Smosh Mouth - S1: #34 - These Are A Few Of Our Favorite Things

Episode Date: October 9, 2019

Ian, Damien, Courtney, and Shayne chat about the things they’re most passionate about in this world, from anime to good coffee.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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and I was like, you know what? I'm going to watch the whole thing before I tell him I've watched it. So I've watched all of it. What? Yeah. Shane! What? But I want to give my real answer. Say it with me everybody.

Animate! Animals! Animal house! Animorphs! I love music videos. The song is good, but like when you have a music video to associate it with later on, it makes the song so much better. Did any of you guys see this video on PornHub?

Yeah! What? Yeah! Well, we know Ian's next passion. Beep, beep, beep. Beep, Kevin. Oh, Kevin. Look at him go.

How do you have a fresh haircut every day? God, that's a good point. It's 106.9. JJ and the Baps in the morning. We got a crazy show for you today. We're playing some Doobie Brothers. We're playing some Doobie Brothers, and we're playing some Doobie Brothers.

Ew. Yeah, that's Michael McDonald. Would it be fine if for the microphone, I just hold it like this, like I'm worried someone's going to take it the whole time? I'm just like, hey. If that's what you're passionate about. My passion. Get ready for an insane podcast because we are just hey

welcome to the smosh cast what is this the 32nd one that's the 31st one it's the 33rd smosh podcast you should make a wish it's the 30 called 33osh podcast. You should make a wish. It's the 30. Called 33. Third. You're holding a four? Yeah, 34. Oh, sorry. What?

You were going like this, which meant 43. But I thought Keith's one was 32nd. I don't know. I don't keep track of things. Kevin does. Hey, guess what? So we thought it'd be fun to get the gang together and talk about the five things we are passionate about.

I'm sorry. Well, I think we know Courtney's. Courtney is passionate about acid reflux. Courtney also apparently brought like 15 things she was passionate about because she's an overachiever. Some of them are like the same, so I could probably group them up, you know? Yeah, I'd say whittle it down to five. Number one, corn.

Number two, corn on the cob. Everything about corn. Someone listening to Nebraska is like, yes, that is my list. I don't understand what's weird about that. So, yeah, I think, you know, we talk about some of the things that, that goes on in our life, but I don't feel like we, we ever get into like the stuff that we're interested in outside of YouTube

thingies. Yeah. I actually, I pitched this idea because Ian, I realized there's, there's a lot, I don't, I don't always know exactly what you like.

You're a huge fan of, you know, I know Damien likes anime, but I'm like, what, what's that? What's your anime? what you're a huge fan of. I know Damien likes anime, but I'm like, what's your anime, Ian? I think it's because I'm such a judgmental person that I judge myself

on my interests. So I'm like, oh, people don't want to hear about the things that I'm interested in because some of the things that I'm interested in are not interesting to other people.

So I don't want to hear about it because it's interesting to you. And by the way, that's it's like the opposite, especially our viewers. Like they want to know it like a lot about us. They love learning about us. And I'm sure they're so down to learn what Ian Hecox, co-founder of Smosh, is excited about. I'm also of the belief that everything is interesting. It's just the more you learn about something, the more interesting it becomes generally.

Yeah. I feel like I'm starting to get a little bit more comfortable with talking about it. You're a nerd, right? We're all nerds here. We nerd out about stuff. What up, nerds? Welcome to Nerdcast.

We're all nerd entertainment. I mean, you're not wrong. The definition of nerd, I mean, the original thing was like, or like a geek is like someone who's like extremely

passionate about stuff. That is nerd. A geek would bite heads off a chicken. That's the definition. You're right. You're right. But nerd, yes.

Okay. Yeah. Your point stands. And a dork? A dork? Whole other thing. Push up the glasses. A dork was somebody

that would work as a whale's penis that you have to lay over and then someone can walk over you and that's a dork's job. What about a dweeb? A dweeb? You can't say that. You can't say that on the podcast. Okay, so what do you dweeb out about, Ian?

Whoa! Yeah, yeah, yeah, whoa. Are we starting with me? I'll start. Yeah, let's start with Shane. We'll go around. We'll each list our I'm not saying that I haven't ordered this in the thing I'm most passionate about and least passionate about. But, yeah, go ahead and kick us off, Shane. We'll go around each one at a time. I'd like to preface as well.

I mean, these are the top five, but there's not really an order because these are all just things that I love. Some honorable mentions really quick. He had more than five on his list. Look at him. Get him. Get him. All right. So obviously it's a top five, but these are not necessarily in any order. And I have a ton of things that I love.

I want to give some honorable mentions. Animals, football, movies, TV, beverages, Colorado, music. You literally listed all the things I have on my passions. Well, those are all my passions, but all the things I have on my passions well those are all those are all my passions but they're just not making my top five

because I wanted to give some shout outs to things that I don't generally give shout outs to can you repeat them really quick sorry animals

animals football beverages Colorado music what did I miss yeah I mean that's pretty much it

slang and dome those are some those are some things that I love they didn't make this particular list Music. Music. What did I miss? Yeah, I mean, that's pretty much it. Slang and dome. Those are some things that I love. They didn't make this particular list. So you're a country music festival. Yep. So number five, though, I want to give a shout out to psychology. Oh.

You know, it's easy for it to become something that I'm kind of like, that's what I'm going to school for. You know, I've been studying it for 10 years, you know, at a marathon pace. But the reason I got into it was because I've always really been fascinated by psychology. I've always believed that the study of psychology is the study of everything because every other subject is the human understanding of said subject and psychology is about human understanding and human perception and all of that. And I've always- What about space?

Yeah, Shane, what about space? Well, I mean, our very limited human understanding of space is affected by our psychology and everything that, how we grasp things. We don't wanna learn too much because it's so scary out there. That's true. That is science.

Space, oh sorry, space was on my list as well that it didn't make the top. Really? I just, I think anything nature related is, is going to be something I love, right? Anything in that realm. But yeah,

psychology, I just think it's really, really cool. There wasn't a single psychology class that I wasn't fascinated about. Developmental psychology was incredible. Psychology of, of gender, abnormal psychology,

social psychology is really cool, and it's really practical understanding because you really see, for instance, how the climate in America right now is so much social psychology. Just about how much we are affected, the way we think is affected by how other people think and what other people are saying. And no matter how strong will do you think you are, you are, your thinking is being affected by everyone around you at all times. Do you think your understanding of that affects how you, uh, you know, act in videos or at least portray yourself on social media? Do you feel like it's that influences things at all? My studying psychology affecting my comedy? Yeah, specifically social psychology. I think so. I like to think so.

And I always felt that I'm like studying psychology would help me with acting and comedy and everything. And I also believe that any sort of knowledge helps you with comedy, right? Like how many times have you and I made weird, obscure jokes about stuff? I mean, literally like, try not to laugh, your Princess Diana joke. Like knowledge of like anything, you're able to then like find comedy in it. So I think it helps a ton. I was going to ask if it affects

like your interacting with people. Like, are you ever like analyzing more than you normally as a person? I used to a lot more. I feel like I've tried to actually take a step back from it and sometimes just willfully be like, I'm not I'm just going to like do this. But there are times that it's tough where I recognize things that I've studied and been like, oh, that's what's happening here. And like, like, like, oh, you're recognizing someone has like a problem or not necessarily problems more just that I'm like, it's more like everyday like occurrences of what I notice a lot, what I can't help but notice is confirmation bias.

It's so common. Oh, yeah. And it's when you study it, you're just like, oh, my God. Like, it's so rough because you end up. For the folks at home. Yeah, what is it? Say, for instance, I have this held this belief that I'm like, Damien's a very aggressive person. Like, well, what if I decided to think that?

And throughout the day, Damien's being great. He's being kind. He's doing all these great stuff. Then at one point in the day, something slightly happens and Damien like kind of like loses his temper for a second. Just like snaps back at someone. And I go, see, he's an aggressive person.

I completely ignored everything that goes against that belief and took the one piece that goes for it. Sure. And literally all of our news media is geared towards feeding into our confirmation biases. And that's, what's so dangerous about the fact that twitter and facebook cater your feed to what you are liking and stuff because they are just essentially helping yeah that bias um it's

it's very easy to do i look you have like a huge fear of people having confirmation bias with me like if i do one thing wrong that they think everything i do is wrong like that's such a huge fear of mine yeah it's It's, it's very common and it affects everything. I mean, it affects everything. It's why it's so, I don't, I used to hate skeptics and I used to hate that whole sphere. Cause I was just like, ah, isn't it not fun being a skeptic? Like, don't you want to like believe in stuff? But I was like, it is so important to doubt things, to question things. Uh that all comes from what I've studied, that belief. Because I used to be very much the opposite.

