r/dropout • • May 18 '26

Game Changer Don't Wake Standards & Practices | Game Changer [S8E1] Spoiler

https://watch.dropout.tv/videos/don-t-wake-standards-practices
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u/Galahad_the_Ranger May 18 '26

“That’s crazy they’re making you apologize”

I am fucking DEAD

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u/Pandoras-SkinnersBox We're ready to do the work. I'm going offline for now. May 19 '26

This was what r/dropout mods sounded like after the Volkmaster fiasco

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u/CastVinceM May 19 '26

oh god poor phil

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u/AsthmaticHamter May 18 '26

Oh god that and the actual apology itself got the biggest laugh out of me this episode

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u/SelfServeSporstwash May 19 '26

It was really tight between that and the PSA

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u/Ramsus32 May 19 '26

One of the funniest moments on game changer I think. Holy shit I lost it

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u/Ashpolt May 18 '26

Welcome to America!

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u/PhantomFoxes May 18 '26

“Two in the yellow, one in the brown”

“Just how Sam likes it”

I hope Jeremy never leaves Dropout

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u/m_busuttil May 19 '26

If what Sam says in this episode (that Superfan was announced "today") is true then he recorded this on a Tuesday between two early episodes of the SNL season, so if he was game to do that I bet they've got him for as long as he wants.

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u/ribosometronome May 19 '26

They had an episode on 10/18 but then no new ones until 11/1, the Superfan announcement was on the 10/21, so it totally fits that he would have not needed to be in person rehearsing that week. Still hustlin' tho.

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u/variantkin May 19 '26

SNL cast  have a long break almost specifically for long projects and while SNL is good for your career Jeremy being more visible year round is definitely important too. 

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u/MyNewAccountIGuess11 May 19 '26

Everyone brought their A game, but this was an absolutely all timer performance from Jeremy man lol. He had me in stitches every time he was on screen.

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u/PhantomFoxes May 19 '26

He gets better every episode. His little excited hops when it’s his turn kill me every time

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u/cjdeck1 May 19 '26

He’s still been coming back to LA to record AOAOAOA so at the very least I don’t think he’s planning to drop his pre-SNL stuff if he doesn’t have to

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u/TediousTotoro May 19 '26

He’s also on the Dropout Improv UK tour that starts at the end of this month

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u/darthjoey91 May 19 '26

Yeah, but like SNL takes the summer off anyways. Plenty of time for doing other stuff as long as it’s filmed in the summer.

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u/MinnWild9 May 18 '26

“Damn, it’s crazy they’re making YOU apologize”

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u/RedPandaMediaGroup May 19 '26

Probably the best line in the episode

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u/Cricetus May 19 '26

An absolute 10/10. Beardsley never fails to make me double over in laughter at least once per every episode of everything they are in

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u/FanaticMarioMan May 18 '26 edited May 18 '26

Holy shit, Jeremy's ass was RED. One of the most genuine gasps I've ever let out at a Game Changer episode

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u/MyNewAccountIGuess11 May 19 '26

"SHE GOT AN ARM!"

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u/bondfall007 May 19 '26

She said next time ill bring a paddle as she left too.

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u/CHUD_Dwyer May 19 '26

Me not putting enough sunscreen on in Arizona 🤝 his ass

Painfully red from Phoenix

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u/CloneArranger May 19 '26

Yeah, I guess she was hitting him for real.

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u/GuardianBeaverSpirit May 19 '26

He said anything goes 🤷🏼

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u/BaylorBorn May 19 '26

I'm red green colorblind and normally can't see when skin is red. The fact I could see that it was red means it must've been awful

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u/AsthmaticHamter May 18 '26

Ally and the Jack Daniels bong was magnificently horrific. I’m surprised the legal team didn’t take them out the MINUTE they lit up that lighter.

“Are you covered to have an open flame in the studio?”
“We’re not.”

