#without a recipe

[fictionandmusic]

i’m going to say it: we need to get Dan & Phil onto Try Guys’ Without A Recipe

#kttalks #this goes out to a small but not in substantial overlap of these fans #None of whom I believe follow me on Tumblr #try guys #try guys war #dnp #dan and phil #without a recipe #i’m a genius yes thank you. #would that be an insane crossover and maybe not a compatible vibe? #We won’t know till it happens

[uhggleighrose]

#holidays #x #christmas #new year #Hanukkah #eugene lee yang #the trypod #the try guys #without a recipe #gay #bi #lgbtqplus #lgbt pride #lgbt

[soapkaars]

So @faustiandevil showed me the chaotic madness that is The Try Guys' Without a Recipe, and naturally we wondered what this show would be with Old Hollywood stars. So featuring: Peter Lorre, Conrad Veidt, Bela Lugosi, and Boris Karloff.

#judge of course is vincent price #try guys #without a recipe #old hollywood #peter lorre #conrad veidt #boris karloff #bela lugosi #doodle

[prawnwar]

they replaced him with an elephant in the new without a recipe

#meowmeowtalks #try guys #without a recipe

[literaphobe]

one of my fave things about eugene in without a recipe is that he will go I AM GOING TO MAKE THE WEIRDEST MOST FUCKED UP THING IMAGINABLE and one of the judges will go Holy Shit. This is the coolest thing I’ve ever seen. can I put it on my menu and every one else in the competition sighs

#AND I CHEER!!!! #eugene lee yang #try guys #the try guys #without a recipe #text

[littletonpace]

The Try Guys / The Try Guys Make Oreos Without A Recipe ↳ Jared being adorably clueless

#he tries so hard! #the try guys #try guys #tryguys #without a recipe #jared popkin #katmakesgifs #keith habersberger #kwesi james

[navyblueprincemain]

#eugene lee yang #the try guys #without a recipe

[insignificantstrawberry]

truly canNOT stop thinking about this moment

#try guys #without a recipe #youtube #zach kornfeld #*snap* aaaaaaaaooouuuu

[lady-of-the-spirit]

Watching in horror as Keith makes the exact same mistake that Eugene did their first cake episode (adds 12 eggs)

#try guys #the try guys #without a recipe #i'm saying stuff

[setaflow]

#The Try Guys #Without a Recipe #Zach Kornfeld #Trevor Evarts #Rosanna Pansino #Josh Scherer #I mean. Yes. #Best season no notes #Seta speaks

[pearlcaddy]

I really need people who don't watch The Try Guys and only know about them from the recent Ned bullshit to appreciate their most recent video.

For the past couple months, they've been releasing a mix of videos that in some cases have been carefully edited around Ned and in others been shot recently without him. There's been some shade sprinkled throughout the newer stuff, and there was this particular gem in a recent video:

[ID: Screenshot from Try Guys 30-Day Meditation Challenge of Keith standing in front of the cover of the Try Guys' book, The Hidden Power of Fucking Up. Normally the cover has a photo of all four Try Guys, but the image of Ned has been replaced with a blank 404 error message.]

In general, their approach has been to throw some shade but ultimately cut around and ignore him.

But now it's Without a Recipe season.

WAR is one of the Try Guys' major series, released during November and December, in which they compete with each other to bake an item without a recipe, usually to disastrous results. Because the videos are long and such a central part of their winter holiday schedule, the videos are filmed months in advance. (Despite how long this post is, I'm a very casual fan, but my understanding is it's shot in the summer?) Which means that these episodes were filmed pre-scandal and that they're very difficult episodes to scrap or reshoot. And, given the camera set-up, it would be almost impossible to completely cut out a participant.

So they went a different direction.

[ID: Screenshot of the title card reading, "The Try Guys: Without a Recipe. Everything is Fine: A Totally Normal Season." Next to the text are images of explosions and a sarcastic hand giving a thumbs up.]

The shade in this episode starts early. Zach has consistently been the weakest baker, but his chyron for this year was unapologetic.

[ID: Screenshot of Zach being interviewed by the camera. At the bottom of the screen is a chryon that reads, "Zach: No longer the 4th best."]

For the most part, the episode cuts around Ned; the audience isn't told what type of Pop-Tart he bakes and we don't see the judges tasting and reviewing his bake. Group shots of the four Try Guys tend to be cropped so that only Keith, Eugene, and Zach are visible.

The time he's made most visible in the background is in these shots:

[ID: Screenshot of Keith in the foreground. Behind him is Ned, seen from the shoulders down. The framing deliberately leaves the text on Ned's shirt visible. It reads, "I love bad ideas," followed by the heart on fire emoji.]

But my favorite parts of the video are when they just replace him. Because, while the rest of the episode plays like a normal episode, there's wild shit happening whenever Ned would have been on screen.

