of the Chuckle Sandwich podcast.

A recurring comedic element involves the character Charlie, who disrupts the conversation, leading to exaggerated and humorous interactions. For instance, at [18:12], Schlatt exclaims, "Because he's a... I'm not legally obligated. I'm not legally obligated to say.," adding to the skit's playful tension.

3. Deep Dive into Filmmaking with Schlatt

Transitioning from comedy to substance, the conversation shifts focus to Schlatt's filmmaking endeavors, particularly his project "Iron Lung." At [24:21], Ted inquires, "At some point over the past 10 years, you decided to get hot. What inspired that? And how did you do it?" This leads to an in-depth discussion about the challenges and intricacies of directing a feature film.

Schlatt elaborates on the technical aspects of film production, discussing the use of the NACMO (a motion control rig) and the complexities of set design and shot composition. At [32:58], he explains, "Anacmo... it's a big motion control rig that you can put something on it. And it'll move really, really fast."

Markiplier contributes by asking critical questions that allow Schlatt to delve deeper into his creative process, such as the decision-making behind scene setups and the emotional resilience required during long shoots. For example, at [50:11], Schlatt shares a personal anecdote: "There were days that were like peak of the peak. I was so happy. I was like, I never. I could die right now. And all I would regret is that I couldn't do this a little more, you know?"

4. Personal Insights and Career Reflections

As the episode progresses, Schlatt opens up about his personal journey, motivations, and the struggles inherent in creative pursuits. At [60:02], he reflects, "I thought back to why I actually started in the first place... If I don't find something, I will never be happy."

Markiplier shares his own experiences with achieving his goals and grappling with the transition from being a content creator to taking on more diverse projects. This mutual exchange of experiences fosters a sense of camaraderie and understanding between the hosts and the guest.

5. Humorous Segments and "Chuckle Sandwich" Finale

In the latter half of the episode, the trio transitions back to their signature humor with the "Chuckle Sandwich" segment. They engage in a playful debate about sandwich ingredients, leading to absurd and funny additions like "a tomato that can fly a plane" and "a ship on the sandwich." At [80:55], Ted summarizes the chaos humorously: "We're going to need a big any press mark, but we'll do it for you..."

This segment serves as a comedic capstone to the episode, blending the earlier serious discussions with lighthearted fun. The playful interactions culminate in Markiplier's departure, with the hosts entertainingly navigating the scripted chaos he introduces.

6. Concluding Thoughts and Reflections

As the episode wraps up, Ted and Schlatt reflect on the significance of endings and the importance of closure. Schlatt shares, "It's better to have an ending than to watch something fade away," emphasizing the podcast's approach to concluding its run. This philosophical takeaway aligns with the episode's overarching theme of growth, change, and moving forward.

Markiplier's final remarks tie back to the episode's earlier discussions, leaving listeners with a blend of inspiration and amusement. As Ted bids farewell, he encapsulates the episode's essence: "We don't usually say that. We just kind of did it."

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Notable Quotes

• Markiplier at [06:40]: "Where does that idea come from?"
• Schlatt at [24:21]: "It's all hard. It all sucks."
• Schlatt at [60:08]: "I wanted to be a big YouTuber. Hit it, you know."
• Ted at [80:38]: "That was a fantastic choice."
• Schlatt at [65:31]: "I encourage people just to try new things just because you never know where."

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Key Takeaways

• Creative Process: The episode offers an insightful look into Schlatt's approach to filmmaking, highlighting the balance between technical precision and creative discovery.

• Personal Growth: Both Schlatt and Markiplier share personal narratives about achieving their goals, facing burnout, and the continuous quest for meaningful endeavors.

• Humor and Camaraderie: The blend of serious discussion and comedic skits exemplifies the podcast's unique style, fostering an engaging and relatable listener experience.

• Concluding the Podcast: The episode serves as a fitting finale, encapsulating themes of endings, closure, and the pursuit of new beginnings.

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This episode of Chuckle Sandwich masterfully intertwines deep conversations about creative processes and personal journeys with the trademark humor that fans have come to love. "The Markiplier Episode" stands out as a memorable finale, leaving listeners both entertained and inspired.

Transcript

[Schlatt]

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[Ted]

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[Markiplier]

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[Ted]

Learn [e-mail] before the episode Our final merch drop is live now at Chuckle Store. We've got a whole bunch of items that we worked really hard on designing for you guys. I'm wearing one of them right now. We've got a jacket, a hoodie and a crew neck. We got T shirts. We even got a Chuckle Sandwich baseball cap. Look at that. And no, it doesn't look similar to anything that Schlatt would wear. Or does it? And we got a whole bunch of other stuff so you can hold on to a piece of this podcast forever. Let me be clear. This is your last chance to get Chuckle Sandwich merch. This drop will run for two weeks and then it's gone forever. So go grab some before you forget at Chuckle Store. Love you to death and enjoy the episode. Chucklers. What you are about to see is a raw, uncut third attempt at a markiplier episode. As our final guest episode on Chuckle.

[Markiplier]

Sandwich, we had some run ins with Mark before. Safe to say they were not good enough to post. But we figured as the podcast is coming to an end next week, we would post this one for you all to watch.

[Ted]

Please be advised that the imagery that you may see on your screen may.

[Markiplier]

Be shocking and disturbing.

[Ted]

It may be upsetting to children under the age of 12.

[Markiplier]

It may be upsetting to people over the age of 12.

[Ted]

In fact, it may be shocking to everyone from 0 to 120 if someone could even live that long. My grandma didn't because she was killed by Andrew Cuomo.

[Markiplier]

Well, here it is everybody.

[Ted]

The Markiplier episode. Welcome to Chuckle Sandwich.

[Markiplier]

Hi, Mark.

[Ted]

Hey, Mark.

[Schlatt]

Did it start?

[Ted]

Yeah. No, no, no, no. Yeah. No, we're going. All right, cool.

[Markiplier]

It's great to have you back for the third time.

[Ted]

Yeah. On the Chuckle Sandwich. On Chuckle Sandwich podcast, you have piercing eyes. I mean, Mark is here on the pod for the third time. Here we go. We. And it's so great. Glad. I am so glad. I'm. It's pleasant.

[Markiplier]

Fucking get it together.

[Ted]

I'm pleased to have you here right now. Markiplier on Chuckle Sandwich. How is the drive?

[Schlatt]

The drive. Did you want to talk about LA traffic?

[Ted]

Okay. Well, I. It could be better.

[Markiplier]

I'm sorry. He did that.

[Schlatt]

I'll talk about it. It's not going to show up anyway.

[Ted]

It's.

[Schlatt]

No one's going to see it, so what does it matter?

[Markiplier]

Well, this. We were hoping this one would be good that we could post.

[Ted]

Yeah, we.

[Markiplier]

We'd really like to post this one.

[Ted]

We're committed, Mark. We are committed to making sure this goes out into the world. I mean, you know, what's in the past is in the past.

[Markiplier]

Right? We'll set our eyes forward. We'll forget. We'll let bygones be bygones. Sorry, sorry. I came up with a couple questions. If we want to start that segment.

[Ted]

That would be great. That's what they do.

[Markiplier]

All right, let's do something.

[Schlatt]

Do you have, like, intro music or something?

[Markiplier]

Not currently. I mean, we usually edit that in.

[Ted]

Usually goes in the.

[Markiplier]

Do you want to hear it?

[Schlatt]

Yeah, just let me know when we're ready to go because I don't. I just. I need to get the energy up. We're.

[Ted]

We're going.

[Markiplier]

We're ready, man.

[Ted]

We are here. Markiplier's on the podcast. Everyone, place.

[Schlatt]

Hello.

[Markiplier]

Yes.

[Ted]

And we're so happy to have you here.

[Markiplier]

And we have questions for you and Mark. I was. Ever since I saw.

[Schlatt]

Let me interrupt you.

[Markiplier]

Okay.

[Schlatt]

I just wanted to say thank you, both of you, for. It's great to have an opportunity to reinvent who you are and reintroduce yourself, because there's no opportunity for a second introduction. There's a saying about that.

[Markiplier]

I think everyone deserves a second chance or a third.

[Ted]

I mean, there's. There's some. As long as forgiveness exists, chances also do.

[Schlatt]

We don't need to forgive.

[Ted]

Oh, okay.

[Schlatt]

Anyway, yeah. Questions.

[Markiplier]

Yeah. This is something that I've been thinking about ever since I saw you on my computer for the first time back in. I think it was 2013 with FNAF.

[Schlatt]

FNAF.

[Markiplier]

Yeah. I'm sorry, Five Nights at Freddy's. And I was just watching the videos and I was like, man, this guy, he really seems like he knows what he's doing. And as I followed you over the past decade, really, it's only just grown in my mind. And I can't help but ask Mark, where. Where do you get your ideas from.

[Schlatt]

For playing Five Nights at Freddy's?

[Markiplier]

Well, like, okay, so like, say an idea comes up in your head. Like, what, what happens before that? Like, what. How do you, Before I have the idea to make, like, say I want to play five Nights at Freddy's. Right. Where does that come from? How do you, how do you think that.

[Schlatt]

I don't just. I don't just play five nights at Freddy's. I do a lot of other things.

[Markiplier]

Well, yeah, that's why I said ideas.

[Schlatt]

But you said about five Nights at Freddy's.

[Markiplier]

I was using that as an example.

[Ted]

Sir, you should have just clarified more than five nights at Freddy's when he does more than that.

[Markiplier]

When you think of, like, okay, Iron Lung as an example, your movie. Right. Where does that idea come from?

[Schlatt]

What?

[Markiplier]

Where does that idea come from? What? Iron Lung's a game.

[Schlatt]

Yeah, it's a game. What's. Idiot. You fucking idiot, dude.

[Markiplier]

The movie's not. What's the movie called?

[Schlatt]

No, it is.

[Markiplier]

Oh.

[Schlatt]

Online. And then I click on it and then I download it and then I play it and then that's where the idea comes from.

[Ted]

Yeah.

[Schlatt]

It's not even an idea.

[Markiplier]

Okay.

[Schlatt]

It's just.

[Markiplier]

What made you like, I, I, some. Yeah, I do it. I've been doing it full time for, like five years. I just, actually just passed the five year. Mark. Mark. I'm sorry.

[Ted]

Fuck. He's usually never like this.

[Schlatt]

You guys seem really nervous.

