Been watching this channel for ages. Always wondered if we would get one! You did a great job and it was accurate too! I really enjoyed watching this.
@lailaelkatib3838
2 жыл бұрын
Lol
@Erreul
2 жыл бұрын
Hope your doing good Har.
@evzyl8409
2 жыл бұрын
i hope u do drake colab
@DumDum-zj6gm
2 жыл бұрын
Give bobux?
@gaogaigarfinal6
2 жыл бұрын
Holy shit 🐐
@TrackpadProductions
2 жыл бұрын
I have to admit; hearing someone describe the early 2010s as "the early days of youtube" makes me feel so, _so_ old.
@waitforit45
2 жыл бұрын
I know right?! I remember it being 2008 and I wanted to start my own beauty KZitem channel but I didn't because I felt it was 'too late' and there were already too many on the platform. Lol
@sploompdoomper
2 жыл бұрын
@@waitforit45 I know exactly what you mean!! It's like every year that passes that feeling gets more intense , I've completely let go of that idea but I still feel it
@13nohead
2 жыл бұрын
Truth
@neoasura
2 жыл бұрын
Watching the way things were as a culture in 2010 makes me feel old, you couldn't get away with half of that stuff nowadays.
@yebii_
2 жыл бұрын
@@waitforit45 You still can! If it wasn't late then, it sure isn't now lol
@PhantomSavage
2 жыл бұрын
TL;DR: They basically kept making food abominations until there were no more abominations left to create. "When Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept, for there were no more worlds to conquer."
@zeriel9148
2 жыл бұрын
I dunno, I always felt where it fell off was not the food but the guys involved. When they shed the first crew it just didn't feel the same.
@patsk8872
2 жыл бұрын
No
@Infernos94
2 жыл бұрын
No
@tokugawahisaka07
2 жыл бұрын
Wrong, Jesus wept for there were no more worlds left to conquer.
@buttface9434
2 жыл бұрын
yeah it was a disgusting waste of food. glad its over.
@captainthrall
Жыл бұрын
"watch me eat 45 strips of bacon!" is entertaining for about 3 minutes, and this guy made it work for 10 years. Honestly, hats-off to him. That's amazing.
@pauliusgecas472
9 ай бұрын
indeed!
@healthyb-fu5zd
7 ай бұрын
Nah. This jewish guy swindled his friends. He's not a good human.
@jacquestube
3 ай бұрын
Yeah but let's let's ask this would it have been successful if it came out now? There were a lot less options back then. I came across Epic Meal Time on some weird channel on my Roku back when Roku didn't have a lot of options
@jacquestube
3 ай бұрын
@blackout.ghost718 LOL you're running interference for an overhyped pile of shit and you're calling me the kid
@phantasticpanda2535
Ай бұрын
@@pauliusgecas472there’s literally mukbang videos of people eating obscene amounts of food. If anything epic meal time was the first before it was a genre.
@نونيم-ي4ح
2 жыл бұрын
"business just got in the way of it being fun" this literally describes modern youtube videos compared to how it was when it started.
@jazzew
2 жыл бұрын
I sure have seen it plenty! :( It used to feel like such a different place, detached from the rest of life and loads of fun. How I miss it.
@ruminationstation4200
2 жыл бұрын
Except it underestimates how bad it's gotten. Now it's devolved to the point where it's like "business is actively getting in the way of me having a semblance of mental health, buuuut based on the last views on my vids I think I'm about to blow up, so hopefully it will be worth it"
@LighTsHunTerz
2 жыл бұрын
Bs argument .. only immature ppl talk like that ... What u discover when u grow up is not to always have "fun" especially in bussiness .
@xentixs
2 жыл бұрын
true
@GeeeTii
2 жыл бұрын
@@LighTsHunTerz Bs argument .. only immature ppl reply like this
@molseren
2 жыл бұрын
I feel like we set youtubers to higher standards than other mediums. Epic Meal Time didn't fail, it had a run longer than most tv shows, and many many more viewers. It was a gigantic success. I think its cause we see KZitem channels as people rather than seeing them like shows.
@xsteveconwayx
2 жыл бұрын
Excellent point. It lasted longer and was more successful than “Firefly” and “Freaks and Geeks” combined. The difference between KZitem and television is that there aren’t network executives willing to cancel a KZitem channel if the views dip 5%.
@kvltizt
2 жыл бұрын
Well said
@biancat7761
2 жыл бұрын
I mean... TV & movies have very strict labour talent laws, advertising restrictions, language restrictions, laws surrounding children (audience & actors) There is also the fact that not everyone can be in or create a show or movie. Massive funding is needed. So I think we hold the people behind the KZitem channel to higher standard, not everything else
@robmisaku5367
2 жыл бұрын
@@biancat7761 You seem smart.
@metaliklash9515
2 жыл бұрын
this man is as smart as me...
@andrewmitra2899
2 жыл бұрын
This basically describes the difference between early 2010 youtube and late 2010 youtube, it shifted from fun videos with friends to businesses. It’s still entertaining but just isn’t the same
@vip5hawol-deehirota
2 жыл бұрын
exactly what i’ve been feeling for a long while there’s definitely a lack of authenticity kids are now growing up with dreams of using youtube (and other sns) as a job. its crazy to think about
@DemraSynfata
2 жыл бұрын
god I'm so glad to see other people that feel the same.
@augunkarlsen5901
2 жыл бұрын
@@DemraSynfata word \
@acidreflex25
2 жыл бұрын
100% - Back then, there was no obsession with pleasing a dubious "algorithm". Epic Meal Time just happened to be a channel that put out videos people would watch for the full ten minutes. At some point, that became the standard, *everyone's* videos were suddenly ten minutes long even if they didn't need to be. Shoot, it got so bad I remember some creators inserting 2 or 3 minutes of still images to pad their videos and make them last ten minutes. This new standard ended up killing every channel that couldn't repeatedly pump out 10+ minute videos on a frequent basis. Bye bye sketch channels, animation channels, music channels, etc. and hello hordes of shitty vloggers. That's just the whole ten minute thing too. Add in the click bait thumbnails, misleading titles, sponsored ad placements on top of unskippable KZitem ads and nowadays it just feels like we're watching a shitty, outsourced version of reality TV.
@blastofo
2 жыл бұрын
I remember when youtube first came out, people got youtube famous just from making a rant on webcam. Like boh3m3. The bar was set very low.
@r.blackford9739
Жыл бұрын
Credit to him where credit is due. A lot of these huge creators that decline go off the rails and become massively bitter but this guy seems to be very humble and relaxed about it. Good for him!
@falcon8105
Жыл бұрын
I obviously didn't watch EMT when it aired around in the good old days but my friends did talk about it a lot and when I watched one of his videos in 2012, I can see that he was a genuine. His "downfall" isn't as terrible as most KZitemrs on here, it's just times were changing and he couldn't keep up. I respect him for keeping everything calm and collective
@AnkitBhatiaat
Жыл бұрын
@@falcon8105 dude sold out his friends who helped make the channel.
@ludwigvonsowell5347
11 ай бұрын
Likely made a good chunk of cash from the good old days, and the smaller channel at 30k average views isn’t horrible compared to most creators. And likely still pays halfway decent. He ended with a very humble yet substantial amount of money.
@JonSudano
2 жыл бұрын
This happened to me too! You can only sing Smashmouth over so many songs until it gets old. I'm very lucky that I was able to slightly rez my channel a few years ago with my drumming videos. I really enjoy making those and the response has been pretty great.
@Onn325
2 жыл бұрын
I just subscribed my guy, you are an angel
@SilentEvil97
2 жыл бұрын
I've enjoyed your recent shorts Jon, You should definitely make more of those!
