Selena, a long-time producer and director of Smosh Mouth, shares her insights into the show’s production, growth, and creative evolution over the past two years. She emphasizes the continuous workflow—from pre-production planning to post-production editing—highlighting her role in ensuring quality, selecting content, and managing the team’s workflow. Returning after a four-month absence, Selena describes a dramatic shift in her comedic energy, calling it a “Super Saiyan” level of unfiltered, high-octane humor. The 2025 season was particularly intense, marked by major events like the return of Summer Games and the 20th-anniversary celebration, which boosted team visibility and engagement. Smosh has expanded significantly, doubling its space and increasing operations, reflecting its growth amid industry changes. Selena also shares exciting new ideas for the podcast, such as recording a roller coaster-themed audio-only episode, and highlights the team’s favorite games and traditions, like bingo, riddles, and tongue twisters. The podcast celebrates the show’s steady growth, with a loyal audience that has remained engaged over time. The discussion concludes with a lighthearted, self-deprecating humor about personal habits, including Selena’s love of thrift shopping and Shane’s wine-guessing, and a fun surprise guest appearance planned for the episode. The overall tone is joyful, reflective, and deeply rooted in the collaborative, energetic culture of Smosh.
Hi, welcome to Smosh Mouth. I'm Shane.
And I'm Amanda.
And we have a very wonderful special guest with us today, Selena.
Hi.
Selena, our producer and director.
Oh, God.
For how long now? Over a year?
Like, over a year.
Two years?
Like, I think it's two years. I think I joined you guys in 2023.
When did we start the pod?
2023.
Like, very shortly after you guys started.
Yeah.
I was, like, sitting in and. Where is time going?
I swear to God.
Yeah. Two years now.
Dude.
That's crazy.
Oh, my gosh.
Do you like us?
Oh!
Yeah, so how do you feel about us?
Yeah, how do you feel?
Actually, I hate every single. No, I'm just kidding.
No, I love you guys. You guys are so funny.
Thank you, Selena.
Like, this is, like, the coolest, easiest thing I could possibly be doing.
Wow.
Yeah.
I always wonder that, like, when we're performing so much and, like, production is watching us,
I'm like, do they still think we're funny? Really?
Yeah, because they've heard our same jokes over and over.
Over and over.
We were doing Challenge Pit yesterday, and I was like, you know, they must be so frustrated.
Listen, they must hate this.
They love you guys.
And, Selena, we've worked with you for many years before Smosh Mouth.
Yeah.
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
So, like, this is such a cool, like, I mean, it's not new anymore, but, like, it's been
a cool, like. Journey.
New journey that we've all done together.
It's trippy to have you here.
I know you've been on this, you know, desk before, but you're here for every episode.
Yeah.
Every single one.
Almost every single one.
There were a couple times when I've been away, but. Those were the worst times.
Oh, thank you.
Yeah, those were the dark times.
Those were very dark.
Look, we've all been away at some point from this show.
Yeah.
That's okay.
Not me.
Yeah.
Just away for, like, four months.
I'm here.
I'm always here.
I'm here.
I'm here.
No, we can get into that, because, like, I was thinking about it this morning.
I was thinking about it this morning, and it's kind of crazy how. And this is, like, how all of Smosh works, right?
Like, a peek behind the curtain.
We're constantly in pre-production, production, and post-production.
Yeah.
So, like, literally. So, filming an episode, production.
That's, like, happening right now.
But after this episode, after we wrap, I will be getting V1 of the episode airing on Monday.
Yeah.
Yep.
Giving notes, placing ads, all that stuff.
It's being edited.
Yeah.
That's post-production.
And also, the production team is asking me to submit pre-products for episodes we're
doing in January.
It's so funny how, obviously, once we start rolling, we can talk about whatever we want.
Yeah.
Right?
It's very chill.
Yeah.
But we do semi-plan out our episodes months in advance.
Yeah.
Because production's like, hey, we need to know if, like, you're going to be doing anything
in this episode that you're filming in March.
And so, we're like, what do we want to talk about?
In March.
Yeah.
So, we have a lot of those planned out.
Now, we often change them.
Yeah.
But, yeah, you're the one keeping tabs on all of it from start to finish.
I make sure that you guys are happy, that production is happy, that the editors are
happy.
Like, just making sure that everything is running as smooth as possible.
Yeah.
You also are, like, on it with edits, too.
You're like, okay, we need to cut that.
We need to cut that out.
And then, also, you're, like, figuring out shorts as well.
Yeah.
Because early on.
That's fun.
That's fun.
Shane and I used to watch and pick the shorts, but we just don't have time anymore.
And you pick the shorts, and honestly, the shorts are my favorite parts.
You've been killing it.
Yeah, good.
It's kind of a funny thing.
At the end of, like, every month or so, we kind of, like, gather together here at Smosh
and go through, like, oh, here's how the channels are doing.
And it's, like, always, like, oh, all the channels are doing amazing.
But there's a part of me that, when I look at, like, Smosh Mouth, I'm like, yeah, our
shorts views were pretty good this month.
Yeah.
Other channels keep up.
We're doing pretty solid over here.
No, we're killing it, you guys.
Yeah.
Yeah.
We're killing it.
And, you know, I came back.
Episodes are doing well.
Yeah.
Yeah, dude.
I'm just very happy about that.
You know, you always have that, like, slight little fear that people will be like, oh,
she's back.
Oh, and we're done.
We're done.
We're going to leave now.
She's not relevant anymore.
Or maybe that's just, like, a motherhood thing where you're just like, oh, my God, she's
not relevant.
She's not funny or whatever.
Well, also because you haven't flexed this muscle in four months.
No.
And she's.
Shane reminded me that when I came back, everything I've been filming is not coming
out for months.
So, I mean, I think everybody's clocked it, Amanda included, that since Amanda came back,
you have kind of lost your mind.
Oh, yeah.
And I'm talking comedically, on camera, you've entered a new era, I would say, as far as
it's almost like you've gone Super Saiyan.
I don't know if you know what that means.
I don't know what that means.
Why?
Why are you throwing out words with me that I have to ask you?
It's a compliment.
It's a compliment.
Several people in this room can acknowledge it's a compliment.
Super Saiyan?
You've gone Super Saiyan with your comedy.
What does that mean?
Guess.
Guess.
What do you think Super Saiyan means?
Does it mean, like, I'm, like, charging up with power and I'm like, yeah!
That's actually 100% nailed it.
That's crazy.
100% nailed it.
That's awesome.
You got it.
Well, what is it?
Okay, in. Oh.
It's like. Yeah!
You want me to give you the actual definition?
Yes!
Okay, so in the show Dragon Ball Z. Oh.
Goku is a Saiyan.
He's from a different planet.
And so he can charge up and, like, reach another level.
His hair, like, turns blonde and crazy and spiky and he becomes, like, a more powerful
version.
And he's like, dah!
Yeah.
And then there's, like, they keep reaching new levels of being a Super Saiyan.
So I'm going to reach. More levels.
So I'm going to come in. I don't think you're done.
I think you're. You could get more insane.
Oh, this is. No.
This is on, like, 20% of sleep.
So you could imagine when I actually get full sleep.
So people have not seen the stuff that you've filmed yet.
Because I think a lot of the stuff that you've filmed for Pit and the Smosh channel and Games
channel, it probably has not aired.
The jokes that you're saying, the things that you're saying, what's going to make the cut. Yeah. is just some of the most insane humor I've ever seen from you.
And it is amazing.
It is amazing to see.
I'm super excited.
I'm glad.
I'm glad you feel it's amazing.
You're unfiltered.
And people have already seen here, you describing what birth is like. Yeah. was a little bit of an example.
There's no filter anymore.
And that's the G-rated version.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
I left out so much.
Oh, yeah.
We probably had to cut some of it.
I left out so much.
Yeah.
Well, I feel honored because, you know, when I come here, especially my first day back,
I feel like I have so much energy.
Totally.
That's like, that's literally, that's why I explained it that way.
Because it's literally like inside me, it's like, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
And it wants to just come out.
And I, I actually, I'm just a vessel, you know?
I'm just a vessel for this energy.
And I cannot be responsible for what occurs when I start speaking.
And that's okay.
That's kind of how I feel.
I'm not responsible for what I say.
I'm not responsible for the crazy shit that I say.