[Ted]

I. No. Mark Kiplier. No, we are professionals. This is. We've been doing this for four years. Can you shut. We've been doing this four years. We are experienced at this. And we. And you're. And you know, Mark, you're a titan of the industry.

[Schlatt]

Yeah.

[Ted]

Yeah.

[Schlatt]

Cool. Yeah, Thanks.

[Ted]

A lot of people are like, what's he. Where's Mark? What's he gonna do?

[Markiplier]

Yeah, where's Mark?

[Schlatt]

Is that the question?

[Ted]

No. Well, I mean, the question is. The question that I was gonna ask you is like, I mean, where does it. I mean, we know where Mark began, but where does Mark. And where does he go?

[Schlatt]

Where do I die?

[Markiplier]

Well, I hope that never happens.

[Ted]

We. We hope.

[Markiplier]

Why would you never die?

[Schlatt]

It's going to happen to everyone.

[Ted]

But we hope. Yeah, no, that was great. We hope you never die, though. We don't ever want you to die, Mark.

[Schlatt]

I'm going to. We can't stop that.

[Ted]

We're. That's true. Yeah.

[Schlatt]

You're going to. You're going to die.

[Ted]

You seemed more sure about that one than you seemed with him.

[Schlatt]

I don't know. He seems like he's got life left in his eyes. This is tears. Are you crying?

[Markiplier]

I'm not. I'm not. I'm sorry. I. I have allergies.

[Ted]

We've.

[Schlatt]

So.

[Ted]

Yeah.

[Schlatt]

I mean, I. I hope that when I die that it's something heroic. It'd be a shame if it was boring or something like that.

[Ted]

A Viking's death.

[Schlatt]

No, I don't want to be at.

[Ted]

You're right. That was stupid. That's stupid.

[Schlatt]

Maybe like an alien invasion or something.

[Ted]

Oh, okay.

[Schlatt]

That'd be nice.

[Ted]

Hell yeah.

[Schlatt]

Or like a heart attack or something.

[Markiplier]

That's how my grandpa's did it.

[Schlatt]

I've had one before.

[Markiplier]

Really?

[Schlatt]

Yeah.

[Markiplier]

Like a real one?

[Schlatt]

Yeah.

[Markiplier]

You had a heart attack?

[Ted]

Yeah.

[Markiplier]

Why?

[Schlatt]

Come ask my heart. I don't know.

[Markiplier]

I got a real reason right here. Sorry, sir.

[Schlatt]

Sir. Look, I was drinking. I can't drink, right? Because I'm. I'm half Korean and I, I, I discovered this by having a heart attack, right? Oh yeah. So I was just. Don't put it away.

[Ted]

Put the, Put away. What the. There was. You're half Korean.

[Schlatt]

Yeah. So I, I can't drink. Oh yeah. Cuz. Yeah.

[Markiplier]

Saving.

[Schlatt]

Thank you.

[Ted]

Is, Is that it? What aspect of being Korean is that? What? What is that?

[Markiplier]

Because they don't drink. They don't in Korea. No, dude, it's illegal.

[Schlatt]

No, Korea is like the second highest consuming alcohol per capita company in the world. Country in the world. But half of the population has a genetic defect where they can't break down alcohol properly.

[Ted]

I think this is Asian flesh.

[Markiplier]

Yeah, that's probably what makes it so fun.

[Schlatt]

Go on. No, I want to hear the end of this thought.

[Markiplier]

Well, because like, if you can't break it down and it stays in your system, that means you get more time with it. Yeah, Right.

[Schlatt]

So fun.

[Markiplier]

Yeah. But I mean, not for you. Because you, Ted, because you had a. You had a heart attack because of it.

[Schlatt]

Yeah, well, alcohol is broken down in two stage process. So. First, alcohol is broken down to acetaldehyde, which is actually a carcinogen and a poison. Then that's broken down into sugar and water. Okay, so what is the problem in this deficient Enzyme is the second stage of the process doesn't happen as quickly as it should. So that byproduct, acetaldehyde, builds up in your system, and that can cause a lot of issues. Cause flushing. It's more of a. Like an inflammation reaction, kind of like an allergic thing. It's actually quite unpleasant. So not fun.

[Ted]

It's not fun for him. Chlat. Yeah, not fun.

[Markiplier]

I'm sorry. So sorry I said the thing about the Koreans.

[Schlatt]

What did you say about Koreans?

[Markiplier]

No, that it was illegal to drink.

[Schlatt]

Oh, that's fine.

[Markiplier]

That's fine.

[Schlatt]

Yeah, that's fine.

[Markiplier]

Okay.

[Ted]

So, I mean, there's been so many Mark hairs over the years. Hair. Hair from Markiplier. Mark Markiplier has so many hairdos right now. You've got long hair. You used to have short hair. Are we ever going to see red hair Markiplier again?

[Markiplier]

I caught one.

[Schlatt]

Oh, you sure that's mine?

[Markiplier]

Yeah.

[Schlatt]

Anyway, yeah, this is. Yeah, I had. I had dyed hair a long time ago. At this point. It's. That's about seven. Like that one now.

[Markiplier]

One with the bottom left.

[Ted]

That.

[Schlatt]

That. Let's say that hair thing is so long ago. It was before you even were doing content. So it's like a lifetime ago.

[Ted]

Wow.

[Schlatt]

Yeah.

[Markiplier]

I. I don't mean to. I don't mean to correct you. I have been doing content since I was, like, 11.

[Schlatt]

Were you?

[Markiplier]

But not yet.

[Schlatt]

Were you really?

[Markiplier]

Yes, but not, like, officially. Not professionally. No. Not as a job.

[Schlatt]

You got a camera?

[Markiplier]

I had a camera.

[Schlatt]

Hey, mom, look at me.

[Markiplier]

I had a camera. I was. Okay. Here's what me and my buddy would do. We'd get together and we'd film with my daddy's webcam, and we'd run around and do. And we'd Photoshop a single frame of a muzzle flare in because we saw this Freddie W video that was really cool called Claymores, where he sits a bunch of claymores down and he just shoots people. And I was like, oh, man, we should do that. But that didn't start making money until, like, 2019. But that's like, you know, like, I was still doing it before.

[Schlatt]

You were 11 in 2019?

[Markiplier]

No, I was 9. I was 19 and 20 in 2019.

[Ted]

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[Markiplier]

I'M saying that I was before that. Like, when I started. I was 11, and it took me, like, eight years for me to start making money and do it professionally.

[Schlatt]

You started at when you were 11? What year was that?

[Markiplier]

2011.

[Schlatt]

So you've been doing content longer than me?

[Markiplier]

Really?

[Schlatt]

No. Who's ready to play some Dungeons and Dragons?

[Ted]

No.

[Schlatt]

God, I'm fucking sorry, guys.

[Markiplier]

I'm sorry, Charlie.

[Schlatt]

Oh, shit.

[Markiplier]

This is Charlie. Tomorrow. Tomorrow is Dungeons and Dragons. No, it's tomorrow.

[Schlatt]

You know, you came here. That doesn't make me violate the restraining order, okay? Like, I didn't want to be in this distance.

[Markiplier]

You came here against you.

[Schlatt]

No, he has a restraining order on me.

[Markiplier]

What did you.

[Schlatt]

Because he's a.

[Markiplier]

What did you do to him?

[Schlatt]

I'm. I'm not legally obligated. I'm not legally obligated to say. All right, those fucking episodes live so everyone can.

[Ted]

Charlie.

[Markiplier]

Is that why you left?

[Ted]

Charlie, I'm telling you right now.

[Markiplier]

Is that why you left?

[Ted]

Give us this chance right now. We know what happened last time. Give us this chance now. Just.

[Schlatt]

You had him on again.

[Ted]

Just. You had him on again, okay? Just. Charlie, please. Please. Oh, Charlie's gotta go.

[Schlatt]

We got it.

[Ted]

I don't gotta go. Tucker. Tucker. Get him out of here. Tucker. Get him out of here. Sitting down.

[Schlatt]

I literally built. I'm done. You're gone.

[Markiplier]

You're gone and you're out. You're playing it.

[Schlatt]

You're playing it.

[Markiplier]

You've made a character with me.

[Schlatt]

You love it.

[Markiplier]

Guys, guys, keep it.

[Schlatt]

Keep it rolling.

[Ted]

Keep it rolling. Stop.

[Markiplier]

Chill the out.

[Ted]

Okay? I'm sick of you, Mark. I'm so sorry. Hi. Hi.

[Schlatt]

You're acting like this is the first time.

[Ted]

Okay? No, no, we. But I'm sorry. I really.

[Schlatt]

I just. That's two, Dash.

[Ted]

Two.

[Schlatt]

That's two.

[Ted]

Just get the ice. Ow. Stupid.

[Schlatt]

Oh, my ass.

[Ted]

Tesses.

[Markiplier]

Oh, fucking shit, dude.

[Ted]

Yeah, man. Okay.

[Schlatt]

I just thought today was like, we're gonna have fun. Oh, God.

[Markiplier]

Now I'm sitting on dice. You got me sitting on a D20, you fucking idiot. I hear you were playing your stupid nerd. Shit. You look ridiculous. You look ridiculous.

[Schlatt]

You would think it was cool if it was tomorrow.

[Ted]

Okay.

[Schlatt]

And what happened to you? You were in an iron lung. Great.

[Ted]

You got better.

[Schlatt]

I'm not allowed to talk to him.

[Ted]

Charlie. I'm sorry.

[Markiplier]

Oh, and he's bringing up the movie now too. You know we can't talk about the movie.

[Ted]

There's a movie. Get out of here. What are you doing here? I'm.

[Schlatt]

I'm enjoying. I'm. I'm loving the vibes.

[Ted]

Uh.

[Schlatt]

No.

[Ted]

Are you? Yeah.

[Schlatt]

They could just zoom in here and that doesn't exist.

[Ted]

Dude.

[Markiplier]

Now you're getting my ball with a Markiplier.

[Ted]

I'm so sorry.

[Markiplier]

No, I don't want to be.

[Schlatt]

And we can all be in the. I hope it's a really slow crop that it's like slow punching.

[Ted]

So. So.

[Markiplier]

Mark.

[Schlatt]

Dude.

[Ted]

So Mark. Yeah. You got a new movie coming out and it's gonna be you. It's gonna be.

[Schlatt]

It's gonna be good.

[Ted]

You're working hard on it.

[Schlatt]

Of course it's gonna be good.

[Ted]

It's gonna be incredible.

[Schlatt]

Yeah.

[Markiplier]

Yeah.