I used to be very much into conspiracy theories. Like I would believe things based, I'd be like, isn't it weird? Like you're seeing these connections and stuff. And then it was honestly through college that I was like, oh, it's very easy to believe what you want to believe. It's really difficult to like analyze and question yourself and put things through the ringer of like, what,

what really should you believe? So, so psychology, psychology, I do love it. I'm, I'm, uh,

as of this podcast, I should be hopefully done taking classes. Not necessarily, not necessarily graduated yet. I'm still waiting on graduation, but I think I'm done. But you're essentially, you'll be done. So you've essentially graduated. You just haven't gotten the papers.

I just haven't gotten the, yeah. And I look, psychology is complicated. I'm hoping there's not some sort of weird mix up with paperwork or that I end up needing another unit or something. You didn't meet your Swahili requirement. You're like, I didn't even know I needed to know Swahili. Seriously, I don't know. But I should be.

According to all my advisors who I emailed like 20 times being like, I will be done, right? Oh, they don't have your best interest at heart. They don't care. They're not going to do that. They're just like waiting. Listen, I'm supposed to advise you, but I'm not going to do it. I'm going to tell you wrong.

That's a joke. Get it? Ha ha. So I think we might only be able to get through our three favorite things. Oh, man. Oh, no. Which is fine. That's totally fine because we can always do this again.

Sorry, I did. Shane talked. No, you're not. No, no. This is the thing. These are subjects that it's a thing you're passionate about. Like you need time to explain each of your passions. And I think that's totally, I think that's what we should do.

So it's not as easy as going, this is my favorite smash movie because of this one reason. So yeah, I think that's, I think it's totally fine. So you're going to be graduating with a. A BA in psychology. That's dope. Yeah. Pretty, pretty general degree but

you know hell yeah that's nice dude congrats thanks man I'm very excited to be done at this point

I'm pretty pretty done with it I've been working at it for 10 years I'm excited to be done well we're all very we're all very proud of you thanks man

we we Courtney what's your passion that we can all be proud of you for that we can only We. Courtney, what's your passion that we can all be proud of you for? We can only do three. Should I do my, okay. Broccoli, corn.

My passion is honorable mentions. I love honorable mentions. Okay, so music, so in the music I had artists specifically, so like Queen, Electric Light Orchestra, Rich Brian TMG, Tiny Me Gang

so music is one Spooky Season is one Eating Out sorry I love eating at restaurants musical movies musical movies, not so much the plays but musical movies what Musical movies, not so much the plays, but musical movies.

What? Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. What did he do? Courtney Young. Why are you looking?

What? I didn't do anything. I just look at them and they're looking at you. I didn't do anything. We have to look somewhere. Yeah, where are they going to look? That was the whole thing.

I had restaurants. Chicken and waffles, speaking of which. Honestly, chicken and waffles, that could be on my top ten. Chicken and waffles. I love chicken and waffles. And then, like, music videos. Oh, yeah. Well, I feel like I'll just have that one be, no, fuck.

I'm just so passionate. I'm just so passionate, guys. Yeah, because you listen to music and music videos. I feel like your sort of repertoire of music and music video curation is really good. Discover the exciting action of BetMGM Casino. Check out a wide variety of table games with a live dealer or enjoy over 3,000 games to choose from like Cash Eruption, UFC Gold Blitz. Make instant deposits or same-day withdrawals. Download the BetMGM Ontario app today.

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Like, with current music, you always know shit, and I don't. I'll be like, hey, I finally listened. Have you heard this song? You're like, that song came out eight months ago. I've watched it. I've listened to it a million times. And then you put out a cigarette on his arm

and spit on him. Then you fight me. I do love finding, really well done music videos and like because i mean i used for a very brief time but like most educational and really a fun time of my life was when i worked at that music video production company as a quote-unquote intern i got to like see so much cool work with director of photography stuff and the guy was such a talented editor so i i love music videos and then obviously like the song is good but like when you have a music video to associate it with later on it makes the

song so much better or just music videos are so cool like i have a i think i have a playlist on my personal channel right now that's just music videos that i think are dope and i add to it occasionally girls are grosses on there yeah I guess that could be my number three. Music videos is a good one. That's a good one. Music videos are frigging dope. I don't watch enough music videos. Whenever I do, I'm always like,

it takes me to this state of just like being so pumped afterwards. I'm like, why don't I watch them more often? They make you feel so much in such a short amount of time. Yeah. Sometimes. And it's interesting because music videos I feel like nowadays it's a lot harder to

create a high production music video just because the budgets aren't what they used to be I mean like some of the bigger artists they can get sponsors and stuff but what's like what would you say is the coolest music video you've seen in the last five years in the last five years?

In the last five years? I can tell you. Nails, hair, hips, heels. I can tell you one that I think, I think Courtney, you showed it, or at least we all watched it together. The Tame Impala. Oh yeah, the Less I Know The Better. The Less I Know The Better is such a good.

That one's pretty good. It's really cool. That one makes me feel feelings. That one's on that playlist. And really cool. That one makes me feel feelings. That one's on that playlist. And then Rich Bryan had one where he just decided he was going to be a figure skater in it. I'm pretty sure he had a stunt double, but the way they edited it and put his face on the guy too sometimes, he's just killing it in an outfit with feathers, and it's just such amazing camera work. You have to be really talented to get artistic shots of someone who's

like doing a sport. That's not easy. You showed us, I feel like you showed us Oliver tree first. Oh yeah. Oliver tree. You showed us his music video. Cause like,

yeah, there's a couple of nights when we would all get together and, uh, we go to the club. Uh, but it wasn't really like a club. It was just like a fun alternative dance place. And then we come back

a couple drinks in maybe and then we just like sit at home just set up the google queue right yep and just watch music videos and I feel like you always came with the fire thanks yeah it's something I love I actually have this notebook that I fill with like visual ideas for like when I

if I would ever make my own music videos you call it the notebook I do and Jordan Sparks signed the front who? Jordan Sparks wait fuck

Nicholas Sparks Jordan Sparks Nicholas Nicholas Sparks Jordan Sparks dang it well okay

it's now on my bucket list to get a Nicholas Sparks novel signed by Jordan Sparks. How funny is that? That's so funny. She makes good music videos.

But, yeah, I have a notebook, and it's just, like, I'll sometimes draw out, like, cool shots or, like, oh, I want to have, like, a metal ring that someone's hanging out. Like, weird stuff like that because I hope to do cool stuff like that one day today maybe who knows and that's why Girls Are Gross was an awesome breakthrough of like we could do this

you know the music video that I was obviously obsessed with was that Half Alive yes it's so simple it's three dudes

just kind of like doing this weird like simple choreography and it's only like three separate cuts but it's so cool it's so cool

I watch that over and over again I see that set in so many things now I know really? yeah cause it's also in it's a studio here in Los Angeles

you can rent out for like a thousand dollars a day or something but like I saw it in I saw I caught Dark Knight on TV

yeah and that's like his like place where where he talks I know what you're talking about. He's talking to Morgan Freeman. That's funny. I was like, oh, it's the half alive They're dancing in the background.

Do they know my identity? Can you guys keep it down? Don't worry, they're just, they do this. Hello Batman, you are the Dark Knight. Damn it. That was dumb. So any other music videos that people are sleeping on? I think just people need to watch them more in general,

like, because you'd be surprised what, and then, because, like, that's the thing. A lot of music videos, they're incredible. Like, there's some by Japanese House where it's like, this video is amazing, and it has, like, 100,000 views. Like, if you have a song you like, go look for the music video for it because usually you'll be really surprised.

Or in the case of K-pop, they will be the most insane thing you've ever seen. Changed my life. K-pop videos changed my life. I was hanging out with you and it was your roommate that was like- Oh, it was Twice? Yeah, yeah.

Twice with Titi? I was just like, what is this? This is so cool so nuts yeah it's on another planet and the 90s music videos are great

and I add I add music videos to that playlist on my personal channel like still I know I don't upload on there but I still have that playlist so if you want to check it out

you can you can it's there I think it's public I'll make sure it is nice alright Damien what do you got

oh man this is tricky going down to three here. Yeah. I'm going to say my honorable mentions are Leathercraft, because I used to be a Leathercraftsman before I worked at Smosh. Trying, like, getting rare objects or trying rare foods. Yeah.

