Smosh Mouth - #23 - Is Anthony Nervous For His Funeral Roast?

Episode Date: December 4, 2023

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And I'm Amanda, and we have some very special guests with us, Anthony and Courtney. Yay! That's right. I love you! And there is a reason they're here, and that is because this Friday is Anthony's funeral, our big live show. It's the biggest event of the year. And we've had some big events this year. And that is directed by Courtney.

Yay. Yeah. Is this your first big tentpole project that you've completely been in charge of? I think 100%. Yeah. project that you've completely been in charge of like this? I think 100%, yeah. I want to call that promo that we put out my real directorial debut, but my real, real one was

every TikTok ever. Yes! But yeah, it's been really cool. The day we're recording this is, first of all, the day we're celebrating Smosh's 18th birthday. Yay! That's insane. Legal. Also, we just finished editing the promo, and you watched it.

And I was like, what is he thinking? It's so good. It's so good. And that concept was pretty much entirely crafted by you, right? Pretty much. I knew I wanted a spooky vibe. And I talked to a room of our team and like eventually got to one lane because i was like how about it's like exorcist or like a slasher or like scream and

it's like okay we need to simplify wait so what made you think what made you think you wanted it very spooky like what was your first idea of it because the other funeral roasts have been just kind of like the same theme each time yeah yeah we were always careful not to lean into the like spooky funeral cemetery vibes too much but originally originally the show was going to happen a little bit earlier in the year a little closer to another holiday uh yeah until a couple of boys decided they wanted to do food battle 2023 oopsies yeah we were gonna have so many things to promote at once if we were trying to put it out around the same time no this has been the craziest two months i'd say ever yeah yeah i feel bad because like i remember you talking about how

back at defy you and ian were so miserable because you're so busy doing so much stuff so many projects and here you are yeah but it's so different because we have the confidence that you will be able to take this and run with it and crush it and back in the oh come on you're very trustworthy and I mean if you've

seen any of the stuff that you've done you would know why we trust you yeah because Courtney you've directed all of the funerals yeah you've directed all of the funerals? Yeah. You've directed all of the funerals and you did the promo. You're a boss. Why do you trust me doing this thing that I'm really good at?

It's really cool. This one is truly a whole new level. It's completely leveled up. The costumes, the sets, the roasts. Well, it's a ticketed event this time. I know you did a ticketed event for Ian's, but this is, we're leveling it up in every way.

This one's going to be huge. I think this is the first time. We just didn't, we didn't have the, I mean, I don't know. We're in a place now where we can really go full force with this since we're, you know, Smosh is its own entity. We're independent. We're like, we're putting as much money in this as it needs to have in order to make it amazing. We don't have to get the approval from anyone.

And so we can commit as much as we want to this. And this is going to be the biggest event we've ever done. Yes. I mean, it's looking like nothing else we've ever done. It's amazing. The promo is truly like the coolest I think we've ever looked. And also we had full wardrobe, full makeup. Yeah.

It looked amazing. We had so much time to shoot the promo. Multiple days dedicated to shooting that promo. It felt very thought out. It was stunning. We all got very specific characters, but I feel like all the characters meshed really well, which I feel like is different than the other funerals.

It was more like, what character do you want to play? Whereas this one, did you guys know what characters you wanted to do when you were creating it? First off, going back, how early on this year did you guys realize you wanted to

do this? Because we've been planning this for months. I pitched it to Ali, I think, our CEO, I think late July or early August. Crazy. Yeah, I mean, right after Ian and I announced that we were buying Smosh back, aside from Food Battle, honestly, it was like Food Battle, Food Battle, Food Battle, but then also Funeral

Roast, Funeral Roast, which is really cool because the people that were fighting for Food Battle to happen were kind of the classic Smosh fans, while the people that were commenting how much they want the funeral roast to happen are the newer Smosh fans. So this was such a cool way for us to link both of these fan bases together and kind of have a moment of harmony between them, especially because at the end of food battle, we are promoting the funeral roast. It's so cool to have a tentpole event lead into another tentpole event.

Yeah, yeah. Our viewers are fed. Oh, they... Oh, yeah. And we ate with them, bro. Yeah. Frankly. But yeah, so back in, you said July?

Yeah, late July, because Allie wanted, she was like, oh, like, we have a live show. Like, what, do you have any ideas? And like, I had had the funeral in my pocket for a while because I knew it was like, we were going have a live show. Do you have any ideas? And I had had the funeral in my pocket for a while because I knew it was like, we were going to do it eventually. What better way to bring it back than in this huge way?

And yeah, and as I thought about it, I was like, okay, well, we gotta bring the banger characters of the funeral series. So gotta have the will, gotta bring the coroner in. And Amanda always kills it with characters on the show, and then we never had Chosen

on the funeral, so it kinda slowly built out, and then people were saying, I wasn't planning on being in it originally, I was just gonna, because it can be really tough to direct and then be in stuff. And then people were like, no, you should be in it, and I was like, okay, well the only idea i have is bikini girl it makes so much sense iconic especially feeding off of the end of food battle where that was kind of where that character was born yeah really that was the first bikini

girl i think so at least that was the first recurring bikini girl character i think so and i think that we literally because in in the most recent food battle, we joked, we had a Pokedex readout, the stats of Bikini Girl. And it was like, typically used by juvenile incels for clickbait thumbnails. And that really was the logic behind it.

It was like, we're getting on the front page. We got to get something super clickable in there. Wow. Oh my God. And back in the day, that was Scantily Cloud Women. Yes, it was. So you're bringing back Scantily Cloud Women in a big way. Oh, damn right.

Two big ways. Yeah, baby. Get ready for that. Now everyone's going to come. That is the lore. And Bikini Girl will have a lot to say about that. Yeah. Ooh.

Yeah. Ooh. Yeah. We have been hard at work on our roasts for a while now. I've been hard at working because I am not supposed to know a lot of the stuff that's going on behind the scenes. You do know the characters, but. You saying hardly working is a joke. That's so funny. You're working all the time. Yeah, you're doing pretty much nothing.

Yeah. Well, it does feel really good, though. Like you were saying, back in the Defy days, we were spread so thin. That's what drove me almost to insanity. But that is really what took it out of me. But now I feel like I get to do so many more things, but not have the worry about it needing to be perfect in my head. Because, I mean, you've taken it.

You've crushed it you've impressed me with every single every single element of of this from the the conception you know I remember in the earliest discussions you were having conversations with us and you're pitching ideas and I was like take it like you you've got it you've got it under control I don't have to worry about this and that's the best feeling is, you know, especially because for the longest time I saw Smosh, it was like my little baby that I needed to watch over every single moment. But now it feels so nice to know that you, because you've both been part of Smosh for eight years.

Eight years. You fully understand. It's a long time. It is a long time. Yeah, it flew by. I mean, it's, we've talked about it before, but it flew by because it's been like

different jobs over the years. You know, there was Defy era Smosh. There's Mythical era Smosh. There's now, and it felt like working at different places. You've almost been here

for half of Smosh, at least the YouTube channel. Almost half of the YouTube channel has existed. It's crazy. That's wild. It's really wild it's like your kids are all grown up and they're taking over and they're taking

you know taking ownership of the ownership but it's so cool baby oh yeah the little baby i am just a little baby it's so cool though to have been here for so long and be doing something bigger than we've ever done before though it. It really does feel bigger. Because back at Defy, we had moments where we had more of a budget because Defy was just throwing tons of money at us. But this feels bigger because it really feels like it's ours. Like, truly, it's like, wow, everything we're doing right now is completely smosh. And that's so cool. And yeah, we've been working up to this one for months now.