[Ted]

It's. Any challenges along the way?

[Schlatt]

So many. Yeah. It's a movie.

[Markiplier]

After you. After you left. Didn't make as much.

[Ted]

Charlie. You gotta get out of here.

[Schlatt]

Dude.

[Markiplier]

Get him.

[Schlatt]

I'm not even cropped in. I'm not.

[Ted]

You gotta get the. Get the. Get the dice.

[Schlatt]

I'll go. Where. I'll go put the people when you don't want them to say a.

[Ted]

Take your stupid dice.

[Markiplier]

Good.

[Ted]

Scaring the dog.

[Schlatt]

They're never even. They're never.

[Markiplier]

Go play Google for us. Jesus.

[Ted]

You want to play the. He's gonna call the cops again.

[Markiplier]

I'm sorry.

[Ted]

He's gonna call the cops.

[Markiplier]

This isn't how I wanted this to go. I don't think this is how any of us wanted to.

[Schlatt]

Do you think it was better before? I'm not on his show.

[Ted]

At least Markiplier doesn't want you here. And we don't want you here.

[Schlatt]

It's over.

[Ted]

You got to get over it. At the term of endearment and you're gone. And you're 10ft under.

[Schlatt]

Are you praying?

[Ted]

So I think that.

[Markiplier]

Okay. No. We're set. We're set. We're set.

[Ted]

We're set.

[Markiplier]

We're gonna reset.

[Ted]

We're gonna reset. Hey, Charlie. Pay attention.

[Markiplier]

On the. What is he doing? We can't even see what you're doing, man. It's not even on the television.

[Ted]

The. I'm using the.

[Markiplier]

I'm sorry, man. I got another.

[Ted]

I got.

[Markiplier]

I have another question. Okay. Did you have one before I. Yeah, the ideas.

[Schlatt]

No. All right.

[Markiplier]

Was that not.

[Schlatt]

No.

[Markiplier]

Okay, but go for it.

[Schlatt]

Yeah, it's cool. He's looking at you.

[Ted]

Charlie. Charlie.

[Markiplier]

I had it. And now you just took me out of a tent.

[Ted]

I'm sorry. He's pulling up. Darkiplier.

[Schlatt]

This is. What if everyone opened their eyes for a second and they looked at you, this is what they'd.

[Ted]

We don't think that you're evil.

[Schlatt]

Well, all right, I'm responding to you and legally not to him.

[Ted]

Okay.

[Schlatt]

He's not evil. Misunderstood.

[Ted]

More than anything, he's misunderstood. Okay.

[Schlatt]

Yeah. It's like there's a deeper layer in there. There's like several. Several different inspir. That I draw for this characters. It's very passionate about it. Yeah, yeah. His eyes are just off. Don't try to sell this. Just off.

[Ted]

Don't try to sell this to me.

[Schlatt]

No, I'm not.

[Markiplier]

Charlie, you're scaring the dog.

[Ted]

Cuz he's got.

[Schlatt]

He has a little mind and it is scaring. And I can still scaring that. That is a bad man.

[Ted]

Okay, Charlie, you've made your point. We can talk about. Somebody get him out of here.

[Markiplier]

We'll see you tomorrow, man.

[Ted]

We'll see you tomorrow.

[Schlatt]

You will see me tomorrow and you'll see me tonight too, because I'm sleeping in the studio.

[Ted]

Okay, you can, but we. Okay, just give us this chance.

[Schlatt]

I'm sleeping here.

[Ted]

We need this chance, Charlie. It's our third try. Please.

[Markiplier]

Hey. Hey. Poopy break. Poopy.

[Ted]

Poopy. Sick.

[Schlatt]

I do. I do have to go. I do actually really have to go.

[Ted]

Okay. Mark, we're so sorry. We're so sorry.

[Schlatt]

Which one?

[Ted]

We're so sorry that we did not. He was supposed to come tomorrow. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

[Schlatt]

I was like. It's just like the evidence is here. It's not my fault.

[Ted]

Okay, you're right. It isn't your fault. You didn't do anything.

[Markiplier]

Mark, I got a question.

[Ted]

We're back.

[Markiplier]

We're back.

[Ted]

We're back.

[Markiplier]

Okay, so at some point over the past 10 years, you decided to get hot. What inspired that? And how did you do it?

[Ted]

Hot to plier. A lot of. It's the hair. Get out.

[Schlatt]

Get out of here.

[Ted]

Stop. You can't stop. No, no, no, no, no, no.

[Schlatt]

Like, I just started taking it away. If that'll get you out of here.

[Ted]

If that'll get you out of here.

[Schlatt]

I just started Taking it a lot more seriously.

[Ted]

Go.

[Schlatt]

No, the guy around, he's holding the dog.

[Ted]

You're done.

[Schlatt]

Push the dog around.

[Ted]

Yeah, I am.

[Schlatt]

You're going to push the dog?

[Ted]

Yeah, cuz you're the dog. That's go. Charlie. No, I'm just trying to give this to you.

[Markiplier]

Excuse me, please.

[Ted]

Oh, okay. Yeah, will you.

[Schlatt]

Can you just scoop.

[Markiplier]

No, Juno likes me more. Juno likes me more. Give me Juno. And not you. And not you.

[Schlatt]

Why don't we see what the dog thinks of Mark?

[Markiplier]

Put Juno. No, no, put Juno right here.

[Ted]

Please.

[Markiplier]

Get him. What do you mean get him? Juno. Juno.

[Ted]

Stop trying to sick the dog on markiplier. Please.

[Markiplier]

Juno.

[Ted]

Okay, okay.

[Schlatt]

That's right.

[Ted]

Thank you, Charlie. Oh my God.

[Markiplier]

Dude, it's over.

[Ted]

It's sort of thing.

[Markiplier]

Yeah, your lav fell off. Look how dumb you look.

[Ted]

Okay, Tucker. Yeah, I'm on it. Use you use your Marines. McMahon, he was in the Marines. So he has the MCMAP he's got now.

[Markiplier]

You got a mullet. You got LA on me.

[Schlatt]

It's in more to Russell. It's more lovable. I'm more lovable. Hey, hey. Don't let. Don't. Don't forget what they fucking took away from you. They're trying to replace me with these big beefy men. So what?

[Ted]

You did a couple years.

[Schlatt]

So what?

[Ted]

You think you're better than me? You think you're better than me? You're not.

[Schlatt]

You're not better than me. You're not. No. Multiple factors, right? Both genetics and you know all about just self care and self love. I find that if you hate yourself, you become ugly.

[Markiplier]

Right?

[Ted]

Right.

[Schlatt]

Yeah.

[Ted]

Yes. If you hate yourself, you become ugly.

[Schlatt]

Yeah, that's true.

[Ted]

And so how. And you love yourself.

[Schlatt]

I love me.

[Ted]

Yeah. What do you love most about you?

[Schlatt]

I mean, isn't it obvious?

[Ted]

I would hope it. I want it to be so. What?

[Schlatt]

What isn't it obvious?

[Ted]

Your luscious locks. No. Ah, fuck Your, your, your. Your work ethic.

[Schlatt]

It's not a personality thing.

[Ted]

Your ears. You got nice ears. He's got nice ears.

[Markiplier]

Does have nice ears.

[Ted]

Everybody says that about.

[Schlatt]

All right, whatever.

[Ted]

I did research beforehand. I've seen articles, Vogue, Deadline, Politico. They're all saying the blaze, the blaze, the sun. They're all saying. What's this guy's ear routine? What's his ear routine? What's he doing with those ears to somebody?

[Schlatt]

I don't.

[Ted]

Am I wrong?

[Markiplier]

This is, this is. This is not like when he.

[Ted]

I know we didn't talk about this.

[Markiplier]

When we invited him on. We. We're not going to talk about his ears. We had a conversation about this. I just thought there's a lot. He's just like us. Okay.

[Ted]

Except with incredibly beautiful ears.

[Schlatt]

Yeah. Not. I'm not like you guys.

[Ted]

Come on. Yeah, yeah. Ridiculous that he would mention that. Yeah. So. But just so I know what you were implying, but just so everyone else knows.

[Schlatt]

Yeah.

[Ted]

What do you like the most about yourself?

[Markiplier]

What?

[Ted]

The thing you like the most about yourself is. The thing that you like the most about yourself is.

[Schlatt]

Look, as much as I would like to go on and on about myself, I do want to leave people with the impression that the wisdom that I impart on them is far more important than my looks. My extremely good looks.

[Ted]

Right. No. Yeah. You have a beautiful mind.

[Schlatt]

And it's not about the work ethic either.

[Ted]

It's about the work echo.

[Schlatt]

It's about the. The puzzle of thought process that goes on in my head, you know?

[Ted]

Yeah.

[Schlatt]

The absolute maze of intellect.

[Ted]

Yeah. Cacophony of equation. That's my bad.

[Schlatt]

You can use small words if you want.

[Markiplier]

Some would say, smart mind. Big.

[Ted]

Smart mind. Big. Markiplier. Have smart mind. Markiplier.

[Schlatt]

Smartest use three syllable words only.

[Ted]

That's. That. That is confusing.

[Schlatt]

Oh, my God. Two syllables.

[Markiplier]

Okay. Mark.

[Ted]

Welcome, Mark, to truffle sandwich.

[Schlatt]

Thank you.

[Ted]

We are so excited to have you on, actually. We are so excited to have you on. We're not afraid of you.

[Schlatt]

Well, maybe you should be a little bit.

[Ted]

A little bit.

[Markiplier]

A little bit.

[Ted]

A little bit. It was. It was definitely a fun mystery getting you on of me sending this to just a vague email and then having respond and it was like, got it. I'll be there. And like, I was like. I was like, he's incredible. He's incredible.

[Schlatt]

I literally. I email so succinctly that people think I am incredibly rude, but that's because I usually in two seconds I'm like, I have to respond to this or.

[Ted]

I'll forget exactly what I thought it was. I thought it was just like, boom, boom. And I was like, yes, okay, we got it. Yeah, No, I was. But it was like sort of. It was like this. Since you've been sort of like this. This guest that we've been wanting. We've wanted us that we were like, oh, what if we got Mark on? So, like, when in the process of getting you scheduled. I was just like. It was part of the mystique of it.

[Schlatt]

You okay?

[Ted]

Yeah.

[Markiplier]

There's a hair in my mouth.

[Ted]

So he's also just kind of like.

[Schlatt]

See, every time you open your lips, another one of the dog's hairs just.

