#94 - Who Is Our Favorite Duo?

Summary

Smosh Mouth Episode #94: Who Is Our Favorite Duo?

Release Date: May 19, 2025

In episode #94 of Smosh Mouth, titled "Who Is Our Favorite Duo?", hosts Shane and Amanda delve into a vibrant conversation with their guest, Arasha. This episode weaves through a tapestry of light-hearted banter, personal anecdotes, cultural reflections, and exciting announcements about upcoming projects. The discussion is enriched with humor, heartfelt insights, and engaging interactions, making it a must-listen for both loyal fans and newcomers alike.

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Morning Chats and Lucid Dreaming (00:00 - 07:25)

The episode kicks off with the hosts and Arasha sharing quirky morning routines, setting a casual and relatable tone. Arasha introduces an intriguing topic—her long-standing fascination with lucid dreaming. At 01:27, she explains, "I became obsessed with it. So I remember my brother was in high school, and I literally read his textbook on lucid dreaming." Her dedication led her to train herself extensively, resulting in vivid dream recall but also unintended consequences like sleep paralysis.

Shane chimes in at 02:55, highlighting the challenges of maintaining control in lucid dreams: "Sometimes I steer off, and then you forget you're dreaming again, and then it becomes something else." This segment not only entertains but also offers listeners a glimpse into the complexities of lucid dreaming.

Navigating Sleep Paralysis and Anecdotes (07:25 - 12:10)

Arasha recounts a particularly harrowing experience during an 18-hour Thanksgiving drive to San Antonio. At 06:58, she shares, "My roommates were driving really fast on the highway to speed home, and I was in this sleep paralysis state where I couldn't wake up." The tension of the experience is palpable as she describes her inability to communicate with her friends, leaving them to joke about speeding at a gas station.

Shane contrasts his own sleep experiences, expressing gratitude for falling asleep quickly and not remembering dreams: "I love sleep, but that's why I don't remember dreams." This comparison underscores the diverse ways individuals experience sleep and dreams.

Exciting Announcements: "How I Met Your Mossy" (12:10 - 38:34)

The conversation takes a thrilling turn as Arasha reveals details about her upcoming live show, "How I Met Your Mossy." Scheduled for May 30th at Dynasty Typewriter in Los Angeles, the show promises a unique blend of sketch comedy and narrative storytelling. Arasha describes it as "almost like a little bit of a comedy special or like, another digital, like, SNL like, episode that you're watching."

Echoing the format of "How I Met Your Mother," the show integrates multiple sketches that interconnect to narrate how she met her comedy partner, Lily. At 29:11, Arasha elaborates, "We have about 10 different sketches... and then the main difference is that they will tie together to tell one chronological story." This innovative approach aims to offer both South Asian-specific humor and universal relatability, ensuring that while some jokes resonate deeply with South Asian audiences, others remain accessible to a broader viewer base.

The excitement builds as Arasha mentions potential guest appearances from the creators of "How I Met Your Mother": "We actually reached out to them, and they are excited and are coming to our show." This collaboration underscores the show's ambition and the seamless blending of different comedic influences.

Cultural Identity and Representation (38:34 - 56:00)

A significant portion of the episode is dedicated to discussing cultural identity and representation in media. Arasha opens up about her experiences growing up as an Ismaili Muslim in Texas, navigating the duality of fitting into her school environment while maintaining her cultural heritage. She reflects, "It really is incredibly difficult to stand out," highlighting the challenges faced by minority communities in predominantly white settings.

Amanda and Shane contribute their perspectives, emphasizing the importance of authentic representation. Arasha stresses, "Indian women are just like regular women," challenging stereotypes and advocating for multifaceted portrayals in comedy and media. This conversation not only sheds light on Arasha's personal journey but also resonates with broader themes of diversity and inclusion.

The Dynamics of Duos in Smosh (56:00 - 66:55)

As the dialogue progresses, the focus shifts to the dynamics of successful duos within Smosh. Shane initiates a discussion on what makes certain duos click, asking, "What do you think are some of the ultimate duos of Smosh and also your duos?" Arasha praises Courtney, noting their on-screen synergy: "I feel like I am, like, almost, like, in a weird, like, giddy place with Courtney whenever we're on camera."

Shane and Amanda also highlight other effective pairings, such as his collaborations with Keith and Amanda's with Angela. The hosts delve into how complementary personalities and improvisational skills contribute to the success of these duos. Amanda shares, "My goal in life with Keith is to make him laugh whenever I can," underscoring the supportive and humorous relationships that fuel their content creation.

Personal Reflections and Parental Influence (66:55 - 68:30)

Towards the end of the episode, Arasha reflects on her relationship with her parents and the challenges of conveying her career to them. She expresses a desire for her parents to understand and support her passion: "I want them to see that she is in LA and she's okay, and she's on stage right now and doing something, and that's enough." This heartfelt moment adds depth to the episode, showcasing the personal stakes involved in her creative endeavors.

Shane empathizes with Arasha's sentiments, sharing his own experiences with familial expectations and the immigrant pursuit of success: "It takes so much for me to get going and make things because I'm so, like, scared, I guess, my anxiety." This mutual understanding reinforces the bonds between the hosts and highlights the universal struggle of balancing personal passions with external expectations.

Closing Thoughts and Encouragement (68:30 - End)

In the final moments, the hosts reiterate the details of Arasha's upcoming show, encouraging listeners to attend and support her work. They also celebrate the collaborative spirit within Smosh, recognizing the importance of trust, mutual support, and the natural flow of creativity.

Arasha concludes with a note of gratitude: "Thanks for giving me the chance. I just rubbed my chin on this mic, so we better." The episode wraps up on an uplifting note, emphasizing community, creativity, and the joy of shared comedic endeavors.

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Notable Quotes:

• Arasha (01:27): "I became obsessed with it. So I remember my brother was in high school, and I literally read his textbook on lucid dreaming."
• Shane (02:55): "Sometimes I steer off, and then you forget you're dreaming again, and then it becomes something else."
• Arasha (29:11): "They will tie together to tell one chronological story, which essentially is how Lily and I met."
• Arasha (38:31): "Indian women are just like regular women, which I've talked about on this podcast."
• Shane (58:10): "Courtney and Arasha are killing it together."
• Amanda (61:28): "We never really have to be like, hey, I hope I didn't hurt you. It's very sibling energy."
• Arasha (40:54): "Imagine living, like, this whole life and then completely just, like, starting over in a whole new place."
• Shane (51:05): "We get to perform. You get to. Like, that's such a privilege."

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This episode of Smosh Mouth masterfully combines humor with meaningful conversations, offering listeners both entertainment and thoughtful reflections on personal growth, cultural identity, and the dynamics of creative partnerships. Arasha's upcoming show promises to be a standout event, blending diverse comedic elements with authentic storytelling, and this episode serves as a delightful appetizer for what's to come.

Transcript

[Arasha]

I hadn't shit yet this morning.

[Shane]

That's a crazy thing.

[Amanda]

Magnesium citrate?

[Arasha]

No, I've taken my magnesium. I've got my coffee. I'm ready to shit. I just.

[Shane]

This relates to one of my bullshit topics.

[Arasha]

Oh, thank God.

[Shane]

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

[Amanda]

And I'm Amanda. And we have a very wonderful guest with us today, Arasha.

[Arasha]

I'm Arasha.

[Shane]

Different adjective that time.

[Amanda]

What did I say?

[Shane]

You said wonderful. Usually you say special.

[Amanda]

I know.

[Shane]

Oh, this time you're wonderful.

[Amanda]

It wasn't on purpose or I want to be special. I felt, like, calm and soothed, so I said wonderful.

[Arasha]

Oh, okay. I'll take that.

[Amanda]

Take it.

[Arasha]

Both of your hairs look wonderful. Single hairs.

[Shane]

Thank you.

[Amanda]

My hair is out of control. Nothing I can do.

[Arasha]

I think it looks great.

[Amanda]

Thank you.

[Shane]

My hair.

[Arasha]

My hair.

[Amanda]

It's one of those days when I sleep on it wet. I wake up and it looks like this. And I'm very grateful.

[Arasha]

I hate sleeping on it wet.

[Amanda]

I love it.

[Arasha]

What? Aren't you cold?

[Amanda]

Yeah, cold and wet. Shiver to bed. I shiver all night.

[Arasha]

And that's why you're having nightmares.

[Amanda]

It's awesome.

[Shane]

You were just saying before we started that you were obsessed with dreams in seventh grade.

[Arasha]

Okay. Yes.

[Amanda]

So seventh grade.

[Shane]

Just seventh grade.

[Arasha]

Just seventh grade. I. Okay. I actually know what the source is, too. I saw a post on Facebook and. And it was like. It informed me about lucid dreams.

[Shane]

Yeah. Where you can control your dreams, where you, like.

[Arasha]

Yeah. You become, like, conscious. Oh. Oh. And I was like, I need to do that. I need to train.

[Amanda]

You're like, I'm gonna conquer this.

[Arasha]

I became obsessed with it. So I remember my brother was in high school, and I. And he was taking psychology, and I literally read his textbook on lucid dreaming. On lucid dreaming. I, like, I went to the bookstore and I got a bunch of books on dreams, and I just read and I trained myself. And in order to be able to.

[Amanda]

Lucid dream, I might not surprise by this.

[Shane]

Did you do it?

[Arasha]

Oh, I. And okay. So I actually gave myself, like, sleep paralysis.

[Amanda]

What?

[Arasha]

Yeah. Yeah, yeah. No, it's not. I'm so scared of that.

