Smosh Mouth - S2: #55 - Podcast Courtney Hits Different

Episode Date: March 18, 2020

Courtney and Shayne welcome first time guest, Kimmy Jimenez to the pod! Kimmy talks about what it’s like being the new kid on the block at Smosh, her childhood soccer adventures, and why Courtney on the SmoshCast hits different.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When the cast started getting larger after Ian and Anthony, there was positive feedback, but a lot of negative against change. I went kind of viral on Tumblr. I never dress up for Halloween, but one year I decided to, and I made this outfit called Thora the Explorer. So I was Thor, but I had like this tiny little Dora outfit on and I had the Thor wig. Oh my god, any excuse to put

bangs and the red streaks in my hair. I think I should have red streaks in my hair and bangs. I feel like that's what the character would do. So my dad and I were in like our hotel room getting ready for my next game. I had already played like two games that day and we get the call and they're like, yeah, you actually tore two of your three ligaments in your ankle and you have tendonitis in your knee.

Yeah, you don't have bones. Yeah, you don't. Your bones are gone. Sorry to let you know. Sorry. Your bones. Kimmy, your bones are leaving. You are a celebrity.

Did you notice? No. As you slide around the floor. I feel like when I'm this close to him, I just want to grab it. Yeah, it's nice. Mari has said I have like. You like sing. Yeah.

Mari has said I have like a different voice when I'm on the pod. Because like I can hear it. You can hear yourself. I don't have to be loud. I'm a very loud person. I do that too. As I want people to acknowledge me. Here or outside of the pod, I'm loud always.

The loudest man. Good. Good for you. Well, the only person louder is my dad. Really? Oh my God. My dad is so loud. Oh my God. Well, the only person louder is my dad. Really? Oh, my God. My dad is so loud. Oh, my God.

He doesn't realize it. Like he just his general talking voice is so loud. My mom. My mom does that, too. Oh, it can. And it depends on how excited my dad is or whatever. Like we've been I remember there was we'll be out eating at dinner or lunch or something. He'll just be like, yeah, well, you know,

the thing about that is it's like this, you know? You know, if you think about it, it's really like this. And everyone in the restaurant is just like, whoa. I can see my mom. She laughs at what she's saying. And she's like, because you know, it's like that. And it's like crazy, I don't know. It's the other noises for my mom

and for people that are loud in my life, not just their voice, but the like, and the like other exclamations of their excitement. My brother is also that way. We were in an Uber together and my brother was talking so loud that the Uber driver was like, man, could you stop yelling in my ear?

It was so great. And my sister-in-law like termed it something like audio volume difficulty it's unable to like

modulate your like your your levels something modulation like audio modulation like yes I don't know there's some term

man alright well let's uh shall we cast this pod game I guess we can cast this pod. Let us cast this pod. Let me just get one more drink of this large beer I'm drinking. Yeah, let's drink in a beer.

It honestly looks like a beer, dude. Shane's drunk at 10.30 a.m. It's literally called liquid death. Which, guys, it's a can of water, by the way. It is not. Yeah, Mythical has a bunch of these liquid deaths. I don't know what that is. They say murder your thirst.

Yeah, murder your thirst, my guy. Liquid death, murder your thirst, you stupid idiot. Now it's provocative. It's good advertising. It is good advertising. You know what else? You know what else? Yeah, what else?

We got Kimmy on the pod today. Hey! Hello! It's your host, Courtney Miller, and Shane Topp is also here, and his vintage flannel. Very nice. Yeah.

My favorite piece of clothing now. It's not even a company. It just says handmade by Susan. Yeah. Handmade by Susan. Thank you.

Shout out to Susan who made this shirt probably like 50 years ago. Wow. Why don't you marry her? I will. Let's find Susan. Let's find Susan.

We'll do it. We'll track her down. But yeah, so Kimmy, heck yeah. First pod with us. Hi friends. I am so happy yeah, so Kimmy, heck yeah. First pod with us. Hi, friends. I am so happy to be here.

This is very exciting. First pod ever. First pod with you guys. Really? Ever too? Yeah. I thought you did one during summer games. No.

Wow. No, they wouldn't let me talk then. Yeah, you're not allowed to talk. No, no, no, no. You guys just had to like thoroughly vet me for two years before I could. Oh, no. No. God damn. I'm kidding. No. God damn.

I'm kidding. I'm kidding. I'm still not sure if she's a murderer or not. Yeah. You know, honestly, your guard should be up. You'll find out why. Stab me in the middle of this pod and be like, see, we were right. You're right.

Yep. That's it. That's what I've been waiting for. So, yeah. We wanted to help the viewers then listeners learn a little about chat for sure we hear about you quite a bit but you know and also i'm actually we have some really funny and weird questions really i'm like so excited yeah are you are you ready shane you ready no always kimmy are you ready yeah i'm ready. Always? Kimmy, are you ready? Yeah, I'm ready. I'm on stools.

Okay, first question. Very hard hitting. Where are you from? Yeah. So I'm from Irvine, Orange County. It is literally just, it's a master planning community. Every building is within like two shades of beige. And it's, you just, I honestly got lost so many times.

Like a five-year-old there. I was just like, where the hell am I? In your Honda Civic. This looks like my house. In my, we had a Honda Civic. That was our car. How do you know me in my life? All right, I just imagined a five-year-old driving around like, gosh. A five-year-old driving around.

It's like if you get into a video game and you just pick all the default settings. Yeah. That was your childhood. That was it. Suburb, Honda Civic. Oh, that's funny. Oh, my God. This was my life.

That was Irvine growing up. Yeah. So born and raised in California, you and me. Yeah, baby. Hell yeah, dude. No. You ain't a part of this. No, sorry.

What are you, a nomad? What are you, a nomad? Well, military family, so all over the place. But mostly Arizona. I love Arizona. What I like is that I think the Smosh Wiki says I'm from L.A. I was born in L.A. or something. It says that?

Born in L.A. Born in L.A. Yeah, I was born in LA or something. Born in LA. Born in LA. Yeah, I was born in LA. Yo, what's up, girls? Yeah, I was born in LA. The tiniest flip. Just the tiniest flip. What's up, ladies and gentlemen?

The Smosh Wiki actually says Phoenix, Arizona. Oh, well, I was not born in Phoenix, Arizona. Well, probably they changed it since tour. They have no idea. I think they changed it since tour. They have no idea. I think they changed it since tour. They have no idea. You called Arizona your hometown. It is.

It is essentially. I lived there from when I was six to when I was 17 when I moved out here. So pretty much. But I was born in Florida. Florida, man. I'm a Florida man. Make Florida. That's a psycho.

Yeah. I also just remembered I wasn't born in California. Wait, what? Oh, sorry. Just remembered my childhood is different. You psycho. Yeah. I also just remembered I wasn't born in California. Wait, what? Oh, sorry. Just remembered my childhood is different. Oh, my God. I was born in Pennsylvania. Whoa.

Well, that's a little different. Really random. No, I forget about it sometimes because I was like one by the time we moved back out here. I was two when we moved from Florida. Yeah. And then, yeah. You don't remember shit. Did you say you were raised in Arizona?

Yeah. Don't. Don't do it. That's a movie shit. Did you say you were raised in Arizona? Yeah. Don't. Don't do it. That's a movie that's, like, that's a really old movie reference. Yeah. Sorry. But damn. Nick Cage.

Born in Pennsylvania, right? Yeah. Yeah. Butler, Pennsylvania. Butler, Pennsylvania. Butler. I think it's near Hershey. I've never really been there besides for when I was negative in one.

So that's about the time. Where's your family from? My family's all mostly from LA. Yeah. We kind of are like born and raised here. And then my grandparents from my mom's side immigrated from the Philippines. From the Philippines. Yeah. Yeah. Because a lot of the comments, because your last name's Jimenez. Yeah. A lot of the comments, I think they're Latino. Yeah. I love talking about this. Yeah. So yeah. I mean, like, well, half of me is just like is white, mainly like Russian Jewish, but white. And then the other half is Filipino. But

a lot of people don't know that about the Philippines, that we've been kind of colonized by so many different countries. So a lot of us have Spanish last names because of that. Spain colonized us for a while. China even colonized us for a while. So yeah, yeah. So Filipino, but there's some Spanish and some other stuff in there. Just most Filipinos. Yeah, because I had some neighbors growing up with Jimenez and they're from Mexico. Yeah, no, that's way more common, too. I hear that a lot. But yeah, if you ever meet an Asian person that has a Hispanic-sounding last name, they're probably Filipino.