[Ted]

Goes like it's going in to replace its spot.

[Markiplier]

Juno is freaking. She's lovely, but. Oh, my God.

[Schlatt]

Yeah.

[Markiplier]

Yeah. I don't even know if this is a guy or a girl.

[Ted]

It's a girl.

[Schlatt]

What's funny about this? Some people, I'm pretty sure out in the YouTube sphere, some people probably think that I'm so busy and unapproachable. But I joke about this with Ethan all the time. Is like, man, I sure wish people would ask me to do things. But everyone was always like, mark's probably busy. I don't want to bother him. Meanwhile, I am busy a lot of the time, but most of the time, it's like, I really like to do something.

[Ted]

When was the last time you came on a podcast that.

[Schlatt]

When was the last time? I don't even know.

[Markiplier]

You were on Impulsive two years ago.

[Schlatt]

Yeah, that was probably the last time.

[Ted]

Really? This is your first podcast appearance, other than Distractible, in two years.

[Schlatt]

Yeah.

[Ted]

Wow. That's pretty hype.

[Markiplier]

That's pretty high. Yeah, it's good.

[Schlatt]

But it's mostly just because everyone just assumes I'm always so busy. Yeah.

[Markiplier]

So, like, reach out to Markiplier.

[Ted]

No, everyone.

[Markiplier]

Okay.

[Ted]

And here's his email on screen. Oh, yeah. Well, I mean, something I'm. I. That we definitely couldn't have achieved in that previous state that I definitely want to talk about is the fact that you've been working on your iron lung movie. And as a little film school nerd myself, I just want to hear about, like, how. I mean, how did that go? I mean, like, Well, I mean, it was.

[Schlatt]

It was really fun. The. The actual shoot of it was, you know, a little more rushed than it should have been. It was. It was down to the locations. We were filming in a soundstage, but it's like, we only had that soundstage for a little bit, and we were already, like, pushing up against it. I would have loved another week there. It was not so much about the budget of just, like, having people there. It was like, literally the location. Right. Because we needed a specific place because we had to, you know, filming in Austin. There's only so many sound stages. And, yeah, we. We needed to. Basically, the whole set needed to be mounted into the concrete floor because it was. I'm at this point, I've been so secretive about it. Like, we did the whole thing on what's called a nacmo. Right.

[Ted]

Okay.

[Schlatt]

Anacmo. I don't know what the acronym's for, but it's a big motion control rig that you can put, like, you know, something on it. And it'll move. It'll move really. Really move fast and be able. It can throw.

[Ted]

So you can build up a set within the confines of the neck mode.

[Schlatt]

Basically on top of it.

[Ted]

Okay.

[Schlatt]

And so you can get motion. And that way you can have controlled programmable motion if you need it for certain moments, like a big flight simulator. Not that. Look up nacmo. Nacmo.

[Ted]

Nacmo. Yeah, I worded it to him when he. Because he didn't hear them.

[Markiplier]

Nacho.

[Ted]

No, he searched NACHO Motion.

[Schlatt]

No, look up nacmo. Just nacmo Motion Control Rig.

[Ted]

Motion Control Rig. Yeah.

[Schlatt]

This thing is way bigger than you think it is. Yeah. That one top left, that's. Wow. That's a smaller version of what we had.

[Ted]

Oh, so you had one that was like, maybe twice as.

[Schlatt]

They make a Minimo, a nacmo, and.

[Ted]

Then the Max Megamo.

[Schlatt]

The megamo or something like that. And it's crazy. Like, that thing is nuts.

[Ted]

That's wild.

[Schlatt]

And so it was. It was a really fun shoot. And it happened, oh, so long ago in my mind now, and it's just been a process of, you know, working on it ever since.

[Ted]

Yeah, man. So this is. This is your first. It's a feature, so. And this is your first. Your directing debut, Technically, I suppose, yeah. Nice. Wow. I mean, and. And with the. I did. I. I guess I'm curious about, like, the. The, like, in your head, like, when. What was that moment, like, when you decided, okay, I'm gonna. I'm gonna go out and I'm gonna make a feature. Like, what. What led to that decision of, like, kind of take. Because it is a feature is such an investment and, like, such a. You're gonna pour your whole fucking soul into something like this? Like, I don't know.

[Schlatt]

I mean, with space and heist before that. They're not features in a technical sense, but, you know, from a production standpoint, it's extremely similar. Right. The only difference is, like, you know, linear narrative versus branching. Narrative is what it is. And one's first person, one's like, you know, obviously traditionally shot with this one, like, the movie was just like a natural progression of what I wanted to do anyway. And it's. It's just kind of a something that I guess really can teach you a lot, because that's what I do everything for is I do it to learn something. And so With a movie, it's like there were skills in there that I did not know, and I knew that I could progress in them. And it seemed like a contained enough idea that it wouldn't. Like, it wouldn't explode in terms of complexity, which it did inevitably.

[Ted]

But, you know.

[Schlatt]

But yeah, it's. Yeah, that's all it is.

[Ted]

Yeah. I feel like a lot of times in my experience with directing, like, when I'm working on a project, it turns into like this. This branching, like, tree of, like, oh, but what if we did this? Oh, but what do you think we could get something like that. And it's like that conversation is. And it's exciting, but then it's also. It's. It can. It can balloon a little bit.

[Schlatt]

Yeah, it definitely does. Yeah.

[Ted]

Well, like, are you comfortable saying, like, some of these, like, these things that you learned that you didn't think that, like, that surprised you?

[Schlatt]

So there's probably. There's probably a couple different filming styles not to get. I don't want to know if you guys want to go too into the weeds of, like, filmmaking or something like that.

[Markiplier]

I got like, 10 more stupid questions if you want to.

[Ted]

I. I do kind of want to hear a little bit of this. Of the. Of the technical.

[Markiplier]

Let's let Ted have his moment.

[Ted]

I need a. I love it. I love it.

[Markiplier]

Mark.

[Schlatt]

So for me, with the. Actually, the past projects, I. I like discovery. While you're filming, you know, you have your script and you have your. Your plan and your shot list, and you're like, okay, we're going to do this. And then you discover something on set and it's really nice. Weirdly, with the branching narrative, there is not room for discovery because they have to be so distinct. Occasionally you can. But it.

[Ted]

If you do something, it'll ripple. Yeah.

[Schlatt]

Because it's a pre. Route, even though there's multiple of them. So you kind of have less discovery than you really would think with a feature. You have so much discovery. And I always love that part of it. And it's really bad for a schedule because if you discover something, like, say, the NACMO was actually a discovery before we started filming.

[Ted]

Oh, okay.

[Schlatt]

We had a different plan altogether for it, for, you know, motion and stuff like that. And when we realized. When I was told about this by the special effects personnel on set, the practical special effects personnel, that they had used this before on previous features that they worked on, I never even knew it existed.

[Ted]

Yeah.

[Schlatt]

But then as soon as I looked at it, I was like, that makes the movie that makes it. Can we get it right? And it just so happened that, yes, we could. And so this changed everything, changed the location because we had to get a floor that we could literally bolt into to mount it because it's so much weight being thrown around. We had to make. I had to change, like, accommodations for the script because it has weight limits. It has a very high weight limit, but it does have a weight limit. So you have to kind of like, think about, okay, the entire set design has to be thought around this thing. The structural integrity of the set has to be thought around this thing and the forces it's going to subject to it. Because that thing can move at half a G of acceleration in pretty much any direction.

[Ted]

That's crazy. That's like a NASA machine, basically.

[Schlatt]

It is ridiculous.

[Markiplier]

Why not just, like, shake the camera around a little bit?

[Ted]

So there's one out of nine.

[Schlatt]

No, no, no. He's not wrong. Because there are many times, you know, you can't always fire this up because sometimes, like, you need to prepare for it. You need to lock it down. You clear the set around it, like, get out of there. It's up off the ground. You got in there, and you can't just take the set off on it. It's bolted into that thing too. So it's, like, really permanent. So when we couldn't run it, for whatever reason, we were speed. We had what we were called Team nacmo. Right?

[Ted]

So.

[Schlatt]

So that's. That was nine people.

[Ted]

Team Nakmo. They all wear. They all got their shirts.

[Schlatt]

We had a shirt. We had a shirt made for Team Nakmo.

[Ted]

That's awesome.

[Schlatt]

Oh, man. So nice to be able to. I mean, I know I'm not probably not supposed to talk about this, but I have been holding back on so many stories of this filming process that I've been yearning to tell. And, like, these things don't spoil the story at all. But, yeah, it's fun to talk about the fact that we had an acmo and they were like, well, we need something. Everybody get.

[Ted]

Yeah. I mean, that's so great about, like, filmmaking is like. There's so many times that you need to, like, Jerry, rig some. Some absurd nonsense and create a solution. I mean, it's pretty much built into the veins of the grip department of like.

[Schlatt]

Yeah.

[Ted]

Wow, that's the wild.

[Schlatt]

Yeah, that's not even as fast as it can go. That's slow.

[Markiplier]

Really did a helicopter to it.

[Schlatt]

Yeah.

[Ted]

And so the whole thing with Iron Lung is that it's at least the story of the game, as far as I know, is it's about this guy who's a prisoner on this sort of submarine on a far off. Like on the Europa, was it? Or like some sort of basically quiet Raptor.

[Schlatt]

All planets and all stars are gone. So all of it's just like barren, empty, rocky moons.

[Ted]

Right.

[Schlatt]

It just so happens to be an ocean of blood on one.

[Ted]

Right. It's like the end of the universe. Like. What's that word?

[Markiplier]

The word for it?

[Ted]

Yeah. Heat, death, entropy has occurred.

[Schlatt]

And they call it the quiet Rapture.

[Ted]

Wow. That's. That's as a. As opposed to the Jesus one is the loud rapture. That's a loud light with a lot of lights and a lot of going to heaven.

[Markiplier]

This is cool, even for me, because I. Like I said, I mean, I grew up watching kind of more. A more Homebrew version through FreddieW and Corridor Digital. I mean, me and Ted kind of watch the same exact shit. And he decided to do the actual filmmaking route while I kind of made reaction videos.

[Schlatt]

That's fair. I did. That's how I started. Not reaction videos. But I tried to do same thing. I watched Freddie W in corridor. Have you hung out with the Corridor guys or Fred?

[Markiplier]

I have not. I think I'd be scared to. We did a podcast with Freddie. Yeah, we had Freddie on, which was amazing. But the Corridor guys, I haven't.

