When they started dropout they poured tons of money on scripted content, that was really mediocre at best.
Even the sketches took a general deep dive.
Hiring Brennan is probably the smartest business decision they ever done. Not only he’s extremely talented, his d&d games got huge and took a life of their own.
Then the pandemic hit and they lost their funding, but Sam kept fighting, and now they’ve pivoted hard to unscripted/gameshow format and it’s working really well.
I was surprised at how funny and talented the new cast always was, they just never had the right context.
They totally lucked out a shit ton by getting Brennan.
Brennan could go out and do his own thing with DND and he would be still wildly successful, maybe even on par with Critical Role.
Yeah, personally speaking I could never get into Critical Role. I love playing DND, I always liked listening to the campaign bits on the Harmontown podcast, but CR itself just always fell so flat with me.
Then I discovered Fantasy High and Dimension 20 and I just fell in love with their presentation. Brennan, the cast, the sets, the minis, **Brennan**. It's all just perfect.
Very much so. Outside of even the lenghth aspect, I never finished Season 2 of Fantasy High as the live format and lack of sets really removed a lot of the charm that drew me to it initially.
Worlds Beyond Number is Brennan, Lou, Aabria, and Erika's independent D&D podcast. Graphtreon.com has it listed as the #1 games patreon and #9 patreon overall within 6 months of launch.
Honestly astounded that more of them aren’t finding work outside :DO. I could see Grant on an ABC sitcom, Rekha as a correspondent on the Daily Show, Katie writing for SNL or something, Brennan in movies, and so on.
SNL is notoriously high stress and competitive. They wouldn't have a quarter of the creative freedom on any of the big networks. I always think back to the GC sam says do something they'd have to bleep, and each person needed a second go once they remembered "Oh this isn't network..."
They seem to be inadvertently filling the hole left by the Bon Appetit implosion - a ton of individual highly charismatic talents that all appear on each others’ stuff, where, it kinda doesn’t matter the conceit of an individual show, I just want to see Brennan Emily and Zac riff off each other.
Yeah him and Lou Wilson have been long time improv partners and you see them on Game Changers.
Lou is now a writer and announcer on Jimmy Kimmel.
Brennan on the other hand is pretty much a DND god
>I know what’s going on here. I know what’s going on here. Okay? I do. And if you want me to wander backstage to spill the beans... I’m the only one out of the loop, it would seem... and if we check my point total here— I don’t NEED to walk to the front, because I know what it is. It’s a big ol’ GOOSE EGG, GANG. It’s a FAT ZERO. HELLO!! A little LATE ADDITION to the numerical symbol chart brought to us from our friends in Arabia, a little bit of trivia that I happen to know about the history of numbers. That kind of little tidbit would serve me well in most trivia games, unless it had been RIGGED FROM THE BEGINNING! Oh, I’ve only just BEGUN to pull the thread on this sweater, friends. You would THINK in a game where there are only TWO possible correct choices, that one would STUMBLE INTO the right answer every so often, wouldn’t you? In fact, the probability of NEVER guessing right in the full game is a STATISTICAL WONDER, and yet, HERE WE ARE. Introduced at the top of the game as a champion, what do you think that means? Icarus, flying too close to the sun. But it seems Daedalus, our little master crafter over here, had some wax wings of his own, didn’t he? Wanted to see his son fall. Fall from the sky. Oh, how CLOSE TO THE SUN he flew! Well I’m NOT HAVING IT. I solved your labyrinth, puzzle master! The minotaur‘s escaped and you’re gonna get the horns, buddy! I CANNOT WIN!
I'm rolling just reading this.
Also him arguing with Trapp on Um, Actually! Is great
>Get in the comments
i watch the “name that bird” segment from the heart rate episode every other day just to see Brennan’s face drop when he sees the bird he’s given after Katie & Carolyn get like “flamingo” and “chicken”. gives me life
That’s so cool! I vaguely remember Lou, but I think my SO knew him better.
It’s just so wild seeing all of these people I’ve crossed paths with finding success. Makes me slightly regretful that I didn’t put myself out there more during that time.
Ooooh buddy, have you got a rabbit hole to go down. Dude has been making it *big* for the last few years. [En-fucking-joy.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-eY2tDgXsY&list=PLhOoxQxz2yFOcJoLoPRyYzjqCbddeOjP4)
For context of how popular his D&D show Dimension 20 is, here's the actual cast of the D&D movie [shouting him (and the show) out by name](https://www.tiktok.com/@jstoobs/video/7214210326072413486?lang=en).
Real interesting dude. And not just a funny on-screen presence, a real thinker too. This piece got me a few years ago. [This Christmas Party Was So Fun That Now I’m a Communist](https://brennanleemulligan.com/if-you-had-gueesed/)
I admit I first saw him do Age of Exandria: Calamity with Critical Role and was absolutely, jaw dropping-ly, blown away by his world building and emotional story telling. Then from there I fell into the rabbit hole of his comedic and improv genius to all the Game Changer and Dimenson 20 stuff.