@andrewman69
2 жыл бұрын
Dude I always wondered what would happen to you, glad it's working out :)
@tylerakerfeldt7220
2 жыл бұрын
Your neck beard, and your neck beard alone is what revived your channel.
@andrewwilmot2788
2 жыл бұрын
Loved your content man, glad you're doing well!
@Killa1949
2 жыл бұрын
Epic Meal Time wasn't a failure, all good things eventually come to an end and EMT ran its course. There's nothing wrong with that. I don't know a single person who didn't love EMT.
@sengon344
2 жыл бұрын
Cap Pewdiepie has been doing the same shit everysingle day for the past trillion years. Harley was just stubborn thinking he can continue making the same videos without the main people who made it fun. There is no value in a million dollars if you remove all the zero's. The same would happen with mrbeast if he started doing videos solo with out the main people
@YouveBeenBlitzed
2 жыл бұрын
Hah, *emt*
@tobikiser3930
2 жыл бұрын
What's EMT
@YouveBeenBlitzed
2 жыл бұрын
Emergency Service Technician
@tobikiser3930
2 жыл бұрын
@@YouveBeenBlitzed thank you!
@BarryBruh
2 жыл бұрын
Nowadays we have Nick Avocado trying to eat an entire beached whale
@grobterm
2 жыл бұрын
among us
@driftshirofc9463
2 жыл бұрын
Didn't expect u to be here lemon
@BrisonVids
2 жыл бұрын
sounds like cannibalism to me
@EvenWaysMusic
2 жыл бұрын
Don't talk about your mom like that
@justhennini4768
2 жыл бұрын
ohhhhhhh i thought he iiiis the beached whale xD
@pixelgamer120
Жыл бұрын
It's not entirely Epic Meal Time's fault why they declined, people just move on and sometimes things that used to be fun and interesting don't hit like they used to.
@abdurrahmanqureshi3030
Жыл бұрын
In other words, we old af. Hate to see it happen
@jonathanathor117
Жыл бұрын
same thing happened to the annoying orange
@korawitbuttramee618
9 ай бұрын
@@abdurrahmanqureshi3030 Eating 100 strips of bacon in a single course isn't gonna be a good idea either when you get older and your metabolism ain't what it used to be.
@bigstopowens
9 ай бұрын
i'm a year late but, is it a good idea to microwave this? also another channel that can only get stale after awhile, but they did end the channel with a bang, microwaving microwaves
@darcybowyer5743
8 ай бұрын
@@bigstopowens Will it blend? Was the same too, in its time period it was awesome but just lost momentum when everything caught fire or was a grey powder.
@tomiwaaina5499
2 жыл бұрын
Harley needs to understand that his personality was a big part of it. He can do other things that aren't food related and people will watch
@Nelis1324
2 жыл бұрын
Exactly, the guy could have easily branched out into being a comedian or film and television actor.
@Dakarn
2 жыл бұрын
@@Nelis1324 Do a skit based show as Harley's super serious character in the style of "Terry Tate: Office Linebacker."
@bencastor9207
2 жыл бұрын
@@Dakarn thanks, now I need to rewatch Office Linebacker.
@Lumpz4k
2 жыл бұрын
Funny thing is he does do other things that arent food related. People watch but probably not as many as you would think. Alot of people dont know he streams for example.
@Dakarn
2 жыл бұрын
@@bencastor9207 "That's a long distance call, DOUG!"
@rnrtruestories
2 жыл бұрын
Man, i remember these guys back in the day. At my office we used to watch their new episodes at one guys cubicle.
@hokage1997
2 жыл бұрын
love how verified accounts get top comment with 10x less likes than unverified accounts. gg
@SilverPaladin
2 жыл бұрын
@@hokage1997 take a like
@wezzbeet2923
2 жыл бұрын
@@SilverPaladin hahaha
@wezzbeet2923
2 жыл бұрын
Gays
@gxtmfa
2 жыл бұрын
Yo, your content is awesome and I love that you cover more obscure bands
@PublishX
2 жыл бұрын
im pretty sure these guys also invented the term "youtube money"
@keratos92
2 жыл бұрын
they also took 'mukbang' to the next level
@rossritchie7611
2 жыл бұрын
l o l money, money l o l
@jeffgreenman5429
2 жыл бұрын
@@rossritchie7611 sup rozzah!
@GorillaFan_32
2 жыл бұрын
@@keratos92 mukbang before mukbang
@meyeneetuks4680
2 жыл бұрын
@@GorillaFan_32 hell, they MADE thier own mukbang
@downeedles9249
Жыл бұрын
Alex Perrault saying " I was'nt treated fairly considering the value i brought to the show" is one of the funniest shit ever , the dude was just there , like an NPC , not moving, not talking , just eating , not much more lmao
@Alias3141
11 ай бұрын
I disagree. As a kid, I loved watching Muscles Glasses just stand there. For some reason, him just standing around and being called by that name was hilarious to me and one of the reasons I kept watching. He should have been appreciated more as a member of the crew.
@tsui1024
11 ай бұрын
he wanted more than just a member of the crew. he wanted extra for being muscle glasses, at a time when their content was already starting to dry up @@Alias3141
@DemonLordSparda
10 ай бұрын
@@Alias3141 He got paid fairly, but wanting more than the creator of the channel and the main personality is a bit silly. Notably there were never accusations of paying less than they agreed on, he just wanted more. Greed played a role there.
@brandon-yu
10 ай бұрын
To be fair, I personally stopped watching the show once MG stopped appearing.
@genericaccount2056
9 ай бұрын
@@brandon-yuhas he done anything of note since leaving?
@nubbletv3822
2 жыл бұрын
I was obsessed with Epic meal time when it was at its peak. I don’t think they did anything wrong, there’s just only so long you can make that type of video before people lose interest. They still killed it during their time.
@ryanlesner0000ninja
Жыл бұрын
Poor treatment?? How so?? " Hey I am bring in views. Pay me more. " " Listen bro you are under contract stop being a pussy."
@neoasura
10 ай бұрын
Yeah, when they started we were in our early 20s, still had that college frat noy immaturity, but then we got into our late 20s and early 30s, lot of my friends settled down, had kids, got married, bought homes, and we just grew out of EMT
@vihockeyguy1
10 ай бұрын
@@neoasuraexactly. The college and fratty feel of the videos also limited their audience and appeal to a younger audience. Dude Perfect always remaining PG and having a wider range of potential concepts and potential celebrity guests has given them virtually limitless concept material. They’re super bros, but without the relative vulgarity, so they can appeal to kids and have way more staying power EMT was and is a cool concept and will always be fun to look back on, but the appeal has passed audiences by
@gallardo20000
2 жыл бұрын
honestly, props to him to staying true to the channel even if it's receiving less views. 9/10 content creators in his situation would have quit ages ago.
@Hasorane
2 жыл бұрын
Either that or just panicked and taken a sharp turn into whatever content is trendy to stay relevant. Reaction videos, ASMR, Lets Plays, Mukbangs etc. Maybe it would have kept it alive slightly longer, but it would have ruined the legacy
@akinosr8001
2 жыл бұрын
Sure, there is honor in that. It's a horrible business model - And the definition of insanity - to keep looping the same thing and expecting different outcomes.
@rikumajumder1558
2 жыл бұрын
it's sad that most of the current generation will never experience so many channels at the start of KZitem. Makes you think about how your parents feel when you don't understand their 'heroes'.
@TheZachary86
2 жыл бұрын
That’s true. I mean what was there to understand about the Lone Ranger?
@Tk--cp9xw
2 жыл бұрын
Damn remember machinima?
