IF KIDS SHOWS WERE REAL 2 is a Smosh Season 2017 video. It is a sequel to the video IF KID SHOWS WERE REAL! It is the longest awaited sequel in Smosh history.
Concept
In the second installment of IF KIDS SHOWS WERE REAL, Ian along with the Smosh Squad and newest Smosh Games member Damien Haas play characters of famous children television shows in sceneries similar to it's show, in short, transitional sketches, each representing a humorously sarcastic version on if the show were real.
Reception
The video received mixed reviews and even some arguments from both opposing sides. Specifically, many viewers expressed their disgust with Smosh's current product, many out of this group of people comparing it to Smosh's older set of videos, saying how much better their older content was. Others disagreed with the claim, saying that Smosh has either stayed the same throughout the years or improved in video quality.
Smosh's subscriber count fluxuated throughout the first hours of the video, their subscriber count going up and down as the video gained more attention and aged. The video reached one thousand dislikes at around 10:25 (Eastern Standard Time) the first evening of its existence and by then, the video had amassed over twenty thousand likes.
Other comments featured jokes about or referring to the video in positive and negative ways.
The most popular set of comments recieved attention from Smosh themselves.
Smosh pinned a comment by YouTube user, Carlos Manriquez which said
"Glad to see Courtney did her own stunts in the video", referencing...
Smosh also "loved" and replied to a comment made by YouTube user, Sofie Petrov. The comment discussed the negativity from some of the viewers of Smosh.
"Damn, the comments you guys have been getting lately are just sad. Everyone at smosh works so hard to shoot and produce these videos and all people can do is complain. Yes, smosh might be different than it was 6 years ago. So what? Everyone changes, if you don't like it, don't watch it.
Simple.
Smosh for me consists of a bunch of loving people who work hard, and they all deserve recognition.
Thank you guys for everything and don't ever stop doing what you love".
Smosh replied to the comment with a thank you, acknowleding the person's first name.
The replies of the comment other than Smosh's saw some viewers express their shock about Smosh paying attention to the comment, with the user being both happy Smosh saw it and surprised as well.
Some were happy they say a postive comment about Smosh but some disagreed with the comment, expressing their dislike for Smosh in 2017.