He’s kinda lost the touch these days unfortunately. (That’s the internet for you.) But back in 2017, he and Stephanie were absolutely *the* people to call if you wanted to succeed in the platform.
@@muixlac Still a massive brand, but (a bit like the Yogscast before him) his company used to be in like the Top 10 for viewership and growing, but that growth has essentially stopped.
@@falseprofit9801 You can only grow so much for so long. I'd say it's less due to him 'losing his touch' and moreso due to having a solid niche now. That's like saying someone has lost their touch because they aren't having any growth spurts nowadays.
I DISTINCTLY remember watching this video when it came out, I like made myself a snack and everything and sat down at the end of the night to watch it and I remember being so pissed lmao
I think i remmeber watching at least 30 min of it, and they said a few things like normal converaation, but it was just them walking most of the time. I thought it was such a good april fools joke.
I remember back when he was a kid using boobs as clickbait, and then he progressed to question titles, and then the big red text thumbnails, and then FNAF shot him to the moon. He really did whatever he could to milk the system.
I just need to make sure you understand, no it was not ALL HIM? Steph, his wife, was his partner on the channel right from the start. and she put in SO MUCH work, mat himself says this wouldn't be possible without her. I bring this up not to "um actually" you, its just a sad thing that people often overlook her and just praise mat instead with the channels success.
@@alexmontoya8296 relax, you're looking into this from a fan's perspective, but for people who will only occasionally watch a game theory here and there, no one would have any idea who steph is.
@watyhu99 what's wrong with introducing them to the less known other half of MatPats huge success? A creator gains some well deserved recognition and casual fans learn a bit more about the channel, everybody wins
MatPat's on the worker side but has the knowledge of the higher-ups in regards to the algorithm. It makes him seem like the opposite of an Undercover Boss
I was gonna make a play on making the opposite of "Undercover Boss" but then I came up with "Overrevealling Employee" which sounds like the name of a bad adult film 💀
It was wonderful. Especially because at the time it was pre Smosh the Movie and EVERYONE was going at them to make a movie or a movie long video. So when they dropped it everyone was so excited. And then they were just walking lol. I watched for soo long before I figured out what was happening haha
I specifically remember going “fuck it” and watched the entire thing at the time. I swear there were like random things thrown into it so it wasn’t JUST them walking the entire time tho
I remember watching literally every second of that video. Changed the way I thought about wearing backpacks. You may think no one has seen or heard that video. But I have. Absolutely life changing.
And this one the moment that made me realize that: a) Mat's really good at his job😏 and b) how long Anthony's career on YT been for it to have a "Hollywood style" crash and resurgence 😲 And maybe c) how fast the changes culture and our lives have become for this to have become ancient history in a less than a decade or two😅
He didn't really have a Crash per se, he reached the point where he got toooooo famous. And Devry Media started saying at EVERY VIDEO MEEETING: Ohh no Sorry, CANT do that, its "BAD FOR THE BRAND!" And Anthony got sick of hearing that's bad for the brand, he wanted to make his own content, and to be fair when he left smosh and started Anthony Padilla, he took 700K subs with him.
I get the feeling by the giggles Mat already knew which video it was Anthony was talking about before the words “blatantly disregarded” were out of his mouth
That is something I and many others have learned over the years. Pretty sure most of the currently big RUclipsrs today watch the Theorists channels and do whatever it takes to follow his beats, as well as Jacksepticeye and Markiplier and Pewdiepie
Please, no, he just cares about numbers, and the video, today, has a lot of views, it became some sort of RUclips cult classic. If it's art what you are making, NEVER listen to MatPat or the numbers
@@casted_shadows9506 when they posted the video in question, they were bigger than him and it was just one video, not a game changer for the channel in terms of numbers, but is part of what makes that duo a classic, up to this date, even if they hadn't bought it back
@@jackalexande Every channel does, hard to make only good content. But he certainly has learned a lot about how RUclips works for the viewers. Still love his vids, mostly his older ones, but that's probably nostalgia talking.
wouldn't say he's my most favorite but I watch his game theories from time to time watch most of the food and style ones genuinely interesting keep away from the film ones because I don't really care much
When it came out I watched the full hour, the whole thing, just on an off day I sat down and watched the whole thing... it was the most beautiful thing I've seen to date
I absolutely loved that video, i definitely watched more than 2 minutes lmao. It was fucking genius at the time honestly, i probably watched about half of that whole video... And then i skipped forward until the end.. Smosh was something else back in the day.
