Ned Bigby, that's me, and my two best friends try to do the impossible.
And then it goes whoa, whoa, whoa!
What Ned's Declassified is in German.
Ned's Ultimativer--
Oh my god, I just almost threw up.
Hey guys, I'm Devon Werkheiser from Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide.
And today I'm going to revisit and react to some of my classic moments.
Do you have playback, are you gonna show me things?
Oh my God, I haven't watched Ned's in so long.
Before you show me this, I just want everyone at home to imagine
that your years of puberty were filmed.
In your high, squeaky voice,
the changes in it.
It's all on camera so looking back at Ned's
is me looking back at those puberty years. Oh man.
[laughing]
Show me things.
If you arrive alone and completely overdress--
These are great tips.
You'll look like this.
Yes. Yes, Cookie.
Get it. Yeah that's right.
- Sometimes they're fun-- - Listen to my voice.
They are nothing but trouble. So don't believe them and don't spread them.
- Adorable. - And if you want a new do,
get it two weeks early. This will give it a chance to grow in.
[laughing]
Oh man, that is so fun and weird.
I haven't watched an episode in a very long time.
My voice, it's so high.
[laughing]
Oh, it's such cute, fun times.
Those are real tips. We were really bringing the tips to the people.
Oh no, look at that hair.
Who let me have that hair?
It's like a bad Beatles haircut.
[frog croaking]
Oh, got a frog.
- You weak-- - Bigby!
Quick! Take the frog to the playground and let it go.
We're on it. Move, move!
My frog is missing.
I know nothing!
Well you might know something after dissection.
It's informative.
Oh we're saving the frog from dissection? That's what's up. Animal rights!
Let's go!
No woman gets between me and my manliness.
Oh my goodness, no wonder I was on this show.
- Say no to dissection! - I haven't changed at all.
This is ridiculous.
Yeah, activism. Early activism. Let's go.
Kyle, Billy Loomer, he lives in New Zealand now.
Rosita, Walking Dead. Christian, what's up Suzie Crabgrass?
Say no to dissection!
[laughing]
Yo that was great.
Yeah we were early on the activism game. You know, animal rights.
Ned's was all about that.
That is so funny to see. That haircut alone,
how we allowed that to be a child actor's haircut is pretty shocking.
[laughing]
Oh, man, show me more.
This is fun.
Here we go, wild boy.
Look at that shirtless, not hairy chested Devon.
Those days are long gone.
- What is your type? - Oh, this is a precious moment.
I like the wild boys.
So maybe we should go out.
Oh, this is the big romantic kiss that we've all been waiting for.
Hand-holding, talking all night, heart-shaped candies on Valentine's--
We do the... They're gonna spin us here and then the camera spins around too
It's like this amazing movie thing. Yup, yup, we're on a board that's spinning
and then the camera's spinning the other way and it creates this magical effect.
Like the kiss is the greatest thing in the universe, which it was.
Aw, this is beautiful you guys.
Lindsey and I were dating at this time.
Best field trip ever.
- Adorable. - Excuse me, Steel Eagle.
Oh, Cookie gets his kiss.
We wrapped it up nice, didn't we?
We got Coconut Head back there.
My man. I think my dad's in this episode.
He's like one of the security guards.
I get my pizza date with Lisa and I'm going to meet her now.
And now that Ned and I are going out, we'll join you.
- Aw. - And they all lived happily ever after.
Cute, this is our finale!
You know what someone commented online, recently?
They were like, we never saw them graduate and it's always tortured me.
Because we ended it there, which is not
graduation of middle school, it's just us ending a field trip.
And we're happily ever after.
That's so precious to watch.
That was the last episode, which was such a treat to film.
Lindsey and I were dating as the wrap up of the show.
Yeah, you got one more? That was it!
[laughing]
Those were great! Comment below what scenes you want to see me react to next.
All right I think... I think I know it from memory. Okay.
Um. In a middle school full of bullies,
insane teachers and gross school lunches,
Ned Bigby, that's me, and my two best friends try to do the impossible.
Create a guide that helps you survive school.
Boom! Still in my mind. That was freaky. It's been a long time since I said that.
And then it goes whoa, whoa, whoa!
And then the song goes, you guys know it.
Oh that's good.
If I could be a character on any Nickelodeon show.
I think just a cast member on All That would have been the most fun,
because they just got to do the craziest stuff every episode
and have it change and play all these different characters.
I mean it was kid's SNL, it was All That.
So to get to be a cast member on that and be part of that collaboration,
that would have been amazing.
I had a lot of favorite episodes of Ned's
and kind of the whole filming process was incredible,
but I think my favorite was the finale because we knew it was the finale.
It was the first time we filmed on location, it was the first time we left
our set and actually filmed outside.
We filmed at Descanso Gardens in Pasadena.
It was my favorite just because it was the biggest episode we had done.
