Smosh Mouth - #43 - Explaining Our Characters' Backstories

Episode Date: April 22, 2024

Sarah Christ, The Chosen, Courtney Freaking Miller, Karen...where do they come from? Amanda and Shayne discuss their character creation process and what inspires them. SUBSCRIBE: https://smo.sh/Sub2SmoshCast WEAR OUR JOKES: https://smosh.com WHO YOU HEAR Shayne Topp // https://www.instagram.com/shaynetopp/ Amanda Lehan-Canto // https://www.instagram.com/filmingamanda/ WHO YOU DON’T HEAR (usually) Director: Selina Garcia Editor: Andre Gardere Producer: Amanda Lehan-Canto, Shayne Topp, Selina Garcia Assistant Director: Marcus Munguia Art Director: Cassie Vance Assistant Art Director: Erin Kuschner Art Coordinator: Alex Aguilar, Josie Bellerby, Natalie Lewis Audio Mixer: Scott Neff Director of Photography: Brennan Iketani Director of Design: Brittany Hobbs DIT/AE: Matt Duran CEO: Alessandra Catanese EVP of Production: Zoe Moacanin EVP of Programming: Kiana Parker Executive Coordinator: Rachel Collis IT: Tim Baker Operations PA: Katie Fink Post Production Manager: Luke Baker Director of Production: Amanda Barnes Production Coordinator: Marcus Munguia Operations & Production Coordinator: Oliver Wehlander Production Assistant: Ovsana Tsaturian Senior Manager, Channel & Strategy: Lizzy Jones Channel Operations Coordinator: Audrey Carganilla Social Creative Producer: Peter Ditzler, Tommy Bowe Social Strategist: Erica Noboa, Mallory Myers Social Media Coordinator: Kim Wilborn Talent Coordinator: Selina Garcia OTHER SMOSHES: Smosh: https://smo.sh/Sub2Smosh Smosh Pit: https://smo.sh/Sub2SmoshPit Smosh Games: https://smo.sh/Sub2SmoshGames El Smosh (Spanish Dub): https://smo.sh/Sub2ElSmosh FOLLOW US: TikTok: https://smo.sh/TikTok Snapchat: http://smo.sh/OnSnapchat Instagram: https://instagram.com/smosh Facebook: https://facebook.com/smosh Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Smosh Mouth. I'm Shane. And I'm Amanda. And we don't have a guest. We don't have a guest today. Today is just Amanda and I. And we're talking all about characters. Yep. People, I think they like our characters. Yeah. And we do a lot of them.

We do a lot of them and they randomly pop up or we think about them for a long time. And they're just in random spots all over Smosh and we never talk about how they were created. We don't really talk. Yeah. We don't talk about our characters. Right. We just do them. Yeah.

A lot. Yeah. So I figured it'd be nice to take a whole episode and talk about them. I love it. Talk about maybe their origins or their backstories. Like what inspires us? What, what inspired them from our lives? Yeah. I realized i do a lot of characters and i realized like

in hindsight like oh that's where it came from yes um yes me too like some most of them are people that i know but sometimes they're prompted i feel like a lot of characters are born in tntl totally but then which we don't really do anymore a lot of them were born for funerals like that was like the main one true it's true yeah a lot of them yeah um before we get into that how have you been what's what's going. I've been good. I, uh, uh. No, I've been really good. 2024 has been rocking my world.

Dude, we are. What is going on? It is a lot. Stuff has happened this season. Stuff has happened. Yeah. Things have happened. Yeah, things have happened.

When does this come out? Losing track. Oh, I guess something I will say to our listeners is, like, I'm, we're trying really hard to have episodes come out, like, quicker. Yes. Like, so that when we're talking about things, it's like, but it's hard because we're filming these episodes alongside all of our other content so a lot of times like we'll film an episode and it releases like a month later and yeah damn like we're actively trying to film these episodes closer and releasing them closer so they do feel relevant so it is in the moment and we don't I feel like our conversations and what we talk about it doesn't it's it's evergreen like it doesn't matter um but i would like it to get closer so that we can talk

more about like stuff we're seeing online because like we did our tiktok but um man costco guys i wish i could have talked about that because that was that was my tiktok feed for a while uh we're costco guys of course we got to try the new double chunk chocolate cookie That was my TikTok feed for a while. We're Costco guys. Of course, we got to try the new double chunk chocolate cookie. What is that? Double chunk chocolate cookie. See, those two are new characters. Those are characters.

No, I said when I saw that, I was like, that's the most Arizona guy I've ever seen in my life. That is dudes in Arizona was that Costco guy. That poor kid. Like the first shot when you showed me that video, his eyes, there's so much story in them. He's like, I don't want to be here, but also I love my dad. I think he loves being there. I don't know. I think he loves, hmm, how do I put this? I think he loves his dad so much.

He loves like, oh, I'm doing this for other people. He loves his dad, but he's like, I, I, yeah, I'll do whatever. People have talked about, on TikTok, people were talking about how that kid, like, it's like those eyes. Have you ever seen a kid who is more designed to rock a propeller hat and have a big popsicle and be like, golly gee, mister, a whole nickel? Like that thing, yeah, that thing that you showed me that was like, those eyes should never see war. They were not meant to see war. It's so good. It's so good. TikTok, I want to talk about like, and we missed the whole like pookie thing.

We never talked about that here. Well, we did a TikTok. We do a TikTok. We'll always do a TikTok. I think it was, yeah. Pookie, we never talked about it here. We don't talk about it because I know when I'm watching a TikTok and I'm like, oh, I want to talk about this on the podcast. But I'm like, TikTok memes have a lifespan of like five days now.

Yeah. Because I know by the time people are listening to this, Costco guys, ancient history. Ancient history. And Pookie is already kind of. They're one of the bottom layers of the geologic timetable. Wait, did the Pookie... Did we talk about Pookie a little bit? Did we talk about Pookie a little bit?

We did. But I feel like once we've talked... But it's already passed. I can't even talk about Kate Middleton right now. Because I shouldn't. Because she has cancer. And that's... And I remember we...

Whenever we bring up anything... I remember thinking about that we never did talk about Kate Middleton much because I'm like I'm worried about as stories go like what's gonna unfold and I can't predict the future it could have been something mundane but it wasn't yeah it's like damn like and it's scary it's scary um yeah i didn't really like it was always like okay where is she but it was also like clearly this woman needs space and what we need to kind of back away and i think a lot of people are feeling really shitty right now oh for sure for sure especially the people that spent so much someone showed me this video of them breaking down

her in the car they were like look if you see 360 degrees it turns around she is paper she's like a paper uh mannequin person it wasn't her in the car and it's like what do you do for a job what's your day like yeah you're making this video and it's just it i think it goes to prove to like a lot of times like once we get into this realm of being like what's going on here what's happening it's just, I think it goes to prove, too, like, a lot of times, like, once we get into this realm of being like, what's going on here? What's happening? It's like, it's probably not something that is going to be fun to find out. Like, it's not going to be some crazy thing. It's going to be like, yeah, she's really sick and she doesn't hang out.

