Danny Duncan Roasts New YouTubers

- What's up guys, I'm Danny Duncan. - We actually flew in a bunch of creators, and Danny and I are gonna roast their videos to see how we can make it better. How many subscribers do you have? - 110,000. - 27,000. - 15,000. - Danny, how many subscribers do you have again? - 80,000,000. - Danny's one of the most unfiltered people I've ever met. - That idiot in the background should not be there. You don't want to adapt and elevate your ship's gonna die. - Oh, oh, oh my God. Oh my God. - Jesus, you come out. - That would cause a massive dip in retention. We designed your thumb to simplify it. - Oh, wow. - He's like Gordon Ramsay of videos. - My BS detector is on a high alert right now. - I think it looks unprofessional and stupid. - You want to sneak into the White House? - You don't think that's funny? Look at my channel. I do shit I don't want to do all the time. This is a way deeper conversation. If you sent me this video and you're like, I want to work for you, I'd probably hire you on the spot. The content now on YouTube, there are so many shitty creators. It's like actually pathetic. - Danny, if you want to call out somebody right now, - So this is actually part one of a two part series we did with Danny Duncan, where you first roast other YouTubers before the next video where Danny breaks down one of his own videos. To make sure you subscribe and ring the bell so you don't miss that one. In addition to some big interviews, studio tours and behind the scenes that we have coming up. All right, let's get to it. - Alex, how many subscribers do you have? - 15,000. - What video is this? - This is me sneaking into an NHL game using fake media passes. - Oh my God. - Sorry, Mom. - Behind me is the last NHL game of the season. Inside their security, police, celebrities. And I'm gonna try to speak in as fake media because front road tickets are expensive and I can't afford them. - Okay, okay, oh my God. - Oh no, dude. - Sir, I'm new, you're upset, I'm new, you're upset. - I'm sorry. - And let me ask you a question. If this got like over a million views, would you be motivated to sneak into more events? - Yes, but the events would have, but the events would have to be more novel. - Wait, well why is that bad though? - Why is that bad? - Real quick. - Real quick, real quick. - Sneak into events. Like that you shouldn't be in, and like, you know, potentially. - Oh, you're speaking like legally and morally, like it's incorrect. - Oh, right. - I thought we're talking to you. - Yeah, I thought we're talking to you. - I thought we were talking to you. - Yeah, I thought we were talking to you. - That's way deeper con, this is a way deeper conversation. You got some people that grow up with no parents, they have no money, they're homeless, they're just trying to stand out and do anything they can to get views. - I know, but in that case, I would have done something like Ryan Tray and like, trading a dollar up and more and more to try to get to a game. Like, when I started, I have nothing. So I'm like, I don't care. I will do anything to succeed. - Okay, okay. - I'm just setting this up, like, imagine success. - So I just got in contact with one of the top sports videographers in my city. I have to blur his face and everything, he's basically gonna give me a full rundown on how to sneak into the flames game without getting caught. - My BS detector is on high alert right now. - Why? - Because you DM'd a person who has a media pass who now is gonna help you get in and potentially lose their job, I'm just not buying that. Is that what happened or is this like, did you shoot this afterwards and act it out? - There's so much I can't say, but no, this is not acted out. - At least then I would have acknowledged the elephant in the room, like, I always think like in your intro, like I think about this like format of like, you gotta make your intro's rainy, which is like, you gotta tease the result, which you can, we're gonna try to get in. You gotta a, address the objection. I don't think you address the objection, just with a little bit of a line of like, and this guy, even though he would have risked his own job, was helping me get in, 'cause I don't understand what his motive is to help you. - Yeah, I don't understand why he would do that either in hindsight. - I always think in your videos, like, think about like what the viewers are calling BS on, and address it before they have a chance to think about it. - Okay. - First order of business, how do I sneak into a flames game? - Do you have a media pass? - I do not have a media pass. - Personally, what you're gonna do is try and get that media pass if you know someone like me. - Could you have it related? - Yeah, thank you. - Yeah, I was proud of that. - Do you feel like a better alternative? - Which