Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh - MrBeast Gets Flagrant and reveals his FINAL Video

Episode Date: September 27, 2022

The greatest YouTube Creator of All Time MrBeast joins us in the studio today to discuss his new girlfriend, turning down $1 billion dollars, and why he wants to run for president. INDULGE! 00:00 - Start 02:35 - MrBeast humble flexes his riches 07:02 - Does More wealth make you lazier?! 08:03 - MrBeast's first video 10:52 - MrBeast's final video idea 15:44 - Elon Musk’s Twitter offer for MrBeast 21:35 - MrBeasts stalkers 31:27 - MrBeast's girlfriend 41:13 - Schulz reviews MrBeast Burger 46:16 - Schulz YouTube advice for MrBeast 47:22 - Was the buried alive video faked 54:58 - Beast’s foreign language dubbed channels 01:01:44 - YouTube is BETTER THAN Movies and Music 01:03:13 - MrBeast 2032 Presidential Run 01:08:45 - Uploading, delegating to his "clone" 01:14:44 - Power of storytelling for retention 01:19:32 - Old media not understanding power of YouTube 01:25:13 - MrBeast's old crew + making successful videos 01:29:46 - Thumbnails + old videos as examples 01:31:27 - Video that MrBeast thought would do well and flopped 01:34:01 - Andrew will be in a MrBeast video 01:40:52 - MrBeast slaps Andrew + growing with audience 01:44:25 - Most famous celeb in MrBeast's phone + power of influence 02:00:56 - Obsession - Food pantries, early YouTube & being an outsider 02:16:08 - First YouTube billionaires next year 02:19:43 - People not knowing MrBeast is an exciting opportunity for him 02:23:27 - Squid Game video breakdown 02:43:16 - Success of dubbing + employing experts + KNOWLEDGE 02:55:10 - MrBeast offered $1 BILLION for EVERYTHING 02:59:11 - Animations + future projects + storytelling 03:04:29 - Most emotional reaction + helping others + online hate 03:14:56 - how MrBeast met his girlfriend 03:25:04 - Alexander the Great inspiring MrBeast's domination 03:28:38 - "Hi me in 5 years " - Videos for your future self 03:31:20 - Feeling like an outsider + fitting in + levelling up

I know all about YouTube analytics. Do you want me to help you with that? I could use the help. Yes, you can. Are you logged into the show's channel? Oh, shit. He's really not. Hold on, hold on, hold on.

What are we... Where did you meet your girlfriend? Oh, God. That one was... Hey! No, the Mile High is... I was going to Antarctica. Mile High?

Oh, hey, yo. A billion dollars if we could own the channel and the companies and stuff like that. Like, that sounds enticing, but... But you've been offered a billion dollars for your YouTube own the channel and the companies and stuff like that. That sounds enticing. But you've been offered a billion dollars for your YouTube channel. With all the companies, yeah. What was different about the Squid Game video? What did you tap into?

I at most spent like $2 million on a video up to that point. That one we spent $4.2 million. That sky up there is not real. Starting at the end of the blue is all CGI? Yeah, all CGI. And I swear to God, I thought this guy should be president. Is that something you've thought about? It is appealing, yeah, when I'm like 40 or 50.

Really? If I was a billionaire and I just gave away all my money, and I was like, I can't be bought, I just gave away every penny, I have literally zero dollars in my bank account, vote for me, I feel like that's a pretty good campaign thing. And then I just do what's best for people. I like this. Yeah.

We're checking out. Bro, you got 2.3? Look at you. Yo, son. Yo, son. This guy's crazy, bro. Good job. Hey, you little rascal. You just called me a little rascal?

I keep up the good work. You know what? I don't think your parents loved you when you were younger. You don't take your pride with you. You don't. Nolan's an elf. Did you just call me an elf? He's an elf. What do you mean by that?

He means if we gave you a bow and arrow, you'd be nice with it. Yeah! What does that even mean? Should we fake your death? He's trying to tear this whole thing apart. Like, I had one for you, if I can pitch you. Pivot.

Okay, I played Michael J. Fox in Jenga. Um... Like, is there any stakes? You said shakes or steak? Steaks. What's up, everybody? And welcome to Flagrant. And today we are joined by Mr. B6000.

Yay! Mr. B6000. My old name is funny. It's in the building. It's funny because I don't have that name anymore. Wait, why don't you have it? Did you abort it or something? Oh, my God.

Jeez. This is a family-friendly program. All right, we're starting off on a great one. Yes, welcome to Playgrit. I'm here because I had nothing better to do. That's good! That's the best reason to be here. And we're happy about that.

And we're just hoping that by the end of this episode, I make the same amount of money as I did coming into the episode. Oh, yeah. What about even more? I mean, ideally. But I'll just take the same. Fair enough. You know, we just don't lose a brand.

We're good. I mean, you actually operate at a loss, though, based on your Rogan, so we can do that. Oh, yeah, yeah. We can do that, no problem. That's true. We can keep you losing. Yeah, but that's why if it dips, it's a bigger loss. Okay, fair enough.

You have the most brilliant way of saying that you make lots of money. I agree. But how? Wait, wait, how do I do it? He's like, go on. Yes, I agree. But how? Wait, wait, how do I do it? He's like, go on. Yes, I did. No, you say I make all this money and then you're like, but I spend it all. Yeah.

But you still get to say that you make it. Yeah, yeah. So no one can really fuck with you when it comes to making the money. Well, I don't spend the money for that reason, but I guess that is true. Yeah. It does make it easier when people are like, do you make a couple million a month? I can be like, yeah, because I just spend it all.

So it does make it easier. Whereas if I did it, if I was like, oh yeah, I just make a couple million, and that was the end, then I'd just seem like a douchebag. Exactly. Yeah, so I do agree, but I never really thought about it that way. I did. Thank you. You're like Adam Sandler in that way.

You're like a multi-millionaire, but you're like one of the guys still. Oh, I like that. Usually like really rich people, we want to eat them. Yeah, they buy speedsters and go on vacations to Amalfi. Twice. And watches. And watches, yeah.

They're into the watches. We're not gambling degenerates like some people. So are you one of the rich people they want to eat? I'm not that rich. Not yet. You are way more rich than me. But I give my money away. I'm poor.

Yeah. I give my money to my wife. So once you're married, you're good. I feel like everyone can make it. Bro, your fiscal policy is going to completely change once you get married. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just giving away stuff all the time. You're not going to let me?

Do more reaction videos. That's what you're going to be screaming from the kitchen. Yeah, that's going to be interesting. Is there a Mrs. Beast? There is. We've only been dating like six months. Okay, my boy. We'll see.

Okay, my boy. How long have you been married? Don't do that. Don't do that. Don't do that. Don't do that. It's media training. That was very good.

I've been married since the 18th of December. You still had a boyfriend? That was like 18 years ago. I want to get back on. No, no, December 18th I got married. Great decision. Really? Yes.

I recommend you do it. And you don't need a prenup because you don't make any money. Did you get one? Did I get a prenup? No, she got me. Really? Got me for everything. Wait, you really didn't get one?

No prenup. Got me for everything. Why are you so concerned about that? Hey, touch this camera. Go this way. You're right here. Oh, this one? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

He's going to regret that. Whatever something happens, he's going to like it. I know at least like, my wife used to like you. I'm kidding. I'll leave it at that. I know at least like

three people who got one and I was friends with them when they got married and then like two of them when they got married. And then like two of them, you know, didn't work out. And every single one, it's just interesting to see it go from like, yeah, we'll be together forever to like, fuck, this is the worst decision of my life. Did you think about giving them some money? That'd be a great video.

Because you're giving away all this money. Yeah, exactly. Helping my friend who just got divorced recoup. I'll tell the people at our food banks, like, less money this month. Gotta help my divorced friend. They would actually get it. They'd be like, yeah, yeah, he needs it. He needs it.

He's probably waiting in line next to them. Yeah. Is one of your friends that got divorced here? No. Definitely not? These 18-year-olds? Those fucking children? Tarek could have a child bride or something like that.

I'm not exactly sure what the rules are. I don't know how it goes down in the homeland. No, no. Now, you brought your son here. Bring your kids to work there. Yeah, yeah. Now, is that uncomfortable at all for you? What, to have my kids here?

Yeah. No. I'd bring them everywhere. This is getting so uncomfortable. For you. We just wanted to give Carl a shout out. We love Carl. We're big Carl fans here.

Okay, so you make millions and millions and millions of dollars. Who cares, right? Yeah, sure. I make money. Because it's so much money you make. Just tons. I don't know what to do with it. You don't even know what to do with it.

No greed. Okay. I don't know what you're coming with. I don't know. Okay. But that's the fun thing, right? So it's just so much fucking money, okay? And then you're giving it away constantly.

Yep. Right? And then more is coming in. Yep. And giving it away. It's basically what I did. Like, I just had this theory like— Bernie Madoff.

What? Well, hopefully the Ponzi scheme never implodes. Got you. Like, you know, Ponzi schemes are great up until they just go bust. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But no, I had this idea when I was like 18. I was like, when I made a couple thousand dollars in a month, I was like, well, what if I just give it away

and just try to make a little bit more than a couple thousand? And then I just was like, oh, that worked. And then I did it again. And I've done it every month ever since. And I'm just like, oh, well, it just works. And like a couple grand turned into 10, turned into 100, turned into a million. It just keeps going up.

And I'm like, oh. Now, when you ever did like the challenges where you're giving away to your guys if they win, were you ever worried that you would make them not really want to work? Be stimulus. No, no.

Especially when we were doing a lot of them. Do they act different when they make like 150 grand? When we were doing a lot of them, A, they were like 10 grand or 20 grand and this was like Chris just left his job at Best Buy. Tariq literally got, I tried to hire Tariq

and then he said no and then he went to work at a hospital. And a year later, he's like, I'm depressed. And I was like, come on over. Most of them though were just new

and had no money. So back then, when they were fighting those challenges, that was basically their savings at the time. So that's why. But yeah,

you do see, as time went on, they didn't go as long in the time. So that's why. But yeah, you do see, as time went on, they didn't go as long, the challenges. There's a big gap, too. We have a couple thousand. And that's when, obviously, we transitioned to people, like random people. At the start, I wanted to hook the boys up.

And then once they were good, we're like, okay, we can just start doing other people. Okay, talking about hooking up. When you're on Rogan, you brought up the fact that when you posted your first video, it was when you got hacked playing Pirates. Battle Pirates, yes. Battle Pirates, whatever. Have you found out who did it?

No, I didn't, but I should. Have they not reached out? How would they? Mr. B6000 is your username, right? What, are they going to tweet me on Twitter? Yeah. Be like, I got over on Mr. B. Everyone's going to tweet at me.

He could do a YouTube video about it. It would be his highest viewed video. Okay, hold on. Because the story. I love how this is so niche that all five people listening are going to get it. Did we fuck the algorithm up already? God damn it. You did fuck your attention.

You know what? It's fine. You know, if you don't want this to get views, that's up damn it. You did fuck your attention. You know what? It's fine. You know, if you don't want this to get views, that's up to you. I'll tell the story. I'm just getting bullied. Yeah, I know. You're his son. He starts this off.

He's the nerd now, bitch. He starts this off. He's the nerd now. Harry Potter, bitch. He starts this off with like, oh, by the way, Joe Rogan got 10 million views. And, you know, what goes through my head when he says that is like, well, it's completely up to the topics you bring up on whether or not we do it. It's got nothing to do with the guests. No.

If this gets like a 40-minute retention, we're passing that. If this is like 25 minutes, we're screwed. Yeah, yeah. So now we're down there. Okay. So make this story good. No, I'm changing the topic. I'm trying to save you.

I guarantee no one gives a fuck about a guy that hacked me when I was 11 years old on a Facebook page. I care because that's the first video you ever posted. They don't fucking care. Fuck them. Hey, Beast, our audience is actually older than 17. So why don't you go ahead and tell the story. They have a job right now. They're insistent.

Okay. So when I was 11, I was playing a game. A guy just started just destroying me, absolutely crushing me. Every day he'd come through and attack my base, and I got pissed. So I made a video saying, fuck this guy. There was no words. I didn't know how to record audio. I was stupid.

But it was just like him. I just sent it to the devs and I uploaded it to YouTube. And then it somehow got 20,000 views. First video ever gets 20,000 views. That's crazy. Because people who played the game would just watch it. But they were trying to figure out how to hack. And then like all the comments were like, oh.

So there's a guy out there that's responsible for you posting on YouTube. Yeah. For making, pissing me off when I was 11. And then inadvertently making me make a video. And he could be listening right now. What do you want to say to that guy? Thanks for making me rich. He needs a royalty.

You owe him something. If you found out who he is, would you break him off with a little something? Yeah, of course. I'd give him a couple thousand dollars or something. A couple thousand dollars? Give him a fucking island or something like that. What do you mean a couple thousand? That's at least a million, right?

Yeah, no, get him an island and bury him on it, dude. Fuck that guy. Fuck that guy. Oh, you want to play pirates now? Watch this. Dude, that's a great question. When you're buried alive, do you guys ever think about him being mean as a boss? Oh, tell them your plan for if you

die. Oh, yeah. They want me to die. Oh, yeah, 100%. Great video. Big time. They do. Because the second I die, Carl, Chandler, Chris, the three guys, Nolan maybe.

He's a little newer. We haven't decided if he partakes yet or not. They all put their hand on my tombstone last take it off gets the channel. Everything.

100% everything. What about Thotic? Dude, you just left the brown guy out of this. Well, he's not on camera. He's the camera guy. So, like, most people haven't seen him. I don't know.

Do you think Tariq gets to put his hand on the tombstone? Yes. I think so. As of right now, it's just written in the little plan. It's just those three. We have to update it and put Nolan and maybe Tariq in it. Yes. Because we have a little game plan for a fight.

I say we keep it as is. I like the three. I like three. Yeah. At last, take it off, gets it. I would give a vote in Egypt wherever

I would definitely win that one probably some are private so you know they can film the video yeah that is happening mark my words

I don't even know if I've really said it publicly I tweeted it one time but I'm serious I don't give a fuck how much you guys are crying put their fucking hands on the tombstone

and give the channel to whoever wins okay and don't bully them for it they're just doing what I want and you guys think you could do without him, right? I mean, it'll be an interesting experiment. I'm down.

Should we fake your death, dude? Oh, fuck no. It's like, I want to do this the next 10 years. And if I do that, then like, if I fake that, did I fake counting to 100,000? Good point, good point. You can't fake anything. Okay.

Hold on, sorry. Real quick, real quick. Most illegal. No, no, go for it. Shut the fuck up, James. I love this guy. He's trying to tear this whole thing apart, James.

That's what he's doing. Come to my castle. Spot him. No, most illegal video. Honestly, I try to brainstorm legal videos, so. Yeah, I try to brainstorm legal videos. Yeah, that's probably better use of your time.

Okay, what about like a competition? Like I had one for you, if I can pitch you. Hit me. Okay. Is that the notepad you're flipping? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Go ahead, rip it out. I have three that I want. Before the podcast, he just slides through.

Okay, this is a good, tell me if you think this has good, one, retention and good good click-through. Okay. I played Michael J. Fox in Jenga. That could work. Is there any stakes? Say again? Anything on the line?

You said shakes or stakes? Stakes. I just got Invisalign, all right? My S's are not going to come off correctly. Maybe if it's like Loser's Car gets hit by a meteor or something. That's a good one. I like that. Oh, okay.

100 kids go to an island. Last one leaves gets an internship with Jeffrey Epstein. Thoughts? He's dead. Or is he? I haven't seen the body. Yeah, that's a banger. I don't know. I wouldn't use the word banger. That's a poor choice of words. I don't know if I'm going to use the word banger

I don't know if for the right reasons but it's a meal that will get clicked probably by the FBI you were investigated by the FBI was I? well that's what we were wondering oh gotcha no I was hunted by them for a video

were they really hunting someone else in your crew? You want to inform me? Do you know something I don't? I think we know who he's looking at. I don't know. I was looking at Carl. I was looking at Carl. I was looking at Carl and nobody else.

Hey, I'm going to need you to respect Tariq. Yeah, I do respect him. I'm going to have to walk out. My pronouncing his name right. Yeah, I'm going to need you to respect Tariq. Yeah, I do respect him. I'm going to have to walk out. My pronouncing his name right. Yeah, yeah. You respect Tariq, we'll respect Tariq. Okay, $1 trillion I give you right now. Okay.

Thank you. You have to spend it on the video. Okay. What is it? I bought everything I wanted in life. And I just buy everything. Everything? I don't think that gets you to a trillion, dog.

I'm going to be honest. No, humans are expensive, bro. Oh, I can figure it out. People are like, you couldn't spend a billion a day if you wanted to. Fucking 10 super yachts. Problem solved. I could spend a trillion. Bro, I'm just calling up people who own neighborhoods, buying entire neighborhoods.

I could figure it out. One trillion. You buy everything you want in life. Yeah, I would just literally buy half of America. Why not? Have you looked into buying a planet? No. I mean, they're so far away.

You know how much cooler it would be if planets weren't like 500,000 light years away? If there was a realistic way we could visit them in our life? Yeah. I feel like we'd all be way happier. Yeah. Just get out of here for a little bit. It would make life more fun.

Yeah, yeah. But it's like, you have to build a ship and send it off, and people have to have kids on it, and kids and their kids will maybe see that planet. It's kind of lame. Yeah, yeah. I mean, that's what your boy's trying to do at least. Yeah, Elon? Yeah, my boy. Did you believe him when he made that offer?

What offer? If something bad happens to him. Oh, on Twitter. I love it. You did your research. You think that you're going to come on this podcast and I'm not going to maintain my journalistic integrity? He thinks he's a journalist, by the way. I'm a journalist, bro. Really? Well, then you need to make up some lies.

Hold on. We go political? Headline on Breitbart. Mr. Beast calls the news fake. He's one of us. Yeah, well, first he has to buy it. And then, yeah, I'm very confident if he bought it and died, he'd give it to me. Totally.

And not the investors that have tens of billions of dollars in it. That's a bad enemy to make, though. I wouldn't have made that deal with you. What? Oh, I own Twitter. If I die, if I die, then you get it. The guy that is making videos and doing crazy stunts. Could you imagine someone assassinates him?

But then their holy motive is to be someone. Someone? I wonder who it could be. They want to assassinate him? Yeah, they got a fucking YouTube channel. But what would you even do with Twitter? I mean, I don't know. Sell it.

It's worth a lot of money. Give it away. Give it to a subscriber. He would do a video giving it away. Just get some money. Oh, no, you can actually... Stop being poor. You can help him, okay?

Because he doesn't. I need help. He doesn't believe in philanthropy. No, I do believe in philanthropy. You don't believe in philanthropy? We've talked about this all the time. A word on the street is you hate philanthropy. I don't hate it. I believe in it.

I'm very philanthropic. That's not what I heard. What do you donate to? Say again? We've talked about this a million times. I donate to a Catholic church. You don't? I donated sperm for like the first maybe like three years of my adolescence

we gotta go until we get out of comedian mode that's not donated I believe in philanthropy you've literally never donated I do believe in it he believes in it as an idea he just hasn't gotten around to it

when you do it I think you do it I believe in it you believe it, I think you do it. Yeah. Wait. I believe it. You believe in... I believe people do it. Wait, what do you mean? I don't know. What does he mean? Can't I believe it and also not do it? Look, I'm saying Jimmy donates millions of dollars every year. He plants trees. I do.

He helps people. He has food pantries. And you also have a lump of money that you could use to help other people. And why don't you? I feel like you're doing a good job. I don't want to take away from you. Like, if everybody, what if I have a burger and I have chocolate and I'm giving everybody money and I'm giving everybody islands? You know what I mean?

You're changing the subject. How many fucking white Oprahs do we need? There, we got you. No, I should give more, man. Agreed. When did you start giving? When I was like 15. Oh, you started young.

Yeah. That's the problem. The habit has been built. Yeah, exactly. We're too old to start. We got money late. I think the game passed us by. Yeah, yeah.

To a perfectly logical reason. More importantly, everyone always talks about, obviously you're- Yo, yo, yo, can you stop bullying us on our fucking show? Yo, he's a bully, bro.

I love it. This guy's a bully, dude. I don't gotta be the bully. He brought it up. Yeah, yeah. Bro, you're a fucking on his side. Well, I'm just saying,

I didn't realize. You son of a bitch. Did you realize he's taller than you two? He's the bully. He's 6'4". Everyone, how tall are you?

6'3", 6'4". Wow. 6'3", 6'4". Wow. 6'3", 6'4". Hey, hey. I'm going to forget my goddamn questions. You're 6'4". He gave away an inch. Okay, go.

What is your question? Your Netflix special that you sold on your own. You made more than they would have paid you. Yeah. I mean, it was with Netflix. Yeah. Have you ever said how much money it was publicly or anything like that? No, I haven't. Do you ever plan on it? Just every time I hear it, I'm not sure it was with Netflix. Yeah. Have you ever said how much money it was publicly or anything like that? No, I haven't.

Do you ever plan on it? Just every time I hear it, I'm always curious. Even on the car ride over, I was thinking about it. I was like, how much did you shit on Netflix? You know? Well, this guy's good. I didn't say it was Netflix. Oh, wait.

Really? Yeah. I thought that was the whole thing. Everybody thought it was Netflix. I never said which one it is. Really? He's never revealed it. Bro, I was beyond certain it was Netflix. Why? Why'd you think it was Netflix? I don't fucking know. Because he looks at the whole thing. Everybody thought it was Netflix. I never said which one it is. He's never revealed it. Bro, I was beyond certain it was Netflix.

Why? Why'd you think it was Netflix? I don't fucking know. Because he looks at the stock market. I just thought, like, Netflix was like, here's a three million bag, delete some jokes,

and you're like, fuck you, and then you made, like, 20 million and you just shat on them or something. I didn't make 20 million. Yeah, obviously, that was just a number I put on my head, but yeah. He didn't even say obviously.

He didn't even say obviously. I'm sorry. He said obviously. I'm walking out. I'm walking out. He made't even say obviously. He said obviously. I'm walking on my own podcast, bro. He made you sit back down. He made you sit back down. What's going on now?

What's happening, bro? Oh, gosh, help me out, bro. Come on. Stand up if you want to talk. I can leave my show if I want, bro. Do you plan on telling us how badly you shit on said streaming service? I plan on just taking a moment. You know what I'm moment to get my confidence back

and then I'll die on the podcast. I can't even say the number now because it's less than whatever you threw out. Fuck an asshole, dude. You just threw out 20 like it was nothing, bro. I apologize.

That's even worse. That's even worse. I'm sorry for hurting you. That's how I apologize to my white man, Empty. I'm just not going to talk. Fuck, man. Now I'm putting it on YouTube because you said that. What?

I'm going to put the whole special on YouTube. And he's going to donate his money. And I'm going to donate the money that comes to his wife. Hold him to it. I'm going to donate it to who you said. I'm going to donate it to me and my wife i'm gonna donate to us donate it all to her and then when you get a divorce you'll get half of it fuck not that you would that works the same either way yeah that's good you guys were so ready for it to be harmful you jumped on board this is a horrible position to be in.

This is a master manipulator. It's almost like we're interviewing him. Yeah. Yeah, this is good. Any other fucking questions? No, but I want that story we were talking about beforehand. Yes.

So when he was going through video ideas, it reminded me of someone who just, I can't remember if it was Dubai or, somewhere in the Middle East, this guy hired a private investigator in North Carolina. I have no contacts to find me. And this is just something that happens. Yeah, someone, this happens a lot.

So whenever people call local private investigators, they just let us know because a lot of people just want to know where I am for whatever reason. Oh, the private investigators call you directly? Yeah, it's usually, which now I'm giving away my secrets, but oh well, I'm in too deep. But so he calls us, lets us know. He's like, this time it's someone from Dubai. We don't really know what he wants, but he's just flying to North Carolina tomorrow, and he just paid me to find you.

And we're like, okay, cool. And so then the next day he gets there. And then with the private, I have security, so my security went with the private investigator to meet him. And my security's just like, why the fuck are you here? Why are you trying to find Jimmy? And the guy's like, I just have video ideas. I really want to give them. And my security's like, fuck you. Why are you actually here? He just kept saying it like 30 times in a row. He's just like, I just want to give him this

sheet of ideas. And it's just a piece of paper with video ideas. Flies across the world, private investigator, everything. And so they're like, we don't believe you. And so they're like, he let them, my security, search his hotel room, couldn't find anything, nothing in there, just a suitcase of clothes. And he just literally just did all that

to give me a list of ideas. And then, well, my security was like, oh, Jimmy's out of town for three months. Did you ever get the fucking ideas? Yeah, well,

and just took it. I was like, I'll give it to Jimmy. And then he gave it to me and it was just like, it was like, open up a free gas station, like open up. That's actually, I'll give it to Jimmy. And then he gave it to me and it was just like, it was like, open up a free gas station and like, open up a gas station.

That's a very Middle Eastern idea. Yeah. He's trying to make money off you. He was getting a lick off of you. It was like 30 ideas like that. This is actually, watch women read in public or something like that. We did get Squid Game

out of that. Bullshit. Bullshit. Yeah, bullshit. You guys stole the guy from Dubai's idea? This was before the real Squid Game. Yeah, no, he wrote it all out. 456 bucks.

The screenplay. And so this guy just hired private investigators, flew down there, all this money, camped out just to give me a list of video ideas. And none of them were good? None of them were good. What a loser! What a fucking idiot, right? You dumb idiot, you're probably watching right now. I've never told this story publicly.

Now he's going to know that I actually did it. And he's coming back because he knows where to find you. He should know. You read his ideas and they sucked. He's going to find you. He's got money to get an investigator if he can find him. Oh yeah, this guy's got money too. Next time, pitch him on ideas. I got plenty of ideas.

Hire your private investigators. I need ideas. Give me the Dubai ideas. I paid Instagram influencer $1 million to shit on a glass table. It's much easier to fly here than North Carolina. Do you have a lot of people doing that?

Like just, okay, you hear the stories of people going, like, I risk everything to be here. Like I saw Carl's story of like, I spent my last dollar and then I ended up working out. And that kind of inspires every lunatic to take their last dollar to just show up in North Carolina. The thing is, I just, I live in my studio now. So it's like Finstan and stuff like that.

And most people know that so they don't. But sometimes, you know, I'll leave. With the gym in the bedroom. You know what I'm saying? Gym in the bedroom,

my boy. I still know this little way. But sometimes I'll go out and they'll just be like, yeah, this guy's just been camping behind a gas station for like a month

waiting to see you. And I'm like, lovely. And how do you say, no? I just am like, tell him I'm just not interested. Like, that's not how, you know,'m like lovely and how do you say I just am like tell him I'm just not interested

like that's not how you know I like to meet people but it still like occasionally happens and it's always like that doesn't ever piss them off

because you're not like I mean that's not the nicest I'm not interested I don't think anyone expects me to just go meet people who just can't wait for my attention

because you don't know like they might be trying to kill me they might be whatever yeah of course yeah so it used to be... It's weird. It oscillates. Sometimes it's

a lot, and then sometimes it's not as much. Have you ever had a dangerous moment with your security where they had to intervene and get someone off you? Dangerous? Carl, can you think of one? Not really. No? Nobody cares enough. I don't think so.

You know, Max, there's never a crowd of five people. Just kidding. Is it ever women waiting to see? Okay, Al. Before. Before your girlfriend. Okay, Al. He's got a girlfriend.

Fucking hell. I'm a good Christian boy. Tell them why they call you Mr. Beast. Tell them why they call you Mr. Beast. No, I usually. No, but we've never never had any crazy issues. It's actually kind of weird. With the mall one, that went really well even though the mall was just – It was crazy.

Yeah. At one point, there was like 20,000 people in there. Yeah. And girls showing tits and shit. That was fucking nuts. Did you see that? That's in the video. These are children.

Really? There's screenshots in the video of girls flashing. I hope not. No. There's younger people there. No, that was nuts. It was crazy. And they had the American flag pasties or whatever like that.

This is not true. You didn't see this. Are you making this up? It's on. There was a whole Quibi series they made about it. You don't watch Quibi still? Hey, you know who can use're so... You know what? You're so abused.