Well, that's always the case. I mean, to bring it back to true crime, people have all these conspiracies, like, oh, my God. And then when they find out the truth it's actually just really sad it's always like a real answer the real answer is always like kind of devastating I think that's why humans make up or really dive into conspiracy theories

yeah oh it's I for sure and we're obviously getting heavy for a second here before we get light again with our characters but I do think like I, with a lot of conspiracy theory stuff, it's like you want life to have some sort of, you want there to be some sort of big grand thing

that you're a part of. And it's like, I don't know, like a lot of times like the answer is, the answer is boring. It can be really sad and devastating, but it's often like not as exciting as you want it to be. And I also say, like, I know that you said going deep, but I want to say that that's

what you and I do. We think about all this stuff, all this deep stuff, and I think that's because a character cannot just be a voice, right? A character cannot just be an outfit. It has to have layers. In order to have layers, it has to, your brain has to go

to a deep spot yeah like there has to be well we're creative thinkers too so when blank spaces brilliant when blanks we're so fucking just genius just kidding no but when blank spaces are left out in the world we fill them with creativity yeah and we come up with all the things that could possibly be um and yeah we do that with our characters. And it's how we cope. It's how we like go through the world. Yeah.

And I realize I'm someone like I, you know, I'm such a visual thinker. I'm often thinking in these hypotheticals. I love like playing things out in my head. So, you know, characters come about naturally. And what's really funny, though, is so many of my characters, I think, they develop over time. And a lot of times my characters kind of develop in a way

that almost comes from fan conspiracy where I'll create a character, but I haven't thought a lot about who they are. And I will read what fans think and theorize about the character. And that also helps me build it out. So a lot of my characters are kind of like a group effort. Really?

And like a back and forth. Yeah, yeah, absolutely. Well, recently, I'll talk first about my most recent character, which you've seen, which is the bystander. Yeah, I just watched that. Very stupid character, I guess we can call him. But relatable. Truthfully, that was not a character I planned at all. I had written some notes the night before

that I was like, okay, I'm going to do a bit where I'm going to go and I'm going to hand these notes to someone. And it's just going to be a silent bit. And I was like, okay, I need to put on a costume. So I found, it's like this blonde wig, some sunglasses, because sunglasses are always funny. They're different than the Chosen, but they look kind of like it.

And then I just took a big long trench coat and then a cup of coffee. And I do it to Daniel Thrasher, our guest, first. He laughs before I even hand him the note. And I was like, sweet, I'm off. I'm not going to do this bit. And then I do it for Angela and I make her laugh. But then I just like, she was so bothered by like the appearance of this guy that I was like, I'm just going to stand around and just continue to be there and just be a bystander.

And the bit's over. The bit's never over. That's true. I'm giving you a compliment. What's happening? Try not to laugh, a guy stands here. And then I got such a reaction from her that I just was like, this is the bit now.

And so I just kept standing around the room. And it's just a guy with a coffee cup just standing there. Save me! I'm begging you! He won't leave me! I filed a shady order against this man and he won't go! The cop said I can't do anything because he's not harming me and it just it just worked the editing helped a lot like the stings and everything but it then

in the comments everyone's like the bystander well Angela says the bystander and then fans really like she'll be getting a lot of money yes I have to pay her royalties yeah I thought so but I'm like I don't know anything about this guy, but we'll now build that out. Which is so fun. It's fun. I feel like that is, those are characters

created in TNTL. Totally. Because I watched that character and I am like, oh man, I'm just like imagining his backstory, imagining his life.

It's funny because I don't really use the fans fans to color my characters but i definitely play off of people a lot of my characters will come from you know fucking around with people doing bits with people or seeing someone or putting on an outfit like i find myself at tntl putting on the costume and then going like, who is this person? Yeah. And then having everyone backstage going like, oh, this is this person. Oh, this is this person.

Oh, maybe this is this person. You and Angela are the same where you guys just make a costume without thinking about it. We do not. And then you walk out and then let it come alive. We have an unspoken pact. We don't plan anything for TNTL. Not saying anything against planning. We just find it more. You love doing that. I love it. we don't plan anything for TNTL. Not saying anything against planning.

We just find it more. You love doing that. I love it. Planning gets me stuck because I think that we come from a world where we had to plan so much stuff in order to be on stage. And it's like, for me, it's so freeing. So one of mine that's, I guess, it's not the same as Bystander, but it's the same kind of feeling. Yeah.

Is we did it and it's for Prop Tart, the most recent TNT Prop Tart, which I don't think is out right now. It probably is. But it will be. No, I don't think it is. But it will be. But it will be. Okay. Okay.

So the prop was those angel wings. Yeah. And I was just backstage and I was like, oh, oh, okay, what if it's like a dove or whatever? And you guys are getting married. So I forced Angela and Tommy to go out there pretending they were getting married. And I grabbed the wings and I was like, after they said I do, I go, I will now release the dove. And I just threw it into the air. And I was wearing this big coat, this weird wig.

And Angela was dying. She was just like, dude, a person who releases birds at celebrations, who announces himself. He doesn't have enough money to have a team announce him. That he's like a hired like like a clown that shows at a party except he's the one who releases like dubs that's those are the best characters just like just such a specific specific thing and and and usually i start with the backstory but this one i'm like i'm working backwards i'm like okay i gotta think of the backstory for this time he lives at home with his mom yeah he. He's working on creating his business.

Like, yeah, I just love those characters. Because it's like, I don't know where they'll go, but they have life in some parts. See, what I do, what I, I think the reason I have so many characters from Try Not To Laugh is because I'll, I'll do something like that. And then I'm like, I'm going to bring this character back. Like, I bring it back. I think that's sometimes the thing is like, people will do a great character. And then they're just like, that was awesome. And I gonna bring this character back like I bring it back I think that's sometimes the thing is like people will do a great character and then they're just like that was awesome and I'm like no like bring it back bring it back let let let the story build yeah bring it back in some new context whatever um I and I I I love to do that and I've talked

about it before but I do it partially out of laziness because I'm like sweet if I just bring that character back I don't think of a whole new bit. I can just keep doing the same bit over and over again. Yep. Different ways. And it's so fun to bring that character back the whole time while someone's on the stool. Just what you did. And I loved that.

Yeah. Because it's like the whole time when someone's on the stool, you get to just like add them back in. Oh, yeah. And try not to laugh. Ideally, we shouldn't be like taking turns. It's the bit never stops. You're just always can be out there. I love my favorite part in Try Not To Laugh is just whenever you're doing a bit or someone else is doing a bit and someone else hops in.

It's my favorite. It's the best part of every single one of them. The more you're doing that, the better. And I feel like we got out of that flow for a while, and now we're back in it. We're back in it. And I feel like Try Not to Laugh is really crushing it right now. It's so fun. It's therapy for me.