I do not. - This whole thing, dude, like subconsciously, like, it just makes it feel like dangerous on. - Good, good. That was the intention. I wanted multiple cameras, you know, like the, joining music, you have the ticking in the background. I really want to elevate this. Like, this is a heist. This is my big, you know, heist I'm trying to pull off. - I'm probably doing it. I don't stay consistent if you're involved with it. - We discussed the length of the session. - Right, okay. - Which I'll get you to later. But the first thing I had to do was recreate flames media passes that looked identical. - I just found a guy who did media for the flames and posted his entire media pass on Instagram. So all I had to do was just take that image, put it in a Photoshop and recreate it. - Oh my God. Dude, do you, I mean, maybe I'm just like a dad now, like. - You're getting old, dude. - No, but like, dude, just imagine success. Plan that you're gonna be successful. Like, down the road, do you want to be the YouTuber that like photoshopped a media pass? - Before I enter the arena. So right before the actual heist begins, I stay, I actually did my tickets for legal purposes. - Dude, where was that in the beginning of the video? - Why would I put that in the beginning? - I don't think that. - That decreases all the stakes. Now people are going like, oh, why should I care? - I don't know, but I'll, yeah, I agree with that. And also the people watching this aren't gonna be like, you like, dude, yeah. - Well, no, I'm thinking about him. - But for legal purposes. - And his success is a creator long term, you know? Like, just think about it. - Dude, look at my channel, dude. It is filled with just gar, like, dude, I did so many illegal things and filmed it and documented it, posted it. - I know, I've worked for 11 years. - But Erak's most recent Super Bowl video. He didn't state that they bought the tickets until they were about to sneak in. He didn't say fair enough in the beginning. - Fair enough, fair enough. - But for legal purposes, the disclaimer is there. - You're right. - It does take away from the stakes, but I think so. - For legal purposes. - No, I did buy tickets, Danny. Okay, stop. - Hey, I'm not the one. It's this guy. He's called the police. - I'm just trying to share. I think that's why it's good. - I think John is five minutes, yeah, we got him. - Yeah, we got him. - The sparks, dude, you have minutes all right. - Exactly. - We're stuck here, John. - Yeah, we got the news outside earlier. - Okay, let's fast forward a bit. Like, maybe explain where we're at at this moment in the video 'cause you've done all the prep. Now you're about to go into the stadium to try and sneak in. - We've gone through the traffic security and now we're making our way into the arena to actually head into the game. And from there, we'll see if the passes get me all the way to the seats. - Okay, all right. - I'm feeling tonight, playoff spot. - I'm so happy. - Your sound design is great. - Thank you. - Time was running out and I had to make a decision now. Was I gonna be paralyzed by the fear of failure and not fall through? It wouldn't be the first time I've set a goal. - In the 2024, we've amassed at least a thousand subscribers. - Only to give a pathway, repeat that cycle over and over. - I would have just moved on to it. That's me, though. - I feel like it's good to tie in 'cause I'm learning a bit more about you. I would have liked this after either, I don't know what's about to happen. Like, are you getting in or are you getting in? Like, just, I feel like we haven't earned this moment. - Yeah, I just feel like I get to the point where when someone makes this big deal, but then it's just like, bro, you're just sneaking in. You're either gonna see it, yes or no. They're gonna cut your head off for doing it. So I just want to bet at me, though, I just want to. - You feel like he's getting a little too melodramatic. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't like when he gets to, but that's also me. I think maybe the normal person at home, I think it might be good. - Yeah, I will say, I love when people take the initial narrative of a video and add a second one later on 'cause now all of a sudden, I'm learning more about you and I'm kind of investing in like, okay, wow, you've had a lot of attempts at a lot of big things. Is this one gonna go well? - Yeah. - So, I can see what you're doing there. Thank you. - If I fail, I fail. But I've come way too far to back out now. I'm done thinking what if. - In some media past? - No way that worked. - You're fun, bro, this is incredible. - So now we're at the end here. This is kind of like the wrap up. How are you thinking about ending this video? So I sneak into the VIP box and so that's like the final thing and then I