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Courtney Miller
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Shane
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Amanda
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Courtney Miller
To be.
Shane
Hello. Welcome to Smoshmouth. I'm Shane.
Amanda
Hello, I'm Amanda. And we have a very special guest with us, Courtney Miller.
Courtney Miller
Hello, I'm Courtney Miller. I did not die.
Shane
What?
Amanda
What?
Courtney Miller
Some people said, one of the last things they said that I died because remember when I did that, your face was so.
Amanda
Your wife died, guys. That would be awful if you just came to work the next day.
Shane
Bummer.
Amanda
You were like, my wife died Anyways, Gotta get.
Shane
If I showed up to work. If I showed up to work and I was like, yeah, my wife died. Then he killed me, then. No. You and Angela would be like, we're on the case. We'd be like, shane did it.
Amanda
Can we come over to your house and just take a quick sweep?
Courtney Miller
No. Okay. So someone tweeted saying, like, wow, rest in peace, Courtney. She's probably dead by now because of when I did the Try not to laugh. And I had the. When I was going to die in a few moments.
Shane
Okay.
Courtney Miller
Yeah. So I'm not dead.
Shane
I had the bit.
Amanda
Okay. I know.
Courtney Miller
I've been on the side.
Amanda
She's not dead.
Shane
Courtney's not dead. She's referencing a bit because we need.
Amanda
You for this episode.
Shane
Yeah. It would be really a bummer if we found out that you're dead.
Amanda
Yeah.
Shane
For you, I'd be pretty bummed.
Amanda
I mean, yeah, no, but I mean.
Shane
For both of us, it'd be pretty bad, but, yeah.
Courtney Miller
Who would be more bummed if I died?
Shane
What are you talking about?
Amanda
Most likely me.
Shane
Amanda.
Amanda
You'Re not a good person. Guys, don't forget to vote. That's what I want to see.
Shane
Yeah. It's November 4th. Kind of a big deal right now.
Courtney Miller
Yeah. Depending on the state you're in, then you can register and vote in the same day.
Shane
Yeah.
Courtney Miller
Check it out. Look it up if you can, if.
Amanda
It'S not too late.
Shane
Yeah, do that. And vote on local things. We'll never talk about that stuff. But your local stuff. Important. I mean, vote on everything, you know.
Courtney Miller
But you have so much more impact in your local government.
Shane
Yeah, yeah.
Amanda
All right. Anyways, open the episode with your wife dying, guys. Go vote.
Shane
Anyways, today we're talking about. We did this a few episodes ago or like a few months ago.
Amanda
I'm so excited. That's me playing the piano and excited.
Shane
We occasionally love to check in on the characters that are popping up on each other's feeds on TikTok, on YouTube, the television. Just people that keep showing up. Because I feel like our entertainment spheres are so different nowadays. Like person to person. It's almost like your own fingerprint.
Amanda
Yes.
Shane
That we all have different people. We had Tommy here last time and Tommy was talking about people that I had never heard of in my life.
Amanda
But the thing is, I heard of a couple of those because he sends them to me.
Shane
Yeah.
Amanda
He sends them to me and I'm like, oh, my God. And then we both get addicted.
Shane
Yeah.
Amanda
What's crazy about this, like, new age is that you should just turn on the TV and everyone was watching the same show. And now your TikTok and Instagram, you have your own, I don't know, rot worker roster.
Shane
You're right. Back in the 60s, it was like, did you see Johnny Carson? Like, I saw Johnny Carson too.
Amanda
And that's.
Shane
That's all anyone talked about was Johnny Carson. But now it's like, did you see the guy who climbs trees naked? And it's like, oh, no, I haven't seen that guy.
Amanda
Where is that?
Shane
I made that guy up. But I bet you he's a real guy.
Courtney Miller
I'm sure he exists.
Shane
If you on your feeds anywhere, get a guy who's naked and climbs trees. Let me.
Amanda
Wait. There is a guy who's like that. I don't think he's naked. I think he covers up a little bit. But he calls him like modern day Tarzan or something is a specific name. This was a bit ago. And he would, like teach you all these Tarzan moves. And he was climbing trees. I don't think I have a weird algorithm.
Shane
Okay. No, but that's crazy that you had that.
Courtney Miller
That's Awesome. I also think the Internet is so big now that it just kind of becomes inside jokes for people.
Shane
Totally.
Courtney Miller
It's not so much like a big meme that everyone knows about all the time. It's like, oh no, this is this thing that we watch and that we know.
Shane
It's so weird how you'll be on a section of something and something big will happen in that section and that's, that's. But like nobody else knows about it. Like right now it's not as bad. But you know, I end up sometimes bodybuilding TikTok. You know, I end up in the room. So there's. I know, that's all you want. There's a guy, there's a guy who I. Literally all my workouts are his programs. His name is Jeff Nippard.
Amanda
He's nippered.
Courtney Miller
Uh huh. I know, it's weird.
Amanda
Nippered, okay.
Shane
He's a great guy. He's really awesome. I love his workouts. I've been following his workouts for years. Anyways, he got assaulted by another bodybuilder.
Amanda
What?
Shane
Yeah, fully got assaulted by another guy.
Courtney Miller
He didn't mention that in my email subscription.
Amanda
Oh, so you follow him too?
Courtney Miller
Well, he got me, he got me on it.
Amanda
You're both on Nipper.
Courtney Miller
I'm not on Nipper right now.
Amanda
Well, I gotta get on Nipper.
Shane
But that's my. He's great. He's great. But this other bodybuilder literally assaulted him. So what do you mean? Like they were both at the same gym? Because they often work out at these big similar gyms and he like. I don't know, there's just video of this other bodybuilder walking up and just literally like punching him in the neck.
Courtney Miller
Wait, not a sucker punch to the neck?
Shane
No, the whole bodybuilding TikTok is like, how dare you do this? Jeff is like the nicest guy. Wait, so Jeff made a video? Because first, this guy, I didn't know.
Courtney Miller
He would be doing beef.
Shane
First. First. No, Jeff doesn't do beefs. This other guy's on steroids and has steroid protecting.
Amanda
Jeff a little too much. How do you know?
Shane
I'm just saying, I'm just saying, Jeff. So I don't say Jeff nippered over and over again. Okay, but anyways, this one guy was like. Cause Jeff Nippert is a natural bodybuilder. He follows science based stuff, right? And there's like a divide. Cause there's people who are like, oh, there's the science behind this. And then there's dudes who are like, no, the key is just to go in and lift as hard as you can. And that's all it's about. You can. Whatever. But anyways, so this one dude, this shitty guy makes a video kind of insulting, like Jeff Nipperton and all the science based guys just like, how come you guys are so insignificant and suck and whatever. And so Jeff kind of responded, making a video, like, kind of critiquing it. And then they happened to be at the same gym one time, and this guy literally, like, kind of comes by, bumps him, and like, says some shit. And I think he just. Jeff Nippard responded being like, hey, like, what's the deal? What's. What's. What's your problem, man? And he comes back and just literally punches.
Courtney Miller
Oh, my God.
Shane
And then he punches him and he punches him. I think he punched. One of them's on video of him punching him or like neck punching him. That's on video.
Courtney Miller
This hand. And say.
Shane
Because this is what he did. That's what he did. He like, he. Mr. Kraft, if you're on. If you're on this side of TikTok, you've seen it. But anyways, he does that. He did. Apparently did it again. And then he also shoved his cameraman. No, this is roid rage to a. Whoa.
Courtney Miller
Yeah, clearly, that's.
Shane
I've seen it myself.
Courtney Miller
This man sniffed that. That salts vitamin thing and ran over and.
Shane
Well, it's. Or he just also is pumped of steroids. I've seen it myself at gyms where. This was forever ago, but I saw a guy literally come up to another guy and was like, hey, can you, like, take your weights off of that thing? And the other guy just responded being like, I'll fucking kill you. Like, and I remember just watching it being like, that's what steroids can do to your brain. Whoa. Yeah, that's.
Amanda
Meanwhile, my TikTok is like, fricking Acotar AI. Like, this is what Feyre looks like on Chapter one.
Shane
This is one corner of TikTok I'm on. I'm also on, like, weird other stuff.
Amanda
But Jeff, that is. He's okay.
Shane
He's okay. He's. And he's. As of right now, he's pressing charges.
Courtney Miller
Good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good. That's what you're supposed to do. The only fit I get on TikTok is this one guy who wears the thinnest leggings that are not meant for working out possible. And he does butt workouts and he like, waggles his butt in the beginning of every TikTok.
Shane
And that's the guy who assaulted Jeff Nipper.