Well, you've also. You had four months off and four months to kind of like, not recuperate because you were
doing stuff.
No.
But like to be away from this while everyone has been constantly doing it.
Yes.
So to come in with that energy is also like different.
Yes.
Yeah.
Because you're, you're, you're no doubt exhausted from the past few months, but. But I'm not really like exhausted, like. But you have like a, you're coming here with a, a different perspective.
Yeah.
Like, right?
Like you get to kind of experience something.
And anything you experience in life is you can use creatively and comedically.
Yeah.
And I feel like we're seeing that from you.
And it's very, it's very fun to watch.
I'm, I'm really glad because I, I do feel like before I get here, I've already worked a full
day.
Yeah.
Before I get here, I'm up at four in the morning pumping and I've already, I've already changed
like two massive shit diapers.
Yeah.
That are just like up the back, touching the head.
Right.
And that's just 10 minutes of the morning.
Touching the head.
Touching the head.
That's just 10 minutes.
Yeah.
The rest, like, and then I get to work and I'm like, oh, I've already worked.
Right.
And then I go home and then I have my full shift.
Right.
Right?
You clock in.
I clock in and then the baby's down and then it's like, oh, do you want to watch something?
It's like, nope.
Nope.
I want to go to bed.
So it's just like, you're on, I've just leveled up on another level.
Is there an aspect where coming here and, and getting to like do this type of comedy,
is it in almost a way a break for you?
Yes.
Yeah.
It's almost like I can't talk.
I can't even say my son's name.
I can't because I think it was my first week here.
Someone asked me, how's he doing?
And I just tears.
So I just like, it's just more just like I miss him.
But like when I'm here, I, that mom, Amanda is, it's there, but it's not really there.
Like I have to kind of compartmentalize.
Yeah.
Otherwise, like I can't.
Yeah.
I can't focus exactly because if you, because now that I'm talking about, I'm thinking about
him and thinking about vaccinations, I'm thinking about all these things that are happening
and I'm just like, no, like just, but I remember my first day back, I truly felt unhinged.
Like it feels like you're just like going up, up, up on a roller coaster.
And you know, when you get to the top, there's like a little side place where people can
stand or like people like workers can stand and like fix it.
You want to jump off on that side.
and climb down and be like, "I'm done."
But you can't.
Oh, we're at 10 minutes.
Wow.
So this is a fun little peek behind the curtain.
So for those listening, Selena just held up the slate and it says 10 on it.
Selena gives us the time as we're recording so that we know just like how much time we have left.
Yeah.
Where we're at.
We're like roller coaster analogy.
Move it quicker.
Selena held up a sign that said stop talking about motherhood.
Stop talking about motherhood.
Stop.
And you know what?
I never will stop because it is my identity.
Yeah.
But I will say that my first day, literally, I was like going down a roller coaster without wanting it.
I couldn't stop it.
And Mike at Smosh Alike was just like, hey, Mike, how did that go?
And he was like, yeah, great.
I mean, we're going to have to cut like half of what you said just because we have to.
But no, it was good.
It was good.
It was good.
And I asked Tommy and Arasha and they're like, no.
And I was like, oh, it's hilarious.
Yeah.
There's just some things that YouTube is going to be like, we can't put this on the algorithm.
Trevor this morning, he's like, I love you, Amanda.
And also, you're crazy.
Is that light me?
Do you guys not see the light that keeps occurring?
Is it me?
What light?
No, I just see it in the corner of my eye.
Is it?
Is it this?
I'm surprised you guys haven't.
I haven't seen it.
Okay, now it's not happening while you guys are looking.
So it makes me look.
Well, nobody look.
Well, did you see that?
Where is it?
Where is it?
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, Amanda.
It could be catching something.
And really why we're here is because we're looking back.
Yeah.
At 2025.
And I'm glad we're talking about how nuts I am because I like forget 2025.
Oh, this year.
You see the light, huh?
Yeah.
Finally.
I feel like every year for the past 10 years, it ends and people are like, oh, what a year,
right?
Can't wait for the next one.
I think this year was for a lot of people.
They're like, yeah, let's really move on.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Let's please.
We must move on.
It was just such an intense, emotionally filled year.
Yeah.
I would say, yeah, for for me.
And I think for a lot of people here at Smosh, I wouldn't say it was a it was definitely
not a bad year.
It was like a very successful, fun, big year.
But it was.
It was intense.
It was probably it was probably the most intense year working.
One of the most intense years working at Smosh.
That's crazy to say, given that we've experienced a shutdown, a pandemic and all sorts of stuff.
But at Smosh, Smosh, like kind of reached a new level this year that we've not experienced
since I since I joined.
And so it was just kind of trippy.
Like, it's weird.
Like, it's hard to describe that.
I mean, we brought back back summer games.
Yeah.
Which was a huge undertaking.
It was a huge undertaking in itself.
So it's the summer games.
It's like a lot of bigger projects.
It's the 20th anniversary.
Like, it was a lot.
Oh, it was a lot.
Yeah.
No, it's it's it's a crazy year.
And it's weird to go to events because, you know, for 10 years working here, we'll be
at events and other YouTubers or people in the space will ask, like, oh, where do you
work?
And it's like, oh, I work at Smosh.
And they'll be like, oh, OK, cool.
They'll be like, like, oh, like I frankly, some years.
Like many years ago, people would be like, oh, like you're still around.
Like, whoa, that's cool.
Like, you kind of felt like, do I do we belong here?
And then this year, suddenly, like you're in places and people are like, whoa, they're
like, I know where you were like, whoa, that that place is a big deal.
Yeah.
And it's and we all feel it here.
But it's it's a it's an intense feeling.
We do feel it.
It's like it's more pressure.
It's more it's it's things are just moving so fast.
We are we're filming so much.
We're doing so much.
We're like.
Not only it's it's not just every day you're coming in and filming.
It is development.
It's pitching.
It's live shows.
It's merch.
It's it's so much other.
We're like a whole world.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And like we have a big, bigger team, but like it still operates a little bit like a small
business, in my opinion.
Kind of.
We have under 100 people.
Yeah.
Well, certainly I feel like this show in particular kind of does.
Right.
Because I mean.
I mean, I think soon.
But until now, like all of us do so much else here at Smosh.
So Smosh Mouth is kind of like a side project that we've had while you are running so many
operations here at Smosh.
So my official title is operations manager.
And then in parentheses, I put also director and producer.
Yeah.
Like, that's my that's my email signature.
Yeah, it's funny.
But again, might cut this, but also I will say it.
And then if it's fine, we'll leave it in.
We're also preparing for a big move or moving to a bigger space.
And you can say, yeah, the amount of meetings and like stuff that we've needed to prepare
for that has also skyrocketed this year.
So talk about like a lot of stuff happening that also happened this year or is happening
this year.
I mean, we're doubling our space.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Which is which just shows that that's how much we're expanding, like we don't have any
more room even in our own building to do what.
We're doing.
And it is I feel so incredibly lucky to be a part of it because the industry as we know
it is just in a crazy place.
I mean, the whole Netflix, WB, Paramount, like bid war over each other.
I don't know if you guys know about that, but it's just like everybody is feeling this
like squeeze of just like, what is our industry?
Well, I mean, don't do this.
Everybody's feeling it now.
Hey, everybody's feeling the squeeze and it's like, I feel so.
So incredibly grateful to be in a job that I get to come in and we get to create every
day that that is rare now.
Yeah.
Now that is true.
Very true.
No, it's a one of a kind place.
It's really, really cool.
But yeah, it's it's been it's been quite the year.
So what are your guys's favorite moments, even if it's not on the pod, just like in
general that has happened?
You know, the birth of my son was good.
I'll keep it work.
Anyways, I'll keep it.
Lame.
I'll keep it work here.
Well, you know, I will say when I I had a very I will say this year is a very humbling
year for me.
It's a lot of me being like, like the cool Amanda's in there.
That's like, I got this.
And then I present it.
It's like, oh, my God, Amanda, what are you doing?
It's a lot of questions like, what are you doing, girl?
And it's when Selena was like, oh, man, do you want to go and search Reddit and like
go on Reddit and like do your own presentation?
And I was like, hell, yeah, I got this, honey.
Like, I'll do Reddit.
And it was Shane and Chance.
And I presented Reddit and Chance just was ripping me apart.
