So if you've been watching Idea Channel for a while,
you probably know about Mr. Monfre's class.
Mr. Monfre is a high school math teacher
who shows Idea Channel to his discussion period
and then posts a comment based on the discussion they
have every week.
They consistently write such great comments that we thought,
how amazing would it be if we could get them
on the Idea Channel?
But then we realized our set is not nearly big enough.
Not gonna happen.
So instead, we are going to go to them.
Right now.
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So we really have a lot of time to give you guys
a history lesson of Milwaukee or like, take you around
and show you the sights.
So we'll go to Alice Cooper, who will sort of give you
a little bit of history.
Milwaukee has certainly had its share of visitors.
The French missionaries and explorers
were coming here as early as the late 1600s
to trade with the Native Americans.
In fact, isn't "Milwaukee" an Indian name?
Yes, Pete, it is.
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(WHISPERING) So we're hiding the library and we're waiting
for the bell to ring.
And then once it rings, we're going
to go to Mr. Monfre's class.
They don't know that we're here, so hopefully there
will be some reaction.
We'll see.
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Hi, guys.
I'm Mike from Idea Channel.
It's nice to see you guys.
So you guys are consistently some of our best commenters.
So that's why we're here, to just kind of meet you guys
and hang out and-- I don't know, chill?
I got two questions.
MIKE: Yeah?
I have two answers.
What was your favorite subject in school,
and do you like the movie "Grease"?
The advanced writing seminar and physics
were my two favorite classes.
And who doesn't like the movie "Grease"?
So do you ever feel uncomfortable talking
about some of the topics that you do?
I have yet to feel uncomfortable.
And I think one of our rules is that we really only talk
about stuff that we are either excited about
or feel like we can really contribute
to the conversation around that things.
Our teacher, Mr. Monfre, doesn't like Justin Bieber
and makes fun of me for it.
Do you like Justin Bieber?
I find his hair infinitely interesting.
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I would like to clarify, I do not make fun of you.
I make fun of Justin Bieber.
MIKE: That is an important distinction.
I would love to just talk to for like a couple
minutes about what it's like to show Idea Channel in the class.
I was hooked on the episodes, and so I thought, all right.
Pop culture, academic meshed together,
let's see what the kids think.
And so I showed them the Will Gibson
is a modern day oracle episode, and we wrote up
really cool comments.
And then the next week, you mentioned us in the videos.
To Mr. Monfre's class, awesome questions.
They were hooked, I knew, at that moment.
Then we just started watching them every week.
MIKE: Is there like a class favorite episode?
My favorite might have been the Doctor Who episode, because I
might be a Doctor Who fan.
How many bowties do you have?
You're a bowtie-wearing kind of guy.
MR. MONFRE: I have 30 bowties, but most of them
are reversible.
I got to see this at some point.
But like this one right here has a different pattern
on the back.
No way, get out of town.
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Give us a like one-- one, two, three, go.
ALL: Here's an idea.
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So clearly, we had a great time in Wisconsin.
Thanks to Dan Monfre and his class for having us.
Meeting you guys and getting to talk with you was amazing.
We'll see you in the comments.
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