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Chapter 1: What funny story does Drew share about his dog?
My first Frenchie that I had, he was having stomach issues and was blowing shit out of his ass like a flare gun, like all over the wall. I was like, whoa. And then at the crack of dawn, we went to the specialist. She came in and was like, oh, I need you to sign this. And I signed it. She's like, by the way, I'm such a big fan. Can I take a picture with you? No. And I was like, whoa.
You're like crying. And she's like, by the way, can I get a photo? He's like, why are you being a bitch? Hey, everyone, and welcome back to another episode of the Comment Section Show starring me, your fave. Everybody knows me. Who cares about me? On to the guests. Today, we have two iconic, legendary YouTubers, the one and only Smock.
Woo! Woo!
Oh, hi. Welcome to the show. Hi. Thank you. I'm happy to be in the presence of greats. Oh. What's YouTube greats? Who paid you to say that? We're like great grandfathers. Yeah, we're very, very old. You are a lot older than me. I'm just kidding. Yeah. We're pushing. 50? I mean, closer to 40 than we are 30 now.
That's true.
I'm honored to have you on the show. Thank you for having us. When I think of original content creators, I think of people like y'all.
Okay.
People who really pioneered a new wave of job employment. Yeah. I'm thankful for it now. I'm thankful for it. So am I. We didn't we didn't think this was going to be a job. Yeah. Well, that's that's actually kind of what I want to start with. I'm so curious to know how y'all fell into YouTube and how it like started, because I obviously I know your YouTube arc.
Yeah.
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Chapter 2: How did Smosh accidentally start their YouTube journey?
That's true.
Played video games at your place. We hung out at my place. We're bored. And then we picked up the camera and started messing around. Yeah. Yeah.
And then when you saw that it was put on YouTube, like what was the initial reaction?
uh i think from y'all and audience yeah there were like there were a very little amount of people that interacted with it it was like 12 people that interacted with it and they were like whoa funny oh and we were like is this a platform that we should uh consider putting our stuff on And it was free. Yeah, exactly.
Because people don't realize that in the early days of the internet, there weren't just like platforms that you could upload video to for free. And if you hosted it on your own website, the more views that it got, the more that you'd be paying for bandwidth.
and there was no way to make money so it's just like oh i'm spending money you were just losing money yeah i'm just paying for people to watch my webcam videos yeah you're upside down in the business already yeah so yeah it's not a good business um wasn't wasn't a good business plan no at the beginning not at all When did you guys decide to like really lock in and kind of do this together?
And like, you're like, I think this could turn into something. Was it just like consistently putting out videos and seeing like traction or was it? I mean, I got into it just for the attention, really. Yeah, I got into it to fill the void in my heart as well. That's fair. That's valid. Yeah, I crave the attention. It made me feel important.
I think you have to like attention to some extent in order to do this for a living. Oh, yeah. There's no way you can't. The people that are the best at it are the most extreme narcissists. No. Uh, but I, I think like, I mean, it was just crazy. Cause it's, that's not like, we didn't make these videos with any intention of it being like popular.
We didn't even know that you could become popular for making internet videos. It was just like, Oh, we made like some silly videos. And then people started watching her like, what is this? Um, so we just kind of like rode the momentum. We just kept making more and more people kept watching them. So then we just kept doing it.
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Chapter 3: What challenges did Smosh face in the early days of YouTube?
That's the worst one. No way. Not in the moment. No, it was after. That's still just as bad though. Like the doctor or another patient? It was a nurse. She was in the room though when I was getting my exam and then when I left. She was checking me out and like on the form and she was like, ask me all these questions.
And I like personal questions, like literally like very vulnerable personal questions like you do with the nurse and the doctor. And then at the very end, she's like, by the way, really big fan. And I was like, well, see, you didn't have to tell me that.
i'm glad i'm actually but she didn't ask for a photo no oh i think it's because she read my energy because like yeah why would you tell me that after i told you my home address yeah and my you saw my private parts my private parts i'm like like you were literally in the room when i was getting a pap smear and now you want to big fan by the way yeah i don't and that's the thing is like if you do know you don't have to tell me yeah unless you're gonna ask for a picture which she didn't even end up asking for and i think that's why she's probably like she's chill i
She's real cool. She's real cool with it. I don't know. She seemed kind of annoyed when I met her. I don't know if I've ever – I'm trying to think of like – I don't know if I've ever been in a situation where like somebody told me they're a fan and it was like weird.
Aside from like I went on a date one time and then the person told me mid-date that they were like a fan and that they had like auditioned. And I was just like, bro. Again, you didn't have to tell me. Well, I mean, I would have preferred they told me before we went on the date. Just knock on on the date because that seems like a big no-no.
But this is like a really cool meet and greet.
really cool meet and greet like one-on-one she's like i did audition and i would like to try again if that's okay with you yeah and she just starts doing a monologue i do have something prepared if that's okay she slides you a business card at the end um yeah i think it's awkward too when people are like uh like a handyman in my house or like working on something they're like big fan by the way so
and they're like they're in my home just like hanging out with me yeah it's a little bit weird that's another yeah that's another thing i i fear i that happened once with instacart like oh yeah um i always first of all fake names on everything like i tell them no contact leave it at the door don't wait for me literally get off my porch before i open my door like i literally write in there just leave it don't ring the doorbell it's okay right like
And we left it. But I remember she was leaving the stuff. And I one of the things needed to be scanned. It's like you need an ID or whatever if it's over a certain amount or if it's alcohol or something. So my boyfriend was like, I'll get the door. So he like went and he got it, took all this stuff. She scanned and then she goes, I think I know your girlfriend.
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Chapter 4: How has the landscape of sketch comedy changed with TikTok?
I love when people make up a scenario in his head. Is that an assumption? Or did they stalk that person's profile? No, he's just making up a scenario in his head. Like, meanwhile, she could start an OnlyFans and make $500,000 a month. It's not fair. He's like, also, she stole money from me. Where did you get that from? I'm curious to know your thoughts on that.
how sketch comedy has changed on the internet. Like, you know how some sketch comedy in its purest form is silly and fun and entertaining.
Yeah.
And then I feel like, again, the virality part of the internet has warped it to be like, I'm going to make something that pisses people off so severely that I'm going to go viral no matter what.
Yeah, I think that's really what it's about now is like making the thing that you know will go viral. And usually that's because it's going to piss off a lot of people. Yeah. And unfortunately, that's what, you know, these these these platforms promote because they want engagement. They want. Yeah. Because they win no matter what. Yeah. They want longer audience retention.
And if it's in that case, it's fine, you know, for a lot of these platforms.
So, I find that so upsetting. And I feel like, too, it's really ruined the purity of, like, the silliness of early YouTube days. Because, like, even, like, back in the day, I would watch sketch comedy on YouTube. Like, even Wong Fu, like, you know, they're, like, OGs, too. And, like, they used to make silly things or serious things. And they were always so fun and lighthearted.
I feel like this kind of... And they were always sketches. Like, they're always made-up scenarios. They're written, whatever. So, like, this kind of shit, I feel like, has really...
poison the water when it comes to that kind of stuff well do you all feel that way i think well i mean if you look at like wong fu like all those guys were like film grads yeah and so like they actually they have like experience and stuff and then when when you have something like tiktok that that lowers the barrier for entry yeah that's great yeah but
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