Whoa. Interesting. Right. Interesting. Yeah, where are your friends' last names from? Yeah, Miller and Top. Miller actually comes from the German word Mueller, which actually means to work at a mill. Actually, you're a miller.

So it's German descent. I'm a melting pot of European countries. Little Scandinavian, no, white. I'm a European person. I'm super, super Western European. Like my parents got 23andMe's and like it wasn't even Eastern European. It was like, it's Germany is as far East as it goes.

And then it's Irish, Welsh, Scottish. Is Top an Irish name? Yeah. Top is German. So my mom's side of the family was Irish. That was, it was when they first moved here, part of the different obviously branches. Cheese was one of the last names.

Really? And also person was one of the last names. Oh yeah. Oh my God. Yeah. There was also Kelly's, because Grace Kelly is actually in my family tree on my mom's side.

No way. What? What? That's a name, that's awesome. Yeah, my mom, my grandmother's maiden name was Kelly. And so the Kellys. That's so crazy. I feel like you've mentioned that, but I just like forgot or never listened. The Kelly side was the ones that literally in the 1800s, the husband, well, one family. So there's a couple of brothers.

One brother went out and went to Philadelphia. And that's the brother that eventually Grace Kelly was from. But one of his brothers, something Kelly, came out, went straight to Colorado, like took a wagon trail to Colorado, found a place and was like, yeah, this place works. I'll send a letter to my wife in Ireland and she'll take a boat to America, take a wagon all the way out to Colorado. If she doesn't make it, then I just assume she died on the way. I wonder what the time frame for that kind of stuff was. Yeah, how long it took to deliver.

Like five years before you try and remarry or something? Like, damn. I don't know. Yeah, you'd have to, you just maybe not get word. Time is different. Like, cause Game of Thrones is like back then, obviously postage is barely a thing. Yeah.

And like they make things still move so fast. We're like, how long does this stuff really take? How long does it take a little bird to fly thousands of miles to another? Months. Yeah, like months, exactly. Well, it's literally that joke in Dances with Wolves when they find a guy with arrows in his back who's dead

and the guy turns to Kevin Costner and goes, man, some people back east are going, why don't he write? Why don't he write but uh but uh top comes from german tupa and i don't know what that means but german that's my grandfather told me once that it's german uh tupa was what it was what it came from but uh yeah johan johan top came came to Montana in the 1800s. Wow. Just this big, burly man with a long beard. Insane looking. Anyways.

Kimmy, are you bilingual? No, I wish. I wish. I mean, that was a big thing for, I think, people immigrating at the time that, like, my family did. But, yeah, my family, like, my mom or, like, all our cousins and everything have been, like, thoroughly assimilated. So none of us really know how to speak Tagalog. which is a bummer and like and it's but it's kind of cool because now my mom and i are like together learning more about our culture and it's fun yeah like went back for the first time no it's really it's exciting but it's also like damn i wish i was

like learning this shit when i was four because then you'd be like we went in it by now exactly yeah there was like one of those youtube ads where they're showing like all the different cultures around the world like you know like um of those YouTube ads where they're showing like all the different cultures around the world. Like, you know, like Chinese New Year with like the dragons and like all this other stuff. And I was like, man, what is white culture? And I almost wanted to just Google it. What is my culture? What do we have?

Like, actually, all the things. I mean, I guess. Macaroni and cheese. We got hamburger. Not really. Like, yeah, all the things. I mean, I guess. Macaroni and cheese. We got hamburger. Not really. Like, yeah, like small. Because, yeah, I don't know. Because obviously the argument is that, you know, it's awful.

But like what we've deemed as normal culture is often white culture, right? Because, like, white culture is the one that was made to be the standard for a long time. So everything else was pushed down. Yeah. But when it comes to food and those small things, oh, there's nothing. No, we have nothing original. And in fact, well, actually what it is, what I think a lot of it is, is that like, because I wondered why some of my older relatives, when they make food, there's zero flavor to it. I think a lot of it is like after the depression, they just only knew their recipes from then or they lost all the recipes from before.

Or from back then, like a lot of stuff was like the way it was preserved was like canned food. It's a lot of processed, honestly, a lot of super processed food and just simple. A lot of super processed. Also, I mean, like I don't know what scientifically is correct, but I feel like spice is definitely something you have to kind of just get used to. Like you have to be exposed to to be able to stand it. So things are kind of spicy or flavorful and you're not like accustomed to that. It's just crazy. But not even spicy, just flavor. I feel like there's just not much. No zest, no rassi. It's just kind of bland. I don't know what's up with that. I don't know the real. I know there's like historical stuff to it, but I feel like a lot of it's just like that. This Thanksgiving, this last Thanksgiving, I decided to commandeer the turkey. Yeah. Because I always felt like, you know, there could be a little more here.

Because my dad would do like salt and pepper. And I was like, come on, there's more we could do with this. And so I actually cooked my first Thanksgiving cooked turkey but that helped a little bit like putting it like he cooks it in a bag in the oven like it helps cook it faster and like more all the way around but I got all like thyme rosemary like a couple other things and did a little dry rub it was really cool that sounds great it turned out well it sounds like it yeah it tasted good and my dad was like this is the best we've had. And I was really happy about that.

I can't cook for shit, so I'm very impressed. That was, because Thanksgiving dinner seems like alpha. Yeah, that's like next level. But yeah, it was easier than I thought. And actually, Monica was the one who gave me the list of seasonings and stuff. Oh, yeah, I chopped up carrots and celery and onions. Nice. Yeah, Monica helped me with that.

You're Betty Crocker. Man, yeah. What's up? It's and, like, onions and, like – Nice. Yeah, Monica helped me with that. You're Betty Crocker. Man, yeah. Snap, it's your girl, Betty Comel. Betty Comel. Okay, so we are always, like, working together, right? Yeah. We're acting. We're on set whenever we're hanging out.

Totally. We've only, like, hung out – we haven't – like, I wish we hung out more, but we – I know. It's hard. I mean, everybody has got, like, busy weekends and stuff. It's all right. But what do you do on, like, your day off? Like, is your what is your day like do you do gym do you dance like yeah oh my god i wish i just danced every day just like straight about a dance party in my room that

sounds wonderful what am i doing wrong with my life um yeah i mean well when i'm back home um i don't know i guess i do it like depends on the day. But I live close to the reservoir in Silver Lake, so I like to go on walks around there. Yeah, it's nice just to get out and get some freaking vitamin D. But yeah, I play. Let's see. I'll play guitar every so often. Oh, yeah. I've seen videos on the IG.

On the IG. Yeah. I'm terrible. Like, honestly, awful. I've learned, like, I took lessons starting from when I was in, like, 10th grade of high school. But then as soon as the teacher was like, okay, here are your chords. And then you can play most of songs on this with just, like, these three chords. I was like, okay, you can go now.

This is all they want. Thank you. Yeah. Damn. Now that I can play Blink-182. Exactly. That's all I need. That was it.

That's all I needed. You've tried learning guitar. I've tried learning guitar a little bit. You own one, right? I've had a guitar for so long and I'll go back and forth. Like every other year I'll be like, okay, this is the year I learned. And I'll play it for like a month and then I'll drop off.

And then I just, so like, I can play chords, but like I can't put a song together. I don't. There are three chords that are like in every song. Absolutely, yeah. Yeah, you can really make it work with anything. And it pleases the Lord. Yeah.

Wow, dude. Oh, man. Sing it. I dare you. Yeah, sing it. Demonetize this whole thing. Just shut down this pod. Derail it.

Thanks to Jeff Buckley. Yeah. And you play the ukulele? I want to. You play the ukulele a little bit, right? I played it for a while. And then I switched to the baritone ukulele, which is kind of like if the guitar and ukulele had a baby. It's like, it's smaller.

It's like in between in size. And then the four strings are not ukulele. Like, it's actually the final four strings on a guitar. So, like, instead of. Interesting. That's. Stop. No, I just love the, like.

No, it's kind of like a. Instead of, you kind of like a instead of instead of you know like a you know it's just it's just just you get pitted so pitted

god legendary video that would have been such a viral TikTok nowadays yeah the fact that it went so viral back then

it was hard to go viral 10 years ago yeah that's true it was a it was a freaking grind did, it was hard to go viral 10 years ago. Yeah, it was the grind. It was a freaking grind. Did you guys have any viral, viral vids way back in the day when that tour started? Or not even with Smosh, but on your own even?

