I always get sad when Steve isn't on an episode but that's what DB is for 🧡
One minute into the podcast, Elliott wants us to leave a comment on what we want changed next year. He's joking but lets take it at face value anyway. Go comment that we would like them to revamp the Patreon. Make it focus on the podcast and advertise that the old videos are still there and only available on there. Delete the stuff that talks about the discounts, shoutouts, and personal videos.
I think it's worth getting more into Twitch streams. Steve does a great job of making it very fun. And I've seen fans be interested in Elliott playing Zelda and was asking when he was going to stream.
On Instagram, I asked him:
Just have one or two tiers. One is the basic $1 to get the podcast early and to just support The Valleyfolk. And maybe a higher tier, $5 is for access to the old videos already exclusive on the Patreon, plus, access to extra videos like:
Do a TV show or movie club (even a book club!) and talk about it with fans. It Feels Like The First Time is already on The Valleycast feed, so just continue it for the Patreon!
If Elliott is still having trouble streaming, maybe just record himself playing and talking to the camera. Everyone does that now, they're called, "Let's Plays" and they're fun to watch.
Joe talks about how fun it was making silly videos. Maybe the ones he doesn't feel is good enough for the public, he can just show exclusively on Patreon.
Get Peter Rollings on as a guest again. Get Aly and Nat from Lets Get Haunted as a guest. Get some people that Joe works with on as a guest. Get Trisha on! Get Brett and Ralph on again, they said they would love to be back but haven't yet! All these guests don't mind using Zoom.
I think it would be good to start out with $1-5. More people will be willing to pay $5 than $10 until they see the boys are back in the same room. The Zoom style isn't killing the mood for me BUT it is for others and the boys themselves so until they can make time to be in the same room, their Patreon shouldn't charge over $5 if they aren't "feeling it" themselves.
There are other podcasts who do Zoom and they are thriving. (Let's Get Haunted, Lemme Fix It, Ruined, F**kface...so this is why the Zoom doesn't bother me like it does for everyone else.) It's not the Zoom killing the vibe, it's the boy's attitude. Instead of seeing 6-10 comments, they see zero. But it's not fucking zero! It hurts to be ignored unless we are hundreds of comments THEN they see us....
4:37 "Joe Lean" video.
Joe talks about making a fun video and just getting a random idea to want to do it. Doesn't have to be "art" to be worth doing and sharing. Silly videos will always be appreciated. I would love if they all started to get back into making fun shit for their channel and Patreon.
I remember on a Talkin' Banter episode when Owen said how he missed being able to just make fun stuff for himself and not for work. And Brett saying he has to turn his work into his "playground" or he'll never have time to have fun otherwise.
A revamped Patreon could be a playground for silly and chill videos again! They just have to want to do it. There's nothing standing in their way. There doesn't need to be a strict schedule for anything else other than their podcast.
12:20 Elliott took a "pre-workout" (I guess it's a energy thing.)
That talk made me think of how I'm barely hanging on to working out everyday. I just been doing arm workouts. I think the cold makes me lazy to do full body workouts. But hopefully I can get back into it by next month.
I'm also trying to drink lots of water but it's hard. I'm one of those people who finds water "boring." I don't know how else to explain it but after drinking some I feel full but I know I shouldn't be. I don't feel full when drinking anything else, just water.
But I've found that using a cute/cool looking mug or bottle makes me want to pick it up at a lot so I recommend doing that to help you drink more water, if you struggle with that too.
18:40 They talk about what they got for Christmas.
I have yet to get my gifts because my family and friends all live in a different state so they're still being shipped. But I'm very excited to open them!
I also love sending Christmas cards out. I just fill out cards while watching something on Youtube and I decorate it with stickers and colored pencils 💕 And it feels so satisfying sending out a big stack of cards.
31:40 Joe meets a fan at the car sales place.
They keep joking that only one person listens but come on! We're still here and we love the podcast because it's the only window we have to get to see your friendship. You are all, always, so fucking funny together! Why is that so hard to understand?
34:04 Where they got the episode title from.
37:33 Movie talk that leads into adding Christmas movies into the list of Classics.
I think Violent Night should be in that list! It still has a good amount of wholesome, cuteness to the story while being entertaining to people who love gory action and dark humor. It's Home Alone meets Die Hard.
This movie seems like it would be stupid but it's surprisingly not.
It's going to be a movie to watch every Christmas for sure!
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