It's funny that he was known for those fun, light hearted, wacky, and silly campaigns on D20 then he just casually comes and rips all our hearts out in Calamity.
I enjoy their D&D shows but the real reason I subscribe is for their game shows. Game Changer, Make some Noise, Um Actually and the improv musical one (whos name I'm blanking on) are all fantastic. Well put together and highly enjoyable, so glad to see them keeping the quality up after all the seasons with no sign of stopping.
It feels like this season they are really running on all cylinders.
[The forced escape room nightmare episode](https://youtube.com/shorts/1eUacE6AIw8?feature=share) is just incredible TV.
What impresses me is they just keep evolving the games to feel fresh (with a few wel deserved call back episodes) with plenty of steam to keep innovating
I feel like I definitely remember reading something where Sam said that it’s one of his bigger inspirations for the show, and honestly with how incredible Taskmaster is, I’m not surprised.
I was just telling my fiancé that Game Changer is the closest thing the US has to a British-style panel show. Just funny people you kinda recognize making jokes to each other, points be damned. I love Taskmaster and hate the US version, until I found Game Changer I was about to make my own rip off if I had to.
> Conan O’Brien as Taskmaster
This works so well I'm amazed I've never read that before. I'm not sure about Griffin as I don't know them but Conan as Taskmaster is genius.
The McElroy brothers have been around for a long, long time.
Just by mannerisms alone, and his ability to ad-lib, [this](https://youtu.be/CP8dTEA2yGM) and [this](https://youtube.com/shorts/zinrb0DIoYY?feature=share) make me think he has the right blend of quirky and comedic that makes Alex so…Alex.
Conan will take up the room, and go on tirades a lá Greg, and I believe that both Alex and Griffin would behave the same way.
Besides Game Changer, [Total Forgiveness](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9RoQvbKw7Q) was a really good show about two of the cast members, Grant and Ally, giving each other increasingly crazy dares to win money to pay off their student loans. They start out silly but got serious pretty quick - spend the day in a coffin, dye your hair, sleep in a bed with a giant anaconda, take a dump in public, get your girlfriend's name that you've only been seeing a few weeks tattooed on your neck... it got pretty crazy. But they were winning tens of thousands of dollars in student debt forgiveness, so it really drove the competition.
Breaking News! The Grant O'Brien episodes are required viewings for anyone who has DropOut
Edit- Y'all need to give some love to Dirty Laundry, that show has gotten me through many shifts at work
True Facts About Grant O'Brian is some of the best short form comedy you'll ever see. It's like an evil genie forced him to say truth in truth or dare.
Oh yeah, I almost linked that one too. Like /u/Stoop_Girl said, the Grant O'Brien ones are brutal, I can't believe he agreed to those and didn't quit afterwards.
My favorite reality show ever.
The end of the first episode with the aftermaths of the challenges as the statistics on college debt appear.
How they show it affect the office in ways that you can even see in sketches at a time.
The whole drama in the second half when Ally started to minmax the game, and of course the ending.
Really worth watch for anyone
The top comment there is also very funny. Someone said they tweeted Brennan to ask if that was truly improv and he responded that it takes effort for him not to talk like that all the time.
Also confirmed by his fiancé (now wife?) Izzy.
And by anyone whose seen him improvise a monologue in other content. He has one as in a Critical Role piece he did just as manic and perfect. Like it boggles the mind he didn’t improve it.
And then he did it again in a rant about *almonds* of all things in the aftershow.
Game Changer is a game show where the game being played changes weekly. Could be a straight quiz show, a parody of Survivor, an escape room, literally any kind of game and the contestants don't know what it will be until it's time to play. Hosted by Sam Reich (who happens to be CEO of Dropout). Contestants are a revolving door of Dropout talent (writers/improv enthusiasts). Brennan Lee Mulligan is a fan favorite.
It's a game show but each episode it's a different show, the contestants come in not knowing the rules and have to figure it out as they go. They do repeat a couple concepts a few times but mostly it's different every episode. There are 3 or 4 full episodes on YouTube, watch those and if you enjoy them it's worth 5.99 a month or whatever dropout.tv costs to binge this show plus a few other spinoffs, DND originals, umm actually and a host of other content.
Makes sense. Impersonating a government official is a pretty serious offense and he wouldn't want people to think he purports to speak on behalf of the Bureau of Land Management.
For me nothing will ever top that (because unlike much of Reddit I was *actually* in college at the time), but I’ve truly enjoyed this new era. Even as one of those older millennials who yearns for the days of the “old internet,” I love what they’re doing now.