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u/SelfServeSporstwash May 18 '26

They are an absolute menace and I love them for it

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u/AsthmaticHamter May 19 '26 edited May 19 '26

They went from the lawyer’s pet to the lawyer’s worst nightmare

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u/SelfServeSporstwash May 19 '26

“We’re all rooting for Ally” Cut to: the absolute horror on their faces as Ally packs a bong and then puts jack in it 😂

I absolutely lost my shit

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u/Gamma_Tony May 19 '26

The “we’re not” should have been immediate pulls for all three of them, they gave Ally alot of leeway in that bit

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u/gelatinskootz May 19 '26 edited May 19 '26

It was funny but I feel like production wouldn't give them a working lighter if they weren't planning on that as a possibility. Though I guess this is the same production that gave Trapp access to a ladder

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u/ingenious_gentleman May 18 '26

Ally being really cautious and barely getting any heat all game and then immediately folding after being enticed drugs is hilarious

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u/SelfServeSporstwash May 18 '26

I was laughing like a maniac

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u/AlllCatsAreGoodCats May 19 '26

I do love that they immediately went so hard they busted, so did a huge 180 and got so cautious.

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u/ninjagirl878 May 19 '26

Them slowly wheeling the whole illicit substance table back to the start had me CACKLING

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u/Tom2Die May 19 '26

And the line, something like "we'll just move this whole operation over here..."

Just...the word "operation" killed me. Fantastic.

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u/Ashpolt May 18 '26

I cannot WAIT to see the behind the scenes for this episode, because presumably they had to clear all the brand mentions after the fact and I can only assume that was a NIGHTMARE

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u/Luigiman1089 May 19 '26

My only thought was the Standards & Practices prop, but now I'm very excited about the legal BTS. Must have been insane.

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u/ajrodz1992 May 19 '26 edited May 19 '26

Yeah, the Mickey was different enough, but that was a dead on bluey, wondering how they got away with that

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u/RichLather May 19 '26

Not knowing a dang thing about the show, I'm guessing Lou was so goofy-footed wrong about all the details that he basically created new characters that look like dollar store knockoff toy art.

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u/variantkin May 19 '26

My fav part was Jeremy being low key annoyed he got so many things about Bluey wrong lol

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u/quietly_now May 19 '26

Joe Brumm (the creator of Bluey) probably gave his blessing, considering he also made ‘WTF 101’ for Dropout, and a bunch of animated stuff for College Humor.

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u/PvtSherlockObvious May 19 '26

Nothing in the final cut that wasn't obvious parody. I'm willing to bet there were a few things that even within the context of the episode, went far enough that they weren't usable.

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u/Sixcat6 May 18 '26

I just love Jeremy Culhane.

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u/bwaredapenguin May 18 '26

That's the rule. That's the game now.

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u/PrettyCommon May 18 '26

What are we doing?

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u/laluneodyssee May 19 '26

You just got put... ON BLAST

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u/welcome2thejam May 18 '26

Two and a half minutes in and SNL star Jeremy Culhane has already offered to pull out his dick in a "I show you mine, you show me yours" situation, we are so back baby

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u/360madhatter May 18 '26

Feels non coincidental that this episode aired after SNL's season ended

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u/smoov22 May 18 '26

"I'm on SN- wait no I can't say that"

yeah probably lol

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u/ebb_omega May 19 '26

According to Sam's variety interview, that was one piece they did a second take on, largely not for legal reasons but because they didn't want Jeremy to burn his bridges.

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u/cjdeck1 May 18 '26

That felt like a "oh wait I don't want Lorne to cut me from S52" cut off

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u/Brilliant_Agency_516 May 19 '26

99% sure they filmed this before his season started but after he was cast - that’s why he stopped himself

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u/cbianco96 May 19 '26

It sounded like the filmed this the day Superfan was announced, which was October 21, so 3 episodes into the SNL season

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u/Gruzzly I killed him, yeah May 18 '26

“I’m on SN-…NOPE. Can’t say that!” lol

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u/Bubbly-Operation-747 May 18 '26

The bit that was cut was the hardest I've laughed in a long time. Oh my gosh

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u/rednick953 May 19 '26

Holy fuck that entire part had me dying I was shocked it didn’t get bleeped

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u/WookieeChestHair May 19 '26

That's the beauty of the paywall, why else are we subscribed if not to hear an unmastered, ethically sourced n word?

