I giggled for weeks over "Oh, no, there's a pope on the road again."

Outside of Smosh, Angela and Chanse have been performing together within the UCB Sketch Team "Moon Goon" Since 2019, alongside Smosh Sketch editor Josh Fleury, and former Smosh head writer Patrick McDonald, So it's really understandable that they are comfortable playing off eachother. They're a really dynamic duo and, as you said, they have amazing chemistry that really lends itself to their performances.

My favourite sketch in these blind doubles was when Shayne came out wearing a giant ‘X’ and just loudly blocked everything people said. The ‘anti improv guy’

There are some rare instances where "No, but" can be the funniest option for an improv scene, but it takes a LOT of talent to make it work.

Amanda says she's never preplans, she gets the costume on then improves the character

you NEED to react to Smosh's musical improve try not to laugh episodes! Espeacially their first one, its seriously one of their best try not to laugh episodes yet!

For Shayne and Courtney it really didn't matter that we didn't know about their relationship because people had shipped them FOR YEARS. So whenever they did anything vaguely couple-y-- on accident or on purpose-- the fans would just be like "Ah, they're just feeding the shippers." But there was a duality with that because YEARS ago, when they weren't dating, they made that clear and basically expressed to the fans that they thought it was weird and please don't pressure them. The fandom took that to heart SO MUCH that when they announced their marriage on April Fool's Day, we genuinely didn't know if it was just a joke or if the joke was that they really WERE married and announced it that day just to screw with us. Obviously it turned out to be the latter, but what's even funnier is they seem to have thought that we would all get it, but weeks later they were still finding that people were convinced it was fake. I genuinely didn't believe it wasn't staged until I saw the People article three days later. XD

One I'd recommend from Smosh is Damien's fake exorcism video. He has a powerpoint that he's not entirely sure what's on it, just the basic premise, and he doesn't break once. Alternatively, watch the 7 minute clip of Damien playing his demented Mr. Grub character during the "Cheating" episode of Let's Do This. It's entirely off the cuff and throws everyone for a loop. Again, he does not break once.

In the marriage bit, I'm pretty certain that Shayne turned on his Disney misty eyes. You can see Damien's reaction when he notices the tears, I love it

Angela is definitely my favourite cast member now. She has a knack for over explaining things in a way that makes it seem so dumb yet so funny. In their “acting out our weirdest youtube comment” video, which is improv but using comments as lines to pick out and read and incorporate that into the scene, her line sticks out to me. The scene was her and Shayne acting as cousins wanting to have a sleep over and she said something like “Let’s float it by your mom, my aunt, and my mom, your aunt” and it’s so dumb but makes me laugh every time

They've done TNTL hard mode before where they *actually* try their best not to laugh & it's pretty fun to see what actually makes them unintentionally laugh! (The Smosh Mouth TNTL podcasts are kinda like that too)

Shayne has a great bit called “anti-improv man” where he just says “no” and negates whatever his scene partner said. He’s only done it once, but I’m hoping it makes a comeback

My brain randomly at any given moment of the day for no apparent reason: “Oh no, there’s a pope on the road again!” 😂

Your comment about how not everything has to be high brow, sometimes you can just do something silly, reminded me of a great Damien quote... "you don't come here for smart, you come here for Smosh." Sometimes the point is just to be silly goofy and hyper because why not haha

someone in the comments already pointed it out, but Idiots Present is another improv show smosh has, i think it'd make a great react!!

i agree that angela and chanse's chemistry is really good. also in a recent video, chanse and angela have been working together for 5 years? their friendship is just great :D

15:10 Smosh has “Hard Mode” which is where they genuinely try to hold back laughs, it has a scoring system, it’s really good! The best thing about Smosh is that we know that they are performers and we are just enjoying the performance, but they also take effort to give us hardcore TNTLaughers a genuine competition

I can see myself, when in the right headspace, burst out laughing Courtney going "DAD?!". I think the water really helps in that aspect, bc a simple huff of the nose could potentially lead to choking and in general there's just something about knowing you have to try your best not to laugh that makes you so much gigglier.

