This video is a hellscape/ For real though I adore smosh and all of their cast members, even if I fell out of love during the Defy era. Please go and show them all of the love.
How did Smosh save their channel? Ian Hecox. Ian fought tooth and nail to keep Smosh alive behind the scenes (on screen too), and along with him, the remaining cast and crew worked their asses off to give their viewers good content with probably very limited resources.
I couldn't agree more. I was showing my Mom their new live sitcom over the weekend and tried to give her a quick rundown of who they are, etc. and I VERY passionately explained Ian fighting to keep Smosh alive. How this seemingly laidback, just funny guy, took on this huge role behind the scenes, that I don't think he ever really wanted, but also couldn't stand to see not just Smosh the brand, but Smosh the PEOPLE lose everything. I don't think he ever gets enough credit. I also never realized how strongly I felt about the whole thing until explaining it. Lol. The absolute change in him having Anthony back is just so wonderful to witness.
I wpuld like to add the cast. Shayne, Courtney, Keith, Noah, Olivia, Damien, Kimmy, Tommy and Spencer jave been a part of the brand for so long and kept it watcheable over the years. The new people like Amanda and Angela are only making it better
@callnight1441 absolutely! Would never take away what they have contributed. There would have been next to nothing for Ian to fight for if they had jumped ship too though. Definitely a team effort.
Couldn’t have said it better myself. You can say whatever you want about the channel, but the fact remains, he’s someone who’s gotten to make a living doing something he loves.
You just have to watch Let's Do This to see how Ian was responsible for the way the channel and crew developed. That series was his baby, and not only was it a wholly original concept that only Smosh could pull off, but the episodes were designed to showcase everyone's comedic strengths and personalities, and give old and new crew chances to build relationships w each other. It's so sad that it wasn't as successful as they expected it to be, and even sadder we never got an episode for Anthony to take part in.
I stopped watching sometime after rediscovering the channel during covid and just came back again at the end of 2023 and holy moly the current cast is incredible.
@@avshipmanI just wanna ask, why did you not watch during covid? I watched during covid and I watch them now and they don't seem even a little different. All the content is the same and the cast acts the exact same as they did and are as funny as they were before. Genuinely dont know what people see different with Anthony coming back. It feels the exact same.
Genuinely think it's because of: 1. Ian Hecox. Bro really goes ups and downs from post-Anthony leaving, Defy era, post-Defy era, and now Anthony coming back. He's a great boss. 2. Shayne Topp, A.K.A the backbone of Smosh. He work harder than anyone else and put his 100% mind to Smosh. Not that anyone doesn't work hard, but even another Smosh cast knew Shayne is the backbone of Smosh post-Anthony leaving till now. 3. They build their fanbase exclusive to them so that everyone curious. I don't think non-Smosh fan knew Mexican Salsa Yes, or the comeback of Harambe meme. They know they have loyal fanbase and only focused on them. 4. Speaking of Mexican Salsa Yes, the new cast is brilliant. Amanda, Angela, Chanse, Arasha, and Trevor is bonding with old cast like Shayne, Courtney, Damian, etc. I don't know where Ian and the crew find all these guys but it's working out.
I think Courtney doesn't get as much credit because some of their work has been behind the camera so only those who read the credits knew. Now the cast is doing a better job at highlighting their contributions when it wasn't seen by us.
Defy did many things wrong (which would probably take me an hour to list), but them bringing in the Smosh Squad and Smosh Games crew in a failed attempt to create a variety show for CZcams inadvertently led to Smosh getting its new identity in Shayne, Courtney and Damien. They were pivotal in not letting the ship sink after the Defy shutdown and their ability to work off the new cast members makes it easy for the audience to digest the revolving cast. Even if Damien seems to be focusing on his personal VA and streaming these days he will remain one of my favourite cast members and I wish him the best while enjoying whenever we get him in Smosh videos.
In my head it was a twisted way to move the smosh brand away from ian and anthony and make it more like SNL. A sketch comedy group where a majority of the performers could be replaced since its an ensemble. And ironically Smosh today is an ensemble of performers but none of them are replaceable, even though some we dont see as often and many exit. All of them are able to demonstrate their uniqueness through the show formats.
@@Moopsten2 I compared them to a variety show because of the direction they took Smosh Pit (called Smosh 2nd back then), they tried to give each of the squad member a show of sorts like "Seriously Stupid Sleepover" plus "Woah, Nature Show" for Courtivia, "Smosh Labs" for Shayne, "One Hour Song Machine" for Keith and Streamy nominated "Put It In My Mouth" for Noah. I enjoyed most of the episodes for all these shows but even as a college freshmen/sophomore who was not into the influencer world at all I could sort of see that these would not be good for the fabled algorithm that every CZcamsr talked about at some point. I do agree that they treated the on screen talent as just that, talent that are replaceable. Nowadays we get to know and love the cast gradually and that makes us more invested in the videos. For example, I think Angela is one of the funniest people on Smoshnow and I even regularly enjoy her on the AOAOAOA pod which I started listening to because of her and Patrick's appearances on Smosh, but it took some time for me to palate her specific brand of physical comedy.
the holy trinity of smosh is definitely Ian, Shayne, and Courtney. those 3 were definitely the hardest workers and the most dedicated to keeping smosh afloat after the defy era and they have really created a solid backbone for what it is now.
Of course I love the whole crew but those three are definitely like the big three, if you asked anyone who were the ones that stood out, it would be them.
i was one of those people whose first smosh video was "we bought smosh." i had watched a good handful of anthony's "i spent a day with" videos previously, and while i was aware of smosh and their youtube story, i'd never seen a smosh video before. so i, like many other curious onlookers, was eager to watch this exciting new development unfold and ultimately ended up falling down a rabbit hole and now smosh is a part of my every day life.
me too!! I had the same exact story. Only heard of smosh as like a "they were once super popular in youtube's beginning" and had seen some of anthony's interviews. now I watch a smosh video pretty regularly.
same here!! Knew of the "Smosh brand" but was just a regular of anthony's "i spent a day with". Fell down the rabbit hole of Smosh pit, then smosh games, then Smoshmouth. Still not sold on Smosh seketches tho.
smosh are so underrated. they are so good at creating accessible content with good chemistry and likeable cast members even as the onscreen cast shifts in and out - some channels you can't click with once your 'starter' cast leaves but smosh always feels genuine and fresh. it never feels like they're rotating a content farm at you. i truly wish good things for them
Simple, they have one week of filming and then a break. During which they can actually DO stuff and stay funny instead of being secluded from society like most other people.