I really like stuff like that. Like, if I go to a restaurant, if there's anything, anything like weird on the menu, I'm like, I want to try it. I've never had it before. Like, I just want to try as many things as possible. Like went to a fish restaurant the other day. They're like, oh, we just caught one of our fishermen accidentally caught a moonfish. And I was like, what the hell is a moonfish?

Wait, don't tell me. Cook it and bring it to me. Oh my God. Yeah, you love fish. Is that on your list? It's under that. Rare foods, but also like random, like I don't know, rare, like interesting objects.

Like if I go to an estate sale or something, I found like books from the like 1700s or 1800s and I'm just like, oh, I want these. I just want to have them. They've been around for 100, 200 years. Like I want to own this. And so- Did you know that you can buy Roman coins?

I did know that. I almost bought one the other day, actually. I was at like this, this like swap meet thing. And it was like 10 bucks for an old Roman coin. And I was like, hell yeah. But you can also buy Tyrannosaurus Rex teeth. And they're not as expensive as you'd think. Is that right?

Like under $1,000 to get a T-Rex tooth. Well, this sounds like Animal Crossing here, just buying a bone and putting it in your face. Yeah, exactly. Meteorites too, I think you can buy. There's a lot of stuff that's not as rare as you think. I would literally even do that on Animal Crossing though. Instead of turning stuff into the museum,

I would just like put it in my house and be like, I own some like paleolithic bones. I feel like where we shot the Jordan Schwartz, the most annoying kid in the haunted house, I feel like that room, the room with all the insane stuff, I feel like if you were a millionaire, you would have a room like that.

Not as creepy. Not as creepy, but just like with rare artifacts. I would love to have like a rare study. Yeah, maybe not a dog fetus floating in a formaldehyde. It would be more like Roman coins or like, oh, here's this Greek computer. Like a weird thing. But those are my, oh, and game design. That's an honorable mention.

Nice. But my first true passion is voiceover and voice acting. Nice. It was after Shane, you and I were done with the Disney channel. You know, I got audition after audition and I kept like getting called back and getting close, but like, I'll be honest with you guys. I've never been that comfortable as an on-camera actor. I think when you start off doing theater and stuff, there's this progression of just like, oh, you need to get him an agent and try to do commercials and things. And you're like, yeah,

that's the thing that happens next. And then you're a little kid and you're like, well, I guess if I want to dream big one day I'll have an Oscar. But once I finally like sat down and thought about it, it was like, I don't really like doing dramatic acting. I like sketch a lot, but I don't think I'm like, it sounds like I'm being like hard on myself, but I truly think I'm being honest. I don't think I'm that capable of like a serious actor. And at the very least, I just haven't felt comfortable about it. So when I discovered voice acting and got the opportunity to do that, it was so freeing because I've got like a very animated face, right? Like I'm kind of cartoony and I'm not doing that on purpose. But on camera, it looks like I'm just doing the most.

And I don't have to worry about that for voiceover. I can be anyone, anything. I don't even have to be human. I've been on a Cartoon Network show where I played both a boy and a girl. It didn't matter. Like, I just like the freedom that it brings. So like, usually I get like several auditions a day. I record, I like, I wake up early and record them first thing in the morning, send them off and then hope I book a job. And there was a time in my life when it was like the thing that fully supported me. Yeah.

I remember when you started, because I started doing voice acting a similar time and it never stuck for me. Like I never booked, I never got a callback or booked a job. And I just like, throughout all of it, I was like, I just don't, this just doesn't resonate with me. But Damien, you so quickly got into it. And I could tell immediately that you were so into it. You had like this whole setup in your house immediately.

You booked stuff. I mean, voiceover is notorious for being one of the hardest things to break into. It's so hard because there's like 10 people who voice everything. So to start getting known is so hard. But I remember, yeah, like it was pretty quick that you started getting work.

And yeah, you still love it. Like you've been doing it for a long time and you still love it. And I mean, it's, it is crazy cause we work here at Smosh, but I know you wake up early to send out like five to 10 auditions sometimes in the morning. It's crazy. It's, it's definitely been a challenge because I do love it so much, but I've been so busy between this and other obligations. And they're all things that I love,

but I find myself now getting to a point where sometimes I'm doing an audition and sending it off just to send it off because it used to be that I'd have hours to work on a character,

figure it out, do multiple takes, keep re-editing until I'm like, this is the one. So I haven't been booking as much. I see a one-to-one installation, but like,

damn, I need to sleep too. Yeah, dude. It's grueling too. When I first learned that you did that, I was like, is it okay to talk about Clarence? Yeah.

Oh yeah. Yeah. When I found out you were doing voiceover and you mentioned Clarence, I was like, oh, I've seen that show. It's really good.

And then hearing all the stuff that you've like been in, like, am I allowed to talk about the Halo stuff? Yeah. Anything that's out, anything I've told you, you're allowed to talk about because I don't break my NDAs. You really don't.

You really don't. If I sign my name to an agreement, I am bound by honor and that agreement. I break no oaths. You can break an NDA. No. Damien doesn't. I'll tell you that because I've tried.

Dude, I have to say I'm so stoked that you got Grand Theft Auto 6 the main character. Actually, don't. No. I don't think there is one. If there is, I'm not in it. Well, if there is, you're going to be a cop again. Rockstar Lawyers, he didn't tell

me that. I just guessed. Just a good guess. But it's crazy. I bet a lot of people don't know. I mean, I'm sure maybe your stream gang, what are they called again? Oh, Clevercore. Clevercore probably knows some of your jobs. But they don't know that you're in Fortnite and a lot of things that everyone knows about.

Thank you. And it's really cool. Thank you. Fortnite's been really cool. I've been working on Fortnite since before I worked on Smosh. Yeah, dude. It's been a really long- worked on, I've been working on Fortnite since before I worked on Smosh. Yeah, dude. It's been a really long running job and it's a lot of fun. I really like the character and I'm like very lucky they keep bringing them back and like

giving me more story responsibility. And like, you know, one of the main people who like sort of narrates the thing has been very busy lately. So they're like having, you know, they're pushing for me to do a little bit more. I think just while that busyness is happening. Hell that's cool i just think they trust me which is cool i always wanted to try doing voiceover stuff yeah why not because i feel like i can do like crazy voices and i i enjoy that but i don't even know how i'd get into it so well i think your best asset no matter what is your own. Because anybody else who can sound like you has to work to do so.

Look, if you need advice on voice acting, you should talk to me because I had two lines in Angry Birds. Oh, yeah. I was so good, they couldn't bring me back for the second one. Owned. Smosh babies. We were all in that Smosh babies cartoon. Oh, yeah, Smosh babies, yeah. Yeah, you did a lot of voiceover

because you had the cartoons, the animated stuff. Yeah, I did some other things, but I don't think I was particularly good at it. It was fun, though. It's a fun, different kind of thing because, like you said, you can be whoever. You don't have to be yourself and you don't have to worry about anything else

other than the voice and stuff. You don't got to put makeup on. But I do. It's a fun exercise for sure. What's the voice sound like in Fortnite? It's just a little higher than my normal voice so I'll be like, hey,

I'm a man of action and that's why I'm surrounded by zombies. So can you come? He's like a stoner fry cook. That's cute. Ian? Yeah. I don't think I need to get to any honorable mentions.

Come on. Doing laundry? What things do you like? Kissing your kitty? You like styrofoam? Eating out? It's mostly styrofoam and eating out. Great. At restaurants. Eating out. It's mostly styrofoam and eating out. Great.

At restaurants. What? Eating out at restaurants. Yeah. That too. Yeah. One of the things I'm very passionate about is coffee. Ooh.

Yeah. I think that's something that I've been into for a couple years, and I just keep, like, the more I learn about it, the more sort of excited about it that I get. And I'm always trying to share like what I've learned about coffee with other people and get them excited too. I feel like I've ruined a couple people on coffee. Given them the burden of knowledge.

