Smosh Mouth - #94 - Who Is Our Favorite Duo?

Episode Date: May 19, 2025

Shayne, Amanda, and Arasha look into the dynamic duos of Smosh! Go to https://www.Zocdoc.com/SMOSHMOUTH to find and instantly book a top-rated doctor today.  How I Met Your Masi LIVE at Dynasty Typewriter 5/30/2025 @ 7:30PM PST In-person tickets: https://www.squadup.com/events/how-i-met-your-masi 0:00 Intro 10:57 Sponsor! 12:13 Our algorithms 18:51 Arasha's show, How I Met Your Masi! 57:18 Diva down 57:37 Name a more iconic duo PODCAST: https://bit.ly/SmoshMouthSpotify https://smo.sh/SmoshMouthiHeart https://bit.ly/SmoshMouthApple  SUBSCRIBE: https://smo.sh/Sub2SmoshCast WEAR OUR JOKES: https://smosh.com WHO YOU HEAR Shayne Topp // https://www.instagram.com/shaynetopp/ Amanda Lehan-Canto // https://www.instagram.com/filmingamanda/ Arasha // https://www.instagram.com/arashalalani_/ WHO YOU DON’T HEAR (usually) Director: Selina Garcia Editor: Kristen O'Hare Producer: Amanda Lehan-Canto, Shayne Topp, Selina Garcia Production Designer: Cassie Vance Art Director: Erin Kuschner Assistant Art Director: Josie Bellerby Stage Manager: Alex Aguilar Prop Master: Courtney Chapman Art Coordinator: Abby Schmidt Prop Assistant: Bridgette Baron Set Dresser: Carly Hough Wardrobe Assistant: Jacqui Culler Audio Mixer: Scott Neff Director of Photography: Brennan Iketani Videographer: James Hull Camera Operator: Macy Armstrong Assistant Director: Jonathan Hyon Executive Vice President of Production: Amanda Barnes Senior Production Manager: Alexcina Figueroa Production Manager: Jonathan Hyon Production Coordinator: Zianne Hoover Operations & Production Coordinator: Oliver Wehlander Production Assistant: Caroline Smith Post Production Manager: Luke Baker DIT/Lead AE: Matt Duran IT: Tim Baker IT & Equipment Coordinator: Lopati Ho Chee Sound Editor: Gareth Hird Director of Design: Brittany Hobbs Senior Motion & Branding Designer: Christie Hauck Graphic Designers: Ness Cardano, Monica Ravitch Senior Manager, Channel & Strategy: Lizzy Jones Channel Operations Coordinator: Audrey Carganilla Director of Social Media: Erica Noboa Social Creative Producer: Peter Ditzler, Tommy Bowe Merchandising Manager: Mallory Myers Social Media Coordinator: Kim Wilborn Social Media Coordinator: Margaux Bernales Brand Partnership Manager: Chloe Mays Operations Manager: Selina Garcia Talent Coordinator: Danielle Moses People Operations Specialist: Katie Fink Front Office Assistant: Sara Faltersack CEO: Alessandra Catanese Executive Producers: Anthony Padilla, Ian Hecox EVP of Programming: Kiana Parker Coordinator Producer of Programming: Marcus Munguia Associate Producer, Special Projects: Rachel Collis Executive Assistant: Katelyn Hempstead OTHER SMOSHES: Smosh: https://smo.sh/Sub2Smosh Smosh Pit: https://smo.sh/Sub2SmoshPit Smosh Games: https://smo.sh/Sub2SmoshGames FOLLOW US: TikTok: https://smo.sh/TikTok Instagram: https://instagram.com/smosh Facebook: https://facebook.com/smosh"

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Order now on the booster rewards app. I hadn't shit yet this morning. That's a crazy thing. You need magnesium citrate. No, I've taken my magnesium. I've got my coffee. I'm ready to shit. I just don't have time. This relates to one of my bullshit topics.

Oh, thank God. Hi, welcome to Smosh Mouth. I'm Shane. And I'm Amanda. And we have a very wonderful guest with us today, Arasha. I'm Arasha. Different adjective that time. What did I say?

You said wonderful. Usually you say special. I know. Oh. Different adjective that time. What did I say? You said wonderful. Usually you say special. I know. This time you're wonderful. It wasn't on purpose, Arasha. I'm gonna be special. I felt like calm and soothed, so I said wonderful. Okay, I'll take that. Take it. Both of your hairs look wonderful. Your single hairs.

Thank you. My hair is out of control. There's nothing I can do. I think it looks great. Thank you. My hair is out of control. There's nothing I can do. I think it looks great. Thank you. Oh, my hair. It's one of those days when I sleep on it wet, I wake up and it looks like this, and I'm very grateful. I hate sleeping on it wet.

I love it. What? Aren't you cold and wet? Yeah, cold and wet. Shiver to bed. I shiver all night. And that's why you're having nightmares It's awesome You were just saying before we started that

You were obsessed with dreams in 7th grade Okay yes Just 7th grade Okay I actually know what the source is too I saw a post On Facebook And it was like it informed me about Lucid dreams.

Yeah, where you can control your dreams. Yeah, you become like conscious. Oh, and I was like, I need to do that. I need to train. You're like, I'm gonna conquer this. I became obsessed with it. So I remember my brother was in high school and he was taking psychology

and I literally read his textbook. On lucid dreaming. On lucid dreaming. I like, I went to the bookstore and I got a his textbook on lucid dreaming on lucid dreaming I like I went to the bookstore and I got a bunch of books on dreams and I just read and I trained myself in order to be able to lucid dream I might not surprised by this did you did you do it oh I and okay so I actually gave myself like sleep paralysis um what yeah yeah yeah no it's it's not so scared of that you went too far I went way too far it's. No, it's not good. I'm so scared of that. You went too far. I went way too far. It's like it's actually completely messed me up.

Because it's like I have just a crazy amount of knowledge on dreams now. And now I remember my dreams almost every night. Because that's a part of the training. You have to be recording them. Do you have to have a little thing with you to remind you like an inception to remind you that you're lucid dreaming? A reality check. What's your reality check? Okay.

So a few things that you had to like study or like do is you can do a few different things, right? Like in your dreams, the time is never going to be correct. You're never going to be able to count like your 10 fingers, things like that. So what you're supposed to kind of do is practice in daily life performing these reality checks. So just constantly looking at your hands and being like, okay, I can count to 10.

So the way you do it is that you have to be an absolute psycho in real life. Yeah, exactly. Well, then the goal is that once you're dreaming, hopefully in your dreams, you will perform a reality check and be like, I can't count to ten fingers. I'm dreaming. And you'll wake up inside of your dreams.

Oh, you just mean wake up inside your dream as in you'll become conscious in your dream. And then you can start playing around and doing wild stuff. Much easier said than done, I think, because then it's really hard to control it. Because then you also get very excited right you're like now in dream world and you're like holy shit and you get so excited that sometimes like then you steer off and then you forget you're dreaming again and then

it becomes something else so it started happening a few times for me which was great but now when I'm not trying to lucid dream I will wake up in my dreams and sometimes I will wake up too early and that's when the sleep paralysis happens so my body is just like stuck and I i will wake up in my dreams and and sometimes i will wake up too early and that's when the sleep paralysis happens so my body is just like stuck and i can't wake up and it's really bad so you're you're awake in your dream but your body won't like shake you awake yeah like i it's

been a few times where like i will feel just like i'm still awake and I and I'm still in the room but I'm like separated from my body and I can't like move it's really really bad no and they warned me too people were like don't learn to lucid dream you're going too far yeah also also I feel like you can you can lucid dream without going that intense like you can realize that you're lucid dreaming. Maybe. Sometimes I wake up in my dreams and I'm like, oh, this is a dream. But then I don't try to battle it. What?

