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#130 - Everyone Wants Us To Talk About This

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#130 - Everyone Wants Us To Talk About This

This curated Smosh episode features a lively, humorous conversation sparked by input from staff members on a wide range of topics. From the return of BTS members after military service to the cultural rise of K-pop, the group shares personal anecdotes and nostalgic reflections on music, animation, and pop culture. Themes of pirate lore, conspiracy theories like the Montauk project, and beloved TV shows such as *Lost* and *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* are explored with enthusiasm. The discussion also highlights viral internet culture, including pranks like "Mr. Chip’s" and the popularity of "Badays" for hygiene, as well as niche interests like Rubik’s cube solving and military base shopping. A notable segment celebrates *I Love Lucy* as a groundbreaking show that revolutionized television through film production, interracial representation, and the multi-camera format. The tone remains light and engaging, blending personal stories, humor, and deep dives into cultural phenomena, showcasing the team’s passion for storytelling and shared humor across generations.

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- Hi, welcome to Smosh Mouth, I'm Shane. - And I'm Amanda, just Amanda. - Our special guest today is actually kind of everyone at Smosh in a way. - Yeah, that's so true. - Because what we have today is a curated episode where Selena reached out to everyone who works at Smosh and asked them, "Hey, what do you want us to talk about?" And we got a list here of a bunch of varying topics. - Yeah, if you guys wanna see one of the other curated episodes we've done, we did one for Keanu's birthday where Courtney presented the episode that Keanu curated for us, and it was so much fun. - And I think pretty soon we're gonna do a Courtney episode. - Yeah. - Where Courtney's gonna come on and all of the topics are her pitches. - Spoiler? - Yeah, but we have a bunch here today, but before we get into this, how are you doing? - We're doing great. - Nice. - I was just saying, I feel, I don't know why, Januari, feels like the busiest month on the, it's like everyone in the world is like, okay, we've rested, so we have to get back to everything. Like it feels like everyone is trying to do it all in Januari. - It's kind of funny that you say that because January and February for me are always very slow empty months for me. - What? - Whereas the summer and fall, October is always hell. - Yeah, yeah. - It is the busiest month of my life, same with September. September, October are nuts. And then January, February feels kind of like, there's like a weird, like, it feels like low tide. And then March, it starts to pick up and by May, it's like, okay, things are busy. And then my summers are always so busy. - Whoa. - I don't know why, it's not like I can foresee it. - Maybe it's just my energy. - Yeah. - Because I really slow down in December. Like, I'm like, piece out. - I want to, but sometimes I can't. See, I think December and then early January were crazy because we did our Smosh Hospital live show. - Yeah, we did. - That I was creative director for. So like, I've been working on that. - So cool. - I've been working on that. - How long are you working on that for? - I went, I came up with the story pitch in June. And I was talking to George Primavera back then and he, he was writing the script. I was like giving notes on it all throughout June and July and then started working on production of it and like all the improv elements I was coming up with for like all of last year. And meeting with Jeremy to like punch up the script and add things and yeah. - It was so much fun. - It was really fun. - You guys were doctors. If you haven't seen it, you guys were doctors. You guys were switching off with other castmates who were basically like your doppelganger. Like you guys became one. And then there were just surprise improv elements and I got to be one of them. - Yeah. - Keith and Noah and Anthony and Damien and Chance. We all got to be like, surprise. We're hearing you guys didn't know it and that was actually really thrilling for us. - I'll let you guys know if it becomes available again. I'm sure it will be available at some point but to all those who watched it, thank you. I mean, so much. - Yeah, the letter box reviews are. - Yeah, perfect. - And then, but yeah, things are pretty chill right now. As of this airing, the Super Bowl was yesterday. - Oh my God, I'm so glad they won. - I know, I can't believe they won. Truthfully, realistically. If I'm a betting man, the Seahawks won. The Seahawks won the Super Bowl. - What? - If the Seahawks didn't win the Super Bowl, it was an upset and it was kind of crazy. - What are you gonna do if they didn't win? - Well, if the Broncos won, I'm getting a perm. - We know. - If the Patriots won, I'm just really bummed out. - So by this time, when this comes out, you're gonna have a perm. - Maybe not yet. I maybe need to grow my hair out more, but it's on its way. It's gonna happen soon. So if the Broncos won, look forward to that. - I can't wait. - The Patriots won, you're going full platinum. You're trimming your eyebrows off. - No. - You're getting a spray tan. - No, but I'll do like a little fun slit in this eyebrow. - You're gonna do that. - And then I'll make this one really, really thin and then I'll be really tan. And then I'll just wear silver. - Okay, great. - Yeah. - So if the Patriots won, you're doing that. - I love cut jeans. (laughing) - Great. - Just off my tan. (laughing) - If the Rams won, Scott's gonna make all of our content boom-only, no more microphones, no more loves, only booms. - Yeah. - I love that. - And then if Seahawks win, Selena, I don't know. What are you gonna do? - She's gonna shave her head? - Yep. - No, she's not, she has beautiful hair. She's not gonna shave her head. I actually, we can't have that happen. - Yeah, we can not have that happen. - We can't have that happen. - Okay, guys, the Broncos have to win. But no matter what, bad money, crushed it. - Crushed. - Absolutely crushed. - Yeah. - Killed it. - Do we want to get into some of these topics? - We have a lot of topics to talk about. - Okay, so we asked everyone who works at Tosh. - And some are anonymous, some said their names. So we know where some of the topics came from, but I have all the topic pitches right here on the side. - Yay. - All right. - Let's get into it. - First one, K-pop. It's just this K-pop. - I wonder who, who, who, who, guess who you think it was? - Ollie. - It was Ollie. - Okay. - They wrote BTS coming back from the military and having a music come back and what their general opinions are on K-pop music as a whole. - Yes. - What are general opinions are on K-pop? - What we think about K-pop. BTS has been gone for five years. - Because they had to go to the military. - They had to do military service. - That's wild. - They were literally BTS Army. - That's so wild. - And now the BTS Army gets to come back. It was kind of, it was kind of, it had to be insane to be like the number one like musicians in the world. And they'd be like, we have to leave and go do something. - Crazy thought. Is that why they release K-pop demon hunters so people can feel a little bit satisfied in the moment? - Oh well, K-pop is still gigantic. - Yeah, huge. - But it's, I mean, that movie did rock. - Yeah. - And I will admit, when I was scrolling through Netflix one day and I came across K-pop demon hunters, I was like, oh, this for kids, whatever. - That's what I thought too. - K-pop demons, oh my god. And then a couple friends of mine. My friend, Shelby Young, was like, have you watched K-pop demon hunters? And I was like, no, she's like, I've watched it five times. And I was like, five? - I was like, okay, at that point, she's probably watched it 20 times by now. And then I was talking about it here at work. And Ian was like, oh, I've watched it twice. People were like, everyone's obsessed with it. It does make sense. - That makes sense to me. - And I finally watched it. And I was like, damn, this, this slaps. It's fun. - I can't wait. - I've not seen it yet. - K-pop rocks. I've been listening to K-pop for a long time. I think I started listening to it occasionally like. - At the gym. - I used to say like eight years ago. - Whoa. - Just off and on. I'm more of like a singles person. I don't listen to like an album. But I kind of in particular love the first K-pop song that really I was like, damn, this hits is that song by twice, TT. That the music video, the music video is psychotic. Like they're just, it just hits different. There's a type of energy. What it reminds me of? What K-pop reminds me of is pop music in America back in like 2000. - Yes, yes. - Like in sync when it was like choreographed dances. It was flashy. It was shiny. - In sync, Backstreet Boys, Spice Girl. - Yes. - It was like that vibe. And we kind of have lost that a little. I think it's coming back now because of K-pop. - I thought it was like, I think we were like, oh, we've moved on from that because it's not cool. But it like, it was so cool. - It was so cool. I got served a video and I forgot about this. When in sync did the National Anthem for the World Series back in 2000. And they're all, they're all sitting there. It's like, and now to sing the National Anthem, it's in sync and there's booze in the crowd. 