Smosh Mouth - #115 - The Damien And Shayne Show

Episode Date: October 20, 2025

Just like old times! Go to https://www.Zocdoc.com/SMOSHMOUTH to find and instantly book a top-rated doctor today.  0:00 Intro 10:05 Sponsor! 11:37 Try Not To Laugh, projects, and sounds 30:49 Cats! 40:04 Stardew Valley lore and showing interests! 1:00:34 Inside jokes PODCAST: https://bit.ly/SmoshMouthSpotify https://smo.sh/SmoshMouthiHeart https://bit.ly/SmoshMouthApple  SUBSCRIBE: https://smo.sh/Sub2SmoshCast WEAR OUR JOKES: https://smosh.com  WHO YOU HEAR Shayne Topp // https://www.instagram.com/shaynetopp/ Damien Haas // https://www.instagram.com/damienhaas/ WHO YOU DON’T HEAR (usually) Director: Selina Garcia Editor: Kristen O'Hare Producer: Amanda Lehan-Canto, Shayne Topp, Selina Garcia Production Designer: Cassie Vance Art Director: Erin Kuschner, Josie Bellerby Stage Manager: Alex Aguilar Prop Master: Courtney Chapman, Abby Schmidt Art Coordinator: Bridgette Baron Set Dresser: Luke Brau Art PA: Emilie Anderson Audio Mixer: Scott Neff Audio Utility: Dina Ramli Director of Photography: Brennan Iketani Videographer: James Hull Camera Operator: Eric Wann Assistant Director: Jonathan Hyon Executive Vice President of Production: Amanda Barnes Senior Production Manager: Alexcina Figueroa Production Manager: Jonathan Hyon Production Coordinator: Zianne Hoover Operations & Production Coordinator: Oliver Wehlander Production Assistant: Caroline Smith Director of Post Production: Luke Baker DIT/Lead AE: Matt Duran DIT/AE: Beni Kimuene Post Production Coordinator: Ariana Martinez IT: Tim Baker IT & Equipment Coordinator: Lopati Ho Chee Sound Editor: Gareth Hird Director of Design: Brittany Hobbs Senior Motion & Branding Designer: Christie Hauck Graphic Designers: Ness Cardano, Monica Ravitch Director of Channel Operations: Lizzy Jones Channel Operations Manager: Audrey Carganilla Channel Operations Coordinator: Sabrina Lieberman Director of Social Media: Erica Noboa Social Creative Producer: Peter Ditzler, Tommy Bowe Merchandising Manager: Mallory Myers Social Media Manager: Kim Wilborn Social Media Coordinator: Margaux Bernales Social Editor: Vida Robbins Brand Partnership Manager: Chloe Mays Brand Partnerships Coordinating Producer: Liz Kummer Operations Manager: Selina Garcia Financial Operations Specialist: Natalie Lewis Talent Coordinator: Danielle Moses People Operations Specialist: Katie Fink Front Office Assistant: Sara Faltersack CEO: Alessandra Catanese Executive Producers: Anthony Padilla, Ian Hecox EVP of Programming: Kiana Parker Coordinator Producer of Programming: Marcus Munguia Associate Producer, Special Projects: Rachel Collis Executive Assistant: Katelyn Hempstead OTHER SMOSHES: Smosh: https://smo.sh/Sub2Smosh Smosh Pit: https://smo.sh/Sub2SmoshPit Smosh Games: https://smo.sh/Sub2SmoshGames Smosh Alike: https://bit.ly/SubToSmoshAlike FOLLOW US: TikTok: https://smo.sh/TikTok Instagram: https://instagram.com/smosh Facebook: https://facebook.com/smosh

Hi, welcome to Smoshmouth. I'm Shane. And I'm Damien Haas. The one that's not Shane. Joining us today is no one. Is no one, because it's just Damien and I. That's true. Welcome to the Damien and Shane show again. Yep, we're back. We're back. Today we're playing dive kick again.

Oh, God. God. Those are the days. Jeez. For anyone who doesn't know dive kick, it's a game where you can dive and you can kick. That's the only two options. I think I beat Damien one time out of. 10? I think with dive kick, you were pretty good. I remember you and I being pretty evenly matched. Yeah.

I guess I'm thinking of what's Knit hog. Nidhog. That I never could beat you at. But you know what? You beat me at so many other things. I don't know if that's true. You do. When it comes to games, I don't know if that's true. Oh, games. No, no, no. Yeah, no. No. You got a podcast. You're married.

Everyone wants you to be booster gold, me included. Oh, God. Have you addressed that on the podcast yet? So I forgot that that's been a thing for like a while, like off and on on the internet. There's a clip from like a year ago of me like offhandly talking about it with Spencer. But then these like like a month ago, as of this airing, it like became a big thing on TikTok for a bit. For anyone who's not familiar, there's a campaign across all social platforms to, there's a fan cast of Shane being the D.C. Hero, is it? Booster Gold.

Can I be honest with you? Yeah. For most of those, I like them. And sometimes more than that, I'll comment and be like, yes, I agree. Make this happen. My hope is that people take that and run with it, and they're like, see, see. And you tag James Gunn. You know what?

I'll call in that favor. It's definitely funny. Look, I mean, I'm honored. I can't tell where it's a joke and where it's serious. I can tell you for me so serious not a joke at all I really think you could do it and should do it

I would look when people are like Shane do this I'm like like I would turn it down like I'm like nodded no thanks you don't be crazy if you just even tweeted at James Gunn and be like hey man I'll at least read for it

like that would be enough to like oh you could play it off as a joke but it would also open the door yeah I guess it's like it's a weird place because I don't want to be the type like online being like cast me like you know i but i'm like hey i would love to audition i absolutely of course of course would um um and i've talked to like my team or whatever of just like hey there's a thing um if if something comes up because i don't know if there's auditions but now

that's going to be the headline it's like Shane talking to acting team about possibility about and i'm like yeah i'm like hey this is a thing maybe like realistically I'm like, it could be cool if it gets me on audition that gets me up a small part or something, because I'll take that. That'd be awesome. Sometimes when I respond to it, people are like, oh my God, and then you should voice

skirt or something like that. I'm like, this isn't about me. This is, I don't know who that is. This isn't about me. Don't make it a package deal. And Trevor should be Batman, and Angela should. I'm like, don't do that. This one is, we could do this for real. Can I say, though, it's extremely funny because the character in the comics is six foot five. And so the

fancasts are, I've seen the like, here's the list of actors who could play Booster Gold. And it's there, it'll be like, Glenn Powell, Ryan Gosling, Alan Richardson, Chris Pratt, Shane Tom. Yes. I'm like, okay, it's very funny. It's like what, the actor that

played the boat man in the Conjuring, like all the, like. Yeah. And I get that. I'm like, we shift the vibes of characters all the time. Like, Robert Donnie Jr. was Iron Man. I think of like Tom Cruz. Like, he's like four foot nothing and he's every action star. Yeah, and he played Reacher, which is a character who's like six foot seven. I bet he reaches because he's that small. Um, but no, I'm aware and I'm

extremely flattered and honored. Um, I think it's really cool that people are like, oh, you, we, some people at least are like, oh, you could play this superhero. And I know he's a silly, like, comedic relief superhero, um, which I'm like, but it's still like, hey, it's sick, man. It's not like, hey, we're all fancasting. You know, this huge, dumb idiot, which I guess is booster gold, but... No, it's... But it's very cool, but it certainly is where my imposter syndrome also comes in, because I see this and I'm like, guys, all right, I'll...

Hey, like, I'm not going to turn it down if an audition comes my way, but... Can I be, once again, very real with you? Yeah. That's one reason why I'm so, like, gung-ho about it, because I think, I know you have, you know, the imposter syndrome stuff, but I think a lot of people at Smosh, like, myself included, have the, like, oh, no, I could... Nah, don't worry about it. But I see this, and I'm like, just grab it.

Just be the Jack Reacher and just grab it. Because you're right there. Well, thank you, man. Yeah, of course. Thank you. Wow, what a way to start this episode. I wanted being hyped up. To be aware.

No, I feel that way about, like, so much of our, I mean, all of our cast. Like, how much talent is packed into this place is crazy. I think Trevor could join the Clippers like today. You saw Summer Games. Guys, sorry, we lost Trevor. He got drafted to the Clippers. He got his draft letter. Yeah.

He registered a vote. Then the Clippers just gets you. Yeah, they don't tell you that the NBA is part of that. You just get drafted for something. Yeah. So he's gone to the Clippers. No, when I found out, I still think about when Amanda talked about auditioning for the show Barry.

Yeah. And I was like, oh my God, there's a world where Amanda could have legitimately been a detective on TV. And I'm like, she would destroy that. That clip. I want to see that so bad. Oh, yeah. Yeah.