It's really, it is super fun. Because it's just, you get 30 seconds, and it's not really, to me, I don't, I mean, of course I care if I make the person laugh, but that's not the main goal. It's really not the goal. I actually care if I make the crew laugh more than the person sometimes. Oh, yeah, for sure, for sure. I'm like, that's who I want to make laugh, because it's like, and it's always, for me, it's outfit, wig, first. Voice is like last. Movement.

Interesting. Isn't that weird? Yeah yeah what's for you um so well i sort of i sort of plan like i pseudo plan a lot of stuff i don't plan everything um but i pseudo plan like for instance that one i had written out the notes and i was like i'm gonna silently go up and hand it to them so i knew of what i was i knew the action of it but then i just created the costume and everything and that wasn't supposed to be a character with a lot of other ones in the past. I have really just like, it kind of comes to me. Um, uh, I'm trying to think like dumpster wizard. I was there, man. I was there, man. I definitely like, really really like i kind of know all of it pharaoh high a whole

series okay pharaoh high pharaoh high was exactly like you do where i i had not really thought of that at all i just kind of threw it all on and then was like it's it's just a high school show called pharaoh high on cw so funny and so i just went out and did that now that's not really a character that's just like kind of parodying the CW thing. It was a premise-based character. Have you had Try Not To Laugh jokes that were received far better than you expected? Because I've had... 99% of them.

Some of my most popular jokes are ones where I'm like, really? I was like, that was not one of my good ones. Like, Farrell High truly was like, this one sucks. And we just ended up doing so much around it. And I was like, really? Most of the thing I get quoted for are when I'm fucking up or when I'm like Mexican salsa, yes, or when I'm being an idiot. Someone on the street was like, oh, my God, you're the Harambe girl. The Harambe girl.

That's not the first time that's happened. You've had Harambe girl multiple times now? When you walk around the street? Yes. Holy shit. You're a meme now. Someone was like, oh my God, I recognize you. Oh, you're the girl who didn't know who Harambe was.

That's so funny. That's my legacy. Isn't it so insane? Now you understand how big Harambe was that not knowing Harambe in 2024 made you a celebrity. Yeah. Definitely some friends were like, what are you doing? How did you not know who Harambe was? How did you not know about that dead gorilla?

But yeah, my famous quotes are when I'm literally fucking up. So. Yeah. But some of yours you put a lot of effort in. I mean, Sarah Christ is truly and I feel like you knew that one like the back of your hand before you ever came

out with it. Sarah Christ is attached to my favorite thing in the world, which is female detectives on TV. They all, to me, they all, it's like they could all hang out together. Yeah. Because they all have very similar through lines right they're all trying to quit smoking they all just have sex with random people

in the bar and then are just like whatever don't call me and they're all like kind of have a drinking problem but don't and they all have some weird crazy backstory they're not they're not with a secure grounded partner but yet they get the job done but they always lose their gunner badge over it they're always about to get fired and that's when they find the killer did you did you fully improvise vodka coffee or did you kind of know that that's what she drank improvised that's insane i don't remember when i first started i don't remember when you first said it either i remember vodka coffee i think it was for the live show. The thing is that me and Patrick McDonald, because Sarah Christ first happened

when we started having those writing meetings with Smosh. And the moment I pitched that, he got it. He completely got it. And he was just like, we had this whole idea of her hair being wet, and it's never described why her hair is soaking wet. But it's it's the type of woman who hair is soaking wet and she puts them in a ponytail. So he was on the same page with me.

And it's like it's either wet because she just it's just she's got a shower or she jumped in the lake because she thought there was a body floating there. Like that's where wet cop came in. Fuck. Yeah, we called her wet cop for a long time. Wet cop came in. Fuck. Yeah, we called her Wet Cop for a long time. Wet Cop was forever. But, like, once I, the thing is, once I know the character so well, I can improvise for hours on it. Oh, I get that. I know that sounds like a flex, but it's just, it's.

You're just in it. You're just so, once you black out on a character, you're so, that's what I try to find all the time. Yeah. And so, vodka coffee, lift my legs over my head God the improvised thing here Yeah, cigarette out. That was a trip Scott Scott on sound was telling me though. That was one of his first One of his first episodes doing sound on here, and he was like yeah I just thought that that's what you guys did for your podcast. Fuck.

Tell me that. I'm like, you. That had to be so funny not knowing these characters at all. Just be like, what the fuck is this? Sarah Crichton chosen doing Smosh Mouth every episode. Pretty funny. Pretty insane though. But yeah, I loved Wet Cop because she felt the closest to me. Like the closest to like what I love.

You love playing tough characters though. I do. I love playing. You play belligerent characters really well. I love playing belligerent. Like they're belligerent. I don't mean like belligerent like drunk, just belligerent like bold. Like they're intense.

They're not afraid. They're not afraid. Zero filter. Zero filter. Because your Karen, I'd say your Karen and your Sarah Christ are very similar in ways. Yeah. Like, they're both, like, going to go in and demand what they need. They're extremely bothered by people.

Yeah. They are very direct and confrontational because they don't know any other way. Even if they're giving you a compliment, it sounds like they're yelling at you in a weird way. Your Karen is unbelievable. Like we've all, at Smosh, we've all played Karens at this point, but yours really stands above the rest. Wow. I feel like everyone would agree with that.

Wow. Yours was nuts. She was, and she's just from those videos that I watch, I was just like, ugh. And she comes from a place of like, it's not that, the thing is, I love my Karen. Like, I look at her and I'm like, love you, honey. But she's out of her mind.

Oh, she's a full psycho. She's not crazy, but she's like, she's definitely, she's gone off the rails years ago. Oh, yeah. Years ago. Yeah. I think a lot of bad things have happened to her. See, I always try to find. The humanity.

I try to find the humanity i try to find and the good like i there's if there's a character i don't like to don't like like if i saw karen on the street and like there i have to find something about them that i really really like in order to enjoy and there's something that i love about this karen and i think it's just her she literally thinks that she is owned owed everything yeah i you owe me this right like and that's kind of what i'm just like damn right but the rest of it i'm like oh no yeah um same with your your your aunt aunt carolyn aunt carolyn yeah i forget when i first did aunt carolyn i think that was throughout the um i think that was throughout the I think that was throughout the pandemic and cause we had our

where a lot of my characters actually came from was Smosh Games and I really want us to start bringing this back but we would do Viva Smosh Vegas where we would play like blackjack, darts and then we ended up playing like Uno

and just like random things, but it was just like kind of more card games and stuff, but I think I did it there, and Aunt Carolyn, the voice, that was one where I really did not know like the voice or mannerisms. I knew the POV of this person. The voice goes all over the place.

It goes from John Mulaney to It's so John Mulaney. Lynn from Bob's Burgers. It's me just trying to like truly not just do like a woman voice. But she has such a strong POV that it doesn't matter.