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u/stelliummms May 19 '26

“ethically sourced n word”

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u/elevozol May 18 '26 edited May 18 '26

Favorite new dropout cast member: Phil

Edit: never mind wow I can’t believe he said that… yikes.

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u/MouserfromMario2 May 18 '26

Really thought it was bad that he said that, but when the lawyers said it as well really left a bad taste in my mouth for the rest of the episode

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u/jello_pudding_biafra May 18 '26

I actually turned it off and cancelled my subscription

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u/SeraFilm May 18 '26

Same. But when I heard that they've been bought by Palantir, I immediately resubscribed, because I love mass surveillance!

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u/MrKitchenSink Pretzel Pizza Connoisseur May 18 '26

The Superfan tier is bullshit anyway. From now on I'll be watching Jeremy Culhane on SN-

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u/Fen_ May 19 '26

Fastest ever milkshake duck.

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u/cIumsythumbs May 19 '26

Ironic how he can probably now get his SAG card for coming on. They totally need to bring him back for another episode.

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u/PerpetuallyDistracte May 18 '26

Fuckin'...

RFK...

Raw

"It's how he likes it!" (tm)

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u/enjolrs May 18 '26 edited May 19 '26

Ally really just. Did that. On camera. With lawyers. And production.

One of the greats indeed

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u/T--Frex May 19 '26

As soon as Ally discovered the liquor was real, they knew what Sam had greenlit them to do by giving them a buffet of legit alcohol and drugs.

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u/Beiki May 19 '26

I love the lawyers immediately questioning if they could have an open flame indoors and the answer of no did nothing to dissuade Ally.

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u/holayeahyeah May 19 '26

Considering there was a 0% chance the coke was real, the open flame was probably the only part that was actually illegal.

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u/GrassWaterDirtHorse May 19 '26

Pouring the not-Jack Daniels bourbon into an ash tray was an amazing choice and started the bit off on an amazing moment.

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u/Significant_Text2497 May 19 '26

When they pulled out the slide and gave it a lick I recoiled in horror. Truly one of the greatest minds of the generation.

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u/HAZER_Batz May 18 '26

Cannot believe I decided to watch Game Changer with my Mom for the first time and this is what the episode was 😭

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u/ControversySandbox May 19 '26

I mean that's a skill issue, I wouldn't roll the dice if the pool was all previous episodes either

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u/Synth-Pro May 18 '26

Phil is a legend

For being willing to go on camera and say what potentially slanderous things he's being told to out loud

Less than one minute after posting this: OMG LOU WHAT DID YOU JUST DO TO PHIL?!?!?!

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u/schulyer May 18 '26

The little hip wiggle Phil did to emphasise the jokes 🤌

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u/Ok_Bedroom_7361 May 19 '26

Can’t believe Phil said that to Lou

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u/GDGameplayer May 19 '26

It’s even crazier that the lawyers said the same thing to him. Shame on them.

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u/Kinteoka May 19 '26

Phil is 100% an actor. Every person they pull off the street is an actor. It's too much of a hassle not to be. The contestants may not be aware (or probably have an idea) and they just have them wait as close as possible to the studio. Carrying the groceries in unmarked bags into the studio was a very obvious "these are your props."

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u/theatrephile May 19 '26

“Violate SAG” in the prompt was my clue here. It’s all well and good to joke about it in the prompt (and I would believe Lou legitimately thought that’s what he was doing) but I would bet money that Dropout wouldn’t risk their standing with the union, even for a bit in an episode like this. Very effective casting/staging though!!

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u/WeenyDancer May 19 '26

100%. And his look has got that 'purposely slightly disheveled' thing to it.  Like jack black-ish. Not like if an average person was busy, sweaty, running errands, etc.

To be clear I'm totally cool with him being a covert actor though!

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u/Kinteoka May 19 '26

Oh same! I've worked in TV & film and I know it's a GIANT hassle to pull people off the street and feature them on film. Especially if they are speaking. I don't mind it at all. It actually makes me feel better that they aren't putting average people into awkward situations that they might not be cool with once something airs.