Yeah. Yeah. Well, I mean, just like get like the getting like some people onto like the good stuff the good good um because yeah i mean we all we all i think we all came into uh i mean we all drink coffee here yeah yeah like i think like what was what was the first experience that you guys had with coffee it was probably loaded with milk and sugar and you're like okay yeah i can get with this yeah dude yeah i think i think so i first started drinking coffee

when i worked at the pharmacy and it was i needed so much creamer and sugar yeah you're like, okay, yeah, I can get with this. Yeah, dude. Yeah, I think so. I first started drinking coffee when I worked at the pharmacy. Oh, really? And I needed so much creamer and sugar. Yeah. Yeah. And that's how I started too. And then I started to actually kind of like the taste of coffee. I didn't just drink it because I needed to wake up.

I was like, oh, I actually kind of like this. And then I started learning about lattes. And then because at the time I was like, oh, espresso. I can't drink espresso. It's like too much – too coffee. Too much juice. And this guy was like, well, you ever had a cortado? And I was like, what's that?

And he's like, oh, it's half espresso, half steamed milk. So it's not quite a latte, which is just super milky. It's just – it's got just enough of that coffee flavor. And that kind of – i got into that and then i started learning about you know like single origin coffees and different processes of like how to make coffee and also i feel like just learning about the process of where the coffee comes from and the effort that it takes to actually make the coffee is insane it's not like it's not like some dude, just like, it's not like some, like, uh, You don't just pick the beans and throw them in a pot.

Yeah, exactly. It's, it comes in this like fruit and they have to tear it open. I think there's only like two actual, it's not even a bean actually. It's like a seed or like a cherry. Yeah. I had an ex-girlfriend who worked at the Starbucks reserve store in Hollywood. Like she was one of their first employees and i remember like i like basic coffee with cream and sugar but i remember one day she was like no try this it's like it's like the inside of a thing

where it tastes like cherries but it's not cherries and i was like oh and i drank it black and i was like i was immediately in love with it it was so good is that what you're talking about like the the cherry pit kind of no oh no i don Is that what you're talking about? Like the cherry pit kind of? No. Oh. No. I don't know what you're talking about. I don't either because I can't remember.

You're just talking about where literally the coffee beans come from. Yeah. Off the tree. It comes in this sort of like fruit and you have to pick it out. And there's only, I think, two to one of those things. So it just takes forever. So if you think about like how many actual coffee beans you use in one cup of coffee,

somebody had to pick each one of those things out. And so, I mean, in order to have a cup of coffee, you need like, I don't know, like 50 of those? You have to do that by hand? There's no automated? No, it has to be by hand. Really? Yeah.

Ian, what you need to do is be the Eli Whitney of this day and age and invent the cotton gin, but the coffee gin. Coffee gin. You're just cranking all the beans coming out. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, that's a good point. Dude, you could be rich. I can't help but wonder what labor must be like. And that's a thing.

And that's why there's larger corporations, they have these sort of like large lots in these areas that, I mean, they're paying people. I think right now, like the sort of large corporation cost is around a dollar per pound of green coffee, which is the unroasted coffee beans. So a pound, if you think like just a single bean, like how many beans make up a pound of coffee and they're paying a dollar for that? So it's not great. So I mean, I think that's why it's also good to know like where your stuff is coming from. And if you're buying from somebody

that's actually paying the people in that area a living wage, or at least a wage above, you know, extreme poverty. So yeah, I think it's really interesting to learn about this sort of process and sort of get involved and know more about what you're, you know, what you're contributing to. That's interesting. Yeah. I'll definitely come into the office and you will be making pour over coffee in the kitchen.

You will have your, Oh, it's extremely, it's extremely douchey. I have a pour over every morning. It's actually, what's funny, what's funny is why it's,

it's funny how pour over is considered so douchey when it is literally so much cheaper than a Keurig. It is. And less harmful. In every way possible. Keurig tastes like garbage. Keurig tastes like fat garbage. Like a pour over, you can get a pour over for like 15 bucks, you know, like, and, and, you know, you just get the whole beans, which is cheaper than getting K cups. Yep.

It's the whole process is just all you have to do is boil water. It's way cheaper. That's the only extra cups. Yep. It's the whole process is, it just, all you have to do is boil water. It's the only extra step. Yeah. Boil coffee, grind the beans or buy ground coffee. It doesn't take long. If you have an electric kettle or whatever, the boiling is like that.

Yeah. It's really not that hard. And you learn like different processes yield a different flavor. Yeah. It's, it's something that I'm really excited about. So early on in the bringing back Smosh, I started to think maybe we could make a coffee.

So. Snapped. Snapped the finger guns at the camera just then. I can't. I'm just going to say be on the lookout next week. Oh, snap. But that's all he's gonna say. That massive hit.

There might be a Smosh coffee. Maybe. Who knows? Hand picks. There is, you've been very sensitive. By Ian. It's taken a while, Ian can't tell you because he's still opening up the beans

and getting out. He's opening his fruit. Notice the palaces on the fingers. Yeah. Aw. No, but massive respect to the people that go through all that labor for, I mean, so many people drink coffee.

Yeah. Like you think about like how many, how many of those beans have to be like roasted and like picked every single day. You take it for granted. It's similar to chocolate where it's just like, this is, you are eating something that you think is so simple.

Yeah. But it went through 500 steps. It reminds me of that Willy Wonka scene where they're unwrapping all the chocolate bars to get the golden ticket. You know that scene, Willy Wonka? It reminds me also of that – I saw a documentary where like people in like Ivory Coast or – yeah. They're like – that's where a lot of the chocolate and cocoa comes from but it's them trying a chocolate bar for the first time

I saw that video! they were like this is what we make and it's like oh my god they were so like dang this makes it feel really good I mean the process of making chocolate it's way more

it's insane more than just picking the cocoa bean. You don't have the Hershey plant? I want to know, like, it's so weird to think, like, how they... Well, anyway, that's a totally different subject, but... Really quick, how does everyone take their coffee? Like, what is your... How do you do it? I mean, I

thought I would never drink coffee black until I found really good coffee. And I can say the Smosh coffee that I can't say exists yet is coffee that I've drank black every single time. Oh, snap. It's so good. I never drink coffee black. If it doesn't exist, this makes you a fat liar at this point.

It definitely exists. I just can't say it exists. I drink it every day, but I don't. But I just say be on the lookout. All right. And get your coffee money ready for some good shit. Ooh. Mmm.

If it exists, I've tasted it too, and it's really, really good. If it exists, yeah, I really, I love it too. What do you have? How do you take your coffee, Dave? Oh, I usually just do a little bit of cream, a little bit of sugar. If it's a Starbucks, I might add a little hazelnut. But during pumpkin spice latte season, I'm a basic fella and I get my pumpkin sweet cream cold brew. I tried it for the first time the other day.

Whoa, I saw that on the menu. Get it in your tummy ASAP. It's good. I used to do like literally six thingies of creamer. Wow. And like three packets of sugar. Like the little creamer cups. Like the half and half for the diner maid.

No coffee in there. Just creamer. No, there's coffee. You're talking about half and half of the little cups? No, the diner. Coffee maid? The coffee maid. Coffee maid, okay.

Guys, six. I used to do six of those and then like three packets of sugar. Whoa. You're gross. Now I'm no sugar and just like the tiniest splash of almond creamer. I'm a little bit of half and half. I pour a little half and half in the bottom of the mug, then I pour the coffee into it so that the half and half gets really swirled in there.

Yeah, do that. And then, you know. Yeah, I think, I mean, for me, like it's really fun like finding like, finding, like, a good coffee shop that has, like, a single origin. Yes, dude. And you can, like, really taste, like, the difference between different origins. Cool. And the cool different creative drinks they make, like, that one place that has, like, the espresso mojito in the summertime. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

It's like seltzer cold espresso. We were filming a video at a coffee shop recently, and the guy there had me try, I believe it was espresso and orange juice. Oh! What? I think it was espresso. I hear that's good.

And it was actually surprisingly good. The funny thing about that is when we did our Eat It or Yeet It at the Merrill Twins, we had one, Vanessa Merrill got coffee, orange juice, and a little bit of like mint oil, I think it was. And she was like, I'm confused. But I saw a lot of comments at that time say like, hey, my local coffee shop makes a thing like that and it's really good. And so I was surprised to see that you had also tried it.

Garrett, you failed again. Yeah, you know how many times I eat it when we go to have breakfast somewhere, I get an orange juice and a coffee. Never thought. Yeah, just mix it together. Yeah, I mean, I think if I'm going for some like sweet sort of coffee drink,

there's this small chain called Tiramia in SoCal. I think there's some up in the Bay Area now too. But they have a horchata latte.