We got to talk about that episode of the TNTL episode. We did, like, a while back now, like episodes back, but, dude. That was wild. What a fever dream. So, I don't know if people have the whole story, but. Well, if it isn't Mr. Chips, well, if it isn't Mr. Doritos unwrapping word, their originals, playing music. Okay, can I tell you? I tell you before we started this episode? That timing was crazy, by the way. I don't know

if anyone heard, but a ringtone went off. But I, before we started recording, I look over at Jonathan, and I go, Jonathan, please start unwrapping something in the middle of this episode. Oh, my God. I did tell him to do that, but then that happened, and that is a gift. That is a gift. That is a gift. Jonathan, you just gave us another million view short. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Jonathan. Thank you so much. Thank you, Jonathan. Do you want to stop down to get you some Doritos? Do you want some little treats?

That laugh. Oh, my God. I don't know if you can see Jonathan, but it was in response to, the laugh was like, Jonathan just went in response to the Doritos, and that's what I was like, okay. Oh, my God. Okay, so that TNTL episode, crazy. Jack Septychai was supposed to come in that day. Yes.

That morning, literally like, we're all here. You weren't even supposed to be in a smosh-mouth episode that day. No. So you were here for another shoot later in the day. And we were like, oh, Jackseptych guy's sick. Like, he can't come in today. He just did a 360 Ollie. He's so sick, dude.

Poor thing. Kick flip. So it was truly like a scramble of like, what do we do? And then we were like, well, we have you here. And Angela and I were already, or Angela was also here. Or sorry, so wait, I have it. I'm getting all messed up. You were here for the Jackseptychai episode.

And another couple things. And another couple things. And Angela also happened to be here. And we were like, wait, we can just make this episode happen. People wanted to have an episode with just you, Angela, and I. Okay. And so we were able to make that happen. And so we just threw it together.

We didn't have anything prepared. Yeah. We weren't even planning on it. And then that all happened. And it's one of the most insane episodes of anything we've ever done. It's wild. So I posted it. this on Instagram under like one of the

Smosh clips about it, but the moment where I tell Angela like, they have TVs at the gym. Obviously that was seen as me reading her to filth. And I obviously also... She thanks you and then

realizes... It was a crazy sleeper hit, but I can't take full credit for that because I was like, do you remember the tweet a while back where it's like me watching Chapie with my girlfriend, Chappie comes on screen, me turning and being like, that's Chappy. So was literally like you being like I watched a TV and I'm just like oh they have TVs at the gym like just saying something dumb to add on to your story and then it became like you've never been to the gym and that's uh oops and that's why I end up laughing so hard afterwards because I was like why is Shane like laughing this hard like it was a little goofy I guess the way you said it too I also want to state a correction I had it wrong I was saying Marisha Hargetay it's Mariska Hargetay oh okay which I think if I had said it correctly maybe it would have made Angela laugh. Okay. But I realized that... Is she a big Mariska Hargitai fan? I don't think so at all. I do realize

after that that we hardly have any Law and Order fans who watch our show because nobody corrected me on that. It's crazy that most of our fans aren't like geriatric parents. I know. We have 070-year-olds watching this show. Look, they're going to catch the guy again. They got them. I was nervous that time. I think my parents really liked law and order, so that tracks. Oh, they, I think, like, most of our parents just put on, they turn on the TV at this an hour, and then they just sit there. They want to know that by an hour, like, everything's going to be resolved. This is their time. Exactly. Have a little glass of wine, have some popcorn. Yeah. This episode of Smoshmouth is brought to you by Zock Doc. Damien, if your feeds

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I can't. It's like that disease where people couldn't stop dancing. The dancing plague of 1518. Yep. I get it now. I did have a joke planned for the TNTL that I forgot. Okay. That I want to try it to do now. Okay, please. So, so Damien, don't laugh. I want to see if this will make you laugh. But it's, you know, it's, if I'm not in the giggilyest mood ever, it's pretty hard to. I know. Okay.

Okay. I just, I want you to at least be like, oh, that, that would have been good for the TNTL episode. As though I'm back there. But let's see if I can make you laugh right now. Selena, could you look up the top song on Spotify for the band Butthole Surfers? There's a band called Butthole Surfers. What's the number one song on their Spotify? Why do I know this?

is it pepper it's pepper that's pretty good yeah it it you know I think in the midst of if I had done that in the midst it might have got me with the right timing

it could have definitely been like a sleeper hit but I felt like I got you a little bit throughout that episode Angela though you did yeah I couldn't crack Angela I laughed a few times Angela's really good at someone pointed it out in the comments

that Angela's good at like laughing without physically laughing so you could tell like the air was escaping but she was just like She did cover her mouth a lot throughout that episode. And you yelled that at her. And I did yell. And I made her know.

Shane, you yelled at her. That that was the case. We do. You know what? That's fine. You know what? I'm just going to. Dude.

In for a penny. In for a pound. I love that this is happening organically by accident. Can I tell you? I have a bunch of, I have a bunch of things I wrote down for us to talk about on the episode today and one of them I wrote down was just worst sounds. And just to talk

about the worst sounds, and we've gotten a couple of them. It's a fucking Eric Andre show all of a sudden. We're going to start having birds pooping from the rafters. It's just going to get really hot. The actor who played Kenneth Parcells was going to pop out of the middle of the desk. The desk opens up.

Hiring Eric Andre was a bad idea. Selina has a speaker around her neck. Like a necklace sort of like the albatross. It's like penance. Yeah, like she's flava flave, but with sound And it's also Selena's birthday that we're recording this on. So Selena has a crown and a sash and everything. This is what Selena looks like right now. Yeah Pretty great. Happy birthday, Selena. Happy birthday, Selena.

You did it. Another year. people looking this up will realize how far in advance sometimes we shoot episodes. Don't think about that. Don't think about it. Don't think about that. Don't think about it. So, yeah, I, uh, let's see. I wrote down a bunch of stuff to talk about. I was going to bring up something too. Oh, you bring up stuff, dude. So, uh, okay.

You've got your movie thing. You're going to be booster gold. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I wanted to draw attention to the fact that I was a voice in Najah, too. I've been hearing a lot about this movie. It's, the animation is astounding. Yeah. And the voices are pretty good. But it was the English release. So I was really nervous because I brought that up on Smoshmouth a while back when you were like, what's the highest grossing movie? I think it was like Titanic? And I was like, actually I think Nogha made a shit ton of money in the global market, especially in China. And then I was like, is that too much? Did I say too much? Because it

wasn't out then with my voice. No. And I was so nervous. I was. But I was also like, I had a full message written out to Selena being like, did I end up sending that to you? I had a full message written out that was just like, hey, just for reasons and like, not for any like specific reasons, but like, you know, I know we're not on strike anymore, but sometimes say it goes on strike and like, I just, it was just, I couldn't think of a way to back out of it. So I was nervous about that for a very long time. Wow. Yeah, speaking of filming things in advance. So I was, uh, that's awesome though, congrats. Oh, thank you. I appreciate it. It's really funny. This, this happened to like a while back where we were talking about

a Pixar movie and I was like, oh yeah, I haven't seen it. I don't know much about it. Elio. And Elio, and fans were like, Shane doesn't know that one of his best friends, Shelby, is like a voice in that movie. And I'm like, you have to understand at this stage, every time I talk to you or Shelby, you have like five new projects.

Like, you guys are working so much that I'm, I just watch stuff and I'm like, I assume you're in it. Like truly, Courtney and I were one time watching a Star Wars show and there's like a radio playing at one point. And we're like, yeah, that's Shelby. That's Shelby, for sure. I mean, here's the thing.

I like to think I work a good amount. but I look at Shelby and go, how do you do it? Like, really? Yeah, just because Shelby books a lot, and it's always these, like, higher profile projects. And, like, yeah, I could, like, turn to the camera and say, like, Damon X Machina, Titanic Scion, out now for all systems.

I voice nerve, you know, and I could just say that. And I could be like I was, you know, panning and stocking, the episode, Fuffa, Fuck. I play the Hat Ghost. But, you know, just, but it's just whatever. But Shelby does so much. For like maybe the few people who maybe don't know, Shelby and you are two of my best friends that I've had for so long.

We did it. I think I've known you guys longer than anybody else out here in L.A. And when I met you both, you were not in voice acting at all. But both of you separately became very successful voice actors. Just by happenstance that two of my best friends just ended up in that field, in different corners of that field, though. Shelby does a lot of, like, animation and a lot of, like, really professional voice matching. I'm more, like, the video game animas.

