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First person to get on wins $10 from the

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other.

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>> Sure, I'll take that as well.

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>> If one of us gets on 10 bucks.

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>> So if you get on, you win the money.

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>> If you get on, you win the money. But

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the other two

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>> times are tough. Daddy needs dinner.

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>> Hi, I'm Chris.

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>> Hey, I'm Ryan.

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>> Hi, I'm Zach.

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>> And today we're going to answer some

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questions and play with some puppies.

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>> Puppies.

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>> How does it feel to be back at the feed?

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>> It feels great. kind of like going back

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to your high school, but your high

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school is in a completely different

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place. And you're walking around and

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some people are like, "You're still

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here."

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>> They told me to sit in a green room. And

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I was like, "No, I'm gonna walk around.

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>> I'm going to see what the kitchen

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situation's like."

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>> I feel bad for the puppies. If I was a

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puppy, like, I'm going to do another

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interview today. I'm going to see

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someone supering famous. And then you

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come in, you see us three, and it's a

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real wet blanket.

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>> That puppy's expecting Sydney Sweeney.

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>> What are these guys names? Oh my gosh,

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there's more. Hi.

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Hi. This one's name is Bruce.

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>> I'm Sydney.

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>> Oh, hi.

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>> Don't creep out the bunnies.

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>> Puppies.

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>> They're like, "No, Sweenie. I'm out,

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bro."

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>> Yeah, they know.

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>> Bad Bunny.

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>> There's no Tom Hanks here. How

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>> you're going to be Bad Bonnie.

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>> This is a funnier bit. I think it's a

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better video if the puppies don't

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interact with us.

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>> I just want a puppy so bad.

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>> I got to Buzzfeed by way of internship.

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I was like 3 weeks postgrad from

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college. We had this like last little

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wrap-up thing and I crashed it.

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>> Oh my gosh.

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>> Oh no.

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>> I saw that video. What video?

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>> Like don't you talk about that. 3 weeks.

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That's crazy luck. I had made a video

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where I crashed an assembly as like

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power line from a Goofy movie. And so

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like that got on to BuzzFeed. I saw that

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they were had interns. I didn't even

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know Buzzfeed video was a thing. And the

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only reason why I got my job was because

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in college I worked at a Joe's Crab

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Shack and the recruiter also worked at a

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Joe's Crab Shack in college. We talked

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about that for 25 minutes of the 30

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minutes and I I got in.

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>> I was uh acting doing comedy in LA.

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Somebody I did improv with was named

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Justin Abarka. He was a writer for

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BuzzFeed. He said, "Go to

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buzzfeed.com/job."

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I came in to apply for a head producer.

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And they were like, "You don't even know

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how to work a camera or edit." So they

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said, "We're thinking about doing this

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new thing called a fellow." They had me

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interview with a different person,

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Hillary Lavine. and she walked out and

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went that guy's ETF down to fellow.

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>> I knew Shantel Houston in college and I

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knew she worked here and she had

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mentioned oh there's an intern program

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you should apply. So I applied for that

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I was making corporate videos for this

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video production company

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>> for Joe's Crab Check

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>> for Joe's Crab Check. But no, actually

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what I was doing is I was filming

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professors or giving, you know, like uh

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PowerPoint presentations on like

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irritable bowel syndrome and stuff like

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that at USC. And I was filming

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commencement ceremonies. My job was to

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be the close-up cam and I was very far

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back and I was supposed to get the

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footage of when they would shake the the

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the dean's hand and they got their

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diploma. I was so nervous and the camera

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was shaking. I was like, "Oh my god, I'm

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ruining it." And uh they called me into

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the office and they were like, "Yeah,

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this footage is unusable."

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>> And then he got hired at BuzzFeed to

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>> do camera.

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telling people I worked at BuzzFeed.

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>> Just kidding. No, I was actually very

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proud. I I was actually the opposite. I

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was like, "Do you know who I am?" Look,

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it was always embarrassing when

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especially like being a fellow and you

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were essentially going through this

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internet film school making videos that

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you're putting up weekly and being

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judged like if the video performed well

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or not. And and your your balance is

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like if the video hits a million views

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or doesn't. I'm sure I have a laundry

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list of videos that I'm like why did I

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do that?