@Pactastic042
2 жыл бұрын
It's crazy that at one time everyone at a lunch table was was watching a Ray William Johnson video and talking about , I doubt some newcomers know who that is
@stevencollins8348
2 жыл бұрын
KZitem also didn't punish creators like they do now
@The_Real_Frisbee
2 жыл бұрын
"at the start of KZitem" Eh? KZitem started 5 years before EMT joined. The start of KZitem was porn, parodies, music and Smosh. KZitem was truly lawless before the Google buyout.
@hushex5150
2 жыл бұрын
I knew these guys a few years ago but I never expected them to go down like they did. KZitemrs in 2010 are now failing because they can’t keep up with the new trends and algorithms
@WizardAmbrose
2 жыл бұрын
Nowadays cringy and clickbait stuff get pushed into algorithms.
@jinmark9453
2 жыл бұрын
@@WizardAmbrose I dont get crying i get CNN NBC in my recommended section and that makes me cry.
@apersunthathasaridiculousl1890
2 жыл бұрын
@@WizardAmbrose cuz it makes YT the most money
@urchin62
2 жыл бұрын
@Grisella L 👇💋 Nobody cares
@Billionaire1998
2 жыл бұрын
KZitem has turned to shit ever since Smosh turned into a corporate business.
@BurkaMurka
2 жыл бұрын
What made EMT great for me was Harley, his jokes, quips, attitude and personality is top notch. In its prime EMT was the most hilarious channel on youtube by miles. But all good things have to end
@lakemanson8051
2 жыл бұрын
Go watch EMT now lol, Harley hasn't changed and he is more unhinged now.
@Meilk27
2 жыл бұрын
I think the muscles guy was right he was a pretty big part of the show but maybe he was asking for too much. But he was a fan favorite. It was doomed from the start anyway business was going to ruin the friendships always
@burnzy3210
Жыл бұрын
imagine feeling so entitled to a piece of the pie when all you do is wear glasses and ear food that's put infront of you
@SB-eh5gd
Жыл бұрын
💀
@esteboi3858
Жыл бұрын
fr how the hell did the chemistry crumble THAT hard because one dude who wore sat there and wore glasses eating food wanted more money 😭
@sinekonata
2 ай бұрын
Yeah that's the boss' side of the story. I tend to ignore that and read between the lines, since we KNOW how little the workers, in this case actors, tend to get compensated. When you're so greedy about your massive pie that you're willing to see your crew go when it asks for some respect, you deserve to lose that pie.
@respectedlocalgentleman7108
Ай бұрын
zh00xD
@Dousch
2 жыл бұрын
This was one of those huge channels that would show up in your feed every now and then over a couple of years. You took it for granted as a part of your social media environment, then one day it's gone and you slowly forget about it, flash forward a couple of years and it takes stumbling upon a random video like this highlighting what happened to ever even get the memo.
@CommonSenseless1993
2 жыл бұрын
It’s crazy that 2010 is looked at as “the early days of KZitem” considering the fact that I was in college at the time. I always considered 2006-2009 to be the early years of KZitem for me.
@KuntaKinteToby
2 жыл бұрын
2006-2009 was early adopters. 2010-2012 was when YT started going mainstream.
@trcs3079
2 жыл бұрын
Id say the early days were definitely 2006-2009. 2010 was definitely when kids were slowly using it more so it's more or less nostalgia
@ShivaOO7
2 жыл бұрын
You're correct. 2010 is more of these mid-era of KZitem. The early days were when the biggest stars were asian-americans making mediocre jokes into their webcam or digital camera.
@planescaped
2 жыл бұрын
I didn't make this account until 2008, but I remember watching entire pirated series' on youtube back in 07. The days before anyone bothered making accounts or subscribing and every video had may 6 comments on it, if it had any at all. :P As well as Ventrillo harassment and Freeman's Mind of course. :P Thank god for Accursed Farms.
@Nightbird8272
Жыл бұрын
@@KuntaKinteToby I just learned I was an early adopter then lol
@chadwildclay
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome analysis, SunnyV2. I remember when Epic Meal Time was in the top 10 most subscribed and have always wondered why the channel fell off, so I really appreciate this video.
@Idunooo
2 жыл бұрын
damn, ur on this vid?
@Reallyaudi
2 жыл бұрын
Why do you type like your sending him something in the mail
@tobythedevil1874
2 жыл бұрын
Verified alert
@tinguspingus295
2 жыл бұрын
Chad fucking wild clayyyy
@DumDum-zj6gm
2 жыл бұрын
Give bobux?
@evilwagz
Жыл бұрын
Buddy of mine is a dentist. There’s a video we watched where Harley’s first line was “call up your dentist-tell em he’s a bitch!”. To this day!, whenever I see my dentist friend I still drop this line and we still, to this day, laugh is if we heard it for the first time. Thanks Harley!
@GoldAk47
2 жыл бұрын
“Businesses just got in the way of being fun” is probably the case for every “successful KZitemr”
@ZeranZeran
2 жыл бұрын
Too true.
@CybearBox
2 жыл бұрын
Twitch too.
@xJDMWaRRi0Rx
2 жыл бұрын
We can see that happening in real time with channels like mr beast and nelk. They’re getting too big into the business aspect of things to actually produce real entertaining content. I’d rather see a bunch of smaller give away videos instead of these over the top challenge videos with other youtubers with a huge payout from mr beast
@IIIIAmSHODAN
17 күн бұрын
@@xJDMWaRRi0Rx lol mr beast was always a soulless sociopath channel with the sole intent of making money. Imagine putting that fuckwad in the same tier as anyone else.
@greententacle22
2 жыл бұрын
This is something I've heard about quite a few times, where people started off making videos just for the fun of it but then once it started bringing in money they got more and more serious about it and it became more about business than having fun, and other people can notice that too. It seems like when people have success with their videos it's important for them to also keep having fun.
@888records
2 жыл бұрын
It’s like Smosh
@mrnauseouz
2 жыл бұрын
That honestly seems the case for most pre 2015 KZitem celebrities. They get signed with some old legacy company and make TV shows/movies when they were putting out their content on a (at the time) radically different viewing platform compared to TV that old legacy companies just don't understand.
@aibalta6340
2 жыл бұрын
Imagine all you have to do is sit still, look tough and say nothing while eating whatever food you given. Audacity to say you're integral to the show and demand a salary lol. You're doing it once or twice a month and you're eating food they're not making you eat dirt and drink sewage for you to demand a compensation. Makes me absolutely livid.
@Edgar.55
2 жыл бұрын
The creatures were another youtube group of friends who each had individual channels and a joint channel. Eventually disbanded because og members left sue to conflict with one or two of the members and it wasn't fun for them anymore. Or left because of family stuff. Eventually the group had to shut down because their joint channel wasn't bringing in as many views or money while another channel that 2 of the members had created was blowing up. Eventually that channel had to shut down because of the same reasons. It became too serious and corporate like and members started leaving.
@greententacle22
2 жыл бұрын
@@aibalta6340 I guess you could call that the Hollywood attitude.
@espo7182
2 жыл бұрын
Why is it that when a successful KZitem channel eventually falls off everyone says that they eventually failed? Yet when a successful TV show eventually runs its course(not goes out with its own planned written finale) people still consider that TV show to be a success? I don't see this channel as failing at all. It just ran it course. Maybe there was things behind the scenes complicating things, but that is true of almost every successful business in the world. Besides to this day Harley is still pretty active on KZitem and social media and I'm sure is doing just fine. As I'm sure are the others. To say it failed is misleading and I honestly never even really watched their channel, so I don't really care much about them. They just basically reached their end game, or their final season, if it was a TV show.
@Rhewin
2 жыл бұрын
Exactly. And I can’t call a channel getting 30-50k views per video to this day a failure.