actually have a CTA regarding AIRAC. So I put AIRAC decor on my media pass for the name. - Oh my god, you called that AIRAC? I didn't call him out. - I didn't call him out. - Okay. - I basically, so at the end I said, there's a reason why I used his name. I'll explain it later on if I get to level three. And once again, I say, he's seeking to the White House. I wanna help him. This is like my application to. - But hey, I won't do it now. If you don't want me to sneak in. I'm sorry. - You wanna sneak into the White House? - I don't wanna sneak in by if AIRAC needs help. He's studying, he's gonna do that. That's hilarious. I think this video, if I didn't see your subscriber count, I would never guess. - Thank you. - Like how many subscribers do you have right now? - 15,000. - Yeah. - One thing I would say is like he was saying, if people were to keep, if this was your thing, it's like don't let it be your thing. - I don't know. - Yeah, make sure you don't get stuck in doing something every week. - How many subscribers do you have? - About 110,000. - And we're about to roast one of your videos. Give you feedback that I think will be helpful for your next videos, for anybody watching. What are we about to watch? - Me surviving riding a bull. - We've got an 18, 900 pound bull stepping on you. - You know, lose a lung, lose a kidney. - This is the first time riding a bull. - And a bull. - That's hilarious. - Oh, man. - There. - Oh, my bad. - I kinda wanna do this. - Is that you? - Yeah. - How many people do you think would recognize you through that helmet? - Nobody. - Obviously you wanna be safe and put the helmet on. First, I'm not sure who's talking. If I haven't watched your videos, I don't know. So I would've just had a few more things that you're looking nervous putting on the helmet than kind of diving into the action. (upbeat music) - Well, this will all make sense. If you go back before I was a sad cowboy wannabe, this is, uh, editor, this is way too far back. - That's hilarious, too. - I know you grew up with money because you have footage of you as a child. (laughing) Some money. - You definitely had a little bit of money, huh? - And cowboy central. Big things happen here. Let's see where the man takes you. - You put some effort into this video. - Yeah, I like this. - To have the best cowboy teacher in the world to agree to teach me for three days. - Lucky 'cause currently I don't have an ounce of cowboy in. - I love what you're setting up here 'cause now you're helping me follow the story 'cause I assume this is gonna go higher and higher up. - Yeah. - So I feel like we're almost like in video game mode. - I mean, this type of stuff actually doesn't inspire me a little bit. - Really? - Yeah, I love this. This is great. It makes me want to like, dude, I want to like come up with some sort of like, bit like this and like, you know what I mean? - It's pretty cool. - I feel like you've done that with like traveling across. - I'm a big fan of like, I'm a big fan of like, the cinematic shots though, like him walking And then you is zoomed in on the telephone camera like I love those shots. - This is from-- - Hello, Gary. - This is David. - Gary Lefou, world champion in bull riding and in the rodeo hall of fame. He's a cowboy I want to be like, but I'm a bit worried because he said the fastest way to learn how to be a cowboy is to get on the bowl of this. - Dude, this is so cool. And I love, like you're building like an aesthetic in a universe, you know, that if I were to see another video, I'm like, oh, I've watched this before. And immediately, you start to feel different than all other clutter on YouTube. - So good. - If you sent me this video and you're like, I want to work for you, I'd probably hire you on the spot. Honestly. - Oh, I send this to you afterwards. - But I wouldn't hire you because you definitely have potential to easily, you get millions easily. - Wow. - The content now on YouTube, there are so many shitty creators and it's so, that are huge and it's so pathetic. - It is, it's like actually pathetic. - Let's talk about that afterwards. - Yeah. - No, Danny, if you want to call out somebody right now, you could do that. - So Danny and I actually filmed a bonus roast with another creator, beyond the three creators that you'll see in this video. And we'll send it to you for free when you sign up for a free trial of Spotter Studio, which is today's sponsor and one of my favorite creator tools. 