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>> So many videos I did chasing those

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views. I made like three would you

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rather videos that were like would you

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rather go on a date with Ariel or

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someone like this and then like those

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videos killed and I died a little inside

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when I pressed upload but then I saw the

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views and I was like oh baby Buzzfeed

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you needed to get views to advance to

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the next level from intern to fellowship

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to junior producer and I was like I am

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not getting cut. I will make 18 would

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you rather videos before I get cut. But

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embarrassing. No, I mean I I'm with you

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on like sometimes when a video wouldn't

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perform and you thought it was going to

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perform well.

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>> Well, you said that you love telling

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people you worked at BuzzFeed. I didn't.

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But you have this thing when you work at

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Buzzfeed is everybody thinks they went

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to high school with you. You're not like

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famous from being on a movie screen. You

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show up on people's Facebooks. So

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they're like, "Why do I know you?" And I

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still go, "I don't know. Where did you

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go to high school?" Because one time I

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was like, it might just be I do things

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on the internet. They're like like what?

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I was like, I'm I'm on BuzzFeed. And

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they were like,

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>> no, I don't watch Buzzfeed.

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>> That's so funny.

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>> And it was the most embarrassing thing

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that's ever happened to me and I've

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never done it again.

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>> Old City Jail in Charleston. I mean,

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there's

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>> What made you super scared about it?

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>> That place was just so gnarly. The

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history was awful. Normally on these

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shoots, things don't really happen when

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you're on location. So, when it go comes

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time to do the solo, I could kind of

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like live in the like, okay, not much

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has happened tonight. But this

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particular night, a lot of things

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happened. I think I had like a psychic

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break because I don't remember some of

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it.

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>> Did it hit you immediately or did it

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like

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>> No, I just remembered thinking like

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there was one point where I was like,

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man, I could feel my heart beating so

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hard and fast. They closed the door and

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then I heard Shane laughing on the other

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side of the door and I wanted so badly

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just to be like, I'm not doing this. I'm

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going out. But I had to stay there for

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20 minutes. And I think the only thing I

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could do to make myself feel better was

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to just be crazy. Because I remember my

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mom once told me like people don't want

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to fight a crazy person. So I was like,

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"All right, I'll just be a crazy

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person." And I think I was like barking

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like a dog at one point.

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>> So cute. Look at it. Doesn't man or

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something.

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>> Let me see. He kind of looks like Sir

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Ian Mckllen.

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>> Ian Mckllen watching this. Hey,

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>> that's a compliment. Huge compliment.

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>> I want to do the puppy video.

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>> I'm sure he would be great with puppies.

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I would watch that video. My soul is

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trapped

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inside this puppy.

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I always remember there was one day at

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Buzzfeed where I was making a summer

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hacks video. I'm making a sprinkler.

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There's a bunch of puppies. Zach and

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Keith like walked by in some crazy

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costume. I walk into another studio and

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there's interns on ladders throwing

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glitter while Eugene like pushes a

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camera in. Chaos, chaos, chaos. And then

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I walk in another back room and there's

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just Kevin McShane with a top- down

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setup of an iPhone just all alone. And

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it was just to me it's like that moment

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is so like Buzzfeed with the puppies and

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costumes and glitter and people and and

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then just one person. I mean the coolest

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thing about BuzzFeed was it was like a

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very open seating area and every day you

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went to work there was some weird crazy

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that was going down. Like I

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remember I made an IV therapy video

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where people where nurses came in and

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administered IVs to me and three other

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people in the middle of the office. In

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the background people are just hammering

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out a video to get it out in time.

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>> Anytime someone asked me what was it

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like working at BuzzFeed? I go exactly

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what you think. It was it was there was

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bean bags, there was puppies, there's

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kombucha. You're walking in thinking

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you're getting sushi for lunch and it's

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the try guys naked and you're like

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should have known. Some of the craziest

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stuff would be like getting called into

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taste test and you'd be like, "We're

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going to do a moonshine taste test and

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it's 10 o'clock in the morning and you

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do it and you're coming back to your

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desk and you're still expected to do

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your work."

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>> Actually, no, wait. The day that I saw

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somebody walking through the middle of

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the office with a cup of your own piss

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and cuz they're going to the drink your

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own piss taste test. That

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>> was a tough day.

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>> It was an open container. Actually, I

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would say rewatch the dog food taste

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test. I think which I think was your

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video.

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>> The entire time it keeps cutting to me

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just going, "What are we doing?

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>> What the are we doing?" It was

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like, "We tried Korean snacks and we

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tried British candy and you were like,

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"People taste dog food." I was like,

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"But but we don't eat dog food. It's dog

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food. It tastes like dog food."

