Quick Read
Summary
Takeaways
- ❖"Smosh Hospital" is a live, dramatic medical show with improv elements, where actors swap out if they break character.
- ❖Ticket sale milestones unlocked fan-voted content, including a puppet prop for the live show and a future hide-and-seek location.
- ❖Crew confessions included a near-kidnapping, a cat sharting on a laptop, and a person pretending to be deaf to escape an annoying lawyer.
- ❖A particularly shocking confession involved a "White Ribbon Yogurt Cup" containing semen, stored in a freezer for a year.
- ❖The hosts emphasized the importance of listening to chaperones and not getting into cars with strangers.
Insights
1"Smosh Hospital" Live Show Format
The upcoming live show is a dramatic medical series where each doctor role is played by two actors. If an actor breaks character or forgets a line, they are swapped out. All patient scenarios and surgeries are completely improvised, contrasting with the fully scripted "Smosh the Sitcom" from two years prior.
The premise of it is that every character is played by two actors and whenever one of them breaks or forgets a line or messes up they swap out with the other actor... all of the patients and every surgery will be completely improvised.
2Character Pairings in "Smosh Hospital"
The main roles and their dual actors are: Nurse O'Connell (Courtney and Shane), Dr. Edward Condo (Ian and Angela), Dr. Dora Boon (Tommy and Arasha), and Dr. Mike Green (Olivia and Trevor). Other cast members play improvised patients and chaotic characters.
We have Nurse O'Connell... played by Courtney and myself. Dr. Edward Condo is played by Ian and Angela. Dr. Dora Boon... played by Tommy and Arasha. And we have Dr. Mike Green... played by Olivia and Trevor. And everybody else is being patients and improvised characters.
3Ticket Sale Incentives for Fan Engagement
Smosh offered escalating rewards for "Smosh Hospital" ticket sales during the live stream: 500 tickets unlocked a fan vote for a "try not to laugh" prop (puppet won); 750 tickets meant a new person read Reddit stories (Amanda); 1,000 tickets allowed voting on the next battle bracket theme ("Daddy's" won); 1,500 tickets secured Angela a birthday "try not to laugh"; and 2,000 tickets guaranteed a hide-and-seek in a new location.
If we sell 500 tickets... you guys will get to vote on a try not to laugh prop... 750 tickets... someone else will sit in this spot and read me a Reddit... A thousand tickets sold. You guys will get to vote on what the next battle bracket will be... 1,500 tickets. We give Angela a birthday try not to laugh... 2,000 tickets... we do hide and seek in a new location.
4Crew Member's Near-Kidnapping Story
Smosh front desk worker Sarah recounted a terrifying high school experience in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Defying chaperones, she and friends walked to McDonald's, where two men in a pickup truck with beer cans offered them a ride. Sarah had a sudden realization and yelled for her friends to get out of the truck just before the men drove away.
"I almost got taken at a McDonald's in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania." She saw "beer cans scattered on the ground." Something in her brain clicked and she yelled, "We need to get out of this truck."
5The "White Ribbon Yogurt Cup" Confession
An anonymous confession detailed a roommate's bizarre plan to collect semen in a yogurt cup, stored in the freezer for months, as a birthday gift to his boyfriend for a sexual fantasy. The cup moved with them to a new apartment and remained in the freezer for over a year after the couple broke up, becoming a persistent, unsettling presence.
He starts telling me to not touch the yogurt cup that's in the freezer. He goes on to explain how the boyfriend's birthday is in a few months and he has always had a sexual fantasy of being covered in semen. So, as a birthday gift, he wanted to fulfill that fantasy on his own and was storing his jizz in this yogurt cup... A month later, we ended up moving... and the yogurt jizz came with us... a year later, I was hosting a friend... and noticed the yogurt cup was still there.
6Pretending to be Deaf to Escape Harassment
An anonymous person shared a story from a New York bar where an obnoxious lawyer was harassing her. To avoid confrontation, she claimed to be "half deaf" due to concerts. The lawyer took it literally and started signing, forcing her to continue the charade by claiming she never learned ASL and feigning hearing issues in different ears, highlighting the lengths women go to avoid uncomfortable situations.