Yeah it's pretty how many improve shows i see Amanda, Angela and Chanse post about while also being in a lot of videos. Seems like a good schedule for them!
I literally just started watching Smosh a month or two ago, and I love their new content! The old stuff is not my style in the slightest and I had no idea who Ian or Anthony were, but everyone is so funny and Smosh Games and Smosh Pit are the best, to the point I even bought a ticket to their sitcom live show (and absolutely loved it!)
They have a great cast of improv artists and comedians with great chemistry. They did a great job in shifting their content and finding their niche while still having fun with each other
I basically skipped the Defy era entirely, and was unaware of that whole debacle until a few years ago. I watched them pretty regularly as a teenager during the original Ian and Anthony era but tuned out around 2011-2012, then stumbled across them again in 2020 during the first lockdown. I don't remember what video it was that got recommended to me but it was most likely a TNTL episode, and I've been a loyal viewer of "new" Smosh ever since.
I had a pretty similar experience. Watched early early Smosh in HS from about 2007-2009, then didn't watch much CZcams in general until the pandemic. I honestly didn't even put 2 and 2 together at first that the "Smosh Pit" videos I was seeing clips of here and there was the same Smosh I'd watched years before. But TNTL was definitely what brought me back a year or so ago and now I've binged so much of all the channels from the last few years.
The difference between the beginning eras and the current eras to me is that during defy they tried to upscale production by hiring more and more people but they didn’t really care all the way and it was too corporate. Then now they just have people who actually care about the content and not a corporate assigned team doing it. The mythical era was people being weeded out honestly
i knew *of* smosh back in the pre-defy days, but i never *liked* their original content. i think the first video i saw when i started actively watching the channel was their very first TNTL. and i've seen them all the way through it. their defy days were definitely constricting, you could tell, and being purchased by mythical i think is what kept them afloat creatively long enough to figure out how to sustain themselves.
I'm so impressed that a single channel has been able to evolve and reinvent themselves. I love their content from the past few years much more than their original content. now the majority can relate to their videos.
I think what really brought back Smosh to its current Golden Era is at its core, Smosh is a channel built around friendship I got into Smosh Pit during the Defy era because I could tell the squad of Shayne, Courtney, Olivia, Keith and Noah were actually friends. The people at Smosh don’t just work together, they do stuff together outside of work. They know each other well. The crew gets involved with videos when they’re having fun. Anthony coming back just exposed that part of Smosh again to everyone. Because they saw Ian and Anthony’s friendship again, and then got to see the friendship between everyone else as well. The only thing that was lost was the “Where’s Anthony?” jokes 😂
i got back into smosh from seeing compilations too. lol. i started watching regularly again during the era jackie joined. i miss seeing her. her dynamic with the cast was a favourite of mine
The only good thing to come from CZcams shorts for me, is that I kept getting shown random tntl bits. By the third one I was like "damn, these guys are funny. Wait is that Ian hecox??" And I've been watching them ever since
Honestly, I was an og smosh fan. I remember when smosh went under and I was genuinely worried about where they would go. They made a lot of my childhood and I genuinely enjoyed watching smosh throwing stuff at the wall and seeing what stuck, then they ran with it after mythical bought smosh. Even after Anthony left I still loved watching smosh videos and was eager to see how they would manage around that. Then june of 2023 came and hinted at a big surprise. Me and my gf religiously watch their videos when they release two to three times a week on the pit or games channel and they they had integrated Angela, Arasha, and Chanse into the regular cast members we see, so naturally we assumed they were going to do a decent sized project with all the cast, but no, they surprised with he “we bought smosh” video. It was genuinely so crazy and kind of unbelievable to see Ian and Anthony on screen again. Then the views and reactions started coming and smosh was on the main stage once again. Now here we are with them still riding that wave into this new era of smosh, where I’ve come to love a lot of there new content on all channels.
I had been bobbing around Smosh seeing clips or videos here and there for years. What finally got me hooked though was the Shane graduation video that’s when I realized not only are these funny people but also good people who care about each other
Bro yessss. Idk why that video got recommended to me. I watched it and was crying by the end. I forgot about that video for years after that, until I watched it again a few months ago, and it just made my heart so full. Now I could recognise everybody in that video and I knew who they were as people. It felt like visiting an old photo album
**If you are watching this in May of 2024, you can still catch the Smosh: The Sitcom live show through their website. It's paid content, but holy crap, is it funny.** This was awesome. You did a hell of a job, Moop.
This is such a good video and I am thankful for touching on the topic of people not giving Smosh a second chance. It feels like so often (less so today but still often) people complain about not knowing who the "new" people are or how they "fell off" or stuff like that just because of their preconceived opinions from back in like 2016. Smosh right now feels like it has struck gold with the amount of funny quality content they make while still fostering one of the friendliest workplaces, and I am so glad everything turned out to be this way
I never watched smosh during their 1st era,Ii think i started watching smosh 2 or 3 years ago and the 1st vid I watched was the every blank ever. I found myself playing those videos (as white noise) while I was studying or working. I only ever really watched the other smosh vids last year and I really found their other contents funny, now I'm watching their videos every week, I especially like the smosh mouth podcast, reddit stories and the games they play (I binge watched the FNAF series I was laughing at the dynamic). (I love watching commentary vids and im happy it brought you to my algorithm, I'm a new subscriber! Hope a lot of people sub too, you're amazing!)
I had heard of Smosh and only watched Anthony Padilla's day in the life videos. But when they announced they bought it back I felt really happy for them! And slowly but surely started watching their content and now it's part of my daily CZcams life.
I didn't discover Smosh until the end of the Defy era when they had the Try Guys on TNTL, but I didn't really start watching until they were bought by Mythical. Now I absolutely love them. I had no idea who Anthony was, though I knew more than Chanse did, but everyone being so excited when he came back made me so excited for them. I hope they're going to bring back Summer/Winter games, especially since Joven, Mari, Lasercorn and Sohinki have all expressed more than a willingness to collab for that.
CZcams just randomly served me up a video a couple of years ago that was just Shayne, Damien, Noah, and Ian watching some of their old acting gigs, and I’ve been watching ever since. The cast has developed such an incredible chemistry and continually put out fantastic content. Also shoutout to the Bidoof decor.