'Cause it's a sports crowd. And they're like in sync, this boy band, and they start singing. - You slated. - And everybody silences. - Of course. - And then by the end, everyone's like, yeah! 'Cause they were that good. - They were my boy band. I was up, no strings attached. I think it had to be. - I had that on too. - I was listening to that shit. - Do you remember that music video with the model? Like right around like, whoa. - Music videos were crazy back then. - Music videos were, they were your resume. - Yeah. - They were everything. - Yeah. - It's the slow like, the slow fade in. And then all that, and you just hear. - Hey, hey. (laughs) - It's actually one of my favorite karaoke songs to do like, hey, hey. (laughs) - Bim, bim, bim, bim, bim, bim, bim, bim, bim, bim, bim, bim. - I miss how campy like people would sing back then. - Or like, JC, JC would come in and he's like, he's like, he sings so, but. Justin's like, yeah. - What are your thoughts on Chris Kirkpatrick? - Chris Kirkpatrick. - You, you almost forgot. - You mean Google, goggles? (laughs) - You mean Google? - You mean Google? So he's there, he just got off the ski trip. He got off the ski list and he came in the back and I was like, yeah. - Do you think the goggles were his choice? - I definitely think. - Do you think he was like, I got to figure out some way. - No wardrobe was like, we have nothing for you. Put on the goggles now. - Your goggles man. - Like, you're a guy who's going fast. - I. - Or swimming. - But Joey. - Joey Fatone. - Joey's doing well. - Yeah, a lot of them are doing well. I don't know how, actually, you know what? I say a lot of them are doing well. I have not. - Lance Lance Bass is doing well. - I've not checked up on a lot of them in a long time. - JT has some things, but he's, I will forever love JT. I'm sorry, I love him. - Like that era of JT. - No, but I still love Justin. Ever like, like, that album mirrors, I think it was called. It was so good, like, he's just an excellent, amazing performer. - But wasn't he, but he was, he was awful to Brittany though. That came out. - He was awful to Brittany. - And like. - And for that. - So tough. That's, I would say Brittany Spears, like, that's the biggest, like, the biggest L of Millennials when it comes to pop culture. Like, we completely let her down. She and she rocked I was such a Brittany fan too. I was of course when her and JT showed up in all denim. That was a hit. But anyways K-pop. But anyways, all right. So back to you guys, no in sync members. Do you know, can you name any BTS members? I cannot. I name it. Jungkook is one of them, right? Is that BTS? Yeah. Yeah. So Ollie says yes, that's BTS. Jungkook is the only BTS member I know because he had a single that was a big, big hit. But I don't know all of them. I don't know how. I don't know. I don't know a lot of BTS. I'll be honest. The K-pop that I love are the girl groups. I think the music just hits different. I think like twice. New jeans. Katzai? Katzai is Katzai K-pop. It's like bottled after K-pop. Okay, okay. Do you want to know how I first heard about BTS? What's up? In a Smosh video, when we were doing a sketch, member, BTS army like the sketch that we did and I was playing like this general. We did a sketch forever going on. I didn't know anything about it. I didn't know anything. And people like I stand BTS and I was like, I don't know what you're saying. I don't know. What is it? I have located the most powerful army in the world. Not only have they disrupted political rallies. They have also thwarted bigoted online campaigns. But they're also capable of mobilizing millions in a matter of minutes. Who is it? The BTS army. These are just a bunch of teenage girls. And Derek. And me technically on 36. Anyways. Oh, in Blackpink. Blackpink. Yeah, the shit I love. Like the sound is just a little different. Yeah. I feel like. And I rock with it. You rock with it? It's super good, man. You wish Auntie rock with it? Yeah, dude. I do. Is that a Shanty? Or is that Aliyah? Oh my gosh. I'm now transported into this other universe. I know. We're back in time. Okay. Okay, moving on. Aliyah, do you feel satisfied? Great. He said not really. Actually, this meant no. Our next topic is pirates. And how they are incredibly gay. parenthesis, the TV show Black sales. You better make sure Black sales. Oh my God. So you love Black sales? Okay, I will say I watched a lot of Black sales and then I couldn't finish it because it just got so like sad. Really? Yeah, it did, but it is. Okay. Yeah, I mean, you got a bunch of sweaty half-naked men on a boat out in the middle of nowhere. What do you think's going to happen? I don't know. Tell me. Some gay stuff. Yeah, totally. Agreed. I mean, realistically, pirates. It's such a great. Well, you know what's wild about the era of pirates? It's such a short little period of time. But and it's because there was a big war. I think it was between, was it England and France or there, but there was a big naval war. Yeah. And then after that war, you had a bunch of sailors who were out of a job. And so it's like, what are we going to do? So like, the era of pirates wouldn't work because it's not easy to be learned how to run a ship. But there's still pirates to this day. Oh, yes, but it's not like that. No, that era of pirates was crazy. I mean, there's always going to be pirates and there always was. There's pirates back in ancient times. What's the main pirates name again? Blackbeard. The other guy. Oh, I don't know. Black sails that well. There's Blackbeard. What is it? I mean, Davy Jones, Smith, Jack Sparrow. Well, that's Johnny Depp. That's Johnny Depp. That's drunk Johnny Depp. Jack Sparrow. Wow, pirates. I do love pirates. I feel like we also, as a kid, pirates were a huge deal. Oh, yeah. Well, it's because Pirates of the Caribbean came out in when we were kids. No, it didn't. It's not like 2003. 2001. Honey, I was freaking not a kid. Was I a kid? I was still at my last years of being a kid. Oh, yeah. Maybe I guess. I guess you're right. You're right. I love those. I love Pirates of the Caribbean. Oh, I love Pirates because every summer when I was a kid, I would go to Key West. So we would be out on a boat out in the ocean in Key West, and I'm like, this is prime Pirates of the Caribbean. Pirate time. And I was just like, I was like, it would be so sick to be a pirate. Obviously, it wouldn't be. It would be awful. It would be awful. But in the goonies, I remember watching the goonies, and I was like, oh my god, these pirates are dead here down here in their stock. Oh, that's. Yeah, in Oregon or wherever the hell is. It feels like a, it is, it is an organ. It's like, they weren't there. No, they weren't there. Pirates were not an organ. No. Pirate, to me, was always like this mysterious like living out on the sea. Like I always really, really excited. It's really crazy. Like ships. Like being on a ship, on a wooden ship back in that time, you're gonna die. You get seasick? No. Same. Not at all. I had a Courtney through me a birthday party once. On a sailboat. And she surprised me with the sailboat and with a bunch of a bunch of friends. And it was awesome. But boy, did I learn how many of my friends get seasick? Because it's a sailboat, which is moving everywhere. I was having a great time. Of course. This is shortly after I'd broken my ankle. So I couldn't move around that much. So I kind of like was planted at one part of the boat. But I mean, lots of people were throwing up over the sea. I felt bad, but I had a great time. I mean, you had a great time. You're like, yay, people like, I was singing sea shanties. But yeah, there's an incredible book I read last year. It's not pirates, but it's called The Wager. And it's a true story about how back in the 1700s, they England was sending basically like hired pirates. They weren't pirates, but they they were sent to go and and basically rob Spanish galleons because they were against Spain. And they were like, well, we got a bunch of Spanish galleons on the Pacific side of South America. We want to sneak these boats over there to go steal gold from them. I think it's something along those lines. And but one of their boats shipwrecks at the bottom of South America. And they they get stranded on an island down there. And nobody in the world knows about them because it was a secret. And so they were stuck for months on this stranded island. And there's a mutiny. And eventually multiple different parties try to escape. And the survivors from it are found. One is found on the western side of South America. A couple others were found on the eastern side months later. They had been out at sea. It's a crazy story. And there's all in like the 1700s, nuts. I'm I'm low-key obsessed with shipwrecks. It's it's a you should read it. It's incredible. I really should because it's devastating. Yeah. The funniest part. And this isn't supposed like it's it's not like, oh, here's some big crazy twists. But there's a part where they're