That's interesting. Did we ever go viral? You had one. You had one go viral on Vine. That was when I joined Smosh. Yeah, so? But it was your individual thing. It was the one where you have sunglasses on, you throw a thing in the trash, and then it goes, brr, brr, brr, brr, sounds. Right, so. But it was your individual thing. It was the one where you have sunglasses on,

you throw a thing in the trash and then it goes, brr, brr, brr, brr, sounds. Right, right. But I feel like that was still, that was in the era when things were easy to go viral. Well, people rewind when they like stuff and they liked it. Yeah. Come on.

Yeah. Give yourself credit. I'm thinking more before we were affiliated with Smosh because that was still, that was all the Smosh. It was your own social. Sure, but I was in the Smosh offices. I was, you know, I had started getting followers because of Smosh. The closest I think I actually, I went kind of viral on Tumblr.

Oh, yeah, Thora the Explorer. I never dress up for Halloween, but one year I decided to. And I made this outfit called Thora the Explorer. I never dress up for Halloween, but one year I decided to and I made this outfit called Thora the Explorer. And so I was Thor, but I had like this tiny little Dora outfit on and I had the Thor wig. That's fantastic. And the hammer.

And it got like 50,000 whatever tumbles. Tumble blogs and hearts. Yeah, stuff like that. And it probably like was posted elsewhere because like when you search it on Google, it pops up. It comes hearts. Yeah, stuff like that. And it probably, like, was posted elsewhere because, like, when you search it on Google, like, it pops up. It comes up, yeah.

So that happens. I have to go look that up. Damn. What has been your, like, experience since the surge of clout? Of clout. Well, yeah, it's...

What? Clout. The clout storm. Yeah. The clout storm. When the clouts attacked. Everything was fine until the clout nation storm. Yeah. The clout storm. When the clouts attacked. Everything was fine until the clout nation attacked. Yeah.

Yeah. I mean, it's interesting. Because obviously, yeah, before Smosh, I was doing like a little bit of comedy. I wasn't too much in, I mean, I was on social media trying a little bit. But it was not going too well. And the vibes. Yeah. And then I was, I mean, I'm obviously acting still.

I was acting then. It's pretty crazy. It's a pretty crazy experience. I'm sure you guys went through this. I'm sure you also had like a bunch of followers before you started with Smosh. Yeah. From Vine. Yeah. But it's insane. Like for some reason, they'll just be like little spurts where it's like, oh, I have an extra 10,000 followers today. How did that like what was what did I do? How did this happen? That's what's really cool about like the Smosh community is like they're very like happy and quick to like meet the next person and want to get to know them. Yeah. And yeah, just like know you. Totally. No, I mean, that was one thing I was so like pleasantly

surprised with with Smosh is just the Internet obviously doesn't have the best reputation of sometimes of like being super warm to newcomers, especially for channels that have been loved for so long. Yeah. But i was like very surprised and very impressed by all the like everyone was so incredibly sweet yeah and like so welcoming and i just like really wore my heart because i was ready i was like oh yeah people are gonna say some mean things because when when uh when the cast started getting larger after ian and anthony like there was positive feedback but like a lot of negative against change yeah feedback because it was like the first time it was happening for the brand yeah 2015-2016 were pretty rough

I never yeah I didn't feel like I was being accepted by the community for a while I made a point to like be super involved on social media and sometimes like that can be like a little overwhelming like and i think that's why sometimes like i'd take a step back and be like okay like sometimes when you immerse yourself in the feedback it can really affect your brain yeah yeah but like as as more cast members came on like what like the damien and bo's era like we made sure like that wouldn't happen to them and we were embracing them right away and being like, hey, these are our people, they're here. We love them, you should love them too.

And it was considerably less negative feedback. And then I think it's just only gotten more positive as we've introduced other people into stuff, whether it's permanent or temporary, just dropping by or like just people are people are very supportive and eager to like see more i mean obviously when i first started you guys i like wanted to be there all the time and every day but i think the fact that i was integrated a little bit more slowly really worked out well because people kind of get used

to it before they like saw it it was not to be careful and strategic yeah because when you're thrown in people sometimes it was almost like fans like like, they were like, whoa, I'm not ready for this. Like, whoa, this commitment is a lot. So, yeah, we wanted to, and also, like, get you comfortable as you have been in more content. I think, you know, Defy definitely probably played a part in us just being all hired at once back in the day. And just coming right in. It's like ripping off a band-aid. It was a weird choice. And it was a weird integration.

It took years for it to really kind of smooth out and make sense. We found our groove in the meantime as well. How long was it in between each of you guys getting hired? Or were you all at the same time? It was all within a it was like within five months we were all hired. Gotcha. Keith was like full time signed in January, 2015.

I was like March 31st or like beginning of April. I was the summer. Yeah. Yeah. I think Keith was the first one hired. So it was all, yeah. It was all within the first six months of 2015. We were like all officially on.

It was interesting. That is interesting. Yeah, it was just like, they knew, I think the person in charge of like figuring out what this cast was gonna be, knew what they were looking for, like look wise. And then like in the very beginning and then like, cause that's just how it appeared to me.

Like it seemed like. He didn't, they didn't wanna, i don't think defy wanted to hire me though really really no yeah i was i was 24 and they thought i was too old you were 24 i was 24 when i was hired oh yeah i remember in our but they were just like yeah i don't they were like i'm not sure about him wasn't isn't keith around your age yeah he's literally my age but I don't know but I know they were unsure about me someone was unsure about me I remember I may have messed that up because I remember in our callback I was like hi I'm Courtney I'm 18

or I'm 19 and you were like hi I'm Shane I'm 24 like you like did not want to say your age wait did you guys have your callbacks together? we went to the same yeah so in the same room to the same, yeah. So in the same room at the same time? They had a guy and a girl come in like both at the time.

So like it was weird because when we were waiting, I'd come in late. We were literally sitting in the waiting room. I was out of breath from being like scared. I was going to be like, oh my gosh. And then two people who looked exactly like us, but like different, came out when it was our turn. Both people I know and are both very funny. Yeah. I'm like, oh, great.

There. I didn't know he was the girl. Her name's Kelsey. Oh. She works for BuzzFeed and she's really- That was her? Yeah. Holy shit.

Oh, man. She's really talented. And Brendan McNerney. Yeah, he's from Vine. Who's super, super funny. Oh, that sounds familiar. He's my buddy. Like, literally, I'm like, oh, like, I looked up his stuff.

I didn't know him at the time, but I looked up his stuff later. I was like, oh, great. He's hilarious. Oh, my God. It's, that was such an intimidating experience, I have to say. Like, the whole callback situation. Because prior to that, for me, everything was just, like, tapes. So when I went in in person, it was going in with, like, everybody was there.

And, like, Shane and Ian were there. And, yeah. Yeah, that's crazy. like tapes so when I went in in person it was going in with like everybody was there and like Shane and Ian were there and yeah yeah that's that's crazy I remember seeing like some Smosh Games auditions where they had everyone who was auditioning play Cards Against Humanity together so like I can't even imagine being in that like that's like because you're all low-key competing like right I mean like let's be honest well that, that's, yeah, that's the thing. Yeah, you are competing. But also trying to have fun and be friends. Yeah.

I don't know. I don't know. I've, Smosh was, like, my first official audition ever. So, like, I can't, I can't even, like, really speak a lot to this. But, like, yeah. No, you can. I mean, you did amazing, clearly. I mean, that's the thing.

I'm pretty sure, like, when we talked to, like like looking back, Ian and Anthony weren't sure about me. Like they really weren't. And I guess Joe Beretta was like, no, no, no. Like we believed in you. Like I see something here or whatever because like my reel was weird as hell. I think it's on my YouTube channel on private. It was funny, like especially like looking back on, because I had already gone through this. I'd already joined a show that had been around and I was a new cast member on a show

that people were like, great. Well, why are they adding new people? Because that was so random. Yeah. Because that was Damien and I joining that on the third season when Demi was no longer a part of it. And people be like, great. They added these new people who are ruining it.