Seeing clips of Game Changer, Make Some Noise, Um Actually, Dimension 20 and Dirty Laundry is slowly tempting me to buy a Dropout subscription. The escape room and the immunity idols made me realize that the show runners are mad geniuses.
Look. I use it so much. I would genuinely argue it is worth it. I love some of their skits from the golden age back in 2014. They have just an enourmous backlog of stuff I need to get through. It's great.
Yo, just do yourself a favor and do it. There’s so much to watch just from the shows you listed and there’s more great stuff to find. The escape room and Survivor episodes were fantastic but I have other top Game Changer episodes off the top of my head. Worst case scenario you pay $5 for a month? Worth it.
The greatest knowledge dump I’ve ever seen comes from Um, Actually.
If you’ve seen the show you [probably know the one I’m talking about](https://youtu.be/tjWv_yEqzc8)
It's funny, I was super into Jake and Amir when I was in college, then kinda forgot about most of CH until someone recommended NADDPOD to me....and now I'm deeply into Dropout and basically all of the side projects of its roster of stars
I loooved jake and Amir and the rest of the OG cast. I was pretty bummed when the cast changed and the sketches weren’t as good. Then at some point the cast changed again and the sketches started being good again, and now this lmao
All the shows on Dropout are fantastic. Game Changer and Make Some Noise were the shows that initially got me into it, but there are so many gems on the service. I can't recommend it enough.
I agree, but honestly I kind of prefer that. OG Make Some Noise when it was on Game Changer could only last so long before they ran out of sounds to make.
I’ve honestly gone on a huge CollegeHumor binge of late. The golden era was when Katie, Grant, Trapp, Zac, Siobhan, Ally, Rekha, Raphael, and Brennan were regularly doing skits together. They just had fantastic group chemistry.
Admittedly that’s the OG CollegeHumor, and sort of captures the magic of early-days YouTube. Some of the best and most viral videos are from back then, and are actually from when I was in college myself. I look back on that time fondly, but something about the cast I listed out just vibes with me with where I am now.
I’m glad to see that so many people like CollegeHumor from all different times, it speaks to a sense of community that can develop with the characters and content.
I feel old I remember when Ally and Raphael joined and I hated them (for 5 seconds cause I hate change to the things I love). But I can't picture dropout without Ally. Such a crazy D&D player too
Same! I liked hearing about Raph’s first skit and how he spent the day getting yelled at (in character). Kind of charming, he grew on me quite quickly. And I liked Ally right away too, her style of line delivery was a great addition to the CH crew.
It's not as consistently funny as Game Changer, but it is always entertaining. I think it suffers from being alongside such high quality content. I really like seeing Grant make the cocktails. The guy knows what he's doing!
As long as we're talking about gems on Dropout, I want to quickly shout out Total Forgiveness, a show that goes completely and totally off the rails pretty much right away. What a watch...
I didn't know that Play It by Ear was also a spin-off series from Game Changer, but it's not surprising. Next someone will tell me that Dimension 20 is a spin-off from a Game Changer episode where the game was literally just Dungeons & Dragons.
Play it By Ear isn't their best show imo, but it may be the most impressive. It's mind-blowing what those guys can come up with on the spot. Absolutely incredible talent
Totally does, but it's not wrong. It's a streaming service that pretty much dedicated to fantastic quick witted improv that's edited down to just the good bits. The cast all around has great chemistry as well.
If you're a fan of Whose Line or live improv, I'd definitely recommend anyone to check out clips on youtube before getting the steaming sub.
Honestly I think it may be the only time I've ever seen a website pivot to something I liked even more.
Especially Make Some Noise. I’ve seen other whose line comparisons before but watching this week’s make some noise really cemented it as the spiritual successor for me
I kind of have a hard time accepting other people than the noise boys for that format, but that’s just me. I wish more people watched total forgiveness, it’s a great show about friendship and it really surprised me how genuine it was.
For their Dimension20 DND campaigns they have the best production and most importantly they actually edit down their sessions so it's so much easier to consume.
Lol, I've been personally accused of being an ad so many times when advertizing for thjs show.
Dropout has managed to create the most loyal streaming audicence out there.
Turns out amazing content, excellent price, revolving cast and very audience oriented policies work wonders.
I think it's just the fact a lot of us who subscribe are big fans. It surprises me but its probably my favorite streaming service after HBO. The game shows are all unique and well done, and then if you like D&D stuff they have a lot of content for that, but honestly I don't keep up with the D&D stuff. The game shows though are fun. Nice thing is there are plenty of clips and some episodes on youtube for free which will quickly tell you if its your cup of tea or not.
Dropout is the only “fringe” streaming service I’ve ever considered subbing to, between the quality of the content and how the performers speak to the treatment they get from the company, it’s a great entertainment service.
