Damien Is Here. Also Jacksepticeye. | Smosh Mouth 114

Summary

Smosh Mouth 114: “Damien Is Here. Also Jacksepticeye.”

Date: October 13, 2025
Hosts: Shayne Topp, Damien Haas (filling in for Amanda Lehan-Canto)
Guest: Jacksepticeye (Sean McLoughlin)

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Episode Overview

In this lively and comedic episode, the Smosh Mouth crew welcomes one of gaming’s most recognizable creators, Jacksepticeye, to the podcast table. Chaos, laughter, and classic Smosh energy abound as Shayne, Damien, and Jacksepticeye riff on internet culture, their creative journeys, group dynamics, favorite games, and the intrinsic joys and weirdnesses of ensemble YouTube life.

While the episode veers off into tangents about board games, video game lore, school detentions, Warhammer, and the mystical properties of Irish accents, at its heart is a mutual appreciation for authenticity in online content and the power of good creative chemistry.

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Main Themes and Purpose

• Getting to Know Jacksepticeye: Sean’s love for Smosh, how (and why!) he reached out to be a guest, and what it’s like being part of internet culture’s “other side.”
• Ensemble versus Solo Creation: The rewards and pitfalls of group improv, parasocial relationships, and finding your “vibe.”
• Nostalgia for School, Games, and Growing Up Internet: From detentions to Popcorn Reading, fans get candid confessions and comic takes on odd childhood rituals.
• Accents, Identity, and Comedy as a “Vibe”: Impersonation, shifting accents, and why chemistry trumps structure in comedy—and life.

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Key Discussion Points & Notable Segments

1. Sean’s “I Want In!” Origin Story

(00:33–03:41)

• Jacksepticeye reached out directly, wanting to guest.
  • “I love these guys. I want to come on.” (02:08, Jacksepticeye)
  • Ian (of Smosh) was “extremely unhelpful,” deferring to Spencer, who got things moving.
• Sean jokes about feeling “part of the crew” by being teased.
• Damien admits to some nerves: “You're a really big name in the space. I hope I don't suck in person.” (03:07, Damien)
  • Sean deadpans: “You were my least favorite member, and that's fine.” (03:21, Jacksepticeye)
• TikTok “ranking the members” is referenced, with neurodivergence and shared habits discussed humorously.

2. On Games, Competition, and Social Awkwardness

(04:20–06:48)

• Board games: Damien is acknowledged as a top competitor, especially with pattern/puzzle games.
• Social deduction games (“Werewolf,” “Among Us”):
  • Sean hates extended lying—“Sometimes I go to bed at 4am going, ‘I think they hate me.’” (05:18, Jacksepticeye)
  • Smosh’s in-person gaming sessions allow for post-game “debrief” and healing of competitive wounds.

3. How Jacksepticeye Got “Radicalized” Into Smosh

(07:09–10:50)

• Sean’s journey:
  • Early on, Smosh was “not really my thing”; he preferred “grown-up” comedy and formats.
  • “Once I hit 14, I was like, I can’t watch this.” (08:10, Jacksepticeye)
• TikTok algorithms introduced him to current Smosh, which he now considers their “apex.”
  • “I think this is the best Smosh has ever been.” (09:13, Jacksepticeye)
  • “I think you're on the path to be like, we…we get it.” (09:32, Jacksepticeye)
• He especially loves the “butt painting” segment for its improv comedy and group chemistry.

4. Board & Video Game Tangents

(11:06–14:36)

• Game hosting is harder than people assume, especially with chaotic casts (shoutout to Emily, Smosh’s director).
• Tangents: detention stories (writing the dictionary, “school doesn’t teach us anything”), discovering “Arthur’s an aardvark,” and the quirks of international TV childhoods.

5. The Warhammer and Collector’s Corner

(26:34–33:13)

• Jack and Shayne geek out:
  • Painting Warhammer minis. “I like painting. I just wanted an excuse to paint a little guy.” (27:28, Shayne)
  • Warhammer lore and religious overtones.
  • Game-obsessed “garage dwellers with facial hair”—all in good fun.

6. Authenticity in Internet Content & Group Dynamics

(22:27–24:49, 53:10–56:48)

• Jack praises Smosh for its authenticity and matured group dynamic (“constructive, not dicks”).
• “It would be really hard for us to fake this because we do so much.” (53:54, Shayne)
• Smosh’s ability to “pivot” keeps work feeling fresh, not stagnant.
• Sean: “All of you guys individually have your strengths, and you're all beloved by the Internet.” (55:40)

7. Creativity, Flanderization, and the Group Versus Solo Dilemma

(60:10–61:08)

• Jack discusses the risk of “flanderizing” himself as a solo YouTuber:
  • “After a while…you become the thing everyone knows you as…I think breaking out of that would be helpful.” (60:43, Jacksepticeye)

8. Irish Accents, Comedy Philosophy, and Parodying Life

(34:07–43:55)

• Sean demonstrates his American accent; Shayne tries his hand at Irish (awkwardly).
• How regional and community influences shape accent.
• Comedy comfort zones: situational improv versus stand-up. “I would be the absolute worst stand-up comedian.” (42:45, Damien)
• Ensemble/chemistry-based content (“situational, friends hanging out” vs “set-up/punchline”) is preferred by all.

9. Parasociality, Audience Connection, and Why Ensemble Casts Work

(58:05–59:59)

• Panel discusses why viewers “pick favorites” in ensemble casts.
  • Jack likens it to K-Pop (“Everyone has a bias.”)
• Shayne gets reflective: “People love seeing a relationship on screen…all of us are a little starved for it nowadays.” (58:33)
• Damien notes: when away from Smosh, watching the content lets him see why fans feel like they’re “there too.”

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• “You were my least favorite member and that’s fine.”
  —Jacksepticeye to Damien, breaking the ice instantly (03:21).
• “I think this is the best Smosh has ever been…It’s all downhill from here.”
  —Jacksepticeye, both sincere and tongue-in-cheek (09:13).
• “How do you feel about autism?”
  —Jacksepticeye, directly continuing TikTok jokes about neurodivergence in the fandom (03:58).
• “You become a stereotype of yourself.”
  —Jacksepticeye on the dangers of creative “flanderization” (60:43).
• On fans’ connections:
  —Shayne: “People love seeing a relationship on screen. … I think all of us are a little starved for it nowadays.” (58:33)
• On ensemble content:
  —Jack: “I think I’m better in a group. I bounce off people better.” (60:10)

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Fun Tangents & Timestamps

• Jack’s journey to the podcast: 00:33–03:41
• Smosh’s group dynamic, “being mature now”: 09:40
• Wild banter about jerky, elk meat, and camel milk: 00:49–01:20
• Shared “school trauma”: 12:06–14:13
• On Peppa Pig and Arthur in Ireland: 15:35–16:34
• On painting Warhammer and “garage people”: 27:06–27:48
• Popcorn reading and homeschool oddities: 18:26–21:21
• Cracking accents & impersonations: 34:07–43:55
• On club exclusivity, “swinger jokes”: 44:00–44:35

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Structure, Pacing, and Tone

The tone is fast, improvisational, and self-deprecating—classic Smosh. Inside jokes and callouts to fan discourse and TikTok are frequent, giving the episode an inclusive, conversational air. The mutual admiration between Jack and the Smosh hosts is sincere, especially in discussing both the highs (authenticity and friendship) and the lows (performance anxiety, jadedness, “flanderization”) of long-term YouTube work.

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Closing Thoughts

• Everyone affirms the value of authenticity, friendship, and comedic chemistry (“vibes-based comedy”).
• Sean reflects honestly on the tension between solo and group content creation, with all agreeing that the group dynamic has unique, enduring power.
• Podcast ends on a high note, with jokes about hustle, nervousness, and the eternal cycle of fandom, connection, and creativity.

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For Newcomers:
If you’ve never listened before, this episode perfectly encapsulates Smosh Mouth’s irreverence, group magic, and willingness to go deep—plus, it’s a treat for Jacksepticeye’s fans who may want to hear him outside his usual channel context.

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Standout Segments by Timestamp:

• 00:33 – Sean’s journey to the podcast and Smosh fan origins
• 03:21 – “You were my least favorite member and that’s fine.”
• 09:13 – “This is the best Smosh has ever been.”
• 12:13 – Absurd detention punishments/detour into “school was pointless”
• 21:33 – “Popcorn reading” and homeschooling differences
• 27:06 – Warhammer fandom, painting, and lore
• 34:07 – Accents, impersonations, and comedy technique
• 44:00 – Swingers banter
• 53:54 – Sincerity about authenticity and “being exactly as we seem”
• 58:33 – The meaning of ensemble casts, parasociality, and friendship

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Memorable Quote of the Episode:

• Damien: “You’re a flipping delight.”
  Jacksepticeye: “I’m flipping the light.” (73:15–73:19)

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This episode is a masterclass in how joking, riffing, and honest conversation can make even self-deprecating internet stars feel right at home—and how, even after years online, group chemistry and honesty always win.

Transcript

[A]

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

[B]

And I'm Damien Haas, filling in for Amanda Lehancanto.

[A]

And today we have a pretty incredible guest here, someone who reached out to us who wanted to be here so bad. Jacksepticeye.

[C]

It's true. I did.

[A]

You did, in fact, do that. We feel very cool that you reached out to us.

[B]

We really do. We can't emphasize enough how much we talked about it in the other.

[C]

Everyone's just been making fun of me all day. Yeah.

[A]

Yeah, that's what we do. We do that to everybody, though.

[C]

Oh, fair. So I'm part of the crew.

[A]

Yeah, the crew, the cast. All of us make fun of each other all the time.

[C]

And I'm filling in for Damien Haas.

[A]

Nice. We're gonna cut all of Damien's stuff.

[B]

Great, Great. We are joined today by Sean Decepticon. Sean, apparently you do Internet content. Can you tell us about. I'm so excited.

[C]

Can we just turn this into, like, a dude bro podcast?

[A]

Yeah, we're just gonna talk about crypto.

[C]

For 60 minutes and women and why we.

[A]

Yeah. And what's going on there.

[C]

Why we don't like them and have never touched one.

[A]

Yeah, that's. That's 90% of podcasts. So let's just be like them.

[B]

Yeah, you got to talk about elk meat or, like, some.

[A]

Oh, true. Yeah, Our. Our. Our brand deal is going to be way different.

[B]

Elk telling us about camel milk.

[C]

Jack links.

[B]

Jack.

[C]

Deer jerky.

[B]

Deer jerky is actually pretty good.

[C]

Really?

[B]

Yeah. Do they.

[A]

You're talking to a guy who's. Who will eat any.

[C]

Who's killed animal.

[B]

I. I will kill deer for fun. I will just chase one like a cheetah and get out of my own car today.

[C]

Bare hands.

[B]

I'll eat anything. And deer jerky is pretty good.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

There you go. So you were telling us beforehand that you reached out to Ian.

[C]

Yes.

[A]

And Ian was extremely unhelpful in getting you here at Smosh.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Wait, Ian.

[A]

You reached out to you and you're like, hey, I'd love to be on Smash. And he was like, hey, cool, man. Yeah, I don't. Whatever. And then you reached out to Spencer, and Spencer got the wheels turned.

[C]

Spencer locked the fuck in.

[A]

Yeah. So what did Ian actually say to you? No, what? Ian, He.