@Fr00stee
2 жыл бұрын
youtube channels don't have a finale that people can look at and go "wow that channel was good"
@Bladedcloud6159
2 жыл бұрын
@@Fr00stee 2 words. Unus Annus
@Fr00stee
2 жыл бұрын
@@Bladedcloud6159 pretty sure that is the only channel that did that
@BriChuhime-sama
2 жыл бұрын
I’m guessing that channels that were once pulling in millions suddenly barely hitting 100k are considered fails. I see it as a river hitting the ocean and becoming a part of the expanse tbh. Never a failure but a new beginning….. *NOW GABBIE HANNAH ON THE OTHER HAND….*
@NicklasZandeVGCP2001
2 жыл бұрын
Same with Annoying Orange and Channel Awesome. They both seemed like fun novelties initially, but they began feeling trapped in an alorythm that they couldn't control, and with many key figures leaving the company due to mistreatment they had recieved. And now barely anyone talks about them anymore.
@Sam-rc7wd
2 жыл бұрын
I remember showing this to my friends a decade ago and they seemed unstoppable at the time, but a decade later (literally became a doctor in that time) they have hardly any views and it sucks. I really feel like the cooking lessons ruined the channel imo.
@fazormcghee7936
2 жыл бұрын
They showed the audience how magic works
@Ryan-te3sw
2 жыл бұрын
Way to go on becoming a DR!
@Sam-rc7wd
2 жыл бұрын
@@Ryan-te3sw ty
@GatorAidMedical
2 жыл бұрын
Are you postcall rn?
@QUBIQUBED
2 жыл бұрын
@@Sam-rc7wd dude good job being a doctor thats hard asf
@ZenEmir
2 жыл бұрын
i couldn't really agree with the term "failed" They had their moment in the sun and did well with it, not many channels can do the same cookie-cutter content for 10 years and still be as successful at their peak. Epic meal time had a great fun and was amazing to watch when it first came out!!
@hsing-yihuang3335
2 жыл бұрын
captain sparklez?
@DrakeWingGaming
2 жыл бұрын
More like a decade in the sun.
@user-sl6gn1ss8p
2 жыл бұрын
yeah, it's a weird metric when making videos about specific super-sized foods get's a billion views and is called a failure. It's the same with games nowadays which people quit playing after years and hundreds of hours, as if everything had to be stretched forever way beyond any reason.
@IDiggPattyMayonnaise
2 жыл бұрын
They hit success on YT early. If they had became successful now theyd have a lot more staying power. It was like a flavor of the week situation on YT early on. I can name a lot of channels I watched that are basically nothing. Channels now don't seem to go away since yt is as big as it's ever been.
@DrakeWingGaming
2 жыл бұрын
@@IDiggPattyMayonnaise I disagree. I think it they'd arrived much later then their success would have been far more limited. Their type of content wasn't really done by a lot of channels back then, which gave them much more appeal. Nowadays there are more hardcore cooking channels than I can count.
@gawdat3859
2 жыл бұрын
5:43 Important note: when Harley says Muscles Glasses wanted to be paid more than Harley himself... that is meant to mislead you. Harley drew a modest salary for his work on the show, but as owner all the profit after expenses went to him (and his brother). The bulk of the money went to ownership, and salaries were relatively small business expenses.
@TheBestcommentor
2 жыл бұрын
It sounds like he wasn't even involved in making most of the videos, though.
@transfixit
2 жыл бұрын
@@TrTriTrippin so replacable, they couldn't replace him but ok
@StabStabStabStabby
2 жыл бұрын
@@transfixit I think that the point is that his departure didn't negatively impact the viewership like he claimed it would.
@transfixit
2 жыл бұрын
@@StabStabStabStabby except it did?
@StabStabStabStabby
2 жыл бұрын
@@transfixit the viewership tapered off naturally as the show delicined in popularity.
@SnowsLife
Жыл бұрын
I lived right next to those guys. That OG mcdonalds ( RIP it was remodeled into the modernist hell Mcdonalds ) was literally at the end of my street.
@noahmeyer-gray3468
2 жыл бұрын
This guy right here was my substitute teacher in highschool! Dudes a fricking legend in my eyes and always will be
@riskybitness
2 жыл бұрын
Epic Meal Time was great, but it was something that couldn't last forever. The fact that it got on like it did and lasted as long as it did is just a testament to how well Harley and Co. did their jobs. I don't think anyone could have expected that to become a full time gig when they started. It was also an idea that could only be taken so far. There's only so much you can do with a straightforward concept like that, and they did it. From what I understand they've all moved onto different projects from that jumping off point, so I don't think Epic Meal Time failed. I think it ran its course.
@legopuma5251
2 жыл бұрын
Hi Sunnny, been watching you since your Boogie Vids, still remembering your Fortnite Vids, just wanting to say I still highly enjoy watching your videos. Idk if you need to hear this but nothing but respect for your incredible rise. Greetings from Germany!
@Cubick
2 жыл бұрын
This comment is top tier wholesome
@diabetesdictator6488
2 жыл бұрын
Yooo which part. I too live in germany
@JadF1729
2 жыл бұрын
Me too I watched him since march
@SteveTomSawyer
2 жыл бұрын
Same duuuuude he just BLEW UP
@Nomenooooo
2 жыл бұрын
@Dream shut up
@-.-Monster
2 жыл бұрын
Epic meal time did not fail. It lived a full life. They still post lesser extreme food vids. Their run was legitimately epic
@AccAkut1987
11 ай бұрын
If you compare it to TV shows... even thirty years ago, TV shows rarely went longer than 7 seasons/years, if they were not soaps that had an ever changing cast and story lines anyway. Viewers just grow out of it and move on.
@brandoniswhoiam
2 жыл бұрын
Harley taught history at my high school… but I never got to have him as a teacher since I came in a year after he left. I missed out big time.
@apersunthathasaridiculousl1890
2 жыл бұрын
?
@notjonahmc3477
2 жыл бұрын
L
@brandoniswhoiam
2 жыл бұрын
@@notjonahmc3477, I’m holding it.
@Eloquence00
2 жыл бұрын
I remember watching Epic Meal Time with the boys at their place after school, talking about the ridiculousness, the grossness, laughing until my stomach hurt, etc. It really was good. Then, after some point, we all just stopped talking about it. I don't remember when, but it came and went like a flash in the pan for me in school. I remember looking up the channel some time later in college and thinking "dang, this is kinda boring". I wasn't there for the transition to their later videos, but for me it really felt like the show was missing everything that made it great in the first place. It wasn't serious - regardless of Harley's character's attitude; it was super silly and absurd. This gave it exceptional meme value, even at a time when meme culture was just coming around. And the gravitas of the earlier videos really made them feel "Epic" while, as you pointed out, the newer stuff just kinda felt casual. That Epic-ness was what made them all the funnier, because even though the show was absurd and over the top, the characters taking it all seriously only made it funnier. In hindsight, trying to keep a meme show going for 10 years probably wasn't the optimal route. But I sympathize with Harley who had to think about his employees, his friends, his family, and himself. It's very easy to get stuck in a "known" format and trying to expand into actual serious content would've been very difficult. It's the reason that a lot of creators have second and even third channels, to help them find new formats that work and capitalize on them.
@LeongGunners
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, their vids these days feel more like a bunch of school kids flailing around attempting to make parodies of a proper EMT video.
@NILBOG13
Жыл бұрын
10 years is NOT a failure, I will always watch the EMT videos with love and hunger.
@rigormortiz5357
Жыл бұрын
so you're saying failure doesn't exist? thanks man
@NILBOG13
Жыл бұрын
@@rigormortiz5357 Where in my post did I say that? Strawman much?
