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Analyzing Joe Santagato's Mad Libs Empire
from Babies in a Volcano · #53
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2 minThey discuss how Joe Santagato built a following doing silly Mad Libs videos, watch a clip, and joke about the ethics/logistics of kidnapping and robbing him instead of appreciating his support.
- 9:00Tim praises Shannon for coming up with something impressive on the spot.
- 9:22Tim describes giving Shannon deliberately obscure or absurd search challenges, like 'a kid who got fucked in Arizona.'
- 9:46Joe Santagato does Mad Libs and has big social media numbers, though Tim questions whether that makes him a wonderkind at 26.
- 10:21Tim argues Joe's content is schlocky but acknowledges he's got impressive numbers doing what he does.
- 10:37Tim reflects that a guy like Joe would have ended up in gay porn or construction work in an earlier era.
- 10:57What's actually impressive about talking to Joe is something Tim clarifies, noting it won't sound like a compliment.