S2: #81 - Our Worst Try Not To Laugh Moments

Summary

Podcast Episode Summary: Smosh Mouth S2: #81 - Our Worst Try Not To Laugh Moments

Release Date: September 23, 2020

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Introduction

In episode #81 of "Smosh Mouth," hosts Shayne Topp (Shane), Amanda Lehan-Canto (Damien), and a rotating Smosh friend delve into their most challenging and memorable "Try Not To Laugh" moments. This episode offers an insightful and humorous exploration of their experiences, mishaps, and the dynamics that make their comedy segments both entertaining and unpredictable.

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Early "Try Not To Laugh" Experiences

The discussion begins with Shane reminiscing about his first "Try Not To Laugh" segment with Olivia, highlighting the unpredictable nature of their comedic endeavors.

• Shane Madej [00:00]: "I was in that first Try not to Laugh with the Gang with Olivia. I don't know how she comes up with the things she comes up with, because they're beyond just weird."

Ian shares his attempt to incorporate the singing Big Mouth Billy Bass into a live segment, which unexpectedly took a dark turn.

• Ian Hecox [00:28]: "I had a plan to do the singing big mouth Billy Bass, and now he's gonna do World War II. And everyone was like, oh, I think."

Damien reflects on their tendency to be self-critical, emphasizing the importance of supporting each other's efforts.

• Damien Haas [00:35]: "We also have a tendency to be hard on ourselves."

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Impact of COVID-19 on Performances

Shane opens up about how the COVID-19 pandemic affected his birthday celebrations and overall outlook on life.

• Shane Madej [01:29]: "Cream, which is very topical for this podcast, which is coming out. What is this? October 50th?"
• Shane Madej [01:38]: "It was a chill birthday. I had a Covid birthday."

The hosts discuss the prolonged nature of the pandemic and its implications on their personal and professional lives.

• Shane Madej [02:07]: "Is this just life from now on?"
• Ian Hecox [02:09]: "I saw some article that was like. That was like, this is just the beginning of the Pandemics for, like, this new future that we live in."

Shane shares his frustration with the ongoing situation, balancing personal challenges with empathy for others.

• Shane Madej [02:53]: "I'm just like, I'm just like. I'm just like, fuck this virus, man."

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Internet Behavior and Conspiracy Theories

A significant portion of the episode is dedicated to dissecting the impact of social media algorithms on the proliferation of conspiracy theories.

Damien critiques how algorithms amplify extreme viewpoints, making it difficult to address the root causes of misinformation.

• Damien Haas [09:59]: "It's the same thing I've seen with like people likening Covid spread rate to 5G towers."

Ian references the documentary "The Social Dilemma" to underscore how social media platforms contribute to societal divisions.

• Ian Hecox [10:24]: "I have a call in to Spectrum Internet about my jaw."

Shane comments on the polarization within the U.S., highlighting the split between those who trust experts and those who reject authoritative guidance.

• Shane Madej [06:32]: "Yeah, it's definitely been split. I feel like this has split. We see two different types of Americans."

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Challenges in Comedy and Content Creation

The hosts delve into the difficulties of crafting successful comedic bits, sharing instances where their jokes didn’t land as intended.

Ian recounts his experience with the Big Mouth Billy Bass segment that went off-script, leading to unexpected audience reactions.

• Ian Hecox [19:52]: "He sings about World War II. And everyone was like, oh."

Shane discusses moments where their planned jokes failed to elicit laughter, highlighting the unpredictability of live performances.

• Shane Madej [23:05]: "I'm trying to think of a bit that went the wrong way."

Damien emphasizes the value of embracing failure in comedy, viewing it as a pathway to improvement.

• Damien Haas [24:34]: "Failure is part of it. It's fun, you know."

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Podcast Production Insights and Audience Engagement

The conversation shifts to the intricacies of podcast production, including the importance of editing and timing to enhance comedic delivery.

• Ian Hecox [31:38]: "A little twinge of editing certainly helps things along."

The hosts address listener questions, such as the transition from using water to harmonicas in their segments, discussing safety measures during the pandemic.

• Shane Madej [32:07]: "We're trying to be as safe as possible."

They brainstorm alternative props to harmonicas, showcasing their collaborative and improvisational spirit.

• Damien Haas [34:32]: "Can we combine your ideas? Milk harmonica."

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Improv and Warm-Up Techniques

Delving into their creative process, the hosts share their favorite improv games and warm-up routines that prepare them for "Try Not To Laugh" segments.

Damien introduces "Five Things," a game that stimulates quick thinking and creativity.

• Damien Haas [47:34]: "Five Things is basically like everybody has their own different rhythm."

Shane and Ian discuss the significance of being present and connected with fellow performers to enhance improvisational comedy.

• Shane Madej [45:03]: "And also it's supposed to connect you because you can be the funniest person in the world if you're not on the same page and connecting with your other performers."

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Highlighting Olivia's Unique Humor

A dedicated segment explores Olivia's distinctive comedic style, characterized by unexpected and surreal humor that keeps both the audience and her co-hosts guessing.

• Shane Madej [51:19]: "Olivia is like that all the time. I’m like, there’s connections there. But I’m like, where did you come up with this?"

Damien praises Olivia's ability to create a shared humorous experience by making others uncertain about what to expect.

• Damien Haas [53:23]: "Making them uncomfortable. [...] you're in her world now and she's not going to stick to the 32nd time limit."

Shane admires her focus amidst chaos, noting her mastery in delivering jokes that are both confusing and hilarious.

• Shane Madej [55:28]: "Focused chaos."

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Conclusion and Announcements

As the episode wraps up, the hosts share updates about their podcast's presence on Twitch, encouraging listeners to engage with their live streams and various content offerings.

• Ian Hecox [64:13]: "We're recording every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. We got all sorts of fun stuff planned."

They humorously discuss fictional scenarios, maintaining the episode's lighthearted and chaotic tone until the very end.

• Shane Madej [57:02]: "This is a chaotic episode."

Final Thoughts

Episode #81 of "Smosh Mouth" offers a candid and entertaining glimpse into the challenges and triumphs of creating comedic content. Through personal anecdotes, insightful discussions, and genuine camaraderie, Shane, Damien, and their guests provide listeners with an engaging exploration of what it takes to keep the laughter rolling—even when things don’t go as planned.

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Notable Quotes:

• Shane Madej [00:00]: "I don't know how she comes up with the things she comes up with, because they're beyond just weird."
• Ian Hecox [19:52]: "He sings about World War II. And everyone was like, oh."
• Damien Haas [24:34]: "Failure is part of it. It's fun, you know."
• Shane Madej [51:19]: "Olivia is like that all the time. I’m like, there’s connections there. But I’m like, where did you come up with this?"

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This summary encapsulates the key discussions, insights, and humorous exchanges from the episode, providing a comprehensive overview for those who haven't listened.

Transcript

[Shane Madej]

Ramble. You know, I was in that first Try not to Laugh with the Gang with Olivia. I don't know how she comes up with the things she comes up with, because they're beyond just weird.

[Ian Hecox]

When we did Try not to Laugh live, I had a plan to do the singing big mouth Billy Bass, and now he's gonna do World War II. And everyone was like, oh, I think.

[Damien Haas]

Try not to laugh. We also have a tendency to be hard on ourselves.

[Shane Madej]

Oh, for sure, for sure.

[Damien Haas]

So I was like, you did great. I was a dumpster fighter.

[Shane Madej]

We all did that.

[Ian Hecox]

If somebody's giving money to Pokimane, big fucking deal. It's not your money. Do I sit outside a strip club and yell at people for throwing their money?

[Damien Haas]

Not anymore. Cause I'm not allowed on the property. Time to cast.

[Shane Madej]

Time to cast a pie.

[Damien Haas]

We're doing our best.

[Shane Madej]

Time to eat a pie.

[Ian Hecox]

Oh, yeah, speaking of eat a pie, did you eat any of your.

[Damien Haas]

Your birthday pie?

[Ian Hecox]

You haven't?

[Shane Madej]

I haven't yet.

[Ian Hecox]

You have two whole pies?

[Shane Madej]

I have one pie. I gave the other to Brennan because Brennan has a bunch of roommates. And I was like, you guys eat this. I'm not going to take two pies home, have a couple slices of one pie, and then throw another pie away.

[Damien Haas]

It's your birthday. What is that if not a monument to excess?

[Shane Madej]

Yeah, just gluttony.

[Damien Haas]

Just gl. For context, it was Shane's birthday yesterday, and he was given pie by banana.

[Shane Madej]

Cream, which is very topical for this podcast, which is coming out. What is this? October 50th?

[Damien Haas]

September 19th.

[Shane Madej]

September. It was a chill birthday. I had a Covid birthday.

[Damien Haas]

Nice.

[Shane Madej]

Can't believe I ended up with one. I didn't think it was gonna happen, really, Back in, like, March. I thought by September. I didn't. Like, I didn't think, like, oh, the world's gonna be completely normal. But I was just like, oh, I'll be able to. It'll be different by then.

[Damien Haas]

Keep it up, buddy. You might have more.

[Shane Madej]

One boy, that's the problem. Is it, like, in March? I was like, all right, I'm planning. We got to plan on this till summer now. I'm like, okay, I'm planning on until next summer. But honestly, I'm kind of like, fuck, is this just life?

[Damien Haas]

This is normal.

[Shane Madej]

Is this just life from now on?

[Ian Hecox]

I saw some article that was like. That was like, this is just the beginning of the Pandemics for, like, this new future that we live in.

[Shane Madej]

Welcome to the Smosh cast.

[Damien Haas]

Now, if you don't know we're a comedy channel. Just trust us on that.

[Shane Madej]

Oh, my God, man. I had a. I. You know, I know it's been just brutal for everyone, but you know that in March, there was a part of me that was kind of like, as an introvert, was like, oh, like, you know. You know, I'm excited to like, get some more time alone. And now by this point. And I know everyone's feels, but I'm just like. I'm just like. I'm like, I. Fuck this virus, man. Like, really just like, God damn, those are strong words.