Courtney Miller
No, no, he's kind of juicy with his butt coated. But like. And he's got the biggest peach. And he does butt workouts. And I watch and learn and I learn. I'm learning. I'm learning and researching that to me.
Amanda
Just because I want to learn. I want to learn.
Shane
I sometimes wonder why I look over and Courtney's looking at her phone and she's sweating profusely, just like this.
Amanda
That's a big peach.
Courtney Miller
Peach talk.
Amanda
Mine are all minor, literally. I don't know what it is. I think my TikTok thinks I'm like a 45 year old mom of four because mine are all like, hey, only have five minutes in between taking your kids to school. Let's try this pump workout. And it's always before and afters. And I'm always like, that's awesome. I'll do that. That sounds great. I don't. I don't really work out like you guys go to the gym. I do like classes. Yeah, I don't do that that often. But my favorite is I have bands at home.
Shane
Nice.
Amanda
My Instagram or TikTok is filled with like a lot of band workouts.
Shane
Cool.
Amanda
All of them are Australian. I don't know why they're like, all right, mate, let's. Let's get those bands going. Terrible accent, but, you know, so that's interesting. Mine are never like roided out bros. No.
Shane
It varies. It goes all over the place. But some are roided and some. Look, I'm not gonna. Some roided out guys on TikTok are cool. They're nice, they're chill.
Amanda
Sure.
Shane
But some are crazy. And this guy happened to be crazy.
Courtney Miller
Well, yeah, of course, the videos with crazy shit like that happening are the ones that go viral. Not like a normal, good, wholesome business person.
Shane
No, plenty of them are. Plenty of them are somehow very wholesome because I talked about him last time or I talked about him when we had Chris Collins here, but there's a very famous guy named Sam Sulek who's definitely on steroids, but he's a very chill dude. Chill. There's most. I'd say a lot of that sphere is very chill, but sometimes it's not.
Courtney Miller
How do you counteract steroid rage?
Shane
I don't know. I. Well, the problem is stuff like that book. And a problem is stuff like that is you don't know how your brain is going to react to it.
Courtney Miller
True. That's about it.
Shane
I would never do it because it's just like. Well, find out.
Amanda
Don't. Please don't do it.
Shane
No.
Amanda
I can't imagine not going to do it. Yeah, you don't need it.
Shane
No, you don't need it.
Amanda
You don't need it.
Shane
You're already insane looking.
Amanda
You're insane. How much is your. How much is your algorithm? Bodybuilding?
Shane
I would. I try to, like, scroll past it. I like it sometimes because it's like. Oh. Like workout tutorials and stuff. I would say it's like 15% right now.
Amanda
Whoa.
Shane
It's a good amount. But it's. It varies. It comes and goes.
Amanda
Okay.
Shane
Problem is, that happened and then it was, like, all over my feed because it was just. That was crazy. But. But this is. Yeah, this is still relevant. The reunion just happened. But a lot of Love is Blind reactions and analysis. And also cast members from Love Is blind now making TikToks. But. Yeah, but that's. There's a character that's. That's an initial character to talk about here is Hannah. Did you watch Love is Blind?
Amanda
So I. I'm like, seven episodes.
Shane
Okay, you're enough.
Amanda
I'm in Mexico right now.
Courtney Miller
Oh, you're in Mexico.
Amanda
I'm a little sad because they got rid of the couple that I was like, ooh, this is going to be.
Courtney Miller
Yeah.
Amanda
You got rid of Leo? Why?
Shane
Crazy guy.
Amanda
He was just.
Shane
Oh, my God.
Amanda
I love you. I love you so much. You're so beautiful. I love you so much.
Shane
She's. She's like, leaning back. He's like.
Amanda
She's like, I don't believe that you love me. And he's like, no, no, no. I love you. Do you want my jacket? Because you're cold. She's like, I'm not really cold.
Shane
You want to make out right now?
Courtney Miller
No, that was insane. The producers supposedly were like, yeah, we just don't see them staying engaged or getting married on the trip. But it's like, bro, someone posted a TikTok I saw this morning that was literally like, bro. Last season, you let someone who said they looked like Megan Fox go all the way through, and they did not look like Megan Fox. You embarrassed the hell out of them.
Amanda
That.
Shane
That was like, I think the producers are sick on that show and inconsistent. I do. I do. I do think they are evil.
Amanda
They're not sick enough. Let Leo. Let Leo not go to Miami. Let Leo go with. What's her name?
Courtney Miller
Mrs. Her last name is Crazy.
Amanda
Mrs.
Courtney Miller
I don't know why I called her, Mrs. Her, I think.
Shane
Like, that show, the way they edit it, the way they, like, perfectly like. I'm like, you're. I don't know. I don't know what to believe anymore. Cause there are. There are okay people on the show, but you kind of sometimes hate everyone.
Amanda
Oh, yeah.
Courtney Miller
You just. Yeah.
Amanda
I don't know.
Shane
This season is especially bad. There is hardly a good dude on there. The dudes this season, bad.
Amanda
Yeah, they seem. They seem kind of bad.
Shane
They're pretty rough good ones.
Courtney Miller
Like, they're calling him budget Captain America.
Shane
But, like. But, like, what? They're getting away a little bit of a spoiler. But, like, it's like, oh, but this guy's. Sure. He texted his ex yesterday. But, like, he's a good guy. It's like, the bar is so low.
Amanda
That's. That's what Love Is Blind is, though.
Shane
Oh, is the bar.
Amanda
So they're like, I can't believe he'd say that. And all he is is like, I love hearing your voice. And they're like, I literally. I couldn't sleep last night. He's like, yeah, I love hearing your voice. It's like all he has to do is repeat the same thing. Yeah, this one. This one didn't. This season of Love Is Blind didn't grab me as much. I felt. I felt like I was, like, drowning a little bit. I was like, oh, my God. You guys are saying the only one that interested me was Leo, because I was like, you're psychotic.
Courtney Miller
I feel like. I feel like he weirdly looks 19 to me, and I feel like I can smell his testosterone through the screen of just, like, sweaty, like, college kid who's just like, oh, girl.
Amanda
Yes, exactly.
Shane
This is the thing. So by the time this episode of Smosh Mouth is out, the reunion has already happened. And I'm. I've been telling Courtney I'm already mad because there's been so many shitty people this season. Like, horrendously shitty people. And I already know that Vanessa Lachey and Nick Lachey are not going to press them or ask any relevant questions. They're gonna just meander around and give people the, like, the grace, and it's gonna be the most infuriating reunion ever. I. Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe I'm wrong by now, but I just feel like they're going to be so nice to the worst people.
Amanda
Do you think Vanessa got, like, feedback about her last couple performances?
Shane
No, she's been shitty for a couple seasons.
Amanda
I love that she showed up in all black Leather, shiny leather. And she was like somebody like, she was like, nick, I don't care what they say, I'm going out there and I'm like, oh.
Courtney Miller
I feel like the only person that can give her feedback is Nicola Shay. And I just know that doesn't go the way that it should be.
Amanda
Oh, he gets. He gets pushed across the room and gets thrown through a wall. His wall is literally a cutout of his body because he's been thrown so many times.
Shane
Fuck, it's looney tunes in their house.
Courtney Miller
She just shows up. She does feel like she has like, don't with me vibes. Like, I am. This is my show. Don't.
Amanda
That's why I'm like, did she get feedback? And that's how she took it. She's like, I'm going to fucking do what I want to now. I don't know.
Shane
I. Look, there's a lot. There's a lot of people for her to grill if she chooses to. I just feel like she never does. She grills like the wrong person every single reason.
Amanda
She grills the person who was. Who's like, honest, who's like, yeah, I fucked up. She's like, did you tell me why you said that?
Shane
It's like when she sees weakness, she latches on.
Amanda
Oh, she does, yeah.
Courtney Miller
And that's what this show, like, everything, every flaw that you have, even if they are like insignificant, get put on this, like huge, like, you know, it's like a jumbotron of your stuff.
Amanda
So, like, I do feel like after every Love is blind, there's all these new tiktokers that come out. They all try to start their own TikTok, like you were saying. And there is a love is blind TikTok or podcast that started from like the first line.
Shane
Yeah, yeah. I think it's deep D. And yeah, yeah.
Amanda
What is it called? Like behind the wall or something. Everyone always ends up going on there and there's a certain amount of. And then I feel like they all kind of try to launch something on their. Their tick tock.
Shane
They all try to. They're all there to become influencers because there's. Hannah is the one this year that quit her job to be there, which.
Courtney Miller
Should have been the biggest red flag.
Amanda
It's like you're there, y'all.
Shane
Yeah.
Courtney Miller
What are you doing, Nick?
Amanda
Oh, yeah. So right, That's Hannah.