@honeywellparts7541
Жыл бұрын
@@rigormortiz5357 I thought that failures doesn't existed...until i read your comment
@_Just_Another_Guy
2 жыл бұрын
They were the "Jackass but food oriented" of my college years, lmao. I had acquaintances from uni who actually met Harley as he lived in Toronto at the time around when they were gaining popularity.
@icmull
2 жыл бұрын
Wow thats a good point. Maybe I should invent the jackass of something else like investing guru
@kimmyquevil
2 жыл бұрын
I thought this too
@Sawta
Жыл бұрын
Although it would have been great if the show kept running forever, I get that it probably got very hard to keep that level of sarcastic, over the top passion going. Honestly, I'm also kind of glad the show ended, in that, although it was fun to watch this crazy stuff get eaten, I always felt this twinge of "Man, if they keep doing this, their health is going to suffer longterm", kind of the way it has with mukbang stuff. I do think it would be cool if they got back together to do some kind of activity together, maybe just hang out and catch up, or some kind of outdoor competition. The chemistry and atmosphere was so fun to watch. It would be cool if they recaptured some of that.
@ZombieFredo
2 жыл бұрын
I love that the video ended with a small clap for Harley. He really never did give up or blame anyone for the channel's decline. It will always be a fond memory of early KZitem.
@TryinBin8889
2 жыл бұрын
"Business just got in the way of being fun". Wow. I feel like for a lot of the channels that were amazing in the beginning when they were just friends having fun and showing organic relationships which eventually collapsed, this has been a recurring problem
@ravenx25
2 жыл бұрын
Should have partnered with mukbangs and pivoted that way. It would feel authentic and benefit from a fresh audience and energy. Could do themes and each request for a cuisine would stave boredom. It would be a win-win.
@proudbeanerii3810
2 жыл бұрын
No they just need to end the channel . They don't have the ideas to keep up with this new generation of youtubers. It's like Dr Dre dropping an album now and making 1/10 of what he did in his NWA days and his solo career in the 90s .
@inzane456
2 жыл бұрын
The chad Guga food channels vs the virgin internal fighting bullshit
@IIIIAmSHODAN
17 күн бұрын
how about fucking no? mukbangs are disgusting. Weird fetish content for weirdos
@thefcw
2 жыл бұрын
I remember my interest going down the toilet with Epic Meal Time when they had that episode where they got a limo, women, and started throwing money around, yelling “bacon strips” at passers by. They went from dudes you wanted to drink, chill, and have a greasy meal with, to a bunch of rich, entitled looking douchebags in one video. That is the image that sticks with me.
@shartsmcginty8056
2 жыл бұрын
Same. That's the video that made me unsubscribe.
@inmotion9396
2 жыл бұрын
whats wrong with being rich?
@rogerdalzell
2 жыл бұрын
@@inmotion9396 being rich is inherently morally wrong for starters. You cant be a good person and be rich. By keeping wealth instead of using it they've become part of the problem.
@Cepheus773
2 жыл бұрын
@@rogerdalzell Uh...I don't know about all that, chief.
@Cepheus773
2 жыл бұрын
@Tsu Plenty of rich people do charitable acts and donate to help others. Not to mention that "rich" changes definition from person to person. My family in El Salvador considers me rich, am I a bad person because I'm not doing more to help the poor? If I ever become "rich" am I morally obligated to give money away? It's just ridiculous to base a person's moral standing on how much money they are making.
@coolbrotherf127
2 жыл бұрын
You definitely nailed this one. It hit during a specific cultural boom that accelerated them to the top, but that bubble burst and they didn't pick up anything that would keep the attention of their audience for the long term. It was definitely possible, but they probably felt like it was too much of a gamble to shy away from what made them successful in the first place.
@Cubick
2 жыл бұрын
Completely forgot about this guy, excited to hear what happened to him and stuff, thanks for another epic documentary Sunny
@tayo17923
2 жыл бұрын
Lmao he goes on twitch podcasts now where he shares hilarious stories
@AutumnalWinds1121
Жыл бұрын
Loved their content. But omg what a different space the internet was.
@abc76580
2 жыл бұрын
bruhhhh that top 10 youtuber list at 0:33 threw me in such a throwback. still reminiscing as of this moment, those were the days...
@markmendel9883
2 жыл бұрын
If you were to look at this like a TV show, 10 years is a MASSIVE success!
@ACEDTVL
2 жыл бұрын
honestly I would have just started my own channel based off of the fame Epic Meal Time was getting, like David dobrik. sometimes you have to take the blessing you have. in this case they blessing was exposure but they wanted more compensation when they could have created their own. I'm not sure if these guys did start another Channel but I would have played ball and kept the show going and the fans who enjoy my presence would find me.
@Zeverinsen
2 жыл бұрын
@@rydz656 That's literally irrelevant.
@swig8792
2 жыл бұрын
@@rydz656 💀 (im deceased)
@stevenflores7405
2 жыл бұрын
@@rydz656 wtf?
@jhtsurvival
2 жыл бұрын
They did stuff
@michaelhaydenbell
2 жыл бұрын
Ok I'm sure your hypothetical thoughts on what YOU would have done in their shoes, with you only having a fraction of a sliver of all the facts plus the benefit of hindsight, are super duper helpful.
@tndrunning3328
2 жыл бұрын
Harleys voiceovers were comedy gold. So many quotable lines that made the videos so funny and rewatchable
@nichtsistkostenlos6565
2 жыл бұрын
This shows that it's really, really hard to stay relevant on KZitem. You gotta give it up for some of the top dogs that have managed to grow year after year because you can't just pick a format and sit on it. You gotta be changing, evolving all while handling all the business behind the scenes. It's a crazy business, if anyone thinks being a KZitem personality is easy, they're kidding themselves.
@CrumbsLamond
2 жыл бұрын
I honestly wonder how long raywilliamjohnson could've lasted if he stayed with it. His channels decline was mostly because he walked away, but he was always my favorite tuber
@MollymaukT
2 жыл бұрын
Also the platform grew so fucking much in so little time. Like check out the rank at 0:34 1st place had close to 6M subscribers but tenth had only 2.7M, for today's standards that's a big channel but there are literally over 22k channels with over 1M subscribers, that's absolutely insane! And it only takes minor changes to the algorithm to make a channel grow super fast or just die (think the biggest recent example is Dream who just exploded last year and was getting 1M subscribers every month)
@Azola69
2 жыл бұрын
@@CrumbsLamond i just checked and he still has lots of views on his recent vids
@bundesautobahn7
2 жыл бұрын
Epic Meal Time even had a "spinoff" channel made by people in Sweden named "Regular Ordinary Swedish Meal Time", but the people behind ROSMT knew when to end it for good after they returned from their first hiatus. EMT however just became completely ridiculous and jumped the shark, not to mention all the infighting that seems to have been instigated by Harley himself.
@buak809
2 жыл бұрын
Man i loved ROSMT they were acting ridiculous but it was original in its own way and they actually were doing quite healthy meals with milk and pre dinner snack included 😅
@sunpay2310
2 жыл бұрын
Because it's good for you :D
@havokmusicinc
2 жыл бұрын
ROSMT was a fun show
@DeimosDread
2 жыл бұрын
@@sunpay2310 just a spoonful?
@zerevv
2 жыл бұрын
"Regular Ordinary Swedish Meal Time" IN SWENGLISH!!!!
@riccardo7790
2 жыл бұрын
Harley was my substitute teacher in highschool lol Hes a great guy im glad for his success
@Takaichi666-
5 ай бұрын
No way for real?!
@connorross123
2 жыл бұрын
Respect to the entire crew for keeping the channel going for so long with such a limiting format, like you said
@Black_Jesus3005
2 жыл бұрын
I remember a coworker showing me this channel in early 2012 and fell in love with it. We’d always talk about the latest episode at work. Good times.
