Smosh Mouth Podcast #124 - Try Not To Laugh: The Podcast w/ Santa?!
Date: December 22, 2025
Hosts: Shayne Topp, Amanda Lehan-Canto, Courtney Miller
Special Guest: Spencer Agnew
Episode Overview
This holiday-themed episode of Smosh Mouth is a chaotic, laughter-filled round of "Try Not To Laugh," featuring Christmas costumes, offbeat stories, and a recurring bit: voicemails to Santa. Amanda (in a Santa suit), Courtney, and Spencer swap weird personal anecdotes, debate Christmas classics, and riff through intentionally "bad" holiday jokes. Spirited banter and the group’s trademark, absurd humor dominate, with a running tally of who breaks first in the quest not to laugh.
Key Discussion Points & Insights
1. Kicking Off with Santa, Silly Banter & Christmas Spirit (01:32–04:24)
- Amanda arrives as “Santa,” prompting jokes about Mrs. Claus picking up the “ho ho ho.”
Amanda: “She definitely picks up the ho ho.” (01:48) - The group plans a laid-back “Try Not To Laugh” Christmas.
Courtney: “I'm gonna try not to laugh...I'm gonna do my best to win.” (02:33)
2. Food, Diet Fads, and Butter Anecdotes (04:16–06:13)
- Long riff on butter, comparing notes on weird eating habits and butter coffee trends.
- Spencer shares a personal (and weirdly educational) story about the ketogenic diet’s origins.
Spencer: “The ketogenic diet is something that they legitimately use for like, epilepsy...the keto diet started in the Bible.” (05:22)
3. The Baby Grinch Meme and Funny Faces (06:25–09:25)
- The group accuses Amanda of resembling the Baby Grinch, leading to a hilarious and slightly existential moment of Googling.
Amanda: “You guys are out of your freaking minds.” (08:02)- This segues into a funny faces contest—“That's like some Jim Carrey shit.” (09:23)
- Spencer recalls childhood antics:
Spencer: “I was obsessed with Ace Venture as a kid...Then I didn’t stop making the face. ...They took me to the doctor. I had Bell's palsy. Half my face was paralyzed.” (10:11)
4. Christmas Media, Hot Takes & Movie Debates (15:38–24:02)
- Ace Ventura nostalgia, with debates over which sequel is superior.
- Hot takes on Christmas movies:
Spencer: “I don’t really like Elf.” (16:43) Courtney: “That’s the last true classic Christmas.” (16:55) - Everyone pans The Polar Express and reminisces on Love, Actually and The Holiday, with loving mockery of British Christmas tropes.
- Amanda: “No, she's… immortal. She actually… lives off of, like, soda. And that's what keeps her." (18:01)
5. In-Flight Drink Oddities, Milk Debates, and Food Nostalgia (18:20–23:39)
- Confessions: ordering tomato juice on flights; Amanda’s husband’s “Dairy Queen” obsession with whole milk.
- Childhood milk habits (“skim milk is borderline water”) and nostalgia for Got Milk? ads.
- Amanda reflects on donning the Santa suit pregnant for “Culinary Crimes.”
6. Jokes From Men's Health: Groaners Galore (24:19–28:17)
- Amanda pulls up “funniest Christmas jokes” from MensHealth.com, demonstrating groan-worthy puns:
- “How do you wash your hands over the holiday? Santa-tizer.” (25:07)
- “Why is Santa afraid of getting stuck in the chimney? Because he has claustrophobia.” (25:55)
- “What do you call a kid who doesn’t believe in Santa? A rebel without a Claus.” (26:07)
- The group ribs the source: “An old man wrote this.” (26:20)
7. Love Actually, British Christmas, and Movie Logic (28:19–29:13)
- Courtney tries to clarify Love, Actually’s convoluted storylines; everyone agrees it hasn't aged well.
- Amanda: “Messy and really icky movie.” (27:27)
- Discussion of Bill Nighy’s inspiration for Tinky Winky from Teletubbies.
8. Christmas Movie Traditions and Mission Impossible Fandom (29:23–44:27)
- Courtney and Amanda attempt to drag the group back to Christmas movie talk.
- Tangents abound: Mission Impossible nostalgia (with shout-outs to John Woo’s “wild action direction”), Lord of the Rings marathons, and trench coat fashion inspired by The Matrix.
- Spencer: “I could do a one-man show of Last Crusade.” (35:35)
9. Try Not To Laugh: The Scoreboard & More Bits (44:27–54:09)
- Recap of everyone's laugh count, with much cheating and shifting of tallies:
- Amanda and Courtney: tied at 26 laughs
- Spencer: 38 laughs
- “Shane” (absent as host): 69 laughs (gags about redacted tallies)
- More holiday movie debates, with Home Alone emerging as the most universally beloved.
