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Amanda Le Encanto
How did Ella bake her way to the top? It all started with one smart decision. She test drove a certified used truck from her local Ford dealer. It was inspected, backed by a Ford warranty, and fit her budget. A Carfax report was the cherry on top. Soon a pinch of confidence became a truckload of ambition. Cupcakes became customers. Customers became regulars.
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Shane Topp
Hola.
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Amanda Le Encanto
Turns out Ella's next great investment was herself. Ford Blue Advantage used car buying that's built for you. See dealer for full program and limited warranty details.
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Shane Topp
Guys. Welcome to the Smosh cast.
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Amanda Le Encanto
Yes.
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Shane Topp
Holy crap. This is so cool. I can't believe this is happening. I want to welcome my co host, Amanda Le Encanto.
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Amanda Le Encanto
It's me, Amanda leehancanto. I am very excited to be here with my other host, Shane Topp.
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Shane Topp
Hi. Thank you, Amanda. It's great to be here. You're so welcome and I'm so stoked. Our first guest, Courtney Miller.
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Amanda Le Encanto
Courtney Miller's in the house.
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Courtney Miller
Hello. Tis I the Courtney Miller at this table.
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Shane Topp
We've got a great first episode for you. There's too much to talk about, as you probably know from these past few days, but we also want to talk about everything that's been going on since the last Smosh cast ended. We want to talk about our reactions to everything that's going on right now. I also have brought a bunch of fun stuff from Reddit that I want to go over and talk about some interesting people in the world that inspire us. Maybe in the worst ways. We'll get to that later, but.
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Amanda Le Encanto
Exactly. I feel like we are just going to be talking to each other like we do in real life, where we tell stories and then we kind of like take them on as people and talk about who they are, how we feel about them, and just kind of razz each other.
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Shane Topp
Just razzing it.
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Courtney Miller
Wackadoodle time.
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Shane Topp
Yeah. You know the Smosh cast, I have been working on this for a while and then Amanda and I have together have been working on it for a bit and I want this to feel more like our conversations every day. And we are constantly making each other laugh. We're constantly doing characters, we're constantly doing bits. You don't see it end up in all of our videos. I'd say out of every five characters that we joke around about and do, one of them makes it on to, like, try not to laugh.
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Amanda Le Encanto
Yeah.
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Shane Topp
And some of my favorite shit that we do is just. It's just in the lunchroom, it's just when we're hanging out lunch talk. So I want this to be that.
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Amanda Le Encanto
Yes. This is the inside to our lunch chats.
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Shane Topp
Welcome back to lunchtime with Smosh. We're bringing that back too. So, look, let's just get into it. You know, the Smosh cast is back, but also Anthony's back. Dude, Holy crap.
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Amanda Le Encanto
Anthony is back. And I feel like I probably had a very. I had, like, an outsider interact, like, experience when he came back, because I never was on Smosh when he was here, and. But I. My heart was so full at the thought of these two childhood friends buying back their company. Like, it's such an amazing story.
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Courtney Miller
Yeah, it's wild. I mean, you guys saw my reaction. It was really trippy. It always, like, sat wrong or it never sat right with hello. Is that how it. Yes. It never sat right with me. That Anthony just had to say goodbye to Smosh, this thing that he built with Ian. And when the announcement was crazy, they filmed it. I don't know what they're gonna do with that footage.
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Shane Topp
Yeah. Cause, like, I don't know if people seen it. Cause you are. You are crying in it.
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Courtney Miller
You are.
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Shane Topp
You are.
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Courtney Miller
I was, like, weeping. I don't know where that part of me came from. I think that was a part of me that I said goodbye to a long time ago, which was, like, the Smosh fan.
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Amanda Le Encanto
Courtney, your parents came back, and they got back together. That's basically what happened. That's literally dad and dad as a.
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Courtney Miller
Child with divorced parents. That hits home. But, yeah, that was so cool. And it just felt so right to see them together. And Ian is just glowing every day now that he's got to tell everybody and that this is happening.
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Shane Topp
That dude is amped right now. So excited. Yeah. So to paint a little picture of what it was like inside. Look, we knew that some big news was happening, right? Like, we all kind of got tipped up about it, like, weeks before. It was like, hey, guys, something big is happening. We can't tell you. It's confidential, probably, legally speaking, like, buying a company. You can't just, like, tell anyone. So we all get in there. We're all there. Ian's standing in front of everyone.
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Courtney Miller
Well, first it was all of us, all the Smosh team. And then Rhett and Link and company comes walking in. We're like, what is going on?
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Shane Topp
Think I've ever. I've only seen them in, like, come to visit us once before for their funeral. If they're coming by, it's like, this is serious. They're the nicest guys, but because they own. They owned Smosh. It had this, like, huge weight to it of, like, holy shit. Also, Rhett is 7ft tall, so there's an added presence there.
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Amanda Le Encanto
I feel so at home with Rhett.
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Shane Topp
How do. It's got to feel weird to feel short.
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Amanda Le Encanto
Like, it feels incredible. I've never felt sexier in my life than when I stand next to a huge man or a huge woman and I seek them out. They're very hard to find.
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Shane Topp
You're like those suckerfish on great white sharks.
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Amanda Le Encanto
Yes, exactly. I, like, climb mountains to find these tall, tall folks. And I was standing next to Rhett, and I was just like. I just wanted to stand next to him for hours. I feel like a little woman right now.
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Shane Topp
So they're there, and we're like, what the hell's going on? Then Ian kind of gets up. He has a walkie talkie, and he's like. So in. To simplify it, he kind of is talking to us now. He's about how, like, well, Rhett and Link said some stuff first in their very Rhett and Link way. You know, just a very, like. Like, well, you know, it's been a jolly good time. And, you know, this. This job in YouTube is a lot about friendships and about how they come and they go and all that stuff. And we're like, okay, man, are you about to fire us? Like, what the hell? Anyways, what I'm saying is you're fired.
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Amanda Le Encanto
Get out of my house and take all your belongings on the train.
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Shane Topp
Let's talk about that. So Ian's like, smosh has new owners. Like, Smosh has been bought. Like, essentially, it's kind of like. I forget the exact wording. But then he's like, okay, are you guys ready? And we're like, yeah. And he. He goes into the walkie talkie, and he goes, the eagle has landed.
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Amanda Le Encanto
Into the hen house.
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Shane Topp
Into the hen house.
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Courtney Miller
Yeah. Which is not how that goes.
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Shane Topp
That's actually the worst case.
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Amanda Le Encanto
I think it's like. I think it's an old, like, lore. Like, smosh lore. Because Anthony was like, did you guys hear a hen house? I was like, yes.
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Shane Topp
What?
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Amanda Le Encanto
I think it's something. It's like, a thing between them.
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Shane Topp
Okay, someone comment if they know if that's a smosh.
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Courtney Miller
Well, I think Ian just said a phrase wrong.
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Shane Topp
I think he probably just screwed it up. Kind of like Lance Armstrong when he landed on the moon. Equal caliber events. So he says, the eagle has landed. And we're all standing there, and all sudden, I see out the front Door. I see Anthony walking up, and I'm like. I don't know if I processed any thought at that time. He walks in, walks next to Ian. I think we learned.
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Courtney Miller
We all start cheering.
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Shane Topp
Cause it's Anthony.
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Amanda Le Encanto
He was giddy.
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Courtney Miller
Because my instant, when he said the eagle had landed in the hen house or whatever he said, I looked to you or someone. I think it was you next to me. Oh, no, it was Kimmy. And I was like, it's Anthony, isn't it? But I. But when Anthony came in, people started cheering. I was like, oh, cool. Like, he's gonna be in some videos probably. I don't know.
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Shane Topp
Right, right. We've been talking for years about Anthony coming in for videos. But it's something that just seemed impossible, right. For whatever reason. And, I mean, I understood. Like, I understood maybe it was Anthony, like, for his feelings about Defy. I don't know. I actually don't know. But I'm sure they are gonna cover it at some point. But it just kind of became a joke of, like, he's never coming back. We're not gonna have him on. It's been the better part of a decade. So he walks in. We're like, okay. And then they stand next to each other. And I think it was Anthony who goes, we bought Smosh.
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Courtney Miller
They said, we bought Smosh back.
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Shane Topp
Yeah. And then it's just this eruption of cheers.
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Courtney Miller
I screamed. I don't know why. I don't know who. I literally like the excitement I felt for them, man. I guess I was dead inside too, you know? And this revived me. And it was just so cute seeing them.
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Amanda Le Encanto
Yes. It was really parents coming back. But my favorite part was, first of all, being a part of it, I just felt, like, so special. I felt like I was invited to the Legacy Grandparents home for Christmas. And I was like, I'm the friend. But my favorite part is when people were coming in late.