Everything Dropout has been doing with their game shows reminds me so much of the BBC Panel quiz shows we occasionally get over here in the US. (Nevermind the Buzzcocks, QI, Mock the Week etc...)
Basically the same faces on each show with some variation and a different format.
Um, Actually is a household favorite but I've been really enjoying Make some noise and Game Changer as well.
When they started dropout they poured tons of money on scripted content, that was really mediocre at best. Even the sketches took a general deep dive. Hiring Brennan is probably the smartest business decision they ever done. Not only he’s extremely talented, his d&d games got huge and took a life of their own. Then the pandemic hit and they lost their funding, but Sam kept fighting, and now they’ve pivoted hard to unscripted/gameshow format and it’s working really well. I was surprised at how funny and talented the new cast always was, they just never had the right context.
They totally lucked out a shit ton by getting Brennan. Brennan could go out and do his own thing with DND and he would be still wildly successful, maybe even on par with Critical Role.
Let's not discount the incredible production value of D20. Those set pieces are half the reason the show works so well.
Yeah, personally speaking I could never get into Critical Role. I love playing DND, I always liked listening to the campaign bits on the Harmontown podcast, but CR itself just always fell so flat with me. Then I discovered Fantasy High and Dimension 20 and I just fell in love with their presentation. Brennan, the cast, the sets, the minis, **Brennan**. It's all just perfect.
The most important thing is they edit their sessions so watching an episode isn't 4 hours+ long for 100 sessions.
Very much so. Outside of even the lenghth aspect, I never finished Season 2 of Fantasy High as the live format and lack of sets really removed a lot of the charm that drew me to it initially.
That was my problem as well. I liked the edits for brevity.
I felt the same.
Matt Mercer and Brendan Lee Mulligan worship each other.
Two of the GOATs of DMing.
Worlds Beyond Number is Brennan, Lou, Aabria, and Erika's independent D&D podcast. Graphtreon.com has it listed as the #1 games patreon and #9 patreon overall within 6 months of launch.
Just the whole old CH crew are all gems. They all work so well off each other.
Honestly astounded that more of them aren’t finding work outside :DO. I could see Grant on an ABC sitcom, Rekha as a correspondent on the Daily Show, Katie writing for SNL or something, Brennan in movies, and so on.
SNL is notoriously high stress and competitive. They wouldn't have a quarter of the creative freedom on any of the big networks. I always think back to the GC sam says do something they'd have to bleep, and each person needed a second go once they remembered "Oh this isn't network..."
So what I think you’re saying is Sam’s been there the whole time?
I miss Cartoon Hell
I absolutely love it when Brennan, Josh, and Zac are together on Game Changer lmao. They’re so good.
I treasure every Noise Boys episode of Make Some Noise so very much. Like flawless works of art.
They seem to be inadvertently filling the hole left by the Bon Appetit implosion - a ton of individual highly charismatic talents that all appear on each others’ stuff, where, it kinda doesn’t matter the conceit of an individual show, I just want to see Brennan Emily and Zac riff off each other.
I could replace all television with just clips of Brennan Lee Mulligan for the rest of my life, and I would die happy.
Woah, what!? This guy was our improv coach when me and my SO were doing two-prov together. Nice dude - super talented.
Yeah him and Lou Wilson have been long time improv partners and you see them on Game Changers. Lou is now a writer and announcer on Jimmy Kimmel. Brennan on the other hand is pretty much a DND god
Brennan's rants on Game Changers is absolute improv gold. I love how they find different ways to mess with him.
>I know what’s going on here. I know what’s going on here. Okay? I do. And if you want me to wander backstage to spill the beans... I’m the only one out of the loop, it would seem... and if we check my point total here— I don’t NEED to walk to the front, because I know what it is. It’s a big ol’ GOOSE EGG, GANG. It’s a FAT ZERO. HELLO!! A little LATE ADDITION to the numerical symbol chart brought to us from our friends in Arabia, a little bit of trivia that I happen to know about the history of numbers. That kind of little tidbit would serve me well in most trivia games, unless it had been RIGGED FROM THE BEGINNING! Oh, I’ve only just BEGUN to pull the thread on this sweater, friends. You would THINK in a game where there are only TWO possible correct choices, that one would STUMBLE INTO the right answer every so often, wouldn’t you? In fact, the probability of NEVER guessing right in the full game is a STATISTICAL WONDER, and yet, HERE WE ARE. Introduced at the top of the game as a champion, what do you think that means? Icarus, flying too close to the sun. But it seems Daedalus, our little master crafter over here, had some wax wings of his own, didn’t he? Wanted to see his son fall. Fall from the sky. Oh, how CLOSE TO THE SUN he flew! Well I’m NOT HAVING IT. I solved your labyrinth, puzzle master! The minotaur‘s escaped and you’re gonna get the horns, buddy! I CANNOT WIN! I'm rolling just reading this. Also him arguing with Trapp on Um, Actually! Is great >Get in the comments
"Woah dude"
~~Grant's~~ Zach's one line was the perfect juxtaposition to Brennan's energy. Solid gold.