[Schlatt]

It's their love. They're lovely. I did like a mini internship over there.

[Markiplier]

I want to talk about that.

[Ted]

Oh, you're washing their dishes.

[Schlatt]

Yeah.

[Markiplier]

Did that prepare you in any way for this movie? Did you take any of that knowledge?

[Schlatt]

A tiny bit. The tiniest bit. I was having too much fun to actually sit down and learn anything because I went into it with being like, I really want to get a real good starter on visual effects and, like, the process of doing it.

[Ted]

Yeah.

[Schlatt]

And so that was the. That was the justification for me going over work in their office. And then it was just like we were goofing around making videos all. And that was good too, because I don't usually do a lot of collab stuff. I usually just work on my own. And so being in another office and working with other people, that was. That was really, really fun. And I do know a lot more about visual effects than I did before, but mostly just because in the process of the past year, I've had to make a ton myself. The electrician I was telling about this morning is actually for my render farm that I've been building and.

[Ted]

You built a render farm?

[Schlatt]

I built a render farm. Yeah.

[Ted]

That's awesome.

[Schlatt]

Yeah, yeah, it's ridiculous.

[Markiplier]

What are you farming?

[Schlatt]

Render.

[Markiplier]

Okay.

[Ted]

Yeah, pictures, man.

[Schlatt]

One at a time.

[Markiplier]

Frames.

[Schlatt]

It's really for simulations. Like that's more than anything. But yeah, also renders as well. And simulations are still very complex to do. You have to distribute them across a lot of computers. It's basically server infrastructure. Got to learn a lot there.

[Ted]

I get scared of even the process of setting up a nas. So like that, that's, I mean that's, that's crazy.

[Schlatt]

Storage. It's a whole nother beast too. I get scared. I had a hard drive failure like.

[Ted]

A couple weeks ago with the film.

[Schlatt]

Yeah.

[Ted]

Oh, that's horrifying.

[Schlatt]

I had backups, I had tons of backups.

[Ted]

But still it was the chance, like.

[Schlatt]

Yeah, it set me back a few days because of just transferring it back onto it or rebuilding the array that I had just like took me out.

[Ted]

Right?

[Schlatt]

Yes.

[Ted]

So and so, I mean, I'm honestly even impressed like the fact that you showed up because you're like in the midst of like that, like that zone right now where you're like locked in.

[Schlatt]

Oh no, it's fine.

[Markiplier]

He doesn't do anything. She just said it.

[Schlatt]

Yeah, I really am quite boring. Even though I'm working on this stuff. Like it is very boring. I wake up, I go to my computer, I putz around for an hour and before I'm like, come on work, man. And then I start at it and I, I putz around some more.

[Markiplier]

And then time is spent between like the markiplier stuff and then the directorial stuff.

[Schlatt]

Right now too much in this, in this camp because I don't know, because I'm editing it and you know, I'm the only person really pushing it. I mean, there are people on my team that are pushing it, but it's like it's my idea and you know, I'm, I brought it up so it's like it only feels right for me to carry it through. And also I love editing and I love that process. So it's just like it's got to be a lot of self motivation. But it's like I also take the same approach to my YouTube. Sure, I have a lot of editors, but I still, you know, upload, do the thumbnails myself and I, I plan the, the schedule and, and if I can't think about that, I, I, I can't do it even if the videos are there and ready. It's an ADHD thing.

[Ted]

I, I, I, I totally understand task Switching. I have to, like, when I work with editors, I'll have them do like 80% of the video. And then I have to come in and do, like, my little things so I can, like, le. Just make sure it's all cutting into the exact moments that I want it to. Yeah, I get that.

[Schlatt]

The good news about the YouTube side is I've been working with this guy Lixian for so long. He's incredibly talented. And also just like, he's like, at this point, in terms of YouTube editing, like, I trust him implicitly. I haven't reviewed a video.

[Ted]

Well, you've been working with Lixian for like, literally like 12 years or something like that.

[Schlatt]

Yeah, pretty. Pretty early on, like, first year, he made his first animation for me. Yeah.

[Ted]

That's awesome.

[Schlatt]

Yeah, it's been great. Super. I'm very lucky to have him and the rest of my editors on the team.

[Markiplier]

Yeah.

[Ted]

Wow.

[Schlatt]

Gives me time to do shit like this.

[Ted]

Yeah. The quiet rapture, that's. That's. That's effed up, you know, Mark. That's effed up.

[Schlatt]

I didn't make it, but I didn't.

[Ted]

Kill all the stars.

[Schlatt]

David, the developer of the game.

[Ted]

Yeah. I mean, so this was, I guess I'm wondering. Fucking get it together, man. Get it together. I had a notion of a thought. This is. This is ADHD mom right here. The notion of a thought and then you can't get it out. Like, were there. Was there more than one game that, like, you had an interest in making or did you always know? It was like, I want to do Iron Long.

[Schlatt]

I mean, at first, you know, I didn't really know what I would do. I just knew, yeah, I'll make a kind of single location. Ish. Horror movie would be probably what I'm looking for. Not because that genre is like, my favorite. It's just because it's manageable. It seems like a target that I can hit and something that. That I could carry on. If I had to do a lot of stuff myself, I could probably do that. And so I tried to aim for something in that target. And so this one just seemed like a natural fit. And also when I reached out to David Szymanski, he was interested. So that's. That's also a big part of it. You know, I reach out to him being like, hey, everyone make a movie.

[Ted]

He's like, you want to make a movie with me?

[Schlatt]

Yeah, he's a cool guy. We worked a lot together on, you know, the script and, like, the story, because, you know, when he made the game, he didn't really think too, too much about the bigger universe. So it's like we had to flush.

[Ted]

It, do a little bit of extra world building. Yeah. Yeah. That's fun.

[Schlatt]

Yeah, it was, it was, it was very good. That's great. Yeah.

[Markiplier]

Yep.

[Schlatt]

Anyway, non film stuff.

[Markiplier]

Yeah.

[Schlatt]

Sorry man.

[Ted]

Just such a nerd, man.

[Markiplier]

I have about $10 million.

[Ted]

Whoa. Keeps going up.

[Markiplier]

I. You have more, I'm assuming. At what point are you able? Because I know you went to engineering school. I was a computer scientist. We are probably both very analytical, kind of left brained when it comes to the future and uncertainty and all that. At what point are you able to be like, you know what, I'm good, I can focus more on the creative stuff. Instead of constantly working at the 9 to 5.

[Schlatt]

I pretty much only do the creative stuff. But that's also how I've been this entire time. I do everything in my power to not think of what I do as a business in any way. I don't like the business side of things, so I have other people that, that usually take care of stuff like that. But you know, it, you can't avoid it sometimes. For me, what I love about it is the process, the actual like mind numbing, like late night process of it. It's it that to me is everything in, in making things. Business side is a side effect. You know, it's, it's, it's the natural conclusion, you know, it's, it's, it's what has to happen. Because with this kind of stuff and making YouTube content the way that you do it is advertising and all that stuff you have to manage. But for me it's always been all I care about is making things. All I want to do is make things. All I want to do is just sit. I want to have as many reasons as I can to leap out of bed in the morning. That's what got me started in YouTube is just. I was so excited that I could make something. It didn't matter what I made right then it was like, I can make a let's play or I can make a compilation of my let's plays. Let's try it. So I would get out of bed because I didn't have anything like that up until that point in my life. So I've just been chasing that feeling ever since.

[Markiplier]

Was there ever a moment in, in your career where you were like, ah, fuck, I don't really want it. Like, do you ever have a project that you were working on where it Was like kind of rough.

[Schlatt]

Please. Yeah, they're all rough.

[Ted]

Yeah, they're all rough.

[Schlatt]

It's all hard. It all sucks. Like, man, I tell you, when I was. When I was doing this month long kind of solo excursion in Austin, I was. I was doing pickup shots for this and I was. I was getting some great stuff. There were days that were like peak of the peak. I was so happy. I was like, I never. I could die right now. And all I would regret is that I couldn't do this a little more, you know? And then I would have days where it was like the lowest of the low, nothing was going right. And I'm alone in a warehouse. Like, I'm not gonna lie, there were days where I broke down crying because I'm like, I felt just worse than I ever could possibly feel. I went whole day where nothing was right. Every single thing that I got wasn't working as soon as I tried in the edit. And I wasted an entire day doing nothing. And I was miserable the whole time because it was so hot and I was dying of sweat. Lowest of the low day.

[Markiplier]

Thank you, Austin, Texas for that.

[Schlatt]

In a warehouse with the sun beating.

[Ted]

So you were like. Were you literally by yourself for these pickup trucks?

[Schlatt]

Yeah.

[Ted]

Wow. What were you shooting on? What did you. What were you shooting on? Like the camera.

[Schlatt]

Red Raptor X rag on. Yeah, it's. It's very good. Yeah, but the lens is really what it's all about.

[Ted]

Yeah. I mean, there's some expensive lenses. I used to. I used to work at a camera rental house in, In. In Atwater Village. And one time I had to. To transport some lenses and they were like. I think they were like Canon K35s. They shot like. They shot the Handmaid's Tale on those. These are 200,000$250,000 lenses. And I. And they made these. They made me go through my like, car insurance so I could drive it from like that place to Alan Gordon. And it was in my like little. It's out front. My 2002 Toyota Tacoma. That thing's a piece and always will be. So I was like driving and I was like. And nothing goes wrong on the streets of Los Angeles. Yeah, yeah. But so what do you know what lenses offhand that you showed?

[Schlatt]

Yeah, yeah, they're Minolta records. So they're. They're vintage lenses from the 70s and they were only recently rehoused for the first time just prior to us filming this movie. So we were one of the first features that actually shot on Them and I, I fell in love with them immediately. Immediately. I was never a lens guy before that, but then I was like, I got really down it because I, you know, I got to know my DP a lot more and he's big on this kind of like vintage look. And I was never like, oh, what is the difference? And then I saw, you know, what we were getting. I'm like, oh yeah.

[Ted]

Once it gets to that level of like fidelity with like the cameras and stuff, I mean, it just gets ridiculous.

[Schlatt]

So part of the past years is me learning a lot more about actual, the art of filmmaking. The actual like, like finding of those frames, the balancing of lighting and like the, the, the really engaging images that you can make. Because before I, I thought I had was like, yeah, I know my way, I get around a camera. I've done tons of stuff.

[Ted]

Sure.