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Courtney Miller
Oh, God.
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Shane Topp
Okay. Yeah. That was insane.
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Amanda Le Encanto
Can we talk about the late people that walk? So the door is like.
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Courtney Miller
The announcement's already happened. Like, I'm already crying. They are talking about the details. And then just one by one, when other people start keep coming in, Noah.
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Shane Topp
Shows up and he walks in just like, hey, how's it going, guys? Sorry. I'm like, oh, shit, Noah.
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Amanda Le Encanto
We bought the company. Oh, what?
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Shane Topp
Noah. Completely different hair. Oh, for real? Sick, sick.
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Amanda Le Encanto
Congratulations, dude.
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Shane Topp
And then Keith was shortly after. And then Keith was like, oh.
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Amanda Le Encanto
And then Olivia was like, with her with a coffee with her coffee with a smoothie. She was like, what's? Happening, you guys? What's happening, you guys? She was like, oh, oh. And then just kept going on. On a conversation.
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Courtney Miller
I like that she broke, like shattered the reality by walking straight up to Ian and Anthony, who were like, it's like mid presentation of what's going on. And she's just like right there. Like, my car was low on gas and I know I have a coffee in my hand, but yeah, exactly.
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Amanda Le Encanto
My car was low on gas. It's like, but you made three stops to somewhere for drinks.
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Shane Topp
It's so great. And then Jackie was last, I think, and Jackie, Jackie took one look at Anthony and was like, oh, whatever. Like she just couldn't handle it at the moment. It was so funny.
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Amanda Le Encanto
I don't think Jackie got it.
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Courtney Miller
No. Cause she was like, I think she thought Anthony said, I'm from Smosh. And she's like, we go back. We go way back.
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Amanda Le Encanto
We go way back. And then I was like, oh, girl. Did not get it.
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Shane Topp
It was so funny. But to be fair, nobody knew what this meeting was going to be about. We've had tons of these meetings. They're usually about nothing. We have company wide meetings just to be like, guys, Reddit stories got a million views and it's just like, cool. So people probably thought like, you know, whatever. But it was very funny. And it made me think back on when I last saw Anthony on like a Smosh production. And we were on a location set, like at a house filming. And this was like the week of. Or like, yeah, this is like the week of, like a breakup.
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Courtney Miller
Yeah, you were going through.
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Shane Topp
And I, like, was not sleeping. Like, I was, I had gotten, I was going through a breakup, like a relationship breakup that week. Oh. And so I was, I was a mess. And I'm leaving set one day and I just am like, you know, I. You know how the zone you're probably in, I'm just beelining it to my car. I walk off of this set, out of this house, and at the same time, I think Anthony rapped. And so I'm like a good 50ft away heading towards my car, and I just hear, hey, I'll see you. I'll see you later, ma'am. And I look back and it's Anthony. Like, it's really sad. I was just, I was so out of it. That was like, all right, dude. Like, I was just like, say, up. And then that was the last time I saw him.
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Courtney Miller
And he was not lying.
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Shane Topp
And like, and it was just. And then I remember, I remember getting it, you know, when you have those moments where, you know it's a big deal, but you're not in the zone for it, and you get in your car and I get in my car and I go, that was a huge moment. Like, that was a huge moment. And I was so out of it. Whatever. And, like, I've seen him a lot. That's the thing. I have seen Anthony almost every year since. Like, I'll see him at, like, a vidcon. Last year, I did this. Courtney and I did this big hide and seek thing on Preston's channel, and Anthony was there. And. And, like, Anthony, in all these years, has always been so nice. Like, he's. And it's. It's like no time passes and we see him, he's like, hey, how's it going, man? Oh, what's up? And, like, we don't really talk about work. Like, we just were like, oh, but so him coming back wasn't like, oh, I haven't seen you in six years. But it was trippy to see him in a Smosh context.
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Courtney Miller
Yeah. In this. Coming into the Smosh studio, like, that was just trippy to perceive. And him and Ian next to each other in a building like that. Like, no one in the public eye has seen that.
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Shane Topp
I know.
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Courtney Miller
In literally over six years.
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Amanda Le Encanto
I feel like you were talking about your goodbye with Anthony, but I feel like that is such, like, an indie movie moment. It was like, I feel like people want this big thing to happen when, like, it's a big moment, but that is just so not real. Like, it's always gonna be like, see you later, man. See ya.
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Shane Topp
See ya.
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Amanda Le Encanto
And then the movie ends and you never see each other or the Titanic starts sinking. One last song, gentlemen. Remember the Titanic. That's the way life is.
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Shane Topp
That's the beauty. I have a super. Well, actually, no, let me quickly say a wholesome thing about that is you hear the quote of, like, you never know when it's gonna be the last time you see someone. But I always think about whenever I say goodbye to someone of just like, I think I'm never gonna see them again. I'm probably gonna run into that person again. And then it happens. And, like, how often does that happen? And I always love thinking about that, that it's typically never goodbye. Really?
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Amanda Le Encanto
Oh, yeah.
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Shane Topp
You'll be so certain you're never gonna see that person again, even if it's person you definitely don't want to see again.
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Courtney Miller
Yeah.
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Amanda Le Encanto
That's why you don't burn bridges.
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Shane Topp
Exactly.
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Amanda Le Encanto
Don't burn bridges. Good Thing I was always see them.
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Courtney Miller
Because we live so long.
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Amanda Le Encanto
We live so long.
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Shane Topp
It's never an asshole to Anthony. So it's not awkward.
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Amanda Le Encanto
Okay.
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Shane Topp
I don't believe just establishing that. I'm curious, Amanda. What are. You know, because in your funeral, you did impressions of, like, all the cast.
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Amanda Le Encanto
Yeah.
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Shane Topp
And you nailed it. You've just met Anthony because you haven't met him before, right?
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Amanda Le Encanto
Um, no, I met him once before, like, hanging out with Ian, but it was, like, not. It was not, like. Really? Yeah, we met, but I wouldn't say that we, like, hung out for sure. And I've never worked with him for sure.
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Shane Topp
Do you have, like, first impressions of, like.
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Amanda Le Encanto
Oh, absolutely. He was like, boy, on Christmas morning, giddy. Like, he was just so smiley. And, you know, just like, don't look.
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Shane Topp
At me like I'm shy.
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Amanda Le Encanto
I felt like he was like, I am. I'm here in the business and I'm going to. I'm going to talk about the business. But I just bought this with my childhood friend. Like, I feel like he was, like a teen who was, like, so stoked to be there and was like, right. I am a businessman right now. And he was just so sweet. He was literally, like. He was just giddy. And my only impression of just the smiles and the hair curl over one eye, that was just always, like, in the way that made him do this, like, dip with his head. And I just felt like he was just, like, so ready to just hang out.
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Courtney Miller
I, like, see him when you're.
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Amanda Le Encanto
You know what I mean?
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Shane Topp
It's no way.
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Amanda Le Encanto
But then he's like. And, yeah, it's gonna be a great. We're gonna do a good business.
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Courtney Miller
We're gonna do a good business.
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Amanda Le Encanto
It's just like, the curl.
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Shane Topp
He's. Yeah. And he's got great fashion, that dude.
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Amanda Le Encanto
He's got the tattoos decked out in rings.
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Shane Topp
Tattoos.
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Amanda Le Encanto
Great, great rings. The tattoos are like a yellow brick road. Like, they're like a journey all up and down his arm.
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Shane Topp
I know. It's pretty dope. It's pretty cool.
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Amanda Le Encanto
He's so sweet. And what's great is he's like the opposite of Ian. And I don't mean that.
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Shane Topp
He's a great.
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Amanda Le Encanto
Why did I say that? Here's the.
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Shane Topp
He's honestly the nicest guy. The opposite of Ian.
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Amanda Le Encanto
I know. I love Ian so much. Ian is like the older brother vibes, and Anthony feels like the younger brother. Like, Ian's like, let's go. We're in the car. We gotta go. And he's just like, okay, I'm coming. Like, it's just like. I just feel like they. That's the thing is people are like, ah, you know, Ian Curmudgeon. And I was like, I don't. I see Ian as, like, so fun loving and sweet and goofy and, like, cares so deeply. But he has a different vibe than Anthony.
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Shane Topp
Yeah. Oh, for sure. Ian. It's. I want to establish here, it's very much in a bit that we have played into. Ian, when you hang out with him, is a super chill. Like, he is a positive guy. Like, in a lot of ways. He just. He makes a lot of dark jokes. He's willing to joke about anything. But, yeah, him and Anthony together, they do complement each other so well. I mean, you see why them together is like the first big YouTube star. Like, they. And they're back doing what they did back then. It's so cool. It is, in fact, the coolest YouTube story I think that's ever happened.