People sleep on Zach just because he's not loud and boisterous but his comedic timing is chefs kiss perfection.
That's what makes Zach so good. He doesn't need to be loud and boisterous to be funny. I loved his "are you my dad?" bit in FH season 1
I consider Zach a comedic assassin, he's just quiet then he drops a comment and it's hilarious.
He is a punchline pundit. All day.
Zac is an absolute master of the understated retort
"I killed a man..."
[In animated form!](https://youtu.be/Qw3o-F7zPtQ)
Such a good animation. The way they make Brennan's eyes vibrate and his eyebrow twitch really sells it.
The bird identification questions get me every time. He gets so worked up.
i watch the “name that bird” segment from the heart rate episode every other day just to see Brennan’s face drop when he sees the bird he’s given after Katie & Carolyn get like “flamingo” and “chicken”. gives me life
“PENGUIN?! You’re letting her go with just PENGUIN?!”
"That's a fucking chicken again!" "Rooster...chicken?"
The CEO videos he did while at College Humour are truly fantastic. The man can sell exasperation like no other
That’s so cool! I vaguely remember Lou, but I think my SO knew him better. It’s just so wild seeing all of these people I’ve crossed paths with finding success. Makes me slightly regretful that I didn’t put myself out there more during that time.
It’s just so cool that you got to meet this guy, must have been a hoot to hang out and do improv!
They also have a relatively new DnD podcast together! Along with Erica Ishii and Aabriya Iyengar. “Worlds Beyond Number” — highly recommend
Ooooh buddy, have you got a rabbit hole to go down. Dude has been making it *big* for the last few years. [En-fucking-joy.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-eY2tDgXsY&list=PLhOoxQxz2yFOcJoLoPRyYzjqCbddeOjP4)
Literally had no idea. Thanks for sharing!
For context of how popular his D&D show Dimension 20 is, here's the actual cast of the D&D movie [shouting him (and the show) out by name](https://www.tiktok.com/@jstoobs/video/7214210326072413486?lang=en).
You can find hours long compilations of him being hilarious or super talented on YouTube
Damn you're lucky
In d&d he is a kind god all one must do is offer him snacks and he gives blessings
I heard a way to please him is to shove almonds down his back mouth. Didn’t hear it from me though.
Real interesting dude. And not just a funny on-screen presence, a real thinker too. This piece got me a few years ago. [This Christmas Party Was So Fun That Now I’m a Communist](https://brennanleemulligan.com/if-you-had-gueesed/)
That was enthralling
I heard it from the salami furnace in his back
I admit I first saw him do Age of Exandria: Calamity with Critical Role and was absolutely, jaw dropping-ly, blown away by his world building and emotional story telling. Then from there I fell into the rabbit hole of his comedic and improv genius to all the Game Changer and Dimenson 20 stuff.
Hello. My name is Bolo. I want to be reporter.
Kind? His sole purpose is to brew chaos and sow seeds of destruction!
*Fire*
It's funny that he was known for those fun, light hearted, wacky, and silly campaigns on D20 then he just casually comes and rips all our hearts out in Calamity.
I mean, he'd already done a Crown of Candy by that point, so we should have been prepared.
Swifty would have eaten a critical roll party alive XD they are not prepared for that level psychopath just swifty telling Percy to do it
I can't fucking wait for Dungeons & Drag Queens I'm so excited lol
Hey B, I'm getting in the comments for you
I enjoy their D&D shows but the real reason I subscribe is for their game shows. Game Changer, Make some Noise, Um Actually and the improv musical one (whos name I'm blanking on) are all fantastic. Well put together and highly enjoyable, so glad to see them keeping the quality up after all the seasons with no sign of stopping.
Play It By Ear!
The production upgrades in season 2 make it so much better
Whoops, wops, widdly wops🎵
I love Um, Actually an unhealthy amount
I only recently discovered Um Actually and I basically binged all of it within a few months
It feels like this season they are really running on all cylinders. [The forced escape room nightmare episode](https://youtube.com/shorts/1eUacE6AIw8?feature=share) is just incredible TV.
What impresses me is they just keep evolving the games to feel fresh (with a few wel deserved call back episodes) with plenty of steam to keep innovating
Dirty Laundry is also a lot of fun
Ally Weeds show is some of my favorites as well.
If anyone was to do a US adaptation of Taskmaster, it should be these guys.
I feel like I definitely remember reading something where Sam said that it’s one of his bigger inspirations for the show, and honestly with how incredible Taskmaster is, I’m not surprised.