We, like, the Vendigram Middle is video games. Shelby does a lot of animation. I do, like, a lot of anime. Yeah, I don't think she does any anime. But, like, it's funny because when I talk to her, she's like, dude, Damien's doing all that anime. It's so cool. Shelby does so much, though. Like, it's crazy.

It's really cool. I think it's funny because I remember walking down Olympic one time, like, headed to an eye doctor appointment. This is years ago. And Shelby, like, called me and was asking, like, my advice. device on a voice acting audition and was like, yeah, what would you do? Like, what do you think? And I remember looking at the phone, you can't see that, but I'm like looking at the phone just being like, why are you calling me? Like, you're already kicking ass. Like, she already knew so much more than I probably know now. Like it's, so, I don't know. I think we're always our worst critics and maybe

you should be booster gold. Okay. Okay. Okay. You know what I decided? Sure. Okay. James, sorry if you had other plans, buddy. Yeah, James, our cameraman, is actually... James Gunnowner. He is James Gunn. That's what we call him. That is... You have a nickname for everybody at Smosh.

A lot of folks I do, and I learned this term the other day on the internet. I don't know if it's an established term, but we're making it now. I don't have a whole lot of nicknames. I have a lot of Nicholas names, which are when you make it longer. Like, Courtney is quarterly, which is an extra... syllable. Okay. Yeah, that's true. I'm Sean Ye. I think I don't think I call you Sean Yee, to be honest. I think that's a relic from the Disney Days, but I don't think I really do that. Yeah. I had an ex-girlfriend that called you

Shaney Days and Mondays, and I'm like, that's pretty good. Like, I don't think I even knew that. Well, not to you. That's awesome. Just in reference to me. Like, oh, Shaney Days and is doing this thing. I'm like, oh, great. You're like, what did you say? You don't get to call him that. You don't get to call him that. I don't get to call him that. That's Booster Gold, motherfucker From however long ago From the future, which is Booster Gold's thing It's a, but it's a very cool thing

But yeah, James Gun Owner Yeah What a nickname That's pretty crazy I've never heard of Nicholas names But you got them Yeah, I got them That's pretty badass man

Thanks Yeah, I appreciate you Appreciate you man Hey maybe keep working And one day you'll get your own Nicholas name Okay, I'll keep working at it Okay, yeah Let's see, what other stuff do I have

written down here Okay I did want to go back to work sounds, all right? Because I thought it was very funny that the rapper was happening in the TNTL episode and you called it out and I was like, what sounds like, because also that

speaker boom now just happened, that's pretty bad. You know what? I think for me, I'm very sensitive to sound and it's a blessing and a curse. It helps with voice acting when I'm listening back to my own stuff and I'm like, oh, I know these tweaks. Sure. But I think for me something like the boom,

the soundbox going like, that's not crazy for me because everybody doesn't like that. That's no one's favorite sound, so I feel less like an outlier, because I don't really know what is an acceptable noise and if I'm just getting tilted because that's how my brain is wired.

But when it comes to like the thing being unwrapped in the previous episode, which is fine and no one's mad, basically I like heard it a few times and it wasn't until you and Angela, I like noticed you individually clock it that I was like, okay, I have permission that this is a thing that other people are recognized. it to happen. Yeah, but like gum chewing is really hard for me. If like you're in a conversation

with someone and they're like smacking their gum, it's like, my brain is always like, are you not aware that you're doing that? Yeah. Um, I used to know someone that would like smack their food like really intensely and it wasn't until like a year and a half to two years of like, you know, knowing them that I was like, hey, you're doing this and it's a little hard for me to be honest with you. And they were like, oh, but it's like more fun. Like it's more fun. It's more fun. It's fun to eat food and be like, hmm, and I'm like, you're doing it on purpose? And that was the thing that drove me nuts. It's fun to be

super fucked up all the time. I fucking love it. And one of my first experience is filming a sketch with Ian way back in the Defy days. There was like a wet washcloth or something. And he just kept like, wham, just like whamming it on the table, like over and over, like

it was his cool, cool hobby. And he did it for like three minutes. I know exactly what you're talking about. I'm like too new to the job to be like, hey man. I'm sure you get this all the time. What the fuck are you doing? But it was still just this moment of like, I can't, I can't be here,

I can't be here. How about you, man? What noise is bugging? You know what a story that reminds me of is, um, my grandpa used to always carry like, a bunch of peppermints or lemon drops in like the front of his car. Oh yeah.

And he would be the, in front of his car. Like, or like, you know, in the like, didn't they like cook and the heat? He'd have like,

maybe, but he'd have like a cup full of like peppermints. Like, he would go through. a whole cup of them. I know what you're about. So we're driving, and one time we were driving, like, for a good hour or so. And I'm in, like,

my Game Boy, so I'm, I'm locked in. Do you remember the game? I don't. It was probably a Pokemon. It was probably, like, Pokemon Sapphire era. I was about to ask, were you, like, a red or blue, were you going to silver? I could remember them all. I was silver. I was Sapphire. I was, um,

I feel like I always took kind of, like, whatever was, like, in my eyes, the less popular one. Sure. I was blue. I think I took cool tones A lot I can't remember But I know Sapphire and Silver We're like

Nice I had to take Sapphire It's my birthstone But We're We're driving My grandpa's driving And all of a sudden I turn

And I see my mom My mom is just like this My mom's just like Pissed Because my grandpa's just been Smacking on a peppermint Yep This isn't the old man

It's the old man and smack it on a peppermint thing. So he would do that. Now, it never bothered me. So I guess it's not one of my worst sounds, because I was just, I guess, used to it for a long time. That's great. And I don't, I think it's, if a sound is consistent enough,

but it's, it's when, you know what I think bothers me the most? Is you get the slot in L.A., is people honking? Oh. And, like, when it's, like, early in the morning, it'll be like 6 a.m. And someone's outside, and they decide, instead of calling, instead of going up and knocking on the, door. They're going to honk. And they're going to honk at a weird, inconsistent pace.

Sure. And they're going to do it for a disturbing amount of time. I'm like, it's been minutes. Like, your friend's not coming out, dude. You know what's funny, though, is I think you can tell yourself a story. Maybe it is the friend, but that's the boring one. What if there's just a really fucked up deer, like, trying to cross, but then, like, scooting back and like looking at him, eating a little asphalt and then, like, going back out and then back in. Like, that's, you could fall back asleep. That's like counting sheep. Okay, yeah, you're so right I should think about that

Well, you're clutching the pillow in rage I know I've told this story before But when we lived together And I lived in like the back Like house area My wall was like The wall to the neighbor's yard Yeah, it was literally like the stone

fence kind of But like clockwork for a while At I want to say it was like 3 or 4 a.m. Our, that neighbor like to the back of our house I would hear them and this would happen every night it would be like

Matt Matt Matt and it would go for like 10 minutes he's a Goldberg's fan Matt Bradley dude but it kept happening it kept at like in the middle of the night

it would be like Matt Matt and I like I got to a certain point where I wanted to be like Matt Matt what the fuck like come on like what are you What are you doing, Matt?

I think it is neighbor stuff, actually. That's the common thread for you. Yeah, I'm just like, holy shit. I've luckily, though, in living in apartments, like, most of my time in L.A., never had crazy upstairs neighbor stuff. I've had, like, a toddler live above me. He had parents, too. But I've had a toddler live above me, and there was just lots of toddler noise of, like, running around and, like, bouncing a ball. Sure.

But it is what it is. Yeah. If your upstairs neighbors are, like, working out, you, you, you know, it's like, oh, they're doing jumping jacks. Right. And that shit's crazy. I always feel like I was the weird neighbor, like, because I was always preparing for like film shoot stuff and I was doing voiceover even at that time.

I must have been like 21. And so like, I'm just screaming about like grenades. And I was like, every time I see them, I'm like, are you okay? Like, are you mad at me? Like, do you hear me? And they're like, ah, it's fine. I'm like, great. Grenades, get down.

There I have a gun. But then I also remember like being in the parking lot one time, which was just a very small. It was like a fourplex thing, and we all shared, like, a couple spaces. And I'm just there, like, doing a pogo stick. Like, was it you and I that did the Edward and Jacob thing? Yes. Yes.

Yeah, it was for, like, a YouTube channel that no longer exists, and we had to learn out a pogo stick. And I remember being in my, like, driveway, just learning how. Uh-huh. And they were like, hey, man, just, uh. Just doing a little pogo. I was like, yeah, it's for work. It's for work.