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Amanda Le Encanto
Yes.
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Shane Topp
Like, truly.
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Courtney Miller
Yeah. I mean, in comparison to, like, the Shane Dawson saga, the Jenna Marbles saga, other people who are, like, pillars of YouTube's growth as a website, like Ian and Anthony were the first among that. And it felt like this really sad, shattered end to a story that just didn't have any resolution for, like, at least the public eye. And now it's like, it's not even a resolution. It's like it's coming back, it's continuing. The story isn't over yet. And I feel like it's like so many people are gonna be excited to see what's coming from it.
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Amanda Le Encanto
The Friends reunion. That's what I'm thinking in my head. I'm like, oh, my God. For YouTubers, this is like their favorite show ever. Reunion. And, like, how many comments daily do we get? Where's Anthony? Where's Anthony? Where's Anthony? And it's just like, oh, my God. Dad and dad are back together.
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Shane Topp
They're back.
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Amanda Le Encanto
I don't know if they're dad and dad. It's more like.
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Shane Topp
It's. It's. It's more like brothers. Like, they are bros. The bros are back. The best friends are back. And so Anthony is in several videos on pit and I think he'll be in some games videos as well. I don't know. I know he's such a busy guy and he still has his own channel and they're going to be working really hard on these sketches on. On the Smosh channel, but I think he is trying to come in whenever he can. To be on Pitt and Games, so look forward to that. But it gives off this vibe of, like, best friends who. Who are, like, they rekindled that magic.
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Amanda Le Encanto
And it's just so cool to see. I'm just very, very happy for Ian and I'm very happy for Anthony that they get to have that. Like, we've all had a childhood friend and you all want to start projects with them and you just never know where it's going to go. And they get to have that, and they have a lot of people who love them, and I'm excited to be a part of that.
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Shane Topp
It's very cool. Yeah. So, you know, for those listening, like the main channel, you can go and you can become a member now to help try to support what they're doing because they want to. They want to keep doing this thing for as long as they can do.
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Courtney Miller
This thing being sketch comedy.
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Shane Topp
Sketch comedy. Like, they want it to be old school, classic smosh. So you can go there and you can support. And I think there's a lot of bonus content depending on what tier you subscribe to or become a member of. So check it out. It's really cool. And, you know, we will try to get answers on here. I'm sure it will happen soon.
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Amanda Le Encanto
Oh, that's.
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Shane Topp
Give us time. But our plan is to eventually have every single person from Smosh here on this show. We'll be cycling through them all, even your favorite crew members, whoever. No one's telling us what to do.
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Amanda Le Encanto
Right.
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Shane Topp
We, Ian was like, do it. Go have fun.
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Amanda Le Encanto
And we're like, okay, okay, okay, dad, let's steal the car and get donuts. Mommy.
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Shane Topp
Car just flying off the road, crashing. No. So, look, we can keep talking. I did also bring some stuff, something I want to do on this show. As you know, I host Reddit stories where we read a ton of Am I the asshole today? I fucked up. True. Off my chest. All these insane, unhinged things on Reddit. There are so many other subreddits, however, that we never cover. And there are other corners of the Internet that I love and obsessed with, and we never cover that stuff. So I wanna bring that stuff here and just have fun with it.
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Amanda Le Encanto
Yeah, just riff off of the things that we read and see what.
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Shane Topp
Have a good time. So starting off a subreddit that I love is Ask Reddit. There's also Ask men, ask women. They're all typically the same. But really, like, like the subrans, the same questions get floated around all of them. Yeah. And. But the. The answers Are what? Are fun. So you don't. Don't feel pressured to answer these questions. You can if you want.
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Amanda Le Encanto
Or I can be someone who might answer a certain way.
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Shane Topp
Sure, be whoever you want.
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Amanda Le Encanto
Can we just talk about Courtney's yawn?
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Shane Topp
Yeah. Okay, so Courtney just yawned.
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Amanda Le Encanto
I think Courtney releases demons.
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Shane Topp
This is a really bad start.
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Courtney Miller
This is how I feel about your podcast.
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Shane Topp
Yeah, that's really.
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Amanda Le Encanto
The podcast was so fun to be on. Thanks for having me.
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Courtney Miller
All right, let's Reddit it up.
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Shane Topp
She's ready.
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Courtney Miller
I'm ready.
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Shane Topp
Here's the first question that I found. Has anyone made a deal with a friend that if they weren't married by a certain age, they would marry one another and actually followed through? How did it go? Ooh, I. I'm not gonna say names. I know of someone that this actually happened to.
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Amanda Le Encanto
They married.
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Shane Topp
They did not get married, but they. They in high school. They were like, oh, if we're not married by 30, what if we get married? And they kind of joked about it. It was kind of more of a joke. And then when he was 30, he was engaged. And then she was like, hey. Oh, hey. Like, ha, ha ha, ha ha ha. And he was like, I'm engaged. She's like, oh, that's okay.
- [23:38]
Amanda Le Encanto
That's so fun for you guys. I'll get you a wedding gift.
- [23:41]
Shane Topp
She shows up to his front door with a wedding dress on.
- [23:44]
Amanda Le Encanto
She's just like, hi, Jake.
- [23:47]
Shane Topp
Remember? That's crazy.
- [23:50]
Amanda Le Encanto
I'm 30. You can get on one knee now, motherfucker.
- [23:54]
Shane Topp
Your breath smells like vodka.
- [23:56]
Amanda Le Encanto
What?
- [23:57]
Shane Topp
Your breath smells like vodka. Are you okay? Yes.
- [24:02]
Amanda Le Encanto
I actually don't.
- [24:04]
Shane Topp
Holy crap.
- [24:05]
Amanda Le Encanto
That was cool.
- [24:05]
Shane Topp
That was awful.
- [24:06]
Amanda Le Encanto
I went so deep.
- [24:08]
Shane Topp
You guys, I'm guessing never made any promises.
- [24:11]
Courtney Miller
I did.
- [24:12]
Shane Topp
You did.
- [24:12]
Courtney Miller
But it wasn't til we were 40.
- [24:15]
Shane Topp
You have a deal like that.
- [24:16]
Amanda Le Encanto
She's beyond wise, beyond her years. But I was gonna say 30 is young.
- [24:20]
Courtney Miller
30 is very young.
- [24:21]
Amanda Le Encanto
Okay, 40.
- [24:22]
Courtney Miller
40. With this friend from middle school and high school.
- [24:25]
Shane Topp
Whoa.
- [24:26]
Courtney Miller
Twas a lady.
- [24:28]
Shane Topp
Oh, okay.
- [24:29]
Courtney Miller
I mean, people do that all the time. People get legally married and share property together and it's like just a great old time.
- [24:35]
Amanda Le Encanto
Well, yeah. So is this lady.
- [24:37]
Courtney Miller
She's actually engaged.
- [24:39]
Amanda Le Encanto
Oh, so you're the girl who showed up for the wedding dress and bought me.
- [24:44]
Courtney Miller
Remember that fortune teller we made and signed and promised we'd get married?
- [24:49]
Amanda Le Encanto
And that's so. And is it cool?
- [24:54]
Courtney Miller
Like our friendship?
- [24:55]
Amanda Le Encanto
Yeah. Are you guys cool?
- [24:57]
Courtney Miller
I don't know.
- [24:57]
Amanda Le Encanto
Oh, drama.
- [25:00]
Courtney Miller
I don't know.
- [25:00]
Shane Topp
I don't know, drama time getting crazy here.
- [25:04]
Amanda Le Encanto
I kind of love that. Yeah, I never. I really didn't want to get married. I'm not gonna lie. I know. I'm married.
- [25:11]
Shane Topp
Yeah.
- [25:11]
Amanda Le Encanto
You're recently married. I'm recently married. But I met H, and I was like, oh, hell, yeah. Well, I want to get married to you. But, like, growing up, I was like, I don't give a fuck about getting married. I wasn't into that. I really wanted to, like, have a gorgeous castle in Europe and, like, a beautiful ocean nearby. And I really wanted to be a. I remember I wrote in my journal, not a. I really didn't want to be a successful actor. I wanted to be a good actor. I wrote that when I was, like, seven.
- [25:43]
Shane Topp
But you want to live in a castle with an ocean.
- [25:45]
Amanda Le Encanto
Humble means. Humble means.
- [25:47]
Shane Topp
Yeah. I wanted to be a ninja cowboy. You know, I wasn't thinking about marriage.
- [25:51]
Amanda Le Encanto
Yeah, exactly. But, you know, marriage wasn't my number one. But now that I met H, I was like, oh, my God, I'm so excited to do this.
