If he even cleared his throat he would sound like a different person

One glass of water and he’s done

One cough drop and he’ll never work in the industry again

Imagine he gets a cold

First time I heard his voice I thought he was a dying child.

Was hoping someone would catch that

@@VogJam I couldn’t believe you were under one thousand subs. Hope to see more reviews like this, this is was astonishing 👍

@@VogJam I got it too, good one!

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b8h6ZJuJzai7mo0.html smiling friend works but let’s see if this works

To be honest, I haven’t really watched too many other videos on the show outside of clips, so I can’t say, but I guess if there are people still enjoying the show who don’t really know Zach and Michael’s past, that just shows how well Smiling Friends is doing outside of their fanbases. But yeah, I’m glad you found my video because how Michael and Zach’s history influenced the show is really interesting. Also, that’s a great username btw.

@@VogJam There are few negative reviews on yt, they don't even raise any good points beside " I didn't find this funny"

@@donaldn5798 yeah I remember one that just went on a tangent about oneyplays or smthn like tjat

@@mayo_- yeah, that's the one.

@@donaldn5798 ​ You remember which channel made the review? Kinda curious to see what they said haha

I don’t think I ever expected to hear David Firth’s voice on TV. I feel like the show could go on until Zach and Michael get bored of it, so hopefully they get a chance to do more episodes.

Like who? They're friends with a ton of Newgrounds and Internet people so personally I'm not too surprised by some of them, idk

@@highdefinition450 Anyone they want to bring on board who is willing? The fact that Mike from RLM, and a dozen other YT creators shows they're love for the media.

@@highdefinition450 the amount of money and planning it takes to get that many cameos is pretty crazy- I think they got as many people as they actually could, there was supposed to be a ChrisChan feature too but they couldn't get him because they had already gotten Chills.

They almost got Chris Chan on

I wouldn’t say totally uninvested, he more is a believer of long-term self improvement being the way to happiness, which conflicts with Pim who believes happiness is experiences and relationships.

This is one thing I really hate about shows like Rick and Morty and Family Guy. The whole family is toxic to each other and so are basically all the characters. The joke is basically “everyone hate on Jerry” or “everyone hate on Meg” etc. over and over. It gets old and boring very fast.

@@JLG629 in defrnse of Rick and Morty, they are actually addressing, deconstructing, and moving away from the "everyone hates on Jerry" stuff. Unfortunately they replaced that with incest jokes so watch at your own risk.

@@JLG629 that’s all you’ve gotten out of the ever evolving family dynamics of RaM?

@@brandonclarke436 To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Rick and Morty. The humour is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of the jokes will go over a typical viewer's head. There's also Rick's nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation- his personal philosophy draws heavily from Narodnaya Volya literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these jokes, to realise that they're not just funny- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Rick & Morty truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the humour in Rick's existential catchphrase "Wubba Lubba Dub Dub," which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenev's Russian epic Fathers and Sons. I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Dan Harmon's genius wit unfolds itself on their television screens. What fools.. how I pity them.

With the ending music, chis just chose random guitar riffs and somehow it worked.

Chris did the initial concept, Ashley Dickens actually made the model. She also did 3D Squelton. She's done work for Chris on his upcoming game Bowlbo aswell.

@@ians_parks I’m still hyped for Bowlbo

667th like by the way

Thanks! I was kind of lucky on the script because everything just seemed to come together once I got the intro done. That through-line from NG to KZfaq to their other projects leading up to Smiling Friends is such a genuine story and seeing the Newgrounds DNA still present in the final show, like you said, that’s what makes it one of a kind. btw, I saw your video on the greatest film trilogy of all time last week and it reminded me I’m well past due a rewatch. Amazing stuff, loved hearing about the stories about the crew and designers. There’s such a huge difference between simply knowing that movies are these big, complicated things, and actually recognising the individual efforts of people doing weird things like running a 24-hour hairy foot oven to keep production rolling, you got that across so well.

@@VogJam Very funny to think we stumbled upon each others work within such a narrow window xD Cheers! Looking forward to what you do next :)

cool

Hey Graeme!

Even the most “nihilistic” of the main/recurring characters, Charlie, has quite a bit to say about being the best version of yourself that you can, specifically in the Shrimp episode.

100%. There’s always a risk of people from the internet getting into TV and the final product feeling inauthentic pr filtered by executives. Smiling Friends doesn’t feel that way at all and it’s refreshing to see.

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b8h6ZJuJzai7mo0.html i hope for a season 2 but I hope for a good future for this channel too

Do show creators usually not want to make a show tho?

@@highdefinition450 do you think anyone involved in the Simpsons really wants to be making it at this point?

Nice Profile Name

I agree with your username

Yeah I agree with RATsnak3s as well

It’s definitely refreshing to see on TV and it’s great that adult swim gave them the chance to make it how they wanted.

I think the biggest difference is Zach and Michael had an idea and fought for it instead of a company going "Hey you have a following......make a thing"

this isn't their first go around in the TV sphere either. I assume that prior experience with failed tv projects ultimately led to the success of smiling friends

@@robk5488 what else did they work on? I'm not familiar

@@iCactusDog Zach Hadel and Chris O'neil had pitched a show called Hellbenders to Adult Swim previously.