Oh, it's, well, the POV, Aunt Carolyn is truly based on just almost every woman in my family. Just combined. Oh my God. Like combined and also a mess um but i i say things from her that are truly like kind of quotes from family members sometimes like like like just inspired by i would say and the drinking is not really something the drinking is just a fun added thing uh just the wine aspect is just a fun

addition but just that no filter i think she truly deep down means the best and she truly loves everyone she wants everything to work out but she has no filter she's super ignorant just completely unaware you know but that's? But that's like, unfortunately, like that's a lot of women that I know that they'll say, just they'll say, women in their 60s sometimes like, will just say things that it's just like,

you believe that 100%. You just said that. That's crazy, but it's the funniest thing. I just think it's such a funny, and I try to make her endearing, you know, I try to make her. I love her so much because she's just like, she's just a woman who's in charge. And she's just like, I'm going to say what I need to say because the world needs to hear it. Yes. And there's someone there's something that I love so much about that is like our characters

no filter is the right word but they're just so proud of themselves oh my characters every single one of my characters I think I think that's a very common thing for me is that my characters well it's also hard not to play it this way but my characters are extremely confident

in their ways but it's hard not to because you need a strong POV. I'm trying to think of characters that are not absolutely certain in what they're doing. Even if they're an insecure character, they're certain in their insecurity. Because Dumpster Wizard's whole thing is paranoia. But he's confident. But he knows for 100% that things are going to go wrong. But my characters are often uber confident in a lot of ways.

I mean, Courtney Freakin' Miller, The Chosen, and Aunt Carolyn are like. Even I was there. You're not going to change their perspectives. Yeah. They are. And if you do, it's for like two seconds when they're vulnerable. Like wet cop, she could possibly have a moment where she could like think about a farm life

with a, with a good man. And it's probably like right after sex. About to light up. Like two seconds. About to light up a cigarette. And then she's like, get out,

get out of that. Get out of my head. I, I would say, I would say, I think I self-deprecating characters. I love kind of scared characters, but I don't often play them. Yeah, I haven't seen you play a nice or scared character. I was thinking one of them that I have played, but he's not soft-spoken, but he is self-deprecating, is Damien's voiceover agent for Damien's funeral.

Dude, that character was unbelievable. That character was so fun to play. And what happened? I genuinely blacked out because I was working it out with Patrick and Jeremy, and I don't think I pushed him to that place that I brought him there. But when he got up on the stand, he was so, like, bug-eyed. He was lost. You were destroyed. but when he got up on the stand he was so like bug eyed

he was lost you were destroyed I think it was more that I wouldn't say self deprecating but he was destroyed it was nice not to play such a confident character actually

I guess he was confident in his destruction yeah but also he was just so i think he wasn't like i know all he was just destroyed and it was really fun to get lost in that because i think when i play a confident character the amanda steps in sometimes and is like, I got this. Like, we got this. Whereas, like, someone who's a mess, Amanda goes away, and then I can black out into the character. Yeah. Do you know what I mean?

Totally. Because I haven't seen you play like a, wait, you have, for Drew's funeral, you did play. Well, that was kind of myself. but i played an unconfident guy i didn't say it i can play it i just don't have any characters that i've really leaned hard into that um it'd be fun that's that's that's like a good idea for the next one yeah um uh but yeah there's confidence and then going back to Aunt Carolyn Because this is kind of the same for you

With voiceover agent I know you were at Groundlings making characters for so long And they have that rule where you can't play The opposite gender They recently got rid of it It's changed, yeah But I remember hearing about that Where it's like, no, men can't play women

Women can't play men Unless you slay it I remember that. Oh, really? And Sunday Company, they're like, unless you can prove to me that you can kill it. Interesting. Yeah, I've always been nervous when... I mean,

nobody's ever said anything, but I was always nervous throughout playing characters that were women, because I was like, I never want the joke to be that I'm a man playing a woman. I'm like, when I'm playing a character, I'm like, this is the character.

And the character is funny, not because of anything appearance-wise, they're funny because of their POV, as an individual POV. So I think that's why with Aunt Carolyn, the voice kind of goes all over the place, because I'm like, I'm really not trying to make that the joke of Aunt Carolyn. I think when men why with Aunt Carolyn the voice kind of goes all over the place because I'm like I'm really not trying to make that the joke of Aunt Carolyn. I think when men try

to play women what is what we don't enjoy is when they're like hi exactly and it's like I'm sure men don't enjoy when girls are like oh yeah I want to see my dick because I'm trying to remember when you played

Damien's voice over agent because I was a guy I Like, we don't, like. Because I'm trying to remember when you played Damien's voiceover agent, because I was a guy. I feel like I don't remember what the voice. He was, he was. Yeah. He was up here and he kept, he kept pulling out his hair and he was, he was up here. Yeah. And people kept saying that I looked like Amanda Bynes in She's the Man. And I was like.

Oh. Yeah. Oh, God. I see it. Oh, God. Yeah, I focus more on like unique inflection and more like the, I don't worry about where my, because I'm like, my voice is going to sound like my voice to a certain degree. I'm not going to sound like. And honestly, I really think the POV can color your voice.

Oh, totally. If you're a really stressed out person, it can be. And if you're really confident. Well, and after a couple seconds, you're not thinking about that anymore. If you're a really stressed out person, it can be, and if you're really confident. Well, and after a couple seconds, you're not thinking about that anymore. Like, you don't care. But with Aunt Carolyn, I definitely, because that's the only character,

because Courtney freaking Miller, I've established at this point, is just, doesn't even count as a human. Like, just, I think I've established that they are a supernova that just, this is their human form. From another planet. They're not even real.

And I just play that like a frigging wrestler. That's the character I probably, honestly, I would say the chosen, but that Courtney freaking Miller I really get lost in. Because I'm just like, whatever I'm doing has to be the most extreme version of it. But yeah. No, I mean so I'm trying to think. I know there's no timeline to us building our characters.

There is no timeline because it's just like when we're shooting all the time they'll like pop in or they'll be created years ago and they'll come back. I know their order because Courtney freaking Miller was first. Did that forever ago. I've told that story

about how that happened by chance that Courtney was sick and I hopped in. I was just like, Courtney. I love that story. And it just kind of kept coming back and that was my only character for years.

And then I didn't have like an established character until 2019 was when I did Dumpster Wizard. And that was for Try Not to Laugh. And that was just purely a bit of just like he's and we called him the Harbinger for a long time because that's what he was. Wow. Where it's like the old man in a horror movie. Yeah.