[C]

I restarted because you guys were talking about, like, we could get this person on, and this person on. Ian knows everybody. He just reached out, and I was like, I love these guys. I want to come on. And then I reached out to him and he was like, yeah, that's awesome, man. It's Fourth of July week, so everyone's out of the office all, like, drunk. I'll pass your email along. Like, where should we send it? And then that was kind of it. And I reached out to Spencer, and Spencer was like, cool. Everyone's really excited to have you on. We're going to have you on this, this, and this.

[B]

Nice, Nice.

[A]

Ian's like, look, man, I have no power here. Yeah.

[C]

I'm just like, I couldn't give two shits.

[B]

He's an idiot.

[C]

Damn it. He's like, I'm not gonna be there. I don't care.

[A]

His DMs list is just every YouTuber just being like, hey, I'd love to come on sometime, and him just ignoring it.

[C]

Let me tell you about the 405.

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You have been watching Smash.

[C]

Is that weird?

[A]

No, it's very cool.

[B]

I have.

[C]

Okay. Divided different opinions.

[B]

It's real weird.

[A]

All of our viewers are like, yeah, is it cool that we watch this?

[B]

I don't know. I actually felt nervous about you coming here, if I'm being honest.

[C]

Really?

[B]

Yeah. It felt like I don't get starstruck and I like, have only more recently started watching your videos, but, like, you're. You're a really big name in the space. And it was like, oh, I hope I don't like knowing that you were already enjoying smosh content. I was like, oh, I hope I don't suck in person.

[C]

Well, you were my least favorite members, and that's fine.

[A]

Got that out of the way right in those TikTok.

[C]

Those TikTok accounts, ranking the members. That's me. Oh, that's all me.

[A]

I don't think I've come across those.

[C]

Really?

[A]

No, don't.

[C]

Yeah, that's demoralizing as well. Stay away.

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It's.

[B]

It's.

[C]

To be fair, you're, like, top of the list most time.

[B]

Oh, really?

[C]

Because it's TikTokers.

[B]

Thank you. I got to get that algorithm.

[C]

Damn. They're all like, fellow autistics.

[B]

They're all like, that's true.

[C]

We got to get in on this.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Our people.

[B]

Look. He blinks a lot. I do that too.

[C]

Huh? Now I'm doing it. He's just like, me.

[B]

Wow.

[C]

How do you feel about autism?

[A]

Yeah, Shane, it's pretty cool.

[C]

Sick. Wrong answer.

[B]

It's the Internet. If one person says, that was sick, I have to go. You didn't really think about the consequences of every word you said.

[C]

You're just trying to be PC Here.

[A]

No, it's. I think it's cool.

[C]

It's a superpower.

[A]

It. It is.

[B]

Can be.

[A]

Yeah. Anyway, no, I remember the other day. Okay, can I say the other day you guys went in to play Tapple.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

It was like you, Angela and Spencer and you came out and I think I talked to Angela. I was like, so how many games did Damien win? It was like, you won all of them. And I was like, yeah, of course it wasn't all.

[B]

It was a fair chunk. But like, yeah, I guess I didn't win the one.

[C]

I didn't win the ones. I let them win in.

[B]

That's true. I let them. I had to let them win a few. Yeah, yeah.

[A]

No, but that also just might be. I think you're just good at that shit.

[B]

Like, I think I just like patterns and games. Like, I am. I'm either going to like really get the game or not at all.

[A]

Like anything.

[B]

Like Chameleon, I suck at.

[C]

That was one of the things I told Spencer. I was like, I don't want to play werewolf.

[A]

Really.

[C]

I'm not good at it. I. I just don't like people lying to each other and doing all. You guys are a more fun group. But I did like among us for years with people. Sure, I love all those people. But sometimes I go to bed at like 4am being like, I think they hate me.

[B]

Yeah, it's hard not to feel bad about that.

[A]

It can be rough. It's definitely a thing where in the moment we get intense and then once the game is over, we leave it. We leave it on the field.

[C]

Yeah, I just had to go to bed at like 4 or 5am on my own and just.

[A]

You guys also like would play among us for a long time and I.

[C]

Played with like the best of the best and they were so good at making me feel bad about myself.

[A]

That shit is intense. Yeah. No, we have like an established group and it's also in person. So you kind of get to talk afterwards and debrief a little more.

[C]

If you only.

[A]

Yeah, we fight.

[B]

Yeah. We strike each other.

[A]

We meet up in the parking lot afterwards. We just. We just go for it.

[C]

Go boxing.

[B]

Skins versus Skins.

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Let's go. That's what's up.

[B]

I think also something like werewolf is a lot easier than the long form games, like Among Us where you have to lie to your friend's face for like 20 minutes. Like one night. Ultimate werewolf is like five minutes of like, oh, ha ha ha. You really got me this time. As opposed to like been friends forever. Shane, like, look at me in the eyes, right? I would never do this. And then. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[C]

I was just the guy who's like, I'm happy to be here. Yeah, I'm imposter. Okay. Oh, whoopsie. I'm bad at it. Oh, thank God.

[A]

My move, a lot of times in Werewolf is just to say that I'm the werewolf and somehow it works.

[C]

Solid strategy.

[A]

It's not even a strategy. I'm just like, I'm bad at lying, so I'll just. I'll just be honest. But then people are blown away by it, that they don't believe it and it works.

[C]

Says more about you than him.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah, I guess so. You really do take a lot of think about that. I think it's a smart, smart play.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

I played with a group a few weeks back and, like, one person just, like, wouldn't say anything and be like, do you have anything to say about that?

[C]

And they were like, yeah, that person gets voted out immediately every time.

[A]

You kind of have no choice but to vote them out.

[B]

I was like, you have to say. I was like, I'm going to be chill about it this time. And then when they wouldn't talk, I was like, I think you. You actually have to say something. That's the game.

[A]

Yeah, that's the game.

[C]

You're not participating. Get out.

[A]

Right. Sean, what was the video that got you into Smosh? Because it was. I felt like it was sudden because I've met you before.

[C]

Yes.

[A]

A couple years ago.

[C]

I want to thank Ms. Last year.

[A]

That's true. Yes. I've literally. We've literally performed with you. But at that time, you weren't like, watching our content. No. You just knew. Yeah, yeah, for sure. For sure, man. So what happened?

[C]

I got radicalized real fast. I was exploring around TikTok and I'd like, Smosh has been around longer than any of us. And I. I remember on the up and up, I remember, like, meeting Ian and Anthony and I was like, the main Smosh stuff. I was like, it's great, but it's not really, like, my thing. I'm not really into it.

[B]

And then more of, like a comedy guy.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Sorry.

[A]

Yo, can he say that I'm into, you know, I'm into stuff that's like, for, like, grown ups.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

That'S, like, good.

[B]

Yeah, yeah.

[A]

You know, I love quality.

[C]

And so, yeah, once I hit 14, I was like, I can't watch this.

[A]

Wait, when you met Ian Anthony first, what was their vibe? Did. Did Anthony still have the Emo given.

[C]

Like real swinger energy. I saw you. Saw you from across the con.

[A]

Like, your vibe.

[C]

I actually can't remember where I met them first. I think it was probably like vidcon or. Sure. Or something like that. But I mean, chill dudes. Really nice.

[A]

Okay. Shame what happened to them, all that stuff they went through. But at least they're here now.

[C]

Straight at their head.

[B]

I hope they get help.

[A]

Okay. So we're cringe. And then all sudden a few months ago, I feel like it just a huge switch up.

[C]

I. Because I'd seen like, you guys join and I watched some of that stuff and I was like, I feel like the formats just aren't clicking with me. Or maybe the people are shit.

[B]

I don't know. Yeah.

[C]

And I. It was just.

[A]

I don't like their faces.

[C]

There's just something about you guys together trying to be funny that just gave me the ick.

[A]

Yeah, for sure.

[C]

But for some reason, I feel like I said it to. We did URL with Courtney recently. I think this is the best Smosh has ever been. I think you're in your apex of like, it's all downhill from here. Yeah.

[A]

Yeah. For sure.

[C]

To the ground. I feel like there's been just so much like. Like, what are we doing? And like defy and everything that's getting in the way. I think now you're like, on the path to be like, we. We get it.

[B]

I would agree.

[A]

Right. The.

[C]

The best cast you've ever had. The best formats you've ever had. Everyone has a good energy. People know how to, like, manage each other and not be dicks to each other. Everyone's old enough to be mature.

[A]

Sure.

[C]

So when I was watching, the first clip I saw was on Tick Tock, which was you. It was your painting thing and it was you with your butt picture.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

And then everyone started yelling at you for a long time and I was like, well, this is my vibe.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Sort of like improv comedy where you can tell everyone knows when to interject. Everyone knows where everyone else is. You can feel the energy when you do that with people.

[A]

Right.

[C]

And then you know the energy and you're like, oh, this is funny. You, like sit there and you, like, stare off thousand yards there.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Start tearing up.

[A]

It was all purely comedy.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

There's no realness. And that was just me performing. Right.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

I wasn't actually upset.

[B]

I also was introduced to that clip via TikTok because I watch a lot of small stuff, but I was not in that video. And I Was like, God damn. There's like two minutes long.

[C]

No one watched the actual.

[A]

It kind of fascinated me how long that went on.

[C]

Yeah, it's like four and a half minutes.

[A]

And they, like, go. They go away. The energy comes down. And then they ramp themselves back up.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And then it goes back down and it keeps going.

[C]

I think it's perfect comedy.

[B]

Thank you, Cinema.

[C]

And then I saw that, and then TikTok does its thing and starts putting it everywhere. And then I got Covid again recently, and I was just sitting down on YouTube and I was like, if I can watch some other stuff and, like, watching compilations and things, I don't think I've watched a single full Smosh video.

[A]

Just watching comps.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Actually, no, Summer Games.

[A]

I watched Hell, yeah.

[C]

Which was great. Good job.

[A]

Who's your favorite team?

[C]

You guys.

[B]

Thank you.

[C]

I'm. I'm a. I'm not. You. You weren't on a team.

[B]

Well, you did. Didn't you do this just now?

[C]

You're like, you guys.

[A]

You were on everybody's team. That's right.

[C]

I'm a superintendent.

[A]

Needs to be on everyone's team.

[B]

That's true.

[A]

You actually really killed it as the superintendent.

[B]

I appreciate that a lot.

[A]

You're very funny.

[B]

Thank you so much. It was so much fun to do. And I was. Yeah, I was honored to be offered the position.

[C]

It's a much harder thing to host like that than people think it is.

[B]

You know, I gotta give the directors so much credit because I have a hard time sometimes. Like, our crew is so chaotic in the best way, so I don't know when to break in when I'm hosting, and I don't want to, like, cut off anybody's fun. So, like, I basically told, like, specifically Emily. I was like, hey, please, like, let me know. Like, wave. Like, give me symbols of. Like, this is when you need to cut off.

[C]

And I.

[B]

And she did. So it was, like, super helpful and made me really comfortable.

[C]

So thank you, guys. Killed it.

[B]

Appreciate you.

[C]

But, yeah, I'm a. I'm a degenerate for sure.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Nice.

[C]

I'm the class clown. Like, always talking bad grades.

[B]

Have you ever been to detention, Sean?

[C]

Yes, I have.

[B]

Damn. Me too.