Courtney Miller
Yeah. You just wait, you.
Shane
Maybe I'm wrong. I think Vanessa Lachey is going to like, love her. Oh, probably like, you're the best person.
Courtney Miller
On the show in the comments if we're wrong.
Shane
Yeah, let us know. Because. Because this is what's also been shocking is on TikTok, there are people who have completely different points of view. Like, there's. There were some cast members on Love is Blind where I'm like, that's the worst person. And people on Tick Tock are like, no, they're actually the best person. And I'm like, I think we should assume with reality TV that everyone's bad.
Courtney Miller
I can't wait for you to see the rest.
Amanda
I can't wait.
Shane
Maybe I'll finish all insane. I. Every season I'm like, I'm not gonna watch this season. And then the first episode gets put on that I'm hooked. Because it's just. You watch it for the train wreck. I don't think anyone. I will say this. This is my only firm stance about Love is Blind this season. None of them should be buried.
Amanda
Should be buried.
Courtney Miller
None of them should be buried.
Shane
None of them should be buried. None of them. None of them should be married.
Courtney Miller
Burn them all.
Shane
Absolutely nobody should be married on this show. They are all bad for each other.
Amanda
The one with military experience is awesome.
Courtney Miller
It's so intense. You're being so intense. I don't know if I agree with that.
Shane
Every single season they go, is love blind? And the answer is fucking no. We've proven it's no.
Courtney Miller
There has been success stories. Listen to this guy. Take a deep breath, bud. You're buried.
Shane
The show makes me so mad.
Amanda
There has been success stories.
Shane
There has been success stories, but not.
Amanda
In this season because Leo is gone and all.
Courtney Miller
That was not gonna be a success story. That was a success for you.
Amanda
No, that was. That they. Literally. All I wanted to do was fast forward through all the cringe parts, and I just wanted to put that in slow motion because I was like, this is the most insane scene I've ever seen. I felt like he, like, was. Had, like a coach behind the scenes and was like, all right, Leo, this is how you're gonna go in. And he just, like, verbally, like, to all of them.
Courtney Miller
Yeah.
Shane
Okay, another hot take because I am on. I'm. I'm riled up right now.
Courtney Miller
You are riled up. Please take one deep breath.
Amanda
Please.
Shane
Okay, ready? Those listeners and watching. I'm not actually being that serious.
Amanda
I actually is. The tension is palpable.
Shane
I don't care that much.
Amanda
Oh, my God. You can cut the tension with a knife in here.
Shane
I do think there are people on these shows and we talked about this Last time with Tommy about being a reality show villain being like really hard to nail. I do think there are people who get on these reality shows and are like, I'm going to be like a villain. Like that's their plan. Like I don't.
Amanda
You think it's their plan?
Shane
I don't know how real it is as much as they're like, this is my Persona because I want to become famous and I want to do this, but I'm going to. And they try to nail that and it's so hard to do.
Amanda
See, I always think it's the edit. I think people go on and they're like, here we go. But I think the people who are watching are like, there's our villain. There he is.
Shane
You're really right.
Courtney Miller
I think it's a mix of the two where like people may come on with ingenuine intentions and they're like, and if I get seen as the vil, I don't care. Or when someone comes in with a very like self righteous attitude, like one of the latest Perfect Match seasons, there's this dude who was like they edited so much in his favor. According to the other cast of that of this show where it's like all previous dating show contestants on Netflix go and do this like game show competition.
Amanda
And wasn't Jessica on it from Love is Blind?
Courtney Miller
I think so, yeah.
Amanda
With her daughter.
Courtney Miller
Her daughter.
Amanda
She loved her daughter Amber or Summer.
Courtney Miller
Yeah. And so like this. But this guy, they go on and they're like so self righteous and they think what they're doing is right. Like they genuinely believe what they're doing is right. And then they go home and then they see this edit that they were the complete villain or that everyone on social media is calling them the villain. And then sometimes they just then, then they just lean into it.
Shane
Yeah, it's true. I wouldn't be surprised with any reality show if I met someone from it and they were the complete opposite of what the show depicted them as. Because editing can do so much. It's something I try to keep in mind. I mean you fall victim to it of going like, I hate this person. But I also then at the end of the day I'm like, okay, I know it's. Even though it's reality tv, I have no idea what I'm watching. It's all fake.
Amanda
The show that really does that the most is Survivor. I know you guys don't watch Survivor.
Shane
I love it. I used to watch a ton of it.
Amanda
But they literally create villains on that Show. And some people now. Now that it's been so many seasons. Well done, Jeff. People literally go on and they're like, I'm the villain of the season. But again, it's the edit that chooses.
Shane
Yeah.
Amanda
Because the edit will choose different things that you do. And sometimes when you're an awkward guy, like, there's a really, really awkward guy on right now. His name is Andy. And you literally look at him and you're like, oh, my God, you're that toxic boyfriend who, like, hasn't gotten a girlfriend in a while. Like, he's just so. He's so goofy and toxic, and he's like, I'm gonna fool these people. And you're like, dude, they're five steps ahead of you.
Shane
It's Andy from the office.
Amanda
And then. No, literally. And then the other guy on it is, like, Andy, he just. He's so clumsy. And then there's, like, six different shots of him falling off a boat, falling off a hammock, falling off.
Shane
He doesn't sound like a villainy. I feel bad for him. He sounds like Mr. Bean.
Amanda
No, he's not a villain. He's just one of those where you're like, oh, God, you got to get voted out.
Courtney Miller
So on the topic of, like, villains and whether people lean into it or not, can I bring up one of my first.
Shane
Yeah. Who's on your feed right now?
Courtney Miller
So it's kind of dipped away recently, but did either of you see any stuff online about this girl with red hair who was getting dragged through the mud for dating her best friend's ex or something? And then how her response to it was, like, the nastiest thing?
Shane
That sounds awesome, though.
Courtney Miller
So. So this girl, she's gorgeous. She has red hair on TikTok, and she has a bad attitude. And I think that's the main thing is, like, so the story is these two girls who are both on TikTok. One girl, I think she's blonde, she had a boyfriend. They broke up. And then very quickly, this redheaded creator is seen in photos taken of them with the ex out to dinner, like, very immediately after. And the original, the blonde was like, hey, I heard that you were on a date with him. Like, what's up with that? And then I guess it's all on TikTok. Well, this was. That's the personal back and forth that I'm aware of. And then online, people are like, ooh, this is happening. We saw the photos, and. And this redhead, she. She does this whole video where she's got, like, I Think she has, like, a boa on. She just. She's just, like, very old Hollywood glamour, but she's like a Gen Z.
Shane
Little old me. Didn't know what I was doing.
Courtney Miller
I'm sorry. I didn't know you owned him. He wasn't wearing a collar and like that. Oh, burn. This always happens. This happened to Sabrina Carpenter and Olivia Rodrigo where it's like, there's a guy and there's whether or not there is, like, real tension or not or, like, not real tension when there's, like. When you can't tell whether there was, like, overlap.
Shane
And the guy is always just like.
Courtney Miller
Yeah, the guy is just there. The guy doesn't do anything, doesn't get any flack, anything. And so regardless of what happened, everyone has been so pissed off at her attitude and how she comes out with these quips that are like, so, like, Samantha, sex in the city. Like, and it's honestly so funny. She posted a video where she's crying and being like, I'm getting death threats and all these things. And it's so funny that you guys think that I would actually cry on TikTok.
Shane
I don't know this person, but that sounds awesome.
Amanda
I mean, people hate her. She's wearing a buff. Come on, people.
Courtney Miller
It's kind of funny. It's kind of funny. And, like, I think, obviously, regardless of what happened, like, in these situations, the dude is usually the problem, you know, like that, like. You know what I mean? Like, and I don't know, like, how all of that perfectly resolved, but, like, can I show, like, just a vibe of her? Because she does these types of tiktoks all the time where she's like, hello.
Shane
Who is it? Can I just.
Courtney Miller
Oh, karma. Interesting.
Shane
Like, that's like, her, like, oh, yeah, slam dunk.
Amanda
I love her so much because she doesn't care.
Shane
Cruella deville over here, Literally, I can I just say I love. Like, I was explaining what my feed is. Like, my feet is very. Like, it can get a little bro y. I try not to, but it can. But when I occasionally, somehow, TikTok will be like, you're gonna want to see this. And it'll be like, some girl will be like, okay, to address what's going on. I'm like, well, I gotta know what's going on now. Like, I'm all in.
Amanda
They're like, bro, hold on.