The clip channels’ impact is so interesting. I never watched original Smosh and discovered the TNTL series via clip channels too - ones that just came up in my recommended feed.
i grew up watching smosh, stopped watching for a while and then all the new people started joining and it’s amazing. it’s what brings a smile and laugh to my day every time they upload
Great video! I'm a big fan of Smosh. I love their earlier content, there was a period when I lost interest in their new content, but now I've started to love their new content again.
i’m not gonna lie i got into smosh because anthony’s own channel was something i liked and i wanted to see more of. little did i know that for a whole year i would absolutely be obsessed with smosh because they’re humor has permanently impacted my humor 😂
I had the same progress. Introduced to smosh early on in school. Then unsubbed. Then over a year ago watched a few tntl videos. Subbed again. And now i watch it weekly and listen to their podcasts
I am someone who started watching Smosh when it was just Ian and Anthony making parody music videos in their bedrooms. As a kid, I thought they were funny. And then when they got bought by Defy, I noticed that weird shift into just milking something until it was completely dry. (The Every Blank Ever series became so GRATING to me, I started to hate it.) The way they introduced new cast members seemed so off to me too, like all of the sudden I was only seeing Olivia, and Noah, and Keith, and Courtney, and it was so off to me. Like I didn't know who these people were, why am I seeing them all the time? Where's Ian and Anthony? So finally, I unsubscribed because it felt like the humor was just different than what I thought was funny now. And I didn't really like the new cast members. But then once Mythical bought them and I was able to enjoy the new cast for their personalities and talent, that drew me back in. So I subscribed again. And Anthony coming back was the icing on the cake. (Subscribed to you after that Dropout v Watcher video btw, I hope you get more subscribers and more recognition - the way you present information is very concise and it's great! Can't wait to see what comes next)
It's so true, because I unsubscribed same time as when you said as I felt their content just never changed and I wasn't interested in their skits anymore - then I rediscovered smosh when Anthony came back and I started to watch their recent videos and got absolutely hooked and have resubscribed and resumed following their content again ever since! And it's for what you said - I love not just the cast but the crew, and how it's a family of people who enjoy hanging out and having fun. This is the true golden era of Smosh, where they don't have to be anything but themselves. I also love that they're giving more breaks and posting about them taking breaks - because it is important too!
I don't know what brought you to my algo, but I'm glad it happened. Your stuff's polished and high quality and you're talking about stuff I'm interested in, so it’s a quick subscribe from me. Wishing you exponential growth
From interviews anthony did with rhett and link, it seems like they were extremely happy to do the sale from their history together and mutual respect for each other.
This channel has a fascinating history to it. It’s seen CZcams from almost the very beginning up to the present, and it’s given me a lot of laughs of late. You can say whatever you want about the channel, but the fact remains, the Smosh cast has gotten to make a living doing something they love. At least I get the impression that they do.
I remember dropping out when all the Smosh main channel was pushing out was the Every Blank Ever series. It just got so stale after a while. Smosh didn't appear in my reccommendations again until early last yeah with the Funeral Roasts. But I'm glad I got back into Smosh when I did. It was in a good place and I enjoyed the new kind of content coming out. Anthony coming back was the right icing on the cake.
Another thing that has helped since the return of Anthony is their usage of the CZcams channel memberships. They've gone into depth talking about how without a parent company funding them, sketch comedy on youtube really isn't a sustainable format. However, with the channel memberships, the funding can come directly from the fans and potentially bring sketch comedy back to the website altogether. It's interesting how many little things added up to get to where we are now with Smosh. Most of the credit should go to Ian though... it's been said many times, but without him, Smosh would have likely died along with Defy and he fought his ass off to make sure it stayed alive. I have the utmost respect for the man!
this is my first time watching a video from you and i just have to say you're really great! you have a lot of charisma in your commentary and it made this video super fun to watch :')
This video is an awesome ride. Your delivery and storytelling was so engaging I didn’t want the video to end. Subbed. As a fellow creator I hope your channel grows massive. Cheers!
This is the second time I was randomly recommended your videos, and now I see you're at 399. Happy to be sub #400! Also I feel the same, Smosh really came back
100% my experience too. I was an original subscriber back when I was in middle school, but grew out of their content. Didn’t watch a video for over a decade until last fall when Anthony was in an Acting Out video. Been watching their content daily ever since.
Hey man, you’ve got the “it” factor. This video is very well made and you’re really charismatic and easy to engage with. Keep up the good work, you’ve got a bright future in this
As a long time Smosh fan that stayed with them throughout all the eras this is a great recap on what the hell happened with Smosh over the years Two *very* minor nitpicks is that Olivia’s last name is pronounced like sway and when you listed the pit cast you made it sound like they all joined at that time but Damien didn’t join the cast until 2 years after everyone else
As a long time Smosh fan this is such a good timeline explanation. I would love to see a similar video made about Mythical!! GMM was my first CZcams obsession, I've been watching EVERY season since back when they had Chia Link lol. But they sold out and started introducing this awful form of content creation where they released multiple 10 minute videos a day and we couldn't hear The Mythical Crew laughing behind the scenes anymore....overall it was so corporate and forced and not fun.... Rhett and Link realized this and brought it back!! They do what they want now and despite not getting the numbers they used to get (tens of millions of views per 10 minute vid) their community loves them for it. I truly feel like Rhett and Link are the most impressive example of CZcamsrs turning into a company. I just gave one example with that situation but they're also fantastic at making you WANT to follow their evolution. Mythical Society is the best and normally i hate when there's a paywall behind content. Sorry for the Mythical rant on a Smosh video but i feel like their evolution came first and would be an interesting subject since they're both character focused companies!
i pretty much never stopped watching all smosh content until like 2021 i slowed down a bit but i never stopped cuz they’re second channel we’re some of the funniest shit i’d ever seen and now that anthony’s back it’s even better
I’ve been watching Smosh since the Pokémon lip sync in 2005 in highschool. Then I’d watch them in college after classes, I watched them during my lunch break at my first “real job”. I’m still watching them today. I watch their videos with my husband now and he likes them too. I listened to Shayne read Reddit stories when I went through chemotherapy because my eyes hurt too much to read. So, not to be parasocial but they’ve gotten me through a lot and my respect for Ian holding them together is endless. Thanks for being there Smosh ❤
The bystander is such a funny newer character. Also sick music use in this video. I haven’t heard Pokemon Mystery Dungeon music in a video not related to video games before lol
I knew of Smosh in the early days but never watched any of it. I've only come to their content after Funhaus was shut down and I was looking for a funny replacement. Appreciate the history lesson!
I was a fan of some of the og-og stuff. I had some of their songs ripped from CZcams as mp3s and listened to them on my iPod on the bus when I was 12. Dropped off seeing what they did when I was leaving high school after Anthony left. Randomly started watching their content just a few months before Anthony came back and was so happy when that happened. Happy to watch things that feel exciting and that feel genuine. It’s been so cute to see those original boys singing about dicks now become the leaders of something so successful.