@austinwilburn1772
2 жыл бұрын
Me and my friend sometimes talk about EMT. It’s like the perfect case study. Let’s be honest, KZitem wouldn’t be the same if they never made EMT. I think they really hold a special spot in a Lot of peoples heart.
@Freebuss
2 жыл бұрын
Right in the arteries lol
@austinwilburn1772
2 жыл бұрын
@@Freebuss, they use to be in my heart but the doctor finally found the problem during a triple bypass.
@daniel1RM
2 жыл бұрын
nah youtube woud be the same, nobody alone is that impactful
@hinkhall8451
Жыл бұрын
This video aged like wine now that Harley is self destructing
@mynaemismoos
2 жыл бұрын
The breakup part of it is reminiscent of what happened with Super Best Friends in a way. Hearing that Matt and Pat no longer got along was heartbreaking.
@mastersnake42
2 жыл бұрын
Definitely one of the saddest things to happen for me in recent memory. Their I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream LP was the first one to come up when I searched for one back in the day, and I instantly loved their dynamic.
@bencousins7311
2 жыл бұрын
aye i was watching one of matts new videos and i was like yeah i was hanging out with my friend liam and i was like darn i miss the old gang but they all seem happy with their new gigs
@ToasterOven.
2 жыл бұрын
I still remember finding this channel in June of 2020 and thinking how great the content was. Now he’s at 3/4 to a million subs and I’ve realized how far he’s come
@beefbrisket168
2 жыл бұрын
when Epic Meal Time first came out, I was a part time high school student taking blow off classes to graduate. I watched them in class. I started noticing a decline a couple of years later and eventually forgot about them.
@CjExpendable27
9 ай бұрын
Fast food lasagna will remain one of my favorite KZitem videos of all time. Just with the natural reactions of the fast food workers alone when they hear all the food they are ordering 😂
@ILuCkYxCh4rMz
2 жыл бұрын
I subconsciously still call rainbow candy belts “rainbow bacon strips”, and remember when EMT had a shirt in Walmart at one time. Insanity.
@paulolatupan6096
2 жыл бұрын
The time that you took for this vid is a masterpiece
@vivalanina
2 жыл бұрын
frankly, it was his attitude that got to me. At first he just seemed goofy an loud, but then he seemed aggressive and rude. I don't have time in my day for people like that.
@c9ing334
2 жыл бұрын
For me, there was just only so many ways to cut that cake. It seemed after a few years they did basically everything you could do with the original premise. None of their attempts to branch out really clicked with me, sadly, but I wish the best for all of them.
@finyafuxfell3031
2 жыл бұрын
I think that, plus the fact that in the last 10 years, consumerism changed. The topics on climate change, food unequality etc are valued more than they used to. I still remember watching the last few episodes of Epic Meal Time and only thinking "What a massive waste of food".
@theburninator888
2 жыл бұрын
Their channel didn't "fail". It just ran its course. Almost nobody that was big in 2010 is still as big today, except for a very small handful of youtubers.
@Mauldoon5
Жыл бұрын
And these days Harley likes to subscribe to Anisa’s only fans, and try to actively hinder froggy fresh from taking part in CC 2. Damn Shame.
@primitivethinking3762
2 жыл бұрын
The lesson here: If you ever find yourself becoming viral, and making a huge name for yourselves quickly ..plan ahead, that it will only last a few years at most. If Epic Meal Time had a "Final Episode" early on, and they all broke off to produce, and make channels of their own ..that would have very well became a more successful plan for everyone. All in all, I don't think this should destroy a friendship among them ..they all are going to remember these times, and cherish them later on..
@koloth5139
2 жыл бұрын
Hindsight is 20/20. Thing is 10 years ago no one knew what KZitem success really was or what any of it meant. It was completely new territory. That's why terrible things like Fred got made into a feature length movie, with sequels. It is difficult to predict the fickle nature of the fans. Now we know viral success doesn't mean long term success. Worse it is difficult to know how anyone will react in a situation. Some people let their ego get away from them. And some people will always feel they are treated unfairly. Or some will just lose interest in a project. Things will be said, feelings hurt, and friendships damaged.
@chibixleon
2 жыл бұрын
Actually genius
@Doza137
2 жыл бұрын
One of them ended up hosting a network tv cooking show for a bit. sugar showdown I believe?
@Dante_S550_Turbo
2 жыл бұрын
@MasterOfDone they had a falling out? I figured they just got burned out and lets be honest here.... Buu saga kinda sucks. Like dragging themselves through the mud for weak content XD
@xDinomanx
2 жыл бұрын
@@Dante_S550_Turbo No, TeamFourStar never had a falling out. They got burned out with production on each DBZ Abridged episode as the final season progressed. You'll notice this in how long episodes took to come out later on (they went from a couple of months to bi-annually and then basically almost a year, the finale itself taking basically a year to complete, it was delayed for so long). As editing and production value improved, the time it took to do this was a massive toll. Plus the crew are much older now, TFS as a channel makes them a lot of money for their salary. They have a bigger team too. There comes a point, similar to EpicMealTime where they want to move on to other projects. The Buu Saga would've taken way too long to produce. People don''t like to hear that but it's true. They had an amazing run, finished on a high note with the 3-part finale (and epilogue as well as animated mini-episodes). Honestly, I'm at peace with it. Sure, the Buu Saga would've been amazing to abridge but at the end of the day we got a great sendoff to the show regardless.
@TenThumbsProductions
2 жыл бұрын
If you look at all those top 10 channels only college humor is the still around. If you catch lightning in a bottle and blow up with KZitem, save and invest that money, don’t buy cars and chains (unless gold, gold holds value much better than diamonds) views go away.
@TenThumbsProductions
2 жыл бұрын
@Brandon Knight Hahaha, valid point.
@ipsojure2137
2 жыл бұрын
@Brandon Knight didn't they have to fire like 90% of their staff members last year?
@demetriusmccray1574
2 жыл бұрын
Rihanna legit stopped music for a while and became a billionaire
@lakemanson8051
2 жыл бұрын
Harley from EMT didnt by gold, cars, or chains... he gave back to his family and invested the rest. My guy is doing great now
@GoddamnAnge
2 жыл бұрын
LEGO is great for resale as well
@wtfsalt
Жыл бұрын
They should have gone down the hot-sauce route. seems like that became the food meta
@illbuyourniknak
2 жыл бұрын
Really. Once the initial charm wears off, every single EMT video boils down to a bunch of drunken bros eating grotesque amounts of food. If I wanted to see that, I’d go back to college…
@generichuman2044
2 жыл бұрын
That's a good way of putting it. I tried to get into their stuff but got bored after 3 or 4 videos. The novelty wore off very quickly
@_Ekaros
2 жыл бұрын
Also the food really wasn't that great. Big sure, bacon sure, meat sure. All things I love, but still somehow disgusting and not in the good way.
@cattysplat
2 жыл бұрын
Company owners got greedy, refused to let their co actors be a part of the business, so they left, no longer having the original feel of the crew together. Don't just accept 1 side of the story from the company owners.
@kimhornhem5399
2 жыл бұрын
yeah when harley said 'you havent been in a video in 6 months and we're still running(harley to muscles glassess) that just proves they intentionally left him out of videos to see if they needed him or not.