MatPat, his wife, and team have insane researching skills! Anthony Padilla's interview style reminds me of ATB's stuff! Perhaps we could see youtuber interview content in the future? :D
But this was GOLD! I loved it! I couldn't believe you actually did that! I let it play in the background and wanted to know if anything would happen. 🤣
Matpat has made a job out of the RUclips algorithm and how to run a successful channel. From what I understand for most of the Game Theorist channel's existence, his actual money making job was serving as an advisor and consultant for RUclipsrs on how to transform their channel and make it more successful, and it worked.
I remember getting so mf excited for that video, I saved it for when I had free time and then after 5 minutes of watching them do nothing but walk I got suspicious and found out it was just them walking 💀 Fell for the oldest trick in the book
That would be an amazing way to make an announcement just like halfway thru the walking just stop and hold up a sign that says like I’m engaged or I’m pregnant and let the veiwers never find out unless they watch the whole thing😊
Honestly for the type of april fools joke it was I don’t think a lot a views should have been expected lol. It was a trick to make people thinking they were gonna click on a long form video (which I believe weren’t common at the time as is) so of course when people realize “oh it’s April fools, I’ve been got lol” of course they’re gonna click off XD. I think it was a good idea for a prank though!
Ngl I will never forget SMOSH babies but, I find it amazing that Anthony has his own channel and doesn’t necessarily have to be goofy. Absolutely love your content!
When Mat says “yeah, what was that?” You can see he damn well knows exactly what video they’re about to discuss
Letting people sgare what they care about/find funny, even if you've heard it before, is not only polite, but caring. Good on him.
It’s for the podcast, to let the info come out naturally
Every second of this part he actively sounds like he's been holding back absolutely roasting them for still going through with that
He sounds like a dad that knows exactly what happened and is disappointed, but lets the story unfold, knowing the kid has learned a lesson from it. 😂
@@LittleLehStarexactly this lmao
Matt is a maniac i would take a master class from
He’s kinda lost the touch these days unfortunately. (That’s the internet for you.) But back in 2017, he and Stephanie were absolutely *the* people to call if you wanted to succeed in the platform.
@@falseprofit9801 why do you say that? just genuinely curious bcs in my opinion he hasn't lost his touch at all!
@@muixlac Still a massive brand, but (a bit like the Yogscast before him) his company used to be in like the Top 10 for viewership and growing, but that growth has essentially stopped.
@@falseprofit9801 You can only grow so much for so long. I'd say it's less due to him 'losing his touch' and moreso due to having a solid niche now. That's like saying someone has lost their touch because they aren't having any growth spurts nowadays.
I think May, a Disney employee, came to MatPat to learn about media over any other option
The fact that Matthew rembers the watch time and attention grab graph?
Man, this man is absolutely golden. How can you not adore him.
Matthew Patrick
Rembers
@@gustavosauro1882 I forgor the spellings, my bad g
@@rerorero6493 I forgor 💀
I rember 😁
That's an old meme in case you don't get it
@@mimbomimbo Matthew Patthew*
I DISTINCTLY remember watching this video when it came out, I like made myself a snack and everything and sat down at the end of the night to watch it and I remember being so pissed lmao
Did you watch the whole thing?
@@ZenithRana I skipped through to parts to see if anything was happening and it didn't lol
they didn't even add small bits???? no talking no nothing???
@@dustyboialex they had like random noises and small talk but other than that, no lol
I think i remmeber watching at least 30 min of it, and they said a few things like normal converaation, but it was just them walking most of the time. I thought it was such a good april fools joke.
so funny how matt's success really is all him. Sure he covered the right stuff, but dude knew to use analytics to get ahead, and now he's up there
I remember back when he was a kid using boobs as clickbait, and then he progressed to question titles, and then the big red text thumbnails, and then FNAF shot him to the moon. He really did whatever he could to milk the system.
A genius at manipulating the RUclips algorithm. Truly impressive considering most have constant questions about that thing.
