#138 - Let Remi Parsons Cook

Summary

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Smosh Mouth Podcast #138 – Let Remi Parsons Cook

April 6, 2026
Hosts: Shane Topp and Amanda Lehan-Canto
Guest: Remy Parsons

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Overview

In episode #138 of Smosh Mouth, Shane and Amanda welcome special guest Remi Parsons—a prolific cooking creator with two YouTube channels, two podcasts, three dogs, and a new cookbook, Let’s Get Cooking. The friends discuss Remi’s journey from awkward teen YouTuber to cookbook author, cultural identity, the evolution of YouTube, the realities of content creation, Asian-American family influences, food nostalgia, and Remy’s highly entertaining challenge: matching each Smosh cast member with a recipe from her cookbook. Throughout, the tone is light, candid, and full of laughter, millennial references, and food enthusiasm.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Introducing Remy Parsons and Her Cookbook

• Remy’s multifaceted creator life: Two podcasts, two YouTube channels, a new cookbook (Let’s Get Cooking), three dogs, and frequent hosting at home.
• Fan cred: Remy became a big Smosh fan during Amanda’s maternity leave, going back to binge old episodes.
  • “I have to give a shout out. Cal loves you guys. He’s been a fan for years.” (01:27 – Remy)
• Cookbook origin: A project nearly three years in the making, inspired by her mother's recipes, love for hosting, and personal food journey.

2. Food Habits & ‘Girl Dinner’ Discourse

• Food in the bedroom:
  • Amanda and Remy agree eating in bed is gross, but Shane admits to a soft spot for grabbing berries directly from the fridge.
  • “Some rooms, I’m like, I don’t like food in this room.” (03:50 – Shane)
• ‘Girl Dinner’ styles:
  • Remy describes hers as grazing at the fridge—“It’s more the act of doing it. …I’m grazing.” (04:15 – Remy)
  • Shane and Amanda also relate to the grazing style.
• Hosting vs. cooking for content:
  • Remy confesses content creation sometimes kills her desire to cook at home, but hosting remains special.

3. Cookbook Creation & Remy's Food Journey

• Long road to cookbook:
  • The cookbook process took about three years, but Remy’s food content evolved naturally out of necessity in college, FaceTiming her mom to learn recipes (esp. Korean comfort food).
  • “For me…the only really big tie that I had was Korean food… I found comfort in my food.” (23:24 – Remy)
• Mother’s influence:
  • Remy’s mom’s recipes and photos are featured in the book; food connection is a major family thread.
  • “My mom is an amazing cook… she inspired me so much.” (21:21 – Remy)

4. YouTube, Influence, and Internet Culture

• Early YouTube discovery:
  • Remy fell in love with YouTube’s beauty scene, citing its importance for Asian representation for young viewers.
  • She started her creator journey in high school, eventually convincing her parents to let her take a year off college to pursue it.
  • “I was like, this is what I want to do. I’m doing it. I’m going to convince my parents it’s going to work out.” (18:09 – Amanda)
• Changing aspirations:
  • Hosts talk about how “YouTuber” has become a top profession dream for kids, replacing firefighters and doctors.
  • “A YouTuber is just the platform. What you make on there could be anything.” (20:46 – Shane)
• Generational identity and ‘millennial energy’:
  • The cast laughs about generational humor, changes in trends (Berenstain Bears/Mandela Effect), and what it means to be a ‘millennial YouTuber.’

5. Smosh Cast Recipe Match Challenge

[29:30 – 45:02] Remy matches signature recipes from her cookbook to each Smosh cast member, going off personality, show moments, and vibes. This section is playful, detailed, and filled with inside jokes.

Examples:

• Amanda: Savory Surprise Breakfast Muffins
  “You’re a new mom, you’re busy… there’s a whole chapter for grab-and-go breakfast.” (29:46 – Remy)
• Chance: AM Crunch Wrap (Taco Bell–style) – Hangover cure and suits his love of hot sauce. (32:12)
• Angela: Espresso Martini – “She’s obsessed with espresso martinis. This one’s got salted caramel cold foam!” (32:56 – Remy)
• Courtney: Swimmable Dips (“She wants to swim in an onion dip.”) (34:15)
• Shane: Garlic Parm Chicken Wings (with a curry soy garlic option) – Football and protein.
  “These were my favorite for the Super Bowl.” (35:12 – Remy)
• Damien: Strawberry Buttercake Bars – For his “strawberry” moniker and butter obsession. (37:51)
• Arasha: Cosmic Brownies – For Gen Z, to give her “Millennial Culture 101.” (38:58)
• Tommy: Hash Brown Avocado Toast – “I just feel like he likes avocado toast, but this is on a homemade hash brown.” (41:26)
• Ian: Cereal Milk Pancakes – “He loves breast milk…” (41:53)
• Trevor: Korean Fried Chicken Sandwich with Asian Pear Slaw – The hardest recipe, “since he has a baking background.” (43:34)
• Olivia: Garlic Shrimp Noodles – For bed dining (44:32)
• Spencer: Swedish Meatballs (“Better than that furniture store…”) (45:03)

Notable moment:

• “In my mind, maybe she (Arasha) missed the wave of cosmic brownies. …I think she needs to understand the culture of Millennial.” (39:10 – Remy)

6. Content Creation Real Talk

• Life as a creator:
  • Remy juggles two podcasts (one emotional/vulnerable, one comedy with ex-Viners), two YouTube channels, and a team but still feels the burnout and the paradox of constantly making content.
  • Work-life separation became easier after finally getting a dedicated work phone.
  • Amanda shares how parenthood forced her to maximize the time she has, shifting her approach to content. (56:05)
• Perceptions vs. Reality:
  • Shane vents about fans believing he’s “dumb” on camera—“any sort of math thing, I’m out of my head… I’m a little bit smarter in real life.” (62:04)
  • Discussion on how mistakes, verbal slips, and brain farts are just part of life on camera. (63:04)
  • “The amount of things I’ve said incorrectly over 13 years… it just comes with the territory.” (63:09 – Remy)

7. Book Tour and What’s Next

• Remy’s first book tour:
  • She shares upcoming plans for New York, Chicago, Miami, and facing TV press nerves—especially live TV like the Today Show. (47:25)
• Amanda pledges to cook from Remy’s book:
  • Choosing “Suze’s Cornflake Potato Casserole”—an iconic family recipe (65:01).
• Book availability:
  • Let’s Get Cooking is at bookstores, Amazon, and anywhere Simon & Schuster titles are sold. (65:58)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On YouTube Aspirations:
  “I want to applaud you for knowing what you wanted to do so early on… That is so incredible.” (18:09 – Amanda)

• On Family and Food:
  “I have memories of coming home from school and…my mom had bought a deep fryer and made the most incredible fried chicken just on a random Tuesday because she felt like it.” (21:27 – Remy)

• On Generational Shifts:
  “A YouTuber is just the platform. What you make on there could be anything.” (20:46 – Shane)

• On Content Burnout:
  “The thing is, making content…never ends. It never stops. You really have to be able to make your hours for yourself. For me…work chats move to the work phone. On weekends, it’s in the charger.” (55:20 – Remy)

• On Public Perception:
  “The amount of things I’ve said incorrectly over 13 years… it just comes with the territory.” (63:09 – Remy)

• On Millennial Culture:
  “The amount of comments we’ve gotten this past year of – ‘these guys are so millennial.’ And I’m like…YOLO…can’t really deny.” (40:31 – Shane)

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Important Timestamps

• 01:00 – Remy introduced, shares fandom and background
• 05:35 – Remy on cooking burnout versus hosting for friends
• 13:02 – Cookbook backstory and Remy's content evolution
• 23:24 – Cultural connection through food; Korean heritage
• 29:30–45:02 – Smosh cast recipe match segment (hilarious and insightful)
• 47:25 – Book tour plans, nerves about live TV
• 55:20 – Content burnout, work-life balance, getting a work phone
• 62:04 – Shane on fan perceptions and “being dumb on camera”
• 65:01 – Amanda pledges to cook “Suze’s Cornflake Potato Casserole”

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Tone & Atmosphere

• Friendly, self-deprecating, and supportive—true to Smosh’s style.
• Candid confessions about content creation, burnout, and shifting priorities.
• Full of inside jokes, playful self-mockery, and a sense of millennial nostalgia.
• Celebration of food as a means of connection, culture, and memory.

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Conclusion

This episode is a rich, feel-good exploration of what it means to create—food, content, and community—in the digital age. Remy’s insights into family, cultural identity, and the pressures behind online creativity resonate, while the playful Smosh cast recipe game and relaxed banter remind us why Smosh Mouth is a must-listen for fans and fellow creators alike.

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Transcript

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[Amanda]

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[Shane]

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[Shane]

Hi, welcome to Smosh Mouth. I'm Shane.

[Amanda]

And I'm Amanda. And we have a very special guest with us today. Remy Parsons. I'm so excited. Okay. She has two YouTube channels, two podcasts, and she has a cookbook. I don't know when she sleeps. Here she is. Hi, Remy.

[Remy Parsons]

Hi, guys. I'm freaking out right now. My heart. Like, if you can hear my heart pounding through the microphone, just give me a little bit.

[Shane]

Okay.

[Remy Parsons]

This is insane. I can't believe I'm here right now. Thank you for having me.

[Amanda]

Because you're a fan of Smashbox.

[Remy Parsons]

No. You. Like, I'm so sorry. Yeah, let me take it back. I'm the biggest fan. I will say I'm a recent fan. I became a fan when you were on maternity leave. But I have to give a shout out.

[Shane]

You became a fan when you were here?

[Amanda]

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

[Remy Parsons]

But don't. I went back in the archive. He was like, oh, this is my favorite episodes.

[Amanda]

Actually, those are my favorite episodes. And then you came back and I

[Remy Parsons]

really had to, like, get settled in of time. No, no, but like, I. My. My husband's been a fan. I have to give him a shout out. Cal loves you guys. He's been a fan for years. And right when you went on maternity leave.

[Amanda]

I'm sorry, yeah.

[Remy Parsons]

Is when I was like. Oh, wait. Okay, so what are we watching? I got into it and. But don't worry, I went back in all the archives. I watched pretty much everything, except I haven't started the Resident Evil. And I know that you really reference that a lot, so I'm really sorry. I have.

[Amanda]

Remy, it's okay. You could skip. You. I don't know. It's so fun, but it's such a journey.

[Remy Parsons]

Okay.

[Amanda]

It's Long videos. Do you have the time?

[Remy Parsons]

I need a. I need time to commit to it, and that's why I haven't started. But I'm such a huge fan. I love the pod. I love everything, and I'm so excited to be here.