- [26:00]
Shane Topp
That's cute.
- [26:00]
Amanda Le Encanto
And we did it.
- [26:01]
Courtney Miller
He's your hell yeah.
- [26:02]
Amanda Le Encanto
He's my hell yeah.
- [26:04]
Shane Topp
There's some answers here to this. My friend and I made a deal that by 30, if we are not married or in any type of relationship, we would get married. This is when I was 18 and he was 21. Well, we ended up dating when I was 23, and we got married a few weeks ago. He turned 30 this year. I think we kept our promise. Someone else said, I made a deal with my best friend of seven years. We even wrote jokes, vows, and speeches. This was, like, five years ago, when I was 30 and he was 26. Well, in quotations. Well, here we are, 35 and unmarried. I couldn't find anyone better. So I guess we're doing this thing. They responded, you're pretty cool. I like hanging out with you. This might as well happen. I turned 35 in April. We are getting married next year. I shit you not. So some people really follow up on.
- [26:50]
Amanda Le Encanto
That shit, but they didn't sound that excited. Yeah, they were just like, shit you not. It's happening. Get in here, little lady.
- [26:58]
Courtney Miller
Is the old ball and chains getting locked on?
- [27:02]
Amanda Le Encanto
Exactly.
- [27:02]
Shane Topp
There was a. Wasn't there, like, a viral video recently of, like, a. Some wedding vows where the woman was like, now I know he'd rather be with his friends drinking some Bud Lights. And he's there, like, with a cap on at the stand, just, like, laughing and just like. I'm like, God. Some people Are fine with that type of vibe.
- [27:20]
Amanda Le Encanto
Yeah, they're fine with, you know, being called like, my old lady wants me home. I'm like, bitch, do not call me an old lady.
- [27:29]
Shane Topp
Actually, let me scroll down. I found another wedding question that ties into this really well. Okay, here it is. Dude, it's the best. I was thinking about it. See, when I saw it. Since you just recently got married, wedding photographers of Reddit, what was your they're not going to last long moment?
- [27:48]
Amanda Le Encanto
Oh, this is such a good question.
- [27:50]
Shane Topp
So good. And I. It's when it hits me that some jobs, I'm like, you don't think about that job being so interesting.
- [27:57]
Courtney Miller
Yeah.
- [27:57]
Shane Topp
But a wedding photographer is probably so intimate. That's one of the most fascinating jobs on the planet. So many awesome characters that you see.
- [28:04]
Amanda Le Encanto
I mean, I got my best friend to do it. My best friend filmed it and took photos because I just couldn't imagine hiring someone that I didn't know taking, like, okay, now hold her hand and turn to the left and laugh. It's like.
- [28:20]
Courtney Miller
Like a robot looking at the end of it.
- [28:22]
Amanda Le Encanto
But I get that people really want, like, very, like, professionals. Like, it's hard to have a best friend. Luckily, I just.
- [28:29]
Shane Topp
He was incredible, and he's good at what he does. I feel like us, we're all entertainers and stuff, we all know people who are really good at photography. And I guess if you know someone who's good at photography.
- [28:40]
Amanda Le Encanto
Exactly. If you don't, I totally get hiring. That. But I'm so. They see everything.
- [28:45]
Shane Topp
Oh, and they see into your soul, too. Cause they've been doing it so they know.
- [28:50]
Courtney Miller
I can't wait to hear these.
- [28:52]
Shane Topp
Someone said when the groom told the bride she couldn't have cake because she was overweight. Lasted a year. He gained weight.
- [29:01]
Amanda Le Encanto
Are you.
- [29:02]
Shane Topp
I can't fathom that.
- [29:03]
Amanda Le Encanto
Out of your mind.
- [29:04]
Shane Topp
I cannot fathom that. It's like, it's your wedding day.
- [29:08]
Amanda Le Encanto
I love when people are like, I can't wait for you to have kids, but please don't get fat. It's like, how do you think I have children, honey?
- [29:15]
Shane Topp
How do you think it works? Someone said when the groom looked at her like she was the love of his life, and she treated the day like her prom and ignored him. I think they lasted six months. Oh, no, wait.
- [29:27]
Amanda Le Encanto
Do women ignore their prom day?
- [29:31]
Shane Topp
Okay, to be fair, I went to a. I went to two homecomings when I was a freshman.
- [29:37]
Amanda Le Encanto
Okay. Hottie.
- [29:38]
Shane Topp
I was not going to a regular high school, so I had. I had a friend. I Had friends who went to both the different high schools in the area. And no, it was both platonic. It was just like. But there was. There's, like the rich high school, and then there was kind of the high school that's like, not.
- [29:54]
Amanda Le Encanto
Not the rich Wendy's parking lot.
- [29:56]
Shane Topp
Yeah. So the rich high school had it at this crazy convention center type of thing. Like, really fancy thing. So I got invited by this. By this girl. I said yes, and we go. And right at the start, she's gone. And I was just kind of by myself there. Luckily, I knew other people there, but I was like, she's gone, and I don't know where she went. And then at the end of the night, I see her again, and she's, like, dancing with other people. And I'm just like, okay. Like, I wasn't mad because I'm like, we're not dating or anything. It's not like. But it is still weird that you invited me and then didn't want to hang out. I was also awkward as hell.
- [30:33]
Amanda Le Encanto
But still you were her date. Like, what?
- [30:36]
Shane Topp
But the other one was fantastic. It's like, the other one was so much fun. The other one. The other one was just in a gymnasium, and that was a blast. Like, you're just dancing, having a great time. But that was also with one of my, like, best friends. Like, she's still one of the coolest people I've ever known. I haven't talked to in a long time, but one of those people that you could just hit up and just be like, hey, how's it going? They'd be like, oh, dude, what's up?
- [30:57]
Amanda Le Encanto
Like, you were awkward as hell.
- [30:59]
Shane Topp
Oh, dude, I was. So. I'm still awkward.
- [31:02]
Courtney Miller
This is you awkward.
- [31:03]
Shane Topp
I'm still awkward. But I was really awkward as a teenager. No, I was. I was genuinely so awkward. We'll eventually have. We should eventually get my friend Shelby on, who's known me since I was 14, and she can tell you genuinely that I was a very awkward teenager.
- [31:22]
Amanda Le Encanto
You know what I was thinking about recently? Because my best friend just moved here. I've decided that I. That the awkwardness that we felt like when we were teens. I feel like we lose that when we're adults because we try to be like, we know everything. We're right. So the other day, we were dying laughing because I was like, I think I'm a loser. Like, l. On forehead loser. Not a loser. That's like, oh, you're a loser. You have no life. The loser that freaks and geeks the Loser that you like. They're cool, but they're also a loser. I was like, I am a loser. She's like, I've known you since kindergarten. You've always been a loser.
- [32:03]
Shane Topp
That's so funny.
- [32:04]
Amanda Le Encanto
And I'm like, I want. I've decided that if I'm gonna be a loser, I'm gonna keep embracing being a fucking loser. So when you say awkward as hell, I'm like, oh, my God. You were probably the best. Aww. Do you know what I'm saying?
- [32:20]
Shane Topp
People didn't dislike me. I was just awkward. Like, I just hated that I wasn't. I. But I also subscribed to just the worst media that pushes, like, oh, the James Bond type of cool aesthetic. And I was like, I'm not cool. Like, I'm not. I just.
- [32:37]
Amanda Le Encanto
I just felt like Shane smoking cigarettes at, like, 14. He's like, hello, little lady. Wanna go back to my room? And everyone's like, go away.
- [32:46]
Shane Topp
It's. Yeah. I mean, being a guy when you're 14. And also, this is pre, like, deep Internet that we have now where you really can find the info. Apps. Yeah, pre apps, man. Like, trying to find the info back then was tough. And I want to go into that more on these episodes and talk about that. My history with the Internet, because googling things in 2005 or six, it's devastating. You would find nothing good. You'd. You'd have to. You'd be looking through forums, trying to get advice. You don't know who these guys are. And it's looking back, it's the worst advice on the planet. And it makes sense why so many dudes end up doing the cringiest, stupidest, most uncomfortable things is because they were probably told somewhere, like, do that. It'll work.
- [33:33]
Courtney Miller
Like, did you ever Google how to be cool?
- [33:37]
Shane Topp
Yes. A million times.
- [33:39]
Courtney Miller
Did you ever Google how to flirt?
- [33:41]
Shane Topp
Oh, yes, yes.