Yeah, dude, I have to do this. I have to. I'm not very good if I like and this is weird because being an actor you'd think this would be something we're good at I'm not good at like doing something with people around that I'm like oh same people are gonna wonder what I'm doing oh same and then I look I go at the gym there are people who like no shame whatsoever what is that and I'm like that's so cool that you're doing your like crazy crossfit like jumping up and down like rolling around thing in this the middle of the gym yep I'm I saw a guy the other day doing like Cirque de Soleil type stuff, which it was impressive as fuck. But I'm also like, like, he was truly not like in the, you know how there's the like area where they do like aerobics or like Zumba dance and sometimes you'll see people doing stuff there. No, he was like in the middle of the like free weight area. Oh. And he had those pillars where he was up balancing on one hand like his whole body like doing crazy handstand stuff just out in the floor.

Like, people are like nearby. I'm like, if you fall, you're going to fall onto people. Now, see, that specifically feels like that person wants to be seen. Probably. Which is weird to me. Yeah, probably. I do respect people just going to the gym and living their lives. Actually, I did see something on socials the other day that gave me hope where someone

was like, I just saw this guy at the gym do two minutes on the treadmill, go do one set of curls and then leave. Like, what the hell? And they were like trying to make fun of this person. And every comment was like, hey, what if that's the best he could do? Like, hey, at least it's something. Yeah, man. And I was like, yeah.

Like, that's great. Because there is this horror of like, what if someone thinks I'm the main character and they're watching me? Because I simultaneously cannot imagine caring that much. Exactly. I'm like, dude, I'm not paying. I'm like, you paid that. Are you following this man?

Yeah. Like, are you following his habits? You watched his whole workout? Even if it was short? I'm like, I'm not paying that much attention. I'm like, they've got, they've got videos on your phone now. You can just do that while you're on the treadmill. You don't have to look at it.

look at this man and be like, look at other people on your phone. Isn't that amazing? You can look at, um, Jack Septukeye. Oh. That was a good episode. It was a good episode. I'm so glad he came back. Me too. And it's funny because like, he's talked a lot now about like, yeah, watching Smosh stuff. And, um, I've been watching more Jack Septychai. And I watched his whole playthrough of the Metal Gear Solid Snake Eater remake. And I'm just like, a lot of the stuff he says. I'm just like, I said that about the game too. Like, yeah. Cool. I used to love this thing too. He's just like me. For real. It was nice.

to meet him because I've seen so much of him for so long. And he was truly kind of, he's been like one of those legendary YouTube figures, right? That felt like, oh, they're out of our sphere. Right. So for him to suddenly be like a fan of us in ways that we're fans of him is so cool. And then he shows up and he's like, it's just like, oh, right, you're just a dude. You're a person. You're just hanging out. Like, that is who you are. And it was so sick to like, just hang out with him. It was definitely trippy. Yeah.

So fun, man. Heck yeah. Just badass. Shout out to Jack. Hey, this up-and-coming YouTuber, you guys may not know. Jack Septychai. Shout out to Jack Seppery. Oh, shout out to Jack Sepp.

Uh, go, you know what? Go to his channel, uh, support him, uh, because he needs the views. He really does, you guys. He really does. He really does. It would be so, guys, that would be like 90% of his followers. That'd be insane, dude. Tell him we send you.

And I think he makes coffee too. I don't know. Oh, yeah. Yeah. So, you know, there's that too. The best YouTuber coffee out there. Honestly, yeah. I can't really have coffee anymore, I don't know.

Yeah, that's right. You kind of quit caffeine. Yeah, it sucks. It's a bummer. I miss it a lot. Oh. But it's okay. You have decaf coffee, right?

I can. You know, and you know what's so stupid? I remembered that the other day. I've been talking about, like, yeah, I just don't have coffee. And people are like, what about decaf? I'm like, uh, yeah, what about decaf? And I started buying decaf. I'm kind of that way, though, where I'm not good at the, like, in-between thing.

Right. Like, I'm like, oh, if I'm going to take a break from coffee, I'm not going to do decaf coffee. I'm just not going to drink coffee. But you know what? I'm just not. Like, I'm not good at the like, oh, well, there's a compromise. I guess you have to sort of, like, completely undo the ritual sometimes instead of, like, replacing it. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. Um, okay. Do you have anything you want to? No, I'm just thinking about my cats. Oh, right. We talked about that before. I forgot you had those.

I forgot you had those. I forgot you had those. We both have two cats. Hey, what a pair. Pretty sick. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Your cats, does it follow the same logic that I believe everyone who has two pets? One is an animal, one is a person?

Yeah, Freya is a person, very intelligent. Zelda is just fat as a sow, and it's full of chaos. She just barrels around like a bear. I also love the way that anyone with two pets talks about, It's just like, oh, our one, this is, this is, this is Maggie. She's gorgeous. She's the sweetest thing on the planet. This is a hog.

He's disgusting. He's a little freak. He's a little stinker. I mean, so this actually, this leads into another question. Different nicknames or Nicholas names for cats. Yeah. Various things you say to them. Sometimes Zelda walks by and like, oh, it's the piss whale.

Piss whale! She's the size of a Zeppelin, and sometimes she smells a little. little like piss um and so i you know i give her little cleanings but like oh piss whale oh my god freya is my human daughter and zelda is my baby and that's how it goes our the logic applies to us see it's kind of flipped though because uh birdie is majestic a majestic a majestic creature a majestic creature she's she's truly like a wild animal though okay like it's like it's like she barely knows what it's like to live in a home you know uh you've like you've caged Simba.

Exactly. Wow, it's a beautiful life. But she's very sweet, and she's a beautiful cat. But she's, we're like, she's an animal. Like, she is a wild animal. Whereas Bones is a man. I'm like, I don't think he has any instincts. I think he's fully just a man.

Okay. As a cat. Like, I think he doesn't know he's an animal. I think he's like, yeah, hey, I'm hanging out here. In what way, just like? Just the way he acts is just personlike. Yeah. And he doesn't act like a cat.

Like, he wants attention all the time. He likes to play fetch and demands it all the time. Does, like, most cats, you know, like, they're like, oh, they want to do their own thing. Like, no, not him. He's always up in our business. Yeah. If I go take a nap, both cats are like, they're just saddled to either side or at least somewhere in the room. Yeah, and that's Bertie.

She'll, like, be chilling on her own. She doesn't want to, like, be held or anything. But Bones is opposite. But the way, and he also, like, talks, like, full-on talks. Oh, shit. Like your Liza Thornberry situation? Yeah, he actually, so he speaks English. Okay.

No, he's the loudest cat on the planet, which I actually don't mind. I love, like, with a cat it's not as bad, because they're not so loud that I'm, like, worried about the neighbors. He's just chatty to me. Do they do that when you're trying to sleep, though? Because sometimes that's rough. Not too bad.

That's where Bertie's actually weird. So we, okay, so we joke about Bertie maybe being haunted. Okay. So my... This is... This is the not man. This is a haunted animal. This is a haunted animal. Haunted animal. Dumb man. Cats are pretty like haunted, right? Like, or not haunted. They're apparently like wards of spirits, right? I don't know. This might be a youth thing. I hear, I hear, I thought I've heard like,

oh, cats like are, are... They ward away spirits or something. I think there's a lot of lore about cats and a lot of different things. Like in Irish, there's like the katshi, which is like a cat fairy spirit. I don't know about that I thought it was like I feel like spooky stuff always has like cats involved or like ghosts like cats can see spirits or something

that's dog propaganda that probably makes sense man yeah sorry so haunted cat so birdie normal cat for most of the time 99% of the time however my grandma one time mails me some mice these like little toy mice

got it some real mice no no Like a hundred years old, she mailed me a bunch of mice in an envelope. My grandma sends me some toy mice that are like these little fluffy, like orange, purple mice. Oh, I know the ones. And she's like, I've had these for a long time. These were like a favorite toy of some of the cats we had like years ago, like decades

ago. But I had them and, you know, I want you to have them. And we're like, great, cool. And so we bring them out, we throw them on the ground, you know, and they kind of, the cats don't bother them for a long time. And then suddenly in the middle of the night, one night, people are going to be so freak out by this, but it's, I think it's kind of funny. In the middle of the night...

Bertie starts flying. We just hear Bertie, like, meowing this weird, like, meow. Just like, meow, meow. And, like, I walk downstairs, and it's Bertie just sitting in the middle of, like, our area with the mouse just at her feet. And we're just like... All right, I'm put that away. There's three, like, candles in a circle.