[Ian Hecox]

You. You don't like this virus?

[Damien Haas]

Well, I do have to politicize everything, don't. We can't agree on any.

[Shane Madej]

God, yeah. But I'm just like. I'm just like, I'm tired. Tired of it. But I know it's. I know it's so much worse for so many people. Like, I. And I think about that. I'm like, if I'm frustrated, I have it probably. I'm probably in the top 1% of, like, this is not fucked up my life that much, right? So if I'm frustrated, I can only imagine how everyone feels.

[Damien Haas]

Well, it's doubly frustrating knowing that, like, so many other places have gone through this, taken the proper measures, and have come out the other side just fine. Like, New. New Zealand is at two rounds of, like, everything's fine. Oh, wait, one person is up. Okay, let's close down again. And we're back. Everything is good.

[Ian Hecox]

It's like, man, like, my neighbors have, like, a second home in Croatia, I guess. So they just, like, bounced for, like, I don't know, like a month or two. And they were like, yeah, we're coming back. We're really sad because, like, life was totally normal or mostly normal. Like, people were wearing masks and stuff. But, like, they were able to do things.

[Shane Madej]

I might wear a mask forever. I might just start. I might just start doing that now. Like, why not? Because I haven't. I have not gotten sick this year. Same. And that's been. It's been a long time. I usually get sick. Like, I usually get a cold or something. I have not gotten sick this year. And I'm like, it's probably because I am taking all these measures.

[Damien Haas]

Isn't that crazy?

[Ian Hecox]

Well, I was thinking about that with. Because flu season's gonna be coming soon, so. And I actually got a text from, like, CVS today being, like, flu shot. And I was like, God, is it really that time?

[Shane Madej]

I need to. I need to get it. I need to get it.

[Ian Hecox]

But. But I mean, that's the thing. Like. Cause we. We, you know, we talked about in the office last year, we're like, hey, you know, if. If you feel like you might possibly be sick in relation to the flu virus, we're like, don't come into work because, like, you can get other people sick. And. And several people did catch the flu last year.

[Shane Madej]

Yeah, I got it.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah.

[Damien Haas]

That's always my frustration because we have an office full of troopers, an office full of champions that are like, no, honestly, it's not that bad. I feel like I still want to come in and get work done. I don't want to fall behind. And, like, every time someone do does that, I'm like, you, mother, father. It has nothing to do with you.

[Shane Madej]

But I know people that we work with who definitely have come in, they're like, yeah, I'm sick, but it's fine.

[Damien Haas]

I'm like, go home.

[Shane Madej]

No, I was like, don't. We're in a small space. Get out.

[Damien Haas]

One of us is going home right now. It can be me.

[Shane Madej]

I think. I do think. I think, you know, there's very small benefits to this year. And I do think one is like, people are more conscious of sickness now, because I don't. I think that that mindset, if, you know, say, in a perfect world, in a couple of years, coronavirus is gone, right? It won't. But whatever, let's say it is. People, I think, when they have the flu, are gonna stay home and they're gonna be like, whoa, you're sick. I need to social distance and wear a mask when I'm around you.

[Damien Haas]

My fear is that it might go in the opposite direction because we've sort of shown that our national, like, mindset is exercising freedom for freedom's sake, even if it doesn't make sense. It's like, because I can, because I want to. So if we've all been sort of quarantined for so long and had these restrictions, I think once these restrictions leave, you might have a lot of people that are like, yeah, I can do whatever with anybody all the time.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah, I think. But I think at least. At the very, very least, we've. I feel like a lot more people have learned how viruses are transmitted.

[Damien Haas]

I hope so.

[Ian Hecox]

So, like, I think. I think now. Now you might actually see. Start to see, like, where in, like, Japan, it was very normal. Once you feel sick, you wear a mask. If you ever feel a little bit sick, you wear a mask. And that was totally normalized. There now, I'm sure. Like, I feel like we're going to start to see, like, a normalization of that past once we get Covid figured out. Like, I think that might just become a normal thing, that people are conscientious enough to put on a mask whenever they feel they might have.

[Shane Madej]

Yeah, it's definitely been split. I feel like this has split. We see two different types of Americans. There's people who are listening to experts, and then there's just a half of this country that thinks they're gods. Like, truly. They're like, I know everything. No one can tell me what to do. I don't have to listen to anyone. And I'm just like, damn. Like, you got a lot of. It's just. Yeah, you're right. It's there.

[Damien Haas]

It doesn't even benefit.

[Shane Madej]

They just don't want anyone to tell them what to do.

[Ian Hecox]

Did you see the. The frat house in Florida?

[Shane Madej]

Yeah.

[Ian Hecox]

They were like. The cop, like, came to, like, be like, hey, you guys got. There's too many people here. And they're like, okay. And he, like, does it. He runs the guy's ID on his database, and he's like, hey, this is interesting. You were flagged for testing positive for Covid. And the guy was like, yeah, yeah, I tested positive, like, last week. And he's like, and you're. You have people over at your house, and you're not quarantining. Well, our whole house has it. We're all positive. And the guy's just like. You could tell, like, the cop is trying to be, like, as. As, like, restrained as possible. He's like, you invited people over, hand.

[Shane Madej]

On his gun, like, so. You're killing me.

[Damien Haas]

Yeah, that's so dumb. Yeah, I. I don't know, man. It's. It's also tough because, like, I think with previous things, you, you know, have this sort of nihilistic mindset of, like, well, natural selection. Guess they're gonna do stupid things and it's gonna hurt them, but it hurts everybody. That's the main difference this time. So you don't get to be like, well, do the dumb thing. It's like, no, for the love of God. Our future is dependent on that frat house in Florida not being dumb. And that's what's terrifying to me, because I don't think that's ever going to happen.

[Shane Madej]

No, man, Florida. Florida is always going to be Florida, too.

[Damien Haas]

Well, I just mean more like whatever. Whatever state, whatever world. It's world is healthy is the worst of Us.

[Ian Hecox]

There's dummies everywhere.

[Damien Haas]

Exactly.

[Shane Madej]

For sure. But America, America's doing pretty hefty work on the dummies. Like, we're like, I got to admit, like, I know there's dumb asses everywhere. America's just got. We got a whole collection. Like, it's, it's like, man, Funko Pops. Like, you know, Australia's got some Funko Pops, UK's got some Funko Pops. America's Funko Pops.

[Damien Haas]

We have every beanie, baby. We have every beanie.

[Shane Madej]

She's got a whole different thing.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah, I got a little taste of the dummies when I made a tweet about climate change and got people telling me, telling me that it doesn't exist and that, and that are all of our fires. They're like, oh, but California just doesn't do brush maintenance, which we didn't sweep our forest.

[Shane Madej]

Yes, thanks, Deborah. 8805505 look, there might, there might be.

[Ian Hecox]

Something partially to do with some sort of maintenance not doing controlled burns. I get that. But California isn't controlling all the forests in all of the world where everything else is burning.

[Damien Haas]

Oh, carefully. And that's going to be the next conspiracy.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah, right.

[Damien Haas]

Like Hollywood controls for.

[Ian Hecox]

Well, the new one. The new one was because the way that we. The way that the federal government shows fires in the U.S. they're only showing fires in the U.S. so when they show like a picture of North America and they're showing where the fires are in the us the dummies are like, oh, look, there's no fires in Mexico or Canada, so it must be set off by antifa.

[Damien Haas]

Oh, no.

[Ian Hecox]

And they're like, no, they just don't. They're just not showing where the fires are happening in Canada, which there are a lot of fires there as well.

[Damien Haas]

It's the same thing I've seen with like people likening Covid spread rate to 5G towers. So they're like, look at this map of 5G towers. And it's, it's very much follows like the big silly cities. And then it's like, yeah, now look at these Covid things. And it's like one to one. They're like, I'm sorry, but I see this thing, it's got to be the same. And it's like, no, there's more 5G towers where there are a lot of people and a lot of viruses spread where there's a lot of people.

[Shane Madej]

Like the conspiracy theory stuff. I do think conspiracy theory fandom has caused like a lot of this Bullshit.

[Ian Hecox]

People love.

[Shane Madej]

People love conspiracy theories and conspiracy theories, in order to. A whole basis of a conspiracy theory is to throw logic out the window and to work with a different form of logic. You're going, I think this is true. And I'm only going to look for things that prove it to be true.

[Damien Haas]

You're literally.

[Shane Madej]

That's not how you find an answer to anything.

[Damien Haas]

I'm operating outside of what you already think is true. You guys are in a snow globe and I'm out here, and that's why you can't tell me what makes sense and what doesn't, because you guys are still trapped in that snow globe. And psych.

[Ian Hecox]

And I think also, like, I wouldn't even completely place the blame on the people themselves. It's. It's. They might have shown. And I just watched this really great documentary on Netflix called the Social Dilemma, and they kind of talk about how the algorithms, A lot of these social media companies have basically caused all these social problems. And one of them being, you know, with something like Facebook, if you showed an interest in, like, anti vax and you're following an anti vax, they're gonna throw you more. Then they give you, like, the algorithm says, like, oh, well, you like this stuff, so you'll probably like this stuff. So these people that might be. Might be into like one conspiracy theory suddenly get thrown into every conspiracy theory.

[Shane Madej]

Yeah, it's true. And I do. I do have to remind myself sometimes that, you know, social media apps and stuff are designed in a way that heightened a lot of stuff. I was thinking about it with Twitter because I tweeted the other day that I was like the third one of the top three responses to any tweet. Any tweet you click on. Right. Especially if it's viral. Any tweet or any one of the top three responses is going to be one of the most insane things you've ever heard. And that's. They always go to the top because everyone responds to that. So, like, it'll just be like a. It'll be a video of a dog. And then, like, one of the top comments will be like, I think dogs should all be killed. And then everyone's like, why would you say that? Why would you. And then that gets to the top. So you're only seeing crazy people. We give the crazy people a spotlight.