You don't want to fly? Oh, no. I don't fuck with the reality of dreaming. I don't mess with it. I go, thank you so much for letting me dream. I know not to mess with dreams. You've told me about some of your nightmares, so I get why you don't want to tamper with it.

I don't want to mess with it. So I just go, I'm dreaming. And I can wake up now. But you can do whatever you want in dream world. No. You're going to use and abuse the dream world. It's too late.

I'm used and abused. Oh, no, no. So wait, have you recently been um paralyzed by sleep um yeah i would say maybe it happens like once every two months or so oh wow that's awful it's bad it's bad i've only i only have one instance in my entire life that i recall and it wasn't like horrible i just remember being in a dream and i think i clocked that it was a dream but i remember trying to wake up in my dream yeah and i was in my grandparents old house and i remember in my memory it's like this where i'm like in their their like basement and it starts to like rip apart as I'm trying to open my eyes. So literally their house is ripping apart horizontally

as I'm opening my eyes and then I was just in my bedroom. But I couldn't move. I remember struggling to move. But I wasn't in a, oh, there's a paralysis demon or anything. I just remember being like, oh, I'm trying to wake up and just being a little confused where I was. But I haven't had like horrible situations but I rarely remember dreams

but I know it's a practice and I just don't really care. Yeah like you're supposed to keep like a dream journal next to you so like every day you wake up you just like jot down what you do remember and then eventually you just start remembering them. I have a funny story when I was driving

back home with a friend for Thanksgiving to San Antonio, which is like an 18 hour drive, right? And I remember I was asleep in the back seat and my roommates at the time were driving and I had fallen asleep, but I was now in this sleep paralysis state where I couldn't wake up. And I definitely was there, but I was now in this sleep paralysis state where I couldn't wake up. And I definitely was there, but I just couldn't move. But I could hear everything that was happening in the car. And they both were joking around about driving really fast on the highway

to really speed home. Let's drive really fast. They were like, let's just gun, let's just like gun it. Let's just go all the way. And I obviously was in this weird dream state. So I was like scared that they would. And I couldn't like, I couldn't say anything.

And I like, so I like struggled to like say something to like alert them to wake me up. And I ended up just like spewing out, slow down. And you guys just stopped at a gas station? Slow down. And both of them, literally, they still like joke about it with me every time. They're like, slow down.

And it was me being like, wake me up. Help me. Slow down. That's brutal. So stressful, Arasha. See, I think the reason I don't deal with this shit is I truly, it's one of the things I'm most grateful for is that I fall asleep so fast. And the second I wake up, I'm just up and I get out of bed. So I truly, it's like in a video game when it's like, all right, I'm going to quickly like just time jump here.

I lay in bed. I'm just like, and I wake up and I'm like, out. And I go and I want coffee. It's insane. And I want coffee. And I truly, I'm just like, and I wake up and I'm like, out, and I go, and I want coffee. It's insane. And I want coffee. And I truly, there's just no time. I'm up and I'm like, out, let's go. I am so jealous of that.

My husband's exactly the same way. I'm so grateful for it. He'll be like, on his phone, he'll be like, oh my God, look at this thing. And then I'm like, yeah. And I look over and he's like. I'm not kidding. With his phone still in his hand.

The amount of times he is asleep next to me with his phone fully propped up, fully, and it's playing the same reel over and over. And I'm like, can you shut that goddamn reel off? But he's just out. It's always the reels. Why are these men on reels? I don't know.

Get on TikTok, grow up. I just can lay down and I can just be like, all right, I'm going to go. Yeah. I'm jealous. I'm so envious. I'm quick to fall asleep as well, I think. But waking up, I love snooze. But that's why I don't remember dreams because as soon as I wake up, I love coffee so much

that the second I wake up, I'm like, I'm so excited to go get some coffee. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, that's cute. Like, holy shit, I get to go have coffee right now. And I'm jazzed every morning. Find you somebody that loves you like Shane some coffee. Oh, that's cute. Like, holy shit, I get to go have coffee right now. And I'm jazzed every morning. Find you somebody that loves you like Shane loves coffee. I fucking love it so much.

Wow. So I'm up and out. I'm not thinking about dreams. If I remember a dream, I'm like, screw that shit. I got coffee. See, I'm snoozing so often and I'm capable of like,

I wake up and I hit the snooze button and I am able to just close my eyes and go right back into that dream. Like literally continue the same dream. When I do remember dreams is when I wake up early, like too early, like four, three. I'm like, all right, I'm going to go back to sleep. Fall right back asleep. Yeah. And then I usually have dreams. And I think that's dreams are when you're

close to waking up that is yeah three is the witching hour so if you wake up at three then i'm a witch something's yeah not you you're not a witch oh my god i would love to see shane as a witch i'd be a great witch you're like come on in i don't care if you do i don't care if you don't i no longer feel scared when i wake up in the middle of the night because I have two cats, so I hear shit all night, every night. That's true. Last night, they were doing some crazy shit. I don't know what they were doing.

So many noises. Each other. So many. Hey, they're siblings. They're siblings, bro. So they're cats. But there were so many noises happening. And normally, if I lived alone, I'd be terrified.

But I wake up and I'm just like, what are my cats doing? Like, I cannot believe it. And then you wake up and you don't find anything. I'm like, what's amiss? Nothing. What were you doing? And it's, but. I don't think I could have cats.

I'm not scared when I wake up at 3 a.m. Because I'm like, they're doing their shit. I don't think I could do that. Because I would be in bed being like, they're coming for me. I am getting taken and they are coming for me. Yeah, your cats are talking to each other being like, do we take them down? Probably, actually. And I think they could.

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I do have recommendations, and I have recommendations thanks to ZocDoc because using ZocDoc, I was able to find a great doctor. ZocDoc is a free app and website where you can search and compare high quality in-network doctors and click to instantly book an appointment. Now, I delayed getting a doctor's appointment for so long because I hate the complications of finding a doctor and like managing which ones are under your insurance, all these things. It's so complicated. ZocDoc streamlined it. I was able to just look on there. I was able to type in everything that I needed,

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so I will definitely use ZocDoc when I'm looking for a doctor. Stop putting off those doctor's appointments and go to ZocDoc.com slash SmoshMouth to find and instantly book a top rated doctor today. That's Z-O-C-D-O-C.com slash SmoshMouth. ZocDoc.com slash SmoshMouth. Back to the show. Let's go. Before we started rolling and to be clear we have some big stuff we want to talk about because you have a show yes yeah you've been working on for the better part of two years yeah a little bit but before we get to that right before we started rolling and I think we have the footage you turn to Amanda and said something right before we started rolling.

Before we started rolling? Yeah. Or maybe right after we started rolling. Yeah, I think we have it. I think we have it. I think we have the footage. I said, I haven't shit yet today. That's a bummer. And it's like 9 a.m.

And then you also brought up that there is someone that keeps DMing you on Instagram being like, stop talking about shit. Yeah, yeah. And he's angry about it. He's really, really upset. Why is he so upset? And he's probably watching this and preparing the next DM.

He's like, fuck her. There she is again. I'm going to give her one more chance. Do you think he keeps watching to give you more chances so you don't talk about it? I mean, he was like, dude, I was a fan of you and the channel,

but you keep talking about poop. I was a fan. Yeah. Okay, yeah. you keep talking about poop. I was a fan. Yeah. Okay, yeah. You're your own person. Don't make it such a big thing. You're just a person who enjoys waking up and pooping. And I love talking about poop with my friends.