And yeah, I know we talked early on of like, I was like, okay, Chosen. Because I haven't done Chosen in a roast yet. I've thought about it before, but I'm like, it doesn't really make, it didn't make sense for who we were roasting. But this one, it clicked right away. And I think I threw out the whole idea and concept of it for this. Yeah, because Chosen has a makeover. Yeah, no, Chosen is also scantily clad.

He still lives at home. Lots of breastises. He still lives at home, yeah. Oh, butt. No, yeah, and no kidding, I've been talking about it. I'm like, oh, I need to start training for this. Like, I've been working out extra hard for this because I'm like, I want to make Chosen look,

because like the buffer I get, the funnier Chosen looks to me. Because I think it's really funny that Chosen, like his personality and everything is so dumb. But I'm like, if I, the more. He's just so ripped. And his mom's like, are you going to leave the house without a shirt on?

It's like he's surviving off hot pockets. The amount of time he spends working out, he could be looking for a job. Exactly. I hear him at the gym just going up to somebody and be like, excuse me, mind if I get a couple sets in? How long are you going to be on the lat

race? Is there going to be a big difference between the way your body looks in the promo versus the final? I hope so. Just rip. I would hope so. But we'll see. It's tough, man. Bravo to people who friggin like those people who

get buffed for movies. It's what they do. They only do that though. That's the other thing is like they have a whole team. I'm doing it a normal amount. I'm not going insane. The difference, Shane, is that they're not appearing in 40 Smosh videos a month. Yes. Oh, my God.

Yeah. It is tough. No, we have our shoot weeks where we have like 8 a.m. call times. And I'm like, I am waking up at 530 and I'm going to the gym. Straight up. Are you doing that? Yes, he is. Yeah.

I've been attempting to try to do that, too. I did that today at 6 a.m. And I was like, Shane's going to be proud of me. You used to wake up at 5 a.m. I remember you'd talk about it back at Defy, or you would wake up and work out at the Smosh house, I feel like, at 5 a.m. or something. I would. No, Anthony, one time you walked into on, you walked into Remember? Remember? You walked into the garage at the Smosh house. Yeah.

And I was working out in the garage. And I remember you laughing. What were you working? Were you just working out with body weight? Yeah, I was probably like. I love that you were laughing. Was I laughing? You were just like, you're like, oh my God. Like, oh, Shane's working out in there. Like, whatever. I was. Loser getting fixed. I was just doing body weight stuff,

probably like pushups or jumping rope or something like that. But I remember, I distinctly remember that. That's impressive as well. And the worst part is I don't remember it at all. It's okay, man. It's okay. You were overworked.

You were tired. I feel like you remember, like you have a very good memory normally. You do have a great memory. I'll blame it on that time in my life where I was dissociating for 90% of the time your memory usually is pretty insane you'll be like yeah a food battle 12 time

code 2 minutes and 30 seconds in this happens I was editing all those and they were really ingrained into here plus I have to rewatch all the food battles before we do the next food battle well now you get to just die and you just die and as someone who's been dead before during a funeral rewatch all the food battles before we do the next food battle. Well, now you get to just die. And you just die.

And as someone who's been dead before during a funeral, you just chill. But let me tell you, it's an overwhelming experience to be in the casket. Yeah. It's like you feel like a love burst, like a love bomb. I know you're getting roasted. And you're going to get roasted. It's so much tension. I was freaking out.

Yeah. Yeah. I felt love bombed hard. I was like. Everyone who's done it has talked about feeling like it's feeling really good afterwards. They're like, wow, actually, it's intense. It somehow feels great. So interesting because roasting inherently, especially the ones that you see like on TV, it seems like it is kind of rooted in negativity or kind of jabbing in a way where it's like you kind of suck, dude.

Oh, yeah. Those are – I don't like watching those. They're cringy. Whereas like I don't know. Courtney directs it in a way where it's like it's love bombing with some like a little bit of cutting roast, but it's mainly love bombing. And that's really a testament to Courtney's directing because that goes back to the root of – and Ian and I have been talking a lot with different people about what Smosh is and what it's not. And the biggest thing that we go back to is that it is comedy rooted in friendship. And it's so easy to kind of get pushed

in the direction of comedy rooted in, I don't know, something else, just like jabbing, like you kind of suck, kind of taking out your aggression or frustration. But yeah, you've done such a good job in keeping the roast something that, even though it is roasting, it feels like it comes from a place of like,

I see you or like I recognize you or I notice the little things that you do. Yes, exactly. Yeah, because I think people have different views roasting it feels like it comes from a place of like i see you or like i recognize you i notice the little things that you do yes exactly yeah because i think people have different views on on roasting and to me like the best roast is one that is still rooted in respect yeah right and it's and the the a roast is perfect i think when it's as specific as it can be yes i don't think roasts like you know roasts often, like, there's, like, the lowest common denominator ones, like, you know,

making fun of someone's appearance or body or something like that. I'm like, that's surface level. You want to really roast someone on, like, something that is so unique to them. Like when you called Drew Shrek. Okay. When you called Drew a follow Shrek.

And we were all like, oh, yeah. Yeah. That was a little hanging through. That was pretty deep. When you called Drew a follow, Shrek. And we were all like, follow, oh yeah. Yeah. That was a little hanging through. That was pretty deep. Honestly, he didn't want to do it. I meant personality-wise. Exactly.

But she rose so hard. Oh my God, she annihilated us. If anyone rose, she rose so hard that you're like, she was good. Yeah, no, I remember. So going back to the beginning of it uh courtney where did you come up with this idea to start it in the first place it's a little bit of a funny story because there are like i think four people who all claim that the funeral show was their idea

um i think we all kind of had similar ideas maybe around the same time but i remember seeing rupaul's drag Drag Race All Stars where they did a Lady Bunny funeral roast and it was this uh where literally someone's in a propped up casket Lady Bunny is and and they roast and perform eulogies and I was like oh my god this is amazing they only did this once they've never done it again I kept telling Ryan Finnerty over and over like this is there's something here like we should do something similar to this and then pitch meetings would happen and like a writer would pitch, like, oh, we need a roast show, or oh, we need a funeral show. And then every time someone brought it up, be like, oh, how about this?

Because the vision was already in there. And then, yeah, we eventually did it. And I was like, I'm not going to like—we need to do Shane first because that's the biggest deal, I feel like. But technically, you thought of it first. What? Anthony, you technically thought of the funeral roast first, before RuPaul's Drag Race. Wait, what?