[Shane]

Wow. You really. You really dove in.

[Remy Parsons]

Thank you. I practiced that in my sleep lessons. Just like, you killed.

[Shane]

Your husband wakes up and just. You're just like. And I'm like, such a huge. And I really love it. I know you were on, but I. I went back and I watched everything.

[Remy Parsons]

Everything. I'm sorry.

[Amanda]

You're going to watch Resident Evil and go, wait, what's happening?

[Shane]

I have a fight. Someone says they watch, like, all of our. I'm like, that's impossible. We somehow upload more hours of content a week than there are hours in the week. Sometimes I feel like, yeah, when?

[Remy Parsons]

Now.

[Amanda]

Do you have the time?

[Shane]

Yeah, we, as we mentioned, you have Two podcasts, two YouTube channels, three dogs. Three dogs.

[Remy Parsons]

Three dogs.

[Amanda]

One cookbook, one called let's Get Cooking. Yeah, it's already out, you guys. Let's go. And I cannot wait to look through this right now.

[Shane]

Yeah. Do you have some sort of time machine or what? How are you doing this?

[Remy Parsons]

Honestly, it's just like, Smosh is on when I have any time to myself. So it's like getting ready when we're eating. It's like, what Smosh video are we watching? Like, what went up? Watched Girl Dinner yesterday, which I'm sure you filmed seven months ago.

[Amanda]

What did you think?

[Remy Parsons]

I.

[Amanda]

What did you think?

[Remy Parsons]

Loved it.

[Amanda]

I won.

[Remy Parsons]

I loved it. But, yeah, you won. I loved yours. And also the tuna with the soy sauce did sound really good, though.

[Amanda]

Okay. Okay.

[Remy Parsons]

I want to try that. Yeah. Yeah, I want to try. I was inspired by that. And I do not eat in my bed. I think eating bed is gross.

[Shane]

Thank you. I don't completely agree. My bedroom.

[Amanda]

I do not bring food into my bedroom. It feels so weird. Unless I'm on a meeting.

[Shane]

When I.

[Amanda]

And it's like a quick thing.

[Shane]

When I had roommates when I lived in a. Like, if people have roommates, I'm like, yeah, then that's your.

[Amanda]

Yeah, But I do not.

[Shane]

Even then, if I had roommates, I'm like, I'm eating in the kitchen, and I'm just going to have to talk to whoever's coming in the kitchen.

[Amanda]

Wait. Yeah, I, I, I kind of agree. Because then you get crumbs all over your bed, and then all of your. Then you got to do that.

[Remy Parsons]

Yes.

[Amanda]

In Advance.

[Shane]

Yes. I just. For me, it's actually more just like a psychological thing. I'm like. Some rooms, I'm like, I don't like food in this room.

[Amanda]

Same.

[Shane]

It's like something small or whatever, but like a plate of food.

[Amanda]

Wait, what's your grilled dinner then?

[Remy Parsons]

I was thinking about this as I was watching. It's not like what the food is. It's more of, like, the act of doing it. So I'll usually just, like, stand with the fridge open and eat as much as I want until I'm full of, like, whatever's in the fridge. That's my girl dinner. Exactly. I'm grazing. I'm grazing.

[Amanda]

Yes, we graze.

[Shane]

I. I graze too.

[Amanda]

Really?

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

What are you grazing?

[Shane]

Actually, I'm happy to say this. For, like, the past few months, what Courtney and I do is we buy a bunch of, like, berries from the farmer's market. We got. We know We. We gotta. We got a stand that we're. We're friends with them. We get a really good deal. Get a bunch of berries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, and we have them in one container in, like, right eye level in the fridge, so that every time I open up the fridge, grab a handful of berries, eat them, I'm feeling great.

[Amanda]

He's just a berry boy. Little bear. The Berenstein bears.

[Remy Parsons]

Is that what they're called?

[Shane]

I love those. Stain bear.

[Amanda]

Yeah.

[Remy Parsons]

Is it stain.

[Amanda]

Is it Bernstein bear?

[Shane]

Stain bear? Everyone thought it was.

[Amanda]

I don't think it's stain that aggressively.

[Shane]

Yeah, it is.

[Remy Parsons]

That's the Mandela effect, though. That's the one that everyone talks about.

[Shane]

Remy knows.

[Remy Parsons]

Yep. It's a I n. Not e I n. Right?

[Shane]

Yeah. A I n. Whoa. Oh, oh.

[Amanda]

I need to get these. This book for my son so I can say baron, stay in bears. I don't like that.

[Shane]

Knows.

[Amanda]

I don't like that.

[Shane]

Yeah. This was after we shifted dimension.

[Remy Parsons]

Yeah, exactly.

[Shane]

You'll get it. Anyways, I feel like you. I. I was gonna say, I feel like your girl dinner would actually be something just really, really good because you've made a whole cookbook, so you. You must make a whole cookbook all the time.

[Remy Parsons]

I do. But I will say oftentimes, after, like, cooking all day for content, that I'm like, I'm out for the day. I need to just sit, watch smosh in silence and eat takeout.

[Shane]

I feel like I've heard that about people who are, like, chefs and stuff, that at home, they're not actually cooking that much because it's their job.

[Remy Parsons]

Exactly. It depends on the day really. It's like also I'll like kind of nibble while I'm cooking and making content and then I'm full. And it depends on the day. But I do cook quite a bit. I will say, like, I'm big on hosting. Like any, any time I can host, I will host friends, family, whatever. And I feel like that's really where I shine a lot too.

[Shane]

Lovely.

[Amanda]

Yeah, it's a skill. I was looking through here. You have, you have. Do you have more than one cocktail in here?

[Remy Parsons]

I have a few, yeah.

[Amanda]

Oh baby, yeah. Love cocktails.

[Remy Parsons]

I did see your zbiotics outside and I got excited. I'm a big fan. I'm telling you that with the cocktail

[Amanda]

in the bottom, I'm so excited. I'm going to take a Z biotic and then do your caramel foam espresso martini.

[Remy Parsons]

You can just chug the tequila strawberry pitcher actually. That'd be perfect.

[Amanda]

Okay. I saw. First of all, the pictures in here are stunning. I do have to ask, did you take all these pictures in one day or was it like a full. Cuz you look incredible in all these pictures. You have fun outfits and that, that picture. Picture. You're outside like in the summer.

[Remy Parsons]

You're so sweet. Actually, we shot this, I think in. It was January and February. It was a little bit mixture, a mixture of both. But the reason why we had to spread it out so much was the fires. We shot this in January of last year. The fires broke out, so. And it was really close to my house, so I had to go home. We had to like, you know, figure that out for a little bit. And then picked up again in February right around my birthday, which I know you're an Aquarius sign. Happy belated birthday.

[Amanda]

What day is your birthday?

[Remy Parsons]

February 7th.

[Amanda]

Wow. I knew I liked you. Aquarius minded. We are Aquariuses, which means we compartmentalize and it's a good thing.

[Shane]

Nice.

[Amanda]

It's a good thing.

[Remy Parsons]

Rattle your hand.

[Amanda]

We keep things in little boxes and then we deal with them later.

[Remy Parsons]

Exactly.

[Amanda]

So we can get through our day. But I don't know if you feel this about Aquarius. I feel like I want everyone to get on the same page. Like to get to this new innovative level. I'm like, we all have to get on the same page. And that's my work. To be like, okay, it's okay. It's okay that everyone doesn't get on the same page. But. But up there is really cool. Right?

[Remy Parsons]

Are you an eldest daughter as well.

[Amanda]

I'm a third.

[Remy Parsons]

Oh, a third. But okay, there's.

[Amanda]

There's some elder energy happening with me.

[Remy Parsons]

That's what I was gonna say. I'm definitely, like, very much that mindset. And I'm an eldest daughter, so I'm like, why are we all not doing the exact same thing together right now?

[Amanda]

Oh, see, since being the third, I actually had to learn. Learn to be like, okay, I'm just keeping the peace as, like, part of my Aquariusness.

[Remy Parsons]

Okay. Okay.

[Amanda]

Elder energy.

[Shane]

Elder energy.

[Amanda]

Happy belated birthday to you.

[Remy Parsons]

Thank you so much.

[Amanda]

And you also got married.

[Remy Parsons]

I did, yes.

[Amanda]

In Santa Barbara. Yes, we all got married in Santa Barbara.

[Remy Parsons]

You too?

[Shane]

Oh, wait, yeah.

[Amanda]

Shane got married at the courthouse. Not the same time as me.

[Remy Parsons]

Oh, my God.

[Amanda]

Like a year later.

[Shane]

Same time. We just. Courtney and I just didn't post about it for.

[Remy Parsons]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

All their pictures. It's just H and I kind of in the background, like in our wedding outfit.

[Shane]

Yeah, it was. It's lovely. Love it there.

[Remy Parsons]

Beautiful.

[Amanda]

Good food.

[Remy Parsons]

Good, Great food. Great, Great, great food.

[Amanda]

Great.

[Remy Parsons]

I love it. Like, that's one of my favorite places in the world. I feel like just weather, food, people, dogs everywhere. Everyone's so happy and nice. I love it.

[Amanda]

They have really good food. They also have, like, a seafood festival that I've actually never been to.

[Remy Parsons]

Really?

[Amanda]

On the pier.

[Remy Parsons]

I love that restaurant on the pier. That's, like, my favorite.

[Amanda]

Yes. That restaurant place. So good.

[Shane]

Yeah. Oysters there. Solid, Delicious.

[Amanda]

I. I love seafood. I was saying that if I could have oysters, a cheese board, and spaghetti, that. That's, like, my main food.

[Shane]

Wow.

[Amanda]

Yeah.

[Remy Parsons]

All together.

[Shane]

No separate times.

[Amanda]

No separate times. Like, if I were to choose three different types of food to live my whole life, it would be that I

[Remy Parsons]

love oysters, but I cut them out of my diet like, two years ago.

[Amanda]

Mommy, why?

[Remy Parsons]

Because they can give you, like, a brain. Eating amoeba.

[Shane]

I've heard.

[Remy Parsons]

I'm sorry. What? Sorry to say it.

[Amanda]

I'll have, like, 50.

[Remy Parsons]

I know. I love them, and I've created them so frequently. He's got it. Someone's got to eat.

[Shane]

Amoeba needs it.

[Amanda]

That explains so much. I thought I was an Aquarius. I just got a fucking amoeba. Damn. Wait, tell me. Tell me more. What else is wrong with oysters? Well, okay.

[Remy Parsons]

I've heard. I've heard, though. You should eat them. I believe it's when the month ends with er or it ends in an R. There's something. Because it's a colder Month. So then they. Because the amoeba can grow in warmer months. So, like, summer, we're not eating oysters. Winter is okay. Oh, it's okay.