[Shane]

You went too far.

[Arasha]

I went way too far. It's like. It's actually completely messed me up. Cause it's like I have just a crazy amount of knowledge on dreams now. And now I remember my dreams almost every night. Because that's a part of the, like, training is you have to be.

[Amanda]

Do you have to have a little thing with you to Remind you like an inception to remind you that you're lucid dreaming.

[Arasha]

A reality check.

[Shane]

What's your reality check?

[Arasha]

Okay, so a few things that you had to study or do is you can do a few different things, right? Like in your dreams, the time is never gonna be correct. You're never gonna be able to count your ten fingers, things like that. So. So what you're supposed to kind of do is practice in daily life doing these. Performing these reality checks. So just constantly looking at your hands and being like, okay, I can count.

[Shane]

So the way you do it is that you have to be an absolute psycho in real life.

[Arasha]

Yeah, exactly. Well, then the goal is that once you're dreaming, hopefully in your dreams, you will perform a reality check and be like, I can't count to 10 fingers. I'm dreaming, I'm dreaming. And you'll wake up inside of your.

[Shane]

Dreams, but you don't. Oh, you just mean wake up inside your dream. As in, you'll become conscious in your dream, and. And then you can start playing around and doing wild stuff.

[Arasha]

Much easier said than done, I think, because then it's really hard to control it. Cause then you also get very excited, right? You're like, now in dream world. And you're like, holy shit. And you get so excited that sometimes, then you steer off, and then you forget you're dreaming again, and then it becomes something else. So it started happening a few times for me, which was great. But now when I'm not trying to lucid dream, I will wake up in my dreams, and. And sometimes I will wake up too early, and that's when the sleep paralysis happens. So my body is just, like, stuck, and I can't wake up. And it's really bad.

[Amanda]

So you're awake in your dream, but your body won't shake. You awake.

[Arasha]

Yeah, it's been a few times where I will feel just like I'm still awake and I'm still in the room, but I'm separated from my body and. And I can't, like, move. It's really, really bad. And they warned me too. People were like, don't learn to lucid dream.

[Amanda]

You're going too far. Also, also, I feel like you can lucid dream without going that intense. Like, you can realize that you're lucid dreaming. Maybe sometimes I wake up in my dreams and I'm like, oh, this is a dream. But then I don't try to, like.

[Arasha]

Control it, battle it. What, you don't want to, like, fly or, like, you know.

[Amanda]

Oh, no, I don't fly with the reality of dreaming. I don't mess with it. I go, thank you so much for letting me dream. I know not to mess with dreams.

[Shane]

You've told me about some of your nightmares so I get why you don't want to tamper with me.

[Amanda]

I don't want to mess with it. So I just, I'm dreaming and I can wake up now.

[Arasha]

But you can do whatever you want in dream world.

[Amanda]

You're going to use and abuse the dream world.

[Arasha]

It's too late. I'm used and abused.

[Amanda]

Oh no, no. So wait, have you recently been paralyzed by sleep?

[Arasha]

Yeah, I would say maybe it happens like once every two months or so.

[Shane]

Oh wow.

[Amanda]

That's awful.

[Arasha]

It's bad, it's bad.

[Shane]

I only have one instance in my entire life that I recall and it wasn't like horrible. I just remember being in a dream and I think I clocked that it was a dream. But I remember trying to wake up in in my dream and I was in my grandparents old house and I remember in my memory it's like this where I'm like in their like basement and it starts to like rip apart as I'm trying to open my eyes. So literally like their house is like ripping apart horizontally as I'm opening my eyes. And then I was just in my bedroom.

[Arasha]

Gosh.

[Shane]

But I like couldn't move. I remember like struggling to move but I wasn't in like a, oh, there's a paralysis demon or anything. I just remember being like, oh, I'm trying to wake up and just being a little confused where I was totally. But I haven't had like horrible situations. But I rarely remember dreams. But I know it's a practice and I just don't really care.

[Arasha]

Yeah. Like you're supposed to keep like a dream journal next to you. So like every day you wake up, you just like jot down what you do remember and then eventually you just start remembering them. I have a, I have a funny story when I was driving back home with a friend for Thanksgiving to San Antonio when. Which was like an 18 hour drive, right. And I remember I was asleep in the backseat and my roommates at the time were driving and I had fallen asleep, but I was now in this sleep paralysis state where I like couldn't wake up. And I, I definitely was there but I just couldn't like move. But I could hear everything that was happening in the car and they both were like joking around about like driving really fast on the highway to like really speed home.

[Amanda]

Let's Drive really fast.

[Arasha]

They were like, let's just, like. Let's just, like, gun it. Let's just go all the way. And I obviously was in this weird dream state, so I was, like, scared that they would. And I couldn't, like. I couldn't say anything. And I, like. So I, like, struggled to, like, say something to, like, alert them to wake me up, and I ended up just, like, spinning, spewing out, slow down.

[Shane]

And you guys are stopped at a gas station.

[Arasha]

Yeah. And both of them, literally, they still, like, joke about it with me every time. They're like, slow down. And it was me being like, wake me up. Help me. Slow down.

[Shane]

It's brutal.

[Amanda]

It's so stressful, Arasha.

[Shane]

I see. I think the reason I don't deal with this shit is I truly. It's one of the things I'm most grateful for is that I fall asleep so fast, and the second I wake up, I'm just up and I get out of bed. So I truly. It's like. It's like in a video game when it's like, all right, I'm gonna quickly, like, just time jump here. I lay in bed, I'm just like. And I wake up, and I'm like, out. And I go. And I want coffee.

[Arasha]

Wow.

[Shane]

It's insane.

[Arasha]

And I want coffee.

[Shane]

And I truly. There's just no time. I'm up, and I'm like, out. Let's go.

[Amanda]

I'm so jealous of that. My husband's exactly the same way.

[Shane]

I'm so grateful for it.

[Amanda]

He'll be like, on his phone, he'll be like, oh, my God, look at this thing. And then I'm like, yeah. And I look over, and he's like, I'm not with his phone still in his hand. The amount of times he is asleep next to me with his phone fully propped up fully, and it's playing the same reel over and over. And I'm like, can you shut that goddamn reel off?

[Shane]

But he's just out.

[Arasha]

It's always the reels. Why are these men on reels?

[Amanda]

I don't know.

[Arasha]

Get on TikTok. Grow up.

[Shane]

I just can lay down, and I can just be like, all right, I'm gonna go.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

I'm so angry.

[Arasha]

I'm quick to fall asleep as well, I think. Waking up.

[Shane]

I love sleep, but that's why I don't remember. Remember dreams. Because as soon as I wake up, I. I love coffee so much that the second I wake up, I'm like, I'm so excited to go get some coffee.

[Arasha]

Yeah, that's cute.

[Shane]

Like, holy shit, I get to go have coffee right now. And I'm jazzed every morning.

[Arasha]

Find you somebody that loves you like Shane loves coffee.

[Shane]

I fucking love it so, so much.

[Arasha]

Wow.

[Shane]

So I'm. I up and out. I'm not. I'm not thinking about dreams. If I remember a dream, I'm like, screw that shit. I got coffee.

[Arasha]

See, I. I'm snoozing so often, and. And I'm capable of, like, I wake up and I hit the snooze button and I am able to just close my eyes and go right back into that same, like, literally continue the dream.

[Shane]

When I do remember dreams is when I wake up early. Like, too early. Like, like four, three. I'm like, all right, I'm gonna go back to sleep. Fall right back asleep.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Shane]

And then I usually have dreams, and I think that's. Dreams are when you're close to waking up. That is.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

Three is the witching hour. So if you wake up at three.

[Shane]

Then I'm a witch.

[Amanda]

Something.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

No, not you. You're not a witch. Oh, my God. I would love to see Shane as a witch. That would be hilarious.

[Shane]

I'd be a great witch.

[Amanda]

He'd be like, come on in. I don't care if you do. I don't care if you don't.

[Shane]

I no longer feel. Feel scared when I wake up in the middle of the night because I have two cats, so I hear shit all night every night. That's true. Last night, they were doing some crazy shit. I don't know what they were doing. So many noises. So many.

[Amanda]

Hey, they're siblings.

[Shane]

They're siblings, bro.

[Arasha]

So they're cats.

[Shane]

But they were. There were so many noises happening, and normally if I lived alone, I'd be terrified, but I wake up and I'm just like, what are my cats doing? Like, I cannot believe it. And then you wake up and you don't find anything. I'm like, what's amiss? Nothing. What were you doing? And it's. But I don't think I could have cats. I'm not scared when I wake up at 3am because I'm like, they're. They're doing their shit.

[Amanda]

I don't think I could do that because I would be in bed being like, they're coming for me. Like, I am getting taken and they are coming for me.

[Arasha]

Yeah, your cats are talking to each other, being like, do we take them down?

[Shane]

Probably, actually. And I think that's legitimately what they're likely talking about.

[Amanda]

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[Shane]

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[Arasha]

Awesome.

[Amanda]

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[Shane]

Back to the show.

[Amanda]

Let's go.

[Shane]

Before we started rolling, and to be clear, we have some big stuff we want to talk about. Because you have a show.

[Arasha]

Yes.

[Amanda]

Yeah.

[Shane]

That you've been working on for the better part of two years.

[Arasha]

Yeah, a little bit.

[Shane]

But before we get you.

[Amanda]

Okay, a little bit.

[Shane]

But before we get to that, right before we started rolling and I think we have the footage, you turned to Amanda and said something right before we started rolling.

[Arasha]

Before we started rolling or right.