Oh, I love horchata. Oh, damn, boy! That is some good stuff. I need to try some different things i mainly just get coffee like i just do coffee yeah you gotta have fun with it oh man i need to have more fun so that's so that's my that's that's one thing that i'm that i'm passionate about and i can't wait to share with you guys more info on the Smosh coffee. I'm excited. I'm excited for you guys to try it, too.

I'm excited for everyone to try it. It's actually really good. Awesome. I'm stoked. Yeah. All right. So it's time for my number two. It really is time for you to number two all over this table. Honestly, I think we might only be able to get through two of our passions.

Seriously? Yeah. Thought we had all the time in the world. I blame everybody else. How long have we been going for? About 40 minutes. Yeah, you have. We have 35 minutes left.

Doesn't that mean we took 40 minutes with the first round? Yes. And we have 35 minutes left. Maybe, yeah, maybe. I love how you're like, we have all the time in the world within the constraints of an hour and a half. Well, should our number two, should we try to get through this in the next, like, should we?

Yeah, I'll go for it. No, no, I mean, like, let's just talk about our passions. Because the number ones, but I don't want to talk all about my number three, number two, and then be like, oh, and my favorite thing in the world. Sorry. Check out our actual favorite things in Good Mythical More. Second channel. I think we can save it for another episode.

All right. I really do think so. Okay. All right. Well, my number two is The Ocean. I love The Ocean so much.

Because Finnerty's behind you just dying. He's losing his mind. Okay. The Ocean has a lot of like, it's really important to me just growing up. I was born in Florida and obviously I only moved when I was two, but I would go back there every summer to visit my grandparents. And we would go down to Key West and we would go lobster diving and fishing for mahi-mahi. And we'd go out 15 miles out to sea in a small fishing boat.

And I mean, we'd spend a whole day out there. And those are some of my favorite memories. And I would sit at the very front of the boat, like with my feet dangling off the front edge as you're like gliding around and stuff. And we'd be bouncing up and down on the waves, whatever. And sometimes a dolphin would come up and they would ride on the front of the boat. So they're the, and they would like flip over on their sides and like stare at you while they're swimming and jumping around and everything. And I'm like, it's just randomly. And what's so cool about dolphins is you'll see them far away. I'll be like, you can see them about a mile out. And then we're going and I'm like, all right, they're coming.

Like they will actively come up and like swim at the front of the boat. I just saw so much cool stuff. And the ocean is just such a like different, it's a different planet. Right. And snorkeling around was always so cool i i got so close to like touching sea turtles a couple times because the everything in the ocean will get so much closer to you than on land right like hiking uh whenever i've gone hiking in colorado or even around here you might see deer or something you're gonna see them 500 yards away and they're going to start running.

Whereas when I was snorkeling around, like a school of fish will pretty much circle you. So there's just a perfect sphere around you of fish swimming around. That's crazy. And it's only like two feet away from you, right? Fish are just swimming around. My dad would be spearfishing, and he would give me the ring to hold the dead fish that he had. So he's like, okay, hold this. I'm holding a ring with three dead snapper that are bleeding.

And this was a distinct memory. I was like seven or eight years old. I'm holding a ring of dead fish. I think you told me this fish I'm behind my dad who's got the spear gun he's up ahead and this like you guys are just swimming right

yeah we're just smirking I think we talked about this on the podcast before have we talked about this yeah because your dad was trying to kill you well yeah a giant nurse shark

and a barracuda were on each side of me trying to grab the ring and I was like kicking I was actively kicking the nurse shark it was crazy yeah and then i also love

the beach and i just i don't know everything everything uh related to the ocean i love the smell of the ocean i often when i was a teenager an angsty teenager my like getaway fantasy was like i wish i was stranded on an island by myself sometimes because i think i would love that for a little bit for like a week. Are you interested in getting involved in like ocean conservancy? I would love that, yeah. Whenever I've thought about like, okay, volunteer opportunity, that's, I would love if there's,

I need to look into it, if there's like opportunities to go out and help clean up the Pacific trash heap that's in the middle of the ocean. I saw an amazing piece of technology the other day. I would love to go. It looks like almost a parachute that they put over the water, and they found a way where trash can't get above it. It's too high for fish to do.

It's a really solid piece of technology, and I saw it just the other day. Trash in the ocean upsets me on such a level. Yeah, there's a lot of, like, I think Adam Sandler sometimes, they'll just have, like, oh, I'm going to do a beach cleanup, and you guys can come and help clean the beach up with me like so there's a lot of beach cleanups and stuff like that so what what were you gonna make an Adam Sandler joke

Ian's doing his Ian smile there is a video didn't you guys see this video on Pornhub yeah what well we know Ian's next passion no they did like a trash clean they did like a they did like a trash cleanup video

like where they did like a porn on like the most polluted like beach and they said like for every like i think it was for like every view they were gonna donate to like this like beach cleanup thing very intricate intricate, but good work. I guess I can't. They just had people picking up trash. Around them? Yeah. Right in front of my salad?

Yeah. Oh, my God. Wow. We can cut that out if that's too- Hey, I'm an adult. I'm allowed to watch these things. Kudos. I just also like, did you see that one porn video

where we're all just like yeah yeah Ian have you seen the internet recently where they try to deliver a pizza but they deliver

something else that was about pizza conservancy oh my god yeah so you know for a good cause I guess

but I think Mari gets involved in so that's a weird, that's a weird transition from talking about porn, but Mari, Mari, I feel like volunteers in so many ways. She's done ocean conservancy.

I definitely want to look into it. I would love that. I would really love that. I also, I've always, I don't know if I'd ever add it to my bucket list, but the whole thought of like sailing around the world and stuff has always fascinated me. I could be on the ocean for,

I love it. I seriously love it so much. I could see you being 80 years old and getting lost at sea like that. And then be like, they never found them. But then you just are like on your own Island. You're like, Hey,

that's my plan. Cause, cause we would, we would sleep on the boat and, and stay on the boat for like almost up to a week sometimes. And I loved it from start to finish. And I know, I know it's grueling.

I bet you smelled like shit. But I just love the ocean. I think also just like the ocean, I'm guessing you were, you were on, you were down there during like not hurricane season. Well, of course. Well, actually no. One time we were out, we were not hurricane, but we apparently, I remember I have a distinct memory of us being in a bad storm and I was in the kitchen section of the fishing boat and like all the cupboards flying open, everything sliding around, flying everywhere.

Was there a red sky in the morning? No, but I know the whole. But apparently my dad and grandpa were like, yeah, we got lucky that time. Like we nearly, our boat nearly tipped over and we would. Quit trying to drown, dude. Yeah, why are you playing like that? Damn. Oh, man.

That's crazy. I love the ocean. That was going to be one of my, if we were going to do five today, it was swimming was my thing. Because swimming and camping will go hand in hand. Because so I grew up with like a surf family and like I know how to surf but like the waves give me so much anxiety when you especially when you're holding on to this giant ass board because I haven't gotten good enough to like have like a six footer

that isn't made out of foam and just floating. So but I really love swimming. I grew up going to Parker, Arizona a lot like and my great grandparents had this house on the Colorado River. And we'd go there, and I wouldn't shower the whole time. So I know what that life is like. Because I'd just be swimming in the river. I don't think you shower now.

No. I didn't shower. I mean, I... Okay. I love how you were just, like, ready to give it back to him, and then you just gave up. You're like, well, actually... Yeah. I was going to say I didn't shower this morning but I did I just didn't rinse my hair

Courtney we've been new yeah but yeah so I would I love swimming in the Colorado River and then swimming in the ocean is like so fun nowadays like when I go to the beach it's harder to enjoy if i like go and

i'm wearing makeup and stuff i'm like oh i don't want to ruin it but but uh like when i'm at my dad's house on the weekends like i just am swimming in the pool or like doing laps just swimming and then and then i we camp a lot my family camps all the time i did a lot when i was a kid a lot of times it was at places where there was a beach um or like we one time i was in big sur with my brothers and we decided to just follow this stream and i think it was like february it was still cold but we found this spot where there was cliff diving like definitely there was a few hipsters like in big coats and pants just like chilling not knowing what to do and we just we in clothes. We just decided to just go cliff diving and be swimming in this cold-ass river type thing.

They call it a river. It wasn't quite a river. It was like a big stream, like a big old boy stream. You know what I'm saying? A creek? I guess, but bigger than that. Catching frogs down by the creek? Yeah.