Yeah. And a shadow in the corner, just like, don't worry, don't worry about me. Yeah. Jesus. So we put them away, but if we ever have them out, she, like, we'll just grab them

and just, like, meow. And then now, sometimes during the middle of the day, she'll, like, walk around with them and meow like that. And we're like, it's clearly triggering

some instinct in her. I wonder if it's the scent of this cat that she doesn't know. I mean, but it's, these are old, I wonder how long that scent lingers on them, but, uh,

yeah, for some reason, she, like, we're like, oh, she, like, thinks they're like her babies or something. That's crazy. Uh,

but yeah, we're like, she's haunted. See, if we're going fantasy-wise, Zelda is like a treasure dragon. Okay. Like I said, she's thick, you see. And so if I have my, like, phone or a remote control or anything, she will have, like, just found it and sat on it,

and it's her favorite thing to just, like, hunker down on it. She'll do it with my arm, too. If I'm laying in bed, she'll just be, like, thwomp. It's the weirdest thing how cats, if you just lay something on the ground, she'll just be like, well, I'm going to sit there. But if I can't find my phone, I'm like, wait a minute, like, chika, chika, shika, shika, there it is. and yes Your hand goes to Narnia

I'm like I'm like just being pulled and like and they never see me again but no yeah that's her little quirk

and then Freya's just a person do you ever tell your cat specific things you go on well sometimes like in the morning I'll just be like

are you ready for your big day and like I'll be like come on it's time for breakfast are you ready for your big day or like you know are you all tired from your big day or I'll say come on girls, it's Christmas, it's Christmas

as we run downstairs, because they don't know any better, and I feel like we could all use a win. It's August. Yeah, I do it. Usually not around Christmas time. It's Christmas. I'll be like, say, it's Christmas. And I'll pick her up, and I'll, like, dance around. I'll be like, you did it.

Oh, I talk to my cats, but it's a lot of times they love to bother me, like, when it's an hour before they're supposed to be fed. And they just start coming up to me, and they're just meowing. And I was like, absolutely not. dude yeah like you're not gonna win this battle like not today but sometimes you lose that battle anyway because it's like the honking like Zelda will show up at 6 a.m. and just plant on my chest

and it's like a thunder blanket and it's very comfortable but eventually she'll like get off get back on get off get back on and I'm like okay you want food and that's a power play it literally it's because I'm in a position of weakness trying to sleep no don't make me go get up and feed you at 6 a.m. I don't want this to be the norm but like no matter how much I withhold, like, my whole life, I'm like, you shouldn't. No, no, no. But she didn't learn. She's not learning anything. I don't know if cats, I know you can teach cats some stuff, but my cats are not learning anything new. They both, like, come when summoned. Like, if I, if I use, uh, I use two fingers and rub them together and go, beep, beep, beep, and they will

just show up. A fun thing with cats, too, is if you just do something weird, they're going to get curious. Oh, yeah. Like, if I just, like, go into a room and then, like, peek out and then go back in, they're like, the fuck was that, man. Like, now I got to come see, what you're doing. I don't have spatial permanence. I thought you went away. I thought you disappeared. That was not okay to do. I was really scared. And then yeah, like, I talk to, like, I'll level with bones. Like, like, he's, you know, because he's a man. And, like, I'll just be like, hey, like, so he'll walk up. I was like, what's up, motherfucker? Like, what are you doing? Stupid? What's up? Dumbass? You got to keep an eye on him, though. Because I know he views me that way, too.

Like, I'm like, you're making fun of me sometimes. So, like, I want you to know, like, I'm not taking that. right so please be careful because since you're raising a man you have a lot of responsibility be careful of the podcast he watches yes let him teach him respect right okay no i i've been limiting his his iPad time okay good yeah good as it starts out and it's just like dancing little blueberries across the screen and then that's how they sneak in like a joe rogan exactly no don't know we we we it's the uncomfortable question of like okay who would my cat vote for and And you just don't want to think about that. Well, it'd be like, I don't want to know.

Zelda's like, I did Taft again. I'm like, all right, Zelda. Oh, sweet spirit. Oh, God. Speaking of cats. Yes. Something I actually, I had the goal of before we started doing this podcast together. I've been playing Star Do Valley a bunch.

Okay. I hear there's another update coming. Is there? Yeah. That guy's got to be working on Haunted Chocolatier He probably is Come on, man Stardue Valley is perfect

It needs no more updates We'll get the Chocolatier when we get it I want a perfect game So you wait, you take your time But what are you saying? Stardue Valley has a lot of lore Between you and I Damien Chainshow back in the day

Because we played Stardue Valley And in that, this was infamous of the time Is I threw away your golden cat Right Which is a thing that It's like one of the end goals of the game Especially at the time, it was like... It was the tippy top of like, like,

it cost a million or 10 million gold or something like that. I think it's a million gold, which is a lot. It's a lot. You have to, like, do a lot to get that. I don't have a million gold, personally. And when we were playing it, on camera, I grabbed it and I threw it in the trash can. So I threw away a million gold.

Yeah. Yeah. We later did establish that we had planned that. We had like a WWE match. Yeah, well, like, it was a backup file. So it wasn't... Co-op was not. natively in the game initially with the Damien Shain Show stuff the the basic pitch was like mods like I was like oh I want to mod games and you know do all

and install these fun mods and you know it's it's hard to find stuff that really hits but one of them was like oh co-op started like that's a new thing that has been modded into the game so I had backups of my save buddy no one had to worry about that but but some fans like held on to that for years they really did I would get DMs like years later being like I can't believe you did that I will never forget that you did that It's interesting what some people like hold on to

Yeah But I finally I'm not kidding This past week Finally got the golden cat In my game Really?

It took me so long Because I made saves And then I would like start a new game So like over the course of the past Like seven years playing Star Dew Valley Finally made a game where I was like All right I'm gonna like Congratulations

I got it That's huge man Yeah man Got that million gold. I mean, we should play sometime. Yeah, dude. Oh, you know, actually, I'm good. No, it'll be fine.

No, no, I, it's kind of like a solitary game for me. I love to just, like, you know, zone out and play it. Courtney said you guys play together sometimes? Yeah, not really, so it's good. I'm good, man. I'm good. It's all good. All right.

Yeah. Anyways, yeah, I'm actually cruising in that game in ways that I never achieved because I also got the desert obelisk. For anyone who doesn't play Starry Valley, you probably have no idea what I'm talking about, but you need to play that game. It's great. It's amazing. It's a game that I wish Amanda would play that game.

I think, well, I don't think we'd ever see Amanda again. We probably would never see Amanda again. That would be the game that would suck her in because it's like, oh, you live in a small town and you make wine. Yeah. She'd be like, what? Yeah. My dream? You can just make your preserves. I make truffle oil. It's great. It's fucking amazing. I got my little piggies and you get to name them.

and they find little truffles. And there's now an island that you get to go to, which I'm not doing yet. Really? I'm staving that off until I'm like, hey, I'm good in the valley.

You're gonna have fun on that island. I'm excited to get to that island. You know what's so crazy is I play a lot of games now that people just comment randomly whether it's like on stream or whatever. They're like,

oh my God, you should play this with Amanda. Like, Amanda specifically is someone that is so fun to like show games. Yeah. And I think I've mentioned this before. I understand that like when a lot of people watch,

or YouTube videos in general when there's a group. It's like the feeling of friendship. Like, I want to be there. I want to be. I feel like I'm friends with these folks. That's how I feel when, like, Spencer was playing Resident Evil with everyone. I was just like, damn it, I want to show them Resident Evil, too. Like, God, that's so fun.

Like, you know what's so magical about, because both Amanda and Angela do this, and it's such a rare thing, is that they're not into, they don't play video games. Right. They've never been, like, into video games. but to get to show someone something that they don't partake in but they show complete openness and interest in it's a gift. It's so magical.

They are just locking. And it's kind of rare. It is. You realize like, whoa, that doesn't happen that much. Whenever you show someone something, it's like, hey, I know you don't like this, or you're not an expert in this thing. You don't partake in this thing, but let me show you. Usually it's like, okay, cool. Like, oh, so that's those little guys. Okay, nice. Like, that's usually the response you get is like,

Okay, yeah, you look, you're not interested. You know what it is, Shane? They're time travelers. Like, someone was frozen in 1970 and wakes back up. So you don't have to explain, like, this is what a car is. Like, they know. But then, like, all of a sudden, they wake up in 2025, and you're like, look at all the graphics.

And they're like, whoa. That is truly Amanda's response to, like, video games. Yeah. Like, same with Angela. Because, like, to show someone something and to be like, I love this thing, let me show this thing to this person. It's very special. And their response to go is, is, oh, my God.

What? It's the best. It's like, that's just awesome. Imagine being a kid and talking to your parents about Pokemon and then being like, hold up, hold up, pump the brakes. There's 150 of these and you're like 151. 151. I know.