[Shane]

Maybe right after we started rolling.

[Arasha]

Yeah, I think we have it. I think we have.

[Shane]

I think we have the footage.

[Arasha]

I said, I haven't shit yet today.

[Amanda]

That's a bummer.

[Arasha]

And it's like 9am and then you.

[Shane]

Also brought up that, that there is someone in your that keeps dming you on Instagram being like, stop talking about shit.

[Arasha]

Yeah, yeah. And he's angry about it. He's. He's really, really upset. And he's probably watching this and preparing like, there she is again. I'm going to give her one more chance.

[Amanda]

Do you think he keeps watching to give you more chances so you don't talk about it?

[Arasha]

I mean, he's like, he was like, dude, I was a fan of you and the channel. But like, you keep talking about.

[Shane]

I was a fan.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

Okay. Yeah.

[Shane]

You're your own person.

[Amanda]

Don't make it a big thing. You're just a person who enjoys waking up and pooping.

[Arasha]

And I love talking about poop with my friends.

[Amanda]

I know this.

[Arasha]

I love sending people photos of what I drop in the toilet.

[Shane]

That's another.

[Amanda]

I'm so glad you haven't send me that.

[Shane]

That's on another level.

[Arasha]

But Tommy has an album.

[Shane]

Really? Tommy's. Tommy's got the subscription.

[Arasha]

And you know what? He Sometimes, sometimes.

[Shane]

No, no, Tommy's got the subscription. Tommy. Tommy's on the newsletter.

[Arasha]

And you know what? I think other people would want you as well. I'm not, not saying that I would open that. I'm just saying, like, one day I feel like people would be like, care.

[Amanda]

About you and respect you. I will not subscribe. No, I'm not subscription.

[Arasha]

Well, you don't have to. I'll send it to you for free. You get the friendly description related to that.

[Shane]

I, I wanted to bring up. I, I. For some reason, TikTok has decided that I'm on chia seed. TikTok now it's just like, hey, man, you need to TikTok. All of a sudden, one day sent me a million tiktoks being like, you need to soak your chia seeds. And I was like, me, who hasn't bought chia seeds in my adult life? I'm like, why do chia seeds are good? I like, I don't mind. I've had chia seeds in things, but I haven't bought chia seeds. And I'm like, why do I need to soak them all of a sudden?

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Every, every, every other week, TikTok is like, here's this thing that you're not doing you need to do. And I'm like, nobody's ever brought this.

[Amanda]

Up before, but you have to do it.

[Shane]

I did some more research and it was like, you don't, like, desperately. If you're going to eat a ton of chia seeds. Yeah. Don't eat a ton of dry chia seeds because they soak up water.

[Arasha]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Amanda]

Like a chia pet. So if you remember Chia pets.

[Shane]

Oh, because those are chia seeds.

[Amanda]

Yeah. Whoa, guys. Chia pets.

[Shane]

I'm going to be real honest. I did not make that connection until right now that it's chia seeds in a chia Pet. I thought they. I thought Chia was the brand. Like, that was the brand of the.

[Arasha]

My eye is literally twitching by Chia.

[Amanda]

I hope I'm right about that.

[Shane]

No, it's chia seeds. I watched those commercials over and over again as a kid.

[Amanda]

There's. Okay, let me tell you.

[Shane]

I never clocked that. It was.

[Amanda]

I looked it up. They are still selling chia pets. There's an ice spice. Chia pet. You know, ice spices, of course. Yeah. She's got a Chia pet.

[Shane]

We should make a smosh Chia pet. We should partner with them.

[Amanda]

Whoa.

[Shane]

I.

[Arasha]

My mind is being blown. Right?

[Shane]

It makes sense because like, I buy those little trays where you grow sprouts in them.

[Amanda]

Uh huh.

[Shane]

I'm like, that's all a Chia pet ever was.

[Amanda]

So if you wanted to make a chia Pet, I think TikTok is trying to push you in a direction that's fun.

[Arasha]

Wow.

[Shane]

Anyways, yesterday I poured a glass of water and put some chia seeds in it.

[Arasha]

Oh.

[Shane]

Stirred it up and drank chia seeds.

[Arasha]

Dude, you submitted?

[Shane]

I submitted. Well, I was like, what's the harm?

[Amanda]

There is no harm.

[Arasha]

That's what TikTok is, the harm.

[Shane]

I was like, sometimes, sometimes TikTok is. Is Sharon's shit. Where I'm like, this is wrong and this is bad.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Yeah, this. I was like, who cares?

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Who cares if I put chia seeds in some water and drink it?

[Arasha]

Maybe we do have to stick to reals.

[Amanda]

I. I'm telling you, my. My algorithm is so effed. Every algorithm is a baby birth. I'm not kidding. Every algorithm is like women going through birth.

[Arasha]

Oh my God.

[Amanda]

You look up one thing. I still try to look up funny videos and it always switches to a.

[Shane]

Birthday, but they can't show. They can't like show it on TikTok, so they get pretty close.

[Arasha]

Maybe like cartoon versions of it.

[Amanda]

No, not cartoon.

[Shane]

Bugs Bunny giving birth.

[Amanda]

And here's the thing. I. I support. Oh, God. I support women sharing their experiences. I support it. But sometimes I need to turn off.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

And not think about that. A birth is coming my way.

[Shane]

That's what sucks about an algorithm is you don't get to like, you don't know what's coming.

[Amanda]

I know. Like, I miss people falling. I don't want to look at like.

[Shane]

Oh, yeah, silly stuff. You want silly?

[Amanda]

I want silly stuff. Not like, are you sure you have this in your nursery?

[Shane]

My feeds have not been silly. They've not been as silly as I've not silly. Like there's too many. I'm. I think we're Getting really close to being. We're out of takes. I get so many takes on social media every day, all day. And I'm like, guys, let's cool it on the tape. Cause there's so many that I think we're now just making shit up to.

[Arasha]

Have a new take to stand out.

[Shane]

And I'm like, there's important takes. I get that. But we don't need a different. That I needed. That I desperately needed.

[Arasha]

And they're all.

[Amanda]

The Chia Pet company just getting to you, man.

[Shane]

I cannot believe. I cannot believe. But also, to be fair, when I was getting Chia Pet commercials, I didn't. I never heard of Chia Seeds as a kid.

[Amanda]

No, I didn't know that either. I recently learned it's Chia Seeds.

[Arasha]

And they're good. They're, like, fibrous.

[Shane]

Yeah. So the idea is that you drink. You soak them in water, and you drink them, and then it's just like they go through your body. It's like, hey, everything's going with us.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Like, we're pushing.

[Arasha]

We're pushing through, honestly. Yeah. Well, that's why we talked about magnesium.

[Amanda]

So I don't need to take magnesium citrate every day.

[Arasha]

No, no, no. Do that, too. That's the. And then you'll wake up with a block in your asshole.

[Shane]

But. What.

[Amanda]

See, you went too far.

[Arasha]

No. And as you do, just to be clear, the block is there for me right now. I just don't have time. Like, I'm not gonna slow down production to go take a shit.

[Shane]

We're gonna see such a drop in viewership right here.

[Arasha]

Yeah. Oh, there's gonna be a drop. All right.

[Amanda]

No.

[Shane]

Okay.

[Amanda]

Okay. Anyways, let's.

[Shane]

Arasha, you have a big show.

[Amanda]

Arasha's gonna be performing live and Los Angeles, baby. Literally, you're going to be performing live in Los Angeles, and it will be.

[Shane]

Live streamed as well.

[Arasha]

It will be like.

[Shane]

This will be an online 30th show as well.

[Amanda]

So it's May 30th. It's at Dynasty Typewriter. It's going to be live and livestreamed. And let me just say, Dynasty Typewriter kills it with their livestream. Truly, it's going to look so good.

[Arasha]

I'm really excited. Yeah. I mean, and the cool part of it, too, is, you know, this show, it's going to be so different than anything I've really ever done because it is. It crosses so many different genres and so many different formats. So the live stream aspect of it is so interesting because we have some video content in the. In the show. So if you are watching at home, it's just gonna plug straight into your screen. Perfect. So it almost will play like a little bit of a comedy special or like, like kind of like a. Another digital, like, SNL like, episode that you're watching. So in a way it's like, it's cool to be in the theater, obviously, and you'll have the screen, you'll still get to see that. But the cool aspect of it obviously is, like, at home, everything that's happening is going to be right there.

[Amanda]

Interstitials, you'll have video, you'll have you guys performing live. What's the title of it?

[Arasha]

It's called How I Met yout Mossy, which is aunt. Correct. Did you do your research?

[Amanda]

My research.

[Shane]

We. We talked about it.

[Amanda]

We talked about.

[Shane]

What is this?

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

How I met your aunt, kind of.

[Arasha]

Yeah. So. So without giving away too much, Mossy, like, loosely is aunt.

[Amanda]

Yeah. Mother, Sister.

[Arasha]

It's. Yeah, yeah, kind of. It's. It's like there's a lot of names inside of, like, relationships to, like, not just your elders, but your siblings and everything. And I'm pretty sure that's not just Indian culture, but specifically inside of. Of Indians, there is like a specific name for each person rather than just like aunt and uncle.

[Shane]

It is like, so it's like mother's sister.

[Amanda]

Exactly.

[Shane]

Sister are two different vibes.

[Amanda]

So what's that, Sister?

[Arasha]

Um, Pabby.

[Shane]

I actually think. Yeah, I actually like that there's a distinction because sometimes that's annoying when in English talking to someone you're like, oh, yeah, my aunt. It's like, so is that your aunt on your mom or dad?