Creedence Clearwater Revival. Swimming is so cool, man. It's so cool. Swimming is fun. I enjoyed it. I'm literally zoning out thinking about like swimming back in Georgia. It's been so quiet. To add really quick, because it's connected to mine.

My favorite swimming experience I think ever, Damien, you're going to hate this, but was being like miles away from shore. Nope. Being out in the middle of the ocean. Nope. Just looking at like dark ocean water and just jumping in. And just like,

just floating there and being like, this goes on forever. I really like swimming. I really like water. It's the idea of like the deep sea stuff. Like, I don't like the idea. Like I would never be down with all the fangly fishes

and the translucent things but thinking about it conceptually just makes me have an existential crisis but like swimming I love so right right but I meant just the deep sea swimming yeah I when I went to Mexico a few years ago they took us out really far and there's just a bunch of boats chilling they tell

you to just jump in and then there's whale sharks and we like follow them around. Oh, that's so cool. And then we saw, like, what's, is it a manta ray? The big-ass ones that float at the top? Saw a giant one of those. And, like, we accidentally kind of got far away from everyone for a bit. It was a little spooky, but it's so quiet underwater.

And then camping, camping's awesome. Like, I think, like, beach cleanup is important, too. But I also like brush fires and, like, protecting our forests and stuff is important as well. It was so sad when the big-ass fire that happened last year completely burned down my favorite campsite that I went to every year, Leo Crewe. Oh, man. But it's better now. It looks exactly the same.

It's cool. There's this one special tree that looks exactly the same. But, yeah, camping is so fun. I wish we would go camping. I've never been. We need to go camping. I've never been camping. We really should go camping.

We should go camping with my dad. I would love to make a video out of us going camping. I'd love that. I'm so ready for camping because my friend got me a Friends of Family discount to the Columbia Sportswear. We're going to Columbia? No. This spring, the brand. We're going to Columbia. We're going to Columbia? No. This spring, the brand. We're going to

Columbia. We're going to Patagonia? And I went, because I realized living in LA and not, I've kind of like, because I also camped and hiked quite a bit with my parents, but now that I'm an adult, I haven't done it that much and all I have now are just

hot boy, city boy clothes. And I don't have anything that I'm down to get dirty or ripped up. So I use the frick out of that friends and family discount about like 35 items. I'm good to go baby. I got my 55 liter pack. I got a Nalgene bottle.

I got a hydro flask. I got the hydration pack. I got a Nalgene bottle. I got a hydro flask. I got the hydration pack. I got a lantern. We got a VSCO camping. Our next video, we're climbing Mount St. Helens. Yeah. So I'm ready to... We should do it.

We should go camping. What are you all up to this weekend? Right after this? Actually, right after this. Let's go. I got an ocean cleanup video to watch. God. On YouTube.

Yeah, I got a coffee to make or not make, so sorry. Damien. We are only going to have time for one more. I got to pick. It's a Sophie's Choice, baby. I mean, it kind of. I know, I had to drop a big one entirely. We might have enough time.

Should I say one as an honorable mention now? It doesn't matter. You could always talk about something you're excited about later. Honorable mention right now, then, is my Twitch streams. When Defy Media shut down, I didn't have anything I wanted to do, and it was Shane and a couple other friends, shout-out Ethan, shout-out Doug, that really pushed me to start streaming. Oh, shout out Courtney.

I was telling Damien to do Twitch streaming forever because I just knew it would do exactly how it's done. And I love it. It's the first thing I've ever had that's just been totally mine. And there's a fear for me as like an improviser and a sketch person, like it's good to have a partner. You've got to, like, I wanted to do something with you even before you joined Smosh. I was like, leter and a sketch person like it's good to have a partner you've got it like I wanted to do something with

you even before you joined Smosh I was like let's do a thing together but there's that fear of doing things on your own but I've truly loved it and I'll talk about it more in depth if the opportunity presents itself but I want to give my real answer say it with me everybody Animay!

Animal House! Animorphs! And I wasn't actually going to pick this but when I was talking about it with Shane, he was just like, why not say anime? And I was like, I don't know. And he's like, well, I think people would want to know why you like it. And I think that's fair. I watched a little bit of it in high school, but sort of fell off throughout my college years. And it wasn't until about a year or two ago that I sort of rediscovered it and was just like,

oh, I really, really dig this. And I know it can be like a little bit cringy. And that's why I listen to- Do you think that's why you stopped watching it or you weren't watching it because you felt like judgment from other people that- I'd say that's probably part of it. But I think now I'm in a space where like, whatever I like, whatever I want to do, I don't really care what other people think.

It's kind of cool. But I think the thing that really resonates with me is the stories that I'm seeing and hearing are just so different from what I would otherwise get. Like how many times have we turned on like regular cable TV and it's just like, she's the best cop on the force and no one gives her a chance. But the one person she couldn't catch is her ex-husband. And it's just like the same story over and over again. Every medical show you watch is literally filmed in the same hospital set in Los Angeles. Like it's all the flipping same. Every high school series that there's murder for some reason.

It's all the same. It's literally all the same. And this is the first time it's been like, for me, these random stories that you'd never think of. Someone's creativity is the only limitation because animating a dragon is the same as animating a person. I don't think one costs more than the other. Game of Thrones, amazing. Yes, but so high budget. And the only way we can ever get that story is breaking the bank of HBO and making that happen.

But anime, like I turn on a new one every day and I I'm like, oh, my God, what a cool concept. There are so many, and all of them are so insane. Yeah. Like, they're taking, there's things that you would never even think of, right? Whereas, like, fantasy in Western, like, TV, you're always going to be like, well, I've kind of seen this premise before, whatever. There are some animes where I'm like, who thought of this?

Like, you were telling me about the one that's like, yeah, this guy, he's like 30 years old, he dies, and he is reincarnated as a slime in a fantasy world. And I'm just like, hold up? I was like, what? Like that's a premise of a show. And they literally get into it like that, and they're

like, let's explore this world and have fun. But there's also one where it's like, Tommy Bo, I think, recommended this one to me. It's these kids trying to escape from an orphanage. And they have a very good reason to do so. And I'm not going to tell you why. But it's a full season of them trying to figure out how to escape from the orphanage. And also they come to the realization of like, we can't just do this ourselves.

There are all these like three or four year olds that are, you know, young here too. We have to take them with us. So it's this whole escape heist situation across a season. And I'm like, how cool? How cool? Something you pointed out about anime that I think is really cool and it's something that I really enjoy about it. Anime is honestly very motivating for me

because you notice in anime the difference in Japanese culture compared to Western culture. That's part of the truth. Western culture, our TV shows, our movies are very often this is who you are. You are this person. You are who you are, right? Whereas in anime and stuff, the vibe is very different. It's if you train and work hard, you can become something better. What about Rocky?

I mean, honestly, I would say sports movies are the closest thing to anime. Totally. That's why so many athletes nowadays love anime. One of my favorite animes recently is Megalobox. And it's about this guy who's a, it's like the future dystopian world where like people who have mechanical

upgrades box and this one guy his like breaks and he's like you know what i'm gonna do it without the upgrades and it's one of the coolest it's literally a rocky movie in anime and it's so cool and it's so about and he eventually goes like there's like the ultimate champion who's like jealous of him because he's like he's fighting without these upgrades what am i champion like all he's got like super upgrades that are like implanted into his body and he's like he's like looks this guy's like even though he's so much better he's like jealous because he's like he's doing without upgrades he's just so good yeah i need to be i need to become like that and i'm like that's each other that's awesome whereas whereas like you look at any tv show i feel like in America, it's very much like, I am this person. I am the chosen one. Like I was born this way.

And I think that's also part of like why I've sort of felt a resurgence of enjoying it. Right. Because I think when you say anime, if someone's not into it, they're probably thinking of the same old, like Dragon Ball Z, the Naruto of like, I'm going to train and do my best, blasting lasers and all. But in reality, it's just a way of presenting a story. It's like somebody saying like, oh, I don't like animated films.

I never watch Disney or Pixar or anything. I just don't like that. And you'd be like, oh, okay, you're not going to give any of them a chance. It's the same way with anime. They're like lawyer dramas. There are like,

pick a genre and it's just presented in this specific way of animation. And that's it. So that's, pick a genre and it's just presented in this specific way of animation and that's it. Yeah. So that's why I've been enjoying it. It's like if you discovered

a brand new Netflix where there's all shows that you haven't seen before and I'm just like, great, wind it up. Yeah. Let's check it out.