- [33:43]
Courtney Miller
But they never had. They never had how to flirt for girls. I have a vivid memory of, like, a video might have been on Ebaum's world or early YouTube or whatever was how to flirt. And this guy was like, this is what you do. You walk up to a woman, if she has blue eyes, you go, your eyes. They're like, blueberries. I want to, like, eat it. I want to eat that little blueberry.
- [34:03]
Amanda Le Encanto
That is you.
- [34:05]
Shane Topp
That's actually just you.
- [34:06]
Courtney Miller
Your eyes are like blueberries. Yeah, I want to, like, eat it.
- [34:10]
Shane Topp
Oh, why are you. Stop grabbing my eyes.
- [34:12]
Amanda Le Encanto
Are my eyes, like, poop because they're brown? Your eyes are like your Eyes are like coffee beans. I want to grind it up and drink it in the morning. I actually love that. That's really, really cute.
- [34:23]
Shane Topp
Wow.
- [34:23]
Courtney Miller
No, it wouldn't have worked on me.
- [34:25]
Amanda Le Encanto
Are you sure about that?
- [34:27]
Shane Topp
Your eyes are like, wow. Your eyes are green like little four leaf clovers. I want to, like, make a wish.
- [34:32]
Amanda Le Encanto
I want to be a lucky chain.
- [34:34]
Shane Topp
Yeah. Oh, your eyes are green. Just like in Ireland. Out on the fields with my sheep. How to go out and get them and wrangle them Back to the.
- [34:47]
Amanda Le Encanto
To the. Back to the farm. Mary's hair. She's ship in the ship. What? Come inside. Shut up and come inside.
- [34:56]
Shane Topp
Just come inside like, I've got some beef, Stewart. Okay, hold on. Really quick sidebar. Do you remember this? Amanda has a character that she pitched or she just started joking about.
- [35:08]
Courtney Miller
No, you told me about this. I never knew about this thing happened.
- [35:12]
Shane Topp
I was like, remember, Amanda has a character that. What if your manager was an old Irish woman and that's the character? And it's like, we're at VidCon and imagine this woman is managing you and trying to help you.
- [35:25]
Amanda Le Encanto
Yes.
- [35:26]
Shane Topp
So it's like, okay, guys, the meet and greet is happening in 20 minutes, so you'll need to head on down there. But imagine you have a bit of a stomach ache. So your manager is like, just like.
- [35:38]
Amanda Le Encanto
But you can go down to the back and you can wait out and you can go to sleep, but come out here and talk to your people. But be kind, but be good. If I could have a manager that spoke to me like that and like, I don't know, fed me, like, pork drinks and, like, put me to bed. My sister's husband's from Ireland. She's like, amanda, I love Ireland because every time we go there, she just puts me to bed and feeds me pork. And I'm like, what? And she's like, yes, sweet angel, I bet you're so tired from your Travis. Go to bed and come back and you wake up and we'll have tea and food and we'll get really drunk at night. Like, it sounds fake, but it's real.
- [36:20]
Shane Topp
That's what they're really like.
- [36:21]
Courtney Miller
That's all of them.
- [36:22]
Shane Topp
They're all really like that. Holy shit. Okay, where were we?
- [36:28]
Amanda Le Encanto
Anyways?
- [36:29]
Courtney Miller
Ignoring your prom date.
- [36:30]
Amanda Le Encanto
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- [36:32]
Courtney Miller
And ignore. And weddings going wrong, right?
- [36:34]
Amanda Le Encanto
Or the photographers.
- [36:36]
Shane Topp
Back to some horrible weddings. Someone said when I worked as a wedding planner for a hotel chain, the groom had found out his bride was having an affair with her brother's best mate. The bride's mother knew about it, but insisted on the wedding and paid a fortune. The groom wasn't drinking much and at the speeches stood up and revealed he knew and said he was getting an annulment. He then took his best man on his honeymoon. The honeymoon the bride's parents had paid for.
- [37:05]
Amanda Le Encanto
Pretty epic.
- [37:07]
Shane Topp
Pretty epic. Bro trip.
- [37:09]
Amanda Le Encanto
Bro trip.
- [37:09]
Courtney Miller
They promised that if that ever happened, that they would do that. The him and the best friend.
- [37:13]
Amanda Le Encanto
Yeah.
- [37:13]
Courtney Miller
They said if we ever get married and it gets an annulment, we're going to go on the honeymoon together. Promise.
- [37:18]
Shane Topp
When they were 12 years old.
- [37:21]
Amanda Le Encanto
Dude, you're so going to get cheated on.
- [37:23]
Shane Topp
Oh, dude, we got to make sure it happens. And then when he found out, he probably told his best friend. He's like, dude, dude, dude, she's cheating on me. It's like, yes.
- [37:30]
Amanda Le Encanto
Yeah.
- [37:30]
Shane Topp
Bro trip.
- [37:31]
Amanda Le Encanto
And that is another reason why it's so unsafe for the mothers to fucking get so involved where they take control of your wedding. She could have saved a fortune if she just listened. That's another thing about wedding. You gotta do what you wanna do.
- [37:47]
Courtney Miller
Yup.
- [37:48]
Shane Topp
Someone else said at the rehearsal dinner, every toast to the bride was some euphemistic variation of I'm so glad you finally found someone to put up with your bullshit. They barely made it to the six month mark.
- [38:00]
Amanda Le Encanto
Oh.
- [38:01]
Shane Topp
What? That's insane. I can't understand people who make like really like, mean wedding speeches. I hear about it happening all the time and like. Or people could get way too drunk for their wedding speeches. I'm like, dude, come on. It's such a, like, specific thing. We did a sketch forever ago where I did, we did impressions. You did the guy version, I did the woman version where it's just like, I'm so happy for you. And like, like my guys, my person's out there and I know that. I'm happy for you. I'm so. You guys deserve each other. The heartbreak one, it's just scarcity.
- [38:43]
Amanda Le Encanto
I just feel like they're just so like. Yeah, the speeches that are all about them, they're just like, I'm so happy for you guys. You guys did it. You guys did it. And I just feel like you did it. My sister was a little bit like that at my wedding. She was like. But she was a little. She was, she was mad that my dad gave a speech because she was very drunk. My dad popped up. He. My dad popped up and was like, these two, these two. And my sister dropped her glass of wine and it went during my dad's Speech. And it was, like, so lovely. And she was like, at least he gives you a speech. He barely gave me a speech. So there's just, like, so much, like, I don't even know, like, jealousy around. Oh, yeah. That was the only moment that got a little, like, feisty. Other than that, it was all love.
- [39:33]
Shane Topp
Is. I. I can imagine your family being.
- [39:36]
Amanda Le Encanto
Yeah.
- [39:36]
Shane Topp
Feisty like that. Yeah.
- [39:38]
Courtney Miller
That's awesome.
- [39:38]
Shane Topp
Luckily, my family, they're very, like, we all have enough social anxiety that we want to put on a great speech, and we're just gonna. It's gonna be very. Someday when it happens that it's gonna be very formal and just very, like, well, so happy for Shane. He did it. And my brothers. My oldest brother, he. You can see a lot of my characters in him in that he's just this, like. He's this. Like. He did. He was never part of a fraternity, but he's got, like, a frat energy, and he is a teacher now, but he's just. He'll be like, well, did you freaking did it, dude? That's. That's awesome. Couldn't be more happy for you. Awesome, man. Sick as hell. All right, peace. So it'll be nice. Okay. I kind of love that someone said. Said this before. Third wedding, and the best man, the groom's brother, starts his speech. Well, welcome back, everyone. Good to see some new faces and some old ones.
- [40:34]
Courtney Miller
Oh, my God. It was like, not a first marriage.
- [40:38]
Shane Topp
Did not do well. Not doing well.
- [40:41]
Amanda Le Encanto
Dude. Why?
- [40:43]
Shane Topp
Someone said, ask the groom in a recorded interview why he asked her to marry him. And he said the pressure to get married. They lasted less than two months. Hadn't even finished the video, and they were over. Wait, he hadn't finished editing.
- [40:59]
Courtney Miller
Editing the wedding video.
- [41:00]
Shane Topp
It was over. Which is probably better that it ends then and not okay. I found. I found this one easier to get.
- [41:08]
Courtney Miller
Divorced at that point.
- [41:09]
Amanda Le Encanto
Right. But I'm just like, what? Don't you guys see the signs?
- [41:15]
Courtney Miller
No.
- [41:15]
Amanda Le Encanto
Also, I fully believe in pre marriage counseling. We did a year of pre marriage counseling, and it was amazing. And. And it was like, oh, great, we're on the same page about everything. But imagine if it was like, you did it, and you were like, oh, you're pressured to get married to me. Like, that's when you find all that shit out. Don't get married.
- [41:34]
Shane Topp
Interesting.
