Smosh Mouth - S1: #32 - Do We Believe In Past Lives? w/ Jacksfilms

Episode Date: September 25, 2019

Ian, Olivia, and Jack Douglass of Jacksfilms chat about getting left on read, their favorite songs on Taylor Swift’s new album, and explore whether or not they believe in past lives & past life regression. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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We'll do Magic Mike, Thunder Down Under. You're a straight white man. And you're going to be going there and it's almost going to seem like you're... What? You're just laughing at it about how uncomfortable you are. We met via fucking YouTube. white man and you're gonna be going there and it's almost gonna seem like you're what you're just laughing at it about how uncomfortable you are we met via fucking youtube like if i didn't make this stupid parody video we never would have met maybe you knew her in a past life damn oh damn i reach out to a lot of people actually and a lot of them just have me on red i mean i always give those people the benefit of the doubt something else happens and then they forget about it.

I would like to think that because sometimes I forget or like an earthquake happens. You know, this summer there was a lot of earthquakes. So imagine them reading it. That's a great excuse.

Oh my God. This girl, my friend, went on a date with this guy and he went on Craigslist to find a bread maker because he's like the founder of Soylent and then he was maker because he's like he's like the founder of

soylent and then he was like he's like really into like ingredients or some shit like that i would have just led with like uh the founder of soylent like that's a that's yeah that's a hard flex that's right yeah god damn didn't work out i don't think he was interested in her he was too into his bread he was so it was so weird oh no he's one of those dude like he literally had this person come over for six hours to bake bread. Hello everybody and welcome to another Smoshcast. Today I'm joined by two very special people. Who am I joined by?

Hi, my name is Jack Douglas of Jack's Films. Who are you? Oh, I'm Olivia Sway of just myself. Of Jack's Films. Of Jack's Films. Thank you guys so much for coming on. Yeah, holy crap. We got Jack's Films on, guys.

Holy crap, Lois. I thought you'd been on already, no? I feel like family, honestly. I feel like you're always here. An old friend. You know, I am a Smosh frequent. Yeah. You're like, just like Gus Johnson, you're like an uncle in the Smosh family.

He is an uncle. Doesn't he look like an uncle? I mean, he's the world's youngest uncle, but he looks like an uncle. He does. It's a stache. Yeah, I guess it is. It's the uncle stache for sure. And we can cut this out if this is wrong.

But isn't your name John? Don't cut that out. Leave that in. My name is John. So then why didn't you introduce yourself as John Douglas? Because the only people who ever call me John are doctors and substitute teachers. Really? Yeah.

But it's not a secret? No, it's not a secret. My fans always, on Twitter, they're constantly like, shut up, John. And it's funny because no one calls me John. What does your mom call you? Jack. What does your aunt call you? Jack.

All my family extended or otherwise friends call me Jack. My name's Jack. At what point did it switch? Birth, honestly. Like it was already determined at birth that my real name was John Patrick Douglas. But I would just go by Jack. Who determined that? Yeah. I want to say my mother.

And dad, I'm so sorry if it was your call. Why did they just change your name? I think because. So you were born and they're like, oh, this is definitely not a John. This is a Jack. Yeah. Well, my mom has a brother Jack. So she probably didn't want officially another Jack.

That doesn't make it any better. It's on the birth certificate. It's John, but she's like, ah, fuck it, Jack. I'm so confused. Yeah, that is very confusing. I don't get it. I'm 30, and to this day, I still don't really know. That's so funny.

It's like they had buyer's remorse of like oh my calling you john they did ah is there another j word really messed that one up yeah i think they thought you probably would get your ass beat in school if you started if you went by like johnny oh well who could ever love a johnny absolutely they're the first ones to go yeah johnny depp exactly how can you love johnny depp actually that's a that's a controversial subject there's a lot of people that really really Yeah. Johnny Depp. Well, exactly. How can you love Johnny Depp? Actually, that's a controversial subject. There's a lot of people that really, really love Johnny Depp. Yeah.

It's a real hot take. Absolutely. Dude, when I was in Japan, like, Johnny Depp is on, like, every billboard. No kidding. Yeah. He looks like he's big there. Yeah. Is he, like, modeling watches, like, that kind of thing?

I think it was a cologne. Cologne. Yeah. I mean, he doesologne. Cologne, yeah. I mean, he does that in the States, too. But I'm so fucking excited for Pirates of the Caribbean 7. It's going to be really good, you guys. Wait, are you serious? They're making a brand new reboot trilogy.

What? But Def will still be in it. What? I'm making this up as I go, but it's going to be amazing. My question is, you know how you say pirates of the oh I hate I like hesitated and was like

oh fuck Caribbean Caribbean Caribbean Caribbean I still don't know you know it's like I'm going to the you don't say I'm going to the

I don't know it's always very confusing English is very confusing just do an amalgamation of both just be like I'm going to the Caribbean

what do the people there call it? whatever they want to call it, I'll call it that. It's probably the right way, right? Yeah. It's like, well, now I struggle with, like, whenever I talk about in Australia, there's a city. Oh, Melbourne?

Called, yeah. Called Mel- They say Melbourne. Yeah, they say Melbourne. So it's like- Melbourne. Yeah. But I feel like I'm trying too hard if I'm telling somebody like, oh yeah, and I went

to Melbourne and they're like, what? I'm like I'm trying too hard if I'm telling somebody like, oh, yeah, and I went to Melbourne. And they're like, what? I'm like, Melbourne? You know what's one that I like? I can't even go to this place because I don't want to like say it. Ibiza. Oh. It's like, it's so silly.

It's like, I don't know. Every time I'm like, yeah, I'm like, I want to go to Ibiza. I never know how to pronounce shit, like especially cities, whole countries. Like I sound so damn ignorant, but I always have to look shit up all the time. Yeah. Yeah. At least you're looking it up and not just like willfully ignorant and just like going around the world saying, yeah, you know, Ibiza looks great in the summer. Yes.

Yeah. You got to look it up. I think either way, if you go to Ibiza, it doesn't matter which way you pronounce it. You're just a dish. Yeah. You got to look it up. I think either way, if you go to Ibiza, it doesn't matter which way you pronounce it, you're just a deesh. Yeah. You just love EDM culture. That's just like a party island, right? I heard it's beautiful there.

Oh, it probably is. Little Spanish island, right? Is that one? It's Spanish, yeah. Yeah. That's why it's got the f. Yeah. A lot of it.

A lot of jamon. I heard Mallorca is cool, too. That's where I went. Yeah. I went to Mallorca. Where's that it's got the f. Yeah, a lot of it's a lot of jamón. I heard Mallorca is cool, too. That's where I went. Yeah. I went to Mallorca. Where's that? I don't know. It's in the ocean.

It's like also like the coastal part of Spain. Spain. Spain. Spain. España. Barcelona. Barcelona. That was so much fun.

Like we, so Aaron and I did that my wife aaron and i we we were in a barcelona for just like a heart it's so much fun to like do the lisp oh my god and because it's just such a crazy different style of uh spanish spanish yeah and like i oh god i'm again did you try speaking like the spanish that you learned in high school there of course of course people just look to you like, I mispronounced everything. It was incredible. Aaron still makes fun of me to this day. I was trying to say something small,

but I kept calling it like, pequeñissimo. And that's not the right way to say it. That sounds like Italian. That sounds very Italian. Do you mean poquito? That's probably what I meant, but I added justissimo

like to the end of everything. Look, I don't know. It was a simpler time. Oh my God. I kind of know English though. So that's, that's one.

Yeah. I got one down. That's good. And I mean, that's, that's spoken in a lot of areas of the world. A couple areas. That's couple areas, I'll take it that's the American way

we just learn our own language and we don't try it really is and we just barrel our way through the rest of the world saying do you speak English? I'm looking for the cantina excuse me

can I get an espresso, please? Bonjour, no. Actually, in Italy, it is espresso. Really? Fact check, I think it is. Judges? They call it espresso? I think so, which threw me off, because I always gave people

crap for saying it. I'm thinking about it, when I was in Italy, they were more like, espresso. You know, so I don't think it's expensive. What was that? Espresso. Gotcha. I did something really embarrassing last week when I went to an Italian restaurant in LA.

Oh, do you tell? I said ciao and grazie. And my friend was like, goes to Italy once. Well, this is weird. It says technically the pronunciation with S is correct. It is faithful to the original Italian word, cafe espresso, which literally means pressed out coffee. However, the pronunciation and spelling espresso

with an X instead of an S has grown greatly in popularity, probably due to the influence of express okay so it's still espresso it's not yeah yeah yeah so it's still wrong don't fucking say espresso all right yeah i won't that's my asshole no i'm just telling the viewers like i don't care about you just like don't say it wrong get it right also valent valentine's day oh that's not okay yeah it's valent's. You can't justify that. You can't be like, well, the Latin origin's like, no. Absolutely not.