It's Quibi. Is that the one with the phone thing? Don't act like you don't know what the fuck Quibi is. No, it's not. Is that what it was? No, because... Is that the one

that turned the phone? No, no. This guy's a savage. No, Quibi... I knew Quibi would fail because... Zero. Within five seconds

of using Quibi, I went to watch a show and I was like, this is garbage, I went to watch a show. And I was like, this is garbage. I went to screenshot it. And the screenshot was black. And that's how I knew it would fail because you can't make memes. They made it where you couldn't take screenshots of anything.

Netflix is a problem, too. Yeah, well, at least Netflix, like, you can watch it on your computer and it's easier to screenshot. Quibi was phone only and there's zero way to take a screenshot. So it's like, how the fuck do you expect these shows to go viral? Like, that was the same time of Baby Yoda and all this stuff. And then Quibi's just like, no, no memes. And it's like,

no one's riffing your fucking shows. Can you explain that a little bit more about how memes drive the culture of online content? Yeah, like the Mandalorian, you get rid of Baby Yoda memes, it's like nothing. Nobody even talks about it.

Exactly. I never would watch it. Now, when you're creating videos, are you also going like, what do you think will be memeable in this? I probably should, but no. But no. Yeah, right now I'm just, are you also going, like, what do you think will be memeable in this? I probably should, but no. But no. Yeah, right now I'm just trying to... But with film and TV, like,

film, TV, it's what is memeable. No, not only. It's just something that happens naturally. If you're just getting it where no one can take screenshots, then you're just an idiot, you know what I mean? Because that's how you just get attention on Twitter. It's like cutting one of your legs out from under you. Yeah, if you try to make a meme, then you're cringe. Like, memes just happen. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. You mean, like, if you're the creator of the TV show. It's like cutting one of your legs out from under you. Yeah, if you try to make a meme, then you're cringe. Like, memes just happen.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. You mean like if you're the creator of the TV show. If like House of Dragons is going, this is the meme-able moment. Exactly. I don't think you can ever do that. You can't force them. You can embrace it, though, after it's like organically popular. Lean in.

Yeah. I think you have to. Yeah, that like, what is that movie, Morbius or whatever? Yeah. The Jared Leto movie that got absolutely destroyed. Yeah. Did you see there? But it still did well right

I don't know I'm pretty sure like the destroying it caused it to they put it back out in theaters did you see that oh really

it went viral as like a meme and they were like we're re-releasing it oh that's sick and Minions as well with the like people that was genius

Minions people actually enjoyed though you did that you did what we did we bought every ticket in a theater and then we just

flooded with people in suits. Oh, that's amazing. It was great. And I heard they made that shit illegal in a few places. It seemed crazy. It's like for the first time in three years, they go to a movie theater. And then three days later, it's like, no, you can't do that.

Also, the most mature way to dress. Yeah, right? Yeah, it has a very cultish feel to it, though. Just a bunch of young white kids in suits and whatever. Yo, yeah, this is scary. You're saying if there was a bunch of young white kids in suits and whatever yo yeah this is scary you're saying that there was like a bunch of white people

all dressed the same you would like that would make you feel uncomfortable a little bit I wonder if I walked in and it was just a hundred black people

in suits how I would feel yeah men in black is what are you guys doing I think the new men in black is out

you guys trying to work for Schultz Studios what's going on yeah that is wild I don't know why that is concerning. It shouldn't be illegal. I think it's literally because some of them started lighting firecrackers in the movie theater. And one of them blew up a couple seats.

I told you, man. It's a dangerous thing. You can't trust that many white people just the same. Why, we get out of hand a little bit? You get one group think and it's just a mob all of a sudden. Yeah. But it is so fun, though. See, me and him, we break it up so there's not too much white boy shit going on.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. So every time Mark and I are starting to get hyped about things, you guys stop. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Does that go off? That's actually a really good idea. That's why Dotic is a part of the team. So that's it. Got you.

Too much white fun. He's not good. We keep his camera off. He's like Sid Vicious. We don't even use him. Had him on the back. Your much white fun. He's not good. We keep his camera off. He's like Sid Vicious. We don't even use him. Pat him on the back. Your content made it. But just in case you guys start going, you want to go to Charlottesville?

He's like, whoa, whoa, whoa. Everybody chill out. This is very important. That's how you build your team. No, that's smart. Tariq's the foundation. Right. Okay, this is good.

Are they allowed to have girlfriends? Is the team allowed to have girlfriends? I wish not, but, you know, if they want to. Are they just drowning in strange or what? Oh, my gosh. Hey, let's cut over to them. Boys, take it away. I love women.

He's so good at it, too. He's so good at it too he's so good at it oh no he's fucking he's fucking he's fucking you can tell dude

okay girl I didn't know you had it like that my boy shit Nolan's quiet Nolan's got a little something going on I know you do

100% he's a chain out by the way yeah put the chain back in I'm putting the chain back in Nola's got a little something going on. I know you do. Oh, 100%. He's a chain out, by the way. Yeah. Put the chain back in. I'm putting the chain back in. I love it.

Some wild motherfucking boys you got over here. No, fucking crazy. I can't tame them. What do you guys do on a Saturday? Like split a six pack of White Claw or something? Just fucking let loose, dude? Well, I just work all the time. Yeah. Yeah, so I usually see them when we're filming,

but outside that, I don't see them too much anymore. Okay. How do you split the work balance with your girl? You've introduced this relationship in the last six months. That's what us married guys want to know. Just out of curiosity. You want relationship advice from a 24-year-old? Yeah.

Loser! 25! No, no, no. I want it. How do you tell her to leave you alone? I'm not going to say it, though. Yeah, right now. I got you guys. The answers you've been needing. She's actually from South Africa, so she can only come here 90 days a year anyways. So it just naturally works itself out.

You got yourself African, my boy. You see that? Ow! Ow! What? You going to make her an African-American? I'm working on it Figure out how

That's a video I made a white woman an African American There's your video Wedding episode It is a little weird that like She makes good money She's like Gone to college multiple degrees

Everything you would want You would want her here But I still feel like There's just literally no way To get her in America Like you Why don't we Reform our immigration process Where, like, yeah.

We should let in the good ones, right? Who said that? Why are you making it bad? Why are you making it bad? You're twisting it. You know what? I don't want my girlfriend here anymore. You've been doing this to him for an hour.

How does it feel? How does that feel, Jimmy? 20 million was. Okay. But you can marry her and then she's in. Yeah, I'll just marry her. That seems like a reasonable way to spend time. You can actually have Nolan do it.

True. Nolan can marry your wife. Nolan can marry your girl. That'd be a great video. Is that like a company? Can I just pay someone to marry her? Yeah. Really?

It's not a company, but Nolan can do it. You're giving him ideas. He's genuinely thinking about this. I don't want... No, that genuinely happens. If she has to marry someone I see on it, this is a little... She doesn't have to do anything do it. You're giving him ideas. He's genuinely thinking about this. I don't want, like, if she has to marry someone I see, this is a little... She doesn't have to do anything.

No, no, but it feels just like some guy that I'll never see again and they just, like, marry so she can move here. But he might try something. Nolan's an elf. Look at that. Like, he's not going to do anything.

Yeah, but the problem is Nolan will make fun of me. He's an elf man. But the thing is, I can't make fun of him because he has the perfect laughter. He looks like he's from Lord of the Rings. Is he from Lord of the Rings, bro? He's not going to. But the thing is, I can't make fun of him because he has the perfect laughter. He looks like he's from Lord of the Rings. Is he Lord of the Rings, bro?

He's not doing anything with your girl. That's an elven man. Did you just call me an elf? He's an elf, bro. He's not even mean by that. Scott, it means if we gave you a ball and arrow, you'd be nice with it. What does that even mean? No, it's a compliment.

He's saying he's a cookie. He's in a tree. That's what he's saying. It's fucked up. You've never seen Lord of the Rings? He's in a tree. That's what he's saying. It's fucked up. You've never seen Lord of the Rings, bro? I've seen Lord of the Rings. I just don't know what I look like. You know the people that you're like, my family?

He's not going to let it go. That's true. No, not your ears. Your fucking head and your skin and your beauty. He's a beautiful guy. One green hat is selfish. Dude, look. You're like made out of oat milk, bro. One green hat, he's selfish. Dude, look, you're like made out of oat milk, bro. You're amazing.

Look at you. This is a beautiful man. He is handsome. He's been calling me Harry Potter for about the first 30 minutes. Wait, you're not in the movie? Listen, I have a fantasy journey today, bro. Oh, shit. I got this shit all wrong.

All it says, Nolan could marry your your wife and you know he'd be respectful because it's part of their culture. But Nolan promised that if I make fun of him, he's got the perfect clap back. What's the perfect clap back? He's married to my girlfriend. Yeah, but he's not doing nothing. Yeah.

But he's got that over him forever. No, he doesn't win a single argument anymore. That's it. Why, what happened? Because I'm married to your girlfriend. But then you can also be like, yeah, but I'm sleeping with your wife. Yeah, I'm fucking your wife, dog.

Here's a little back and forth then. Yo, that's a bar. Now you're getting it? We're looking at homes. Now he realizes it. We actually just showed him a camera. Because you thought I was talking about the orcs or something, bro? Come on. Let me see it. Yeah, you're... That's Orlando Bloom, dog. He's a beautiful

man. Look at that. Do you know who that is? Legolas? Yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm fine with that. Wait, what else do we got in here? I'm surprised you're not grabbing your phone back.

Is it Dove's phone? Yeah, it's Dove's phone. Go to the pictures. There's not going to be anything of interest in here. Go to the pictures. He'll get up so quick right now. Let's see what he's got. Wait, you're going to let him look through your photos? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Chill, chill on. That content happened. Yeah. The content king right here, dog. Okay. You guys should trade phones. That'd be fun. Oh, me and you?

Yeah. Do you want to do that? Uh. He's just going to go through my YouTube analytics and start blurting out numbers. Well, maybe. That's actually a great idea. I'd actually probably send them to Mark. And then Mark would blur them out.

I don't know more about this. My phone's dead, but I'll take yours. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. My wife is sending me screenshots. So I don't know what that is. He's never been on YouTube analytics in his life. I know all about YouTube analytics. Big time.

Maybe you could rehab Jimmy's channel. Do you want me to help you with that? I could use the help. That'd be great. I mean, we YouTube analytics. Big time. Maybe you can rehab Jimmy's channel. Do you want me to help you with that? I could use the help. That'd be great. I mean, we could work on some TNs. Are you the behind-the-scenes guy?

No, it's all him. That's your thumbnail, bro. Is it really? Alright, so you're the smart one. Do you want to do some TN brainstorming? Are you logged

into the show's channel? Oh, shit. He's really not. Wait, what are we doing right now? Hold on, hold on, hold on. What are we doing here? We're checking out. Bro, you got 2's channel? Oh, shit. He's really not the guy. Wait, what are we doing right now? Hold on, hold on, hold on. What are we doing here? We're checking out.

Bro, you got 2.3? Look at you. Yo, son. Yo, son. This guy's crazy, bro. Yo, you're killing it. This guy's a crazy guy right now, bro. Yo.

He's like, good job, man. Good job. I can't. Hey, you little rascal. You just called me a little rascal? I can't. I can't compliment. You know what?

I will not compliment you the rest of the podcast. Cut that shit out, Jimmy. He's going to give you advice, and then you're going to give him advice. I don't think your parents loved you when you were younger. You don't think your parents are compliments well. Okay? You don't. Someone abused this man, and he just doesn't know how to take a compliment.

I'm like, hey. I'm like, I'm proud of you for having 2 million subscribers. And he's like, what the fuck did you just say? And I'm like, I'm proud of you for having 2 million subscribers. And he's like, what the fuck did you just say? And I'm like, I'm proud of you. Wow. That's very astute. That's very astute. King Solomon over here, bro.

Wisdom. You can tell the accuracy by how fast we both stood up. Jesus Christ. My dad loved me, at least. Mom's going to step it up a little bit. So RPM's a little low. How do we get that up? Yeah.

What did he say? RPM. RPM's. So, this RPM's a little low. How do we get that up? Yeah, yeah, yeah. What'd he say? RPM. RPMs, yeah. I've been working on those. Yeah. Yeah. You definitely... Love the RPMs, dude.

So, you swear a lot in the videos. Say again? You swear a lot in the videos? I wouldn't. No. You do. I can tell you do, just by looking at the revenue. I don't swear.

You have to. I don't swear. Then it wouldn't be this low if you didn't swear. I'm racist a lot. But that's not cussing. Gotcha. Do have to. I don't swear. Then it wouldn't be this love. You didn't swear. I'm racist a lot. But that's not cussing. Gotcha. Do you know what I mean? Yeah, a substitute.

Oh, you're saying say things that are wrong. Yeah, you say things that advertisers don't like. Naughty, yeah. Some advertisers don't like it. But we have great advertisers. The numbers. It's just funny that like, I could never.

I'm looking for a chocolate bar sponsorship actually. Can we? Can we sponsor the next one? Yeah. How much do you charge an episode? For you? Yeah. Free.

Oh. Philanthropy. Let's go. Thank you. See that? Philanthropy, bro. You almost said fellatio. That was weird.

Because he brought it close to me like that. I was like, it's only one other time this is happening. Can't wait till they edit that. I want a pallet of chocolate. I want it right here next episode. Okay, pallet of chocolate. Matter of fact,

we need to replace the trees. Perfect. That would actually be sick. We will replace it with a pallet of chocolate. Matter of fact, matter of fact, I've been wanting to try your burger. Yeah.

Can someone order some? Can we order some Beast Burgers? I'll order some. I'll order some. I'll order some. I'll be right back. How fast do the Beast Burgers come? Let me message them. Let's see.

How fast do the Beast Burgers usually come? Go on, Mark. Probably 30 minutes. 30 minutes. Well, we might get them a little quicker. What? Are they already here? Is it only hamburgers, or do you have anything for people who aren't going out?

Yeah, we have a grilled cheese. He doesn't eat beef. We have a grilled cheese. Oh, that sounds fun. I'm working on it. Oh, no, we have Impossible Meat as well. Okay, use the Impossible Meat. I forgot we launched that.

It's just like 3% of our sales. Like, no one gives a fuck. I was like really expecting people to fuck with the plant-based burger. I thought we were friends. You know what I mean? I thought we had a thing, and we just shit on him together. No, it's just in general. America just doesn't give a fuck.

Thank you. Yeah, yeah. So is he ordering it or are they already here? Yeah. But listen. Because I was like really hoping that would like explode

and like no one cared. What the impossible meat. Yeah, and we also did like lettuce wraps where you can substitute the bun for lettuce. That sounds great. I like that. Yeah, it's fun.

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Hold on one second. Because if they say these are bad, it's not my fault. No, we got some real Beast Burgers. Okay, this is it. Mr. Beast. Oh, we got some real Beast Burgers. Okay, this is it. Mr. Beast. Oh, God, that old-ass packaging. Oh, God, here we go. Wait a minute.

This is weird. That looks awful like a Big Mac. Come on. Son, son, son, son. Why are you doing that, bro? It's totally not a Big Mac. It does look special sauce. That looks like a Big son, son. Son, why are you doing that, bro? It's literally not a Big Mac. It does look like special sauce. That looks like a Big Mac, dude.

Hold on. All Beef Burger does is when you order, we order from McDonald's. Special sauce, pickles, cheese, lettuce, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, onions, with some sauce, pickles, cheese, lettuce. I just thought it said we should eat buns. So this one hasn't been opened yet. So if this is a Big Mac, then you guys really pulled it off. Yo, Mark, how are you going to use my card and not get an Impossible Burger? What? You can eat beef? Why not? I mean, it's impossible this is a Beast Burger.

This is what happens when you hang out with comedians. Okay, so these do look like Big Macs, so... That is a Big Mac. Oh, that is? Yeah. Oh, so that's what the Beast Burger is? No. I can't tell if you're fucking with me.

No, tell me what's going on. Let me see this. These are ghost kitchens, right? Oh, this one, though. That looks more like our thing. Oh, that's a Beast Burger. Hold on, let me see this. Hold on, hold on, hold on.

These motherfuckers, these fucking... Do you have, like, a team that we could call like an HR? Son, that's crazy. Because we didn't do that. You did. No, we did not. Bro, there's not a coincidence that the ones without the stickers are Big Macs and the ones with the stickers not opened aren't.

Whoa. I'm glad the Impossible Burger's died. So this is a Beast Burger. Whoa. Whatever, dog. I'm glad the Impossible Burger's died. This is a Beast Burger. Yeah, it looks like it's been... That shit looks bomb. Yeah, it looks like it's been sitting around a little bit,

but it looks good. I'm going to take a bite right now. Go for it. It's not my fault if it's been sitting out for an hour. Is there money in there? Oh, no. I'm not going to lie

that's fire let's go it's got fries on it that's fire that's Chandler whoever's on our marketing team make an ad

of him saying that and just run it all over that's fire just target everyone within a hundred mile radius of this or anyone that goes to his show

just hit him with Instagram ads of him going that's fire see how this guy thinks that's fucking fire right there what do you rate that one out of ten?

Burger review. Don't do that. No, hit us. Honestly? Don't, don't, don't, don't, don't, don't, don't, don't. Honestly? No, not honestly. Don't be too honest.

I'm being honest with you right now. This needs a little more sauce. Okay. Probably because it's been sitting around a little bit. It's dried up a little bit. Well, yeah. The version they ordered is the one with no sauce. Well, you don't need to throw it like that. I am throwing it. That's the old packaging. They need to update it. They need to update that

fucking packaging, right? Yeah, agreed. Fuck that packaging. Agreed. What's wrong with Angry Birds packaging? Patty? Yeah? Excellent. Agreed. Patty is excellent. Dare I say the best you've ever had. For fast food? Okay. Dude, I'm an In-N-Out enthusiast. I feel the retention. Just give us the rating so we can level it.

Son. Holy shit. Holy shit. That's a Mr. B's diss right there. That's how I'm wired. Retention. Retention. I can't just let a video die.

Son. I'm a guest speaker. Step it up, bro. Miles, the single, please. One out of ten. All right. You know what? I'll take it if it saves the podcast.

Oh, you did get it. It's just hard-wired. You can't spend a decade of your life studying how to go viral and how to get people to watch the video and then have it firebomb in front of your eyes and not hurt your soul. So you think about that with everything? Yeah, it would be the same as

if I started doing stand-up there and it was just god-awful. You would be like, I gotta help this guy. What about during sex? Do you ever be like, oh, the retention. Her retention's flummoxed. She's starting to look around the room a little bit. Like, Africa would be nice to be back by now.

It's been more than three minutes. I think we got enough RPMs. So is there a collab burger or food product, the flagrant beast product? I want to make some money. Yeah, I know. Hey, is he the business guy? Why don't you let him do that, Doug? Are you the business guy? Get the chain out. I'm to make some money. Yeah, I know. Hey, is he the business guy? Why don't you let him do that, Doug? Are you the business guy?

Doug, get the chain out. I'm just thinking of ideas. Besides your stupid Big Mac joke. Let's go. 10 out of 10. What's the product? What does the chain do? Just look at his nose.

I was trying to be a little subtle. Okay. I don't want to make Tariq uncomfortable. We're together now. Oh, okay. Tariq was sitting there, and Dove moved him out of the way. It was really interesting how that happened. How strange.

That is a little bit unfortunate. Dove. Sorry about that. Did you feel attacked? Yeah, yeah. Oh, you controlled the TV over there? Yeah, yeah. So Jimmy gave you some advice on your channel, will suck less.

Yeah. What's your advice for his channel? Oh, number one, plane crash video. Very close to 9-11 Oh my god I intentionally made sure we did not upload in September

I was like the editors were like they were like you know we might need more time I was like you don't have more time I was like

this is like we're a couple days away from September like That's so funny I feel like no one gives you advice on your channel so this is going to be a a couple days away from September. That's so funny. I feel like no one gives you advice on your channel, so this is going to be a perfect— Oh, I get tons of advice. Every time I upload, I get like 40 phone calls from people telling me how it could be better.

Is there somebody you watch that you still learn a lot from on YouTube that you're like, oh, that guy I could learn from? I mean, everyone. Like, even like— Anybody more than anyone else? Oh, no, it changes. It's just like, I just like watching random YouTube videos and like, even like a homeless person on the street, you can learn something from like how to be more humble

or what it's like for someone who's struggling. So like, if you apply that same mindset to videos, like every video you watch, there's something you can learn. Especially if it has a million views, like there's a reason it got a million views. Okay.

I could give you the dumb dick joke answer, but like that's the answer. No, no. Alex didn't believe that you got buried. Oh, you didn't no interesting and he had a whole

I think he put me on the spot right now let's see this shit he had a whole reason for why you didn't get buried I kind of forgot you don't just forget your conspiracy theories

no but it was the camera angles like you don't forget your conspiracy theories look at this shit softy this is the most viewed video you're questioning my existence

yeah exactly I'm just saying the camera angles made it seem as though you could have fixed it. I remember this. Whoa. And I think you're worth too much to take that risk. Yeah, my mom was like crying when I filmed this video. I was like, Mom, I promise we did the math.

Let me skip to over here to show you. There's a scene where the boys literally dig down and... Yeah, see that penis sign? Yeah. They literally dug down and put that there. Yeah. So you... You could have planned.

Wait, wait, right here. All right. Aw, Carl. Wait, wait for the cut right here. Hold up. Look, you can literally see where they put the sign there and how deep it is underground.

Or that could have just been shot at a different time where... Whoa! Whoa! You just see a sign go there and then that's not what's up. Carl, he's on to us. I'm just saying. He's on to someone more. What if Tariq ran in here and was like,

hey, Jimmy, I need you, and we started getting really uncomfortable? Okay, with this video specifically, okay? Yeah. Well, there's two that I'm curious about. For the same reason, the one where you're in the outdoor pool and you're underneath.

Yeah, the thing. Bro, that was done like five years ago. Yeah, the headache. Yeah. Have you figured out what that was about? Yeah, it's because I was an idiot back then. We were pumping air in, but the CO2 or whatever the headache. Yeah. Have you figured out what that was about? Yeah, it's because I was an idiot back then. We were pumping air in, but the CO2 or whatever the fuck you exhale. It wasn't getting pumped out, yeah.

It wasn't getting pumped out, yeah. So you're just inhaling your own carbon monoxide. Yeah, and so then when I started getting a headache, I was like, oh, shit. Dioxide. Dioxide, yeah. Yeah, carbon dioxide. So then we called someone who knew what they were doing. They were like, yeah, you're an idiot.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. And I was like, okay. And I just got out. Immediately, okay. And then when you're buried underground. So this is what we learned from it. So we had a pump that was pumping in air and pumping out the old air. What was the most catastrophic thought you had while you were completely buried?

I tried, there was a camera at my feet. Tariq could also talk about this too. And I went to like go adjust it and I couldn't. So I like literally turned around and I'm, you know, not super flexible. So I literally like was going to turn and so like I'm laying like this and as I'm like bending, I got caught like halfway and I was like,

fuck, I'm fucked, I'm fucked. I was literally like, guys, if I can't get out of this in two seconds, you start digging right the fuck now because I was like caught in a super awkward position like in the thing and I just was like, I'm going to give it one last try. And I just pushed as hard as I could. And I popped out the other end.

And then I adjusted the camera. And then you had to get back? Exactly. Because the thing got slimmer this way. It was so uncomfortable on that side. So then I had to do it again. And I almost got stuck again. What was going through your head when you were watching it?

We were freaking out. We were all like, yo, he panicked. This was the first time he panicked during the whole situation. Yeah. And when he panicked, we got really scared. Now, did you calculate how much time it would take to excavate? Yeah, they knew that because

I mean, it was like they could get me out in under five minutes if I really needed to be. Okay. I started practicing with my hand on the tombstone. She stretches. That was that penis sign. I see you. I see you.

This feels good. This feels real good. Yeah, so any of these other ones up here you think are fake? No, I just thought that one. I think you're counting to 100,000. He set his sights on you. He's about to start shitting on you, Al. When you count to 100,000.

He's like, I think your fucking shoes are fake. They probably are. I used to on purpose wear fake Yeezys so subreddits would go crazy exposing me. And I just didn't care. And I thought it was the funniest thing ever. That's so smart. Then I wore a fake Supreme shirt in a video. Same thing. Reddit just lost

their mind. And I just love doing it to piss them off. I mean, it also keeps you in the conversation even more though. No, it's just funny to watch them analyze the Fox logo

and why it's not real. You also save money. You don't have to buy a $500 t-shirt. That's true. I'm still terrified about this buried alive. Dude,

I'm severely claustrophobic. Oh yeah. Severely claustrophobic. So the nights before I slept in a coffin in my garage to like get used to it. Oh,

you prepared. Yeah. This was in his emo phase, too. You put a little effort in. So there's just this coffin in my cold-ass garage, and I just lay in it, close it, chill there for a couple hours. Do you consult with people about this first?

That one? David Blaine, yeah. Interesting. Because he did it a week. So I was going to do 24 Hours Buried Alive, and then I called David, and I was like, I'm going to bury myself for 24 hours.

And he's like, that's it? And I said, all right, I'm doing it for 50 hours. And that's why it's 50 hours instead of 24. Yeah, but did you see his dumbass balloon thing? Who is he to judge? I mean, that was pretty cool. Whatever, Brad. Oh, he just flew in a balloon?

It was like up or whatever? He held on to balloons, flew up, and then popped them, came down. Yeah. It was pretty cool. But yeah, so I had to double it because he just basically shadowed my entire existence. I mean, we would have been fine if you did 24 hours. Just the buried alive thing. Like what if the oxygen tank malfunctioned?

I couldn't handle being stuck in an elevator for 24 seconds. Five minutes? There's enough oxygen in there for five minutes. Yeah, I guess you're right. We had, so we buried that coffin like five separate times. We had, you know, David Blaine consulting and a bunch of other people consulting. I was probably safer under there than I was above ground.

I think. That's what they told me. I don't know if that's true. Until they start dumping the dirt on the glass and you realize it's this much glass between you and just thousands of pounds of dirt, then it's like, well, fuck. Oh, that's right. If you get a little bit of a crack, did you hear any weird sounds

that terrified you? I'm sure I heard tons of stuff. But we tried to keep it upbeat and not like I was super scared so like in the video i don't think we really put that kind of stuff did that help you get less scared knowing so many people are watching if you get scared it's kind of embarrassing whatever so that kind of blocks out that no that whole time i was just like for the love of god don't crack because all i did was stare up at that dirt and so i just saw six,000, whatever thousand pounds of dirt the whole time for like 50 hours straight. And it hurts like fuck. Like the bottom

is just wood. So you're just like, that in and of itself is a challenge. It's just like laying on wood. It wasn't fun. But, you know, 194 million views. Not that bad. I would do it again. What was the worst one to do? The one you would never do again. That's a great question.

Wait, let me flip through these. No, Buried Alive I'd do again in a heartbeat. That wasn't like, in the grand scheme of things, it wasn't too crazy. 50 hours in solitary confinement don't seem that bad. No. After you're married, that seems like a kind of a vacation. Yeah, until you have the fucking goofy goobers over here torturing you, and they won't let me sleep or do anything.

Oh, okay. No, Carl, what's a hard one? There's one I say all the time, but I'm just drawing blank. It's not countdown. 24 Hours of Nights, maybe? over here torturing you and they won't let me sleep or do anything. Okay. No, Carl, what's a hard one? There's one I say all the time, but I'm just drawing blank. It's not countdown. 24 hours on ice, maybe? Yes. I spent 24 hours on ice.

That was miserable. You couldn't pay me to do that anymore. What do you mean? We just built a house out of ice and I just spent 24 hours in it. Were you wearing something that would... Like pants like this and like a short sleep shirt. It was brutal. I was like shivering all night. It was one of those ones like 10 hours in,

I was like, I'm too invested to quit. But current me wouldn't do it. That was like peak grind me where I was like, you know, I'll do things as long as, you know, I'm not putting my life in danger. Like, which we had. That's the whitest thing you've done. White people really love not being cold.

It's like a thing I've noticed with white people. Walking around in the winter with shorts on. Let's go. Yeah, that's your white people. Walking around in the winter with shorts on and braggart on. Let's go. Yeah, that's your whitest right there. Sitting at ice for 24 hours. Yeah, that was brutal. How many views did that get? Like 100 million.