- [41:34]
Courtney Miller
Yeah. Some people truly just don't see anything. They just don't see a damn thing.
- [41:39]
Amanda Le Encanto
Mm.
- [41:40]
Shane Topp
This is the craziest one. Okay. Went to a wedding during college to my friends that got Married who graduated two years prior to me. They had a beautiful wedding on a boat off the Keys. And as the best man gave his speech, he was really drunk by this point. Just shouted, you don't deserve her. You literally got a blowjob from a stripper. No, make that two strippers at your bachelor party. Peace out. He dropped the mic and tried to do a dramatic exit. But by this point, we were all stuck on this boat in the middle of the ocean. It took an hour to get back to port, and it was the most awful and awkward hour of our lives for everyone on that boat. Oh, bro. What? He had to have been like, peace out. Oh, shit, Just jump out.
- [42:25]
Courtney Miller
Just jump off the boat.
- [42:27]
Shane Topp
A shark immediately eats it.
- [42:28]
Amanda Le Encanto
Peace out. Peace out. I'm going to use the bathroom. Where's the bathroom, Captain? It's down on the bottom of the boat.
- [42:37]
Shane Topp
He just walks over to the side of the boat, pulls out his pants, and shits off the side. Might as well.
- [42:43]
Amanda Le Encanto
That's so cares. Also so embarrassed. Like, he. Maybe he thought that he was doing her a favor, but he wasn't.
- [42:50]
Courtney Miller
Like, who. Who was that for? Was that for the girl? For the bride? Was that for him?
- [42:56]
Shane Topp
Yeah.
- [42:57]
Amanda Le Encanto
No, I think it was for him.
- [42:59]
Shane Topp
If you are the bride of the groom and you find out and you want him to do a public thing, that's one thing. If you find out one of them's cheating on the other, just go tell them directly and let them do their public thing.
- [43:08]
Amanda Le Encanto
Maybe he wanted to be with her.
- [43:10]
Shane Topp
That's what I'm thinking. He did say, you don't deserve her.
- [43:13]
Amanda Le Encanto
He wanted to be with her, and now maybe they're gonna be together after he got eaten by a shark. Wait, I loved him. She jumps in, the shark's like, yum, yum, yum.
- [43:24]
Shane Topp
Love the shark. We're here for the shark.
- [43:27]
Amanda Le Encanto
Yeah.
- [43:32]
Shane Topp
Okay, I have a bunch of other ask Reddit things here.
- [43:35]
Amanda Le Encanto
I love it.
- [43:37]
Shane Topp
They are insane. Okay, okay. This one's nuts. This is getting weird now.
- [43:46]
Amanda Le Encanto
Love it. It wasn't weird before.
- [43:48]
Shane Topp
What is the biggest secret you've ever kept from your family? The first one is, and mind you, this is an anonymous post. We can't fact check this stuff. So my brother and I saw aliens as a kid, and we were super intrigued by the flamethrowers in fear of idiotic aliens. Like the movie?
- [44:10]
Amanda Le Encanto
Yeah, the flamethrower.
- [44:12]
Shane Topp
Sorry, I forgot about this one. When I first read it again, I was like, oh, they saw Aliens. No, they saw the movie Aliens. So my brother and I Saw the movie Aliens as a kid and we were super intrigued by the flamethrowers. In a feat of idiotic 13 year old brilliance, we determined that a super soaker filled with the with Aquanet with a butane lighter strapped to the front might actually work the same. To our utter shock, it did. Shot 20 foot streams of sticky flame. We were just overjoyed until said sticky flame hit the side of the house and caught it on fire. Oh shit. So we race over in between my shirt and the hose, get it out. But there's a large dark spot on the side of the house. So we disassemble and clean out the flamethrower and mums the word. Thirty years later we're eating dinner over at the folks and dad remarks, they've painted the house and finally got rid of that weird dark spot. Much stealthy chortling ensued. Honestly, how do kids survive childhood? We're all idiots.
- [45:11]
Amanda Le Encanto
They didn't tell them. They like 30 years later never told.
- [45:16]
Courtney Miller
Them they created flamethrowers as children.
- [45:20]
Amanda Le Encanto
Saying that worries me about like possibly having children because I love Alien, but kids say the darnest things. Now.
- [45:28]
Shane Topp
I like how it's like, dude, I love Alien, but I don't know, I.
- [45:32]
Amanda Le Encanto
Don'T know about kids why, but like you forget that kids see shit and go, mm, I can do that.
- [45:38]
Courtney Miller
Yeah.
- [45:39]
Amanda Le Encanto
Flamethrower guns.
- [45:41]
Shane Topp
Yeah.
- [45:41]
Amanda Le Encanto
Oh my God.
- [45:43]
Courtney Miller
Gotta be careful what you show your kids.
- [45:45]
Amanda Le Encanto
I also would have told my parents, I would've been like, hey guys, hilarious. That black spot was us.
- [45:51]
Courtney Miller
Yeah, exactly.
- [45:53]
Shane Topp
It's 30 years later that boy meets world episode where they make a flame throw and it's like this whole like learning lesson of like, don't make flamethrowers. Here's one. Redditors, have you ever gotten an ick from a potential partner or love interest that instantly killed your attraction to them? If so, what happened with most of these subreddits? A lot of the answers are really a bummer, but I pick like, I search for like the funniest ones or the like, not as insane one. Talking about our interests. And after I listened to him blab about his lawnscaping business, I went to talk about my interests and he interrupted me to say, wow, you really have nothing interesting to say, do you?
- [46:35]
Amanda Le Encanto
That's an ick. That's just a dick.
- [46:38]
Shane Topp
That's just an awful person. Yeah, you forgot the D. Yeah, that's.
- [46:41]
Amanda Le Encanto
Just a fucking dick.
- [46:44]
Shane Topp
The amount of time he spent plotting revenge, usually against his parents or ex wife, should have been spent Introspectively and on getting his life back on track. We broke up shortly thereafter. Then we tried to reconcile. Then he smoked meth in front of me, and that was the end of that. I don't know which one was the ick.
- [47:02]
Amanda Le Encanto
The ick was not the meth.
- [47:03]
Shane Topp
No, the meth is fine. It's his desire to get revenge. Oh, this one's fascinating. Had a guy once whose car smelled so bad, I had to try to not throw up while sticking my head out the window.
- [47:18]
Courtney Miller
Oh, my God.
- [47:19]
Shane Topp
He couldn't smell it. I thought I was going to die. Turns out he forgot about a double cheeseburger in the back of his car for over two weeks in the hot sun. I don't know what bothered me more, the smell or the fact that it didn't bother him. It reminds me of back at. When we were filming out of Mythical Studios. They did a video once where they put a car out in the back, they filled it with food.
- [47:44]
Courtney Miller
Fish, burgers, cheese, all sorts of stuff.
- [47:47]
Shane Topp
And then let it sit out there for a month just to see what.
- [47:51]
Courtney Miller
It would smell like.
- [47:51]
Shane Topp
Just to see what would happen.
- [47:52]
Amanda Le Encanto
Which car was it?
- [47:53]
Shane Topp
It was an old.
- [47:54]
Courtney Miller
It was not a junker. Like, fully rust.
- [47:56]
Shane Topp
Yeah, Fully junker car, but it was a nightmare. To just even be around was crazy.
- [48:02]
Amanda Le Encanto
So who got in there and smelled it?
- [48:04]
Shane Topp
I don't know.
- [48:04]
Courtney Miller
I'm pretty sure they got into, like, hazmat suits to open it up, but I don't remember. It's a video.
- [48:11]
Shane Topp
Yeah.
- [48:12]
Amanda Le Encanto
Great. Yeah. I don't. That stuff makes me, like, so ill. Like, I don't like it. It's very freaky when people cannot smell their own stench.
- [48:25]
Shane Topp
It's a red flag for me. Well, if it's bo. If it's bo.
- [48:29]
Amanda Le Encanto
Not bo. I'm talking like.
- [48:31]
Shane Topp
Like, I kind of like smell. If there's a smell going on and.
- [48:35]
Amanda Le Encanto
They don't smell, maybe it's not their own stench on their body, but, like, the stench that they live in.
- [48:39]
Shane Topp
Yeah. And look, I don't have a great sense of smell, but.
- [48:42]
Amanda Le Encanto
You don't.
- [48:43]
Shane Topp
I don't. I don't have a great sense of smell.
- [48:45]
Courtney Miller
I have an extremely keen sense of smell. So that stuff.
- [48:48]
Shane Topp
Same.
- [48:49]
Amanda Le Encanto
Do you like plainer foods?
- [48:51]
Shane Topp
No, I like spice. I like spices. I do smell. In fact, I think I like intense smells.