they're down there. And also in these natives show up. Like people who were in indigenous to the area. And they talk about how these people were wearing like no clothing. They would they would cover themselves in seal fat. And that's in like oils. And that's how they stayed warm. So they're like these people show up. They didn't have shirts or anything. And it's freezing out. And immediately they caught a ton of food and had a ton of stuff ready when they were trying to help these shipwreck guys. It took like one day for some of these dudes to be like, we should kill these fucking people and like steal from them. And so the indigenous people quickly were like, we need to get the fuck out here. Yeah, because they're smart and they're helping them. Left them alone. And then they were screwed. It's like you dumbasses. Hey, come on. These people are covered in oil trying to offer you food. Take it. Yeah. If someone shows up covered in oil helping me, I'm trusting them. Yeah. What is an amazing, it's an amazing story. I love that. The way you're really cool. Okay. Really cool. And it it follows all these real written accounts from back then. Wow. Because they kept like out at sea, they'd keep logs. Yeah, of course. Like you that was the only record of anything. It was so fascinating. Logs back then because otherwise just like what happened, we don't know. Especially if there was a shipwreck or if people died. Yeah. All right, moving on from sort of pirates, sort of pirates. The next topic is the Montauk project. This was written like in Montauk. New York. So yeah, this there is a conspiracy theory. The Montauk project I looked it up last night. I think it was in Montauk, New York. It was back in like the 40s. It's this conspiracy that the government was holding experiments on telepathy and mind control and mind reading and all this stuff. It's the basis of stranger things. That's what stranger things was inspired from. Really? Because the government apparently was this also, I might be wrong, was the Montauk project also the men who stare at goats? Is that is that a different movie? Is that a different telepathy experiment that the government had? There's been stories about the government having like I'm sure the government's tried. That makes sense to me. Have you ever been to Montauk? No, I've not been, I've only been to Manhattan and like a little bit of Brooklyn. I've not, I've not been up. I'm not, I'm not like a big East Coast. I don't know. East Coast that well. Shane. Been in New Jersey a couple times. Shane. We got to get you tonight. I know. It's crazy. It's a perk. Cheers. I mean, it's crazy because my first memories are of Virginia and a couple of DCs, but that's the most East Coast as I have memories of. Wow. Yeah, I know. >> I'm not an East Coast guy. >> I will say I haven't been to Montauk but I've always wanted to go because you can read Monts. >> Because I can read Monts and I've seen the show The Affair. Obviously. >> Yeah. >> Who's ever seen the show The Affair? It's all Montauk. >> Nice. >> Yeah. Pretty cool. But this makes sense to me, do they think, I know you only looked up quickly, do they think this like stopped at a certain time because people shut it down or that it's still going? >> I mean, maybe it's like, oh, we haven't heard more about it because they did discover it's real. >> Is this anonymous? >> The Montauk. >> Awesome. >> It's Alyssa, one of our editors. >> Oh, my God. We're not doing Alyssa justice right now because we don't have. >> I just don't know enough. >> I don't know enough. >> If you guys know about the Montauk theory, let us know because I mean, if it's based off Stranger Things. >> Well, Stranger Things is based off the Montauk project. >> Can I ask this question, but maybe I shouldn't because it's kind of a spoiler of the last episode of Stranger Things. >> All right. Skip 30 seconds ahead. >> Spoiler alert. Okay. >> Do we think 11 died at the end of Stranger Things or do we think she is alive and she like went to like a place with two waterfalls? >> I think it's, I think it's your choice. I think it's whatever you choose to believe. >> I think Mike thinks that she's dead and he's making up this beautiful story and that's my decision. Anyways, Montauk, I, yeah, I mean, look, this stuff is fun and interesting. I mean, my, I'm sure they run experiments and they're like, Dad, it's not, we're not finding anything. >> Here's my deal with conspiracy theories. I sometimes struggle because I get really into them and then sometimes the further I go, I go. >> I, I think my unfortunate, really abysmal take with conspiracy theories when it comes to government stuff is I'm like, government doesn't need mind control until empathy, propaganda has worked pretty damn well for them. >> Whoa. >> Knowledge jar. >> They're just doing shit and we're just like, stealing it, they're not even hiding it. >> But a government's dumb as fuck. >> I guarantee they. >> But they get away with this shit. >> They do. I guarantee they've had people in like doing experiments on them. >> Oh, they've done, they probably, though they have, they've done some, they have. >> They have. >> In studying psychology, there's some atrocious experiments that have happened on people. >> Cool. Moving on to the next one. >> Moving on to the next topic. >> Moving on to the next one. >> Moving on to the next one topic. Learn martial arts, I'm gonna have a bunch of cutscenes where I'm training with a teacher. I'm gonna have a burner phone, and I'm going to lure you, and you are gonna try to abuse me one more time, and then I'm gonna take you down. - Okay. - I just created, I coined this term, enough, whatever. I don't know what it's called, but it's like-- - Enough, like she's had enough. - It's like revenge, like female, like double jeopardy. - Yeah. - Double jeopardy, one of my favorite, like back in the day movies. - 'Cause it's kind of vengeance. - It's, you like a little bit of revenge. - It's specific, though. It's like abusive relationship vengeance. - Okay, that's a very specific trope. - Yes. - There is a new subreddit that I've been getting served a lot, which is just movie tropes, and it goes into very specific ones that I love, and it had one recently, and what they do is they give a couple examples in the post, and then people in the comments, all they comment is other examples of the trope. - Oh, I wanna care. - And there was a great one recently where it was like, main character has a weakness that gives them an advantage against the opposition. And the example they used is the episode of Futurama, where they go up against these super brain alien monsters, and Philip J. Fry, the main character. He's the only person who can go into their planet and like, as a threat to them, because he's so stupid that his brain is unaffected by them, because they can mind control of the people. - I love that. - But his brain is so stupid that there's nothing for them to control. It's fucking awesome. - Wait, okay, so this is kind of a protagonist trope in like every romanticie book, is these, they call them half breeds, so they're half human, half magical, so in the fantasy world, pure breed is like the best, right? We can relate it to a lot of things. - Yes. - These half breeds are always looked down upon, right? Because they don't have all 100% magic or whatever. But they always have something that the others don't, right? It's always their underdog story. They actually are always meant for something greater because they have to dig deep. - Yeah. - And it's basically, the theme is like, it's always been in you vibes. - That's what I feel like. That's what I do like those tropes. - I love, I love a lot of like, these are kind of like very anime tropes, but I always love an underdog story. - Me too. - It's the thing, it's anime and it's sports movies. It's like, you don't have enough kid. You're not able to make it. - And then. - And then they do it. I love also in like superhero or fantasy context, when the person does not have powers, when everybody else does, but they just find a way to overcome and do it. - This person doesn't have powers. - The main character, the protagonist does not have powers, but just works so hard and goes so hard. - That's kind of like the half breed theory, slightly. - There's an anime called My Hero Academia, where it's a world where the majority of the world has powers of some varying degrees, and this main character wants to be a hero so bad. And at a certain age, you find out if you're gonna get powers or not, and he finds out he doesn't. And then more stuff happens, but he's just so determined to like become a hero. - I love that. - It's very much like that's so many anime's, is just I wanna do this thing, you can't, but I'm gonna work so hard that it's gonna happen. - Right. - And I love that shit. - Like that theme, that lesson, that it's in you. - Yes. - You don't have to, it's the outside world is not going to give you your power, it's in you. - Or that, and also that you're gonna find your own version of your power. - Yes. - Um, there's another show that was like that too, and I forget what it was called. It was a story where it's like this, the main character's like a prince, and but he's like literally the weakest person