Shane
I got served on the other day, and I truly. I didn't get time to dig into this where, like, two different creators, these two women were both talking about how they're. They're. They're ex best friends and they're telling how they became ex best friends. And I was just like, I'm in. Like, what's going on? I didn't. I haven't followed up, but can I.
Courtney Miller
So do you want to, like, guess what a woman like her name, like, so she's like early 20s vibes. What her name?
Amanda
She's early 20s vibes.
Shane
Early 20s Natalie.
Amanda
No, no, no, no. It's probably something French, like Colette.
Shane
Colette.
Courtney Miller
Her name is Sophia Lecourt.
Shane
Sophia.
Amanda
How did I know?
Shane
Sophia Lecourt?
Amanda
It's like people just want to name their kids after, like, fragrance or like something French.
Courtney Miller
Fragrance.
Amanda
Sophia's a gorgeous name.
Shane
Fragrance is a good name.
Courtney Miller
So let me see if I can find.
Amanda
No, thank you.
Shane
This is my daughter, Fragrance.
Amanda
Oh, no.
Courtney Miller
I just followed her on accident.
Shane
Oh, everyone's gonna know. I know.
Courtney Miller
Undo. Undo.
Shane
And they're gonna hate you.
Amanda
They're gonna hate you.
Courtney Miller
Let's see if I can get the one.
Shane
You followed me. Everyone wants to.
Courtney Miller
Can I show her really quick?
Amanda
Yeah.
Courtney Miller
Oh, my goodness. Some of you guys are acting like I drop kicked someone's puppy. I went on a date with a guy that was single. I guess the paparazzi cared and was commenting on his ex girlfriend's stuff. Commenting on her post saying that me, Sophila Court, was with her own name. His ex girlfriend texts me and says, hi, this is Hallie, because she knows I don't have her number because we're not friends. Oh, I guess they weren't friends. I'm getting DMs that you were on a date with my ex last night. So they weren't even friends. Oh, my gosh.
Amanda
My gosh.
Courtney Miller
Wait. So sorry. I didn't know you owned him. He wasn't wearing a collar. Everyone in the situation was single. And I.
Amanda
First of all, I love the way she talks. It's almost like she's pushing her lips up to a rose petal, but she's not quite touching the rose petal. And so she doesn't want it to fall because she just keeps it right on the edge of the rose petal.
Shane
That's cruel.
Courtney Miller
Yeah. And she'll make videos where she's like, what? Get ready with me to get canceled for being a woman. Like, for dating. Like, it's very.
Amanda
And I love her.
Courtney Miller
I know. It's very interesting where it's like, I think she's not in the wrong, but people just don't like her attitude.
Amanda
You know, she doesn't give A fuck.
Shane
Well, if she truly is dating her best friend's ex, that's not her best friend. They don't even know each other.
Courtney Miller
They don't even know each other.
Amanda
They don't even know each other.
Courtney Miller
They even have their numbers.
Shane
Where did this even start like that?
Amanda
They don't even know each other.
Courtney Miller
Listen to her, TikTok.
Shane
This reminds me, though, of when we're reading Reddit stories and someone is writing a Reddit story where they're in the right, but the way they wrote it makes them an asshole. And it's like, I just don't like you.
Amanda
She just, she. It feels very Sex in the City. It feels like this old school. She's wearing, like, a soft, pillowy pink sweater, and she's just like, I don't understand what's going on. And I'm kind of like, dude, she's doing a full character. And I do, I love her.
Shane
Do you think she rehearsed those lines before she. Yes.
Courtney Miller
I don't know. It might have been edited. But, like, she's, she's always glammed up again because everyone likes.
Amanda
Her hair is stunning.
Courtney Miller
Oh, no.
Shane
I, I. This is the thing, though. Whenever people do that, I'm like, either you know exactly what you're doing or you need to learn. Like, when you say stuff like that on Tick Tock, what, what response do you think you're gonna get?
Amanda
Yeah, I think she knows exactly what she's doing, which is why, I mean, I haven't watched any of her stuff. I don't know what she's saying, but just from what you showed me, I like her because I'm like, oh, she's meticulous about this. She knows exactly what she's doing.
Courtney Miller
And I like her as a character. I probably don't want to know this person in real life.
Shane
Oh, yeah.
Courtney Miller
Or that person could imagine if you.
Amanda
Were like, hey, do you want to come for my birthday? She's like, oh, look, you're having a birthday again. I stepped in shit on my heel. And you're like, stepped in shit. You're like, sophia. Sorry, Sophia lacourt. I'll call you by your full name. Can you just come on in and bring the cake that you brought? She goes, what cake? Oops. Like, she would be exhausting.
Courtney Miller
I wonder how much of it is, like, a Persona too.
Shane
Oh, yeah. She says her full name sounds like it's a character.
Courtney Miller
Me, Sophia lacourt.
Shane
Yeah.
Courtney Miller
Oh, I should do a character, huh?
Amanda
Yeah. Yes. Oh, also, I could see Netflix being like, let's just we're running out of ideas. Let's just grab Sophia lacourt and do.
Courtney Miller
A whole Sofia lacourt was a character. That character would like if her and Brianna Boho were in a room. Like if they had a sleepover, Brianna Boho would wake up and Sophia lacourt shaved Brianna Boho's head. Like that's what I feel like I envisioned in my head. You couldn't shave your head. Oh no. I didn't realize you owned that hair. It didn't have a collar.
Amanda
She also feels very like Riverdale to me.
Shane
Yeah, she just comes across Very like 40s.
Courtney Miller
Like no. Yeah, that's what I'm saying.
Shane
Trying to do like golden era of Hollywood.
Courtney Miller
It's Sabrina Carpenter style because Sabrina Carpenter is really leaning into this old Hollywood like Marilyn Monroe. I love that Audrey Hepburn vibe.
Amanda
Her last music video, the Taste with Jenna Ortega was very Death becomes her, which I love.
Courtney Miller
She gets those old classic references and like everything she does. She's actually one of my other people I brought to talk about today.
Shane
I know you're obsessed with her also. I know.
Amanda
I know that you do an incredible impression of her.
Courtney Miller
No. But no. Oh well, it's hard because she's just really pretty. She's so pretty.
Amanda
Stop. So are you. You're gorgeous.
Courtney Miller
No.
Amanda
No bombshell.
Courtney Miller
Shane's just like, he's like every other.
Amanda
Guy in these like exes being like I can't believe he said that. I can't believe he's and Shane's just that guy right now. God. Nightmare.
Courtney Miller
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Amanda
She's so small. She's so tiny.
Courtney Miller
But I, I actually am obsessed. They're like not just because she's so cute and he Haha. Like I recorded and deleted a TikTok and wanting to just like rant about why the taste music video or. No, no, the please please, please music video was so good. I obviously have like Barry Keegan. Yes.
Shane
Very sort of an evil person.
Courtney Miller
I love music videos. I have a passion for them.
Amanda
You're very good at directing them.
Courtney Miller
I don't really think I've directed a music video.
Amanda
Yes, you have. Basically Anthony's funeral felt like a music video to me. Okay.
Courtney Miller
So yeah, but the thing with Sabrina Carpenter's music videos and the directors that she works with. I'm about to go in. Are you prepped?
Amanda
Are you ready? Okay, stay silent. Actually that's better for you.
Courtney Miller
Okay, I'm about to call.
Amanda
You feel so bad.
Courtney Miller
I just wanted to preface that I am about. Go in, go in.
Shane
Okay.
Amanda
All right, get in there. I open the door for us.
Shane
We open it up there.
Courtney Miller
So the directors that she's working with, you can tell that they have a very good like pre production style where they know exactly what's in what shot and when. And that's one thing. Like when we did submissive and readable. Those directors were like that too. Where they, they would a take would be 0.2 seconds of an audio and they would go, they go action here. Cause I'm all about the. Okay, cut back. Okay action. Cuz I'm all about. Okay cut.
Amanda
Exactly what they wanted.
Courtney Miller
Exactly each shot. And it's like so clear that hers are like that. That alone is a cool skill. But when you pair that with Sabrina Carpenter who's such an incredible performer and actress, it's, it's insane to me. Like it's gotta be such a talent. She's acting so well. But it's also, you have to be acting and please, please, please. That's the guy she's dating and she's acting while Simultaneously fucking lip syncing while, like. And having to do those things. Like, that's gotta be such a. You have to be really locked in. Cause for me, I feel so uncomfortable to be having to do all of these things. Like, I'm trying to look hot. I'm trying to get my words right. I'm trying to have a good performance. Like, it's so impressive. Like, in taste, there's such quick shots that are happening, and you could tell she put such incredible performance in just each minuscule shot that just makes such a big, amazing project.