That's what you want. Showing interest in someone else's interest is probably the kindest thing you can do. I agree. It's amazing, like, how much it makes people feel like special. Absolutely. Super agree. I will never forget in an acting. class once, this

one guy brought his son in, like his son was like six maybe, and his son had a bunch of Bakugan, and he was like showing me the Bakugan and I knew nothing about it. That's the ones that are spheres, right? There's spheres, right? And now obviously, I do think they're cool as hell. Sure. And so he's shown me

and I'm like, I'm like, I'm asking genuine questions. I'm just like, whoa, that's awesome. I was like, that's so cool. Oh, so do they does, like, are there ones that are stronger than other ones? Like, or is they like, I was like, I was like, I was like, I was like, asking genuine questions because I'm like this is really cool and this kid was just like yeah oh my god like this adult

like thinks this stuff is awesome that's so cool and the next time he came into the acting class he brought a bag of more buck gun he's like he's like oh did you want some of these and I was like oh I was like this kid like was thinking about

this I was like that's all it took it matters a lot yeah I got to see my nephew recently and he's like seven or like 15 or whatever I don't know Um, and, uh, to be fair, I'm interested in his interest. I'm not interested in him. It's whatever. I don't, I don't care about him as a person.

But like, he's, uh, you know, I, I sat next to him as we, like, went out for my mom's birthday dinner. And so, like, I was just talking to him and, you know, he's making these different drawings, but he's also, like, in a Pokemon now. And I think it means a lot to kids of that age, seven or 19 or whatever, where you're just like, you talk to them like a person, not like, hey, big guy, what's going on? Whoa, that's a really cool toy. It's just like, hey man, how you been? Oh, that's really... Wait, I know what that is. Is that this thing?

Like, they can pick up on that. And, like, my mom and her husband were both just like, wow, like, you know, he's really taking a liking to you and he's, like, really connected. And I'm just like, yeah, you're just talking to him. Yeah, it's all you do. He has interests. Yeah. Like any person.

Hobbies in interest. Yeah. It's definitely, um, I'm reckoning with the fact soon that, uh, I will probably stop being able to beat my nieces and nephews at, like, Mario Party. and Mario Kart. It's still bigger than them though, right? Yeah. Yeah.

You're fine. Yeah, yeah. But I think it actually happened last time. We were playing Mario Kart, and they were beating me. And I was like, this is... Mario Kart will get you. I'm like, dang, I need to practice. Like, before I visit them next, I'm probably going to practice.

I'm like, you cannot... I cannot be embarrassed in this family. I don't know, Mario Kart's a rough one to gauge that on because there's so much randomness, yeah. We played it, when we played it on Smosh games finally, I lost... That just came out. I lost miserably, and it was just, I was like, oh, I just had a horrible round. I got hit by shit.

Yeah. And I was like, I'm crushing it most of the time. All it takes is one bad day and a couple red shells. I was like, you guys better see, I can wall ride and I can grind, okay? Know that I can do that. Yeah. But it's devastating. I've seen it.

It's truly devastating. Yeah. I think Smash Bros is going to be the game for me that, like, all ready. the newest generation of it is like I'm not as familiar with everything and I've played against people who are like professional level and of course I get my ass completely kicked but it was the game

that I was always fine you were really good at it well thank you it's the one where I'm like I think I could beat most people at like your neighbor who it level but once there's the pro but my point is once there's another like one or two iterations and I'm that far removed from it

and kids are like no no no they've got a special kind of dodge now that's going to be my like oh god my youth it's gone all my hair is gray well you just have to keep that you have to keep that game cube with melee on it

so that it's like all right guys we've had our fun let's let's plug in the real game let's uh do this brawl was actually mine you and I see melee was where I was I got real good at that shit we played a lot in our uh dressing room yeah it's so random I remember

I remember playing Doug um and him at one point he got so mad he like stomped on the ground and people like came to the room and we're like, hey, is everything okay? It's just very powerful. Oh, yeah. No, we would get mad. Yeah. Absolutely.

A little tilted. I wouldn't say like mad. Mad is like, we're not talking. And we kept it respectful. It stayed in the game. Keep it on the field. But you were very good. I had to switch characters to play against you. Yeah. I was playing Roy and I had to specifically start using the like bottom sword poke to get under your shield

because otherwise you were too good at shielding. Yeah. I was pretty solid at that. I had the methods Brawl and Ultimate never continued. I never put in as much time into those as before. Brawl was my like, I'm a teenager, I'm bored, it's summer. Yeah. No, there's like specific periods of your life where it's like, oh, I got real good. For better or worse in my life, I was really good at this game.

Yeah. And that was that. And that's the good stuff. That was like, oh, Shane is not booking any work for those couple years. Why is he so good at Super Smash Bros. Melee? It's like, yeah, because my acting career's not going how I want it to go. So I'm really good at this game right now. You got, everybody's got to have something.

And you've been, you wear my gateway drug to like Dark Souls and Bloodborn. Yeah, man. So you also have taken a lot of hours from my life through that. So thank you. Yeah, but hey, and now we're here. And now we're here. And now all that stuff is applicable. That's true.

So it's kind of nice. Thanks, man. Yeah. Yeah, dude. Good shit. Good shit. You play anything right now? I'm playing Silk Song

Which is the sequel to Hollow Night And I have I'm liking it a lot I have some mixed thoughts on it And I'm also like not just a plug But Damon X Machina Titanic Scion I've started playing Hell yeah

So Because I'm like In a lot of it But it's also just like A really fun game And I'm enjoying it But Silk Song yeah I think

People were complaining online That it's like too hard For anyone who doesn't know It's an intentionally difficult platformer game. Think of like Castlevania, think of Metroid, and it's been anticipated for years. In fact, I got like a pin of the main character when I first joined Smosh Games. Yeah. I like a game story went to because I'm like, oh, like this one is coming out soon, this second one, and now it's out, which is insane. Yeah. But like people are complaining

that it's too hard and I was just like, no, it's supposed to, you know, you're supposed to be stuck on a part for a day. Like, you've got to learn the patterns and all that stuff. And then I played it more and I was like, oh. It's really hard. It's more that the difficulty is fine. It's the tedium that kills me. There's like a currency that you need to buy anything and everything, but you need it to also buy like when you get to a save point, you need to buy the save point.

And I'm like, why do that? That just breaks the flow of your game because now I don't have funds for anything else and I have to specifically go back and beat the same thing over and over and over to build up the amount of funds that you need to get a new item. I can't handle that. I'm like, no, you just made it tedious. But the challenge is great. Yeah.

It's just, I hate it when stuff waste my time. Can I say a take that I, I was just thinking of just now, is I, I think some of what's ruined gaming for me is that, um, the internet is there immediately to give me all the answers to everything. And I'm not very good at resisting that sometimes, because I will get frustrated enough that I'll like be losing at something. And I'll just like, yeah, how to do this? And then I like, no. And then I'm like, like, okay, now I have the answer. And now it's like kind of ruined. Whereas, do you remember back in the day, like, early 2000s where it's like, oh, I need to know what to do in this RPG, and you would go to a word doc that's 5,000 pages long.

And someone had written an entire walkthrough of, of like, oh, you're trying to play Tales of Symphonia. Like, here's the whole walkthrough. Here's a table of contents. And I'm sitting there just scrolling, and I'm like, okay, I'm on, I'm on like page 50 of this walkthrough. and you're like looking through reading I guess I do remember that it's like in order to like cheat it's so much work you know what it was for me is you'd have to wait for your parents

to go to a Barnes & Noble and then they would get like a coffee and look at books and be like I'm gonna be in the video game section and then you grab the like ocarino of time or the Final Fantasy 7 book and you just skip through into like any summons that I missed oh god yes like what's this puzzle yeah just have to like lock it in and remember yeah it's like it's but now it's like all the answers are there And so it kind of, because like some of the most satisfying thing in a video game is to hit something that you're like, I don't know or I can't beat this.

And then you just manage to. You're the one that told me about blueprints. Yeah. And that's one that I've, it's like a puzzle game. Courtney and I were hooked on that. And I think that's awesome because I'm still playing through it. And it really is a challenge to try to figure out some of these puzzles, but not like impossibly so. And I've, for the most part, resisted looking things up.

is really satisfying when you're like, wow, I cracked this number or like, I figured this out. And have you, were you looking stuff up or? We hit a point at the like very end where there was a couple things that were just like, we just don't know. Sanctum keys. But yeah, for anyone who does know,

blueprints, it's probably, it might be my favorite game of the year. It's PR-I-N-C-E, like a royal. Like a prince, yeah. But basically it's just like, oh, you inherit this house and this house is filled with mystery and every day you enter the house, the layout of the house is completely different.

kind of like betrayal at House on the Hill. Yeah, it is a lot like betrayal. But every room has all these mysteries, and you're just like trying things out. You're like, oh, we found a note that has like a couple numbers on it. Like maybe these numbers refer to a safe or something. So you're just like every time you discover something new, you're just, you're, we had a yellow pad that we had pages upon pages of notes. Like I had playing and Courtney would be like writing stuff down.

