"Robot, Ninja & Gay Guy" - Season 1, Ep. 2: "Origin Story"

[Thisismyusername1010]

3:53 I'm sorry, but that was horrible Spanish. I can't... I don't even... I mean, I love these videos but... Oh, the pronounciation... DX

[sivartis]

@Thisismyusername1010

Make a video response showing me how it should have been pronounced. Or even what the right words should have been. As I recall, I just used Google translate when we were writing the script... :-)

~Trav

[darksack]

@sivartis I think its funny actually.

He´s supposed to be doing something like 'google translate'...

[sivartis]

@darksack

That was exactly our justifica--- er, totally pre-planned logic.

~Trav

[Thisismyusername1010]

@sivartis My main problem is the Americanization of the sounds (specifically the lack of R-rolling). It really wasn't as bad as I originally thought, however, because it took me a while to realize you were being addressed formally. It's a different conjugation depending on if you are adressing someone formally or informally in Spanish, but I'm used to hearing the informal (and sorry, I literally can't post a video response). Thanks for taking the time to read and respond to my comment, BTW. :)

[TheSLBpro]

If you read the craigslist ad it says "Ninjas and robots may be concerned on a case-by-case basis"

[TheRevelers]

"Suck it, Robot boy" XD I love Gay Guy relishing taunting Robot. It's such an adorable moment. <3 That self satisfied smile is just Squee XD

[axelexplode]

"ninjas and Robots will be considered on a case-by-case basis" how did I not see that before.

[tppipersa]

thumbs up if you just tried calling the number@ 3:00

[annuit02]

How the heck are those books suspended on the wall at 5:47 ? I can't figure it out.

[Koaandl]

@annuit02 It's a sort of trick shelf, there is a metal plate that you slide the bottom, larger book between, and then you put the smaller books on top. Just google invisible bookshelf :P

[kenkopp69]

NINJA IS AWESOME

[sivartis]

@kenkopp69

You have no idea :-)

~Trav

[faye921]

2:04 - 2:08 magical bag ^_^

[IonaIsEpic]

from the side, travis looks a lot like kickthepj

[LesMisGavrocheRI]

This is hilarious! "You get out of my-" "Swiftness and magic..."

[kierstennalani]

Uh, floating books anyone? Kind of confusing...

[sivartis]

@kierstennalani

That's inspiration from the first season of Brotherhood 2.0... Find them at the Container Store!

~Trav

[FaxModem1]

Why does Gay Guy not like Robot? Throughout the entire series, he only tries to be Gay Guy's friend. Course, Robot was sent to kill them, but Gay Guy didn't really pay attention to that part.

[lifedoesntimitate000]

@FaxModem1 - Have you ever had a person in your life who, through no real fault of their own, just kinda annoys the crap out of you? I've always thought that's how Robot is to Gay Guy. Like, he tries way too hard, so there's already just an uneasiness, a tension. Whereas if he had just let things happen organically, like Ninja did, who knows? Gay Guy knows Robot's not a bad guy, but he's frustrating and obnoxious: The notes, the broken TV, the not wanting to help with anything, etc.

[FaxModem1]

@lifedoesntimitate000 Not really. I'm usually the person who rubs someone the wrong way, and annoyed them so much that the guy threw an Xbox controller into the wall, shattering it into a 100 pieces.

[lifedoesntimitate000]

@FaxModem1 - Hah! I love how your comment turned from relatively general to startlingly specific in the span of a single sentence. :)

[FaxModem1]

@lifedoesntimitate000 It wasn't the best Christmas Eve I'd ever had.

[orangreengirl10]

"where did he go?"

"swiftness and magic......."

[darksack]

Craig's List add:

Ninjas and Robots will be considered on a case-by-case basis

LOOOOOL, and NO CHAD allowed

[musicxxx85]

Suck It Robot boy is the best line <3

[Speilbilde]

I froze the video at the Craigslist-ad for the first time now... "Ninjas and robots will be considered on a case-by-case basis." XD

[JesseyJamez911]

"Suck it robot boy" LOL

That was hilarious

Yet oddly, slightly attractive O_O

I must be wacked in the head XD

[PurpleFunnyChocolate]

Is it wrong that I find the way you said 'Suck it, Robot Boy' totally sexy? XD

[ryuuk96]

I love how the ninja can drink juice with his mask still on! I wish I could do that!!!!!

[MienaiRose]

ninja is my favorite

[akissy]

I just noticed! At 3:35-3:36 more or less, when Ninja disappears, he whispers "Swiftness and magic..."

[ryuuk96]

@akissy

Holy shit!

[akissy]

@ryuuk96 XD you noticed too? XD

[ryuuk96]

@akissy Yup! Ninja's are freaking awesome!