Amanda
Like, so I agree she's legit acting in that. While also, like, being collaborative with Jenna Ortega, who, like, also has this incredible, like, horror aspect to her. So they're both doing it while, like, making the story really good about death becomes her doing her song looking fly. I was like, where did you guys shoot? This is gorgeous.
Courtney Miller
Yeah, she looks like she's having fun too.
Amanda
She also feels. Yeah, she also feels like she's not like a pop star just coming in and, like, separated from it. She feels very involved.
Courtney Miller
Yeah, it feels like that's what I would kind of define as star quality is like, it feels like she knows exactly how she's coming across on the camera. Like, she. She has exactly the idea of what she's trying to convey, what silhouettes she's creating. And like, yeah, all. Everything. All the delivery is just so good. I like it. It definitely gives me imposter syndrome when I see a music video that I'm like, oh, don't know if I can get there. But I love it. And, like, I can sit and just appreciate something for how amazing it is, but it's so good. Like, I think the funeral music video is still something I'm like, most proud of ever because it was aesthetically so fun and also did it with a.
Shane
Budget of a microscopic fraction of the budget. Right.
Courtney Miller
Probably, like 1% of the budget.
Amanda
Probably, yeah. Has a great high budget.
Courtney Miller
Yes, she does. And she deserves it.
Amanda
Does she? So does she. She has a TikTok.
Courtney Miller
Sabrina. Yeah. Yeah. And it seems like she's got, like, a team who maybe helps her out. But it's like, it's very fun because she'll, like, she'll film a TikTok where someone took her song and, like, edited it. So it's like the lyrics are all different and weird, but she's, like, perfectly singing along to it and just, like, what. She's showing her outfit for the show that night. Like, stupid stuff like that.
Amanda
Oh, I saw that. Her red sparkly One. Oh, my God.
Courtney Miller
Yeah.
Amanda
Anyways. Hi, Shane. How are you?
Shane
Good. How's it going?
Amanda
Hope all is well.
Shane
Yeah, things are going good.
Courtney Miller
Sometimes when we like to sit and show each other funny tiktoks, and I have to go, I like a lot of Sabrina's Carpenters. Tiktoks that. I'm like, don't look at her. I keep scrolling, scroll past.
Shane
And I'm like, I don't care, but I do.
Amanda
Wow, that sounds like good stuff. When my husband shows me it is the dumbest videos I've ever seen. He showed me just yesterday. He was crying tears, and he showed me this video, and I was like, okay. It was a kid telling his dad. He's like, I don't know where my balls are. My balls are gone. My balls are missing, dad. And the dad's like, your balls are right there. He's like, no, they literally are gone. They sucked in my body. And he's like, seven or eight. And the dad's like. The dad's like, from Jersey. He's like, go back to the. Go back to the bathroom. Look in the mirror. Your balls are there. And he's like, no, dad, they're gone. And I'm sitting there on my Instagram, like. And Garde's tears streaming, and I go, does that happen often? He goes, yeah, sometimes Your balls are just gone. And I was like, awesome. That was a great time.
Courtney Miller
Awesome.
Amanda
So those are the shit that he sends me. Great.
Courtney Miller
We have one video that I feel like is never viral enough. The Replenish video.
Shane
Oh, yeah. Replenish is. That's a. That's a legendary.
Courtney Miller
Yeah, that's one of those where it's kind of like, my balls are going. It's like, no, they're there. It's just, like, very, like, family dynamics.
Shane
It's this family, and they're having an argument. The parents come upstairs, and they're holding an empty Dr. Pepper soda can box.
Courtney Miller
Yeah.
Shane
And they're just like, what the fuck, Mikey? You didn't replenish. Like, when you take Dr. Peppers from the. From the fridge, you need to replenish them. And they're having this huge argument, and it's so fucking funny.
Courtney Miller
And it's like a cousin is staying over for the holidays.
Amanda
Oh.
Shane
And he didn't replenish not having it. And the dad eventually calls up, like, his brother, like, the uncle, and he's like. He's like, hey, so when you. When you take a soda.
Courtney Miller
When we were kids.
Shane
When we were kids, you took a soda out of the Fridge, what would you do? And then you hear the uncle on the other line go, well, you. You replenish. And he said, and then the uncle goes, goes, well, I think this is a microcosm of bigger issues. And then the cousin just like, that's it. I'm out of here. It's so funny.
Amanda
How old is the cousin?
Shane
This is twenties.
Amanda
Oh, God.
Courtney Miller
It's literally like the dad's. Like when we were in the kid, when we would go to the basement, get a soda from the fridge. What we do is you replenish. What the fuck, Danny doesn't fucking replenish.
Shane
It's so good. It's a classic. I get served so much of you see when I'm watching these ones, I get served this guy named Caleb Hammer who is a finest.
Amanda
I love that they're all first names.
Shane
Yeah, but Caleb Hammer is known. He's a finance guy and he has a podcast.
Amanda
Oh, you told me about him.
Shane
I. Dude, I brought my glasses because I want to do my impression of him.
Amanda
Please.
Shane
I'm not even going to show you.
Amanda
Courtney, you know the types of people.
Courtney Miller
Yeah, you got it.
Shane
The people that he. I think he's in Texas and he brings on people who just are. He brings on people who are horrible at finances and also don't seem to care. Like people who just put themselves in debt and are just kind of like, yeah, whatever, I don't cringy. But he's always losing his mind and it's like this. Hold on. Wow. This is my impression. Okay, so you're in $5,000 of credit card debt. You've got. Okay, you've got. You're paying 15% interest on your car.
Amanda
What are you doing?
Courtney Miller
I just. I don't know.
Amanda
You don't know? You don't know?
Shane
You got so much credit card debt. You opened up 10 cards and they're all at $2,000.
Amanda
You're paying 30% interest on this.
Shane
What are you doing?
Courtney Miller
It's more money. I thought when I opened up.
Amanda
Oh, my God, you spit on your shirt.
Shane
Oh, my God.
Courtney Miller
That was excellent.
Shane
Anyone watching who has seen his videos knows that is a one to one impression.
Courtney Miller
Yeah, no, we're going back to 22. No, we're going back to 2019 of 2051.
Amanda
How.
Courtney Miller
How are we going back five years?
Shane
Did you pay 2022?
Courtney Miller
No, I haven't filed 2022.
Shane
Oh.
Courtney Miller
Oh, good. I will say I would not want to go to a person like that.
Amanda
Wow. That is exactly the confidence of this man and I love it.
Shane
He brings on people, though, who are in, like, $500,000 a day.
Amanda
I can't.
Shane
And it's not debt. Like, a lot of people are in that debt, and they can't help it. He brings on people who are just like, Yeah, I spend $5,000 a day because I want to. And he's just like, what are you doing?
Amanda
Does his glasses.
Shane
What are you doing?
Courtney Miller
He touches his glasses. Wait.
Amanda
I love this.
Shane
He's so funny. And so every time he comes up on my feet, I'm like, what did this person do?
Amanda
Yeah, you're addicted.
Courtney Miller
I always feel bad. I'm like, why are you yelling at them? They came to you for this.
Shane
I know. I feel bad, too, but I'm almost.
Amanda
Like, I like it. You know how some people, like, fuck up and they're like, I need someone to just scream at me, maybe.
Shane
I know most people are in debt because of the way things work, but these specific people that he brings on are people.
Courtney Miller
No, there was one guy who, like, didn't even know how much he was paying in, like, rent or his house payment. And he was like, I don't know, like, 16,000 doll. They're like, he's like, what?
Shane
He's like, you think you're spending $16,000 a month?
Amanda
Like, how old is he?
Shane
He's gotta be, like, my age. He's probably 27.
Amanda
27. Who are his parents? I want to cut and see his dad. And his dad's exactly like that.
Shane
I wish I could pull up, just.
Courtney Miller
And the craziest thing was, like, one time he brought on this guy who was kind of a fan of the show, and it went really poorly. Like, this person did not receive any feedback. Well, and then a couple years later, they decided to bring this guy back on. And they're like, hey, you've been threatening to harm us. You've been begging us to. You would only come on this show again if you could punch me in the face. That's why there's a security guard with a gun behind you. And he's like, well, yeah. Well, you just think you know everything. And this person was clearly dangerous who he brought back on, who was like, not necessarily well, but, like, he was just so unafraid. He's like, yeah, like, come. Like, the first time this person came was to his house is when he was filming at his house. And then he brought this person back to talk to him again and, like, try to help him wild again, dude.
Amanda
This is why we love people like that, because they're just so unafraid they.
Shane
Don'T give a shit.
Courtney Miller
To be unafraid is to be something I do not know about.
Amanda
I kind of need to, like, see a clip of him so I can test this impression.