Haven't they seen it written out before? Clearly not. I get it. It's like a time. Yeah. God. Yeah. But you're not the only person on YouTube that goes by Jack that name isn't jack what's up with that is there any

jack online because jacksepticeye that's not jack isn't his name right it's sean is there is is there any jack online that doesn't that's real that's real uh wasn't there like a jack a few years ago uh wasn't he like English or dude? He was like a vlogger. I don't know if his real name was Jack. No, you talking about JacksGap? That's the one, JacksGap. There you go.

Yeah. First off, what happened to him? Second, was his name actually Jack? Yes. So it was twins. One of them was... No! God damn it.

No. No real Jacks. It was Jackson. We're all phonies. We're all phonies. We're all phonies. Confirmed. I'm going to go by Jack. You may as well, right?

Hop on in. Jackson is close enough. No, it's not. It's a different name. Different, completely different name. It's about as close as John is, which is not at all. Yeah. Yeah.

What? Yeah. That's strange. Yeah. It's like, cause like Jack isn't even a shortened nickname for John. You know what I mean? It's just like different fucking letters. Yeah.

My name is like the Gaelic form of John. So I'm more of a John than you are. Wait, back up. Ian is the Gaelic name for John? Apparently, yeah. What? How does that make sense? It's like, I don't know if you say like Ian.

Hmm. Oh. Oh, okay. I don't know if you say like jan hmm oh oh okay i don't know no gaelic is fascinating uh any gaelic people out there want to back me up nope all right cool erin tried learning um irish like i think it's like like the actual irish language back in erin being your wife being my wife yeah sorry like she made all these flashcards because we were going to ireland with my family like three years ago for like a week. And she wanted to learn the language.

And it's hard, man. It is just – it's all these vowels and consonants. I forgot what those were. I sound so fucking stupid. But like I didn't even try. But she like – she was like – she would make me quiz her and everything. She was very serious. She bought textbooks about it.

Yeah, yeah. That's really cool. I'm curious about how much she has retained, as this was three years ago. But fascinating language. So hard. Did it come in handy at all? Or did people just stare at her? Oh, boy.

I don't think she practiced in front of the locals that spoke true Irish. But I think it came in handy with like some street signs and such. I think. I want to say. How long have you been married? We've been married for a little over a year. So we got married about a year and a half, actually. So we were married in April of last year.

Heck yeah. And yeah. Don't you have like a weird, funny story of how you guys met? I do. Yeah. So what happened was, so the short story is we met at a bar in philly one cold night in december philly what what part you were born in philly no i just said a bar in philly a bar a what philly a bar in philly a bar in philly star i i had such a hard time

a bar in philly yeah it was actually and the name of the bar was literally called the irish pub like that's actually what a very creative name the bar was literally called The Irish Pub. Like that's actually what it – a very creative name, The Irish Pub. You know, Ireland, all full circle. That's the short version. The longer version is – and I'll try to truncate this. But we were Facebook friends for years, you know, back when only college students had access to Facebook. You know, that old thing. But we never knew each other.

It was just one of those, like, we somehow friended each other. Like, she friended me because I had a viral video back in 2009 called the WTF Blanket. And she and her then roommate, they thought it was funny. They friended me on Facebook. Never thought of it for years. Finally, in late 2012, I post some like my New Year's resolutions on Facebook back when I used to post anything on Facebook. Yeah. Do you guys even use Facebook anymore? Because I sure don't. What's that? Exactly. I definitely, I go on and I'm like,

oh, I have 20 notifications and then all the notifications aren't real. Right. Yeah, that's the worst. That's such a cock tease. Back when I used Facebook, I posted my then New Year's resolutions. It was 2012 going into 2013. It's like my New Year's resolutions, lose 10 pounds, acquire girlfriend, get a million subscribers. And I was like kind of half joking, half like throwing it into the universe, right? Erin, by the way, we have not spoken at all, you know, ever since she friended me three years prior. She sees that and she responds, I'll be your girlfriend.

And she's trolling me. She's fucking trolling me hardcore. And I'm like, who the hell is this chick? And so I stalk her a bit and I'm like, oh wow, she's kind of out of my league. Like I'm looking at her pictures like, like, oh my God, who is this? Am I being catfished?

I must be being catfished. But I reached out to her because it just so happened that a few days later, I was going to be in Philadelphia for the first time in my life, just seeing some college friends. And she lived in Philadelphia. And she lived in Philadelphia. And not just that, she lived a walk away from the pub that we were all going to meet at. It was just, it was kismet. It was destiny.

It was the universe just saying. I get chills with this kind of stuff. Oh, you're adorable. Yeah. It's so cute so we met we we met like we communicated over facebook exchanged numbers and then i finally met in person with this girl um in uh in this bar in philly the irish pub and we've been together ever since yeah that's awesome that crazy did you guys get drunk hell yeah we were doing shots and everything and then like and then like And then how did that play out?

Were you like... Oh, you know how it played out? I'll tell you. So I went in with my posse, my college friends at this bar. Erin comes in with her posse because she wants to be... You came in with the boys. She came in with the girls. Well, yeah.

Do you guys have a dance panel? Yeah, did you guys dance? Obvi. We had a dance. No, I just threw up some Dave Matthews on the jukebox and just had a gay old time. And then, so we kind of like connect or whatever.

So then, like the time, the witching hour comes, my friends are tired, they want to go back home and I'm like, I just met this cute girl, I want to keep partying.

So Aaron, myself, and her friend, her other friend Ariel, the three of us go to a gay bar called Voyeur and we just keep the party going.

And it was amazing. Yeah. It was amazing. What about the next day? Like, what did you say the next day? Oh, I didn't see her the next day. I went home after that. So how did you guys get more close?

So what happened was we were long distance for a bit. So she came to L.A. So afterwards, when I flew back to L.A. because I was living in L.A. at the time, So afterwards, when I flew back to LA, cause I was living in LA at the time, uh, still am. Uh, when I flew back to LA, she, um, flew to LA, stayed with me for a week. We had a nice little week together in LA. I showed her, you know, Santa Monica did the very touristy thing. We had a great gay old time. And then later I stayed with her in Philly and her tiny little apartment for a month. It was originally going to be a week. It was going to be a week. Whoa.

It was going to be a week, but then just kept extending because I never booked my return flight. Because you loved her so much. Because I loved her so much. You knew you were going to marry her? Probably. I probably did back then. I liked this girl a lot. Yeah.

Like even back then. Wait. So like, was it like the first few months you knew that you wanted to marry her? Oh boy. Hold on. That's tricky. I mean, I knew that we had this crazy strong bond. I mean, like, I'm living in Philadelphia for a month, like, on a whim.

It was like, I wouldn't do that for any old broad. You wouldn't do it for me? Hell no. Not even for the great Ian. I think I said not Ian for Ian. Sorry. What's in this? That's so cute.

How did you propose? I proposed. Sorry, I'm asking so many questions about your marriage. I'm glad you did. I'm just so nosy. No, this comes full circle because I proposed to her at the Irish pub where we first met. Oh my God, I literally get chills. I got down on one knee. I just,

I blabbered like an idiot. Bab-ba-da-bab-bab-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba. And she was like, stop. Yes, yes. It was great. Oh my God. There's a video of it somewhere

and we're both too afraid to look at it because it's very raw, you know, but yeah. You're going to make Olivia cry. Oh my God. Do you,

you don't, you don't regret anything. Not a damn thing Oh, my God. You don't regret anything. Not a damn thing. Oh, my God. Do it all over again. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Isn't that crazy? Like, just, we met via fucking YouTube.

Like, if I didn't make this stupid parody video, we never would have met. Well, it's like, it's all those, it's all those things together, right? Oh yeah. It's just kind of like the- The planets aligned. Yeah. It's those- This led to that, led to that, led to that.

That's beautiful. That's awesome. You know, maybe you knew her in a past life. Damn. Oh, damn. Oh yeah. This is something that Olivia wants to talk about. No, it's just that I've been talking about it a lot

with people. I've been reading this book called many lives many masters have you heard of it no but is it about like reincarnation it's it's it's about um past life regression and all that stuff what's what's the story yeah so it's about this man therapist he's the head of um psychiatry at like Cedars-Sinai in Miami or something like that. He's like very smart, very logical guy. And he sees this patient and this woman, she has such bad anxiety that she has to sleep in her closet because she's so afraid. She can't swallow pills because she's afraid she's going to drown.

All these traumas that she's experiencing never happen in her real life, like her present life. So she goes and she sees this therapist and for eight months, no, no progress. And then he's like, okay, I'm going to try hypnotherapy on you. So while she was under hypnosis, she started speaking from a voice from another life that she's lived. And like through like all the lives that she's lived, she's like acquired all these traumatic things in her life that she lives out present day. And it's so crazy. Is this fiction or is this? This is real.

This is real. This is real. According to him, this is real. And she starts getting better. And so there was this one time in the beginning stages of seeing him, goes to um like this art exhibition about ancient egyptian art and then she finds herself correcting the tour guide oh my god oh my god and then she goes to see this therapist and she's under hypnotherapy and then she's an ancient Egyptian woman. What the fuck? What? I know this sounds crazy.