[Schlatt]

I didn't know when it came down to like actual cinema. Yeah. And so, you know, I, I, I, you know, I rented this a few times and then I had rented it so much that I ended up paying more in rentals than the camera cost itself. So then I bought, I was like, okay, I'm gonna make an investment. I'm gonna use it for a future. I bought the Raptor before the X version came out. Two weeks before it came out. I was so mad. And then I went to, this is a whole other story. Like I went to the place I bought it from and I'm like, can you please exchange? Can we swap it? And they're like, no, we can't. I'm like, I've done so much business with you. Please. And eventually they worked out something with red.

[Ted]

Sounds good.

[Schlatt]

But yeah, it's the, the tools, you know, I'm not saying everyone needs this camera when they go out there, but also, this is not the most expensive camera out there.

[Ted]

Oh yeah.

[Markiplier]

I mean, how much is this camera?

[Ted]

I mean, the brain.

[Markiplier]

What do you mean, the brain?

[Schlatt]

No, that's what they call it.

[Markiplier]

The, they call that a brain.

[Ted]

Yeah. So it's like you've got the brain there, which is just literally this pretty much the sensor and all the connectors that lead to the rest of the camera. But then what a, what a DP or second or first would do is they build out and they'd, you know, put the whole camera rig around it with little bars. And then you'd get the lens on there and then you'd hook up the Teradex wireless transmitter.

[Schlatt]

Yeah.

[Ted]

You know the fizz kid, which is like lets a first AC remotely Control the, the focus control and stuff. There's. You can build this.

[Markiplier]

Why don't you just use autofocus?

[Ted]

Okay, well, because it's not that good yet.

[Schlatt]

Actually. There's been recent developments in this.

[Ted]

Oh, okay. Yeah.

[Schlatt]

Because DJI's LiDAR focus, they recently released a standalone version of their un. Upgraded loaner version of their lidar. I actually used it a little bit here for the first time and it was really good. Really, it. I was actually quite good.

[Ted]

Damn.

[Schlatt]

And when I'm fucking wrong. No, no, no, no. I would rather have a person there doing this than trusting. I hope that autofocus. Got it. This is really just in a situation that no one would be doing a movie in. When you're by yourself filming yourself, YouTube style. Like you would not just want to do this for the whole thing, but in a pinch it can work.

[Ted]

Yeah. I mean, I suppose if you had like some sort of, like if you had like a mounted camera and a specific and you only had one focus point that you were trying to keep on. But a lot of times, to answer your question, usually like in film, like if you've got a long shot or something like pulling focus and, and changing where the, where the audience is looking in the frame and in the depth of it is like, it, it's a, it's a time based thing. So it's like if it's autofocus, it's like, oh, it's just gonna be focused on whoever's closest in the frame the whole time.

[Schlatt]

It's. It's an art form. There's so many little art forms that go into filmmaking from the pulling of focus, the lighting, just the data management as an art form in itself. You know, the lenses, the, the visual effects, the sound man, capturing sound is the biggest puzzle. Like, it's good sound.

[Ted]

I'm so glad I'm not a sound guy.

[Schlatt]

Yeah.

[Markiplier]

All right. So you're crying on the floor of this warehouse. Yes, I am.

[Schlatt]

Yes.

[Markiplier]

And then you go there again tomorrow.

[Schlatt]

Yeah.

[Markiplier]

And you do the same thing.

[Schlatt]

Yeah.

[Markiplier]

How do you reset?

[Schlatt]

I want to make the movie.

[Markiplier]

You want to make the movie.

[Schlatt]

That's. That's. Yeah. That's the only thing that I need to know is I want to make it. It doesn't matter if I have a bad day. It's like the only reason I'm upset about the bad day is because I worry that like, oh man, it's going to, it's going to set me back on making this movie. I might not be able to make it as Good as I want to make it. So like, I, I don't, I don't get discouraged, I get encouraged because I'm like, fuck, I gotta really dig this day. Because my goal is not to have a good day. My goal is to make the movie. And by focusing on that as opposed to the day that I'm having, even though, you know, I'm human, I can't ignore it sometimes. But you know, I wake up and I'm like, I really gotta dig today because I don't have too many opportunities left to do this.

[Ted]

Here's a question I have that could relate to that a little bit that I thought of a little bit earlier than I think you might relate to. But I noticed this phenomenon where because the only sets that I've done have been like the max as of the last three years have been like a two day shoot. So obviously you have a lot more larger timelines that you're dealing with. But one thing I've noticed is that on those particular days, because there was so. I don't know if it was because there was so much riding on me as a director to make everything work, but I felt like I. Until it was wrapped for that day, I felt like I had a somewhat infinite tank of like, energy that like, is. I've never felt like that in any other circumstance where it's like when you enter on set, it was like I was just going, going and like I didn't. I wouldn't have noticed if I was tired or something. Like flow state could be. But have you ever experienced that before when, like. Oh yeah, on set. Like we were just like.

[Schlatt]

Yeah. Because there's so much riding on it. The problem is when you get a longer shoot and the physical you start, it starts to take.

[Ted]

The flow state starts to. Yeah, there starts to be ripples and.

[Schlatt]

Then your days get slower and it's like. And then you gotta, you have your weekend and you go like, I'm resetting, I'm zening out. I go get a massage, I get to build a shot list. It'll be fine. Then Monday's like, Monday and then Tuesday's like, kill us. Kill all of us. Yeah. So it's ups and downs.

[Ted]

Yeah. So on the. I imagine on the longer timeline, it's maybe that flow state's a little hard to keep up. But like, just as long as you get a reset, then you can keep it going.

[Schlatt]

Yeah.

[Markiplier]

Is it a matter of just keeping doing it every day or do you feel like the time off rejuvenates you.

[Schlatt]

More, I don't know. Because this is not bragging. I don't want anyone else to actually think that this is the right thing. I haven't taken a weekend in. I don't take weekends. So I. I don't think of, like, days off. And I should, because I do believe that rest is very, very good. You cannot grind at something forever, even if you want to. But at the same time, I don't practice what I preach. I work all the time. And it's that same reason. It's like, I love it, and I'm so afraid of not being able to do everything I could. So that combination is sometimes very good, sometimes very bad, you know? Yeah. But yes, it's very good to take breaks, do take breaks.

[Ted]

Important.

[Schlatt]

Yeah.

[Markiplier]

I don't want this to become a therapy session, but I think.

[Ted]

But I'll make it.

[Markiplier]

But here we go.

[Schlatt]

Yes.

[Markiplier]

I think I reached a point where.

[Ted]

I think this is a good. It is suitable, though. I feel like just based on where we're at with the pod and all that, it's gonna.

[Markiplier]

I think I reached a point where everything I had set out to achieve from a kid watching people like you and Freddy and Nico and Sam and Scene enters and Woody's gamertag, all the people I looked up to, that was all I really set my eyes on. And half my life later, you know, I have kind of achieved everything that I wanted to do in a way. And, you know, I look at a lot of the old school YouTubers who have kind of moved on and have kind of, you know, expanded their horizons past being a YouTuber, like you directing a movie. And in my head, I'm like, man, I guess. But like, I. I don't know, it was always kind of just being a YouTuber for me. And now that I've kind of gotten into the. The swing of things, it's like, man, this feels more like a job than anything else.

[Schlatt]

Yeah.

[Markiplier]

You know.

[Schlatt]

How old are you?

[Markiplier]

25.

[Schlatt]

25. I was about the same age when I had the same thing. I think it was 27. I hit my goal.

[Ted]

Yeah.

[Schlatt]

I wanted to be a big YouTuber. Hit it, you know, Then another year goes by and you're like, okay, now what? You know, So I. I actually, I was there. I'm not saying it's the same situation, but, you know, before I started doing any kind of other project, you know, because you got to remember that for me, that was still eight years ago for me. So there were many years there after I hit my goal and I was I was happy that I hit my goal. And then I got progressively sadder because there was nowhere left to climb. And it took a very long time for me to realize that. It wasn't that I wanted to make movies. It wasn't that I wanted to make a choose your own adventure. It's that I thought back to why I actually started in the first place. And why I actually started was not to be a big YouTuber. It's because everything in my life was out of my control. Every single thing that was going on in my life before I started YouTube was out of my control. I had nothing to hold on to. I lost. I got laid off from my job. I had a terrible relationship. I had. My appendix was removed. And during that, they found I had a tumor in my adrenal gland. Like, all these things were out of my control. And I felt miserable that I had nothing to show for all the years that I had been alive up until that point. And so I was like, if I don't find something, I will never be happy. And that's why I started YouTube. And it took me, even after I hit my goal on YouTube, and I had kind of thought about it. This is still, like, three years. I'm condensing a lot into a very long period of time. But even that, you know, it started with baby steps of, like, okay, if. If I want to make something and take control of my life and do something that I feel is fulfilling, what is that? So I just did the same thing when I started YouTube. I didn't start with YouTube. I tried a. A bunch of things. I tried making a comic, programming a game. I tried learning different languages. I tried, you know, making art. I switched majors from engineering to art school just to see if it would make a difference. I tried thing again and again. I started wanting to do Freddy W. Stuff, and corridor didn't work. Didn't know how to do any of that.

[Ted]

And then they got around to it.

[Schlatt]

In one way eventually, yeah. But with. With what I do now, it started because my brother said, hey, some people like to watch people play video games. And I was like, like, all right, I'll try that. Don't think it'll go anywhere, you know, and that's. That's all it was. So it wasn't that I had, like, this burning passion for, you know, reacting and playing games. I love playing games, and I like doing that stuff. But it was about, hey, this is something that I can do. And at that point, I could do nothing, so I might as well start Here. And then the same kind of adventure started again once I realized to hit that goal. Very long time horizons, a lot of time to self discovery. But it's like, yeah, that's what led me to here. It's just constantly trying to find that thing I could hold on to.

[Ted]

Wow, that was probably the coolest thing that you could have said to Schlatt. I feel like towards the end of this podcast. That was awesome. And I'm so glad that you shared all of that.

[Schlatt]

Oh, of course.

[Ted]

That was kind of beautiful.

[Schlatt]

Oh, yeah, man.

[Markiplier]

So where do your ideas come from?

[Ted]

Oh, wow.

[Markiplier]

Thanks, man. I appreciate that.