Looking to go down there like don't do it. And it just kind of kept becoming something. It was really just that bit. And I haven't really taken him out beyond it too much, because for one, it's hard to do, like, it's really a lot. But that's just what I pictured in my head. But I'm like, okay, and now that I know, like,

he's a paranoid guy who is really nervous about people, like, people need to know about a danger. I'm like, I wonder if there's ways to get him out of just the try not to laugh space. Definitely. But a character, a character that I actually had that I have struggled with the most is Bryce Cricin. And I did, we did that canceled video,

the board game where you were a Karen, and I was, Bryce Crichton's the guy who's got the sunglasses. Oh, oh yeah. And he's like a fuckboy kind of guy. Yes. And I have a really hard time playing him, because I don't do well playing characters that are like shitty.

Because you don't like them. By nature, well, I don't like them, but I try to make them endearing, because I want to have them have a good, and i i ultimately but i also wanted him to be like this this fuckboy guy but i'm like i hate like anything regarding like sex or flirting or anything is so hard to do without the character just being like disgusting so hard to do or like not likable if you don't like the the of it, I get it. Yeah.

And, you know, there's a lot of reasons and a lot of them built over time. But one of the reasons why I made Chosen like that he's sworn off of sex and everything was also just to make that character easier to play. Yeah. That I'm like, we're not like I just that's not an aspect. That's what's cool to know about yourself, because you have to do those characters to go, why don't I want to play that person? Why don't I want to get in that outfit? Yeah.

Oh, because I don't like the heart of it. I like the heart of Bryce Christ. You do? I made him into a good, he's just a stupid guy. Okay. He's really dumb. Okay. He thinks he's really hot. He thinks he's really hot.

He thinks he's hot shit. Then there you go. But it's hard to, like, I just don't want him. I don't know. I'm still figuring out how he interacts with other people. Because I remember in that video just being like, I don't know what to say to people or whatever. It's tough.

There was a video that you did with him and it was one of my first like sketch videos. One of my first. I was playing an agent or something and you were in that video and I had just witnessed this character. This was years ago. Yeah.

And you had said something as that character and I was like, oh, that's really funny. And I was like, oh, that's the- That was our house tour. Yeah, remember that? Yeah, Bryce Crichton and Brianna Boho. Weren were you talking about like the eclipse or the moon yeah yeah I I remember that video that was a video where I felt like I really kind of tapped into him a little bit more and you know what I think he works with Brianna Boho as like a stupid boyfriend what was your like moon

comment do you remember I forget something about eclipse. I remember like looking at the eclipse. Oh,. What? What is that? Oh,, we got a meteor or something coming towards earth. Babe, that's not, that's. What is that? That's the moon.

That big, what? That's the moon. What is? The moon? It's like a big rock that lights up at night. Here. What? That's a picture of the moon.

The moon. What? Is that like a, that's the biggest NFT I've ever seen in my life. That moon makes my period happen. Oh, like a werewolf. You said, and I thought it was so funny because it's like, I love this stupid boy

who like secretly kind of like loves like the moon and astrology, but has zero idea what he's talking about. Yeah, I think that's his vibe um i think he's like oh he's definitely putting on a front he's definitely trying to be so many ways but i think he works in the context of brianna boho but like actually trying to be like flirty or whatever it just it's just hard it's hard as a character to do that he just needs a direction like either he's gonna cover up that he's like really sweet and going to cover up that he's really sweet and kind

or he's just going to be really sweet and kind but in the body of a dumb boy. Yeah, and he's based on so many... He's based on hype beasts and fuckboys. So he's based on a lot of shitty people. And all those boys

are like, Mom, come pick me up. But I wanted him to evolve into something more fun but i just haven't played him that much like that's the other thing really haven't played him a lot because it's just kind of like i don't know like how to play him and i have all these other characters that just fit in so many more contexts and there's so much more of a weirdo that's the other thing is like, you Shane, take this as a compliment, you're a weirdo in the best way ever. You're a little weirdo and a nerd in the best way

and that's why you can slip into characters. And I don't like playing a hot chick or a really like, I don't know, it's just not, I don't find it that fun. It's like I'd rather play this damaged detective. Oh yeah. Do you know what I'm saying? i'm not saying that the people who play hot people are are dumb i'm just saying that i don't find it as fun for sure play and i know that it's not a pov that you enjoy and find the depth in yeah i and i get that because because yeah as soon as I started playing The Chosen, I was just like, this is so much fun.

But it also comes from such a real place for me. Like The Chosen, I have said before, The Chosen, I think, is in many ways my ego. Like that's what my ego is. Like it's like – and I think everyone plays The Chosen well to a degree because I'm like that is your ego. That is the your ego that is when you think about it when you think about it your ego is so silly that your ego is like what if i'm the chosen one it's like no you're absolutely not it's so funny think about like think about like how silly that sounds and it's just so fun to play where i'm like everything that i say has to be the most epic shit ever but I have to reach for the knowledge that I have

and my knowledge is about like stupid things but I have to throw it out as if it's like the key to understanding the universe I think that's why this character that's why you can literally improvise for hours in this character and it has so many legs because it is a real part of you that you are understanding put into a character. But my real crowning achievement of The Chosen is that the first video I did, it was Blackjack, which we need to do again. We need to play Blackjack again

because it's so funny to play as characters. I love it. But I'm playing it and then halfway through, I realized I had not said my name and I think Sarah Whittle goes like, what's your name by the way? But I'm playing it and then halfway through I realized I had not said my name. And I think Sarah Whittle goes like, what's your name by the way? And I truly had not thought of it. And so I was just like, my name is Spencer Agnew.

Spencer Agnew. And I just threw it out there and it was just really stupid to say. And then I think the crowning achievement is that I think Spencer plays the chosen the best out of anyone. Because I'm like, he is the chosen. Like, I truly, I kind of nailed it. Like, I'm like, he, when we did our Trivial Pursuit, which has just kind of blown up on TikTok for months. And it's all just Spencer quotes. His quotes from it go viral all the time. And it's like Spencer's playing the chosen.

But is he? I think Spencer is. I think Spencer's just Spencer in that video. And he was in he was in chosen outfit the other day. And I was like, man, you do look really good with that shark tooth necklace. It's just his vibe. I'm in the Chosen. I was like, oh, I thought those were your real clothes, bro.

Oh, I just thought that's just your vibe, man. No, it really, truly is him. It's so fun. And I love that the Chosen at this point is played by everyone. The Chosen has become like this weird thing where everyone's The Chosen. We've established that every universe has its own version. I love that. It's my favorite part about it at this point.

I did want to say that when I was talking about playing sexy characters that it's hard. I think playing sexy women is very like not as fun for me. But playing fuckboys is very fun for me as we all know dude yeah you and then i would say it's it's fascinating courtney plays dude crushes it it's so funny to see courtney play dominic yeah and then also play Brianna Boho. Yeah. And I'm like, that's crazy. Yeah. Like tapping into these two different spheres. Yes.

And playing them so well that you actually forget. Yep. Like it's crazy how well she gets into those characters. Two different parts. She really loses herself. Like to a crazy degree.