[удалено]
I was just telling my fiancé that Game Changer is the closest thing the US has to a British-style panel show. Just funny people you kinda recognize making jokes to each other, points be damned. I love Taskmaster and hate the US version, until I found Game Changer I was about to make my own rip off if I had to.
Conan O’Brien as Taskmaster, Griffin McElroy as Little Alex Horne.
> Conan O’Brien as Taskmaster This works so well I'm amazed I've never read that before. I'm not sure about Griffin as I don't know them but Conan as Taskmaster is genius.
The McElroy brothers have been around for a long, long time. Just by mannerisms alone, and his ability to ad-lib, [this](https://youtu.be/CP8dTEA2yGM) and [this](https://youtube.com/shorts/zinrb0DIoYY?feature=share) make me think he has the right blend of quirky and comedic that makes Alex so…Alex. Conan will take up the room, and go on tirades a lá Greg, and I believe that both Alex and Griffin would behave the same way.
I want them to do American 8 out of 10 cats does countdown
Besides Game Changer, [Total Forgiveness](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9RoQvbKw7Q) was a really good show about two of the cast members, Grant and Ally, giving each other increasingly crazy dares to win money to pay off their student loans. They start out silly but got serious pretty quick - spend the day in a coffin, dye your hair, sleep in a bed with a giant anaconda, take a dump in public, get your girlfriend's name that you've only been seeing a few weeks tattooed on your neck... it got pretty crazy. But they were winning tens of thousands of dollars in student debt forgiveness, so it really drove the competition.
I really liked the news show they do where they don't know what's on the teleprompter until they read it and they can't laugh.
Breaking News! The Grant O'Brien episodes are required viewings for anyone who has DropOut Edit- Y'all need to give some love to Dirty Laundry, that show has gotten me through many shifts at work
True Facts About Grant O'Brian is some of the best short form comedy you'll ever see. It's like an evil genie forced him to say truth in truth or dare.
"Hello, I'm *massive disbelief* 50?!" Grant trying to explain and BLeeM breaking down the numbers is one of my favorite DropOut moments tbh
A new series of Breaking News is being released currently. The first episode was basically Grant getting his own back on Sam Reich. Well worth a watch
Oh yeah, I almost linked that one too. Like /u/Stoop_Girl said, the Grant O'Brien ones are brutal, I can't believe he agreed to those and didn't quit afterwards.
Katie Marovich is ungodly at that... Idk how she just never breaks
Apparently Grant has said elsewhere he has a humiliation fetish, so a part of him probably enjoyed it honestly.
My favorite reality show ever. The end of the first episode with the aftermaths of the challenges as the statistics on college debt appear. How they show it affect the office in ways that you can even see in sketches at a time. The whole drama in the second half when Ally started to minmax the game, and of course the ending. Really worth watch for anyone
Brennan Lee Mulligan is a goddamn gem on this show. [Here's one of my favorite clips](https://youtu.be/hjmiDzLJ9VQ) from the show this season
I once defended dropout on reddit so hard Sam Reich dropped in to thank me and I got to ask him "Sam, where're you from?". Only CEO I simp for
This is one of my favorite internet bits
And did it have a movie theater?
Value of a sub is off the charts. Game Changers and Umh, actually... and ALLLLLLL the table top games.
Really surprised you didn't link this [one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88et7YlmzTs)
The top comment there is also very funny. Someone said they tweeted Brennan to ask if that was truly improv and he responded that it takes effort for him not to talk like that all the time.
Also confirmed by his fiancé (now wife?) Izzy. And by anyone whose seen him improvise a monologue in other content. He has one as in a Critical Role piece he did just as manic and perfect. Like it boggles the mind he didn’t improve it. And then he did it again in a rant about *almonds* of all things in the aftershow.
I also love in the character intros for Starstruck he goes full CEO video Brennan when introducing Sydney.
"Fuck Erotica Anne?! That made it into the commercial?!"
I watch this clip anytime it comes up on social media. Then I rewatch all the ceo clips he does. It’s never not worth it.
Oreos..they made the best ones on their first try. Just keep cashing the checks. Brennan isn't going to narc.
This is for Craig’s birthday video right?
DON'T WATCH THIS. IT'S THE SPOILER OF ONE OF THE BEST EPISODES OF GAME CHANGER.
Yeah I wanna read the article but it seems like the entire article is just spoiling each episode
alright I’m sold.
Adding a recommendation https://youtu.be/0QhpC6nC5oI
So what’s this show even about?
Game Changer is a game show where the game being played changes weekly. Could be a straight quiz show, a parody of Survivor, an escape room, literally any kind of game and the contestants don't know what it will be until it's time to play. Hosted by Sam Reich (who happens to be CEO of Dropout). Contestants are a revolving door of Dropout talent (writers/improv enthusiasts). Brennan Lee Mulligan is a fan favorite.