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Plus, you'll get that bonus roast video from Danny and I, along with other videos, like a private coaching session that a co-host of the com smear, an April and alter, and more. So go to the link below to get a free trial of Spotter Studio to see why so many creators use it and love it. - John, you shot nothing. (laughing) - This was a simulator that I invented. And it simulates the jumping kick. - All right. - Yeah. - Yeah, I rolled up all my legs and just don't know where I put them, give them these bacon here. Here, doing this. - Oh shit. Keep your chest out. Keep your back arts just concentrate right here and try to bring that down in full, okay? - My first impression of Gary is that he moves too fast. I hate being rushed into things that I'm not fully ready for. - This sound design, the swelling. Awesome. Awesome. I am feeling the music and what's going on. - They're gonna roast me. - Oh dude, I mean, there's a mix of both. - Thanks a bit of both, yeah. - I'm fully ready for, but Gary, it feels like he expects me to get on the ball immediately. - Great other angle. - Did you hear natural boy, you're natural. - Did you hear what I heard? He said I'm a natural. I guess being a cowboy is a lot easier than I thought. - I was gonna say you should have the cowboy look. - This is good dude, this is good. I hate the font though. Like go back. - Should he use a Western font? - Yes, yeah. - Ah, good idea. - What the hell is this font man? - This is worse than Comic Sans. - I'll change my branding. - The colors are good though, at least. - The colors are good, but you have the other scrapbook font. You have a lot of things going on. And then you pull out this Microsoft font. - He's just trying to call it with something to hate on right now. - No, it bothered me the first time I didn't say it. It came back. I gotta say something. - All right, all right, all right. - All right, all right. - Your legs are burdened. - We're gonna let 'em rest for a little bit. Yeah, that was awesome. - Yeah, you use muscles that you don't, and you're not used to use, you know, 'cause-- - Whatever it's on. - It's like the-- (laughing) - I don't know if you can show that, but it's like-- - Right on. - Did you blur out your proxie? - Why'd you blur it? - You don't wanna get flagged? - Yeah, I wanna show you. - I wouldn't blur that. - Yeah. - You don't blur anything. - Danny, does that mean you can-- - You can't-- - We know Danny. - We know, we know. Danny gave me access to his YouTube studio. I cannot believe how many videos with millions of views are totally demonetized. This doesn't-- - You guys test how far you could go before you get demonetized. - I would say if you don't monetize the video, you can go further if it's a crazier video. If you monetize the chances of it getting, I think, yellow or agershirt is very quick. I think it's a higher chance. - Yeah, Danny put-- - Yeah, I'll sacrifice the money for the views. - Yeah. - Okay, so let's fast forward to the part where you get your ass absolutely kicked by riding a bull like in a arena like competitive environment. That's hilarious that you did it in front of people. - Yeah, yeah, that's great. - Oh, that's definitely the fastest one to fall. - Oh my God. My heart is racing watching this. - Yeah, that's not horrible. - It's not. - Two seconds. I like that you put that graphic in there. - Yeah, yeah, I like that too. - Not the font, right? - Yeah. - No, I like the font. - I failed again. Imagine how cool the story would be if I got it then. I was pretty bummed, but Gary thought I was crazy for even trying. - Before our time ended, Gary reminded me. - Whatever I vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe in, and enthusiastically act upon what's inevitably come to pass. - So with that said, I gave the last day my all. - Oh my God. - Dude, well done. - Is that even a bold up, let's be honest. - Oh, oh my God. Oh my God, wait, what's about to happen here? - Let's go! - They all screamed. (laughing) - Move! - Move! (laughing) - Move! (laughing) - Big daddy! (laughing) - That was awesome, man. - That was amazing. - Oh, you got me standing there. - How do you feel? - Oh, I was like the best feeling ever. - Can I tell you one thing though? I would have started cutting and wrapping up the video here. - Right away. - Yeah, like we feel it or like at least change the shot. I know there's so much excitement. Like if you had another camera on here, like at this point, the wide shot is established, I want to see your emotion or Gary's emotion as your teacher. - Yeah, I see it. - I need to feel the emotional pain right here. - Yeah, I would definitely, I agree. I didn't feel like it was going too long at all, but like if this guy was filming YouTube right here, that's a really good shot of YouTube, 'cause this is a big moment. - Yeah, I don't know what this guy's filming the bull for, like it makes no sense. But honestly, like why is he filming the bull? - Yeah, I guess you could always get that after. - Yeah, you could get a million shots as bulls me here. - But this moment, you can't. - Yeah, this moment's huge. I can't stand when