[Arasha]

And it's like, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Shane]

And some people don't make the distinction of like, your grandmother's sister. So, like, in my family, it's like my grandma's sister is just aunt as well. Like, we don't make that distinction. So it's just like I just said, there's a ton of aunts and uncles all over the place.

[Arasha]

Yeah, I think. I think actually I'm wrong. I think Bobby is your brother's wife.

[Shane]

Interesting.

[Arasha]

Yeah, yeah. And then. And then there's like, different for like, maternal and paternal as well, for, like, grandparents. Like, my grandparents on my mom's side is like, Nani and Nana, and then on my dad's side is Daddy and Dada. But then, like, that also has different variations and also people just like, switch it up sometimes. Um, so it's like, it Honestly, it doesn't have to be as strict, but a lot of it comes from respect.

[Amanda]

Right?

[Arasha]

Like, it really is just like a form of like. Like, I don't call my older brother by his first name. I call him Paya, which technically means little brother, but he's older than me. And usually you have to call them like Bai, John or bhai, which is like, bro.

[Amanda]

Whoa. Yeah, I didn't know that.

[Arasha]

Yeah, I was. I was pretty embarrassed of it when we were growing up together and we were in school, so I. I actually, when we were both in. I think he was eighth grade and I was sixth grade, and so we were actually in the same school. We were old enough to, like, you know, care about what people think. Yeah. And I didn't want to call him Paya because I was like, that sounds awful. So I called him dude.

[Amanda]

Hey, dude.

[Shane]

What's up, dude?

[Arasha]

And that was truly, like. Like, his name. Like, that. I called him all the time. Like, if friends were over at the house, I'd be like, dude, incredibly embarrassing.

[Shane]

Really funny.

[Arasha]

Why?

[Shane]

Why. Why did you feel. I mean, I understand people just suck, especially in high school and stuff. Was there a specific reason you didn't want to follow that?

[Arasha]

I just. Yeah, I just. I feel like I was very embarrassed about it. I was. I was kind of, like, hiding from that aspect of it. I mean, it.

[Shane]

Obviously, this was in Texas.

[Arasha]

In Texas, yeah. And I grew up, like, you know, in a school where I was probably one of, like, a handful of. Maybe not minorities, but definitely Indian people at my school. And obviously the cat was out of the bag when you, like, saw my skin, so it wasn't really something I could hide.

[Shane]

At the end of, like, you have a friend for four years in high school, and at the very end, they're like, I have a question to ask you.

[Amanda]

Are you Indian?

[Arasha]

Right. Right. I mean, honestly, a lot of kids were really dumb, actually, growing up. I've heard a lot of people were like, oh, I thought you were hispan. Hispanic.

[Shane]

I actually am not. I'm not surprised by that.

[Amanda]

So close to Mexico. Is that what they thought?

[Arasha]

I mean, I. I guess there was, like, a much larger population in our school, so I guess they kind of had like, grouped me in with that. But I think people think that I'm like, have you never seen an Indian person? I guess probably not.

[Amanda]

Probably not. I mean, people always. People always think that I'm Armenian or Middle Eastern. Constantly. Yeah, all the time.

[Arasha]

I can see this.

[Amanda]

Even when I even. Even, like, growing up, they're always like, what are you?

[Arasha]

What are you?

[Amanda]

And I'm like, Portuguese. I guess people don't see a lot of Portuguese people.

[Shane]

Yeah, but it's different depending on where you. Depending on where you grew up. Because, like, in Arizona, where I grew up, it was like, just white people. Like, it's just. Especially our school, it was just like, white people.

[Amanda]

And I'm like.

[Shane]

I moved to LA, started coming here when I was, like, 14, and in, like, one week, I saw more diversity than I had seen in my entire.

[Arasha]

Life, for sure, growing up in Arizona. Well, it's interesting because, you know, I. There. There. There were a lot of Indians, and. And more specifically, I think I've said this before, too. Like, I. I belong to a very specific sect of Muslim inside of Islam, and it's. It's called Ismailis.

[Amanda]

Oh, yeah, you've said this before.

[Arasha]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. And it's, you know, there. There are pockets everywhere, but relatively, it is obviously very specific and small. So it's kind of like, you don't really know until you're, like, in on it kind of thing. But it has always served as this, like, immediate connection.

[Amanda]

Yeah.

[Arasha]

Between people of, like, if you do uncover that somebody is a smiley, you're suddenly like, oh, my God, you're my soulmate.

[Amanda]

Are there a lot in Texas?

[Arasha]

There was a lot in San Antonio. Yeah. There's a huge population, and so I was surrounded by that. They were just separate from, like, school life, you know, so it was really like, this duality that I grew up with. But admittedly, I didn't have a lot of great experiences as well with Ismailis growing up. And so it equally felt like I was juggling this culture of, like, do I want to try to fit in at school, or am I supposed to find my place within my community?

[Amanda]

Hence why you called your brother dude.

[Arasha]

Exactly.

[Amanda]

Because you're like, middle ground, dude.

[Arasha]

Middle ground is dude. And, you know, when I went away to college, too, it was much easier to escape from all of that as well. And I really started fresh and. And really moved away from my Indian identity. It really wasn't until, like, I started working on this show that I've really begun embracing that part of my culture and talking about it. And a lot of it has to do with my comedy partner, Lily. She is half Indian. She has a white dad. And, you know, it's very interesting because our show kind of borrows from this theme as well, of something that I think a lot of biracial people experience. And obviously, that's not what I go through. So I don't want to talk too much about it. But what she has shared with me is that oftentimes you feel like not Indian enough or not, you know, whatever your other half is, and everyone is kind of, you know, attacking you for that. And so she has kind of dealt with it a lot by overcompensating and being like, I need to be extra Indian in order to show that I really do have this part of me in it, which has bled over a lot into me. Like, I have really learned a lot about it through her. That's so cool. And I've been introduced to so many South Asians in LA through her. I mean, there is a huge community.

[Amanda]

Yeah.

[Arasha]

Of South Asian performers out here and it is. It's such a good feeling to be surrounded by them, which is why I really have felt so, so excited about this show because my first year in LA did not include any of that. And being surrounded by that almost feels like. It feels really, like healing. I'm sure it's really cool to be surrounded by the people that I once grew up with and really was desperate to be a part of. And now it feels like my love for acting and performing is really blending into my self expression. That's so cool.

[Amanda]

I think it's so. I think it makes total sense when you're growing up to push that away.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

Because it almost feels like this is too traditional, this isn't cool, Nobody understands. And so I think it's awesome that you're in la, so diverse and you get to now do your passion with those people.

[Arasha]

Totally.

[Amanda]

It's like very full circle for you.

[Arasha]

Yeah, yeah. I mean, and a huge part of that too. Right. Like, it's so nuanced because, you know, I don't want to put myself in this pocket of also just doing, like, a lot of people have reached out to me and have talked to me about, like, oh, is this like a South Asian show? You know, like, yeah, is this going to be like, only for South Asians? And it's like, no. You know, it's like, you know, it's like. It's like sinners. Right. Obviously that doesn't include a lot of people outside of the black community when it comes to the message. Right. But that doesn't mean that we're not in the seats because being like, this is a fantastic production and clearly I'm learning a lot from it.

[Shane]

You know, there's almost an argument to be made of, like, it. It's almost more important for people who aren't Part of that community.

[Arasha]

Yeah, yeah, exactly. So I would say, like, there's a lot of nods to it in the show where, like, if you are South Asian, a lot of the jokes are going to be like, oh, my God, like, this is for me. And I get to laugh along with it. But some jokes are just gonna go over white people's heads, and that's just what it's gonna be, and we're fine with that, you know, and it's.

[Amanda]

So your show is like a compilation of sketches with, like, a through line.

[Arasha]

Exactly. Yeah. That's. That's where it kind of becomes different genres. So it is. It is your sketch show where we have about 10 different sketches that you'll see. And, you know, those are in the art of typical sketch comedy. Different locations, different times, shenanigans. You'll see a game inside of it or whatever. The main difference, though. Yeah. Is that they will tie together to tell one chronological story, which essentially is how Lily and I met.

[Shane]

Cool.

[Amanda]

Oh, that's so cool.

[Arasha]

Yeah, yeah.

[Shane]

So this show is. This is just also for. Just generally very personal to you.

[Arasha]

Yeah, yeah. I mean, it's semi autobiographical. You know, Most of what we have written has really been drawn from real experiences. And the story itself, like, we decided to write it because when we became friends, everybody kept asking, like, how did you guys meet? And again, I don't want to reveal that because that really is the plot of the show. But every time we would say our story, everyone was like, oh, that's a crazy, like, situation of how you guys came together. And we. And we had kind of just become writing partners for, like, one thing quickly. Just for, like, a variety show we had written.

[Amanda]

You've done variety shows at ucb?

[Arasha]

Yeah, ucb and just kind of, like, around the general circuit. We did a show called South Asian AF inside of, like, Asian af. Like, they have tons of shows that they put on. And so at first, we started with just one sketch. Lily had gotten, like, asked to be in this variety show, and so she was like, oh, hey, like, Arasha, would you want to write a sketch with me? Like, we've never worked together. Like, let's just do something quick for this. And so we had met up, we started writing this sketch, and as we were writing, we were like, wait, like, this is a whole universe. Actually, what we have written is much more. And what we wrote that day was actually the last sketch of our current show. So we backtrack and wrote everything else over the last about year and a half and have again Incorporated video content and interstitials and different sort of aspects inside of the show to make it something unique. And that's what we will be performing at the end of the month. So. Yeah, it's a lot. It's a lot. And, you know, the interesting part, too, is that I feel like there is this confusion of, like, you know, we have been testing our sketches here and there at different shows, but this is the show that is all of it, front to back, like, the one time we're putting it up.

