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Chapter 1: Who is MrBeast and what is Beast Games?
Today's guest is one of the biggest content creators in the world. He's an entrepreneur, a YouTube guru, and he has created more energy and excitement into the world of giving back than possibly anyone. He has a new show called Beast Games where a record-breaking 1,000 people compete for the largest prize in entertainment history, $5 million.
Grateful to finally catch up with the one and only Mr. Beast.
So is this, is it already started? We going?
Yeah, we'll start right now, man. Let's do it. Mr. Beast, Jimmy, nice to see you today. Likewise. Bro, that's awesome, man. So Beast Games, that's the show.
Yeah. So before this, we were showing on episode one of a show I have coming out December 19th. What'd you think of it? We watched it and then he started talking. His team was like, hit the cameras. Like, wait, wait, wait. Now I'm dying to know. What'd you think?
Oh, I thought a lot of things, man. First of all, I thought that you are obviously, you're this Wizard of Oz, Willy Wonka kind of, William Wallace of finances type of energy going on. Okay. You know, there's a lot of that. A lot. Like, I've never seen a show where every... I mean, a couple minutes, there's like another twist of possibility, right? Yeah.
I kind of realized how many game shows are missing so many little elements in there where they could manipulate the situation more or create more of an environment for like competitors in the game to make choices that would affect them and others, you know? Yeah.
Yeah, and basically having layers and stuff like that. But the big thing is no one's ever set up that many cameras before because it's a logistical nightmare. So it's hard to do these kinds of things normally unscripted because we had unfathomable amounts of footage, like over 100 years of footage from that episode.
100 years of footage?
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Chapter 2: What challenges did MrBeast face before his YouTube success?
It was, uh, we spent dollars. Oh my God. Yeah. I hope my mom's all right.
I didn't mean it. Don't cancel me.
No, I'm just trying to give some different. Oh my God. It kind of gives me different reactions.
Put that in the intro.
Oh my God, bro. You spent that much on this?
Yeah. Because it gets crazier. Like that first one, we built a thousand towers. And those are real towers that have actual hydraulic press doors that have to be safety proof with giant foam and crash pad at the bottom with the light system, right? Because we're turning them red and green. And then we had to build custom software to connect it all where you press a button and the lights change.
And then we had to rig, like I told you, a thousand cameras in there. to a giant control center. Like just that first episode alone was, I mean, crazy, man.
And do you have to take it all down at the end?
Yeah. Yeah. I didn't, I don't own that building. Yeah. Cause the problem is like, we needed six massive hangers. So like we basically in Canada, there's like these six giant airport hangers. And we were just like, Hey, can we use those and converted them all to these big sets. And then right outside is a field.
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Chapter 3: How does MrBeast create unique content for his audience?
Yeah, they're like.
I can't get your own pillow in India.
Like in America, you know, people dab you up, like a group of five or six people, and they'll stay quiet. foot or two away, you know, but over there, like they'll just run up and hug me and like get really, really close. And it gets a little intense sometimes. Like I noticed like some of them did not give a fuck about my personal space, especially if it was a bigger group.
Oh, they'll hide in your mouth if you leave it open.
Yeah, I know. So that was, that was an interesting thing.
They just, yeah, I remember being, they would, people were sleeping on the side of the road there. I remember in India when I was there, you would just be driving at night and people just, you know, somebody was just walking and I guess they decided to get some rest or whatever. Um, but yeah, you don't even get your own pillow in India.
Like you lay down and then there's other, you know, people have little quad. It's just, there's a lot of people there, you know, there's a lot of folks. Um, you were talking about feastables, dude. And thank you guys sent me some, you know, I'll go the whole day. I don't need any sugar. Middle of the night, crack open to a box of feastables that some asshole sent me. And, uh, I'm that asshole.
Yeah. And they're awesome. Thank you. And the peanut butter one is probably my favorite one. Thank you. But then it's like, I just have so much, you know, I freak out in the middle of the night and cause I'm just a damn sugar pervert. And then now I just can't go back to bed, you know, but thank you. And, but what I want to say is, would you ever do like a Willy Wonka type of thing?
Cause I feel like this, I mean, you already are kind of there, you know?
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