[lily2397]

in the beginning when gay guy and robot a talking at the same time, what is robot saying?

just wondering.

-Kierstan

[lifedoesntimitate000]

@lily2397 - I just looked at the script, and there it's, "Please do not. Maybe you could not, perhaps. Things that I do not understand are confusing and unpleasant to me. If I understood hatred, I would do it to you right now." Gay Guy's line, at least in the script, is, "Too late; it's happening. Look, I'm already almost remembering. Once I start, there's no stopping. Suck it, Robot Boy."

It probably varies slightly from what they actually say, but there's the gist. :)

[akissy]

All three of you are legen-wait for it-dary. And your "naah!" when ninja appears is really cute. XD true story. ^^

[StephPlusJimmy]

The bananas sitting on your fridge look just like a bridge

[MathsVlog]

After all this time, I just now noticed you have the same floating book shelve that Hank Green has.

=Nerdfighter Math

[TheCommentCookie]

"My money comes in scads" lol :)

[Kolosos007]

Wow i just started watching this show and its awesome :D

BTW in one comment reply you said that you got flagged or something cos Gay Guy wasn't "gay enough"?! That's a load of bull. Gay guys don't have to act like the stereotypical pantsy schmancy gay guy. I'm straight but i know some gay guys and they're not like that xD...What i'm sayin is Gay Guy is completely gay just because he likes other men IMO :) and Nao imma make like a ninja and dissa....*fwoosh*

[firefox112233445566]

i <3 ninja 

[benny2tooth]

Odd how Gay Guy seems to have the same email as you Travis. (on the craigslist website) Hmm...

[WolfClant]

i bet theres one scene that the robot will say "destroy all lifeform" as a glitch or

"asta la vista (baby/windows)"

[TylerBunnylover]

I have the stereo in the back gorund!

[istolethisytaccount]

did no one ever notice the floating books on the wall next to ninja?

[smellmyskunk2]

this is so funny

[TheSamletMachine]

What else has the guy playing Chad been in? I'm sure I've seen him in something!

[sivartis]

@TheSamletMachine

He played Macaulay Culkin in the Michael Jackson Molestation Trial re-enactment on CourTV. True Story.

~Trav

[TheSamletMachine]

@sivartis I didn't watch that, I couldn't bear to. I'm sure I've seen him in something else, maybe as an extra or something...Damn, this is going to annoy me!

Thanks though =]

[tasteslikepaintnwood]

@TheSamletMachine he kind of reminds me of devon sawa--

[tasteslikepaintnwood]

im so happy you didnt over-gay gay guy. it could have been an Urkel situation.

[AlmiirA]

'I wonder; why is there a Ninja drinking juice in your kitchen?'' - Oh, is this not ok?'' *hahaha x'D*

AWESOME

[luigispin236]

gayguy is teh best because he is a real person...

[sivartis]

@luigispin236

Yay! Most people like Robot or Ninja the most, or the exact opposite reason.  Did you know that we got flak early on for Gay Guy not being "gay" enough? True story!

~Trav

[PurpleFunnyChocolate]

I want my own robot.

[idefine777]

Whenever I can't think of a Facebook status, but my previous Facebook status is no longer relevant, I just type "But nobody ever did...." I have yet to use it in an awkward silence, but I plan to :D

[sivartis]

@idefine777

Nice :-) Great idea. I may use it!

~Trav

[annatheHPtwerdfightr]

"oh is this not ok?"

ahahaha this is funnier than any tv show I watch!

[voxiphiliac]

Hehehe, "Chad." T'is the quintessential name of all douchebags (sorry non-douchey Chads.)

Also, I love how every corny sitcom reference. (I'm sure there's a word for what that is exactly... it's something like breaking the fourth wall? mugging? Don't know.)

[ThePotatomilkshake]

"I have a name you know!" "im sure you do..."

[Vegiwoman]

"But nobody ever did"-Ninja

[makenziecat]

"Rent includes bedroom, shared bathroom, and refrigerator, so if you eat the last of the chicken marsala I ask that you buy some more like a regular person who thinks about being courteous would do." XD

[LadyFantastic131]

Completely jealous of your ability to raise a single eyebrow.... :(

[1frthrdio]

The ad is for your facebook page!!!

That's awesome :)

[pamBBB]

i love how this normalizes the gay guy. I was worried it would b homophobic and gay guy would b a huge effeminate stereotype, but it isn't like that at all. Sweet!

[brainfartcreations]

ahahaha! I love ninja... and robot... and gay guy... but mostly ninja :)

[sivartis]

@brainfartcreations

lol, it's ok to have a favorite ;-)

~Trav

[AngryKat10]

I thought that Gay Guy said "I hope you go die in a fire blaze" not maze so that was kinda lost on me, however, extremely funny in the obvious foreshadowing :D

[AngryKat10]

FLOATING BOOKSHELF. Did you guys get it from the same place as Hank Green?