[Amanda]

Everyone in the east.

[Remy Parsons]

You're fine.

[Amanda]

Should know about the amoeba because they're only eating oysters.

[Remy Parsons]

But it's also.

[Amanda]

My family's sick.

[Remy Parsons]

It's okay. I feel like east coast is different than west coast, too, for oysters.

[Amanda]

That's. That's true. They're like, right. Right there. If you're in the Cape.

[Shane]

Yeah. You walk out, you just. You just grab them.

[Remy Parsons]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

They're on the road. They're on the sidewalk.

[Shane]

They're not in the ocean over there.

[Amanda]

They're on the road everywhere.

[Shane]

Yeah.

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[Remy Parsons]

Back to the show.

[Shane]

Okay, the cookbook, you've been working on this for years?

[Remy Parsons]

Yes.

[Amanda]

How many years?

[Remy Parsons]

About three, I would say. Now it's coming up on three years.

[Shane]

Was it something you always knew you

[Remy Parsons]

wanted to do cooking, like cooking content or a cookbook?

[Shane]

A cookbook.

[Remy Parsons]

Cookbook. Not exactly. Honestly, like my journey of becoming like a food cooking creator happened really naturally. And then this came up. I mean, I would say probably about like five years ago, four years ago, I was like, okay, this is something I really want to do. And then it took like a three year process. Obviously.

[Shane]

You've been making content for so long. So you said over 10 years, kind of. You kind of became a cooking influencer. But what if we're going to go back? I guess. What did you start out doing?

[Amanda]

Oh yeah, on YouTube.

[Shane]

Because I was looking at your channel and I was like, I always love talking to like, I feel like you're such a YouTuber. YouTuber.

[Remy Parsons]

Really?

[Shane]

Like a real YouTuber of like the content that you're doing, you've been doing it for so long, but you had like lots of story times and vlogs and all. It seems like you kind of do everything in that realm.

[Remy Parsons]

Yes. So I found YouTube pre installed on my iPod Touch first generation when it was that little tan, green TV looking box. And I remember, I think I was in middle school, I clicked it, I was like, what is going on? Open it up. The only people on there were like, Smosh, Ryan, Higa, Kev, Jumba, all those people. At the time, I fell in love with YouTube also because at the time, and we're still working on it, there was very little Asian representation in traditional media. So I was like, oh my God. I found all of the beauty world, which a lot of those women were Asian or are Asian. So I was like, wow, I'm learning how to do my eyeliner. I'm learning how to curl my hair. I'm in middle school. I'm really ugly. I need all the help I can get. It's true. So I'm learning. This was a weird time, horrible time in my life. I'M I'm in puberty. I'm. I'm working on braces, you guys. Expander, all

[Amanda]

turn the key. And I was like, this is the worst.

[Shane]

Oh, I had the rubber bands.

[Amanda]

No, honey, that's fine. That's child.

[Remy Parsons]

That's child's play.

[Amanda]

And the expander is a machine that goes up here.

[Shane]

Is it made by Jigsaw?

[Remy Parsons]

Yes.

[Amanda]

Saw. Saw. There's a prequel to Saw, and it's called the Expander. It goes up here like brackets, and there's a key hole. And someone, probably your parent, which is so embarrassing, has to go into your mouth and turn the key, and it expands your jaw.

[Remy Parsons]

It's when you have too small of a mouth, so your teeth are crowded.

[Amanda]

Oh, we had the little small mouths.

[Shane]

It's probably something. I've had friends who probably had it back in the day. I just forgot.

[Amanda]

Well, if you saw them talk or laugh, you'd go, you have gum stuck up there.

[Remy Parsons]

Yep.

[Amanda]

And then you go, no, it's the

[Shane]

machine in my face.

[Amanda]

How long did you have it?

[Remy Parsons]

I had it in the second grade. And then feels young. I started my journey very young. I got my wisdom teeth out when I was, like, nine, I think.

[Amanda]

Oh, my God.

[Remy Parsons]

I know. They brought them to me in crumbles because they weren't fully formed yet.

[Shane]

At least by the time you're in middle school, you're done with it. All right.

[Remy Parsons]

No, because I had two sets of braces. Now, these are veneers. Don't get it twisted. We just went straight there.

[Shane]

But, yeah, you know what? Get rid of them.

[Remy Parsons]

Yeah. Onto the biggest dealing.

[Amanda]

I'm not dealing with this. Exactly.

[Remy Parsons]

So middle school, found YouTube, and I fell in love with all the beauty content that I saw. So I was making. I would, like, film. Not even film. I would just, like, talk myself in my mirror for years. Finally, when I got to high school, I was like, okay, let's try this. And so I started doing beauty content, lifestyle content, kind of anything that interested me at the time. I ended up going to college at ucr, very close to your old offices in Rancho Cucamonga and in Lynn Empire. I went there for a year, and that's actually when my YouTube channel started to take off. I was making videos in my dorm room and.

[Amanda]

Crazy.

[Remy Parsons]

But at this time, people weren't really doing it for money. This is 2013 now, so it was, like, just kind of starting.

[Amanda]

Exactly.

[Remy Parsons]

I was doing videos. All my girlfriends would go to, like, you know, I was in a sorority. They'd be, like, going to the parties, I'd be like, I'm gonna stay in my room and film by myself.

[Amanda]

Yeah, you were smart.

[Remy Parsons]

And so, honestly, I. I loved it. I. I had a great time. And then that summer before my sophomore year, I was like, okay, I think I could actually, like, do this full time. People are now doing, like, brand deals. It's becoming more of a thing. I had to really convince my parents to let me try doing it for, you know, a year.

[Amanda]

Oh, I'm sure you had to, like, explain everything to them.

[Remy Parsons]

Oh, they. Well, my dad, who was paying for college, was like, take as much time as you need. Whoa, this is awesome. Like, let's see if this can happen. Because he was hoping, obviously.

[Amanda]

To dad.

[Remy Parsons]

Thank you, dad. My mom, who was a nurse and was very much wanting me to be somewhere in the healthcare industry, was like, I don't know. It took a lot of coaxing, but eventually I convinced her to let me take one year. Let's try it for one year. If it doesn't work out, I'll go back. I only missed one year, but luckily that year really worked out for me. So then I moved out to LA from there. And also kind of in that same time I was in college, didn't have my mom to cook for me anymore, so I was like, I didn't have the dorm food either, so I was like, what am I gonna do? What am I gonna eat? And then that kind of also started my cooking journey. So I was vlogging every day and. And just kind of, you know, starting with the microwave, work my way up to the stove, and then the rest is history.

[Shane]

Oh, my God.

[Amanda]

It's so. I. I find it, like, I want to applaud you for knowing what you wanted to do so early on. Like, you were like, oh, I really like this. I'm gonna go for it. Because I feel like a lot of people get. Have that block where they go, I really like this thing. But there's no way, you know, whether it's parents influence or whatever. Like, I. I just. I think that that is so incredible that you were like, this is what I want to do. I'm doing it. I'm going to convince my parents it's going to work out.

[Remy Parsons]

Thank you.

[Amanda]

That's huge. Yeah.

[Shane]

It's also hard to, like, convey to, like, I guess people now, like, becoming a YouTuber, becoming an influencer is such a known thing now.

[Amanda]

Yes.

[Shane]

But back when. When you were getting into it, and it's crazy to hear the stories of, like, Ian and Anthony at the Start. It's like nobody knew really what that was.

[Amanda]

Yeah.

[Shane]

And there wasn't much of a rubric for it and, like, companies didn't know much about it and stuff. So you kind of were just doing your own thing.

[Remy Parsons]

Yeah.

[Shane]

So it's, it's so amazing to hear. And, like, and then I, I loved looking at your channel, seeing videos from, like, 10 years ago. You're like, hey, I'm 21. Like, I'm in my, like, room just hanging out, whatever. And then, like, zooming to, like, the recent ones where I'm like, oh, you're married and you, you're bringing out a cookbook and stuff. It was, like, cool to see your whole journey, like, in one instance.

[Remy Parsons]

Thank you, guys.

[Amanda]

So polished and, like, the aesthetic and everything.

[Remy Parsons]

Thank you. My God. Hey, thank you so much. My best friend is a third grade teacher, and so she's been around with me, obviously, since early high school. So she's been with me throughout the whole journey. And she, I remember one time she called me because it was one year specifically, where obviously in third grade, like, the big question is, like, what do you want to be when you grow up? And so they're all drawing and doing the little, you know, filling it out. And she called me and she was like, you're not going to believe this. This year it switched from, like, firefighter doctor to YouTuber to, like, influencer. Like, this is crazy.

[Amanda]

Kids that age are, they're watching YouTube for sure.

[Shane]

All they're watching. Yeah, well, it's YouTube or it's some other platform, like YouTube, like Tik Tok, Twitch, Tik Tok, whatever. Yeah.

[Amanda]

Third grade.

[Remy Parsons]

I know. I mean, I know.

[Shane]

I, I don't know how I feel when I hear like, oh, kids want to become a YouTuber. I'm like, yeah, I feel about that. Like, I, I, I don't either. It's more like, it's more like, what, what do you want out of that?

[Amanda]

Because yours was, like, pure passion. Whereas sometimes I get worried that they're doing it because they're like, oh, I want to be famous.

[Remy Parsons]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

Oh, I want to, like, make all this money to be famous. Yeah.

[Shane]

I also don't know how I feel about it because it's too vague. Because I'm like a YouTuber. You put a room full of YouTubers and those are very different people. Right. Like, how similar am I to primitive technology? Right? Like, we're doing completely different things.

[Amanda]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Shane]

You know, like, a YouTuber is just the plat. So true what you make on there. Could be anything. It's kind of like saying, like, I'm on tv. It's like, are you a news anchor or are you a slapstick stand up comedian?

[Amanda]

Right. There's so much.

[Shane]

It's so, it varies so much.

[Amanda]

Also, no more firefighters.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Remy Parsons]

Wait a minute. We need them.

[Amanda]

Hello.

[Shane]

Anyways. Yeah, your journey's amazing. And so anyways, back. Trying to get back to the cookbook.

[Remy Parsons]

Okay.

[Amanda]

Yeah. So you were vlogging. You started vlogging because you were like, oh, I don't have my mom to. So your mom was a big cook?