He was just like, what is this shit?
What are you doing?
It's to millennial vibes.
Hey, which is OK.
No.
Hey, hey, it's great.
Yeah, it's great.
And now you're the first person to say six, seven.
Right.
On Smosh.
Congrats.
You did it.
I did it.
I wasn't going to say it.
I have a really funny story to say.
And I saved it for the pod because I almost said it to you earlier.
Yeah, yeah.
Courtney and I recently went to Japan and we were there for like a week.
And one of the days we're in a train station and we're going up an escalator and on the
escalator going down across the like station are a bunch of like middle school or high
school boys.
Right.
And they kind of glance over at us.
And we look back at them and Courtney decides to make the six, seven gesture at them.
Oh, my God.
And all of these Japanese high schoolers look back at us and they go.
And they start doing it back.
And I was like, this is a worldwide phenomenon.
This is ridiculous.
It is.
I was like, no way.
It is.
Oh, my God.
I was like, what did I expect?
Of course.
But I also was like, no, there's no way.
Did they know who you were?
I don't think they knew who we were.
I just think they knew the gesture.
Yeah.
Hey, we as a world just got to find what makes us laugh.
You know?
Yeah.
And if it's numbers, that's great.
Yeah.
If it's a combination of two numbers.
How long will this last?
So I'm warning everyone listening and watching that this week, it's, you know, it's only
we're filmed very far ahead.
But it's December, obviously.
Spencer and others have been making six, seven jokes in videos.
Not much.
But of course, it slips out because we're saying it ironically.
Oh, my God.
But that stuff's not going to air till like March.
So I'm sorry ahead of time.
Oh, people are going to leave the channel.
They're going to be so mad.
They're going to hate us.
I think it was already over when you said it the first time.
Oh, it's.
No.
Hey, Selena.
No, it was right there.
It was super sexy and hot.
It was topical.
Oh, Selena.
No, it was hot.
No, my niece and nephew visited me and then said it.
And I didn't know what it was.
And I literally walked in and I was like, oh, my niece and nephew were here.
And Shane was like, did they keep saying it?
And I was like.
Yeah.
And then I, I just started saying it all the time.
No, no.
Kids are going to be fully over it and saying a new thing by the time this episode airs.
God forbid the games and pit videos that we've filmed.
Yeah.
Real bad.
I will say it's not a ton.
I'm saying like a couple of times, but it's just going to, it's going to.
read real bad yeah
it's not gonna be good um can we go back i wanted to talk about this at the top but um
the holiday party oh yes so we are filming this is happening right after the holiday party i'm
still recovering i've lost my voice and then some yeah we had another event the same week we went
to spotify yep so it was just a lot um what were your guys's experiences at the party we're
celebrities just heads up you were like doing whatever you do in japan yeah sure man have a
good time um i was telling selena that i felt like the holiday party i felt like we were all
rock stars and because it felt like there was like lights and like there was just like all
these things happening and everyone was just like and there was like speeches and like
hors d'oeuvres being passed around and i was like chops as hors d'oeuvres oh i didn't get any of the
food i didn't i didn't
even the hors d'oeuvres i didn't i didn't shane and i were in a sea of people and here's the thing
i loved it i like thrive when i'm like kind of talking to everyone and seeing everyone and and
and we invited a lot of the guests of the show and that was really really fun for me because i had
just gotten back but there was one point where i saw shane in the sea of people and i really wanted
to get to him to like catch up with him and i it's like he was right there and i just couldn't
but every time she was
running and i was just he was going drifting farther and farther back
because truly i barely saw you guys all night i saw you like once i saw you once there were so
many people there i did not get any of the buffet food same i felt like it was like a speed dating
event like talking to this person this person this person this person dating and then also a dance
floor i never saw i didn't know there was a dance floor that's great good which good for me we were
on it were we on it yeah during the speeches nobody
was dancing during this no one was dancing no one actually danced no that's not true wait tons of
people that okay so many people guys i'm so sorry i was in a cocoon of people um no so many people
danced i was gonna say um i was get low was on i was getting low and um it was so funny because one
of our architects for the new building who is an older gentleman with his wife was on the dance
floor but like at a cafe table not dancing and i was like oh my god i'm so sorry i'm so sorry i'm so
sorry i'm so sorry i'm so sorry i'm so sorry i'm so sorry
but they were kind of just like watching everyone and like like cheering people on and i just got so
self-conscious because i was like throwing down as you know i was like dancing as you and i'm like
i can't have you watch me because we're gonna go to a meeting on tuesday and i gotta be a
professional in front of you i'm seeing him later today so i'm just like okay do you have to be i
mean it's good to be professional but it's also like our channel what do we do here true yeah
that's true you can throw you can throw it you can throw it in there you can throw it in there
you can throw it out you need to show him who's boss yeah exactly throw down yeah um my favorite
part of the party and i i realize he's not in the room with us but at the end of the party um
jonathan uh he's not in the room because he got kicked out he got kicked out uh jonathan many
of you know as mr chips he's gonna love that i didn't see jonathan until the party was like
ending and it's always it's always the the quote of the part of the night when you're at a party
and right as you're leaving you see someone for the first time
i know and he comes up to me and like several other cast members he's like shane you know i
fuck with you heavy like oh courtney you know i fuck with you heavy like just saying it to everyone
he was like so sweet so nice i fuck with you heavy i fuck with you heavy no if i said that
that's the coolest issue you could not say that you know shane i fuck with you i i couldn't do
i couldn't deliver it as well as jonathan delivered it like jonathan delivered it so
earnestly so sweetly it was really awesome and then he started pulling out some chips and started
slowly i love jonathan oh jonathan's the best um but that was the party that's the thing is like
so many people work at smosh and then so many people are in our sphere right like i would i
would be like going through the party and i see james and elise or i'd see mac does it yes like
aurora matrix yeah yeah oh my god aurora matrix yeah the whole so fun extended universe um and so
you're just kind of seeing new people all the time there's such fun people to talk to like people that
and then other friends you just you want i felt like this like how i feel every day of just like
i wanted to talk to everybody yeah totally everybody and i need to get better about being
like oh i gotta like i gotta go now talk to this person but then the person i was talking to i was
enjoying right i was like loving the conversation that we were having yeah that was uh certainly
an amazing part of the year yeah definitely it was epic it was it was a great like
close out especially the the going to the spotify
party was really fun because i got to see some people that i haven't seen in a while
and then the holiday party was so yeah but it was i i was like looking at like shane and tommy and i
was like i'm like yeah tommy was like i haven't seen you all night and i was like i literally i
know i haven't seen you yeah yeah yeah going back again to this podcast um we were talking about this
before um how cool is it that this podcast is getting close to a million subscribers i'm super
excited i'm so proud
i'm proud of you guys proud of this team what was it at when we started like zero it wasn't at zero
i'm kidding i think it was that but i think it was at like 200 it was like a 200 when you guys
started i think it was around 400 when i hopped on um whoa i think it jumped pretty quickly like
when we started when you restarted it um because this channel was kind of a dead channel for
several years yeah right we did smoshcast back in the day and um it had a good following but
it never really like took off enough that we were like
we eventually sunset it because we were just like we're not really i think because you guys had
different hosts we didn't really know what it was and the pandemic made it really hard to do
um so we kind of it was kind of a dead channel just kind of there for for years and then um we
started it back up and uh so i think people were really excited at the beginning of that
and then yeah but its growth since then has been what's really exciting because
i think it's like it's cool when you announce something and there's a big surge and it's like
great whoa people are excited about the the idea of this thing but then like years on
it's like is it have we followed through and are people actually staying for it no i was i was
telling kiana about it because i was like the podcast yeah there are surges when like when you
and courtney announced that you were married and like baby announcement right but like
the the growth has been so steady like throughout the months like i i've calculated it down to like
the number of weeks number of days that like we hit constantly hit like a hundred
k and it's been steady which means i think it is a testament to you guys and how talented and
funny you guys are and our team for keeping it like running consistently um and a steady i
couldn't ask for more like a steady growth is like yeah the best thing it is the best yeah
it's because it's the most sustainable yeah um so one of my favorite things that we do because
that's why it's like if i if we take time from the pot i will say i really miss the
pod when i was on maternity leave oh just simply because i got to like i got to catch up and like
hang out and be like what are you doing what are we doing and i got to like people be like oh man
why are you asking that question like i missed that yeah i missed it we want you to ask the
question i know i missed it and like looking back at the year of like us doing episodes on the pod
i'm just like those feel like decades yeah we were looking through the whole catalog from this year
of all of our episodes and i was like that was this year yeah
right we read diary entries this year right we read diary entries we had my reddit stories
bob the drag queen bob the drag queen was this year bob the drag queen played his song and you
and courtney just vibed out and so did i yeah that was amazing this year man yeah it's really trippy
um and now at this stage like you being gone it both feels like it was like years and also
just like it a blip of time i know i
know so it feels very far away right now yeah like i came back in um a month ago and it feels
so far away yeah it's like i that didn't even happen yeah i while we were doing um angela and
damien's episodes every time like it didn't even occur to me that it was angela's last episode that
she was filming and damien's last episode it went by so fast but while we were in it i was like dang
it's been like three months since amanda's been here yeah and it's like i couldn't
keep up sorry i mean i'm gonna stop i'm gonna stop doing that
do we um yeah do we have hopes for anything any dreams that we want to do on this podcast
i want to take it outside of here that's you we've really talked about taking it out okay okay
but we did that for summer games that doesn't count yeah okay okay talking about really taking
it back and i'm not pregnant yeah we can still go on a roller coaster with this pod i don't know
what that looks like i don't know what that looks like i don't know what that looks like
i don't know i don't know if it's shane and i miked up trying to have a full interview pod on
roller coasters all day long i don't know i think okay here's here's probably the the like easiest
here's how we pilot this uh-huh all right not the whole episode but you and i get miked up and we
get on a pod we get miked up we get on a roller coaster it'll be audio only of course of course
and so we record a podcast for however long the roller coaster is and then we listen back to it
here and we play the audio from that.