There's some awesome stuff. I did want to tell you, Damien's been trying to get me to watch this one anime forever called Demon Slayer. Oh, it's the best out there right now. I know it's a stereotypical name, but Demon Slayer.

No, it's really cool, and it's really dark. Did you start watching it? Because Damien's been telling me to watch it for so long, and I was like, you know what? I'm going to watch the whole thing before I tell him I've watched it. So I've watched all of it. What? Yeah.

Shane, what? Well, okay, so I'm like three've watched all of it what yeah Shane what well okay so I'm like three episodes behind right now but I've been wanting to talk about it with someone but I was like

you know what he could talk to me about like each episode or I'm like or I could just watch the whole thing and then we could talk about it all

so I've watched it yeah I've watched it all so early like literally the other day he was like telling me about something he's like but I don't want to

I don't want to spoil it and I already knew the thing so I was like oh yeah cool something. He's like, ah, but I don't want to, I don't want to spoil it. And I already knew the thing. So I was like, oh yeah, cool. And then I was like, oh, like a lie. Well, I was just waiting to watch the whole thing. And now I've watched the whole show. Now we can talk about, cause I was like, you know what?

How cool would it be if I was telling someone about like a show I like. And I was like, please watch it. And then I found out the next day they're like, yeah, I've seen all of it. And now I'm like, we can talk about all of it. That was my mindset. I don't know how far behind far I was doing it as like a gift he met I was doing it as a nice thing I just I how when did you start a couple weeks ago but then we would have been at the same space did you start did you start when I told you I started watching it I'd already been watching oh you had you're watching it too? I told you I watched it

I watched it it's very cool Demon Slayer is good it's really good there are anime tropes that it's really hard to pull out of those but I think Demon Slayer is

definitely one of the better animes that I've seen. There are three animes currently that I'm into. Attack on Titan which is like the super super dark gritty one. Yeah.

My Hero Academia which is like the Marvel it's the Marvel of anime. It's X-Men. It's X-Men. It's literally X-Men. It's a world where a bunch of people

have superpowers and there's a school where you go to hone your superpowers. It is X-Men but I actually enjoy it more than X-Men. It's literally X-Men. It's a world where a bunch of people have superpowers, and there's a school where you go to hone your superpowers. It is X-Men, but I actually enjoy it more than X-Men because they do a lot of things I think that X-Men should do. And what's the studio that does My Hero? I actually don't know.

Is it Funimation? What's the – no, they're the people that dub it, right? What's the style? Shonen? Yeah, Shonen. Shonen, yeah. Yeah, it's where it's dub it, right? What's the style? Shonen? Yeah, Shonen. Shonen, yeah. Yeah, it's a little annoying. I understand because animation costs so much,

they have to do a lot of flashbacks. But I don't want to see the same thing repeated over and over again. I don't mind it because there's so much going on, so much information that I actually don't mind it. But sometimes in anime, I feel like they're just like wasting time and like running the clock till they can get to the awesome thing. There's also 500

episodes as opposed to 10 episodes per season. That's true. They can just do 10 episodes and have it, but instead they're like, here's 35 per season. But could they put all the good stuff in 10 episodes and then you don't have to waste more time? I also enjoy, as opposed to most TV shows, where I'm like, I get 10 episodes

and I'll get a new season in three years. I'm like, anime gets to be this continuous thing. Oh, like One Punch Man? Well, yeah. We don't talk about season two in this household. But My Hero Academia is some of the most fun I've had watching TV. Like the whole basis of All Might

is such a genius superhero idea that Marvel and DC has never done but they did it in anime which is just like I don't want to spoil it because it's such a good character. Just watch it and tweet me about it. It's such a fun show. Yeah. I think My Hero Academia is probably my favorite

anime. I think it's what got me back into it because I remember I started working at Defy and then there were like three different people who were like, you got to watch the show. You'd love it. And I'd be like, I haven't seen anime stuff in a while.

Like, I don't know. And then I did. And I was just like drooling for the next. I think attack on Titan and cowboy bebop is still like, just as I need to watch my heart. Cause it's so different. That is a completely different thing.

And apparently like the, and the English dub is better than the English dub is super good. It's, it's so different. That is a completely different thing of current stuff. And apparently the English dub is better than the... Yeah, the English dub is super good. It's not anime. It basically isn't anime, right? It's done like a noir,

like dark, gritty... Yeah. Except for the guy outside the restaurant with the lobster. He's like, hey, what the hell are you doing, you punk?

Get out of here. Wait, that's from Cowboy Bebop? There's that, yeah. Or wait, no, no, no Wait, that's from Cowboy Bebop? There's that, yeah. Or wait, no, no, no, it's not from Cowboy Bebop. I think I remember what I was like, that's not from Cowboy Bebop. I'll kick your ass, you little squirt. You little punk.

Hey, what are you flipping me off? I'll take this. He's like a big buff guy. Clearly they were like, so the voice actor that was supposed to do this died this morning. Can you please, Trevor's dead in the booth. Please stand on his body. Trevor, in the office, can you just come on in and just read this? Yeah.

I don't remember a lot of my childhood, but I don't know why. It's just hard to look back and remember. But I do have a lot of random memories. Speed Racer. Speed Racer. But that's the first anime I ever watched was Speed Racer. But my oldest sister, Kat, who's like the nerdy one. Sailor Moon. I mean, that's the thing. Because I like Sailor Moon. That's the first anime I ever watched was Speed Racer. But my oldest, my older sister, Kat, who's like the nerdy one. Sailor Moon.

I mean, that's the thing. That's the thing. She watched a lot and like, it was such a big family. I'd always just kind of sit down whenever the family was watching or she was watching. I was there. So there was Dragon Ball Z,

there was Naruto, there was Inuyasha, Sailor Moon, um, blah, blah, blah, blah,

blah, blah. Yeah. I think some Cowboy Bebop, like, like a lot that I'm just like, oh, yeah,

I know that character, but but like I don't know the name of the show or stuff like that I watched a lot of Speed Racer I love Speed Racer I like want to make it popular again not the live action movie fuck that dude Speed Racer that's Egoraptor's favorite movie

yeah it's not my favorite movie I'm currently watching Cowboy Bebop and it's I because I love cartoons like

like Archer was amazing to me obviously Rick and Morty and stuff like that the Hot Wheels movie Hot Wheels movie that's that's

that's CG so different but yeah and Cowboy Bebop's awesome I love noir style like Archer

was also like that too so it's dope yeah cool I think I mean I think the anime that got me back into anime

was One Punch Man it's great like Ethan Klein showed me that like we were hanging out at his house and he's like have you seen One Punch Man

I was like no he's like dude and I had already heard about it it's funny as hell some people were watching it and I was like I think we sat there and watched the first five episodes through.

It's great. It's a great show. The concept for those out there, there's a superhero who his power is he can defeat anything in one punch. And because of that, he's incredibly bored and depressed all the time. He's super miserable. Because nothing's a challenge. Anytime something shows up, he's like, oh, my God, finally, I'm going to have an epic fight. And it just turns into dust. he's like, Oh my God, finally I'm going to have like an epic fight and it just turns into dust.

He's like, no, no. And it essentially, the show is just a series of, of that. He's also a punchline. Yes.

And which is kind of the irony is like, you know, like an anime, they do the anime thing where for five episodes, they'll build up like someone else. I have shown up from another dimension. I am demon God. And it's just like,

he's just destroying half the planet, like with ease. And then one punch man shows it's just like, he's just destroying half the planet with ease. And then one punch man shows up and just like, pop! And you're just like, oh, it was all for a joke. His special attack is like, normal punch. Yeah, normal consecutive punches. Yeah, because I was watching season two, and I think a lot of people had a problem with season two

because it took them like three years to make it. The animation leads left for a different project or they went to a completely different studio. And also like you could only continue that gimmick of big strong guy shows up, one punch man, you think he's going to get beat. I feel like it was perfect for one season.

