Created: 16 Nov 2016
I don’t care what anyone says that hot cocoa gag makes ME laugh every time I watch it.
So yeah I thought of this in the middle of November while feverishly working on JoJo’s Bebop Adventure. It was a fun little break, and I thought it was just generally a cool thought experiment to write and film an ‘update video’ months before the context in which that update video would make sense.
In addition, it doubled as a self-imposed deadline. If I hadn’t gotten JoJo’s Bebop Adventure finished in time, this video wouldn’t have made sense and I wouldn’t have been able to release it… Unfortunately that was all a bit too much unnecessary pressure that I probably would have been better off without.
Here’s the script, which appears on my monitor during the end credits.
Hey everybody, it’s Bret here.
So it’s been about a week since the release of JoJo’s Bebop Adventure, and obviously that’s the most work I’ve put into a video, bar none, even including Kidneyworld which was 40 minutes. I put more work into this minute and thirty second video, and I’m very proud of it. And it actually means a lot to me, because it was the first video I ever started working on for this channel. And I think it came out great. Actually, there’s more info on the development of the video in the big Tumblr post I put up alongside it. In fact I’ve been putting up lots of Tumblr posts about the development of all my videos (because where else would I post that stuff), and I think most of them are quite interesting and worth a read, especially if you’re new!
Which brings us back to JoJo’s Bebop Adventure. Like I said, I was banking a lot on that video finally garnering some viewership to the channel, and so far it looks like doing pretty well.
So I just wanted to say to all the new viewers who watched that video and enjoyed it, thanks, but the joke was on you. I’m recording this in mid-November 2016, here’s my Christmas tree for proof.
“Hey wait, you could still have your Christmas tree up, it’s only been like 2 weeks since Christmas!”
Yeah but here’s a picture of me on Christmas morning. I got a haircut doofus.
I’m currently writing the Tumblr posts, with the intention of releasing them in a big month-long build-up to the release of JoJo’s Bebop Adventure (which gets an extra big grand finale post).
“Hey,” you shout, “why are you even making this video?” I’m glad you asked! Because I’m gonna upload it privately and only unprivate it in two months to prove how smart and cool I am!
Now all my new viewers will know that I am not some simple small fry channel. I am a force to be reckoned with. *cut* So welcome to the channel. I encourage you to click the playlist entitled MY BEST because I love those videos and I want you to watch them and enjoy them.
Interesting notes:
- Reshoots happened, which is why the focus goes to crap on the line “especially if you’re new”.
- The very last shot may be familiar because I stuck it in the Channel Trailer, which was in fact made after this video.