[SirWilliamCo]

ROFL, "Ninjas and robots will be considered on a case by case basis," nice one

[Nani101]

This is great :D I wish I had such awesome roommates.

BTW, how are the books behind ninja at 5:31 staying up????

[lifedoesntimitate000]

@Nani101 - Right?! Travis has magic shelves. Seriously. He's very proud of them and I'm very amazed by them. I've still never actually figured out exactly how they work.

[sivartis]

@Nani101 Actually, I learned about those from Hank in the first year of Brotherhood 2.0! Get them at the Container Store! Good eye!

~Trav

[JukeboxHero3692]

lol. my money comes in skads.

[rkdrummer216]

I crack up every time I watch this and Robot says, "I have the capacity to be hwacky!"

[dogdogcatful]

LOVE IT

Make a movie

[lifedoesntimitate000]

From your typing fingers to Hollywood's ears. :)

[masterflash554]

i just started it.. but. if its already 100 eps in would'nt they kinda know eachother by now>?

[sivartis]

This was only the second episode. We use a TV numbering convention, where the first digit stands for the season. SO season 1, episode 02. The first episode of season 2 will be #201, etc. Thanks so much for joining in, though!

~Trav

[23045678]

@sivartis are you still making these videos? i hope you are because i just started watching them and thier great! whens the next ep coming?

[ProjectXeyu]

@masterflash554  no, 101 stands for season 1 episode 1.

[zackky7702]

"fine, leave chad! i hope you die in a burning maze..of fire blaze..of fire..i don't know why i was thinking of mazes for a second there.." lmao :D

[switchingplaces]

"And you're totally not the hottest guy I could get", haha. Burn^^

[benny2tooth]

"a lasting friendship that NO ONE could have expected" This web show is so funny! Is there a download for the theme song somewhere? (preferably free, but I'd pay $0.99 for it)

[DrLoveMobile]

I wonder, why is there a ninja drinking juice in your kitchen?

[naomibonbon]

I love this so much :D

[NewtonsStudent]

bad VO.

[sivartis]

@NewtonsStudent

Thanks for watching, but before you criticize, the *entire* episode had to be dubbed because the recorded audio was corrupted. download the video and try to do it better. :-) It is not easy.

~Trav

[ratherrandombella]

@sivartis oh i was wondering why it was out of sync... i thought it was my internet

[superseandude]

lol luv this show

[truegem13]

Vest gay guy is hot!

[fishstick12345]

I love ninja's lines when he and Robot are talking at the same time. "Already said that... I have scads of money... My money comes in scads..." He's so mysterious (as ninjas should be).

Ninja's lines in general in this episode are amazing.

[lifedoesntimitate000]

Okay, you are officially my favorite new commenter. All the little bits that I write that I don't even dare dream will be noticed by anyone are noticed by you. You make this writer very, very happy. Thank you.

[fishstick12345]

Hahaha. Well keep up the good work. That stuff is brilliant. And I'm sure other people notice it.. they just don't comment on it. :)

[oXxxJasexxXo]

@fishstick12345

two thumbs up

[cronos225]

Am I the only who thinks that dude who plays "gay guy" kinda looks like Ben Stiller?

[kpanda305]

WHAT are those books shleves called?? the ones you cant see!

[sivartis]

@kpanda305

Floating bookshelves, I think. Get them at the Container Store. You can order online. :-) Thanks for watching!

~Trav

[Mazvec]

VERY entertaining and amusing. keep it going!

[sivartis]

We are! We're up to episode 8 with 4 more planned in the first season. Thanks for watching, spread the word! ;-)

~Trav

[whoaaitsHEATHER]

Gay guy and robot... brothers? You look quite a bit alike.

[whoaaitsHEATHER]

Scratch that. Different last names. Nevermind.

[mysterialite]

WHacky....WHip, WHeat...oh Familly Guy.

[jessicajoy24]

Its Phi Phriday!

[kryptofailin]

Better than the first. Bravo! :) Lovin' it!

[jwrome]

should be called a gay robot, ninja, and a gay guy.

[Murjoe16]

My current favourite ongoing youtube series! All this stuff has been great so far! Can't wait for Ep3 :D

[sivartis]

That's so wonderful of you to say.  Thanks for watching ;-)

~Trav

[lifedoesntimitate000]

This is maybe my most loved comment. I'm seriously melting because of this. Thank you.

[DirtyMidgetStudios]

Ninja ftw!

[matrix86]

Robot...eh

Gay Guy...eh

Ninja...the only reason I keep watching, lol.

"or maybe I just say 'but nobody ever did' periodically......or maybe i'm so mysterious that you could never hope to grasp the depth of my...oh crap, it's happening again."