Everyone thinks it's crazy. But you just have to read this book. And it's not. So she just like straight up Jason Bourne that tour guide. Basically. The memories came back. And she was like, I'm an expert. Yeah. Well, not she wasn't like an expert.

She just like remembered certain things. Wow. And she knew nothing about Egyptian art. So. What's it called? Many lives. Many lives, many masters. And many of you guys might be like, oh, well, what about religion?

It kind of sounds like a Scientology book. I might be a Scientologist. No, I'm just kidding. And then so it just talks about how sometimes, like, you know how you get those moments where, like, oh, my God, I know you from somewhere. Or, like, sometimes that's because you've lived a past life with them. Because, like, friends and, like, family tend to reincarnate together in a group. Oh, really? And sometimes when you dream and you think of that and you dream about a place that you've been to before yeah you've probably been there before like in your past life oh so that's a really cool theory

i like that a lot yeah i can't wait to go to egypt and start correcting um actually um just do that actually the whole time it was pronounced emo tap nice nice i would knew so maybe you knew your um wife maybe we did maybe we yeah maybe she was like your best friend in your past life aw

I like that you know what would be a bummer though is if like you found out that like your past your past life was like

something really bad like you were like a slave owner or something you're like ooh we just forget we just wanna

you know let's just forget about that that life. Well, so the masters, they talk to you after you die. And the masters are saying to you, like, you live this life to learn this. What are the, what are the masters? The masters are these like spirits that like talk to you after you pass away.

And they're the ones that bring you to another life. And then they tell you like, this is why you live this life. And this is, you have to carry this on in your next life. It's all about becoming better. Is this rooted in some kind of religion? No, it's not. It's not, actually. But the book says if you're a religious person,

if you love something more than yourself, you get to that higher place. Oh. You know? Yeah. Like that's the goal? Yeah, is to love selflessly and to be better throughout each life. I can get behind that. Yeah.

But this guy who wrote it was just like i cannot believe this happened you know like he was like i'm i don't i believe in science like i don't believe in this stuff so yeah wow you guys i know it sounds really crazy but it's very interesting to read that is that is crazy that's nutty i can always check that out i can always count on you, Olivia, to be on the cutting edge of new age stuff. Yeah, because he asked me, oh, what new age thing? I'm like, oh, I'm reading this thing. Oh, that's actually awesome. Because you're a crystals person.

Yes, I was heavily into crystals, and I'm back into crystals again. Oh, nice. There you go. They never left. Well, yeah, two days ago, I've been feeling pretty spiritual lately. So two days ago, I went to a crystal shop, and I bought some intention candles. And I meditated with them, and then I lit them, and yeah. I mean, do the candles smell nice?

Yeah, it smells pretty nice. Yeah, I lit two candles. One smells really nice. The other one just smells like wax. Oh. I mean, like, at the base level, hey, at least you're getting, like, a nice, like, smell. Yeah. Do you still do, like, the Reiki healing thing?

Well, my Reiki lady, she's been in Bali. She actually texted me last week. This is also perfect. She texted me last week, and she's like, Hey, I'm back. I, I've yet to schedule another thing with her, but yeah, I definitely think I need some, um, chakra healing sometimes. I just know I need it. Do you know about, do you know about Reiki?

Is that, is that like the, I don't know if I'm getting this right. Like the, the thing with the sand and the, the, no, what, what's Reiki? Reiki is like energy healing. So you have chakras all over your body and it's just aligning them and um making you have better energy flow within yourself and yeah it's it's cool i know a touch about the the chakras yeah it's it's it's it's uh it's cool you know i like it because it works i mean i don't know i feel like for me when i come out of it you're just like in this state where you're half asleep and half awake and sometimes you can

get really emotional just like through breathing and she's just touching your energies and sometimes i cry is it like meditating it's almost yeah you're like in a state of meditation almost because you because you got into it like right after your last breakup, right? Yeah, yeah, I did. So, yeah, when I heard you were doing that, I was like, ah. I was, I think she. But then I realized afterwards, I'm like, whether or not I believe in this stuff,

if it's helping you, then why should I judge that? Exactly. Yeah, that's why I can never judge people for whatever they do because for me it really worked. I mean, I feel like there was a lot of bad energy within me. And it was crazy because we had this session and she was like moving my energies and I think I was in a sad place. So, like she started crying. Wow. Like the Reiki healer was like crying for me.

That's pretty selfish. She was like. Making it all about her. I know, right? But she didn't tell me until later on. She was like, honestly, it was an overwhelming like feeling that was feeling through you. And then she was like, she's like, I let that all go. And she said some things that were so spot on with things that I was dealing with.

Things that were not just like happening right then and you know I was it was things that like I've kind of pushed back like she was saying she was like she touched my throat chakra and she was like I feel like you don't really communicate with your father that much and you know and she's like I've kind of opened that up for you so you can talk to him and you know and then like with my with my my my stomach and stuff and she's like i feel like sometimes you have issues with food and stuff like that and like she and she helped open that too so yeah a lot of bad energy was released wow i'm just sharing a lot of my personal well that's fine personal this is good i think i think that's all

very that's all very interesting, though. And I think it definitely seemed to help you, though. Because, I mean, yeah, you were going through, like, a lot of stuff with that relationship. And you definitely seem a lot better after that. Thanks. Dude, breakups are rough, man. Yeah. I've had a few, like, just sometimes, like, in college, I had a couple that just really messed me up.

Like, there's no surefire way to get through it. Yeah. Was it somebody that, was it always them breaking up with you or you ending it and it was still rough? No, it was one time in particular, them breaking up with me. And I just, I did not deal with it well. I was just, I was a mess for a long time. Yeah. How do you get over something like that?

Do you just like, do you just sit there and like feel it for a bit? And then. Yeah, I felt sorry for myself a bit. And then you just, you got to get busy. You got to just do whatever. Do whatever. Like, go out with your friends. Just get your mind off it. But it's hard though, no? Oh, it's impossible. whatever like get you go out with your friends just get but it's hard though no oh it's impossible to like get yourself up because it's all you're thinking

about still like even when you're when you're out having a good time it's still in the back of your head like you know like so it takes time but time heals all wounds and then you met Aaron and then I met and then you're like it all made sense like That's right. That's right. It's so cool to see that. It's got really, really lucky, honestly. It's just, it's crazy how that happened. It's like in the moment, you're like, I don't want to break up. Like, this sucks. I don't want this feeling to go away.

Like, you're the one, you know? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. And then you go, like, you hear a song on the radio, you're like, we used to listen to that song. Dude.

Oh, my God. That definitely happened. Like, one song came on and it fucking broke me. Or, like, restaurants or anything that you experienced some kind of, like, good memory with that person. You're like, no, no. Yeah. I can't ever listen to that song again. Right.

Do you think you can listen to that song now? I think I can. Yeah. I think I can. But. I think I can. But man, yeah, there was a time where I fucking couldn't. Or if I wanted a good cry, I would. Yeah.

Oh, yeah. That's like, you would turn that on. Yeah. Yeah. But yeah, my poor, because I was in college in the dorm with like three other guys. I can only imagine what they're like,

oh God, fucking damn it, Jack, get over it. Yeah. Like, oh, he's crying again. But you let it out in front of all of them. No, I would hide. what they're like, oh, God fucking damn it, Jack, get over it. Yeah. Yeah. Like, oh, he's crying again. But you let it out in front of all of them. No, I would hide. I would try to hide. But then they could tell. Yeah.

They would try to, like, cheer me up. It was great. Aw. Yeah, right? Aw, you had good friends. They were really good friends. Still are. Still are.

That's cool. Yeah. Yeah. In fact, one of them is getting married, so his bachelor party is in a few weeks from this podcast. What are you guys doing? We are going to the exotic land of Columbus, Ohio. Whoa.

Yeah. Hell yeah. Look out, Columbus. It's like the middle point for his West Coast friends and East Coast friends. So we're just all leading up. Is it really a middle point, though? Yeah. Do you guys know anyone in Columbus?

Is there any? He knows he has a friend there. Like he has, I think he has one or two friends in there that, so I think that's also why. Are you excited? I actually am. I am because it's like,

it's a walkable city. We're going to just be like, it's very low key. Like we're not hitting up like the strip clubs or anything. I think we're just going to like go from bar to bar to bar, just drinking beers. That's what I want my boyfriend to do. I want him to go to Columbus, Ohio with his friends and just do nothing.

Yeah. And just be bored. And that's his bachelor party while I'm in Ibiza. I'm just kidding. Wow. You're going to be covered in male strippers. That's really unfair. Unbelievable.

Yeah. I definitely don't want any strippers. If I ever get married, I... It's not unfair. Unbelievable. Yeah, I definitely don't want any strippers. If I ever get married, I... It's not fun, dude. I went to one bachelor party. It was like nobody wanted strippers. Yeah. Nobody.

And then at like 3 a.m., No. Somebody thought it'd be funny to order one. At 3 fucking AM. Yeah. No. Off of like a website that, I mean, I don't know the name of it, but it was like a comedy stripper kind of thing.