[Remy Parsons]

Yes, my mom is an amazing cook. I actually, like, I have some of her recipes in here. I gave her some shout outs and things. She is just like, she's the most amazing cook. She inspired me so much. I didn't realize how much I took her food for granted too, obviously, till I moved out. Yeah. But she is incredible. Like, I had these memories. I have so many memories of coming home from school and she's just like, in the kitchen, had bought a deep fryer and was just like, trying to figure out how to work it and made like the most incredible fried chicken just on a random Tuesday because she felt like it. Like, I didn't realize also, I kind of thought everyone's moms were like that. But I also learned a lot once I got married because I love my mother in law, but she always is like, I'm not a huge chef, and so my husband is always like, you got this on a Thursday. You got this on like every weekend. Like, this is crazy. So it made me really.

[Amanda]

She's in this, she's in this cookbook too?

[Remy Parsons]

Yeah, her photos are in it too.

[Amanda]

I, I, I was, I was flipping through and I was like, oh, that definitely is Remy's mom.

[Remy Parsons]

Yes.

[Amanda]

She's beautiful.

[Remy Parsons]

Thank you.

[Shane]

I feel like every chef, like, whenever I watch content of chefs and stuff, they always talk about, like, their parents or grandparents cooking at some point. Like, it's such an inspiration for it.

[Amanda]

But, But I will say what's interesting is my, my grandparents were huge cooks, but I wasn't really allowed in the kitchen, so I didn't, like, it was like, do not come in this kitchen. So I didn't really learn how to cook from them. Yeah, I don't know, like, was your mom very involved with her cooking practices with you or were you just like a watcher?

[Remy Parsons]

I think I would just watch because even, like, there's a recipe in there for this, like, cornflake potato casserole that we have every Christmas And Thanksgiving, it's like, my favorite thing. It's my brother's favorite thing.

[Amanda]

Yeah.

[Remy Parsons]

And she would be like, you know, stand over there. Don't get in my way. Because she's like, you know.

[Amanda]

Right.

[Remy Parsons]

Causing a storm in the kitchen.

[Amanda]

Right.

[Remy Parsons]

But I remember the year that she finally was like, okay, I need help in the kitchen. I feel like, you know what you're doing. You can make the casserole. This year was like, the sky opened up.

[Amanda]

Yeah.

[Remy Parsons]

And the light shone on me. Like, it was just. It was the biggest shined.

[Shane]

How old were you when that happened?

[Remy Parsons]

I think probably like 15 or so. Like, it took a while.

[Amanda]

That's a big time.

[Remy Parsons]

Yeah. It was just. It was like the biggest honor. It meant so much to me. And so really, though, for. For me, cooking. My cooking journey really took off, though, because of, like, out of necessity. I needed to eat and my mom wasn't there. And that was when I was like, oh, this is actually so fun. And it began with me just FaceTiming her. Well, especially when I moved to LA, I was alone in my apartment. There are so many foods. And for me. So I'm Korean, but I'm Korean American, so my parents immigrated here when they were kids, and I grew up in Orange County, California. So there's, like, not a lot of. There's Asian people, but a good amount of Asian people. But I grew up in Anaheim Hills, where it's predominantly white. So for me. And my parents wanted to assimilate, and so I didn't really experience a lot of Korean culture. So for me, the only, like, really big tie that I had was Korean food. Like, they made a lot of Korean food. I'd say, like, once or twice a week. I had, you know, very traditional Korean dinner. So for me, when I moved out to my apartment alone, I was lonely and craving comfort. And for me, I'd be like, oh, I really want my mom's duckbokie, but I don't have it. So let me FaceTime her. How do I make it myself? And then that's kind of really where I found comfort in my food also.

[Amanda]

That is so cool. That is so cool to face. Now, when you were in la, so you moved, did you move straight to la?

[Remy Parsons]

Yeah, I moved after my sophomore year of college, which I didn't finish the years of school, but I lived out there in Riverside and then moved.

[Amanda]

Were you, like, discovering food out here too? Did you get. Or was it just straight? Like, your mom was your source? You weren't, like, going around LA to Discover different types of food.

[Remy Parsons]

Oh, I would say I was going around a lot. I also at this time, Postmates was really taking off and I was like, this is the most incredible thing.

[Amanda]

Yeah.

[Remy Parsons]

Which I still think it is. But I would just postmates all the different foods and like, try some different things because LA is such a melting pot of different foods and things.

[Amanda]

Also, K Town has some of the best restaurants in the world.

[Shane]

Oh, yeah.

[Amanda]

You can't park there. But the food is the most amazing.

[Remy Parsons]

You got it ever. Exactly.

[Shane]

I remember the first time I had a Korean stew and I was like, oh. Because I would always say, like, I'm not a stew person. I was like, I like stew. But then I had Korean stew and I was like, oh, I feel like I lived differently. Now I'm into this. And yeah. Tteokbokki is just so good. I don't. I didn't know what it was for the longest time. I was like, I don't even need to know.

[Remy Parsons]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Like it's magic is what it is.

[Remy Parsons]

That's how I feel about a lot of Korean food. I'm like, it's just. It's pure comfort. Like, I got home from a road trip last night and I was like, all I want is just some sort of Korean stew right now. And I just got that delivered. I had that at like 10pm there's your mom. Yes, there she is. She's so sweet.

[Amanda]

Oh, cute.

[Remy Parsons]

Thank you.

[Amanda]

Yeah, Korean Ste was phenomenal. The best.

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[Shane]

Back to the show.

[Amanda]

Meow.

[Shane]

You were saying that Selena gave you homework? Yes, for this episode.

[Amanda]

I'm so sorry about her, you guys. Just kidding.

[Shane]

She's the best homework.

[Remy Parsons]

I hope you know, I took it very seriously.

[Amanda]

And your handwriting, I can tell. Yeah. Took it very seriously.

[Remy Parsons]

Very seriously. I've been stewing on this for quite some time, actually. And so basically, when I had the. The meeting of, you know, the run of show for this a while ago, I was told, you know, something fun that we could do is I would match the Smosh cast to recipes in the book. Now, granted, I don't know dietary restrictions. I don't know what people like and don't like. So I'm just going off of vibes and personality. And I thought long and hard about this. I also have to give a shout out to Cal because he really helped me.

[Shane]

Okay.

[Amanda]

I'm so excited.

[Remy Parsons]

My God, I'm so nervous. I truly felt like I was in school. This felt like when I was in the eighth grade, I had a school project, a history project where I had to match US Presidents with, like, modern day celebrities. Or people who I thought they looked like. And that's the vibe I was getting again. I was taken back to the eighth grade.

[Amanda]

What's my precedent? I'm just kidding. Wait, that's really hard. I.

[Remy Parsons]

This was more fun, though.

[Amanda]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Yeah, this sounds like way more fun.

[Amanda]

I am so intrigued what I'm going to get.

[Remy Parsons]

You're actually at the very front, too. Okay. So this is my class.

[Amanda]

All alcohol cocktails. Okay. You're amazing.

[Remy Parsons]

Like, I'll. I'll try to go. I'll do, like, spark notes. Because I could really talk for every ever about everything. We love.

[Shane]

We love.

[Amanda]

We love talking.

[Remy Parsons]

Okay.

[Amanda]

We love talking.

[Remy Parsons]

Perfect. Perfect for a podcast. So I give Amanda the savory surprise breakfast muffins. Because my thought process here. You're a new mom, you're busy. There's a whole chapter for grab and go breakfast, which, I mean, I think is great for everybody, but especially, I'm sure you're so busy.

[Amanda]

Oh, honey, I need that so badly.

[Remy Parsons]

Are you a savory breakfast fan or

[Amanda]

a sweet breakfast fan? I'm a savory. I do not love sweet.

[Remy Parsons]

That's how I am, too.

[Amanda]

Yeah. If I do pancakes, I'm like, uh, I wish I didn't.

[Remy Parsons]

You need something to go with it?

[Amanda]

For sure. It's literally perfect. Okay.

[Remy Parsons]

Yay. So these are, like, basically a breakfast muffin that has an egg on the inside. So it's like a fun little blind box when you. Oh, I meant I brought you guys. Or I meant to bring you guys blind boxes. I forgot. So sorry. I had Teletubby ones for you. Okay. So there's an egg inside, and then there's also, like, you can customize it. I have different, like, you know, you can do turkey, bacon, sausage, veggies, whatever you want on the inside. It's really fun, and they're really good, and you can make, like, a bunch of them, stick them in the fridge, reheat it, or eat it cold on the way out.

[Amanda]

Wait, this is. Is perfect because I do love to bake. Baking is, like, one of my favorite things that I do, and I don't have a lot of time to do it.

[Remy Parsons]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

And I just made scones, but I was saying that I really want to make muffins, so I will literally make these.

[Remy Parsons]

Wait. I hope you love it.

[Amanda]

I know.

[Remy Parsons]

What kind of scones did you make?

[Amanda]

There were, like, everything scones. So I roasted all the nuts, pumpkin seeds, and then I had cherries in there and mangoes, dried mangoes, and it was like, you literally eat it and you're like, there's everything in here. And it was so, so, so good. But you have to be really careful with scones because they get really dry over bake them. Yeah, yeah. But I'll do better with this.

[Remy Parsons]

No, they sound great. These are fun too, because I feel like it's the egg doneness, you know, it can. It's just kind of depending on how long you cook them.

[Amanda]

Yeah.

[Remy Parsons]

So it's kind of fun. You don't know what you're going to get on the inside. This looks nice. So that's why I chose you. Thank you. So I actually saw these on TikTok because Emily Marico Queen ate them from like a bakery up in San Francisco called Craftsmen and Wolves. And so I don't live in San Francisco, but I was like, I need that now. So this was kind of me trying to figure out how do I get that down here? So that was my choice for you. Yay.

[Amanda]

Yay. I'm savory surprised.

[Shane]

You are savory, savory surprise.

[Amanda]

Yeah.

[Remy Parsons]

Okay, next. I chose for Chance. Now, Chance, Tommy and Angela were a little hard for me because. I don't know.

[Amanda]

Cause they're not good people because they're awful vulnerable.

[Remy Parsons]

Exactly. I didn't want to give them anything, but to me, they also. I feel like I want to party with them. I don't know if they're partiers, but that's the vibe that I get.

[Amanda]

Yeah.

[Remy Parsons]

Okay, perfect. So I went in that realm, Chance. I'm like, okay, okay, this is perfect then. So I gave him. It's basically a Taco Bell Crunch wrap. Like an AM Crunch wrap. And so for me, I was like, I'm sure. Wait, he's going to be hungover in the morning.

[Amanda]

Also, he's addicted to hot sauce. Oh, yay. That boy loves hot sauce. So the fact that you have hot sauce in the background, you killed it.

[Remy Parsons]

Okay. I'm so glad. I really was, like, it was a toss up. But I figured when you're hungover the next morning all you want, you're eating something like this, you need something to soak it all up. So to me, this is what I think is best.