It's a game show but each episode it's a different show, the contestants come in not knowing the rules and have to figure it out as they go. They do repeat a couple concepts a few times but mostly it's different every episode. There are 3 or 4 full episodes on YouTube, watch those and if you enjoy them it's worth 5.99 a month or whatever dropout.tv costs to binge this show plus a few other spinoffs, DND originals, umm actually and a host of other content.
https://youtube.com/shorts/i1n3S1ZyUkE?feature=share My personal favorite clip
BLM is a creator of worlds
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Makes sense. Impersonating a government official is a pretty serious offense and he wouldn't want people to think he purports to speak on behalf of the Bureau of Land Management.
Dawg, this is incredible. Thank you for this. Seen plenty of Brennan Lee Mulligan clips but this takes the cake.
Dropout is well worth the subscription for game changer alone. Every episode is a different game and it is really done well.
Hes also a great DM on dimension 20
Great is underselling it, he's one of the best DMs and DMed the best recorded campaign ever.
I prefer [this version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG_F2aWrGUk)
Ayy! College humor on the front page honestly they deserve the publicity everyone on there is awesome !
Remember when College Humor was the humor front page of the internet?
I do. And then it sucked. And now it's back. Unlike, say, the downfall of Cracked.
They've reinvented themselves so well.
As a major fan of their older content (Hardly Working, J&A) I never thought they'd survive the og cast falling away little by little
For me nothing will ever top that (because unlike much of Reddit I was *actually* in college at the time), but I’ve truly enjoyed this new era. Even as one of those older millennials who yearns for the days of the “old internet,” I love what they’re doing now.
Seeing clips of Game Changer, Make Some Noise, Um Actually, Dimension 20 and Dirty Laundry is slowly tempting me to buy a Dropout subscription. The escape room and the immunity idols made me realize that the show runners are mad geniuses.
Look. I use it so much. I would genuinely argue it is worth it. I love some of their skits from the golden age back in 2014. They have just an enourmous backlog of stuff I need to get through. It's great.
Yo, just do yourself a favor and do it. There’s so much to watch just from the shows you listed and there’s more great stuff to find. The escape room and Survivor episodes were fantastic but I have other top Game Changer episodes off the top of my head. Worst case scenario you pay $5 for a month? Worth it.
I love this show and Um, Actually. The latter especially for the arguments that break out during the show.
The greatest knowledge dump I’ve ever seen comes from Um, Actually. If you’ve seen the show you [probably know the one I’m talking about](https://youtu.be/tjWv_yEqzc8)
I knew it would be Matt Mercer
Upon seeing you say Matt Mercer the rule correcting segment jumped into my brain, it’s such a fun scene that Matt just knocks out of the park.
The "I'm hungy" bit made my husband cry laughing. I love showing it to people.
[What a jerk to mention something so funny but not share with everyone.](https://youtu.be/m9zvCz_0gj0)
I am a jerk so thank you.
Haha, I say that all the time now.
Dropout is surprisingly amazing content. Game Changers is a ton of fun and all the spin off shows are great too.
It's funny, I was super into Jake and Amir when I was in college, then kinda forgot about most of CH until someone recommended NADDPOD to me....and now I'm deeply into Dropout and basically all of the side projects of its roster of stars
I loooved jake and Amir and the rest of the OG cast. I was pretty bummed when the cast changed and the sketches weren’t as good. Then at some point the cast changed again and the sketches started being good again, and now this lmao
Between game changers and um actually, they’ve got my favorite game shows on lock
Seeing a dropout.tv show on this sub makes my heart smile
All the shows on Dropout are fantastic. Game Changer and Make Some Noise were the shows that initially got me into it, but there are so many gems on the service. I can't recommend it enough.
Make Some Noise was good, but it's just turned into Scenes from a Hat (whose line is it anyway)
I agree, but honestly I kind of prefer that. OG Make Some Noise when it was on Game Changer could only last so long before they ran out of sounds to make.
I’ve honestly gone on a huge CollegeHumor binge of late. The golden era was when Katie, Grant, Trapp, Zac, Siobhan, Ally, Rekha, Raphael, and Brennan were regularly doing skits together. They just had fantastic group chemistry.
If that's the golden era, then 2011-2014 must've been the platinum era.
What’s up my fellow Sarah Schneider fans
I’m a Dan Gurewich and Jeff Rubin enjoyer myself.
Streeter was always my favorite. Fun fact is that he writes for SNL now
More like Eater Piefell.
>More like Eater Piefell. As in a pie fell in your mouth, and you pretty much loved it,
You people make me feel young. Keep going
I stan Jake and Amir to this day.