Almost a year later after they bought Smosh and Anthony came back, and I am still so happy and surprised they came back. I don't think anybody expected this and I love the new videos so much! Very happy they're back!
Smosh pre July 2023 was like a 1000 piece puzzle with one of the corner pieeces missing. The puzzle looked great and you barely noticed the missing piece. But every once in a while you'd be reminded there's a piece missing and get a little bummed. Post July 2023 is just everyone jazzed that the missing piece came back. The entire puzzle still looked awesome without it, but now everyone is stoked that the puzzle is acutally complete and can appreciate the entire thing.
I remember Smosh when I was a teen (I'm a couple years younger than Ian/Anthony & was in NorCal), but wasn't crazy for them.. until I came across a few videos in the summer of 2020 (the downfall of an important relationship, covid, and other stuff).. I fell inlove with them playing games together and their TryNotToLaugh videos! I watch their stuff every week! It wasn't till Anthony coming back that it hit me that I knew this YT challenge from the start. Sorry for the long comment... I'm just proud and happy for this group and happy to have my doses of giggles!
as someone who only recently got into smosh it was cool to learn about their backstory - I knew they had some weird stuff happen with branding but didn't know all of it (side note if you wanted to do a similar video on roosterteeth/achievement hunter 👀👀👀)
I was going through old stuff when I was kid back in January, and had my elementary school art folder, and it was filled with Smosh References from their videos. the logo, Ian H. Anthony P. Mari T. And this was well after I got back into Smosh around late 2021. It felt wild that I fell out of it for so long and it’s so different, but I love it even more now. It feels weird having this impactful thing in your life exist so independently from the first time it existed in my life
Their chemistry makes me laugh during their improv and games shows more than I could have ever expected. And their genuine friendship makes me engaged into other stuff, like podcasts and interviews. It's just a brilliant ensemble cast, no more no less.
I first came across Smosh in 2020 when I watched a TNTL for the first time, and since then I've become more and more of a huge fan. Beopardy, Who Meme'd It, Don't Win Mario Party, Shayne Guesses, Moose Master, Culinary Crimes -- all of it is just gold lol
I started watching them again a year after Anthony left. was curious where they're going with things. loving every small video that grow into series. Ian pulled the right strings since 6 years ago and kept the whole company in check. these days I don't go around without watching at least one video from any of their channels. smosh is on a whole different cool now
My intro to Smosh was through Rhett and Link's appearances, primarily their Try Not To Laugh episode and their Funeral Roast. I started watching more TNTL, picked up the Reddit Stories, and got to know the cast, expanding my viewership. My favourites are Damien and Shayne.
I started watching smosh again after ian and anthony bought it back and im so glad i did. Their recent live show with the sitcom was absolutely hysterical.
I am glad that you centered a lot of their success and revival on the people of Smosh itself. They've been the ones focusing on creating something that could thrive without necessarily falling to the pit of disingenuous content creation. Its CZcams at its roots, while adjusting to what could change and what works in our day.
The thing is that they let the cast and crew creativity run loose. Especially since Anthony is back. Courtney is now directing and producing, Olivia and Shayne are also writers, Spencer is now producing at Smosh Games and it became more unhinged in all the best ways, they're not afraid to try new things like the Smosh sitcom, Food Crimes, Challenge Pit, etc etc. Smosh has now attracted new eyes that didn't like the old era of Smosh because the humor was...well....juvenile. Now that they're in charge again, are in their late 30s Ian and Anthony have matured and so has the humor at Smosh so they not only got back audiences that grew out of them and new audience that didn't really like them in the first place.
I've been on CZcams since the early days and followed a lot of the OG CZcamsrs except for Smosh as I didn't really like their humour at the time and never thought I'd watch them, let alone enjoy their videos. Then Angela Giarratana joined and, because I loved her in the starkid shows, I also started watching compilations of her which has now spiralled into me really enjoying smosh!
As a fan who's been watching Smosh since 6/6/2013, I have seen them change over the years. I managed to continue watching them even after Anthony left/returned.
How did Smosh save their channel? Ian Hecox. Ian fought tooth and nail to keep Smosh alive behind the scenes (on screen too), and along with him, the remaining cast and crew worked their asses off to give their viewers good content with probably very limited resources.
I couldn't agree more. I was showing my Mom their new live sitcom over the weekend and tried to give her a quick rundown of who they are, etc. and I VERY passionately explained Ian fighting to keep Smosh alive. How this seemingly laidback, just funny guy, took on this huge role behind the scenes, that I don't think he ever really wanted, but also couldn't stand to see not just Smosh the brand, but Smosh the PEOPLE lose everything.
I don't think he ever gets enough credit. I also never realized how strongly I felt about the whole thing until explaining it. Lol.
The absolute change in him having Anthony back is just so wonderful to witness.
I wpuld like to add the cast. Shayne, Courtney, Keith, Noah, Olivia, Damien, Kimmy, Tommy and Spencer jave been a part of the brand for so long and kept it watcheable over the years. The new people like Amanda and Angela are only making it better
@callnight1441 absolutely! Would never take away what they have contributed. There would have been next to nothing for Ian to fight for if they had jumped ship too though. Definitely a team effort.
Couldn’t have said it better myself.
You can say whatever you want about the channel, but the fact remains, he’s someone who’s gotten to make a living doing something he loves.
You just have to watch Let's Do This to see how Ian was responsible for the way the channel and crew developed. That series was his baby, and not only was it a wholly original concept that only Smosh could pull off, but the episodes were designed to showcase everyone's comedic strengths and personalities, and give old and new crew chances to build relationships w each other. It's so sad that it wasn't as successful as they expected it to be, and even sadder we never got an episode for Anthony to take part in.
DID SOMEBODY SAY MEATLOAF
It's just one of those days!
I just got chills, they're multiplying
oh myan...
i did it for the nookie
@@BroZilla-vh3tu no nookie tonight 😮💨
They truly are in a golden era right now. The content is just so funny and the members are so enjoyable.
I stopped watching sometime after rediscovering the channel during covid and just came back again at the end of 2023 and holy moly the current cast is incredible.
Yep, now is the true golden era.
@@avshipmanI just wanna ask, why did you not watch during covid? I watched during covid and I watch them now and they don't seem even a little different. All the content is the same and the cast acts the exact same as they did and are as funny as they were before. Genuinely dont know what people see different with Anthony coming back. It feels the exact same.