I know this. I love sending people photos of what I drop in the toilet. I'm so glad you haven't sent me that. That's on another level. You don't need to. Tommy has an album Tommy's Tommy's got the the subscription and you know what? Sometimes

Tommy's on the newsletter Want to as well, I'm not not saying that I would open that. I'm just saying like one day I feel like people would be like, yeah, I'd sign up for that. And I care about you and respect you. I will not subscribe to this subscription. Well, you don't have to. I'll send it to you for free. No, thank you.

No, thank you. You get the friendly description. Related to that, I wanted to bring up, I, for some reason, TikTok has decided that I'm on chia seed TikTok now. It's just like, hey man, you need to, TikTok all of a sudden one day sent me a million TikToks being like, you need to soak your chia seeds. And I was like, me who hasn't bought chia seeds in my adult life, I'm like, why do you?

What? Dude, chia seeds are good. I like, I don't mind, I've had chia seeds in things, but I haven't bought chia seeds. And I'm like, why do I need to soak them all of a sudden? Yeah. Like every, every, every other week, TikTok is like, here's this thing that you're not doing. You need to do.

And I'm like, nobody's ever brought this up before. But. You have to do it. I did some more research. It was like, you don't like desperately. If you're going to eat a ton of chia seeds. Yeah. Don't eat a ton of dry chia seeds because they soak up water.

Yeah, like a chia pet. Remember chia pets? Oh, because those are chia seeds. Yeah. Guys, chia pets? I looked them up. I'm going to be real honest. I did not make that connection until right now that it's chia seeds in a chia pet.

I thought chia was the brand. Like that was the brand of the company. My eye is literally twitching thinking about this. I hope I'm right about that. No, it's chia seeds. I watched those commercials over and over again as a kid. Okay, let me tell you. And I never clocked that it was.

I looked it up. They're still selling chia pets. There's an ice spice Chia Pet. You know what ice spice is? Of course. Yeah, man. Yeah. She's got a Chia Pet.

We should make a Smosh Chia Pet. We should partner with them. Whoa. My mind is being blown right now. It makes sense because I buy those little trays where you grow sprouts in them. And I'm like, that's all a chia pet ever was. So if you wanted to make a chia pet, I think TikTok is trying to push you in a direction that's fun. Wow.

Anyways, yesterday I poured a glass of water and put some chia seeds in it. Oh. Stirred it up and drank chia seeds. Dude, you submitted. I submitted. Well, I was like, what's the harm? There is no harm. That's what TikTok wants you to think.

I was like, sometimes TikTok is sharing shit where I'm like, this is wrong and this is bad. Yeah, yeah, yeah. This, I was like, who cares? Damn. Who cares if I put chia seeds in some water and drink it? Maybe we do have to stick to reels. I'm telling you.

It was fine. My algorithm is so effed. Every algorithm is a baby birth. I'm not kidding. Every algorithm is like women going Through birth oh my god you look up one Thing I still try to look up funny Videos and it always switches to a

Those are funny but they can't show they can't Like show it on TikTok So they get Pretty close maybe like Cartoon versions of it no not cartoon Bugs Bunny giving birth and here's the Thing I support Oh. I support, oh God.

I support women sharing their experiences. I support it. But sometimes I need to turn off and not think about that a birth is coming my way. That's what sucks about an algorithm is you don't get to like,

you don't know what's coming. I know. Like I miss people falling. I don't want to look at like, Oh yeah. Silly stuff. You want silly things. I want silly stuff.

Not like, are you sure you have this in your nursery? My feeds have not been silly. They've not been as silly as I wanted. They're not silly. Like there's too many. I think we're getting really close to being, we're out of takes. I get so many takes on social media every day, all day. And I'm like, guys, let's cool it on the takes.

Because there's so many that I think we're now just making shit up. To have a new take. And I'm like, there's important takes, I get that. But we don't need a different, that I needed. That I desperately needed. And they're all the Chia Pet Company just getting to you, man.

I cannot believe, I cannot believe. But also, all the Chia Pet Company just getting to you, man. I cannot believe. I cannot believe. But also, to be fair, when I was getting Chia Pet commercials, I'd never heard of Chia Seeds as a kid. No, I didn't know that either. I recently learned that it's Chia Seeds. And they're good. They're like fibrous. Yeah.

So you can shit. So the idea is that you drink, you soak them in water and you drink them. And then it's just like, they go through your body. And it's like, hey, everything's going with us. Yeah. Like we're pushing, we're pushing through. Honestly, yeah. Well, that's why we talked about magnesium the other day.

So I don't need to take magnesium citrate every night. No, no, no. Do that too. That's the night before. And then you'll wake up with a block in your asshole. See, you went too far. No. As you do. Just to be clear, the block is there for me right now. I just don't have time. See, you went too far. No, and it's-

As you do. Just to be clear, the block is there for me right now. I just don't have time. Like, I'm not going to slow down production to go take a shit. We're going to see such a drop in viewership right here. Yeah. Oh, there's going to be a drop already. No!

Okay. Okay, anyways. All right. Let's- Arasha, you have a big show. You have a big show. Arasha is going to be performing live in Los Angeles, baby. Oh, God. But wait, literally, you're going to be performing live in Los Angeles.

Yes. And it will be live streamed as well. It will be live streamed. This will be an online show as well. So it's May 30th. It's at Dynasty Typewriter. Yeah. It's going to be live and live streamed.

And let me just say, Dynasty Typewriter kills it with their live stream. Absolutely. It's going to look so good. I'm really excited. Yeah, I mean, and the cool part of it too is, you know, this show, it's going to be so different than anything I've really ever done

because it is, it crosses so many different genres and so many different formats. So the live stream aspect of it is so interesting because we have some video content in the show. So if you are watching at home, it's just going to plug straight into your screen. So it almost will play like a little bit of a comedy special or like kind of like another digital like SNL episode that you're watching. So in a way, it's like it's cool to be in the theater, obviously,

and you'll have the screen, you'll still get to see that. But the cool aspect of it, obviously, is at home, everything that's happening is gonna be right there on the screen. You'll have interstitials, you'll have video, you'll have you guys performing live. What's the title of it? It's called How I Met Your Mossy.

Which is Aunt. Correct. Did you do your research? I did my research. We talked about it. We talked about it. What is this? How I met your aunt.

Kind of, yeah. So without giving away too much, Mossy, like, loosely is aunt. Yeah, mother, sister. Yeah, yeah, kind of. It's like there's a lot of names inside of, like, relationships to, like, not just your elders, but your siblings and everything. And I'm pretty sure that's not just Indian culture, but specifically inside of Indians, there is like a specific name for each person rather than just like aunt and uncle.

So it's like mother's sister and dad's sister are two different vibes. Oh, so what's dad's sister? Bobby, I think. Yeah. I actually like that there's a distinction because sometimes that's annoying when in English talking to someone, you're like, oh yeah, my aunt. It's like, so is that your aunt on your mom or dad? And it's like, yeah.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Some people don't make the distinction of like your grandmother's sister. So like in my family, it's like my grandma's sister is just aunt as well. Sure, sure. Like we don't make that distinction. So it's just like, I just said there's a ton of aunts and uncles all over the place. Yeah, I think, I think actually I'm wrong. I think Bobby is your brother's wife.