Yeah, it’s been a great show so far

@@VogJam I saw a clip of the last 1 minute of the premiere and when Alan said “I just wanted my cheese” while crucified, that’s what sold the deal, it felt like something from Aqua Teen Hunger Force and I just had to watch it. I enjoyed the 1st season, here’s hoping season 2 will arrive soon this year.

@@danjoredd I agree with this soooo much. It's such a refreshing breath of air to see an adult cartoon where the characters are genuinely nice to one another.

i would like to coin the term, “teenager comedies” its is the bad “adult comedies” its too inappropriate for kids (i guess) and its too stupid for adults. teenager is a middle ground that works, but some have to have low enough standards to get at least a chuckle. (talkin’ to you Velma)

@@stoopy07Would you put in Hazbin Hotel in the mix? It’s humor is often times swearing-heavy and a bit too needy at times.

Great comparison now that I think about it

This

And that creative control definitely shows, that’s why Adult Swim’s a great fit for the show

Corey?

and MDE world peace

Except tim got MDE canceled on purpose

Definitely seems like SF is finding its core audience and hopefully it’ll spread further, the fact that it’s got so many connections to the flash animation scene is even better. I see SF as a good fit on adultswim because they’re always willing to take a risk on a show and the animated comedy needs something new because it’s been so stale the last few years.

Tldr "it good show"

Rick and morty before season 3 episode 2, I agree with. Everything after is pretty awful.

Family guy was from adult swim lol

@@jontedeakin1986 family guy has aired on Adult Swim, but iirc it's always been a Fox property

More like regular show but ya

Oneyplays ramblings do be funny Best part is that if you have seen Oneyplays before, you can almost picture the process that led to each scene in an episode, assuming it wasn't straight up described in one of his youtube vids before

afterall, making you laugh and smile is what the smiling friends do. :- )

I agree, I could love a show with some plot to follow but if every show just did that then it's boring. I wish people would lose the stigma of episodic shows, like Rick and Morty because even though they have a plot they usually seemed to steer away from it, and I can't help but feel like they only come back to it because the fans won't shut up about it.

wasted opportunity to say "its trying to make you smile"

@@bilibilibilibili I'm amazed I didn't think of this, edited now.

@@runawayredmin8263 I‘m so glad South Park dropped the season long story mostly. It’s cool sometimes to have a bit consistence but sometimes I want to watch a proper episodic show where I can just watch a random episode and enjoy it without knowledge of what came before.

Can you explain serialization in simple terms, I think I understand it but I’m not 💯 %.

@@No-qn8jr seriel is when each episode is connected to the one before it. Something that is super serialized is like Lost where you can't start watching in the middle of a season. Less serialized is the season 1 finale of smiling friends. It makes reference to past episodes but you still understand the episode without seeing the full series

Holy shit is the analogy in your first sentence accurate, I've been looking for a way to describe adult media that tries way too hard to be edgy and ironically enough makes it infested with 14 year olds. Although you have to admit smiling friends has a fair bit of edge to it as well

@꧁Spicy Meatballs II: The Spicening꧂ I just call them Brickleberry shows, due to the fact that the creators of that made two other adult cartoons that were basically just reskins and increasingly felt the need to shock every 5 seconds.

He wasn't wall guy, he was the barf guy at the family dinner. Finn Wolfhard was wall guy.

Thanks for the sub and glad you enjoyed the video. I’m not too worried about the views, as long as there’s some people out letting me know I got my point across on a really good show, that’s enough for me, so again thanks for the comment and the sub.

Where does he publish?

He’s on KZfaq, just search up sickanimation

Maybe one day! Glad you enjoyed it

Meanwhile, the wine bottle is just a stock image I love small animation gags like that

The great Linkara

Don’t give him his jacket!

His jimmy carter impression was hilarious too. I love him on oney plays

I think the humor is great because it's not political, even when targeting political figures. The Trump impressions aren't making any statements about whether he's an evil racist dictator or not, it's just "This guy is goofy, I wish he was goofier." and then playing out different crazy scenarios that could never happen but would be hilarious if they did. Which is an opinion that doesn't exactly lean one way or the other politically, unless you're a fringe group I guess.

@@FemaleAnimeMaster Idk, "I can spit yellow, I can't spit green yet" seems like it has deep-running political commentary to me

Dude, source. Please

@@Deadlock239 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ZpyCatCk1d_Tgqs.html

It was not after Chris Chan was arrested. They were considered prior to that, and the reason they decided to not go through with it was simply because they exceeded their budget for cameo voice roles.

@@ians_parks Wait I thought it was because they knew chris chan wouldn't keep his mouth shut about the show if they did decide to bring him on?

Haha, it was a fluke in the editing that it matched up but I liked it too much to cut it out.

GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!!

Thanks

I heard that if you take all 18 booster shots, you can see Smiling Friends in real life. You can't argue with the Science.

I agree that way too many adult shows are whiny and edgy like that, but what about smiling friends has a positive message lol

Thanks for the sub. I love the editing but it’s long work so it’s nice to see it appreciated, cheers.

actually, after seeing Oneyplays for so long, all of this comedy feels like the same improvised comedy they use in their YT vids The show IS refined a LOT before being wrapped up, many scenes are deleted or overhauled entirely, but ultimately the comedy follows a similar pattern

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks

its zach, it’ll be fine

Thanks, much appreciated!

Thanks for the comment, glad you found the video. Algorithm bless 🙏