in the world. He finds out it's like you are the weakest person on planet earth, but he finds his own way of being like, of overcoming obstacles in his own. - Is this not also Lord of the Rings? - Yeah, I mean, Frodo, there's a lot of things, but like. - Frodo's a perfect example, 'cause Frodo's a hobbit, but his willpower is stronger than a ring, but ultimately the real power is Samwise Gamji. - Sam. - Sam's, that love, love, love and loyalty conquers all. - Mr. Frodo. - Mr. Frodo. - Mr. Frodo. - No, I can't carry it, but I can't carry you. - Sam. - That movie. I watched all three of those movies on a flight on the way back from Japan. I was like, all right, it's time. - I watched them every Christmas. - They're perfect Christmas. - Every single Christmas. - Oh, I do have to say, the other tropes that I love, really quick. I love any version of enemies to love or for, or rivals to friends. - I was just gonna say that. - That's another very anime one. - Vegeta and Goku, come on. - Yeah. (laughing) - Yeah. - But no. - Enemies to lovers. - And Ferra, come on. - Enemies to lovers is fucking awesome. - Enemies to lovers is my absolute favorite, but there is a way to do it right. I think some people rush the storyline. The best enemies to lovers is like that perfect mix of like, we don't like each other, we're getting a relationship, we're forced to work together somehow, we're forced to be together, forced proximity. There's something going on, but it has to have enough time to really let it settle. - You need to really believe it. - And they have to hate them, but they can't be like super crazy mean. - Yeah. - 'Cause that, it's like, it has to be justifiable. - And that's hard to do, right? You have to kind of like support both of them. - Yes. - They need to both have their legitimate reasons. - Enemies to lovers is my absolute favorite. - Yeah, I mean, to me with most stories, 'cause it kind of makes me think of just enemies and rivals, I think almost all stories, how good they are depends upon the antagonist. A bad antagonist makes the story mean nothing, right? And you think about so many movies and TV shows that are incredible, and it's 'cause the antagonist was perfect, right? Like this is what people talk about. - Give an example. - Thanos in Marvel, right? Thanos, so many Marvel movies are kind of nothing, and they kind of have been forgotten, but Avengers is so awesome. 'Cause Thanos had such a like, you believed him in his commitment. - He's like the dad that's like, let me talk to you real quick. - He wasn't evil for being evil. Like he truly believed his own shit. - Which is the best villain. - And he was such a like, kind of human villain for being such a crazy fantastical being. - Best villain. - It makes him so engaging and entertaining. I'm trying to think of other really good villains, on a more subtle scale, like. - Maleficent. - Yeah, I was also gonna say a weird one is like Devil Wars Prada. - Oh, yes. - Is Marvel sweeping that? Like, is such a perfect villain? 'Cause it's like, holy shit. Like I have to go against you, but I also love you. Oh, and Darth Vader. You have to kind of love the villain. You have to like, really enjoy seeing them on screen. But also-- - So much of Star Wars, Kylo Ren. Like towards the end of, what was that movie that he's in? Like that last movie that he was in? - Oh. - Is that the last Jedi? - The rise of Skywalker. - No, something else. - Ray. - Ray Star Wars. - Yeah, like Glupshitto in Star Wars. - Glupshitto. - Okay. Glupshitto. Okay, moving on. - Okay, I could go on forever. - I know, I know, I'm going on. - But moving on. - Well, 'cause we have to. - We have a Reddit episode we're gonna do soon, and I will bring up the character. - Please. - The thing. Okay, the next topic is another TV show. The ABC Primetime Television Show Lost, which I was obsessed with. I was obsessed with Lost. Would they push the button in the hatch? Man of science or man of faith? Would you do well in a plane crash on a deserted island situation? - Here's the deal, I did not watch Lost, but I read an article about all of it, - But I heard about it from my cousin once. - Nope, I read like a whole deep dive article about the ending, and I was like, see, I watched Lost when it was airing, and I caught up to it. When it first aired, it was such a cultural phenomenon. 'Cause that pilot is, I would argue that is maybe the best pilot in television. - Really? - That first episode is amazing. It sets up a million characters, which is such a hard feat. It ends, I mean, okay, I'm gonna spoil the first episode. - I think it's okay. You're like, okay, all you know is they're crashing on this island, and this is crazy. And then you're trying to just like, all these characters are finding their way to each other and figuring out what's going on. - Because they don't know each other. - But the episode kind of has this big climactic moment where Locke, the guy who you find out was in a wheelchair on the plane, he's standing up and walking on the beach. And it's like, that's all you needed to just set up like this island is weird. And that's kind of the premise of the whole show. - Can I tell you what the theory of that I read is? Can I tell you? - Yeah. - Well, I don't know if this is the answer. - Okay. - I don't know what the answer is. - They never, a lot just kind of never got the answer. - Okay, this person's theory, or the article that I read, it's theory was that they died that first episode. - Well. - And the rest is purgatory. - Which, which, that was like the theory while we were watching it, and it kind of, but-- - It's the main theory. - That's the main theory was that it was purgatory, that they're kind of in a weird-- - What do you think? - I think the writers got in over their heads. I think they didn't know. I think they truly did know. - Do you think they ended it and didn't know? - Well, this was network television. I think originally they wanted it to be one season, then they wanted it to be three seasons, but they kept getting pushed for more seasons. - How many seasons? - Six seasons. And there's a lot of seasons where it's like, this season wasn't necessary. Seasons one through three are some of the most engaging television I've ever watched. - Wow. And then 4 through 6 is kinda like. They're figuring it out. - Is this anonymous? - This was Caroline. - Oh my God. - Who was two years old when lost game? (laughing) Our next one, this one's great. I needed to get to this one. This person writes in, "My special interest is keeping my career intact. My career and reputation is taking a major hit from my Mr. Chip's branding and now I need a PR team to fix it." So Jonathan, when Damien co-hosted with me, it was a rough time for Jonathan. - I'm glad that I wasn't here, actually, so I don't have to take any blame. - Well, Jonathan needed you here, because-- - He did, 'cause I would've-- - He was on his own-- - He was on his own with Damien. - And stuck up with him, so tell me. (laughing) - There was an episode where Damien and I were hosting and Jonathan was trying desperately to open up a package of something. And Damien was like, "I'm sorry, is there an old lady opening up "where there's a original somewhere in the studio?" (laughing) And it was Jonathan. - And I look over and I see Jonathan across the room, just kinda like. (laughing) And then later on, Damien, I think this was, oh, this was Angela was here, Jonathan's phone went off and then Damien goes, "Oh, if it isn't Mr. Chip's." (laughing) - But you know what? - Jonathan, don't feel bad. - Those were the two times that Jonathan had. - Damien does this. - Yeah, it's a Damien. - Damien could be talking and then all of a sudden, he goes, "Did you guys hear that pin drop?" Like, he hears it all. - Nothing escapes, Damien. - Listen. - That's like the eye of Sauron, Lord of Ricks. - It's an icon, okay? - Yes. - Mr. Chip's, that name is dead and gone. Ladies and gentlemen. - Yes, Jonathan's loving this. - It's Jonathan, okay, it's. (laughing) It's, okay, can we get you on set? Jonathan. Am I right? - Jonathan. - Jonathan. - Okay. - Snatched. - Snatched. - Mr. Chip's, Mr. Chip's is dead. Mr. Chip's is gone. Also, where there's our delicious and old people do love them. - So we got a bunch of packs of where there's originals to pull a prank on Damien. - I remember. - And ever since Selena has a couple packages on her desk and I'll sneak one of them every now and then. And they are amazing. - Do you know what they look like? - What? - Troll bellies. - What the fuck are you talking about? - You guys. - I just can't get over. There's a Nick Crowl joke from, oh, hello on Broadway where they say where there's originals are the amber alert of caramels. (laughing) - It's all I think about. It's one of the funniest jokes of all time. - No, they're troll bellies. - Okay. - Did you ever have those Norwegian trolls going up? - I know what you're talking about. - The ones with a crazy hair. - The troll movies. - The cute little belly. - Trolls. - Trolls, trolls. - Trolls movie. - Okay. - That's what they look like. A troll's belly. - All right, moving on. - Great. - We're gonna skip down a couple 'cause someone brought up heated rivalry again. Caitlin brought up another TV show. Star Trek Deep