Interesting. Yeah, yeah. And then there's, like, different for, like, maternal and paternal as well for, like, grandparents. Like, my grandparents on my mom's side is, like, Nani and Nana. And then on my dad's side is Dadi and Dada. But then, like, that also has different variations. And also people just, like, switch it up sometimes. So it's, like, it's like it honestly it doesn't

have to be as strict but a lot of it comes from respect right like it really is just like a form of like like i don't call my older brother by his first name um i call him paia which technically means little brother but he's older than me and usually you have to call them like paijan or pi which is like bro whoa yeah yeah i didn't know that yeah i was i was pretty embarrassed of it when we were growing up together and we were in school um so i i actually when we were both in i think he was eighth grade and i was sixth grade and so we were actually in the same school we were old enough to like you know care about what people think yep um and i didn't want to call him paia because i was like that sounds awful um so i called him dude

hey dude what's up dude and that was truly like like his name like that i called him all the time like if friends were over at the house i I'd be like, dude! Incredibly embarrassing. That's really funny. That's hilarious. Why did you feel... I mean, I understand people just suck, especially in high school and stuff. Was there a specific reason you didn't want to fall in by that? I just... Yeah, I just...

I feel like I was very embarrassed about it. I was kind of like hiding from that aspect of it. I mean, it obviously it obviously this was in texas in texas yeah and i i grew up like you know in a school where i was probably one of like a handful of maybe not minorities but definitely indian people sure at my school um and obviously the cat was out of the bag when you like saw my skin um so it wasn't really something I could hide. You have a friend for four years in high school and at the very end they're like,

I have a question to ask you. Are you Indian? Right, right. I mean, honestly, a lot of kids were really dumb. Actually, growing up, I've heard a lot of people were like, oh, I thought you were Hispanic. I actually am not surprised by that whatsoever. So close to Mexico?

Is that what they thought? I mean, I guess there was a much larger population in our school, so I guess they kind of had grouped me in with that. I think people think that. I'm like, have you never seen an Indian person? I guess probably not, honestly. Probably not. I mean, people always think that I'm Armenian or Middle Eastern.

Oh. Constantly. Yeah. All the time. I can see this. Even when I, even like growing up, they're always like, what are you? What are you?

And I'm like, Portuguese. I guess people don't see a lot of Portuguese people. Yeah. But it's different. Depending on where you grew up, because like in Arizona where I grew up, it was like, it's just white people. Like it's just, especially at our school,

it was just like white people. Yeah, totally. And then like I moved to LA, started coming here when I was, like, 14. And in, like, one week, I saw more diversity than I had seen in my entire life. For sure. Well, it's interesting because, you know, there were a lot of Indians. And more specifically, I think I've said this before, too. Like, I belong to a very specific sect of um

muslim and inside of islam and and it's uh it's called ismailis oh yeah you've said this before yeah yeah yeah and it's you know there there are pockets everywhere um but relatively it is obviously very specific and small so it's kind of, you don't really know until you're like in on it kind of thing. But it has always served as this like immediate connection between people of like, if you do uncover that somebody is a smiley, you're suddenly like, Oh my God,

you're my soulmate. Are there a lot in Texas? There was a lot in San Antonio. Yeah. There's a huge population. And so I was surrounded by that. They were just separate from like school life, you know. So it was really like this duality that I grew up with.

But admittedly, I didn't have a lot of great experiences as well with Ismailis growing up. And so it equally felt like I was juggling this culture of like, do I want to try to fit in at school or am I supposed to find my place within my community um hence why you called your brother dude exactly because you're like ah middle ground dude middle ground is dude um and and you know when I went away to college too it was it was much easier to escape from all of that as well. And I really started fresh and really moved away from my Indian identity. It really wasn't until I started working on this show that I've really begun embracing that part of my culture and talking about it.

And a lot of it has to do with my comedy partner, Lily. She is half Indian. she's a white dad and and you know it's very interesting because our show kind of borrows from this theme as well of something that I think a lot of biracial people experience and obviously that's not what I go through so I don't want to talk too much about it but what she has shared with me is that oftentimes you feel like not Indian enough or not, you know, whatever your other half is. And everyone is kind of, you know, attacking you for that. And so she has kind of dealt with it a lot by overcompensating and being like, I need to be extra Indian in order to show that I really do have this part of me in it, which has bled over a lot into me. Like I have really learned a lot about it through her.

And I've been introduced to so many South Asians in L.A. through her. I mean, there is a huge community of South Asian performers out here. And it's such a good feeling to be surrounded by them, which is why I really have felt so excited about this show because my first year in L.A. did not include any of that. And being surrounded by that almost feels like, it feels really like healing. It's really cool to be surrounded by the people that i once grew up with and and really was desperate to be a part of and now it feels like my my love for

acting and performing is really blending into um my self-expression that's so cool i i think it's so i think it makes total sense when you're growing up to push that away. Because it almost feels like this is too traditional. This isn't cool. Nobody understands. And so I think it's awesome that you're in LA, so diverse, and you get to now do your passion with those people. Totally. It's like very full circle for you. Yeah.

And a huge part of that too, right? Like it's so nuanced because, you know, I don't want to put myself in this pocket of also just doing, like a lot of people have reached out to me and have talked to me about like, oh, is this like a South Asian show? You know, like, is this going to be like only for South Asians?

Right. And it's like, no, you know, it's like, you know, it's like, it's like sinners, right? Obviously that doesn't include a lot of people outside of the black community when it comes to the message, right? But that doesn't mean that we're not in the seats being like, this is a fantastic production.

And clearly I'm learning a lot from it, you know? So there's almost an argument to be made of like, it's almost more important for people who aren't part of that community. Yeah, yeah, exactly. So I would say like, there's a lot of nods to it in the show where like, if you are South Asian,

a lot of the jokes are going to be like, oh my God, like this is for me and I get to laugh along with it. But some jokes are just going to go over white people's heads and that's just what it's going to be. And we're fine with that. So your show is like a compilation of sketches with

a through line. Exactly. Yeah, that's where it kind of becomes different genres. So it is your sketch show where we have about 10 different sketches that you'll see. And, you know, those are in the art of typical sketch comedy, different locations, different

times, shenanigans. You'll see a game inside of it or whatever. The main difference, though, yeah, is that they will tie together to tell one chronological story, which essentially is how Lily and I met. Cool. Oh, that's so cool. Yeah, yeah. So this show is, this is just also just generally very personal to you.

Yeah, yeah. I mean, it's semi-autobiographical, you know. Most of what we have written has really been drawn from real experiences. And the story itself, like, we decided to write it because when we became friends, everybody kept asking, like, how did you guys meet? And again, I don't want to reveal that because that really is the plot of the show. But every time we would say our story, everyone was like, oh, that's a crazy situation of how you guys came together. And we had kind of just become writing partners for like one thing.

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Yeah, UCB and just kind of like around the general circuit. We did a show called South Asian AF inside of like Asian AF. Like they have tons of shows that they put on. And so at first we started with just one sketch. Lily had gotten like asked to be in this variety show. And so she was like, oh, hey, like Arasha, would you want to write a sketch with me? We've never worked together. Let's just do something quick for this. And so we had met up.

We started writing this sketch. And as we were writing, we were like, wait. This is a whole universe, actually. What we have written is much more. And what we wrote that day was actually the last sketch of our current show.

So we backtrack and wrote everything else over the last about year and a half and have, again, incorporated video content and interstitials and different sort of aspects inside of the show to make it something unique. And that's what we will be performing at the end of the month. So, yeah, it's a lot, it's a lot. And you know, the interesting part too is that I feel like there is this confusion of like, you know, we have been testing our sketches here and there at different shows, but this is the show that is all of it,

front to back, like the one time we're putting it up. So some of these sketches you've never done live before. Yeah. Wow. Yeah. I love that. That's really, cause the thing is when you do a sketch,

you perform it, you're like, whoa, learned a lot. We're like, this could be cut or this could be longer or, oh shit, that went great. Like always the one that you're like, I don't know about this one. Always like ends up going really well. Oh yeah. So do you think after you do this show, do you think if it goes well, you'll do it again?