Shane
Number one on my list of people is Max Maxwell the cat. Cat.
Courtney Miller
Oh, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. This guy, this guy.
Shane
This. I I It's a cat.
Courtney Miller
This a hole.
Amanda
This is just a cat.
Shane
He's just a cat.
Courtney Miller
Pov. You are an a hole cat.
Amanda
Is this camera on your cat? Yeah, yeah.
Shane
The camera on this, this guy.
Amanda
I might know this cat. He's definitely not number one on mine, but I think that's awesome for you.
Courtney Miller
I can't believe he watches it. I, I think I've become a very.
Shane
Sen. And like, okay, it's like watching you had you have lacourt, but it's like when a villain pops up on your feed and it's like, I gotta watch this villain. Whoa.
Amanda
He just called you out. This cat, I have LA Court of court.
Shane
This cat is the biggest villain on my TikTok page. Wow. So this cat, the owners put a little camera on his collar, right? Yeah. And he's an outdoor cat. They let him roam around town.
Amanda
I've seen this cat.
Shane
And this cat, whenever he sees another cat, chases him down. Beats the shit out of them.
Courtney Miller
Yeah. And when you say chases him down.
Shane
Chases them down. And every cat, when they, a cattle come around the corner and see him, and they'll be like, yeah, they'll run. Well, Max. Yeah. Maxwell the cat. Well, that's.
Courtney Miller
He'll chase them to the point of his own exhaustion.
Shane
Yeah.
Courtney Miller
Like.
Amanda
Oh, I've seen.
Shane
Look at him, look at him, look at him. Look at him just coming up on him just like, what are you doing? Oh, my God, dude, It's terrifying. Like, I, I know.
Amanda
So I've definitely seen this because this guy stops at nothing. He almost gets run over by other cars.
Shane
He'll. He'll do anything to beat up a cat.
Courtney Miller
It's crazy, dude.
Shane
It's awful.
Amanda
Maybe it's the parents who raised him.
Courtney Miller
Maybe this cat. Maybe this cat takes steroids and maybe they had a little bit of.
Amanda
No, this cat just goes like this to other cats.
Courtney Miller
This cat punches a neck like that.
Shane
This cat is the Thanos of cats. I not kidding.
Courtney Miller
I think he wishes he was Thanos evil, evil cat.
Shane
But the thing is, occasionally you'll get a TikTok of him with like a kitten nearby, and he's being very, very sweet.
Courtney Miller
He sucker punches cats like he's sucker punching other Cats. And, like, catching them always by surprise. It's never like uneven duel. That was consented. I mean, what battle is really. I mean, no, no.
Shane
It's full wilderness out there. But Maxwell is devious.
Amanda
Here's mine. So I have a little fun one. I don't know if you guys have seen him. He is called Santa Corky.
Shane
Santa Corgi on TikTok.
Amanda
I don't know how Santa Corky's gonna last. Cause he literally is just Santa on TikTok.
Courtney Miller
Oh, it's a Santa. It's not a dog.
Shane
It's not a dog. It's a Santa.
Amanda
No, no, no. And he has 2.2 million followers. Oh, James knows what I'm talking about.
Shane
Yeah, but. But it's November. I mean, his time is upon us.
Amanda
Okay, well, he's from North Pol. Love that cutie pie. He does a lot of lives. And he's not rude. He's so sweet.
Shane
And he's Santa.
Amanda
He has, like, a wife, kids, nieces, and nephews who film every video of him.
Shane
Look at this.
Amanda
Look how cute he is.
Shane
Oh, that's a perfect Santa right there.
Amanda
No, I know he's perfect. And he had one live where he was hoping to get more million followers, and the whole live is him smashing a cake in his face. And there's so many kids.
Shane
Whoa.
Amanda
I don't know if there is nieces and nephews just giggling. Just giggling.
Courtney Miller
Santa, stop giggling in the audio.
Amanda
Yeah, yeah. It's pretty awesome. So this is the kind of thing that I watch.
Courtney Miller
Creepy.
Amanda
So it sounds. Yeah.
Shane
Okay. I don't feel as bad about Maxwell the cat now.
Amanda
I'm feeling a little cringed by him at times just because, like, he's a lot. Let's play it. Let's.
Shane
Your husband's like, why are you sweating watching that? Look at that peach.
Amanda
No, he just wants followers.
Shane
A.
Courtney Miller
Where's the cake?
Amanda
Wait, is this the cake one? Oh, here it is.
Shane
Oh, Santa.
Courtney Miller
The elves are laughing.
Amanda
We did it. Oh. So when I watch this, I can only get through half because everything inside me goes, ew, ew, ew, ew, ew, ew. But I. You know when you put on Christmas music around Thanksgiving?
Shane
When did you start getting served, Santa?
Amanda
A while ago.
Shane
You've been watching Santa all year?
Amanda
No, not all year.
Shane
He's got work to do.
Amanda
A while ago. Here's the thing. My algorithm is so weird. It's like Acotar AI. It's weird women. Yeah, it's weird women being like, hello, I'm getting dressed up for the Holidays and I've already looked and Tommy has sent it to me because him and I enjoy older women on TikTok who have five followers. So he's been sent to me and it's like a love hate. So your guys, you guys like, I.
Courtney Miller
Got some of those. Yeah.
Amanda
He's like so cringed for me, but I want him to do well.
Shane
Sure.
Amanda
I want him to survive.
Shane
Of course.
Amanda
You know, it's like when you watch, you listen to Christmas music and you're like, I can't believe I'm doing this, but here we go. Michael Buble, where have you been? Oh, it's Christmas, you're back. And it's kind of like that, except Santa.
Shane
It's kind of crazy to me. It was on when I was on. So random. I met one for the first time. But like there are Santa. I met a Santa actor. I met a Santa actor. And they are. It's a real career.
Amanda
No, I know.
Shane
And they do it year round. I remember talking to them a bunch and being like, so what's your year like? And they're like, well, during most of the years when you're shooting commercials and stuff. Cause that, that's what they do.
Amanda
They airs. They get called in for commercials all the time.
Shane
In springtime you're shooting commercials and things that'll air at Christmas time. And then Christmas is when you're doing the like live circuit.
Courtney Miller
Wow.
Shane
Of in person events and stuff. And I was like, I didn't realize. And some Santas though, that Santa's really good.
Amanda
This one is like TikTok profesh.
Shane
Cause like, you know, most actors and stuff, I'm like, hey, I don't wanna jump judge off looks or anything like.
Courtney Miller
Your Santa passing, but when it comes.
Shane
To Santas, I, I see some Santas and I, I become like the old evil Hollywood manager in my head and I'm just like, I'm like, you don't got what it takes. You don't got the look. You're not Santa.
Amanda
That's incredible. Is that a cigar in your hand?
Shane
No, but you see, you see some Santas and I'm, I'm like, I'm like, oh my God, Santa, we gotta sign you.
Amanda
You're Jesus Christ. He's like Miracle on 34th.
Shane
Yeah, he's a classic Santa. He's got good. Put a bottle of Coke in that guy's hand.
Amanda
Oh my God, I love those. See, this is why I watch it because I'm like nostalgic.
Courtney Miller
Joanna. Santa puts a Coke in his hand. I'm like, What?
Amanda
Fucking go.
Courtney Miller
And when it's the one, it's the glass. The glass.
Shane
Settle down, honey.
Courtney Miller
Coca Cola.
Amanda
Bring that polar bear and let's go down that fucking alley. Oh no.
Courtney Miller
It's so cold around him.
Amanda
It's freezing.
Courtney Miller
Santa. There's the steam coming from his breath. He's got the cold.
Amanda
Shane, you can go. You can go, Shane, go. Because we are having. We are opening a glass bottle of Coca Cola and we're sliding down a fucking mountain with polar bears that aren't going extinct. Not in this world anyways. I knew that he would bring up some good memories.
Shane
Oh my God.
Courtney Miller
I have one more. Oh, you have one.
Amanda
Okay, I have a quick one and then I'm. I have a lot, but I'm. This is this. This one's the only.
Shane
I have a Christmas related one.
Amanda
Once you're done, maybe you should just do that.
Shane
Okay, do.
Amanda
Do the Christmas related one.
Shane
Okay. You got Santa. See, this is the thing. It's November 4th. People talk about Mariah Carey getting unfrozen around this time.
Amanda
Oh, she's. No, no, I think she's on her way out.
Shane
Well, her mu. But.
Amanda
But for sure, for sure. Totally cool.
Shane
There is someone more important to me around Christmas time now there and. And Courtney, you know, Courtney, you know, his name is Anuk and he is. He is the embodiment of Christmas for me now.