here. And then we comment on it?
And then we talk about it afterwards. That's kind of fun.
That's a way to do it. To see what gets
picked up. Yeah. It's just gonna be like
literally.
Literally.
It's gonna be nothing.
Because we were talking
about this last year and then
you told us that
you're like, oh, it has to wait.
I'm gonna have to push that episode because I'm pregnant.
I'm not allowed to get on a rollercoaster.
But, okay, so we spend the whole day
and we record a bunch of
different things on
different rollercoasters and
then we come back, you're right, and we play
it. We should get on a rollercoaster and
the second we get on the rollercoaster, we get
a topic. Like, we
get the topic, we get on the rollercoaster and we cannot
start talking until we're on it and the ride
starts. And then that's the topic.
You start talking about it. I'm in! And you only
talk about it while the coaster's moving.
Yeah, as soon as it stops, you have to stop talking.
Done. Done topic. And maybe we can get
topics from fans or
comments or something.
Tell us if that's worth
to do. Yeah, guys, tell us if that's worth
to do. Would you guys worth to do
send us topics
that we talk about on a rollercoaster
and then play it back here and comment
on it? Let us know if that's just
so crazy. Tell us if that's
crazy to do. Yeah. And
some.
Yes, we've talked about doing
a wine tasting. I don't
know if anyone would care about that.
I don't know. I'd care about it.
I think they would care if you
care about it. I would care because
Shane's now getting into wine and it would be fun
to watch him wine taste. And see
if I can guess wines correctly.
Yeah. Oh, God. Shane guesses wines.
Should we just take the psalm test
and see how well we do? We're not gonna
do well. What if we pass?
You don't know that. Shane, we're not
gonna pass. What if we pass?
Oh, my God.
Shane just psalms right there.
It is like so much work.
Not really.
Okay. Oh.
I'm gonna drink some wines and I'm gonna guess.
This isn't like Cab
and Merlot, honey. Okay. I'm not saying
we're gonna pass it. I'm saying we take
the test. And taking
the test is not a lot of work. Passing
it's a lot of work. Taking the test
is drinking some wine.
Okay.
So can we take the test here
and just do it? Yeah.
Can you do that?
We did that with Jeopardy. Yeah.
Yeah. Minus the wine. True.
That's because we had Ian typing all the answers
and it was just so insane.
He was just typing things and sending them in before
we said it was good. That was one of
my favorite. I mean, I love Jeopardy, so
like, I love that. One of my
favorite episodes. But I love when we do like
a little bit of a gamified episode.
Oh, yeah. Just because like, it keeps
it interesting and like, I'm competitive.
So, yeah. I would love to find more games
for this podcast.
Well, we have some. Yeah.
We have some. We do have some. We have some ideas.
We have some ideas. And we did like, we did top
five with Mac Does It.
Mac Does It. Love that. That was really, really fun.
We did Never Have I Ever
with Keith. True.
We've always done kind of like a version
of like, notes app
character, who we've seen
online vibes.
I want to bring back like secret words
maybe with a few, like
fewer words, but that was fun for me. And also
I don't know how
we're going to do this again, but the
riddles. Oh, the riddles
was fun. That was awesome. Is that where we read
them off the teleprompter? Riddles was a really good
one. The teleprompter. Riddles was
a solid one for this year. Tongue twisters. Riddles was
so fun. That was with Damien. Yes. And he was
so good at them, of course. Yeah.
And I was also
very fun.
As
always. And we did
bingo. We did do bingo.
We did bingo. Yes. That's crazy.
And you won. Or you got bingo
first. I got bingo. Yeah. Yeah. Shane
got bingoed first. Just doing all my phrases all
the time. Yeah. Laughing off this
way. And going, that's so funny. Yeah.
Wearing a white t-shirt was my favorite
one. Truly, every
day. I'm not good.
I'm trying to
dress, like I'm trying
to build up my wardrobe, make like a little nice
little capsule wardrobe. Yeah. Here's a problem.
When we film here at Smosh,
we're filming usually four things
a day. Yeah. Yeah. So I kind of wear
like one pair of pants and then I'm like, what's
like a top that I can switch
out with one other thing? Always.
I end up with white t-shirts a lot because I can just
put something on it and then I can take that thing off
just to, just to differentiate
the episodes a little bit. There's nothing wrong
with white t-shirts. Some dudes wear
like black only all the time. I know.
And there's nothing wrong with that. No. It's cute.
Yeah, it's fine. I can't do
that. If you wore just
jeans and a black t-shirt every day, it'd be really
funny. You think so?
That just became your vibe. People are like, oh my
God, she's so crazy and fun. And
also. She just dresses
like Elon Musk every day. Oh my
God. That would be awful.
What if I just got all tattoos?
That might be sick as hell. Up my neck. Might be cool.
I just do a total makeover.
Okay, speaking of
clothes and such,
you guys should guess my
top five favorite pieces
of clothing. Oh, okay.
Okay. Okay.
Top five favorite pieces of clothing.
Yes. We're probably way past this, but I'm going to
flash it anyway. Nice. 30 minutes.
Yes. So, so Selena, you have several categories
and we're going to play the
game that we played with Mac does it where
we try to guess each other's
top fives of a given category.
You get more points for the higher
up in the category that
you get. Yes. So are
we trying to guess her like five
is the worst one is the best? Yes. Well,
it's a top five though. So all of them are great,
but it's like one is better
than. Yeah, it's a family feud type situation.
Yeah. We asked one
Selena five
favorite clothing items. Okay.
Clothing items is tough, but I think I got this.
Oh, I included like accessories
accessories. Yeah. Anything.
Okay. Shoes. Okay.
Okay. You go first
like cute
belt situation.
No, but I did think about
that. I did think about it.
Okay. I've got a good guess. Yes.
Selena, you're a dancer. I feel like this would
be a favorite amongst dancers. I'm going to say sweatpants.
No. Oh, God.
Sweatpants. I know. No, no, no.
You're right. You're right. People love sweatpants.
You fuck you.
Okay. You go ahead.
Tank top. No.
Oh, this isn't
going well. Loser. You are a loser.
Loser. I'm going to fucking kill
you. Okay. I'm going to say
I'm going to say necklace.
Oh, no.
But clothes.
Oh, stop. Stop. Stop
talking. Dangly earrings.
Yes. Damn it. Yes. I love earrings.
What number is that?
That was two. Oh, I got
to get one. I got to get
one. No, no, no, no, no. It's my turn.
Oh, yeah. Fine. No, no, no, no, no.
No, no, no, no, no. No, no, no, no. It's my turn.