So we have a lot of different paths that we want to go down with it. I mean, we have talked about like touring the show. Oh, cool. And because we have we have an awesome roster of guest stars that, you know, we haven't like officially revealed, I guess. But it's like it's all over our Instagram and TikTok. If you kind of like check it out there, you'll see who we're kind of alluding to. But like the goal is like we could either take them with us or like wherever we go, we kind of bring on different actors to take on these roles, which would be awesome. What we though have largely discussed is that we actually want to pitch this show

as a streaming series. Cool. Yeah, we've simultaneously written a pilot for it. Cool. And most of the digital content that we've produced, which has mostly been in service to promote the show, a lot of people have reached out and have been like, this is giving sitcom, this is giving, obviously obviously because it parodies how i met your mother um i'm sure that

that also yeah lends to it um which funny enough actually i don't know if you guys have uh are you guys fans of how i met your mother i watched the first i have never seen an episode oh really yeah but garda has seen a lot of it i think it was one of his shows that he really learned English on. Oh. Yeah, he watched a ton of sitcoms to do that. Love that. Makes sense. So I haven't watched a lot of it.

I've seen so many clips of it, though. Like, I know the premise. Oh, yeah. I know the deal. But I've seen so many clips of it. And, I mean, spoiler, you know who the mother is at the end? Yeah. Yeah, you find out.

You find out. Don't say anything in case people haven't seen it. That's one of the most hated endings to a show. Yeah. Really? Unfortunately. People hate the ending to How I Met Your Mother. They just didn't think it was a satisfying ending, I'm pretty sure.

But with sitcoms, that's not the only. Because Seinfeld, people say, is the worst ending to a sitcom ever, too. Sitcoms aren't really shows that I care how they end. I kind of agree. You kind of watch sitcoms because they are an encapsulated perfect 30 minutes. It's not like The Sopranos where it ended and you were like, okay. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Spoilers. I didn't say anything.

Trust me. I didn't say anything. Anyways. Yes. As you were saying. As I was saying, yes. Anyways, as you were saying. As I was saying, yes. So obviously we enjoy the show, and we sort of borrow aspects of it, or more like we're inspired by it,

like the whole flashback format is what's super interesting to us, and that's what these sketches kind of serve as as well. But it's funny, the timing of it, because the creator of how I met your mother and the actor that plays the lead Ted Mosby Josh Radner both of them actually just started a podcast called how we made your mother and it's a rewatch podcast and we actually reached out to them and we were like hey like we're actually putting on a show that's inspired by the series and and they are excited and and are coming to our show whoa yeah yeah i i josh i think is in new york but the producer of the show was like save me a ticket like i'll be there that's

awesome yeah yeah so super excited about that i think that's really really cool one reserve seat in the front yeah you guys are all watching and waiting. And just put Ted Mosby so everyone freaks out. That's so funny. Did Ted Mosby help write How I Met Your Mother? Did he help create it? I know he's the lead. So over time, he probably.

Maybe over time. Eventually. A lot of times he's very wrapped in the credits. Yeah. That's so cool. That's so cool. I'm very impressed by you because you're i know so many people like you out here who just constantly making stuff yeah i'm so impressed

by it because i have never been that way i'm i like it takes so much for me to like get going and make things because i'm so like scared i guess my anxiety but um i know so many people like you and and you always find success because you're just always doing stuff. I appreciate that, you guys. Like, I mean, I feel like truth truthfully, like I feel inspired at Smosh. Like I genuinely feel like especially being like a little bit younger than than everybody else. I feel like this need to keep up sometimes. And and sometimes I forget that it's like,

obviously we're all on our own journey and stuff, but I kind of lead, I think, with this aspect of, you can't really wait for opportunities to come your way. Especially not nowadays. No, I mean, the industry is incredibly competitive. And with TikTok these days, everybody's a star. Everybody. Everybody's going viral.

Everybody's got followers. Like, it really is incredibly difficult to stand out. Like, that's why we have these hot takes so that we can be these different people. And that's something that Lily and I really lead with is every time we're doing like a trend or every time we're writing a sketch like we always come back to okay what is our lens like what is what is what do we specifically have that nobody else can can look at right and and usually it's okay we're two Indian women how do we face the world like this and and again it's it's that balance of like we want to be relatable and and a huge part of the show in general is to show that indian women are just like regular women which i've talked about

on this podcast yes it's crazy i've never heard that in my life like i'm i'm just it's such a tired stereotype of indian women being like boring or like, I don't know, like misfits or whatever. It's just like, I just feel like that's so not the case. It's so boring. It's so boring. I'm done seeing that. It reminds me of that time you talked about on this podcast of like, I want to play like

the mean girl. Yes. And I was like, that's, yeah. More, more bitchy Indian women. More assholes. I would love to see it. I would love, that's, yeah. More bitchy Indian women. More assholes. I would love to see it. I would love, love to see it. Because it just, like, that to me feels like the right representation.

Yeah, for sure. I don't want to see the same, like, you know, high schooler who's like, she just immigrated and she's such a loser. Like, no, she's not. Like, that's not what's happening. You want to see multifaceted, like, real characters. Totally. Yeah. Yeah.

Because you're real people with, you go through arcs, you go through journeys, you change. Like, you're not just one thing. And the aspects of imperfection there, too, and stuff. Like, yeah. Yeah, yeah. I mean, I think a lot of it is also uh shocking you know especially to the generation above us right like so my parents are coming to the show

oh how do you feel about that i think i think i feel excited about it um are there are there details in this show about yourself that your parents don't know about. I don't think so. Like, are they going to learn more about you that they don't know already? You feel like a pretty open book. Yeah. I mean, I hope. I don't know. I've put a lot of myself out there on Smosh, I think.

So I'm kind of like, if they don't know me already. Do your parents watch Smosh content? Not really. No. I don't know if any of our parents, I think some parents. My mom watches some. My mom watches some.

She watches, my mom, I think oddly, the Shane Guesses stuff she always watches. That's sweet, that's really sweet. Yeah, she watches, you know, there's too much stuff to keep up with, but she'll watch things here and there. I think my mom's always like, where do I find it again? that's really sweet you know there's too much stuff to keep up with but she'll watch things here and there I think my mom's always like where do I find it again

I'm like I'm glad most of my family doesn't I don't need them to you don't need to I think my parents don't quite get the grasp of it as well like you know because my parents they immigrated

when you know my brother and I were babies and they were about you know, they because because my parents, they immigrated when, you know, my my brother and I were babies and they were about, you know, 26, 27. So when you think about that, like, I'm not even that age yet. So it's kind of like imagine living like this whole life and then completely just like starting over in a whole new place. Like there are some things that you can, you know, adapt to and begin to understand. But I also believe that like some systems aren't really gonna compute. Yeah, like tiny laser heist.

How are you gonna explain that? No, my dad's gonna be like, what the fuck are you doing? Pick up the diamond. Just grab it with your hands. No, I get it. I mean, YouTube in general, like sometimes doesn't make sense for them

unless they're watching how to build like IKEA furniture. Yeah. But I like, which my dad loves. Oh. Also, my dad loves YouTube, though. Loves. He's like, I found this really funny guy. I'm like, Dad.

Well, your dad's like super tech genius. He's super online. Which is hilarious. Super online. He used to read Microsoft Word books. I mean, he's a computer engineer. He's super online. You used to read Microsoft Word books. I mean, he's a computer engineer. He's super online. You being the most offline person, but your dad.