And what people often don't see is she kind of doesn't get out of the characters sometimes. Yeah. Like when she's Brianna Boho, she's like kind of Brianna Boho. And when she's Dominic, she just is on and off camera. And like it's wild. You kind of have to stay in it for a little bit. Yeah. Well, some are just fun to stay in.

Yeah. Like the Chosen I definitely, I find myself, I don't smile as much when i'm wearing the chosen sunglasses no i just because it's just like no like it doesn't it doesn't feel right yeah it's like no i gotta be serious right now um it's a blast it's a total blast i would say that the most fun that I have that I would never want to get out of and is very fuckboy is Tinky Winky. Yeah, dude. Dude. You love that. Tinky Winky is one of the hottest men to me ever.

I realize that was okay. That was a character where I wasn't a confident character. Yeah, but you were a little shit. You were la-la. I was la-la. Oh my God. You were so... Oh, I was shitty.

I was shitty. I was stirring the pot. You were so shitty. I was stirring the pot. I was trying to hurt people. You were woe is me. You were... And that just

put Tinky Winky's spikes up because Tinky Winky's kind of like a very chill guy. He's honestly... He's like Bill Nighy in Love Actually. Like he's like Christmas is all around you, mate. Yeah. And then when fucking Lala's there, it's the only time he raises his voice when Lala's there because Lala is, he can't stand Lala

because Lala is everything he hates. It's like someone who's just like, no, I'm not getting enough. And Tiki Weeks is like, mate, you got to make a life for yourself. And I would say the opposite for Lala because it was just like, you're not taking anything serious. Exactly. Like, this is serious shit. Which is why those characters are so fun. That video is fucking chaos.

I've watched that video so many times because what people don't understand is that it's like 80% improvised and the rolling was 100% improvised. Oh, yeah. No, we did not. We knew the like drama between the characters. We did. A little bit. But when we got in there, it just all let loose. And I mean, holy shit. all let loose and i mean i think when i i think when i put on the tiny little blonde mustache

and like the 70s glasses i was in i mean it didn't matter i was like i'm a fuck boy yeah and i'm in a huge teletubbies tinky winky outfit and i i could have stayed in him forever yeah and i could think of all these things and i think it's because I like tapped into this like, like the Amanda tapped into like the cool British guy who was like, yeah, we got this lovely villa like up in Italy. Like you should come for dinner sometime. I'll pick you up on my boat. Like we all kind of know that guy.

And I was like, or we've seen them on TV. And the Amanda in me and me and me is like he's so cool yeah so being him but he's in this big and we look so stupid we look so dumb yeah that's that video's a cult hit man oh like that was from that was from a time when we weren't getting many views on the main channel and like that one was popular. People love that video. Yeah, people love that. And I also, I do miss Legacy when we got to play new characters.

I mean, you played a lot of characters. Didn't you die a lot? I died so much, so I had to keep playing characters. Honestly, dying was kind of great because you're like, I'll play a new character. So with Legacy, if you haven't seen it on the game channel, so fun. It's a game that we played, but every year we played a version

of someone in our family lineage. And every time you died, you had to play a new character. And we just came up with so many fun characters. Yeah. And you played a lot of guys in that. Yeah, I played a total fuckboy. That was like in love with Angela. Forget my name. total fuckboy. Yeah. That was like In Love with Angela.

Forget my name. So many names. Something, something. So freaking many in that. But that was an amazing place to create characters. Yeah. No, it was really fun. I realize none have

really come back. Like, we didn't spill over into other things. But, yeah, that was such a blast. And also, those are like structured games, but i feel like the biggest one of my favorite characters that i that i played on smosh based off of a bit was bernadette me and tommy being a married couple and tommy is very clearly into men

and we played that because my first VidCon, we were just joking that we were a married couple. And I was like, he loves me. And he's like, well, it's like very clear that he's with me because he cares about me, but we just, we don't. And that, playing that character on Couples Therapy

was so enjoyable because- We really had a lot of shows there for a while that were like character stuff. Character heavy. It's hard sometimes to make characters nowadays when things don't fully gear towards it but I'd love for us to try to make those avenues again.

I know. I think with Smosh it's like there needs to be more structured ways to do it. Like us playing werewolf the other day, we were able to create characters in that. That was fun. But it's like more structure and yeah,

just like more things to do and costumes and wigs. Just asking for it, yeah. I really want us to have a darts competition. You really wanna do these darts in Blackjack. Do you wanna like go to a game? Imagine in this room to have a darts competition. You really want to do these darts in blackjack? Do you want to go to a game? Imagine in this room we have a dart board set up right here. Yeah, and Selina's just throwing darts while we're doing the podcast. While we're doing the podcast.

No, no. Imagine the Smosh Mouth sign's not right there. We have a dart board right there or against one of these walls. And then we all are characters in a darts competition, and we step up one at a time to do our turns, and we did this forever ago. It was Chosen versus Spencer played Bullseye from Daredevil. Oh, I was like the target dog?

No, no. What? The target dog? Are you crazy? Is his name Bullseye? You. No. What? The target dog? Are you crazy? Is his name Bullseye? You're insane. What? You're crazy.

Yeah, Spencer played a dog. Don't worry about it. But we did that. It was so much fun. And I want to bring it back. But I want for us to all bring characters. And then whoever wins, that character comes back for the next episode. But then it's three completely new characters that face off against each other.

Wait, that's such a fun revolving door of characters. It's just the darts league. We're pitching it right now. Yeah, we're pitching it right now, so we have to do it. Darts league. Because I pitched sniper chess here, and that was a hit. Yeah. So darts league.

I mean, this is already something we've done, but we should bring it it back and we should make it a whole league i would also want to play blackjack again yeah you really want to play some blackjack blackjack was so fun as chosen it was so stupid and i realized a bit that i did as chosen in blackjack that i've not brought back that much is every number that was said i would be like it would be like uh it's an eight and i go eight the age i became a man like i just every number was the age i became a man oh my god i love that but we need to bring it back did he become a man ever well i think he means like he faced his first challenge or something. No, Chosen is never... I had to forsake all intimacy to study the blade.

No, Fab. Exactly. Now I know what that means. Yeah, you literally do. It's a real thing. There's real Chosen's out there. Yeah. I'm trying to think if there's characters that I haven't mentioned.

I definitely... I have another one for right now is uh abigail bunt uh the the uh suffragette is that a character you think you could improvise as yes you haven't brought that character back have you no there hasn't been really a place for me to bring her back although i could bring her back for tntl but i'd have to get her whole outfit that's a tough outfit because here's the thing she lives in the suffragette world she could be in the modern world but we'd have to understand why she's there because she's just she's women vote and you know it worked really well for when you brought her it did that's another thing sometimes they live and die in the place. That's okay. And that's okay.

Like, I could bring her back, but she's very, to me, she's specific, but I can take pieces of her. Totally. Like, like. We can rebuild her. We can rebuild her like a little robot. Yeah, it's tough. Like, we have to kind of have characters be sort of simple so that you can kind of throw it on at any point. Right.