Amanda: “The worst part of Home Alone, though…that really upsets me still is when he makes that gorgeous bowl of macaroni and cheese and he doesn't eat it.” (47:10)
10. The Santa Voicemails Bit – Amanda’s Skit Showcase (54:09–59:55)
- Amanda debuts her self-recorded “voicemails to Santa,” voiced as various unhinged holiday characters:
- Carol, Santa’s neglected friend: “Just a friend wondering when Santa's gonna be around...” (55:40)
- Amazon guy with a bag of poop: “It's a big one. It's kind of smelly. It’s a big, big, old fat poop.” (58:01)
- Amanda describes recording these in her car and riffing real-time.
11. Winding Down – Coziness, Final Laughs, and Grinch Debates (59:59–end)
- Chit-chat about sweaters (“You seem approachable.”), dandruff, and pomade struggles.
- Revisit the “Baby Grinch” resemblance as a running joke.
- Deep-dive into the Grinch’s biology and romantic prospects: *Courtney: “What the fuck is the Grinch?” (68:40) *Amanda: “I want to come up behind him and just go boo, boo, boo to his belly.” (68:08)
- Musings on potpourri and the smell of grandparents’ houses.
- Final, frenzied Christmas greetings as the episode closes.
Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments
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On Mrs. Claus spoonerism:
Courtney: “I've been doing all the hoeing around the house." (01:50) -
Ketogenic diet lore:
Spencer: “The ketogenic diet…these people are crazy, clearly...they’d drop them off at the top of the mountain, and they would begin to starve, and they'd go into ketosis." (05:07) -
On Amanda’s “Baby Grinch” meme:
Courtney: “There's a photo of you looking exactly like Baby Grinch." (06:32) *Amanda: “You guys are out of your freaking minds.” (08:02) -
Classic Christmas debate:
*Spencer: “I am not charmed [by Elf].” (16:51)
Courtney: “That’s the last true classic Christmas.” (16:55) -
Home Alone nostalgia:
*”Home Alone is one of the best.” (47:08)
Amanda: “That really upsets me still is when he makes that gorgeous bowl of macaroni and cheese and he doesn't eat it." (47:10) -
Amanda’s Amazon guy voicemail:
“Yeah, I got this bag of poop that you guys ordered… It’s a big one. It’s kind of smelly...” (58:01) -
On Amanda’s performance:
Spencer: “This is the first time I've…felt maternal for you…like, our daughter's struggling.” (58:52) -
The Grinch’s, er, sex appeal:
Courtney: “Do you think there are people who are like, the Grinch could get it?”
Amanda: “Oh, yeah, I'm one of them.” (67:50–67:55) -
Grinch existential debate:
Courtney: “I don't mean to be rude, but what the fuck is the Grinch?” (68:40)
Important Timestamps
| Timestamp | Segment | |-----------|----------------------------------------------| | 01:32 | Santa intro and Mrs. Claus jokes | | 04:16 | Ketogenic diet tangent | | 06:25 | Baby Grinch meme, face contest | | 10:11 | Spencer’s Bell's palsy story | | 16:43 | Christmas classics debate (Elf, etc.) | | 18:20 | Ginger ale, milk, and “Dairy Queen” stories | | 24:19 | Reading MensHealth.com's Christmas jokes | | 28:00 | Love, Actually & The Holiday hot takes | | 32:23 | Indiana Jones/Mission Impossible tangents | | 44:27 | Try Not to Laugh tally recap | | 47:10 | Home Alone’s uneaten mac & cheese sadness | | 54:09 | Amanda’s Santa voicemails skit | | 67:50 | Grinch sex appeal debate | | 70:10 | Old people, potpourri, and nostalgia | | 73:04 | Holiday sign-offs and gift card joke |
Tone & Style
- The overall tone is fast, irreverent, and relentlessly silly, with group chemistry at its wildest. Banter flows with inside jokes, pop-culture rabbit holes, and absurdist riffing typical for Smosh.
For New Listeners
- This episode is a whirlwind of improvisational comedy—best enjoyed if you love tangents, dumb puns, and squad energy over structured topics.
- The holiday dressing (Santa suit, Christmas jokes, classic movie debates) gives it a seasonal flavor, but the Smosh DNA—chaos, deep-cut memes, and running gags—remains front and center.
Who Laughed the Most (Try Not To Laugh Results)
- Spencer: 38 times
- Courtney: 26 times (tied with Amanda but technically declared the "winner")
- Amanda: 26 times
- “Shane” (offscreen): 69 times (joke tally)
- Audience: Actual winners, according to hosts!
Closing
Happy holidays, Smosh Mouth listeners! Enjoy your Christmas movies—don’t forget to comment with your holiday movie picks (and whether you, too, have a “Dairy Queen” in your life). And if you’re ever feeling down, consider leaving an unhinged voicemail for Santa—or at least, your own Amazon guy with a bag of poop.