And then later on I joined Smosh and we were like, who are these new people? They're ruining it. And I'm just like, God, it's like a broken record. Yeah. Goddamn. Oh my God. Because I remember, I remember doing that audition

and you were so like, I mean, you were just nervous because it was your first audition and we left and you were walking out of the building and you were like, I hope, I hope we hear something. I'm like, we're, we're going to book it. I'll see you at work. And I just walked away, which I was just talking out of my ass. I was just, cause you, once you audition enough times, you don't care because you know, there's

a 99% chance you're not going to get it. So you just go, oh yeah, I'll probably book it. Whatever. I'm just saying that. You just say things. I'm saying it cause I don't care. I almost like to just say the, like the negative stuff negative stuff so i'm like and then i won't be surprised and then i just like make myself feel better don't worry about it like yeah yeah oh yeah

you're gonna do terrible it's gonna all go to shit who gives a shit yeah just go do it yeah absolutely oh my god that's my mindset for every video we shoot yeah people can tell i like sometimes wish i went out and like did the audition stuff just to like pay my dues kind of thing. I mean, you paid your, like within this world, you were paying. You had been on Vine for a couple of years, like really making a lot of content. You had already made connections. You got the audition because of the connections you'd made in that world. Yeah.

Like, you know. Yeah, you have nothing to feel guilty about there. We, like, all of us got onto Smosh because we had worked in the field for a few years and knew people, which is just how this industry works, you know? Yeah. Yeah. And it's more common than not, too, that I feel like actors that are very new to LA will sometimes have better luck in auditions.

Maybe it is, like, they're fresh or what. They're not, like, as jaded by them. Or it's like maybe even the fact that when you get more sensitized to something, it becomes a little bit, you know what to expect, you're a little bit more nervous. But yeah, there are a couple people that have had that luck too.

Yeah. The audition process also changed a lot. It has, really? Yeah, it's really different now than it was. I think it's mostly self-tapes now and also there's just less auditions. Because people just like already know who they want to cast and stuff?

Yeah. Well, the nature of the industry has changed so much because there's less movies. Big stars are going to TV. TV stars are doing commercials. It just keeps trickling down. So it's really hard to get in. That makes sense. I mean, like the internet is so like, so oversaturated now with like YouTubers.

So I can imagine it's like the same thing with actors and stuff. Yeah. There's a lot of people. It's like that scene is a person in general. There's a lot of people in the entertainment industry now. Because of social media, there's more people in the entertainment industry.

Yeah, that makes sense. Yeah. That's true. So you're saying you were doing comedy on your own. What, like, what kind of stuff were you doing before? Yeah, yeah. I mean, definitely, yeah. I was just like one of my really good friends and i um erica wester uh she what and i were both auditioning a lot but we had like this major period of like just a drought so we were like okay we have a lot of free time here let's see what we can do so we

created like an instagram channel together and did some sketches together yeah and we both didn't really have too much um experience in comedy either So it was really fun just to kind of learn how to like produce your own stuff and to kind of used to like, oh, hey, what's actually funny when you're, you know, shooting something on camera, writing something. Yeah. Yeah. We just kind of like stumbled and figured it out together. And it was super fun. Yeah. When I started Smosh, then I was like, oh, hey, I actually want to get like a background in this. So I went over to Groundlings and yeah, trying to take more classes.

Yeah. That's awesome. That's cool. Groundlings is so much fun. Yeah, I recently thought about. You should, dude, Courtney, you would rock taking the Groundlings classes. Yeah, it's just like, but like when?

You know? No, it's just, you would really enjoy it. Yeah. They have a weekend class. Yeah. Something like that. Honestly, that might be like what I have to do. Yeah, that's a lot of weekend class.

I've done that, because I was taking UCB classes earlier last year and I had to do it on the weekend. Yeah, it's hard. You guys have such crazy schedules. Do you have stuff like that right now that you're doing? Because like right now for me, it's like my regular things that I make sure to do all the time is I personal train now. That's great. And then personal train my mind therapy. So yeah, I'd be exercising my mind,

exercising my body and then exercising my funny bone, I guess would be the next thing. There you go. Whenever I'm taking improv classes outside of here is when I'm definitely doing my best work here. And I also feel better because I'm able to like do comedy outside of this realm. With new people.

Yeah, you kind of start to like, comedy outside of this realm. With new people. Yeah. You kind of start to like just do the same thing over and over again when you're just working with the same people doing the same type of comedy. It's really starting to feel like that. It's really refreshing to go out and do something different. In fact, my plan soon is to go and start it again. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

I definitely want to experiment more with other comedy schools. But yeah, I guess like in terms of other stuff, I mean, I grew up playing competitive soccer. I did a lot of that. Oh, that's right. A lot. And you've gotten like acting or commercial work? Yeah. That's awesome. It's an interesting kind of like niche group of like women that are of a certain level that can play soccer.

So we tend to see a lot of the same people in the audition circle. Do you have a soccer team you support? That's the thing. That's the weird thing and why a lot of people don't consider me to be a real soccer person. But I was forced as a kid to like log hours of watching games. Oh, weird. And I hated it. Yeah?

You don't like watching it? I will probably put a bad taste in it after you had to. Yeah. It was just so annoying. So as a kid, I'm like, I want to go, like, run around. I don't know. I, like, hit my head against the wall. And it was, I couldn't do that because I had to go sit and watch those games.

I mean, it's good to watch things because obviously when you watch professionals, you get better. But in theory, it worked out great. But, yeah, now I'm just super, like, kind of turned off to it. That's funny. But I will, I will say, I will watch, like, any sport and, like, any, like, musician, whatever, if it's live. Like, I'll go to Baseball yeah, I cannot watch baseball on TV, but going to a baseball game is fun. Yeah, it's so fun Yeah, just like being around a crowd of people that are just super fucking stoked to be there You can swear on here. Yeah, okay. Okay cool

I wasn't sure go for it. Yeah, nobody gives a fuck fudge and stoked I did track for Yeah, nobody gives a fuck. Fudging stoked. Fudging freaking fracking stoked. I did track for like, I could probably count. I've never actually counted the years. So I was 6th grade, 7th grade, 8th grade, 9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade. And then I quit senior year because the coaches were something. Was it like short distance, long distance? I did cross country for one year, but I hated it. Like I literally cried.

I did not want to go. And then, but I did a lot of relay, like sprinting. Sprinting and then pole vaulting was what I was like going to go to UCLA for. But then the coaching system kind of mucked that up. And then I also like, I could have been more dedicated, but I don't like think I paid into a track team right now. No, exactly. Talk about track runners, professionals.

No. Well, yeah, it's so weird because with the world I was in, I'm sure like with sports and stuff. Were you in sports, by the way? I played soccer when I was younger and also a swim team for a little bit, but I never got fully into the sport. Yeah. Well, it's a very weird group of people because I think especially in Irvine and like there are so many competitive, like not only soccer, but other leagues and teams and stuff in the area. but it really just like takes over everything it becomes a whole life and and then when you yeah it's a big deal but then it's like like you said like it only gets to so far because how many of us are actually going to go even to like college or professionally for it yeah and when you're in college it also takes up a lot of time oh it takes

up all your time yeah and then it's like but you're not going to do it afterwards. Yeah, it's a weird thing. I invested so much time and energy into it as a kid. And it's interesting to think about now. One thing, like when I have kids, like I would definitely want to put them in a sport, like even probably track specifically. Or, you know, probably because I don't have a whole lot of experience in contact sports. I think because of that, I have a lot of anxiety with competition and stuff I think it's really good for like self-discipline and also like camaraderie of course when you're on a team and then also it's

just a great way for like them to stay healthy and like have someone like keeping tabs on you like a coach like I think because of track I really respond to like a coach like type of person I think that's why like my personal trainer thing is so awesome because he's like, he calls me Miller. And like I haven't been called Miller since high school track. Oh, man, that's the greatest. It feels good. And it's just like having like track coaches when they're a good coach. They like care about you.

And it's like a good like it's almost like a father-daughter relationship. At least that was for me. Yeah. Teddy issues? I don't know. Probably not. We all get them. Like, I think it's good to have and I think it's good that we did it, you know? Yeah. For sure. That's so cool you got work from it. It's weird. Like, there was a period in college. So, when I was at UC Davis for college and they have, like, we're Division

One up there and their soccer team is so great. So I practiced with them like on their club team a little bit. But for the most part, college was the first time when I had like a bit of space from soccer. And it was such a weird experience. So then I weirdly, once I graduated, ended up playing more soccer than I was in college or ever really because it was auditioning pretty frequently. I was trying to do leagues and stuff when I could just to keep up with it. But yeah, I'm like, okay, I guess it kind of came into play weirdly enough for my future and my career a little bit. But yeah, it's a funny world.

