That Damn Neighbor (video)

"That Damn Neighbor" is the first episode of the Smosh series That Damn Neighbor, released on November 3, 2006 on YouTube and Smosh.com and November 16, 2006 on LiveVideo.

Description
Benny Jean tries to keep his neighbor out of his yard.

Cast

 * Ian Hecox — Benny Jean
 * Anthony Padilla — Cletus
 * Brian Rassmussen — That Damn Neighbor
 * Unidentified dog — That Damn Neighbor's dog

Synopsis
Benny Jean is sitting in a lawn chair on his front yard, drink in hand, and is joined by his friend Cletus. Cletus greets him and compliments the fence surrounding them and asks what it is for. Benny Jean answers:

Cletus asks if Benny Jean is referring to the neighbor standing near them on the other side of the fence. Now aware of the neighbor's presence, Benny Jean tells Cletus how the fence will keep the neighbor away from his flamingo, but the neighbor appears right after next to the flamingo. This frustrates Benny Jean into standing up and running over to the neighbor, getting up in his face over the issue:

When Benny Jean returns to sit and drink, Cletus remarks about how fast the neighbor left the area, comparing it to a rabbit escaping a snake hole. As the two friends watch the neighbor from the other side of the street, Cletus suggests improving the security of the fence so the neighbor can never enter the yard again. Benny Jean agrees.

Sometime later, Benny Jean is taping thumbtacks on the top of the fence, muttering to himself about how the neighbor will have a difficult time getting into the yard. Just as he finishes, he yells in frustration when he sees the neighbor suddenly appear within the fenced area of his yard. As Benny Jean, now worried for his flamingo, shouts at the neighbor to leave, the neighbor seems to taunt him by doing random things while near the flamingo:


 * The neighbor pulls out a set of binoculars while Benny Jean yells at him not to birdwatch near his flamingo.
 * The neighbor strikes a pose with Benny Jean's football, as if about to throw it. When Billy Jean requests it returned to him, the neighbor throws it in his face.
 * The neighbor appears on a motorcycle. Benny Jean is impressed, unable to understand how the neighbor accomplished this.

The neighbor then appears with Benny Jean's flamingo in his arms. The neighbor's dog appears and Billy Jean warns the neighbor not to allow the dog to urinate on the flamingo:

This apparently scares the neighbor into retreating away from the yard.

Later, Cletus joins Benny Jean for a drink, complimenting Billy Jean on the job he did with the new, stronger security on the fence. Billy Jean declares that the neighbor will never be able to enter and that his flamingo is safe; as soon as he says this, he asks Cletus how he was able to enter. Cletus points to a hole in the fence, explaining that he cut a hole in it the other day.

Upon learning this, Benny Jean slaps him.

Trivia

 * This is the very first video of the "That Damn Neighbor" series. This video also marks the first appearance of That Damn Neighbor.
 * The Neighbor is played by Brian Rassmussen, who also plays the Pizza Delivery Guy in 2009's Pizza Zombies! and the Food Battle News Reporter.
 * This is the first Smosh video to use original background music. It was made in Garage Band by Anthony.
 * The outfits Ian and Anthony wore in this video were from a thrift store.
 * It took many takes for Ian as Benny Jean to first tell off the neighbor because Ian would laugh or mess up his lines. However in the final take, Ian smiled a bit.
 * There was a whole series of stuff taken out like micro machines and spikes on the ground.
 * Benny Jean being impressed by the neighbor's motorbike is a reference to Anchorman, which Ian and Anthony didn't see at the time.
 * Ian had to slap Anthony three times for the scene where Benny Jean slaps Cletus. The first time, Anthony flinched and got scared.