Space Nine. She says my favorite TV show, and I believe it created the blueprint for a lot of type prestige dramas that followed. It would be hard to discuss it without watching all 176 episodes, but I would love if they could watch the pilot if they are willing to do that. Or just, I don't know, look at pictures of the characters and try to figure out who they are and what their deal is. I just wish more people would talk about this show at all. Well, I think you're quirk. - Show me a picture. - If quirk looks like Grinch, you're dead, buddy. (laughing) - Okay, I'm gonna show you quirk. - If quirk looks like Baby Grinch, I'm just like. - They look like this. - What is wrong with you? - Okay. - What is actually, can we put on a picture? - It was the only name I knew from the show. - You think I look like that? - No. - Thank you. - Great eyebrows. - So I was googling, I looked at that. I did some googling last night. And a lot of lists put Deep Space Nine as the best Star Trek show of all time. - Whoa. - Yeah. Star Trek is just such a commitment, man. - It's so, it's such a commitment. - I don't know if you're like this, but I am someone that I'm like, if I'm gonna get into a new show or an IP and it's committing. - People go, oh, you can start on season four or oh, you can start with the sequel series. I'm like, I can't. I need to know everything. - I am going to Google from the person who created it, the order to watch it in, read it in, whatever. That's me. See, like, if I'm gonna watch Star Trek, I'm like, I gotta start with the '60s one. I have to. Especially Star Trek, it compounds on itself. - With what's his name? - William Shatner. - Yeah. - And that guy. - Leonard Nimoy. - Yes. Wasn't he in Star Wars, too? - No. - Thank you. - Oh, I'd have to start here. - Whoa. - That was, that was Captain Kirk. - Do that impression, anywhere. - People would love it. - I do that all the time. - Oh, wow. - Spook, we've encountered a strange planet. - Whoa! - That, Captain Kirk was one of, when I was a kid, that was one of my first impressions, where my parents and other people would be like, oh, he's so good at impressions. He should get into acting. I'm over here just quoting family guy. - Do you know what mine was? Was Marilyn Monroe? - Mr. President. - You're eight years old. - I'm in, come on over and I like, happy birthday. Tee, I'm not even kidding. Tee, you, that was mine. - Oh. - Pretty cool. - That's pretty cool. - I love, and then you talk about the JFK assassination. - She's eight years old. - Who killed JFK, guys? - Yeah, you'd be like, all right, enough of that impression. Who do we think killed JFK? - All right. - The next one, we have all these TV shows. - Okay. - Someone said, "Smiling friends." - I know you watch that. I have not seen it. - Funny or terrifying, is it the adult SpongeBob? This is anonymous. I am obsessed with smiling friends. I, but here's the thing, I was obsessed with the animator when he was just making stuff on YouTube. Like 14 years ago. - Whoa. - Yeah. - Big fan, his name was psychic pebbles, and he would make these wacky, wacky stints. - Psychic. - Imagine how insane, like, when you watch old small sketches from like 2010, and you're like, "Whoa, this is crazy." That arrow was nuts. Times that by a million, and that was animation on YouTube. And I was obsessed with animation at the time. - Was that? - Solid fingers? - Solid fingers is one of them. This is even crazier. This was like-- - 'Cause solid fingers made me go-- - 'Cause solid fingers, like, truly, that, like, kids were watching that stuff. This was not appropriate for kids, battle. In fact, a lot of old animation, when I pull it up, it's same with any old YouTube video you'd be like, "Oh, my God, my favorite YouTube video from 2009." And you pull it up and you're going, "Oh, my God, I've got what they're saying in this." A lot of that. But smiling friends, the TV show is so funny. I don't know if you'd find it funny. You would find, I think you would find-- - I think I would. - Nothing funny? You would appreciate-- - No, that's not true. - But I think if something is really funny, even if it's not your style of comedy, you would appreciate it. - I would, yes. - It's very, like, quick paced. It's a lot of, like-- - Comedy has to surprise me. - It's smiling friends would surprise me. - Okay. - It would 100% surprise you. - All right. - Then I'm in. - All right. Next, "Badays." Why are they so controversial? How is everyone not immediately team "Baday?" If you got poop on your hand, you wouldn't just wipe it off with paper. You'd wash it. The changes went to Japan and probably met a top tier "Baday." And maybe has a strong opinion on this. Maybe we should get Tushy to sponsor this episode. This is anonymous. - Here's the deal. Why are you getting poop on your hand first? - Yeah, we gotta talk about something else. - I have a Tushy. I'm obsessed with it. We have "Badays." I love them. They are everything. - Yeah. - Stop getting poop on your hand. I just have to say that again. Tushy's the best. It is affordable. It is easy. And it's perfect. Like you just clean it up. - This is a free ad read for them. - No, seriously. - I was a toxic American and I scoffed at them for a long time. I was like, "Baday is on my hand." - "Baday is on my hand." And then I got one and I used it. I was like, "This is life-changing." - Isn't it life-changing? - This is life-changing. - The first time I ever saw "Baday" was when I was, I was a teenager and my mom, and I went to Italy on like a special trip. We fought maybe 95% of the time, but it was really fun. I was an asshole. I'm not even kidding. I was like, "I want to talk to my boyfriend." (laughs) Nightmare. No awful. I really, I do regret it. I tell her this. I'm like, "I regret that." And she was like, "Thank you for saying that." - Wow. - But there was a "Baday" in where we were staying. And I just flipped it on and I was like, "Wah!" (laughs) And it was just like, I had no idea. - Yeah. It's, oh, and so I went to Japan and they are insane there. - Oh. Seat war. - War seat war. - Not only "Badays" but also like a dryer. - Oh. - All this stuff. - If you, there's like one restaurant in LA that has like one of those toilets. - It's insane. - Yeah. - You have like a whole main frame on the wall. - It's, you're like pressing all these buttons. - They're expensive as hell. - You get a free BBL. - How? - Moving on. No, I'm just kidding. It's truly incredible. It's like, man, this is so much cheaper than having all this toilet paper all the time. I think you make this investment. You just hit the thing. - It's so great. - It dries you. - I know. Back to the show. Our next topic, they wrote, "Johnny Apple Seed." This is anonymous, but we know that it's gotta be Luke. His sweat, okay, especially 'cause they wrote, "His sweat borgianism, the fact that he would keep dry rust in his pocket to hand to children, the fact that his apples were not domesticated and couldn't be eaten but could be used to make liquor, it kept a pot on his goddamn head. Yeah, Johnny Apple Seed, I guess, was a real guy. - Yeah. - So I walked one time at lunch, I walked over and I was hanging out with Luke and Marcus and Matt Durand and Alexena, and they were all laughing and Luke was like, no, Johnny Apple Seed is a real guy. And I was like, this is what you guys are talking about. talking about, and he was going on a rant about how Johnny Appleseed was a real person who just spread seeds, and that's where the trees are. Planta seeds, but they were, they were cider apples. They weren't apples. They were alcoholic. They were for making cider. I think cider was a bigger deal back in the day. Courtney's so bummed that cider is not a bigger thing. It's her favorite thing, and it's like kind of, it's kind of going away. I know it is, but she's so sad because I love cider. I know. You know what you should just do really dry orange wine. It kind of tastes like cider in a very small way. But you know, that's kind of similar with beer. IPAs were created because they were coming from India or something on ships, and they needed the beer to last, so they added more hops so that the beers would last longer. Oh. That's actually a true fact. That's why it's called an India Paleo. Yeah. Because I never understood that. Yes. So they added more hops to make it last the voyage, and I can't remember where they were headed to, but that's why it's called India Paleo. I feel like IPAs are on the out. Am I wrong? I feel like they're kind of on the out. IPAs. Sowers are my fave. I don't feel like they're kind of on the out because you worked out of me. Well, my croppers are on the out. You worked at a bar that's 72 taps. Wow. I had to take the sister on beer test. Wow. I was really into beer. I learned so much about beer, like the color, the taste, so cool, where it comes from. Like I was really into like sours and and monk beers and like wheat beers because they would just leave the top off and then have they would have it would be called like a barnyard strain, a barnyard strain and these like sour beers because they'd leave the top off and the let the yeast naturally. That's where you're getting that funky. Interesting. I like it because it's connected to wine in that way where you're just