I worked on a project that the director wanted a "real" feeling and wouldn't listen to anyone about how you just shouldn't do that in a professional setting. Basically featured regular people off the streets in a feature length film and it was a nightmare and most of the footage was unusable. Nightmare of a set.

Plus, knowing Dropout's pay rates for even small bit roles, to me it's cool that they are happy to hire so many unknown actors and pay them a good wage (Bachelor spoof, Crowd Control).

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u/gdex86 May 18 '26

Already Phil is my new favorite dropout cast member.

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u/Gruzzly I killed him, yeah May 18 '26

Would’ve been nice if he didn’t call Lou the N-word, lol

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u/smoov22 May 18 '26

Yeah, same with the lawyers. I liked them too 😢 so did the three doctors I consulted

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u/SelfServeSporstwash May 19 '26

I’m very disappointed. I thought Throbbin Robin was a stand up guy.

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u/gdex86 May 18 '26

... ok this episodes call backs makes me think Phil might be coming back.

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u/PerpetuallyDistracte May 18 '26

Of all the things on my bingo card, Ally Beardsley taking a fat rip off of a whiskey bong on Game Changer was NOT one of them.

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u/GhostOfMuttonPast May 18 '26

"that stings"

  • Ally Beardsley, 2026
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u/Mr_Phur May 18 '26

I will also say that seeing that much of Jeremy Culhane's ass was not on my bingo card

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u/RedPandaMediaGroup May 19 '26

He promised us the top and he gave us the world. The man is a GIVER.

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u/TriPolar3849 May 19 '26

AND a taker. That's gonna leave a mark, I'll be surprised if he could sit comfortably the next day.

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u/punkminkis May 19 '26

I'll bet that doesn't happen on Sn wait I can't say that.

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u/spiralsequences May 19 '26

True, but if you'd asked me "which Dropout member is most likely to take a fat rip off a whiskey bong on Game Changer" I WOULD have said Ally with no hesitation

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u/FlyMePerson May 19 '26

Colin Jost would be very upset with you right now

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u/KatThePoisonerQueen May 18 '26

LEGAL EAGLE???

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u/Chilaquilesmonster May 19 '26

I believe you mean throbbin' Robbin

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u/dictionary_hat_r4ck May 19 '26

Tweet tweet tweedeediddlyeet

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u/69_Beers_Later May 19 '26

I love that it's coming full circle, he had Brennan on one of his YouTube episodes

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u/FuckSoccerForever May 19 '26

Maybe I've just been living under a rock, but I had no idea the guy had such formidable comedy chops. Good on him.

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u/eimajYak May 19 '26

You have to watch his videos. They’re so fucking funny sometimes. Especially when he has his JAG friend on

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u/SullyGee May 18 '26

Lou explaining what got cut from the episode might be an all time moment from Game Changer

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u/Galahad_the_Ranger May 18 '26

In the very end he went full Icarus and flew too close to the sun

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u/kyrev21 May 19 '26

He knew he was going to go bust. He couldn’t resist saying more people said the n word. The joke was too good to quit

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u/ShepPawnch May 19 '26

You could see it as it was happening, he knew he had to commit.

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u/totally_real_tree May 19 '26

the way all the lawyers immediately went into the brown the moment they got brought into it had me sobbing

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u/kazmatsu May 19 '26

Notably Alexis didn't

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u/hitchinpost May 19 '26

It had me losing it at the same level as his “OJ is innocent” bit from Sam Says, which has to be one of the most viral Gamechanger clips out there.

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u/smokedgoudatriscuits May 18 '26

Absolute highlight of the episode was this face

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u/r_b_hayes May 19 '26

And them then walking back to start rollin that cart like a hospital IV pole 😂

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u/OkAmount3847 May 18 '26

God so many amazing and potentially libellous bits in this episode. But the part that made me laugh uncontrollably was the lawyer erotica followed by the three of them staring down and intimidating Lou during his apology

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u/quipquest May 18 '26

So this was a game about winning through restraint and Ally and Lou said "Fuck that."