[C]

And I had to. The thing they made me do is write the dictionary. Oh, so it's like, you're in much of it? As far as I could get in, like, an hour.

[B]

Started at Aardvark, ended in Aardvark. That thing's hard, dude.

[A]

There's a lot of aardvarks in There.

[C]

I just started learning. It was sick.

[A]

They come back, your brain's like this. You're like, finished.

[B]

I. I remember I had to, like, write an essay on why it was dangerous that I was talking during a fire drill, and it was like so many thousands of words that I just had to BS about. Like, imagine a scenario where I was talking and someone didn't hear the very vital information they needed to leave the school. You had to write that burnt to a crisp. And it would be my fault.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Because it was like, you know, it's a thousand words for oops. Like, didn't mean to. Sorry. But yeah.

[C]

Yeah, the tension sucks.

[B]

Sure does.

[A]

I don't feel like there's many instructions giving during a fire drill. I feel like the alarms go off and you leave.

[B]

That was my first draft. They made me redo it.

[A]

Everybody else is stupid, and I'm right.

[B]

Maybe you should be on fire if you can't listen up and learn.

[A]

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Okay. Cancel your unwanted subscriptions and reach your financial goals faster with Rocket Money. Go to Rocket Money.com Smoshmouth today. That's Rocket Money.com Smoshmouth Rocket Money.com Smoshmouth let's get back to the show. How many times did you get detention?

[C]

Like, three times.

[A]

Oh, it's not so bad. No, I never got it, though.

[B]

Nice.

[A]

But I was homeschooled throughout high school, so.

[C]

Oh. Oh. Thanks.

[A]

Thanks, dude.

[B]

Your mom just sends you to the backyard.

[A]

Just go. Go water. Go outside. I'm like, I live Arizona.

[B]

It's 100.

[A]

Like, deal with it.

[B]

You have to go to Scottsdale now.

[A]

Go to Fashion Square. Go shop. Yeah, that was my vibe. So I think I was at three.

[B]

Or four detentions for myself.

[A]

That's pretty.

[C]

That's detention. Sucks. It's so stupid.

[B]

It really is.

[C]

You don't learn anything from it either.

[B]

Just expel me.

[A]

The school system is not trying to teach us anything.

[B]

It's true.

[A]

Which I guess is true for. For everywhere.

[C]

Learned a ton about aardvarks, though.

[A]

Yes. You know all that.

[B]

You know the Arthur from that show Arthur? That's what he is.

[C]

That is a weird thing. No one knew what he was for a long time.

[B]

Well, because aardvarks. Those are anteaters.

[A]

Right?

[B]

They've got the really fucked up face. And Arthur doesn't. He's not like, hey, dude, weird elephant trunk.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Just like a normal kid.

[A]

Can I get. Can I get something off my. Off my head right now?

[C]

Your chest.

[A]

Go. That passes through my head every time we talk about some sort of thing is. But it's like, oh, Arthur. And you're like, yeah, that guy. I'm like, oh. So you guys. You got. You had Arthur, too? Because I'm sometimes surprised.

[C]

I think Ireland is. I don't know, a different planet maybe.

[B]

Kind of.

[C]

We had Arthur. I didn't like it.

[A]

I don't know where Arthur goes. You know, I think because Peppa Pig.

[B]

Comes here, we've at least shown that anywhere in that UK region can.

[C]

It's all possible.

[A]

See, I'd never heard of Peppa Pig until, like, a couple people.

[C]

There was literally an audible gasp over there.

[A]

Is that. I think that's more an age thing, though. I don't think I was young enough for.

[B]

No, I mean, it's now. And it slaps.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Mommy Pig and Daddy Pig.

[A]

Yeah. From Alexina, who's far younger than me. So, like, that's fair.

[B]

She.

[C]

She was over there going, like, what?

[A]

I know Peppa pig is, like, 8ft tall. That's all I know about Peppa Pig.

[B]

Canonically. Canonically.

[A]

Canonically. She's eight feet tall.

[C]

Who did the measurements?

[B]

I think.

[A]

I guess I know a little bit more about Peppa Pig than you do.

[C]

Sounds like we have a phony over here.

[A]

Yeah, she's basically. Yeah. Reverse that.

[C]

Gasp. Breathe out.

[B]

I'm just waiting for this. Google.

[A]

Yeah. No, she's gonna die. Three feet, nine inches. She's eight feet tall. They.

[B]

That's okay.

[C]

To show off my smosh knowledge again. This is like the 45 minute slide all over again.

[A]

Nice. Wow.

[C]

Dropping mad references. That was from Resident Evil 8.

[B]

Yeah. Oh, wow.

[A]

We did learn about a 45 minute slide.

[C]

I've probably watched more smosh than you guys have.

[A]

Probably. It's hard to keep up. We upload so much.

[C]

Yeah. Stop. Have you ever tried stopping?

[A]

I'm trying.

[C]

There's only so many stories I can read.

[A]

No, it's. It's an. It's an onslaught.

[C]

Someday you're just gonna come in and, like, glaze over and, like, the lights gonna be gone from your eyes. Like, we lost Shane.

[A]

I've brought up. I've brought this up.

[C]

We storied him too close.

[A]

I have been reading. There have been times in Reddit stories where I am reading and I will catch that I zone out a little bit.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

While I'm reading a story.

[C]

Some of them are long and bad writers.

[A]

Oh, thank you.

[C]

You read a lot of books. So, you know, like this. The prose on this is just awful.

[A]

People have a lot of run on sentences or things, and that can be tough. But I will zone out, and then people will be like. It's strange. Like, Shane completely forgot to, like, bring up this part of the story again. I'm like, I missed that Shane wasn't here. But you heard me read it out loud, and I did not hear it.

[B]

Somehow, Shane was thinking about dinner tonight.

[A]

I sometimes have a harder time reading out loud and remembering the story.

[C]

That's me. When I'm playing games as well. Specifically, I'm like, reading at the same time. And I'm like, I'm reading good. Right? I didn't miss a word. Okay. That's good. I kind of flubbed that one. I was like, what did I read?

[B]

Yeah. I feel.

[A]

Yeah. No, it's a real thing.

[B]

Can I make a recommendation? You. We got to introduce Popcorn. Okay. Oh, like, you're reading. You're like, popcorn.

[A]

Popcorn break. And I'm just eating popcorn. No.

[B]

Oh, because you didn't go to, like, traditional school as much. Do you know Popcorn reading.

[A]

Popcorn reading.

[B]

So if there's, like, a child.

[A]

Wait, I've heard this before. Everybody gasps. Aren't. I'm not. What is he.

[C]

You're a fucking idiot.

[A]

Right?

[C]

Ooh, the boogeyman.

[A]

Bring out the mysterious child.

[C]

He doesn't know what prompt is. We have chocolate.

[B]

Chocolate. Have you.

[C]

Have you hung out with other kids Here? Bring it.

[A]

Give him a banana.

[B]

So Popcorn Reading, which is Fine. That he doesn't know which is fine.

[C]

Have you ever tried having Subway Surfer on screen at your lifetime?

[A]

Okay, I come across Reddit stories and they put it next to that. Or they're shaving soap or something.

[B]

Yeah, say like a man shaving him. He's like, stop that.

[A]

Whoa.

[C]

You just sounded like the Tick Tock.

[B]

Filter shaving a voice.

[A]

Can I say already it's weird that I'm sitting next to two people who do voice acting. You guys are going into all sorts of things.

[C]

I feel like you do enough voices. You have one of the best screams I've ever heard.

[A]

Well, that's pretty good. Angela's is pretty good too. I feel like now I'm not like the scream guy because Angela's been screaming enough that I don't need to.

[B]

I think you're still the scream guy, though. You're the sleeper one scream guy, if you want.

[C]

You're the sleeper screamer.

[A]

Yeah, it's expected.

[B]

Poor Courtney.

[A]

It doesn't happen that often. They're coming in.

[C]

They're coming in covers. Oh, the windows, the walls.

[A]

Scott's dead.

[B]

Well, so is our audience.

[A]

We look over Scott. It's just. He's just a shadow on the wall.

[C]

Scott's probably like, I've done this 7,000 times. I'm fucking bored. Give me something to do. You gotta keep Scott on his toes.

[A]

Oh, my God, that's crazy. Okay.

[B]

But yeah, we should do popcorn reading anyway. Okay.

[A]

What is popcorn reading, Shane?

[B]

Popcorn reading is when you have to read a chapter in your history book and the whole class needs to read it. And I would read, like, one paragraph, and then I go, okay, Popcor, Sean. And then Sean would be the next reader.

[A]

We never did that in my schools. Because I. I went to schools. I went to school all the way up to eighth grade, and then I started doing homeschooling, so I went to normal school.

[C]

What age was that?

[A]

That's up until I was about 13.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

So it was my teen years.

[C]

So just the formative years you missed?

[A]

Yeah, just the this. The fun experiences where everybody is starting.

[C]

To fall into place.

[A]

Yeah. No, it's why. It's. That's why I'm weird. No, Then I started acting. I went to the acting industry. So I. I learned all about, you know, being a teenager.

[B]

Dude, you're here.

[A]

I made it.

[B]

We did it.

[A]

I saw a comment recently where it's like, no, it is really shocking Shane turned out how he did. Damn, I should have really messed up.

[C]

And you died in a pool.

[B]

Yeah, at Least once. That's like sim style right there. That's.

[A]

I know you.

[B]

You are an extremely well adjusted person and you have everything going against you in terms of like, oh, you were homeschooled. Oh, you did acting from a young age, like, yeah, you should not be. And you're not just like, fine, you're awesome. So, like, that's crazy.

[C]

Jury's still out on me.

[B]

I just got here, but you seem, you seem good.

[A]

You seem pretty cool.

[C]

Thank you. Yeah, I meant my jury on you is still out.

[A]

Oh, okay.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Sean, real quick, you are. You are a guest here.

[C]

Sorry, sir. I told him earlier, I was like, the energy I bring today is like, little shit, brother energy.

[A]

It's great. It's great. I showed up midway through the day today, and you'd already filmed a couple videos. I. You, you already had the vibe as if you've worked here for like five years.

[C]

Thank you. Yeah, Watching a lot helps.

[B]

Yeah, that'll do it.

[C]

It's also the reason it clicked with me is because you guys have the exact sense of humor that I have. Really? So that's sort of like improvisational hanging out with friends, like situational kind of comedy.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Not the, like, set up punchline kind of joke.

[A]

Sure.

[C]

So I like that a lot. And that's why I. I have been.

[B]

Watching your Supermarket manager video series and there have been a lot of moments like, you know, it's sometimes hard not to be parasocial, especially knowing that, like, oh, we're going to be interacting, but.

[C]

Like, you have a lot of.

[A]

He's your best friend.

[B]

I think we' brothers.

[C]

Do you want to be my sit next to me at lunch?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Hey, buddy.

[C]

I say, I say, as I came out my food and said, can I sit here?

[B]

No, that we're not adding that there was not.

[A]

There was not that many seats available.

[B]

I'm curious what happened.

[A]

You sat where you were should sit.

[B]

I sat like, I was the first one to sit down pretty much. And you came over to my left and you were like, oh, okay, I'll sit across from you. And I was like, what the was that?

[C]

Like, I was like, nothing was gonna sit there.

[B]

I. I just didn't know why you didn't sit in the first place. It almost seemed like I looked at you and, like, hissed. And I did.