Yeah. And also, oh my God, sports and commercials and like TV shows. It's so funny. Really? Yeah. Yeah. I mean, there are people too that are like legitimately just hired to obviously kind of choreograph soccer teams and like athletes and everything.

But it's such a weird world. It's just like run around here. And then like when you do that slide tackle, make sure your face is to camera. And you're like, and you do it pretty. Just pretty soccer. God. But then it's, yeah. But it's also awful too, because it's like you do multiple takes, right? So you'll do the same exact play, the same exact run so many times. Have you ever hurt yourself? Luckily not on set.

Definitely hurt myself before. I had like a pretty, I think I tore two ligaments in my ankle when I was, yeah, it was crazy. I found out about that too because I had an MRI before this like crazy tournament I had in Texas. And like we got the call, like I was kind of in pain, but I just thought it was like whatever, a sprain, not a big deal. So my dad and I were in like our hotel room getting ready for my next game. I'd already played like two games that day and we get the call and they're like yeah you like you actually tore two of your three ligaments in your ankle and you have tendonitis yeah you don't have you don't have bones yeah you don't your bones are gone your bones are just all gone sorry your bones are leaving you are a flubber now

you guys just slide around the floor. Yeah, that's it. Your ankles protesting like with signs like, what are you doing to me? Exactly. Well, the weird thing was I was like just I think your pain tolerance too when you play sports was just so high. So I was like just on adrenaline like keep doing it. And then it started to get very painful once I knew actually what was going on. Psychologically. Yeah, because I've always talked about I feel like I have like a weirdly high pain tolerance

where like even when I know it's clearly bad, I'm still like, yeah, wow. Yeah. When I feel like I would be on the floor, like crying in fetal position for like period cramps. No, exactly, yeah. But like, damn, that's interesting. Pain tolerance is so weird.

I was talking to a professional UFC fighter the other day and he was kind of just talking about- Cas one does one of my one of my best friends just chilling oh my god one of my best friends just like randomly knows a lot of these people so like we're hanging out with um one of her friends the other day and he was just kind of talking about that he's like yeah there are so many times now where i like will really hurt myself not even like on the ring or whatever it is for ufc but and you just won't you know you won't know because you just start your pain tolerance is so high because you're just constantly getting yeah your bones are just always broken your bones are just always broken just walk around your legs sideways like

the ankles the opposite way look at that that's new i once like was at the gym on a machine and like i had my leg in a weird position it was a machine I'd never used before and then as I was like releasing to let go and get off of it yeah it pinched a part of my calf really hard I was like we don't remember that bruise yeah my god that was it turned into like the eye of Mordor like shape bruise on my leg but I remember I was like I was like ow hey that was pretty that probably was

really bad and I like look and I pull up and it's like already like this red thing and like I think I still like my tissue

there and it's been months it's like firm from it but I'm like this is probably really bad I should probably be worried about this oh my god

I should probably do something you should probably get help probably not though oh god probably not I'll just get attention and talk about it tomorrow yeah just walk it out walk it out Oh my God, I should probably do something. You should probably get help. Probably not though. Oh God, I won't. Probably not. I'll just get attention and talk about it tomorrow.

Just walk it out. Walk it out. Yeah. Oh no, I just, I guess with, do we want to talk more about like, I guess when I started in Defy and all that stuff? I was curious about that. Yeah, because I guess we didn't really get too much into that. Yeah, I remember, I remember you telling me about the Sakura stuff when we first met back

at Defy, which was, which must have been such a confusing time it was so interesting yeah it was such a weird time yeah yeah because i guess so so when i first started in two it was like it was so interesting meeting you guys then and then like knowing you now because i think you had just gone through your breakup at that point yeah yeah and that was oh my gosh and all that drama i'm just talking about boys yeah i was like venting to you right out the gate. I was like, ugh, this guy. Oh, my God. Yeah.

We were talking about guys. And you were like, yeah, he sucks. And I was like, he does. Yeah. Thank you. Because all men suck. Men suck. Boys stink. Oh, God.

Yeah. And then I, like, when I first started talking to Shane, like, we were bonding over psychology stuff because that's what I got my degree in in school. And you were still pursuing it at the time. But, yeah. No, it was super it was super cool uh cool and then it got scary it was it was you guys were like so cool when I started like it was very no it was such a fun how so I remember like I came in with this crew of like I think at the time there were like maybe three or four other white guys that were featured players and so we were all coming together I was

the only girl in that group and And then we were like seated outside and like the, not the lobby of like our building, but the kind of outside portion that looks you know what I'm talking about? It was like by the elevators? It was where the big windows were and like outside by the elevators. Yes, the lobby. It's a lobby, okay.

The second floor lobby. Yeah, where like Keith and Noah and Olivia would dance a lot and Like do their random. There was that one desk. There was that one desk. Yeah. In the middle of, and there was often nobody there. Yeah.

Or it was Louise. Louise just chilling there. He's the best. He's so nice. Oh my God. But yeah, we were all seated there. They had us on our first day come and like sit on that couch for a second. I don't think I'd met Courtney yet at that point,

but I think it was like you and like a few of the other cast members like came out of the doors. And it just like, like we were just like sitting there like all new. We're like, we don't know what's going on. And you guys just had this like air. It seemed like you're walking in slow motion. You're like, just like flipping your hair back.

Oh my God. It was so funny. Were we heading to film something or were they? I think you had just finished filming something for Pit. I think it might've been something with like nail polish or makeup or something like that. Oh God. Was it the mermaid

when we turned you into a mermaid? Was it that long? Wow. Was that around then? No. No. Cause you would have known cause I would have looked insane.

Yeah. I think it was just like purely nails or just purely like lips or something. Some very specific makeup thing. But I also might be remembering that wrong. I don't know.

I think we met. I think I didn't meet you till like a sketch week. Till sketch week? Yeah. I think. Yeah. I think that might be remembering that wrong I don't know I think we met I think I didn't meet you till like a sketch week it's a sketch week yeah I think yeah I think that might be where were you uh just like on the roof yeah I don't know I honestly don't know I could have I was doing vacations and stuff back then a little more often so it's possible I was like away doing something yeah yeah I think I feel like I remember meeting you on a sketch day. Yeah. Yeah. My first sketch day was, I think you might be right. So the first sketch day we were at like a location house in between the giant tampon.

Oh, my gosh. Yes. Yeah. You and Abby was there. That was such a fun crew, dude. Oh, Abby had to stick her face in macaroni and cheese. Oh, I wasn't there for that. Oh, yeah.

Dang. Oh, that's the best. I think I actually met you, Kimmy, when you came in to audition. I guess you're right. Yeah. I guess we like, we met then. Because I was there. Oh, my God.

And, you know, so many people came through and everyone was really funny. It's weird to be on that side of auditions. Yeah, I was going to ask you about that. And not be like, nobody's ever walking out of the room and everyone's going, they were terrible. Boy, they really choked. It's just like, oh, they're really funny. Do you think they fit like with what we do on this channel or whatever?

That was always the conversation. Yeah, I was a really big fan of your audition because you read I think the script we had was my Make-A-Wish. Yeah. The peanut butter. The peanut butter one. And you did a really great job with it. Oh, thank you. Yeah, I remember that. Oh my god.

I just, I remember there was a part of the scenes we switched characters, I think at some point and we did both sides of it and I think there was one scene where you were, it was your turn to choke and I just left you choking for the longest time. Like it was my audition, but I was just like, let's just milk this.

Let's see what happens. And you were there like the day we had like an emergency meeting or something, right? Or like you were, we were having a writing meeting and then were you like filming with, cause there was a Bored AF episode that was never released. Yeah, yeah, so that was a crazy day.

Was that, wait, you're talking about the shutdown? The shutdown, yeah. That was crazy. So I guess I'd been with you guys for like, I guess close to six months at that point. And- It just blew by too. It flew by. It was so quick. And I was just starting to get into doing more of like some pit and games stuff. So it was some of, it was like one of my first like handful of days of like

doing the live stuff with you guys. And so I was coming in to do, we started off the morning. We did, I think a game shoot, shoot like some i forgot which game it was some board game and then um and then yeah but it was already like a weird vibe it was a weird vibe that day because i think you guys had already gotten like a kind of hint of news i think it was the second of like the three days because the third day was just like the big big meeting it was one it was me before the weekend friday was i. I was on Monday. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. So, yeah. And then we didn't have the official news until Tuesday. Yeah. Like where it's like Tuesday was like, we're done.