Classic Smosh is indeed back
Yea its better when olivia isnt on it. Angela is 5000x more enjoyable
"9/11 jokes that never would have flown."
Sir, did you just-
Aye...he did.
I mean, not UNDER a company. It was THROUGH several!
we were busy doing other stuff in 2011 its fair
@@Kirferyan it was definitely under plenty, through several, and above many
@@whatsmynameagain8528we were too busy party rock antheming
Mr. President, a second Golden Age has hit the Smosh channel
this deserves to be top comment 😭
is this spencer's secret acc
Genuinely think it's because of:
1. Ian Hecox. Bro really goes ups and downs from post-Anthony leaving, Defy era, post-Defy era, and now Anthony coming back. He's a great boss.
2. Shayne Topp, A.K.A the backbone of Smosh. He work harder than anyone else and put his 100% mind to Smosh. Not that anyone doesn't work hard, but even another Smosh cast knew Shayne is the backbone of Smosh post-Anthony leaving till now.
3. They build their fanbase exclusive to them so that everyone curious. I don't think non-Smosh fan knew Mexican Salsa Yes, or the comeback of Harambe meme. They know they have loyal fanbase and only focused on them.
4. Speaking of Mexican Salsa Yes, the new cast is brilliant. Amanda, Angela, Chanse, Arasha, and Trevor is bonding with old cast like Shayne, Courtney, Damian, etc. I don't know where Ian and the crew find all these guys but it's working out.
I would honestly say Courtney is equal to Shayne in that respect.
Shayne and Courtney equally bro
I think Courtney doesn't get as much credit because some of their work has been behind the camera so only those who read the credits knew. Now the cast is doing a better job at highlighting their contributions when it wasn't seen by us.
@@januarymilk9347Ian deserves more respect than anyone honestly. The disrespect to say shayne and anthony save smosh is so unhinged.?
@@simpayshenaides yeah obviously - that's implied by him being number 1. none of it exists without ian
Defy did many things wrong (which would probably take me an hour to list), but them bringing in the Smosh Squad and Smosh Games crew in a failed attempt to create a variety show for CZcams inadvertently led to Smosh getting its new identity in Shayne, Courtney and Damien. They were pivotal in not letting the ship sink after the Defy shutdown and their ability to work off the new cast members makes it easy for the audience to digest the revolving cast. Even if Damien seems to be focusing on his personal VA and streaming these days he will remain one of my favourite cast members and I wish him the best while enjoying whenever we get him in Smosh videos.
In my head it was a twisted way to move the smosh brand away from ian and anthony and make it more like SNL. A sketch comedy group where a majority of the performers could be replaced since its an ensemble.
And ironically Smosh today is an ensemble of performers but none of them are replaceable, even though some we dont see as often and many exit. All of them are able to demonstrate their uniqueness through the show formats.
@@Moopsten2 I compared them to a variety show because of the direction they took Smosh Pit (called Smosh 2nd back then), they tried to give each of the squad member a show of sorts like "Seriously Stupid Sleepover" plus "Woah, Nature Show" for Courtivia, "Smosh Labs" for Shayne, "One Hour Song Machine" for Keith and Streamy nominated "Put It In My Mouth" for Noah. I enjoyed most of the episodes for all these shows but even as a college freshmen/sophomore who was not into the influencer world at all I could sort of see that these would not be good for the fabled algorithm that every CZcamsr talked about at some point.
I do agree that they treated the on screen talent as just that, talent that are replaceable. Nowadays we get to know and love the cast gradually and that makes us more invested in the videos. For example, I think Angela is one of the funniest people on Smoshnow and I even regularly enjoy her on the AOAOAOA pod which I started listening to because of her and Patrick's appearances on Smosh, but it took some time for me to palate her specific brand of physical comedy.
If you haven't already, you should definitely watch/listen to Sword AF, it lets Damien blend Smosh and VA into one creation!
@@vdances429 I am following/loving it
don't forget about Olivia, Noah, and Keith; they were just as important to building smosh's new identity back then
the holy trinity of smosh is definitely Ian, Shayne, and Courtney. those 3 were definitely the hardest workers and the most dedicated to keeping smosh afloat after the defy era and they have really created a solid backbone for what it is now.
Of course I love the whole crew but those three are definitely like the big three, if you asked anyone who were the ones that stood out, it would be them.
i was one of those people whose first smosh video was "we bought smosh." i had watched a good handful of anthony's "i spent a day with" videos previously, and while i was aware of smosh and their youtube story, i'd never seen a smosh video before. so i, like many other curious onlookers, was eager to watch this exciting new development unfold and ultimately ended up falling down a rabbit hole and now smosh is a part of my every day life.
me too!! I had the same exact story. Only heard of smosh as like a "they were once super popular in youtube's beginning" and had seen some of anthony's interviews. now I watch a smosh video pretty regularly.
Bro you're not the only one! Word for word, it was the same deal for me too!
same here!! Knew of the "Smosh brand" but was just a regular of anthony's "i spent a day with". Fell down the rabbit hole of Smosh pit, then smosh games, then Smoshmouth. Still not sold on Smosh seketches tho.
omg, same!
I’m glad to see that Anthony is still spending lots of days with lots of people as an interviewer in addition to what he’s done on Smosh recently.
NOT THE FRED DARTS INTRO HELP
Hey
It's just one of those days
smosh are so underrated. they are so good at creating accessible content with good chemistry and likeable cast members even as the onscreen cast shifts in and out - some channels you can't click with once your 'starter' cast leaves but smosh always feels genuine and fresh. it never feels like they're rotating a content farm at you. i truly wish good things for them
the way you described them as an ensemble made me realize that this is just the theatre kid version of the vlog squad. smosh house when
Haha they actually originated the 'content' house
Back when smosh was still filming in Sac
@@user-yb3yi3vv5z OH damn i didnt know that. theyve been around for so long wow
Simple, they have one week of filming and then a break. During which they can actually DO stuff and stay funny instead of being secluded from society like most other people.
Yeah it's pretty how many improve shows i see Amanda, Angela and Chanse post about while also being in a lot of videos. Seems like a good schedule for them!
Amen!!