[C]

I saw you there and I was.

[B]

Like, yeah.

[A]

Yeah, go on.

[B]

I forget. What were you talking about?

[C]

A supermarket. Sim supermarket.

[B]

Oh, yeah. You just have a lot of jokes that I'm like, wow, that sounds like something I Would probably thank you say.

[C]

And I feel like I'm out of practice with it. I think that's part of the problem with like, let's playing on your own after a while. I don't have like, people to, like, bounce off. I'm much better in, like a group.

[A]

I cannot do it. Like, because. Because you have experience with this and you do too. Of like playing a game by yourself and just riffing on your own and just riffing off of the game. Damien has seen me that when I play video games, I. I either can play the game well and be quiet and focused, or I can talk and I'm going to be so out of the game that it's horrible. I don't know how you think I play well. I cannot play. Like, I can barely play the game.

[C]

Is that true?

[A]

I'm pretty bad.

[B]

I. Shane, you're always your own worst critic and I'm rarely so, like, I'll poke fun at you, but if it comes down to, like, I'm not good at that, my response is usually, Shane, you're actually so good at that. So I'm not a good critic in this moment because I don't.

[C]

I really want to say your shit.

[A]

I also don't feel like I'm. I can't riff well. Like, when I'm playing a game, I like, you're. You're. But you're also going nonstop for an hour. Whereas when we're in a group, I get to stop for a second.

[C]

Yeah, yeah.

[A]

Because imagine you're doing a let's play and you just are quiet for like five minutes.

[C]

That's happened. And I've forgotten to edit some bits out sometimes.

[A]

Did it do that?

[C]

It's just like people that's so sick and you're just gone.

[B]

That'd be awesome for like a TikTok clip though. Just like with the saddest possible music.

[C]

That is such a depressing. And it is like that. Like you're playing, but then when you lock in, it's like your face changes and you just look upset.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

You could do it. It's just practice.

[B]

Good.

[A]

It would be. But it's a lot of practice.

[B]

I also think it's different when, like, if you're. If you're streaming live and you have a chat, like that really helps because you can always look over and be like, what does someone say? Oh, I'm gonna start.

[A]

You always get to look over and go, shut the up.

[B]

I'm busy.

[A]

Stop being mean.

[B]

Oh my gosh.

[C]

Yes, I did sleep last Night. I'm not gonna drink water.

[B]

Yeah, I have the dlc.

[C]

We'll get to it soon. Yeah, I saw weapons. It was sick.

[A]

Shut up.

[B]

I still haven't.

[A]

Okay. Yeah, I haven't either. Fair. Sorry, man.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Hey, I know that's all you wanted to talk about on the podcast.

[B]

We haven't found our vibe yet because I. You know, this is the first time I'm hosting in lieu of Amanda and Angela, so. Yeah, I cut you off for the voice acting. I had to go back three times for the popcorn thing. I'm real sorry, guys.

[C]

This shit is a mess.

[B]

I fucked it all up.

[C]

I was so excited to be here, and now I just want to leave.

[A]

I will say I talked to Spencer. When. When he let me know that you were coming on, I was like, oh, like, you got to talk to him a little bit.

[B]

How.

[A]

How was he? And he goes, great. He says he's really sad Amanda's not here.

[B]

I was like, I feel that.

[A]

And I was like, I agree. Everybody's sad about that. Yeah, she's the best.

[C]

We wish you the best. Amanda.

[A]

She'll be.

[C]

Shame what happened to her.

[A]

Having a kid.

[C]

That's your life.

[A]

She'll be back. You'll meet her. You'll meet her eventually.

[C]

Eventually, yeah. Our paths will cross.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

No, I think because I was watching. I mean, she's in a lot of other stuff, but specifically the Resi 7 and 8 series.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

I told Spencer that I watched the Resi 8, like, compilation thing you guys put up twice.

[A]

Really?

[C]

Because I like paint Warhammer stuff, and I'm like, I need something.

[B]

Oh, I love that.

[C]

Yeah. I didn't want to bring that up because that's. That's just all people talk about.

[B]

Somewhere iffy. Wadi Wade. Just like, I've got to go.

[C]

The retention just dies, and everyone's like.

[A]

Gosh, our fan base loves war. No, I don't think the phrase Warhammer has been brought up in a long time. I have one little Warhammer guy.

[B]

Oh, yeah?

[C]

Did you paint it?

[A]

I brought him up. Yeah, I painted him. He's. He's a space Marine. Little. I forget what. I think. I painted him the wrong color or something.

[C]

There is no wrong color. That's a. That's a home chapter. Your own.

[A]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

You homebrewed it.

[A]

Well, then, yeah. Yeah. He's a badass is what he is. I loved Warhammer when I was a kid, but I never played the game. I just like painting him.

[C]

I like painting.

[A]

I just wanted an excuse to paint.

[C]

A little Guy and I'm reading, like, the lore books now, and I'm like, I will never play.

[A]

It's so depressing.

[C]

Yeah, War's hell.

[A]

For anyone who doesn't know what Warhammer 40,000 is, you can pick it up from the name. You get the gist of it.

[B]

It sounds like someone made it up for a sitcom or, like, you boys playing your game.

[C]

Not now, Mom.

[B]

We're playing Warhammer.

[A]

It's a game that's exclusively played in garages by people who have plenty of facial hair. Damn. Tim's over in the corner, like.

[C]

Yeah. Do you guys know what the narwhal bacons at midnight means? What?

[B]

Why do I know that?

[A]

Because I bacon's at midnight.

[C]

That's if you see a fellow Redditor in the wild.

[A]

Fuck.

[B]

Oh, it's like a tumbler. I like your shoelaces. Thanks to President.

[A]

Nobody wants to acknowledge that, though.

[C]

I meant to say it to Spencer when I saw him, because I was like, he would dap me up after I said that.

[A]

Or flee. Run away.

[C]

But yes, it's very much that energy.

[A]

Yeah, it's. It's a. I don't know why I want to explain it to people, but.

[C]

It'S D. D for people who love war.

[A]

Yeah. It takes place in 40, 000 years where the world, the universe, is just the whole galaxy. But it's also, like, very biblical. Like, it's very religious in a weird way. Yeah, not biblical, but religious in a. Like, there's some ones that are, like, full biblical.

[C]

Like black templars.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Like straight on, like, crosses on their shoulders.

[A]

So weird.

[B]

Did you see the. This is getting way in the weeds now, but I saw a tick tock recently about, like, they were making a game that was kind of similar to it, but it was supposed to be like, the competitor for it. Love Hammer.

[C]

Love Hammer Love Screwdriver.

[B]

But they had. It was like, based in, like, not as much religion and more like magic. So there was. There were, like. There was a class called, like, Artillery Witches, and it was like, you know, bunker mage. And it was like, oh, that's so sick. Is it okay?

[C]

I mean, they're basically that.

[A]

Oh, yeah.

[C]

They just don't call themselves that. But Warhammer started in fantasy.

[B]

Oh, hell yeah.

[C]

Yeah, it was like a world of fantasy thing because they wanted to do D and D without the D and D rules.

[B]

And they made more rules.

[C]

Yeah, they made another game with, like, crazier rules and people with tape measures.

[B]

Literally.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

For anyone at home who doesn't know you People will be, like, measuring things to be like, let's figure out the angle of this to see if my cannons hit. Because we have to be exact with the math. And I'm like, I couldn't. I can barely get through a game of Magic the Gathering, even though I love it because it takes so damn long.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Yeah. I'm not. I'm not good at any of these types of games. I'm not a deck.

[B]

Same guy. I'm terrible. I enjoy it for the social aspect. I'm so bad at it.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

I will never be, but.

[C]

Are you having fun, champ? Get out there, slugger.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah.

[A]

Do you enjoy video games in your spare time now?

[C]

100%. I can't stop playing them.

[A]

Wow.

[C]

That's all I do. And not only do I love video games, I love the industry and, like, I love the people who make them. And I'm friends with, like, voice actors and I'm friends with, like, directors of games and people who've made music and stuff.

[A]

Badass.

[C]

I can't get enough of it. Yeah. I go to the game awards every year.

[B]

Nice.

[C]

It's like four and a half hours long of ads and everyone complains. And I'm sitting there being like, oh.

[A]

Yeah, games coming out.

[B]

Last time I was, when a joker, Persona 5 was gonna be added to Smash Bros. That reaction was electric. Yeah.

[C]

And the Hellblade and Diablo trailers.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Happened. And I was like, dude, hearing that in the arena.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

It's pretty sick, the arena.

[C]

Do you know video games?

[A]

I play some video games.

[B]

You video a game?

[A]

Sometimes I do video games. We don't play many video games on Smosh, though. We play board games a ton.

[C]

Video games are cring. Yeah.

[A]

I'm always saying that.

[C]

How are your watermelons doing?

[A]

Good, actually. Yeah. Starting.

[B]

It's nice.

[A]

Yeah. I actually though, when it comes to board games, I feel like I never get to play them in real life that often. But the other day I was telling Spencer about this. I was playing Flip seven in real life.

[C]

Yeah, I did that.

[A]

And it's trippy to play it. Like, I was like, oh, I gotta, like, not get as insane as I do. But you know what we played and it fucking rocked. Was don't win Flip seven. And I told. I texted Spencer media. I was like, dude, we got to do this because what happens the way we played it, you have to flip one card. But if you flip the first card and you get like a 12 and it was whoever gets to 100, you get eliminated. And so, like, you Flip one card, you get a 12. You're like, well, okay, that's a lot of points. I don't want to. Like, I don't have 12 points. So I'm going to keep flipping cards.

[B]

And try to buzz in hopes that.

[A]

But then what happened was you get seven cards, and then you're at, like, 76.

[C]

Wow.

[A]

Shit. Now I need to keep, like, busting every game.

[B]

That's crazy.

[A]

So much fun. I'm so excited to play.

[C]

Me and my girlfriend went on holiday to Jersey island, which is like, south of England.

[A]

Jersey.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Nice, Joyce.

[B]

That's why. That's why we have a new one.

[A]

I was about to joke and go, you guys got one of those two.

[B]

You'll never believe this shit. They got a Yorkshire.

[A]

I went to York. Oh, we got one of those copycats over here.

[C]

All right. We went to a store that did, like, Warhammer, and they did, like, card games and all this stuff. And we went in and Flip 7 was there, and we were like. And the guy at the front was like, this is crazy. You can't get this anywhere anymore. And I was like, that's you guys.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

That's your life.

[A]

I wonder. I wonder how much it's due to us.

[C]

I genuinely think couldn't hurt because of you.

[B]

I mean, how many hundreds of thousands of views that video get? And we had a good time with it. It's, like, easy to explain to mom and Pop and, like, it's. I don't know.

[C]

It also has really good bits in it. Yeah, it's one of the more capable ones.

[A]

They also, when we got that game, it said the greatest card game ever made.

[C]

They. They weren't lying.

[A]

They knew what they had on their hands there.

[B]

Yu Gi.

[A]

Oh.

[B]

Begs to differ.

[A]

Oh, Magic the Gathering. You can play a little flip seven.

[B]

Yeah. What are we doing, Commander Standard or flip seven?

[A]

Me at a poker table at 3am in Vegas being like, guys, want to play some flip seven?

[C]

You just lean in and be like, this is pussy shit.

[A]

This is.

