Category: Shows

In which a real-life EMT does sketch comedy about it! What’sGoodMedia is, first and foremost, hilarious – the pacing, physical comedy, and “just rolling with it” attitude can always make me laugh. Some such examples include How EMTs enter the Emergency Room, Things I say as a Music Festival EMT, and POV: Getting into a music festival, in which he’s scanning tickets. At times, he also posts more serious videos, like how first responders might reach someone in a crowd; all told, it makes for a really cool combo of down-to-earth, hilariously specific, and genuinely helpful to know. Most importantly to me, though, is the reminder that EMTs are just people – maybe exhausted, maybe a laughing a little, but most of all they’re here to help.

If you’re a fan of the fantasy genre and enjoy comedic trope deconstruction, I highly recommend The Dad Who Lived’s “If I Was the Dad in a YA Fantasy” series! It’s an expanding canon of its own, told in a series of TikToks, and calling on elements of Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, and Twilight to implicitly ask The Big Question: Where are the responsible adults? And how different would the story be if there were some?

Art reflects life, and so the living can learn through art. As a storyteller, I’m always delighted to see this premise explored! Enter Cinema Therapy, a YouTube channel featuring a therapist and a filmmaker as they analyze movies, both for moments of exceptional craft and for the real life lessons you can take away from them.

There’s a reason Pixar movies make people cry, so I’m especially fond of that series; it has a lot to say about family dynamics, as well as grief and, well… Inside Out, in all its emotional-awareness glory. They also focus episodes on heroes, villains, relationships… they even interview actors, like Karen Gillan! And though television demands a lot more viewing hours to research, they occasionally cover that, too! Specifically such icons as Firefly, and Avatar: The Last Airbender.

I always finish one of their videos with a deeper appreciation of the work, no matter how many times I’ve seen it, and of course I’ve learned a thing or seven about people, too! I’m perpetually delighted by how much knowledge I can gain just by loving stories.

I’ve been enjoying the YouTube Shorts from Japan Eat, which often feature video game references and, more importantly, numerous restaurants in Japan! Even convenience store food; if it’s edible, it’s eligible, and the variety is fascinating. I’ve discovered some new favorites because this channel sent me looking for them!

Somehow, despite years of watching Smosh videos, I’ve yet to write a post about them! I’d say Smosh is a YouTube channel, but it’s actually three: there’s the main channel, for scripted content; Smosh Pit, for unscripted shenanigans; and Smosh Games, which, as the name implies, is all gaming! I mostly watch the latter two, but I fondly remember the main channel’s Every [Blank] Ever saga, and more recently, the Funeral Roasts in which one of them plays the “deceased” and their friends surprise them (and each other) with hilarious eulogies. There’s a lot of friendly ribbing, including a traditional counter-roast from the “dead”!

Smosh Pit definitely has a similar chaotic energy, with shows like Try Not To Laugh, Eat It Or Yeet It, and Beopardy! They also recently started a Culinary Crimes series, which aligns nicely with my interest in food videos. (So does Eat It Or Yeet It, but Culinary Crimes is collaborative and deductive, whereas Eat It Or Yeet It is more… ah, “hope you get something good, or the bad option isn’t too gross.”) I look forward to seeing them continue it!

Smosh Games, meanwhile, features a mix of board, card, and video games, often with a twist. The Board AF videos remind me of TableTop! Which I really need to rewatch.

Regardless of which Smosh channel you favor, you’ll find them all to be hilarious and hilariously creative.