- [48:56]
Amanda Le Encanto
Because you're like, ooh, I can smell.
- [48:58]
Shane Topp
Yeah. Like, a fear of mine is always putting cologne on too strong, so I probably underplay it.
- [49:03]
Amanda Le Encanto
But I'm so glad we're bringing this up. Right now?
- [49:05]
Shane Topp
Yeah.
- [49:05]
Amanda Le Encanto
Because you. No, I'm just kidding. Your cologne actually smells really good.
- [49:10]
Shane Topp
Thank you.
- [49:10]
Amanda Le Encanto
I think I've complimented you.
- [49:11]
Shane Topp
Yeah.
- [49:12]
Amanda Le Encanto
Maybe in my journal. No, you're a cologne. But, you know, when you smell. I think. I think the only time I've ever smelt really intense cologne is older women.
- [49:23]
Shane Topp
Oh, dude. It can happen sometimes.
- [49:25]
Amanda Le Encanto
Sometimes men.
- [49:26]
Shane Topp
Sometimes men can really have that Irish Spring smell.
- [49:29]
Amanda Le Encanto
Oh.
- [49:30]
Shane Topp
They walk past, they're like, I smell real good.
- [49:32]
Amanda Le Encanto
Like, well, can I tell you a little secret that my grandmother, her favorite thing to do. This is real, right? Is put Irish Spring soap bars underneath your sheets so that when you'd go to bed, she'd have a big house and we'd all sleep there. You go to bed, you pull up the sheets, and it smelled like Irish Spring. And I started doing it. I put it in my drawers. My drawers. So I have Irish Spring in my underwear drawer and my jean drawer. So if I still like Irish Spring, that's why this is in my closet.
- [50:03]
Shane Topp
Wow.
- [50:04]
Amanda Le Encanto
And H is like, I feel like you're gonna get sick from that. Isn't that, like, crazy?
- [50:07]
Shane Topp
No, no.
- [50:08]
Courtney Miller
You're like Julian Salamita's dogs. No, they, like, roll around on bars of Irish Spring soap because they're so obsessed with the smell.
- [50:16]
Amanda Le Encanto
Guys, try putting soap underneath your sheets. It's actually, you open up your sheets, and you're like, where do you put the soap?
- [50:22]
Courtney Miller
Do you put it, like, where your feet go?
- [50:23]
Amanda Le Encanto
You put it just, like, in the middle. And then when you open up the sheet, you can take out the soap and then put it back.
- [50:28]
Shane Topp
It is specifically Irish Spring.
- [50:31]
Amanda Le Encanto
Yeah.
- [50:32]
Shane Topp
All right. If anyone does this comment down below, either on this episode or next week's episode, and let us know how it went. Yeah, let us know how your Irish Spring life is going.
- [50:43]
Courtney Miller
You guys ever had any icks? Oh, sorry.
- [50:46]
Shane Topp
I was just gonna say, you start talking like this, though, you start talking real funny. Like, when you have that Irish Spring in every single drawer under your sheets.
- [50:55]
Amanda Le Encanto
And you're being fecking nice.
- [50:56]
Shane Topp
You're being fecking nice right now. You're fucking ace. I don't know. I mean, these icks are, like, obvious, you know? Yeah.
- [51:09]
Amanda Le Encanto
Do you have any unobvious icks, I guess, is the question.
- [51:13]
Shane Topp
I feel like. I don't know, maybe in my dating experience, it's just not as obvious. I feel like a lot of dudes have just a lot of obvious ick things that they probably do that women are just immediately like, no, I haven't had experience with going on A date with. With someone where they did some small thing. And I was like, it's deal breaker.
- [51:35]
Amanda Le Encanto
You haven't.
- [51:35]
Shane Topp
I haven't. It would have to be something like. But it had to be something pretty bad. Like, I'm trying to think like. Like bad breath. Not tipping or. Yeah. But even bad breath. I'd be like, maybe they. Maybe it's today, you know?
- [51:48]
Amanda Le Encanto
Yeah. Maybe you need to get your tonsils out.
- [51:50]
Shane Topp
Maybe you're need to change your insides a ton. More Reddit stuff, but we'll cover that. We'll keep covering this type of stuff on this show.
- [51:58]
Amanda Le Encanto
We'll always go back to that.
- [51:59]
Shane Topp
But I also want to talk about, like, we love making characters, we love making comedy, all that stuff. And there's a specific character, Courtney, that you do that this kind of segues into, because I'm curious how many icks he presents. But you do a character named Dominic Patrone, who I feel like is a very toxic dude, I think. Is he toxic?
- [52:20]
Amanda Le Encanto
The thing is, he's toxic, but you see still like him.
- [52:23]
Shane Topp
Yeah.
- [52:24]
Amanda Le Encanto
Which makes him toxic.
- [52:25]
Shane Topp
But you've done him a bunch over the years. And where did you come up with him?
- [52:29]
Courtney Miller
He's my favorite. I found him when we had to do The Logan Paul vs. Jake Paul Boxing video where we found this really great blonde wig. And I didn't know how to act like Jake Paul, so I just started acting like a dude. And then I really loved that wig. I was like, this is a nice wig. I want to bring this back. And then we did America's Next Top Simp, and that's where Dominic came to fruition. And I love him because I love how he's just the worst guy. But you love him. You know what I mean? Like, he sucks. He does all the weird, shitty things, but you're like, but I want to keep you around for some reason, you know?
- [53:09]
Shane Topp
Yeah, no, he's a great dude.
- [53:11]
Amanda Le Encanto
I love him because I. Cause I interacted with him as Amanda, so I love him because I'm just like, oh, my God, you're the fucking worst. But he doesn't leave, and he doesn't shy away and he doesn't get like. He's not like, oh, whatever, fuck you. He stays. He's like, I'm committed to whatever this is. And I'm like, I can appreciate that bravery. So I'm into that.
- [53:34]
Shane Topp
Yeah. I want to create. I have my Bryce Cristen character that I haven't done in forever.
- [53:39]
Courtney Miller
Oh, yeah. Bryce and Dominic together could be a fun duo.
- [53:43]
Shane Topp
But I Don't. I never figured out what he was. I have a hard time playing like shitty guys. All my characters are kind of good intentioned.
- [53:49]
Courtney Miller
All my characters are good.
- [53:51]
Shane Topp
All my characters are good.
- [53:52]
Amanda Le Encanto
But like, there's your character right there.
- [53:53]
Shane Topp
Really, like, I really want to work on, like, and I want to start posting on social. Like a grindset guy. Like, the motive. Like, like, here's, here's how you change your life. You need to wake up at 4am, take a cold shower, and you need to reevaluate. You need to look at your assets. You need to double your value as a high value male. Like, I wanna. Because I get served that shit so much. I don't know what your Instagram, YouTube. Which guy?
- [54:22]
Amanda Le Encanto
That guy on YouTube who's like, his thing is called like extreme or something. And he's literally like hanging on a rope shirtless over a pool. And he's like, hey, whoever said push ups helps you lose weight? They don't join my butt. Have you seen.
- [54:36]
Courtney Miller
Oh my God, I've seen ads. That guy who's like, stop trying to work out to lose weight. It doesn't work.
- [54:41]
Amanda Le Encanto
That's him.
- [54:42]
Courtney Miller
That's him.
- [54:42]
Amanda Le Encanto
Is he always shirtless?
- [54:43]
Courtney Miller
Yeah.
- [54:44]
Amanda Le Encanto
Okay. Is that a grind set type of guy?
- [54:47]
Shane Topp
That's a grind set. It's, it's. I get served it so much. I disagree with it. I don't like it. But I get served it so much and it seeps into my brain and I find myself at times feeling that and going, damn, I need to work harder. I need to. What am I thinking about my finances? Am I, am I, what am I doing? I need to start a company. Like, I shit you not, it seeps in. But I want to create a character. Yes. So that I can kind of defang it. So I'm gonna be working on that. I want to. I'll bring that on this show at some point.
- [55:16]
Amanda Le Encanto
That's the best part about creating a character, is because when we create a character, it's us processing things that make us feel something. I feel like we're like, oh my God, that woman made me feel so weird. Let me put that on. And putting it on helps you like process through how that person's makes you feel so you can like understand them.
- [55:35]
Shane Topp
Yeah.
- [55:35]
Amanda Le Encanto
I feel like you should just do all the things that make you insecure about that guy and just like go even harder in that.
- [55:43]
Shane Topp
That's so true.
- [55:43]
Amanda Le Encanto
Do you know what I mean?
- [55:44]
Shane Topp
Yeah.
- [55:44]
Courtney Miller
Dominic would listen to those podcasts, but he would put them on and he physically could not pay attention. That's how he is. So he's like, yeah, this is exactly.