It was an hour. It was the finale leading to Ned and Moze kissing,
it was the giant wrap up of our show so filming that episode just had this really
special energy for all of us. And yeah,
and that one stayed with me as a really special experience to film that.
At this point, because it's been so many years for me,
my favorite thing is really kinda grouped together
as this broad stroke of the whole experience,
which our broad tip the whole time is just,
you're not alone no matter if you're cool or nerdy
or whatever you think about yourself. You're not alone.
I love that we made a show built around that message.
Cookie, most likely to be CEO of a tech company.
Moze, most likely to be first female president.
Coconut Head.
[laughing]
Coconut Head, most likely to become a festival kid.
[laughing]
Oh, hey.
What are you doing here? I'm just hanging out. You know?
[laughing]
Um, yeah hey, here's a little show and tell.
When you're on a Nickelodeon show for a few years,
you kinda end up with some cool stuff left over. And here's some of mine.
Woo.
[laughing]
This was the letterman jacket. I like to gesticulate with my Kids' Choice Awards.
[laughing]
I carry these everywhere I go.
No this is a little show and tell. This is the jacket I received
as the wrap gift from Scott Fellows, the creator of Ned's Declassified.
It's our letterman jacket, James K. Polk.
This would be like if we went to high school.
It says Ned, got the Nickelodeon logo.
I love this jacket.
But I can't wear it out because I feel too pretentious.
Like wearing my Ned jacket, like, have you seen my show?
[laughing]
So I just wear it in my home with my cat.
These are my European Kids' Choice Awards.
Never won an American one.
Where were you guys? Where were your votes?
I only announced awards for other people at the Kids' Choice Awards in America.
But thank you to Germany and Italy
These things are amazing. They're kaleidoscopes.
This is Lieblingsserie.
I think that means favorite series in Germany.
Little fun fact.
Ned's Ultimativer Schulwahnsinn.
I think that's how you say it. That is what Ned's Declassified is in German.
Ned's Ultimativer--
Oh my god, I just almost threw up. I couldn't say it.
Ned's Ultimativer Schulwahnsinn.
Ned's Ultimativer Schul--
It's getting worse, OK.
That's my German Kids' Choice Award
that I received in Germany with Josh Peck. It was a lot of fun. Thanks Germany.
Dankeschön Deutschland.
That's what I said when I won it.
Um, this was my favorite male--
[laughing]
Favorite male star for Italy's Kids' Choice Awards.
They did not have an award show that year, so I didn't get to go to Italy.
But they mailed me this nice blimp.
And these are my blimps.
[laughing]
- Great. - Perfect.
[cameraman laughing]
Excellent. Put me somewhere cool. I'm on the moon.
[all laughing]
Yeah actually, can you take me to Italy?
Since I didn't get to go to the Italian Kids' Choice Awards please?
Oh, look at it! I'm in Italy.
Thank you. I don't know.
I never got to go though.
Sad.
This is three tips out of the life survival guide.
This is tips for life.
So we're out of middle school now. Maybe you're in high school or college.
Or passed college, I'm definitely passed all those things.
I'm in the phase of life known as adulting.
Which is horrifying.
It's really hard to give tips on.
Because I'm struggling to figure it out myself.
You're probably not gonna get what you want in life when you think you want it.
And that's okay.
Learn to keep setting your aim and kind of the target's
gonna move and challenges are gonna come up.
And follow that. And keep being kind to people.
And it's gonna be okay. So that's one tip.
Tip two. Tip toe, tip two.
What's good for adulting?
Having good friends in your life is everything.
So tip number two for making it through life and adulting
is make really good friendships with people. Life is so chaotic.
And it can be such a struggle and what helps
is when you have good friends around you to just like laugh through it.
So find a good community.
And if you're not in one, maybe you're the center point.
Maybe you can create one around you.
That's tip two.
[laughing]
Now I gotta think of three.
Life's so hard.
[laughing]
Tip three. So even though I'm fully addicted to it
and you're watching this probably on your phone right now
or some form of social media or digital something.
There's so much more to life than our social media presence.
Right? There's so much more than this image we portray
and all the highlights of our life. Hey look I'm doing the best
and I look so good right now and this filter and my skin's perfect.
Nah man, life's so messy and there's so much more real stuff happening
off of these devices. You know, have fun with it,
but don't put too much stake of your actual self-worth in social media.
And limit your time on it. That's tip three for life.
Okay, you want to do four or five? Nah, that's it.
We're gonna stop there. You check in with me later. Okay?
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- The digital slate. - We are rolling.
- The way of the future. - Yeah.
- Everyone got it? - The way of the future.
- Way of the future. - The way of the future.
The way of the future.
Here we go. Finally somebody else makes that reference.
Dude, I... No joke, last week I was trying to remember that line.
I was like what's the line he repeats?
The way of the future. The way of the future.