It kind of flopped. I'm just kidding. What is a flop for you now? If a video doesn't get like 50 million views, it kind of sucks. But that's in English and then we dub them in other languages I love this

yeah have you seen the Espanol channel yeah you should do that yeah so that one's been crushing we just hit 20 million you know what's weird

is I bet people already were doing that for your videos yeah they were especially in like Japan for some reason people used to upload their videos like crazy

and they get millions of views. So then that's why we just started doing it. But the way that you guys do it is smart where you get the actors that are known. Exactly. Well, there's a huge secondary market for MrBeast videos. So we'd come up with an original idea. Whatever.

I don't know, press this button, win 100 grand. And then the next day you'd see people on Spanish-speaking communities, Japan, Russia, all over the world do the exact same video. Part of this as well, everyone would just rip off our videos around the world. That was a huge strategy. People in all these countries

would just see who can copy our English videos first in their country. Now that we do this, the rate of that has decreased a lot. Wow. That's the fake Supreme t-shirt of YouTube videos. Exactly. People do that with our stand-up. Oh, 100% they do. Guarantee it.

Interesting. There was a comic, I'll leave his name out, but it was like huge in France. And apparently he was just using Seinfeld's material. You know what I'm talking about? But I'll tell you after. And he was just like using Seinfeld's material. And then they became friends. Really?

Yeah, because Seinfeld is such a fucking maniac. He was like, this guy's got great taste. If he's going to steal something, he steals from the best. And then they became buddies. But he was like a huge comic there.

How crazy is that? I've never heard Seinfeld. I love you, dog. No, no, no. I love you, dude. That's the best thing you've said on this whole podcast. Do you know who he is even?

Well, I know because Tariq talks about comedians all the time. Yeah, but whatever, right? No. He's a non-factor, right? Explain to me a non-factor. He has a show. That's all I know. Yo, this is great.

I don't think so. No, he does. I know you're fucking with me. No, no, no. You don't know how much. He hates Seinfeld. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't hate him, but, he does. I know you're fucking with me. You don't know how much. He hates Seinfeld. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't hate him, but I just think he's whatever.

But the fact that you don't even know. Keep going about this. Like, talk me through this. Like, what are you feeling now emotionally? Retention through the roof. This is going. Okay, good. Yeah, just like Tariq talks about him and that's about it.

But he has a show or like what is his thing? Isn't it? I'm going to sound dumb. Isn't it like Better Call Saul or something like that? Yes. Yes. Yes. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. Is it not? Tariq's never helped me. It's called Seinfeld. The show's called Seinfeld. Oh, then it's Seinfeld. Yeah, yeah, yeah. What is – the show is Seinfeld.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Gotcha. Gotcha. But that's okay. Is that a newer show or is that before my time? No, it's back in the day. His show's actually called Breaking Bad. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

But go on, go on, go on. But yeah. I'm going to stop here. I'm making a... No, Andrew, I need you to ask him about movies. He's never seen

an entire movie in his... One movie in his entire life. Thank you. I grew up on YouTube. This guy's never seen movies either. He was allowed to see three movies.

This is why you should meet a guy. Yeah. No, that's fact. You want him not to watch movies. No, no, but it was because he was homeschooled. This is different with you should meet a guy. You want him not to watch movies. But it was because he was homeschooled. This is different with you, right? Were you homeschooled?

No, I just thought it was a waste of time. Did you have chicken pox as a kid? Oh my gosh. Probably. I just had shingles a couple months ago. So that means you had chicken pox. Bro, let's fuck it up. Shingles means you had chicken pox.

It's the same virus though. Yeah, so there you go. Mark just had chicken pox. It's the same virus though. Yeah, yeah. So there you go. Mark just had chicken pox at the ripe age of 25 years old. Wait, really? I had shingles on 24 and before me. You're like a dork. Yeah, you had shingles. Who are you to talk?

What are you talking about? We're on the same team here. I have a compromised immune system. I know. Same, same. Wait, for what? Oh, really? No.

He has Crohn's. Oh, you got Crohn's? Yeah. Can you eat your burgers? Yeah, those are fine. It's mostly just, I don't know. I'm just so heavily medicated, it's like in remission right now. But if I wasn't on medicine, it would be different.

Oh, what type of meds? Remicade. Remicade, fire. Not that anyone knows what that is. You ever do a Remicade at a party one time? No, but have you ever tried a Tesla ecstasy pill? Because that's fucking amazing. Are you public about doing drugs?

Dude, love them. Love drugs. Literally, I was like, yeah, I'm on my way over. He's like, is it like an ecstasy? What is it? Ecstasy? Ecstasy. Ecstasy. Ecstasy. That's where people make like two drugs. I'm a Christian boy. I don't do drugs. He's like, okay, okay. I didn't know if you were fucking with me or not

because like you'd also, like he's going back and forth with like being very sarcastic and then like very serious in the text. So I have no fucking clue. I was doing that on purpose. We've never spoken on the phone before at all. So we're on the phone. We're on the group text with Tarek.

And he's like, listen, we need to kick Tarek out of the room immediately after he comes here. I go, okay, that's fine. And then he messaged me on the side. He goes, I would like to talk to you privately. The joke was that Tariq just loves you guys. And so all of that stupid shit I was saying in there was to embarrass him. Because he's like cringing in the back of the car

and I could see him in the rearview mirror. So I just say some dumb shit to you like, yeah, I don't fucking care or whatever. And then I just look back and he's just... Hey, you're a good guy, dude. Tariq, you're a good guy. Thank you. And we're going to pronounce your name right every single time. Okay.

Appreciate you guys. Appreciate you. 100%. You are a good Christian boy, though. Is it true that your old YouTube banner used to be like a Bible verse? It did. I used to go to a Christian school back in the day. Oh, yeah.

But now it's like, it's just kind of hard to tell what's right or what's wrong, like religion-wise. There's so many, and I don't know. I believe there is some kind of God, but how do you know? Tariq. Damn, Mark just got so sad. Son, son, son, son, son. Mark got so sad. You're not going to be Hindu, though.

Hey, you are a good Christian boy, aren't you? I know, right? You too? We have a lot of good Christians. He's like, I don't believe that stupid shit anymore. Isn't he funny? He is devastating because he's such a fucking Catholic. Oh, really?

Oh, is that why you donate to a Catholic church? Yeah, yeah, yeah. He bullies you? No, he calls that my paycheck. That's what it is. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He just gives me money. Hey, I have his revenue up here.

I mean, he could probably make some more donations. I think so, right? He should make some donations, right? But for real, so have your feelings changed since Tarek's been around? Are you expanding the caliph? Oh, my gosh. Jesus. It is admirable to see how devoted he is, though.

He doesn't drink. He doesn't do anything. Actually, he's not one of those people that just preach it. He actually follows it. He's not talking to him, my boy. Sometimes it does make me go, like, damn, there's something there. He really cares a lot. It's easier to be...

I'm like these Catholics. Another one bites the dust! We're busy guys, okay? Five times a day? Hey, he gets his five in. I'm just saying. I try, it's hard. I'm just saying.

Titanic, have you seen it? No. Haven't seen it at It's hard. Respect. I'm just saying. This guy. Titanic. Have you seen it? No. Haven't seen it at all. Wasn't that before I was born? Was it not? Well, it sank before you were born. Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, but the movie is.

Yes, it was. Yeah, okay. So, like, what? Fucking Transformers 3? What do you want me to say? I'm trying to go through, like, the big famous movies. Yeah, yeah. You never had any interest in, like, understanding?

They're just a waste of time. Before I was 18, I didn't even listen to music because I understanding? They're just a waste of time. Before I was 18, I didn't even listen to music because I was like, this is a waste of time. I should watch more YouTube. What? Because I'm an idiot.

Are you like, I'm not even, are you like on a spectrum of some kind? Probably a little bit. I've never gotten tested. But it's just like, if you want to make

great YouTube videos, you just watch YouTube and study it. You've got to be a little retarded. So like, a two hour movie, you could watch like 20 YouTube videos

and you'd get exponentially smarter doing that, you know? Mark just Wikipedia's movies so he knows what happens and then uses quotes from them. I actually thought about paying someone to like just give me a synopsis of all the biggest movies because like I have never watched Harry Potter or Star Wars or any of it, and the amount of times in my life people just are like, what? You've never seen it?

It used to be funny. Now it's getting to the point where it's like – It's kind of sad. So you know, are like, what? You've never seen it? You know, like, it used to be funny, now it's getting to a point where it's like, it's kind of sad. So you didn't even watch Squid Game? No, that I did watch before we filmed it.

Of course. And then after watching it, were you like, wow, this is fun. Yeah, we should recreate it. But in general,

we're like, whoa, like, TV shows are cool. There's a feeling you can get from a long form series that's really good. This is the thing,

where people misconstrue, I don't think movies are bad. I just think, I want to be the greatest YouTuber to ever live. And so like, I should just focus on my thing. I think you've achieved that already. Yeah. Which is why now I do watch a little bit more movies.

Let me ask you that about being the greatest YouTuber ever. What's next? Because I was listening to your Rogan and I swear to God, I thought this guy should be president. Oh. I'll say that'd be fun. Is that something you've thought about? Yeah. The only thing is.

Political aspirations. Yeah, I would love to. I just feel like you have to do a lot of politics leading up to it. I don't know. If you could just go from no one ever has done this, just being a celebrity to just being president, that would be great. But if I have to work my way up and be a mayor and a senator...

I think we've realized you don't have to. Yeah, it is appealing when I'm you don't have to. Yeah. Well, then it is appealing. Yeah, when I'm like 40 or 50. Really? Yeah. Bro, if I was a billionaire and I just gave away all my money, and I was like, I can't be bought. I just gave away every penny.

I have literally $0 in my bank account. Vote for me. I feel like that's a pretty good campaign thing. Like, you're voting for me. Yeah. Like, I have $10 billion. Give away every penny. Can't be bought because I gave away all my money. And then I just do what's best for people. I like this. Yeah. Like, I have $10 billion, give away every penny, can't be bought because I gave away

all my money, and then I just do what's best for people. I like this. Yeah, and just ignore lobbyists or whatever. I like, but you need to keep money in order

to ignore the lobbyists because otherwise you're going to have to get some money. No, I give it all away and we're good. Well, there's freedom in having money.

I get $400,000 a year as president. I'm good. Oh, yeah, you can live off that 100%. Yeah, and the taxpayers. Yeah. Dude, I like this.

I think that... Agreed. I think if I wanted to... At 24 right now? Yeah, so... Okay, go%. Yeah, and the taxpayers. Yeah. Dude, I like this. I think that— Agreed. I think if I wanted to— At 24 right now? Yeah. Okay, go. Yeah, it'd be like three more cycles. But I wouldn't do—

I'd probably do it in my mid-40s. Oh, he's talking about this. Yeah, yeah. I think I could make it interesting enough where I could win. Okay, how? Like, give away all my money and just like, you know, I know how to get people's attention. I can't say too much because then I'll regret it in the future.

I'll be like, yeah, I'll just trick all the fucking idiots. That's literally what Trump said. Trump said that word for word. And before you do that, Pornhub, would you take over that? Oh, my God. I would like to do the thumbnails. I feel like I could really refresh it and, you know, just boost the CTR. Yeah.

More saturation. You said about YouTube early on in the interview, you said, this is what I'm going to do for the next 10 years of my life. It's 10 years you're doing YouTube, and then what? You said a very specific number. Yeah. Well, I don't know. It just kind of depends how things go. Like, if we have thousands of Beast Burgers and Feastivals go as well, and we start a mobile game company and other stuff like that. I don't know. It just kind of depends how things go. If we have thousands of Beast Burgers

and Feastables goes well, and we start a mobile game company and other stuff like that, I don't know. There might just be a world where I run those companies. Yeah, it's just, we'll just see.

What do you like better? You like creating or running the companies? I love creating, and it's weird. I like both. But you like running the companies. Yeah, I do. It's a lot of fun.

It's much easier to run a burger joint than to have to break the internet every week to run Feastivals. Because you just get a kick-ass team and you just kind of point them in the right direction. Whereas this is like, I've got to do just crazy shit that's never been thought of. And it's a coin flip, and you don't even really know

if people will care. You've got to do that every week, and it's all got to be me, all sitting around me every week forever. But I enjoy both. I think we just opened up our first physical Beast Burger which is crushing it. That one's doing like 30,000 a day right now.

And then Feastables is in every Walmart now and that's crushing it. It's interesting. I'm so impressed by your ability to scale. I think that's the toughest thing for a creator. Scale your business. So hire a team, train that team to do those

roles so that you can create more time for yourself. And I think that's an unbelievably difficult thing. For me, I find it incredibly difficult. I often find I'm the bottleneck for the things that we're doing. And that's not to say that all these guys aren't unbelievably talented and better than me at every single thing

that they do. But a lot of times, it might come down to a decision I have to make, and then all of a sudden we're limited in our output. And yeah, I'm just like... The way you should see it is like, you know, if hypothetically, like, for creating content, you have like the making the video happen, the production, the editing, camera work,

or whatever, writing stuff. Like, even if you split your time evenly, you can only put 25% of your time to each. Whereas an editor can put 100% of their time into it. So even if they're the same skill level as you, they're just going to shit on you because they have more time. Same with the camera guy or writer or whatever. And so I think that's where a lot of people just don't realize.

They're like, well, this person isn't as great as me or I can make better decisions. Yeah, but 25% is generous. They can probably spend like 10, 20 times more time than you can doing it. And so due to the sheer extra time, they're going to shit on you at that job. Shit on you means just do it way better.

Just do it better because you have more time. Like if I had to edit a video, I'd have to put in literally 100th the amount of time. You know what I mean? So they should be able to do better. Tariq should be a better cameraman than me because he could study it 30,000 times more than me. Now, did you find initially,

I think this was our issue as we were starting to grow and we've tried to rectify a bit, but like that you were hiring people who could do a bunch of things. When did you start getting specific in your hires? Almost right away. That's smart. Yeah.

Because I feel like what we did is like everybody did a little of everything and then it's hard to fucking scale because we're all doing a little of everything we're trying to pay

less salary quite frankly oh really I mean to one guy you get hired to do everything no no no I'm not a cheapskate did you hear he beat

Netflix with this special so you immediately knew you're like okay I just need these guys camera these guys editing yeah 100% yeah because you wouldn't hire a guy that bops your floors to edit a video obviously So you immediately knew, you're like, okay, I just need these guys' camera, these guys' editing, et cetera. Yeah, 100%. Yeah.

Because you wouldn't hire a guy that bops your floors to edit a video, obviously. Yeah. Yeah, we didn't do that. We didn't do that. We got the guys to edit some off the floor. It was the other way. You understand? Actually, literally.

Yeah, literally the other way. That's kind of how it works. Yeah, it is crazy. Because our main channel is killing it, the gaming channel is killing it. It's wild. What part of the process gives you the most dopamine? Uploading. 100% uploading the video.

Seeing the real time in the first five hours, it gets like 5 million views. It feels so great. That's my favorite. I always tell them. My favorite part of the day, we drop an episode or we drop a clip. I go to the gym right when it drops.

I'm working out, listening to tribal music, watching just refreshing YouTube studio. And then you see it hit one and you're like, oh. What's that drug earlier? I imagine that's what it feels like. Tesla. It's the closest thing. It's the closest thing. It's so fun. Exactly. That's my version of drugs. He still said Tesla was better

because he said that's the closest thing. Well, yeah. I mean, opposed to like artificially implanting your brains with chemicals, the closest thing is like the artificial hunt. You know what I mean? That's what it is. Yeah, seeing the number just go up minute over minute feels great. I'm back in the jungle.

I'm working out. I'm running. I'm on the treadmill trying to get the food, and all of a sudden the views go up. The best. Best thing ever. Now, is it equally painful if it doesn't do well? No.

At this point, it's like— You're like unattached to negative outcomes? Yeah, very unattached. You just look. Well, because why? Me getting it doesn't do well? No. At this point, it's like— You're like unattached to negative outcomes? Yeah, very unattached. You just look. Well, because why? Me getting depressed doesn't do anything. You just look at it. Should we change the thumbnail?

Change it. Doesn't work better. Okay, look at the retention graph. Why did it do bad? Take some notes. Move on. You know what I mean? Like being super emotional over it doesn't really do anything.

But it's usually— Which I used to be. Like if I had a bad video you would know like i'm like i would literally like cry you know especially when like i was betting the farm on every video like that's it you know then it was like fuck like you know i can't pay tariq if this doesn't do well wait did you ever have have a week like that uh yeah but i would just take out a loan and then the next day all right we're gonna spend a little less guys um but now that we're like not as, it's a lot easier to not care as much.

So you took out a loan to make the next video. Yeah, there was one month where I had to take out a $200,000 loan because we were just spending. Against what, your house or something like that? Well, the way it works is you make money, but sometimes, like a brand. So if I did a brand deal for fucking Lord's Mobile, sometimes they don't pay you for 90 days. So you had money, but it like sometimes, like a brand. So if I did a brand deal for fucking Lord's Mobile, like sometimes they don't pay you for 90 days. So you had money coming in.

Yeah, it's like, hey, they owe me like 200 grand, but I don't fucking know when it's going to get here. You know, I got to keep spending money. I'm a goddamn degen. Like we got to keep making videos. And so I'll pay you back. Yeah. So a lot of moments like that.

I'm just wondering. Sorry, go. Do you still have moments like that? Not as much. No, because now that we're spending millions a month, it's like that's I'm just wondering. Sorry, go. Do you still have moments like that? Not as much, no. Because now that we're spending millions a month, it's like, that's a little too risky because I have

hundreds of employees. So I can't, it's a lot easier to bet Tariq's job than hundreds of people's with family's jobs, you know what I mean? Now, you don't know

every single person that works for you. Just going to ask this. In which company? In all of them together. No. Right? Of course, right?

I don't know the guy who's like packaging Feastful Bars or whatever, of course. Got you, got you. Do you make an effort to connect with every person that is a full-time employee? It just depends. Like Beast Burger, we just hired 40 people for our restaurant. And it's like hours away. We're going to go open other ones that I might never even visit. You know what I mean?

But on the main channel, of course. People who are making my baby, 100%. Yeah, so everybody who's making the creative decisions with you, you know intimately. Because they have to. The channel's just an outlet of what I think is entertaining.

So if they don't really have much interaction with me, then they're just fucked. Yeah. And is it true that you train somebody to essentially be you? Oh, 100%. And where is that person? The CEO.

He just runs like the hiring and basically, well, I'm here just having fun. What is it, Monday? He's over there working. How did you know he was the guy to be you?

Because you are, I don't know if you're aware. He's a lunatic. You are a historically impressive human being. Thank you. I don't know if you're

aware of this. I agree. But no, good. I had a feeling you know this. Yeah. But how do you find somebody that you're like, no, that guy is special

just like I'm special? The big things are, are you coachable? Do you see the value? And like, do you believe in what I believe in? Like, those are like the three things

where if someone has those traits and are you obsessive, those four traits, then usually in the long run you'll work out. Like, if someone's skill set's here and they're like growing like this and then you meet someone here but they're coachable, they see the value, they're obsessive, those four traits, then usually in the long run you'll work out. If someone's skill set's here and they're growing like this and then you meet someone here, but they're coachable, they see the value, they're obsessive,

after a year their skill set's going to be up here and this guy's going to be here. Obsessive is big. Yeah, so it's like people who are willing to just follow me around for six months, learn, they think we're going to be the biggest YouTube channel in the world, which isn't really a problem anymore. Remember Tariq, when I used to pull you guys in a room,

I'd be like, give me three years. I swear to God. And they'd be like, you're fucking crazy. Yeah, he used to literally when I first worked there, it was like, what, 10 million? Remember the whiteboard session? I would be like, this is you. This is your house. This is whatever car. Make it a fucking Lamborghini. If you're here in three years, this

is you. And I would do that. And they'd just be like, what is wrong with you? And now that three years have passed, how do you keep kicking the can down the road yeah three more just give me three more no they're good but um yeah so it's like people who possess those traits always do well um and so he was all those things he just lived with me for a couple years we like literally we would we'd work we would talk until 3 a.m get up six hours later to do it. And after two years, it was great. And this is by design? You're like, you live with me. Oh, yeah.

Bedroom, side by side. When did you get this idea? And where did it come from? Because if we weren't talking at all times, we'd just go bankrupt. No, no, no. I mean, where did you get the idea, I need a clone of me? Well, it just kind of happened. Okay, this is natural.

We just naturally, we were working and working and working. And it was like, well, we don't want to just stay in our shitty little tiny studio we had at the time, 24-7. So just live with me. And then we lived together. And we're just inseparable. And so for like two years, every morning, all day, every night, we were just talking. So this organically happened. Okay, good.

I thought that you plotted this. And you're like, I need to create another thing. No, but now I want to do it again. I just bought a new house. And we're moving all their heads to the company in so they can get more time with me. Because at the end of the day, the more that they know you, the better they'll do. Because these videos are literally just my creative extension.

If I show up and I don't like it or something's off, then we just scrap it. It doesn't matter how much we spent. Is there a time where the Mr. Beast channel is running and you're just not in the videos? Oh, fuck no. You're always got to be there. Yeah, 100%.

How sure are you of every little piece? I know you're particular, but once you're in the edit, how confident are you like, oh, this intro has to be like this? Or are you still kind of doing gambles? You're like, eh, I'm not really sure. It's weird. My threshold has always been, do I find it entertaining and do I watch it? And so, which, this is going to sound dumb,

but I've just spent so many years just studying what does well. And I've seen so many hundreds of thousands of videos probably at this point, because I don't watch movies. I didn't even listen to music until I was like fucking 20 years old. I would just obsess, study retention charts. You know, we'd scrape a million videos, see where the dip is. Like I know everything. Like if you pee, like how it hurts retention, if you sneeze,

like all that kind of stuff. And so I've just like, my brain has just been programmed to just know. I don't know. It just comes secondhand. I can just tell you, no, retention is going to drop there. If you pee? Yeah, peeing hurts retention. It's a turnoff for some people.

People just don't like to hear. Well, just in some cultures, it's not as accepted as in America. Yeah, you're saying that like it's weird. Sneezing, it's just like it doesn't progress the story. It's kind of like anything where the story comes to a halt without a reason just kind of hurts for attention. So all those things just are second nature to me at this point. So I just watch a video, and I don't know, my brain just goes,

alert, alert, and then I just pause it. I'm like, something is wrong here. Just fix it. How much have you studied story in general? A lot more than I should. I mean, that's my whole life. Yeah. I mean, I guess like,

you know, when you talk about optimizing an intro and hooking people, that is essentially story. Yeah. So like probably 30, 40,000 hours of my life. Isn't that crazy? Wow. But at the end of the day, like I even look at that with like standup, the things that we remember, like the most iconic jokes, a lot of times they're not necessarily just premises, but they're stories that a comic told. And there's just something about humans that we are drawn to story. Maybe our brains organize information in that way. I know you said something. In stories, you can tell again. Like stories, you want to relive.

Like if you do a stunt, oh, I exploded in an airplane. It's like, okay, that's cool to see once. But once there's a story where it's like, that kid lived in a place and he proposed to his fiance. I was about to bring up the same fucking video. Like that arc. You can watch a million times because you're not, I'm not watching something happen.

You're telling me something about myself. Yeah. It was, that video was great. It kept flipping. It kept misdirecting. It kept misdirecting. You know what's funny? For that video, we had someone else lined up

and we were like, hey, quarantine before this video. This was when COVID was a little bit more of a thing. Quarantine, quarantine, quarantine. It would suck if you get COVID was a little bit more of a thing. Quarantine, quarantine, quarantine. It would suck if you get COVID. Shows up to set that day. And he's like, I haven't seen a human in like three weeks. I'm good. They test him.

Positive. And we were like, come on, dude. You just blew your shot. And so then that guy in that video is actually my editor. He killed it. He was great. He plays guitar. So it was literally like last minute.

I was like, anyone want to do this and then Josh my editor was like I'll do it and so we just threw him in there we didn't even know Josh was doing it

until like an hour before he went in it was so perfect as far as story goes I was like they had to have scripted it we swear to god

we didn't so the reason there's an astronaut blanket and astronaut stuff everywhere was because the other guy was an astronaut and he was going to

use the money for astronaut school and so that was that was going to be our story was like you know we're practicing for you in space that was the whole theme we're practicing for an astronaut in space and then the day before he's just like yeah i haven't seen a human in three weeks okay but i got covid somehow okay this is really interesting to me. So story, can you break down specifically what it is humans want, need, or interested by? It's infinite. There's so many different ways you could tell a great story. But is there like a specific way it needs to start? Is there some sort of stimulus that needs to happen? Like really, so it... You can look. I mean, literally billions of videos have gone viral on YouTube.

And there's like – yeah, I mean, there are certain things like you hook them at the start. But how you hook them is whatever. I mean, culture, there's different things, whatever is relevant at the time. Like different things would hook him than him. You know what I mean? Like a Catholic joke or something would get him watching, but I might not understand. It's like literally infinite. Right, right, right, right, right.

I just wonder if there's some sort of structure that we're drawn to. The only structure is really at the start of the video, you've got to get them interested and get them watching. And then basically, I mean, it sounds obvious, but just don't have any moments where you veer off story, unless there's a really good reason, and just end it really quickly. Those are the

only things that are constant, and then how you do those are really up to you. End it really quickly. Yeah. Meaning the entirety of the video is quick like if you're like thank you for coming out to the podcast they're clicking off and then and so as you're saying that i go no thank you all for coming out to the podcast and then we do that for like a minute you're just like nuking your attention people already gone so like in a like buried alive if at like the 49 hour mark i'm like guys this was a great video they they're off. And then I go back to another story so the second you wind a story down, end it.

Boom, quickly. On YouTube. On movies, obviously you get more lead way. Do you think you could apply this to a Hollywood film? Do you have any interest in that? Oh yeah, 100%. I want to make a movie. Are you aware of the fact that you were destroying Hollywood? Almost single-handedly? Obviously, there are great films

out there, so it's like, it's not like I think they're all terrible, but just a lot of times there are parts that are boring. Yeah, yeah. And I'm like,

you know, we got a 2XV. To me, you're like a threat to Hollywood Studios. What you're doing is like a completely different thing

that fucks their whole model. Maybe. I don't know. I think they should just pay me money to promote their movies. Oh. That's a sick idea.

Yeah. We're working on it. After what happened with Squid Game, why is every single movie not asking you to do it? If they did it the reverse, imagine if the video came out and then Squid Game, because you got more views than the actual Squid Game. Yeah, but Netflix has subscribers, yeah. Yeah, like imagine that video came out and then Squid Game on Netflix came out. I agree.

I 100% agree. I think people are coming around and it's getting there. It Squid Game on Netflix came out. I know, I agree. I 100% agree. I think like people are coming around and it's getting there. It's like, it's weird how slow it is. They still would rather like buy a Orange Bowl commercial

than a YouTube video. And it's like, how many people are even watching this football game? I don't know. You know, like, well, I mean,

it's probably like four or five million, but is it? Probably, yeah. It's like every old person home, they just leave the tv and they're opening up tiktok and commercials i agree like you know it's low that's what i'm saying whereas this one it's like it's literally the equivalent of you getting a football commercial

and tom brady in the middle of the game going pause let me tell you about experience today and he's just rambling for a minute straight. All right, you got experience? Okay. Hike the fucking ball. Whereas on commercials, on TV, they're like, okay, go ahead and pick up your phone right now. Go open TikTok. We'll see you in two minutes. We're going to bore the shit out of you. You know? And on YouTube, that's what you get. So it's like, it's more eyeballs and it's like, the person you're there

watching, it's just great. This is an age thing. I remember when I was... I don't even know if it's an age thing anymore. No, no, I'm telling you. I realized this. I was at my cousin's house, and my cousin's kid, whatever that is to me, second cousin or something like that, he was like seven years old, and I asked him to turn on the game.

Yeah. And he goes, I go, it's on ABC. I remember this. I was there. Yeah, yeah, you were in D.C. He goes, I go, it's on ABC. And he goes, what channel is that? And in that moment, I was like, TV's done.

Oh, yeah, I wouldn't even be able to tell you. I actually don't know what channel ABC is. Okay, so ABC is, there's like a few channels we just all knew growing up. Is that like channel one? It's in the first ten, I know that. Basically, there was like seven channels that every TV just had. Fox, CBS, NBC. Gotcha, okay, that makes sense.