I don't know. Your turn, honey.
I'm going to say
jacket.
I will give it to you.
I said overcoat.
Okay. Yeah. Overcoat is
a type of jacket. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay.
Fair. I'll give it. That was number one.
Oh, you didn't
actually really get it, though.
Whoa. He dunked a fake
basketball. That wasn't a dunk. That was a three pointer.
Oh, God. Oh, my God.
Oh, I know what a dunk is. Yeah?
Yeah, I do. Because you worked at Dunkin' Donuts.
You know what it is.
I went home and my sister gave
me a Dunkin' Donuts baby book. I was like,
how? Literally, how?
How? It's so funny. It's the story
of the munchkin. Okay.
Like,
kind of like slack loose pants.
Yeah, I'll give it to you. Flowy pants.
Flowy pants. Oh.
I love flowy pants. What number
was that? Five. Oh, yeah. Take it.
Take it, loser.
Okay, I'm gonna say
I'm gonna say sneakers.
No. God, you're
such an idiot. What? So crazy
how dumb you are.
Sorry.
Okay, we're not doing, like, makeup or anything.
This is just accessories. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Fur coat. No,
but that was actually a joke.
Like, I just wanted to throw it out there. No, no, no, no, no, no.
I'm gonna say boots. Yes.
Nice. I love a boot.
I really miss, okay, living in
LA, I really miss dressing for fall.
Like, I truly miss dressing for fall.
No, it is 80 degrees in December.
I was so upset.
It kind of sucks a little bit. I was so sad.
Yeah, so a lot of these were
like cold weather stuff, because I miss it.
Cold weather stuff, because you miss it. There's one more.
There's one more. What was it?
I don't think she wears hats. Boots was three.
Oh, that sucks. I think I'm winning
this round. I don't think so. Yeah, I've
got one and three. I think you're actually a ridiculous
person, so stop.
You got one. Good luck. Get four.
You got, oh, she, okay, you said Jack.
It was overcoat. This is not the same thing.
Um.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
Um.
Sweater. Ooh, sweater's
good. Okay.
I said cardigan. Cardigan?
I love a cardigan. That was four. Okay.
All right. Doing well.
No, I'm not. You won this round. Good work.
I don't know. I think it's kind of a,
feels kind of a tie. It doesn't feel kind of
a tie. You got one and two. I got four and five.
I got one and three. Yeah, one and three.
You got two, four, five. And.
You did not get six, seven.
There's no six, seven.
Everybody here wants to stop. What's the next category?
Uh, colors. Favorite
colors. Ooh. Oh, shit. Okay. No, I
go first this time. You went first last time.
Fine. Go.
I'm gonna throw out. How specific, can I ask?
Did you get very specific or is this like
a, or how
- I got very specific, but if you get close enough,
I'll get you close enough.
- I'm gonna throw out like peach or like pink.
- Number one.
- Let's go!
- Number one.
- Let's go!
- Why are you so annoying? - I love peach.
- Let's go!
- Peach, coral, apricot, the Pantone color.
- And I know that about you.
- No, please stop.
- And you know, stop talking.
- I actually, I can't.
I love when they fight about me, so annoying.
Fine, like a moth?
- No, mm-mm.
- Oh.
- It's not my day.
You know, I just, it's not my day.
It's not my fuckin' day.
Fine.
- I'm gonna go with, I'm gonna go out.
You know, now that I got number one,
I'm gonna take some risks.
- Oh, please, just stop talking.
- I'm gonna say gold.
- No, but I really thought about it.
I really thought about it. - She really did,
but it's not on the list.
- Sorry, you're not on the list!
- Idiot!
Okay.
- You don't often wear a lot of blue.
Or does she?
- Baby blue?
- I'll give it to you, yeah.
- Yes!
- Yes, like a light blue.
- Light blue, baby blue.
Mm-mm-mm-mm-mm.
- Number two.
- Okay.
- Number two, number two!
- Fair.
Fine.
Okay, I think you're a very organized person,
so I would think maybe green.
- No, I actually don't like green.
- Yeah, green sucks.
Isn't that your favorite color?
Oh no, it's orange. - Nice.
- It's international orange.
- Yeah, whoa!
- Green doesn't suck, actually, I like green.
- I don't really, there's not really many colors
I don't like nowadays.
Turquoise used to be the one I despised.
Because, and I'll tell you why.
It was a nostalgic thing.
Growing up in Arizona in the '90s,
there was so much bullshit turquoise everywhere, right?
Like every shopping center had like old turquoise signs
that just had, they were there for decades,
they just aged, it looked horrible.
So I associated it with kind of like lame stuff in Arizona.
Nowadays, I like turquoise, it's grown on me.
Getting away from Arizona,
I now have a new appreciation for it.
I actually miss it, when I go back to Arizona
and everything is like slate gray and dark brown,
I'm like, I miss the personality.
- I know, me too.
I love turquoise.
- All right.
- Okay, like a yellow, like a mango yellow.
That's so cool.
- But that's also a good one, but no.
- Look, I'm gonna throw out one of my favorites
that I got shit on for,
but I'm gonna say any version of brown.
- I'll give it to you.
It's burnt sienna.
- Okay.
- It's like a reddish brown.
- Okay.
- Burnt sienna.
- Nice.
That's a good one.
- I love a warm brown.
- Yeah, me too, me too, love it.
- Same.
- Same.
- Kind of like this.
- Okay.
- Yeah.
- Oh, ho, ho, ho, ho, a burgundy?
- I'll give it to you, a maroon.
- Yeah.
- Was that number five?
- Yeah, it was number five.
- Maroon five?
- Oh!
- I didn't even think about that.
- Best band ever.
- Wow.
- I'm kidding.
- I am kidding, truly am kidding.
I did listen to Maroon Five a lot, though.
- Of course.
- Everyone did, right?
But does anyone still?
- I think they do.
- Aren't they done?
- Are they done?
- Is Adam Levine just on his own?
- I don't know.
- I don't.
- What does he do these days?
- I don't know.
- Maroon Five fans, get in the comments.
Tell us about him.
- Oh, shoot.
- You have one last category?
- Yeah, one last color, and also one last category.
- Oh, one last color?
- Yeah.
- Oh, shit, what number is it?
- Number three.
- Oh, shoot.
- Can I say?
- No, no, no, you, actually.
- No, no, you go.
- No, I just guessed.
I guessed brown.
- No, and I guessed burgundy.
- Oh, and you got maroon, right.
Okay, I'm gonna say, I'm gonna say purple.
- I'll give it to you, a pale lavender.
- Pale lavender and purple?
Kind of different.
- Pastels and warm colors.
- It makes sense that
you know the very specific colors,
because looking at like your journals and stuff,
you color code so much,
so you probably have your colors dialed in.
- So what color is math?
- Math is green, because green is numbers.
Money, no, money is green,
and it's numbers, and it's math.
- Math is.
- No.
- Math is.
- Science is blue, because the earth is 70% water.
History is red.
- It's red because war.
And English or literature is yellow,
because that was the only one left.
- Math is red.
- Whatever.
- It's fine.
- It's wild.
- We did that episode this year, didn't we?
- Yeah.
- That was also this year.
- I knew it would cause a stir.
- Yeah, 'cause your colors were all off.
That's why it caused a stir.
- No, no.
Plenty of the top comments agreed with me.
- I actually don't think they did.
They all were like,
"Oh my God, Shane should leave the channel."
- I think they definitely agreed.
- Oh.
- Anyways.
One last category?
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
- Dream jobs.
- Oh, shoot.
- Oh.
- Yeah.
- Okay.
- I did include my real number one job.
- You go first.
- Like Cirque du Soleil.
- No, but that's funny.
- You do aerial yoga.
Do you still do it?
- No, I don't do it as much anymore.
It's hard to find the time to go to the studios,
'cause there's not one super close by.
So, yeah.
- Got it.
- But I do love it.
- Dream jobs.
I'm gonna say being like,
one of those like high up, like backup dancers.
- Oh, that's so good.
That's actually better than anything that I've written.
Damn.
- It's crazy.
- Ew, I hate when you do this.
It's so gross.
Can we just comment how gross Shane is?
Like, come on.
- No, that's so good.
- That's, you're welcome.
- You're welcome for your dream job.
- Quote me on that, sweetheart.
- That's so good.
- Okay, you're taking it to places I don't.