Tuesday was the day. Monday was like. So everyone's kind of working, but they're kind of like, well, we're working, but we may not be working tomorrow. You don't know. And so at the start of the day, it was just like, there was still just kind of like the residual weird vibes from Friday. So I was kind of like,'m like oh I wonder what like what's going on with everybody everyone seems like a little off like something is kind of yeah it wasn't hard to tell yeah we

were all in it yeah you guys were in like a weird place for sure but I think it was around like lunchtime or like the middle of the day when there was like another meeting or an email or something and that was when things got like totally flipped because it was already, people were feeling pretty weird. And then there was like a complete change. And it was like, this is definite. It was because we got the news that day

that freelancers were gonna be fired within a week. Yeah. So it went from going, oh, everyone is gonna be possibly out of a job come a month from now. And so we're like, okay, we're all good. There's still a ramp, a freeway here, runway. And then that day was like, oh.

And so a lot of freelancers were done that day. A lot of people were like, oh, so I'm done. And then the news kept changing of like, yeah, we're filming Sketch this week. Oh, no, we're not going to film it. Yes, we're going to. No, we're not. We can't. We don't have anyone.

Yeah, it changed a lot. It was so crazy. Yeah. So, yeah, like when that flip happened, we're not, we can't. We don't have anyone. Yeah, it changed a lot. It was so crazy. Yeah, so yeah, like when that flip happened, we still had to go and like shoot another video. So it was a Bordeaux video that- Just business as usual. Exactly, that no one ever saw. I don't think anyone saw any of the videos from that day.

There was, yeah, there was a bunch, there's still like some, a few videos that just we'll never see play a day. A bunch of stuff. Yeah. There was one that was really funny too. I remember that was, that last shoot week was the one where we did my first diary episode.

Yeah, that's right. Yeah. Oh my gosh. And I found the email, I found a lot of extra scripts that we like, cause I typed up like six entries into script format and we only felt, we only acted out three or something. So I had a bunch of those, but yeah.

Yeah, what happened to that footage? Do we know know because i know some was salvaged before so there was this thing called the terra block that is like just a huge hub of of uh like footage yeah um that was just being stored yeah and we did find it and like got some episodes off of it but i don't know if we like still have everything like i cried when they're like yeah we don't know where it is and i like because that diary episode was like my baby i was like that is gonna be something so special and like and then when i heard like oh yeah the tear blocks they're like oh i just yeah i can't imagine and i mean i just felt so awful for the entire office like it's oh yeah what i couldn't imagine was the uncertainty because like there was we met a lot of cool people in that period of time we were like when we were auditioning and

just giving people like some some work like gregory was really cool um brian like i don't like i i still follow a bunch of them on instagram you guys are just dope people and i yeah and i bet you guys are gonna go off to do amazing things to like those people but yeah i can't imagine like the uncertainty because like you guys were, you guys were working. You guys were like wanting to work. And then we're just like, yeah, we don't know. Yeah, like we don't know what's happening. It's crazy.

It was really crazy. It was, it was an insane time. But, but yeah, I mean like, I guess, yes, I've been there for about six months or so. And yeah, I wasn't sure. It's been two years now, man. It's been two years. Like exactly or how long? Almost. So like come the now man it's been two years like exactly or almost so

come the summer it'll be two years so in a couple months yeah because i started around like june or july um crazy yeah it's insane it's really flown by it's been such a cool process because yeah like i was i mean obviously like i guess i was i was obviously sad when things kind of happened and when um the shutdown occurred but um but yeah was, I guess with most acting things, like I've never had an acting job this stable. Like I never had something for two years. Yeah. It's very different from your sort of acting job. Totally. So even like six months, I was like, you know, like this seems pretty stable, but also like, I'm not sure what'll happen. You know, like, we'll see, we'll see. So for me, I was like,

I'm always ready for that to like, to kind of happen. But for you guys who had been there for years and years and put so much time and effort into like the videos that didn't even end up showing and like all these things and just to kind of see it like crumble in the span of like a couple days was just like heartbreaking to watch and I just like you guys aren't you guys are my friends at the time and still are and I just I like my heart was just like breaking for everybody but it's been so cool to kind of like I'm very lucky to have like seen kind of everything that's happened. And when you guys were working for free during the down period, like I know like we were going to maybe shoot something together because I wanted to see whatever I could do to volunteer. Oh, yeah.

Kind of help out because I really just loved that y'all gave me the opportunity to do this. And that we were going to try. That was it. We were going to try and shoot every period ever during the shutdown. And I was supposed to direct it, but I had no prior practice or guidance. And it was a lot going on. So we were like, okay, we're going to save this for a better time. And then we still ended up shooting the peanut butter sketch at my dad's house.

Yeah. We just did that. And I directed that and was just like, ah, we'll see what happens. That's so fun. Do you guys ever struggle with directing and acting at the same time? Because that's something I've been so interested in trying to learn how to do. I mean, I actually directed my first sketch last week, literally, for the first time. I mean, because you were there for The Truth About E-Boys. Yeah, which I co-directed because ryan ryan todd was still very

much involved that was really hard and like i literally leaned on you for emotional support during that whole day yeah i was like is this funny like yeah so far i'm like yes you were so hilarious yeah you did amazing like but like acting like coming up the concept like directing it was all really really great like I've always been so in awe of your ability to do that which is so great

because you also wrote the Brianna Boho sketch right like the the initial one yeah and then I was like very light touch like hey yeah

can we get like maybe this shot but like what was the initial Brianna Boho sketch it was the the how to be famous on YouTube

or how to stay relevant oh that's right oh I love that one just in the mansion and I always forget because she's right. Oh, I love that one. Just in a mansion. I always forget because she's been in so much now. Yeah. That was so good. That's like one of my favorite things that I've created.

It's a really good sketch. I love mockumentary format, which is why Dan was kind of bringing it full circle. Oh, my God. I think with him, that was like, I was like, he was a hard character to do because like, I wanted it to be a guy that like was emotionally like it would get like kind of serious and real and like i didn't want like to be distractingly like throwing you off if like and clearly like just this i don't know i did i just was wasn't sure how it would come out and like i had to like alter my posture and like my voice and like be sad

and like i would be trying to like in the scene i remember the emotional scene like at the end where it's like relatable like relatively emotional for our comedy brand but like where i'm supposed to be like what really you like it like and i couldn't i was so focused on like other stuff that like my acting i was like really frustrated because like it wasn't coming out the way i visually saw it so like the fact that i couldn't deliver myself what i wanted was like i was going through it that day i hear that director and actor don't get along yeah they really don't they're constantly at war with each other god damn it but yeah i i wrote i wrote um i wrote tony with you in mind oh because was fun. Yeah, that was really fun.

And you looked exactly how I wanted you to look, which was cool. Oh, my God. Any excuse to put bangs and red streaks in my hair. I wish we did it again. Yeah. I will take any opportunity. It's super trendy right now. I think the second time I did it, they were like, we could do whatever.

I was like, I think I should have red streaks in my hair and bangs. I feel like that's what the character would do. It is very trendy right now oh my god if i were to be fully dameron again for a sketch like i wouldn't want to direct at all because like it's that he and also like being a boy and i've talked about this on the pod before like it was kind of like grueling to like i had to do my makeup i wanted to contour my face to look like a dude. Figuring out how to cut the wig and everything even. Yeah, we bought, dude, we bought a human hair wig that was not cheap. Rachel came in and we cut it. Yeah.

And I styled it with the styling iron to make it look the way I wanted it to look. And I wanted it to be able to flop and fly around. Yeah. Because it literally, stuff like that, I feel like I'm talking so much about myself right now and getting sick of it those little things like brianna boho's nails gum like the like it helps me a lot like get really deep into it yeah just get into the character yeah and then you were there i directed every tiktok ever which i don't know if it's out yet but yeah if it's not out yet it's coming um but if it's out yet, but yeah, if it's not out yet, it's coming. But if it's out, go watch it because I directed it. And Sarah Shower from Vine helped write it as well, which is cool.