ABC, CBS, exactly. And it was one of those channels. You're our age. CBS, NBC. Gotcha. Okay, that makes sense. NBC, CBS, exactly. And it was one of those channels. You're our age. No, I'm 38 years old. I'm 38 as well. Oh, shit. I thought you said 28. Holy fuck.

That's a compliment, though. That's a compliment. Oh, shit. So I'm watching this happen, and I'm like, oh, TV's done. It's over. There's no way. They don't even have a chance because the youth is not watching it. So you're going into this as somebody who had no value in TV.

These brands meant nothing to you. MTV means nothing, right? All these things. I mean, maybe HBO or Netflix do based on certain shows that they have that are popular. But outside of that, the brand isn't as valuable because you're seeing all the views on YouTube. Older people are finding YouTube still. Crazy. I know.

Yeah. So like when these young people look at you, they go, oh my God, that's a star on the only thing I watch. Yeah. Whereas my mom goes, oh, YouTube, that's kind of like MTV or like ABC. And it makes perfect sense.

It's like poor TV. Well, the most like, the best encapsulation of that moment was one time I was filming for Shark Week or whatever. I don't remember why, but I was filming for Shark Week or whatever. I don't remember why. But I was with the host of the show, like the shark guy. I didn't really know who he was.

But he was really cool, super fun. And we see a dad and a kid. They're walking this way. And they both like light up. And the dad goes up to him and is like, holy shit, I love your Discovery show. And the little kid comes over and is like, holy shit, I love you, Mr. Beast. That's funny. And me and him both looked at each other and we were like, that just sums up America right now perfectly.

And it's going to flip. It's already flipping. Give it some time. My mom only watches YouTube. No, no, no, no. Not only do old people die, what's happening is like That's why he loved COVID. Finally! My market penetration went up! It is

just crazy, yeah. I remember there was some interview that you were doing where you were like, I'm just all in on YouTube. That's all you should think of is Rogan. Was it Rogan? It's every interview. I sound like a broken record. No, but you have to say it, man.

It's so true. It's like this is the spot. This is the place that does the marketing for you. I tell comics all the time. I'm like, if the bit is good, it will find the audience for the bit. 100%. Netflix can't do that for you.

Even if it's not done well. Think about your early content. Thumbnail trash. It was filmed. Title nothing. It's 720. Filmed one shot, but it was the only standup

on YouTube. And the bit was so solid. I see you all over TikTok. You're all over my feed. Shot shifty. Shifty. I've been killing on the TikTok. But it's like, yeah, when we were first doing it, we were just putting things up.

And it was so, like, new and novel. And I had this feeling, I'm sure, that it was something that you were already doing. But, like, I was like, oh, wow, this is where the people are. They love stand-up. And we could do a type of stand-up that you couldn't do on TV. You could be way edgier on YouTube. Because there was no rules back then. Now there's fucking rules, right?

Oh, I was about to say, I don't know. No, because back – this was before the day. Now there's fucking rules, right? Oh, I was about to say, I don't know. No, because this was before the fucking, you know, there was Adpocalypse. Yeah, exactly. They were putting like Charmin ads on like

beheading videos from ISIS or something like that, right? And then the ad was freaked out. Before that, you could say whatever the fuck you wanted. So you're getting like

the real raw commie that I've been working on forever. Yeah, you're getting like two or three X's this number here. Yeah, I know. Different time. Fucking ISIS, bro.

Yeah, dude. Who is it for everybody? That's the worst thing those guys did. Yeah, they did nothing worse. Yeah, I know. Different time. Fucking ISIS, bro. Yeah, dude. Who is it for everybody? That's the worst thing those guys did. Yeah, they did nothing worse. Yeah, they ruined our ad. I hate those guys. Now, you talked about there was a group of YouTubers that you came up with that you guys all shared advice with early on, and then you kind of stopped. Yeah.

What happened to those guys? Oh, boy. So, yeah, the story is when I had 10,000 subscribers, I met four other people with 10,000 subscribers, and we just talked every day for 1,000 days in a row. I don't know who to look at. Why do you guys all go on different paths? Because you're the center of attention. Yeah, but it's like I got to look back and forth.

But I don't know. It's a lot of fun. He's on the spectrum. I feel like we're about to make out. He's fully on Asperger's. He's right here. The Beast Burger is ass burger. It tastes good. But regardless, so we started talking every day,

and we just nerd out and shit on each other, and we all started blowing up. We all hit a million subscribers like a year later. We were crushing it, and then the reason we fell off, which is what he just asked, is one of them, he started doing acid, and he had a really bad trip and thought the devil was cutting his arm off, which is what he just asked, is one of them, he started doing acid and he had a really bad trip and thought the devil was cutting his arm off and it was regrowing

and it would never end. It was bad. But he's good. He went to rehab. And then another one went back to high school of all things. Went back to high school? And then another one left the group to go become a pro Fortnite player and it didn't work out.

And it was just like, it was sad because we were all on this crazy growth trajectory, and we all went from making like $100 a month to like $100,000. And then I just kept going, and they all just got bored and whatever, just found reasons to self-destruct. And do you keep in touch with them? Do they ever hit you up? Like, hey, can you help me with something? Not really anymore.

Really? One of them does. Who's crushing it? He went on a bodybuilding phase and just got jacked and for three years did nothing but lift it every day. And then he just

jumped right back on and now he's crushing it. But the other three, I lost them. Oh, that's wild. Do you feel like there's a personality type amongst YouTubers

that makes them successful? 100%. To be a successful YouTuber, you have to sit in your room and just fucking have little social interaction for a very long time. Like, probably a solid

three to five years minimum of just being a fucking loser and sitting in your room and just filming videos. And if you're, that's what it is. I mean, for the most part, like, because your first videos are going to suck. Like, they are, it's going to take you a couple years to make them good, and it's just, like, a lot of time.

And who the fuck has that kind of time? I look like Logan Paul. Like, Logan's, like, sociable. Like, he's personable. He's really nice. But he came up as a Vine star, so it's a little different. And then transition it over. But sure, you have exceptions like him and Emma

and people who are just naturally good personalities. But if you look at a lot of the top-tier YouTubers, it's not that way. You know what I mean? I would say you have these little unicorns who are just naturally funny, but most of us, you just got to beat it in our heads over the course of years. Fucking be entertaining. Which is also different than TV, because TV and movies, the stars are almost this ethereal quality.

You just have this charisma. The better, more features, the more features you get. That kind of stuff, yeah. Yeah, so it is a complete opposite in that way. Yeah, and now you have all this knowledge. You have all this information. You can look at a channel and overnight get it to a million subs. And I know you help a lot of people i think you said that on rogan you're like i just like consult he's definitely your data guy come on let's go

okay well I can still I'm like I'm curious like what is your criteria I love how I'm still holding this that's my comfort zone that's my comfort zone

yeah exactly the second we get literally YouTube studio is open they hand me analytics I'm like hey guys alright now the podcast is starting

baby blanket but like what is your criteria like you see a channel and you're like I'm sorry to cut you off it's like I won't do the podcast unless YouTube analytics help me. I was like, it's a complete deal breaker.

No analytics, no me. That's the writer right there. You're like, I need an iced coffee, a Beast Burger, analytics. But what is your criteria for, okay, I'm going to help this person and potentially change their life with these little pieces of information? Yeah. That's a lot of power. I know it's not as deep as you'd want,

but it's usually just like, don't make shit videos. Most people think their videos are good, but they just power. I know it's not as deep as you'd want, but it's usually just like don't make shit videos. Most people think their videos are good, but they just suck. You know what I mean? Like if we go watch my older videos, they're just garbage. But at the time, I thought they were great. No, I think he's asking how do you decide who to help, right? Yeah, exactly. Oh, usually it's easier to teach people how to make better clickbait than better videos.

Like if you're not an entertaining person, it's like that's too much work. But if you're making great videos and it's just poor packaging, I can fix that in a heartbeat. It's like, hey, this nerd right here, just hire him. Let him do it, and you're good. Oh, that's interesting. So you even have people that you can outsource for all these things. Oh, yeah.

I mean, there's a whole community of people that just, you know. Obviously, there's unlimited money here. They know their money. Unlimited money? Can you tell them what you invest per thumbnail? Yeah, well, we probably spend around $5,000 to $10,000 a thumbnail. Just making sure we get the right image and it's good. Because the thumbnail makes a difference between 50 million views or 200 million.

And how many thumbnails per episode? Around three. Yeah. So 30,000 in thumbnails. No, that's 10,000? Around three. Yeah. So 30,000 in thumbnails. No, that's 10,000 for all three. We're not that crazy. Like this newest video isn't doing as hot, so we swapped the thumbnail. I hunted 100 people for a million dollars.

We're working on it. I don't like this new thumbnail. We're in panic mode just switching it out. Is that you? Yeah. Yeah, 30 mil. I don't think um is that you yes yeah 30 mil i don't think it looks like you enough son yeah 30 million views you're a fucking loser i'm gonna hide it i'm not even watching this podcast anymore i know and do you ever look

back on old content like i know you had like that logan paul where you said his name a million times and now you guys are like hanging out at nightclubs together. Do you ever look back on your old content and go like, ah, I feel like embarrassed by how I got on? Oh, fuck no.

Really? I'm glad my old videos are just shit. What an asshole question that was. Is it? That was a set up question. No, no, it's good. Why do you hate his old videos?

No, my old videos are ass. But I think it's important because I think it shows like I started making no money and like literally making a dollar a day and now we're the biggest YouTuber in the world.

So I'm glad the old videos suck because it shows, like, other people that they can do it as well. I think it's the perfect example that you can just, like, kamikaze your way to the top. Just reinvest the money, give up all your social life, and just fucking go hard, and you can do it. You know? You don't really need tons of money. How many videos have you taken down? Not many, if any. Okay, here's a question off of that. not many if any what okay here's a question

off of that I had another one but here's a question off of that what's the like craziest video coolest video that you did

you thought was gonna be good and then before you put it up you're like now we just scrapped this yeah let me

find oh scrap I don't know but I know of like ones that I thought would be a banger that didn't

we did this one video where we like saw if 20,000 magnets would catch a cannonball where the fuck is it? And it just bombed. No one cared.

And I thought that was like a game-ender video. Wait, what do you want to say, Dari? Into the mic. Yeah, that was the one I was going to say. But where the fuck is it? What was it? 20,000 what? Magnets, can they catch a cannonball?

Yeah. That's interesting to me. That's sick, yeah. Oh, we also saw, can 20,000 magnets stop a car? Yeah. Yeah, no one interesting to me. That's sick, yeah. Oh, we also saw, couldn't 20,000 magnets stop a car? Yeah. Yeah, no one gave a fuck. Yeah, you had a real thing for magnets. Yeah.

Well, so I did have one video that did really well. With magnets? Yeah, so... Oh, so you were playing off on the magnets? Yeah, so we basically, I bought every magnet. No, no, I bought every...

You would click this. Every magnet in my state. No, wait, wait. Every magnet in my state. And I bought every... You would click this. Every magnet in my seat. No, wait, wait. Every magnet in my seat. And I covered a wall with magnets. And then we grabbed a gun and we shot a metal bullet in front of it and can like 20,000 magnets. If they're all pulling on it, will it catch the bullet?

That's a banger. So that video went... Is there a person at the end? That'd be cool. On the video, we just shot it. So we did it. Tarek's at the end with an'd be cool. That'd be great. On the video, we just shot it. Yeah. So we did it. Tarek's at the end

with an apple on his head. That would be fire. There's your thumbnail. Why him not Carl? Well, Carl too. Okay. Yeah, what the hell? Yeah, I put Carl there.

I know Apple, so I didn't start with Carl. No, do we want to make America safe? Oh my God. See, you say these racial things. You say it's racial.

I want it to be safe without Carl. Carl's the one I'm concerned with. What has Carl done? He's a nice guy. He's going to shoot up a school when he gets in the house. So what do you actually think I'm 17? He's not 17. No.

This guy's slanging dick all over the city. Carl's 40 years old. You and him are the same age. Who? Carl. You're 38? Yeah, I'm 38. Yeah. But I couldn't do it. I could not. Who? Carl. Are you 38? Yeah, I'm 38. Yeah.

But I couldn't do it. I could not. Who the fuck thought I was 38? Nobody. I'm 38. I'm 38. I mean, he's dressed like Mr. Rogers. Like, he's old, man.

This is an old guy. 24 hours in the desert. That's what I would click. Yeah, we did that. I know. I saw it. Okay, yeah. That's why we did it.

But legit 24 hours in the desert? Come on, bro. There are deserts that aren't super hot. Say again? There are deserts that aren't super hot. Aw. That doesn't count. You were just in a desert that wasn't super hot.

What do you mean? Yeah, I had an RV. Okay. I had Persian food. When are you going to come to Burning Man? I actually, not to change the subject, but I was about to ask, when are you going to just be in one of our videos? Whenever you want.

Would you actually? In a heartbeat. That's sick. I'd be honored. Let me see what we've got coming up. Wait, let me run some of these. Is there a camera behind us? I just want to let you know, I do get, I do scare.

Yeah, I do have fears. Okay. Heights. Which is way better. No one cares. We're good. I'm kidding, kidding. Now you just got it where it's funny for me to be mean to you, so I have to play into it.

That's the show. We're mean to each other for money. The next one is fully booked. You can't come. Oh, sorry. Damn it. It's lasted. Take hand off private jet, keeps it.

Last to what? Take hand off private jet, keeps it. Take the hand off a private jet? Oh, that's sick, dog. That's a banger. But he would lose. Like, it's not even like. Yeah, I wouldn't.

He would give up so fast, but it'd be sick. I mean, like, the thing with the private jet is it's the cost of, like, having it. Just fucking sell it. Yeah, I guess. Dumbass. I'll buy it off you. All right, all right, let's see. See how I got myself back in the video?

Oh, nice. The one after that, we're testing crazy experiments. So we're seeing if a brick wall can stop a train. A Lego wall can stop a Latino. I'll be there for that one. If a tank connected to a train, which one pulls each other? That's interesting. What about a tank and a Chinese person?

No, see, he does this. That's a historic event. I'm glad we got you. That's interesting. What about a tank and like a Chinese person? Stop. No. See, he does this. He does this. That's a historic event. I'm glad we got you. Yeah. That's a historic event, dude. No. This is why your ad revenue's low.

Fuck. We're losing money. We're bleeding money. Damn it. Bro, this podcast could have had great. You have me, the family friendly guy here.

We could have had great RPMs. And you just, hey, you just said no to $30,000. Hey, you know what I do? I reinvest the money, bro. I give the money back. Yeah.

All dozens of those dollars. You give the money back. We don't need those dollars. We want content. It's stuff like that. So experiment video. I don't know if you want to come. The one after that, we're going to try to fix a thousand people's eyesight.

I think it would be cool. Oh, I like that. Yeah. Because like just a lot of people just can't see. And the only reason that it is because they just don't have money, which kind of blows my mind. I love that. Yeah. That's beautiful.

That's philanthropy. And that's philanthropy. Yeah, you can come to that one if you want to. All right, so what's the next one? See, the problem is like if I go any further, sometimes like I'll just say an idea and then like there's 30 YouTubers watching. They're going to go do it. They're like, oh, you're doing that in November? All right.

Guys, we've got to get it up in October. They do. So I can only give you the— I'll be honest. I am down, 100% down. I fucking love what you guys do. I think it's absolutely amazing. I would be honored to be in videos.

So whatever one, I think it would be funniest if I was really afraid. Okay. And there are things that I'm quite afraid of. Well, we are going to Antarctica later this year. I was really afraid. Okay. And there are things that I'm quite afraid of. Well, we are going to Antarctica later this year. I will do that. Okay. Everyone says that. We got like—

I will. You will? I will go to Antarctica. Okay. And we got a—Tariq's our person picker. Post is wanting to go. We might get Logan, KC. Holy shit.

We got to see how many seats are on the plane. Yes. Tariq, does he get to go over Post Malone? Yeah. Oh, shit. You don't have a white I are on the plane. Yes. Tariq, does he get to go over Post Malone? Yeah. Oh, shit. You don't have a white Iverson, though. You know what I mean? Come on.

You don't have one song. Actually, you know what? I want to rip Post, but he seems like a really sweet guy. No, he does. I don't think he's going to last in Antarctica. Say again? He seems sweet, but I don't think he's going to last in Antarctica. He's a cowboy.

He's got that. It's not last to leave. He's a Texan, dog. Come on. Wait, it's... Let's just bring everybody. I think we got to leave. He's a Texan, dog. Come on. Let's bring everybody. I think we've got to bring everybody. All right, well, then we need a bigger jet. I think we're going to need a bigger jet.

Do you mind sitting on Post's lap? Oh, which way? Can I face him? That'd be kind of fun. Cowgirl. One of the things we're going to do while we're there is, like, there's tons of mountains that have never been climbed, so we'll climb a mountain in Antarctica,

be the first people to ever climb it. We have never been climbed so we'll climb a mountain in Antarctica be the first people to ever climb it we have to be the first person to do a podcast in Antarctica I know that means I gotta bring the boys

thanks brother bigger plane bigger plane I think Logan was planning on doing an impulsive there yeah but nobody wants to watch that

nobody wants to watch all that listen we'll do it at the same time and let's just see whoever retains more. Just like the YouTubers watching this with all the ideas, they're like, let's go. Yes.

We'll bring Starlink. I'll bring Starlink with us so that we get it up first. Yeah, that's smart. Genius. I like that. This guy's got it. Okay. We got this?

I think so. We're going to go through all that effort. We've got to really optimize it. Talk to me. Like, you know, less going off tangents, a little more structure probably. Just really get that retention. Some type of, like, story at the end that people watch the whole way. You're really taking the essence away from this podcast.

Yeah. No, what? Is the essence to keep it random? No, that's not how I got your eyes. I don't want to be here anymore. You know how, like, when British people ask questions, they're really just shitting on you? Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's what you do.

I'm not. I'm trying to help you. I care about you. Are you trying to have a successful show? I'm trying to get your attention up so you get more views so you can shit on Netflix more. Let's go! No, but we like Netflix. Netflix is good.

We both use them, you know what I'm saying? Yeah, but you make more money on your own. That's facts. Yeah. How much is that? Thank you so much for watching Flangrant. Oh, fuck. Now they're leaving in droves.

Now they're leaving in droves. Oh, fuck. We're still in. Come back. Hey, you lost 2-3%. Do we bleep them? What? Do we bleep that moment? You should or you lose viewers. Oh, that would keep them interested, actually. Okay, okay.

Title and thumbnail for this episode. What are some interesting things? You were talking about sexual positions, I think. You were talking about that. Then it'll get suppressed. That'll get dinged. Yeah, it'll get suppressed. Okay.

It needs to be like, why Mr. Beast stalker or something like that. Story of his town about Dubai or something. Mr. Beast drinks alcohol for the first time. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I think that about Dubai or something. Mr. Beast drinks alcohol for the first time. Yeah. Yeah. I think that won't get used. That was good. Was that a good one?

That was pretty good. You're pretty good in the bad bucket. In the bad bucket. That's the worst. We're talking about the good ones. Oh, we don't want to do good buckets? We're talking about the ones that keep my age. I've never done anything bad in my whole life. Ever once? Never once. I'm just a perfect person. Christian. No, keep my age. I've never done anything bad in my whole life. Ever once? Never once. Oh, dude.

I'm just a perfect person. Yes. Christian. No, I... Oh, shit. We got him back. Sorry, Tariq. Take that, buddy. Crusades 2020.

Let's go. Okay. How Mr. Beast is making more African Americans. Okay, that, I don't know. I don't think, though. That might. What's the plural coming from? Remember the goal here was to keep the money the same as I came in.

Yes. Wait, what do you mean by that? I don't know. I just feel like you're going to just keep taking this and run with it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We need to tame. Tame it. Okay.

I mean, here, just come up with, you're the data guy. Come up with something great, and I'll just tell a story to give you the title. Yes. Oh, so start with title, and then we wrap story around. Yeah, like ideally we would have done this before the podcast, so we could have tricked them. Oh, shit. That would have been genius. Mr. Beast slaps Andrew Schultz.

That would be pretty good. Is that a good one? Can I do it? Let's go. Let's go, baby. Oh. Did he grab his nuts? Yes, they were hanging down like a bulldog.

Yeah. Oh, jeez. So I didn't want you to slap my butt but then when you grabbed the nuts well you could have slapped my butt

hit my nuts I'm trying to have a baby with my wife gotcha so I gotta be careful here can we get like a free Tariq can you grab

like a free roaming camera we can get like we got a free we got a free up there okay can you just punch it on his face I don't actually have to

slap you I just need like a no face me okay and I'm like, no, no. Do I go with it?

Bro, my hand's so cold. Just deal with it. So now act like I'm slapping you and look at that camera. You have a cold hand, dude. He's a robot, bro. So act like I'm slapping you. Look at the camera.

Okay. Eyesight makes him click. Dude, your hand is freezing. I know it is, bro. Feel how cold that hand is. Oh, my goodness. You don't get that. Ex-machina.

No, I'm good. Not you. You know what my favorite moment of your Rogan was? Rogan is getting all excited, or he's like watching somebody climb a mountain or some shit, and he was like, dude, I'm getting scared just watching. Look, I'm nervous. Feel how sweaty my hands are. He did.

And then Jimmy just goes, no, I'm good. Joe was like, no, please. He was crazy. Feel the sweat on my hand. Joe was like, no, please. He was crazy. He had the sweat on my hand. I was like, I really am good, Joe. I don't need to feel it. I think I was like, I can imagine what it feels like. But you felt it, though.

Did I? I don't remember. No, you didn't. I really don't. That was the most alpha shit. That's when I was like, yo, this guy's with Rogan. You're on Rogan. You're like, yeah, yeah, sure.

I just. And you were just, he just goes, you literally go, I don't need to feel your hand. He was so insistent on it. He's like, feel it. Like if we were this close, he would have been like,

feel my hand. Dude, I want to look in your hands. We should look into that. You think, yeah, what is that? This is a problem. It's freezing. This is a very serious problem. Yeah.

Is it Crohn's? No, for real. Like, can you beat off? Or is it, like can you jerk off? is it can you jerk off or is it too cold that's what is very weird and I don't know

what's going on yeah my right hand isn't freezing but my left is I wonder why I wonder why one of them

is pretty hot bro I haven't jerked off I've been sitting here the whole time yeah exactly that we know dude you would have saw my dick

yeah well you were looking at the analytics earlier I saw that the analytics I think you were looking at the analytics earlier. I saw that. The analytics is, I think, you're jerking off. That's why this is here. I'm like, oh my God.

There's a hole in the keypad when we take it. There's a dent at the bottom of this computer. Look at that, bro. Dang. We got our thumbnail. There we go. Okay. I have one question about your content. As your audience gets older with you,

how do you plan on shifting the content to retain them? We'll just make it better. I don't know. I feel like we need to do something. We've kind of been doing like, like every idea is innovative, but it's like how we go about it's kind of the same format. And so I'm ready to switch it up.

Any ideas, anything you're thinking on? No, that's honestly, when I got home, that's what I was going to do. Just lock myself in a room and try to figure it out. It's been a while since we innovated. But I guess, yeah, when the audience is older. I don't know. I don't know. I kind of see that happen almost naturally.

You doing the Squid Game thing. Yeah, it's like I just make – That's attached to an older demo. The thing is I don't really make content for kids on purpose or whatever. I just do whatever I think is funny. So like, you know,

maybe right now my humor might just be childish. But I think as long as I do things I like because I've spent so much time like refining my taste

just to be what I think does well, that just, that's what I'll do. You know what I mean? So I don't really try to target anyone. I just make videos

that I think I would like to watch. Yeah. Okay, I'm curious. Who's the most famous person you have their contact in your phone? Oh, that's a sick question. That's an interesting one. Okay, I would have to scroll through it.

I have a weird habit of breaking my phone, so I get a new phone every year, just dropping it in water or whenever we're filming, it falls out of something. But just a kid from North Carolina, you know what I mean? The Rock. All of a sudden, you get a contact on your phone, and you go, wow, I'm doing it. Michelle Obama. No, no Obamas yet.

Malia Obama. Let's go Michelle. I keep throwing some names. I'd have to scroll through. I don't even. Sasha Obama. Tariq, who's the most famous person we met? I don't even. I don't know. Sasha Obama. Tariq, who's the most famous person we met? I'm drawing blank.

Like, I don't know. I have their number. Yeah, well, if we met them, we probably got their number. Connected with. Yeah, right? Yeah, is it? Who?

Just say it. Say it. You're hurting me. Leo, Leo, Leonardo DiCaprio. Oh. I guess Leo maybe. Leo DiCaprio. Maybe Leo, maybe.

Oh my God. Why? As soon as we bring up a guy. Hey, in one year he's going to stop hanging out with you. No, I have a dick. We're good. Wait, so how did you meet Leo? What happened?

Well, his girlfriends love your videos. They still eat cocomelon. Okay, relax. There's just this like... When you go to Leo's house and the girls are all like popping out their retainers like oh my god I love it

we're the play craft we're the play craft that was crazy we're the play craft you can say more it's funny how'd that happen I met him

at an event there's just like I don't know I don't know how much I can say, but there's just like this super exclusive event with just all these really rich and famous people. And I just did not belong there at the time. Yeah, yeah.

And yeah, he was just one of them. How'd you get invited to that event? Island? Island in the Bahamas? Well, I think it was like, I remember pulling, I just can't say too much, but I just remember pulling up and there's like dozens of guys with just like assault rifles and stuff. And I was like, oh, it's like that high level of an event.

And yeah, and he just was like, so I ended up talking up there. So it's like, I don't even know how to put into words. Like everyone there was either like ultra famous or just like a billionaire. They were like very, it was crazy having all those people in that room. And then at dinner, they just pair you up with random people so you meet new people. And he was the one at the table and we just – And did you give a speech? Yeah.

You were talking to him. It was because a lot of them run companies and things like that. So it was more just like, hey, invest in YouTube. You're like TV fucking sucks. That's basically what my speech was. And they loved it. And so it's great. And do they know what you're doing?

Like when you meet these motherfuckers and you're like, yeah, 200 million people watch this video. Yeah. Most of them know because they're kids, to be honest. So they're like, you know, my kid. Kids are the most powerful influencers in Hollywood, by the way. I believe it. Yeah, that's a good point. If we call and we need something and they say no, I just go, just ask your kids.

And then five minutes later, they're like, holy shit. It's like, but then if they're like, oh, I don't have kids, it's like, fuck. Every show that I got greenlit when I was at MTV, the woman who greenlit the shows, her kid was a fan. Yeah. It's great. They're the gateway to whatever you need. They are. Yeah.

Which I live for the day where it's no longer, oh, my kids love you. I love you. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Which is like every time they say that, I'm like, fuck, another one. But – wait, what was even the question? Oh, yeah, most of them knew me because they're kids. Yeah. I'm just wondering if these people like – these are people that they would cry if their TV show got two million views.

They would be the greatest day of their life. And you're putting out weekly 100 million, 200 million. That's bigger than the Super Bowl, I'm pretty sure. Yeah, so it's like are they looking at you with – are they looking at you the way that they should? Or are they purposely trying to ignore what you're doing because it makes them feel insecure? Well, here's where I think it is right now. I think like we're still – I think in like five years there's going to be a lot of YouTubers that leverage this influence and just spin off wildly successful companies and just kind of fuck up the status quo.

I think we're still at the antithesis of it. Because if no one's going to buy these videos or pay what they should, we'll just start our own brands. And it's already showing. With what you're doing. Like East Burger and Feastables and stuff like that. So I think there are people who are big YouTubers and now the new wave are big YouTubers

that understand how to use it, leverage it to sell products. So I think it doesn't even matter at this point. Anything that's commoditized or like a water bottle or things like that, eventually influencers are just going to sell it. I love that as your pitch to a company. You're offering them salvation.

You're not going, don't buy an ad. You're going, I will make you obsolete. I mean, that's kind of what's that's a rockefeller that is fine it really yo like mcdonald's you better buy an ad with me yeah or you won't exist yeah join standard oil or you or it's over it's like it's just i don't know anything that's commoditized and not that hard you just the influencer can do it but just make it cooler you know what i mean 100 i think of smart water and this other stuff that popped up. Yeah. Liquid Death did a great job. Yeah, Liquid Death. But you have hundreds of these people that are just getting bigger and

bigger every single month on social media. And eventually it's just going to be more of a predominant thing. I am telling you, dude, historic human being. And that's why I love that you seem to still have this goodwill running through you of like, I want to donate, etc. Because most of the guys like you are fucking Carnegie or these people who build these empires and don't give shit. And that's why I look at you and I'm like, yo, this guy should be president.