Yeah. Do tell. So back in 2018 or so, this is before I spent a day with Series Picked Up, I was at a very low point. And my channel was very much in the depths of kind of as low as the views in my head could go. So I wanted to, A, have clickbait that would get people to watch it. But also I wanted to kind of be self-aware, I think,

because I was so insecure about how badly it was looking yeah of course i was like i'm just gonna say i'm gonna hold a funeral for my channel i'm gonna say that my channel is dead and i'm gonna declare that it's dead and that's awesome uh so i i think i that was the point of it was like about my channel but then it kind of evolved to be this thing where I invited people out to roast me while I laid dead in the funeral. He's literally in a wake. What? And it's like him in a casket just laying there and different YouTubers just walk in

and it's like quick cuts of different YouTubers being like, sorry, bro. Yeah. Whoa. That is legit. Like you birthed the idea of the funeral ropes it wasn't intentional and I didn't even realize the link

when Smosh started doing it but yeah so I have been in a casket before but a long time ago and for a very different reason yeah that's so crazy oh my god and it's so cool

that you persisted and you were at such a low point that you literally held a funeral for yourself, but then your channel has obviously exploded. It was strange because actually that video got a lot of new people watching it because I made the thumbnail like my birth year

to the present day and made it look like I was actually dead a little bit. And Clickbait was kind of working around the time. I think that YouTube has kind of crushed Clickbait with the way the algorithm's built now, but by the time Clickbait was kind of working and it got new people watching it actually was they kind of reinvigorated my channel you had a rebirth moment at a rebirth and now you're having a rebirth moment yeah and you're dying

again and i will say you know the the the smosh channel was we were struggling to find content that was working and this funeral like you had the idea for it and yeah you picked for me to be in the first one so I didn't know what to expect so I think that was kind of nice because I didn't have this anxiety because there was nothing to see

yeah we didn't have a counter roast yet at that point so you didn't even have to know but I also didn't know that it was gonna like I didn't know what level of roast or anything. I was like, okay, I'm going to sit in this casket and people are going to say things. All right. And it was, I will say, like, I think I definitely got away kind of scot-free compared to everyone else. Because it was much nicer.

They got more. And every funeral we have done since gets more and more brutal. Mine was like, you know, Kimmy just dumped a LaCroix on me. Damien did some screams. Garrett sang a song. There were definitely roasts.

Was I even in that one? I don't think you were. It was a small one. But I remember Kimmy spilling shit on you. Yeah, spilled a LaCroix on me. And at the end, I just go, ah, I love you guys. And that was my small one. But I remember Kimmy spilling shit on you. Yeah, spilled a little corral on me. And at the end, I just go, I love you guys. And that was my counter roast. But I will say, I have not gotten out unscathed

because I've been in so many funerals. And I get roasted in every single one. You get roasted every time. No one is safe. Anthony, even in yours, I guarantee you. When you're going to get roasted, everyone else will get roasted. Everyone's going to get roasted. Nobody can walk away without having some joke thrown their way.

And I have had some unbelievable roasts said to me. Me too. But yeah, mine was, but it was really fun. And then it did really well. And every single one has performed so well. I loved the funerals because I love obviously doing characters and I actually do not like roasting people. It makes me so deeply uncomfortable.

Courtney knows this because every writing meeting I'm like, no, I don't want to say that. I don't even want to know that detail because I don't want to carry that. I don't want to say it. I don't want want to know that detail because I don't want to carry that. I don't want to say it. I don't want to roast it. So I love being so deep in a character that I'm essentially roasting myself because I'm roasting this character. But I will say when I did Damien's, that was so fun because I was like, I'm going to fucking roast the shit out of him. Because I really chose a character that was such a roast for him.

And you and Patrick and Jeremy helped me cultivate roasts that I knew Damien would be like, I see you. Right? It was, because I just, I get so cringy roasting people

in like such a negative sense. Well, and you want to make a roast that they're going to laugh at. That they're going to laugh at. And it's such a hard thing. It's true, because the goal is kind of

to make the person laugh, not to like get a dig in on it. Exactly. And so if you're a character, you kind of slip away from you giving it to them. You're like doing it from a character's point of view. Right? Right.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, no, it's been crazy. It's been such a journey. We have learned a lot, lot since the first episode. We've figured out so many things. Obviously, okay, the person in the casket should totally give a counter roast. Because originally on yours, Kimmy originally wasn't going to do anything,

but we wanted her in the audience because we just wanted a filled audience for this funeral. And then Finnerty was like, it looks weird that she's there not doing anything. Let's have her do something. And she was like, it looks weird that she's there and not doing anything. Like, let's have her do something. And she was like, okay, like, should I pour one out? All right, sick. It was pretty awesome. I would be like,

okay, this is coming. All right. Great, here we go. Yeah, and just the more, like, because from the beginning, I never wanted to roast. I was just going to, like, kick it off.

Because Finnerty was like, well, you need to be in it or something. And I was like, I was scared to roast, didn't know how to write roasts and and it's eventually gotten to the point where like i feel like i get it now and especially working with patrick and jeremy and also watching our guests come in and roasting like it's you learn so much about like framing

certain jokes up and like we've had so much fun with like creating a character that has a a true and true like lane like like tommy's reading the will and and arasha's coroner character like where it's just like there's such a it's such a fun playground we were talking about this earlier today like when you have a theme and a box that you kind of put yourself in for those kind of makes it easier to write it's more specific you can write the jokes from the characters yeah it's just so much fun it's less scary too how does the how did the roasts compare because you've been in on most of the writing meetings how do you think this time compares because shane you were saying that every time it seems like it's kind of amped up a little i will say this one's because what i will also say is you know every time we were doing

a funeral this is i think what we always wanted for these funerals we always felt like man I wish we could make these bigger yeah it was so tough because we're squeezing them in with our regular schedule but I think they were always meant to be a big event like this so now that we're finally it's on the big big platform we want it to be I think as I I'm writing this, it's going to be brutal, but I think it's also a matter of performance-wise. I'm like, I got to frigging... You got to bring it. I'm at the Amundsen Theater this time.

We used to bring up scripts. And I think my performances also got crazier every time too with every funeral. And I would say like one thing that we've learned over the episodes is like sometimes we forget to like say nice things too. And then it looks like some of the people are like, damn, you guys were mean. It's like we all in the room know that it's coming from like a place of immense love. But it's like we're being mean for like 30 minutes straight. And it's also the pressure of every episode of like, okay, I got to make these awesome roasts. It's like it's not – I'm not roasting this person always out of I want to say this to them.

It's more like, well, I have to think of funny things to say about them. See, that's why I just, like I'm getting cringed right now. Like I just, I can't handle, yeah, I just made up that word. Getting cringed. I just can't handle, yeah, I feel like all,

I feel like that's why I tried to escape all of that. Like I was like, what if my character is like a super fan, but the character is wild? Yeah. Like the character is roastable, but they're a super fan of the person who's dead. You've done a great job. So I'm not actually like being super mean.

I can't. I think you've done a great job of navigating it. Anthony, have you avoided watching the funerals or have you watched any of the episodes? Have you watched any of the funerals? I've watched some clips. I watched through Ian's because I was most curious about what you would say. I watched through some of Rhett and Link's and the Try Guys and a little bit of yours and also Damien's.