But that one I wasn't as acting involved in. That was really fun to actually direct. Yeah. It felt really like way easier. Yeah. But yeah, and that was definitely a first and fun and I hope to do more. Would you ever like want to do that in your like? Yeah.

I mean, yeah, I've definitely been, especially these past couple of years, been trying to get more into figuring out the back end. Like behind the scenes stuff? Yeah. Yeah. Like I've been working for different like production coordinators, usually on like commercial jobs. But that's awesome. Yeah. It's it's super cool. We're in an amazing time where there really is so much opportunity to be able to put your own stuff out there. And while there is obviously a learning curve to any learning how to produce or direct or write or whatever, but I definitely want to throw myself into that more.

That's cool. Yeah. Yeah. So it's awesome. And I feel like even like when I started at Smosh and just like when initially we'd be like, we'd be in the pitch rooms with you guys and like helping write whenever we could. And even that itself was just such a good exposure to like, this is what it's like. All my film experience and set a kit other than, other than being a second, second AD and a PA on like that one thing for like a few months.

I worked my ass off in those few months, but like learning that stuff is really, it's fun. But all my, my only experience is here. You directed the peanut butter sketch and then, and then you co-directed, but you wrote kids on bikes, right? Is that all, like what else?

I think that's, you know, there's been a lot of sketches where they'll like ask my thoughts on stuff, but yeah, I wanna direct more. It's just a time thing. It's just been tough. Like if I direct a thing, I wanna like really be able to like put a lot of focus into it. We're filming so much right now that i just don't it's tough are we when this comes out is are we in australia it could even be back from australia by the time

this comes yeah i feel like we've literally been performing for a month straight yeah yeah we have not we have not taken um we've maybe taken i I think six days is the longest break from performing. But we did podcasts the week off from tour. Yeah, so we have not done a week where we haven't had to be on camera. You guys are back from Australia when this airs. Oh cool, all right, well, what's up? Hope Australia was cool. How was it?

You guys look so much tanner. I've been performing nonstop for, I mean, at this rate, close to like just two months straight. And I love performing, but it's just a lot to where I. It takes a lot. Yeah. It just kind of becomes like white noise sometimes. Yeah. I get that.

There is such thing as having too much fun, you know? Well, it's kind of like going to Disneyland every single day. Yeah. Like I can only ride Mr. Toad's Wild Ride so many times. Oh my God. Because that's all I do when I go. Yeah, dude. That's your thing?

Yeah. Yeah. So I need more of a break. Yeah, I get that. That was so fun though to come and watch you guys in San Diego. Dude, yes.

You came in. You rolled through. It was so much fun. The crowd went nuts when they saw you. It was awesome. Yeah. I was honestly scared that people just wouldn't recognize me.

It was this chick that's walking up. Who's this? Who's that? Imposter. If they recognize one character from that one Try Not To Laugh, then of course they're going to recognize you, Kimmy. And suppose you were in Try Not To Laugh Gauntlet, one of the most iconic Try Not To Laugh's we've ever done.

Summer Games. That was so fun. That was so fun. You being a roomie done summer games that was so fun that was so fun you being a roomie for that that was so fun were we roomies for that we were why is my brain

hold on where did we sleep she just got back from Australia we like we like took turns showering and like talking

dude my brain guys you were good now you've done so many summer games so they probably just kind of all get jumbled

in your head but that was really yeah yeah, that was fun. Like that was like the first time I feel like I was like, okay, this is like, I'm with y'all. I'm doing it. I'm doing it. Summer games. That was rough.

That was rough. Cause we were filming in a place that was 120 degrees. It was insane. That was quite a test of like your, your willingness and ability to like hang, you know? Oh yeah. Not just in those conditions, but also like with us. Cause we're a lot.

We can be a lot. I am a lot. It was 120 degrees and there was no cell service. Oh yeah. That was just kind of there. No cell service. And yet we somehow accidentally leak still. Oh, Keith always finds a way.

Keith is a wizard at leaking our content. By the way, that was intentional. We did a, that was a leak. That was like on purpose. We wanted you to get a little taste. That was on freaking purpose. Yeah. Keith's actually a genius.

He's our social media marketer. Yeah, that was really fun. I think that was our best summer games by far. I feel like we had the most fun with it, like, with looks-wise. Because remember, the girls, we were all like, okay, guys, we should all get swimsuits that are the same colors as our teams. That was so funny. But we didn't even know which team we were on at that point. So we're like, let's get green.

I was like, yeah, here's a pink option on Amazon. Here's a green option on Amazon. Let's fingers crossed. That was so much fun. Yeah, dude. Yeah, the colors are freaking awesome. Those shirts. That was so much fun. Yeah, dude. The colors are freaking awesome. I still wear those shirts. Those are so great. We'll see how the next one goes.

We'll see what's going on with that. I honestly don't know anything. Or even if we're doing one. Who knows? We haven't talked about it. We don't know until we're filming it. We don't know until we're on an island. They just kidnap us and they bring us to a location. Like, hey, it's Summer Games. We an island. They just kidnap us and they bring us to a location. Like, hey, it's Summer Games.

We're like, oh, okay. Yeah, and then they say fight to the death and that's what we do. All right, so we have 10 minutes left. I wanna do a shoot dude. We're gonna do a shoot dude segment, but first I wanna go through a lightning round. I mean, lightning speed round, Kimmy,

on some questions for you. Are you ready? These are hard hitting. Some of them are long division. Get ready. Okay. Is this a yes, no? Or is this a yes no or is this a like it's pretty much my life in two seconds pretty much one word answers all right you got

it okay so ready go coke or pepsi coke instagram or twitter instagram how many steps are in your skincare routine two well i don't know i'm not very i'm like i'm a i don't know i get on bare minimum cats or dogs dogs lord of the Rings or Harry Potter? Harry Potter. Marvel or DC? Marvel. Coffee or tea? Coffee.

Coffee. Coffee. Barbies or Bratz dolls? Barbies. Dresses or rompers? Dresses. Harry Styles or Zayn Malik? Harry.

Okay. You can tell I wrote most of those dumb ass questions. Wait, did you say Harry? Harry. Yeah. For sure. We out here. Shane, Harry or Zay Harry? Harry, yeah. For sure. We out here. Shane, Harry or Zayn?

Oh, I'm going to go with... Are you more of a Nile horn guy? I'm a Nile guy. All right. Nice. All right. Good. Yeah, you crushed that.

Thank you. I could not do that. I wouldn't even... I'd be like so focused on... I have to be fast that I wouldn't even hear the question. No, that was great. I just wanted to talk more about that. I wouldn't even, I'd be like so focused on, I have to be fast that I wouldn't even hear the question. No, that was great. I just wanted to talk more about them. I feel so strongly about some of those things.

I really wanted to like ask you why on a lot of them, but they were good. We're going to move on. We're going to go. Let's do it. It's shoot toot, shoot toot, shootitude, shoot dude time. Shoot toot time. I'm doing my best. You're doing great, baby.

I'm so proud. Thank you, man. I've never seen you in your podcast element. It's a different vibe. Podcast Courtney hit different. What? You guys are laughing and I laugh. You're like, don't fucking laugh.

Stupid piece of shit. We think so much. Boys are so weird. Shut the fuck up motherfucker anyways guys are just so weird right i'll fucking kill you motherfucker god okay all right so kevin has sent me on slack a shoot dude moment um do i need to do some intro on who it's from at all i think i think it'll be clear who it is okay all right so this is this we're just gonna read i'm reading it ready okay this is it

hello as moms of a certain age my wife and i often have to schedule intimate activities additionally my wife has chronic back pain as a result sometimes i massage my wife's back while we listen to a podcast look it's not sexy but it's real anyway i was attempting to schedule podcast slash massage time by sending my wife the following text i have been avoiding listening to that noble blood but i want to listen so tonight is massage night what did i read that right that it sounds like this person's scheduled. She texted her wife. Let me read it again.

I have been avoiding listening to that noble blood, but I want to listen. So tonight is massage night. Yeah. She wants to listen to a certain podcast. So she's like, hey, let's listen to it tonight. All right. So then I keep going. I received no response.

And after three hours, I realized that I didn't send the text to my wife, but to my coworker, Shane Topp. Moments after I realized my mistake, Shane walked into the office. We locked eyes. I wanted to die. No. Thankfully, Shane did not show up for massage night. What? No, she's missing a part of it.