Let's go. I mean, this is a huge compliment to you and Rogan. It's rare that people that have that much power, success, and influence are benevolent. Thank you. I mean, the thing is you can make tons of money not doing good making content, or you can just make tons of

money and help people. And so it's like this one's just a little bit more fun, to be honest. So, why not? Is there a group of people that you're like, I don't want to help them? You don't have to answer that. You don't have to answer that. Like a color people? He's trying to bait you? Don't answer that question.

Yeah. Okay. Wow, your ad revenue is low. That's good. That's good right there, okay? That's good. Wow. What is something that you want to creatorify that would be like 20 years down the line?

Like a university, an iPhone. Like what is that thing? Well, right now all I'm thinking, like, selling burgers and chocolate bars. Like, I've got to build inventory, and it's kind of a pain in the ass. So, next thing I want to do is software-related because it's like, if I build a mobile game, I can get one download today and 10 million tomorrow. Infinite scalability. Oh, you don't have to worry about getting buns and fucking meat and all these things. Exactly.

And so, that's like, these things are crushing, but it's like, you know, you've got to manage the inventory of the chocolate bars. Now, we're doing cookies, and we want to do this thing. It's just like a fucking ton we want to do this thing. It's just like a fucking ton of money and all this effort. Whereas software is just infinitely scalable no matter where you are in the world. So the next thing I really wanted to do is get into software. Does it have to have a goodwill angle? Is there a goodwill angle to Beast Burger?

Is that what drew you to it? I want to make a burger that's a little less unhealthy. Honestly, I was really hoping to get it where it was plant-based but people just don't seem to give a fuck. I will buy the plant-based. I know. So I'm trying to like, my long-term goal is to switch it where it is, all plant-based. 3D printed meat.

That's what you're going to be doing. I'm just like trying to find one that like doesn't suck. Like a lot of people still like, I like impossible meat, but for whatever reason, like some people don't. And some people don't like Beyond and like they're synthetically grown meat. I'm like, we're synthetically grown meat. We're always studying it. I'm waiting for someone to get it where it just tastes the exact fucking same.

The second they do, I'm going to switch it over. Agreed. I think it's only a matter of time. 100%. Within 10 years. The future is faster than you think. It's a book of red ones. Agreed. Yeah.

Another thing I'm curious about, I know you want to be the greatest YouTuber of all time. Who is the other great in a different industry that you look at and you're like, I want to do to YouTube what that guy did to his industry? Obviously, you have Elon Musk. That's the one. He's just the goat. And why Elon? Why not Bezos? Why not Gates?

Well, Elon is just doing cool shit. I mean, taking on fossil fuels and weaning us off. We've heard this a million times. Until electric, while also taking us to a different planet, while also coming up with a company to put a fucking chip in our brain so we can talk without having to speak words. I mean, it's all badass. And doing it while also becoming the richest man in the world

is just fucking crazy. You know what I mean? He won. There is no better person than him. He's Tony Stark. Yeah, basically. He's doing all the cool shit, and he won. You would do that and give it away. Yeah, of course. Which is cool. What's the point? The point is to be the richest. Exactly, but money

is just, to me, a means to grow your company and help people and things like that, but I don't really care to have a mansion. I remember you saying that on Rogan. What's the point of making more money just to buy a bigger box of women? Jeff bought that $600 million boat. Why? That's why I wouldn't look up to him as much because

who cares? Right. I don't know. Like, houses, cars. They had to take down a bridge for him to get the boat out. Did you see that? Yeah. They had to deconstruct a bridge that was built in, like, the year 1600.

Yeah. What end of the spectrum do you follow? Like, are you the kind of guy that's going to own five sports cars? Autistic, I think, yeah. Five sports cars and a mansion, or are you the one that's just going to live in your studio? I have a wife, so that changes things. She can live in the studio with you.

No, she can't. No, she can't. She does not live in studios. But I don't care that much about money. I like experiences. I like experiences. And then every time I buy some material shit, I get into it. And then once I am able to have it, I go, ah, I didn't really like this. And then every time I buy some material shit, I get into it.

And then once I am able to have it, I go, ah, I didn't really like this. Yeah, 100%, which I think everyone needs to go through that little phase to like— Communal experiences. That's what I'll spend all my money on. Yeah. And we went to Burning Man as a group, and we had this fucking amazing time. I would love for us to go to fucking Antarctica. I want us to go to World Cup. But let's say you become a billionaire.

World Cup of cricket. Yeah. I'll have tons of those experiences with all my friends. You're not buying a mansion and ten supercars? No, my wife is going to buy a mansion. My wife is going to buy all these things. I don't need it. I'll be honest.

I really don't need it, but my wife will buy all these things. I like them. They're cool, but I don't need it. Agreed. I like that these things might make her happy. That works, too. You just want her happy. I love making this woman happy but I like that these things might make her happy. So that works, too. And you just want her happy, yeah. And I love making this woman happy. I know that sounds corny, but I genuinely fucking love making her happy.

So that works. But in terms of me, I love great, unique, cool, communal experiences, communal joy. Everything I've done has always been collaborative. Like this podcast, we just keep on adding different people and characters and it's just been awesome. These conversations we have. Even stand-up to me is not, like, you know,

I like talking to the crowd. I like them playing a part in it. Yeah. It doesn't need to be just me. Everybody shut the fuck, I want to know about you. I'm curious about you. So for me,

that's what I'll spend my money on, I think. And obviously my children and giving them, you know, God willing, the greatest opportunity that they have to live whatever life they want to.

Why do you have a detachment from money? Did you grow up in a way that you weren't as connected to where you're like, yo, I need to have this amount to be happy? Well, money and materialistic objects are different. Materialistic objects, I just don't... They're just pointless. Getting nicer cars or things

like that, what does it even fucking do? And why do you think that? Because you got cars and it didn't fulfill you? Asperger. What's more fun than building a business? The less liabilities you have, the more risk you can take on. It doesn't matter. I can live off a couple thousand dollars a month if I need to.

It's rare that people feel that way about material goods without having them. Agreed. That's rare. I did buy an i8 for a couple months. And then you realize, you're like, this is annoying to get into, to bend down so low. It just doesn't matter. And then I also bought designer clothes at one point, which is funny,

because right when I was like, this is fucking dumb, which I said this on Rogan, someone broke in and stole all my clothes. And when I opened my closet after I got robbed when I was like, this is fucking dumb. I said this on Rogan. Someone broke in and stole all my clothes. And when I, like, opened my closet after I got robbed, I was like, oh, this is perfect. I was going to get rid of them. I was like, I don't think that's a good thing for his buck when he sells those. I had some Supreme shirts. That's some Les Mis shit right there. You're like, yo, the candlesticks, take them.

You know what I mean? Oh, and he also took my Bitcoin at the time, too. But he's a fucking idiot. He didn't. So I had, like had a laptop like this. And right here was just written my private key. I don't know what the fuck it was. It just said Bitcoin private key.

Come on, Jimmy. So he steals my laptop. And I was like, I thought that's why my house got robbed. The second I saw that front door kicked in, I was like, oh, they just stole my Bitcoin. Because I also just recently tweeted about it. And it's like, fuck. And I go in there. I can't find my laptop. I'm like, oh, they just stole my Bitcoin. Because I also just recently tweeted about it. And it's like, fuck. And I go in there, I can't find my laptop. I'm like, god damn it. They just stole everything I own. And then I just run over

to my desktop, which they didn't steal, but my laptop. And I just like, I had also a screenshot of it. I pull my private key up there, and I'm like crying. I'm like, fuck, it's not going to be there. It literally says Bitcoin private key on my laptop. And I'm like, they just took it. There was like $2 million,

which was every dollar to my name at that point. Because I took like a couple, like a hundred grand one month, put in Bitcoin, Bitcoin like skyrocketed. And then I was literally just about to sell it and fund a bunch of videos. And then that shit went down and I'm like crying as I'm loading it up

and my heart is pounding. I'm like, please, it's there. It's all there. And I moved it real quick. And like that robber's a fucking moron. He's busy stealing my TV, my fucking blanket. Instead of the fucking Bitcoin that was sitting right there. Fucking idiot.

Fuck you. That's the guy from the battle pipe. Hey, thanks for stealing my designer shirt. So I didn't want those anymore. Just because he didn't like any of your ideas, guy from Dubai. Oh, that's crazy. But yeah, fuck it. I think it's great that you realized that so early.

I realized that later, but I also made money later in my life. And I think that, yeah, I don't know. But everyone's different. I think they're just people who are very entrepreneurial. If you're entrepreneurial, money is the means to grow your business and just hire more people and do more fun, exciting things. Exactly. And I don't think that's for everyone.

And freedom, though. That's how I always look at money. I'm like, I just want the amount where I don't have to do anything. I can do the things I want to do. I see it as just being able to hire more people and do more fun shit. But don't you ever go, I want security. I want enough where everything can be okay and all your guys can be okay. No?

What? You're responsible. I don't know. I feel enough where everything can be okay and all your guys can be okay. No? Well, you're responsible. I don't know. I feel responsible now. That's why we grow the business so I can keep paying you. So you can do it. Yeah, yeah.

Money is fuel to grow business. But I don't think that's how everyone should view it. All right, guys. We're going to take a break for a second because today's podcast is sponsored by Incogni.

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back to the show. Is this your way of telling me I need to do better? Al, did you have to take a little pee break? I did. Pee fucks up retention, dude. Dude, what did we tell you about peeing, dude? They didn't see it. I feel like we need to give our boy over here more screen time. Yeah, me too. Take it away. Al, ask a question. I got you.

What made you do the food pantry? Ooh, that's a good one. Like, started? Yeah, like, did you grow up poor? Like, why that of all the things you can do? Well, so I do plan on making, how do I say this? It doesn't sound weird.

I just, like, I feel like there's a coin flip chance I make a ton of money throughout my life. So, like, I hope to one day be a billionaire. And when I do, I do want to do just whatever, start charities, ideally find ways to, like, start a business that's ran by homeless people and we hire them and they make products. And make products and it's a kick-ass business but just figure out all these things

and so that was just kind of my way of starting young and just trying to figure it out now because there's even that, I'm learning new stuff every single month about how to run a food pantry so it's not like when I have all this money it's like okay, let's start now I'll have decades of experience doing that kind of stuff, if that makes sense

Did you grow up rich or poor? I don't know. Like my mom paid 40 grand a year and there's three of us, so whatever that is. But it was interesting because it was just my mom. My dad left, so I don't know. Have you talked to your dad since? Anyways, new topic. You think that guy who didn't get your Bitcoin was a fucking idiot?

This is the Bitcoin. But no, I mean like that's where when I first started filming videos, it was just like a shitty, shitty laptop, like a $100 laptop. That's why, like here, we can go listen to them. I didn't have enough money for a microphone. I didn't have enough money for anything. So the first three years of me doing it was just scraping together money so I could buy equipment.

So look at this fucking horseshit quality. Is this how you're going to take our ad rep? Don't ask. I'm an 11-year-old kid here. It's like a Saul Minecraft trap. But this is like running at two frames for a second. I didn't have a microphone, and I have a Bandicam watermark because I couldn't afford to buy

the recording software. And I basically just did this for three years. Can we listen to the ASMR thing that you were just doing? Do you keep these up intentionally as a testament? Yeah, so people can watch it so I did that and then I saved up

for like six months I bought a microphone saved up for a year bought a computer saved up like so I actually had 100,000 subscribers

before I bought a camera because I just didn't have the money and so people were like roasting me they're like this fucking quality

is dog shit and I'm like bro I just I don't have the money to buy a camera so I would record them on my like really old hand-me-down iphone yeah and like that's what i use so uh which that was hard i saved up a bunch of money and i got my mom to pay for like the other half and then that's where things really took off because i went from this $30 webcam which was to like a nice iphone like nice at the time. And then, yeah, it shot up to 100K.

And everyone's like, get a camera. I'm like, I'm trying. Give me a couple more months. So that was like the beginning of it. And even then, like when I graduated high school, I wasn't making enough money to move out. And that was a huge problem because my mom was like, go to college or move out.

And I was like, well, I don't have enough money to move out. What the fuck do you want from me? So she made me go to college, which this I did mention on Rogan. You fake. Yeah, and I was faking it, blah, blah, blah. And I'll never forget, like, one day I came home, and she's just like, you never do any homework. I was like, yeah, because I'd rather fucking die than do homework.

I don't want to. And I just straight up asked her, I was like, can you just do the homework for me? Like, I just, it's just not fun. This is like straight up torture. And it was like that every night. And that's when I was just going really hard. And then I had that month where I made $20,000. But the paychecks are delayed 60 days.

So whatever you earn this month, you don't. So I'm like, I want to move out, but I only have like $100. But I have $20,000 coming in. And it was just like super weird. So I moved out and borrowed money so I could move out. It was like all this just so I could let my mom down and she thinks I'm going to be a failure. No risk aversion for you.

Oh, no. It's weird. I don't really feel risk. It's funny that Alex Honnold was brought up in the Rogan convo because I wonder if you guys have a similar approach. My risk tolerance is like – But it's also like at that point I had spent seven years of my life compulsively studying YouTube, studying what does well.

She felt confident. Yeah, exactly. I think it's a little more confidence and probably what he has. Like, I don't know. It's like, this is my whole life. Either it works or I don't know what the fuck I'm doing. Yeah, yeah. And then you paid off your mom's house, right?

Oh, yeah. And then she's great. My mom has multiple houses. She can have whatever she wants. Have you guys had multiple moments like that? Like, any other moments where you guys kind of look at each other and you're like, oh, mama, we're doing it. Yeah, she would love to tell these stories. Like especially once we started making like good money, like $100,000 a month is coming in.

What is that combo? Well, I would be like, okay, good. Next month we're spending $101,000 on videos. And she'd just be like, can you just spend $90,000? And I'd be like, no. I was like, money is a means to grow the channel and make better videos. And it just broke her heart because she also lost everything in the 2008 recession and that kind of stuff. So she's super risk averse.

And I'm like, I don't give a fuck. Let's take out a loan. Let's keep going. And so we just did that for like two years because she had helped me with my taxes and stuff like that. Doesn't she work for you now? Yeah, she does. Well, she does whatever she wants. But at that time, it was like, she just was like, please.

Like she was even like, she would be like, because she loves me. She's like, you know, if we got a million dollars that comes in like high at a hundred grand as a rainy day fund in case I just blow up. And then I'd find it and I'd be like, oh, no, no, perfect. We got an extra hundred grand. She just hated it. I just went all in all the time and it's like oh we got to take another loan out this month and she's like why and I'm like but I don't know it's not like I was trying to stress her out it's just like that's just who I am maybe that's the confidence of coming from zero exactly I just know you could build it's either this or it's like the thought of money sitting around when I

could hire more people or do better videos or give away more money just literally would drive me crazy. And no attachment to material things. So like if I lose everything, okay, who cares? I move back in at home. But she's already lost everything, so she's completely different. But there came a time after two years where I kind of just broke her and she's like, you know what?

I trust them. It seems to be working. And I just told her, I was like, either you believe in me or you don't. Like either you think I'm going to make this work or you don't. And she's like you know what i trust them it seems to be working and i just told her i was like either you believe in me or you don't like either you think i'm gonna make this work or you don't and she's like i do and i was like okay just let me do my thing and now we're great and after you paid off her house and like the cameras turned off did you guys have a moment like holy shit yeah well that's where eventually i was like all right so you don't have to be stressed out i was like we'll pay off the house we'll buy you a second house if you want it here you're now no longer debt-free now she's great because like she doesn't have to the house. We'll buy you a second house if you want it. Here, you're now no longer debt-free.

Now she's great because she doesn't have to worry about this imploding. It's not like she made tons of money. She still had 20 years left on her mortgage and stuff like that. But now that that's not a problem, it's great. Because at least now only my life's fucked if I fuck up, which is what I wanted as well. Yeah, that's huge. You're willing to risk your life.

You don't want to risk your mom's life. Exactly. Even though I kind of was at the start, but then that's when I sort of stepped back and I was like, you know, there really is a chance this just implodes, so why don't we just take care of you real quick? Yeah, yeah. And then I'll go back to like— That's something off your back, too.

Now you get to create more freely. Yeah. You're not going into every month like— Oh, I was anyways. You didn't give a fuck. I just believed in it. There was no world where we failed. If we're filming 10 times longer,

we're spending 30 times longer brainstorming ideas, we're reinvesting every dollar plus extra, because sometimes we're out on loans, and we're just outworking everyone, why would they not watch the videos? That was just my logic. It was like foolproof. There's no way it's going to fail. It's not the correct logic, and you shouldn't, but I was

naive, and that's what I was convinced of. I think that is the correct logic. If you're working that much harder. Assuming you have the right knowledge of the algorithm, because I've seen motherfuckers work really hard, reinvest everything, and just end up with nothing. But I had that confidence because I spent seven years prior

studying and obsessing over it. Some people like to just jump in and basically skip the knowledge stage and do it. I see it happening and I'm like, I don't think you know as much as you should. You really shouldn't reinvest everything. Maybe you dial it back a little bit.

Because you can kind of tell when people get lucky or when they actually know what the fuck they're doing. And sometimes people get lucky and they think they know what they're doing. Exactly, and it's like, hey, I would just maybe reinvest half the money like it's like every every crypto investor until the crash exactly that's it that's it yeah but it's not just crypto it's a stock market too it's like everybody was everyone else like i'm a genius and then it crashed and it's like oh here's reality genius till you're not actually, I like it, the better phrase is like, you're an idiot until you're a genius. Until you're a genius.

Yeah, or like you're a loser or whatever, if you're super obsessive. Yeah. Like, it's funny how like if you have 100 subscribers and you're super obsessive and you know life, it's just like,

you're a fucking idiot, you're a loser, get a life. But if you're that same person with five more zeros on the end, you're a fucking genius. And it's so funny how it changes. And if there's one thing I could change. How do you think it's supposed to work?

I don't know, but I just know it's like, when I was younger, it was just hell. Like, because I didn't relate to anyone. I didn't watch South Park or movies or anything

while everyone else did. And like, people at the age of 15 just can't comprehend having drive and wanting to work. So you're just like this little outcast.

Yeah. And so you're probably surrounded by all these people who are just as driven. Oh, and those same people now will call me up and be like, holy shit, you're a visionary. It's like, yo, back then, why would you make my life hell? Because I didn't watch whatever the fuck was on TV.

Which is, I'm fine. I don't care. But I feel for the younger people that are like that. Our system basically beats it out of you almost in a way where no conform there was like bullying for like just you and your obsessiveness from not bullying but i just like i you didn't fit in yeah 100 didn't like i would talk about youtube and it was just an ongoing thing where they'd just be like do you know anything besides youtube are you capable of anything else besides youtube and I'd be like, eh. Well, no,

but back then, I didn't know what to say. So I just didn't talk. There'd be days where I just wouldn't say a single word in school because all I knew was YouTube. And since no one cared,

and this was way before YouTube was cool, before you even knew you could make money, I just was like, what do I talk about? What do I say? Do you think that,

do you think you got lucky in that you were obsessed with a thing that became the form of entertainment in the world, or did you know that it was going to be? That was luck, 100%. Because that obsession very well could have been Vine

or hosting a TV show or whatever. Or Vine, exactly. So, agreed. The best thing that ever happened to me is I fell in love with YouTube at a young age. Because I also think it takes 10 years to really master something. 10 years and 10,000 hours is kind of the start.

More like 30, 40, 50,000 hours. And so I just started mine when I was 11. So you had that early. Yeah, most people start theirs when they're like 20, 25, whenever they get out of college. But what's OP about that is the earlier you make money, the more it compounds, the more the knowledge compounds. Because now when I'm 30, I have like a whole 10 years of obsession on them.

So it's like really hard for people to compete with you. 100%. If you find it young. And you're always going to be compared to the people around your age. Exactly. So they're like, why the fuck is this kid 24? Exactly. They just graduated college. And no one's going to catch it.

I've been grinding since 11, so I'm 13 years in this bitch. You know what I mean? Like, good luck. So, but that's the thing. Like, that's an anomaly and you're like ostracized from society

and you're a fucking weirdo loser every step of the way up until, you know, it works. And so I wish we could like, I don't know, have a, I don't know the answer

how you would do it. Because like, what's the difference between that and just actually being a fucking obsessive loser over something unimportant? I don't know. I don't know the answer how you would do it. Because what's the difference between that and just actually being a fucking obsessive loser over something unimportant? I don't know. But I do wish there was a way we fostered it a little bit more and didn't beat the shit out of people who, you know. Yeah. Maybe that happens now.

I mean, it's so commonplace that these kids are going to have – every kid has a YouTube page, it feels like. YouTube aside. I'm just talking about everything in general. Anybody who's a little bit outside of the box. Yeah. I think like obsession over things, like we should allow

and we should encourage people to be obsessed. If you find that thing that you're like, Yeah, it's like your soul's way of guiding you. Exactly. You know what I mean?

Yeah. Yeah. And some obsessions are okay and then some are weird. Like heroin. You know, maybe not. But like if someone's obsessed with a guitar

at a young age, people would be like, oh, that's cool. But if you're obsessed with YouTube, they're like, oh, you got to go outside more. You have to play more sports. But again, I think that's also exposure.

Now that we see guys like this, we're like, oh, that there's... Now it's normalized. There's a means to that. Yeah, exactly. But you needed one person to break through. Exactly. You need the person to break through. I mean, like, Tony Hawk said the same thing about skateboarding. I know that sounds crazy. Tony Hawk was like, yeah, I was bullied for skateboarding. Skateboarding wasn't cool.

Like, they made fun of us. Like, they were calling them names. Skateboarding wasn't cool. They made fun of us. They were calling them names and shit for being a skateboarder. I've never heard that story before. We couldn't believe it. We're all sitting here like, wow, skateboarding is the coolest shit. You got Tony Hawk on here? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Good for you.

We got Mr. Beast on here. But yeah, so Tony was there, and he was like, yeah, it wasn't cool at all, but I was so upset. It's really interesting. You see successful people, and it really comes down to upset. I hear this kind of story from all of them. Every single time, right? Yeah, it's crazy. You have to like

It sounds bad. Your obsession outweighs the insecurity of being an outsider. Exactly. If you're not doing this, you might as well just be dead. What's the point of life? And most people, the insecurity of being an outsider will make them push away their obsession. If you're young and you're not slightly being made fun of for your obsession, you're not obsessed enough.

Yes. Like 100%. And that's fucked. It's not how it should be. But that is just society. And it's okay to not be that obsessed. Like not everybody needs to have a singular focus. But if you do have that and people are making fun of you and that thing might be able to make money.

Don't be afraid of it. You will be all right. But it can. No matter what it is, it can. It's like, what is it? If you make just like $100, when you break it down you really need to make like $100 a day to live off of it. Which isn't like crazy crazy

depending on the obsession. If you actually think about something every day for 10 years, it's pretty hard not to be able to find a way for that to be valuable. Not to mention with the internet. Whatever your niche is, there's at least 10,000 other people that are willing to like for that to be valuable not to mention with the internet whatever your niche is there's at least 10 000 other people that are willing to pay for you to be a part of your niche dude we say this about drug addicts all the time it's like if they applied that effort towards anything else in life like a hundred dollars a day is nothing if you're

like a real drug natural addiction like that's the thing you're looking like that's what this is and every every second of your day is how do i make some money so i could have that thing i love yeah and what if every second of your day is, how do I make some money so I can have that thing I love? And what if every second of your day is, how do I figure out this YouTube thing so I can make some money? So with that obsession, are you ever going to not do YouTube? Well, I think it's pretty

crazy how most people, they spend most of their money on ads or startups or things like that that getting the company off the ground. I think it's a pretty crazy place we can be in. Let me switch to newer videos. I can launch a company and obviously I love it. This is what I was put on the surf to do.

I couldn't stop if I wanted to. But it's also probably the most lucrative position I could be in because I can do anything I want and instantly show 100 million people. There's never been someone in this position ever before. Beansburger is crushing it. It's going to do over 100 million this year. Feastables is crushing it. Isn't that fucking crazy?

And our other stuff as well is crushing it. And that's just like we're just getting started. Sorry, go on. I have a- How many, sorry, go on. I have a question after about this, but go on. Go ahead, hit me. How many of these companies do you think you start and become successful before the big companies start going, fuck, advertise with them, advertise with them?

I think like, well, I think you're going to see, I know a couple of people who are just crushing it with companies and like next year, you'll probably see a couple of people who become billionaires off of YouTube. And then I think that's when they'll turn heads. When did you say, next what like next year, you'll probably see a couple people who become billionaires off of YouTube. And then, I think that's when they'll turn heads.

When did you say? Next what? Next year, probably. Probably towards the end of next year. Can you say who those people are? Yeah, yeah. I think we can say who those people are.

But I think like other ones, like I'll tell you after. But yeah, there's at least like three people that like in the next year will probably be YouTube billionaires. And that's when they'll start

to turn their heads. And then when people start making like $10 billion companies or whatever, they'll realize it, like the power of it. And Ryan's toys. No. Fuck no. But, yeah, it's just so – no one's like – A, no one's ever had this large of an audience on YouTube and other platforms as well before. And then a lot of the people who are getting it are very entrepreneurial. And so it's going to be crazy to see what happens over the next five, ten years.

So what Andrew said is, oh, these companies are going to be like, yeah, we have to advertise with them. Did they miss the boat? And now it's, well, we can't even advertise with them. No, because not every YouTuber is entrepreneurial. My end goal is to get it where obviously we're only ever promoting our products. And we have mobile ever promoting our products. And we have mobile games for one video, the next is our snack brand, the next is Beast Burger, the next is whatever other thing we do.

Because it's basically like a Super Bowl ad, every video. And so it just gets pretty OP. And then on top of that, Feastables, we just launched in Walmart. And I haven't even mentioned it yet because it's not in all of them. But it's selling like crazy just because people are like, oh, it's Mr. Beast. I like that guy. Same thing with Beast, where before I ever promoted it once, before people even knew it was a thing, we were doing some days like

$40,000 because people were just like, oh shit, it's the guy from YouTube when they opened up Uber Eats. Without you even saying it. They didn't even know what it was and they were just ordering it. And I'd see people on Twitter like, bro, someone's stealing your branding. And I'd be like, oh, no, no, just wait a day. Really? Because you needed everything set up before you were going to drop it.

Yeah, because we needed to test and train the kitchens. But the point is, they see the beast logo and they're like, oh, order. Same thing that's happening at Walmart. I haven't promoted it yet. And we're still selling crazy volumes. Today was pretty wild. We're only in a fraction of them. We did over 100K today at Walmart. And we're not

in all of them on just Feastables. So that's just pure branding alone. So that's the thing. You get a promotum here, and you get a drive-thru sales. And then also just because everyone knows who you are, which is kind of my thesis. Every time I walk in Walmart, I have to take 30, 40 pictures. So if I had a product there, those same people would probably buy it.

Which is working. And I also think you specifically have goodwill with your audience. Yeah, exactly. I think that there are certain people who make content, and I don't think that the people like the creators. Exactly. They know by buying it it's not just going to pay a Lamborghini or whatever dumb thing. So, yeah, so like they're crushing it. Like, we're just getting started.

Why would someone not want to support you? They're giving you money. I agree. And you're going to give your fucking money away. Agreed. You know what I'm saying? I'll never use it to buy a supercar or a mansion. It's just to pay my employees and just give it all away. So if I'm going to buy a Hershey chocolate bar. Which is horse shit.

Which is horse shit. Or a Feastable. Great. Great. And the Hershey is going to go to what? What is that going to go to? Some rich guy. Some fucking rich dude.

Yeah, fuck that rich guy. Fuck him five festivals every moment but no so it's like crazy so and if you extrapolate that assume if we can be relevant like this for the next five years maybe even 10 if i just kill myself you know then it's like it just gets crazy you know what i mean yeah so somebody being obsessed with youtube it doesn't like um bother you that you don't tap into other markets that like just don't know about you yeah because like before mark and i'll be honest before mark brought you up had no idea who you were 100 what kind of entertainment do you consume the black black panther yeah you've seen black panther he likes that yeah i gotcha so it like, you gotta, and it's like, I don't think I know anybody who knows you

unless they have kids and then their kids know you. So it's like, I'm sure as somebody who's obsessive, that must bug you a little bit. Yeah, well, it doesn't bug me.