He's like, you need to get a new iPhone now. I'm like, why? It's fine. He's like, it sucks at taking photos. I'm like, you're right, dad. So funny. Oh, yeah. He's very, very techie.

So he watches a ton of YouTube. He'll find things that I do that I don't even send him. And then if he sees friends of mine and then like maybe sees them in a weird movie, he's like, I saw your friend, Steph Barkley. She was in this horror, fun horror movie. The movie was weird, but she was so good. And I'm like, wow, you are online. That's incredible. I was like, dad, have you seen this Netflix show?

He's like, I don't know. We finished Netflix. We finished it. We watched everything. That's incredible. I was like, Dad, have you seen this Netflix show? He's like, I don't know. We finished Netflix. We finished it. We watched everything. He's done with Netflix. Wow. Every show is done. Yeah.

Okay. He's now on BritBox and everything else. BritBox. What is BritBox? Is that a British TV show? It's a subscription for all British TV shows. That actually sounds awesome. I actually might get it.

Because it's like you watch- British investigative shows. What's the variety show that's incredible? Taskmaster. Oh, yeah. I don't know. Taskmaster is like one of the best shows ever made. I don't know.

It's probably on there. But BritBox is supposed to be amazing. Okay. But anyways, enough about... Enough about BritBox. Well, it's funny. My dad actually is like... He's very much into like the classics.

He's watching Turner classic movies? He's like, hey, Arash, come sit with me and watch Taken. Oh, my dad also loves Taken. I like, you said classics and you followed it up with Taken. Taken. You are so young. I was like. You know, these old movies like Taken.

I was like, Cary Grant vibes? Thaten I was like Cary Grant Vibes That's just a real story Taken is the ultimate Dad movie though Right Like oh My daughter was kidnapped And I

Her father Can travel around the world And find her And kill them And kill everyone in my way Yeah I can't It's the most dad movie

That's ever been made Yeah I would say classic Is very funny Classic Taken That's just drawing From a real story But like The most dad movie that's ever been made. I would say classic is very funny. Classic. Taken. That's just drawing from a real story.

But like every time. I get what you're saying. I get what you're saying. That's his genre. So he will never. Of course. Liam Neeson. Dad stuff.

Has your dad watched the most dad show in existence? Reacher? Reacher. No. Your dad would love it. It's just big buff guy who just can beat up anyone. Another piece of my dad lore.

It's ridiculous. He's very big. It's really funny. Just every situation he's like, well he's going to punch his way to victory. Of course he is. Honestly, he would like that then. It's very funny. It's based off the Jack Reacher series, right? The book series? It's just this guy who's like, he's former CIA. We don't know what he was doing for the government.

And now he's just kind of a drifter. But anytime he sees anything going wrong, he just can punch anyone and win. So Liam Neeson vibes. Different than Liam Neeson. This guy's just so buff. He's so big. Liam's kind of big.

He's big. I love Liam. In this show, this man is the largest man Who exists Yes And so nobody can stop him So I have to watch the show But then apparently season three There's a guy who's bigger than him

And that's the villain Who? Some guy they found Who's actually bigger than him It's very funny But dad's love Wow This show

So a piece of my dad's lore as well Is that the only TV show That he will watch Is the old Star Trek. That's a very dad move. Like, I'm not kidding, Every Night Reruns. So that's a classic. That stuff is very funny though.

He loves that. Actually, that show is better. Like, when you watch it, it's shockingly really well done. It's his whole life. He admires it. It is cheesy, but it's also whole life. He admires it. It holds up really well. It's not as like, it is cheesy, but it's also like kind of more downplayed at times than you would expect. Like very subtle scenes.

So they're going to come to a new age style How I Met Your Mossy, Dynasty typewriter. Yeah. They're going to have a great time. I hope so. I hope that they understand the storyline and are able to follow through and see what I'm doing. And maybe that's me giving them like not enough credit.

You know, they're obviously like, you know, fluent in English. They're going to enjoy watching you on stage. Yeah, yeah. I think so. I think that's the main thing. Like my mom is so curious about it. She keeps being like, what do you mean it's a show? What is a show?

Right. Like she's like, so you're going to be like on a stage? And I'm like, correct. And she's like, and you're going to be like talking to the audience? And I'm like, well, in a way. You know? I like the concept that your mom has never seen live theater before. So she saw Aladdin with my brother in New York.

And she loved it. So she saw it on Broadway. Yeah. She was like, I love that. She was like, so great, so amazing. And I'm like, okay, so we're not doing Aladdin. No. So it's a little different than that.

It's a little lower budget than Aladdin on Broadway. Aladdin's full on musical. Yes. But I hope that they are just kind of able to see and, you know, get excited about what it is that I'm bringing to my career and my life now. I think I've talked about this with you guys too. Like, growing up, obviously, they weren't really, I think, as comfortable with me really wanting to do acting as a career. Yeah. Sure.

Makes sense. Yeah. You know, it's like, it wasn't really, it's not that they were not, it's not that they were discouraging me. They just weren't encouraging me. I honestly understand for anyone whose parents, like, went through the hardship of, like, coming into this country, like to go through so much like we're bringing you here, like we're doing so much for you. And you want to do fucking comedy? I think I want to do sketch comedy.

And I'm like, no. God damn it. We're going back home. All of our hopes and dreams. I want to do improv. And then here's my brother being like, I'm going to pursue tech. And they're like, yes. Yes.

That's what we're talking about. We love you. That's so funny. Yeah, yeah. No, but obviously you've killed it. Like, you have done so well in this. I mean, it's, again, that's another thing, too, is that I don't quite know that my parents also grasp the, like the spread that

Smosh has as well so I think they're just kind of like you know I think they understand fame mostly in like the tv and movie world and so I think they're more just like oh Rosh is starting out on YouTube we're also at a turning of industries right like YouTube didn't exist it only has existed for 20 years right but it's only been like the powerhouse it's been for probably like a little over 10 maybe. Yeah. Maybe like it varies, but like we're in a shifting. This is no different than truly like 100 years ago when like the emergence of sound in movies. Like that was a huge shift.

Like it sounds silly to compare it, but I think it's a fair comparison. I'm not saying if it's bigger or not, but like these shifts in industry are confusing for people because it's like wait hold on even now this is big now even now like youtube is becoming way more different too it's like streaming and youtube they're everything is changing so i totally get why your parents are like even my parents even my sisters are like wait what i think they understand it now but they're like huh yeah i mean not to not to make it incredibly deep but i'm i'm wondering if you guys face this same thing too of like you know because that is the case and you know in one way objectively we have reached uh success you know all of us here and and everything that we're doing and it is very cool um but but

for me personally i am constantly feeling this need to you know prove that to my family and and and being like like look how cool this is like don't you don't you guys see this and you know maybe maybe it is a little bit of that like like, that immigrant guilt of, like, look, look what I've done. Like, I promise I am doing something. And I want you guys to see that. And I hope that some of that is, you know, resolved when they come and see my show. Not for, like, the celebrities that will be on stage and not for the, you know, the sound of applause or laughter in the show. But just so that they can see it and maybe get some sort of semblance of like, okay, she is in L.A. and she's okay. And she's on stage right now and doing something and that's enough.

You're able to pay your rent in L.A. and you're working. Yeah. That's success. You're successful. Because when I was like 18 And I'm not working at all Like still my parents were having to help me out I was like okay If in 10 years

If I can pay rent And be performing full time I've made it Yeah That's the goal And so no matter what the performing is Right You're doing that

You're successful Because that is so hard to do So hard So many friends of mine Who are not able to do that Yeah Like the majority are not able to do that totally such a lot lots of people have moved back you have to you have to get lucky like you you do so it's like i can't i don't scoff at any form of performing because i'm like dude but we if you get to perform you get to like that's such a privilege but we get it here's the thing we're out here we get it. Here's the thing. We're out here. We get it. So I totally understand like wanting to show your parents.