- I'm taking it to a character place for me.
Thank you.
- I didn't do like entertainment stuff,
'cause I was like, okay.
- Oh, I was gonna say actor.
- But yes, those are like very real.
Like, except for my number one,
nothing is entertainment based.
- Okay, so this is just dream jobs fun.
- That's not true.
- Okay.
- It's all over the place, actually.
Never mind.
- But not backup dancer.
- No, but that is a good one.
I would put that on now.
- Yeah.
- Dang, it's okay.
Don't worry about it.
They're not sealed.
- You were a backup dancer this year.
Summer Games, you were a backup dancer multiple times.
- And choreographer.
- And so was Emily.
- Oh my God.
- And so was Emily.
- And so was Marcus.
- And so was Marcus.
- Oh my gosh.
- We got some dancers here as well.
- That boy can get down and have a beautiful smile
on his face the whole time.
- Okay, so you're saying like dream jobs,
like it's not, okay, so there's no entertainment on there.
- No, no, no, I take it back.
There is some entertainment on here.
- Marine biologist?
- No.
- Yeah, no, I knew it.
It didn't feel right in my gut, but I wanted to say it.
- I said backup dancer, you're over here like fish,
studier.
- You follow the fish?
- Guy who likes fish?
- Well, you know, her boyfriend's from Alaska,
and they literally, they follow the whales.
When I went to Alaska, they were like,
I'm not actually kidding.
Wait, don't do this.
Don't make me stupid.
Don't do this.
- Don't make me stupid.
- No, they follow the whales.
- Oh, they follow the fucking whales.
- Get him.
Hey, there he is, get him.
- The whales are like, oh, ho, ho, ho, ho.
- No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
- Boy, are they bored up there.
- No, no, no.
- The sun hasn't risen in five months,
and they're chasing whales.
- No, their tails come up, and they know the whale's name
based on the barnacles on their tail.
You're dead to me.
- Okay.
- Like, literally, you're done.
- Okay, you said marine?
- People in Alaska, holler
if you guys follow whales.
- Okay, you said marine biolo--
You said marine biologist, I'm gonna say YouTuber.
- She just said she didn't do entertainment.
- No, she said it might be some entertainment.
- No, it's not.
- Okay.
- But that would've been on there.
- Oh, crazy.
- That would've been on there?
- Yeah.
Honestly, you're saying all of these things,
and I'm like, why didn't I put any of this on my list?
I feel like my list is all over the place.
- No, okay, no, I think your list sounds really fun, though.
- Yeah, you own your list.
Don't let Shane tell you what your dream jobs are.
- Don't let me tell you what your dreams are.
- Go find some fish, chase 'em.
All right.
- People start coming up to me at work,
and they're like, "Hey, what's my dream job?"
- What should I do?
- Yeah, so.
- Astronaut.
- Yeah.
- Astronaut.
- What even is an astronaut anymore?
- What are you talking about?
- Katy Perry.
- Katy Perry can go up in space.
What about these astronauts that train forever?
- Okay, she got sent to space.
She didn't get herself there.
- When I fly somewhere, I'm not a pilot.
- Yeah, yeah.
- I'm on a plane flying coach.
I'm like, "You know, I'm flying this thing."
- I flew here.
- Yeah, basically.
I'm up in the air, too, so who's to say?
- Whatever, man.
- Who's to say who's flying this?
- Katy Perry went to space.
However she got there, she still did it, okay?
Congrats, girl.
I have no idea now.
Shoe cobbler. - I don't see any of them.
I don't see any of them.
- Um.
- Shoe cobbler.
- Okay.
Well, director is what you do, yeah.
- Could be the dream, though.
- Yeah, I will give that to you.
I wanna be the showrunner of a sitcom.
- That's cool.
- Whoa.
- That's a cool dream.
- Yeah, that's like the big dream.
- Wow. - Wow.
- Very cool.
- Get in there. - Number one.
- 'Cause sitcoms, where are they going?
- Right.
- Well, actually, I don't know.
I feel like sitcoms will come.
- I'm doing this, my hands are face down.
um uh they're still around but yeah they it's kind of in a weird zone it's in a weird space
right multi-cam sitcom no single single cam sitcom like the goldbergs what is that show anyways who
was on that who even was on that show i don't even know old news baby okay uh all right i'm
gonna guess wait what number was that director oh did we guess any of the others we have four
others okay chasing fish do not give any of them to us i want to guess your dream jobs i'm going
to say oh my gosh oh god there's a lot of pressure here yeah um okay give me a second don't give me
a second
you love doing this give me a second
all right i'm blanking for a moment so let me just throw out a funny one
uh a person who makes greeting cards who makes like like cards how good would you that's actually
that i was thinking about you know 500 days of summer how he works at a place where they make
yeah well i gave you another one yeah what an old you should tell people what they should do
no no selena don't don't i should guess the things they don't know about themselves
we cannot have shane here's what you want for christmas they're like oh my god that is what i
want for christmas i don't want to think about it just tell me don't give this all right go on
oh my god so wait did he get it no no no no no oh you didn't even get it no i didn't get it that's
crazy but if she if she drafted up a new list it'd be all the things i've said i'm sure about that
okay go on i was thinking something with like stationary but that's not right well that's what
i just know
no um okay not chasing fish crazy that sucks for you um god a host of a travel show
oh you got real close that that's also good i said game show host i i think i was just
thinking of like hosting but game show but travel show would be really cool too that's
me to travel the world and be like a host yeah i think you could do that almost like you know
when conan o'brien would travel and try crazy things i wouldn't want to try a bunch of crazy
food i would want to like go to these destinations and like experience it for a first time right and
be filmed i don't know that'd be really cool yeah wow yeah like a host of sorts okay a host yeah a
host yeah three number three number three all right man i keep the the other ones are just
i don't know how you're ridiculous they're just like out of the blue like okay uh i'll
i'm gonna throw out one uh lawyer no all right i don't like debating yeah yeah that wasn't a good
um i'm throwing out something i'm just throwing things out there um pastry chef no i don't like
to cook or bake wow damn wow damn carl it just it's i i like it but it's not my calling cold
blooded okay it's not her calling that's fine um uh a bouncer bouncer at a club she would throw
someone in the air no but i would do it for a night okay would you i think i would be bored
out of my mind no you're right it would be or would i i know that job depends on that job i
think that job sucks because you're bored and then you deal with some bullshit depends on where
um let's let's speed it up for a second all right we'll get a couple more and then you just got to
tell us okay okay um a jeweler no stand-up comic no but also a good one
you work at like a garden the gardens no you're like okay okay i'm just gonna tell you guys all
right uh the second is counselor or therapist oh i feel like i would be really good at that
yeah yeah tell me their problems all the time um yeah and then uh i said i want to replace this i
want to replace backup dancer with this one because i actually don't know if i want to do this
personal shopper i was just trying to i was grasping at straws i was like personal shopper
yeah i would hate to do that i really would i don't think i would be good at it do you not
like shopping no i hate to shop wow it's like a thing if i if i'm going out to shop i give myself
an hour if i hit if i go past the hour mark i lose my mind whoa i hate shopping interesting
i don't actually like online shopping the only thing i like shopping for is uh like dishware
like awesome like like glasses and like coupes and wine coupes i love shopping
for wine bottles and i love shopping for jewelry i cannot stand any other shopping
interesting what is it you don't like about it i'm just so curious i get really overwhelmed
yeah i get really overwhelmed i'm also just like trying on a million clothes it's just like really
it doesn't make me feel super good but that's why you do it for someone else yeah but like i'm not
yeah i'm not big picture type person you help someone like like okay like courtney is an
incredible shopper like she she puts together these outfits that are just like unbelievable
it's like i can't big picture that yeah i need to like see it and go oh yeah i like that and have
someone give it to me it's pretty astounding to watch them like when they're shopping they'll
they'll see something be like oh and they know like where it fits in with everything in their
life yes whereas i i clothing shopping is exhausting because once i i make it out there
and i'm putting on stuff i'm like oh right everything looks dumb on me yeah like that's
like that's like what like happens when you're shopping you're putting stuff on you're like
no actually everything yes it looks good there and then as soon as i put it on i hate it
and then i kind of don't know how to uh piece it together with same but i agree on some things like
barnes and noble i could spend all day at oh absolutely books i can just look at me like a
dish like a beautiful glass dishware place or like a wine shop like a sur la table like a