[C]

Let me show you a real game.

[B]

All right, fellas, Twos are jacks. Kings are blue eyes, white dragon.

[A]

Let's play. Does your jersey have a Jersey Shore?

[B]

It would have to be.

[C]

Technically, there's a shore in Jersey.

[A]

Jersey shore there.

[C]

It's where Henry Cavill's from. He got his Warhammer upbringing.

[B]

Oh, is that right? Yeah, that very shop.

[A]

Yep. Wow. They're funny.

[C]

And they make butter. They have cows.

[A]

They have gym, tan, laundry.

[B]

Butter, and Warhammer the dream. Sit in my basement eating butter. Sorry, Scott.

[A]

You, you tapped into this before the episode, but you do a, like a perfect American accent. I thought. I thought I would do it.

[C]

What did I do?

[A]

You just started talking.

[C]

See, I can't do it on command. It's just like when you're, like, in the zone and like, it has to be like a Southern or like a. You guys doing it. Like, it has to be like a thing.

[A]

Oh, you can't.

[C]

I can't just do like.

[A]

I can't do standard. You got to do like a certain region.

[C]

Yeah. It has to have a little to it.

[B]

I feel that.

[C]

All right, give me something to say. One bacon cheeseburger. Borger, borger.

[B]

Say, I don't know how to tell you this, but we can't find the patient.

[C]

I don't know how to tell you this, but we can't find the patient.

[B]

That's Dr. House right there. That was perfect.

[C]

There you go. And he's not American.

[A]

He's not American.

[C]

You can do a YouTube.

[A]

The English actor.

[C]

I can do a perfect guy doing an American. Well, it's easier going our way to you than you guys coming to us for accent.

[B]

I've heard that.

[A]

Interesting.

[C]

American mouths are lazy, apparently.

[B]

Oh, okay.

[A]

Wow.

[C]

Get off. As Kim Kardashian would say, get off your mouth and work.

[B]

No one wants to work anymore with a damn mouth.

[C]

Yeah, but apparently your tongues don't move as much as ours do.

[A]

I.

[C]

We're just making out. I'm just talking all the time, going at it.

[B]

Tracks.

[A]

No, I, I. Yeah, fair. I'm not going to. I'm not going to attempt it because your British accent. Oh, it's a which, like.

[C]

Okay, I'm not going to tell you where because I don't know. And there's so many.

[A]

I was about to say where, and I'm like, what the fuck do I know? Either.

[C]

I'm going to give you a win by not saying do your Irish region because I know. Do your Irish accent and do an Irish accent without saying potatoes.

[A]

I wasn't gonna say potatoes. Come on, man.

[B]

Yeah, come on, Come on. I was gonna do.

[C]

That's the. You know how you almost have like a sentence to get you into the character?

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

It's like, okay, let me.

[C]

I'm here.

[A]

Sorry. Let me get into it really quick.

[C]

Wait, let me get into it. I hate my dad. It's just warm ups.

[A]

I need to get a hates a dad.

[B]

Okay, let me warm up for American. I would like to pay for my health care, please. I will be buying one healthcare now.

[C]

Please.

[B]

Okay, I'm ready.

[A]

I feel like if I hung out with you more, I would start to do like impersonate you.

[C]

That that's what I do. And that's why my accent is kind of like shifted to less Irish. Some words I say kind of Americanized now. Yeah.

[A]

Oh really?

[C]

Because I say like there and normally I would say dare.

[A]

Dare.

[C]

Yeah, like over there.

[A]

Over there is where my accidentally would be.

[C]

But so many people over the years have like, they like poke at it and then you notice it and I'm that person who's always like changing and if I'm around it, then I absorb it.

[B]

Sure.

[A]

Interesting.

[B]

Because of the title.

[C]

Yeah. It's also just fun.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

I like like, I like voices, I like accents. I like.

[A]

Yeah, yeah. I feel like when I impersonate people, I'm more impersonating like mannerisms. I feel like if you actually like took the visuals out. I'm not good at voices. I'm more like a vibes person. Yeah, right.

[C]

That's how I feel about all of my voice acting.

[B]

Really?

[C]

I listen back to it. Because you're really good.

[B]

Oh, thank you. That's very.

[C]

And I can imagine you listen back to some of that and go like, that was good. I like that.

[B]

Oh no, I still hate myself all the time.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

But he hates himself.

[C]

I like very like low level voice acting. But I'll hear it back and in the booth they're like, that was great. Like that was a great take. And I'm like, if you guys are happy. And then I it back and I'm like, you guys are idiots. Oh no, I can't listen to this.

[B]

But it's, it's. Look, it's hard to listen to yourself anyway, no matter what.

[A]

Like.

[B]

And I think if you're especially like specifically in one discipline, like you've seen yourself on camera so much doing gaming stuff, hearing yourself out of that context is always going to feel strange cuz you're so used to the other way. Yeah.

[C]

It's not the character yelling. It's like jacksepticeye yelling.

[B]

Sure.

[C]

Like I've yelled so much in videos that like people are attuned to that. Right. They pick it up quicker.

[B]

Sure.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

But that's what the people want.

[C]

I guess. So. It's not what I want. I want to be method then. Pure method, mate.

[B]

Pure method.

[C]

I'm moving silence, bro.

[B]

Pure method.

[C]

He's good at it.

[B]

Come on.

[A]

He's good. Okay, I'm gonna. I'm nervous.

[C]

Just, just, just don't judge me.

[B]

I'm not gonna give you.

[A]

I'm gonna try to. No, I'm gonna try to do Irish.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

I'm gonna try. I'm gonna try to. But I feel like I'm listening to you. I'm trying to impersonate you.

[C]

Everyone at home, Shane, is stepping up.

[A]

To the T. Okay. I feel like I won't look at you here. No, no. Because it's like I'm trying to. As I'm listening to you, I'm. I feel like I'm. I'm like getting into, like listening to you right now and it's. And then it's like, goes away. But if I hung out, if, like, keep talking, like, if we're talking, like.

[C]

Hi, Shane.

[A]

Hi. Okay.

[C]

Hello, Shane. It is me.

[A]

Okay. Well, now you're doing.

[C]

This is fun. Oh, my God. This is fun for me. I put you on the spot and then fucked you over.

[A]

No, cuz Irish, I'm not good at. Nick it quickly. If I were to try to do it, I'd want to try to, like, get the, like, subtle version.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And it's really bad. I know I'm listening to myself and I know it's bad, but I'm trying.

[B]

I want to support you, but I'm not the one who's able to judge.

[C]

It's also, I think a lot of Irish accents do live in that higher register. We live higher in our throat to do it.

[A]

But you. You don't.

[C]

I've yelled a lot over the years and changed my voice a lot. So I think my register just kind of like shifted down.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

When I was younger, I had a very, like, higher pitched voice.

[B]

Oh, I think that a lot of people had higher voices.

[A]

Yeah. It was weird. When I was 8, I had like this higher voice. Suddenly one day I was like, anyway, skies, what are you doing right now?

[B]

Top of the mountain.

[C]

It's more in certain words. And mine, like, even two towns over would have had a different accent than I had.

[A]

That's crazy.

[C]

But it's like, it's still. It's saying words like car, car, car. Yeah. Those are the words you need to, like, aim for. I think I drive my car.

[A]

I drive my car to the bar.

[C]

I drive my car to the bar. In Harvard Yard.

[B]

In Harvard Yard.

[A]

In Harvard Yard.

[B]

We have that too for Boston.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Bast.

[A]

Maybe it is the same Jersey. Have we mapped this out?

[C]

Let me tell you about a thing called the Great Irish Famine, where we all left and came and like, just went into your country and now you're all Claiming that you're all Irish.

[B]

Yeah, I would never say that.

[C]

Do you have part of Irish in your family?

[B]

I think so.

[A]

I do. My family, 1800s, dude, we be.

[C]

We came over and we were like, let's spread the spawn, spread the seed.

[B]

Dude, we were like salmon once we got to America. Just everywhere.

[C]

That's why all the bars said, like, no Irish on. It wasn't because we drank too much. They were just like, stop fucking.

[A]

Good God, no. You're not allowed.

[C]

You're gonna.

[A]

You're gonna fuck.

[C]

Yeah. No shirt, no shoes.

[A]

What are you talking about? No, I promise.

[C]

I just saw Mary in there.

[A]

Oh, come on. Your pants are off.

[B]

It's like, oh, I lost them in the famine.

[C]

Sorry. I think a good Irish accent, you need to aim for the ones that aren't, like, the generic one you need to aim for. A lot of people do Northern Ireland.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

Which is a much stronger accent.

[A]

Oh, really?

[C]

Like Northern Ireland kind of thing? Or you go like, full dub, like, how was it going?

[B]

Oh, wow, that sounds difficult to me.

[C]

Yeah, it's like, how you going there, boss? Are you well?

[B]

Yes.

[C]

Fair play to you. How's your ma?

[B]

Oi. My. My Mazda. I can't do Irish either.

[A]

My mask doing really good.

[B]

Oh, you didn't hear what happened? Oh, she. She ascended.

[C]

No Irish person has ever used the word ascended.

[B]

She said she joined a cult and became higher as a being and now can fly. And we can't get her back down.

[C]

Floyd. There he is.

[A]

Hey. He's a professional, though.

[B]

Oh, dang. I can't on the spot. It's like the same way as if. If you were like, oh, I do, like, sketch comedy on YouTube and someone's like, oh, tell us some jokes.

[C]

Or like that.

[A]

Oh, they put on the spot. It's always hard.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

I think Conan o' Brien said it best where he was like, I'm a comedian, but I don't do that. I'm like, situational.

[A]

Oh, yeah, Yeah.

[C]

I feel like we're all the same where I'm like, stand up. I hate. Like, I like watching it, but I'm fine. I'm terrible.

[B]

Do it. Yeah, that would be. I would be the absolute worst stand up comedian.

[C]

I keep watching. You guys did like a stand up thing at one point where people got up to do stuff and I was like, hey, better you than me.

[A]

I would hate this. Hard. I am horrendous at stand up.

[C]

I'm just hoping that I sound funny. And then if no one laughs, I'm like, cool.

[B]

They just Couldn't understand my accent and my vibes. Yeah, that's what it was.

[C]

The vibes are off. She was much bigger than me.

[A]

If you wanted to do a stand up TNTL with us, you could just go up and have such a heavy accent that nobody can understand what you're saying. And then you just hit these punch lines.

[B]

You're just like, yeah. We'd probably laugh just to seem like we're not stupid.

[A]

So we're like. We all get. Yeah, we understand.

[C]

You guys want to be good hosts as well. What if I just started, like, crying and pissing myself?

[A]

I think that you wouldn't be the.

[B]

First and you won't be.

[A]

That'd be so funny.

[C]

I did want to be on tntl, but they didn't put me in for it because I think. Okay, it's that thing. If you don't think people are, like, ready for that. That's a very sink or swim kind of.

[A]

And. Yeah.

[C]

And if people. If you don't know if people, like, improv or anything, like, it is a very, like, beyond the spot now be funny kind of thing.

[A]

Yeah, yeah.

[C]

If this. Suss out the vibes first. Yeah.

[B]

But I gotta say, I think we like your vibes.

[A]

Your vibes are pretty good, man.

[C]

Our keys are in the bowl.

[B]

We made a lot of swingers jokes today.