There's one time when the editors wink to a fan theory that they'd used a fake pole to partially edit him out of a shot in a previous video. How? By needlessly covering him with a fake pole instead of cropping him out the way they do with all the other shots from the same camera set-up.

[ID: Screenshot of Zach in the foreground. To his left is a computer-generated image of a large, clearly fake pole over the space where Ned would be.]

Now normally the bakers are split into two pairs and work at side-by-side work stations where they riff off of one another while baking.

[ID: Screenshot of Eugene and Zach in the kitchen baking at separate tables that are arranged side-by-side.]

So at some points in the video, Keith (who is the baker paired with Ned in this episode) is in footage where the Ned half of the screen is replaced with footage of an unused workstation, as below:

But my favorite parts of the video were the ones where they replaced Ned with something that really acknowledged the elephant in the room:

[ID: Screenshot of the same kitchen set-up from before with two tables next to each other. Keith stands at one, looking at the baker at the other table. Ned has been replaced with a computer-generated image of a pink elephant.]

Whenever Ned is (presumably) speaking, the audio is replaced with a loud elephant trumpet.

They commit to the bit so much that, when the judges announce the results, they don't even show us Ned's Pop-Tart.

[ID: Judge Rosanna Pansino holds up a Pop-Tart. A red-and-white paper box of fresh peanuts has been added to the footage, completely shielding the Pop-Tart from view. The peanut box has a cartoon image of an elephant as part of its design.]

Now, they easily could have cut out the announcement of the results, especially since they cut out all of his baking process.

But Ned comes last.

So they leave that part in. As a treat.

When the judge announces the name of the fourth-place baker, instead of saying "Ned," the audio is replaced with her voice saying "Elephant," and when we cut to Ned's reaction?

[ID: Screenshot of the Try Guys clustered together. Ned has been replaced with the pink elephant, who is screaming in protest while the other three Try Guys shrink away from him. The chyron reads, "4th Place: Elephant."

And then true chaos reigns when we get to the announcement of the winner, and there's honestly so much going on that I'll leave the image ID to explain it.

[ID: Screenshot of the Try Guys clustered together again. This time, Ned has been replaced with the body of a dancing man, while his head has been replaced with a terrifying dough face that Keith made earlier in the episode. Behind Ned is a smaller, full-body image of the pink elephant, standing in profile. Sat on the elephant's back is a cut out of the impersonation of Zach from the SNL skit that mocked the Try Guys' infamous What Happened video. Also on the back of the elephant are an image of a bent-over old man and a man in a suit holding a red cloak. I'm either not online enough or not versed in Try Guys' lore enough to understand their significance. The chyron reads, "Winner: Daddy's Favorite," in reference to Keith's victory.]

The whole video is truly, beautifully unhinged and I'm absolutely living for it. I've been wondering how they were going to handle WAR, because it's my favorite series and I knew editing around Ned was going to be a challenge.

Ned was always competitive, particularly on WAR, and I'm absolutely delighted that it turned into 40 minutes of everyone at 2nd Try taking the piss out of him... only for him to come in last place.

#you can tell how much work i'm avoiding by how long this post is #try guys videos were a real source of relaxation and comfort for me in the first couple years of my phd #and i'm so glad they're chaotically thriving after all the bullshit #try guys #without a recipe #long post

[jess-total-mess]

i was watching a without a recipe and reading the comments and—

#try guys #zach kornfeld #without a recipe

[awigglycultist]

I love in Without A Recipe when they show the expert saying spefically not to do something and then they show the try guys doing that thing

#try guys #the try guys #without a recipe

[secretkeeper007]

Watching without a recipe as someone who actually bakes is my version of watching football

I just yell at the screen when they do dumb shit

Like add flour to Oreo cream

#try guys #without a recipe

[the-burt-macklin-fbi]

wow wOW WOW!

WAR Live was sooooooo fun & incredible. I can’t wait to rewatch it 1,000 times to commit it to memory appreciate it to the fullest before it’s gone forever (p.s. sooo excited for the merch)

Personal Highlights:

•Keith dramtically miiiillllkkkiiiinnnggg the finger cut for pity (& later admitting he wanted to lose 😂) 

•Zach being 20 minutes behind & all of the chaos that caused (he was so stressed tho, poor guy)— especially the drawn out plating theatrics

•It’s NOT Without a Johnny

•Eugene’s inability to hide his true sweetness, despite the horror scene that was his plate

• Ro, Marissa, & Johnny’s 🔥 FITS

If you watched too please share your fav moments!

#try guys #without a recipe live #without a recipe #keith habersberger #zach kornfeld #eugene lee yang #johnny cakes #jared popkin #marissa rivera #rosanna pansino

[littletonpace]

The Try Guys / The Try Guys Make Oreos Without A Recipe ↳ Keith helps Jared feat. Rachel & Zach

#the try guys #try guys #without a recipe #keith habersberger #jared popkin #zach kornfeld #rachel cole #kwesi james #katmakesgifs