[Schlatt]

Oh, man, of course. Yeah. If you want to talk further about it, you know, I'm around because I like, like I said, when I've been there, I mean, like, I've been there, I've been. Year after I had that realization, desperately trying to hold on to more where you try it harder. I had the year after that where it's like, I don't want to do anything. I had the year after that where I looked at myself in the mirror and realized, holy, I am so much older than I remember. You know, where you see the aging happening on your face. And it's not because I'm not saying, like, everyone gets older. It's because of the stress I was putting on myself. And so, And. And that would be fine if there was a good reason for it, if. If I could look at myself and be like, man, I've suffered for this, but the art I made was great.

[Ted]

Right?

[Schlatt]

I could look at myself in the mirror and be happy about it. But at that point, I look at myself and I was not happy because I had no. Nothing to show for that wear on my body. It was just me trying to hold on to what was already there. And I think that's a trap that a lot of, not just like YouTubers, but a lot of people who pursue anything for themselves get into is they find the one thing and then they hold on so tight, it. It crushes it in their grip and they lose any passion for it. Or they. They'll just let go because they're like, I'm tired of holding onto this.

[Ted]

When you say that, do you mean like, a specific, like, niche or something? Like on YouTube specifically? Because I feel like I've seen that before where it's like somebody finds a thing that works, works, and then that kind of stops working. And then, I mean, that's how a lot of burnout happens is when the thing that you used to do doesn't work as less anymore, but you're putting the same amount of effort in.

[Schlatt]

Yeah.

[Ted]

And it just wears you down.

[Schlatt]

Yeah, it's. You know, I see with, like, a lot of people that specialize in, like, not calling anyone out in Five Nights at Freddy's, but that's. It was a trap that I could have fallen into.

[Ted]

Sure.

[Schlatt]

Because I was known as the Five Nights at Freddy's guy. If I'd only done that. That was definitely a bath. And I did a lot of it. Don't get me wrong. I, I definitely did, but it's like, I didn't want to be known as, like, the, the guy. I really didn't. It just kind of worked out that way. There's so many other people that know so much more about the universal Five Nights at Freddy's than I ever could.

[Ted]

Right.

[Schlatt]

Because they're passionate about it. And it's like. And so I, I encourage people just to try new things just because you never know where. Because you'll learn one lesson. Do something that applies to something else every time.

[Ted]

Yeah.

[Schlatt]

Yeah.

[Markiplier]

It's kind of funny that that's kind of the conversation we had when it came to ending Chuckle Sandwich. This is the second to last episode, and I think a lot of what was on our minds is it's kind of meaningful to be able to, in our position, close the book on something and call it, like, okay, that's it. And maybe try something else.

[Schlatt]

Yeah. That was what Unusanes was all about. You know, with Ethan and I, it was like, it was. We were trying to send a message to people that it's okay for things to end. It sucks, but everything does. It's better to have an ending than to watch something fade away, you know?

[Ted]

Yes, that's exactly. Yeah, that's exactly what we were saying.

[Schlatt]

I'm a big fan of ending because an ending is so long as you're still around. That's why with, you know, things like Matpat retiring, I, I, they didn't air the full video I sent to him.

[Ted]

Oh, yeah.

[Schlatt]

YouTube was making a video. They didn't air in it. I was just like, he's not dead everywhere. He's not going. Like, you always want to make new things. Yeah. Yeah. So it's, it's never really. The ending is more for people to have closure on that chapter of what they were doing, and then you can move on. Like, you gotta finish something. And that's why I have so much trouble with being like, I can't switch tasks because, like, I have to finish this before I can do anything else. And that's why this movie is like. It's not that I want to retire from YouTube and do this. This is like, this idea deserves every ounce of my effort, and I don't know how much it's gonna take. So it's an. It's a discovery for myself at the same time.

[Ted]

Oh, I hate. I hate giving estimations on how long something is going to take. Like, even with, like, my manager with like an ad or something. It's like. So you think that video. How long is that video going to take you? I'm like, I been doing this for, like, professionally, I suppose, for like, since like 2019. I still don't know how long a video is going to take me to make. Yeah.

[Markiplier]

Next week.

[Ted]

Yeah. I'm just like. I mean, if I have a. A date I have to make, I'll kill myself to finish it. But other than that, that's the only. That's the only assurance is that I know if I have a hard date that. That is. That can't be moved in any. Yeah. And it's locked in. I will get it done.

[Markiplier]

Well, that's kind of what.

[Ted]

But it will be bad on the.

[Markiplier]

Body and keeping on working is just like setting those dates for myself. Yeah.

[Schlatt]

Damn, dude.

[Ted]

I feel like that this is gonna be. You're gonna.

[Markiplier]

I'm gonna be stealing on this.

[Ted]

You're gonna be. You're gonna blossom. You're gonna blossom.

[Schlatt]

Hold on.

[Ted]

You're going to space, dude.

[Schlatt]

This is the best moment of your life right now. This is changing everything.

[Ted]

Markiplier changed your life just now.

[Schlatt]

You're welcome, man.

[Markiplier]

Thank you.

[Schlatt]

I can't wait to see you win all those awards soon.

[Ted]

Yeah.

[Markiplier]

All those streamies and think bigger.

[Ted]

Think bigger. No, smaller. The President.

[Markiplier]

The President.

[Ted]

The vice President.

[Schlatt]

Like Congress. Congressman. Congressman.

[Markiplier]

The Governor of New York. He killed my grandma, you know.

[Schlatt]

Oh.

[Ted]

Director of the Interior, Secretary of the Interior.

[Markiplier]

I don't know who the interior is.

[Ted]

The country. The crops. Crops.

[Markiplier]

Yeah. Andrew Cuomo had a thing where. Where he sent COVID patients to nursing homes because the hospitals were full.

[Schlatt]

Oh.

[Markiplier]

And didn't let anyone leave. And my grandma was there.

[Ted]

You don't need to bring about. You don't need to bring a picture of Andrew Cuomo. We know Andrew C. Don't even get.

[Markiplier]

Me started by his brother.

[Ted]

Sorry. Just totally.

[Markiplier]

But yeah, the nacmo.

[Schlatt]

That's not the. That's not it. Yeah.

[Markiplier]

No, that looks like Milo.

[Ted]

That's the nacho.

[Markiplier]

That's the nacho motion rig.

[Ted]

So, so whenever this. Because we won't talk about release at all in any capacity, but when it is done, the movie and all that, is that more of a. Yes, I did a movie. Now onto the next new sort of exciting thing or in this process. Have you. Are you like. I'm hungry and I'm gonna keep making them and I'm never gonna stop.

[Schlatt]

Oh yeah.

[Ted]

Well, you got the taste for blood.

[Schlatt]

I already. Well, whenever I'm making a project, it always takes longer than I think. And therefore I have the idea of the next thing I want to do before I'm done. Oh, that's Nick. That's the guy who was our operator. The middle. The middle bottom picture. That's Nick.

[Markiplier]

Oh, cool.

[Schlatt]

I think, yeah, that's Nick.

[Ted]

Yes, there he is.

[Schlatt]

We call him Nick Mo.

[Ted]

Nick Mo.

[Schlatt]

Yeah. He's. He's been. He was such a cool dude. He. He was so excited because he usually it's. It's a helicopter going around and it's not like a submarine in an ocean of blood. And so he got to do some things. He never. He actually got to he. His quote, unleash the nakmo on this one. So it's like.

[Ted]

That's awesome. Like his whole thing is nacmo. Yeah.

[Schlatt]

So he. I believe that he is like their top operator for it. So he knows it inside and out. And I believe he's part of like the design team. He just, you know, that's. That's his thing. And he's just like a fun dude.

[Ted]

That's great.

[Schlatt]

So he, he was very excited. Anytime I asked him, can it go more? And he's like, oh yeah, let me fire up the second generator.

[Ted]

That's awesome, man.

[Schlatt]

So very cool.

[Markiplier]

How do we find a guy like that? I want a guy like that.

[Ted]

Like a guy that is hyper specialized in the specific. I mean there's a lot of them in the film industry for sure.

[Schlatt]

His salary is so high, but worth it. Valuable, but it's just like to get an entry.

[Ted]

It's funny, I feel like there's a lot of those types of things in the film world. Like there's like. I feel like for instance, with lenses, I imagine. I think that there's like certain. Only certain companies that know how to rehouse a certain type of lens or like there's all these little tiny. I feel like a lot of the times the film industry at a certain level is like, oh, you want this? You have to travel to this ancient land to find the only person left who knows how to do this. Thing.

[Schlatt]

Yes. 100%.

[Ted]

Yeah.

[Schlatt]

One of the lenses for the Minolta records, one of the rarest ones is the 135 millimeter F2. It's a amazing lens. It's incredible. Extremely rare.

[Ted]

How big is it?

[Schlatt]

It's, I mean, it's, you know, about yay big. Probably weighs like three pounds, something like that. Maybe two, two and a half. But it's extremely hard to find. You go on ebay, there's, like, not popping up. So I actually had a fan in Germany that went. That had it. There was a local shop, not listed online that had it. No, it's. Those are, those are different ones. You have to look up Minolta record. M I N O L O M I N O L T A space R O K K O R R.

[Ted]

O K K O R yeah.

[Schlatt]

So this lens is extremely rare. Amazing. In Germany, this guy found one that was six hours away. He crashed his car on the way to get it. Still got it. Markiplier needs this lens pretty much. Yeah. He, he, I, I, I paid for his car repairs, which made this lens way more expensive than it already was. And it was very expensive. But I was happy because he, you know, I, obviously, I'm gonna, yeah, pay for it. So he was doing it for me. But, yeah, it's like that was, that was how hard it was to get one.

[Ted]

Wow.

[Schlatt]

Yeah. And so you take this and then you take it to the people that can rehouse it, and they have to have a schematic for it, or else they have to, you have to pay for them to design. They have to hold scriptures. Yeah.

[Markiplier]

Scroll.

[Schlatt]

Yeah. But, yeah, it's, it's a, it's a wild world. There's a whole slew of lenses out there, but I think I found the ones that I like the most. So I'll probably just like, stick with these for as long as that'll be.

[Ted]

Kind of like, like that becomes your paintbrush in a way. Like, I like these lenses. I'm sure that through this experience and this always happens. I feel like on sets, it's like there are crew members that you're like, you, I'm. I'm gonna want you for the rest of my life.

[Schlatt]

Absolutely. 100%.