I just need to make sure you understand, no it was not ALL HIM? Steph, his wife, was his partner on the channel right from the start. and she put in SO MUCH work, mat himself says this wouldn't be possible without her. I bring this up not to "um actually" you, its just a sad thing that people often overlook her and just praise mat instead with the channels success.
@@alexmontoya8296 relax, you're looking into this from a fan's perspective, but for people who will only occasionally watch a game theory here and there, no one would have any idea who steph is.
@watyhu99 what's wrong with introducing them to the less known other half of MatPats huge success? A creator gains some well deserved recognition and casual fans learn a bit more about the channel, everybody wins
“That’s it? That’s the lost episode? That was just a bunch of cheap walk cycles!!!”
-patchy the pirate
"What a rip."
-potty the parrot
I havent seen that episode in FOREVER! I even had it on VHS 😂
Yep, that perfect
GRRR! SMOSH BETRAYED US!
- Every Smosh Fan Who Waited For The Special
Lol thanks for making me remember I had the special on VHS
MatPat's on the worker side but has the knowledge of the higher-ups in regards to the algorithm. It makes him seem like the opposite of an Undercover Boss
I was gonna make a play on making the opposite of "Undercover Boss" but then I came up with "Overrevealling Employee" which sounds like the name of a bad adult film 💀
@@icegod4849 yeah that sounds like a porno of an employee taking desperate measures for a promotion
That sounds like a great april fools joke
They actually did it, and I was one to watch the entire thing :)
It was, i remember not understanding what was happening bc I didn't know about April Fools at that time but i was laughing a lot xd
It was wonderful. Especially because at the time it was pre Smosh the Movie and EVERYONE was going at them to make a movie or a movie long video. So when they dropped it everyone was so excited. And then they were just walking lol. I watched for soo long before I figured out what was happening haha
I remember watching this when it came out and spending the whole video thinking Anthony's shirt was wet lmao
@@Gurenful Same 😂
Anthony is so real watched this dude since i was 11 i’m 23 now and he’s still the exact same guy it’s crazy but respectable.
He's definitely not the same guy. He's just as genuine as the beginning tho
Yea but you can't deny bro got hotter.
man ages like fine wine 🤌🤌🤌
I only recently discovered him. Is he related to Danny Padilla, the guy who does impressions of people singing songs?
SAME!! He def has grown from making dumb vids with ian, but like so proud 😢 its so weird tho how relavant he is still in our lifes.
I used to justify straightening my hair in HS (i'm a dude) by saying if someone like Anthony does it, then it's perfectly fine lol
I love that Mat is like “oh sure tell me more” as if he doesn’t remember everything about it
“That I don’t think a single soul has ever seen” until now.
Sometimes you gotta make what you wanna make, regardless of how it goes.
No shit
Yeeees
Exactly, that philosophy is the whole reason i still do yt, no one watches but is for me
Also you gotta make your own mistakes
Unus Annus
Me on my way to watch the entire video just to prove Anthony wrong.
What is it called? I want to do the same
@@Ms.FancyPants smosh 1-hour-special (april fools)
@Eric A. H. I thought so, I just wanted to make sure I thought the right thing thanks!
God's speed.
This is their plan 😂😂
Matt letting Anthony explain even tho he knows exactly which video he’s taking about is my spirit animal 😆
letting anthony explain how he was right lmao
Its for the content
your spirit "animal" is matt letting anthony explain something for the video..?
@@kiiturii yes, the joke being that something which is clearly not an animal is being called an animal :)
@@sneakaboo3486my spirit animal is the friends we made on the way
These guys are good at April Fools
There should have been a little thing at the end saying something like “oh my god your still here you are sad” or something
It’s even better that mat remembers the view cap
I specifically remember going “fuck it” and watched the entire thing at the time. I swear there were like random things thrown into it so it wasn’t JUST them walking the entire time tho
yeah he said they did add little things while walking in the video
Same I watched the entire thing too!! I remember when the branch got stuck to their body haha
I think I skipped parts of it
@@Skyler_Momoko
Branch stuck to the what now?
@@Zack_Zander To their body.
Matpat’s gonna make a theory on the LOOOOOORRRRRRRRE on this interview
Of course this shows up on my page today
I like how mat asks what advice it was that he gave them like he doesn't know EXACTLY what he's talking about
I love that MatPat remembers the retention
I remember watching literally every second of that video. Changed the way I thought about wearing backpacks. You may think no one has seen or heard that video. But I have. Absolutely life changing.