Idk how it took me 20+ mins to realize your whole room is in a permanent state of Halloween and spooky vibes

Love this analysis! And Chanse and Angela are great friends and collaborators. EDIT: Oh, you have no idea how much Shayne loves fart jokes

Love it. Would love to see you watch more of both TNTL and Smosh Pit Theatre + another series called Idiots Present they did where they'd have to present a presentation to an audience thay they knew nothing about. Two of my favs from that one are the one Shayne and Chanse did on buying a zoo and the one Damien did on his own about Exorcisms 😂

Courtney/Neo was dodging Shayne's feelings

I think what helps sometimes is that the cast (and crew) know each other so well, they do sometimes cater to the individual on the chair in order to score a point - sometimes that means the bit is funny for the viewer, and sometimes the bit itself doesn't kill but the viewer still laughs because the person spitting has a great reaction 🤷‍♀

Love this!! Also highly recommend their Reunion videos (particularly the Teletubbies Reunion) which are loosely planned but the jokes and interactions are all improvised!

For the Courtney Matrix marrying Lady Shayne is extremely funny to Damien because Shayne know that he can get Damien to laugh by crying (tears). And Shayne came out tearing up (actor skill based, he's done this a few times to Damien). Lol

Please, if you want, do some of the "idiots present" series, basically they are given a presentation and they improv the whole thing as if they were experts...my favorites are the one with Damien and Jackie where they "prove they can fall in love" and the one with Shayne and Amanda where they teach personal defense.

Angela is the best addition to Smosh

Smosh is actually doing laugh and go as a live event in a couple days called Smosh The Live Sitcom where every character has two cast members playing them and if someone laughs they get swapped out with their double. It has a script but it's meant to go off the rails from the script especially with elements being thrown in that they won't know about until the show starts and Tommy playing a character that has no dialogue and can show up in any scene he wants to. I don't know if you can react to the live show since it's a ticketed live event similar to the Anthony Funeral Roast but they did a live Smosh Pit Theater with the laugh and go concept to promote the live sitcom.

"oh no, there's a pope on the road again" is still one of the funniest smosh lines

Can't wait to see your reaction to Shayne's anti-improv character

Some good Smosh TNTL episodes are the 100th episode, Shayne’s birthday episode, and some of the crew episodes. Another improv series Smosh had a few years ago was called Smosh & Order where they were each assigned characters and a case then had to carry out the trial totally unscripted so it might interesting to take a look at that.

Loved this breakdown!! You definitely should react to TNTL episode 131. It’s different format where they try to build upon the previous person’s bit for a storyline (also the episode where Gerald cakes makes his first appearance 😂)

That leather jacket bit is a massive callback to an old smosh tntl. Courtney is a huge fan of grease and this bit made them laugh and their husband brought it back

there's a tntl where Damien and Shayne wear burger and hotdog hats and there bit is so serious its so good

i love the try not to laugh bits, shayne and damien always seem to kill it

I was kinda hesitant to click on this at first, but I really like your breakdown of what works about a bit and what doesn't, this is great!

Really cool to hear some "inside baseball" about improv. I miss doing it myself, and I find myself enthralled more with Smosh Pit than the main channel (mostly due to this, and other character-based interactions)

My favorite sketch in this format is on one of the other blind pairs episode. Tommy is sitting in the chair, Matt Fox comes from outside the set behind the cameras to Tommy’s side looking for his poke ball, finding it, and saying he wants to Pokémon battle. Shayne is sitting in a stool he brought next to Tommy, wearing glasses and a cardigan. He writes on a clipboard and leans in and asks Tommy “is he (pause) in the room again?”.

I love how she immediately recognized Chanse and Angela's dynamic just from their bit, having no idea that they're best friends and they even started a band together!

This was great! This is exactly what react content should be! I love how you broke down the bits and gave extra background information!

