A
family-friendly web show that launches Monday through Friday on YouTube. The show is hosted by two middle-aged men; Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal.
When the show premiered in
January 2012, it was a low-budget show with a relatively small fandom and a one-man-
crew (not counting the two men themselves). The episodes were roughly outlined, and nothing was scripted. In the episodes they would have conversations between them about a subject they found interesting. They tended to tell funny, personal stories as well.
As seasons passed, the fandom grew, the
crew grew, the budget grew, and the overall quality grew.
Now, the episodes are strictly outlined and somewhat scripted, the personal stories are getting extremely rare. They cover a wide spectrum of episode types. You
will normally see experiments, original challenges, taste tests, interesting facts/things and various funny segments.
It is unavoidable to notice that GMM (short for Good Mythical Morning) is getting more and more de-personalized. At the same
time as the format brings many new views and subscribers to their channel, many of the long-term fans are unhappy to see this
change, they miss the personal stories and the natural, relaxed interaction between the two
life-long friends.
The GIF below is from an old episode of GMM.
Link (the blackhaired) has another haircut to this day.
Person 1:
Hey, do you know any cool facts about fire-ants? I need it for my presentation...
Person 2: No, but if you go to YouTube, I'm pretty sure Good Mythical
Morning has an episode on it!
Person 1: Okay, thanks. I'
ll check it out.