[C]

Yeah, it just feels like that. That's my thing. I found one joke and it got a hit every time. And now I'm like, every single one of them have hit.

[A]

Got it.

[C]

I'm just. I'm just pulling the slot.

[A]

Jacksepticeye on. Try not to laugh. Well, he did a swingers joke for every round.

[C]

It was funny.

[A]

It was good.

[C]

It was fun.

[B]

It was. Was he really horny to anyone else? Like a rasha was like, slow down. And that was. That takes a lot.

[A]

And then he made jokes about how the Irish just fucked all over America and we were like, okay. Yeah, for sure.

[C]

Swingers of all time.

[A]

Yeah. Cool. All right. That's lore now.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

There we go.

[C]

Can't wait to go home and think about that while I'm trying to sleep.

[B]

No, it was so fun and good. Please don't.

[C]

No, I feel. I'm fine. Don't worry about it.

[A]

What are you doing?

[B]

What are you doing? I don't know. I'm really liking you.

[A]

Sorry. Really quick sidebar. Damien, what's going on?

[B]

I don't know. I just.

[C]

Dude, your vibes have been off.

[B]

I really actually have. And I'm so sorry. Yeah, you're so Right.

[A]

Quick sidebar. I'm really sorry about him. It's.

[C]

It's okay.

[B]

Yeah. What are you guys talking. What's going on with him?

[A]

I don't know. I think he's a little starstruck.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

Really?

[C]

Sidebar.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Dude, he's talking you.

[B]

I'm so sorry. Which one is. Who that. Who is. Who are you talking about?

[C]

I thought you knew.

[B]

No, that's. That seat's been empty for 10 years.

[C]

I thought that was Amanda.

[B]

Sean, where do you think you are right now? Please wake up.

[C]

The walls come down.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Ladies and gentlemen, we got him.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

You just got Truman Road.

[C]

Yeah. IRS comes in. Like, what did I do?

[B]

Dude, the irs, man.

[A]

Not good.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

We can't do. We have a brand deal with the irs.

[B]

Oh, really? Oh, do we? Good, Because I got some things to say.

[C]

The brand deal is no taxes this year.

[A]

Yeah, no more taxes.

[C]

We're not going to give you money, but you don't have to pay us anything either.

[B]

Yeah, we all got an Irish Revenue Service.

[A]

Bad. This is one of those rare. Try not to. Or this is one of those.

[C]

Where are you right now?

[A]

It's gone. I was going to say this is one of those rare smoshmallows that we film at the end of the day.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And the vibe is always very different because we've just been doing.

[C]

Everyone just wants to go home.

[A]

You filmed like four videos today.

[C]

From two.

[A]

You only filmed two?

[B]

Yeah, we've been in the same two. Oh, yeah. We hamburgered the day because we sort of are like the top and the bottom.

[C]

I filmed two. Two game. Two board game ones. And now here.

[B]

Nice.

[C]

Here I am. Yeah, we're supposed to do Reddit stories, but I got sicky Wicky. Yeah.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

You made a. Oh, Boingo Oopsie doops. Now you have to get in the forever box.

[C]

Oh, I'm sh.

[A]

Who you open Schrodinger's box. You're like, oh, my God.

[B]

This is a bunch of.

[A]

I heard this one. This didn't exist.

[C]

I thought there was supposed to be.

[A]

A cat in here. Well, I ate the cat it into poo. The cat.

[B]

Everywhere sh. Go wins again.

[A]

That. That Reddit stories is going to be the best too.

[B]

So.

[A]

It sucks, man.

[B]

I remember when they.

[C]

Another thing to worry about while I'm trying to sleep.

[B]

I think you have not a single thing to worry about. At least here. I think you have been beloved.

[C]

He's so supportive.

[A]

You're gonna have the flight. You're gonna have the flight back to the uk. And you're just gonna. Someone's gonna wake up in the middle of the night and just turn and see you in your seat. Just, like, just thinking really hard, just looking at them.

[C]

I'll be hearing the sound of, like, keys in a bowl.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Just, like, in another room.

[A]

Did I do it right? Did I mess it up? Oh, shit, I blew it up.

[C]

Well, that's the thing, because I was like, I'll be back. We can do more stuff. Absolutely.

[A]

Back anytime.

[C]

Whenever you come on once. It's like, oh, my God, the pressure. So high to be funny.

[A]

And, yeah, it's so funny when I hear about that pressure, because I'm just like, dude.

[C]

Oh, I had such good bits planned as well.

[B]

Oh, man.

[A]

For Reddit stories.

[C]

No, and just in general, I was going to come in. I bought a UCLA jumper off Etsy.

[B]

Oh.

[C]

And I was going to come in and, like, to go to Angela, be like, yeah, me too.

[B]

Hey.

[A]

I just like, she would have. She would love that.

[B]

She would love that.

[C]

Well, the hope was to kind of, like, mess with her brain.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

And then underneath it, I had a chosen shirt with me.

[A]

Hell, yeah, dude.

[B]

I almost wore a chosen shirt today.

[C]

But I was like, I can't. Like, that's. You have to save that. That can't just be like. Because then you're just sitting in a chosen shirt and then you're just that guy.

[A]

Then there's the afterward. Yeah, fair. Fair.

[B]

I gotta be honest, I was nervous for today just for that. Yeah, I had the nervous vibes. I wanted to. I wanted to live up to your expectations because I know you're a fan and I never want to let someone down.

[C]

That is. That is the most Damien thing you could have ever said. Damien, my expectations for you were never high to begin with.

[B]

Yeah. The bar was in hell and we brought a shovel.

[A]

That's the most jacksepticeye thing you could have ever said.

[C]

Yeah. Didn't hit as hard as his, though. No, no, you can say one, too.

[A]

I don't have any.

[B]

Go on. I don't.

[C]

You're just being too nice. My favorite thing is banter and, like, shitting on each other.

[A]

That's all we do.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Yeah. So feel free.

[A]

Oh, fuck you.

[C]

Oh, dude. Yeah, Fuck you.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

I don't think that's Damien's vibe. We're all insulting each other. Come on.

[C]

Come on. We're all making fun of each other.

[B]

You collect 440k and I can't get over that. Do you also have, like, any other collector things? Because I collect a lot of stuff.

[A]

No.

[B]

Next topic.

[A]

Moving on. Sick, dude.

[C]

All right, I. I've tried to collect stuff in the past, but then I just ended up with so much in my house.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

And then, like, game devs will be like, we have a thing coming out. Can we send you a care package? And I was like, I have no room.

[B]

Yeah. I've started giving those things away, though. And people love it.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Like, I. BioShock did one a long time ago, and it was like, there's only 5,000 of these big daddy statues. And I remember. I forget who I even gave it to, but the person I gave it was, like, the biggest BioShock fan. And they were like, oh, my God, are you sure? And I'm like, yup. And now you get to be the hero. And they did an awesome thing.

[C]

So I do have a bunch of, like, cool statues. I have some, like, really sick, like, bloodborne statues in. In my room.

[B]

I have the Hunter.

[C]

Yeah, I have Hunter. And I have Eileen.

[B]

Eileen's awesome. I have Sick.

[A]

Yeah, I've got that.

[B]

The moonlight. Great. I have the, like, a metal moonlight Greatsword.

[C]

Yeah. I have the one from Elden Ring. The big resin one. Same.

[B]

Yeah, I have that. I have that one in the thin one. Like the Ludwig's Great sword. And then the.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, I've got the.

[B]

Yeah, you love Bloodborne.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Do you like Bloodborne?

[A]

I actually do love Blood, but I played Bloodborne first.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

To see.

[B]

No, I played PS3.

[A]

Anybody else played it? I played it. I actually am a bit of a Dark Souls hipster because I played Demon Souls back in the day on PS3, before many people were talking about. And I remember showing Damien in. You introduced me to Dark Souls and.

[B]

It'S the whole reason it's my thing.

[A]

Yeah. I was like, bro, this game series, I love it.

[C]

It's pretty cool.

[A]

So. So, yeah.

[B]

Yeah, pretty much.

[C]

What's your favorite one?

[A]

Probably the OG Dark Souls. I just Playing. That was so much fun. I had a blast.

[C]

I thought it was my first.

[A]

I think it was where I was in life because so much of what we love in life is where you were when you engage. Yeah, right. Like, everybody's favorite, like, everybody's favorite Disney movie is probably the one that it was like, that specific age that you were when you watched it for the first time. Same with video games. Like, Zelda is the perfect example. Like, you know, probably by someone's age, what their favorite Zelda is going to be.

[B]

Sure.

[A]

Just because it's like, well, I was a kid when Ocarina of Time came out. Mine's Wind Waker. But actually, no, mine. Mine is Breath of the Wild.

[C]

I never played Ocarina.

[B]

Wind Breather.

[A]

You never played Ocarina of Time?

[C]

I never had an N64, and none of my friends did. And then I got older and, like.

[B]

To go back, it's.

[C]

It's.

[A]

Yeah, it's not. It's.

[C]

And I'm so sad because I know that that would be my favorite game of all time. If I played it as a kid, it.

[A]

At the time, it was crazy.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

But I never played it much back when I was a kid. I was too scared.

[B]

Valkyrie in your time.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

I'd get to that tree, and I'd be like, this is crazy.

[C]

This is scary.

[B]

He owns his mouth.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah. I'm gonna walk in your mouth. Stranger in the forest.

[A]

I know a thing or two about this.

[B]

They taught me about this on the Sunday specials. One, cool bragging rights Smosh has for the Dark Souls universe is for Sekiro. There was a release event in Los Angeles, and I went to it, and so did Spencer on behalf of Smosh, and they let us play the beginning of Sekiro for, like, a while.

[C]

That's sick.

[B]

And there was a specific, like, mini boss that the. The devs were basically saying, like, yeah, this is gonna be, like, the hard wall for everybody. And Spencer was the first person in that group to finally defeat that mini boss, and that group was the first people to play it, apparently, outside of the devs and the testers. So Spencer is, like, the first person to have beaten that one boss.

[C]

Shout out.

[B]

So that's. I mean, I feel just honored to be in his presence.

[C]

That's pretty cool. That's gamer cred right there.

[A]

At least he's got that. You know, he needed that. He really needed a win.

[B]

You need a win?

[A]

Yeah, desperately. Ah, so it's. What's good, dude.

[C]

Yeah. So excited to have you on. So, like, what do you do?

[A]

So, like, what's going on, man?

[B]

So how'd you get into Internet?

[A]

Okay, so you've had a whole day here. This is the end of your day here at Smosh.

[C]

Yes. It's coming to a close.

[A]

What. What was your expectations versus reality?

[C]

I. I think you guys are exactly what you're portrayed to be.

[B]

I think it's nice.

[C]

And I've met a lot of creators who. And you've met a lot of creators, and you've met a lot of creators who are not well. And that's Fine. Sometimes it's better or worse. Sometimes you need to put on a Persona to get what you're doing, but you guys are, like, literally exactly what you guys portray.

[B]

Nice. Thank you.

[C]

I think that's why it works, because when you're watching it, like, even for me, I'm like, I'm there too, guys.

[A]

Yeah. I think, as you've seen today, like, it would be really hard for us to, like, try to fake this because we do so much.