Courtney Miller
Yep. Yep.
Shane
This guy is incredible. He's a tik tocker. He sings. He sings all sorts of songs.
Courtney Miller
He's a beautiful man.
Shane
He's gorgeous. He has a million filters on. I have a photo of him I obviously can't play.
Courtney Miller
He's got contacts on. He's got.
Amanda
Whoa.
Shane
This is. This is him. This is him. This is what he looks like in his. And in his videos he looks like this too. He's always got that smile. He's always got a little bit of a smile, a little bit of a smirk.
Courtney Miller
English is not his first language.
Shane
I see blue eyes. I don't think he speaks any English, I'll be completely honest. But that's kind of the beauty is that in his music you're like, oh, the lyrics don't even matter. But he has one that is his best. And. And it's. It's the Christmas song. It's chestnuts roasting over an open fire.
Courtney Miller
Open fire. Yeah.
Shane
Now I have listened to it so much that my impression of him is the only time I think I can actually sing. And it starts like this. It starts off with the beautiful music.
Amanda
Here we go.
Shane
And you should Pull it. You can just look up. Look up Church Nuts on Tick Tock. And you'll find it. And he'll just be like, cheers. Not rotting on an open fight. It's like that. And it's gorgeous. And he's gorgeous.
Courtney Miller
Nipping at you.
Amanda
No, I love him.
Shane
Jack Frost nipping at your nose. It's. It's. It's incredible.
Amanda
Dude, I want this. Does he ever do lives?
Shane
Incredible. Yes, he does do lives, and he does lives.
Courtney Miller
And he'll do it with other people to do karaoke. And there are other people are always so bad. They're always so bad.
Shane
And he's like, no. His two best performances are Ch Nuts and as well as Careless Whisper. He crushes Michael.
Amanda
Careless Whisper.
Shane
Yeah, he crushes it. No. Anuk is top three TikToker. I will be following an oh, absolute legend.
Amanda
Where is he from?
Shane
No idea.
Amanda
Awesome.
Shane
And you know what? I'd rather keep him bathed in mystery.
Amanda
Whoa. You'd rather keep him bathed.
Shane
Bathed in mystery?
Amanda
Okay.
Shane
Yeah, that's.
Amanda
You thought I was crazy about Santa going down a mountain with a Coca Cola. You've got a nook bathed.
Shane
That's right.
Amanda
With Church Nuts.
Shane
That's right.
Amanda
Holy shit.
Shane
He's the best.
Amanda
I knew it. Christmas is just. Brings out all these weird.
Shane
Hold on. I want to see if I can. If I look up Church Nuts, will I just get the original? No. Whoa.
Courtney Miller
This is why you're an idiot for not having chestnuts on your immediate playlist this year.
Shane
Whoa.
Amanda
Let me see him.
Shane
Tell me I didn't nail that earlier.
Amanda
I love him. Tell me I didn't. Stunning.
Shane
He is. There's an argument to be made that he might be an angel.
Amanda
Kissed by an angel. My God.
Shane
I just love. He has such a fan base on TikTok that at one point in, like, March, I did an impression of him, and it got like 2 million views, and people were like, oh, my God. Church Nuts. I was like, everybody knows. Like, everybody knows the glory of a nook.
Amanda
I can't.
Shane
I hope I'm pronouncing that right, but. Well, I love him.
Amanda
Never know.
Shane
I love him.
Amanda
I'm gonna follow him.
Courtney Miller
Lovely. He is lovely.
Shane
I hope he's. I hope he doesn't get canceled or something. I would be devastated.
Courtney Miller
I feel like he's too busy with his craft to do anything with all the filters.
Shane
Gorgeous music.
Courtney Miller
He's working really hard.
Shane
I'm never gonna dance. Okay. Like. Like, that's. You know, it's just.
Amanda
I can't wait. I'm gonna Follow him.
Shane
Unless you're about to have the best time.
Amanda
I mean, I already do. I've got Santa smashing his face with cake.
Courtney Miller
We have.
Amanda
We.
Courtney Miller
So we have one Christmas decoration that's in our, like, little stores.
Amanda
Whoa.
Courtney Miller
And it looks like a little radio mic, kind of like this, but it's like the 50s one. And you can record and play stuff like back and, like, leave messages for people as they go by. But I think we've left it for two entire years in a row. It hasn't changed.
Shane
And it speeds up. So whatever you put in it, it's warped.
Courtney Miller
Speeds it up. It's been there for a long time.
Shane
So you'll be like. Like, hey, how's it going? You'll be like, how's it going? Like, whatever. So. But you press it right now, you're goes cheer snow throw thing on.
Courtney Miller
Yeah. And we've left it as that. We haven't touched it because we used to, like, leave funny, like, inside jokes or whatever as we passed through. But then the last two years, we've just kept your smile.
Amanda
That's really cute.
Shane
It's. It's the heart of Christmas. I wish. If he dropped an album. If he dropped an album, I'd be first.
Courtney Miller
Oh, my God. Get it out vinyl right now.
Amanda
Wait, why doesn't he drop an album?
Shane
Maybe he does. I need to check.
Courtney Miller
He needs to make a cover album.
Shane
Oh, you should message him.
Amanda
Him.
Courtney Miller
We should mess like.
Amanda
Wait.
Courtney Miller
Oh, my God.
Amanda
We should message him.
Shane
I.
Courtney Miller
Wait.
Amanda
If we got him on, you said he has a bunch of filters on. What is he gonna look like?
Shane
What if he looks exactly like he's like. What if he literally shows up and he's just got that aura?
Courtney Miller
I. I feel he would.
Amanda
I feel like if he didn't, you would be crushed.
Shane
I'd be devastated. I don't know if I can meet him.
Amanda
Okay.
Courtney Miller
Do you think if Tommy Wiseau started in la, like, in the era of Tick tock, what do you think? I think, like, that would have been do. Well, do you think Tommy Wiseau would be huge right now, like, without all the other stuff?
Amanda
I think he's not nice to women, though.
Shane
I think he would just be. I think he would just be another guy. There's like a million Tommy Wiseos on TikTok every day.
Courtney Miller
Did you read the book the Disaster Artist?
Shane
No.
Courtney Miller
Oh, my gosh. You got it. Cause did you watch the movie?
Amanda
Yeah.
Courtney Miller
Okay. The movie is a third of the book.
Amanda
The book is written by him.
Courtney Miller
No, the book is written by the friend. The Younger guy who, like, stars in the movie as well. He writes this book about how he. When he first came to la. And it's like, how he met this guy and, like, what it was like, just, like, dealing with him on a daily basis while, like, it would cut between, like, their life in LA and then it would go back to. Okay, so now we're back on set and it's been like, six months of filming and all this horrible stuff. You gotta read it. It's so good.
Amanda
Okay.
Courtney Miller
It's so good.
Shane
Before we move on, Amanda, there is someone who is very famous in these past couple months that I feel like you would love.
Amanda
Okay.
Shane
Are you aware of the Pickle Man? So I feel like this. Okay. Some people in this room know the Pickle Man. No, no, no. This isn't like that. This is like that. This is. These past couple months. So there was the Renaissance Fair in. In New York. The. And I. Apparently it's a pretty big one.
Amanda
Yeah.
Shane
And there's a guy there, so there's always a pickle stand at Renaissance Fairs. Pickles are a big deal.
Amanda
Okay.
Shane
Yeah. So the Pickle man at the New York Renaissance Fair became a celebrity.
Amanda
What?
Shane
Because he just was dedicated to his craft. Here I have a video. It's my most recent. Liked. This is his vibe. I will pickle you with this. Yeah, this is his vibe. So much.
Amanda
That bag is too small. Small for that pickle.
Courtney Miller
He's doing the most. When you order a pickle, prepare yourself.
Amanda
His voice, clear your mind.
Shane
Yes.
Amanda
He's also 15, I think.
Shane
I think he's an adult.
Amanda
I don't know what this is.
Courtney Miller
This is actually Leo from Love is Blind.
Shane
And then he.
Amanda
Oh, my God. He looks. Leo.
Shane
Look at that. I realize. I realize rock music is in the background of that.
Courtney Miller
Yeah.
Amanda
Shane.
Courtney Miller
What a noob. What a noob.
Amanda
Wait, but he looks like Leo from Love is Blind.
Shane
But yes, he just. He's. He. He just puts so much effort, and he's got the. The voice that you can't believe.
Amanda
He does that to every single person.
Shane
What he does is he wraps the pickle and he does this thing where he's like. He's like. And then he. And then he holds it up and he's like, I bless this pickle. And then all the things good and pickled, like, he just goes all in, dude. And people have, like. There's like a line. There's a huge line to get a pickle from him.