[Ian Hecox]

Also. I think also it's important to remember, especially for things like Twitter, if you don't know the person that's tweeting and they're not like a. They're not a verified account or you don't know them personally, don't believe that they're a real page because there's other countries out there or other bad actors out there that are creating these bots that are very convincing.

[Shane Madej]

Also just a lot of trolls, a lot of people who are just saying crazy stuff.

[Damien Haas]

And kids like anybody, anybody could be anybody online, right? And it's, there's not as much of an age gate anymore. So like, I think a lot of people are meeting each other online and like having these arguments and they never should have met in the first place. There might be someone who's like 38 and lives in this part of the country and then someone who's 11 and is fresh to Twitter and then is in this part of the country. And their text looks the same, their speech sounds the same online because you're reading it in your head. So in your mind you're arguing with like, ah, this is. I bet this lady has a PhD in science and I'm going to prove her wrong. In reality, you're just two normal ass people, like, just bickering back and forth. And you were never supposed to ever interact in your life.

[Shane Madej]

You can also, it's the equivalent now on Twitter with back when you were a kid when you'd be like, yeah, well, my dad's an astronaut. Yeah. On Twitter it's, oh, yeah, I'm. I'm a scientist. I'm a scientist. Oh, yeah, I'm a cowboy astronaut. Yeah, like you.

[Damien Haas]

Oh, it's like, I forget who tweeted it. So I'm so sorry. If you find them, please give them credit. But it was something to the effect about, like me tweets about crows. Next response. Hi, crow scientist here.

[Shane Madej]

But I've seen, I've literally seen that.

[Damien Haas]

I have to.

[Shane Madej]

And I'm just like real and I'll click on that page and I'm just like, you have nothing in your bio. Nothing. I have zero proof that you are actually a, you know, gynecologist or whatever you're claiming to be in the, in this thread, to have expertise. You can just say it. You. And I mean, I can't because people see that I'm like, I'm a professional idiot. But if you're just a random account, you could just be like, yeah, I'm. No, my, my dad's president of this country. Or, yeah, I'm. I'm an Olympic long jumper. Yeah, you just say it.

[Ian Hecox]

You just say, I've reported so many accounts.

[Damien Haas]

Good.

[Ian Hecox]

Like, not, not people that are coming for me, but literally just accounts that I see talking about, like, politics or whatever. And I go to their page, and it was created in August of 2020, and I'm like, no, you're a bot. Nobody's created a Twitter account within the last two months. It's just like, what is this new F thing? No, off.

[Damien Haas]

It's also a first name with 50 numbers after it.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah, you're a bot.

[Damien Haas]

And I'm ever noticed when, like, bots get something wrong, like, you'll say something like, you know, the craziest thing about global warming is, Blah, blah, blah. And then you'll go off on a total tangent and not talk about global warming anymore. And they'll pop in and be like, global warming, nice job. QAnon is letting us know what's going. And you're like, whoa, that wasn't actually the topic that was at hand. You're responding.

[Shane Madej]

And I see a lot. I get a lot of, like, weird responses or I see a lot of weird responses that have nothing to do with the tweet responded to botched. But yeah.

[Ian Hecox]

So, guys, we're about 14 minutes into this podcast already. I don't think. I don't think you introduced yourself. And I don't know if we've talked about what this podcast. We got too heated, bro. This is. This is a heated subject. Hello.

[Damien Haas]

Hello.

[Ian Hecox]

Welcome to the Smosh cast, everybody. I am. I am your. Your Burpee host, Ian Hecox. Today I'm joined by Damien Haas.

[Damien Haas]

Hi, that's me. I'm not Ian Hecox. I'm Damien Haas.

[Ian Hecox]

And what's your name?

[Shane Madej]

Hi, I'm Damien Haas. I'm not Ian Hecox.

[Damien Haas]

Okay, that's going to confuse everybody. Why don't we just all be Ian Hecox, okay?

[Shane Madej]

We're all Ian Hecox here.

[Ian Hecox]

All right? I'm joined by Ian Hecox, Ian Haas, and Ian Topp.

[Shane Madej]

Nice, nice, nice.

[Ian Hecox]

So today we thought we would talk about sort of the Try not to Laugh fails or. Or things that went wrong, and Try not to laugh and just take a. Just pull back the. The. The COVID on Try not to Laugh, give you guys a little behind the scenes, look into what makes Try not to laugh work and what makes it doesn't work.

[Damien Haas]

What makes it doesn't work. No, that makes sense.

[Shane Madej]

No, I'm doesn't.

[Ian Hecox]

No, I'm.

[Damien Haas]

And Fry, you've got that brain thing. I already did.

[Ian Hecox]

I don't.

[Shane Madej]

I don't get this Futurama.

[Ian Hecox]

Well, I got that. It Was Futurama.

[Damien Haas]

He's like, and fry, you've got that brain thing. I already did. He just says non sequitur.

[Shane Madej]

It just says incorrect responses.

[Ian Hecox]

All right, okay, great. That is me.

[Shane Madej]

Because someone calls him stupid at one point. He goes, no, I'm dozen.

[Ian Hecox]

That's. That's. That's me.

[Shane Madej]

Anyways, so he's really good at trying.

[Damien Haas]

Not to laugh too.

[Shane Madej]

Try not to laugh.

[Ian Hecox]

We're never gonna get to it.

[Shane Madej]

Yeah, our brains are fried. Haha. Fried.

[Damien Haas]

Future.

[Shane Madej]

So. Future.

[Ian Hecox]

Well, I mean, I have some questions here.

[Shane Madej]

Oh, yeah? Yeah.

[Ian Hecox]

From our lovely viewers and listeners. Ooh. So, yeah, let's just jump right into that.

[Damien Haas]

Ooh, Ooh. This one comes taking his head.

[Shane Madej]

It's just like, God damn it.

[Damien Haas]

He's like rubbing his eyes like you'd rub your temples.

[Shane Madej]

He's like, I have to edit this.

[Ian Hecox]

All right, this one comes from Hopeful Smiles. They asked, do you have any bits that went in a completely different way than you expected when you first went out? Like, the person's reaction, a prop not working, other fails, you, changing what you're going to say to do or do, last minute, etc. So do you have anything that you, like, went out with and it turned out not as you expected?

[Damien Haas]

Actually, one just popped into mind. Shane, you and I have a habit of, like, having the same idea out of nowhere at the same time with, from what I can tell, no actual, like, direct influence or correlation to what we were talking about. And so, like, sometimes there's moments where we're like, backstage, you're like, do you want to go or can I go? Can I hop out? And it's like, yeah, go for it. And I remember there was one where, like, I don't usually plan out my bits too much, but we had just been filming so much, I was like, I need to come out with something because I'm like running out of thoughts. It's not fresh for me right now. And I had like, planned on, like, this waiter taking the order of someone that they had freshly broken up with or whatever. It was like an ex. And then you go out and you do literally that bit. We hadn't talked about it. There was no way you could have known. You just had the same idea. It was parallel thinking. And that's happened a couple times now. So in that moment you're like, ah, do I try it? Can I make it different in the moment? And then it just ends up looking weird.

[Shane Madej]

Yeah, because there was a time. There was a time, I remember, that we were. I was about to go out. We were both like, kind of getting ready, and then I was like, I think I'm going to do a Riverdale bit. And you're like, I was just about to do a Riverdale bit. And I was like, then, okay, you. You do it. Then I was just like, yeah, but that happens all the time where I'm like, what the fuck?

[Damien Haas]

That one. I think we both saw the same. I mean, this is still a very light way to get inspiration, but like, we both saw a letterman jacket backstage in a football. And I was like, okay, we can do a Riverdale thing.

[Shane Madej]

Yeah, it's still fun.

[Ian Hecox]

Like one half a popcorn culture is Riverdale.

[Shane Madej]

I'm waiting for the day that I. Me and Olivia have the same idea. That'll never. It's impossible. I don't think I could ever guess what Olivia's thinking.

[Ian Hecox]

I'm trying to think of, like a bit that went the wrong way. I mean, like, I would say that most of my. Pretty much all my bits are like half baked. Because I don't. I don't pre plan a lot of bits. I usually just kind of like, look at what's there and then go out and I don't fully commit.

[Damien Haas]

That makes sense.

[Ian Hecox]

When we did Try not to laugh live. When we did the little tour in Portland, I had a plan to do the singing big mouth Billy Bass. But. But he sings about World War II.

[Shane Madej]

Fun.

[Ian Hecox]

In the tune of kids will love that. And tune of fortunate two princes. No. And we had some different ideas.

[Damien Haas]

Come on, baby, do the twist.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah, do the twist. And the tune of do the twist. But then, like, because you have a whole audience there, I was like. I was like, yeah, he's history class was. Was banned or something. I had some, like, weird premise that I set it up with. I was like, history class was. Was banned, but they will allow you to learn from a singing big mouth Billy Bass. And I was like, and now he's gonna do World War II. And everyone was like, oh.

[Damien Haas]

And I was like, yeah, yeah.

[Ian Hecox]

Okay.

[Damien Haas]

The live audience hits different for sure.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah.

[Shane Madej]

It was trippy.

[Ian Hecox]

And then so I. I basically ended the song with mentioning that. That Hitler killed himself. The audience didn't love that.

[Damien Haas]

Sure.

[Ian Hecox]

And it was always kind of my opinion that, like, suicide isn't funny unless you're talking about Hitler's suicide. Then it's. Then you can joke about that because fuck that guy.

[Damien Haas]

Well, definitely not a fan of Hitler. Yeah, I think.

[Shane Madej]

I think I'm gonna go on record here.

[Damien Haas]

Let me just get it out.

[Ian Hecox]

Not wow, you're getting really political, you.