[C]

Well, it's not that you would fake it. It's just that there is, like, a machine going on in the background, and it's a. It's a fairly sizable operation, but it's so easy to just get, like, jaded by it. Come in, put in a shift, like, go through the motions. You guys actually show up, and you want to have fun. You are friends, and you do care about what you're making.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

I think it's. It is definitely a very special place. And I know that sounds corny, but, like, everybody is very supportive. Like, there's not really that I see, like, ego gets in the way or anything. It's. Which is cool and, like, so rare.

[C]

It's extremely rare.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Especially because you've been. How long have you been here? The same amount of time.

[B]

No, Shane was here two years before I was.

[A]

We've both been here a long time.

[B]

But Shane opened the door for me to get the audition for here, so. Yeah. So that was.

[A]

But it's a long time.

[C]

But it's just easy to kind of, like, get jaded by it or just, I don't know, just not want to do it.

[A]

Sure.

[B]

I think it helps that Smosh has been so good at pivoting throughout the years that it doesn't feel like same old, same old.

[C]

It's.

[B]

It's still new. Like, even Smoshmouth, like, oh, it's only been a couple of years that we've been doing it. This specific thing in a couple years that we've been doing Reddit, and it's all.

[A]

It's all new, so it does feel like an. It. It doesn't feel like I've been at the same job for. For 10 years.

[C]

I guess that helps. Yeah.

[A]

Yeah. It's definitely a new. I'd say it feels like I've been at this job for, like, two or three years.

[C]

Are you guys aware of just how beloved you are?

[A]

I. Thank you.

[B]

Thank you. Yeah, that's very nice.

[A]

I think it goes in and out. I think sometimes I am like, wait, are we. How big Is this because it's. Or like, what do people actually think?

[C]

It's easy to, like, look at a group of people in this sort of space and think, like, you're all just, like, bit characters, like, cast doing a thing. That you're a lot of people's perceptions, like, individually, like, you're nothing without the group. But I think all of you guys individually all have, like, your strengths, and you're all, like, beloved by the Internet and people, like.

[A]

Like.

[C]

I think that's also very rare, that outside of the thing you're actually doing here, people really care about, like, who you are and what you're doing.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Which comes across in, like, the genuine nature. I think if you people. It gets found out.

[A]

Right.

[C]

You can't lie to the Internet. They'll figure you out pretty fast.

[B]

Yeah. That's so nice. Thank you. It's. I don't know. Sometimes it's. I mean, I. I definitely feel that at certain times and, like, in certain pockets. I also think sometimes the algorithm is like, oh, you. You being Damien. We think you're a fan of Damien. So they'll show me all the stuff. So, like, good and bad. So it's just like, you know, I think I get, like, an even spread of, like, the good and the bad, so I don't necessarily think of everything good all the time.

[C]

I think that's healthy, though. You can't. Like, that's how you get an ego. If you're like, I'm. I'm incredible. Everyone fucking loves me.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

I saw a crazy thing one time which was. Maybe you've seen it, which. The singer of Slipknot was talking about you.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

His son is, like, a fan of Smosh. And then it was like, a thing of his son on Instagram being like, I put on a Smosh video. And his dad came in and was like, oh, Shane's not in it, and didn't want to watch. And I'm like, dude, that's Corey Taylor.

[A]

I know. I heard about that.

[B]

That's awesome.

[C]

That's insane.

[A]

So funny. I was like, okay. Hell, yeah, man.

[B]

That's so cool.

[A]

I was like the lead singer of Slipknot watching. Try not to laugh. Is so silly.

[C]

Just him on the couch in a beer being like, that was a good. Nice.

[B]

Hell, yeah.

[A]

I. It's wild to me. Like, I don't know. It's. It's trippy. Yeah, it's trippy.

[C]

And that's what I mean. Like, you guys have been here for so long, but it feels like right.

[A]

Now it does feel. It does feel different.

[C]

It's definitely different. Maybe Covid helped. Everyone kind of became a bit more parasocial over that.

[A]

I also think just kind of the nature of, like, the nature of what content is doing well changes.

[C]

Sure.

[A]

And I actually do attribute a lot to, like, just. I think improv has made a little bit of a comeback.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Like, I think Dropout being.

[C]

I was gonna say drop.

[A]

I think Dropout being such a big thing has, like, also helped elevate us. Like, at the same time, ensemble casts.

[C]

Have always done well. Like, critical role have been around for a long time as well. But even, like, that's why K Pop is popular, because people are like, I. This is the team, and I have a favorite member, and I'm gonna be on them. I love all of them, but this is my bias.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

And it's like. And everyone, like, fills a niche and a gap. And, I mean, there is a parasocial element to it, but I think in this way, it's a lot more positive.

[A]

If I were to venture a guess as to part of it, too, is I do think we're struggling in the world right now with people just feel lonely.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And I think you mentioned, like, oh, we're all beloved. But I think you could probably ask any person who watches Smosh, like, they might have, like, oh, I love this person, this person, this person. But they won't love any of them as much as they love. I love this person and this person. I love this person and this. I love the dynamic between these two. People love seeing a relationship on screen. They love seeing a friendship. They love seeing that dynamic. Because I think, yeah, people are. I think all of us are a little starved for it nowadays too. So it's a bit of a bittersweet thing, but I think we provide that to a degree for people out there.

[C]

Yeah. Even when I got into it recently, like, that was my feeling, watching it being like, oh, they're all friends. And it. Not that I'm sitting there being like, I'm one of them. Hello, Damien, best friend.

[B]

Well, you are now canonically welcome to my floor. I am here.

[C]

I'm a cast member now.

[B]

Yeah, I do get what you mean. Because, like, if there's ever, like, people sometimes, like, I'll see the algorithm be like, oh, my God, Damien quit. Smosh. I'm like, no, and would never. But, like, if I'm gone for a week when people are filming because I'm doing a convention or something, they're gonna spread out that content through a Couple months, and people are gonna be like. Like, he's gone. So during those times, I get to watch a lot of smosh. Content without myself. And, yes, those people are my friends, but I do watch it and go like, oh, my God. I immediately get what people are seeing. It feels like I'm there.

[C]

And you all want each other to be there.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

No one's holding each other down. There's no bitterness.

[B]

100%.

[A]

Absolutely.

[C]

It's great.

[B]

Sean, would you ever be a part of something like this? Would you ever do an ensemble situation?

[C]

Yeah. I think what I was saying earlier, I think I'm better in a group. I think I bounce off people better. I've done solo stuff for so long that I'm kind of like. I don't know. It's not just that I'm like, oh, people are sick of me. It's like, I think I'm kind of, like, sick of myself in a way.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

Like, you kind of, like, flanderize yourself after a while.

[B]

Good use of flander eyes.

[C]

Thank you.

[A]

Wow. I have not heard flander eyes used.

[C]

I don't know.

[A]

Ever. I don't think, really.

[B]

It's about Ned Flanders, I was gonna say.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[C]

He just became the character that he was just. You become a stereotype of yourself.

[A]

Ah.

[C]

You're not a character anymore. You just become the thing that everyone knows you as.

[A]

Interesting enough.

[C]

People are, like, telling you what you are. And I'm like, I believe it. Sure. And I'm like, I double down on that. And I'm like, I don't really know what I want to be or what I can do. Or, like, you put yourself in a box in a way.

[A]

Sure.

[C]

So I think breaking out of that would be really helpful. But I'm also, like, I don't know. I don't really have anybody that I hang out with regularly enough to be like, hey, come do our thing.

[B]

Well, Sean, I don't live here. Well, to fix it. Now's the time to move to America.

[C]

Yeah, this is the great time.

[B]

Come on.

[A]

The best time. They're saying, do you want to hire.

[B]

People in to be employees in Ireland, giving them a visa?

[C]

I've been pushing the smosh in Europe agenda quite heavily today, and everyone's like, say it more. And I'm, like, putting it out in front of everybody.

[B]

Hello, I'm Damien, the new leader of Desmosh.

[A]

Yeah, we're cool with that.

[C]

Come on over. I'll show you around.

[A]

That'd be sick, man.

[B]

The whole building, you guys Got pizza there?

[C]

Hell, yeah. I'm in, one might say the birthplace of it.

[B]

Oh, yeah, Dublin.

[C]

That's New York City.

[B]

New York.

[A]

We call it old New York.

[C]

Let me get you a sparrow slice.

[B]

Wow. Sparrow.

[C]

You guys need to come over for something. And so many people I've talked to today who are like, I've never done that flight. Have you been to Europe? Yeah. You've been to Europe?

[B]

I did MCM London last year, and I will probably be doing another ukcon this year.

[A]

So I've been to. I've been to London a couple times, and then I had the chance to go to Edinburgh recently. But I really want to go to Ireland. Ireland's cool. I've never been and I've heard it's so fun.

[C]

And I love Ireland. I think I kind of need distance from it now because so much like childhood shit and stuff is attached to me. Like.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Being you going to Ireland's like me going to Florida.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Oh, yeah. It's cool. I really similar places, I've heard.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Lots of alligators.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

I think I love Ireland more at a distance and like, visiting in periods, but I don't know if I would ever go back and live there.

[A]

That's fair.

[B]

Fair.

[A]

That's entirely.

[C]

There's a lot of memories attached to it and not entirely great.

[B]

That's how I feel about Georgia. Like, even being in the Atlanta airport, I, like, get this feeling.

[C]

Georgia.

[B]

I was born in Germany, raised in Georgia, and so I just get this like, sort of heavy feeling in my chest where I'm like, oh, this is a bittersweet. Like, I'm sure back here. And. Yeah, there's a lot to unpack. Can I please just make my connection?

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

So. Yeah. Yeah, I feel you.

[C]

Yeah. It's kind of sad to say, though, because I do. I do really like Ireland. I think it's one of the best places on earth. It's beautiful. Really.

[B]

Well, both things can be true.

[C]

I think environmentally, Ireland is, like, top tier.

[A]

It is really gorgeous from what I've seen.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

I can't. I mean, I can. I was going to say, how do. Do I feel the same way about Florida or Arizona?

[C]

Would you ever live in Florida again?

[A]

No. No, I never. I. I was only there the first two years and died there.

[C]

Is there anything good about Florida?

[A]

There's good stuff about Florida.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

Yeah. Okay. I actually can.

[B]

I've got some if you.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

The Everglades are cool as hell. They are a wild place.

[C]

What are the Everglades?

[A]

The Everglades is a giant national park that is like a swamp. Okay. And it's tons of alligators, tons of wildlife.

[B]

Think of like a dangerous swamp.

[A]

Dangerous?

[B]

Horrible.

[A]

Oh, yeah. Great place about Florida. Gross. Horrible place. No, it's actually very cool.

[C]

Like fan boats and stuff.

[A]

Yes, I did, and it was awesome. And then Key west is the southernmost island off of Florida.

[C]

That's like the vacationing place, right?

[A]

It's a little bit of a vacationing place, but it's a tiny little like three square mile place. It's like a little fishing town. And it's a party town too.

[C]

Sure.

[A]

But I would go fishing there with my grandpa and my dad and it's just awesome. Like, the water's warm. Like you jump in the ocean and it's like hot. Almost crazy.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And there's just tons of. Tons of wildlife and stuff. Stuff. And then, I don't know, you got Disney World.

[B]

Disney World.

[A]

Disney World's pretty cool.

[B]

You got delicious Cuban food in Miami.