Damien's is great. And I mean, I'm glad I haven't – I didn't dive too deep into them. I mostly just saw like the highlights and clips. I think that's good. Yeah, that's better. I think that's good. Yeah, that's better. I think that's good. For the rest of us, do you guys have a favorite performance

that you've done or a favorite character? And Courtney, you haven't been in a lot of them because you were directing them. Do you have any favorite characters or roasts

that you've seen? Oh boy. I will say for myself, I can start. I'm pretty proud of a lot of them, but I will say two that stand out.

Damien's was something that I had thought about for months. And I was like, I did this JoJo's Bizarre Adventure character and I was like, I need to go all out. I had it fully memorized. And I was nervous because I was just like, all right, I'm going to roast one of my really good friends and I'm going to go for it and I was really proud of that but honestly

another one that I'm really proud of is the one I did for Amanda's I did my Benoit Blanc I did it as a whole murder mystery it's a little tiny clip of that one whole murder mystery thing and I went nuts with it and it was a blast it was a lot of fun that one I went nuts with it. It was so good. And it was a blast.

It was a lot of fun. That one was the best, I think, delivery of a roast that I had seen. I loved that delivery. I loved my funeral. I had so much fun at my funeral. Like I said, I was. Not many people can say that. I was so.

Yeah, I had a great time at my funeral. I liked my counter act on you guys. You did impressions of everyone. I did impressions of everyone. That was my favorite. But like your Knives Out guy, I was like, damn. Also because I love murder mystery. So it was almost a gift to you.

It was a fucking gift. That's how I felt. I was like, I feel so overwhelmed. It felt like a wedding day. You got out of the casket and you were like, hey guys. It was so fucking awesome. And it's also a really fun way for any audience member

who doesn't fully know this person get to learn a lot about everybody. That's true. Yeah, it's really fun and I'm glad you had so much fun because I know some people, it is just really scary.

I remember Garrett, when we did his, he needed a minute after because he wasn't used to being perceived so hard on camera for so long because we do eat it or yeet it, but it's like about the food and we're like,

Garrett, for an hour. It is overwhelming. It is overwhelming and that's one of those ones where it's like, damn. Good to know. Yeah. And I will say,

one of the things I always tell the person who's in the casket or coffin or whatever you want to call it, don't hold back because you're going to hear everyone's roast and then wish, like, dang, I wish I went harder. So it's always good to go all out. Go hard on your counter roast because, yeah, it's just people go hard. And especially, I'm so curious what Ian's gonna say because I will say yeah

so me too some other some other some other standouts for me of characters I've witnessed

was Sarah Christ was her first appearance in a movie it was mine that was my funeral Wet Cut was birthed for Courtney's funeral and I remember

I had that fucking memorized and then Patrick wet my bangs and I remember I had that fucking memorized and then Patrick wet my bangs and I came out and I was dripping wet and I was so deep in that fucking character.

I was like, when it was over, I was like, I don't know who the fuck I was so deep in that character and I remember Patrick was like,

okay. I guess I'm a method actor. What cop is alive? Smosh mouthouth fans know just how into that character you get exactly frankly my favorite Ian performance ever

and my favorite Ian character is his redacted I was going to say redacted it was unbelievable and he my favorite roast I've ever received is from him as that character which was, uh,

uh, Shane. Oh yeah. No, they, the, the moon landing was fake because they filmed it on Shane's forehead. Yeah.

And I was like, damn. Okay. Cause you know, by that point I'd gotten a lot of short jokes and I was like, I was like, okay. And I'm expecting that every single roast.

I was like, they're going to say I'm short. Okay. And then a forehead joke. Every single roast, I was like, they're gonna say I'm short. Okay. And then a forehead joke comes out of nowhere. I was like, whoa! Whoa! Like, new insecurity just dropped! No, I respected it.

Whenever people roast me for anything that's just not me being short, I'm like, okay, that was creative. That's impressive. You found something. Okay, bravo. It's like when people roast Angela not about her loud voice.

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Oh, there's Selena. Selena's right there. Let's go back and let's see what's... Oh, that's amazing. Look at all these people. Oh, it's so great. So many silly photos. It's really, really awesome.

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I know Chosen is specific to Shane, but Fortune Teller, you pitched to me. She's new, yeah. I was leaning into this aesthetic because Anthony is super into like the spooky, like gothic, classic gothic, almost Victorian vibes kind of. That's at least the energy I get. And I like, and originally when we were planning it closer to Halloween time, it was like,

okay, what can we do? And like, you've had this really cool Amanda lore of tarot card reading and stuff. And it was just like, ooh, that would be so fun to like do something with that and roast with that because like i knew i wanted you to do a character um and so yeah that was kind of how that filled out um and then we we wanted to bring back so angela's doing the vessel which originally in i think it was lisa's funeral. Where the chat gets to submit roasts via QR code in the stream. And

she's going to be possessed by chat and reading these roasts about Anthony. Oh my god. I'm jealous of that one because you get to say all these roasts, but you don't have to feel guilty. Okay, great. What other people are saying? She has one of the easiest jobs, quote unquote,

but she's going to put so much into that performance as a possessed exorcist girl. And then Chance was like, we wanted to do a musical halftime show. And so he's not actually roasting you. He doesn't have a roast, but he's part of the halftime show. And so we were like,

well, we have to give him a thing for the promo. And so I was like, the altar boy? to give him like a thing for the promo. And so I was like the altar boy. And Chance was like, yes, I love it. Yes. Where did the altar boy come from? He's birthed in his mind, I guess. His conversations with Ali and like some of the team are just like, oh, what are some fun other like vibey like Catholic church? Yes.

Like church vibes, funeral vibes. And altar boy was one. When you first came to me to, or you spoke with Ian and I about some of the ideas that you had. And I remember you describing the characters and you're like the chosen. And then you're like describing the other characters. I was like, what if each person was a the blank? Yeah. Like something very hyper specific about them.

Wow. So that way you could build out their entire character based off one line I love that I think you know just seeing all the characters together you were able to hone in on each of their traits and qualities and what they were good at

the types of roasts that they would give so perfectly because of that it's very specific the bikini girl the priest and also it feels very like almost old school horror movie, like Victorian vibes. Oh, absolutely. That was the goal, so thank you. You know, like you can see the whole promo.