[Amanda]

So some of these sketches you've never done live before.

[Arasha]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Amanda]

I love that. That's really. Because the thing is, when you do a sketch, you perform it, you're like, whoa, learned a lot. We're like, this could be cut or this could be longer or, oh, shit, that went great. Like, always, the one that you're like, I don't know about this one always, like, ends up going really well.

[Arasha]

Oh, yeah.

[Amanda]

So do you think after you do this show, do you think if it goes well, you'll do it again?

[Arasha]

So we have a lot of different paths that we want to go down with it. I mean, we have talked about, like, touring the show.

[Amanda]

Oh, cool.

[Arasha]

And because we have. We have an awesome roster of guest stars that, you know, we haven't, like, officially revealed, I guess, but it's like, it's all over our Instagram and TikTok. If you kind of, like, check it out there, you'll see who we're kind of alluding to. But, like, the goal is, like, we could either take them with us or, like, wherever we go, we kind of bring on different actors to take on these roles, which would be awesome. What we, though, have largely discussed is that we actually want to pitch this show as a streaming series. Cool. Yeah. We've simultaneously written a pilot for it, and most of the, like, digital content that we've produced, which has mostly been in service to promote the show, a lot of people have reached out and have been like, this is giving sitcom. This is giving, like, obviously, because it parodies How I Met your Mother. I'm sure I met your. Yeah. Lens to it. Which, funny enough, actually, I don't know if you guys have. Are you guys fans of How I Met yout Mother?

[Shane]

I watched the first.

[Amanda]

I have never seen an episode.

[Arasha]

Oh, really?

[Amanda]

Yeah. But Garde has seen a lot of it. I think it was one of his shows that he really, like, learned English on.

[Shane]

Oh, funny.

[Amanda]

Yeah. He, like, watched a ton of sitcoms to do that.

[Arasha]

Love that makes sense.

[Amanda]

So I Haven't watched a lot of. I've seen. Seen so many clips of it, though. Like, I know the premise. I know the deal, but I've seen so many clips of it. And I mean, spoiler. You know who the mother is at the end.

[Arasha]

Yeah, you find out. You find out.

[Shane]

People. People hate.

[Amanda]

In case people haven't seen it, that's.

[Shane]

One of the most it's been out. Hated endings to a show.

[Arasha]

Yeah, really.

[Shane]

Unfortunately, people hate the ending to How I Met My Mother. They just didn't think it was, like, a satisfying ending, I'm pretty sure. But, you know, with sitcoms, there's. That's not the only. Because Seinfeld, people say, is, like, the worst ending to a sitcom ever, too. Sitcoms aren't really shows that I care how they end. I'm like, I kind of watch sitcoms because they are an encapsulated, like, perfect 30 minutes.

[Amanda]

It's not like the Sopranos where it ended and you were like, okay, Whoa, whoa, whoa.

[Arasha]

Spoilers.

[Amanda]

I didn't say anything. Trust me, I didn't say anything.

[Shane]

Anyways, yes. As you were saying.

[Arasha]

As I was saying, yes. So obviously, we enjoyed the show and we sort of, you know, borrow aspects of it or more like we're inspired by it. Like, the whole flashback format is what's super interesting to us. And that's what these sketches kind of serve as. As well. But it's funny, the timing of it, because they. The creator of How I Met yout Mother and the actor that plays the lead, Ted Mosby, Josh Radner, both of them actually just started a podcast called How We Made youe Mother. Wow. And it's a rewatch podcast. And we actually reached out to them, and we were like, hey, like, we're actually putting on a show that's inspired by the series. And they are excited and are coming to our show. Yeah. Josh, I think, is in New York, but the producer of the show was like, save me a ticket. Like, I'll be there.

[Amanda]

That's awesome.

[Arasha]

Hello. So super excited about that. I think that's really, really cool.

[Amanda]

We'll just have one reserved seat in the front. You guys are all watching.

[Arasha]

And just put Ted Mosby freaks out.

[Shane]

That's so funny.

[Amanda]

Did Ted Mosby help write How I Met yout Mother? Did he help create it? I know he's the lead. So over time, maybe over time, eventually.

[Shane]

A lot of times, he started racking up edits.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Shane]

That's so cool.

[Amanda]

So cool.

[Shane]

I'm very impressed by you because you're. I Know so many people like you out here who just constantly making stuff. Y. I'm so impressed by it because I have never been that way. I'm. I, like, it takes so much for me to, like, get going and make things because I'm so, like, scared, I guess, my anxiety. But I know so many people like you, and. And you always find success because you're just always doing stuff out there, you know?

[Arasha]

I appreciate that you guys. Like, I mean, I feel, like, true. Truthfully, like, I feel inspired at Smosh. Like, I genuinely feel like, especially being like, a little bit younger than. Than everybody else, I feel like this need to keep up sometimes. And. And sometimes I forget that it's like, you know, obviously we're all on our own journey and stuff, but I kind of lead, I think, with this aspect of, you know, you can't really wait for opportunities to come your way, especially not nowadays. No. I mean, the industry is incredibly competitive, and with TikTok these days, everybody's a star.

[Amanda]

Everybody.

[Arasha]

Everybody's going viral, Everybody's got followers. Like, it really is incredibly difficult to stand out. Like, that's why we have these hot takes so that we can be these different people. And. And that's something that Lily and I really lead with, is every time we're doing, like, a trend or every time we're writing a sketch, like, we always come back to, okay, what is our lens? Like, what is. What is. What do we specifically have that nobody else can. Can look at?

[Amanda]

Right.

[Arasha]

And usually it's, okay, we're two Indian women. How do we face the world like this? And again, it's. It's that balance of, like, we want to be relatable. And a huge part of the show in general is to show that Indian women are just like regular women, which I've talked about on this podcast.

[Amanda]

Yes.

[Arasha]

It's crazy.

[Amanda]

I've never heard that in my life.

[Arasha]

Like, I'm just. It's such a tired stereotype of Indian women being, like, boring or, like, I don't know, like, misfits or whatever. It's just like, I just feel like that's so not the case.

[Amanda]

It's so boring.

[Arasha]

It's so boring. I'm done seeing that.

[Shane]

Of that time you talked about on this podcast of, like, I want to play, like, the mean girl.

[Arasha]

Yes.

[Shane]

And I was like, that's. Yeah.

[Arasha]

More. More bitchy Indian women. More.

[Amanda]

I would love to see it. I would love, love to see it.

[Arasha]

Because it just, like, that, to me, feels like the right representation. You know, I don't want to see the same, like, you know, high who's like, she just immigrated and she's such a loser. Like, yeah, no, she's not. Like, that's not boring.

[Shane]

You want to see multifaceted, like, real characters.

[Arasha]

Totally.

[Shane]

I. Yeah.

[Arasha]

Yeah. And then you're real.

[Amanda]

You're real people with. You go through arcs, you go through journeys. You change. Like, you're not just one thing with.

[Shane]

And the aspects of imperfection there, too, and stuff like.

[Arasha]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, I think a lot of it is also shocking, you know, especially to the generation above us. Right. Like, so my parents are coming to the show. Oh.

[Shane]

How do you feel about that?

[Arasha]

I think I feel excited about it.

[Shane]

Are there. Are there details in this show about yourself that your parents don't know about?

[Arasha]

I don't think so.

[Shane]

Like, are they gonna learn more about you that they don't know already?

[Amanda]

You feel like a pretty open book.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Arasha]

Yeah. I. I mean, I hope.

[Amanda]

I don't know.

[Arasha]

I've put a lot of myself out there on Smosh, I think, so I'm kind of like, if they don't know.

[Shane]

Do your parents already watch?

[Arasha]

Yeah. Do they watch? Not really. I don't know.

[Amanda]

I don't know if any of our parents. I think some.

[Shane]

My parents watches some.

[Amanda]

My mom watches some.

[Shane]

She. She watched my mom, I think, oddly, the Shane guesses stuff. She always watches.

[Arasha]

That's sweet. That's really sweet.

[Shane]

She watches. She. You know, there's too much stuff to keep up with, but she'll watch things.

[Amanda]

I think my mom's always like, where do I. I'm like, right.

[Shane]

I'm glad. I'm glad. Most of my family doesn't.

[Amanda]

I don't need them.

[Shane]

Like, you don't need to.

[Arasha]

Yeah. I think. I think my parents don't quite get the grasp of it as well. Like, you know, they. Because. Because my parents, they immigrated when, you know, my. My brother and I were babies, and they were about, you know, 26, 27. So when you think about that, like, I'm not even that age yet.

[Shane]

Wow.

[Arasha]

So it's kind of like, imagine living, like, this whole life and then completely just, like, starting over in a whole new place. Like, there are some things that you can, you know, adapt to and begin to understand. But I also believe that, like, some systems aren't really gonna compute.

[Shane]

Yeah. Like, tiny laser heist. How are you gonna explain that?

[Arasha]

No, my dad would be like, what the fuck are you doing?

[Shane]

Pick out a diamond, Just grab it with your hands.

[Amanda]

No.

[Shane]

Right.

[Amanda]

I get it. I mean, YouTube in general, like, sometimes doesn't make sense for them unless they're watching how to build, like, Ikea furniture.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

But I like. Which my dad loves.

[Arasha]

Oh.