[A]

That's actually very true. I had Cuban food. I had Cuban food down in Key west. And I was like, this is the. Some of the best food I've ever had in my life.

[C]

You're pretty close.

[A]

You're literally like 90 miles away.

[B]

Damn.

[A]

Yeah. Pretty sick, Pretty wild. No, Florida's got great. Tons of great stuff. It's a combo of a lot of things. It's just when it gets bad, it gets. Gets real bad. Florida, man. You know, I mean, that's the thing.

[C]

Florida, the place is not the thing that gets the bad rap. It's the people.

[B]

Well, there's also all the hurricanes, so.

[A]

Oh, yeah, Fair. Yeah. And that's kind of the case with America in general. Every state has its people who.

[C]

I lived in Ireland. We have no natural disasters.

[B]

That's crazy.

[C]

And no lethal wildlife.

[B]

That's great because all. You got him out with that flute.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

St. Patrick came around with his stick and beat all the snakes out.

[B]

We did talk right before this about the actual meaning of that.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

It's about religion and getting all the people they don't want out.

[B]

All the druids are gone. So now they can't wild shape in Ireland anymore.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Well, everything's got a dark meaning. It sure does the thing.

[B]

It sure does.

[A]

Yeah. Well, we have no natural disasters here in California. What? This starts to shake, right?

[B]

A flaming earthquake.

[C]

I've never experienced an earthquake.

[A]

It's trippy. It's actually like. It's this. My best way to describe it is like it's smoother Than you think, because it's a roll. It's like a. You're like, whoa. We're like, what's. What's going on? We're moving.

[C]

It always looks like being on a boat. Whenever I see videos of it.

[A]

It's like a weird. It's a. Yeah, because it's not like. It's not a shake where it's up and down. It's. It's side to side, and it's a very trippy feeling.

[B]

I think it was one of those things, like quicksand that, like, when you're growing up and see it in cartoons, like, you think, like, fishers are gonna.

[C]

Quicksand is gonna be a much bigger issue.

[A]

All of us did.

[B]

And I thought Earth would open up and split in twain, and you have to, like, Jean Claude Van Damme between the two sides. So, like, oh, I'm falling in. In the earth.

[C]

Never happened.

[A]

Thought that, too.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, no, we get that. I mean, and then I think America is, like, a really weird natural disaster place for anyone who's visiting who doesn't otherwise have it, like, in the middle. There's just Stormlands of tornadoes, one of.

[C]

The most dangerous volcanoes if it ever erupts here.

[B]

That's true.

[A]

Oh, but it's faithful.

[B]

You guys are too much. We'll be right back.

[C]

We'll be right back after this earthquake.

[B]

I have the first earthquake I experienced in Los Angeles. I was watching a theater production at usc, and it was like, classic Greek theater where, like, Hercules was going to go down into the underworld, and we were sitting on, like, bleachers, and it was this. You know, it was this speech where it was like, I will go down into the underworld, and I will take what is my. And the bleachers started shaking. And I was like, wow. I was like, that's so cool. They got, like, hydraulics going. Like, that's such a cool effect. And then later, it was like, no, man, that was an earthquake.

[A]

And I'm like, oh, an earthquake hits while you're at D box at a theater. You're like, that was extra crazy.

[C]

Four Dude.

[A]

Twisters was n. I once. I once. I think I've told this story before, but I once was watching. It was one of the Spider man movies with Courtney, and an earthquake happened during, like, one of the biggest fight scenes. And everybody got up and left for the exit. I stayed seated. Courtney stood up and was like, should we go? I was like, nah, man. What are we gonna do? Shit's awesome. I was like, no, we're gonna die.

[C]

It could be worse in the hallway, too.

[A]

Go to the crowded exit. I'm like, I don't know. Like, we're here. Like, dude, thwip.

[B]

Miles Morales just actually saves you.

[A]

Yeah. Don't worry. He's got me.

[B]

He's got me. I had that same vibe. I had one happen while I was at, like, a crab boil restaurant. Do you. Did they have those in?

[A]

And then a tunnel wave.

[B]

Then free crab. No, it was, like, shaking, and everyone was, like, getting down onto the tables, and I was like, if I'm gonna die, I'm gonna do it with, like, a crab leg in my mouth. Like, this is just, like, buttery. It's like, take me now. God, I got my scrimps.

[A]

Maybe.

[C]

Hey, maybe one day it'll happen.

[A]

Yeah, probably.

[B]

Fingers crossed.

[A]

Can I say so before we go?

[C]

Okay.

[A]

Damian might be starstruck, but not nearly as starstruck.

[B]

I wouldn't say that. You nervous?

[A]

Oh, yeah. He doesn't. He doesn't actually care that much about you. Okay. But our producer, Selena, is a huge fan of yours.

[C]

Okay?

[A]

Like, genuinely to the point that she. She knows your blood type. Okay. Actually, not. She. She told me she didn't, but I was like. Like, find it out. Figure it out. So she did. Okay. Letting you know what's up.

[C]

Why do you need that information?

[A]

We had to show how much we care.

[B]

We had joked like, I bet you even know his blood type. Ha ha ha ha.

[A]

And then she went and actually found it out.

[C]

What's. What's my eye color?

[A]

Blue.

[B]

Oh, blue. Oh, my God. There.

[C]

She got it right.

[A]

There was, like, a one in three guests who could do there. What's the blood type?

[B]

You know what's crazy is that's what she had guessed when we were joking, too.

[C]

I think. I think that's right.

[B]

Damn.

[C]

I never knew my blood type growing up. Same, cuz it was like, never a thing. You, like, have to ask for it or whatever.

[B]

Same. I literally just learned yours.

[A]

I think I'm post oh positive, too, dude.

[B]

Really, cuz?

[A]

Irish?

[B]

Yeah. Isn't that the universal donor?

[A]

Yes. Wow. Yeah, man.

[C]

Don't call us heroes.

[B]

Yeah, I'm the universal receiver, actually. So give me a little blood.

[C]

Hey, that track. Oh, God damn it, David.

[A]

Walking into any bar.

[C]

I'm the universal receiver. Lip bite anyone for any reason?

[B]

No, No. I think AB Negative can take all the blood.

[A]

Little peek behind the curtain. Guys, we talked about this beforehand. Selena talked to Sean. It's not weird.

[C]

Stop being weird.

[B]

Guys, we're just goofing.

[A]

We're just goofing around.

[C]

People are on calls with HR already, like trying to get her canceled.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

If there's. If there's one person who we can never allow to be canceled here, it would be Selena. Yeah.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

What else would you do?

[A]

Impossible. We would. It would cease. We would cease to do stuff.

[B]

I think we would just have to say things worse to distract. Yeah. I would do that.

[C]

We did talk about it beforehand. I was just trying to make you uncomfortable.

[A]

Did you tell her your blood type?

[C]

No. Oh.

[A]

So she found it.

[C]

I. I learned my blood type and I think it is that. But I also forgot about it. It's not like a carrot at home. I'm like, I'll keep this cuz I'll forget. Yeah.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Do you. Yeah. What's your blood type? Let's go. Thought you're blood.

[B]

What I can't contribute. But if anyone wants to give me all yours. Well, I guess that'd be fine. Give me your blood, dude. Actually I was. If anyone in the room. I need some damn bone marrow. If you guys have any.

[A]

We'll work on it.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

Thank God I know what you are.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Jump on, Spider monkey.

[B]

I mean, AB negative. That kind of made me think I'm a little bit of a vampire.

[A]

Jump on, Spider Monkey. 20.

[C]

Edward, no. Edward. Her blood is too pure. You gotta stop.

[B]

Wow.

[C]

Welcome to Tween Forks. Worship.

[A]

We never grow up if you go to Bakersfield. That's what everyone sounds like.

[B]

Really.

[A]

So. Yeah. Check it out.

[C]

Give me a Bud Light and a hat.

[A]

We're gonna send Sean to Bakersfield after this. You're walk around.

[C]

I want to watch the dolphins play. Fins up.

[A]

Yeah. It's gonna go great for you if we do this.

[B]

Barkeep, I would like a hat.

[C]

One hat. And your finest mug of brandy.

[B]

Do you have any sours? You don't?

[A]

Well, we are overtime. I would keep talking, but I know that as soon as we're done talking, people get to go home. So.

[C]

I'm so sorry, guys. You're here.

[A]

I feel for everyone in the room because I know that those guys are asleep over there. Yeah. Tim. Tim is crying.

[B]

Check to see if he's alive. Can someone shake him?

[A]

But dude, this has been so cool.

[C]

Thank you.

[A]

It really is so cool that I'm.

[C]

So happy to be here.

[B]

You're a flipping delight.

[A]

We're so happy to have you here.

[C]

I'm flipping the light.

[B]

You're a flipping delight.

[A]

Oh, I don't know what he's talking about.

[C]

I was like, what kind of fucking Mormon.

[B]

You trip the light fantastic. Your dancing has been really fantastic. Yeah.

[A]

That's the second time I've heard Damian say that phrase.

[C]

That's so sick.

[B]

Yeah, no, you're. You're a delightful human and I'm. I'm glad you came by.

[C]

Thank you. I hope I brought the sauce. I'm gonna be thinking about this when I go home, like, legitimately good.

[B]

Same.

[C]

Because I'm like, I want the people at home to get a show. This never happens. And then I come on, they're like, that's it.

[A]

Oh, no, you did great.

[C]

That's it.

[B]

I'm. I see. I'm worried I dropped the ball because you're like a top tier guest.

[A]

And I'm like, oh, Damian had to start with a top tier guest. Yeah, that's. That's tough. You should. We should have started you off with like Angela or something, dude.

[C]

You know.

[A]

Work your way up.

[B]

Yeah, I feel you.

[C]

Yeah. No, I'll unfollow you on Twitter when I leave.

[B]

That's fine. Yeah. The only time we message was I send you that stupid edit.

[C]

I did announce the streamer games teams and he sent me like, dude, sick comp or something.

[B]

I was like, dude, great, like draft pick or whatever.

[C]

Who did you add?

[B]

So in the bottom right corner, I copied the like, like the circles of everybody that they had listed and added Suleiman the magnificent of the Ottoman Empire. I was like, dude, you guys got Sulamon Gibson.

[A]

I had to.

[C]

He was like, dude, great draft pick.

[A]

I guess we'll break the ice.

[C]

We're good. This didn't broke the ice and shattered you. Titanic rammed into the iceberg.

[B]

I felt so stupid afterwards. I'm like, he's either gonna get it.

[C]

No, no, no, that's.

[A]

I love that when you responded five months later. It was great.

[B]

It was just a thumbs up.

[C]

No, no, I left. I left him on red. I just double tapped that.

[A]

Oh, well, no, it's great.

[C]

I look forward to getting to know you more. And not just at the table, but on the field.

[A]

Nice.

[B]

Oh, yeah.

[C]

On the field of play.

[A]

Great.

[C]

I'm very happy to be here. I was also very nervous today.

[B]

Cool. Well, good to know.

[A]

Can't tell.

[C]

Thank you, sirs.

[B]

Thank you.

[A]

Thank you. All right, we'll see you later. Bye.

[C]

Hey, guys, thanks for watching. If you want to get more subscribe like and comment, let us know who you want to. Come on, smosh mouth.

[A]

Next.

[B]

Next.

[C]

Ian knows everybody.

[A]

Whoa. You made it like the X Games.

[C]

Yeah.