[Damien Haas]

Know, sorry, I'm taking big stances today. Well, no, I think that's actually a fair point. That is sort of an overarching thing where, like, we live in a time where people are becoming more and more, like, socially aware. And with that, we're all sort of deciding all at once as a society whether it's in the special bubble on Twitter or whatever, like, what is cool and what is not. So, like, I remember, like, when I was younger, I probably, you know, would have had that mindset too, of like, well, no, I'm talking about Hitler doing it. That's fine. Right? Because we don't even like Hitler. But now it's more about, like, well, the topic in general is the. Is the thing. So, like, it's. It's interesting being on a comedy channel during this time and just always listening and being like, oh, got it. I'll know that for next time, I think.

[Ian Hecox]

I think so. It was. I think it was just a little too shocking for the audience.

[Damien Haas]

Sure.

[Ian Hecox]

Because I was like, then he killed himself. And, you know, people didn't. People were very shocked, but I was like, but fuck them.

[Shane Madej]

I think. I think also, I think a lot of those audiences, when we were doing it live, they were just very engaged, so they were just having big reactions to everything. So I don't think it was always negative. It was just like. It was like, oh, yeah.

[Damien Haas]

Oh, actually, that is way better than silence.

[Ian Hecox]

It was definitely. It was.

[Shane Madej]

We never had silent audiences.

[Ian Hecox]

No, it was definitely like, just more of, like, an exclamation than. Than like, laugh out loud laughter.

[Shane Madej]

Yeah.

[Ian Hecox]

So I was like. I was like, well, that hit different. Yeah, I was like, well, it's a good thing I didn't mention that he also, like, had his dogs killed.

[Damien Haas]

Yeah. It's probably a good time. You didn't bring.

[Shane Madej]

Yeah, it's probably thing.

[Damien Haas]

Okay.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah. That's crazy. Why the dogs?

[Shane Madej]

I don't. I don't know. Are we surprised by Hitler at this point?

[Damien Haas]

Like, you know what?

[Shane Madej]

That's. But that was like, you know what?

[Damien Haas]

I'm.

[Shane Madej]

Oh, I can't believe this guy canceled.

[Ian Hecox]

Because I, like, did, like, a little research. I wanted to make sure. And I was like, he did what? What did the dogs have to do with it? Like, yeah, like, what did anyone he.

[Shane Madej]

Killed have to do with it?

[Ian Hecox]

Although I'm pretty sure those dogs are probably racist as fuck.

[Damien Haas]

That's probably true.

[Ian Hecox]

It's probably. I mean, my craziest.

[Shane Madej]

Try not to laugh, probably. Oh, my God. I can't tell you the amount of times I've gone out and I have a sort of idea and I sort of do it and then that person doesn't laugh, and then I'm there and I'm like, well, now I gotta figure this out. Honestly, like, one that you. You'd think it was part of the bit, but when I did Clarissa, which is where basically, like, a lot of times on set when we're filming, try not to laugh. I'll see a silly outfit, I'll just put it on and know that that looks silly and that's, like, part of it. I'm just like, this just looks silly on me. And then I'll go out, do, like, some sort of character. So I went out and I just did Clarissa, who's this girl who just occasionally just yells and. But after a bit, I think it was doing it to Courtney. She didn't quite laugh. So I just stopped and I started laughing and I was like, what? I was genuinely being like, what? What are we doing? Like, I. Like, I've done that a couple times where I'm just like, what are we? What is this?

[Damien Haas]

What is society?

[Shane Madej]

What it. What the hell?

[Ian Hecox]

But that's, like. That's the beauty of Try not to laugh is, like, you can easily pivot to whatever you want if it's not. If it's not hitting right. I think I always. I tend to just, like, choke. But sometimes the choking kind of pays off. Like, sometimes that'll get a laugh because you're like, well, that didn't work.

[Damien Haas]

Yeah, Well, I think we also got in a habit of so much success during Try not to laugh. Not like, not. I'm not talking, like, clicks and views and all that stuff. I mean, like, with each other. Like, we will mostly laugh for each other because we've, like, definitely gelled and found each other's style and all that stuff. But I think, like, failure is part of it. It's fun, you know, I especially come from, like, a background where I was exclusively Smash Games. It's fun to watch people fail sometimes, especially if you can brush it off. That's why we do punishment videos. So I think, like, you know, for you to choke and be able to play it off and still have it be good, that's in my mind, kind of the ideal, and I'd kind of like to do that more.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah, I mean, you got to. You're not always going to know what's going to be hilarious without, you know, sometimes pushing those boundaries, like, making a joke about Hitler.

[Damien Haas]

Right.

[Ian Hecox]

So that's what I was. That's what I was doing, guys. I was trying to really. Nobody's ever made a joke about Hitler before.

[Damien Haas]

That's true.

[Ian Hecox]

It's really pushing.

[Shane Madej]

Yeah. I've never heard one.

[Ian Hecox]

I never even heard of this, but yeah. Yes, Kevin.

[Damien Haas]

It's really fun for me having Kevin in this, like, glass window. We've got sort of, like, a new setup now, and I can just see Kevin at all times, and I keep making eye contact, basically saying, edit this, Mother Goose.

[Shane Madej]

But.

[Ian Hecox]

But, I mean, like, the great thing is, like, we. We do have the ability to just, like, go out there and just do whatever, and if it's truly bad, like, truly not funny, then we just cut it out of the video.

[Shane Madej]

I mean, I feel like part of the point of the. Of Try not to laugh is to fail. Like, if you're only succeeding at a challenge, that's no longer a challenge. It's. Yeah, you got to have them to equal it out. And so, you know, sometimes it happens. And, you know, there's definitely. Sometimes with jokes where someone's making a joke, I'm like, this is funny. But it's. I'm just not laughing right now. I'm just not laughing at it. And I just. Sometimes I'm like, you know what? I could. I could laugh. I could laugh at this. It's a funny joke. But I'm just like, I'm not gonna. Yeah, because. Because, you know, it'll. I can't laugh at every joke.

[Damien Haas]

Right.

[Shane Madej]

I want to. I laugh at most things. Gus, honestly, Gus, man. I now plan my. I plan my jokes around Gus not laughing now. Like, that's why my last one that I did went for five minutes was because I was like, I know I can do this. Like, I know I'll have five minutes. Because he won't laugh. And he was damn close.

[Damien Haas]

I mean, he was dying.

[Shane Madej]

He was literally.

[Damien Haas]

But his mouth was closed.

[Shane Madej]

Like, sure. But I Look, at this point, I'm like, that's the bar. He said. I'm like, I got it. If he, like, makes it easy. If I'm like, no.

[Damien Haas]

Yeah, it's not.

[Shane Madej]

At this point now. At this point now, I need to, like. I need to make a joke that pries his mouth open and, you know, he spits water everywhere.

[Damien Haas]

You're literally like an anime rival at this point where you're Bakugo being like, get back up. We're not done fighting. Yeah, I don't want to win this way.

[Shane Madej]

Yeah, exactly. Exactly. That is definitely where I'm at. I don't want him to give it to me. Yeah, I want to, I want to friggin earn it.

[Ian Hecox]

He was laughing, sure, but.

[Shane Madej]

Sure. But it's, it's possible, it's possible to make him spit out water with, with him trying his damnedest to keep it in.

[Damien Haas]

You're going to do it?

[Shane Madej]

I think I am going to do it. I'm. The next time, you know, obviously we'll see when we can get him in. There's a lot of, you know, regulations and stuff right now, but the next time we're able to get him in, I'm. I'm going to go, yeah, go extra hard.

[Damien Haas]

I believe in you.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah, that's the thing. Like it's, it's, it's. We're still figuring out how to, how we could possibly get guests on our, on our, you know, shows. It's just, it's much harder now because we're trying to be as safe as possible. So that's why. Yeah, you guys are not seeing some of the collabs. There's a, there's a few people that I really do want to collab with and we just got to figure it out because I got some other people in mind that would be very funny.

[Damien Haas]

I haven't thought of one more like quote unquote, fail for myself. It's not that it doesn't get, you know, recognized in comments or anything. It's not that it doesn't do okay for people, but personally it's, it's never been like I've had the same joke for it over and over again and it's never quite been that good. But I keep doing it. It's the Burger Man. It's the Burger Man. I like, I like the name the Burger Man. I think that's fun. And I like walking out and saying I'm the Burger man. And it's dumb and it makes me chuckle. But for me to truly memorize a full ass poem and the whole joke is me saying, no, no, no, I wrote this famous poem and then doing it, it's not really that funny to me. I would much rather start a scene with I'm the Boogerman and then make a character based on that who doesn't have to do poetry. I feel like I just got, I got in a rut for a long time.

[Ian Hecox]

I think a boogerman rut.

[Damien Haas]

Try not to laugh. Rut in general because we, you know, we, we do so many of them and I, I don't know, I feel like a Lot of the props I've seen over and over, too, but I just sort of lost what was, you know, because it. It became a little less special for me because I was in every single one of them. Whereas before, it would be, like, a rare treat when I was. So now there's been a little bit of balance where, like, I'm not in everyone, and I feel, like, so refreshed. Like, there's a few that we just filmed. I don't know what's going to be out by the time we, you know, put this out. But, like, I felt better about the last couple rounds I did than I've felt in, like, a year.

[Ian Hecox]

Oh, that's great.

[Damien Haas]

So I feel pretty stoked.

[Shane Madej]

Yeah. Well, I think we are shooting. It feels like we're shooting less of them now. I mean, we have the same amount coming out.

[Ian Hecox]

I think also, like, with, like, the format changes as well, like, with some of them being, like, Gauntlet style.

[Shane Madej]

That helps. It definitely helps.

[Ian Hecox]

Sorry. We've also had more players added into.

[Damien Haas]

The mix, like Jackie, More people.

[Shane Madej]

There was a phase. So there was a phase. And Damien, this is when you were kind of like, you would be in a couple of them, but there was a phase early on, like, when we're doing, like, try not to laugh. Number seven. Right around that time, we would shoot four in a row.

[Damien Haas]

That's too much.