I love how the moment Anthony said they disregarded Mat’s advice,
Man’s knew.
And this one the moment that made me realize that:
a) Mat's really good at his job😏
and b) how long Anthony's career on YT been for it to have a "Hollywood style" crash and resurgence 😲
And maybe c) how fast the changes culture and our lives have become for this to have become ancient history in a less than a decade or two😅
Its crazy when you think about it, i still remember him doing food battles with ian in the late 2000’s. Definitely one of the OG’s on the platform
Gosh I miss the food battles against the pink chocolate cover sprinkled donut.
He didn't really have a Crash per se, he reached the point where he got toooooo famous. And Devry Media started saying at EVERY VIDEO MEEETING: Ohh no Sorry, CANT do that, its "BAD FOR THE BRAND!" And Anthony got sick of hearing that's bad for the brand, he wanted to make his own content, and to be fair when he left smosh and started Anthony Padilla, he took 700K subs with him.
But if they did it this time, with the current humor, people would rate it as the best video 😂😂
Mat's dad like noises while Anthony is talking is my favorite part of this clip. Lol "Oh yeah, what was that? Lol Mhm, yup"
I remember when it came out. I fell for it. I still watched the entire thing out of pure respect. I was a very bored 12 year old.
I loved this episode so much dude.
I get the feeling by the giggles Mat already knew which video it was Anthony was talking about before the words “blatantly disregarded” were out of his mouth
Moral of the story: ALWAYS listen to MatPat. MatPat knows all 🤷🏻
That is something I and many others have learned over the years. Pretty sure most of the currently big RUclipsrs today watch the Theorists channels and do whatever it takes to follow his beats, as well as Jacksepticeye and Markiplier and Pewdiepie
Moral of the story, Matpat is still salty
Please, no, he just cares about numbers, and the video, today, has a lot of views, it became some sort of RUclips cult classic.
If it's art what you are making, NEVER listen to MatPat or the numbers
@@casted_shadows9506 when they posted the video in question, they were bigger than him and it was just one video, not a game changer for the channel in terms of numbers, but is part of what makes that duo a classic, up to this date, even if they hadn't bought it back
I watched the whole thing
I REMEMBER THIS
It's so damn funny MatPat remembers the EXACT number -
Lol MatPat is honestly one of my fav channels
he has some bad videos but honestly the guy was my whole childhood
he fell off :/
@@marek9741 def not
@@jackalexande Every channel does, hard to make only good content. But he certainly has learned a lot about how RUclips works for the viewers. Still love his vids, mostly his older ones, but that's probably nostalgia talking.
wouldn't say he's my most favorite
but I watch his game theories from time to time
watch most of the food and style ones
genuinely interesting
keep away from the film ones because I don't really care much
I watched that entire video
Tbh at the time I watched all of it...hoping there would be hidden shit in it....there wasn't except a boss telling you to tell people there was
Bro I always loved the special lmaoo
I remember when that video came out and I skipped right through to the end
Gaudbai Matpad
If they played it like a podcast and talked to each other for real during the walk, would’ve been perfect
I remember loving smosh so much at the time that I FORCED myself to watch every second of them watching without looking away
Anthony, I want you to know, I loved that video, and I watched the whole thing all the way through when it came out.
It's so nice seeing the pure joy on his face when he talks about his Smosh days...... I miss them also
Now I wanna watch the whole thing simply because I can
When it came out I watched the full hour, the whole thing, just on an off day I sat down and watched the whole thing... it was the most beautiful thing I've seen to date
I absolutely loved that video, i definitely watched more than 2 minutes lmao. It was fucking genius at the time honestly, i probably watched about half of that whole video... And then i skipped forward until the end.. Smosh was something else back in the day.
“Not a single soul has seen”
Bet
It is now my goal to watch the whole video
That video is hilarious btw I'm glad they went ahead and did it
MatPat really knows his stuff! You gotta do what you do! 😄 Still, salute to his videos!!!
He really did his research beforehand. XDDD
LMAO! what a sense of humor he got! I will be nice to have this type of content in your channel.
True!! This is really funny😂 We would love to see content like this too in ATB channel.