- [55:54]
Shane Topp
What I wanna do.
- [55:54]
Courtney Miller
This is exactly how I wanna run my life plays it. And then he just. His adhd, he just like, I wanna go drink a soda.
- [56:01]
Amanda Le Encanto
Yeah. See, that's what I love about him. He means well and he wants to be there, but he's got other things going on.
- [56:09]
Shane Topp
Yeah, he has all the best intentions.
- [56:11]
Courtney Miller
I think, for himself.
- [56:13]
Amanda Le Encanto
Well, there's women out there that are grind set type of women, but not in working out. They're like in taking care of your skin, right? Like taking care of your skin routine. It's like, okay, hello, my little baby babies.
- [56:26]
Courtney Miller
Have you ever tried blending your chia seeds?
- [56:29]
Amanda Le Encanto
Yeah, exactly. And also like health food things. It's like, okay, super simp. Like, I'm just gonna do this thing. And their bodies are just like ripped. And they're just like in their kitchen, like ripped. Their asses are like bouncing off. Like they like hit their ass on the counter. The counter like moves just a little bit.
- [56:48]
Shane Topp
The counter's like, I'll get out of the way.
- [56:49]
Amanda Le Encanto
Yeah, yeah, sorry about that, ma'am. And they're just like, okay, my baby super simp. Fun snack. I'm like, I'd rather be dead than eat that. Like, why? What are we doing here? And it's true. You go on your Instagram, especially with wedding stuff. The amount of wedding stuff, that was like the best wedding trend ever. And I'm like, that woman is cutting her cake with a sword and there are fireworks behind her and they're in a castle in Italy. Don't fucking tell me about having a wedding that you want. Okay, bitch.
- [57:19]
Shane Topp
That's so funny, the switch up between them because I do sometimes come across them on TikTok where it's like, here's how I spent my day doing this. And it's like. But then when I get the like manosphere stuff that gets served to me, it's so. It's like liquid metal, like trying to be pumped into your body of like, what did you do with your day to day? Like, what are you doing? There was one that got served where it's just like. It's this guy. They're always on a podcast, it always looks like this. And they're just like. It's like, here's how my productivity is gonna be double what you you're doing. I break my day up into two. Every day for me is two days. 6am, I wake up 6am to 12pm I'm working. That's a six hour work day. Then 12pm my next day starts 12pm to 6pm I'm working two days. That's twice the productivity one month. Like, you're toast. Six months down the line, I've blown past where you're ever gonna go in life. And it's like, what are you talking about, man? You're saying you work 12 hours a day, which you don't. They never, ever say what they're doing with their time.
- [58:19]
Courtney Miller
No, it's always a lie. Like, even. Even the TikToks where it's like, here's what I do on my typical day. And they like do like 30 things and like end up by. And by that point it's 8:00am and I now get to like. They act like they do so much more than they're actually doing in a day. Also, you can't wake up at 6am and immediately start working. You have to like, brush your teeth and shit.
- [58:38]
Shane Topp
Exactly.
- [58:38]
Amanda Le Encanto
Do you know what they're actually doing? They're editing that stupid fucking video. They're sitting on the toilet, they're taking a huge shit. They're feeling shitty and they're editing that goddamn video. Okay. They're not doing any of it.
- [58:52]
Courtney Miller
And it probably feels really good to do that.
- [58:54]
Amanda Le Encanto
Yeah. To take a shit.
- [58:55]
Shane Topp
It's really awesome.
- [58:56]
Amanda Le Encanto
Cause you're like, oh, yeah, that makes.
- [58:58]
Courtney Miller
You look really cool. Like, I think a lot of those creators, even when they're saying, this is the best wedding or this is my morning routine, I do all the best things. No, they've done that one day for that video. Or they probably don't even believe that that was the best wedding idea. They just want to be persistent as like, the best at what they're doing.
- [59:16]
Amanda Le Encanto
Yeah. And the next day they're just watching that video 60 million times to be like, I should have chosen a different song.
- [59:21]
Courtney Miller
And it's okay. Everybody wants to be like the best at what they're doing, you know? But don't make other people feel bad.
- [59:27]
Amanda Le Encanto
Live and let live, baby.
- [59:29]
Shane Topp
Live and let's. I'm gonna work on a character like that and I'm gonna. I'm gonna bring it to like, try not to laugh or something. But I'm gonna do it here first.
- [59:37]
Amanda Le Encanto
Please.
- [59:38]
Shane Topp
This is gonna be the zone. Before we go, I just wanna establish really quick that this is gonna be the place that if you watch this, you're gonna see stuff here. And then we're gonna bring it to Smosh Pit and Smosh Games channel. And then so if you see it there, you be like, I saw this first. I saw it here where they made it.
- [59:55]
Amanda Le Encanto
You can see exactly how we, like, create it and brainstorm it. And it's like, you can't really sit down and write a character on a computer. You have to, like, be in movement, change, chat. Like, talk about your story. Bowel movement, sit on the toilet, take a huge shit. Well, can I just ask if you were to come up with a few names for this dude?
- [60:18]
Shane Topp
Yeah.
- [60:18]
Amanda Le Encanto
Cause I really think that names really help color a character. If you were to think of, like, three names and maybe I'll join in. Maybe Blaine.
- [60:27]
Shane Topp
I was thinking Dane. Dane was the mind melt. Dane.
- [60:31]
Amanda Le Encanto
Okay, Courtney, thoughts. Name?
- [60:35]
Courtney Miller
Train.
- [60:38]
Amanda Le Encanto
He rides trains.
- [60:39]
Shane Topp
I literally train. I train every day.
- [60:41]
Amanda Le Encanto
He trains every day.
- [60:42]
Shane Topp
Train.
- [60:43]
Amanda Le Encanto
Blaine, Dane or Darkus?
- [60:46]
Shane Topp
Darkus.
- [60:47]
Amanda Le Encanto
No. Nope, nope, nope. Fuck that. Also, we're allowed to throw things at the wall and then just xna them. Right.
- [60:52]
Courtney Miller
What about his name? What if his name is Break?
- [60:54]
Shane Topp
Break is Break.
- [60:56]
Amanda Le Encanto
But, like, spelled like B, R A, K, E. Like blade, like pump.
- [61:01]
Shane Topp
But it's the break. Breaks break on break. Which is ironic because I never stop.
- [61:06]
Amanda Le Encanto
Yes. The name to me has to have a feeling. Like it's like a. Like. Like you stopped against a wall and hit it. Right. That's. To me, that's what I think about with names. Right? Like break, Break.
- [61:19]
Shane Topp
All right. Okay, we'll work on break. Yeah, I think we have to. I think we have to. We have to end this, dude.
- [61:25]
Courtney Miller
Physically have to stop.
- [61:26]
Shane Topp
I. I want to keep talking. Courtney, thank you for being our first guest.
- [61:31]
Amanda Le Encanto
Courtney, we're so grateful and lucky to have you.
- [61:35]
Courtney Miller
Thanks. Hope I set the bar real high.
- [61:37]
Shane Topp
You said it, so.
- [61:38]
Amanda Le Encanto
You set the bar very high.
- [61:39]
Shane Topp
You set it very high, Courtney. No one else is gonna be able to come on this show. Nobody else.
- [61:44]
Amanda Le Encanto
Sarah.
- [61:45]
Shane Topp
Fuck.
- [61:46]
Amanda Le Encanto
Nice.
- [61:46]
Shane Topp
You're so fucking nice. Well, thank you for being here, Amanda. Thank you.
- [61:52]
Amanda Le Encanto
Thank you, Shane.
- [61:53]
Shane Topp
And.
- [61:54]
Amanda Le Encanto
And. And we have a final question for you before we leave.
- [61:57]
Shane Topp
Yes.
- [61:58]
Amanda Le Encanto
Yeah.
- [61:59]
Shane Topp
Okay. We have a question for you, Amanda. Take it away.
- [62:01]
Amanda Le Encanto
Who is your favorite Smosh cast host, Amanda?
- [62:03]
Shane Topp
Hmm?
- [62:04]
Courtney Miller
Oh, you know, technically, I hosted the old Smosh cast sometimes, so I'm gonna say me.
- [62:12]
Shane Topp
Incorrect. Incorrect. That is incorrect. Thank you so much for watching.
- [62:15]
Amanda Le Encanto
She lets go of her hands immediately.
- [62:17]
Shane Topp
Thank you, guys for watching. We'll see you next week. Bye.
- [62:21]
Amanda Le Encanto
Every Monday. Bye.
- [62:23]
Courtney Miller
See you later.
- [62:29]
Shane Topp
Sa.