Like it's just like The Priest. I feel like it's so easy to understand because of it. And then going in, you kind of have an expectation, but you're like, I have no idea where it can go, but I have some ideas. And I think that's what makes it so fun is you're like, there's these fill in the blanks but you have just such a just a little taste of what totally and you are going to be surprised and like this is our first time going into a funeral where the audience is in on who's all in it not everyone there are several surprises coming in the actual show but like this is the first time where it's like here's your lineup like to build up the hype and yeah

we just have such an awesome cast that we've never done a trailer for Funeral no this is our first time we've ever done like a promo this is like a big event right and what's so fun about creating a trailer and hyping something up so

much is when you can live up to the hype. And I was really nervous with like the Food Battle release. There was like multiple weeks and merchandise and a trailer and all this. And then people unanimously felt like it lived up to the hype and that excites me. And I know based off what you're creating and what I do know about what's been put into this live show it will 100% live up to that I think it's going to exceed the hype

thank you I think so too easily too like even what you've done so far and you still have a couple more weeks of planning to get ready for it yeah we're locking those roasts down

and yeah and congratulations with the food battle that's like a huge deal so cool that it lived up to the hype that it did. Yeah, I'm really excited. And I really, like, I was inspired to do this promo

because, like, I always wanted to do one of those, especially when we did our first couple, like, live show trailers of, like, Under the Influence and then, was it the Sleepover one? And then the Under the Mistletoe one

was, like, an interesting one. I have always been so just amazed. And like our Smosh Summer Games Wild West, which Shane was there for that too, where it's just like, wow, it's just something that is cool and it's different from our actual content, but it's us. And I also like ever since I started Smosh and even before when I was like a

fan you guys made such incredible visually amazing things and I was like I I want to do that like I always wanted to do something like this and so it was scary planning this promo and getting into this funeral because it's like oh I've always wanted to do this and I always felt like this was within me but it's like okay all these people are suddenly trusting me with all of this right so it's time to see if I have been delusional this whole time or I'm actually capable of this and like it's just so awesome to have our team our crew because we just I had this vision I freaking used canva and I still am constantly for this project but like building out the vision and our crew

was just so into it and everybody literally put their blood sweat tears heart and soul and pussy into this and like it's so I feel very it's the coolest thing I've ever done so shooting the promo was like really something you're so proud of.

Yeah, and it was just the beginning of all of this. It's still going for me because this live show is going to be... It's a different flavor of what I did, but it's all still happening. It's so crazy to hear you being like, yeah, we trust you and stuff. Because it is new for me to be able to have this much creative control and just you guys really letting me just go. And I'm learning a lot about myself and like believing in myself and I'm just really excited and grateful yeah I will say I've seen you know at the in the first discussions you were like uh can we do this can we do this should we do this and you were a little like not sure

but Ian and I have been pushing to be like hey hey, just take it. You got it. This is great. Trust yourself. How – if you don't mind me taking over first. No, yeah, please. Please, man. Please. How has that been like coming into trusting yourself more with this? And from everything that I've seen, you should 100% trust yourself because you've proven yourself a million times over with what you're capable of. How has that been kind of finding that confidence? Thank you. yourself because you've proven yourself a million times over with what you're capable of how has that been kind of finding that that confidence thank you it's it's really scary it's really

like because like I said I was like okay like at first when we were getting the early stages I was very much alone in like a lot of the planning and and it was like it actually was a really interesting experience because the more I was like, okay, I'm actually allowed to have this vision. Because I think in the past I would have an idea and it would kind of get steered a different direction or kind of taken for something else. Not like taken from me, but like, okay, we're going to do something different with that. And it was like, oh, so this is like my vision. And I do feel like I've grown a lot since I first started directing where I used to like look at our previous directors and be like I don't know how you do that I don't know how you

see that in your head and like this this funeral and like the the promo specifically and with a lot of this like I would just literally have like a that's so raven like have visions of like a shot and like colors and and like exactly how i want something to go and just be like oh shit and like need to write it down and and feeling like i didn't i felt unstoppable i will say it just i felt you seem like that too when you were directing there on even for the promo it almost seems like you were you always had that part of you but you shut it down because you were not confident in showing it it's's so weird. Like, I remember the first time I directed on every TikTok ever. Do you hate that episode?

She's doing a TikTok girl voice. It did really well, I mean. No, it did really well. No, because it's so silly. It's, like, so silly. And we used to do those little voiceovers. Yeah, yeah. Like, every TikTok ever.

But, like, I don't know what it was where it's, like, okay, my name is on the slate. I'm the director. So if you don't do what I say, like I'm telling mom, like you're in trouble. So like, but it was just like, I know what I'm doing. And I guess I've kind of always had like a little bit like of like a confidence. And especially when I like see what I want. And it's obviously like great when you go into a project and you're like, I know what I want because then it makes it so much easier to achieve it.

But yeah. And it's just, I don't know. I feel like I've become more connected than ever with our team and with our crew that like it's just, it feels so cool. I feel so supported like by everybody. And maybe it's like, maybe my imposter syndrome was like really bad for a while.

And like, I genuinely thought people wanted the minimum amount of time in conversations with me like that's just so not true it's not true and I also feel like there's a new wave of trust in this crew like I feel like there's a newer connection

between you and I I feel like there's a lot of female energy that's coming in and coming in and kind of like massaging what was ever needed to be healed in making decisions and being a director and also being a female director. And I feel like in the YouTube world, that's really hard. And we naturally question ourselves because it's, I don't know why it's more of a production when we take, we take over and it's like, oh, they're taking over. But it's like, I think that that's just like an image

that's not real. And it's definitely not real here. And I think when you took over, it was like, okay. It was just another day. Like, it was like, yeah, here we go. And I felt like VidCon, we got really close. You coming back, we all got really close. And I felt like when you started direct,

we were like, yep. I mean, we are a hard group to wrangle. I'm really sorry about that. We definitely are. We do bits constantly, and we're a nightmare. But you're really good at being like, I love you. Stop.

Because we need to go. The promo was so funny, because you were directing, but you were also Bikini Girl. So you were directing it as Bikini Girl. I had a sweatsuit. I did have like a sweatsuit that I would put on. Yeah, you did. But when it was like getting closer, like I had like, they put on like body shimmer

that was like liquid. Oh, yeah. So there are points where I'm just like checking the footage and I'm like in a bikini. I feel like. Listening. I feel like I was like listened more. It was like I love you but stop. I was like I love you too.

I'm done. I'm done and Chance was a little like priest little boy. We all look insane. We look insane. I'm chosen but I have like scars and blood all over me. It was fantastic. Yeah I think we also before before, Anthony,

before you came back, before Smosh kind of owned itself, I think we operated from a place of fear a lot. And I think whenever I know when I would direct things, I was trying to make it right. I was like, oh, I want to make it however they want it to be made. I wasn't thinking about

my vision. I wasn't thinking about oh, what could this be? I't thinking about, oh, what could this be? I was just like, oh, I just need to make it correctly. And that's the wrong place to come from because you're never going to make anything original. You're never going to make anything that sets the bar higher. And you're really not going to end up making anything that's satisfying to you yourself. And I think that's something I can relate to with this show. You know, when we started this, we started formulating this before we knew you were coming back and before you and Ian bought Smosh.

And I think where I was operating from was very much like, okay, well, we used to have the Smosh cast. I need to just make it like that and we'll just try to make it uh good in that way yeah and um and no and and every step of the way you guys have been like yeah like take risks do crazy stuff experiment and we've been doing that more and more and it's like newer newer energy like yeah it just like felt like newer energy just came in and like waved in and whooshed over and was like, yeah, you can do it. Yeah.