[Shane]

This looks amazing.

[Amanda]

This is perfect.

[Remy Parsons]

Yay. Okay, next, let's move on. Oh, we also have Angela. I did give Angela, obviously, for detective. Where's my coffee? I gave her the espresso martini.

[Amanda]

Wait, stop. She's obsessed with espresso martini. Yay.

[Shane]

That's a good call.

[Amanda]

You're already killing me.

[Remy Parsons]

I was really Going off vibes. I also. So I love an espresso martini, but I prefer when they have, like, a little bit of Baileys in it. Like, I like a creaminess to my espresso martini. Yes. So my husband's really into cocktails, so he actually made this recipe. And there's like a salted caramel cold foam on top, which adds that creaminess. Obviously, you can omit it or you can add. It's like your latte in the morning. It's really, really, really good on top of that. So that's like a little extra flair for a little coffee drink.

[Amanda]

We love that.

[Remy Parsons]

That one was really good.

[Amanda]

What's his favorite cocktail to make?

[Remy Parsons]

He likes for our wedding. He did, like, we did like, the specialty cocktails, and I think he did a tequila old fashioned. That's like what he' right now. What? Yeah. I don't know what's in it, but he likes it probably.

[Shane]

Like, is it like a kind of vibe or is it a little different?

[Remy Parsons]

I.

[Shane]

It's like a reposado, maybe.

[Remy Parsons]

Yeah, I believe so. There's something smoky going on in it.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

Nice.

[Remy Parsons]

Okay, next up we have Courtney. So again, this was a toss up. And the girl dinner video really did change some of my answers. But I did see or I listened to a recent episode where they were talking about how they want to be little and, like, diving into food.

[Amanda]

Yep.

[Remy Parsons]

And so I was thinking a dip sounds lovely to swim in.

[Amanda]

Oh, my God. You nailed it. She wants to swim in a dip.

[Remy Parsons]

Okay.

[Shane]

An onion dip.

[Remy Parsons]

Perfect. Yes. So there's two dips. We've got a caramelized onion dip. And then also we've got a bacon cheese dip with a fried pita. I mean, both. Both sound lovely to swim in.

[Amanda]

Oh, my God. She would curl up in this dip.

[Shane]

This is good.

[Remy Parsons]

Okay, good.

[Amanda]

I love that you did you. I don't know if you probably didn't see this, but so much good fan art from that episode came out of just like, Courtney with, like, a cherry tomato hat. Courtney in like, a martini glass. Courtney and garlic bread. It was.

[Shane]

She just wants to be Jerry from Tom and Jerry, and I love. That's all she wants.

[Remy Parsons]

Cute.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Remy Parsons]

I mean, honestly, there are so many swimmable recipes in this book. It was like, a little bit swimmable recipes. I was really trying to pick something, but I feel like a dip is good. Like, I feel like it'd be really satisfying to, like, jump in and, like, sink really slowly.

[Amanda]

I need to have, like, a corner of this book just says swimmable Recipe. You're just like, I don't know what

[Remy Parsons]

that means, but I love it.

[Amanda]

Yeah, you can swim in it.

[Remy Parsons]

A list of the best swimmable recipes. Okay, Shane, for you, I went with a chicken wing.

[Amanda]

Oh, honey.

[Remy Parsons]

I did the garlic parm. There is a curry, like a soy garlic one on the back also, depending on what you like. That's page 95.

[Shane]

Okay.

[Remy Parsons]

I chose this because protein. I feel as though you're big on protein, but also, I know you're really into. Is it the Broncos?

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Remy Parsons]

Okay. Yes, Broncos. So to me, she really does watch that. You guys, I'm a big fan, so. I'm a Packers fan, though. But these all season long, I was making for my husband and I when we were watching all the games, and I feel like the best snack for a game is obviously wings, so.

[Shane]

Yeah, absolutely.

[Remy Parsons]

Gotta go. These. I did. I did these for the super bowl, and they're always a favorite.

[Amanda]

The Patriots didn't do well at the Super Bowl.

[Shane]

Hey, I was there for. When they beat the Broncos. I was at the AFC championship.

[Amanda]

He was frozen cold. Where was it?

[Remy Parsons]

Was it in New England or was it in Denver?

[Amanda]

No, no, no.

[Shane]

It was in Denver and there was a snowstorm.

[Remy Parsons]

Oh. So actually. Wait, is that when he broke his ankle?

[Shane]

It was the. It was the week after.

[Amanda]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Yeah. So he wasn't playing. Bo Nicks wasn't playing.

[Remy Parsons]

Okay. So I mutually know the backup quarterback of the Broncos.

[Shane]

Really?

[Remy Parsons]

Yes. And so I've. I haven't met him, but I've heard amazing things. Apparently, he's really sweet and his wife is really sweet, but when I heard that your quarterback broke his ankle, but this was his time to shine, but I was so excited for him. Did he do o?

[Shane]

He did all right. It's. Nobody can. Nobody can judge him. He got thrown into the hardest game in the hardest conditions. Actually, nobody played well that game.

[Remy Parsons]

That's what I was thinking.

[Shane]

That's what happened. I think he's fine. He's gonna be fine.

[Remy Parsons]

He's gonna be fine.

[Amanda]

He's gonna be fine.

[Shane]

Honestly, being a backup quarterback, that's the dream job that you got?

[Remy Parsons]

It.

[Amanda]

Is it?

[Shane]

Yes.

[Amanda]

You're just sitting there.

[Shane]

You make a lot of money, and you don't have to, like, get hit.

[Remy Parsons]

No cte. But then you don't do what you love to do.

[Shane]

Well, you get to practice. Okay, look, and what's crazy, I don't want to ramble.

[Remy Parsons]

I love it. I'm really into football now.

[Shane]

It's like, oh, he's a backup quarterback. It's like, yeah, he's probably the 33rd best quarterback in the world.

[Amanda]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Like, you have to be the level of eliteness to be in the league, even on the bench, but you just get to play.

[Remy Parsons]

But I feel like. Like, we need to think about the fact that these people even make it to the NFL.

[Shane]

There's only a.

[Amanda]

Crazy is unreal.

[Remy Parsons]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Best of the. Best of the best. Absolutely insane.

[Remy Parsons]

Yeah.

[Shane]

I was gonna say, I think I was the easiest for this because I have not seen a recipe that I wouldn't love. I was, like, trying to guess. I was like, which one's gonna be mine? Oh, is it these goat cheese stuffed dates?

[Remy Parsons]

Okay. I almost did that too. I heard you like dates.

[Shane]

I love those. But I love a lot. I really. I'm not picky.

[Remy Parsons]

You like food.

[Amanda]

Okay. Okay.

[Shane]

I will eat whatever.

[Remy Parsons]

Okay, perfect.

[Shane]

But chicken wings, solid pick.

[Remy Parsons]

Amazing. I'm feeling good. Thank you, too. Okay. I'm so glad. Next up, Damien.

[Amanda]

This is so awesome.

[Remy Parsons]

I gave him the sweetest strawberry buttercake bars because I did listen to this week's episode and. You did or. He kept calling him Damien himself. Damien Strawberry Haas. Right?

[Shane]

Oh, yeah.

[Remy Parsons]

I don't know where that was coming from, but I did switch it for him, so I gave him those.

[Shane]

And you have butter in it. And butter, like, he loves butter.

[Remy Parsons]

He loves butter.

[Amanda]

God, Damien loves butter.

[Remy Parsons]

Don't we all?

[Shane]

The amount of time no butter gets thrown into a lot of his jokes. A lot.

[Amanda]

Oh, yeah. But he loves butter.

[Shane]

Amazing.

[Remy Parsons]

These ones are really good, though. When I was making this recipe, I was kind of just, like, playing around in the kitchen, and then it ended up tasting like a Mastro's butter cake,

[Shane]

which I don't think I've ever had

[Amanda]

that, but I don't think I've ever had.

[Shane]

I've never been to Mastro.

[Remy Parsons]

You gotta.

[Amanda]

Neither have I.

[Remy Parsons]

It's incredible. It's just like, where is it delicious? There's. There's a couple in la. They're kind of all over, but it's just like a really yummy steakhouse. But they're known for this butter cake that's, like, the most delicious dessert.

[Amanda]

I love a butter cake. I love an olive oil cake too. Love an olive oil so much.

[Remy Parsons]

So these are, like a fun little twist on a. On a little bar. Okay, next up. Okay. For Arasha. I know she's Gen Z, and so

[Amanda]

for me, she is Gen Z.

[Remy Parsons]

She is Gen Z.

[Amanda]

That girl.

[Remy Parsons]

For me, I gave her. Basically, it's my take on a cosmic brownie because in my mind, maybe she missed the wave of cosmic brownies.

[Amanda]

You know, that's actually brilliant.

[Remy Parsons]

That's what I was thinking. I'm like, I feel like maybe the Gen Z ers don't appreciate a Little Debbie.

[Amanda]

A Little Debbie.

[Shane]

But I'm more interested in this because, like, an actual homemade brownie modeled after that. Because the galaxy brownies, I loved them. They're the cosmic brownies. I loved them. But you would eat them. And you're like, was that.

[Amanda]

Is this real?

[Shane]

Is this gonna sit in my body? Oh, my God. Years.

[Amanda]

Like, this is just, like, growing plaque all over my body.

[Shane]

I think that's made of plaster, but it's delightful. It's so.

[Remy Parsons]

Yeah.

[Shane]

I loved them. And if you're at the L table and some other kid had them, you're

[Amanda]

like, I'll trade you everything.

[Shane]

Truly were like, oh, my God.

[Remy Parsons]

Your bartering skills when you had a cosmic brownie.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Remy Parsons]

Like, knew no bounds. Absolutely.

[Shane]

You run that place.

[Remy Parsons]

Absolutely. So I gave her those. I was like, I think that she could really appreciate that and understand the culture.

[Amanda]

I think she needs to understand the culture of Millennial.

[Remy Parsons]

I agree. Yeah. Every.

[Amanda]

I think everybody needs to understand the culture of Millennial.

[Remy Parsons]

I fully.

[Amanda]

I'm passing that law.

[Remy Parsons]

I think.

[Shane]

I think people. No, they do.

[Amanda]

Shane, don't.

[Shane]

They watched us dance around fire pits and go, hey, they.

[Amanda]

They. They watch the same toga parties they saw.

[Shane]

They. They heard us say Irma Gerd for too many times. The amount of comments we've gotten in the past, like, year or so of just like, these guys are so millennial. And I'm like.

[Amanda]

And you know what?

[Shane]

Yolo can't really deny. Don't, don't.

[Remy Parsons]

Okay, but here's the thing. Like, if we were to really lean into Gen Z, then I think that's even worse. You know what I mean?