Yeah. And I think them coming to Dynasty, which I think is one of my favorite theaters in LA. Totally. Is you showing like a body of work that you've been working on for almost two years. And it's like, regardless, they're going to be super proud. Yeah. Yeah. I hope so.

I also think it's really cool this sounds like this is very much a passion project and obviously there's a lot of smart business aspects to it but i do think the industry and online has gotten so like industry forward of like okay is this is this show you're doing is it smart like is it getting wide reach is it doing all these right things but i think it's so important to perform and create shows that it's like, I am doing this because I love it. Because that's why we do this. If you're doing it all for the monetary

or for like, how does this further my career? It's like, dude, I should have gone into any other career than performing. You're so right, you're so right. But it's like, we do it because we love it. Yeah. And so like, we embrace that. But that feeling doesn't really go away.

Yeah. You know, I've been out here a long time and it still doesn't go away. Like my mom's still like, so when are you moving home? Because it's way easier here. How much do you love your job? I'm like, mom, it's not just a job. It's a whole career. So it's like it doesn't really go away. So you have to kind of make

peace with it oh yeah but it'll happen over time i mean my god yeah to me you're like starting yeah i know you went to school for it but like you're starting oh yeah i mean and you know in a way to like in in college i feel like i wasn't even going for it yet. Right. Cause I made up my own major. I've told you that. Right. Um, so like, you know, I was kind of like also stumbling through being like, what am I going to do? Um, and for Smosh to be like the first thing that I've really gotten to do out in LA, I feel incredibly lucky. I think Tommy was like the first person actually that like, I remember we were in like our first like welcome talent forum. I remember I like was talking to Tommy and I was like, yeah, I just moved here like five months ago. And he was like, he was like,

well, you're here. So you're good. And I was like, okay, like I'm, I'm excited. I I'm looking forward to like where this is going to take me.

And Smosh has truly continued to be such a staple of like gratitude for me because it's the reason that I'm able to put on this show I'm able to have Smosh and and be pursuing things over here and and you know uh stretching my improv and sketch skills and and overall comedy and at the same time I'm able to put on my own show and do that simultaneously which is not what a lot of people can do so I continue to just count my blessings and be like I'm so psyched that I'm able to do that and it's been like a different full-time job you know because we're producing um we have a director but we're writing we're starring in it like it's like we've done so much work towards it and especially now

it being like i don't know when this is going to come out but from today it's like 29 days away and having worked on it for a year and a half i'm just kind of like like you know big exhale moment i'm sure when the day of the show try to do something that is not the show related yeah i this is what i've learned because take a shit yeah take a shit definitely but like go and do something that's not your show related and then come together like an hour before yeah go shoplift shop with your mind off of it get arrested you know what i'm saying that would be awesome no but like do something that takes your mind out because if you if you hunker down all day and I'm talking specifically about myself yeah because

like when I would do a one-woman show I remember my friend visited me on my first one-woman show is my that I've ever done and she was like we're gonna go look at flowers and I was like no we can't I have to sit here and think about my fully improvised show. Right, right. That is made up on the spot. And she's like, no, we're going to go. Shake it off a little. And it was hard, but I'm very glad I did it because you gotta,

the work is done. I mean, I'm sure, have you guys also felt that way with Smosh Mouth sometimes in terms of like, we've learned with our writing that sometimes stepping away and then coming back to it days later, like you'll write something and you'll be like, this is dog shit.

But then you'll walk away and a couple days later you'll come back and you're like, wait, this is really funny. I would say I am a believer in the, like, you grind, you prep as much as you can. And then, like, that day of, the more you can let it go and give that space and trust the work you put in. And then you can be really present in it. You do want something organic in a performance. You don't want it over rehearsed. I mean, I get it. It's a sketch show.

It's hard. Every beat is rehearsed. Yeah. But like when we would do Sunday, we would make a new sketch show every Sunday but like a couple sketches that were like yay would last like four weeks and I'm telling you the third week it was the best version

of the sketch you've ever seen because it was like you've done it and you let it go it's hard to do there's not really much I think you can compare it to when it comes to Smosh. But there are so many episodes of stuff we film here where it feels like in the moment you're like, what is this? And you leave and you're like, what was that?

And then it's like a hit. And people are like, that's one of the funniest episodes they have of anything. It's like, I guess we were in the zone, but we didn't know it. Or they save it in the edit. Honestly, it was like when Tommymmy and i first did freaking the hunger games with court and keith and we did it and they were like we don't know what this is but will you guys try it but the first time we did it we just we just had fun and they were like whoa okay and it actually did well and the whole time we're like what are we doing yeah it's and then

it was so fun to do totally that's also another thing is like when you don't have a big plan. Yeah. Or the pressure, right, that you put on it of like, it's kind of like an improv. If you go up there and you're like, I have to be funny, you're gonna flop. Yeah, it's gonna be very bad. But if you just go up there and you're like, alright, we're doing

it. Oh. Honey, you need Look what you did That was on cue Sorry guys You're not gonna mess up your show because you've already messed up here Fuck In our last 5-10 minutes that we have here

You've been talking so much You've been working on this show with a good friend of yours So a duo yes and i was thinking about it and i feel like the bread and butter of smosh is duos like i think that's what people like about smosh is watching people's interactions and how different types of comedy and stuff comes from different different like groupings of people yeah yeah um and i guess i had a few questions but one like what do you think are some of the like ultimate duos of smosh and also your duos good question wow because like

it may not be the fan favorites but who you think like oh man when i'm when i'm working with this person yeah we're killing it uh i mean i i feel like i feel like the first person that comes to mind with me is like courtney i feel like i feel like i i i am like almost like in a weird like giddy place with courtney whenever we're on camera yeah um so much so that you know i'm your third um so did you know that did you guys know it's not the cats honey it's arasha sneaking into your house. It's me. In the middle of the night. Yeah. Because when I think of duos, I definitely just feel like who I feel comfortable with next to. And I don't really feel like the need to plan.

I also don't feel like judged, you know. Not that I feel that way with anybody. But I just feel like when I sit next to Courtney, I feel like I'll say stuff and Courtney will catch it when other people will be in the mess of things and Courtney will turn to me and be like, what the hell did you just say? She catches all. She catches it all. She absolutely does. Her peripheral is on

spot. Literally, if you're doing something here, it's like as if she's looking at you. And she does it quickly too. She's like, yeah, she'll go. That's a good impression. Literally. What did you just say? That's a good

duo. I feel like an underrated one because I feel like I have that dynamic a lot with Keith where I think a lot of stuff doesn't make it to the edit of just like we are making each other laugh quietly. Keith is so funny. Keith and I love observing and we like so much in life funny. Like that's our initial reaction to things.

Like even if we're uncomfortable or something, but if something awkward happens, like we're going to laugh. Yeah. You know, I love that with my goal in life with Keith is to make him laugh whenever I can. And he's always like,

what are you? No, Keith cracks me up. Like some of my favorite games videos are like Keith in the corner just being like And he's always like, what are you doing? No, Keith cracks me up. Some of my favorite games videos are Keith in the corner just being like, he's got his own bits churning out. I'm like, this is hilarious. Amanda, I feel like

one of the ultimate duos right now is you and Angela. I feel like that is very much a popular duo, but I also do agree. I think there's not a duo that isn't a hit. There's some that we just, I guess we don't see it as much. We don't see it as much.