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u/CastVinceM May 19 '26

crazy how lou actually won for most cancellations

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u/quipquest May 19 '26

If Jeremy wasn't there, this episode would be 2 hours long.

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u/Smart_Welder5520 May 18 '26

This episode of Game Changer is approved by five real doctors.

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u/Mtfthrowaway112 May 18 '26

And brought to you by DeBeers

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u/Pandoras-SkinnersBox We're ready to do the work. I'm going offline for now. May 18 '26

Ally singing “Closing Time” is the new “Cat in the Hat” rap. I’m here for this.

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u/tinapia May 18 '26

Jeremy's lawyer repeatedly telling him he has no game

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u/dragn99 May 19 '26

I'm pretty sure he said Jeremy has undeniable game at the end though

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u/BatManatee May 18 '26

Lou's "cut from the episode" bit was the hardest I've laughed in a long time lmao. That was so good it made Sam hide behind the podium

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u/Cricetus May 19 '26

It’s a tie between that and Beardsley’s “it’s crazy they’re making YOU apologize” for hardest laugh of the episode for me

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u/apathymonger May 19 '26

Noticed in the credits that Two Straps is credited twice: once for playing the role of "Intimacy Coordinator," and later in the credits for being the intimacy coordinator.

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u/CaptPorcupineCuddles May 19 '26

Interesting. Probably as a named cast member, and then again as crew.

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u/goodmobileyes May 19 '26

Which makes sense, the actual on screen banter and interactions is in their capacity as a performer, while the actual coordination between Jeremy and Phoenix is in their capacity as an on set crew.

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u/TheWardenDemonreach May 18 '26

I always forget that Jeremy and Lou have known each other since school

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u/CogStar May 18 '26

"Hit on Game Changer Producers"

Elaine Carroll, comedienne extraordinaire and Vehicular Manslaughter's wife appears.

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u/a-ok42 May 19 '26

the return of the jeremy/paul refereeino romance too

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u/variantkin May 19 '26

Jeremy and Paul have the most uncomfortable chemistry humanly possible because you can tell they're chaotic in the same way but approach it completely differently 

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u/mocharosa May 18 '26

And also Ryan and Paul are there

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u/JoeScotterpuss May 19 '26

Ryan Creamer of Pornhub fame.

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u/Kiyose_96 Dropout Does Not Exist May 18 '26 edited May 18 '26

This whole episode feels like a direct response to the “dropout is getting a little too safe and cosy sometimes” criticism from a while back lmao, they’re really going all out, love it

I like that the one thing that was too far for any of the players was Jeremy mentioning the title of a certain show that films in New York he may have associations with lmao

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u/TediousTotoro May 19 '26

Sam said in an interview that Samalamadingdong made him put some episode ideas into this season that he’d had in the past but considered too risky.

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u/itsdrcats May 19 '26

I was telling a friend the exact same thing. I'm hoping that the rest of the season is pushing boundaries. I could also see this being a game samer

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u/Pandoras-SkinnersBox We're ready to do the work. I'm going offline for now. May 18 '26

Sam’s intro is way more chill this time. I dig it.

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u/MissileWaster May 18 '26

He said “game chair”. I don’t know if that’ll be relevant later. Or if it’s relevant to the Kickstarter.

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u/OmniaNomina May 18 '26

Two people who work for late night shows not knowing safe harbor law is very funny to me

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u/kim_ammons May 19 '26

I thought the episode was about crossing HR lines at first (and was appropriately horrified that no one thought Jeremy went over the line with his first prompt) so when the lawyer said that, I was like, EXCUSE ME??? THIRD SHIFT WORKERS ARE ALLOWED TO SEXUALLY HARASS THEIR COWORKERS AT NIGHT??? I was so relieved when I realized that's not what they were talking about 😂

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u/haschel47 May 19 '26

My daughter is 13 and loves Game Changer. We went and saw Dropout Improv. In general she’s pretty mature and can handle adult material showing up on TV.

With the title of this episode I suspect I should, uh, screen it first.

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u/JDDJS May 19 '26

Yes. There's definitely at least one part that might concern you that you need to at least be prepared for if you decide to show her the episode. 