They tell jokes? Nope. Oh, no. Just a really sad looking girl showed up. No, that's so awkward. It was not good. Because then nobody's having fun. No one can enjoy it. It's 3 AM. It was not good. Because then nobody's having fun. No one can enjoy it.

It's 3 a.m. It's 3 a.m. Everyone's sad. Don't order strippers past midnight, guys. Yeah. Or just don't. What's your dream bachelor party? Good question.

Ooh, that's a great question. I've never thought about it. Just some beers with the boys in Ohio, baby. Yeah. Am I right? I feel like a barcade would be pretty sweet. Oh, dude. What's that?

Like a bar arcade. Oh. You are literally describing my bachelor party last year. Oh, yeah. We went to San Diego. We went to a barcade. And it was great. And then some of my friends were like, yo, fuck this.

We ordered a shuttle. We're going to a strip club. So we went to a strip club. So it was the best and worst of both worlds. Nice. That's pretty cool. Yeah, and they were adamant about it. And I get it.

It was like, I know, you don't want to be in a barcade. You want the strip club experience. So we did that. But it's just kind of sad because it's like, you know, a girl would take me back to start dancing or whatever. And I'm like, thank you. This is very nice. Did you text your fiance?

So here's the funny thing. While I was doing that, she was doing Thunder Down Under in Vegas. Yeah, yeah. This is very nice. Did you text your fiance? Did I? So here's the funny thing. While I was doing that, she was doing Thunder Down Under in Vegas. Nice. Yeah, that's like the female equivalent of like, you know. It's like Australian Magic Mike. You know, I love that. You know that. That's exactly what it is.

Well, their billboards are all over Vegas. Yeah, that's true. Thunder Down Under. And every time I see it, I'm like, this is not what I want to do with anything. Really? You know, it's fun. Yeah. You would love it. I don't think so. Have you seen Magic Mike? No. Oh.

I feel like it would actually be kind of funny to do a bachelor party and go see Thunder Down Under. Oh, as a bachelor? You know what? That would be funny. I could get behind that. Yeah. Like, y'all go as a group? The whole boy group? Oh, you would have a blast. Are you kidding? Well, now they have Magic Mike in Vegas.

Right. They do. I mean, of course they do. So we could do that. You know, maybe we'll do like a tour. We'll go to Vegas. We'll do Magic Mike, Thunder Down Under. Oh, boy.

And finish off with. Well, you guys can't do that. That's what I'm saying. That's what I'm going to do. Yeah. No, but you're going to be sending the wrong message. It's not chill. What message? Like, because like. You know, maybe I going to be sending the wrong message. It's not chill. What message?

Like, because like... You know, maybe I want to just see some good choreography. What's wrong with that? Yeah, you ever thought of it that way? I'm looking at Ryan Finnerty right now. He's supposed to be like, mm-mm. No, no, no. Keep talking about it.

Yeah, like you're a straight white man. And? And you're going to be going there and it's almost going to seem like you're... What? Like I enjoy... No, like the opposite. The human form? Like you're going to be going there, and it's almost going to seem like you're... What? Like I enjoy... No, like the opposite. The human form?

Like you're just laughing at it about how uncomfortable you are with another man grinding on you. I mean, you know me. I like to make my friends uncomfortable. No, but they're going to be also uncomfortable. The performers are going to be uncomfortable. No, they love it. They actually love it. They will target dudes in the audience.

I'm speaking from experience, because they come to fucking me. Like, Aaron took me to a Thunder Down Under show, and it was hilarious, dude. I loved it. It was great. Oh, so it's not just for females. It's not just for females. It's primarily for females, sure. Absolutely.

And it's not nudity. I got to go and check it out for myself. Yes, you should. I think you should. I do. No, I think you would really like it. I think you'd have fun. Yeah, okay.

It's a fun time. Well, oh, what do you want to I think you would really like it. I think you'd have fun. Yeah, okay. It's a fun time. Well, oh, what do you want to do for your bachelor party, Olivia? Well, okay. Well, I want to... I'd love to be... Oh, man, I never thought about it either. Yeah, it's a tricky question. I think I just want to be in Italy.

Ooh. Yeah. I eat pasta and question. I think I just like want to be like in Italy. Ooh. Yeah. Yeah. I eat pasta and drink Aperol Spritzes. That's the thing because I was thinking like Destination Bachelor Party

like go to Tokyo. Oh, that's pretty cool. Oh my God. Hit up Golden Guy. This sounds fancier than the fucking weddings themselves. My God.

That's the issue because that costs a lot of money. Yeah. You're going to spend more on the bachelor party than the wedding. I just like want to like like with my, I want to be listening to some cool music, drinking shots of 1942.

Whoa. Damn, I love you guys. That is a good tequila, actually. Why are you shooting 1942? Come on. You don't shoot it. You taste. You savor it.

Yeah, but if I was going to do a shot, it's going to be a good shot, you know, because I can feel better the next day. That's wasting. Oh, whatever. It's my bachelorette party. Okay. You have to do shots on your bachelorette party. And then like, I want to like, um, jump on, on. Jump on what?

I want to jump on beds, like my, like, and then be like running around listening to Taylor Swift, her new album hey that is a good album I do like Lover oh my god Lover's good and then Cruel Summer I was going to say Cruel Summer and the title track Lover they're both really good and Cornelius Street is so good and The Man is really good and I Think He Knows is really good

you listen to every song the first half is better than the second half love I gotta say I hate a reputation. This is a good album. This is a good album. She back. She's actually writing music again.

Yeah, it's so good. Really? Well, because she ran out of breakup songs. So now she's writing real songs. There's still some breakup songs in there. Really? Yeah, there are a lot of falling in love songs, and there are a couple of breakup tracks on there.

And there's a lot of, you know she's a little bit crazy when she's singing about like, they're not even broken up yet. Like, what if we broke up? She's like predicting

the future of the breakup. Yeah, yeah, exploring that angle. It's crazy. With Tom Hiddleston? Is that the last guy? That's over already. Which breakup was it?

The breakup that hasn't happened yet. Oh, okay. Sorry. So I got to say, I have never been a lyric guy. Like, I love her new album because the music is good. I don't even care about the content. See, I'm the same way. Like, there's so many people that, like, really, really enjoy music.

And they're like, yeah, just like, you know, songwriting stuff. I'm like oh yeah i guess i should because i always just like music for their for like the sound absolutely and the problem was like when when i was when i was with pam uh all the songs that i'd add to our playlist were all like breakup songs oh and and she was like what the hell hell? And I was like, I just like the way it sounds. Dude, one of my all-time favorite songs, Semi-Charmed Life by Third Eye Blind. It took me decades to figure out that it's a song about drug addiction,

but it's the most upbeat song ever, and I loved it, and I memorized it and everything, and then finally someone pointed it out, like, oh yeah, you ever listen to the lyrics? I'm like, no. And yeah, it is a very dark, sad song about the throes of drug addiction i always listen to taylor swift lyrics okay so you're more about the lyric yeah well no with taylor swift though because she's she's saying some crazy things in there oh yeah she's like

it's a narrative for her you know it's like i start here and then we you know it's like a story yeah and i like listening to the story that she's telling. And half the story is about being in the throes of drug abuse. That's right. Yeah. That's right. Talented songwriter. So you're a big T Swift fan? I wouldn't say that I'm a big T Swift fan. I just really like, that's the thing. I don't care about, and I'm about that with like most music. I know very little about the artists themselves. Like I can tell you, I love Dave Matthews music. I don't know a damn thing about the dude or his bandmates. You know, it's same thing. Taylor Swift. I don't' music. I don't know a damn thing about the dude or his bandmates. You know, same thing. Taylor Swift.

I don't really care. I don't care about her personal life. I don't care who she's dating or breaking up with. I never have. I just, I like good music. What about Hot Girl Summer? Have you heard that song? Hot Girl.

Oh, I have not. I know it exists. I have not heard that. That's like, what, Nicki Minaj? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, I haven't heard it yet. What's your take on it? Love it. Yeah? I was listening to it yet. What's your take on it? Love it.

Yeah? I was listening to Hot Girl Summer every morning three times. Damn. Gets you up in the morning? No, no, no, no. I'm running at the same time. Oh, okay. Yeah, that's fair. I'm running, and then I know if I play the song three times, that's nine minutes, and I'm done.

Perfect. I love that, yeah. Girl Talk used to be my artist of choice for running, running on a treadmill or otherwise. Girl Talk is one of those mashup DJs where he just takes 30 songs and puts in one track, and it's absurd. But it's very running tempo. Yeah, I feel like there was an era of my life

when whenever we had a party, we'd always throw Girl Talk on. Oh, so you know what's up. It's like, oh yeah, it's the Beatles and Biggie Smalls. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Where do I listen to that? Wherever music is played. I think Spotify, SoundCloud, YouTube. I just YouTube.