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>> Oh, celeb collabs at Buzzfeed. I mean,

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look, I'm always going to remember Jack

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Black coming. Jack Black just impressed

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me so much. It was also very fun to

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perform with him and improvise with him

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and stuff.

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>> I was expecting you about the Logan

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Paul.

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>> Oh, I also Oh, I also had Logan Paul

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come into the office. That's not a

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favorite.

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>> No, no, no, no.

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>> I met Logan Paul at a party. I said,

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"Hey, make videos for BuzzFeed. Uh, come

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on in one day." And he showed up on a

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hoverboard with his manager, which was

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also very like odd to us. We didn't work

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with a lot of like managers. I kind of

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gave him a tour of the office, but he

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was on the hoverboard the whole time.

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And all he was doing was talking to his

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manager about his AT&T brand deal. His

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manager wanted to talk to me about the

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type of money that BuzzFeed was making.

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And like, and I'm like, honestly, I

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don't know.

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>> Let me see your books.

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>> And I don't know what kind of money we

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make. Granted, Logan was 22, probably

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dealing with a lot of fame things and

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whatnot, but it was enough offputting to

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me where I didn't want to uh give him a

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platform. And then he never got a

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platform. I'm just kidding.

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I loved filming all of the trailers that

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Chris was also a part of. It was like

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the most fun. You know what? Actually,

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I'm going to change that answer. My

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favorite video that we ever filmed, but

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it also involves Chris was this video

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called Finger Guns.

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>> Oh my god, I love finger guns.

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>> Finger guns. And I remember we shot this

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at like 400 p.m. on a Friday and we just

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had an idea like what if we just got

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caught in a finger gun match and then it

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turns real and serious and someone's

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getting held hostage and like we did

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this whole whole thing and it was just

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you, me, and Justin.

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>> It was like an idea that like we like

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kind of almost like it was like an

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improv scene shot but it was really fun.

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>> And I just remember the the sun was

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going down. We were losing light. It was

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a Friday. We're having our interns help

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us and that was just pure fun with like

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a Mexican standoff. And then all of a

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sudden Justin gets shot and we're like,

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"What?" And then we turn around and

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Quint is there and she hits.

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>> Yeah. That was one of those days though

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where you like drive home and you're

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like, "I have the best job in the

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world." Like it was like I got to have

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fun with my friends and we recorded it

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and we'll see how this does.

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>> I just rewatched uh you and Justin's

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Airbud video. The kid who didn't get in

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the game because Airbud got in the game.

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It's like authentically dramatic.

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>> So good. I was benched for a golden

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retriever named Buddy.

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>> What?

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>> Yeah. Like there's an actual dog on my

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JV basketball team and he starts ahead

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of me.

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>> How anytime someone's like, "You know

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what video? I really like the underrated

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one. That Airbud one, it just it makes

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me feel good." I never had a bad day

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shooting videos with Justin, Quinta,

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Chris, like it was just it was a dream

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come true.

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I miss you, man. What are you doing?

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Justin liv not to put him on blast.

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Actually, no. Do it.

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>> Thank you, Buzzfeed, for having us in

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here to meet all these these fun little

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guys. You could actually adopt any of

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these puppies by going to Positive

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Beginnings uh and help find these folks

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some homes.

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>> It's positive beginnings.

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>> It's a pun.

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These babies are all available for

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adoptions.

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>> They're all sleeping now. You get a

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recommendation. My newest thing is I

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directed a little short movie called Fly

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Me to the Earth. You can find it on

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That's a Bad Ideas channel or my own

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channel, Chris Riner. Uh

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>> you can find me on youtube.com/watcher.

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We're shooting ghost files and releasing

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an episode of that every month where we

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ghost hunt.

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>> I wrote a book with my wife that is out

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everywhere April 14th called Create

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Repeat 365 days of creativity. It's not

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funny.

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>> I bet you can make funny things with it.

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>> You for sure can. It's supposed to

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inspire you. So,

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>> and if you wind up getting one of these,

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comment below and we will name your

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puppy

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>> or you have to name it one of us.

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>> Chris Ricker. Go potty Chris Ricker.

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Interactive Summary

Former BuzzFeed creators Chris, Ryan, and Zach reunite to answer fan questions while playing with adoptable puppies. They share stories about their unconventional paths to getting hired, the chaotic and sometimes bizarre office culture at BuzzFeed, and their memorable experiences with celebrity guests and creative video projects. The trio also reflects on the pressure of creating viral content and provides updates on their current projects while promoting puppy adoption.

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