[Amanda]

I also. My dad loves YouTube, though. Loves a really funny guy.

[Shane]

I'm like, dad, well, your dad's, like, super tech genius.

[Amanda]

He's super.

[Shane]

Which is hilarious.

[Amanda]

Super online. He used to read Microsoft Word books. I mean, he's a computer engineer.

[Shane]

He's super online, you being the most offline person. But your dad, he's like, you need.

[Amanda]

To get a new iPhone now. I'm like, like, why? It's fine. He's like, it sucks at taking photos. I'm like, you're right, dad.

[Shane]

So funny.

[Amanda]

Oh, yeah. He's very, very techie. So he watches a ton of YouTube. He'll find things that I do that I don't even send him. And then if he sees friends of mine and then, like, maybe sees them in a weird movie, he's like, I saw your friend Steph Barkley.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

She was in this horror, fun horror movie. The movie was weird, but she was so good.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

And I'm like, wow, you are online.

[Shane]

That's incredible.

[Amanda]

I was like, dad, have you seen this Netflix show? He's like, I don't know. We finished Netflix. Like, Netflix.

[Shane]

We finished it. We watched everything.

[Arasha]

We're done.

[Amanda]

He's done with Netflix.

[Arasha]

Wow.

[Amanda]

Every show is done.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Okay.

[Amanda]

He's now on Brit Box and everything else.

[Shane]

Brit Box?

[Arasha]

What is Brit Box?

[Shane]

Is that a British TV show?

[Amanda]

It's a subscription for.

[Shane]

Whoa. That actually sounds. That actually sounds.

[Amanda]

Actually might get it.

[Shane]

That. Because it's like, you watch British investigative shows. What's the variety show? That's incredible. Taskmaster.

[Amanda]

Oh, yeah. I don't know.

[Shane]

Taskmaster is, like, one of the best shows ever made.

[Amanda]

I don't know. It's probably on there, but Britbox is supposed to be amazing. Okay, anyways, enough about Brit Box.

[Arasha]

Well, it's. It's funny. My dad actually is like. He's. He's very much into, like, the classics.

[Shane]

Like, he's watching Turner Classic Movies.

[Arasha]

He's. He's like. He's like, hey, Arasha, come sit with me and watch Taken.

[Amanda]

Yeah, my dad also loves Taken.

[Shane]

I like you. You said classics, and you followed it up with Taken.

[Amanda]

You are so.

[Shane]

I was like, you know, these old.

[Amanda]

Movies, like, take Cary Grant vibes.

[Arasha]

I mean, that's just a real story.

[Shane]

Taken is the ultimate dad movie, though, right?

[Arasha]

It is.

[Shane]

My daughter was kidnapped, and I. Her father can travel around the World and find her and kill them and kill everyone. In My Way is the most dad movie that's ever been made.

[Amanda]

I would say classic is very funny.

[Shane]

That Classic Taken.

[Arasha]

That's just drawing from a real story. But, like, that's like.

[Shane]

I get what you're saying. Yeah, I get what you're saying.

[Arasha]

That's like. That's his genre. So he will never. You know.

[Shane]

Your dad watched the most dad show in existence.

[Amanda]

Reacher.

[Shane]

Reacher. No, your dad would love it. It's just big, buff guy who just can beat up anyone.

[Arasha]

So another. Another piece of my dad lore.

[Amanda]

He's very.

[Shane]

It's really funny. Just every situation just like, well, he's gonna punch his way to victory.

[Amanda]

Of course he is.

[Arasha]

Honestly, he would like that then.

[Shane]

It's very funny.

[Amanda]

It's based off the Jack Reacher series.

[Shane]

Yeah. It's just this guy who's like, he's former CIA. We don't know what he was doing for the government, and now he's just kind of a drifter. But anytime he sees anything going wrong, he just can punch anyone and win.

[Amanda]

So Liam Neeson vibes.

[Shane]

It's very Liam Neeson.

[Amanda]

It's Liam Neeson.

[Shane]

Oh, this guy's just so buff.

[Amanda]

He's so big.

[Arasha]

Oh, okay. Liam's kind of big.

[Shane]

This guy is.

[Amanda]

He's fake. I love him.

[Shane]

It's basically like, in this show, this man is the largest man who exists.

[Amanda]

Yes.

[Shane]

And so nobody can stop him.

[Arasha]

So I have to watch it.

[Shane]

But then apparently season three, there's a guy who's bigger than him, and that's the villain who some guy they found who's actually bigger than him. It's very funny, this show.

[Arasha]

So a piece of my dad's lore as well is that the only TV show that he will watch is the old Star Trek.

[Shane]

That's. That's a very dad move.

[Arasha]

Like, I'm not kidding. Every night rewrites.

[Amanda]

So that's a classic.

[Shane]

That. That stuff is very funny, though.

[Arasha]

Yeah, he loves that.

[Shane]

Actually, that show is better. Like, when you watch it, it's shockingly, really well done.

[Arasha]

Oh, yeah. No, he holds up really well.

[Shane]

Yeah, it's not as like, it is cheesy, but it's also like, kind of more downplayed at times than you expect.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Like, very subtle scenes.

[Amanda]

And so they're going to come to a new age style. How I met your Mossy Dynasty typewriter. Yeah, they're gonna have a great time.

[Arasha]

I. I hope so. I hope that they actually. I hope that they, like, understand the storyline And. And, you know, are able to, like, follow through and. And see what I'm doing. And maybe that's me giving them, like, not enough credit. You know, they're obviously, like, you know, fluent in English. Like, they're able to.

[Amanda]

Watching you on stage.

[Arasha]

Yeah, Yeah, I think so. I think that's the main thing. Like, my mom is so curious about it. She keeps being like, what do you mean? It's a show. And I'm like, a show, Right. Like, she's like, so you're gonna be like, honestly, stage? And I'm like, correct. And she's like. And you're gonna be, like, talking to the audience. And I'm like, well, in a way, you know, So I think she's.

[Shane]

The concept that. Your mom has never seen live theater before.

[Arasha]

Yeah. So she saw Aladdin with my brother in New York, and she loved that.

[Amanda]

So she saw it on Broadway.

[Arasha]

She saw. Yeah. She was like. I love that. She was like, so great, so amazing. And I'm like, okay, so we're not doing Aladdin.

[Amanda]

No.

[Shane]

So it's a little different than that.

[Arasha]

It's a little lower budget than Aladdin on Broadway. Musical. Yes. But I. But I hope that they are just kind of able to see and, you know, get excited about what it is that I'm bringing to my career and my life now. I think I've talked about this with you guys, too. Like, growing up, obviously, they weren't really, I think, as comfortable with me really wanting to do acting as a career.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Arasha]

And, yeah. You know, it's like, it wasn't really. It's not that they were not. It's not that they were discouraging me. They just weren't encouraging me.

[Shane]

I. I honestly understand for anyone whose parents, like, went through the hardship of, like, coming into this country, like, to go through so much. Like, we're bringing you here, like, so much for you, and then you want.

[Arasha]

To do fucking comedy.

[Shane]

I think I want to do sketch comedy. God, we're going back home.

[Amanda]

All of our hopes and dreams.

[Shane]

I want to do improv.

[Arasha]

And then here's my brother being like, I'm going to pursue tech. And they're like, yes, yes.

[Shane]

That's what we're talking about.

[Amanda]

We love you.

[Shane]

That's so funny.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Shane]

No, but obviously you've killed it. Like, you have done so well in this.

[Arasha]

I mean, it's. It's. Again, that's another thing, too, is that I don't quite know that my parents also grasp the, like, the spread that Smosh has as well, so I think they're just kind of like, you know, I think they understand fame mostly in like, the TV and movie world. And so I think they're more just like, oh, Russia's starting out on YouTube.

[Shane]

We're also at a turning of industries, right? Like, YouTube didn't exist. It only has existed for 20 years, but it's only been like the powerhouse it's been for probably like little over 10 maybe. Maybe, like, it varies, but like, we're in a shifting. This is no different than truly like 100 years ago when, like, the emergence of sound in movies, like, that was a huge shift. Like, it sounds silly to compare it, but I, I think it's a fair comparison. I'm not saying if it's bigger or not, but, like, these shifts in industry are confusing for people because. Wait, hold on. This is big now.

[Amanda]

Even now, like, YouTube is becoming way more different too. It's like streaming and YouTube, they're. Everything is changing. So I totally get why your parents are like, even my parents, even my sister's like, wait, what? I think they understand it now, but, huh.

[Arasha]

Yeah, I mean, not to, not to make it incredibly deep, but I'm. I'm wondering if you guys face this same thing too, of like, you know, because that is the case and you know, in one way, objectively, we have reached success, you know, all of us here and everything that we're doing. And it is very cool. But, but for me personally, I am constantly feeling this need to, you know, prove that to my family and, and being like, like, look how cool this is. Like, don't. Don't you guys see this? And, you know, maybe, maybe it is a little bit of that, like, that, that immigrant guilt of like, like, look, look what I've done. Like, I promise I am doing something and I want you guys to see that. And I, and I hope that some of that is, you know, resolved when they come and see my show. Not for, like, the celebrities that will be on stage and not for the, you know, the sound of applause or laughter in the show, but just so that they can see it and maybe, maybe get some sort of semblance of like, okay, she is in LA and she's okay, and she's on stage right now and doing something, and that's enough.

[Amanda]

You're able to pay your rent in LA and you're working.

[Shane]

Yeah, that's, that's success.

[Amanda]

You're successful.