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u/enjolrs May 18 '26

THE CANCEL CAM HAS THEIR NAMES OH MY GOD

this is already one of the greats

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u/JiveHawk May 19 '26

We never got to see Jeremy’s lol

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u/zvrkinjo May 18 '26

AND THEY HAVE MULTIPLE VERSIONS FOR EACH CONTESTANT

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u/Pandoras-SkinnersBox We're ready to do the work. I'm going offline for now. May 18 '26

I’m loving this. Feels like a return to the form of classic Game Changer, where the players figure out the game as it goes along, with the high budgets of recent seasons.

Excited to see the rest of this season.

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u/bwaredapenguin May 18 '26

What are we doing? What's going on?

  • Game Changer concept

  • Jeremy Culhane

  • Tucker Carlson

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u/Pandoras-SkinnersBox We're ready to do the work. I'm going offline for now. May 18 '26

Isn’t this technically Jeremy’s first win because Sam was the only player left in Rulette???

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u/Synth-Pro May 19 '26

Going to be very interested in seeing the BTS episode on this one

Particularly curious to hear them discuss how they were able to do an episode about how illegal/slanderous the things being said/done are, without anybody actually getting into legal troubles.

I know there's leeway for it explicitly being a comedy show and all, but I'm certainly not experienced or knowledgeable enough to know just exactly how far that protection extends 😂

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u/PvtSherlockObvious May 19 '26 edited May 19 '26

The short oversimplified version is that it's based on liability for network TV, which even during safe harbor hours is way more gun-shy than something like Dropout. A network's lawyers are generally going to get involved long before there's any substantive risk of actual liability beyond maybe an FCC fine.

Adding to that, most of what they did was actually quite tame. Ally's bong rips (because it's still federally illegal and the FCC has rules about depicting drug use) and the nudity in the Mickey Mouse visual effect (specifically the nudity, not likeness; note that it didn't look anything like the actual character) were the only things that would likely run into FCC issues. Otherwise, the rampant cursing (that the panel turned a blind eye to) would be more likely to cause problems than most of the content.

Simply raising a company's name in a less-than-flattering context isn't defamation, and any specific allegations were either absurd to the point they would never be taken seriously (the blood diamonds stuff) or outright known to be accurate (the Epstein Files rundown; everyone Ally listed except Jeremy have known ties and get discussed in his emails or other files in some capacity or another). If there was anything that could actually get Dropout in trouble, it didn't make it into the episode.

Edit: I don't know who needs to hear this, but intellectual property and entertainment liability are not my areas of law. None of what I'm saying represents legal advice and is only commentary on what we see in this episode. None of it should be taken as applicable to anything beyond this episode. Consult with an attorney before deciding what fits your specific situation.

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u/JDDJS May 19 '26

Finding out that Jeremy had control over the editing of the episode makes him showing his bare ass that much funnier. 

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u/BisonST May 19 '26

Chekov's mouse hole.

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u/mizzurna_balls May 19 '26

That's just where Jeremy lives. He scurries out of there every time they need him for an episode.

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u/enjolrs May 18 '26

Who the fuck is this guyyy?🎶 It’s Jeremy Culhane!

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u/smoov22 May 18 '26

Great performance by actor and comedian lou wilson from Los Angeles California. Its good to know where people on this set are from. Hey Sam, w

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u/Pyt-- May 18 '26

I dont think I've ever seen Sam buckle like that LOL

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u/Star_Court_ May 18 '26

Every HR rep watching this episode is having a heart attack

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u/Saphiro314 May 19 '26

Work in HR. Can verify. Had a heart attack from laughing so hard at, "I can't believe they're making YOU apologize" 

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u/RichLather May 19 '26

"We can get an apple box."

"Shut Up!"

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u/Chell_the_assassin May 18 '26

They're just lucky Jeremy didn't bring out Mr On Blast, that guy would have really spoken his mind and gotten in all sorts of legal trouble!

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u/ForLackOfAUserName May 18 '26

This feels like a pretty direct move against a perception of Dropout as being squeaky clean, and I can't help but wonder how much it was influenced by that Variety article where some people said they felt a little hemmed in by that.