He asked, "Hello, are you ignoring me?"... I responded with, "Sorry, I'm like half deaf." I was not prepared for him to take that literally, which he clearly did because he started signing at me... I lied and said I never learned how to sign because, like I said, I'm only half deaf. After that, he followed me around all night... I created a fun game where anytime he spoke to me, I'd ask him to repeat himself into my good ear, frequently switching which ear exactly that was.
7Cat Sharted on Work Laptop
Smosh crew member Bailey confessed her cat sharted all over her work laptop screen and keyboard during a work-from-home day, leaving a vile smell despite cleaning. She expressed concern for any future employee who might inherit the laptop.
My cat sharted on my work laptop... she had apparently sharted all over the screen and keyboard. There was literally poop spray everywhere and it smelled absolutely vile. I had to scrub the poop off the laptop and even then I could still smell the poop smell.
8Disneyland Pass Exploitation
A friend recounted how another friend brazenly asked her to use her retired Disney employee mom's lifetime pass to get three people into Disneyland for free, including herself and her best friend for his birthday. The friend also expected the pass holder to take their pictures, revealing a lack of consideration that led to the end of their friendship.
My mom recently retired from Disney and she received a lifetime main entrance pass. This pass allows her to get herself plus three other people into Disney parks for free... She explained that her best friend's birthday was coming up... they decided that they would be willing to let me tag along as long as my mom would be able to get them in for free. Along with this, she said they would be killing two birds with one stone because I would also be able to take pictures of them at the park. Lucky me.
Lessons
- Purchase tickets for "Smosh Hospital" at live.smos.com to experience the unique dramatic-improv show and potentially influence its live outcomes.
- Engage with Smosh's live streams and social media polls to participate in audience-driven content decisions for future shows and events.
- Reflect on personal boundaries and the nature of friendships, especially when requests for favors involve significant imposition on others, as highlighted by the Disneyland pass story.
Notable Moments
The audience voted for a puppet named Edward to be added as a prop to the "Smosh Hospital" live show after reaching the 500-ticket milestone.
This demonstrated direct audience influence on the live show's content, making the promotional stream highly interactive and rewarding for viewers.
Amanda takes over reading Reddit stories from Shane after the 750-ticket milestone, fulfilling one of the live stream's incentives.
This showcased the immediate fulfillment of a fan incentive, adding variety to the hosting dynamic and reinforcing the value of audience participation.
The audience voted for "Daddy's" as the theme for an upcoming Smosh battle bracket, leading to humorous speculation among the hosts.
This highlighted the community's playful and often unexpected choices, demonstrating how fan input directly shapes future Smosh content.
A confession revealed that three Smosh co-workers secretly created a folder of Hamilton parody songs about various crew and cast members, sparking immediate calls from the hosts to "release the files."
This moment provided a juicy, behind-the-scenes glimpse into Smosh workplace culture and generated excitement for potential future content based on this revelation.
The 2,000-ticket milestone was reached, confirming a future hide-and-seek video in a new, undisclosed location.
This achievement unlocked a highly anticipated fan-favorite video format in a fresh setting, directly rewarding the audience for their support of "Smosh Hospital."
Quotes
"Moral of the story, listen to your teachers. Don't get in a truck."
"It's like a Grey's Anatomy meets ER, but like it's a little soapy, but like it's just dramatic and there's like really funny elements in it."
"I have to rub soap on myself and wait for it to dry before I can take a shower before I use more soap."
"If you're a lawyer named Mark in New York City, I am not actually half-deaf and my name is not actually Tanya. That was another lie just for funsies. My bad."
"I took some diamonds from the diamond potato that had been rotting in a box on the game shelf for months, and I wear them as earrings, and they're really uncomfortable."
"Sometimes I hawk Tua on the toilet paper to make my own wet wipe."
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