Hi! This came up in my recommended and I really like it. I particularly like your detailed notes and informative comments about improv on this and your first Smosh reaction video. I'm not a performer and didn't even take drama in high school, so all of what you say is new to me, but you present it clearly and make it easy for a layperson to understand.

I love this, i wanna learn improve a little and i love smosh so much

YES, talking about how improv can lead to bigger things and more intricate characters, this is why I watch smosh because it happens all the time, I love to see it

Would love to see some Dropout content like Make Some Noise, or even some Dimension 20 bits!

Idk if structured improv counts but Smosh's Teletubbies reunion is really good.

Garrett’s “I got the vibe of this church all wrong” one-liner had so much Zach Oyama energy in it

I do think a lot of my generation’s humor comes from confusion and just things not making sense. It’s definitely more directed toward us young uns. And even under critical analysis, I laugh at the nonsense as much as the coherent jokes.

Angela and Chase have definitely worked together and still do, Angela is also on an improvised podcast with Patrick McDonald called Artists on Artists on Artist on Artists and the four they have on there is amazing and I highly highly recommend it! Amanda also used to be involved with Groundlings. They’ve gotten some very talented improvisers on cast and I love it.

Love your insights about the improv with each blind pair! really cool to learn more about why certain jokes/characters/scenes work better than others

Honestly really interesting watching you break down these bits, great analysis and video! Not only do you get to laugh at the bits but you also get to learn a thing or 2

There was another blind pairs they did where Shayne and Angela made their characters purposefully not “yes and” which made it quite interesting (anti- improv man)if you were to check out another one.

I love watching videos like this where someone knows the topic very well and explain certain details while reacting :) also ur eyebrows r rlly pretty

I could watch hours of this

The Shayne and Garret bit always gets me and it's mainly because of THE LAYERS. My god, you just know Shayne has seen so many versions of that character in his career.

i literally cried laughing at "nurses, go ahead!"

Wow. I was very skeptical when I saw a reaction video to smosh pit pop up, but you added so much context to this. Well done👏👏

This is something I didn’t know I needed, but I absolutely did ❤

love this video, i just wanted to point out that another element of TNTL is knowing the audience. For instance Shayne knows that Courtney loves weird sounds, so coming out and doing that weird "eugh" sound, he knew that would get them.

You should watch the first smosh tntl the musical, its AMAZING and the improv singing is just too good

I loved listening to your insight on their sketches. It was a lot of fun getting a look into how all of this works!

I also feel like they sometimes try to cater to each other's sense of humor to get them to laugh like Shayne making a grunting noise at Courtney.

Thank you so much! Loving these reactions

Loved seeing a part two of you reacting to Smosh 🎉

Chanse already said "you found me" as the nemo fish, that's the bit. hate when people pause immediately after the punchline, missing it, and missing the joke

Absolutely loved this breakdown. I would recommend tntl# 111(the gold standard),# 131(every bits are connected) and # 132(Amanda and Chanse were on fire)

I really love your home decor, all these different paintings and diverse framed curios are really exquisite! I mean, I'm no interior designer, but I think it's great.

This is so cool! Hope you react to more of their improv ❤ (also nice beatlejuice shirt!)

This is great! Please make more Smosh content!

I LOOOOOVE your decor and design style!!

Another video you should check out by Smosh is their “couple therapy videos”. Especially Keith’s, Amanda’s Sarah Christ is amazing in it

Really enjoyed your observations here, I've been watching Smosh for many years and I'm always blown away by their talent. I'd recommend to look at Aunty Donna next, they're unbelievably skilled performers with their style of surrealist improv. I saw them live last year and almost had to run to the bathroom with how much I was laughing.

This is awesome pls do more!

Loved the video! As someone who's not at all well-versed in improv, I understood and learned a lot from your breakdown. Also, unrelated, but that lipstick colour looks great on you!