[Amanda]

That's so bad. Like, what would I even say? Chud.

[Remy Parsons]

What is chud?

[Shane]

I think you're the only one who gets a pass. You do it, and people are like, amanda's allowed. No, they're coming back maternity leave. And you're like, six, seven.

[Amanda]

Only she can say that's because my. My nephew, who literally, I think is in the third grade, said, six, seven all the time.

[Shane]

Oh, yeah.

[Amanda]

And I was just like, what are you doing?

[Shane]

Watching YouTube every other second.

[Remy Parsons]

My nephew's three, and my. My brother's friends taught him it. Like, he can.

[Shane]

God.

[Remy Parsons]

At the time, he barely spoke, but he was doing this. And I thought that was in insane.

[Amanda]

Bad. Bad.

[Remy Parsons]

News, but it's kind of fun.

[Shane]

Rough.

[Remy Parsons]

Okay, next. I gave Tommy again, seems like a good time to go out with in the morning.

[Amanda]

He's so much fun.

[Remy Parsons]

I get a little hungover. So I gave him, basically, it's like a take on avocado toast. I don't know. I just feel like he likes avocado toast. But this is instead of using, you know, a toast or bread or bagel or whatever, underneath, you make a homemade hash brown.

[Amanda]

Yes.

[Remy Parsons]

Delicious.

[Amanda]

Oh, my God. What?

[Remy Parsons]

So I thought maybe he would enjoy that on a Sunday morning.

[Amanda]

Chili oil on it.

[Remy Parsons]

Yes.

[Amanda]

Shut up. Love a good chili oil so much.

[Remy Parsons]

Okay, next up. I'm just, like, speeding through these. I know Ian loves breast milk, so I gave him the fruity flavored cereal milk glazed pancake.

[Amanda]

Wait, stop.

[Shane]

I like how that's Ian's legacy.

[Amanda]

Wait, this is. I mean, he did say it a lot, and I did give him a little bit.

[Remy Parsons]

You. Wait.

[Amanda]

I did package a little bit for him.

[Remy Parsons]

And what were the reviews?

[Amanda]

He said it was really sweet, and I said, yeah, God, dude.

[Shane]

Anyways, our HR representative is just listening to this podcast. Like, what? What do I do?

[Amanda]

No, they're not listening because they're like, I don't want to have a heart attack.

[Shane]

I can't know.

[Amanda]

Okay, so since Ian loves breast milk,

[Remy Parsons]

so there's got, like, it's a beautiful cereal milk glaze on the pancakes. He could obviously, you can substitute any milk of your choice.

[Amanda]

Amazing.

[Remy Parsons]

Those are really good. So I will say, at the time of writing this book, I did not like plain pancakes. I've come around, really? Because again, I wrote these recipes like, a year and a half ago, and my. My palette has changed. Yep, yep, yep. So for now, now I love, like, a regular pancake, like a solid buttermilk. Me too. But I wanted to do something fun. So there's a couple different variations of pancakes.

[Shane]

I was gonna say you have a matcha latte pancake.

[Remy Parsons]

Yeah, I love matcha.

[Amanda]

I love, love matcha. So good.

[Remy Parsons]

Those are kind of like a tiramisu vibe too, because I put, like, marscapone on the inside of the. If you want to stack it really good.

[Amanda]

Damn.

[Remy Parsons]

Really fun.

[Shane]

You gotta stop.

[Amanda]

You gotta stop.

[Remy Parsons]

Got.

[Amanda]

You gotta stack and stop.

[Remy Parsons]

You gotta stack and stop. Okay, next we've got Trevor. And I know he has a culinary background, right?

[Amanda]

Baking.

[Remy Parsons]

Oh, baking. Okay. I did give him one of the harder recipes because I thought that, that, you know, with his background, he might be able to handle it. So this was, like, the recipe that Gagged everybody on my team who was there for the recipe testing day. This is the Korean fried chicken sandwich with an Asian pear.

[Amanda]

Oh, my God. Yummy.

[Remy Parsons]

This, like, this photo. So obviously I did not take the photos. There was a full photographer who, like, specializes in food. There was the food stylist. Everybody was there on the shoot day, but I this photo, when I saw it come out, I was like, I can't believe this came from my brain. Like, this is the recipe I keep talking about. Because I'm like, this is just the most beautiful thing I've ever seen in the world.

[Amanda]

This is, like, my favorite food. I love a fried chicken sandwich so much.

[Remy Parsons]

Me too.

[Amanda]

Oh, the best mayo ever.

[Remy Parsons]

So good. And then also with the Asian pear, like, it cools it down. So I figured he could handle this recipe.

[Shane]

He absolutely could.

[Remy Parsons]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

Oh, it's an Asian pear slaw. Yeah.

[Remy Parsons]

So there's, like, sweetness from the Asian pear. So good. It goes really well with the spiciness of the chicken. Okay, I'm gonna go to Olivia now. I gave her the garlic lover shrimp and noods because, yeah, she loves noodles. There's an Asian flav. Blair, my Asian queen. She also loves rice and she loves noodles, and I figured she could eat it in bed. Like, this is a good food to eat in bed.

[Amanda]

Unfortunately, yeah, she does eat in bed.

[Remy Parsons]

If. If she was gonna eat something, she can eat. And this is actually the recipe that's on the COVID So I'm like, see, I'm eating on the couch.

[Amanda]

Okay.

[Remy Parsons]

She could do that in bed. That's Olivia.

[Amanda]

This could be you. Yeah, yeah, but stop eating in bed.

[Shane]

But change your behavior.

[Remy Parsons]

Exactly. So I gave Spencer the better than that furniture store for Ikea Swedish meatballs, because obviously. Where's my. Or. What is it? Did somebody say meatloaf? So I don't have a meatloaf. But there's meatballs.

[Shane]

Yes.

[Remy Parsons]

But the reason I also gave him this story is so my husband is obsessed with Spencer, and I told him that to his face. When I saw Spencer at a party, and he was, like, laughing, and I was over so embarrassed the next day, but. And I went home and I told my husband, and he was like, now we can't be friends. I was like, you weren't going to

[Amanda]

be friends with the first place. Wait, what is. What video games does your husband play?

[Remy Parsons]

Fabulous question. My.

[Amanda]

It's okay. It's okay. When people ask me what my husband

[Remy Parsons]

play, I'm like, he plays a lot of.

[Amanda]

It's okay. It's okay.

[Shane]

It's okay.

[Amanda]

It's okay. It's okay. It's not like I probably would know it.

[Remy Parsons]

Okay. Thank you. I appreciate that.

[Amanda]

No, truly.

[Remy Parsons]

Yeah, exactly. Exactly. I couldn't tell you.

[Amanda]

I. I had never. I really didn't play that many video games. That's, like, my lore.

[Shane]

But.

[Amanda]

But I did play 007 when I was a kid.

[Shane]

Hell, yeah.

[Amanda]

Grand Theft Auto. Yes. Tony Hawk Skater. And then I played those. But when I got on Smosh, obviously, we played FNAF and Resident Evil. And I was like, oh, I like this too much. I genuinely just don't want to go so far into it because I'm like, I don't. I don't know when I would fit that. Fit it in.

[Remy Parsons]

It's a slippery slope.

[Amanda]

But damn, do I love horror video games. Games.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

So good.

[Shane]

Plenty of them.

[Remy Parsons]

Yeah.

[Shane]

It's a slippery slope, though, because, like, I. I go home and I'm like, I can't play Pocopia. I have to not play it. I have to actively.

[Amanda]

What the hell is Pocopia?

[Remy Parsons]

I've heard it's incredible.

[Shane]

Frankly, Amanda, it's more than a game. It's. It's a lot.

[Remy Parsons]

It's a lifestyle.

[Shane]

Yeah. I'm building a world.

[Amanda]

See that?

[Shane]

I'm building a habit.

[Amanda]

I can't do that.

[Shane]

Oh, I'm designing cute little houses for my Pokemon.

[Amanda]

Yeah. Oh, I've heard about this.

[Remy Parsons]

Yes, yes, yes, yes.

[Amanda]

Shane loves to build and, like, farm and create all these homes. And Stardew Valley, right?

[Shane]

I love Stardew Valley.

[Remy Parsons]

I think, honestly, I mean, my video game history is like Animal Crossing and Nintendogs, if I'm being honest. So to me, Procopia is perfect. I'm, like, a little nervous that I'm gonna get lost in it too. So I haven't started yet, but I really want to. I really want to.

[Shane]

You have to have too much going on.

[Remy Parsons]

I gotta get through the book tour, and then I'll get into Procopia. That'll be my relaxation time.

[Shane]

So you're gonna go on a book tour?

[Remy Parsons]

Yes.

[Amanda]

Yes.

[Shane]

And by the time this airs, you're, like, actively on the. This is the first stop.

[Amanda]

This is your first stop, I think.

[Remy Parsons]

Yeah. This is, like, the first time I'm, like, talking about it in person with people, so this is an honor. But then after. And a couple days ago to New York, and then we're doing Chicago, Miami, and then I think the day this comes out is the last day of the. The book tour.

[Shane]

Okay. So it'll be done by the time yes. So cool. I've. I've. I'm. I'm so curious. What, a book tour?

[Amanda]

Yeah, me too.

[Shane]

Especially for a cookbook.

[Remy Parsons]

Yes. I mean, basically what I'm doing is when I go to New York, my best friend's coming out who's also my podcast co host, and we're basically just gonna have, like, a little fireside chat and. And talk about it, and then the other stops are just, like, at bookstores, and people are coming, and I can, like, chat with them, sign the book, do all that, and then, like, some other press things along the way. I'm doing the Today Show. No, I'm not. Okay. I'm, like, really nervous.

[Amanda]

Wait, what?

[Remy Parsons]

I'm excited, but I'm nervous.

[Amanda]

I wonder what that would be like to do the Today Show. I kind of, like. I kind of would really want to try that and just be like, hey, I'm here. Because I. I feel like they'd be really intense over there.

[Remy Parsons]

I am just nervous because it's live. I'm so used to podcasts. Obviously, we're like, oh, you can cut this. We'll be fine.

[Shane]

I feel like you are so your Persona, the. The content you do. I think you're gonna do great.

[Remy Parsons]

Thank you, guys.

[Shane]

If they invited one of us, it would be a mistake.

[Amanda]

Oh, yeah.

[Shane]

It would be wrong to bring anyone from Smosh onto them.

[Remy Parsons]

I'd be like, oh, yeah.

[Amanda]

I used to work at a news station, but it's. It's been a long time, and I shouldn't be here. That's probably what would happen.