Yeah. And I'd be like, I'd get so hype that I'd be standing up next to TV. Like, now you see over here? So I think this is referencing that thing. Go to the notebook. What do we write on that first page? What was that number? Yeah.

So if you look at that, that corresponds with this. And like, we were hyped. And I'm like, if you just Google it, you ruin the whole fun. Exactly. And that's the really exciting part about it. Like, I have a photo album on my phone of like, instead of taking those notes, every number that's popped up, every, like, book that I've read in game. Like, I have it there.

And so, like, it gets to the point where, like, I'm trying to figure out, you know, this one thing, and I'm literally looking at the book and being like, well, it said that this place had rainy weather, and it said that it, you know, in a different document that the guy arrived there by train, so I know they have trains in rainy weather. I wonder if I put in like the rainy and train options if it's there, and it's just like, you feel so satisfied. It's really cool. But yeah, with games that I don't like look stuff up, and it reminds me like, I'm like, some of my favorite games were, there's a level of challenge that is necessary. Yeah. Like, I think back on that first Dark Souls, and I'm like, dude. I loved that. I remember playing that and just being like, I can't beat this. I can't do it. And then I was like, oh, I'm just going to. Until you do it.

And then you're like, whoa, I got to keep going for it. And then you do it, and you're like, whoa, I'm fucking awesome. Yeah. And you are. Hey, dude. Thanks. Hashtag, that's my booster gold. But, yeah, I'm, now I'm just thinking about Hades 2.

Hades 2 is great. I've not played it yet. Really? No, I'm waiting for it to, like, be officially out. I don't want to play, I don't want to play a beta. I'm no beta, dude. You're a Sigma player. I'm a Sigma player.

You play Sigma only. I only play Sigma. Yeah. So I'm waiting for that. I'm just still waiting, but that's, that's going to be my jam. Shane, how do you do it? 150 grams of protein a day. Is that right?

Yeah. You hit the macros? Yeah, I hit those macros. Nice. Yeah. So. That's pretty good time. That's what I'm attempting every day.

I'm not always hitting that, but I'm trying. Yeah, I just I can never do that Yeah, it's a lot You have to drink a lot of water too Oh It hurts It hurts

It hurts, it hurts It hurts, it hurts, it hurts, I'm like that witch And that one movie Yeah The green one Wicked Yeah

Water gets on her Can you believe water Never got on that lady The entire damn movie? Yeah, it's certainly It certainly bothers me Yeah I still haven't seen Wicked

Really? Yeah, don't tell Angela Oh, she She'd be so mad. Yeah, she knows now. Yeah. She's like, sensed it. You know what?

Speaking of which, for two podcasts in a row, send us to the zoo, Smosh. I want to see Angela learn about new animals because she doesn't know animals. Doesn't know animals. Can you imagine showing her just like the weirdest looking gibbon possible and her being like, that's not, that's an animicronic. There's no way. Or at the very least, I wonder if we can find a, like, non-copyrated, like, animal documentary that we can watch. and just like us reacting to like animal documentaries because she'd be like

what the hell's happening here here's what we do we have an animal documentary thing and then we splice in I think it's a fan made thing but it's Pokemon Earth where they like make it look like it's like oh the whoopers are now bathing

in the mud to keep the moisture all their body we just splice in little moments of like that's a Pokemon I want to see if she calls it out I wished I'd have had time to prep prep this because if I had made that Because I was quizzing her on animals in that episode that we did.

If I had just thrown in genuine Pokemon names in the midst of animal names and seen if she can decipher which ones are Pokemon, which ones are animals. You're like Mud Kipp sounds like fish. Yeah, like a mud, I mean, because a mudskipper, a mudskipper, right? A mudskipper, there you go. Yeah, so, because a lot of a Pokemon are just like, let's just take an animal and just flip a name out. Or flip a letter out. Nido Rann mail.

Exactly. literally. Oh, and by the way, a little teaser for you guys, we are going to do a Pokemon episode in a couple episodes. Oh, that's right. I forgot about that. Yeah, I feel like we can just let people know that's going to happen. We're going to have Tommy on, and we were talking about it like, oh, let's have Tommy on the podcast. What should we talk about? And it was like, wait, we all have Pokemon. We do. We never get to riff like that. No, and especially because Smosh got its start with the foundation. It's the foundation is Pokemon. Foundation, yeah. Yeah.

Ash starts in Palette Town Every town is a color The pallet is the place where you hold all the colors At the very start of things Shane This is our palette That's crazy Yep

Never thought about that I got Articuno Zapdos Maltreuse We're counting I guess we'll save this You're blowing my mind I didn't know that shit Shane there's so much out there

You don't even know I guess I don't But you could One of the last things I wanted to talk about was you and I have so many inside jokes And I'm trying to remember all of them And I was writing down a bunch

But I wanted to go through a bunch of them And talk about their origins Right Let's get it out there because people ask it All the time in comments Especially like pepper Which I feel like we've explained a thousand times But we can explain it again

Let's do it. But let's start from the beginning I think our first inside joke It was more so a phrase that you were saying a lot which was stay fresh, homie, get paid. Yes, stay fresh, get paid. From the song, buzzin by man.

I think. You just would say it a lot. Stay fresh, homie, get paid, unless I'm getting it from a different song. I remember on so random, you would just be like, hey, by the way, that? Oh, dude, stay fresh and get paid. Yeah.

Yeah. It was great. It was just like a vocal stem. But it was awesome. I remember, like, you know, I vocal stem a lot, and there was a time where I did hashtag as a vocal stem.

I'd be like oh dude hashtag bummer I would say that a lot and there was a point I think we were playing brawl in my in my dressing room where Doug was there and I was just like oh hashtag like whatever and he was just like hey man you have to stop

and I'm so glad he did I think that one because that was when hashtags were genuine yeah like Twitter was about hashtags sometimes you say something that you think is ironic but you're still saying it enough that it might as well not be the amount of times unfortunately that that happens here

at Smosh is pretty bad. We start with memes and we will be saying it ironically. The problem is we're saying it ironically and we're making fun of the thing and then on camera we're like we continue that by accident and then people watching are like

maybe two months later too. Yeah, people are watching you're just like you're just saying it comes across like you're saying it genuinely. And like that's a huge bummer. I'm like well if you didn't watch 40 videos and really get to know me then that's on you. Yeah. That happens to us a lot.

But anyway. I also think during that same time is when sort of you need more training popped out because we would always joke about just anime stuff in general. She's like, hey, Shane! And that's how we made anime brothers. That's so right.

I forgot, did we say you need more training in anime brothers in those sketches? I don't think we did, and that's why I felt comfortable making T-shirts about it for my stream. I mean, even if we had, who cares? They can't own that. Disney the mouse.

Disney cannot own that. Well, that was my website for a lot. long time you need more training dot com i mean hey it's it's i forgot that it started that long ago though yeah i mean hey pretty badass yeah um it's a great phrase i think you were my first like anime friend we definitely joked about anime a lot because i remember i remember where anime brothers started was you had to wear like a very silly wig once this was like one of the first episodes you were wearing a very silly wig um for a sketch and i go dude that's you look hilarious right now and then we started talking about how you look like

the opening screens or like character select screens for a fighting game like Tekken. Oh yeah! This is crazy you remember this. And then you just started doing stuff you were just like, you did a thing where you're like, you think you can beat me? Is there no other way? Round one. And we just were dying at this and then I think from that we started joking about anime

and then we created that sketch. I would have in a million years never remembered that that was specifically how it happened. That's crazy. What do you do? The Ashwaganda, the Ginko Biloba? How's your brain that good? I remember, like, tiny little... You got good brains. I feel like I have huge gaps in memory, though.