Ive always loved doing improve, im a huge smosh fan, and this is my first video of yours that ive seen. I've been blessed by the KZfaq algorithm god's! Definitely gained a sub!

Katelyn: They might have a few more of these Me, who just watched TNTL #144: *chuckles*

Smosh did do a laugh and go style TNTL recently, it was a live one that only had 4 people in it but it was to basically help showcase the concept of the Smosh Sitcom live show they did on their website recently (not sure you'd be able to react to that, but the live TNTL on their channel has a lot of great moments)

Great video! Please keep making smosh content, would love to hear your take on other TNTLs!

Circling back to recommend Elvis is cancelled:dead table talks on the smosh main channel. Mr. Peanut is a must see

21:11 Also Shayne and Courtney announced theys were married on April Foils Day which makes it even more badass and funny

if you liked the callback you should watch that TNTL in which they do continuous callbacks from the previous person’s improv!

It good to remember that there were the “Shournety” fans that shipped Courtney and Shayne long before this episode aired. So it was also a wink at the Shourtney ship Smosh fans back then, but made to also be even funnier now.

The blind pairs is the most entertaining to me because of the difficulty

That bit of Courtney doing bullet time from the matrix at the alter bit is probably one of my favorites from her and I'm surprised people haven't mentioned it more in the comments. Also I laughed so hard when I saw it when it first came out before we knew they were together/engaged/married lol

Shane's character during Courtney's turn is also a callback. It's his weird John Travolta character that he does specifically for Courtney, who is a fan of Grease.

“Oh you’re gonna find god alright” lmao

YES!! Amanda _is_ incredible!! She is my favourite in smosh, closely followed by angela and chanse

About “yes and” Did you see the Try Guys Tik Toks where someone was trying to do the “i have a flea in my hand” joke? They all yes anded her to the grave. Lolol

I do enjoy that they keep some of the “duds” in their videos. Good on the editor to keep decent pacing through the episode.

Garret really feels like he’s at a disadvantage in this video because of how he seems to mostly be comfortable with dryer humour compared to the rest of the cast, so when he’s put in a bit that’s established to be a bit more out there that demands for him to match the energy there it tends to fall apart.

I loved the insight of "by design" instead of "fake", this isnt a competitive setting by any means, so you might aswell try to be entertained for the sake of it (:

Great video!

I was doing a pretty good job of holding back my laughs but, like the little boy i am at heart, I CACKLED at "uh oh, POOP!" lmaoooo Anyways, I really liked seeing your perspective on the scenes and saying what works and what doesn't!! Can't wait to see how your channel grows my friend!

Oh I can't wait until you find out about The Try Not To Laugh Bystander

I would love to see you break down the best bits of TNTL and help explain why they work so well!

horror aesthetic, improve knowledge and, smosh reacts? I think i have found my new fav youtuber

I really appreciate your breakdown of a Smosh TNTL episode! I love this series but I never considered how & why a bit works or doesn't. I have a theatre degree but I'm terrified of doing improv; the best I can do is when something unexpected happens in a play & I need to do find a way to get the scene back on track. I would love to learn one day, just not sure when it will happen haha. As for the Shayne & Courtney thing (aka Shourtney/Shartney), I still found it funny at the time since they had been shipped by the fandom for years. I'm a relatively new Smosh fan (around the time Anthony came back) so I wasn't there when the shipping was intense, but I knew about it from watching older videos. I'm not great at seeing social cues, so I interpreted Damien's reaction & the cast/crew laughing as them referencing the whole "Shourtney ship" joke that had been around for years lol.

I always thought that Shayne said “Poop” in response to Garrett saying the show was going to be naughty

This video was super interesting! I would love to see your reaction to some of Smosh’s long-form improv - the recent Darts video comes to mind, or maybe one of their board/card game videos.

They did an improv series on Smosh called Idiots Present. You should see that!

You should react to Try not to laugh musical version (part 1 and part 2 cause they're both amazing)! Not just improv, but musical improv. And both videos have some pair bits, which is even more impressive🙃