It actually gets me more excited. So my big thing recently is like, you know, YouTube is the platform every month that has the most people come watch it

more than anywhere else. So I really did want to try to get as big as possible and number one on that because it was just kind of a no-brainer because no one has ever captured the audience that is YouTube. So that's kind of step one. I agree we are getting to the point now where it's like not going to

there's no world where we're going to wake up and have 500 million views a video. I feel like 100 million views a video is where it's like it's capped. Which is where I do eventually want to do that stuff. I want to have people like The Rock or whatever, people you might know in videos and also do things that appeal to more people. But it's just one of those things where if you try to do everything,

you just kind of suck at everything. It's like YouTube, Google owns YouTube. Every time you search on Google, a phone will see YouTube, comes pre-installed on Android. It's like YouTube's just fucking cheat codes. And YouTube is the biggest platform ever, and it will be. It's the second biggest search engine behind Google.

It's just fucking massive, and it's growing like this year over year. So it's also like, if I'm just number one here, and it just keeps growing year over year, then it's... That's interesting, though. That in and of itself is just beyond lucrative.

Yeah, treating yourself as the YouTube show. That's always what I wanted to be. So to answer your question, it doesn't really make me feel bad. I'm in the best place to be, and I'm very excited because I see YouTube growing. And if I could just maintain what I have, I'm beyond ecstatic because I don't need everyone in the world to know me. I just need to be the biggest YouTuber, to be honest. And you don't have any reservations about Google's plan for YouTube in the world to know me. I just need to be the biggest YouTuber, to be honest. And you don't have any reservations about

Google's plan for YouTube in the next 10 years? You just adapt. Whatever they do, you just go with the flow. Because I trust their ability to make a platform, but I don't necessarily trust their ability to know content. Yeah, they might change the algorithm, whatever, but you just adjust. That's the thing. I'm not hard set on anything. And you don't mind

adjusting? Yeah, I don't give a fuck. Do they call you? Do they ask advice? Get the fuck out of here.. Do they call you? Do they ask advice and shit? Get the fuck out of here. Is that crazy to you? Wow. The arrogance. Why would they? Because you mastered it.

It's like with fucking Catch Me If You Can with Leonardo DiCaprio. It's like- You hacked the FBI. We're hiring you. Come on. We like you. Well, everything I believe is out there on the internet. So you probably watch all my podcasts and stuff like that.

But drop the ego. Have a phone call every once in a while with you and say, what do people like? Where are we? And you are their number one brand ambassador. Nobody at your level speaks about YouTube as glowingly as you do. Yeah, I mean, we have a great relationship. Don't get me wrong.

If I have problems, it's not like they disrespect me. YouTube's great. But it's just one of those things where I'm just kind of doing my own thing. And then you're cool. I love the platform. I think they should change nothing and just keep it how it is.

Actually, I think what's kind of smart about them is that their algorithm gets to be honest because they don't have their own content. Whereas a Netflix algorithm is not honest. They're going to promote their own shit. Supervised, yeah. I love the fact that they have almost nothing. I guess they partner on certain things, but they don't do that anymore. They stop doing that.

So whenever they push out – That's the thing. There's no feedback for me to give. I love the algorithm. It gives you what you want to give. I love the algorithm. It gives you what you want to watch. I'm very happy with it. But no, eventually – what would you say your demo is?

Even stuff like this gets it out to a lot of older people. I assume your audience is like – 55, 60. 55, 60. What? Is it like mid-20s, right? It's like 25, 35. Yeah, exactly. So that's why I want to start doing stuff like this in the future.

Hey, you're welcome, dude. What was different about the Squid Game video? What did you tap into that outside of Zeitgeist? Well, there's a lot of things. Because A, it was a mega, giga, crazy trend. But that was also the first video we ever used CGI. I was like, I at most spent like $2 million on a video up to that point. That one we spent $4.2 million.

That was like, I at most spent like $2 million on a video up to that point. That one we spent $4.2 million. So like, it was like a mega fucking ultra trend, supercharged with our biggest budget ever. We scrapped all our videos, went all hands on deck, 30 minutes of just everything. I poured my heart and soul into it. And like, I think it was just like a right combination of everything. More money, more effort, more time, super trend, stir it all together. And the only ad you did was for your bar, I'm pretty sure, on that episode, right?

There's a mobile app. I thought it was great. The way you guys did the integrated ad. Which I don't understand why more people don't do that. Make it part of the content so it's not boring. And how was that day? That day the Squid Game video comes out, you push publish. What is the next 12 hours? It's crazy. like that month we gained on just the english channel nine million no

actually i think we gained 10 million subscribers jesus yeah fucking crazy across all the platforms that month we gained like 25 million his fucking warm hand was warm beating that squid you know it was I'm saying? It was wild. But, like, what was that day? That broke the world record for, like, most views on a single YouTube video in a day. Did you know within the first hour you were like, this is a rocket ship? Oh, 100%. Did you know before you posted it?

Oh, yeah. Before, I had a – so, what I did there, which I don't normally do, is I was hyping it up on TikTok, which actually worked really well. So, like, I was showing the sets before. Yeah, that's true. You've never did a promo really for it. Exactly, because I don't know. But that one, we were just so fucking balls deep money spent. I needed this to do

well or fuck. This is like bedding the farm on the video. So we were showing the sets, getting people hyped, and we were getting 30 million views on a TikTok of people just showing them parts of the video. Not even showing the contestants, just like, hey, look what we built and they were like exploding so like by the time we uploaded there were like millions of people on the channel just like refreshing waiting

for it to go live and they're like people begging for us to drop the video so which that worked really well it was like that's the thing like Spooge Game was us doing everything perfect with a giga trend it's gonna be damn near impossible to like recreate all that like every factor just fell into place the perfect video with the perfect trend and the turnaround

was quick with the perfect hype with the perfect everything like I don't even know like in hindsight I don't know how we did it 45 days it was fucking hell

and 150 people working on that video it was like fucking crazy yeah even like so and we were pulling on

every connection I had like we had different YouTubers like we put squibs on them these devices so we could kill them by popping this and like so Even like, so, and we were pulling on every connection I had. Like, we had different YouTubers. Like, we put squibs on them, these devices, so we could kill them by popping this. Yeah, I remember, yeah. And, like, so, like, that connected to, like, the Wi-Fi center in this giant stadium that we were doing the red light, green light. But the first day we went to film, the Wi-Fi crashed. There was too many there.

Oh, my gosh. And then we rebooted, and now certain phones are dying. Fucking hell. So, I gave everyone who came out $1,000 all $456,000 of them. I was like, hey, sorry. So that's why I went from $3.5 million to $4.2. Yeah, because basically we had to re-upgrade

the system in the stadium to handle 456 individual devices so we could kill them. $456,000? Yeah, so I gave them all grand. I was like, all right, just come back in the morning. You could have given them $500. You know that, right? Yeah. Oh, well.

And then so we did that. And so that threw on more. And this was like all these – it's actually supposed to be a $2 million video that turned into $4.2 million. And that's when I was like $2 million was already crazy. Yeah. And I'm like, fuck. By the end of it, I'm just like, bro, this doesn't crush.

How much does Squid Game cost? What? The actual show. I think it was like $9 million, right? Wow. And that was 10 episodes. Look at the ROI. Eight hours of content.

Mine was like a 25-minute video. Look at the ROI, bro. That is insane. Bro, I'm crying. But it's because like, yeah. Most movies are less than that. It was a lot, man. Because we were like, we're also in bumfuck nowhere.

So there's not studio space. I love that you stayed in North Carolina. That's so fire. But one of the negatives of North Carolina is there's not studio space. Infrastructure. Yeah, so it's not like I can just go rent a bunch of studios. So I'm like, oh, Red Lake Greenlight was like in a rodeo station where they like fucking wrangle cows and shit. And we're like, clear out the animals.

We need a fucking set here. And then we're like, any churches here with open – because there's a lot of churches in North Carolina, not a lot of warehouses. And so, you know, you find like a church here for a set. And then you're like, we have our big studio and you do sets here. And we're like scraping the barrel to to find space to build all this shit. And then you have to build the infrastructure for the Wi-Fi.

Just even that system, man, was so crazy. We had to build a custom, which I didn't. Obviously, we hired people like William Osmond and other people, but a custom app. So it has all the numbers of the players so I can tap and kill them when they die. So their squib explodes. But we also have to make sure their squib doesn't light on fire.

It's crazy, man. All this in 45 days while building these sets while also doing CGI for the first time. I mean, I just, like, I was terrified, man. That's what I was thinking. I was watching. I was like, there's no way that one of these didn't fucking light on fire or something happened. Because you actually have, like, a mini, I don't want to call it explosion. Yeah, there was.

Yeah, it was smoke. And that's how we got the real effect. It was, I think it was red at first. And then I was like, fuck. It like clicked like before we were about to film. I was like, we can't have blood. We're fucked. Which is why we switched the color.

And it was so much. So between that, which we've never done before in our custom app, and the Wi-Fi system, and these crazy sets, like walls like taller than I've ever seen before. Plus, the top of it's a stadium. And when we're filming, they're like, we're just going to turn it into blue sky, like Squid Game. We're just going to CG it.

I'm like, what the fuck does that mean? We're just going to CG this roof up? That was your CGI? Was the roof? Yeah, everything, man. It was fucking... And I'd never done this any before, so I was just losing my goddamn mind left and right because where the fuck is right there? Yeah, it's right on there.

Oh, yeah, there we go. I like that you did 456 too. Yeah. Well, because I couldn't afford to do more. Oh, my God. The fuck is this zooming? This is bad for retention. So, yeah, that sky up there is not real.

Starting at the end of the blue is all CGI? Yeah, all CGI. We're in a studio. What we did was we took the lights, so we had to install a grid system, and then we angled the lights in a way where it was looking like it came from a sun. So all the lights came from a certain direction

to mimic a sun. Wow. Yeah, and then obviously those explosions are real. Hey. Carl. They're all so quiet. It made me feel so weird standing in front of all these people while they didn't talk.

Yeah. Because it's like, I don't know. They were all just staring at me. It made me feel uncomfortable. Do you know if any of the people that came hadn't seen Squid Game yet oh quite a few yeah yeah

I think I'm coming up I asked one of them and they say that where is she oh yeah that girl she never saw yeah she's playing

the main character and she had never seen it hilarious oh that's crazy. And what is this day? Like, you wake up. This is your Super Bowl. You spent $5 million on it.

It was everything. What is the pregame ritual that you have? Well, I mean, well, so we do this, but this is the second time we did it because the first time we had to, you know, fix the routers and everything. But, like, you sleep, like, okay, I need eight hours. Oh, no, we were dying. We were all dying. Wow.

That was a lot. That was the hardest thing our team's ever done. I mean, I was just, like, we look at all those people in those red suits piled around the side. Yeah.

I mean, like, everything, man. Like, 150 people were working on this video. I just, those were the most hectic 45 days of my entire existence. Each one of the red suits is home team

or some of the year hiring? Bro, I don't even remember. Like a day hire. We just, well, this was the second day. So the second Bro, I don't even Like a day hire. We just, well, this was the second day. So the second day, I think we literally just pulled in people.

Like anyone that knew anyone. I just needed people because we ran out of people to pull from. Wow. Yeah. And what is your mood like on a day like this?

Would you consider yourself Oh, I'm so stressed. Are you easy to work with on a day like this? I'm not talking to many people. Like I'm obsessing over like how do we get this, the retention good?

What, like, you know good, what do I say. You have one shot for a lot of this. Exactly. This I can't redo. This is a real countdown going. And if I don't like it, there's nothing I can do about it after I film. That's the big thing with a lot of our videos is because they're not scripted. If there's a moment where it's like, hit this shot, you make a million dollars.

If you don't get the shot, I have to pay the guy whether or not he makes it. Or I have to pay the guy if he makes it. So if we don't film it properly, there's no like, oh, the cameras weren't right. So you're pretty intense. Are you ever yelling at people? After the video, do you have to be like, hey, I'm sorry about that? Oh, no, no, no. Obviously not. It'd be dumb if I yelled at people. So you're just calm, though. Focus the calm.

I'm not yelling, bro. That shit works, bro. That's how I do it. I mean, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's pretty effective. It feels's how I do it. I mean, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. It's pretty effective. It feels good, if nothing else. What's some of the other CG? He's just doing this so he can flag the interview if he doesn't like it. No, but I like going through this while he's here.

Oh, that's a sign. Wait, where the fuck is this mouse? Bro, you guys could get a better setup. This is annoying. Come on, dude. What is the spike? Oh, I know. Yeah.

Where the fuck is a wide shot? So, like, none of this, that's all blue screen. All this background is, like, CG. Oh, really? Yeah. Well, this is black. Okay. Here.

All that is blue screen. Actually, black screen. The earlier one is blue. So, this was just, basically, what we did was we got this black mat, just super black that doesn't reflect light and then that's our studio

so it's like a wall covered in all black it's a super big studio and then the floor is covered in all black and then they just lowered the floor and then added poles

so it's like yeah yeah bro I didn't know what the fuck I was doing I was just praying it looked good this was all blue screen none of that's real

so I'm also like bro this is going to be horse shit so we're standing in front of just these blue screens, and they took this and CG'd it down here. So what the fuck?

See down there, right below the foam pit? That thing's there. So it's like, I didn't even know what these guys were talking about. So crispy are the goats, the people who worked on it. So we're in a different room, blue screen in front of these things where we pick the balls and they're like yeah we're just gonna put it below the foam pit that's in that uh fucking warehouse covered in this and then we're gonna put these spikes here and and i was like there's just no shot this is two shots come on top of each other it's crazy and i'm literally i'm losing my mind i'm looking

at him i'm like mic, you're fucking crazy. If you think this is going to look good, you're just going to magically stack these shots. And one of these shots is just straight up a fucking blue screen. This is one of the most impressive parts of the video. Oh, yeah, it's great. It's the altitude. And I was like, how tall is this fucking thing?

I was just wondering this. Here, can you put your hand on that TV? Go up to the, on the left thing. Go up higher. So right there. Everything below that is not real. So we built that and everything above it. But now move it to the right.

Move it to the right. Right there. That is real. That's the people outside the studio standing in front of blue screens. And they're, they CG'd in. So this is the last one. But in the earlier ones, there's tons of people there. So they're like, they're, bro, they're fucking, I don't know.

How was that feeling giving up all that control? Oh, I was terrified. I was fucking terrified. I was like, I was certain this was just going to turn out horseshit. You'd see like shitty green screen, you know, whatever. They pulled through. I felt a little bit better after we finished. There was like a team of like 30 people or something crazy just in there.

We took one of our rooms and converted it to just a giant editing room. And once they were just like going ham, I was like, okay, now I feel a little better. They were supremely confident when they were speaking to you about it? Yeah, they were. Which is why it's great working with professionals because I don't know shit. They're like, oh, no, this will be great. And I'm like, what the fuck do you mean? It better be.

What do you mean? It better be, yeah. I was like, this just doesn't feel good. Like how? I'd look over and be like, this is 10 feet in there. He'd be like, yeah. I'd be like yeah but in the video it's 500 feet

he's like yeah it's like how how the fuck do you mean and he'd be like that wide shot over there like what alright more stuff from this video

sorry we're hurting our attention how many views is that now probably just shy of well English or everything English and then everything

280 English probably 400 everything 280 is almost the population of America. Yeah, that's crazy. Imagine that, bro. That's crazy.

This scene wasn't that crazy. We gave them the bag of marbles. They do it. I don't know. A lot of them were very dramatic, which is cool. It's good content. Some of them, it just didn't even feel real because some of them would play it up.

I feel like you don't have to. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Then the ad. I don't know. Was there anything else cool? The ad was fucking great. Yeah, the ad is cool. Oh, the't have to. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Then the ad. I don't know. Was there anything else? The ad was fucking great. Yeah, the ad is smart. Oh, the fucking glass bridge.

Yes. This was great. Look at that. Is this also doubled? No. So everything below, the foam pit was basically sitting on the ground. Oh, wait, no, no.

So the, what is it? The tug of war one was just sitting on top of that. And then when we went and filmed in the other studio for the marbles here, they were pulling the road off of it and underneath it was this. So we built tug of war on top of that. So that's why it looks similar. But then we just put that foam pit down. But below the foam pit is.

Is not real. Is not real. Unbelievable. Unbelievable. But so you jump. You do fall in a real foam pit. And then everything below we just did to make it look more dramatic. Phenomenal.

And then, like, these shots are fucking crazy. Like, I don't know how they fucking did it. Look at that shit. Yeah, that's crazy. So that's why I did well, because, like, I don't even know how we did this. It's fucking wild. And it was genuinely terrifying when those things fell through yeah

like yeah it's crazy how this played out like it did in the show yeah the actual psychology of it was the same at some point no you could jump skip me

I took the risk on this one you do it on the next one and I tried not to influence it too much so like yeah how much do you coach the actual contestants I mean I was telling them but they had the full authority

to do whatever they want so I'd be like hey you should really go time's running out and I'd be like, hey, you should really go. Time's running out. And they'd be like, okay. Have you ever had that where a contestant just botched a video?

Oh, all the time. Really? It's annoying. Like sometimes you'll give someone a hundred grand and they'll just be like, thanks. And I'll be like,

anything else you want to say? And I know like if they don't say something. Please have a dying mom. Please have a dying mom. Well, not that. It's more like any time I upload a video

where someone's like doesn't freak out, people in the comments are like, oh, it's fake. And there's just all these conspiracy theories. And everyone's like certain. Like, if I won 100 grand,

I wouldn't react. The only explanation for why they wouldn't freak out is Mr. Beast fakes it. Not that this is an introvert or anything. That's why part of the Buried Alive video,

I didn't believe because you didn't seem scared. Oh, really? And it seems like you were trying to hide. He's you didn't seem scared. Oh, really? And you said you were trying to hide. He's Alex Honnold, bro. Yeah, but I'm like, anybody in that position

would be like, yeah. Why didn't you keep the footage of you being stuck, man? I just, you didn't think it worked in the video? No, I just like, I don't want to scare people.

It's like, my biggest thing is I knew factually I was safe and I didn't want to, my biggest thing is I don't want to deceive. So I didn't want people to think I wasn't in a biggest thing is I knew factually I was safe, and I didn't want to, my biggest thing is I don't want to deceive. So I didn't want people to think I wasn't in a safe position, because I knew, I'd freak out, but then I'd calm myself down by being like,

this is safe, we've tested it, we spent half a million dollars making this fucking coffin, I know I'm fine, but then if I didn't portray that, and people thought I could die, then I'm a reckless YouTuber. Oh, he put his fucking life on the line. Good point. Yeah, but this part at the end was crazy. Like, I don't know what the fuck was going on here. Like, right here, I'm, like, losing my mind.

I'm like, guys, like, because I'm thinking, and I kept saying to Tariq, like, if everyone gets out here, like, there is just no winner. But then I was, like, I was turning around, but I was like, Tariq, but if there if there's no winner they're gonna think i rigged this to save money this is gonna be blue ball there has to be a winner but i can't rig it i was like what the fuck did i do and there's 10 seconds and none of them are jumping uh yeah then it came down to here and yeah a bunch of them got out and i was freaking out here too i was like god, God damn it. Like, no, this is bad for the story. Like, yeah, you know, because none of them, whatever. But it ended up working out. No one cared.

We just, all the people who were still on there at zero seconds got up. You got, yeah. Yeah. Wow. And then the very end, instead of a knife fight, you do musical chairs. Musical chairs, yeah. What other options did you have where you were like,

okay, we can't do the knife fight. What else can we do? Yeah, I just, I like simplicity. So everyone knows how to play musical chairs. I could have made it more advanced, but we knew this would get a couple hundred million views, and so the more complicated it is, the less. You have to explain the game.

Exactly. I hate explaining. Ideally, things are just like. Implicit. You keep the rhythm going. Yeah. Oh, that's insane. I would say one criticism about Squid Game is the last game,

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You get back to the show. Peace. So it's crazy just to see it because the other channels as well, this video like in Spanish, I think popped off. And that's what's funny is I visited, I sometimes, because there are videos, we end up going to places that don't speak English. And it's, like, so interesting because before,

no one would see me. And now it's, like, just, like, gringo, and they just run up to me. And there's, like, hordes of them. Is it interesting what videos work well in specific cultures? Oh, yeah. Like, oh, this video about pizza worked really good in Italy or something like that?

Yeah, for the most part, though, it's always the same. Even here in Spanish, it's me burying myself alive, this 100-person video, Squid Game, this. So it's just tapping into basic human emotion. All humans react the same way. The thing, a video's not going to get 100-plus million views in English if it doesn't

appeal to just a broad audience. So you translate it. It's going to do the same thing in other cultures. Because most of our jokes aren't American specific. They're like anywhere in the world. So that's what's great because then it gets 74 million views here. Are you flipping the thumbs for the different places at all or no? Yeah, so like see how that says 100 personas?

But outside of just the words on there? No, the thumbnail is already great. So like, see how that says 100 personas? But outside of just the words on there? No, the thumbnails are already great. So we don't really need to change them. Yeah, they're working regardless.

Yeah. And I'm so curious, are there places that you go where you don't get recognized? Like different countries and things like that where you're kind of like relieved?

If we're not dubbed in them then it's great. But that's where I am fucking myself in the future because then there's going to be no escape. No anonymity. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

You're going to need that island, bro. Well, no, it's funny too. It's like, so we also do the same thing on our gaming channel and our React channel. So it's just like, it's doing better than I even thought because this is our third channel

dubbed in a different language. And even this, like look at the views it's getting per video. It's something you did that I thought was so clever. And correct me if I'm wrong. I feel like I read this somewhere.

But you, for your reaction channel, hired someone that was high up with Define Bros, right? What, to have people react to it? That was running the reaction channel. You hired people that were working within other reaction channels? For our English one or these? For the English one. Yeah, yeah, exactly. 100%.

You mean tons of people have done it. Wait, what is that? What is that? So you hired someone from— It's not as revolutionary as you think. We just, when we started a reaction channel, we just hired lots of people who worked on other reaction channels.

And they were already experts at it. Exactly. Yeah. But it's just so clever to me. Like you would do that within- Instead of working it out yourself for two years. You would do it within traditional business. Like, oh, we're starting like, you know,

an entertainment division. We're going to hire the head of entertainment at Warner. Yeah, yeah, yeah. They did it with like reaction content. Almost everyone who works on these YouTube channels, they're in goal. Well, now this sounds arrogant. But most of them want to work for us,

so it's usually not hard. Yeah, of course. Why would you work for a channel that gets a million views a video? It's like Apple or something like that. If you're going to be in tech, you want to work there. Well, if you're going to make content, you want to do the one that gets the most views, and so it's an easy sell.

But same thing with this. This is our reaction channel in Spanish. And look at the views per video. Unbelievable. And this is just a sub of the channel. Unreal. But same thing with this. This is our reaction in Spanish. And look at the views for a video. Unbelievable. And this is just a sub of the channel. That's unreal. Yeah, that's awesome.

And so then you do the same thing in Portuguese, Arabic, Japanese. You go down the list. What was the most surprising language for views? Well, French is great

because French has really good RP. It's like, this one doesn't make shit. I could show you because it's like, it doesn't really matter that much. How much do you...

Let's see. If the MrBeast Espanol channel gets 150 million views, how much money do you think it makes? How much? You guess. What do you think? If it makes it in a month? 150 million in a month?

150 million views. How much do you think that would bring in? 132. 132 million views. How much do you think that brought in? 130 in Spanish? Yeah. It's going to be less than I think.

But we have long videos, mid-rolls, everything. What do you think? I'm going to say 85,000. Yeah, you're basically on the dot. Wow. Yeah. So that's, it's like. Because I would have guessed 110,

but as soon as you say it's less than you think, I'm like, yeah, 88,000. Wow. But French, on the other hand, is like a lot like American RPM. So it's like it's weird because when you go

in these other languages the more listeners they have typically the lower the RPM but the less listeners typically the more you make so like you could get hundreds of millions of views

a month in Spanish and Portuguese blah blah blah but you can get like 30 million views a month in French and German and you're making more money because like

it's also more disposable income in the first world. Yeah, it makes perfect sense. It's not like a revolutionary finding. But that is what's interesting. It's so smart to do this. Mark had this idea about dubbing the stand-up and doing it in different languages.

And what we've found out is that people were already doing it. Even the special that I put out, somebody had put it in Portuguese. There's a place, not on YouTube, they have a torrent site for, where people just put the subtitles on it. They're not even dubbing it. I mean, it toured Russia.

Yeah. Off of a couple clips that someone put in Russia. You know something crazy? A buddy of mine who's a Russian comic told me, he's like, hey, the Russians are going to put out your thing subtitled. And I'm like, can you just ask them to like wait two weeks? Because we're almost done selling it. He's'm like, can you just ask them to wait two weeks because we're almost done selling it.

He's like, okay, I'll ask. And they came back and he goes, they said they'd wait the two weeks. These Russians aren't that bad. They're reasonable people.

You know what I mean? But did you want them to wait so they didn't know your material? No, I didn't want to. We were doing a window on Moment House so we were basically

selling the special for two weeks. And I didn't want it to also be available just on the internet. Gotcha. Yeah, More exclusive. Yeah. Yeah. So I was like, yo, just wait a couple of weeks. I mean, you can put it out, but yeah, it's just so interesting. Like you can tap into these markets. Yeah, man. I love that. And this is so clever. We got to get on it. What percentage of your YouTube knowledge would you say is public? Almost all of it. I just

go on podcasts and say it all the time. But there's nothing proprietary that you're like, I don't want people to know about this little hack. It's very simple. You just make videos that people want to watch and YouTube promotes it. It's like,

to a T, disgusting how simple it is. It really is. But the funny thing is people will fight me on that and they'll be like, no, you don't just make videos people want to watch.

You've got to play to the algorithm and you do this and that and it's like, no. I mean, you're very good at making videos that people want to watch. You've got to play to the algorithm and you do this and that and it's like no. You're very good at making videos that people want to watch because you've analyzed what people watch. You've spent 30,000 hours figuring out what people want to watch.

You stop studying the algorithm and start studying human psychology and you'll crush it. People are too busy studying the algorithm. They'll be like, this video and this video. Because they're trying to chase success instead of chasing greatness. We've had a one minute video get 100 million views. We've had a one-minute video get 100 million views. We've had a four-minute video get 100 million views, an eight-minute video, a 12-minute video,

a 25-minute video. We've had every range. It doesn't fucking matter. But I'll listen to someone and be like, if you want a banger, it's got to be 10 minutes or above. All these things. Do you ever watch YouTube tutorials of people saying how to get views on their videos

and just fucking laugh at it? Well, recently it's gotten better. A lot of people now understand, but like three years ago, everyone was just not correct information. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's kind of wild. Yeah. It's just crazy, man. It doesn't matter the length or anything. It's just got to be something people are interested in and they want to watch. Yeah. And so how many total employees would you say, like, are these people remote or are they in North Carolina? They're remote. Sometimes what we'll do is we'll cut a joke and then we'll have them localize

the joke so it's more funny for their culture. Because of that, I want the people working on these to live in that culture. If someone speaking Spanish lived here, they wouldn't understand it. Using a reference that people just don't get. We don't have that restaurant here. We only hire these people in their local countries so they can change the jokes.

Understand the culture. Yeah, localize the jokes is what we call them. Is it tough to get people to move to North Carolina? Depends how badly I want them. If I want them, no. If I don't, yeah, I mean. It's just a money equation, huh? Yeah, well, it's also just, I mean, like the housing is cheaper and it's just in every way.

It's cool. It's just like a certain type of people.. It's just the certain type of people. But yes, you do have those typical people who are like, but I have a private tennis membership. And I'm like, well, you're not fucking getting that here. And they'll be like, well, I don't know if I can give that up. But usually the people I'm looking for aren't those kinds of guys. Are willing to give it up.

Or just don't care in general. You know what I mean? How long before TV is completely on YouTube? Honestly, I think there's just a lot of easy money there, and there's a lot of people who don't want it to die and are going to figure out ways to juice numbers, whether it be playing in the back of a fucking taxi cab or on an airplane and things like that.