Like, she's specific to an era right like i guess she could go she could go to like a you know a grocery store or like yeah and be like we'll send you to have you voted because you're a woman but it's like but also i could take her voice you You know what I mean? Yeah. No, it's such a good character. She was so fun to play. She's also confident. Yeah.

So I have to play less confident characters. Yeah. I also don't love playing rich characters. Oh, yeah. I don't. Do you know what I mean? I mean like. Huh. A lot of my characters aren't rich either.

They're all broke. They're all broke. They're all broke. I haven't played a rich character in a... I don't remember the last... I mean, Tinky Winky's rich. Oh, yeah. The Teletubbies are rich for sure. What am I saying?

Yeah. Yeah, he's super rich. Absolutely. Other than that. They're loaded. They're loaded. I wonder how rich the Teletubbies actually are. Like in their little universe. You know what I heard rich the Teletubbies actually are like in their little universe

you know what I heard about the Teletubbies as the woman whose backyard they filmed the Teletubbies on I didn't realize it was a backyard

it was like her land oh Jesus it was her land and she had to there's like a pond in the Teletubbies no there's like a there's like a little

fake home in the Teletubbies so many fans or people were coming to look at it that she put a pond there. She totally got rid of it. That reminds me of the owners of the Breaking Bad house deal with so much bullshit. Really? Because people know where the Breaking Bad house is, so they go there and they're just pissed. How do they find out where the breaking bad house

is this is i think it's public knowledge i think it's sad i just am like that's someone's house but like maybe they bought it and didn't realize it was the breaking bad house and now they got to deal with that but it's like okay you go and you see a regular looking house and it's like that's it well we went to we went to san francisco with my UCB team, and the Full House house is there. Oh. And we went there. But someone lives there now. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. Someone's living in the Full House. And my friend on my team was like, oh, my God, I'm so excited about this. And we were all like, oh, my God, there it is. And the guy across the way was like, can you please keep it down? Like he clearly, fans clearly stop there all the time and go, wow. And the neighbors are just like. Oh, I'd lose my shit.

Yeah, the neighbors are just like. If every couple minutes you hear, hey, it's the Full House house. Can you imagine? I would, I'd be so upset. Just on repeat all day every day. I would go. I'd have to move. No, it's not. It's not actually. It's not actually. That's so upset. Just on repeat all day. I'd have to move. No, it's not.

It's not actually. It's not actually. That's so weird. You must have got the address wrong. What's stupid is that they only filmed the exteriors there. They just got a couple shots of the exteriors of that house. You didn't film it inside? I'm not going to film inside.

I'm a cool set person. Dude, I changed the subject. Can I tell you how, like, blown away I was when I found out that Friends was shot in L.A.? Oh, no. You thought it was in New York? That's not stupid to think. No, I don't. Seinfeld was shot in New York, so I thought like.

No, I don't think you're stupid. Hey, man. But like, it was just something, as a kid, I just, I knew it wasn't like a real apartment in New York. I just was like, oh, it's based in New York. They shot it in New York. I'm saying, oh no, that's such a bummer to find that out. That's like finding out the Easter Bunny's not real.

I mean, not at all. I didn't give that much of a shit about Friends. The Easter Bunny. I was just blown away. I wasn't sad. I was just blown away. So't sad I was just blown away So where was it filmed? In LA

Literally in Los Angeles In a set Yeah That's really sad What? I'm just It's just sad You know

It just has such a New York vibe And I'm just like Oh that's crazy But it makes perfect sense It's a sitcom There's no The coffee shop was a set too Nothing is

Nothing is like There's no real the windows there's nothing outside there like it it's it's easy to fake it it's just i don't know why i was like wait how did they shoot it in in uh in la but as a kid too you're watching that stuff and and you do forget that it's a set like the the the diner oninfeld, I was like, oh, they shoot it at this diner. It's like, of course they fucking don't. They build all this shit. I know, but that makes me sad. It's like, I wish that they did.

It makes me sad. It would be a nightmare. I know, but it's like, you're not going to know this movie whatsoever and it's okay, but practical magic. I know practical magic. All right, well, listen. So it was shot on Whidbey Island in Seattle.

I went there. It was so cool. I brought Garde there. I was like, and I was like looking for the house. I was like, where's the house that they shot this? It's a gorgeous house.

And they're like, they built that for the movie and then tore it down immediately. And I was like, the house? It was heartbreaking. It was house? It was heartbreaking. It was fake? It was heartbreaking. The house is so cool.

It's like finding out that Home Alone, they built that house in a pool. What? At least some of the shots of that, they built a lot of that house in a pool. I don't know what that means. Remember they flood the house?

It's flooded. Yes. So it was in a... All of that... That's the neighbor's house. That entire... Yes. The Home Alone house

you can get on Airbnb. Right. But that's the exterior of the Home Alone house. The interior of the Home Alone house, a lot of the set, I believe, was built at a school.

This is so sad. Wait a second. This is so sad. Wait a second. This is from the movies that made us. I love that show. They talk about Home Alone. So that house was built in a pool so they could flood it. Yeah, or at least the basement thing. I might be completely wrong, or partially wrong,

because I know that this was talked about. You know, when I was a kid, when I watched that scene, all I could think about was, how are they going to get all that water out of that person's house? I know. That's what I think about. The fucking wet bandits. The wet bandits.

Those fuckers. Oh, my God. Yeah. Wow. Yeah. Movies that made us is great. The Halloween house is still a thing. Okay.

It's in Pasadena, South Pasadena. And if you go there on Halloween, Mike Myers is out on the front porch waving. Oh, he's gonna get you. And I went there last Halloween

for two seconds and it was hilarious and very scary because you can stand on the street and wave at him and he's just standing there waving.

Is it, it's like a machine or something? No, it's a real man. Just standing there for hours waving? Yes. He probably gets subbed out by another actor. Oh, God. It's like a machine or something? No, it's a real man. Just standing there for hours? Hours. Waving? Yes.

He probably gets subbed out by another actor. Oh, God. It's the Halloween house. Oh, Jesus. Yeah. Anyways. Anyways. Anyways.

How often do you think, how often do you come up with new characters or think about it? It depends. it depends if I'm shooting a lot here I'm not normally out looking at people and then writing them down but if I'm on a trip or on vacation or I'm chilling at my house I have to be out in the world to really or watch something

I did watch a show a documentary and I did text Angela and I was like can we please do these characters? TikTok and TV shows can really be a good thing. TV shows, if I'm not going out in public that much, I will be like, oh,

there's this new show that I'm obsessed with. And of course I texted Angela. It just came out. I texted Angela. I was like, have you seen the show? She was like, honey. Because her and I watch pretty much the same thing the show is really dark okay it's called homicide new york you would watch a show called so anyways yeah it's like the most fucked up stories in new york um anyways it's fine um it's not fine but it's all okay. The two women who are interviewed are unbelievable. And also, I want to play them.