Monica, I get that text early in the morning and I don't even really know what it means. Like I'm as Monica, I knew it was the wrong number. I knew Monica texted the wrong number, which is why I didn't respond. So I was like, if I just don't acknowledge it, it's fine, like whatever. And it just, it didn't even sound like, it's just like, oh, I've been wanting to listen to that.

So I think tonight is massage night. I was like, eh, it could be a joke or whatever. Like they're married. Like she met, I was like, she meant this for her wife i'm sure and then uh and then she sends another text before i get to the office being like i just realized i meant this to go to my wife and i realized it just went to you and now i'm super embarrassed she said something more like detailing of like of my intimate life or i think maybe not but i know there was like, she gave more details in trying to cover it up. And I was like,

see, if you hadn't done this, if you hadn't texted me, you gave me more information. Then you need it. Now you just dug a deeper hole for yourself. So I walk in and I was just, I think I said some,

I didn't say anything. I was like, I'm not going to say anything I was like I'm not going to say anything like I'm not going to make it awkward for her I'm going to pretend like whatever and then she Monica was like hi Shane she had to she couldn't not it was so

great I was just like it was such a gift it made that day better I was like, so funny. And it also wasn't that bad. Like, it's not that bad of a text. I mean, shoot, dude. It's shoot, dude.

Oh, it sucks. It sucks. Look, I get that she felt awkward. But obviously she didn't feel embarrassed enough because she's willing to now put it on the internet and make it even more public that Monica accidentally texted me about sexy times with her wife.

Wow. But I feel like it's a good thing she sent it to you and not someone. She didn't send it to a boss. She sent it to a co-worker who we joke around with and write sketches with. I am honestly the ideal person.

Even in our workplace, I feel like it's pretty chill. Also I am honestly the ideal person. There are- Even in our workplace, I feel like it's pretty chill. There's so many worse, because also I'm the type, I know Monica and she'd rather me joke about it than be like, cause if she'd sent it, like not calling him out,

if she had sent it to Damien, Damien would have been the type to be like, to try to make her feel better, cause he's a good guy, would have been like, oh no, no, no, no, I didn't even read the text. I didn't even, I think that would have only made Monica,

that would have made Monica feel more awkward. So I'm able to like just laugh at her. Yeah. I was able to laugh. That's great. This is hilarious. Have you guys ever accidentally sent a text to the wrong person? Yeah, Kimmy?

I have a really bad one. Really? Are you comfortable sharing it? I'm comfortable, absolutely. It's hilarious, but also makes me feel so awful inside. Yeah, so I had my first kiss and my first boyfriend when I was 16. Right. And so for this guy, too, it was his first kiss and his first girlfriend. So like we hadn't like we were just dating at the time. We hadn't had

our first kiss. So he was like planning something very cute and very special. And I won't like go into details, but like we we have a kiss and it wasn't great. And I'm like, even from my lack of experience, I was like, there's some things here that aren't like the best uh so at the time we have like our little flip phones like qwerty keyboards and shit and so like you have to like obviously like press down to look to the next person to send them a text yeah and afterwards i sent a text to um one of our mutual friends and i was like yeah so first kiss uh you know like it was it wasn't the best but we'll get better and it was really cute how he planned it and all that stuff but yeah not like didn't love it i sent it to him oh i sent it to him i felt so and he is like the sweetest person and was so nice about it i'm like

that was his why did he say at least you didn't say it was a whore. No, no, I was just like, it was a little weird. But also, nobody's first kiss is good. Nobody's is good. Mine was killer. It was best. I don't know. Oh, yeah. No, probably not.

No, it's just, it's an awkward thing. Like, mushing your faces together for the first time. Yeah. You don't know what the frick to do with your lips and your teeth. Yeah, no, it was bad. That sucks. Oh, my goodness. That sucks. Wow.

I felt awful. I was mortified, and I felt so bad. That's a shoot dude. It's a shoot. It was a big one. Shoot dude. That was the biggest I was mortified and I felt so bad. That's a shoot dude. It's a shoot. It was a big one. That was the biggest one to this date. Any shoot dude texts?

No. I think in middle school, it's the same thing with those phones. You'd just be like, I'm texting this person. It's not as conscious. I definitely accidentally talked bad about a friend to the friend, to the wrong friend. Why? She's being annoying and I sent it to her. See's why i just i never say anything mean about anyone ever i'm just a perfect guy never said anything mean about a single person yes monica our writer we did you did say her name monica monica writer yes monica monica is the one

who messed up. Monica was. Monica messed up. Monica did a shoot, dude. Monica oopsie doopsie. By sending me, she sexted me by accident. The most polite sext ever. Being like,

I want to listen to a podcast, so perhaps I will give you a massage later. Like, the most polite way to sext someone. Oh, boy. Wow. We had a lot of questions here for you. We didn't really get around to it.

I know, I had a couple that I wrote down that I really wanted, but I'll save them. What, which one? Anything? Any quick ones? We don't have time. Favorite movie. What's your favorite movie? Oh, favorite movie. Good Will Hunting.

Whoa. That's a solid choice. And Zoolander. That's also, okay. That's very telling. Those are a good tell. I love both of those. Those are great to have on like, who you are as a person.

Zoolander and Good Will Hunting. So it's like taste, but like silly taste. Yeah, yeah. What are your top two? Yeah, what are yours? Like a serious, a favorite serious and a favorite funny. Oh, boy, that's tough.

Probably favorite funny is either, is either Black Dynamite or Dumb and Dumber. Tommy Boy is up there too. Favorite serious, that's tough. Raiders of the Lost Ark I can watch over and over again. Forrest Gump makes me cry every time. I'd have to really think hard about that

because I have so many. Too many favorite movies that are in slightly different categories. Catch Me If You Can's amazing. Favorite Disney princess movie? Mulan. Mulan! Just like an Asian princess.

That's a unique choice. It is really cool. I can't wait for the live action. I can't wait. I'm so excited. They've had a couple different trailers and like some are not

as good as others but my first time seeing the trailer like one of the first I cried. It looks so good. I'm so excited. Yeah.

It's a big moment. It's really cool. I'm excited. My favorite serious movie I think is Amelie and then and if you haven't seen it I have a movie list on Twitter it's like a thread you'll have to go hunt it down I don't feel like posting it again and then uh Tangled is my favorite Disney princess movie and then favorite comedy oh there's just so many and there's like funny for different reasons. It's tough. Yeah. It's really tough. Cause Superbad like,

was so good. Superbad's great. But then like Scott Pilgrim, you know? But that's like, that one can be serious and- Scott Pilgrim's it's own category. Scott Pilgrim's it's own category, but I love it. It deserves it's own category. It does.

Shane, what's your favorite Disney princess movie? Dude and the Beast. Really? I watched it so many- Oh, that's right. I wore out the VHS when I was a little kid. That's so cute. I would just be like, Beast! Beast!

And they would just put it on. Oh, baby Shane. That's awesome. You are a little beast. You're a little beast. You're a little beast, huh? And he's the booty. Yeah, and the booty and the beast.

You are the beast of the booty. You're the booty of the beast. Yeah, okay. Well, that's about does it. That's about does it, gang. That's it, folks. I've enjoyed chatting with my gang. If you guys want to keep watching the gang talk and cast pods,

we come out with new episodes on listening apps every Wednesday. But if you want to watch our faces like this, the video version comes out on Fridays. So make sure to be subscribed to the YouTube channel if you want to look at us and then be getting on the listening apps if you want to have us in your ears all the time. It's a pretty good time to have us in your ears. Oh yeah, and if you got a shoot dude

moment, because this is going to be a freaking second and I'm super excited. It's shootdudeatsmosh.com, right? Send your shoot dude moments, embarrassing, scary, weird, funny, whatever you got. It's like if you want to just confess something that's just like crazy that happened to you that you did. Like, did you break the law?

I don't know. ShootDude at Smosh.com. Please. Cannot wait to hear your stories. That's right. And I think I might send some anonymous ones. Oh, yeah. But I just need to get off my chest.

I've done so many embarrassing things. Everything was embarrassing. Everything. Yeah. And thank you, Kimmy, for coming on. Are you kidding me? This is so fun. And giving us some of your story, your backstory, and your life.

Thanks for having me. Yes. And yeah, cool. All right, cool. Maybe we can hang out sometime. Cool. Yeah, bro. Let's hang out.

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