And sports is the thing. It would have already happened if it wasn't for sports. So as long as they're shilling out these crazy contracts, probably another five years, it's going to be really falling off, ten years completely dead in my opinion. The only thing that changes that is sports. I guess it's not even worth it maybe.

Or YouTube TV. Yeah, I pay for YouTube TV just to watch Golden State Warriors, LeBron's playing. I'll pay whatever fucking package it is. You take that out of the equation, done. Yeah. I wonder if they would just make the move and just buy up the rights for basketball.

But that's where I think eventually it'll reach the point where getting the bigger audience will make more money than these lucrative cable contracts eventually. Because if Lakers and Golden State Warriors were streamed on YouTube, there's just no doubt in my mind that shit would have like 20, 30 million people watching because it's easy of access. Whereas like it might only have 2 million on cable. And so there might be a time where they're just like,

you know what? Like we don't want this fucking $10 billion deal. We're just going to go for the eyeballs and the money will just come. I found myself. Are you going to dissent? I know Dove is like old. Oh, hit us, business guy. I agree with it to a point right now it's happening where the actual channels,

like ABC will own also the production companies making the shows. So while they can make it on both sides, that'll still propel it. So to your point, I'm just agreeing to your point. But until it's completely they have no ties to it, like Netflix being just Netflix and eating what they kill, it'll still. I think streaming houses will still exist. but traditional, just like TV with ads, there's no reason that that shouldn't exist on YouTube. So you can just break away and just keep doubling down on their ads.

I mean, Amazon could theoretically buy the NFL. They're already doing Thursday games. Right. So they could be the new Fox, CBS, whatever. Which I think is what will happen. They should. Or the NFL just does their own. Instead of letting them make their their fucking money on cables,

just have an NFL package that you pay $20, $30 a month for. There's the UFC. NFL would be the new Netflix. Yeah, literally overnight it would be. Yeah, exactly. I mean, I was watching, and I do this all the time with UFC,

and it is just so convenient, and convenience is going to propel everything. There's a UFC pay-per-view, I'll get home, and I'll realize, you know what, I am kind of interested in that last fight, and I pick up my fucking phone and I'll order on my phone right there and it's so simple and so that's where I don't know if I agree because I wish I wish they

just put the fucking paywalls on YouTube like it's not about saving money it's just I'm tired of making accounts like KSI's fight will be on one app and Logan and Floyd on a different one it is true and then the account And then UFC's over here. I don't. I just, I can't be fucking bothered. But if they're, like whatever the UFC fight

that just happened, if it was just like a more convenient fucking one. A YouTube pay-per-view. That's the genius of Apple Pay is Apple Pay puts in all your information. I just don't want to

type in my email. But it doesn't. Apple Pay does it for you. Some of these things like these shitty sites, which the UFC one probably has it all figured out, but I think it's more

the YouTuber boxing ones because they're all on different ones. Some of them don't like Chromecast or this stupid shit I'm buying on my phone and there's no app on my TV and I just want to die. I feel that's why sports hasn't just detached from everything

because it's too much of a barrier for people to be like, okay, let me buy season pass. Especially old people who might not understand it, right? Either that or you don't love it that much to pay for it. It's like, I'll watch it if it's free, but I don't know if I love it enough to pay $100 for it. This should be like a...

They're always going to stay on networks. They should start a Netflix for sports. Roll up baseball, NFL, NBA, all of it, and it's just like this one thing has every sport and it's just like $30 a month. I bet you that shit would crush. ESPN kind of is doing that. They don't own every single sport, and it's just like $30 a month, I bet you that shit would crush. Well, ESPN kind of is doing that.

They don't own every single sport, but like, I mean, they have basketball, football. They have every sport no one cares about. Wait, did you say UFC? They have UFC, yeah. Oh, well, never mind. They have money on that football. And Disney owns them.

That's the thing. I think Disney's doing the right thing. Disney has played it. Dude, they bought ESPN like 20 years ago. They bought ESPN. They have Hulu, and they have obviously Disney. Fox Studios, Marvel. Dude, they bought ESPN like 20 years ago. They bought ESPN. They have Hulu. And they have obviously Disney. Fox Studios. Marvel.

Yeah, I mean, they're fucking, they're doing the right thing in the streaming space. You want to just buy me? There you go. I'm shocked. Would you cash out to Disney?

That they have not offered you the craziest check in history. I have been offered a pretty crazy one. What is it? Like, there's people, not

official term sheets, but people that would actually be able to afford it. Yeah, a billion dollars if we could own the channel and the companies and stuff like that. And I'm like, that sounds enticing, but I don't know if I want to work for my YouTube channel.

But yeah, I'm pretty sure. But you've been offered a billion dollars for your YouTube channel. Well, with all the companies, yeah. But again, not a term sheet, but people who would, if I took it seriously, they would have been like, okay, let's figure it out. Would that make you the youngest billionaire? Would that beat Zuckerberg?

The youngest self-made billionaire, yeah, because there are a lot of people who are handed down wealth. And Kylie Jenner. If you count her, she was 21. But outside of her, if you Google it, it's like some guy that's 26. Wow. So you got offered a B, bro. Basically.

In passing. And I know I could have pushed for something around there. Streaming company? You probably could have pushed for higher. I can't go any further than that. But I feel pretty confident someone would. I mean, just look at it. I told you the Beast Burger number. But it's just a time thing. If you sit for 10 years, it'll be five bill.

Or hopefully more, but yeah. What's your number right now? It's so crazy, I don't even want to say it because it's just, I'm thinking where I want to be. Like if we have a mobile game company and I can just, you know,

we got 100 million people playing it and we got 1,000 physical Beast Burgers and Feastables is in 20,000 stores and we have our other stuff. So then it's not crazy. So say, what's the number that it's going to take I'm going to sound dumb

but like probably like 10 billion 20 billion at least if you have 100 million people playing the mobile game

yeah but that's where if they give me the money now but obviously in the future I think we could be worth way more but not that that's like the end goal but it's just

then you know what's crazy you're worth more than WhatsApp not right now that's your number and it's just... Then you know what's crazy? You're worth more than WhatsApp. Not right now. That's your number, and it's reasonable. WhatsApp was $9 billion. I'm nowhere near that, but obviously, yeah. Can you let me fucking do this?

No, because that's an inaccurate comparison. Give five years, yes. Or ten. I'm just shocked that Disney hasn't said, can we have back catalog? Can we have access to back catalog? Just a license. A licensing dog, fuck. Disney hasn't said, can we have back catalog? Can we have access to back catalog? Just a license. Just a license. Think about it.

If I'm a parent. A licensing dog. Fuck. If I'm a parent and I know that I can just give my kid an app, I don't want you searching all the crazy shit on the internet. You end up watching a flagrant video. Heaven forbid they're watching this. But I want an app that has all this content that I know that will be okay for my kid to watch and it won't be too fucking crazy, whatever.

Yeah. Are you telling me that isn't worth a few hundred million just to have access to the catalog you're more than i can keep it on youtube it's yours still they also have it and they can do whatever they want monetize it whatever way that they want they can put together streaming put it on the streaming services put an app like i think we're gonna do a netflix show eventually we've just been busy i think after we do that that's where it'll be interesting. Or maybe I'll do one and then I'll sell it on my own.

You already did one. I'm kidding, I'm kidding. That's the Cocomelon thing, right? Yeah, I just want to do one because there are just a lot of older people that watch Netflix that don't watch us. And YouTube's not great for episodic content. So if I wanted to do something where I fill a stadium with 10,000 people and it's 10 episodes and every episode we eliminate 10% of them.

That would fit better on Netflix than YouTube. You have to do something that fits the magnitude of the space. I can do episodes. People go to Netflix to watch multiple episodes. People go to YouTube for that. Give me the fuck off. I have a bunch of episodic

stuff like that that I would love to do on Netflix because it's just a better platform for it. And I'd just love to hit a new audience. That's right because you might not get the retention if you have an eight-episode arc of a YouTube show. Bro, you're going to open up YouTube and be recommended in episode four. Yeah, I hate when they do that. That always happens. Part three, and I'm like, where the fuck is part one?

That's the one reason with YouTube is for scripted stuff like that. If you were to do a scripted show. Well, it's not even scripted, but yeah. Right, but if you were to do a scripted show, YouTube is prioritizing that retention, the click-through rate, the watch time. That might not necessarily lend itself. Well, I also do want to do animations because I have some funny-ass ideas that I think would do really well if we made some short films. Like? Fuck.

Let me pull. One of them, this one's a short and easy one. Obviously a banger. I think I should do an animation obviously yeah yeah well if it was like an animation where it's just me

and I fly like a hundred YouTubers down to an island for like a paintball battle royale which is what I did before but in this animation instead of giving them

like paintball guns it's real guns so it's like an evil like saw Mr. Beast one and it's like you know if someone doesn't die every hour I just pick someone random and they die and it's like an evil like saw Mr. Beast one and it's like you know if someone doesn't die every hour

I just pick someone random and they die and it's whoever wins wins the island so it would start off with me like that's how I lure them

all there 100 million dollar island winner walks away with the island we got Logan KSI everyone there and then it's just like

you know like a saw level story and then whoever ends up winning oh I love the dark yeah I love Mr.'s going dark. I think that would be a good one.

I have a couple others the only problem is I told you them. I know for a fact someone would steal. Don't let people. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Is it like an anime? Like I know you like

like Death Note and stuff like that. Yeah, I would love to make an anime. Yeah. It's like, well here, just cut this part, I'll tell you it and then at the end show his reaction.

Kick ass story. It's a great story. It's a movie too. It's like 10 episodes. We're back in now. Yeah, yeah. Now we're back in. No, that's fine. That's a great story. It's a movie, too. It's like 10 episodes. We're back in now. Yeah, yeah. We're back in. No, that's fine.

That's fine. Exactly. So I have a ton of those that I'm sitting on that I think would be great for like- So these are all episodic concepts that you have. Yeah, exactly. I want to do animation in the future. Like do basically like Pixar because I think it would be great. Yeah.

That would be fire. Has there been an episodic cartoon? Like a long form? Not like a, I don't think it's called episodic. I mean, that would be fire. Has there been an episodic cartoon? Like a long-form, not like a, I don't think it's called episodic. I mean, like anime. Yeah, everything. Anime is like that. There's like a 10-episode. No, Dragon Ball Z.

There's infinite. You're going to look like me. There's probably 20 million examples. Anything in English? No, no, I'm saying that we grew up watching. Like, for example, like The Simpsons isn't really episodic. You're not following. Every episode is not dependent on the last one. Like Spider-Man we grew up watching, like, for example, like, The Simpsons isn't really episodic. You're not following, every episode is not dependent on the last one.

Like, Spider-Man, X-Men, like, all those. Yeah, there's, no, but that's not, like, I'm talking about, like, Dragon Ball Z would be one. Yeah, there is one storyline that you're following for the whole season.

Bro, Pokemon, Dragon Ball Z, yeah. Pokemon's a perfect example. Yeah, yeah, yeah, okay. Because Marvel is one episode, you fight one bad guy, then he's done. Then the next episode, you fight another bad guy,

then he's done. There's episodic, then there's another procedural. I think most of our cartoons were procedural because they knew the kids weren't going to maybe tune in one Saturday and they didn't want to be fucked. That's the problem because you've got to be able to just run it and you can't just run it all at the same time.

I like this episodic idea. I think that's fire. Agreed. So I want to do a lot of that and actually show that I know how to do storytelling because a lot of people confuse our lack of conforming to what does well on this platform to not knowing how to tell a good story. That's what does well.

You know how to tell the story. Credit to Logan Paul on this as well. Logan's a great storyteller too with his content. The 99 Originals is so good. It's phenomenal and it really separates it. You watch it and you know there's something different. The average person maybe subconsciously is drawn, but they don't know how to explain why.

But at the end of the day, it's a fucking story. If you're locked into outcome in any way, if you're like feeling relieved at the end of anything, you were locked into a story. If you feel an emotion at the end of anything,

that's story right there. 100%. Biological reaction. That and also if you just don't even realize you're watching it, like you get into a ball. Yeah, yeah, yeah's that's when you know you've won yeah when they just don't even realize it's going yeah watch the next one binge that's what happened with the guy in the

fucking um you should have been the astronaut the astronaut yeah yeah when he lived in that in the room for oh gotcha that video did i message i messaged you messaged me and goes this is the best piece of content i've ever seen. Dude, it was unbelievable because I found myself like reacting. That's the best compliment I could ever get. Yeah, I love it. We should bring up that text. Is there a way that you can put it? Yeah, I'll find it.

I'll find it. I mean, I was blown away by that one because it was misdirect after misdirect. And I found myself, I brought it up on my phone like this, and I knew I liked it because I was like, all right, let me see what this is. I went horizontal. I was like, let me give it the whole screen. I love it. It's funny.

Didn't you say that video wasn't planned because you had to switch the guy at the last minute? Yeah, we switched it the day before. Best thing that could ever happen. The other guy had COVID. That fucking nerdy astronaut would have sucked it up too. He's watching this. Apologize to him.

Hey, hey, oh, I'm sorry, dude. He was a nice gentleman. And he makes him apologize. This is crazy, bro. This is crazy, bro. I genuinely feel bad, dude, because that guy is probably watching and he's heartbroken right now, dude. Yeah, he's like, damn, it's bad enough he lost

half 300K. I couldn't find the exact one, but can I leak another one of your texts? Okay. This is one he texted me where he just sent you giving the people all the money. He goes, beast the goat. Thanks. Wait, was that TikTok or short? That was a short on YouTube. Damn.

Wait, this is the one where it's in the grocery store? Yeah. Do you want to give people $1,000? I love this. Or do you want $1,000? And then you reward the guy who gives it anyway. Yeah. I'm locked in.

I'm locked in. We could go do something like that after this if you want. I'd be so fucking fired. Do you want $1,000 or do you want to give it to someone? He's just going to take it probably. You're just like, oh yeah, I'll take it. I've seen someone do it but they start off at like $5.

It's like, you could take the $5 or I'll give it to someone and double it and then it keeps doubling and there's a number that that person will take the money. It's like $8,500. What's the most emotional reaction you've gotten where you've given someone money and the reaction was not what you expected? It's actually early on

when I tipped a pizza delivery guy $10,000. And then he just didn't really react too much. But then the next day, he came back and I was like, oh God, was he going to ask for more money? I was like, fuck. And I didn't want to answer, but I answered it anyways. Because I filmed where I slept, which was very weird.

But that was when I was poor. And he just was like, I opened the door and he just started crying. And he was like, I didn't even think this money was real. And he's like, I just took tomorrow off work. And I haven't seen my kids in so long because I work every day. And, like, I just got to spend a day with my daughter. And he's just like, this is the greatest day of my life. I'm so happy.

And I was like – And then he hugged me, and he's crying, and tears are going down my shirt. And I'm like, I don't even know what to, like, do. I was just like, wow. And so that was – like, even him tearing up a little bit just thinking about it. You're tearing up a little bit. Dude, it's touching, man. Yeah, yeah. So, like, that was, like, the craziest reaction. It's bit just thinking about it. You're tearing up a little bit. Dude, it's touching, man. Yeah, yeah.

So, like, that was, like, the craziest reaction. It's not 10 grand you gave him a day with his kids. Exactly. And I'm, like, opening the door about to be like, bro, I don't have more money. And then he hits me with that, and I just, like, 180, like, so quick. I was like, fuck. Feels better than any car. Feels better than any shirt or any fucking expensive pair of pants.

Still, better than when I give people a million dollars, a hundred K. Like, nothing beats that one. Yeah. Do you find yourself chasing that a little bit? Yeah, it's fun. Still, better than when I give people a million dollars, a hundred thousand, nothing beats that one. Do you find yourself chasing that a little bit? Yeah, it's fun. I think people overplay it. A lot of people in my situation would be like, yeah, I love giving, and it's the greatest thing ever, and it brings it about.

Even PR people, when I do talk to them, they're always like, you should play it up more. And it's just like, it just feels good. It's not like this crazy thing. I'm sure if I did heroin, it'd feel better. It's just just like no just like it just feels good like it's not like this crazy thing i'm sure if i did heroin it'd feel better yeah it's just like in the moment it feels good and it makes me happy and yeah i like it yeah yeah yeah yeah i love that dude and you don't have video of when he came back huh no i did even better that's what makes it pure yeah it's that but it's also like when we do the oh now i get exposed to a lot of it because our food pantry and what's interesting is like you to a lot of it because of our food pantry.

And what's interesting is like, you know, a lot of people, their thoughts of this are like, oh, it's freeloaders or people who, like, why don't they just get jobs or they're just leeching. But like a lot of them, when I'm there and working on it, it's like you'll see like a lot of old ladies who back when they came up, it was just normal for the guy to work the job. They raised the kids. And then now here they are 80 years old. Their husband just passes and their income's totally gone. And so it's like, all right, I have food, rent, phone bill, this and this. One of them's got to go.

But if you give them free food, then they can afford the other four things. And so it's like, they're always really emotional because it's like, literally like, do I stop paying for my phone bill or rent or food? And obviously you got to pay for food. But if you give them like $100 worth of food for free, now they can put 50 towards rent, 50 towards their phone bill,

and they're great. You are fucking amazing. I mean, that's awesome. That's so fucking amazing. Whenever you get to help like, this might be personal, but whenever you get to help like a single parent or like a single mom, does that connect with you in a different way because you can empathize? No, I think all of it kind of hits the same.

When they smile and they're really happy, it just makes me happy. You know what I mean? I mean, it's the greatest feeling ever. This is what I live for. I'm only going to help people. I can play it up, but no, it just makes me feel good. And how often are you helping people personally, not through the other branches, but off-camera?

Do you ever just see a homeless guy and you're like, yeah, bro, here's $100. Yeah, tons. I feel like people will see that and people will judge you and they'll be like, oh, this is crazy. Only does it for views. They're like, if a camera's not there, he wouldn't be doing it. I'm like, how do you know that?

Also, so what? Are you doing it? Yeah. You know how much content I got to make? Dip shit? Yeah, but if I listed the things I do on camera. I want you doing it? Yeah. But even, and that's where it's like, I can see here. You know how much content I gotta make? Dip shit? Yeah, but if I listed the things

I do on camera. But I want you to speak on that because I think it's more people than I. No, because then it defeats the purpose because then it looks like I just did it

so I can stand here and say it. It's my part. Can you do it on his behalf? Like, have you ever seen him just like, yeah. But that's the thing.

It's so funny when they just like, Twitter. It's Twitter of all the places where the, like they just make crazy assumptions and like, they're just like, nah, if the camera all the places where they just make crazy assumptions and they're just like,

no, the camera wasn't there or Mr. Beast is evil. And it's like, only nice guys or people who want to look nice, they're all evil or whatever things. It's like,

what do you even mean by that? I'll see a tweet sometimes with like a thousand likes like, you know Mr. Beast is evil. No one's that nice. I'm like, what? What does that mean? They're normally not.

You are a unicorn. You're so rare. You mean? They're normally not. You are a unicorn. You're so rare. You are rare. You are rare. You are a unicorn. I don't take compliments well. I'm like you. No, but I think you are rare, and that's good.

It's amazing. Yeah. Does it ever get you down, though? You read a tweet, and you're like, Mr. Beast, you probably just spent all day building a food pantry, and now I'm reading this shit. Not as much. No. Honestly, like, if you're not getting hate, you're just irrelevant. It's just part

of it. I've actually gotten really numb to it and probably to a fault where it does nothing to me because it's like, if you know what you're doing is what you want to do and bring you fulfillment and you're not doing anything wrong, why does it matter? I don't need to prove to this guy that it is.

I'm like super numb to it. And that's where sometimes people will show me things and I'll read it up there. Okay. And I'll just keep going. It's like, what do you want me to do? Sit here and fucking cry? You know? Because you probably do that with a good compliment too.

Where they're like, Mr. Beast is saving the world. And you're like, you're taking that in stride too. Where you're like, oh, I can't believe that too much. Most influencers, 98% of their comments are great. They don't remember seeing one of those. They just remember the one to 2% that are bad. And proportionately, a 90-plus percent approval rating is fucking phenomenal. You're killing it.

You could be president with 50%. That's unheard of before modern times. And so, yeah, I think more people need to just take that mindset. If the majority like me, the criticism I get isn't even valid, who the fuck cares? Keep doing what you're doing. You know what I mean? Assuming it's actually invalid. Yeah.

As long as you're proud of what you're doing. Yeah, well, and you're not hurting people and blah, blah, blah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And you're not secretly evil when Twitter claims you're evil. Bro, when you put out these cartoons, they're going to be like, I told you that motherfucker was evil.

Everybody. Dude, I can't wait for Dark Mr. Beast. Oh, you got to blur that again. Dead wear. Sorry, sorry, sorry. He got it. He got it. Just bleep it.

Just bleep it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Don't say it. He got it. We got it. We got it. We'll keep it. We'll keep it.

Oh, man. This is so cool. Dude, we just, three months from now, if he doesn't bleep it, we just see that as a thing. I'm like some Russian YouTuber. What? It's a Russian. I've been sitting on it for years. Well, there's that Russian.

I have like a hateful spite towards you forever. This guy goes on and on. Fucking Grammy. You put him in a video? An Oscar. He's like this guy who becomes a world-renowned filmmaker doing it. And he's just like,

oh yeah, I just heard it on the Schultz podcast. Christopher Nolan's new movie. Yeah. Dude, that's crazy. Fucking Michael Bay is listening. I mean, are you upset with that Russian kid that bites all your shit? Yeah. You know what that's crazy. Michael Bay's listening. I mean, are you upset with that Russian kid that bites all your shit?

Yeah. You know, there's this Russian kid that literally copies every video word for word. how he would steal my thumbnails and everything.

Oh, well, it happens. Really? I mean, it's like, everyone, I don't know.

They do be taking other people's shit. Oh, a lot of people. Not even just like other countries. Just like, even here, it's like, I upload a video and like 200 people instantly do the same, a lot of people. Not even just like other countries. Just like, even here.

It's like, I upload a video and like 200 people instantly do the same thing like the next day. Like intro verbatim and everything. But it's also like,

I don't know. That comes with success. Yeah, like obviously it works. What I'm doing works so they're going to copy it. I can't be like, hey, stop making money. I mean, like it sucks

that they can't put their own creative twist on it and come up with an original way. But, oh well. It's like, there are better things for me to their own creative twist on it and come up with an original way, but, oh, well. It's like, there are better things for me to worry about. Like, I feel like of all the problems, like, people copying me because I'm winning is a good problem, you know?

Do you feel like it impacts the platform? Like, I've heard people talk about, oh, the beastification of YouTube. I think people need to take what I do and put their own twist on it because there are a lot of people who are just exact ripoffs of me. It is annoying. I don't care that you do what I do. It doesn't matter. But it's like, just in general,

put your own twist on it. It does annoy people. These videos get enough views. We don't need more me. We need more original people. We need more you. Yeah, take what you like about me and do it, but don't just copy my intros verbatim,

my thumbnails verbatim, and just be a rip-off of me. As a whole, it just makes the platform seem repetitive. Part of why it's so bad is because I don't care and I let people do it.

I think I've done it to a fault where now so many people do it. It's lucrative probably. Yeah, it is. There are people who make millions of dollars just literally ripping off what I do.

I'm letting it get to this point because I'm just like, I'm just going to to this point because I'm just like, you know, I'm just going to stay in my lane, do me, like Jeff Bezos says, focus on your viewers, not your competitors. And then I look up and now there's tons of them. It's like, you know, maybe someone should roast them a little bit.

Everyone's like, oh, Mr. Beast is never going to put us in check. Can you react to them? Bro. What's funny is the algorithm, that probably helps them out. Because like, say if somebody finds one of those people first, and then they're going to be like, oh, well, if you like this content,

you're going to like this other video that's way better than this. All roads lead here. Yeah, that's interesting. They're Nike, bro. Nike? Yeah, I think it would be different if they made videos on the same level, but I agree. Like, most of them don't.

A lot of them do fake it. You can just look. The channels are making like 50 grand a month based on the viewership and they'll give away like 100 grand. No, you're not. If you were, you would be telling people. There's no way you're just going in debt and just being like,

yeah, it's great. Those are funny. Those have died down, but there was a point where a lot of people were faking it and so it's like it would make mine look less impressive

because it's like oh this guy with the 10th everybody's giving away yeah a 10th yourself just gave away a Lamborghini like yeah it's like

you just killed the algorithm oh I sneezed come on what was I supposed to do hey bro we have him peeing we have you sneezing guys get your shit together

this episode is a block dude damn it how long have we been going mark it edit that up bro oh let's fucking go Hey, bro, we have him peeing. We have you sneezing. Guys, get your shit together. This episode is fucked, dude. Damn it. How long have we been going? Mark it. Edit that up, bro. Three hours and 15 minutes. Oh, let's fucking go. Okay.

Oh, nice. Jimmy, we know we have to go do some philanthropic things. Maybe even eat dinner. Feed ourselves. I know you feed other people, but you can feed yourself. Okay, we can feed them first. We're going to go buy food and give it to someone. I like this.

The guy that was just banging on my window as I pulled into here, just smashing it down. Wait, really? Yeah. Is that a normal thing here where you just have people? Well, we usually send Dove down to meet the guests. Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, he did good. It was like before we pulled in.

You let someone attack their car, Dove? Yeah, why didn't you follow us five miles down the road? Fucking asshole. Jeez. When I pulled here, I just opened the door and a guy just rode by going holy shit that's Mr. Beast on his little bike I was like hey and I saw him turning around

I was like get me inside I can't believe you don't have security with you in New York City we do but I knew we would be here yeah where did you meet

your girlfriend oh god that one was no the Mile High I was going to Antarctica Mile High hey yo you don't want a mile do you know what the Mile High is I was going to Antarctica. Mile High? Oh, hey, yo. You don't want a mile?

Do you know what the Mile High Club is? No. That's when you fornicate on an airplane. Mile High Club. The Mile High is the transition, not the club. No, we were going to Antarctica. So we're in South Africa, about to go to Antarctica. I got Logan.

I got Casey Neistat. I got the entourage. We're doing it. They're your to Antarctica. We're in South Africa, about to go to Antarctica. I got Logan, I got Casey Neistat, I got the entourage. We're doing it. They're your entourage. Then we wake up and they're just like, everyone in Antarctica has COVID. I'm just like, what does that mean? Every single person in the base in Antarctica tested positive for COVID today

because it's like this thing where they let billionaires come in and blah, blah, blah. The billionaire before us was just like, fuck we're just gonna get walked over and so they're like all in antar they had to all be medevaced out and all of it and so like we were like about to board the plane fly there and do 50 hours in antarctica and now it's just a wasteland there's no one there to like like clear off the ice runway or anything and so we're like you know maybe we can figure it out so we're like chilling in know, maybe we can figure it out. So we're like chilling in South Africa

for a couple of days. And then I was just at dinner with a friend. And then her friend, who's my current girlfriend, just stopped by. I was like, she just stopped by

to say hi to her. And like within five seconds I was like, holy shit, this girl is beautiful. And then, but I have to go through the test

because like, I don't really get along with women if like they don't love learning, they're not obsessive, they don't have a hobby, they don't really get along with women. They don't love learning. They're not obsessive. They don't have a hobby. They don't like to judge. There's just certain things where if you have these traits, we get along really well.

And if you don't, it's impossible for us to hang out. So I had to put her through the ringer and start asking questions. What do you do? And then she was like, I'm an author. And I was like, fuck yeah, good. She has a hobby. And then we started talking and I just tried to get a feel if she likes learning. Like, you know, whatever.

What do you like to do? Sounds cringe, but you know, like what kind of content you consume? And it was more like documentary educational. And like the type of stuff she does. And she has multiple degrees. You can tell. She likes learning. She's about to get a neuroscience degree just for fun, not even to get a job. Because like she invested in Bitcoin and did

well, so she doesn't even need it. She was checking all the boxes. I had these 10 things where if I meet a girl that's beautiful and we have these 10 traits, we're going to be literally best friends. Checked every single one of them. Nice feet? No, that was 11.

I can give on that one. My nerdiness is showing because it's like – Now I'm here. This is where I come in. I'm like the true definition of a nerd. I just need a partner who loves learning and just wants to improve. For us now, an idea of a date is just to take an IQ test and then study and see if we can get it higher. I love it, and I love watching documentaries.