@ed-zn5bd
2 жыл бұрын
I remember back in the day I wore an EpicMealTime shirt walking into Pluckers. It was like a celebrity had walked in. People screaming “EpicMealTime!!” High fives, point and laughing “wooo’s!” It was so much fun. RIP
@Whoo711
2 жыл бұрын
I think EMT's "decline" is similar to that for a lot of other channels. Some still have a shitload of subs, but... after a while, the views per video went on a significant decline. I mean, to some extent, it could very-well be "lack of interest" after a while, but changes in the YT algorithm also probably play a role (not properly-informing people of new vids, for one). Also... do that many people even check their "subscription pages" via YT homepage? I used to, sorta... but then I realized it's garbage, and a lot of the 'new videos' it picks are biased and hardly fair in terms of representation of channels. So some channels, with newer videos, may well 'languish' in your Sub page. The fact that YT "had" to add a "notification bell" to DO THE THING THAT SUBSCRIBING WAS SUPPOSED TO DO (i.e. properly-notify when new vids are uploaded) shows that even YT realizes how 'shit' its system became. lol
@u1stgames897
2 жыл бұрын
If people wanted to watch, they would still watch
@aristotle_4532
2 жыл бұрын
Any product will go through growth and decline, especially if it targets a specific group of people. People grow up, their taste changes and they stop watching. Most users do not bother to unsubscribe, so a channel must show constant growth in order to sustain its views. If you lose the teens without replacing them, the channel will be dead in a year or two. KZitem do not want people to be annoyed by a channel they have subscribed to but do not really like or watch. So, they implemented gradual algorithmic silent unsubscribe. If it happens, you have ignored videos coming from this channel for a while. You can use the notification system to opt out of the silent unsubscribe for a specific channel.
@precooked-bacon
2 жыл бұрын
@@u1stgames897 people can only watch what they can find, and youtube is really large. there have been times i've missed uploads of youtubers i adore. People's memories, even for things they love isn't reliable, you will forget because we all have a life outside of our subscriptions.
@autonomous8108
2 жыл бұрын
He said they'd stop in 2019, but they're still making videos. I used to see em around KZitem all the time, but now it seems they struggle to push even 100k views. It's pretty sad to see, but I hope he's doing well, and his videos have a more fun, passionate aspect to it, instead of a business one.
@Trewq79
2 жыл бұрын
Hopefully he handled his wealth wisely. For example, if he made a few million dollars when the channel blew up, he could invest it and live off it without ever having to work again. At that point, the channel could purely be just for fun and nothing else.
@StabStabStabStabby
2 жыл бұрын
Guy is probably still making bank from the back catalogue. No reason to shut the channel down.
@JackTheripper911
2 жыл бұрын
@@StabStabStabStabby you only get money from ads on older videos if enough people actually watch those videos, and who the fuck is going back to rewatch this shit? Who has spoken about EMT in the last decade? They barely get 30K views now and you think people will go back to watch years old content that (truthfully) isn't worth watching a second time, and in some opinions not worth watching the first time around. Trust me they arent making much off their old videos lol
@razlemon6717
2 жыл бұрын
Really hit the nail on the head; I used to watch EVERY episode of Epic Meal Time, the second they dropped...then it got to be kind of stale, Muscles Glasses left, briefly came back, left again... and around the time Harley stopped appearing in every video and it was just two guys cooking, I just didn't care anymore. I still have my bacon strips shirt and my EMT logo shirt and I'll always fondly remember those times. I Saw someone mention Harley the other day on Twitter and thought that guy was out of the game, didn't even know he still did stuff. Also, I miss the pizza jerky that Harley brought to Walmart! It must not have sold well, because it was clearanced off and never sold again after about a month.
@TheBobby2legs
Жыл бұрын
I wouldn't call it fail so much as it concluded, like any good show eventually should.
@rigormortiz5357
Жыл бұрын
too bad it didn't end on a high note
@emilykim7053
2 жыл бұрын
Successful people don't become that way overnight. What most people see at a glance wealth, a great career, purpose is the result of hard work and hustle over time. I pray that anyone who reads this will be Successful in life
@sebastianmateo9434
2 жыл бұрын
Bitcoin is exciting because it shows how cheap it can be. Bitcoin is better than currency in to that you don't have to be physiclly in the same place and of course,for large transactions, currency can get pretty Inconvenient.
@walkerfred9763
2 жыл бұрын
Well think it's working there may be other currencies like it that may be even better. But in the meantime, there's a big industry around Bitcoin-people have made fortunes off Bitcoin, some have lost money.its is volatile,but people make money off volatility too.
@paritapatel7062
2 жыл бұрын
When Bitcoin currency is converted from currency into cash, that interface has to remain under some regulatory safeguards. I think the fact that within the bitcoin universe an algorithm replaces the function of the government... (that) is actually pretty Cool.
@liamjames3752
2 жыл бұрын
It is not a speculative investment even though it is being used as such by other people. As Bitcoin network grows the value of Bitcoin grows. As people move into Bitcoin for payment and receipts they stop using US Dollars,Euros and Chinese Yuan which in the long-term devalues these Currencies
@luistaveras2343
2 жыл бұрын
Bitcoin is the beginning of something great: a currency without a government, something necessary and imperative. But I am not familiar with the specific product to assert whether it is the best potential setup. And we need a long time to establish confidence.
@kdaltex
2 жыл бұрын
Nothing lasts forever. Sometimes its good to quit when you're at the top. Glad it helped them make a living.
@cfn6742
2 жыл бұрын
SunnyV2 always makes my day with these extremely entertaining documentaries
@adwhoodie
2 жыл бұрын
well like my comments ;
@officegossip
Жыл бұрын
Met Harley at a LA comic con, he was just hanging out and me and my friend asked to take a picture with him and he politely obliged. He was a really nice guy.
@croissantlover1
2 жыл бұрын
2030: What happened to SunnyV2?
@kevins4213
2 жыл бұрын
I've seen Harley in kids' movies and at least a couple other YT things since EMT. I always suspected after their long run that they went on to their day jobs or the sugar and carbs finally caught up with them.
@mattandrews8528
2 жыл бұрын
What went wrong? Well he went ALL THE WAY with his first few videos, he was always trying to up the hype, eventually when you start THAT ridiculous there’s nowhere else left to go, and then nobody cares anymore. In a culture that’s love shocking and new content to digest, when you don’t give it to them people get over EVERYTHING eventually, and move on.
@michaelsmith5769
2 жыл бұрын
He started out already in 5th gear.
@moonraven6145
2 жыл бұрын
I mean, I think there's only soo much you can do with the premise of "Make incredibly unhealthy food behemoth, then eat it" for it to remain interesting forever, times change after all and people change.
@TheVeryAngryShrimp
2 жыл бұрын
I cherish those times binging Epic Meal Time after class...Especially felt honored seeing the first episode when it was freshly uploaded.
@gdicommando4456
Жыл бұрын
Couldn't trust a couple JEW brothers? Get outta town!
@SB-eh5gd
Жыл бұрын
You vile cr3tin
@jeremykhan887
2 жыл бұрын
I think people and especially Harley overlooked the importance of the whole crew for the channel. I don't buy that the channel was doomed because of their simple formula, I mean it definitely was a factor but it's not what made it fail. The channel got popular when it appeared to be a group endeavour and the more that it looked like members were being pushed out for personal gains the less likeable the channel became. The channel would have got nowhere if it was Harley on his own making the same content, yet it became apparent he was the one getting disproportionately the most from it. Then going corporate after all that just kind of cemented an idea in peoples mind that Harley had sold out his friends for profit. If the crew remained somewhat solid, EMT could have tried branching out doing new things and quite possibly have done well. Ironically the person who took the biggest cut for in part being the "businessman" of the channel failed to keep his staff happy or evolve their product to the point where it killed his channel/business.
@cattysplat
2 жыл бұрын
Who would stick around when your friends treat you like a replaceable employee whilst they get megarich from the team's endeavours.
@yami4456
2 жыл бұрын
@@cattysplat they weren’t friends he said he was a hired in the video bruv and if your genuinely butt hurt your not getting paid as much as the creator of the show for literally eating bacon once a month your a weirdo bro I’d never have you as a business partner with a mindset like that.
