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Outtakes to our newest "Jake and Amir" episode, now online!

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Daisy Jago

pouring myself a simple rosé to watch this* *im actually teetotal so its just juice

James H

Please make these longer!

corn

deconstructed bag? yeah, it's bad flag

Ricky Stevens

Back to full form? How about smack my dull horn. This trumpet is flat, and quite frankly, that’s wack.

Zye

This episode was really funny and great! I was afraid they'd be afraid to do formula vids since they've been taking them apart in J&A watch, but this assuages that. I do sense a slight fear to lean in to the J&A brand of comedy, but maybe I'm confusing that with a developing sense of more traditional (and dapper) style of jokecraft [like well-presented writing, a lot of straight-man line-hammocking, following punchline rules]. Like I think the funny, if obvious, J&A choice (like Headgum era still, I'm not talking their 2013-style of anything) would have been to have the first time Jake says "We cut" be clipped, and then that is interspersed a few times into the video instead of him using the line as a refrain and adding appropriate intonation. Or when Amir is staring forward declaring his fake name and introducing the scroll, that line of dialogue is probably better written and more carefully crafted than ≈70% of other Amir lines in earlier videos, and so it made sense that it wasn't distracted with some conceit or gimmick (or dollop, or gregarious). However, I think again, that the more 'honest' style developing from the character threads that are being continued with these new videos from the old characters would be to have him cross his eyes as he's staring forward, or when it cuts to Jake reacting and then back to him he's wearing sunglasses (unaddressed), or he drops the scroll at some point and then gives a very sincere apology. I dunno, it's obvious that any super Jake and Amir fan would feel very protective of their comedic identity; I know for example I in my personal life still regularly integrate catchphrases from the early 2010s and before into my vocabulary when speaking to non-J&A fans. It's a cultural superstructure! But I think these new videos are really cool and I'm stoked for them, without huge expectations that they'll make a ton of them. It might be because of the content they've BTS-ish released on their Patreon, but these seem a lot chiller, I think the background echo not being fully eliminated helps with that; it feels a lot more optional and fun, and I hope it is that way and not an assumption I'm making. I hope one day we can see a scroll video where Jake is reading one to other people and its going great/awful, or where he reads one to Amir as a revenge but it entirely backfires. Thank you guys for amazing content as always!

popcorncolonel

We deserve so much more than this this this this... analysis!

Jeremy

Love the commentary from a devoted fan! I know it's not my place, but it would have been easier for me to read your paragraph if some of the sentences were shorter. But I know it's not my place.

Nick S

This was so unbelievably good. But I deserve so much more than this this this this laugh of me

Ricky Stevens

Wow, very detailed and nuanced. I agree that these new videos seem off compared to the days of yore, but this puts its all in perspective. It’s the little details that make those oldies shine.

bill becker

Was the scroll a grocery bag?

Dan Rice

Listen I had to watch “Stuck 3: Elevator” They published it. I watch everything they do, but It’s in my brain for ever now. I’ll never not bring it up.

Taylor Allen

Cmon we know jake broke more than this

Cory Sanin

lmao it's tuesday brother

Cory Sanin

you anus of the highest calendar

Daniel Espina

I feel like this should be 3 times as long. Or did one take Jake really keep it together?

Alexander Weber

For me the new episodes aren't quite there yet. The acting seems not quite in character. Just like the writing. They seem just like good friends now instead of the obsessed-with-Jake Amir and the forced-to-endure-Amir Jake. How on earth would Jake agree to do a podcast together with Amir, other than being blackmailed or otherwise tricked into it? I still enjoy the episodes and looking forward to the next ones. I also would like to see some physical comedy and outside-of-office episodes again. Hope you take my few complaints as constructive criticism and not bashing. Keep going and thanks for the many and continuing years of hilarious fun!

J&A Studios

if you want, we can block you! Then you wont be able to see it or anything on here again!

Dan Rice

This combined with deleting more comments is a cool normal response to a paying customer! SHEEEESHHHHHH

David

Utilizing the "cornish game Ken" outtake line, nice move.

Maurice Coyote

Agreed, although I think this latest episode is the best from the most recent four in terms of keeping in character. Good to see improvement

Paul R Schmitz

g- g- g- g- GAME, do you have it? HEN

Ricky Stevens

How’s that for a silent treatment? Holy guac

Arthur Hall

Does this episode confirm a Jake Scroll episode? "Top 10 Sweaters to wear for the holiday FLEECEon"