I literally just started watching Smosh a month or two ago, and I love their new content! The old stuff is not my style in the slightest and I had no idea who Ian or Anthony were, but everyone is so funny and Smosh Games and Smosh Pit are the best, to the point I even bought a ticket to their sitcom live show (and absolutely loved it!)
exact same thing with me lol
Same! I started watching in March and was hooked enough to buy the live show and after show tickets this month. 🥰
They have a great cast of improv artists and comedians with great chemistry. They did a great job in shifting their content and finding their niche while still having fun with each other
another banger. another banger by moop
I basically skipped the Defy era entirely, and was unaware of that whole debacle until a few years ago. I watched them pretty regularly as a teenager during the original Ian and Anthony era but tuned out around 2011-2012, then stumbled across them again in 2020 during the first lockdown. I don't remember what video it was that got recommended to me but it was most likely a TNTL episode, and I've been a loyal viewer of "new" Smosh ever since.
I had a pretty similar experience. Watched early early Smosh in HS from about 2007-2009, then didn't watch much CZcams in general until the pandemic. I honestly didn't even put 2 and 2 together at first that the "Smosh Pit" videos I was seeing clips of here and there was the same Smosh I'd watched years before. But TNTL was definitely what brought me back a year or so ago and now I've binged so much of all the channels from the last few years.
"They still had their most valuable product": me: "Shayne Topp" "-themselves!" Aaah
The difference between the beginning eras and the current eras to me is that during defy they tried to upscale production by hiring more and more people but they didn’t really care all the way and it was too corporate. Then now they just have people who actually care about the content and not a corporate assigned team doing it. The mythical era was people being weeded out honestly
Ian was the heart that never gave up. Ian is Daddy
i knew *of* smosh back in the pre-defy days, but i never *liked* their original content. i think the first video i saw when i started actively watching the channel was their very first TNTL. and i've seen them all the way through it. their defy days were definitely constricting, you could tell, and being purchased by mythical i think is what kept them afloat creatively long enough to figure out how to sustain themselves.
You're saying you didn't like the OG Ian and Anthony skits before the cast was expanded?
MOM! GET OUT OF MY ROOM, IM MOOPING!
I'm so impressed that a single channel has been able to evolve and reinvent themselves. I love their content from the past few years much more than their original content. now the majority can relate to their videos.
I think what really brought back Smosh to its current Golden Era is at its core, Smosh is a channel built around friendship
I got into Smosh Pit during the Defy era because I could tell the squad of Shayne, Courtney, Olivia, Keith and Noah were actually friends.
The people at Smosh don’t just work together, they do stuff together outside of work. They know each other well. The crew gets involved with videos when they’re having fun.
Anthony coming back just exposed that part of Smosh again to everyone. Because they saw Ian and Anthony’s friendship again, and then got to see the friendship between everyone else as well.
The only thing that was lost was the “Where’s Anthony?” jokes 😂
The new era of smash is so reminiscent of dropout/college humor and I absolutely love that
During this recent Watcher debacle all I could think of was Smosh, and how much the Watcher team could learn by emulating them.
The answer is Amanda. The entire cast is amazing but Amanda is on another level hilarious. Imho.
Amanda is legit
This is the real golden era.
i got back into smosh from seeing compilations too. lol. i started watching regularly again during the era jackie joined. i miss seeing her. her dynamic with the cast was a favourite of mine
The only good thing to come from CZcams shorts for me, is that I kept getting shown random tntl bits. By the third one I was like "damn, these guys are funny. Wait is that Ian hecox??" And I've been watching them ever since
And u play gd
Based
...i guess i was one of the weirdos that never unsubscribed from Smosh. They have been a huge part of my life since at least 2007 😯
Same
Damn that's commitment
Same here!
Damn i was just born i could've watched smosh after i popped out of my mom
Honestly, I was an og smosh fan. I remember when smosh went under and I was genuinely worried about where they would go. They made a lot of my childhood and I genuinely enjoyed watching smosh throwing stuff at the wall and seeing what stuck, then they ran with it after mythical bought smosh. Even after Anthony left I still loved watching smosh videos and was eager to see how they would manage around that. Then june of 2023 came and hinted at a big surprise. Me and my gf religiously watch their videos when they release two to three times a week on the pit or games channel and they they had integrated Angela, Arasha, and Chanse into the regular cast members we see, so naturally we assumed they were going to do a decent sized project with all the cast, but no, they surprised with he “we bought smosh” video. It was genuinely so crazy and kind of unbelievable to see Ian and Anthony on screen again. Then the views and reactions started coming and smosh was on the main stage once again. Now here we are with them still riding that wave into this new era of smosh, where I’ve come to love a lot of there new content on all channels.
I had been bobbing around Smosh seeing clips or videos here and there for years. What finally got me hooked though was the Shane graduation video that’s when I realized not only are these funny people but also good people who care about each other
Bro yessss. Idk why that video got recommended to me. I watched it and was crying by the end. I forgot about that video for years after that, until I watched it again a few months ago, and it just made my heart so full. Now I could recognise everybody in that video and I knew who they were as people. It felt like visiting an old photo album
**If you are watching this in May of 2024, you can still catch the Smosh: The Sitcom live show through their website. It's paid content, but holy crap, is it funny.**
This was awesome. You did a hell of a job, Moop.
Smosh is definitely in a new golden age, especially Smosh Games. I feel like practically every video they push out becomes an instant classic
This is such a good video and I am thankful for touching on the topic of people not giving Smosh a second chance. It feels like so often (less so today but still often) people complain about not knowing who the "new" people are or how they "fell off" or stuff like that just because of their preconceived opinions from back in like 2016. Smosh right now feels like it has struck gold with the amount of funny quality content they make while still fostering one of the friendliest workplaces, and I am so glad everything turned out to be this way
Thank you for making this. Smosh's legacy continues to flourish, and it needs more recognition.
I never watched smosh during their 1st era,Ii think i started watching smosh 2 or 3 years ago and the 1st vid I watched was the every blank ever. I found myself playing those videos (as white noise) while I was studying or working. I only ever really watched the other smosh vids last year and I really found their other contents funny, now I'm watching their videos every week, I especially like the smosh mouth podcast, reddit stories and the games they play (I binge watched the FNAF series I was laughing at the dynamic).
(I love watching commentary vids and im happy it brought you to my algorithm, I'm a new subscriber! Hope a lot of people sub too, you're amazing!)
I had heard of Smosh and only watched Anthony Padilla's day in the life videos. But when they announced they bought it back I felt really happy for them! And slowly but surely started watching their content and now it's part of my daily CZcams life.
Coming from a fan who never left Smosh during defy I’m so proud of them for coming this far
I didn't discover Smosh until the end of the Defy era when they had the Try Guys on TNTL, but I didn't really start watching until they were bought by Mythical. Now I absolutely love them. I had no idea who Anthony was, though I knew more than Chanse did, but everyone being so excited when he came back made me so excited for them. I hope they're going to bring back Summer/Winter games, especially since Joven, Mari, Lasercorn and Sohinki have all expressed more than a willingness to collab for that.