[Ted]

Like, I've had one of the DPS that I've worked on on a lot of the music videos. Shane, like, he's just, he's just such a cool, chill dude. Like, and he does such a great job. And I'm like, I want to work with you whenever I can, and this ad that I had, he's like, I feel like when I was in film school, a lot of times the ads were like really high strung. People that were like, okay, so we gotta move on to this next thing. And if we don't, then everything is gonna fail and then we're gonna. But like, this guy Connor, he was like, he's just so chill. Like, I'll go to him and I'd be like, are we doing good? Do we have enough time? And he's been like, you're fine, dude. It's like, whatever. Like, he was the calm one. And like, he kept. He like leveled me out. So it's just, it's. I. Yeah, man. It's been a while since I've been on a set too. You give me all jittery, give me the itch.

[Schlatt]

Go for it.

[Markiplier]

I have a set for you. Yeah, I have a set for you. Real.

[Schlatt]

This is a set.

[Ted]

This is a set. You're right. Oh, man. And let me tell you about the stress of trying to get us having it a COI. Last second for this, we're talking 12 hour turn. No, nine hour turnaround. I don't know any of these.

[Schlatt]

I don't know what that is.

[Ted]

It's a certificate of insurance that, like the rental houses need to let you get anything. Oh, yeah.

[Markiplier]

I thought it was like the architectural.

[Schlatt]

Guy that takes your script and goes like, this is how we're actually going to make it.

[Ted]

Oh, yeah.

[Schlatt]

Okay. These are the days we're going to do this, this, this, this, this. He works with the producers to figure all that out.

[Ted]

At this point, it'll be out. He's got a Christmas album coming out.

[Markiplier]

Oh, yeah.

[Schlatt]

That's awesome.

[Markiplier]

Yeah. It was like, wouldn't it be funny if I. I did that? And so I did it.

[Schlatt]

Nice.

[Markiplier]

And that's been my project for the year. And I've been reacting on the side to pay for your side hustle.

[Schlatt]

Yeah. Yeah. No, that's great.

[Markiplier]

Yeah.

[Schlatt]

You happy with it? Yeah.

[Markiplier]

It was expensive though. Did seem like you're not gonna make much money. Like that's gonna be done at all.

[Schlatt]

I haven't made money on any of my projects.

[Ted]

Really.

[Schlatt]

I've lost so much money on them. Yeah. But I don't even think of it. It's not losing. Losing money on them. It's you. It's. You're just.

[Ted]

You get the thing that's changed.

[Schlatt]

That's what it costs. Yeah. That's what it costs to make that thing. It's like, that's I want the thing no matter what. It's like, I want that. So, like the money. Yeah, it's something you have to think about, but it's like, I don't. I have enough. I've talked about this before on.

[Ted]

Or.

[Schlatt]

And I don't live expensively anyway, so it's like, yeah, if I'm going to. If this costs like a million dollars, then that's what it costs us. And in return, my experience is like, that's just the cost of what that is. I owe it to them to make things like that, you know, And I. I owe it to myself to see how far I can really. It's like. Yeah, it's because you wanted to make it in my mind.

[Markiplier]

Wow, dude. I'm going to be stewing.

[Ted]

You're going to be stewing?

[Markiplier]

I'm going to be stewing. I'm going to be. I'm going be cooking a little bit. What's your favorite thing to cook?

[Schlatt]

My mom makes this chicken and dumpling recipe that's just like every time I. I. It's so much garlic. So it's just pure chicken and garlic. But you boil a chicken for a very long time as long as you can. Korean rest.

[Markiplier]

They just don't.

[Ted]

They have vibes.

[Schlatt]

They have vibes. Every Korean cooks on vibes alone. It's. And that's just how it is. Great food as a result of it. Sometimes questionable, but, you know, that's. That's kind of thing about Korean cooking. So. But she makes this, like, her take on what was my dad's chicken and dumpling recipe, which was his. His grandmother's recipe. Her name was Mama Doom.

[Markiplier]

Mama Doom.

[Schlatt]

Last name, actually.

[Markiplier]

Okay.

[Schlatt]

It's. It's.

[Markiplier]

It's a little scary.

[Schlatt]

It is, yeah. Absolutely terrifying. No, I mean, it would be cool if my last name was Doom. That'd be awesome.

[Ted]

Mark Doom.

[Schlatt]

Yeah.

[Ted]

But unfortunately it's Iplyr. Yeah.

[Schlatt]

Yeah.

[Ted]

Surprisingly French.

[Schlatt]

Yeah. So that's my favorite, the chicken and dumpling recipe.

[Markiplier]

Have you ever cooked, like, bacon? Markiplier, Would you rather have unlimited bacon but no more video games or. And stay with me games. Unlimited games and no games.

[Schlatt]

Wait, unlimited games but no games?

[Ted]

I don't know. I feel like.

[Markiplier]

Did I stutter?

[Ted]

I feel like he was being pretty crisp. I feel like that was pretty cutting.

[Markiplier]

I don't think I stuttered.

[Schlatt]

Falling all over myself.

[Markiplier]

I wasn't falling all over myself.

[Schlatt]

Yeah, kind of.

[Markiplier]

No. I'll say it one more time, Mark. Would you rather have unlimited bacon but no more video games or Games. Unlimited games, but no games. And you are the last person who will ever answer this question on Chuckle Sandwich ever. It ends with you, man. So take your time. Yeah, but there's no games.

[Schlatt]

Yeah, it's okay.

[Markiplier]

That's all good.

[Schlatt]

Yeah. Well, I mean, if you think of it, the difference between infinity and zero is kind of like not that big.

[Markiplier]

But you could have unlimited bacon. Why can't you?

[Schlatt]

I've eat other things.

[Markiplier]

Okay, but you could have some on the side whenever you want.

[Schlatt]

My answer isn't it.

[Markiplier]

It is your answer.

[Schlatt]

That's what I thought I was.

[Markiplier]

Your just, you know, in my head it's like, take the bacon best way you could.

[Ted]

That was excellent. Oh, that was excellent. That was an excellent way to respond to that. That line of questioning. And then another question we ask our guest Mark is we have an ever growing. Now the. You will be adding the final condiment to our ever growing list of condiments. We ask every guest what they would put on the chuckle sandwich.

[Schlatt]

Okay.

[Markiplier]

The. The mayo.

[Schlatt]

Okay.

[Ted]

I'm the two butt pieces of bread. Charlie was the meat. And then there was a whole long list of other. Yeah, we could we go. Yeah. No, Tucker can pull up that list right now. Mark.

[Markiplier]

We built it.

[Ted]

We did.

[Markiplier]

We built it was a up sandwich, I bet.

[Schlatt]

Yeah.

[Ted]

Yeah. So let's see.

[Markiplier]

Aioli, onions, grilled onions. Third piece of bread stick through the middle. That holds it together. Corned beef. Ethan was a pickle.

[Schlatt]

A vertical pickle.

[Markiplier]

Vertically.

[Ted]

Yeah, I think that. Yes. Well, I don't think. He's not thinking spears. I think it was like the long slabs.

[Schlatt]

Yeah. Like crinkle cut long ways. Long pieces.

[Ted]

Yeah.

[Schlatt]

Tartar sauce. Slice of himself from Ryan. Okay, that's a cop out. Nice job, Freddy. Way to not add an ingredient. Flaky salt sprinkled like salt bay while rise. That's just stupid, Danny. Get with it. Go down. Let's see. Wheat bread. A tomato. Tomato that can fly a plane. Why would you kill it and put it on a sandwich?

[Ted]

Yeah, that's a fair point.

[Schlatt]

Farmers bait. There's been so many bacon.

[Ted]

No white phosphorus.

[Markiplier]

I mean, to be fair, it was fairly relevant considering the question.

[Ted]

Yeah, because a lot of the times I think they heard it and then they were subconsciously. Now bacon's on their mind.

[Markiplier]

Yeah.

[Schlatt]

I see someone that's easily influenced. And Jarvis Johnson is very easily influenced. Pickle on a stick. Pickle on a stick. Let's go with. And this. This might be a cop out. If I just called a bunch of people out. They'll probably help me out. Let's put it in a panini press.

[Ted]

Whoa. Oh, the whole thing. No, that's great. That was a fantastic choice.

[Schlatt]

Yeah. So. And that would change the entire experience because the texturally and then the heat elements would melt it all together.

[Ted]

So you're taking the whole sandwich? We're putting in there and. Yeah, and then we've got the Chuckle Sandwich. Wow.

[Markiplier]

Ship on the sandwich.

[Ted]

There is episode by Ian.

[Schlatt]

I haven't seen that one.

[Ted]

Well, that's. This is a list from a while ago. Yeah, this is from. I don't even know how long ago, how old this one is. But the Exxon Valdez oil spill did.

[Markiplier]

The oil spill.

[Schlatt]

Well, that's just illogical. I don't know how you get that on a sandwich. And specifically that ship. It was probably decommissioned. That occurred in 1989.

[Ted]

You're so. God, you're so right.

[Schlatt]

Doesn't even exist.

[Markiplier]

No, he's right.

[Ted]

Wow. So I think he settled on just putting some oil on it is what.

[Markiplier]

No, no, no, no. He did the ship.

[Ted]

We put the whole ship.

[Markiplier]

We convinced him to put the ship on.

[Ted]

We're going to need a big any press mark, but we'll do it for you on. You're asking us to remove someone else's ingredient.

[Schlatt]

That is three other ingredients.

[Ted]

No one's ever asked us to do this before.

[Schlatt]

Spits on everyone else's contributions to put a ship on there. It's illogical. That wastes thousands of tons. It's impractical. It's impossible.

[Markiplier]

Okay, okay, we'll remove that one.

[Ted]

Well, yeah, we'll. We'll.

[Markiplier]

We'll take that one off.

[Ted]

Yeah, we'll get that one.

[Schlatt]

We'll get that one. There's your legacy.

[Ted]

Well, I mean, as our final guest ever on Chuckle Sandwich. Thank you, markiplier, so much for coming on.

[Schlatt]

Thank you.

[Markiplier]

I think we can post this one.

[Ted]

I think.

[Schlatt]

Yeah, maybe.

[Ted]

I think that this one might go online.

[Schlatt]

And to think the other ones, I was even more profile fast.

[Ted]

He told us who God is.

[Schlatt]

I kind of mess with you guys. So I. I hold back from. That wasn't a good idea.

[Ted]

Well, I don't know. See you in the next episode, which is the final one. Chucklers.

[Markiplier]

I don't know.

[Ted]

Shock you'll you later. We don't usually say that. We just kind of did it.

[Schlatt]

I was about to say, like, I've never watched an episode, but I don't think that's how it goes.