By sheer luck of like the seating arrangements sometimes. Totally. Or the casting. Totally. But they're all great, but some are just seen more than others. I think what I really like about you and Angela as a duo too is I feel like you guys

just understand each other really well so like like like one of you guys just like will toss out a roast and the other one will just like know what like what it is you won't be confused or be like whoa were you saying that to hurt me like you guys are just so on the same vibe that you're comfortable just being like fuck you we never really have to be like hey I hope I didn't hurt you. Ever. Ever. You guys have that. To me, it's very sibling energy and also very like, we come from a lot of,

we come from different training, but we come from a lot of improv training in a way where she recognizes me heightening or recognizes me. I think she knows when I'm actually upset. And it's very rare. And it's like, we have that trust, essentially. I think so. I think she knows when I'm actually upset and it's very rare and it's like we have that trust essentially I think so you both

very much are similar in the improv training of speak first think second like truly the amount of times like I feel like both of your bits often are like you say something wild then you go what? that's the thing so when you're paired up together, it's very fun.

It's like, what? And then it's like, we need to stop. We need to stop. Totally. But I think you're really accurate here, where you really can put a lot of duos together, and it works really well. What's so interesting is Smosh was kind of built on a duo.

I mean, it is. Ian and Anthony. Yeah. Great duo right there. That kind of, the two and what you kind of bring to the table. But I'm interested. Do you guys think it's better when a duo. Ian and Anthony. That kind of, like the two and like what you kind of bring to the table. But I'm interested, like do you guys think

it's better when a duo is like so similar or is it when they're like different and they compliment each other? I like seeing different versions. I think I end up

in duos a lot where I actually don't think I'm funny but I am the audience member to them saying crazy shit. That was, I think that was Damien and I a to them saying crazy shit that was I think that was Damien and I a lot that is Damien and I a lot as Damien says

just the wildest stuff and I'm laughing at it and so the audience laughs with me and I think that's kind of same with Spencer and I like Spencer says wild shit and I'm there laughing at it like that is kind of the dynamic it's the straight man and the wild one is some of my favorite characters It's the straight man and the wild one is some of my favorite characters.

But then the two who are the wild ones, like a Chance and Angela together. It's insane. But here's the thing, sometimes it's a specific game or a mood. Well, one will take the straight person, which is like Chance will go like, and not straight Chance. Go voice of reason. But will go voice of reason, and that's where the jokes land. Right.

Yeah. And then it's just two people being giddy who love hanging out with each other. Like, yes. It's very funny because when Chance is here on Smosh Mouth with us two, he's the wild one.

He's the wild one. But then next to Angela, he's suddenly the Angela. Yeah. Exactly. It's very funny and I think it shows how conscious we all are as performers that you'll see us shift how we perform.

And I think people underestimate how much sometimes those are conscious efforts of like, okay, I know what's going to make this video funnier is if I'm not the one saying the jokes. So true. To me, it is not all of it's thought out. A lot of it's like natural. But like sometimes it is you're like okay i know that this energy is this so i'm taking on this energy yeah and it's also fun for the performer to play multiple different energies yes i feel like i feel that in a group dynamic a lot too like when i come on to like for like smosh games i feel like if it is like chance angela

maybe trevor then i'm kind of like, okay, there's definitely a lot of weirdness. I know where I fit in and it's being the more calm or the straight man or the audience. But then I feel like I walk on with you guys and Tommy and Kourt and I'm like, oh, I'm ready to bring chaos to this group. Yeah, exactly.

You kind of, you get to like, you get permission to like slip into different versions of yourself. And that's why I love the duo aspect of it. You know where you stand. You're very good at, and it's an underrated skill, but of being kind of the glue in videos. Because when we've done the who smoshes it anyway, you do such a good job as the host.

And that's a very specific skill, because I think you are very aware of what's going on. You don't get to be saying jokes, but you are so aware of what's going on. You don't get to be saying jokes, but you are so aware of what's funny that's going on that you're kind of timing it out. And you do such a good job of it because we did Who Smoshes It Anyway with you as the host. And then we did one without you as the host.

And I remember being like, I struggled a lot more. And I was like, you know, I think you being there really helped. Thank you. Like navigate it. Yeah. Well, thank you for saying that. That that even reminded me, too, of like, you know, another really strong host, Tommy.

Yeah. I feel like that's why Tommy and I are such a great duo. You guys are a great duo. Because both of us have that kind of like host energy. But it's that same thing, too, where it's like nothing is really going to like offend each other. We know when we're doing a bit because it's like there's a joke already that like tommy and arasha hate each other is there like yeah which is so weird because you guys are actually friends in real life it always makes me laugh whenever there's rumors of people hating each other it's always funny it's so no and we

we claimed it as a bit too now tommy all the time is like yeah because i hate arasha and it's like we're actually friends yeah actually actually friends that the time is like yeah because i hate arasha and it's like we're actually friends yeah actually actually friends that reminds me of when like because i love when it with angela around i'm like oh yeah i'm gonna talk trash yeah because i know that like she is down for that and it's super funny to her yes but people are like wow shane's bullying angela i was like you have no idea how funny you have no idea how much ang both think this is. You have no idea how much Angela's bullying Shane. I think we've all built, like, I think we've all

built, like, a good circle of trust with each other in that. That, like, you know, very rarely is it that, you know, we say something that is supposed to be something deeper. It is just kind of like a silly, like, we're just roasting for fun.

We are. Yeah, we're all very in tune. And I think if people haven't seen it, the Try Not To Laugh Mimes episode was proof of that. Because we did not talk. We did not talk. We weren't talking behind the kids.

And we didn't set up more than half those bits. But we were just going into it. And we were cracking each other up. We were just having fun. Yeah. We were just in it. That was just fun. Yeah.

And those are the best videos when we cut and it's not, that was so good. It's just, that was so fun. Yeah. Like, that was just fun. I love that video. It's like therapy. I know. Yeah.

So good. Like a silent, what are those called when people go away? Silent retreats? Yeah, silent retreat. Don't know if I could do it. Or a silent oath. An oath of, a vow of silence. A vow of silence Like a monk

That'd be tough Or darkness retreat where they take off their mask And you're like oh wow Livestream idea Or just silent the whole time We've done it We did a TikTok live where I was like Let me just sit facing a wall

Silent for an hour And I did it and then people started to come where I was like, let me just sit facing a wall silent for an hour. And I did it. And then people started to come in. I was not asleep. People started coming in and messing with me. And I was like, all right, this is funny. But I was like, the idea was like,

how many people are going to watch me sit here? And what did we get? I don't know. Five people. Just kidding. Well, anyways. Your show is May 30th. How I Met Your Mossy at Dynasty Typewriter. We will put a link.

Or you can follow. Where should we follow you to get tickets? The tickets should be on Dynasty.TV. So you can go there. Or you can check us out on Instagram and TikTok at How I Met Your Mossy. We also have a YouTube channel. But it low-key has like 30 subscribers. Because we haven't posted anything.

So yeah, check it out. Woo! Hell yeah. Very excited for this. And thank you for joining us. Thank you guys. Thanks for giving me the chance. I just rubbed my chin on this mic,

so we better cut that out. And thanks for spilling mostly milk. That didn't happen. There was like, how much coffee was even in that? Okay, fuck you. It was like this coffee, the rest was milk. And thanks so much, Arasha. Thank even in that? Okay, fuck you. It was like this coffee, the rest was milk.

And thanks so much, Arasha. Thank you, Arasha, for being here. Normalize drinking milk, fuckers. Yeah, that's right. Drink milk. We didn't get into that. Okay, comment about that down below. See you later.

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