195 - Beast Games from MrBeast® (feat. Juniper)

It’s amazing how stupid people are that they buy into this “game” that is: a) Pure hype b) Has no clear cut and stable rules c) Is just not entertaining. What’s worse, and what is pointed out, is the desperation of these “contestants.” Taking advantage of people isn’t new, but it’s surprising (or maybe it’s not) how many people don’t recognize just how fucked up the whole thing is. The people making money here are the ones promoting it.

I yelled “oh my God” at the end of that horse corner. Genius. All of these games are horrible and weird. The way MrBeast talks is really annoying, but listening to all of you try to explain the games is fun.

My take on his thing about “stories” is that he had a chance to talk with real reality tv producers for the first time and they used their industry jargon about stories and characters in conversation with him, and he became obsessed with it because it’s a useful way to talk about how shows like that are edited and presented to their audience. Like many YouTubers he lacks training and industry experience but has a/b tested himself into producing things in very similar ways to how tv does it. Now that he’s on real tv, he’s learning a lot of the things he should reasonably have already figured out and struggling to catch up, or use those things to make work in his own creative voice (because he is fundamentally not a creative person).

Best commercial yet! How you got MoneyBear featuring St. Jimmy and Werner H. is testament to your capitalist strength. I salute you TWOAPW and June S.! Take. My. Money.

If you liked Squid Game and want another series that examines similar themes, there is a great anime called Gyakkyō Burai Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor. You will be on the edge of your seat for a simple card game

It's God's will for all of us to go in the hole sooner or later

I just realized he has the same name as the villain from Mouthwashing. Fucking Jimmies, man.

Wait, why was Michael Bay playing the role of Karl buying ad space on a corner in Brooklyn?

I just read "Death of a Salesman" the other day so AJ's horse interlude was pretty trippy

I was like 99.9% sure I saw one of y'all on the jumbotron at the Mets pride game.... let's go Mets let's go Mamdani

if i had a dollar for each time a youtuber made a bad game show, i'd have at least 2 dollars.

I don’t know what the song in the background of the Herzog Money Bear ad was but it made laugh so fucking hard.

I have an idea for how MrBeast can spice up Season 2. Okay, so recently the ATF approved imports of cheap simunition rounds...

you've now officially said you're going to cover evangelion, you can't take that back. on behalf of eva psychos everywhere, here are our demands: original series only or we will set the podcast on fire. thank you.

Anyone remember that reality TV show called "The Colony"? I think one season was in some abandoned area of LA and another in some random ghost town

Actual tears in my fucking eyes from that Horse Corner. I swear to god if you put a clean drop of that opening stinger out that will become my new ringtone.

I feel like the reason he can't commit to a more vicious game a lot of the time is that he so desperately wants to be liked by everyone

I have no idea who Mr. Beast is. I guess I will learn, even though I'm not sure I want to..

YouTuber William Osman has a video about making the squib controls

despite repeated claims early in the episode there are no breasts.

A child told me I looked like Mr Beast months ago and I still haven't gotten over it I can't help it if i have an Irish face with rosy drunkard cheeks and a ginger beard

There’s a really good video by Big Joel on YouTube about this show as well (haven’t listened to the whole episode yet so idk if they mention it), but highly recommend that as well.

it took over 100 million dollars?! each person could've gotten 100k in cold cash and it would've been cheaper. he probably could've gotten better content for it to, i imagine 1000 videos of people saying how this cash is going to affect their lives would have been met with far more universal approval

That commercial break just kept getting more awesome

The dystopia is so more boring and stupid than we were promised.

listening to the drops from this show really highlights the main thing i hate about social media/tiktok sound design: mixing gun cocking/shooting effects into the music. deplorable.

Mr beast is the anti christ

Beast games could have been a morbid commentary on capitalism in our modern world, but it failed at even that because of how poorly it was designed. Surely with that kind of money you could afford a few hours consulting with some TV producers that actually know how to run a game show.

I look forward to the episode where you eat some of Mr. Breast's Feastables a la Steve1989 at MRE Info.

Thanks for being our pop culture sin eaters!