[Shane Madej]

And it was. And that's why. Well, a lot of them just didn't make the cut, which sucks that it's like, so we wasted our time. But if you watch some of those old ones, and I think there's a charm to it, but they are pure chaos. Like, they're not organized jokes. It's us coming out, and nobody has any idea what they're doing. And it's usually, you know, it's mostly inside jokes. It's a ton of inside jokes back.

[Ian Hecox]

Then because they're literally doing whatever they can to make that person laugh rather than just come out with something funny.

[Shane Madej]

Yeah. And it benefited back then from, like, it was so new for all of us. We had all these jokes. I mean, that's before you're my favorite pizza place or, you know, the Dumpster wizard and all these bits that we would do. So everything's new. Yeah. I feel like comes and goes. Like, I have. I'll have a week where I'm like, oh, yeah, I've got it figured out. And then I'll have weeks where I'm just like, I have no idea what I'm doing.

[Damien Haas]

I'm excited to Be able to talk about this next batch that we filmed because I don't really want to give away what we did special about it necessarily. But what we did special about the one that I'm talking about has really made things fresh for me again, which I'm very excited.

[Shane Madej]

I felt, I felt okay. Yeah. About myself.

[Ian Hecox]

Okay.

[Shane Madej]

But I did think everyone else was really on fire. I think.

[Damien Haas]

Try not to laugh. We also have a tendency to be hard on ourselves.

[Shane Madej]

Oh, for sure. For sure.

[Damien Haas]

So I was like, you did great. I was a. I was a dumpster.

[Shane Madej]

We all do that. And also, like, they always come out funnier than a lot of times in person. It just feels like, oh, I don't know how that went. Yeah, watch it.

[Ian Hecox]

A little twinge of editing certainly helps things along.

[Shane Madej]

Helps the timing sometimes.

[Ian Hecox]

And also you're just looking at it from, from an outside perspective because when you're in it doing it, you're. You're very self critical.

[Shane Madej]

Sure, sure.

[Ian Hecox]

It's less pressure. This one's, this one's a quick one. Andrea amp01 asked, why don't you use water anymore? Why? Harmonicas. I think it's more genuine with water. Yeah, we agree.

[Shane Madej]

Yeah, I would. We would be using water.

[Damien Haas]

That would be the ideal.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah, we're trying to. We're trying to be as safe as possible. And we figure spraying water all over people and surfaces, a very small room and surfaces, probably not the best thing to do right now.

[Damien Haas]

I don't know if you heard, but you're gonna want to sit down for this. There's a global pandemic. Germs are very dangerous.

[Shane Madej]

That question came from New Zealand. So she's like, wait.

[Damien Haas]

Oh, she's doing great.

[Shane Madej]

Still got it there. Oh my God. Yeah, it's awesome here.

[Ian Hecox]

Well, what do you guys. How do you guys feel about the harmonicos right now?

[Damien Haas]

I feel like it's a good compromise though. I mean, it's not ideal. It's much more funny and visceral to have that. A spray of water. But I think in terms of substitutes, like, it's not something I would have thought of. And I think it's great.

[Shane Madej]

I think the harmonicas are, are. It's harder to contain a laugh, like because you have. Your mouth is open. Your, your whole. You have the harmonica in your mouth so you can't pull. I'd be curious if Gus Johnson had to use a harmonica. I think he would laugh.

[Damien Haas]

It's actually more difficult for me to laugh with a harmonica really, because I have TMJ and So like trying to fit my mouth over harmonica and sort of keep it there is not comfortable in general. So like I'm kind of hurting sense.

[Ian Hecox]

You got to get like the musician.

[Damien Haas]

Yeah.

[Ian Hecox]

Harmonica holder.

[Damien Haas]

Wait. Why don't we have that? Wait, we should.

[Shane Madej]

Yeah.

[Damien Haas]

Already a thing we should do.

[Ian Hecox]

Gosh. Just. Just freaking. Just bear it for five minutes.

[Damien Haas]

Do you see what we do it. Do you see.

[Shane Madej]

Do you see who this is?

[Damien Haas]

I have a condition.

[Ian Hecox]

These freaking guys. Yeah. TMJ sucks.

[Damien Haas]

It does.

[Ian Hecox]

I'm sorry about that.

[Damien Haas]

Dancer. Totally messed up jaw, dude.

[Ian Hecox]

For reals. Sucks frills. Have you tried taking it off, unplugging it and replugging it back?

[Damien Haas]

I did have a call in to Spectrum Internet about my jaw.

[Ian Hecox]

Okay.

[Damien Haas]

They are going to have a technician come out in a few months and.

[Shane Madej]

Then fuck it up real bad.

[Ian Hecox]

They'll give you an eight hour window. They'll give you an eight hour window for tomorrow and come next year.

[Damien Haas]

That's true. Yeah.

[Shane Madej]

Damn.

[Damien Haas]

Shout out to all Internet companies.

[Shane Madej]

Yeah.

[Ian Hecox]

Basically any carrier.

[Damien Haas]

I just picked one. But shout out to. Actually, I've had the best. I had probably my best experience with the Spectrum. Hit me up. Spectrum.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah. So we agree it'd be fun to get back to water.

[Damien Haas]

But one day.

[Ian Hecox]

But right now we got to look out for each other. We got to. We got to make sure we're all being as safe as possible because we want to keep trying not to laugh.

[Shane Madej]

Yeah.

[Ian Hecox]

I have. I have a question for you guys.

[Damien Haas]

Yes. What would you say, hypothetically speaking, what would you use instead of a harmonica?

[Shane Madej]

Oh, kazoo. Milk.

[Ian Hecox]

I want to use the. The big mouth thing.

[Shane Madej]

Can you imagine? You'll try not to laugh with milk instead of water.

[Damien Haas]

Can we combine your ideas? Milk harmonica. It's the big mouth thing with milk.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah. Just choking. How about bananas? Just chewed up bananas. Oh, in your mouth. So when you laugh it just goes just.

[Shane Madej]

I'll just have my saxophone.

[Ian Hecox]

Yes, please. Can we just do a sax episode?

[Shane Madej]

You say a joke and I'm just.

[Damien Haas]

Like.

[Shane Madej]

Yeah, we can have that little bit.

[Damien Haas]

Okay. It was off key enough, Kevin.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah, it was.

[Damien Haas]

We can do it. Okay, well, everybody sing off key from now on. We gotta. We'll try it.

[Ian Hecox]

Okay.

[Shane Madej]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Damien Haas]

That was actually too good. Don't do that again.

[Shane Madej]

Oh, damn it.

[Ian Hecox]

Can you play that riff?

[Shane Madej]

I did. I booked a commercial playing that riff.

[Ian Hecox]

What?

[Shane Madej]

So I had a subway commercial that I booked and I. And they were like. They're like, yeah. We need a person who can play an instrument like a saxophone or something. So I brought in my saxophone, and they're like, yeah, play a little bit. And I played that. I played Whisper of the Heart.

[Damien Haas]

Wow.

[Shane Madej]

This was years ago. I cannot play.

[Damien Haas]

I knew about that Subway commercial. I don't know how I ever didn't know about the saxophone.

[Shane Madej]

So I played the saxophone, and they were like, awesome. And I played that bit, and they're like, that's hilarious. And they're like, yeah, we'll let you know. And then I booked it. And then in the commercial, I played a Subway employee who worked at the food station. So it had absolutely nothing to do with instruments.

[Damien Haas]

That happens a lot.

[Shane Madej]

It happens all the time with commercials.

[Ian Hecox]

But it's about the feeling.

[Shane Madej]

Yeah, yeah.

[Ian Hecox]

They wanted. They wanted. They wanted a man that knew how to handle a wooden wind instrument.

[Damien Haas]

You know brass.

[Shane Madej]

That's brass.

[Ian Hecox]

Brass. You know what I mean? Brass.

[Damien Haas]

I didn't know what you meant. It was brass.

[Shane Madej]

No, we're very confused.

[Ian Hecox]

Technically a wind instrument. You know, you're blowing wind through it.

[Shane Madej]

Sure.

[Damien Haas]

I think that's. It's called woodwind.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah, Well, I.

[Damien Haas]

It's not made of wood.

[Ian Hecox]

No, I took back. I took that back. I was. I was like, wind instrument.

[Damien Haas]

Yes. A brass wind.

[Ian Hecox]

Brass wind.

[Shane Madej]

I actually don't know the terminology of.

[Ian Hecox]

Trust me. I'm. I was last seat trumpet in eighth grade.

[Shane Madej]

Nice.

[Ian Hecox]

Talking about.

[Shane Madej]

Hell yeah, man.

[Damien Haas]

Hell yeah.

[Ian Hecox]

I. Okay.

[Damien Haas]

I would say kazoo would be easier to hold. Or we can combine our technology with smosh games technology and do one of those facial tracker things. And if it's like, if you're. If your cheekbones get to a certain level, the computer sends an electric shock to everyone in the room.

[Ian Hecox]

Okay. Yeah.

[Damien Haas]

Next question.

[Ian Hecox]

Do you think we should become. What do they call those? The, like the anime people v. Streamer vocaloids. No, no, no, no.

[Shane Madej]

What?

[Ian Hecox]

No, no, they call someone else because I know, like, Pokimane just got a bunch of shit for it.

[Damien Haas]

People. People really like.

[Ian Hecox]

You know, when you can. You could do the. They have like a tracker thing where you could turn yourself into like an anime waifu.

[Damien Haas]

Oh.

[Ian Hecox]

And you could just stream as an anime waifu. Oh, and that's cool.

[Shane Madej]

They're called.

[Ian Hecox]

I think they're virtual anime YouTubers. Yeah. They calling Vtubers or something like that.

[Damien Haas]

That's. Yeah.

[Ian Hecox]

Good for them. So I think we should become vtubers for our next try not to laugh.

[Shane Madej]

Going back really quick.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah.

[Shane Madej]

I don't keep up to date with a lot of these things. I know these. Who these people are. The only thing I've ever heard about Pokimane is people being mad at her. And then I find out why they're mad at her. And I'm like, wait, she did not. Nothing.