Here we go. I think one of the biggest things I learned in the six years that I was away from Smosh is that the only thing that allowed me to have something that I excelled at and that I was really good at, which was my interview series, is because I took so many risks. And at first, when I first left Smosh, I was like, okay. I was like rigidly put myself in this box. Like, I have to do sketch comedy. And I have to. This is what I took so many risks. And at first, when I first left Smosh, I was like, okay, I was like rigidly put myself in this box. Like, I have to do sketch comedy and I have to, this is what I'm known for. And I was like, but then I have to do it better, but then just a little bit different,

just enough to show that I'm unique. And that's, you know, what you said operating out of a place of fear. But once I gave all that up, I was like, oh, wait, actually it's about taking a bunch of risks, seeing what works, honing in on the one that excites me most and that the audience is latching on to most. And it's about taking a bunch of risks seeing what works honing in on the one that excites me most and that the audience is latching on to most and it's kind of finding that harmony between

what the audience likes what you like take a bunch of risks only risk doing something that you enjoy because if if if you're taking a risk doing something you don't enjoy what's the point yeah what is the point and i feel like viewers can feel that yeah yeah they they definitely can and and also i feel like the people that you're working with your cast can feel that and i feel like if you are taking risks if you're kind of being like i believe in this and i'm gonna go for it your cast is like oh yeah and i feel like the funeral is such a good representation of that because it's like i'm playing a fortune teller he's playing chosen and and angela's playing this like demon child. We're all kind of taking little pieces of ourselves and exploding it.

And then it's all deeply love bombing. Thank you. Yeah, keep saying it. I keep saying it. It's just that. And if you get anxious before, I get it. I get it. But yeah, it's just like, it feels very like we're an ensemble and it's really cool to do

this huge you know promo and funeral and have you direct it and it's just like fucking awesome to be a part of yeah I also say I want to say like other things that have really helped me here and I feel like just the overall energy here is like over the past year or so like we've had new cast members come in that totally breathed new life into this job as a whole for me like entirely uh they make me feel more confident myself Chance and Angela and Arasha speaking specifically and like I I love that and I remember when Shane and I started uh Joe Beretta would say that about us about just like breathing new life into stuff and like and then when you came back it was like oh they bought Smosh like it felt like oh we everybody's believing in this like we're all

confident in this and like when I tell you I spent so much time thinking while you were away I spent so much time thinking about how I I was just it just sucked so much that when you left it was like will he ever come back like this is just always gonna be an unresolved thing like I don't know I don't know why I thought about it so much like he it's not just like that you and Anthony that you and Ian started this thing together it was like you you literally built that little website that started this whole thing it was your baby as we mentioned earlier and like you just had to like leave it and it never felt right and the job never felt right fully right for me for a long time and so like when I rightfully so broke down into like embarrassing tears when you came back it was

it was real for me and like this job has like there was times at this job where it was no longer what I wanted to do. And like it's all back. Like it's all back. I fully am so in it and like enjoying every minute of it. And we're making content that I'm excited about every day. And I feel seen and heard by everybody. And it's like I do attribute a lot of that to you, Anthony. So like thank you

well jeez I don't know how to say compliments what did I just say love bomb hey this is just the beginning I will say like

this funeral it's a roast like we're gonna freaking roast you good you need to after that we're going to freaking roast you

and it is it is a celebration of you as all roasts are they're a roast but it is a celebration of the person in that casket. And that's the mission. It's like, we love this person.

Let's freaking go. Thank you. I feel like it's not just me, though. It's a testament to both Ian and I coming together and reflecting on the beginnings of Smosh and what made it so special. And a huge part of that was Ian and I being able to just have fun together as friends, try to make each other laugh, be passionate about creating little fun projects, getting people excited about little dumb jokes and fun moments. And that's going into working with everyone here. That's what I really wanted to push is for everyone to have the same kind of

freedom to be passionate about creating funny little dumb things together, or just to be able to push themselves in any way that they see fit without the fear that a risk is a bad thing. I feel like a risk is always a good thing, because you always

learn something from it. You either learn maybe not the right choice, or let's double down on that and try, try refining that. And seeing all of you take something, make it your own, kind of have ownership of it. Therefore, you know, be able to be fully passionate about it. Knowing that you're the stuff that you're putting into it, the time and energy that you're putting into it is compounding. It's not like, oh, I'm putting all this effort in this thing and then it gets taken away from me. Then I'm putting all this effort and it gets taken away from me.

And that's kind of demoralizing where you feel like I'm putting all this energy into something that just at any moment can go away. I've seen you kind of, I think, keep up the momentum of your passion because you know that you're just building and building and building on something. With this show, with Reddit stories for you, with the funeral as well, you know that the things that you learn from this will benefit you.

And all the risks that you're taking here, you'll be able to learn from this and apply it to something going into next year. Because we're going to be doing bigger and even crazier events going into next year too. And it's going to be so fun to see how the things that you learned, all of us have learned from this year and having that freedom to take risks can be applied to everything next year. Totally. I love that.

And you know, Anthony, the last time you were on the show was shortly after the announcement. And you know, things we knew like, oh, we're going to get a ton of views and the content we're going to put out is going to do really well because it's this big event. But we were like, okay, let's see how it keeps going.

You know, and I think what's truly a testament to the energy that you and Ian have brought since you guys bought Smosh is that I feel like so much of what we're doing is, it's succeeding in views, but I think it's succeeding in the creative and the fun we're having. And that goes for videos that you and Ian aren't even in.

You know, like I look at some of the successes we've had, like on this show, we've had some things that have gone viral just because we're trying things, you know? Five Nights at Freddy's is based on a real story. It is real. I literally was like, fuck, I don't know about this true crime story.

I'm a fake. That's what I was thinking the whole time. But we're having a blast. They were just fucking with me. You're like, I'm a fraud. Literally. We're doing crazy shit on Smosh Games. We're like, hey, let's try Sniper Chess. And we do it. And it's doing great. We are doing crazy shit on Smosh games. We're like, hey, let's try sniper chess.

And we do it, and it's doing great. Like, we are having so much success, and it's now past just this spike of like, whoa, Smosh is Ian and Anthony again. Now we're seeing, oh, it's actually, we're doing well not just because of this big announcement. We just want to hang out with each other. Because we're having a blast, and we're letting loose.

We just want to hang out with each other, take risks, bring each other up letting loose together we just want to hang out with each other take risks bring each other up kind of be like oh you're really good at that oh you should do that you should like even you pitching our characters for funeral it was like oh you're really good at that and I was like so fucking seen I was like to have someone pitch a

character that you're like oh my god yes I didn't think about it and be I was like I didn't think yes that's me B, I was like, I didn't think, yes, that's me. It's like, to me, that is the biggest compliment. And I feel like that's what we've been doing, and we've just been loving hanging out with each other. I mean, we're with each other all the time, and it's just like, and getting to do this with Shane,

I get to know Shane so much better, and I get to know Courtney so much better, and I get to know you so much better, and I can't wait to roast you. Yeah, dude. And I just want you to be prepared that it's going to be intense. Are you? What's the most nervous thing?

Yeah, what's going through your mind? I'm curious because it's days away. I mean, part of me is like, oh, they're going to bring up something that I'm insecure about that I don't know anyone else notices. But I'm totally about that I don't know anyone else notices but I'm totally fine with it honestly anytime that I'm roasted about something even if it's a little uncomfortable

for a moment I feel actually better about it because it's not something that's that not spoken about kind of like when Ian and I first came together on camera and we're like I'm reading my angry letter to him and stuff like that.