But I mean, like, yeah. Like, really, perfect for a house party. Perfect for a house party. Just play it. And like, it just, because it's just, it's one of those things where the whole album is a song. Because it just flows seamlessly from song to song to song. You guys went to college

right yeah community i went to community college too but apparently there's like this college like drinking game where they put up like a power hour yeah yeah that's do you know what that is no dude this seems crazy you can explain i don't know what it really it is okay so i i'm laughing because i actually tried doing this at a christmas party a few years ago and it sucks at a christian party well same thing am i right dad uh so here's how a power hour works. You somehow set up a music playlist like on iTunes. God, that sounds so old. But like you make it so that like it only plays 60 seconds of each song instead of the full song, like 60 seconds of each song, right? And you make an hour's worth. So 60 songs, obviously 60 minutes. And so every time, so you get a group of friends and you play it,

whenever it changes songs, take a drink. If you're crazy, take a shot. No, you'll die if you take a shot. This guy knows it's a... It's like a shot of beer. A shot of beer. That's exactly it. Yeah, you take a shot of beer and you see if you can last the full hour.

And it's really... So people have fun. They get creative. It's not just music playlists. I've seen people do like... The Office. Yeah, The Office. There'll be clips. You can last the full hour. And it's really, so people have fun. They get creative. It's not just music playlists. I've seen people do like. The Office. Yeah, The Office will be clips. Like you can do it on YouTube.

You'll find this on YouTube. It'll like someone made a playlist of 60 second, you know, excerpts from TV shows, movies, whatever. So I try to find a Christmas playlist on YouTube a few years ago where it would be like some quintessential Christmas moment from a movie or TV show, like Elf, you know, like Will Ferrell shouting, Santa, you know, like that 60 second scene. And when it's over and when it changes to the claymation Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer thing, then you're like, oh, and so on and so forth. Stupidly fun.

Also, you will get blacked out. Yeah, that's a quick trip to alcohol poisoning town because that's a shot's an ounce and a half, right? That's right. So 60 ounce and a half shots. But with beer. Yeah. What would that translate to? There's a fun math question.

I did the math. It's 90 ounces of beer. Years ago, and I think it was like seven and a half beers. That's a lot of beers. In an hour. That is a lot of beers. Yeah, because that's 90 ounces of beer. So a can of beer is 12 ounces.

12 goes into 90 a bunch of times. Yeah, and that's within an hour. That's an hour. Right. Don't do that. Like seven beers over a day drink-a-thon is one thing. Yeah. You know what I mean?

Sure. Who drinks seven beers? Partiers, dude. This guy's Irish, all right? Yeah, hell yeah. So, no. I actually don't. You don't know if you're Irish?

No. No, I don't know if I'm more of a beer guy. Like, I don't drink a lot of beer. I'm more of like a vodka club guy. Like, that's sort of like my go-to. Did that transition happen at like 27 when suddenly your body was like, hey, you can't drink all this beer and look like a skinny person anymore? It absolutely did.

Really? I had that for myself as well. It sucks. It absolutely sucks. What about White Claws? What's your take on White Claws? Oh, I fuck with White Claws. I like that.

Me too. But you know what? I can't wait to fuck with Four Loko's Hard Seltzer. No, that's going to be so... Wait, what do you mean that's going to be? People are going to die. I thought it's out already. No.

I don't think so. They announced it, but it's not coming out until like Q4. Wait, Four Loko what? Four Loko Hard Seltzer. Isn't that what it is? No. No, no, no. Four Loko was originally just a...

What would you describe it as? I think it was a malt liquor with caffeine. Caffeine. Yeah. Yeah. think it was a malt liquor with caffeine. Yeah, and it was ridiculous. It would fuck you up like crazy. Then they banned it from stores. They're coming back with their own hard seltzers. So all these hard seltzers, all these White Claws and etc., they're all like 5%. They're all like 5% alcohol.

Four Locos coming out with a 14%. People are going to die. Yeah, it's going to be a whole new generation. Why are they doing this? because they can because they're local and you said it yourself because it's making

like all these hard seltzer companies are swimming in cash because it's the new amoeba it's the new LaCroix wait it's a can that's 14%

that's right that's not okay well it's going to sell like bonkers who cares I have I saw this like funny tweet yesterday

they're like oh the alcoholic brother of Santa Claus is White Claws. I thought it was really funny. Oh, I guess he had to be there, man. Dude, I love White Claw. Right? It's very delicious.

It's really good. And there's less guilt because it's a hard- I brought it to work two weeks ago. Remember? I brought it. I was like, hey, table read now. Some White Claws. Wow.

Can I join your company? That sounds hella fun. We don't normally bring alcohol to table reads. Only I do because I have issues. Dude, I was ready to party. It was Friday. It was Friday. I just came back.

I'm like, it's time. Yo, it's Friday today. What are you guys doing this weekend? White Claws. I still got a couple of those White Claws in the fridge. Dude, you can start early. I'm good. I love it. I'm just kidding. I have work today. What are you guys doing this weekend? White Claws! I still got a couple of those White Claws in the fridge. Dude, you can start early. I'm good. I love it. I'm just kidding. I have work today. I'm drinking

this kombucha right here. There's alcohol in that too. That's essentially alcohol. There is. So you don't know. You love your kombucha, don't you? This is my first time drinking a whole bottle of kombucha. I tried kombucha once before. I have to say, I'm a fan of this booch.

Fan of this booch. What about it do you like? Like the carbonated? I think it's this flavor. It's called the Pink Lady Apple. That's the best. And it's very tasty. It's like a fizzy apple juice,

and I feel like I'm doing myself good. You should also take some apple cider vinegar in the morning. Oh, that's really good for you. It's nasty. That's next level. good. You should also take some apple cider vinegar in the morning. That's really good for you. It's nasty. That's next level. I was drinking just shots of it and I think that was really hard on my tummy. I'm diluting with water and honey

and it's really, really good. What's the benefits of apple cider vinegar? It makes you invisible. Balancing your sugar levels in your body and it's good for people who are diabetic which i'm not um but i don't know i think it's like a thing that i'm just trying out yeah and yeah it feels really good it also just wakes you up you're like whoa okay i'm up i feel like the only thing i've used apple cider vinegar for is like cleaning my coffee

machine yeah yeah absolutely I've only used it for cleaning I think also I guess baking right yes it is for baking no but I but when you do but when I do which I don't dressing too oh yeah the other day I went to my supermarket and there's a salad bar, and I needed apple cider vinegar to take. So I just took some, and then I felt like I was stealing. Wow, because you were. Yeah. Oh.

You should feel guilty. I didn't do it on purpose. Doesn't matter. You sinned. Oh, man. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, mull on that.

So, Olivia, you've been starting a podcast. Yes, I am. Yeah. You're working on a little project? I'm working on it. It's called Fish Cheeks. I can tell you why. Because in Asian culture, the fish cheeks are like the best part of the fish.

Well, it is for everybody. Just white people don't know that yet. Oh, yeah. Well, it also means everybody. Just people, just white people don't know that yet. Oh, yeah. Well, also, it also means abundance. Oh. Yeah. So it's. Very cool.

What's the podcast about? I talk to Asian Americans who are doing really cool things in their life, like whether it's acting or food or art, like music, anybody who is doing something cool and just highlighting their journey. And I think we need that because I think sometimes, I think Asian Americans, we kind of like to hide in the shadows.

And I think right now it's like a time for us to really just be like, dude, we're fucking doing things and it's awesome. Hell yeah. Yeah, so. Fish cheeks. I'll have to check that out. And no one else is doing it.

I don't know. Not that I really know of. Yeah, I can't think of anyone else. Yeah, but it's hard. It's hard because I'm like, I'm trying to launch it, but at the same time, I'm trying to find Asian Americans. And, you know, there's a lot of us, but we're all busy, and we all got things to do. You're busy doing the cool things. I know, and I'm just like, help me.

Dude, it's hard booking guests. I know. How are you on here? Why are you here? I was going to ask you, do you book guests here on this podcast each week?

No. Or, okay. Okay. It's like when you can. We did this just for you. This whole thing is for you. It's all for you.

Yeah. I could tell. It's all for you. I could tell. Thank you. No. And that's why like, when we started Smoshcast, I was like, okay,

I don't want the podcast to be dependent on guests because I know how much of a pain in the ass it is to get people on. Like, I mean, thank you so much for coming on. I'm going to hit you up. I mean, you're always down to clown. You know what I mean, yeah. It means a lot to me that you're here because I know so many people that don't want to do podcasts.

It's a cliche. We talked about it. Everyone has a podcast. It's like, oh, can you be on? It's not original. I don't know. People kind of make fun of it. It's fun, though.

We won't name this person, but you had reached out to a— I reached out to a lot of people, actually, and a lot of them just have me on red. Yeah, they left you on red. Yeah, I don't think you would ever do that no i did there's one person i need to get back to because that's this person asked me to do a podcast i need to let this person know i think what i've learned from this is that like even if you don't want to do it you can just be like hey i don't really you know it's I think leaving somebody like on red is more rude. It is. It is very rude.