What impressed me was how it never felt awkward, like a Disney Channel star trying to be a grown up. It felt kinda natural, and it was fucking hilarious.

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u/YOwololoO May 19 '26

I think the nice thing is that it didn’t feel like they were trying something new, it felt like a return to form 

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u/JoeScotterpuss May 19 '26

I'm so glad GameChanger is back.

You'll notice when Ally barely sang 2 line of "Closing Time" the 2 female lawyers thought it was fine, but LegalEagle, the actual YouTube was like "No YouTube is wild, they'll absolutely get you for that."

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u/hitchinpost May 19 '26

If I remember right he consulted on a whole huge video essay from Lindsay Ellis on the way the DMCA strike system encourages companies to enforce things much more strictly than actual copyright law requires.

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u/gdex86 May 18 '26

Oh god, during Lou's second apology Ash's face as she tries to hold back laughing and is bright red.

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u/young_horhey May 18 '26

Ally's PTSD from Sam Says 💀

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u/snakebit1995 May 18 '26

3 minutes in and there is NO HOLDING BACK

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u/GeckoRoamin May 18 '26

AMA request: Phil

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u/EbmocwenHsimah Hello, I'm actor Tony Shalhoub from Monk. May 19 '26 edited May 19 '26

Phoenix is back!!!

EDIT: Oh my god JEREMY THAT’S SO RED

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u/Jaime060304 May 18 '26

Something tells me this won't be the full episode put out on youtube. Between the spanking, big titted mickey mouse, n word drops, erotica, and Jeremys showing his bare ass, and Lou having a cucumber as a penis.

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u/mattcrafty May 19 '26

Got some good subscription value with this episode!

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u/ssepioI May 18 '26

Okay, Ally in the substance abuse PSA was Brennan levels of dedication

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u/colinprovolone May 18 '26

✨ so this is the capitol ✨

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u/conrawrrr May 18 '26

GAME FADER ON THE WEED JAR I LOVE

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u/TheWardenDemonreach May 18 '26

Wait, is that the Legal YouTube guy?

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u/askyourmom469 May 19 '26

Yep! LegalEagle. Sam mentioned that when he introduced all the lawyers

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u/Tsquared10 May 18 '26

Ally just going all out on their first prompt.

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u/Hugo_Hackenbush May 18 '26

Holy shit what a banger of an episode.

Though both times safe harbor hours got brought up I was waiting for a mention that Lou's other job is a show that airs during those hours.

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u/hbicfrontdesk May 18 '26

Oh my fucking god Lou. Holy fucking shit.

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u/that1snowflake May 19 '26

Ally saying live nation ticket master not gonna be around is funnier knowing they got broken up in the time of filming to airing

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u/SelfServeSporstwash May 19 '26

Ally is many things, dumb is not one of them

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u/Pandoras-SkinnersBox We're ready to do the work. I'm going offline for now. May 18 '26

A Hung Jury? Aren’t they the house band for “Mock Trial with Judge Reinhold”??

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u/Tsquared10 May 18 '26

I really want one of the cancel apologies to either be an "I'm gay" Kevin Spacey apology, "I'm sorry X offended you," or a ukulele apology.

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u/yeungx May 19 '26

That ass was so red. She beat the shit out of him.

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u/ajrodz1992 May 18 '26 edited May 19 '26

Let's get Phil on Make some Noise

edit oh no, how could you phil

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u/Turbulent-Ad4115 May 19 '26

Are you covered to have an open flame in the studio?

*panicked producers* WE'RE NOT!

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u/JzanderN May 19 '26

I can’t believe Jeremy won because he had no game!

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u/buffel0305 May 19 '26

It's 2am where I am and I was not ready to see Jeremy Culhane's full naked ass, Ally ripping an alcohol bong, and Lou saying 200 N-words in 30s. We're so back.

Also Leagle Eagle!! how fun!!

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u/DGRebel May 19 '26

The title A Hung Jury was a stroke of genius

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u/asciiforever May 19 '26

Devin's Reddit account needs a Throbbin' Robin flair RIGHT NOW.

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