love that like a silly tap oh my god but what's crazy is i never i never go into those stores
i never go because i know i'm gonna get lost yeah oh you're gonna keep me in there um selena that's
a great list yeah my last one is librarian just because oh librarian oh i like organizing and i
like uh uh uh quiet you'd be a great library so good wait would you have one of those ladders that
go back and forth
like you push it and you're like that's all i'm doing i'm doing the bell yeah yeah i would love
that dewey decimal hell yeah that'd be lovely decimal system um we have 15 minutes left and i
have a special surprise really for me i don't know about you guys or is it for me also for you but
not for shane um ollie could we bring our special guest out whoa we're in whoa let's bring our
special guest in what are we going to talk about with our special guest wait we have nothing planned
i think we're gonna be okay no this is very funny because we've not seen this guest today we didn't
see them before we started recording this so truly they're about to walk in we're at 60 just so you
know oh so this is gonna be a long episode 60 and uh whenever we go long i always feel bad because
selena you're the one who has to review the cut okay i i like watching these episodes y'all are
funny i also could not thrift i'm not good at thrifting either my
friend is incredible thrifting she gets glassware that i'm like where did you get this it i i don't
have the best eye like when i'm shopping i don't have the patience yeah that's me you know some
people like i know i could find this at a better place i'm gonna look at six other places but
that's not me it's wild to hear because i feel like um knowing you and and and having been to
your place like you have such incredible stuff well yeah i like i like looking for stuff i like i like
getting i feel like all that so you get you acquire a lot of stuff for someone who hates
shopping i do you really have a lot of cool stuff i like our our guest is walking in now he's here
um and there's mr chips oh my god and and oh yes does jonathan know that he's mr chips all right
please come on in i was just joking that i need like a nickname like rocket ship rocket ship is
entering the building or ice man hi rocket ship hi yeah you don't like that rubbing my shoulder
rocket ship red rocket wait do you not know this about me i like to rub shoulders i literally just
met you i met you briefly at the party and i was like hey and the first thing i asked you i'm like
where are you from probably like every fucking american girl asks you but you actually kind of
knew where i was from i kind of knew you knew the geography better than most yeah because my brother
-in-law is from english english yeah yeah pretty cool pick sean up off the street oh sad dog you're
great yeah oh i'm so glad you're here i keep a trim out in the street you keep it trim baby i don't
know what that means sean you you came by here uh a while ago but it was when damien was hosting with
me yes and um you were happy to be here obviously i know you're a fan of everyone here at smosh but
i know that you were sad yeah when amanda wasn't here i heard that because i i told spencer i was
watching like the resident evil stuff for so long you i watch more smosh than anybody here oh yeah
and i heard that
ian like just just dissed you man yeah it's more than i don't think he dissed you i think he just
probably just
no he shouted me out
on a speech at the party
so we're even
yeah
he just kind of like
threw a ball in my court
and was like
and Jack's heptaguy is here
and I was like
I saw that
I was like what do I do
do I go up
you gave a speech
you go up
that would be great
wait so do you like
the Resident Evils
I do
they're so crazy
there are new ones
coming out in March
February
March
I think we actually
are going to play those
and
can't wait to see it in September
when you guys record it
no no literally
you're so right
I actually don't know
if the video that we did
with Spencer is going to
come out during this time
oh
well here he explains everything
oh
there's more Resident Evil
I mean I think we can say
there's more Resident Evil
stuff coming
there's more Resident Evil
stuff coming
Spencer loves it so much
he's finding a way
and we will be playing it
hell yeah
well we won't be playing it
we'll be in the background
eating snacks
watching Spencer play it
and that's exactly
how it should be
yeah right
that's why it's funny
if I'm watching Spencer
play a game on his own
it's not that funny
because he's not going to talk
no because he's just
good at the game
it's like
yeah it's lame
it's stupid
that's what I do
I don't want to watch that
did you ever watch
Five Nights at Freddy's
too?
I did
yeah
what did you think about that?
it was great
it sounds like you have PTSD
I'm loving just like
did you watch this one?
I know
what did you think of it?
I know
it's like that school kid
comes over
I'm having a conversation
with him that I shouldn't
be having on the pod
I shouldn't have had it before
well what are your
since you watch us so much
what are your top moments
of Smosh?
oh yeah
do you have any?
do you have some favorite things?
I mean Fred Darts
is always top tier
yeah
yeah
Fred Darts was so good
it's hard to beat that
I have to shout out
the butt picture one
because I was saying
that was the first thing
I saw of like
current new gen Smosh
and I would say
that's an Amanda moment
because you are going off
there
I could not turn
that painting
because you refused
to stop
and you guys kind of
mellowed out for a second
and then ramped back up
what were we talking about?
you were just yelling at me
oh yeah
well yeah
you were yelling at me
to show the painting
and I was like
can we just get some quiet
for a second
and you just did
as the qualified Smosh person here
they thought it was balls
and then it was a butt
so you guys were like
show us the balls
over and over again
we went a little psycho
and it's so fun to do on Shane
because he gets overwhelmed
you know
he kind of loses his mind
well he got the thousand yard stare
for a while
yeah I did
yeah I did
yeah yeah yeah
that was a good one
that was a really good one
I kind of lose my mind a lot
I mean you guys must have
some favorite Smosh moments
either yours
or somebody else's
well I was saying that
when I presented my Reddit stories
that was a good one
yeah
I haven't seen that
I went through
I went through
oh no
there's a lot of moments here
my blind spot
you might not need to see it
no I went through Reddit
and found my favorite subreddits
and then presented it
and Chance and Shane were like
oh
good job Amanda
that's fun
victory
Victorian whatever
one of them
you found subreddits
that were like
well there you go
yeah
no mine was like
wasn't mine only like Jersey
it was like Long Island
it was like Long Island subreddits
pretty good stuff
yeah they thought it was fine
pretty good quality
maybe this is why I haven't seen it
it hasn't made any of the compilations
no no probably not
I don't think it ever will
that's sad
yeah
it's hard to keep track
of all the moments
I feel like already this week
it's only Tuesday
and this week
I already have favorite moments
wow
from what's going on
it's just how you guys live out here
it's just nuts man
also you've been on the channel
like you've been on
almost every single show
that we have
yeah
I haven't had my smegot
I think main channel
is the only thing I'm not doing
yeah
because I
it's cringe
and I don't want to
they pitched it to me
and I was like
I'd rather die
I love you so much
that is fucking awesome
I'd rather die
no Angela wanted me on it
she was like
let's do it right now
and she pulled out her phone
and she was like
hey we're on bit city
and I was like
hi
yeah you're like
no I don't like this at all
get me out of here
it would be fun
I think doing character shit
is really funny to do
wigs
yeah
yeah
I think as a
this isn't one
if you're asking
no okay wait
is this your natural hair color
yeah
it's so fucking awesome
thank you
when did your hair
start going like silver
first gray hair
I ever got was 16
really
yeah
mine was 15 too
yeah
I was on a trampoline
with my friends
and he was like
I thought it was
not gray hair
at the top of your head
and he plucked it out
and I was like
oh wait
you're never supposed
to pluck out gray hair
that's a myth
no it's not
check your subreddit
it's not
I actually fucking did
check your subreddit
check conspiracy subreddit
okay wait
what was your
what color was your hair
brown or
yeah
it was kind of like
my beard color
it was brown
and then I
I dyed my hair green
for YouTube
shout out
everyone knows
the green hair
fun
and then
when I had to dye it back brown
to get my natural color back
then the gray started
to really show
and I was like
I don't like it
you didn't like it
I kept dyeing it for years
until last year
and I let it go
it looks awesome
it's literally
thank you
incredible
thank you
I feel like people who go gray
that's the color that they want
people
it's always like
it's always like sandy gray
but yours is like
gray silver
yeah in the early
like when I was like 20
doing YouTube
you could see like
the salt and pepper
a little bit but
how long have you been doing YouTube
13 years
holy shit
you're sitting on a channel
that's done
done in 20 years
I know
I know
but whatever
yeah
but we weren't paying attention
yeah
yeah
whatever
13 years
did you always like
do it on your own
or do you
are you still doing it
on your own
I have like
a team at home now
that's like
max four people
that I work with
so
and you hired them
yeah
don't worry about that noise