Yeah. It's like, I don't care how famous you are. Like, just, just be cool. Yeah. Because you ran into that person later. Yeah. Oh, fun. And then you're just like, I don't want to bring this up, you know, because it's awkward.

It's hanging there, but it's hanging there. Yeah. It's, yeah. Wouldn't, I would just be like, hey, like, I'm so sorry. I can't do this. Yeah. Yeah. Making millions of dollars, you know, so rich. Can so sorry. I can't do this. Yeah. Yeah. Making millions of dollars,

you know, so rich can't do your thing. Right. Right. Yeah. But you know, it's just, yeah.

I mean, I always give those people the benefit of the doubt that maybe they, they saw it and then they're like, ah, I don't know how to respond yet. And then, and then something else happens and then they forget about it. I would like to think that that,

cause sometimes I forget or like an earthquake happens, you know, the summer there was a lot of earthquakes. So imagine them reading it. That's a great excuse. Like, I put that away and I forgot about it because I'm worried about earthquake stuff. The old earthquake excuse. I really do think it was the earthquake.

Now when I'm thinking about the timeline of when all of this I reached out to everyone on the day of the earthquake. That's genius. They're too busy hiding. They were so busy. They were under a doorframe somewhere. Yeah. And they forgot about it.

I like to think that. There you go. You can't take this all personally. It's not. You should reach out to this person again and try to get them. I know the earthquake happened. I know. Right.

This is probably the time the earthquake happened and it's okay. I'm giving you another chance. Yeah. Natural disasters. I'm always afraid to, like, sometimes I'll send, like, a text, and then I'll think, oh, my God, what if, like, they're in the middle of something really tragic happening in their life, and I'm just like, hey, can you do this for me? Yeah.

You know? Yeah. I mean, yeah. That fear. I try to not take things personally. It's like when I asked Jack to come on Try Not to Laugh two years ago. Oh, God damn it. And he didn't come on for a whole year.

God damn it. Yeah, that was fun. That was fun. Did you leave him on read or something? I don't know what I did. I didn't have like a good reason why. No. It's not like.

It's never personal. It's not like, oh, I don't like. No. Never. God, no. God, no. It's not like that. I think it was just one of those those I kept forgetting to get back to.

Yeah. Life happens. Which I didn't take personally at all. But I did like giving you a hard time for it. Oh, as you should have. Because it took a fucking year. Because it was VidCon 2017. God.

And we had just started doing Try Not to Laugh, kind of like semi-regularly. And you were like, and we had just started doing like, uh, try not to laugh, like kind of like semi regularly and you, and you were very positive about it. You're like, it's such a fun show. And I was like, oh yeah, we'd love to have you on. I was like, and you're like, yeah, I'd love to. And I was like, cool. Hell yeah. Going to get Jack's films on.

This'll be awesome. And then what a piece of shit. And also, and also I didn't follow up a whole bunch or anything. So it's, it's, I'm not saying I'm not trying to make you feel guilty here. Well, too late. This is just the nature of things. Everybody is so busy, and sometimes it just happens. Yeah, and two years ago there was also an earthquake.

You know what? It was right around the time of the big earthquake. That's what happened. Thank you for reminding me. It was a scary time. I was under a doorframe somewhere. But you came on. I came on. There was no hard feelings. Well, you got a two-for-one deal reminding me. It was a scary time. I was under a doorframe somewhere. Yeah. But you came on. I came on.

There was no hard feelings. Well, you got a two-for-one deal with me. That's right. You got me and Eric. Yeah. Because I'm buds with Eric. Yeah. And that was a gay old time.

That dude is so funny. You guys are both so funny. Dude. Out of control. That guy needs his own talk show, honestly. You guys are really funny. Well, thank you very much. It was so much fun being on that show with y'all

that was a good time you don't have to kiss her ass just to make up for not responding it was nerve wracking but fun at the same time because there's always

the pressure of like will this be the one where I don't make them laugh I know it's so hard it's really hard but it's rewarding though it's all the more rewarding

dude I get so nervous doing those because like I'm not very good at them. And I'm just such a weird person. And when you came, I was like, oh, these guests, come on. This is their first time and they're already killing it. I'm just like, I suck really bad. No.

No, no, no. Because you're insane, Olivia. I know, I'm not. In Try Not to Laugh, you are such a wild card, which is what makes you so good in the show. For me, there's not really, I don't feel like a whole lot of pressure of like, oh my God, what if they don't laugh?

Because I feel like we're always just such a supportive group of people. We are. That like, even if the person doesn't laugh, like I laugh at a lot of things, but it's just not to the point that it makes me want to spit out my water. Sure, Yeah.

So, like, I still find, like, pretty much everything that people bring. As long, like, the big thing is they have to commit. Yeah. Like, as long as you commit to the bit, no matter how bad it is or how bad you think it is. Keep going. As long as you keep going, you just commit to it, that's hilarious. If you, like, come out and you're like, I'm a wrench. And then you're like, hmm. Right.'m a wrench and then and then you're like

right it didn't work did i do that one time i feel like i did i feel like i definitely went up there like i am a wrench probably ah well that didn't work although sometimes like when you say it also depends on like how you exit and how you're like oh that didn't work sometimes that's hilarious because it's like when they give up immediately and then walk off, you're like, oh, shit. It's a lovely, wildly unpredictable format. Yeah. You know? Yeah, it's great, man.

It's so much fun. Also, like, comedy is so, you know, I respond to a different type of comedy than other people. Yeah, for sure. And then, you know, what I learned is I'm in an improv class right now, and my improv teacher was saying, she's like, never forget, like, because I'm in the same program Will Ferrell is doing, which is the Groundlings. And my teacher was like, don't forget, like, it took Will Ferrell three times to pass the basic class. Wow. Because he just didn't know how to give information. He was so funny.

He was very unconventional. He was so funny character wise. But, you know, improv is about also like feeding the situation. And he was not very good at it. But then it's also Will Ferrell, you know, improv is about also, like, feeding the situation. And he was not very good at it. But then it's also Will Ferrell, you know, who is so fucking hilarious. So I'm always just like, you know. Are you having fun in improv, though? I am.

It's challenging, but it's really good because I just want to be a better improviser, comedian, actor. Like, I think that's just, like, I just want to be better every day. I think a lot of people, though, they get improv confused with comedy. Cause like a lot of people, not a lot of people, but I mean, like I've had experiences when I was in my super prestigious community college improv class, uh, that some guys like went in there thinking like, Oh, I'm going to be funny. No, it's very not like that. Yeah. And then those people stand out as just being bad because they're just looking for jokes

instead of just taking what you're giving them and giving you something back. They're just like, you're like, oh, we're in a burger place. And they're like, yeah yeah and it smells like farts yeah got it yeah that's not how you do it

and you're like here's a burger and they're like oh it's a burger made of farts yeah it's like it's like when people are going up they're trying to be funny

and it's just like not funny because you're just you can see them trying and then it's selfish for the other person exactly who is in the scene with you

and they're like I have nothing to work with it's like I guess okay I guess I'm the straight man in this scene that's fun I mean nothing to work with. It's like, I guess, okay, I guess I'm the straight man in this scene. That's fun. I mean, improv is just like, I recommend everybody take it. Not, not just to be like a comedian, but like, it's,

it's so helpful for just like life. Yeah. Like just having conversations with people, like being present. It really helps you like be present in the moment. Just be present in a conversation. Like probably makes you a better listener, too. I think so, for sure. Such a good listener.

Now you pick up on every detail. And a lot of people in my class, my first basic class, I remember we went to the Groundlings. A lot of the Smosh people, we took an intensive at the Groundlings, which was really, really fun. But going to a normal class where you get to meet people who are not actors, who are not trying to pursue acting. They're just, this guy was a dad. He's like, yeah, I've got like four kids at home.

I come here and this is fun for me. It's a, yeah, it's, yeah. And then you never know. They might be on SNL one day, you know?

Yeah. That's cool though. Yeah. That's really cool. Yeah. Yeah. I think improv is just a good life skill.

Yeah. Cause I was like, I feel like I've like I've definitely gotten better at having conversations with people since taking that class and just kind of being around people that are a little more improvisational. Yeah, I don't know.

Rather than just waiting for your chance to talk about something and just be like, yeah, yeah, yeah. So anyway, I did this. And now I feel like you can spot those people and it's really annoying. Yeah. It's like, oh, you're just not fun to talk to.

I've never considered improv as a class to better yourself outside of the realm of comedy. That's a really good point. Have you ever taken improv? No. I really highly recommend just going to like a workshop class at Groundlings. Like it's so much fun. Yeah.

It's so fun. Yeah, you could do like a 101 at UCB. Yeah. Okay. Okay. Something to look into. I don't know. I'm not forcing you to do it.

No, give me a coupon. I'm in. Give me that fat deal. Excuse me. I'm an influencer. I'll give you a shout out shout out for shout out yeah right right sub for sub miss those days what do you miss about the old youtube uh i i do miss the um i feel like there's this huge absence of like sketch comedy today um on youtube at least sketch comedy as we knew it. Yeah.