there's a shot and then another filmer in the shot. - I hate it. - I don't mind that. - It pisses me off so much, it looks so stupid. I think it looks unprofessional and stupid. It's like, if you're watching a movie, dude, you don't see some 80 in the background film and shit. - I think that's the beauty of YouTube. And even documentaries, you see that the person. - It looks horrible. - What documentary did you win? - You see it, you see the other person in the shot sometimes, or like, I know it's not the most professional. I think that's one way or like. - Unless there's a reason for like, that 80 in the background should not be there. There's no way you agree that that guy, it looks good with that guy in the shot. - Well, I think the shot could have been different. If it was closer up and he was in it, I would take that. How many views did this get? - I don't know, like probably like, a little bit like 10, 20,000 now. - Yeah, I think with those changes, like this is too good of a video. - No, that's a great video, but I think it takes time too. Like I remember getting 10k views of video. And I was like, yeah, I think it was like, I was getting like five and I was like, hell yeah. When I was getting 10 of videos, like, oh, we got something here. - Yeah, I will also say the title and thumbnail could have used a lot of work. Like, now seeing the video, I would have made the title something like, I tried professional bull riding. Or how many days do you spend at this ranch? I was like four days, four days. I spent four days like professional bull riding. Or something like that. Like if we did this with the thumbnail, it would look good on mobile and desktop. And then we also have our YouTube hack pack where like we ran it through the thumbnail tester to make sure it looked good. So I think a lot of those things would improve and if you guys wanna get that as well, just go to the link below the QR code. But dude, I thought you did great. And yeah, I'm really impressed action. We got Maria here. How many subs do you have? - I have 27,000. - Okay, so what video are we about to watch? - This is six habits that I would master if I had 25 pounds to lose in 2025. - Way too long of a title. - Great. - But a video you need to watch. - I need to gain 25 pounds, daddy. - Why don't you try to lose weight more? - I'm trying to gain weight. - You're trying to gain weight a lot. - Well, I'm not gonna be great. - Okay, but a lot of you are trying to lose weight, but the title was very long. - Yeah, a little confused. - I would have done six tips to lose 25 pounds in 2025. - Or just six tips to lose 25 pounds fast. - Yeah, that could be good too. Or honestly, I know the tips thing is overdone. So I think you need a qualifier like six surprising tips since six uncommon tips, like six unconventional tips, like make me think that you're about to tell me something new. - Okay. - We also have a little surprise for you. - So we redesigned your thumbnail. - Oh, wow. - And like we even have like other iterations that we explored. But like for this one, like we just thought way too much was going on. - These are great, thank you. - Of course, we'll send them over to you. - If I had 25 pounds to lose this year, I would not waste a single second of it. - Okay. Maria, what is going on here? - That's my Instagram. - Why so many creators do this? It like gets on every last one of my nerves. Like we don't need a watermark right there at the corner. - Okay. - Just starting to watch you. - You don't even want someone to go to the Instagram right now. You want me to watch the video? - Yeah. - Well, in my opinion. - Yes. - A single second of it on any of this online nonsense. Instead, I'm going to give you six powerful habits that actually work. And trust me, if you do these, especially number five, your body will change. - I would have written out the tips. - Oh, really? - Yeah. - Using them away straight away? - Honestly. And this is a mistake I made like early on in my career where it's like, in this video, you're going to learn these tips and I would blur them out. - Okay. - Honestly, our intro. it was had low retention when we did that. Versus, we just did a video like 15 tips, just listing them out, you know what we saw? People scrub back just to take a look at it and retention spiked. - And I'm talking about habits that fuel fat loss, build muscle and make weight loss feel easy, because nobody has successfully lost weight or feeling miserable on term. - Because let's be real, life is too short to spend it constantly on a diet. My goal is to help you reach your goals fast so that you can get on with living your best. - Okay, we got the point. Like let's get into the tips, you know? I'm like, what are we waiting for, you know? - Yeah. - When I'm editing something, if I'm like just even a little