[Remy Parsons]

I think you would do an amazing job.

[Amanda]

Thank you.

[Remy Parsons]

Yes.

[Amanda]

Actually, maybe I would. Maybe I'd just interview them.

[Remy Parsons]

Ooh, you just flip it on them.

[Amanda]

Flip it around. I'm like, so how's the relationship with your family?

[Shane]

They're like, wait, who hosts the Today show now?

[Remy Parsons]

It was Savannah.

[Amanda]

Yeah, it was Savannah. She actually came back.

[Remy Parsons]

Oh, she did?

[Amanda]

She and Hoda. And Hoda did a full interview with her about. About everything that's going on.

[Shane]

Gone. I completely forgot that was.

[Amanda]

Yeah, Savannah got three. So she's been gone, but she is actually back, still actively working on it. And it's Hoda. And I forget the other guy, but

[Remy Parsons]

Hoda did leave, but I think she

[Amanda]

came with everything, and now she's coming back. She took over for Savannah.

[Remy Parsons]

Yeah.

[Shane]

I feel super millennial, because when I hear the Today Show, I'm like, oh, yeah, with. And I'm thinking about the host from the 90s.

[Amanda]

Are you thinking about.

[Shane]

What's her name?

[Amanda]

Hoda and what's her name?

[Shane]

Not Hoda Blonde. I'm thinking of.

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[Amanda]

Hey, everyone, check out this guy and his bird. What is this, your first date?

[Shane]

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[Amanda]

Yeah, the bird looks out of your league anyways.

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[Amanda]

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[Amanda]

Yeah, it doesn't matter.

[Shane]

We're doing the thing.

[Remy Parsons]

Who's that? Who's that lady?

[Amanda]

This is something that Shane and I do is we forget that we're on a podcast, and we just go off on this, like, tan, like, friend tangent. We're like, yeah, who's that guy? Who's that?

[Shane]

Who's that guy?

[Remy Parsons]

And someone's just, like, screaming in their.

[Amanda]

And the fans are like, I hate you. Stop now.

[Remy Parsons]

I love it. I do.

[Shane]

What's it like hosting two podcasts?

[Amanda]

Oh, my God.

[Remy Parsons]

I looked.

[Amanda]

I looked through everything that you do, and I was like, how. How do you.

[Remy Parsons]

That's how I feel about you guys. I think your schedule is insane.

[Amanda]

Well, it is. It is.

[Remy Parsons]

I don't understand also, but a lot

[Shane]

of our stuff is just mindless. We're just playing board games, just reading Reddit stories.

[Amanda]

It's not mindless. We're working really hard.

[Shane]

It is exhausting sometimes.

[Amanda]

No, but still.

[Remy Parsons]

But I'm sure. No, I. I cannot believe the amount of content you got you guys pump out. It's crazy to me.

[Shane]

I know it's crazy. It is a lot, but.

[Amanda]

But it is. I will say it for us. We have, like, a huge team. Like, being like, you're doing this. This. So, like, when you're doing all of your podcasts, you're doing two podcasts, two YouTube shows. It's all you and you. Do you have a team?

[Remy Parsons]

I do have a team, yes. I have people that help me, which is amazing. I would not be able to do it without my team who helped me. But I think it's kind of like. Like, compartmentalized, though. Like, they're. I know exactly one podcast I have with my best friend. We're going on eight years now, which has been a long time.

[Amanda]

Eight years of friendship, pretty much.

[Remy Parsons]

Also. Yeah, like, eight years of friendship. Eight years of the podcast also.

[Amanda]

But you guys were Friends. How long before the pod, like, we were.

[Remy Parsons]

We always knew of each other because we did the same kind of content, but we really. I'd say we kind of became best friends, like that year that we started the podcast.

[Shane]

So that's a bold move. I know you guys more than like, moving in together. It's like, oh, let's start a podcast.

[Remy Parsons]

Let's start a business. We always reference this. I remember my manager at the time called me and was like, hey, so they're putting a clause in, like, if you have a friendship breakup, what happens to the podcast? I'm like, this is insane.

[Amanda]

But it's real.

[Remy Parsons]

Like, you need to do it. Yeah, you do have to. So that's.

[Amanda]

So you get everything.

[Remy Parsons]

Exactly. 100 goes to me. But we do basically, like, I kind of know, like, what I'm gonna talk about on what. Because on the podcast with my best friend, it's like we get vulnerable. We're crying. It's like, whatever's top of mind. It's girl time. The podcast that we have is like a spin off with our other friends, who actually, it started as a collab, like a pod swap. They came on our pod, we went on theirs, and then, like, maybe a couple years later, they called us and we're like, hey, do you want to, like, start a spin off? They're ex Viners, so they're kind of kooky.

[Amanda]

Oh, I love it.

[Shane]

I know some X miners.

[Amanda]

Yeah, I'm still friends with X viners.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

They're so fun. They're like.

[Remy Parsons]

They're crazy. It's crazy. They're so fun. I feel like also, they're just.

[Amanda]

Because. Because when I used to film vine with my friend, it was like, let's get 10 vines done this morning. That. That was the vibe. I would go and we would film, like, 10 to 15 vines in a morning. And it was like. It was insane.

[Shane]

That was when millennials peaked.

[Remy Parsons]

It's true. It's true.

[Amanda]

And it didn't work.

[Remy Parsons]

You don't get that same hit anymore. Like, getting it done. Getting a story done in six seconds. No one knows that anymore. No, but they're like. So they're fun. They bring out, like, our fun side. And so that's like a much more like, laughy comedy time. So I'd say, like, that's. That's like. It's a nice, like, split between the two. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Amanda]

It's a good break. And then. And then your YouTube show is you cooking. Yes. And your husband is on there.

[Remy Parsons]

He's There sometimes.

[Amanda]

He's like a little guest.

[Remy Parsons]

He is. He's like our. Been on our podcast. Like, yes, he's the Jeffrey.

[Amanda]

Yeah, he's Jeffries.

[Remy Parsons]

He's like. I mean, he's been on our podcast also. We joke that he sits in the closet so that whenever we need him, he just comes out as a guest. So he's been on the, like, 10 times. I love it. He's like, thanks for pulling me out.

[Amanda]

Stay.

[Shane]

Can I play Battlefield?

[Amanda]

No. I don't know what video game you play. Just stay in there.

[Remy Parsons]

Just stay in there. You can bring your drag your TV in there so he'll come on. Sometimes I do like cooking, but honestly, like, I've been doing that channel, my main channel, for so many years, and I feel like. I also felt this, like, pressure because of old YouTube. You were posting on your schedule every Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, whatever. It was like I felt so regimented that. To that schedule for so long that at one point I was like, I think I'm also putting out content that I'm not in love with.

[Amanda]

Exactly.

[Remy Parsons]

So I've taken a bit of a break from the main channel, but I'm definitely excited to bring it back. And then the I vlog constantly, all the time.

[Amanda]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Shane]

I'm so fascinated by that, really. I. It is a skill I do not have, really. All trying and. And especially, like, making content. Like, I. I benefit so much from smosh of, like, we come here and it's like, all right, right, we're doing the show and we start it now and end it now. Whereas when I'm home and the thought of, like, oh, I'll just make a video, I'm like, I don't know how to do it, and I don't know how to do it by myself. Like, I feed off of other people so much. So that's. I am so impressed by. By YouTubers such as yourself, who do it. Because I'm like, oh, my gosh.

[Amanda]

Like, how it's almost like your work hours. You have to, like, create your own work hours to do it.

[Remy Parsons]

Yeah. I just got a work phone this year because for me, congrats. Thank you so much. It was like, the thing is, making content, it can be hard, but obviously it's not brain surgery. We're not saving lives. It's nothing crazy. But the one thing is, it never ends. It never stops. You really have to be able to make your hours for yourself. For me, the work phone was nice, where I was like, work chats are moving here. I'll check it during work hours, and then on weekends, it's in the charger. At night, it's in the charger. I'm not. Not looking at it anymore. And that's been a really good divide for me.

[Amanda]

Yeah, I think. I think it's so necessary for me. I. I struggle with that too, because I used to make a lot of videos all the time, and then I became really full time at Smosh, and then I was like, oh, that's where my work hours is. And then when I go home, I'm working as a mom.

[Remy Parsons]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

So I actually don't. I don't really have the time. And. And sometimes it's like, oh, I have to do something when I get home. And it's like. It's. It's. I will say, actually having a kid makes that stuff easier because you're like, I have to. I have to use the time that I have to the fullest. So I'm gonna just do it. Like, my. My husband's holding the baby or whatever, taking care of the baby. So I'm like. I'm super focused. Whereas, like, before, I would, like, procrastinate or be like, well, I can. I can push it. And it's like, actually, I can't push it. I have to do it right now.

[Remy Parsons]

That does make sense.

[Amanda]

It's a weird. It's a weird balance, but damn. So you've been doing YouTube for 13 years and you just got a work phone a year ago?

[Remy Parsons]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

Right?

[Remy Parsons]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Shane]

You're like, you know what? I think this thing is sticking.

[Amanda]

Yeah.

[Shane]

I called my dad, let him know I think this YouTube thing's working out.

[Remy Parsons]

Don't worry about it, dad.

[Amanda]

Dad's like, remy.

[Remy Parsons]

Oh, he's. They're like, my parents are so supportive. It's so sweet. They're so excited. My dad, like, loves when he gets recognized at, like, restaurants. He's like, did you. Did you say that he, like, loves it? It's really funny.

[Amanda]

What about your mom?

[Remy Parsons]

My mom's, like, a lot more coy about it. She's like. And also, my mom is very hyper aware where she's like. Like, recently she was in Korea and she, like, had a piece of trash. She was with her friend, and her friend was like, oh, I don't know where to put this. And she's like, well, you better not put it anywhere because someone might be watching Remy and they'll see that you littered. And she's on her best behavior.

[Shane]

Oh, my God.

[Remy Parsons]

Always in Korea. But she's like, they're always. She's on her best behavior. As she should be.

[Amanda]

You know what? I love that she's like, business is business.

[Remy Parsons]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Don't put that trash anywhere. Not even a trash can.

[Amanda]

Oh, my God.

[Remy Parsons]

Are you properly. Recycling.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

That's amazing. So, okay, so you've been watching Smoshmouth for. Okay, a year and a half?

[Remy Parsons]

I guess so, yeah. When?

[Shane]

Oh, yeah.

[Remy Parsons]

With timing. I don't understand. Obviously when you guys put things out.

[Amanda]

Right. No, that makes sense. I went on maternity leave last summer.

[Remy Parsons]

Oh, wait, okay. Really?

[Amanda]

Yeah, I went on last summer, I will say. But we filmed a lot, so. Actually, yeah, it was probably like the fall all.