Because today it's all about like you look at the trending page and nine times out of ten it's like, you know, I bought a homeless man a $50,000 car

or I crashed my Tesla in my own swimming pool and set it on fire. It's like, is that content? Is that really? I miss like, I miss like clever sketches. I miss the stuff Derek Comedy would put out and Bratz and Beretta.

And just clever, like sketch comedy used to be king on YouTube, you know. And it's just like there are ways of like doing sketch comedy today. You just have to kind of like retool it into modern formats and such. Like, you know. But it's just it's harder it's just trickier to find that today do you think there's anybody is there anybody out there that's doing it yeah gus johnson comes to mind he does good little bite-sized sketch comedy very good sketch comedy honestly and then um i like uh so another reason that i love um eric of comment

etiquette so much who was on the Try Not to Laugh Challenge with me. His whole channel is really clever. It's so clever. They're formatted like little tutorials on like giving lessons to his students, the audience, on how to leave proper comments on YouTube. But it's just a vehicle for him to do the most outlandish sketch comedy ever.

It's brilliant. And it's just because it's just, each video is just a series of incredible gags and jokes that make me like, you know, bust my gut laughing. And so he's doing a really good job. And that's the thing. He hasn't really retooled it. He's been doing the same show for like 10 years, just with different topics, which is

fascinating. Holy crap. Yeah, because he keeps up. Like he'll do one on deep faking and more modern topics and such. But the format hasn't really changed, which is incredible. And it hasn't gotten stale somehow. Because it's still, every episode is incredibly funny. So that's like, he's the exception to the rule.

Because I've had to change and retool my stuff constantly. Year after year, you have to play the game. And it's all about me trying to sneak in my little comedy in more modern trends and phases and YouTube formats. Eric's been doing the same shit for 10 years, and he hasn't had to change jack squat except the topics, and it's incredible. Yeah, I guess he found a format where he sort of built himself a box that he can play in.

Absolutely. And he can keep it different enough within, I mean, like, look, we didn't expect Every Blank Ever to go on for more than a year. Uh-huh. Yeah, how long has it been? Probably three or four years now.

That's pretty cool. Four years, maybe. Four years. That's pretty impressive. A long time. And, like, we thought we were going to run out of ideas. Oh, come on.

No, you didn't. For Every Blank Ever, but we were thinking, like, very, like, topics like, oh's every blank ever but we were thinking like very like topics like oh every boyfriend ever every husband ever blah blah but then like i think around like year through year three we realized like oh you can relate to like anything right so like some of our huge hitters have been um like fast food chains remember olivia cracked the code. Yeah, what was that? Starbucks?

That was from her brain that actually that video cracked the code that we could do IP. Perfect. Oh, good on you, dude. Absolutely. I'm really brilliant. Dude, pound it. Pound it for IPs.

Absolutely. Dude, it was, yeah, man. So, yeah, that's, and it's like, yeah, at a base level level it's the same format every time but the content within it is different every single time right exactly it's a vehicle it's a box to play within because you've been doing

YI for how long almost five years and it's the same thing same format but obviously the topic is different each time so you could do like describe Starbucks in four words, for example. That kind of bit.

Like I said, Yai is an excuse for me to do this interactive modern format, but to sneak in dumb little jokes and gags and stuff when I can to make sure that I throw in my personality into it and keep me sane creatively.

And for the people that don't know, yeah, it's Yesterday I Asked You. It's Yesterday I Asked You. Oh, and you're wearing the shirt. I'm wearing the shirt, yeah. And you're taking it on the road? Yeah. So before we're taking it on the road, we're doing a test show locally here in Los Angeles on Sunday, November 17th. So what we're doing is we're turning this YouTube show I do, yesterday I asked you, into a live game show.

And it's hyper interactive. We're making it so that everyone who comes to the show is a player. It's essentially like, we're not like taking a few people on stage. Like, no, no, no. If you have a smartphone, you can play this game.

If you're in attendance. So like everyone's a player. So we'll throw up at a question, like for example, describe the meaning of life in just four words. Everyone picks up their smartphone, sends in their answers. Then we'll have a, you know, we'll have a secret panel of judges backstage choosing four or five good answers from a sea of, you know, 400 people. And then we'll display those four answers. Then you vote. Everyone takes out their phones again and they vote for the favorite. That person wins. We bring them on stage. We do that a few times more so that we get like five or so winners on stage.

Yeah. Then the second phase begins. Battle. Yes. It's called, are you funnier than a YouTuber? So I've been playing host up to this point. You know, imagine like the long skinny mic and blah, blah, come on up. Then I'm like, yeah, fuck this.

Now you're going against me. You beat the riffraff over here. Now let's see if you're funnier than me. They always are. But then we do a round where another question is thrown up, but then only the people on stage, including myself, can answer. Then we throw up all of our answers up without the names. So you don't know which answer is mine or which answer is theirs.

And then everyone else in the audience votes for their favorite. Whoever gets the least amount of votes gets kicked out. And then we keep doing that elimination style until someone wins and it could be me or it could be one of you. So, and that's the show and it's going to be wildly unpredictable. I love saying that, but it's

going to be a lot of fun. It is Sunday, November 17th. We're doing two shows, actually. We're doing an earlier show at 5 o'clock p.m. for all ages. And then at 8.30 p.m. It gets dirty. Dark mode, baby. Absolutely.

Nighttime mode. 21 and up only. That means raunchier questions. We'll have some drinks. But yeah. So tickets to the 5 o'clock one are sold out. But we still have some tickets left for the 21 and up crowd. If you are into that. I want to go.

I want to go. Would love to have you guys. Are you kidding me? Oh my God. That'd be so much fun. Yeah. And what am I forgetting? It's at the Terragram Ballroom in downtown Los Angeles.

I know exactly where that is. Really? Yes. Oh, awesome. That's amazing. And you can get your tickets at jacksfilmslive.com. Amazing. How many seats are in that theater?

Capacity is 400, I believe. At least for this show, it's 400. Nice crowd. Yeah. We already have a couple hundred people going to the 21 Up crowd, so it's not like there will be crickets. You'll be in good company if you do come. Yeah, it should be a gay old time, man.

I'm really excited. You're like my favorite show, Be Bobby Flay. You're like Bobby Flay. He's the chef the chef right yeah but like he has like people compete and then they get to compete with him and then there's like these judges they don't know who uh who cooks what yeah that's so smart what a good format for a cooking show yeah so yeah it's that but like for uh you know it's probably sue bobby flay oh i'm are you kidding? Oh, he's gone. He's gone. But yeah, this game is like a little mishmash of Cards Against Humanity and Quiplash, the Jackbox games and kind of stuff. And Yai.

So it's all rolled into one. It's hyper interactive. So yeah. That's exciting. And then if it does well. If it does well, then we take it on the road. I'm sorry. Yes, yes, yes.

So the whole goal is to make sure that these shows do well and then do a little national, if not international tour. Whoa. Wow. Are you going to go to Melbourne? No, we're going to go to Melbourne though. Oh, okay. You're like a busy guy.

I'm trying, man. I'm trying. This is like my passion project. Like, yeah, YouTube is fun and all. I love it, but I really want to like branch out and do, do this live stuff. Well, cause you've been doing YouTube for like what, 11 years, 12 years? 13 actually. Okay, sorry.

No, 13 fucking years. A baker's dozen years of YouTube. Yeah. It's a lot. And I love it. Like I don't ever want to stop doing it. But I also want to explore other fields and get my, you know, dip my toes, get my feet wet in other little fields. That's amazing.

I don't know. It's something. I think it's important to do that. Thank you very much. Thank you guys. Appreciate it. You're still doing so much of this yourself though, right? Oh, yeah. I mean like this is done through Real Good Touring.

Shout out to them. They're great. But yeah, the YouTube stuff is just a little old me. Damn, boy. Which is really hard. I don't have a life. Do you have people working with you to help you? I have managers who help me with brand deals and such. But other than that, I'm still editing my own stuff. I'm still scoring my own stuff.

Yeah. Filming and writing. And I spend all day hunched over in front of the computer. All day. It's real fun. It's really exhilarating. The back problems. It does.

Yes, exactly. Oh, wait, we talked about that off camera, I think. But yeah. It was before. Yeah, sorry. No, no, we all have back problems because this is like me from nine to five, you know, a lot of editing and writing

and a lot of pacing around the house, talking to myself, like fleshing out jokes if they're funny or not, right? You know, if I make myself laugh, then I'm like, all right, keep it. But yeah, the life of this YouTuber youtuber at least is uh not that glamorous no i don't think any i don't think any youtuber's life is is is particularly glamorous i was gonna say the i'll bet the travel guys like the the you know people who travel internationally all the time are but

then i stopped myself because they have to edit them like the night of yeah so it's like so that sucks so it's like looking for wi-fi and looking for wi-fi and like you know the throes of africa or whatever like outlets that don't fit your oh i hate those yeah and yeah um a lot of yeah the internet's got to be bad in a lot of those places yeah like the 21 hour what place has like like, the fastest internet? Isn't it Korea? South Korea? That's so cool. I think. I want to say.