They're very, very Brooklyn. And they very much talk like this. And they're very serious. And they talk. They're very serious. And one of them is, she's almost like she investigates the body. And this is how she talks. She goes, the guys come in there.

The crime scene is theirs. The body is mine. And she goes, there were five shots. One, two, three, four,

five. And it was crazy. New York was a crazy time. And then the other girl's like, yeah, I was, you know, I was a,

you know, I was a beauty queen back in the day and New York is a crazy time, but I come in there and I've got a good personality. So blah, blah, blah. And I'm watching this and I was like, Angela,

somehow we have to play these characters, these women who like diehard New Yorkers, diehard Manhattan. And so I watched that and then I got really, really inspired. And I think when I get inspired by a character and I write it down, it's like I've opened up the floodgates that I start being like, Oh, nice. Do you know what I mean? Yeah, I get that. Yeah. But I probably can't play another detective.

Well, is she a detect? Is she's their detective? She investigates the body. Ah, yeah. The other one's a detective. Yeah.

You could just play a whole gauntlet of every sort of, uh, criminal investigator. I could, I could. I could. I could. I mean, I do. I definitely, definitely get inspired by Instagram. One of my favorite characters I've ever played was over COVID.

And it was, I was watching Instagram and casting directors were freaking out over COVID. They were like trying to keep the industry going. They were like, send me submissions. So me and my friend would film each other at each other's houses and send it in and play these casting directors. And my name was Irene. And she, you know, I can't even figure out her voice. She's like, it's me, Irene.

And I want I want you to send me a video. And it's like they're older, old Hollywood agents I want you to send me a video. And it's like they're old Hollywood agents who want you to send submissions. And we just made Instagram videos, and people were like obsessed. And then we made an Instagram account. For Irene. For Irene. And we just, Irene and Mary, boutique agency. And we just, we would have our friends follow us.

And then like random people started following us and this was all during covid fun and it was so fun because we were just our first video was a literally a fuck around we were just having fun and then i think that that's like the most fun that you can have is just like a fuck around video and get inspired by something that you watch and of course my agent who i'm not with anymore was like is this me are you doing me and i was like you no i was not doing her at all i was doing a random woman is the character at all like you're not at all she was like i i knew i knew it i just a friend asked me if it was me and i just and like, no, it's not you at all.

But it was just like those characters had that in them of like not good with technology, posting these videos to actors, like actors, attention. You probably know what I'm talking about. Oh, absolutely. It's still kind of going on. Yeah. I still watch them where it's like, there's one video that I saw the other day that was like, actors are fucked. Part one.

I mean, we are. Yeah, I know, but I don't want to see it on my Instagram. Yeah, that's fair. Yeah. It makes me think, talking about those voices and stuff, makes me think sometimes something I do is when I'm driving or if I'm like just brushing my teeth or look in the mirror or whatever, I'll, I'll be like, I need to think of a new voice that I can do. Cause that is tough.

I do rely on the same voices a lot. Cause I, I, voices are just never really at the forefront of a character or an impression. I like more of the physical mannerisms a little bit more, but there are times I hate to admit where I'm just in the mirror and I'm just like, what if I talk like this? That's amazing.

What if I talk like that? What if I talk like this? And I'm trying to figure out something new that I can do as a voice and then I can match that to a POV later. Wait, Shane, that's amazing. That's literally what we were taught at Groundlings. Except it was walk,

they would be called character walk and talks So you walk around and they'd be like Put your chin to your neck I remember doing that And then you're creating a new voice Or you're creating a new voice like this So if you do it in the mirror That's so amazing because then you could be like

Who connects to this voice Yeah Look at you I know I'm basically a Groundling There she is there's Aunt Carolyn who connects to this voice? Yeah. That's, yeah. I know. I'm basically a groundling. There she is. There's Aunt Carolyn.

There she is. Oh dear. Oh God. Um, that does sound so much like John Mulaney. It, it unfortunately becomes very much, which I can do an exact John Mulaney. I'm just like,

I'm just like, so I was in the bathroom the other day and someone knocked on the door. Well, I was in the bathroom. Like it's, it's hard not to go in. And then I can turn and do the Lynn from Bob's burgers. I'm just like,

Oh Bob. Oh, that's so great. And so it, it, it's a tennis match going back and forth between those two voices. You know, I love that guy who does Lynn.

Yo. I followed him on YouTube in college. On Mother's Day, my son, he moved to New York, and now he's gay. He's gay. He moved to New York. It's so good. I had never seen that. And I was like, you showed it to me, though, but I had never seen it until after I'd been doing Aunt Carolyn.

I was like, that's insane. He did these videos where he would tape, scotch tape up here, and he wore this pink jacket, and he'd be like, Jackie, we need to talk. Jackie, he was like in high school. That stuff is great. He's so good. I wish, it's on TikTok now, but I think, it's on TikTok, and I think people are doing a lot more like direct impression types of characters, but just like full on original characters I think are not being rewarded as much as they used to be.

I think Smosh is honestly this weird little place where it's happening online. There are other people who are doing characters and it's doing great. Don't get me wrong. I just mean like compared to 10 years ago. I feel like it's not as rewarded and I think when it's not as rewarded people don't go for it as much. But it's so amazing to watch. I mean

think of all these television shows. They're all based on original characters. I know. And the best like SNL characters are all like original characters. I know. And the best SNL characters are all original characters. Original characters. It's iconic. And it's honestly fun when it's an original character that's not some sort of biting satire of someone. Yes.

It's just a fun, original character that's well-meaning. It's a nice person. It's just a funny POV or trait that is enjoyable. That's why we cannot let it die. We have to keep... We have to keep let it die. We have to keep... We have to keep the fire burning. We have to keep the fire burning. It's up to us.

It is up to us. We have the world on our shoulders. Basically, what we've decided is that it's up to us. And so we're going to do it. Don't worry about it. Well, this has been fun. We'll talk more about characters. Yeah, because hopefully maybe we'll have like six new more.

We should do it. I want to do another episode where we're characters for a whole episode. Ooh, I'm down. Should we ask, put in the comments what characters we should be? Yeah, what characters would you want to see a duo of? A duo of. Yeah, on the show. Could be Tinky Winky and Lala.

Oh, Jesus. Or. We could just straight up do a Teletubbies reunion on this podcast probably. Yeah, so the people just listening are just like, okay, who are these people? We just get all four of us and we just jam ourselves in here and then we talk. Could be fun. That could be really fun. Thank you guys for listening and watching.

Guys. Comment down below. Yeah, what pairs you'd want to see on here and other characters you think we could do. Yes. Tell us a type of vibe. Type of POV. Yeah. Then we'll try to do it.

All right. Okay. See you later. Bye. Bye. Smosh mouth, smosh, smosh mouth. Smosh, smosh, smosh.