[Damien Haas]

Like, it's called being a female in the gaming space. People are just assholes to you because.

[Shane Madej]

It'Ll literally be like. Be like, she was. She streamed for an hour yesterday. And I'm like, like. Or like, she's like, oh, she has a boyfriend. I'm like, that's the what? I was like, you're mad at her for doing things.

[Ian Hecox]

This is. And this is the thing. Like, we say that and then we'll get. We'll get a comment in this, in this video. They go, you don't understand what she's done. She's done this and this and this. And it's like, I don't have time.

[Damien Haas]

I need a hobby.

[Shane Madej]

I don't have time. I don't have time to be pissed off at someone. I've huge. Like, bro, there's a. There's a virus trying to kill us all. Yeah, I don't have time to be mad at Pokimane.

[Ian Hecox]

I mean, there's a lot of. There's a lot of people, probably mostly men that are angry at female streamers because they think that the only thing they have to offer is their good looks and that. And they're angry because other people want to give them money just because she's. She's just like a girl and you just want to give her money because she's a girl. It's like, no, I mean, they want to watch somebody, they want to support them.

[Damien Haas]

I've been seeing Tick Tocks recently doing a bunch of that stuff. There's that girl Bella whatever, who does like, the face tracking, like, camera. Camera tracking to her face thing to, like, certain songs. And she's. She's like, she's doing this and getting millions and millions of views. And it's like, that's great. If someone wants to watch that, if a million people want to watch that, that's fantastic. But I'm starting to get these, like, angry young men that are like, I put hours of work into my video and all she does is do this and get millions of views. So here's my video and I watched it and I was like, oh, that was mediocre. And you're also not charismatic. Charismatic at all. Like, yeah, there is an it factor. There's also a bunch of not just being pretty. It's like knowing how to use the algorithm, work the system.

[Shane Madej]

And also there's that girl doing her thing. There's also a bunch of dudes who are getting away with making easy ass dumb content. Yeah, but you're not mad at them. I don't know.

[Ian Hecox]

Every time there's a bunch of mediocre white dudes that have got, I don't.

[Shane Madej]

Know, whenever I got. Whenever I see people yelling about something dumb like that or they're, they're mad, they're mad. It's one thing to be mad on the Internet about politics or, you know, the climate or whatever, but it's like when they're mad about that and they're very like, they're screaming about Pokimane because she dressed a certain way. I'm like, bro, log off and go watch a movie. Like, go do something nice, man. Why are you, why are you doing this?

[Damien Haas]

There is a life hack for that in most windows of like a computer screen. If you have like Pokemon on there and you don't like it, if you look in the top right, you click that X and then you go fuck yourself. Because that's.

[Shane Madej]

I think that's what always fascinates me about hate comments is that I'm just like, you don't have to watch this.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah.

[Shane Madej]

I mean, it's a thing that's been said a million times for decades. It's just like, oh, well, if you don't like it, don't watch it. But honestly, for real. Hold on. I do actually want to say this because this is true that you know, people like, you know, there's a lot of shitty YouTubers out there who are actually toxic. They stay alive because we hate watch them.

[Ian Hecox]

Yes.

[Shane Madej]

And they, that's their whole business plan.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah.

[Shane Madej]

So if you're hate watching someone know that you are only helping them.

[Ian Hecox]

Also, if somebody's giving money to Pokimane, big fucking deal. It's not your money.

[Damien Haas]

Yeah. They're not gonna give it to you.

[Ian Hecox]

Instead she's not scamming them, she's giving them what they want.

[Damien Haas]

Yeah.

[Ian Hecox]

And if she wasn't, they wouldn't be giving her money.

[Shane Madej]

Yeah, people give money to dumb things all the time.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah. Come on, people go to friggin strip clubs. All right? That's, that's a, that's a waste of money. You know, in a way. I mean, look, people like strip clubs. Nothing wrong with that. But do, do I sit outside a strip club and yell at people for, for throwing their money at a, at a stripper?

[Damien Haas]

Not anymore. Because I'm not allowed on the property.

[Ian Hecox]

Look, I mean, it's. And I'm not com. I'm not comparing Pokimane to a stripper.

[Shane Madej]

I think it's.

[Ian Hecox]

I think there's nothing wrong with being a stripper as well. Being a sex worker is. Is.

[Damien Haas]

You know, you're covering all your base.

[Shane Madej]

Fine, but I'm not covering those things. But what we're saying is we're not mad. I don't care how people legally spend their money. Yeah, I don't even.

[Ian Hecox]

It's not.

[Shane Madej]

I was gonna say, like, I don't even care if someone's. I don't know.

[Damien Haas]

You don't have to.

[Shane Madej]

No. Okay.

[Ian Hecox]

You want me to redact that one, Shane?

[Shane Madej]

Yeah, sure. Okay.

[Damien Haas]

We can cut out most of this.

[Shane Madej]

We don't need. We don't need this podcast.

[Damien Haas]

We don't.

[Shane Madej]

We really don't.

[Ian Hecox]

All right. We got. We got worked up on.

[Damien Haas]

We get. We're getting work.

[Shane Madej]

I think we're just mad also. I think everyone's mad also.

[Ian Hecox]

The funny thing. All right, one more thing about Pokemon, then I'm gonna shut the fuck up.

[Shane Madej]

Nice. Welcome to the Pokemon.

[Ian Hecox]

All these. All these. All these people who I'm assuming is, like, young guys that have never woken up next to another female before share this no makeup picture of Pokimane. Like, they're fucking checkmating. Or like, oh, but look at her without makeup. She's ugly. She looks like a human being without makeup.

[Damien Haas]

It's just distorted expectations, distorted, like, sort of ideas of what reality should be. It's. It's all distortion there. It's all a mess. And you also don't know that person. And they also don't know you. Anything. Every single part of the interaction is distorted.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah.

[Shane Madej]

So, yeah, Damien, I did a Damian. I did a Twitch awards stream. And was Pokim in there? So Pokimane was in. So she introduced an award, and it cuts. It comes back to us. And I just turn to demon. I just go, dude, I can't believe that was Pokemon. We were just out of it.

[Damien Haas]

We.

[Shane Madej]

We lost our minds.

[Damien Haas]

Well, we had had a full filming week, and we just started Twitch, and it was like, that's an additional extra thing on top of our normal Twitch schedule. And, like, we were hungry, and they'd, like, fed us these big sandwiches, which were nice, but then you get all sleepy and weird, and then you're given.

[Shane Madej]

We lost our mind. Being live was Pokemon killing those Pokemon.

[Ian Hecox]

We.

[Shane Madej]

And we were doing our Bugs. Our Bugsnax joke came from that Twitch stream.

[Damien Haas]

I talking about Bugsnax for, like, a couple months. And then all Of a sudden it was like a nominee for many of those things. I was like, dude, I'm talking about Bugsnax the whole time.

[Shane Madej]

Oh yeah.

[Ian Hecox]

And Bugsnax got nominated.

[Shane Madej]

Yes. The trailer got nominated for Cutest game. Whatever I want them to do, I want them to go hardcore like that with like the Academy Awards, like. And the winner of best picture is the trailer for Dune is the thing.

[Damien Haas]

That Ste just started writing Stand Up Steve. He's like, I just started writing.

[Shane Madej]

Holy crap.

[Damien Haas]

It'll be good, I promise.

[Shane Madej]

Whoa.

[Ian Hecox]

This one comes from Saturn. Alyssa, they asked. I remember watching a Valley Folk vlog and they showed you guys warming up for try not to laugh. What kinds of acting slash improv warmups do you usually do? What's the warm up process like? We mainly just do warm ups for try not to laugh.

[Shane Madej]

Right?

[Damien Haas]

Yeah, I think it's Saturnalysis. I just thought about the name Saturnalysis that makes. I just thought about it.

[Ian Hecox]

Saturnalysis. Yes.

[Damien Haas]

Yeah, we usually only warm up for try not to laugh. I think we've just gotten into a good place lately where we're playing more like fun thinky based games. I'm personally in a place where as someone who's been doing improv for almost, I don't know, like a decade and a half now, maybe more, I can't play another round of Zip Zap Zop and feel like it will ever benefit me or anyone else ever again.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah, I never really saw the appeal of Zip Zap Zap.

[Shane Madej]

The the point of those is just to get the energy up.

[Damien Haas]

What is Zip Zaps up? So Zip zaps up for those who don't know, you stand in a circle and you make eye contact with someone and point and the pattern is always Zip Zap Zop. So if I said zip and looked at Ian and pointed, he would then say zap and send it over to. Maybe Shane goes up and send it back to me or I can send it across the circle. And so it's. You try to go faster and Zip zap zap, Zip zap zap Zip zap Zap Z. And it just sort of gets you thinking on your feet.

[Shane Madej]

And also it's supposed to connect you because you can be the funniest person in the world if you're not on the same page and connecting with your other performers.

[Ian Hecox]

You have to be present.

[Shane Madej]

You're not going to do anything. You're just going to be saying your own jokes. You'll be doing stand up next to other people.

[Damien Haas]

That's true.

[Ian Hecox]

And That's. And that's kind of like the most important. I mean, aside from the holy shit, now I forgot the phrase. But just say yes. What's the yes? And sorry. That's one of the most important things about improv is just being present and listening to other people and watching what's going on rather than thinking in your own head, like, what am I gonna do? That's the funniest thing.

[Shane Madej]

Honestly, some of the best improvisers I've seen in classes aren't funny people. They're just so, like, they're great listeners and they just play along with everybody else that it just works.

[Damien Haas]

Totally.

[Shane Madej]

Because there's sometimes there's nothing funnier than just someone accepting a crazy thing.

[Damien Haas]

Yeah.

[Shane Madej]

They're just like, yeah, you're the president. They're like, I know. And it's just like, that's funny. It's already funny.

[Damien Haas]

Yeah.