It was uncomfortable for me to see the things that I wrote six years earlier. I'm sure it was uncomfortable for him to hear some of that stuff. But because it was out in the open, it made it feel like it wasn't a taboo subject that couldn't be spoken about anymore. And what's interesting is that Ian and my friendship

started deteriorating because there was so much pressure from every angle to work so much that we didn't have any line of communication anymore. And I feel like if back then we had ways to even incorporate it into our work like it is now, then we would have had a closer friendship outside of work too. And it's interesting that there are now these outlets for everyone here to kind of get stuff just out there and said yeah and it doesn't feel like anything's really too taboo to talk about within our group because we are you can give us a list of things we don't touch oh yeah and then you'll make sure you touch them, except with Damien's, I did touch like one. Well,

I will say with, with every roast we do, we are, uh, mindful of things. And we always ask and we're like, Hey, is there anything that's off?

And a lot, a lot of times people are like, no, no, I mean, yeah. But then sometimes later they'll be like, um,

actually, cause like me, Patrick and Jeremy, whenever we like, we'll do that initial kickoff meeting that we did with you. Where it's like, okay, first things first, what are your boundaries? And just meeting that we did with you, we're like, okay, first things first.

What are your boundaries? And just making sure we had all those. And then sometimes, because Patrick and Jeremy really go in. All three of us really help with the jokes. And some of them are hard-hitting and crazy, but some of them, this just like, this is just a joke that like fits for this person. Like sometimes when someone who's performing doesn't have something, we'll be like, oh just a throw away, like I have never parked in a handicap spot, but like we gave Hatchuk the lease

because she didn't have anything else. So it's like now we can put it back up. I feel like mine were very specific. My rows were pretty specific. They gave for specific, yeah. No, like you have material for days. That's different. I also,

yeah, anyway, but so like, I wouldn't let anybody go into this without being set up for success. Correct.

Like, it's been filtered through. And that's a testament to your directing styles that you find that perfect balance. You walk that line perfectly of like,

not too mean, but not too nice. Like it's right there, you know? Exactly. Because if it's too nice, it just... That's more disrespectful to me. I agree. It frankly is more disrespectful. How fucking rude of you.

I agree. Because it's like, oh, you can't handle it. That's true. That's almost it. Yeah, that is true. I totally agree with you. I mean, yeah. That is the meanest roast is when you go, Amanda and Shane.

Oh, it's like not even giving that. Wow. Horrific. It's devastating. It's devastating. That's the worst. I'm like, make fun of my crusader, 18th century crusader bangs, please. That I was very.

How many people go, why weren't you Cat in the Hat for Halloween? Why weren't you Adam Sandler for Halloween? Why weren't you cat in the hat for Halloween? Why weren't you Adam Stahler for Halloween? Why weren't you berries and cream for Halloween? I will say people have pointed out on this show. They're like, damn, they

have been going hard on Amanda so often. And I fucking love it. Well, to be fair with like Mexican salsa. Yes. You brought those videos and you were like, hey, we

should talk about. I'm going to bring some new ones. I just want to hint that I'm going to bring some new ones. I just want to hint at, I'm bringing some new ones for you. Really? That's all I'm going to say. Yeah, because you've been working on your counter roast. I actually just forgot that you were doing a counter roast.

Now I remember. Yeah, and he gets twice as much time. Have you been observing everyone? Oh, God. Because you're roasting with people that you have only been working with these past few months. I've been paying very, very special attention because I knew that a roast was coming up. I mean, there are lots of things incorporated into just the programming where you kind of have to pay attention to everyone from who memed it, from like guessing. You know, there's a lot of games that we play where we're guessing who submitted something.

You really have to understand people working there. I saw that meme of me holding a weird pig and it's Angela. That one was nice for you. I saw that meme. I was like, oh, my God. That's Angela. Yeah. But, yeah, no, I've been paying very close attention to things that everyone does.

I'm like, is there a recurring thing that this person does? Or is there a thing that's like go-to thing that this person likes to have around them? You know, whatever it is, that kind of thing. Oh boy. Yeah. It's fun. It's a fun exercise in paying very close attention to everyone around you. Yeah. Oh my God.

I'm nervous. And I will say, I think I've gotten away, like, my initial funeral wasn't so bad. And I also think the roasts I've gotten, I'm like, I'm always like, people could go harder. I'm sure there will be a follow-up one that we'll do. Yeah, yeah. I was going to say, would you want to do another one? Round two is so hard edition. Brutal edition.

Brutal edition. Brutally dead. Sure. Sure. If we ever want to do it. Are you sure? I think so. Maybe. I don't think so, boo. I feel like I get roasted constantly anyway. You do. I feel like

the fans roast me the most. No, they love it. They love being part of it. They roast the people that can take it. They roast the people that can take it. Exactly. They roast like when you guys take pictures of me when I'm asleep and it looks like I'm dead with my head in the ground. I love it. I fucking love it.

You really look like, I didn't take the photo, but you look like a Family Guy character. I'm missing this? Spencer, Spencer, she was in the, she was in like our couch

like out in the open, face down. We could maybe put it up if we had it, but just like. I look like a dead person, but it feels so dead. You were sleeping face down?

It feels so good. No, I was, like a dead person, but it feels so dead. It feels so good. No, I was like this, but it looks like my head's like this because my hair's like this. Your hair was covering your face, so you looked like you were. I was not faced. It looked like, how is she breathing? Her face is in the chair. I thought you were sleeping like planking on the couch. I wasn't.

My head was turned, but you know what? I just let him think. I just let him think that I'm another fucking demon. Don't ruin this for me. Who are you most nervous about as far as roasts? Yeah. Is there a person you're most afraid of? Yeah, Ian.

Ian? I think he's going to go hardest because he's known me for so long. He does go hard. I will say, I think you're worried about Ian, but the person every time, it's Tommy. Tommy and Arasha do go hard. No. Arasha. Oh, Arasha is devastating. Actually, do go hard. Arasha is devastating.

Actually, you're right. Arasha is devastating. She comes out of nowhere and you're like, oh my God. I wrote a letter. How did you know about that information?

She is cutthroat. I do know that Tommy is not afraid to go hard though. But Tommy's is a theatrical. He's very well thought out. Tommy's will catch you off guard though.

Tommy's won't be as necessarily mean as much as it'll be like, oh, my God. What? That was so well crafted. He's the one who's going to roast you on something you weren't expecting to get roasted on. Also, he triple checks his jokes all the time. He'll be like, is this insane? And you'll be like, yes or no. And it's like, huh.

Yeah, usually our writers we usually help him the least cause he's got it yeah he's good but he will go hard yeah I do think I am afraid of Ian's most only because we have 20 plus years of history that's true you know so it's like he could go

anywhere are you worried about him bringing back something up from like middle school or something I have preemptively decided to bring up some stuff from our earliest years. Because I think he will do the same for me. So I have decided that is where I'm going to go with some of these. I'm anxious. I don't know why that just got me amped. I dug some stuff up.

We are all going to learn new things. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Okay learn new things. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Okay. This is so exciting. Oh, my God. Okay, so Ian is the one that you're most nervous about. Yeah.

And I guess Ian should be most nervous about you. Honestly, yeah. Ian, if you're watching this, watch out. I hope your roasts are better than mine. I hope they go deeper. I hope you found something that I can't remember. Likely not. Likely not.