I don't know about a lot of stuff. Maybe that's protecting you. Maybe you're a sleeper agent. From boring stuff, yeah, from all my training. I completely blocked out that funeral. It sucked. It was so boring. Oh, dude, you know what that has me thinking about? Is us going and pitching those sketches to, like, the Disney people was always terrifying, because it wasn't like

part of the protocol at Disney. It was like, by the way, like, this is not technically allowed. Yeah. Like, like, and so we couldn't have credit forix. It's like, no, you're, the writing. It's not allowed because we would have to, I guess, pay you in front of you. They're like, we can't because we don't want to. But it was crazy

because we're like 19. We're, we're like new actors on that show. Yeah. And we're also still technically like guest stars on the show. We're not like technically regular. Because I was in 23 episodes out of 24. So I'm not a... So we're not technically on the show. Um, but, uh, we go and we're like, we have this idea. Like, can we like throw it to you? And they're like, uh, sure. And then I remember I also pitched that crazy sketch waffle cop. This is back in 2011. I pitched this sketch called waffle cop where it just follows like a trailer for like a regular police movie procedural type of thing where it's like, it's like, all right, here's your partner. And it's like, it's just a waffle on the ground. And the cop's like, sir, that's a waffle. He's like, he's the best damn cop we've ever seen. And it's just like,

this cop like working with this waffle and he like buckles into his car and he just like turns to the waffle he's like now listen to me we're gonna play by my rules and it's like turns out this waffle's just like a great cop but you never see it doing anything but just being a waffle and like there's a part where like there's a culprit like running down the street and all of a sudden they turn and like he's just on the ground handcuffed and the waffle's just on his back this is so shit and they're like way to go modern day but here's the thing I pitch this to the to the room of Disney people I go and then there's a part where the waffle's been kidnapped by the mafia or something and he's in an interrogation chair and they're there with a gun pointed at the waffle. They're like, now you're gonna talk, all right? Oh, oh, you think you're better than us? How about this?

Russian roulette, all right? I'll go first. And then slowly, all the bad guys are dead because they all lose it Russian roulette and then the waffles just there. And the cops show up and they're like, way to go, Waffle. Jesus.

And I remember the Disney people were like, yeah, you probably should have told us that for it. Yeah, right? Like, so we have some notes? Like, I feel like you can do that now. We're not going to put that on Disney Channel and I was like, yeah, for sure.

Fine. I was like, yeah, but all the other stuff. Yeah. No, they didn't take it. It was great. I feel like you should make that now. Also, do you think in your heart of hearts that you got the idea for it

from someone saying raffle copter and you made it Waffle Copter? Maybe. Maybe. This reminds me of the dream. head. Sorry. I had a very bad dream the other night that everyone was mad at me, but it started with Shane. Because Shane pitched a sketch to me and I was just like, oh, I'm sorry, buddy, like this is verbatim a different sketch that already exists. And he was like, I worked really

hard on this and you're a buzzkill and you always do this. And I just, I was like stressed for the rest of the night because dream Shane was mad at me. I would not be mad at you. That has happened. Oh, shit. But it doesn't make me mad. It happens all the time. We write so many sketches. We're making jokes all the time that so often I will say a joke and then I realize like oh no it's it's that was something in my head from a joke I heard 10 years ago so I live I live kind of in fear of that all the time but I also am like nothing I'm kind of always gripped by paralyzing fear from that I'm kind of really nothing's original like I'm like I'm like there's always some joke that I do and I'm like oh that's probably I probably got inspired from that from an S&L sketch from the 80s that I love yeah how it goes yeah I'm trying to like I'm trying to like make my own twist on it. Yeah. So you're not, just to say in the camera, on the microphone, you're not mad at me? Um, no, no.

Okay. Yeah, no. Good to know, dude. Yeah, man. Thanks. We're good. Um, more inside jokes. Yes.

This one probably lasted the longest, I would say, which is buy me in and out. Oh, dude. Yeah, buy me in and out. I totally forgot that you need to buy me in and out. I was going to say real quick, I'm buy me in and out. Yeah, that was just a joke when we were roommates. Yeah. And it started just from a genuine place because we would, like, often bring home in and out.

Oh, and it was just like an easy thing. Like, uh, and when you're, when you're 20, you're eating so much fast food. I had it for the first time in like two years, uh, the other day. Really? It was awesome. Yeah, just I don't really do fast food that much, so. I don't either, but it's amazing. But we had it all the time. So truly, it started off genuine. But then it just started become a phrase we would just say. Yeah, it was our like, you don't know how to say goodbye or like, you know, it's the well, um, buy me in and out. Buy me in and out. Okay. See you later. Um, happy birthday, Stephen, fuck you.

Damn, I should have said that on the TNTL episode, just threw that out there. I forgot about them. That just was a thing, that was another thing that you would just say all the time. Happy birthday, Stephen! Fuck you! Like, what was the context? I think you just said you had this, like, vision that made you laugh of, like, a kid's birthday. So that was just happy birthday, Stephen.

So happy birthday, Stephen was an image in my head of a sad little boy on his own. And then just like, think of like an 80's, like, cool, like parachute pants, flavor, flavest kind of guy with like two backup dancers, just like directly in front of this kid, like, happy birthday, Stephen, like, happy birthday Stephen. And the kid's just like, it was just a kid at his birthday. But then happy birthday Stephen turned into, for some reason, it turned into happy birthday Stephen. I don't know. I think I just had a lot of goofy things I said. And I was just an undiagnosed autistic man living in a fun house with his friends. and my profession was

ha-ha comedy sketch. And so I would just say stuff and if it got a good response to be like, I guess I'll say that again. Yeah? Yeah. It worked out great. And then there's pepper.

And then there's pepper. Which is the most important one. It's just pepper. Pepper. Pepper. They get it. People, I think people understand. I think if you're not understanding,

you're just not thinking about it. Yeah. So, Capp's complaint. Yeah. We also got a few more. We got like the Tilda Swinton of it all. We've got like... Tilda Swinton.

was a big factor. When I got to actually go to a callback audition and read with Tilda Swinton, I was like, this is hilarious. Was that before or after the inside joke? I feel like that was... Oh, was that before? I feel like you read with Tilda Swinton.

That was before. Because we need to talk about Kevin, and then it was later... We forgot to talk about Kevin. Shit, damn it, we forgot about Kevin. I'm really hoping I get to audition for the sequel. Hey, we're bringing up Kevin again. That would be awesome.

Can we talk about the Kevin in the room? Okay, we need to talk about the Kevin in the room. We need to address the Kevin in the room. The Kevin of it all. The Kevin of it all. And then we have our Mario Party inside jokes where I would just always be like, hey man, don't lose your star. Or like, don't roll a three and it would always happen.

And I don't know why. Devastating. No, there was nothing more heartbreaking. None of the Mario parties that we've recorded here at Smosh have matched the heartbreak I felt when we played it on N64 back in the day. I got destroyed. I had one where I had multiple stars I had plenty of money

I was doing great and then one chance time and I'm now I'm now destroyed everything oh yeah oh there's a Mario Party one I love him yeah that was a good

that's a hard one to explain no I can explain it it was like recognize the sound one so like you know it'll show you like three different things and it'll be like, and it'll close the curtain, it'll be like, which one made this sound?

It'll be like, oh, and you're like, oh, that was like a thwomp or something like that. So, like, they just showed a guy in, like, the curtain closed, and I was like, what if you just hear a gunshot? And Tord is like, no, I loved him. No! Toad losing his lover.

It's like Romeo, Romeo, Juliet style. Yeah, good stuff. Toad just experiencing grief, I think, would be just funny. I think that's funny. Yeah. Yeah, we can all agree. on that. Hereditary but with Toad.

Oh, we do also quote hereditary and laugh about it. It's such a funny movie. It's somehow the most messed up movie but there's also comedy to it. I want to die! When I watched that movie the first time that part haunted me for

like two weeks. But then after that I think the only way to cope with it was we started just joking about it. I think that is you hit the nail on the head. We cope with grief and difficulty through humor and that movie is so strongly full of grief and they really, it's just palpable

that afterwards you just have to joke about it. You have no choice. Actually, I learned something about that movie the other day that blew my mind. What? You know when God, oh, Tony Colette, she's never going to Tony Colette us live this down. She has that moment where she's like, all you can do is stare with that stupid face on your face.

Like she says that to him and it's like, what is going on? Like, he's just sitting at breakfast. It shows later, like, the kid turning and looking at like a lot. or something where there's a reflection. Yeah. And his face is like smiling. Oh, his face is all messed up.

And so you're like, you're not realizing that he's just looking at her like an asshole the whole time without realizing it. Oh, the face that we, the viewer are seeing is not the facial expression. He's actually making. What he's actually making is like this shit-eating grin. And that's why she's just like, why are you standing there looking at me like that? Wow. Yeah. Isn't that crazy?

Oh, man. Um, well, if you like horror, hereditary. And if you don't like horror, watch it anyway. It's funny. Damien, I'm so excited to host more episodes with you. Me too. This is going to be great. I'm so excited. Hey, thanks. Give me a soda. Oh, okay. Buy me in and out.

Okay. This is going to be a blast. Thank you for watching. And I hope you enjoy the next few weeks. Yeah. It's going to be a great time. If you can flipping handle it. Yeah. Get ready for more viral clips. That's right. Thanks, guys. Thanks to Jack Septic Guy. I know you're watching.

Sean, thank you. All right. Bye. Bye. Thank you.