[Shane]

Do you have a favorite show? Like our favorite episode of anything. Like, is there a video that you're like, that's. That's the best one.

[Remy Parsons]

Ooh, any werewolf game? Like, we re watched those over and over. I just though watched like two nights ago, the gentleman's Werewolf. I didn't know about that one. Like, my. Again, my husband will like, be like, you gotta watch this one. So, like, I'm watching them kind of out of order. But like, he's like this. This is a classic.

[Amanda]

This is the gentleman Werewolf is so insane.

[Shane]

Of course. Of course your husband would watch the gentleman stuff. No, no, that was mory. Gentleman's Mory. But yeah. Spencer puts on that gentleman's hat and something happens to him.

[Amanda]

Oh, he changes.

[Shane]

I don't know what.

[Amanda]

He becomes the most toxic man. So do I. Of course. Yeah, but Spencer becomes a toxic man in like Frankenstein.

[Shane]

He's. In a casual way. You become toxic in a very aggressive.

[Remy Parsons]

Well, you.

[Amanda]

It's more passion.

[Shane]

Whenever you're playing a man, it is somehow the most toxic man to enter that building.

[Amanda]

I'm healing you and Angela. We're healing ourselves. We want. It's so freeing. Are you kidding me? To be an awful man. It's just freeing, you know, healing the trauma.

[Remy Parsons]

Yeah. Just trying it out.

[Amanda]

You put on a top hat. It's so easy to shift. Absolutely.

[Remy Parsons]

What are your guys favorite ones to film?

[Amanda]

Oh, werewolf is very fun, but it can get a little tense.

[Shane]

I love it. I get.

[Amanda]

Oh, yeah.

[Shane]

Shane get competitive. But like, as soon as we yell cut, I'm like, all right, I'm done. But I'm like, in the moment.

[Amanda]

I'm like, in it. He gets really. If you like, if you call him a werewolf, he's like, I'm mad. I hate you.

[Shane]

I'm. I'm pissed.

[Remy Parsons]

Okay, but you come down after filming, you're fine. Immediately but how does everybody else feel?

[Amanda]

I calm down after.

[Shane]

There has never been a time after Werewolf where I'm like, this is tense. We really do drop it. We just also get into it like. Cuz you. We care. Like we care about the stakes of it. But I think where I almost care more is when I'm like, oh, I know this will be good for the video. Like, ooh, if I. If I catch the werewolf or if I get away with this right now, it'll be so good. So I get mad when I'm like, ah, like that ruined the moment or whatever.

[Amanda]

But you love Werewolf. I will say my. My favorite ever is when we do dread, like Smosh versus Zombies. I don't know if you've seen those videos.

[Shane]

They're long.

[Amanda]

They're really long. Smosh versus Zombies. Smosh versus Aliens. Yeah, it's Earth RPG campaigns. It's a big thing of Jenga. And we're doing these like, I don't know, interactive improvised character campaigns that are. That are ending up horror. And we do have a. Essentially like a DM in the middle and we become these like tropey characters. And it's, you know, it's my favorite thing. It's like hours of improv.

[Shane]

It fluctuates by the week, I guess. We do so much different stuff. Yeah, I. I really think it just changes. But sometimes, like, sometimes we'll be just sitting there playing board games or like a card game. Like we're playing Flip seven. And I'll be like, this is my job. Like, it's not. It's. It's a job. It's like when I play board games in real life, I'm not like a big talker while I'm playing board games.

[Remy Parsons]

Okay. Yeah.

[Liberty Mutual Spokesperson]

I'm very.

[Shane]

I'm a little more locked in.

[Amanda]

Like.

[Shane]

Whereas when we're playing, I'm like, I gotta.

[Remy Parsons]

We gotta ham it up.

[Shane]

Insane, mindless.

[Amanda]

Yeah, yeah.

[Shane]

And I'm just like, this is.

[Amanda]

This is wild.

[Shane]

Like, you know, I think it's such

[Remy Parsons]

a special skill though, because like, yeah, with the board game, when you're playing with your friends, you are more quiet. But like, the way that you guys are able to entertain while also doing it is. It's a special skill. It really is.

[Shane]

It's a very different zone. And if I may vent for a moment, something that does that, that I'm like paranoid about or that I think about a lot is I. Our fans will sometimes think like, I'm stupid because we're playing board games. I'm not like, locked in enough. And so, like, any sort of math thing that happens or any sort of, like, trivia things, I'm not gonna do well because I'm like. I am out of my head right now.

[Remy Parsons]

Yeah, it is really sad.

[Shane]

It's not that I'm much smarter in real life, but it's like, I'm like, I am a little bit smarter.

[Amanda]

You're definitely smarter in real life.

[Shane]

If we hit up a trivia night somewhere and I'm not being on camera and I'm not worried about being funny, I'm gonna be locked in a little bit more.

[Remy Parsons]

No, you're smart.

[Amanda]

I think fans can be harsh sometimes. We're like, shane hasn't slept.

[Shane]

Why is she so tired? I'm like, yeah, man. That's why. That's when I started being like, yeah, by the way, we're filming this at 8:00am yeah.

[Remy Parsons]

Yeah, I do that, too. I do that, too.

[Shane]

Don't comment about my face. Yeah, but it's just part of it. I mean, you. You've been doing this for so long. Like, you just kind of, like, it's part of it.

[Amanda]

The hair. Hair, makeup, wardrobe, it's all. It's now.

[Shane]

And just. And just every single thing we say and do, I think it's the Most of the challenges of Smosh is like, we're going so much. We're making so much stuff, and it's so mindless. I mean, mindless in the sense that you can't think too much.

[Remy Parsons]

Yeah.

[Shane]

While we're doing what we do.

[Remy Parsons]

Yeah.

[Shane]

That. That you're like, all right. I can't worry about what people are gonna judge or say.

[Amanda]

Right, Right.

[Shane]

You just gotta go.

[Amanda]

Yeah.

[Shane]

And just be like, all right. They're gonna think I'm stupid.

[Remy Parsons]

Whatever makes you feel better. The amount of things I've said incorrectly over 13 years, like, it's. It just comes with the territory.

[Shane]

It comes with the territory. I mispronounced so many words.

[Remy Parsons]

Oh, don't even get me started. I said 356 days. Wait, how many days are in here? 365. Yep. I said 356 twice. I actually don't actually know it, but I said it twice.

[Shane]

I think you do have 356 days.

[Remy Parsons]

I think you.

[Shane]

I think because the stuff that you're doing, you must have more time.

[Remy Parsons]

I appreciate it, guys.

[Shane]

Thank you.

[Amanda]

365.

[Shane]

No, no, 56. I'm saying you have more days in the year than we do. Wait, wait.

[Remy Parsons]

I knew what you meant.

[Shane]

Here we go.

[Remy Parsons]

And thank you. And that's okay. I mean, this is our life, too.

[Amanda]

And see get it.

[Shane]

And this is what happens.

[Amanda]

We get it 356 days a year. It's actually 365. See what happen?

[Remy Parsons]

See? Okay, that's the thing. People don't get it too. Like, and then the cameras are recording, and then it's just.

[Amanda]

And they go forever.

[Remy Parsons]

People are dumber. I know.

[Amanda]

It's like when I watch Survivor, I'm like, I could do that. And then I'm like, like, wait, I'm

[Shane]

sitting at football games and I go, I could do that same. Meanwhile, and then I would die. Yeah. Well, wait.

[Amanda]

There's something I really wanted to do before we go. I want to

[Shane]

do.

[Amanda]

I've been holding it apart for hours. And. Remy, you're here. There's something I really want to do. Guess the fart. Okay. No, I am. I am pledging that I am going to cook something in this cookbook in the next week, but it's gonna be a surprise.

[Remy Parsons]

Ooh.

[Amanda]

Okay, you guys say stop.

[Remy Parsons]

Stop.

[Shane]

Thank you.

[Amanda]

Suze's corn flake potato casserole. Oh, my God. Isn't it you? Every holiday you say, yeah, that's our holiday favorite.

[Remy Parsons]

I love that one. It's so good.

[Amanda]

Okay, guys, I am going to make Remy's. So who's Suze?

[Remy Parsons]

That's my mom.

[Amanda]

Oh, my God.

[Remy Parsons]

Your mom? Yeah.

[Amanda]

Suze's cornflake potato casserole. You'll have to tell her that I'm going to make this in the next week.

[Remy Parsons]

Maybe. I was gonna say you could save it for a holiday. Do you have any holidays coming up? Because it's pretty decadent.

[Amanda]

Easter.

[Remy Parsons]

Easter Sunday.

[Amanda]

My wedding anniversary is coming up.

[Liberty Mutual Spokesperson]

What?

[Amanda]

In May?

[Remy Parsons]

There we go.

[Shane]

There you go.

[Remy Parsons]

There you go. Yay. I hope you love it.

[Amanda]

It. Oh, I can't wait. Anything with cereal on the top, I'm gonna love it.

[Remy Parsons]

I love cereal.

[Shane]

I cannot be 20 espresso martinis in by then.

[Remy Parsons]

Yeah, perfect. Perfect.

[Shane]

Remy, thank you so much for. For coming on.

[Remy Parsons]

Thank you guys for having me. This was a dream come true. I also, like, keep looking at camera. I hope that's okay.

[Amanda]

Oh, of course it's okay. Where can. Where can people get your book?

[Remy Parsons]

You can get it. Local bookstore, Amazon. I think if you just go to, like, Simonand Schuster.com you can see anywhere you could buy it. So check it out.

[Amanda]

I'm so. Do I get to keep this one?

[Remy Parsons]

You can if you'd like. I was like, I don't know if anybody wants it, but you're welcome to keep it.

[Amanda]

Oh, I'm absolutely keeping it.

[Shane]

These look incredible.

[Amanda]

Are you kidding me? I have to make my recipe.

[Remy Parsons]

Yeah, that's true.

[Amanda]

And my muffins. That's my muffins.

[Shane]

I got to make the chicken wings.

[Amanda]

Yeah, you do.

[Shane]

Yeah, I do.

[Amanda]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Yeah, I actually have to.

[Remy Parsons]

Exactly.

[Shane]

Well, thank you so much for joining us, and this was a blast.

[Amanda]

Such a pleasure. Thank you.

[Shane]

All right, well.

[Amanda]

Okay.

[Shane]

Bye, guys. See you later.

[Amanda]

Bye, guys.

[Shane]

356 days.

[Remy Parsons]

Yeah. I can't believe I did it again.

[Shane]

I know. I, I, I got sucked into it, and I did it, and I'm gonna

[Amanda]

let that fart out right now.