I recently saw some article that said that. What do you do for fun? I mean, maybe what you do is fun for you. No. That's a painful question for me, too. Like, what's your hobby? My hobby? Okay, so when I finally have, like, some time to kill, when it's, like, after.

Besides Long Island. No, it's just Long Island. No, I'm really into it. I play video. I play, like some time to kill when it's like besides Long Island well just no that's just Long Island uh no I'm really into I play video I play like Mario Maker I do I do pick up and play games like I can't play a long ass RPG I'll do like an easy game like uh Smash Brothers Mario Maker Jackbox for example dude love Jack you know what I mean um I love like that's my favorite thing like as you know we love having people over and just playing those little interactive games they're so much fun like playing into the wee hours in the morning. I love having people over. You do?

I do. I really do. Like, it's just my state. They track a lot of dirt into your house, though. Yeah, they do. They do. They're real messy. Yeah, and then they're touching your, like, if they use your bathroom.

I'm touching all your stuff. Their butt's touching your stuff. A lot of butt's touching, yeah. You're okay with that? You have to be. I love people, too. I love when people come of butts touching. Yeah. You're okay with that? You have to be. I love people too. I love when people come over too.

Yeah. Like we're always like You have to make sure they take their shoes off and their butts don't touch anything. No, no, no. It's totally fine.

Or each other. But what do you like to do for fun? Because this is like you guys are all like so and work it out. I mean it's I think it's very similar.

Like I feel like I feel like in my old age I've somehow transitioned from being – I think I'm starting to realize more and more each day that I'm an extrovert. I thought I was introverted, but I feel like – I don't know. I'm being less and less okay with just being just alone. I feel like I get a lot more from being around other people.

But I mean, as far as when I'm doing things alone, yeah, playing video games and stuff. Although I will argue with you, I play plenty of RPGs and you can just kind of pick them up and you can save it, buddy. See, I can't because I will forget all the controls. But that's also true because then I think about the times that

I have gotten into an RPG and I'll just be like, oh, another hour won't hurt. And then I end up – It's a dangerous game, Ian. Yeah. Then the sun's rising. Right. I mean, these past like eight months or however long it's been since we've came back from the throes of the Defy disaster, like I've just been so focused on Smosh.

I haven't taken a vacation in a year and a half. Dude, come on. Yeah. Yeah, you do. Get out of there. Yeah. You like cars. Yeah.

You like driving. Oh, really? I also, like, this is something I realized in my, you know, going to therapy, is that, like, I think because I'm such a judgmental person, I'm also, like also afraid of judgment. So I don't usually like talking about my interests with other people because I'm like, oh, they're going to think I'm weird. Because I'm like, oh, I like cars. I thought you were going to say something weird like, oh, I like to pet tadpoles.

Like, that's weird. Right. That's cute. I would judge you. I would be like, oh, that's so weird. Also impossible, right? Yeah. How would you do that? How would you? Like, where do you go to a like oh that's so weird also impossible right how would you yeah how would you do that

how would you like where do you go to a pond there's a slippery I think cars are so cool yeah that's not that's not crazy

yeah no I've come I've come to terms with it like do you collect them or drive them or like what are you what's your I admire them

I think like if I see okay so so say like a very beautiful woman is walking down the street and thank you and then a R beautiful woman is walking down the street. Thank you. And then a R34 Skyline drives down the street.

I'm going to turn my head at the Skyline. What's that? Yeah, right? I don't even know what that is. Oh, shit. What's an R? It's a Nissan. They didn't sell in the U.S. at that time,

but they're starting to come into the U.S. as the 25-year import rule gets closer to the R34. I think we get R33s, but then once the R34 becomes 25 years old, then you can start importing those into the U.S., and it's going to be crazy up in here. Wait, they're going to do that? Are you going to get one? Oh, they're going to be wildly expensive because every kid that grew up playing Gran Turismo as a kid wants the Skyline.

Sexy. Yeah. So it's like it's basically our generation's Mustang. Okay. You know how all our parents wanted like the old Mustang? That's like the Skyline. Yeah. Everybody, all the kids that grew up playing those games will want the Skyline.

They're going to be like $60,000, $80,000. And they're probably like $20,000 when they sold. Whoa. I mean, that's irresponsible. Yeah. I will say that's the only—this is going to sound really messed up. I don't want to get too deep in it because this is really uninteresting. But because Trump's trying to roll back the California Air Resource Board, which is a different air emission standard for California, it's stricter than other automobile

emission standards. So when you import a car from another country that's passed the 25-year exemption, it doesn't have to pass any of the safety standards of today. In California, if you import into California, it has to pass California emission standards. So none of those cars that were made back then pass. So you have to spend a lot of money and mess up the car in order for it to pass. So if Trump manages to roll back this environmental standard, I might be able to import a car that I want to. God. So, you know, silver linings.

Jesus. Stuff you would never think about. I mean, it's the one good thing that could come out of, you know, messing up our environment and, you know, rolling. You get an expensive car. Yeah. No, not expensive. No, this car that I'm trying to get is like, it's like,

I think it's like $8,000. What? Yeah. Oh. It's like $8,000. What? Yeah. Oh. It's this little teeny tiny car. Oh, my God. That feels unsafe. Oh, it's extremely unsafe.

It's this little tiny car. You've seen like Miata, right? I know. It's like smaller than that. Why would you get that? Because it's cool. I don't get it. You would never drive it around, right?

Oh, I would. Oh, you would? it around, right? Oh, I would. Oh, you would? Okay. Oh, my God, I would. I don't understand it. It's got gullwing doors. Oh. What?

The engine's in the back. Ooh. It's little teeny tiny. It looks like a clown car. It's adorable. And you want this to drive fast or to just... I mean, you can't even drive it fast. It's three cylinders.

It's a three-cylinder turbo. No idea what that means auto zam az1 it's a sweet car i don't want to blow it up too much though because i don't want people to buy it i don't think you have to worry about that yeah i don't think any i don't know it's i mean i guess it's like me buying stuff that i like yeah what's your what's your um vice oh um i don't really have any right now oh. You know what I'm really interested in right now? Uh-huh. Is the new Smosh merch that we made in collaboration with the streetwear brand Slush Cult.

I'm wearing this new hoodie right here. Yeah, it's got a pizza on it. On the back, I'll try to show you. This is the best part. I love this. I'm knocking over my booch. On the back, it says, you're my fave pizza place. It's really cute.

You're my favorite pizza place. You's really cute. You're my favorite pizza place. You turned too far. Spelled out with melted cheese font. Honestly, so, true story, when I walked in today, you know, we hugged, we greeted each other, blah, blah, blah. I was like, oh, I really admired

just the front. I was like, that looks really cool. I like the color, I like the pizza in the graphic. And then the back was revealed to me. The turn. And that's when it was like, oh, now I love it. Yeah. That was awesome. So for the people listening, yeah, I got this hat.

It's kind of like this custom kind of like cut and sew situation. We got socks. If you want some socks, if you got cold feet, we got you. We also got pins. Our first ever pins. First ever. First ever, dude. Really?

Yeah. Very cool. First of many, I'm going to say. Because I dig it. Pins are cool. Yeah, they're pretty sweet. It's really cute. And where can you get this?

At Smosh.store. Hell yeah. Hell yeah. Yeah, thanks, bro. Oh, you know, just curious. And yeah, we'll hook you up. We won't even make you pay for it. Oh, man.

What are friends for? My goodness. But yeah, so that's about the end of my spiel. Check it out. If this is now the 26th or past the 26th of September, you can go to Smosh.store right now. It's limited quantities. Once they're gone, they're gone forever.

Damn. Once they're gone, they're gone forever. Once they're gone, they're gone. So get at it. You'll wake me up when September ends because I want to get that merch. That's right, baby. Jack, or should I say John. Patrick Douglas. Thank you so much for coming on. This was a pleasure. Thank you, John, as well.

From one John to another. Thank you. Olivia, it has just been so lovely chatting with the two of you. Yeah. We learned a lot. You know, we... We laughed, we cried. Yeah.

And hopefully my past life was not a slave owner. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. How can you find out? You can actually go see this guy. He's in Burbank. There you go. Oh, so he's like, okay, guy. He's in Burbank. There you go. Oh, so he's like, okay, great.

He's in, all right, cool. Probably walked to him from here. Damn. And thank you guys so much for watching or listening. If you're listening to us, you could check us out on Wednesdays, Uncensored. And if you want to see our beautiful faces, you could check us out on the YouTube channel on Friday.

Thanks again. Jack's Films, check him out if you haven't ever. What's wrong with you out on the YouTube channel on Friday. Thanks again. Jack's films. Check them out. If you haven't ever, what's wrong with you? Go to his channel right now. And also if you're 21 up, get those tickies.

Oh dude. Thanks a million. Yeah. Would love to love to see you guys there. It's going to be a fun show. Hell yeah. Bye. Bye.