[Ian Hecox]

And I mean, I think that's why improv is so important for just like, like everyday life.

[Shane Madej]

Oh.

[Ian Hecox]

Like in conversation. I feel like conversations are so much better when you kind of follow the, the core tenets of improv where you're not thinking like, what am I going to say? When is my chance to talk? When is my chance to talk? You're listening to the person taking it in and then responding.

[Shane Madej]

It's actually why in a lot of improv classes, stand up comedians, and there's a lot of them that are in the improv classes I've taken are sometimes they're the worst because they're so used to just doing their own thing, being in control of it and they try to control it and they try to just do their own storyline and they don't work with anyone else so the scene gets stalled.

[Damien Haas]

That's true. One of my favorite warm up things that we started doing not too long ago that I knew from like a while back and was always my favorite, is called either Seven Things or Five Things. And I love this one because it I. For me it actually does get up energy, zip, zap, zap, that kind of stuff. Woosh Bong. Another similar game. It can all be a little bit tiring, but Five Things is basically like everybody has their own different rhythm. But usually we go like, oh. And then you start off, I'd be like, shane, give me five cereals that don't exist yet. And you'd have to like fire them off as.

[Shane Madej]

And everyone's kind of like Celio, 1. Cardigan flakes, 2.

[Ian Hecox]

Glasses 3.

[Shane Madej]

Olivia 4. And cereal. The cereal by cereal.

[Ian Hecox]

Five, five things.

[Shane Madej]

And then I'd be like, oh, Ian.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah.

[Shane Madej]

Give me five superheroes who can defeat Superman.

[Ian Hecox]

Oh, big bongus.

[Shane Madej]

1.

[Ian Hecox]

The tweaker. 2. Fireman.

[Shane Madej]

3.

[Ian Hecox]

Sun God, the rain and climate change. 5.

[Damien Haas]

Five things. Whoa.

[Ian Hecox]

Damien, give me five pairs of jeans that you can't wear in Afghanistan.

[Damien Haas]

Fun washed denim.

[Shane Madej]

1.

[Damien Haas]

The Monteca blend from Lucky Brand.

[Ian Hecox]

2.

[Damien Haas]

Jean shorts, but it's only for your top, so it's like a tim vest.

[Ian Hecox]

3.

[Damien Haas]

Gene blindfold, because watch where you're going, silly. You're driving in Afghanistan.

[Shane Madej]

4.

[Damien Haas]

And Mario's favorite. Denim, denim, denim, denim, denim, Denim. Five things get you out of your brain because there's no way. And we usually, we do it faster, louder, more energetic, but we're obviously not in the space for that. But it gets you out of your head because, like, I can't know what weird prompt Ian was gonna give me. Five jeans. You can't wear enough. Guess. Okay, great. Nothing I can plan. So.

[Shane Madej]

Yeah, that makes me think I want to get Tim a denim vest.

[Damien Haas]

Oh, ask Matthew Scott. Oh, sure, he has some spares.

[Shane Madej]

Yeah, that's. That makes sense.

[Ian Hecox]

It's also just like a very, like, uniting kind of game because everyone's. Everyone's like, laughing at your things and.

[Shane Madej]

And, yeah, what's nice about that game is you can just say gibberish.

[Ian Hecox]

Yep.

[Shane Madej]

Literally, sometimes people have just been like, it's like, that counts.

[Damien Haas]

Well, yeah. Big bongus. I think you said, like, big bongus. Yeah, I like that one, too. I have a vendetta sort of against the beginner and improv games now. Not. Not if you are a beginner and not if you have, you know, even if you've been doing it for, like, five years, like, you're going to play those same games over and over. That's fine. But it sort of feels like, I don't know, you've. Your. Your favorite hobby is weightlifting, and you do it every day, but you show up every class and someone goes, all right, so let me tell you how to warm up and lift weights properly. And you're gonna go like, well, gosh, eventually. I know that. Can I. Yeah. Get into it a little sooner? Like.

[Shane Madej]

That's true. That's true.

[Ian Hecox]

But, yeah, the warm ups, I think that's something that we started doing. Gosh. Because we didn't start off doing that with. Try not to laugh. But that was. That was something where it was just like. Because we would come into the room and it'd be like, let's get to it. And, like, the energy would just Be kind of low. And we realized like, oh, no, like the, the warm up makes a huge difference.

[Shane Madej]

Yeah.

[Ian Hecox]

Because like, no matter what we went through that day or like how deep into the week of shooting we are, and like, no matter how tired we are, the warm up kind of gets everyone like hyped up and also on the same level.

[Shane Madej]

Totally.

[Damien Haas]

Yeah. Yeah. And. And you're already starting from a base of like supporting each other.

[Shane Madej]

Who leads the warm ups?

[Ian Hecox]

Usually Garrett leads the warm up. Because Garrett, our lovely produce producer, who you guys may see and eat it or yeet. It is kind of like a. He's an improv veteran, so he's, he's deep into the improv world. So he's, he's usually leading the, the charge.

[Shane Madej]

Yeah. It's always fun. It's always a fun time.

[Damien Haas]

Nice.

[Shane Madej]

Very nice time.

[Ian Hecox]

Real quick. I want to get last question before we, before we close out. Adya Arora said, I need you to explain me Olivia's humor. I love her. I think I'm close, but I need closer observations.

[Shane Madej]

Look, I, I have been very vocal about this for many years. I was in the, you know, I was in that first try not to laugh with the gang with Olivia and you know, started off, it's been, it's been there. Olivia making zero sense. I don't know. I don't know how she comes up with the things she comes up with. Cause they're beyond just weird. They're just. I'm like, there's connections there. But I'm like, where did you come up with this? With anti Rogaine commercial. Where did you come up with that? I don't know. And Olivia is like that all the time. I mean, she really will sometimes just say something and I'm like, where did that thought come from? And it's a lot of times, like the. I don't know. I'm fascinated by it and it's hilarious. And it's gotten better. Like she has honed her craft, but she has stayed in this very weird realm of it is the most confusing thing, but also very funny.

[Damien Haas]

I think she's super funny and I really respect her style. I think something interesting about comedy in a way that you can really get to people is making them uncomfortable. And I don't mean in the sense of like, oh, you said something kind of like, it's more like you're in a space of not being sure what to expect and sometimes not even being sure of if the bit has started yet. And you basically, in a weird way get everybody in the room on the same page at that same moment, because everyone's going, what are you thinking? And you're in her world now and she's not going to stick to the 32nd time limit. And that's okay. We know what to expect. And I think it's so funny. You get so many moments of gold and sometimes it may not like, like come to fruition like she was hoping. But I think nine times out of 10, you end up with this big nugget of gold or at least a good experience from it. And you know, if you, if you don't get it, that's okay. But like, Adult Swim is funny as hell, but not everybody likes Adult Swim. And it's weird and off kilter and doesn't make sense. And there are shows where you're like, I didn't understand a word of that. And like, yeah, but there's a whole audience for it. So that's my vibe.

[Shane Madej]

Yeah, that's a good point. I, I could never, ever predict where her jokes are going. I'll never. And usually I can, I can kind of get a sense of like, what a punchline will be. Like, okay, I, like, I see what you're doing with this Olivia. I never have any idea. I mean, the anti Rogaine commercial is a perfect example because she comes out, it seems. I was like, okay, she's dressed as an old man. What's. And then Tim comes out and yells, give me all your money. None of us, none of us would have ever, ever put money on that. Never.

[Damien Haas]

That's great.

[Ian Hecox]

I think, I think the weird thing is like, because she's, she's established herself as this like, weird wild card. I think we've sort of encouraged that sort of behavior from her because I think Olivia is just naturally funny. Like, it's, she's not just like, weird funny. Like, that's the thing that we've encouraged for her on. Try not to laugh. But Olivia is just. She's just naturally funny on her own.

[Shane Madej]

Yes.

[Ian Hecox]

Even after, outside of just doing the weird stuff. So it's, it's, it's funny. I would like to, I would like to see, I would like to see her, her show some of that and try not to laugh. Sometimes it's a little harder because just the on the cuff nature of things tends to favor the random.

[Shane Madej]

Yeah.

[Ian Hecox]

But I know Olivia has it. I know we can see more of that. We do often encourage the weird side of Olivia, which, which can't, which can't be matched.

[Shane Madej]

No, I've never I've never met anyone who can tell jokes like, she does.

[Damien Haas]

Well, because, like, not only that. Like, think about those moments sometimes where, like, she'll come out on stage to start a bit, and there might be silence for 10 seconds, and you're already in that space of, like, what is about to. I'm not sure what's going on. That's the, like, level of, like, getting you on her plane that I'm talking about. Whereas I think if I were to walk out and not move and stand there for 10 seconds of silence, you would not get the same feeling whatsoever.

[Ian Hecox]

Right.

[Damien Haas]

And that's. That's masterful. There's something about that where you're like, you are doing something, and you know what you're doing.

[Shane Madej]

Like, you know what it is? It's pure chaos. But she's so focused on it. Yeah, that's the thing. Like, a lot of times when it's chaos, it's because that person doesn't even know what they're doing. But it's chaotic. But she is honed in.

[Ian Hecox]

She's a chaotic. Good.

[Shane Madej]

Focused chaos. Focused chaos.

[Damien Haas]

Yeah. I like it.

[Ian Hecox]

So that. I hope that gave you guys a little insight into the wonderful world of. Try not to. Of Disney. Yeah.

[Shane Madej]

Yeah. The wonderful world.

[Ian Hecox]

This is where we announced we got bought out by Disney.

[Damien Haas]

So are we part of everyone?

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah, you'll be seeing us in the Mandalorian, too.

[Shane Madej]

Oh, wow. This sounds like a dope.

[Damien Haas]

Yeah.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah. Well, you guys, I. I negotiated a big part for myself, and you guys are going to be Stormtrooper one and two.

[Damien Haas]

Nice. We're one and two.

[Shane Madej]

One and two. Hell, yeah.