We'll go buy two books, we'll read it and quiz each other. Absolute nerd. I'm a fucking nerd, but that's what I needed. Someone like that. And it's very hard to find someone like that that's also obviously very beautiful. And so, yeah, the second she checked all those boxes, this was

probably the 40th different girl I had talked to since my ex. And I was just waiting until I found someone that had all these these criteria the second she checked them I was like that's it yeah wow so then I waited a couple of days and then I just dm'd her I was like oh so your book can I read it she sent it over read the whole book and it was just like acting like it was the greatest book ever asking her questions until we hung out again yeah and then you officially! Yeah. And then you officially ask her, you go, do you want to be my girlfriend

or you guys just talk for a while? Well, that's where it's weird because she's in South Africa. Yeah. Which is like a 30-hour flight away. She can't come to America because she doesn't have a visa. Yeah.

So like, this is how you know I'm into her because I've got a 30-hour flight there and that 30-hour flight back is fucking crazy. You've flown to go hang? Yeah. So I just fly out there

to hang out with her and show that like I'm a real human because I literally saw it for like 20, 30 minutes at dinner and then I instantly flew back because the Antarctica

shoot's canceled. And so it's like it was a little weird at first because it's not like oh let's just hang out. It's like hey can I spend 30 hours on a plane to see you

and then I instantly have to spend 30 hours the next day to fly back because I have a company to run and just flying there takes three entire days on a plane. Yeah, fuck. So then like the visa, oh, this is where it gets interesting.

To get a visa, they're like, oh, it'll take two years. Like even like a tourist visa. Yeah, same with India to here. Yeah, it's brutal. But one thing that's interesting is if you, when people cancel, so it's a website, you see all the dates. It'll be like the first date's eight months down the road. Well, when people cancel, it it's a website you see all the dates it'll be like the first dates eight months down the road well when people cancel it's first come first serve and so when we found that out so like well we had our appointment like eight or nine months out but when someone canceled six months out we just paid someone to sit there and refresh and then book it for when it came out so

like someone would cancel six months out ours fucking ours now it's like so it's like great all right now i get her in six months just. Genius. Ours. Fucking ours. Now it's like, so it's like, great, all right, now I get her in six months. She's fucking perfect. Fuck flying over there. Yeah. And then like two days ago, we just hired this person to do it and that's all they did.

Brilliant. All day, just refresh that page and then we get it four months out and I'm like, fuck yeah, this is great. Three months,

every day I'm waking up and it's getting a little shorter and then it's like a drought. Like no cancellations, no nothing. I'm like, God damn it. I still got to wait three months. That means I got to fly to South Africa like four times.

Why don't you hire her and sponsor a visa copywriter? I don't know. All that shit takes time. But this is the quickest method. That seems like a great solution. He's like, I don't know about all that. Cut that from the episode. Cut that from the episode.

I'm crushing you, Scree. She starts giving you attitude on the phone. You're like, eight months. Oops. Then I wake up one day from like 20. We have like 20 missed calls. Yo, shut up, Doug. He says, shut up, Doug.

Shut up, Doug. Romantic ass. I had three of these attorneys looking at me. Those were options. They just take longer. Yeah, yeah. I had three Visa attorneys looking at them. Those were options. They just take longer. Yeah, yeah. Shut up, man. The flights,

the jet lag. I was looking after them. You don't think you got Visa attorneys, dogs? Yeah, we were paying out the ass

on the attorneys. But then, I wake up one day Unless you have to pay them a lie to your girlfriend. She comes over at just a bad date

and I'm like, you know what? Tell her she can't come back. Tell her the borders are closed. I didn't think of that because I could fly over there, and if things didn't go well, I could just stop answering her calls. There's nothing she can do about it. Which I did think about that at one point. I was like, if I just didn't respond to her text, what's she going to do?

It's over. She can't fly over. It's over. America. Just didn't respond to her text. Like, what's she going to do? It's over. She can't fly to America. It's over.

America. Yeah. But anyways, I wake up one day to, like, 20 missed calls. And the person's like, yeah, we got an appointment, like, five hours from now. But she needs to go there. And she was still asleep. So I'm, like, calling her family to, like, go wake her up. And someone literally canceled, like, that day.

And she got in there. Oh, she got in? Yeah, she got in. And then it was, like, nine months down to like two weeks because we just took spots when people canceled. It was great. And then there you go. So now she's on the way.

Yeah, but then we used up like 80 of the 90 days she could have as a tourist visa. So now we're having to figure out something else because now she can't really come because we're trying to save some days for Christmas. And I just can't fly to South Africa. It's so far away. Why doesn't she just fly here?

Because she can only come here 90 days a year. Oh. Tourist visa. But they don't really. I know. And so that's why we're about to push it. But there is a chance she could come here, and they're just like, nah, fuck you.

Go back to Africa. Yeah, you don't want to risk that. You go a few days over. They check the books, and they're like, oops, you can't come in. Yeah, well, the worst part is you don't know until you land. So she can land, go through everything, and then the border agent's like, nah, go back to fucking Africa. Yeah, well, the worst part is you don't know until you land. So she can land, go through everything and then the board agent's like, nah, go back to fucking Africa. Yeah, but at least she's flying.

Yeah, that's true. Yeah, you know what? Fuck her. Do you want to see me or not? Like, that's what you got to say. So that's what I'm currently trying to do. You don't like Miles?

You don't like Freak of Fire Miles? You can use him to upgrade next time to a late flight. Oh, man, that's crazy. But it's great because like I said, she's a nerd like me, so like,

that's great. Yeah, it's perfect. So you guys do like, like I said, she's a nerd like me. Oh, that's great. Yeah, it's perfect. So you guys do like Zoom dates and stuff? Honestly, we play Scrabble on our phones. Really? It's dumb. Now that I say it out loud, I'm realizing how bad it's gotten. No, this is like when you describe Game of Thrones to someone who's never watched it.

And you're talking about what you believe is the coolest show ever. But you're like, dude, it's dragons and like castles and like and i'm like the fuck are you watching bro all i've ever wanted is someone to just read books with me watch documentaries and just like learn with me because then if you're not learning then it's like i can make 100 grand an hour or whatever and so it's like how can i justify spending an hour of time with you if i'm not becoming a better person so that's why it's like i have to I justify spending an hour of time with you if I'm not becoming a better person? What a flex that was. So that's why it's like I have to be getting better with my partner. Or how the fuck am I going to invest 20,000, 30,000 hours? You literally know the value of your time.

Yeah, basically. Like every time you go on a date with her, you are spending an immense amount of money. And that's why I was so particular because it's hard because I've optimized my life so much in a way where down to the numbers, I can't just shut it off and be like, oh, well, this doesn't count. I know the value of that two-hour date at fucking Red Lobster. I know it. And so if I'm not getting smarter, it just literally destroys my entire psychology. And I just like, I like lose my mind. I'll have a mental like fucking breakdown.

I'll be like, this is not like, if I extrapolate this out over 10 years, I'm fucked. Like, what am I doing? But now that I have someone that makes me smarter and we, like, learn together, it's great. I afford to extrapolate. I'm way smarter and it works. How serious does that get? Like, when you go to take a pee, are you, like, calculating how much time you're wasting right now? The problem is, like, we're not robots, so we can't work all the time.

So the way I see it. I said that's a problem. It is. It's annoying. I wish you could. So you got to basically—when you're not working, you have to be full decompression. So you're either working and going 100 miles an hour, or you're doing nothing. You don't outsource everything. You shouldn't cook. You shouldn't touch anything.

You shouldn't go shopping. You should only do what you feel like doing so you quickly recharge, and then you can get right back to it. You know what I mean? So there are certain things that are just necessary because you have to recharge like just having fun

and not working what is decompression for you? weirdly enough watching documentaries reading books that kind of stuff like that's the kind of stuff

I enjoy or watching anime and things like that and when you're decompressing you need to be fully decompressing so then like there's time between

you working is as short as possible so you can just keep going. And what's the best documentary you've seen? Loose Change. I mean the last one I watched was like on Alexander the Great

because like at one point he ruled half the world and the other half was owned by like the Persian king at the time. He bodied him too. Yeah. Well,

and they were like, and he was 23 and they were like, hey, let's just split the world 50-50. You can own half the world. I'll give you all this money. And the motherfucker was like, fuck you, I want it all. And they were like, hey, let's just split the world 50-50. You can own half the world. I'll give you all this money. And the motherfucker was like, fuck you.

I want it all. And when I heard that story, I was like, that's crazy. So I just like went balls deep and like learning about this crazy ass motherfucker. He looked at the moon and wept for he could not conquer it. Agreed. Yeah, agreed. It's fucking crazy. And he never lost a major battle.

Just such a badass in every way. And so, yeah. Where did he die? He died in Persia, right? He died in a tent of disease. It was whatever, when he was like 24. Yeah, that's right. He died young.

Exactly. If he didn't, history would be different. Last one to take it off. 24, yeah. Yeah, and crazy thing about Alexander the Great, from Macedonia. In Italy? No, Macedonia is its own country.

Not even part of Greece anymore. So we imagine the most famous Greek person isn't even Greek. Crazy. Isn't that wild? I must have skipped that part. I didn't know he was considered Greek. Yeah, no? Isn't that the Greek Empire?

Yeah, he's Greek. Oh, interesting. I mean, he's considered Greek. We look at that as what year is Alexander the Great? This is like early Antigone, no? Yeah, I think so. You know your history. I like that.

I like it a little bit. I just think it's so fascinating that the way that we learn the world is now reflective of how it is now. So it's been carved up since. It's written by the winner and whoever wants to tell the story. Yeah, like Napoleon to us is this French guy. He's from fucking Corsica. He's an Italian. So when he takes over Italy, they're like, well, yeah, you're from here.

It's like one of the boys. Hitler, the German, who's also Austrian originally. It just doesn't make any sense as you reflect back because, yeah, we keep carving it up. And we also, yeah, we think it's done, but it's not done at all. Russia could very well just just take over ukraine and now that's russia again yeah ussr split what in the 80s like the map might take over south africa and now that's just its own country yeah add it to america next time we open a beast burger we're marching the canadian

border let's go baby i was thinking about that when i had all those people there i was like if i really wanted to, I could sit. That's the crazy part. This is, you know how you say it. I'm standing in front of a sea of 20,000 people, and I could get them to do whatever I want. You could be president. Storm a little building here or there. Isn't that crazy? You know how you tell me, like, oh, if you didn't have religion, you'd be a psycho?

Yeah, yeah. That's a little, bro. If Jimmy didn't grow up with Christianity, bro, he'd be leading an army to Canada. Like, think about that. Like, that's crazy. What do we got? What do we got?

You keep saying president. When I filmed this clip right here, it looks like I'm trying to become president. I don't know if you saw this one. Wait, how do I full screen it? Yeah. Doesn't that look like I'm trying to be president? The hand wave?

Yeah. Watching that back, I was like, God president the hand wave yeah I watching that back I was like god damn that's so cringe the queen's the queen's not dead bro he's right here baby

let's go stop that's so crazy isn't that wild that was after we shut it down and kicked people out we couldn't let anyone else

in the mall just fucking I mean is this surreal to you like you look back at this and you're like who is that guy in the video no I mean it sounds weird

but I always knew I would be a YouTuber because I was just like, I'm going to do it or I'm going to die trying. This young? No. But I was like, I don't care if it takes 40, 50 years. But this didn't exist. When you were starting YouTube and Casey Neistat was vlogging, it wasn't like this. Yeah, agreed. This is wild.

Well, I have a video coming up. So did you see that video where I did Hi Me in a Year, Hi Me in Five Years? Yeah. So the next one's Hi Me in Ten Years. It goes up three years from now. So I filmed the video and had 8,000 subscribers. I'm a teenager in high school, and I did a video, Hi Me in Ten Years.

And that video, I think I'm like, when this goes up, I'm going to have a million subscribers. And that goes up three years from now. Oh, wow. And collectively, we're on like 250, 300 million now. What if you have a billion subscribers? Well, that goes on and on. Oh, man, if I was logged in, I would show you the video.

This is on my computer. But yeah, it's like, I'm literally like, guys, I got a history test. You know, my mom's making me study. I don't want to fucking study. And then I turn it around. I have 8,000 subscribers. And I was like, mark my words. In 10 years, I will have a million subscribers.

I just don't care. I don't care. It's going to happen. I'm going to be a YouTuber. I my words, in 10 years, I will have a million subscribers. I just don't care. I don't care. It's going to happen. I'm going to be a YouTuber. I'll see you in 10 years. Also, sorry, mom, I'm not studying for this fucking thing. And then boom, I did that. I literally just plugged it into my computer.

No edit, just raw. Just threw it up there and then I just hit the schedule button. I hit 10 years later. Oh, you've already scheduled it. Yeah, so I filmed all those videos and scheduled it. Brilliant. Automatic like clockwork, it's going to go up in three years. Whether you like it, obviously you could change it, but whether you

like it or not, it's going to go, oh, are you still making them? Are you going to make one? No, I did them all then. So I did Hymie in six months, Hymie in a year, Hymie in, I think, three years, Hymie in five years, which just went public. And then Hymie in 10. Will be in three years from now. Yeah, and then I did Hymie when I'm 69 years old, and that was just like a fucking crazy one.

I was a teenager and a funny number. Yeah. That comes out mid-presidency. 69 is sick, dude. Feels a little sloppy. 69, that's going to be like his eighth term. Yeah, I know. That's crazy.

Wait, MrBeast, mr beast hi me and yeah five years oh it autofills yeah this is me so this same thing but it's for 10 years is the next one that goes up uh yeah yeah yeah so it goes up on october 4th 2025 the fuck is this music numbers to whatever so i have when you watch this. What's up, guys? It's currently October 4th, 2015. That's little baby me. I'm probably like a freaking grown man when you see this. I'm still in high school right now. And it's 2015 for me right now.

Dude, if I don't have a million subscribers when you see this video, my entire life has been a failure. I better have a million subscribers. And I have just 8,000 subscribers here. 8,000 subscribers. No one talks to me. Everyone tells me I'm too obsessed. Everyone tells me to get a fucking life. It's just like I'm a fucking

small school in North Carolina. That's not how the world works. Shut the fuck up. And then I schedule up these videos, upload them, and I'm like, fuck you guys. You're so sociable when you're talking. Well, yeah, it was great talking to a camera. You were excellent at it. For someone who- Well, no, bro, watch this.

Bro, I sound like a little bitch. Hold on, hold on. I'm not talking about your voice. I'm talking about how comfortable you are looking into a camera and just having a conversation with more than anybody.

That is a weird thing to do. That was the only social interaction I had in my entire life. Which is surprising to me. Yeah, which I would- That was the problem back then is that I could talk to a camera like crazy. More than you could talk to people. Yeah, I couldn't my entire life. Which is surprising to me. Yeah, which I would, that was the problem back then is that I could talk to a camera like crazy.

More than you could talk to people. Yeah, I couldn't talk to people. That was your practice. Like when I go to social gatherings or like my teachers, like they would legit be like, is he deaf? Like they would ask my mom that.

Like, cause I just wouldn't talk in class or like anything. As I just, you like, you just, you get so beat in your head that like no one gives a flying fuck what you think about or like what you care about YouTube yeah that's like you just don't even talk and then after a while you just get used to not talking and that was kind of my life back

then which is weird wow so the only social interaction you have was mostly the camera back then yeah and so like me and my mom didn't have the best relationship because I didn't know how to communicate with her and I didn't know how to communicate. I just didn't know how to communicate. When did you learn how to communicate? Did you go to therapy? What? No.

No therapy at all. I should have. I should have, but we couldn't afford it. But I guess once we started having the boys in the videos, that's mostly it. Yeah. But up until like probably like four years ago, it was just like, it was fun.

Even those phone calls every night were probably huge for you. No, that's when I came out. When I met these other fucking psychopaths, that's when my entire life changed. Thank you for ringing up. When I met these four other YouTubers, 10K subscribers, that's when my whole life flipped on its head

and I went from like, I was 19, or no, I wasn't 19. I was probably like 17, 18. And I was like, I went from like, I just don't know how to speak. I hate people.

People are the worst on the fucking planet. I feel like a loser to like, oh my God, like these guys are great. It was fun. It's not like, I just don't know how to speak. I hate people. People are the worst on the fucking planet. I feel like a loser to like, oh my God, like these guys are great. Talking is fun. It's not like, oh, I'm talking an hour a day. It's like zero to 18 hours a day talking to these people. Like I fit in. I found my people. This is great. How'd you find them?

One of them, I saw their videos. One of them come. Weirdly enough, one of them, I made a video talking about how horseshit his videos were and he threatened to sue me. And then we just started talking, and then I realized he was smart. I was like, oh, you don't have to sue me. He's like, yeah, I don't have to sue you. We should just be friends.

And then it was like so funny because I just like made a little – I deleted it. But I made a video just saying, this YouTuber's videos are ass because I could tell he was trying to gain the algorithm. But then – so what happened was I met these four guys who all were just like, they just made great titles and thumbnails, but horseshit videos. Horrible, horrible, horrible videos. Like they were just the lowest of the lowest effort. And they would just do the minimum amount of work possible to get as many views as possible.

And I'm the opposite. I make the best videos possible, but I had no idea how to clickbait. Interesting. So then you just like throw us in a room and they would just be like, bro, these thumbnails are dog shit. What the fuck are you doing? And I'd be like, well, your content's dog shit. And then I taught them how to clickbait. So then you just like throw us in a room and they would just be like, bro, these thumbnails are dog shit. What the fuck are you doing? I'd be like, well, your content's dog shit. And then I taught them how to make good content. They taught me how to make good videos.

And all of a sudden it was the missing pieces. We all blew up together. And then, yeah, we talked every single, none of us, like we had three college dropouts, a high school dropout and a guy who like literally worked at McDonald's. None of us had friends. None of us fit into society. And the second we all met each other, we were like, that's it. We found our people. And we just, we didn't have anyone else to talk to. Everyone else thought we were freaks of nature. How weird was it to go from feeling like a freak to feeling like you had so much to share? Oh, it's life-changing. That's when it clicked in my head that I'm not a freak. It's just these people don't care about

what I care about and they just don't have ambition. And once that clicked in my head, my whole life changed. Because that was huge, massive for me.

But it's like, I didn't have anyone telling me that when I was younger. So, it was brutal, man. Very brutal. Did you have any mentor

that came along later that was like, yo, Jimmy, you're not weird, you're just focused? No, I had to figure it all. That's why it took me 13 fucking years.

Yeah, so you start so young. I think a lot of times it happens like when kids go to college, they break out of the high school mindset, which is cool guy, dork, geek, whatever. College, everybody has their own little crew. And you were locked in on this at 11 years old, so you didn't even have the opportunity to go away and find it. Luckily, you find these guys.

What a fucking godsend. Agreed. That was the greatest thing that ever happened to it. Luckily, you find these guys. What a fucking godsend. Agreed. That was the greatest thing that ever happened to me. And that's where the trajectory was like this and you just see you go, whoop. Now all of us went from fucking deadbeats working at McDonald's. To do a break.

Yeah. But does that help even when you communicate with your mom? Everything changed. It just helped me understand as a person, I'm not a freak of nature that's just going to die with no friends. I just need to find the right kind of people. They're interested in what you're interested in. It's a good thing. It's helped me understand as a person, I'm not a freak of nature that's just going to die with no friends. I just need to find the right kind of people. They're interested in what you're interested in.

It's a good thing. It's not a bad thing. That's such a good lesson, too, that these people are not your competitors. They're taking from you and you're taking from them. It's that you're all collaborating to all be better people. That was probably the foundation of you being so collaborative and brand forward and giving.

It was like eye-opening when we all hit a million subscribers in the same month. We all started 10K, and a year later when we all hit a million subscribers in the same month we all started 10k and a year later we all had a million in a month and it's not a coincidence that we all grew

at the same rate but it also it sounds so like cool like looking back like oh he was so driven he didn't have friends

it's fucking hell we're like glamorizing it but it's fucking hell to think like you know that no one in the world relates to you and you're just this fucking alien it sounds like hell I're like glamorizing it, but it's fucking hell to think like, you know, that no one in the world relates to you and you're just this fucking alien. It sounds like hell. I wasn't glamorizing it.

I just think like, yeah, to be clear, it is not fucking fun. And I wouldn't have wished it on anyone because I just got lucky meeting those people. If not, I don't think I ever would have blew up and I don't know what I would have done. I just can't imagine the euphoria you feel when you finally feel comfortable talking to someone. Yeah. Well, you talk to someone and they don't instantly go, can you talk about anything else besides YouTube? Or can you just stop talking? Exactly.

Yeah, the person who listens to what you say and they go – Say more. Exactly. I want to know more. I would say that the moment I realized I wanted to marry my wife is I really loved sharing with her and I wanted her to share with me. But it was that, it was like, that's what we're going to do

for the majority of our life. We're going to share. Yeah. Even all your resources. And... Yeah. But no, but there's something so important

about like sharing and the person you're talking to feeling like they value what you say. 100%. Yeah, it fucking lifts you up. And to go years without feeling like anybody cared about that. One, that's resilience. That takes a different level of resilience.

A lot of people would have quit before you got there. But there's just no— You could have shot your whole school, dude. Just about the action. What's your thoughts on incels? Do you empathize with them? You could see how they get there though. Incels,

like people who fuck their sisters? That's incest, buddy. That's incest. Involuntary celibates or like the people who maybe they have no friends, they don't have much community and then sometimes

they hurt themselves. Men ostracize from society, women don't like them. It depends. Like is it because of extreme passion for a certain thing or what? Because I don't know. Not because necessarily is it because of extreme passion for a certain thing or what

because I don't know not because necessarily of passion but more just not feeling like they fit in at all yeah that's where it's hard

because I mean mine is from a place of just extreme passion other people I couldn't tell you because obviously I'd have to study it it's like asking

like a person at Walmart like why you have a lump on your side like I could tell you if someone with extreme passion I could diagnose it in a heartbeat asking like a person in Walmart like why you have a lump on your side like I could tell you if someone with extreme passion I could diagnose it in an RV but anything else

like I'm not your guy I'm like I'm telling you I'm a fucking loser because I did one thing with my whole life and you just asked me something else on the right field like I don't know what's Game of Thrones is that their show with all the incels I don't even know what incels are you're asking for an in-depth analysis

of them. But you didn't have any animosity like once you made it and the people that kind of rejected you or told you to stop talking were like,

oh, that's really cool. You didn't feel like any anger. You didn't want them to feel the pain that they made you feel? That sounds like a villain arc. I think that's a lot

of like what these villain arcs are. But that's what incels feel I think a lot of times. No, because it's not like they're purposely being mean. We just had different wiring. Like why is it my, like why would I hate them for just being a normal human? You're a fucking weirdo.

Like it's not their fault I was wired like a weirdo. I am a weirdo. Yeah. I'm just not a weirdo when you put me in a room with other weirdos, then I'm normal. Which is what I strive to do is be surrounded by weirdos. Yeah. Exactly. in a room with other weirdos, then I'm normal.

Which is what I strive to do, is be surrounded by weirdos. Exactly. People who chase making videos and entrepreneurship over happiness. That's not normal. Yeah. But having a bunch of other people that feel the same way feels pretty goddamn normal. And you just sit there and you just jerk each other off

and jack each other up every day. You're just ramming each other up. I mean, comics after shows, especially when they're younger, they go to the diner and it's the same kind of thing. But do that 18 hours a day every day for a thousand days in a row

with the same people. Oh, you're going to be exponential. Yeah, it's great. But even the thing is like, that wasn't even the goal. It's just like, we just had nothing. We didn't drink. We didn't do drugs.

None of us dated. We were just literally like, we're going to do this until we're like big enough enough where we can have lives. But you were ostracized if you had a life. I wouldn't even do Christmas or anything. Oh, wow. Which this was too extreme.

But I would be like, oh, that's the day people are taking off. We can get a day ahead. And we'd just amp each other up and we'd work all day Christmas. We were fucking idiots. I love it, though. Every day, a thousand days in a were fucking idiots i love it though every day thousand days in a row i fucking love it and then yeah and then that's when you know most of the boys were millionaires had tons of money and and they started to fall off um and yeah but still

yeah that's where it's hard if you can do that and then go from nothing to millionaires to like tens to keep going and like because a lot of people like that's their goal like not everyone's goal is to like be the biggest youtuber or be an entrepreneur most people just make a comfortable living yeah and so financial freedom yeah exactly that's where most of the group was and then that's when they got enough money to buy that nice car and stuff they're like oh why the fuck am i working 15 hours a day the life cycle of a youtuber is like five years yeah if you're lucky i'd say most of them it's like two. Because most YouTubers blow up but they don't know why they blow up. So they

have to cling on to that one series and they can never create a new one and after two years it's boring. The ones that are five years are the ones that understand intricately how to do well but there's very few people that have done that. Yeah. You need to have the balls to change it up. You have to. Or you need to have

in your experience the confidence. Well, yeah. The confidence.. Or you need to have, in your experience, the confidence. Well, yeah, the confidence. Understanding of what's going on. The thing is, it's like Steve says. People don't know what they want. They think they do. Steve? Steve Jobs.

Oh, okay. Never heard of him? Yeah, Steve Jobs. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Turtle neck guy. Yeah, he made this. Oh, the fault. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Got it, got it, got it. Then you film a YouTube video. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So an example would be like. Steve, we're going to first name base. I thought you were talking about Steve Wilco yeah. But like... Then you film a YouTube video. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So like an example would be like... Steve, we're on a first name basis. I thought you were talking about Steve Wilcox. It was a little weird that you said Steve. I mean...

You guys weren't friends with Steve? No, I wasn't a buddy. I swear to God in my life, I thought you were talking about the Jerry Springer security guard. Who the fuck's Steve Wilcox? Steve Wilcox. Jerry Springer?

Who's that? Jerry Springer is... He was a guy who would... Don't bother. Yeah, forget it. I'm going to forget it. You don't know Jerry, dude? I'm going to forget it. You don't know Jerry? You's that? Jerry Springer. He was a guy who would... Don't bother. It's too much. I'm going to forget it. You don't know Jerry, dude? I'm going to forget it.

You don't know Jerry? You don't know Jerry? Did Jerry make the most successful product in human history? Yes. Really? Yeah. Paternity test. Okay.

Okay, go. Like Steve said. I don't even remember what I was saying. You said, like Steve said. He said, people don't know. Oh, yeah, people don't know what they want. So, like, what you probably do with your show, are you looking at your phone?

No. No, is it boring? Bro, this motherfucker's got crazy notifications. I know, they're going wild. They are going wild. Well, let me see if I... Damn, you have more than me. We're not competing, bro.

No, we are. Bro, Tariq, text me some. You are texting him. I don't even care anymore steve no it's what was i even saying he said oh people don't know what they want or whatever so you you got to show them what they want yeah so like an example would be like we used to have this series where we'd go to random people that are streaming and just donate ten thousand dollars and film their reactions um it was like so i just like pick a random streamer that has like 5 viewers and just donate 10 grand and it would pop up

and they'd freak out, people love that and then we would do another one where we just donate $1,000 every time people blinked but we wouldn't tell them and we just did like 12, 13 of them they all went super viral and people fucking loved them and they were crushing but then we stopped doing it

and we pivoted to doing Last Sleep Circle and we did another thing. And that's an instance where most YouTubers probably would have done like 100 of those. They were getting 10, 20 million views a pop

at the time. But the thing is, if I was still just doing that to this day, I'd be a nobody. I wouldn't be sitting here. You have to see the future and be like,

you know, I can't do this forever. This, you know, 12, 13, that's probably enough. Sure, I can milk a few more, but we need to start innovating and find the next series. What's the level up?

Yeah, exactly. And so that, fucking five hours ago, we were talking about the life of a YouTuber. Like, that's how you stay on top, but it's a lot of risk and you have to, it's a lot of guts, you know what I mean? Because like, very well, it could go the other way. You try this new series and you have this good thing.

Yeah, and you have this good thing going for you. But that's like, if you want to, it's almost like this. It's not really like a straight up curve. It's like you have a breakthrough and then you do it and you have a breakthrough and that kind of stuff. And most people, they just have a breakthrough and they just milk it until it dies. And they can never recreate it.

I love the idea of innovation. I love the balls to do it. And I'm incredibly impressed by you. And a wise man once told me, end the video as fast as you possibly can.