like the location, the weather, where you're planted, all of that matters. I love food and drinks have so much culture, it's so, it's so fun. He's a drink a lot of beer. Anyways, Johnny Appleseed, fuck you, moving on. Water bottle wars. Everyone seems to have really strong feelings about why their brand of water bottle is the best. That's you. Insulate it. Well, I see, I'm trying to, I finally I'm done. I'm bringing my own water bottle to work and I'm, I'm trying to do that at home. Yeah. Good. Save the planet. I actually don't care. Wow. I'm kidding. I have a water bottle. I really, I'll drink whatever water. I don't give a crap. What? I don't give a crap. No. I don't really care. I think. I think because I have a sun and I was breastfeeding, I had to like, I was really freaking on it. But also, I don't know, drinking good water matters. For sure. But I think a lot of it's good for you. It's just like, people have these ideas that taste different. Right. Especially like really fancy bottle brands. I'm like, your boss water, I'm like, it's fine. It's fine. Like, just get some filtered water, some spring water. Have you ever though been like to like a cabin or something where it's like, the water's safe, but it's like, oh yeah, it's kind of sulfuric and you drink it and you're like, whoa. Yeah. We're picking up some stuff from the soil in this. Yeah. I will say, my friend's place on the East Coast was like, oh yeah, the water is really fresh out, it comes from like the stream or whatever. And it is like yummy, it is delicious. And maybe it's the placebo effect. Maybe it's your mind. Maybe it's the amoeba that are in it. Moving on. Moving on. Someone said, the curse of the Billy goat. This is the infamous curse that kept the cubs from winning a world series for 108 years. Yes, I've heard it. There's a few because there's also the curse of the bambina. Of course, there's a sports are so superstitious. Yes. You want to know a funny one? Yes. So I don't know much about baseball curses and stuff. But I would just say maybe it's just bad ownership. You think? I look, there's a lot of, when it comes to football, there's a lot of teams just like this team just can't win it. I'm like, yeah, because the owner's suck, you're bad at investing in the real shit. Yeah. That's why some teams just keep winning. Like the Patriots just, it's just like, they make some good calls. They hire good coaches. Like, I don't know. And then they also got Tom Brady and that's just lucky. Tom Brady's gone. Yeah. Bill Bella check is also gone. You guys have Mike Frabel and Drake May who are really good. Whoa. I really, I really believe. It's like, it's like when you're watching something, you're like, oh my god, this isn't good. It's like, well, what was the director like? What was it like? And that's, that's a very much a football thing and sports thing. But there is a football curse that is very funny that I know about. And it's called the Simpsons, it's the Simpsons curse in relation to the Broncos and the Cowboys. So there's a episode of the Simpsons back in the 90s where Homer Simpson, all he wanted was to be the owner of the Dallas Cowboys. That was his dream in this episode. And at the end of the episode, Marge is like, oh, homie, we got you a gift. And it's like pretty good. And they're like, he's like your own football team and he runs out in the front. You're already like, oh, I got the Denver Broncos and he goes out or he's like, oh, I got the Dallas Cowboys. He walks outside and it's the Denver Broncos and he's like, oh, the Denver Broncos. And they like suck like half the lawns on fire. They're like hitting each other in the back of the head with the football. They like made a huge diss towards the Broncos, like they suck. Since that episode of the Simpsons came out in the 90s, the Cowboys have not beaten the Broncos. They have a complete losing streak against the Broncos for how many? It's been like 30 something years now or 20 or almost 30 years. And now to be fair, the Cowboys and the Broncos only play each other every few years. But they've lost every time. This superstition is real. It's kind of fun. It's kind of like with baseball. But I'll get broken at some point, but probably when Jerry Jones dies and the Cowboys can finally. Oh, Jerry Jones. They are cursed until Jerry Jones is the reason they can't win. Oh, yeah. Now, of course, I wonder if there's any Cowboys fans in the comments if they would agree with that. I feel like they will. Comment, Jerry Jones. Comment if you like Jerry Jones. Actually, really quick. There was one. Someone wrote Rubik's Cube Solving/Cubing. This was by Audrey. And they said, it's one of my New Year's resolutions to learn how to solve a Rubik's Cube. And I learned pretty fast how to solve the first two layers. But essentially, cubing is just people solving Rubik's Cube super fast and remembering algorithms. I learned recently that Alex Cena used to compete in that. We can cut this out if she doesn't want this. What? But I believe, Alex Cena, Jonathan has no idea about that. Could we slack Alex Cena and ask if she competed in Rubik's Cube Solving competition? That is incredible if that's true. I'm pretty sure. And I think she's not the first person to work at Smosh who does that. I think we had someone. Heidi. Heidi, you also used to compete. We've had multiple Rubik's Cube solvers here at Smosh. She said, yes, I said WTF and she said, when I was in middle school, why? When I was in middle school. Yes. I remember Alex Cena told us about this. So Audrey needs to talk to Alex Cena about Rubik's Cube. The master. Yeah. All right. Next. Someone wrote Walmart. So this is written by Gareth, who lives in South Africa. He said, I've had this weird obsession with Walmart. It sounds like a place you could buy baby items and motor oil in the same aisle. Now as an adult, I have been able to go to a few Walmart's across the U.S., and I have to say my impressions of it matched that of the Walmart's on the East Coast, but not of the West Coast. It's just an LA thing where the Walmart feels normal. Why is there such a difference? Asking as a foreigner, that being said, Walmart has opened two stores here in South Africa, but they're not as good as the ones in the U.S. in my opinion. Whoa. I haven't been a big Walmart person. Same. But I've been to Walmart plenty of times, but I don't know, I don't know the main difference between the East Coast and the West Coast because I would say if I've been to Walmart, it's more on the East Coast. Yeah. I would say the Walmart that I've been to here in the West Coast because Arizona and stuff. They were always similar-ish to other stores like it, but it is kind of its own thing. You know, a store where you can go and get everything. Everything. You see, I grew up like, we're in a military family, so we would go to the base for everything. We'd go to the BX or the commissary and you'd get shit for so- It's the base has their own- The base has everything. It's its own city effectively. So if you were in a military, you can't go to the base. You can't go in there, but because my dad, my whole family had military IDs because my dad was a lieutenant colonel. So we could go in and- What? It's crazy. I've to the base, drive through the gates and then you go and like, you go get your groceries there. You go get everything there. And it was- Where is all that coming from? Everywhere? Everywhere? Yeah. No, they're stopped. Is it in one like warehouse or is it multiple stores in one area? Then multiple stores. I would go get my hair cut there. I would go- There was restaurants. There's everything like- They've- Because the base- Wow. Because military bases have tons of people in them. What was it like growing up, leaving the base and having to shop and choose places all over that you had to go to? Yeah. When my dad was out of the military or my dad has access to go to him forever, same with my mom. Yeah. But at a certain point, we would sometimes not go, but it was kind of weird. I grew up not going to regular grocery stores as often. We'd go to the commissary. So that was just my norm. Wow. But that's why we didn't do Walmart as much because we would go to the BX and that shit had everything. Yeah, and we didn't really have a Walmart nearest. It wasn't down the street or something. We had Shaws and Stop and Shop and- Walmart's crazy. I mean, it's got everything. It really does. I'm sure as someone from another country, Walmart's got to be this crazy America. Yeah, I'd love to know what Walmart has in South Africa. Like what's the biggest difference there? I'm sure there's a lot of differences. I'm very curious. Chance wrote one. What do you think Chance wrote? What do you think the top? Something about a butthole. I don't know. I'm just kidding. No. Chance wrote something about Broadway. No, he wrote Bladed Weapons. Oh, of course. Specifically what weapon are you specializing in for one-on-one duel? Okay. I want a bunch of knives. I was going to say. I want like knives in each pocket. I was going to say since I'm completely untrained, I would go knives. Yeah, because like a sword, a sword you need expertise. You and they're heavy as heavy. And they're heavy. You need to work on your arm strength. If I had time to train and