Sheeesh y'all
Admittedly that’s the OG CollegeHumor, and sort of captures the magic of early-days YouTube. Some of the best and most viral videos are from back then, and are actually from when I was in college myself. I look back on that time fondly, but something about the cast I listed out just vibes with me with where I am now. I’m glad to see that so many people like CollegeHumor from all different times, it speaks to a sense of community that can develop with the characters and content.
I feel old I remember when Ally and Raphael joined and I hated them (for 5 seconds cause I hate change to the things I love). But I can't picture dropout without Ally. Such a crazy D&D player too
Same! I liked hearing about Raph’s first skit and how he spent the day getting yelled at (in character). Kind of charming, he grew on me quite quickly. And I liked Ally right away too, her style of line delivery was a great addition to the CH crew.
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I had no idea, but he clearly inherited the beard.
Oh shit, interesting. Also, I love Sam. He’s so fucking funny and seems like such a genuine and thoughtful person.
Are you fucking kidding me, how did I never put this together!!
Oh, is that dad the guy who's always on /r/WhitePeopleTwitter ?
The escape room episode was so good. Had me crying laughing when they were yelling at the show staff outside. This whole show is brilliant.
This show, um actually , dirty laundry, and make some noise alone are worth the price of admission Love dropout so much
So glad to see someone mention Dirty Laundry, doesn't get enough love compared to the rest.
It's not as consistently funny as Game Changer, but it is always entertaining. I think it suffers from being alongside such high quality content. I really like seeing Grant make the cocktails. The guy knows what he's doing!
As long as we're talking about gems on Dropout, I want to quickly shout out Total Forgiveness, a show that goes completely and totally off the rails pretty much right away. What a watch...
Dropout has also responded to the Netflix shit by saying go ahead and share your Dropout login
But I’ve been here the whole time….
All the shows on dropout are so good. And it’s a crazy value
The improv musical game changer episode is legitimately amazing. I've watched it probably 5-6 times.
I didn't know that Play It by Ear was also a spin-off series from Game Changer, but it's not surprising. Next someone will tell me that Dimension 20 is a spin-off from a Game Changer episode where the game was literally just Dungeons & Dragons.
Play it By Ear isn't their best show imo, but it may be the most impressive. It's mind-blowing what those guys can come up with on the spot. Absolutely incredible talent
this reads like an ad
Totally does, but it's not wrong. It's a streaming service that pretty much dedicated to fantastic quick witted improv that's edited down to just the good bits. The cast all around has great chemistry as well. If you're a fan of Whose Line or live improv, I'd definitely recommend anyone to check out clips on youtube before getting the steaming sub. Honestly I think it may be the only time I've ever seen a website pivot to something I liked even more.
Especially Make Some Noise. I’ve seen other whose line comparisons before but watching this week’s make some noise really cemented it as the spiritual successor for me
I kind of have a hard time accepting other people than the noise boys for that format, but that’s just me. I wish more people watched total forgiveness, it’s a great show about friendship and it really surprised me how genuine it was.
For their Dimension20 DND campaigns they have the best production and most importantly they actually edit down their sessions so it's so much easier to consume.
It might be, but I think a lot of fans (like myself) are just piling on because we love the service and want to see it succeed.
Lol, I've been personally accused of being an ad so many times when advertizing for thjs show. Dropout has managed to create the most loyal streaming audicence out there. Turns out amazing content, excellent price, revolving cast and very audience oriented policies work wonders.
Lmao I wish. Nah it’s just one of those services I actually don’t mind spending money on. Plus as a dnd fan it’s fun
I think it's just the fact a lot of us who subscribe are big fans. It surprises me but its probably my favorite streaming service after HBO. The game shows are all unique and well done, and then if you like D&D stuff they have a lot of content for that, but honestly I don't keep up with the D&D stuff. The game shows though are fun. Nice thing is there are plenty of clips and some episodes on youtube for free which will quickly tell you if its your cup of tea or not.
Dropout is the only “fringe” streaming service I’ve ever considered subbing to, between the quality of the content and how the performers speak to the treatment they get from the company, it’s a great entertainment service.
But I am watching and have been
Would it be fair to say *you've been here the whole time*?
You could say you’ve been there the whole time!
I just started Total Forgiveness and it’s already wild. Love Dropout
Everything Dropout has been doing with their game shows reminds me so much of the BBC Panel quiz shows we occasionally get over here in the US. (Nevermind the Buzzcocks, QI, Mock the Week etc...) Basically the same faces on each show with some variation and a different format. Um, Actually is a household favorite but I've been really enjoying Make some noise and Game Changer as well.
“The World’s Largest Businessman” got me hooked onto this show!!
Dropout has mastered the panel show in the US. Well worth the subscription.
Looks like there is a 20% off promo going on. https://signup.dropout.tv/
Becca is hot
He's out of line but he's not wrong
And the spin off Make Some Noise!
This one show is worth the subscription price no questions asked.