who's cheering
don't worry
they're filming
try not to laugh
yeah they're filming
which you're about to do
I know I'm nervous
you and me
are you nervous
yes
okay
wait wait
I'm nervous too
because I've only done
one
since
since I got back
and try not to laugh
used to be my happy place
are all your jokes
about babies now
yeah
oh yeah yeah yeah
all about babies and birth
I'm nervous
because a lot of
try not to laugh stuff
is like inside jokes
which I feel like
I'm not privy to
many of them
but it's also like
I'm good at like
showing up
and bringing energy
and reacting
and that's all you need
that's all you need
and then
try not to laugh
is like okay
now go out
and do a bit
and I'm like
I think I can do it
but
you're gonna be fine
you can take
anybody
me or anybody
out to do your bit
okay
I actually don't usually do
inside jokes
you wanna do a wrestling move
yeah
DDT
yeah you wanna throw me
up in the air
no you're throwing me
oh I'm gonna throw you
I'm just like
throw me through a wall
or something
that's all TNTL takes
if you just commit 100%
you're gonna be fine
your episode of TNTL
that you're about to film
will probably air
a couple months
from
2027
this episode
but
it's gonna be great
have you guys always been
so open about
how far ahead you are
I think it's
it's in particular right now
I think recently
it's been very
it's
we're a little more ahead
than I think we ever plan
on being ever again
for reasons
I worry that
I'm to blame for that
cause people found out
I was coming
and then
that episode didn't air
for like three months
and people were like
what's happening
no no
I feel like we're more open
on the pod
because
the pod used to
we would film it
and it was always
like a month later
only until
I don't know
a year
did it get more topical
I forget
I just think
we've been honest
about it
I think people know
like
when they see
me in like
social posts
and I don't have a mustache
but I have a mustache
from months ago
in a video
it's hard to not
clock
when you're watching
especially if you're
watching it every day
you're just like
this didn't happen today
well
a bit city got released
when I was on
maternity leave
and everyone's like
oh my god she's back
and I'm like
no no
I'm like five months
pregnant in that
you can just convince
the internet
you're anywhere
just go on a holiday
and like plan out
a European trip
and then keep
posting those all year
and people are like
did they move
yeah yeah yeah
you could fuck with people
Sean we need to
have you back here
sometime
like for a whole episode
I know I keep saying
like I'll come
I'll do everything
all day
I'll do every video
and then they're like
here's three things
you can do
I'm like come on
you want to do
every video
yeah
alright
the three videos
are going to take
like five hours
okay
I mean you're in
a lot of videos today
I am
you're doing a
try not to laugh
and then you're going
to be in reddit stories
later
I'm excited
and you're in
games video with me
you're doing a whole
bunch man
I'm so excited
welcome
so pumped
my energy I bring
is that I'm the
shitty little brother
and I will
oh I watched
I make fun of you
I watched
I don't know why
that's my default
that's what I go to
that's my love language
is to like make fun
of people for some reason
there's nothing better
than having the
shitty little brother
I don't know
my energy
we were just talking
about it
that my energy
has kicked up a notch
since I got back
from maternity leave
nice
trying to prove something
like it's a little crazy
I don't actually think so
I actually don't think so
I was wondering
how long it would take
I'm trying really hard
with Shane and Damien
it was like 15 minutes
I'm trying really
well like I said
my brother-in-law
has a very thick
thick accent
okay
so anytime that I'm around him
I start to do it
and he thinks my accent
is awful
it's
I've heard way worse
yeah okay
there you go
where you turn into like
a Simpsons police officer
that some people do
no
so does this
is this like not good
or oh wait
wait this is kind of different
oh
oh
I don't know what you're doing
I don't actually know either
what's going on
everyone close your eyes
and just listen to a man
right now
I don't actually know
what's happening
so do you like
do you like this accent
is this like northern
Northern Ireland
or
Northern Ireland
no it's nothing
I would just say
let the internet judge you
oh
and we love that here
and they do
and they will
just let them do it
I'm not going to speak
for all of my people
your people
also my accent
is kind of gone
we were talking about it
last time
yeah you sound like
you're from
Camarillo
well that's why
where the fuck
is Camarillo
Nobody knows.
We can't find it.
That's why at the party I was like, wait, where are you from?
Because it was slight.
Yeah, when I say like, oh, I'm going to go to the bar, then it's like. Bar.
Then it comes out.
The bar.
Wait, so how long have you been here?
The bar.
How long have you been here?
Like a week.
No.
I don't live here.
Yeah.
Where the fuck do you live?
I live in the UK.
That one was bad.
Oh, really?
Yeah.
So why is your accent so light, you said?
Because all my friends are American, and all the stuff I watch is American.
And my partners from the Netherlands, and their accents sound American when they speak English.
Your partners from the Netherlands?
Yeah.
That's incredible.
All right, I think. Wait, no, we can't stop.
No, no.
Clearly, we just need to have Sean back.
Yeah.
For real.
Clearly, I just need to hang out with Sean.
Okay.
This has been so much fun.
Selena, thank you for everything that you do.
Thank you, guys.
Shout out, Selena.
We love you so much, Selena.
And Sean, thank you.
Thanks for stopping by.
My presence is brought to you by ZocDoc.
But also, thank you to you guys for watching and for helping us grow.
And I'm very happy to be back, even if I am a nutty.
Hey.
With that, we'll see you in 2026.
Bye.
Bye.
Podcast Summary
Key Points:
Selena has been a core producer and director of Smosh Mouth for over two years, playing a critical role in production, editing, and episode planning.
The team operates in constant pre-, during-, and post-production, with episodes being edited and finalized months before release.
Selena oversees content quality, cuts material, and selects shorts, which she says are among the funniest and most authentic parts of the show.
Returning after a four-month absence, Selena is described as "unfiltered" and "charged up," with a comedic energy likened to a "Super Saiyan" state.
The 2025 year was intense and successful, marked by major events like the return of Summer Games and the 20th-anniversary celebration.
Smosh has expanded significantly, doubling its space and increasing operations, reflecting its growth amid industry challenges.
A new podcast format idea—recording on a roller coaster with audio-only content—has been pitched as a fun, immersive experiment.
The team enjoys recurring games like Jeopardy, bingo, riddles, and tongue twisters, and values consistent, steady growth of the Smosh Mouth audience.
Summary:
Selena, a long-time producer and director of Smosh Mouth, shares her insights into the show’s production, growth, and creative evolution over the past two years. She emphasizes the continuous workflow—from pre-production planning to post-production editing—highlighting her role in ensuring quality, selecting content, and managing the team’s workflow. Returning after a four-month absence, Selena describes a dramatic shift in her comedic energy, calling it a “Super Saiyan” level of unfiltered, high-octane humor.
The 2025 season was particularly intense, marked by major events like the return of Summer Games and the 20th-anniversary celebration, which boosted team visibility and engagement. Smosh has expanded significantly, doubling its space and increasing operations, reflecting its growth amid industry changes. Selena also shares exciting new ideas for the podcast, such as recording a roller coaster-themed audio-only episode, and highlights the team’s favorite games and traditions, like bingo, riddles, and tongue twisters.
The podcast celebrates the show’s steady growth, with a loyal audience that has remained engaged over time. The discussion concludes with a lighthearted, self-deprecating humor about personal habits, including Selena’s love of thrift shopping and Shane’s wine-guessing, and a fun surprise guest appearance planned for the episode. The overall tone is joyful, reflective, and deeply rooted in the collaborative, energetic culture of Smosh.
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Selena has been working with Smosh for over two years, joining shortly after the channel started in 2023.
Selena serves as the producer, director, and operations manager, overseeing pre-production, filming, editing, and ensuring smooth workflow across all teams.
Selena reviews edits, cuts content, and helps shape the final episodes, including selecting and curating shorts that are often her favorite parts of the show.
Her return brought a surge of energy and humor, with Shane and Amanda noting she has entered a 'Super Saiyan' state—unfiltered, chaotic, and creatively powerful.
The team plans episodes months in advance, but frequently changes content due to evolving ideas, with production teams reviewing early concepts and feedback throughout the process.
Highlights include the birth of Selena’s son, the successful return of Summer Games, a heartfelt holiday party, and a spontaneous six-seven gesture trend that spread across Japan.
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