@zablogful
2 жыл бұрын
A jew that doesnt want to pay the crew, how uncanny.
@jeremykhan887
2 жыл бұрын
@@yami4456 "for literally eating bacon once a month" is disingenuous, he was a massive part of building a channel and likely made fuck all compared to Harley. Him being hired means nothing, if Harley owned most of the company then technically almost everyone would've been "hired". If anything he was probably hired for chump change, and as time went on he made considerably less money than Harley did. It's one thing to ask for more than your worth, but it's completely understandable to be bitter about someone making ridiculous money off of shared efforts. Like I originally posted, Harley undervalued his crews contributions and overvalued his own, which eventually killed his channel.
@aliciad8553
2 жыл бұрын
Epic Meal Time was never going to be a long-running popular channel. However I think instead of releasing a new episode every week, they could've taken a break to figure out how to pivot their channel. If they could've done that, they might have gotten a few extra years of popularity and had fun creating new content. Also when they moved to LA, why didn't they hire a brand manager? Most content creators have one because they can focus solely on creative. A manager also could have helped EPT generate more revenue.
@PolishTamales
2 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure once they stopped being your “average Joe” and their wealth started to show, they no longer became relatable.The foundation of college misfits without any regards to their health, eating booze infused deep fried meats of every walking animal, was the appeal of their videos. As soon as they started showing off food that most people can’t afford, they stopped being relatable. They stopped being an old drinking buddy and just became someone you hated being around. When your primary stars are college kids, they’ll eventually age out. It’s not the same after nearly a decade of the same antics, rinse and repeated, without a secondary “talent”.
@nom6758
2 жыл бұрын
Epic meal time was a singular product that did better than 99.9999% of other products in the world, it didnt fail. It ran its lifetime, like everything else did. When has an Iphone been relevant beyond 2 years of production? when has a console been relevant beyond 5 years of its usage? Its clear to see as a product, the show outperformed the lifespan of some of the most mainstream products ever created by man.
@joshuadonnelly1978
2 жыл бұрын
So it's the same old story then: some friends made something wonderful and creative together... then decided to monetize it, and destroyed their own creation. It's ALWAYS the same. When you treat art like a business, the art becomes lesser for it.
@EricNygma
2 жыл бұрын
When guys started leaving was the decline for me. Especially Muscles Glasses. Not because he was the star or anything but the way Harley handled the situation was poorly done. He made a video once where he basically said MG was a character he created & Alex was just an actor hired for the role. Which isn’t true if you watched their first few videos ever and you see Alex & Tyler just being themselves, not their eventual characters, eating food. It felt like Harley tried to downplay the popularity of certain members while ironically replacing them with other members (i.e. “Gross Guy”). They knew how popular Muscles Glasses was. They even tried to do a spin-off series with other people playing him that lasted one episode. I think the handling made him look like he didn’t value what his friends brought to the product
@GreyGooseNWO
2 жыл бұрын
did you watch the video completely? Muscles glass was a paid actor that eats bacon on camera once a month with 4 different t shirt to make it looks like 4 different day. He became greedy and he wanted to make more money than even Harley… That’s why he left because Harley thought it was crazy to ask for that much money when all he does is eat bacon once a month
@maikerukage816
2 жыл бұрын
Same. I stopped watching because it was clear he viewed the cast / crew as expendable. Mistake.
@Vacuon
2 жыл бұрын
@@GreyGooseNWO This is just rumors right, so maybe it's not true, but I'm from Montreal too, and there were a lot of rumors that Epic Meal Time were throwing insane parties, like downtown penthouse pool party type stuff, so they were definetly handling more than 2000$ a week. They got famous real quick and they had the benefits of fame, but Harley was hoarding it. "I created this, I made this, it's all MY idea". Imagine a bunch of 20yo with more money that they can spend for a second and it's easy to understand why it was tense. Let's just say it wasn't only the meals that were greasy.
@lymmea
2 жыл бұрын
@@GreyGooseNWO I wouldn't trust Harley's own words on it. For one thing, as OP said, they definitely seemed like friends hanging out in the earliest videos, not just actors(and it's weird that Harley would have hired a character actor so early on, before they'd even blown up? It was literally their first video, iirc, they hadn't gone viral yet), so you could trust Harley's words...or you could trust the evidence of, y'know, your own eyes and common sense. I don't think Alex was an actor. I think Alex was a friend who Harley started considering an actor when he stopped considering him a friend, which was probably around the time MusclesGlasses became such a popular character that he actually rivaled Harley himself. Harley probably WASN'T compensating him fairly or giving him any sort of say in the company equal to his own, despite the fact that MusclesGlasses was at least as much of a draw as himself. (As a former EMT viewer, I actually preferred MusclesGlasses to Harley, and I stopped watching around the time he and Tyler left the show. Harley was never the show - the crew was, and Harley was only one part of it. Unfortunately, it seems like Harley didn't see it that way, and didn't value any of them appropriately.) More than that, though, when multiple people connected to Harley cite the same issues with the guy, it doesn't sound like one greedy actor anymore. It's also EXTREMELY sketchy that Harley bills himself (and his brother) as the creator(s) of EMT, when in fact Harley created EMT with his co-creator and cameraman/video editor Sterling Toth...who he eventually tried to drive out of the company, and then sued, and now pretends doesn't even exist. (Also, Harley's brother Darren wasn't a co-creator, and wasn't even brought in until later. Harley and Darren wanting Darren to have a controlling interest in the company - and their increasing desire to cut Sterling out of the company, and Sterling's recognizing that Darren getting a vote in the company would allow them to overrule him in all company matters and so not wanting Darren to have a vote in company matters - was what led to the lawsuit. At least, if I understand the court documents right; they were translated pretty roughly from French.) I was actually shocked Sterling and the lawsuit weren't brought up in this video at all; Harley's done a good job erasing him from existence, I guess. Harley does not seem like a stand-up or honest guy, considering you've got three different members of the original crew that made early EMT what it was leaving the show on bad terms with him, all saying more or less the same things about him. So citing his account is fact is not the way I'd go.
@federicomadden9236
2 жыл бұрын
@@GreyGooseNWO Compensation isn't about how much work you do, it's about the value you bring to the product. That's what Harley didn't seem to understand
@HowieRaps
4 ай бұрын
EpicMealTime coming back and beating world records for "the biggest" of different foods and then giving it out to the homeless in the area they cooked it, would be an amazing comeback story.
@imalright2837
2 жыл бұрын
When I attended job corps back in 2012 some of my friends and I worked in the dining hall. We would always discuss epic meal time videos and quote it all day long. Naturally since we had access to ample food we started making our own unholy creations in the back. The only one I can remember really was our 10 beef patty and 50 pieces of bacon tower burger. The poor guy foolish enough to volunteer to eat tried his very best but didn’t get very far. All I remember every time he took a bite like 2 and half cups of grease would come gushing out onto the floor 😂
@insanospaz
2 жыл бұрын
I worked at a fastfood place through hs and a joke at school turned into a challenge for people to order this abomination of mushroom/swiss burger+brisket+ruben+cheesbuger
@steelokey
2 жыл бұрын
Damn this is bitter sweet. I’m 25 now & I remember my homie Isaac coming to tell me all the time that a new video dropped & we gotta do something similar. We’d always cook up random crazy shit just cause of this show, shout out my bro for the timeless memories & these guys for ever making the show. Their impact on KZitem as a platform will never be forgotten, these type of people & KZitem channels were the pioneers of “viral moments”. What a time to grow up during, I felt like I witnessed so much cool shit happen especially with the internet getting as crazy as it’s got. I remember dial up lol
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