TNTL compilations also got me back into smosh:’)
CZcams just randomly served me up a video a couple of years ago that was just Shayne, Damien, Noah, and Ian watching some of their old acting gigs, and I’ve been watching ever since. The cast has developed such an incredible chemistry and continually put out fantastic content.
Also shoutout to the Bidoof decor.
It's a special thing when the most memorable moments of a 20 year old channel are from the last two years.
The clip channels’ impact is so interesting. I never watched original Smosh and discovered the TNTL series via clip channels too - ones that just came up in my recommended feed.
I love how you included Angela’s infamous “what do you think happened in 2011?? 9/11” moment and that I was able to recognize it without sound
i grew up watching smosh, stopped watching for a while and then all the new people started joining and it’s amazing. it’s what brings a smile and laugh to my day every time they upload
Great video! I'm a big fan of Smosh. I love their earlier content, there was a period when I lost interest in their new content, but now I've started to love their new content again.
i’m not gonna lie i got into smosh because anthony’s own channel was something i liked and i wanted to see more of. little did i know that for a whole year i would absolutely be obsessed with smosh because they’re humor has permanently impacted my humor 😂
I absolutely love the way smosh is, especially now that Anthony is back. I feel included in their jokes and like I’m friends with all the members :)
I had the same progress.
Introduced to smosh early on in school. Then unsubbed. Then over a year ago watched a few tntl videos. Subbed again. And now i watch it weekly and listen to their podcasts
Same
Smosh is enjoyable because the people in it are all amazing people that play off so well each other and clearly love their jobs
I am someone who started watching Smosh when it was just Ian and Anthony making parody music videos in their bedrooms. As a kid, I thought they were funny. And then when they got bought by Defy, I noticed that weird shift into just milking something until it was completely dry. (The Every Blank Ever series became so GRATING to me, I started to hate it.) The way they introduced new cast members seemed so off to me too, like all of the sudden I was only seeing Olivia, and Noah, and Keith, and Courtney, and it was so off to me. Like I didn't know who these people were, why am I seeing them all the time? Where's Ian and Anthony? So finally, I unsubscribed because it felt like the humor was just different than what I thought was funny now. And I didn't really like the new cast members. But then once Mythical bought them and I was able to enjoy the new cast for their personalities and talent, that drew me back in. So I subscribed again. And Anthony coming back was the icing on the cake.
(Subscribed to you after that Dropout v Watcher video btw, I hope you get more subscribers and more recognition - the way you present information is very concise and it's great! Can't wait to see what comes next)
It's so true, because I unsubscribed same time as when you said as I felt their content just never changed and I wasn't interested in their skits anymore - then I rediscovered smosh when Anthony came back and I started to watch their recent videos and got absolutely hooked and have resubscribed and resumed following their content again ever since! And it's for what you said - I love not just the cast but the crew, and how it's a family of people who enjoy hanging out and having fun. This is the true golden era of Smosh, where they don't have to be anything but themselves. I also love that they're giving more breaks and posting about them taking breaks - because it is important too!
I don't know what brought you to my algo, but I'm glad it happened. Your stuff's polished and high quality and you're talking about stuff I'm interested in, so it’s a quick subscribe from me. Wishing you exponential growth
From interviews anthony did with rhett and link, it seems like they were extremely happy to do the sale from their history together and mutual respect for each other.
This was so well put together
Hope to see your channel reccomended more
This is really high quality dude, keep doing sruff like this and youll grow insanely, love your personality mixed with the info
This channel has a fascinating history to it.
It’s seen CZcams from almost the very beginning up to the present, and it’s given me a lot of laughs of late.
You can say whatever you want about the channel, but the fact remains, the Smosh cast has gotten to make a living doing something they love.
At least I get the impression that they do.
Been a fan since 2010 wow saying that is wild lmaooo I been thru almost every era of smosh except the very beginning and still a huge fan
Great video dude explained perfectly of why im so happy to see fans return and new people come in. felt like it was just me watching lol
I remember dropping out when all the Smosh main channel was pushing out was the Every Blank Ever series. It just got so stale after a while. Smosh didn't appear in my reccommendations again until early last yeah with the Funeral Roasts. But I'm glad I got back into Smosh when I did. It was in a good place and I enjoyed the new kind of content coming out. Anthony coming back was the right icing on the cake.
Another thing that has helped since the return of Anthony is their usage of the CZcams channel memberships. They've gone into depth talking about how without a parent company funding them, sketch comedy on youtube really isn't a sustainable format. However, with the channel memberships, the funding can come directly from the fans and potentially bring sketch comedy back to the website altogether. It's interesting how many little things added up to get to where we are now with Smosh. Most of the credit should go to Ian though... it's been said many times, but without him, Smosh would have likely died along with Defy and he fought his ass off to make sure it stayed alive. I have the utmost respect for the man!
this is my first time watching a video from you and i just have to say you're really great! you have a lot of charisma in your commentary and it made this video super fun to watch :')
This video is an awesome ride. Your delivery and storytelling was so engaging I didn’t want the video to end. Subbed. As a fellow creator I hope your channel grows massive. Cheers!
This is the second time I was randomly recommended your videos, and now I see you're at 399. Happy to be sub #400! Also I feel the same, Smosh really came back
100% my experience too. I was an original subscriber back when I was in middle school, but grew out of their content. Didn’t watch a video for over a decade until last fall when Anthony was in an Acting Out video. Been watching their content daily ever since.
Hey man, you’ve got the “it” factor. This video is very well made and you’re really charismatic and easy to engage with. Keep up the good work, you’ve got a bright future in this
As a long time Smosh fan that stayed with them throughout all the eras this is a great recap on what the hell happened with Smosh over the years
Two *very* minor nitpicks is that Olivia’s last name is pronounced like sway and when you listed the pit cast you made it sound like they all joined at that time but Damien didn’t join the cast until 2 years after everyone else
As a long time Smosh fan this is such a good timeline explanation. I would love to see a similar video made about Mythical!! GMM was my first CZcams obsession, I've been watching EVERY season since back when they had Chia Link lol. But they sold out and started introducing this awful form of content creation where they released multiple 10 minute videos a day and we couldn't hear The Mythical Crew laughing behind the scenes anymore....overall it was so corporate and forced and not fun.... Rhett and Link realized this and brought it back!! They do what they want now and despite not getting the numbers they used to get (tens of millions of views per 10 minute vid) their community loves them for it. I truly feel like Rhett and Link are the most impressive example of CZcamsrs turning into a company. I just gave one example with that situation but they're also fantastic at making you WANT to follow their evolution. Mythical Society is the best and normally i hate when there's a paywall behind content. Sorry for the Mythical rant on a Smosh video but i feel like their evolution came first and would be an interesting subject since they're both character focused companies!