[partyboywithatwist]

funny stuff keep at it

[sivartis]

We'll keep at it as long as people keep watching :-) Thanks!

~Trav

[geraldogaruda]

You're great!

[thunderboyAAC]

LMFAO wow 15minutes after watching ur videos and i subscribed

[sivartis]

Thank you so much! Lots more on the way :-)

~Trav

[tallderektoronto]

Oh man, Luke and Noah from ATWT :) Your sooooooooo Noah ;) loves it

[helennasantoslevy]

You guys are AWESOME!!!! xoxox H

[lifedoesntimitate000]

Yay! Thanks, Helenna!

[heymeganfrances]

I love how on the craiglist ad Gay Guy's name is just a bunch of symbols.

"Ninjas and robots will be considered on a case-by-case basis" Love it!

I love when Ninja & Robot first appear after the craiglist ad. Awesome!

Was the whole "oh crap, it's happening again" thing with ninja a play on The Time Traveler's Wife?

[lifedoesntimitate000]

Yes. Everything in the craigslist ad was Travis' idea. Awesome.

I wish we could claim "Time Traveler's Wife" references, but... well, hell, who's gonna know? Uh, yes. Yeah, totally referencing the book and movie that we've all read and seen. Absolutely. :)

-- Eric 2.0

[HurricaneHeidi]

They should all share a condo in the building where my step mother, Valerie lives. It's on Fountain, just east of La Cienega. . She used to work for Blackstone the magician. He cut her in half, and made her disappear and reappear.

You know... she'd be a great character in your show - the over-the-hill former show girl surrounded by gay guys (reality TV). There's a slightly cloudy jacuzzi in her building, too...

[DieIceDie]

WOW. i love this. keep it up for sure. it made me laugh out loud for real, and usually i dont do that. :]

[lifedoesntimitate000]

Awesome! Thanks. It's totally my foolish writer pride that's making me ask, but... what parts made you laugh out loud?

[DieIceDie]

Well basically all the little things.. like the fact that he has a ninja and a robot as roomates. and like how he got them.. and i dont know. it was all good. and the script was funny. :] very well done.

[sivartis]

Thank you so very much. We've got a lot more in store :-)

~Trav

[Texasred63]

Is Ryan a Bottom Boy? He is so cute!!

[junkpuppet]

On my second viewing I figured I'd pause the video on the craigslist post. Funny stuff. haha :)

Can't wait for what's to come!

Excellent work by Phil Brown, too.

[lifedoesntimitate000]

Extra points if you can figure out why we chose those particular last four digits of the phone number on the craigslist ad.

[sivartis]

Hmm... I'm not sure I can even remember...

~Trav

[lifedoesntimitate000]

Oh, Travis. *You* were even the one who came up with it. It was one of the cleverest things. *sigh* I'll tell you next week if no one posts that they figured it out.

:)

[heymeganfrances]

Is it because those numbers corrospond to the letters r, n, g, g on the keypad which stands for robot, ninja, and gay guy?

[lifedoesntimitate000]

It is! Good call!

Heh. Get it? "Good call"? Because we're talking about telephones? Ahhhhhh, every minute with me is humor like this, folks. Every minute.

[bunnyyote]

grate to see this show coming along. loved the first two episodes and cant wait to see more

[pallas1957]

In The Next Episode 3 Terrorists Mistake Ninja For A Muslim Woman And Follow Him Home.

[melodychef]

"I hope you get roommates that are quirky and complex and that you don't like them very much...at first." Awesome.

Someday you will have to do an episode revealing the Gay Guy's name is some fantastic manner.

[lifedoesntimitate000]

I like that line, as well. Just in case you missed it, I think it's worth watching again to hear what Chad says as he's walking away, once the door is closed. I always laugh out loud there.

[iusedtobesadsac]

Very Good! Loved it.

[philphriday]

man Chad is sexy. thanks for letting me be apart of this fantastic project. Can't wait to see what's ahead.

[FerreThoughts]

This is excellent! :D

<3

[confidential247]

This was hilarious!! It could probably be a good sitcom on TV

[SharkeyeJones]

diggin' it

[wynflete]

"I have a name!" hehehe

really? Really???

Hurray for the Phil cameo. I'm reminded of that great ancient curse, "May you live in interesting times."

Last episode I made a wish and it came true. I wonder if I wish for some awesome, freaky ninja moves if I'll get that next time? ;)

-Debbie

[theawsometod]

"I don't sleep....it's a ninja thing."

Lol i heart this show already.

keep it up guys

[lifedoesntimitate000]

Yay! Thanks for the support!

[keithy77]

yay! thanks for using my song. now if only EMMYLOU HARRIS would hear it and record it. dreams, dreams... :) this is prolly better though.

[wynflete]

First view? Really? Woot!