[Ian Hecox]

No, but it's like. Like, there's, like, a thousand. And you guys are, like, in the back.

[Shane Madej]

Well, that's because we're the. The leaders often stay in the back. You know, we'll probably. They'll probably get a good. The panning shot will definitely show us, like, the sweeping shot over panning Tatum.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah, there's a lot of smoke.

[Shane Madej]

Thanks for that.

[Ian Hecox]

There's a lot of smoke in the scene, though, so that's fine.

[Shane Madej]

I mean, we're wearing white. It'll stand out. You'll see.

[Ian Hecox]

It's white smoke. Oh, yeah.

[Damien Haas]

It's like, then I'll bleed on.

[Shane Madej]

So there's a new it.

[Ian Hecox]

All right, now it's time for our.

[Damien Haas]

Shoot, dude.

[Shane Madej]

Shoot, dude. Shoot, dude.

[Ian Hecox]

Shoot, dude.

[Shane Madej]

Shoot, dude.

[Ian Hecox]

Shoot, dude. Shoot, dude.

[Damien Haas]

Shoot, dude.

[Ian Hecox]

I think I just sharted.

[Shane Madej]

I just shooted my dude.

[Damien Haas]

I appear to have shooted my dude. Darkness. Him strongest them Shoot, dude.

[Shane Madej]

Sora.

[Ian Hecox]

All right, one of these times, one.

[Shane Madej]

Of these Shoot dudes is gonna be so bad it's gonna end and we're gonna go. Shit, motherfucker.

[Ian Hecox]

Well, this one comes from Rebecca. This was in 2014, and I was going home for the holidays on a four to five hour flight out of San Diego. The plane had just taken off and finally settled in the air and I was kind of thirsty, so I grabbed my water bottle from my backpack. It's the hard plastic kind where you click a button and the straw will pop up. Keep in mind I'm in row 26 and in the window seat, so it's pretty cramped and I'm flying alone, so everyone is a stranger. I clicked the button as I always did, and to my horror, the water shot out of the straw in a single stream for what felt like an eternity. I immediately closed it, but it was too late. The water went straight up into the overhead dashboard spread and then rained over myself, the person to my left, the two people in the row ahead of me, and the two people behind me. For a few seconds I was mortified.

[Shane Madej]

Shoot.

[Damien Haas]

Do.

[Ian Hecox]

Hold on. Not done. Once it stopped, I used the button to call the flight attendant over to ask for tons of napkins. I handed them out to everyone around me and apologized profusely before I dried the dashboard and dealt with myself the rest of the four hour flight. I had to sit in silence in my own embarrassment while my pants seat hair and back of my jacket were really wet. Now, whenever I fly, I refuse to take a sip of any water bottle I bring without releasing some pressure first by twisting the lid. I hope this story can save you all from making the same mistake I did. Did.

[Damien Haas]

Shoot, dude.

[Shane Madej]

Shoot, dude. Shoot, dude. Oh, that's pretty bad.

[Damien Haas]

Can you even bring those anymore? Like, how long ago was that? Like, I don't think you can bring your own water bottle.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah, you can. No, you. Well, you have to empty it when.

[Shane Madej]

You go security, but then you can't fill it. Oh, I didn't have a water. You can have a water bottle.

[Ian Hecox]

I didn't know that yet.

[Shane Madej]

Yeah.

[Ian Hecox]

There'S even a lot of airports that now have like the water botter water bottle filling stations.

[Shane Madej]

Yeah, yeah, I've seen those.

[Ian Hecox]

And it has like a little counter of like.

[Damien Haas]

Yeah, but it's snake water. You don't want to use that. Yeah, probably using snake water.

[Shane Madej]

That's pretty rough. That's a. That's a good shoot, dude. That's pretty good shoot. I mean, I. I'm curious what the other people's reactions were.

[Damien Haas]

I'm sure there was at least a couple people that were like, you know, it's. It's pretty rare that everybody would be.

[Ian Hecox]

Super understanding depending on the boomerness of like, what the boomer quotient was like. I would say that there was probably some.

[Damien Haas]

The boomitude depending on the boom boomer tude. Me and you and zaboomatude.

[Shane Madej]

Yeah, the boomer dude. It is fascinating how on every plane there is always. You meet more entitled people on planes than anyone. Like, people are just like, I can't believe you've inconvenienced me like this.

[Damien Haas]

I'm about to soar through the sky as a God. How dare you.

[Ian Hecox]

I think it. Maybe it's just like the, like the, like you have to have money in order to fly, so maybe it's like a. There's a certain amount of privilege true that people. People flying generally have.

[Shane Madej]

I guess everyone's also just pissed on flights. Like, no one's stoked. So if you're a bad person, it's going to really come out.

[Damien Haas]

I also think in general when it comes to retail, customer support, things like that in life, you have to feel times where you feel confident or powerful at some point. And I think a lot of people don't have that. They feel power nowhere, not even in themselves, in their own home, whatever. So when they go to a place where someone has to treat them nicely and be like, thank you so much for coming to Starbucks. How are you today? That is their one moment where they get to be like, I'm bigger than you and better than you in this moment. And if it's eight pumps of vanilla, I'll kill your family. But it better be seven pumps of vanilla.

[Ian Hecox]

Like, wait, was this on the. Was this on the Australian flight where there was like that. There was like a larger man that like, sat in the. In one of the seats around us. And this woman was like, super outspoken. How she didn't want to like, sit next to him because he was going to take.

[Damien Haas]

I don't remember that.

[Ian Hecox]

Oh, bro.

[Shane Madej]

Oh, wow. I don't recall that.

[Ian Hecox]

It was super Akies.

[Damien Haas]

Was there clearly enough room for both people to exist or.

[Ian Hecox]

I don't know. I didn't. I didn't really look, but I was still very rude. Damn.

[Shane Madej]

I could never imagine being that confrontational.

[Ian Hecox]

It was like. It was like some old British lady was like super upset and it's like, well, that's.

[Damien Haas]

That's how big the person is. Like, that's you know, we have to do that. We're not going to throw this person into a different part of the plane.

[Shane Madej]

It reminds, it reminds me of a time I was, I was. I was probably like 8 to 10 years old and I got on a flight and I was flying by myself, but I got on a flight, I sat down on this row, it was an aisle seat, and there was a middle aged guy sitting next to me. And immediately I sit down, he starts looking around and then he has the flight attendant and he goes, is there a seat not next to a child or whatever? And I was just like, what the fuck? And he got up and moved. And I was like. I remember at the time, I was like, whatever, I don't care. I'm just a quiet kid. I look back and I'm like, was he legally not allowed to sit next to me? That's now, that's now where my head goes. Cuz I was like, that. That's such a weird thing to do.

[Ian Hecox]

No, I think that guy is just being a. I think he was being a jerk.

[Shane Madej]

I think he was being just a weird jerk.

[Ian Hecox]

Well, you also left out the part where you were covered in your own throat.

[Shane Madej]

I was just, I was just peeing. I was just. I sat down, I turned to him, I go pee, pee, poo poo check. And I just. And peed as hard as I could.

[Damien Haas]

Check. Time to check it. Yep. Oh, we got it. We're covered in books.

[Shane Madej]

Nice. Peepee pooch poo poo check passed.

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah, so next time you guys get on a flight, you know, once it's safe to do so, make sure to.

[Shane Madej]

Do a peepee poo poo check, please.

[Ian Hecox]

And record it and send it to Shoot Dude. Yeah, send it to shoot [e-mail], right? Yep, that's correct.

[Shane Madej]

That doesn't count as a shoot dude. That's a shit your pants. That's not a shoot dude.

[Ian Hecox]

Yo. Okay, literally though, don't, don't do it it. But record yourself saying loudly on a plane, pee, pee, poo, poo check. And send it to us and we'll retweet it. Oh, my God.

[Damien Haas]

Yeah. And if you get kicked off the plane before it takes off, Ian Hickox will reimburse you for your flight.

[Ian Hecox]

And also, also film yourself going to McDonald's and saying Cactus Jack sent you.

[Damien Haas]

No, I'm gonna have to tell you about Tick Tock because there's a lot of it.

[Shane Madej]

Yeah. And I, I think it's. I think it's that. That's covered It's a big thing anyways.

[Damien Haas]

Any butts.

[Shane Madej]

Kevin is just like, damn, I got to squeeze a minute out of this.

[Ian Hecox]

This is a chaotic. This is a chaotic episode.

[Damien Haas]

This is. I'll say. This is the worst one I've ever been on. No, I'm kidding. I'm kidding. It's great. It's fun. I'm kidding.

[Ian Hecox]

So send your shoe dudes to shoot dude. Smosh.com. that's s h o o t d o o d. Smosh.com. we would love to hear all your. Shoot, dudes, just a heads up. We're. We're on Twitch now.

[Shane Madej]

Twitch?

[Ian Hecox]

Yeah, Twitch tv. Smosh games. We're recording every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. We got all sorts of fun stuff planned. Mondays, we're doing board af. Wednesdays, we're doing, like, a just chatting kind of thing. And on Fridays, we're gonna be playing more, like, video game stuff. Like last week, week we did. We played Fall Guy. Well, this would be, like, weeks after, but we played Fall guys with Rock Band controllers with. With a freaking drum set. So that's. That's just the kind of cool insanity that you can expect from us at Twitch. So come check us out. Please rate us five stars in any of the podcast apps that you're listening to us on. If you want to check us out, see our beautiful faces, you can check us out on the Smoshcast YouTube channel. And if you want to listen to us early or on any of the podcast apps that you can possibly find, I dare you to try to find a podcast app where we don't exist.

[Shane Madej]

Duolingo.

[Ian Hecox]

No. Ah. Kayla. All right, fool Darkness.

[Damien Haas]

I'm strongest than k Lasting.

[Ian Hecox]

God damn it. Shane. Damien, this has been an absolute displeasure.

[Damien Haas]

Arriva Dare. Bye.

[Shane Madej]

It's been cool, Bulbasaur.