Amanda
What if there wasn't TikTok or Instagram finding these gorgeous Characters, gorgeous people.
Courtney Miller
Because, honestly, that makes it more special.
Shane
I love it. I. There is no celebrity as good as, like, the. These small, little special stars that we get from TikTok. Like, this guy at this location who does this one thing, and he does it better than anyone in the world.
Amanda
I love that.
Shane
Like, that's the best.
Amanda
That makes me want to go to Renfro.
Shane
Have you. You've never been, right?
Amanda
I've been to Ren Fair when I was a kid.
Courtney Miller
Okay, well, now that you're an adult and you've just read all of Acotar, we're going.
Shane
Amanda, you would love the Renaissance, and.
Courtney Miller
We'Re gonna dress you up.
Shane
Everyone's a character.
Amanda
What? A fairy.
Courtney Miller
Dude, Lizzie, there's fairies everywhere. James, they are professional Renaissance goers.
Amanda
Yeah, so I'm gonna be a fucking fairy.
Courtney Miller
I kind of want to be a jester next year.
Shane
You will.
Amanda
Actually, can I be honest about Acotar? Is I don't relate to any of the women in it. I relate to Cassian. Is that wrong?
Shane
I don't think that's true.
Amanda
My friend who's reading it was like, dude, you are so Cassian. And I was like, what? Honestly, I thought the same thing.
Courtney Miller
Honestly, I see it. I see it because you're so comfortable and you've been through some shit, and everything's sex and horny. Yeah, that's a man.
Amanda
Exactly. Cassian is like a siphon fucking hot war person who loves his brothers and just, you know, tames the wild lady.
Courtney Miller
I don't. And I just know everyone casts those. The people in those books as, like, these young TikTok fuck boys. Like. But I see them all as, like, older. I see him. I see Cassian being played by, like.
Amanda
I don't know, Javier Rodem or something crazy. I'm just kidding. I'm kidding. He. No, I love playing.
Courtney Miller
I love casting those books in my head. Up until recently, I was like, oh, Blake, liver could be Morrigan, but not anymore.
Amanda
It ends with us.
Courtney Miller
It ends with Cassian.
Amanda
Yeah, exactly. So I could dress up as Cassian and no one would bat an eye.
Shane
I don't think so. You could dress up as whatever at the Renaissance fair, and nobody's gonna get it.
Courtney Miller
People dress up as stormtroopers and go, yeah.
Amanda
Why people do anything?
Courtney Miller
Cause it's the Ren faire babies. Whatever you want.
Shane
The Ren Faire is truly the weirdest thing you'll ever go to. It's where a bunch of nerds go to get super trash and play games. You will see the Drunkest. You'll see the drunkest person you've ever seen in your life there. And they're dressed as a monk.
Courtney Miller
Yeah.
Amanda
They got drinking Trappist beers.
Courtney Miller
They got a Gorn.
Amanda
I love that.
Shane
Yeah.
Amanda
How have I missed out?
Courtney Miller
Joust. There's a queen.
Shane
You're gonna love it. Well, it's in a few months, so we'll go.
Amanda
Okay, great.
Shane
Yeah. Anyways, I love talking about guys.
Amanda
We always. I think we have to do, like, a part three of this because we have two parts of this. If you haven't seen the first one.
Courtney Miller
Yeah.
Amanda
Are these people for real? Go back and watch it.
Shane
Yeah.
Amanda
Because there's always so many amazing characters.
Courtney Miller
Yeah. I didn't even get to get into my animal psychic that I follow.
Shane
You have an animal psychic that you follow?
Courtney Miller
I follow animal psychic.
Amanda
You don't know about that.
Shane
I didn't get into chiropractor. I didn't get into magic. Magic grandpa.
Amanda
I didn't get into a lot.
Shane
There's a magic grandpa. I. I follow the guy. He's an old grandpa, British grandpa who does magic trick. And I. I don't think I get asmr, but sometimes when I watch his stuff, I'm entranced. And he just very quietly, just like. Okay, so what we have here is three cups, and we're gonna put the bowl in this cup.
Amanda
Has anybody fall asleep?
Courtney Miller
Guy that livestreams like he's in black and white and is actually in the 40s. Like, it fully looks like you're looking into the 40s.
Shane
Live streamers on Tick Tock are another thing.
Amanda
We need a part three.
Shane
Yeah.
Amanda
Asap.
Shane
Too many characters out there.
Courtney Miller
Too many characters.
Amanda
Well, thank you, Courtney, for being incredible and being here with us today.
Courtney Miller
Thanks for letting me be here. Thanks for yelling at us as a tax person.
Shane
What are you doing? Oh, my God.
Amanda
Guys. Yeah. Follow that guy and don't get your taxes.
Courtney Miller
Get your money right.
Amanda
What? What? Go vote.
Courtney Miller
Vote.
Shane
Yeah, Go vote.
Courtney Miller
Do your taxes.
Shane
All right. Bye.
Amanda
Bye.
Shane
Love.
Smosh Mouth Podcast Summary
Episode: #69 - *Most Unhinged People On The Internet
Release Date: November 4, 2024
Hosts: Shayne Topp (Shane), Amanda Lehan-Canto (Amanda), and guest Courtney Miller
Description: Join Shayne, Amanda, and Courtney as they delve into the wildest personalities on the internet, dissect trending content, and share their quirky ideas.
The episode kicks off with a heartfelt plea from Amanda and Shane urging listeners to vote in the upcoming elections. They emphasize the importance of local voting and the significant impact individuals can have on their communities.
Shane and Amanda discuss how the internet has fragmented entertainment, leading to highly personalized content streams. They compare past unified media consumption to the current individualized feeds on platforms like TikTok and Instagram.
The conversation shifts to the bodybuilding community on TikTok, focusing on Jeff Nippard—a respected, science-based bodybuilder—and a disturbing incident involving another bodybuilder's aggressive behavior.
The hosts express concern over steroid use and its impact on behavior, highlighting specific instances of aggression fueled by performance-enhancing substances.
Shane and Courtney critique reality TV shows, particularly Love Is Blind. They argue that producers create and amplify villainous personas through selective editing, making it difficult to discern the true nature of participants.
The discussion includes specific cast members from Love Is Blind, criticizing their authenticity and the show's overall quality.
The trio delves deeper into how editing shapes viewers' perceptions of reality TV participants. They illustrate how individuals may be portrayed as villains or heroes regardless of their true personalities, leading to skewed public opinions.
They also touch on personal biases and the importance of recognizing the artificial constructs within edited content.
Shane, Amanda, and Courtney explore various viral TikTok personalities, including:
Maxwell the Cat: A seemingly aggressive cat known for chasing other cats, portrayed humorously as "the Thanos of cats."
Santa Corky: A playful Santa character with a significant TikTok following, beloved for his festive antics.
The hosts enjoy discussing these quirky characters, highlighting their unique contributions to internet culture.
The conversation shifts to niche influencers and their dedicated fan bases. They praise the craftsmanship and dedication of creators like Sabrina Carpenter in her music videos, exemplifying star quality and meticulous production.
They also discuss personal impressions and interactions with specific TikTokers, emphasizing the blend of authenticity and curated personas.
In the latter part of the episode, the hosts celebrate unique content creators like Anuk, a mysterious TikToker known for his enchanting Christmas performances. They marvel at his dedication and the magical aura he brings to his content.
They also touch on other eccentric creators, such as Santa-themed performers and Renaissance Fair enthusiasts, highlighting the diversity and creativity within online communities.
The episode concludes with light-hearted banter about attending Renaissance Faires, dressing up in themed costumes, and embracing the whimsical atmosphere they offer.
Shane, Amanda, and Courtney laugh and share their favorite internet moments, reaffirming the chaotic yet entertaining nature of online personalities. They wrap up with a friendly reminder to vote and engage responsibly with the digital world.
Notable Quotes:
Key Takeaways:
Fragmented Media Consumption: The internet allows for highly personalized entertainment experiences, contrasting sharply with the unified media consumption of the past.
Influence of Editing: Reality TV’s selective editing significantly shapes public perception, often misrepresenting participants' true personalities.
Variety of Online Personalities: From aggressive pets to festive Santas, the internet houses a wide array of unique and entertaining characters.
Niche Influencers' Dedication: Successful online creators exhibit remarkable dedication and craftsmanship, setting high standards in their respective niches.
Community and Engagement: Despite the chaos, online communities foster connections and shared enjoyment of diverse content.
This episode of Smosh Mouth offers a comprehensive and engaging exploration of some of the most unhinged and fascinating personalities on the internet, blending humor with insightful critiques of digital culture.