bit hesitant on anything I would cut it. - Okay. - Yeah, so I have like, I have multiple editors. One guy rough cuts into, let's say the main guy and then the main guy when he's done sends it to me. Then I'm watching again, and like, maybe I'm with people watching it and I can just feel a part slow. You know what I mean? - It's so important when you watch it out here. - You could feel. - Yeah. - Yeah. - Yeah, like right now how you feel probably. You're like, oh, super Instagram work. (laughing) - So my fiance doesn't watch my videos, but sometimes he will, I'll get him to and he'll actually find them interesting and that's a good sign. - Yeah. - Wait, your fiance has to watch everyone in your videos. - No, hell no. - Yes, yeah, like, you're trying to do this full time, right? - I know if he's interested, if they're, I know they're good, if he actually wants to. - It might not be what he wants to watch. - I know, but I think that's a good, like, everybody in your family has somebody where there's a parent, a sibling, roommate. Like, that's just outside, maybe the target demo of people watching your YouTube videos. I actually find those are the people that, like, keep it real. - Yeah. Now, habit number one is an absolute game changer. And that is starting your day with a breakfast that has at least 20 to 30 grams of protein. This sets the metabolic tone for the day. - That first tip sets the tone and I feel like the way you phrased it was boring. Because you're saying that the tip is like, have like a high protein breakfast, like, 30 grams, right? Like, I think you need to come up with something that makes you more memorable. Like, give a damn about your grams or something like that. Like, you need to like, advice content is all over YouTube. So you gotta find like a pithy way to make it memorable. - Okay. - Unless you're saying something like, really net new based on research. - Yeah, there's ways. Their weakness is often afternoon or late night snacking. But the secret to overcoming this is not by looking at what you're eating in the evenings. It's going way back to a few hours earlier and looking at how you start your day. A huge mistake that I see much times making. - With that whole, like, edit. Like I didn't have any time to read that. Like, what was that? What was going on there? - I don't know. I didn't do it. - You didn't do it? We're just throwing your editor under the bus here. Okay, Maria. - She's actually really good. - Oh, yeah. I'm sure she'll be thrilled to see, like, say, here. - Yeah, that was fast. - But more than it being fast, I just feel like you have different brand styles in one video. - Yeah, yeah. - It's, like, inconsistent and the subconscious thing that happens is, like, my eye is getting fatigued, just, like, trying to keep up with all the different branding. Like, I know if I watch Danny's video, I'm gonna see that same color yellow. I'm gonna hear that same song that you've been putting in your videos for what, 10 years. And there's a consistency and familiarity to it that builds over time. - Okay. - But it's actually much more beneficial to front load your day with your calories, particularly with protein, to help keep your cravings under control. Now, if this is something that you're not really used to doing, for example, I had a client recently and she just really preferred having her bigger dinner. That was what she was all about. - So embarrassing. - No, you're doing great. I would have started with this story. And so I like to say, like, tip number one is this, and you see, like, a line, like, give a damn about your grams. - Yeah. - Or something like that. Something that's like, wait, what? It sounds interesting. And then I like to say, okay, before you get into that tip, I want to tell you a story about one of my clients and how they put this into practice. Da, da, da, da, da, da, and as a result, they were able to lose weight. So here's what you should do in your life. And then-- - Yeah, I need to make the boring facts more interesting and tell stories. - Well, it's not like facts will sometimes, like, I don't want to say they'll always be boring, but to me, it's like, story is like the glue that makes a statistic stick. - Yeah, okay. - And I didn't get that story into later on. - Yeah. - You know. - Yeah. - Do you feel it because we're watching-- - I can feel it now and like, oh my god, what you just say is only interesting. (laughing) - If you want to be in our next roast video, fill out this form below, and I actually love your feedback. If you want to see more of these roast videos, or potentially even see us turn this into a service, where we leave detailed notes on your videos to improve them, then fill out this form below by going to this link at vidrost.io. 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