become a master at any of them, I would choose that one. A sword that's also like a whip. Like in Killville. What's it from? I think it's a weapon in India or something. A sword that's also a whip. It's big like curly metal. It's crazy. But you're likely to kill yourself by trying to wield it. See, I don't want that. But it's fucking awesome. I don't want that. Urumi. Urumi? I think it's called. It's sick. I should show you some videos. Yeah, sure, definitely. I'll find you later tonight. All right. One last one. Okay. I'm curious. I'm curious what your thoughts on this. Amanda Barnes, who runs our whole production. Amanda Barnes wants us to talk about I love Lucy and how it revolutionized TV. First time it was filmed on film instead of live, which developed the process of syndication. Yeah. First mainstream representation of interracial couple. Desi invented the multi camera system. Lucy and Desi ran the studio. Desi lose studios. Women in the writers room. When they got their awards for the show, they campaigned for writers awards. It's still funny. Longest live audience laughter ever recorded is on this show. Round breaking show. I've watched a couple episodes and I remember watching it and being like, this is so good. Like it's so well executed, so well done. A fun fact about I love Lucy is that when Damien and I were on so random on Disney Channel, it was shot at Hollywood Center Studios, and at lunch, we would go to a different set to eat lunch and all the catering was there. And I found out like halfway through filming on that show that I was like, oh, this is the I love Lucy set. That's where we go. It's a very small studio. Yeah. It's kind of shocking that they fit it all into this small studio with a studio audience. What's wild to me is they're married in real life. Yeah. They're married in real life, and they're also running a business together, and they're also like starting the first sitcom. Yeah. I can't believe too because she was so still so funny. She was I think she was 40 in that show. Yeah. And she was just so incredible. I need to watch more of it, but I've seen I've seen the like really famous one with the like vitamins and stuff with the factory. It's like such good. They're perfect. It literally perfect mini sketches. Also perfect like physical comedy. Yeah. Incredible physical comedy. I think like physical comedy is so eternal and universal. Always. Like I love shows that don't I mean the three speeches. If you cannot speak and make people laugh, it's it's why I pitched our TNTL mimes back in the day. Yes. I was like, I want us to try to see if we can do this. You should do that again. Oh, we should. It's so much fun. I mean, to me, it's you have such a talent if you can get across like the human interaction by not speaking because to be honest, the truth is is like writing jokes are great. They're great. But like watching people in earnest interact with each other in a scenario is genuinely funny. It's so great. It's really funny. Selena has a pit. Selena has a pit. And she wants us to talk about high school musical and how it was 20 years ago. Can I be honest? It was I didn't really watch a lot of high school musical. I really every time our cast wants to sing the songs, I'm just like Selena was wearing a Wildcats jersey this week. So for the 20th anniversary. Selena is so massive. I mean, I was a teenager when it came out. And I remember I remember so many of those shows because that was when I was first acting. So like all these shows were things where I was like, oh man, like, yeah, what do I need to be doing till I was successful? And I was like, damn, everyone can sing and dance. I'm screwed. It was such a big, big show. Courtney's shown me a lot of high school musical. Courtney likes to show you nostalgic things that she loved from the past and shows you. And Courtney was into high school musical. I think I was like a year. I don't even want to say I was a year too old. I think it was just like I didn't really watch it. Yeah, that's fair. I was watching anime. Yeah, Efron. You're so cool. I was watching Lost and Anime. You're so cool. Sorry, a little busy guy. I was watching like six feet under on HBO as my fan. I think that should explain a lot about me. Did you finish that show? Yes. The last song is see up. Apparently, apparently people say that's the greatest finale of any show. Have you seen it? No, I've never seen an episode. It's a, but it's the best finale of all time, right? It is what I will say. H rewatched it all. And rewatching the finale, you're just like, it, I can't even say anything more. All I know is see up is the last, the whole like last episode is one of her songs. And it is so good. It is, it's so dark. It's such a dark show. Him speaking of nostalgia, there's a trend going on 2016, 2016, you posting yourself from 2016, where were you guys 10 years ago? 2016, I, you know, we just did our Smosh Hospital live show. I remember in 2016, we did Smosh live. And it was this big live show and it's such a different beast back then. And that's so wild. We didn't do a live show for a long time after that. But that was, that was, I was here for less than a year at Smosh. And then we did that show. And it was in front of a huge audience. Whoa. It was live streamed like on YouTube. It was crazy. Whoa. So I remember that from 2016. 2016 was actually a, I was looking back because I heard this trend. I was looking back and I was like, Oh, 2016, 2016 was a huge year for me. I met my husband that year. Wow. Doing karaoke. I went to the Azores for the first time ever with my entire family. And then I was in groundlings, like, like, like, not my first class, but like my third class. So I was like committed. And I was posting videos all the time, comedy videos, all the time on my YouTube. So great. That was 2016. It was like a wild, wild time. 2016 was a weird year. And then Harambe died. Alex, Alexina is just doing her fricking. Alexina is solving a Rubik's cube. Yeah. No. Okay. She doesn't want. No, no, no. Alexina, Alexina, I can't do it. Mix it up. Okay. I'm going to mix it up. So I'm mixing up the Rubik's cube for our champion, Alexina. I'm scared. Don't be scared. No pressure. You don't have to solve it quickly. I do. You used to, what was your best time? 58 seconds. 58 seconds. Okay. All right. Alexina is currently solving the Rubik's cube. Can we like talk about it? Yeah. Do you have a, do you have a topic you want to talk about? I'm going to talk about dance moms. Oh, you want to talk about, you do want to talk, you wrote dance moms down here. I have still never seen dance moms. Oh, I've seen some dance moms. But I am fascinated by the character of Abily Miller. Um, Tommy's, I know Tommy's, Tommy's hero/villain. What's crazy is like, that's, it's like, are they a villain? Are they a hero? We don't know because they were put in that role. But when I saw people like Abily Miller, it's where I realized like, oh, this industry I'm in has such horrible people because I'm like, oh, she's just a normal person in so many ways for like us. Being like being a teen actor, I met like 50 Abily Miller's a month. Of course. That just was the vibe. Adults were just like that. And speaking of Cia, the girl that was always in her music videos was also on dance moms. Wow. Talk less and hear us was also a spin-off show. Oh, I don't even, that's a whole other thing. Um, what about you, Amanda? We got a few minutes. Got a few seconds. Do we have a few minutes? Well, you can talk about we can, I've got, I've got a show that I want you to. It's solved. It's solved. It is solved. I couldn't think of something because I knew she was so close. Wow. Thank you so much, Alexena. There's a show that I think you would love that I'm obsessed with. Tell me. But it's a very neat show that not many people are talking about. Chair company. No, chair company is amazing. Okay. There's a show and we, because we were talking about like no dialogue and how amazing that is. There is a show that I'm obsessed with that has zero dialogue. And it's on its third season. Not a line is spoken throughout the whole show. It's an animated show. It's called primal. Yeah. I love primal. Yes. Okay. I've already seen. So I've only seen season one. I have not seen the other seasons. I love that show. That show is amazing. It's so good because there's, you don't need words in it. It's just art. You're watching it. And it's just art. For some reason, it feels like nostalgic anime to me. I don't know why. Well, it's the guy who did Dexter's Laboratory and Samurai Jack. I don't know if you watch those. - Okay. - Samurai Jack was my shit. - But I've heard of it. - I'm sure a lot of the chosen comes from me watching Samurai Jack as a kid. Anyways. - Yeah. - All right, got my interest in there. All right. - Guys, stay tuned because we're actually gonna try to like talk to cast and we do have Courtney coming up soon who's going to do a special interest whole episode on their interests. - Right, that's right. Thank you all for watching. Let us know down below if you have a very specific show or interest or topic that you love. - Oh, it's a very serious theory. - Yeah, or that or the Montauk project or Johnny Appleseed. Um, thank you for watching. We'll see you later. - Bye.