I got everything. Likely not. Likely not. I got everything. Likely not. Except for the times that I dissociated for the last three years that I was at Defy. Except for that. I think I am most nervous for you because I've been roasted. I've been roasted by everyone else. I don't know what it's like to get roasted by you. Oh, I'm excited.

I'm excited, but I'm nervous. I'm nervous, but I'm excited because I'm excited to see what you say. I think I'm good for you. Oh, I'm excited. I'm excited, but I'm nervous. I'm nervous, but I'm excited because I'm excited to see what you say. I think I'm good for you. I'm going to go a little bit harder on you now that You can go hard on me too. Oh, I'm already going hard on you. So I'm going to go a little bit harder on you. Yours was one of the first ones that I wrote. Really? So I

decided just now I'm going to go a little bit harder. Wow. What did I do? You're dead, Shane. Was it because I said everywhere's Anthony jokes? Yes. And because you said that the worst thing that could happen is someone is too nice to you. You're fucking dead. No regrets.

No holding back. Okay, so the show is Friday. It's Friday. At 6. 6 p.m. PST. And where can you get tickets? Smosh.rip. Smosh.rip. Smosh.rip. And as we described earlier, Angela's whole thing is going to be reading chat's best roast.

So if you buy a ticket and you get in there, you have a possibility of roasting Anthony. Because those are ticketed guests only. It's on the actual show. And you get to roast Anthony And Smosh if you like It's a little form that you get to fill out It's going to be crazy So just buy up all the tickets

I think I will be buying 7,000 tickets And I'll be submitting the roasts From the audience And they might accidentally be all compliments I wouldn't be surprised if some of our crew did Like if they entered in the QR code That would be amazing if some of our crew did. Oh, yeah. Like, if they entered in the QR code. That would be amazing

if they did. There's going to be some crew in the chat. I'm seeing nodding heads behind cameras. There's going to be some crew in the chat. I see some evil glares.

Oh, my God. I really can't stress enough. This is the biggest thing we've ever seen. It really is. Honestly, we've hyped up Food Battle so much, but this is the biggest

event of the show. Yeah, it is. I don't know. Are you sure? Food Battle was pretty, but this is the biggest event. Yeah, it is. I don't know. Are you sure? Food Battle was pretty big. This is going to be bigger. Don't you dare. It's going to be great.

It's a wedding. We have a little end segment we're trying. We're trying new end segments all the time. The one I want to pitch in today is called Sending Kisses. Sending Kisses. I just thought it'd be a fun opportunity to give shout-outs to people or things or whatever you want to give shout-outs to. Yeah, it could be a fun opportunity to give shout outs to people or, or things or whatever you want to give shout outs to.

Yeah. It could be a related to funeral. You can blow a little kiss, make a little note and send it off. Send it. I can begin. Feel free. If I send one to someone and you want to send it to them to go ahead.

I feel like Patrick and Jeremy are writers and all of our writers over the years. They are truly incredible. And I'd love to just send a little note to Jeremy and Patrick. And also, Jeremy, and we're going to talk about this in an upcoming episode. But Jeremy and I, you know, we built the LaCroix wall. And the LaCroix wall did fall in 2023. The great LaCroix wall fall. It had to come down.

Luckily it was just one tower. But it's been so fun to work with them. I love, and I also love writing chosen jokes with them. It's so fun. Because, just a little insight, whenever we're writing jokes and we're all sitting there talking, whenever someone's pitching a joke, they do it in the chosen voice. Nobody ever goes, oh, the chosen could say this. They'll be like, well, Amanda, you always do this.

We're all there in a writer's meeting talking like the chosen. It's great. So I want to send that off to them. I'm going to put a kiss on that, too. Yeah. I will, too. Mwah. That's great.

They've been great to work with. They really have been fantastic. I love too. They've been great to work with. They really have been fantastic. I love it. Amanda? I am going to send my kiss to Selena. Oh. Aww. I feel like our schedules have been so insane,

and my schedules have been so insane, and I've had, like, maybe a doctor's appointment or maybe something here, and I'm like, Selena, I need an hour. Can you help me organize Smosh Mouth or whatever? And Selena is on it. She's kind. She's loving.

She literally keeps me on track because otherwise I would fail. I want to hop on that too. Me too. Because she's producing on Funeral and she has been. Killing it. We simply would not be able to get these writers meetings with you guys, especially you and Ian.

No, I know. And she did all the writers meetings and those are hard and we needed more than one and she killed it and she's just on it and she changes your Google calendar invite and she's just,

and she's right there and she's incredible. I gotta add to it as well because actively while we're recording this, she is helping give notes And she's right there. And she's incredible. I got to add to it as well because, you know, actively while we're recording this, she is helping give notes on another episode of Smosh, Mal. She's been doing a lot for us, and it's been a huge help. So send me kisses.

Send me kisses. Guys. If you want. If you want. You did already co-sign a lot of these letters. I mean, it's kind of generic, but I want to send my little kiss to everyone here who's been amazing to work with and, take risks, be yourselves, and to fully commit to doing what you do best. And also, I want to give a little kiss to my mom. Oh, love me.

My mom's been calling me and checking in on me. And, you know, she's known I've been stressed out about some things in my life. So, yeah, it's been nice. My mom and I have been getting closer recently, too. That's fantastic. That's so cute. That's the best. Too bad you're going to die.

Yeah, I'm going to be dead, Mom. Mom, I'm going to die. She's like, well, here's all the things I wanted to say. She roasts you. Good thing we got close right before I died. Yeah, exactly. Aw, shit. Court.

Oh, fuck. It's okay. You co-signed a bunch. Yeah, you sent out a lot of kisses, girl. You've been busy. Okay. Okay, okay. All right.

This is what it is. And I'm going to just send a kiss out to all the girls and the theys in this office, all the theydies in this office, because we've been freaking killing it and it's just like so many of these decisions and so many of these things that i've been doing with this project specifically like i wouldn't have felt as good about without like their support and their like push and literally like i never realized how important it was that i needed to hear some of that support sometimes and getting that push and like you know like when i was like I don't know if I should do Bikini Girl and Aaron Dougal's like, it's necessary.

And like, I don't know if I should do this and Selena and Emily are like, oh my God, yeah, that's amazing. Do that. It's like,

I, like, it's just really cool to have such a supportive team and we're killing it. I'm just proud of that. We love you. So, I, I really cannot tell you enough.

This show is going to be huge. Get your tickets. You do not want to miss this. We've been working on it for months. It's going to be huge, and it is going to be brutal. It's going to be brutal. Thank you guys for joining us today.

Thank you. That was amazing. Thanks for having us. Yeah, Anthony, good luck. And good night. And good night. What a sign. What a sign.

Wouldn't that suck if I died right now? That would suck. We'd have to load you up into the casket. Wait until after the funeral. Okay, yeah. Wait until after the funeral. I know you put a lot of work into this. Yeah, please, for me. All right, guys. Get your tickets. Smosh. Okay, yeah. Until after the funeral. I know you put a lot of work into this. Yeah, please, for me.

Yeah, yeah. All right, guys. Get your tickets. Smosh.rip. Bye. See you later.