MatPat, his wife, and team have insane researching skills! Anthony Padilla's interview style reminds me of ATB's stuff! Perhaps we could see youtuber interview content in the future? :D
Cute! ATB you know we’d enjoy to see like this on your page too!
Just imagine how many full watches have been done on that video since this one’s uploading
I sat down and watched that entire video once. No regrets
Yo that's a smooth loop, i stayed here longer than 2 minutes! lol
God I miss Smosh. You guys still play in my head.
I was an obsessive fan and gladly watched the whole thing. I stil remember the branch getting stuck on Ian
I remember this video. I was so hype because of how well directed that intro was
But this was GOLD! I loved it! I couldn't believe you actually did that! I let it play in the background and wanted to know if anything would happen. 🤣
I watched the whole video when it came out. No regrets. Anthony had branch sticks for arms at one point.
I sat and watched that whole video as a kid
Damn I'm so old now, I was so annoyed but still watched the entire video bc I loved them 😂
I remember watching that whole thing after middle school. I waited and waited and refused to skip cuz I thought something was gonna happen 😂
Holy shit I remember when this video came out too!
Matpat is giggling like he was waiting for them to finally admit this
I remember watching the whole of this the day it dropped!! I love this video highkey
Matpat has made a job out of the RUclips algorithm and how to run a successful channel. From what I understand for most of the Game Theorist channel's existence, his actual money making job was serving as an advisor and consultant for RUclipsrs on how to transform their channel and make it more successful, and it worked.
I remember getting so mf excited for that video, I saved it for when I had free time and then after 5 minutes of watching them do nothing but walk I got suspicious and found out it was just them walking 💀 Fell for the oldest trick in the book
I thought it was such a funny idea when it came out and I remember watching the whole thing
No way this flopped it was hilarious. One of my favourite jokes Smosh did
I watched the whole thing when it came out lmao
That would be an amazing way to make an announcement just like halfway thru the walking just stop and hold up a sign that says like I’m engaged or I’m pregnant and let the veiwers never find out unless they watch the whole thing😊
Anthony pregnant 😳
That is one of my favourite video concepts, regardless of how well it did. Funny as hell
Honestly for the type of april fools joke it was I don’t think a lot a views should have been expected lol. It was a trick to make people thinking they were gonna click on a long form video (which I believe weren’t common at the time as is) so of course when people realize “oh it’s April fools, I’ve been got lol” of course they’re gonna click off XD. I think it was a good idea for a prank though!
who else watched the entire video
LMAO MAT KNEW IT AND WE ALL JUST DIPPED
Seeing the two people that made my childhood in one room is absolutely surreal
I saw this short a while ago, went and watched the whole hour long special but I only meant to just skim the video!
Oh I saw that one
That's legit super smart and ahead of it's time.
Wait it’s not a loop? I respect that 💀 legends
I actually watched it in it's entirety when it came out and loved every minute of it
I have watched the whole video and loved ever second
One of my life goals is meeting matpat, just that. Dude is a legend
Matpat is the kind of buddy that will keep your secret until you share it to everyone
When I was younger I watched the whole video multiple times!!
This is the kind of video you could hide all your secrets in and no one would know cause it’s too long of a video
gotta give Matthew props for knowing his stuff. pretty sure he studied stuff like that for his job
Ngl I will never forget SMOSH babies but, I find it amazing that Anthony has his own channel and doesn’t necessarily have to be goofy. Absolutely love your content!
best smosh april fools prank before shayne and courtney getting married
i love this so much pleas more maatpt
I out it in the background and watched the whole thing, true art
This is a genius way of potentially gaslighting everybody to rewatch the whole thing
The collectible kiosks are like lowkey my fave rambley moments, and the one with the trademark is also hilarious
I remember watching that when it came out 😂 long time smosh fan, and now I love Anthony’s new style of content!
Glad they did it anyway. That's taking a chance on a wild idea. Love that.
Matpat kept it so polite
Real ones watched the entire video.
An hour well spent
I would argue this is a huge success. That's a halarious joke and I'm glad you decided to keep it.
They're back!!
I watched the entire video n enjoyed every bit of it
I remember being like 12 watching that hour long special and fighting the urge to fall asleep because I didn’t wanna miss anything 😂