So they needed to expand it and bring in new characters. So I understand what they did. It's just not as, I i didn't i think the story's better but it's not as entertaining as the first one was and then i went back and watched that final fight scene from from the first season and i was like holy shit it was way cool if you want more of that the same creator uh instead made mob psycho 100 oh yeah you're trying to get me to watch that you'd you'd really love it because it is it's literally like they made one punch man and they were like oh this isn't sustainable what's a sustainable show i can make with this kind of

concept and it is the same action and stuff from one punch man um except it's just about instead of like a depressed man it's about like this socially awkward like eighth grader who is just in a really strong psychic and uh it's the same thing he's just kind of depressed he's like i don't know how to talk to people but he's incredibly powerful and they've already made two seasons and they're clearly continuing it well so all right well heck yeah um i guess i guess um my my next passion that i'll talk about uh and i feel like we can we can talk about and get into other ones later it's it's similar to anime Korean movies yeah I mean like movies as a whole I'm passionate about but I guess I'm I

guess I'm passionate about Korean movies because I feel like not enough people have seen the good ones what are some good ones well just throw some out list still yeah when I first started working here I was like what are some good movies and he gave me'll just throw some out for you. I wish I had that list still. Yeah. When I first started working here, I was like, what are some good movies? And he gave me a fat list. He's like, I'll give you a few. Text me a fat list of like 50.

A lot of them were like Korean films, like Old Boy. You do watch a lot of movies. Yeah. You'll often come in and be like, oh, I watched this movie last night or I watched this movie. Yeah.

I realize that you watch a lot. Yeah, it's because I have no life. Invite me over. That's what we're talking about. Watching movies is life. Yeah, it's cuz I have no life Watching movies is life. Yes, old boy was my was my favorite movie for for for quite a long while I don't know what it is now But yeah old boy a guy gets he gets captured he gets in prison for 15 years He doesn't know why he doesn't know what for he's like locked in this room for 15 years

And then he's released one day and he gets this like message. And the guy's like, if you want to know why I imprisoned you, you have to find me in 48 hours or something like that. And he goes on this like sort of like revenge quest to like find this guy that imprisoned him. And I think the deal was like, I think the deal was like, and if you find me and find out why I did it, I'll kill myself or something like that. Whoa.

Or something like, yeah. It was like, yeah, there's a lot of really, really great Korean vengeance, like revenge movies. Another one made by the same director, Park Chan-wook. He did Lady Vengeance, which is another really, really good one. Super messed up premise. Yeah, obviously an adult movie. One of my favorite,

like just such a fricking solid director, Bong Joon-ho. He did The Host, which was not the weird, not the Stephanie Meyer one, but it's like a monster family movie. It's like a Meyer one, but it's like a monster family movie. It's like a monster movie, but it's about this family coming together.

That one's really fun. Have you seen that one? Yeah, that one's like 10 years old. Yeah. Yeah, that one's pretty old. Then he did Okja, which is on Netflix. Yeah, I like Okja a lot. A little depressing, but fun. Snowpiercer, he did that one. I love Snowpiercer. It's so ridiculous. Snowpiercer's crazy.

And then his most recent movie, Parasite, is incredible. I hear that's really good. I've been hearing it's so good. It's incredible. Wait, you saw Parasite? Yes. How? Oh, yeah, you probably can't say that here. But it's coming to theaters. It's coming to theaters

next week. Wow. So check your check your theaters well I mean when this comes out it will be coming out probably around now check your local theaters

see if there's like an art theater art house theater near you it's an incredible movie it's it's also an adult movie though right

it's yeah sort of it's like I think I think the thing with like a lot of Korean movies is they tend to bend genres right even if it's like sort of it's like i think i think the thing with like a lot of korean movies is is they

tend to bend genres right even if it's like a really dark movie another one that he did which is one of my favorite movies is mother not the one with jennifer lawrence yeah but uh they just managed to blend like really dark material with like dark comedy so like even like even like when there's like really like dark themes like they still manage to find some pretty weird, funny moments. Another good Korean movie, The Wailing. It's kind of a horror movie. And they all kind of hit on interesting themes. Is Wailing like screaming or wailing of like, get those whales?

Screaming. It's just Moby Dick. It's kind of like a... Yeah, it's like a... Like a sickness is going around. They can't figure out why. Oh, interesting. And there's like a Japanese guy that moved into town.

So it's kind of this movie about like xenophobia and like being paranoid about people that you don't know. The Good, the Bad, and the Weird is like such a freaking... I've never heard of almost any of these movies. It's such a weird movie.

It's exactly as it sounds like. It's a Korean movie, but it's a Western, but it takes place, I think, in Manchuria kind of area during Japanese occupation.

Interesting. Wow. All right. And it's, like, there's, like, a train, like, going through the desert, and they're trying to, like, get some kind of, like, treasure or something. It's awesome. All right. But, uh...

I gotta watch all these. We need to do a frickin' movie night. I would like that. Why not? Because I have so many weird movies I want to show you guys. Precious. That's not weird. But so many weird movies I want to show you guys. Precious. That's not weird. But I have good movies I want to show you guys. I have weird ones.

We should do good movie, weird movie, bad movie. Redfish. Bluefish. I'm totally down. Dr. Seuss movie. Just another shout out. I Saw the Devil. Super awesome vengeance movie. Very, very adult. Man from Nowhere. Another great vengeance movie. Very, very adult. Man from Nowhere.

Another great vengeance movie. And yeah, I think that's about it. Yeah, there's just three just incredible Korean directors. Bong Joon-ho, Kim Ji-woon, and Park Chan-wook. Just amazing. I'm going to actually like legitimately look these up. I want to look up a lot of these too. Because I don't watch movies, and I guess I don't know where to start for something new and interesting like that.

And I never even thought about Korean cinema. So similar to what I was talking about with anime, there's a whole new world you crack open. Oh, yeah. This is exciting to me. And the storytelling is completely different. I think Parasite is an amazing blend of all these different genres. You don't really know where it's going. I would say don't read any of the premise.

Just find a way to watch it and go watch it. It's my favorite movie of the year. I'm sorry, are we boring you? I remembered another anime that I actually watched in 2010 that I really was obsessed with and it was called Wolf's Reign. I don't know Wolf's Reign. Wait. I literally found it on accident

because I was trying to set up my aesthetic for Tumblr, right? And the things I was obsessed with were wolves and rain. So I typed that, wolf, rain, and found this anime called Wolf's Rain. It was a thing where wolves were not allowed to exist anymore. And so wolves figured out how to turn into humans at will. In the future. That sounds very anime. And I was really into it, and then school happened.

But, yeah. So, basically. I think we need it and then school happened. But yeah. So basically. I think we need to do a movie night. We'll watch the Hot Wheels movie that you found. The Hot Wheels movie. I also have these weird movies that were made by a Mormon production company that are like, they're good. That sounds awesome.

Is it Napoleon Dynamite? They're comedies. No, no. I want to, and that same night, I want to show all of you guys Promised Neverland. That's the like escape from the orphanage thing I was talking about. Oh, yeah.

Recommended by Tommy Bo. Sounds good. It's so good. You would, the main character, Courtney, you would love her so much. Cool. That's awesome.

She would be your favorite. Female lead I'm in. I'm in. Straight up, strong as hell, the smartest person. It's so good. I would want to show you guys

this beach cleanup video I found on the internet. Yeah. Where can I find it? Ian, I think if you, as hell the smartest person it's so I would I would want to show you guys this beach cleanup video I found on the internet yeah where can I find I think cutting everything can I show you guys this thing on health care that I found on you I guess also a quick shout out to Studio Ghibli because that's or Studio Ghibli because that's also like it's basically anime but I love all those movies

alright so I guess are we on to like do we have time for we don't have time I'm also very into spaghetti westerns alright is that when you

boil up some noodles and put barbecue sauce on it yeah spicy spaghetti yeah I think we'll have to i think we'll have to do this again uh maybe maybe in a couple weeks if you guys if you guys like it if you guys like us talking about what we like about ourselves is your passion our passions let us know what your passion

is smosh.com comment what's your comment let us know what your weirdest passionate like what you think is like the guilty pleasure the strangest passion that you have. Because I really want to know, like, I want to know what interests people. Like, do you like collecting thimbles? I love when I hear that people are into things that I don't comprehend at all. An interested person is an interesting person. Yeah, but it also, I love that everything in the world, there's someone who's super into that thing.

Yeah, 100%. I think that's, like, there's someone out there who, like, people who collect leaves and put it in notebooks and stuff. There's someone out there who does that. I'm like, that's cool. Yeah. That's awesome. I like taking locks of all of your hair and putting it in a jar.

And then I try to clone it and I play clone roulette. Sometimes it comes out Ian. Sometimes it comes out Ian. Sometimes it comes out Kevin. But never Rye Infinity. Well, thank you guys so much for watching. If you want to check out Smoshcast, it's available in audio form on Wednesdays and in video form on Fridays.

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