[Shane]

Cause when I was like 18 and I'm not working at all, like, still my parents were having to help Me out. I was like, okay, if. If in 10 years, if I can pay rent and be performing full time, I've made it. Yeah, that's. That's the goal. And so if you're. No matter what the performing is.

[Amanda]

Right.

[Shane]

You're doing that, you're successful. Because that is so hard to do. And I have so many friends of mine who are not able to do that. Like, the majority are not able to do that.

[Arasha]

Totally.

[Shane]

Such a lie.

[Amanda]

Lots of people have moved back.

[Shane]

You have to. You have to get lucky. Like, you. You do. So it's like, I can't. I don't scoff at any form of performing. Some, like, dude, but we. You get to perform. You get to. Like, that's such a privilege.

[Amanda]

But we get it. Here's the thing. We're out here. We get it. So I totally understand, like, wanting to show your parents.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

And I think them coming, then them coming to Dynasty, which I think is one of my favorite theaters in la.

[Arasha]

Totally is.

[Amanda]

Is you showing, like, a body of work that you've been working on for almost two years. And it's like, regardless, they're gonna be super proud.

[Arasha]

Yeah. Yeah. I hope so.

[Shane]

I also think it's really cool. This sounds like this is very much a passion project, and obviously there's a lot of smart business aspects to it, but I do think the industry and online has gotten so, like, industry forward of, like, okay, is this. Is this show you're doing? Is it smart? Like, is it getting wide reach? Is it doing all these right things? But I think it's so important to, like, perform and create shows that it's like, I am doing this because I love it.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Because that's why we do this. Like, if, you know, if you're doing it all for the monetary or for, like, how does this further my career? It's like, dude, I should have gone into any other career than performing.

[Arasha]

You're so right.

[Shane]

But it's like, we do it because we love it. And so, like.

[Amanda]

But that feeling doesn't really go away.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

You know, I've been out here a long time, and it still doesn't go away. Like, my mom still likes. So when are you moving home? Because it's way easier here. How much do you love your job? I'm like, mom, it's not just a job. It's a whole career. So it's like, it doesn't really go away. So you have to kind of make peace with it.

[Arasha]

Oh, yeah.

[Amanda]

But it'll happen over time. I mean, my God, yeah. To me, you're like, starting.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

I know you went to school for it, but, like, you're starting.

[Arasha]

Oh, yeah. I mean, and you know, in a way, too, like, in college, I feel like I wasn't even going for it yet. Right. Because I made up my own major. I've told you that, right?

[Amanda]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Arasha]

So, like, you know, I was kind of, like, also stumbling through being like, what am I going to do?

[Amanda]

Right.

[Arasha]

And for Smosh to be, like, the first thing that I've really gotten to do out in la. I feel incredibly lucky. I think Tommy was like, the first person actually that, like, I remember we were in like a. Our first, like, welcome talent forum. I remember I, like, was talking to Tommy and I was like, yeah, I just moved here like, five months ago. And he was like. He was like, well, you're here, so you're good. And I was like, okay. Like, I'm. I'm excited. I. I'm looking forward to, like, where this is going to take me. And Smosh has truly continued to be such a staple of, like, gratitude for me because it's the reason that I'm able to put on this show. I'm able to have Smosh and. And be pursuing things over here and. And, you know, stretching my improv and sketch skills and overall comedy. And at the same time, I'm able to put on my own show and do that simultaneously, which is not what a lot of people can do. So I continue to just count my blessings and be like, I'm so psyched that I'm able to do that. And it's been like a different full time job, you know, because we're producing, we have a director, but we're writing, we're starring in it. Like, it's like, we've done so much work towards it, and especially now, it being like, I don't know when this is going to come out, but from Today, it's like 29 days away. And having worked on it for a year and a half, I'm just kind of like, who, like, you know, big exhale moment.

[Amanda]

I'm sure when the day of the show, try to do something that is not the show related.

[Arasha]

Yeah, I.

[Amanda]

This is what I've learned, because.

[Arasha]

Take a shit.

[Amanda]

Yeah, take a shit, definitely. But, like, go and do something that's not your show related and then come together like an hour before. Yeah, go shoplift.

[Shane]

Shoplift.

[Amanda]

Take your mind off of it. Get arrested. You know what I'm saying?

[Arasha]

That would be awesome.

[Amanda]

No, but, like, do Something that takes your mind up. Because if you. If you hunker down all day. And I'm talking specifically about myself.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

Because, like, when I would do a one woman show, I remember my friend visited me on my first one woman show is my. That I've ever done. And she was like, we're gonna go look at flowers. And I was like, like, no, we can't. I have to sit here and think about my fully improvised show.

[Arasha]

Right, right.

[Amanda]

That is made up on the spot. And she's like, no, we're gonna go.

[Arasha]

Shake it off a little.

[Amanda]

And it was hard, but I'm very glad I did it, because you gotta. The work is done.

[Arasha]

I. I mean, I'm sure. Have you guys also felt that way with Smoshmouth? Sometimes in terms of, like, I. I've. We've learned with our writing that sometimes stepping away and then coming back to it days later, like, you'll write something and you'll be like, this is dog shit. But then you'll walk away, and a couple days later, you'll come back and you're like, wait, this is really funny.

[Shane]

I would say I am a believer in the, like, you grind, you prep as much as you can, and then like the lead, like that day of the most, the more you can let it go and give that space and trust the work you put in, and then.

[Amanda]

Then you can be really present at it.

[Shane]

You do want something organic in a performance.

[Amanda]

You know, you don't want it over rehearsed. I mean, I get it. It's a sketch. Every beat is rehearsed.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

But like, when we would do Sunday, we did. We would make a new sketch show every Sunday. But like, a couple sketches that were like, yay. Would last like four weeks. And I'm telling you, the third week, it was the best sketch. Best version of the sketch you've ever seen.

[Arasha]

Wow.

[Amanda]

Because it was like, you've done it and you let it go. It's hard to do.

[Shane]

I. It's. There's not really much I think you can compare it to when it comes to smosh. But there are so many episodes of stuff we film here where it feels like in the moment, you're like, what is this? And you leave and you're like, what was that? And then it's like a hit. And people are like, that's one of the funniest episodes they have of anything. It's like, I guess we were in the zone, but we didn't know it.

[Arasha]

Or they save it in the edit.

[Amanda]

Honestly, it was like, when Tommy and I first did Frickin the Hunger Games with Cora and Keith, and we did it, and they were like, we don't know what this is, but. But will you guys try it? But the first time we did it, we just had fun, and they were like, whoa, okay. And it actually did well. And the whole time we're like, what are we doing?

[Arasha]

Yeah, it's.

[Amanda]

And then it was so fun to do.

[Arasha]

Totally.

[Amanda]

That's also another thing is, like, when you don't have a big plan.

[Arasha]

Yeah. Or the pressure. Right. That you put on it of, like. It's kind of like an improv. If you go up there and you're like, I have to be funny, you're gonna flop.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

It's gonna be very bad.

[Arasha]

But if you just gotta get in there and you're like, all right, we're doing it.

[Amanda]

Oh, honey, you need.

[Shane]

Look what you did.

[Arasha]

That was on cue. So sorry, guys.

[Shane]

You're not gonna mess up. You're not gonna mess up your show because you've already messed up here.

[Arasha]

Fuck.

[Shane]

In our last five to 10 minutes that we have here, you've been talking so much. You've been working on the show with a good friend of yours. So a duo.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Shane]

And I was thinking about it, and I feel like the bread and butter of Smosh is duos.

[Amanda]

Duos.

[Shane]

Like, I think that's what people like about Smosh is watching people's interactions and how different types of comedy and stuff comes from different. Different, like, groupings of people.

[Arasha]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Shane]

And I guess I had a few questions, but one, like, what do you think are some of the, like, ultimate duos of Smosh and also your duos.

[Amanda]

Good question.

[Shane]

Smosh.

[Arasha]

Wow.

[Shane]

Cause, like, it may not be the fan favorites, but who you think, like, oh, man. When I'm working with this person.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Shane]

We're killing it.

[Arasha]

I mean, I feel like the first person that comes to mind with me is, like, Courtney. I feel like. I feel like I am, like, almost, like, in a weird, like, giddy place with Courtney whenever we're on camera. So much so that, you know, I'm your third. So did you know that? Did you guys know that?

[Amanda]

I just learned that it's not the cats, honey. It's Arasha sneaking into your house. House.

[Arasha]

It's me in the middle of the night. Yeah. I. Cause when I think of duos, I definitely just feel like who I feel comfortable with next to. And I don't really feel like, the need to plan. I also don't feel like, judged you know, not that I feel that way with anybody, but I just feel like when I sit next to Courtney, I feel like I'll say stuff and Courtney will catch it. When other people will be, like, in the mess of things, and Courtney will turn to me and be like, what the hell did you just say? You know, she catches all. She catches it all.

[Shane]

She absolutely does.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

Peripheral is, like, on spot. Like, literally, if you're doing something here, it's like, as if she's looking at you.

[Arasha]

And she goes. And she does it quickly, too. She's like, yeah.

[Shane]

She'll go, that's a good impression.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

Literally.

[Arasha]

Why did you just say. I'm like, nothing. That's a good duo. Yeah.

[Shane]

I feel like an underrated one because I feel like I have that dynamic a lot with Keith where I think a lot of stuff doesn't make it to the edit of just, like, we are making each other laugh, like, quietly.

[Arasha]

Keith is so funny.

[Shane]

Keith and I, like, love observing, and we find, like, so much in life funny. Like, that's our initial reaction to things. Like, even if we're uncomfortable or something, but if something awkward happens, like, we're going to laugh.

