my hot take is none of phil's 'wild northern childhood anecdotes' are actually at all weird he just phrases things in a funny way. dan lost his mind abt the whole dog warden thing and the literal story was just 'i won a school contest as a kid and got to meet the mayor of a small town'. when i was that age i was in the newspaper for making a flute out of a sweet potato small english primary schools were just LIKE that. this is not a dig btw it's just proof phil is a comedy genius bc he makes all these very normal things sound absolutely bizarre just by stringing words together in a way no human being has ever previously managed
after seeing the data @stillarchivingdnp put together regarding youtuber tours it reminded me of how big of a thing tatinof really was. here is a short compilation of a few video clips from youtubers who saw the show in la (tomska, doug armstrong, mimei and duncan, thomas sanders) reacting to the crowd.
oh so dan and phil dont want to help us get phan to top ship? they don’t care about their children? they don’t even care about their gaming channel’s half birthday? do they not want us to feel whimsy and joy