How Not to Act on a First Date

"How Not to Act on a First Date" is the second episode of Smosh's "How-To" Series. It was released on December 4, 2006 on YouTube and Smosh.com.

Description
Adam watches a dating video for tips on how to act on a date.

Cast

 * Ian Hecox — Adam
 * Anthony Padilla — Dating CD instructor, Amy Franklin

Synopsis
Adam (Ian) has a date with Amy, but first, he needs to watch a "how-to" dating videos she gave him. After saying goodbye to a friend on the phone, he pops the CD into his laptop and sits down to watch. At that point, a microwave beeps in the kitchen, prompting Adam to speed over to it as the video plays.

The video instructor (Anthony) introduces the premise of the instructional video, making sure to emphasize the fact that the following clips are examples of how not to act on a first date:

Adam arrives and sits down, food in hand. Having missed the notice at the start of the video, he watches the rest of the intro:

Step 1: Hygiene
In the bathroom, Adam applies deodorant to his neck, buttocks, abdomen, arm, and jaw.

Step 2: Dinner
Amy wants to go to an Italian restaurant. Adam asks what she finds wrong with where he took her since they have a dollar menu, where customers can get a lot for $10 alone.

Step 3: Conversation
Amy is describing a story that ends with another girl calling her "stupid" and asks if Adam thinks so as well. Adam, not paying attention, replies with only "Yeah" and "Uh-huh" when Amy reacts, feeling insulted. Amy asks Adam if he is retarded, to which Adam obliviously responds with "Yeah" before snapping back to reality with "Wait, sorry, what?"

Step 4: Paying the Bill
Amy asks Adam if he was going to pay. Adam makes up an excuse, explaining that he planned to pay, but because he had recently "took a huge dump" in a bathroom and dropped his wallet in the toilet and decided to leave it there. Adam plainly tells Amy that she can go retrieve the wallet if she wishes to.

Step 5: Saying Goodbye
Adam drives Amy home and stops in front of her house. Amy leans her arms on the car window and asks Adam if he will walk her up to the door, prompting Adam to drive away as a confused Amy is left standing on the sidewalk, watching the car disappears in the distance.

Adam does just as what the instructor describes, but Amy hangs up. Adam calls up whoever gave him the dating instructional video, frustrated that he followed every step and yet Amy refuses to go on another date with him. The person replies, prompting Adam to eject the DVD from his laptop and inspect the title. Seeing it labeled as "HOW NOT TO GO ON A FIRST DATE", Adam shouts "Oh, motherfu—!" before the screen cuts to black.

Text appears onscreen: Check out the How (Not) To contest: logitech.com/hownotto

Trivia

 * This video, along with How Not to Make a First Impression, were uploaded on the same day. They were for a How Not To contest held in 2006 for Logitech.
 * The contest was also introduced by Ian and Anthony.
 * Ian is wearing his college cross country shirt, showing that he ran cross country while attending American River College.