[Amanda]

Yeah.

[Shane]

You know, I love that with.

[Amanda]

My goal in life with Keith is to make him laugh whenever I can. And he's always like, what are you doing?

[Arasha]

No, Keith cracks me up. Like, some of my favorite games videos are like, Keith in the corner, just being like. He's like. He's got his own bits churning out. I'm like, hilarious. Yeah.

[Shane]

Amanda, I feel like. I feel like one of the ultimate duos right now is you and Angela.

[Amanda]

Yeah.

[Shane]

I feel like that is very much a popular duo. But I also do agree. I think there's not a duo that isn't a hit. There's some that we just. I guess we don't see it as much.

[Amanda]

We don't see it as much by.

[Shane]

Sheer luck of, like, the seating arrangements sometimes or the casting.

[Arasha]

Totally.

[Shane]

But they're all great. But some are just seen more than others, I think.

[Arasha]

I think what I really like about you and Angela as a duo, too, is I feel like you guys just understand each other really well. So, like. Like. Like, one of you guys just, like, will toss out a roast, and the other one will just, like, know, like, what it is. You won't be confused or be like, whoa, were you saying that to hurt me? Like, you guys are just so on the same vibe that you're comfortable just being like you.

[Amanda]

We never really have to be like, hey, I hope I didn't hurt you.

[Arasha]

Ever. Ever.

[Amanda]

It's very. To me, it's very sibling energy and also very, like. We come from a lot of.

[Arasha]

Of.

[Amanda]

We come from different training, but we come from a lot of, like, improv training in a way where she recognizes, like, me heightening or recognizes me. She. I think she knows when I'm actually upset, and it's very rare. And it's like, we have that trust, essentially.

[Arasha]

I think so.

[Shane]

You both very much are similar in the improv training of Speak first, think second.

[Amanda]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Like, truly. Because you're like, the amount of times, like, I think I feel like both of your bits. Bits often are like, you say something wild, then you go, what?

[Amanda]

What?

[Shane]

Yeah, that's the thing. So when you're paired up together, it's very fun.

[Amanda]

It's like, what? And then it's like, we need to stop. We need to stop.

[Arasha]

Totally. But I think. I think you're really accurate here where, like, you really can put a lot of duos together and it works really well. What's so interesting is, like, Smosh was kind of built on a duo. I mean, it is Anthony. Yeah. Like, the two. And like, what you kind of bring to the table. But. But I. I'm interested. Like, do you guys think it's better when a duo is, like, so similar, or is it when they're, like, different and they compliment each other?

[Shane]

I like seeing different versions. I think I end up in duos a lot where I actually don't think I'm funny, but I am the audience member to them saying, crazy. That was. I think that was Damien and I a lot. That is Damien and I a lot. As Damien says. Just the wildest stuff. And I'm laughing at it. And so the audience laughs with me. And I think that's kind of same with Spencer and I. Yeah. Like, Spencer says wild shit, and I'm there laughing at it. Like, that is kind of the dynamic.

[Amanda]

It's the straight man and the wild one is some of my favorite characters. But then the two who are the wild ones, like a Chance and Angela together. But here's the thing. Sometimes it's a. Sometimes it's a specific game or a mood. Well, one will take the straight person, which is the. Like, chance will go, like.

[Shane]

And not straight chance go voice of.

[Amanda]

Reason, but we'll go voice of reason. And that's where the jokes land. And then it's just two people being giddy who love hanging out with each other.

[Shane]

Like, it's very funny because when Chance is here, On Smoshmouth with us two, he's the wild one.

[Amanda]

He's the wild one.

[Shane]

But then next to Angela, he's suddenly the Angela.

[Arasha]

Angela.

[Amanda]

Yeah, exactly.

[Shane]

It's very funny, and I think it shows how conscious we all are as performers that you'll see us shift. Shift how we feel depending on the person. And I think people underestimate how much sometimes those are conscious efforts of, like, okay, I know what's gonna make this video funnier is if I'm not the one saying the joke.

[Arasha]

So true. So true.

[Amanda]

To me. To me, it is not all of it's thought out. A lot of it's, like, natural. But, like, sometimes it is. You're like, okay, I know that this energy is this. So I'm taking on this energy.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

And it's also fun for the performer to. To play multiple different energies.

[Arasha]

I feel like. I feel that in a group dynamic a lot, too. Like, when I come on to, like, for, like, smosh games, I feel like if it is, like, Chance Angela, maybe Trevor, then I'm kind of like, okay, there's definitely a lot of weirdness. I know where I fit in, and it's being the more calm or the straight man or the audience. But then I feel like I walk on with you guys and Tommy in court, and I'm like, oh, I'm ready to bring chaos. Yeah, exactly.

[Amanda]

You kind of. You get to, like. You get permission to, like, slip into different versions of yourself.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

And that's why I love the diy.

[Arasha]

You know where you stand.

[Shane]

You're very good at. And it's an underrated skill, but of being kind of the glue in videos. Cause when we've done the who, smosh is it anyway, like, you do such a good job as the host, and that's a very specific skill. Cause I think you are very aware of what's going on. You don't get to be saying jokes, but you are so aware of what's funny that's going on that you're kind of timing it out. And you do such a good job of it. Because we did who smoshes it anyway? With you as the host and then where we did one with. Without you as the host. And I remember being like, I struggled a lot more, and I was like, you know, I think you being there really helped.

[Arasha]

Thank you.

[Shane]

Like, navigate it.

[Arasha]

Yeah. Well, that. Thank you for saying that. That. That even reminded me, too, of, like, you know, another really strong host, Tommy.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Arasha]

I feel like that's why Tommy and I are such a great Duo as well.

[Amanda]

You guys are a great duo because.

[Arasha]

Both of us have that kind of, like, host energy. But it's that same thing too, where it's like, nothing is really gonna, like, offend each other. We know when we're doing a bit because it's like, there's a joke already that, like, Tommy and Arasha hate each other.

[Shane]

Is there like.

[Amanda]

Yeah, there's so weird because you guys are actually friends in real life.

[Shane]

It always makes me laugh whenever there's rumors of people hating each other. It's always funny.

[Arasha]

No, and we. We claimed it as a bit too. Now Tommy all the time is like, yeah, cuz I hate Arasha. And it's like, we're actually friends.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

Actually friends.

[Arasha]

Actually friends.

[Shane]

That reminds me of when, like. Cause I love when it. With Angela around, I'm like, oh, yeah, I'm gonna talk trash.

[Arasha]

Yeah, yeah.

[Shane]

Cause I know that, like, she is down for that. And it's super funny to her.

[Arasha]

Yes.

[Shane]

But people are like, wow, Shane's bullying Angela. I was like, you have no idea how funny.

[Amanda]

You have no idea how much Angela's bullying Shane.

[Arasha]

I think we've all built like a. I think we've all built like a good circle of trust with each other in that. Absolutely. That, like, you know, very rarely is it, you know, we say something that is supposed to be something deeper. It is just kind of like a silly. Like, we're just roasting for fun.

[Shane]

We are. Yeah. We're all very in tune. And I think if people haven't seen it, the try not to laugh mimes episode was proof of that.

[Amanda]

Literally.

[Shane]

We did not talk. We did not talk. We weren't talking behind the.

[Amanda]

We didn't set up more than half.

[Shane]

Those bits, but we were just going.

[Arasha]

Into it and we were cracking each other.

[Shane]

Just having fun.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Shane]

We're just in it.

[Amanda]

That was great.

[Arasha]

And those are the best videos when, like, we rap when we. When we cut and it's not. Not. That was so good. It's just. That was so fun.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Arasha]

Like, that was just fun video.

[Amanda]

It's like therapy.

[Shane]

I know.

[Arasha]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

So good.

[Arasha]

Like a silent. What are those called when people, like, go away. Yeah. Silent retreat. Don't know if I could do it.

[Shane]

Silent oath of vow of silence like a monk.

[Amanda]

Don't know if I could do it.

[Shane]

Ooh, that'd be tough.

[Amanda]

Or darkness, where they take off their mask and they're like, oh, wow.

[Arasha]

Yeah. That live stream idea. We're just silent the whole time.

[Shane]

Oh, we've done it. Oh, I did a. We did a TikTok live where I was like, let me just sit facing a wall, silent for an hour. And I did it. And then people. People started to come in. I was not asleep. People started coming in and messing with me. And I was like, all right, this is funny. But I was like. The idea was like, how many people are gonna watch me sit here?

[Arasha]

And what'd we get?

[Shane]

Quiet. I don't know. Five people.

[Amanda]

Just kidding. Well, anyways, your show is May 30th how I met your Mossy at Dynasty Typewriter. We will put a link or you can follow. Where should we follow you to get tickets?

[Arasha]

The tickets should be on Dynasty tv, so you can go there or you can check us out on Instagram and tick tock at How I met your Massey. We also have a YouTube channel, but it Loki has like 30 subscribers. Well, because anything. So yeah, check it out.

[Shane]

Very excited for this and thank you for joining us.

[Arasha]

Thank you guys. Thanks for giving me the chance. I just rubbed my chin on this mic, so we better.

[Shane]

Thanks for spilling mostly milk. That is that there was like how much coffee was even in that?

[Arasha]

Okay, fuck you.

[Amanda]

It was like this coffee. The rest was milk. And thanks so much, Arasha.

[Shane]

Thank you, Arasha, for being here.

[Arasha]

Normalize drinking milk.

[Shane]

Yes, that's right. Drink milk. We didn't get into that. Okay, comment about that down below. See you later. Bye bye. He.