Reddit stories is good ngl and i love shayne reading it.
Also love the "Update"
I love smosh, and the cast and their chemistry.
i pretty much never stopped watching all smosh content until like 2021 i slowed down a bit but i never stopped cuz they’re second channel we’re some of the funniest shit i’d ever seen and now that anthony’s back it’s even better
0:00 "Everyone knows who their first creator was"
Me: Cringes in Fred
I’ve been watching Smosh since the Pokémon lip sync in 2005 in highschool. Then I’d watch them in college after classes, I watched them during my lunch break at my first “real job”. I’m still watching them today. I watch their videos with my husband now and he likes them too. I listened to Shayne read Reddit stories when I went through chemotherapy because my eyes hurt too much to read. So, not to be parasocial but they’ve gotten me through a lot and my respect for Ian holding them together is endless. Thanks for being there Smosh ❤
The bystander is such a funny newer character. Also sick music use in this video. I haven’t heard Pokemon Mystery Dungeon music in a video not related to video games before lol
I knew of Smosh in the early days but never watched any of it. I've only come to their content after Funhaus was shut down and I was looking for a funny replacement. Appreciate the history lesson!
I was a fan of some of the og-og stuff. I had some of their songs ripped from CZcams as mp3s and listened to them on my iPod on the bus when I was 12. Dropped off seeing what they did when I was leaving high school after Anthony left. Randomly started watching their content just a few months before Anthony came back and was so happy when that happened. Happy to watch things that feel exciting and that feel genuine. It’s been so cute to see those original boys singing about dicks now become the leaders of something so successful.
Wooooooo! Appreciation for the new cast, new content, New Smosh!
Almost a year later after they bought Smosh and Anthony came back, and I am still so happy and surprised they came back. I don't think anybody expected this and I love the new videos so much! Very happy they're back!
Smosh pre July 2023 was like a 1000 piece puzzle with one of the corner pieeces missing. The puzzle looked great and you barely noticed the missing piece. But every once in a while you'd be reminded there's a piece missing and get a little bummed. Post July 2023 is just everyone jazzed that the missing piece came back. The entire puzzle still looked awesome without it, but now everyone is stoked that the puzzle is acutally complete and can appreciate the entire thing.
I remember Smosh when I was a teen (I'm a couple years younger than Ian/Anthony & was in NorCal), but wasn't crazy for them.. until I came across a few videos in the summer of 2020 (the downfall of an important relationship, covid, and other stuff).. I fell inlove with them playing games together and their TryNotToLaugh videos! I watch their stuff every week! It wasn't till Anthony coming back that it hit me that I knew this YT challenge from the start. Sorry for the long comment... I'm just proud and happy for this group and happy to have my doses of giggles!
as someone who only recently got into smosh it was cool to learn about their backstory - I knew they had some weird stuff happen with branding but didn't know all of it
(side note if you wanted to do a similar video on roosterteeth/achievement hunter 👀👀👀)
Im just thankful for smosh, I’ve been watching for the past 11 years and they always make me laugh. Long live smosh!
I was going through old stuff when I was kid back in January, and had my elementary school art folder, and it was filled with Smosh References from their videos. the logo, Ian H. Anthony P. Mari T. And this was well after I got back into Smosh around late 2021. It felt wild that I fell out of it for so long and it’s so different, but I love it even more now. It feels weird having this impactful thing in your life exist so independently from the first time it existed in my life
i would argue current smosh when anthiny returned is the true golden age.
Their chemistry makes me laugh during their improv and games shows more than I could have ever expected. And their genuine friendship makes me engaged into other stuff, like podcasts and interviews.
It's just a brilliant ensemble cast, no more no less.
I first came across Smosh in 2020 when I watched a TNTL for the first time, and since then I've become more and more of a huge fan. Beopardy, Who Meme'd It, Don't Win Mario Party, Shayne Guesses, Moose Master, Culinary Crimes -- all of it is just gold lol
I started watching them again a year after Anthony left. was curious where they're going with things. loving every small video that grow into series. Ian pulled the right strings since 6 years ago and kept the whole company in check. these days I don't go around without watching at least one video from any of their channels. smosh is on a whole different cool now
You are slaying this
I love smosh so much and could never explain to my friends but I’ve now shared this 4 times 😩
Watching a video about Smosh while listening to the Mystery Dungeon OST has sent me to the highest level of nostalgic bliss I have seen in my lifetime
My intro to Smosh was through Rhett and Link's appearances, primarily their Try Not To Laugh episode and their Funeral Roast. I started watching more TNTL, picked up the Reddit Stories, and got to know the cast, expanding my viewership. My favourites are Damien and Shayne.
I started watching smosh again after ian and anthony bought it back and im so glad i did. Their recent live show with the sitcom was absolutely hysterical.
I am glad that you centered a lot of their success and revival on the people of Smosh itself. They've been the ones focusing on creating something that could thrive without necessarily falling to the pit of disingenuous content creation. Its CZcams at its roots, while adjusting to what could change and what works in our day.
The thing is that they let the cast and crew creativity run loose. Especially since Anthony is back. Courtney is now directing and producing, Olivia and Shayne are also writers, Spencer is now producing at Smosh Games and it became more unhinged in all the best ways, they're not afraid to try new things like the Smosh sitcom, Food Crimes, Challenge Pit, etc etc. Smosh has now attracted new eyes that didn't like the old era of Smosh because the humor was...well....juvenile. Now that they're in charge again, are in their late 30s Ian and Anthony have matured and so has the humor at Smosh so they not only got back audiences that grew out of them and new audience that didn't really like them in the first place.
I've been on CZcams since the early days and followed a lot of the OG CZcamsrs except for Smosh as I didn't really like their humour at the time and never thought I'd watch them, let alone enjoy their videos. Then Angela Giarratana joined and, because I loved her in the starkid shows, I also started watching compilations of her which has now spiralled into me really enjoying smosh!
My god that darts video is the best smosh video ever.
him pronouncing olivia's last name as su-i and not su-ey is the funniest thing
As a fan who's been watching Smosh since 6/6/2013, I have seen them change over the years.
I managed to continue watching them even after Anthony left/returned.