Podcast Summary

Key Points:

  1. The episode is a curated discussion featuring input from various Smosh employees on diverse topics, including K-pop, pirates, the Montauk project, and TV shows.
  2. K-pop is celebrated for its energetic choreography and cultural impact, with fans recalling nostalgic pop music vibes from the 2000s.
  3. Pirates are seen as a nostalgic and mysterious theme, with deep connections to history, real-life shipwrecks, and the cultural influence of films like *Pirates of the Caribbean*.
  4. The Montauk project conspiracy theory is explored as inspiration for *Stranger Things*, though participants remain skeptical about government mind-control experiments.
  5. A recurring theme in the discussion is the power of underdog stories and strong character dynamics, such as in anime, superhero films, and classic TV.
  6. Humor and internet culture are highlighted through references to pranks like "Mr. Chip’s," "Badays," and Rubik’s cube solving, showing the team’s love for inside jokes.
  7. Obsessions with shows like *Lost*, *Star Trek
  8. The episode ends with a tribute to classic TV, particularly *I Love Lucy*, for its pioneering role in television production and representation.

Summary:

This curated Smosh episode features a lively, humorous conversation sparked by input from staff members on a wide range of topics. From the return of BTS members after military service to the cultural rise of K-pop, the group shares personal anecdotes and nostalgic reflections on music, animation, and pop culture. Themes of pirate lore, conspiracy theories like the Montauk project, and beloved TV shows such as *Lost* and *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* are explored with enthusiasm.

The discussion also highlights viral internet culture, including pranks like "Mr. Chip’s" and the popularity of "Badays" for hygiene, as well as niche interests like Rubik’s cube solving and military base shopping. A notable segment celebrates *I Love Lucy* as a groundbreaking show that revolutionized television through film production, interracial representation, and the multi-camera format.

The tone remains light and engaging, blending personal stories, humor, and deep dives into cultural phenomena, showcasing the team’s passion for storytelling and shared humor across generations.

FAQs

The Montauk Project is a conspiracy theory involving government experiments on telepathy and mind control, dating back to the 1940s. It inspired the plot of Stranger Things, which features similar themes of government secrecy and supernatural phenomena.

The idea that pirates are gay often stems from TV shows like 'Black Sails,' which portray pirates as LGBTQ+ characters. This reflects a modern reimagining of pirate culture, emphasizing diversity and inclusivity in storytelling.

Popular tropes include 'enemies to lovers,' 'underdog stories,' and 'revenge against abuse.' These tropes are especially common in anime and action films, where underdogs overcome odds through perseverance and loyalty.

Lost is celebrated for its intricate plot and character development, with its pilot considered one of the best in TV history. A major theory is that the survivors were in purgatory after the crash, never actually dying on the island.

The 'Mr. Chip's' prank originated from a failed co-hosting episode where Damien made a joke about Jonathan using a prank item. The joke became so popular it evolved into a recurring reference, symbolizing a shared inside joke among the team.

Sports curses like the 'Billy Goat Curse' stem from superstition and media narratives, such as the Simpsons episode where Homer's fantasy of owning the Cowboys leads to a long losing streak against the Broncos.

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