- (Ryan) This is a penny, and I'm gonna use it...
- Yes!
His name's Ryan, it's like Trahan?
- (Ryan) Rule number one, all profit must come from the penny.
Hey y'all can anyone sell me a pen for this penny?
- Yo, oh, okay, he's gonna trade.
- (Ryan) Rule number two, all grub, boarding,
and transportation must come from the profit from the penny.
- Wait.
- (Ryan) Do you guys wanna buy this pen for a dollar?
- Oh, aw, smart!
- I see what he's doing. I see what he's doing.
- (Ryan) I only have 30 days to deliver MrBeast...
- 30 days is like, that's tough.
- (Ryan) Because they're going extinct next year,
and there's no way he has one.
- What? Shut up!
- It's so interesting, I get it, I get the premise,
because you want to start and end with the penny.
I like that.
- (Ryan) Current goal is to buy a bus ticket out of here
as fast as humanly possible.
Why? The great reset.
- What's the great reset?
- (Ryan) The big overarching goal for this series
is to raise a million meals with Feeding America.
- I love it.
- Shout out to doing this as a fundraiser.
I love that, I think that's an amazing way
to be able to make content, but also do some good.
- (Ryan) 100,000 big ones. (laughs)
There are incentives on the donation page, right?
- Okay, love it.
- (Ryan) If any person or company... - Hmm.
- (Ryan) Donates $50,000 at any point,
the great reset commences. (Jeremiah laughs)
And I have to stop where I am, and start back at one penny.
- I love his curls.
- (Preston) That's me, hi.
- (Ryan) We are equally sunburned, so that's how you can tell.
And Zack's gonna be editing these videos.
- Yeah, of course, I mean, yeah, you need a team.
- Love this series.
- (React) So today you're reacting to 23 year old YouTuber Ryan Trahan.
He's currently posting a series
called "I Survived On A Penny for 30 Days."
Today, we'll take a look at the series to see what you think,
and talk about why it matters.
- It's arbitrary, it involves MrBeast. I love it.
- (Ryan) My game plan is to buy a bike.
The bike will allow us to do DoorDash.
- Ooh!
Actually, really smart.
- We now have a bike!
- He probably got that off OfferUp.
- (Ryan) As of four minutes ago, I am a certified DoorDasher.
(Brian laughs) - Oh.
- (Ryan) Since we have like three bucks now
to buy a bus ticket...
- I love how he's like really, actually living the experience.
It's pretty cool.
He's teaching us how to finesse.
- But that's like scary, 'cause you gotta like go
some far places when you're DoorDashing on a bike.
- (Ryan) Met a new friend named Dennis,
and I'm only gonna have two pairs of socks on tonight,
because of this blanket.
- That's crazy, so he doesn't even sleep in a home.
He just, wow! Committed.
♪ (upbeat music) ♪
- Sold out of 40 water bottles.
10 people paid over $2.
- Ooh, he gets to eat good today. He get warm food.
Warm good food!
- (Ryan) Our first travel! I bought it!
- Woot! (laughs)
- (Ryan) If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
- Oh. (laughs)
- The nutrients all comes from Chipotle. (laughs)
- You gotta load it up when you go to Chipotle.
I mean, what is he doing? Like load it up!
- (Ryan) I appreciate y'all's responsiveness and everything.
- Oh, he sold the bike! Smart, yep!
- (Ryan) On the beach with the boys!
- Aw. Still having fun though.
- He's doing it right.
♪ (upbeat music) ♪
And he's in Vegas. - (Ryan) Las Vegas!
If I can find an inexpensive hotel that can be my home base
for the rest of my stay... - Circus Circus.
No? (laughs) Circus Circus is cheap.
- (Ryan) You know, shower.
I just found one for $17 plus tax.
- I'm going to Vegas.
- $17!?
- (Ryan) One dollar paper towels. Come on!
- The dollar store works, okay?
- He like gets a whole thing, as like a whole strategy.
- (Ryan) We're trying to cross America starting from a penny,
so we're like documenting that.
- (woman) I just need to know how this turns out,
so I'm sending you all a 20 to get you...
- I love that, that's so charitable!
- (Ryan) Why did the picture go to prison?
- (woman) Why?
- (Ryan) Because it got framed!
- Oh my God, oh no. (laughs)
- I feel like the fact that he has a camera crew with him
makes people kinda wanna flex a little bit.
- What? Oh, he rented a car.
- (Ryan) Denver, Colorado!
- I can't seem to budget my money just in daily life.
- (Ryan) Ah yes, food delivery.
- This is making me hungry, man.
- (Ryan) ...of Uber Eats deliveries. Look at this dog.
- Aw! - (Ryan) Have you heard of MrBeast?
- Ooh! (laughs)
- Hold on, why did the dog hit him with the what's up head nod?
Did you see that!?
- (Ryan) Oh my gosh.
- What, oh, they got the 50.
- (Ryan) The great reset has been activated by none other...
- Paul Dodds. You rich mother[censored].
- Yo, one dude with 50k?
- All that progress.
- (Ryan) Great reset.
- The editing is great.
- Damn.
- (Ryan) I didn't extend my car yet or fill it up with gas.
What the heck else...
Trade Connect VVS, Blake Olson also donated.
- Oh my God!
- (Ryan) Double great reset? - Double great. (laughs)
- (Ryan) Do you guys have a group chat or something?
- That's amazing! That's 100k right there for people.
- He was looking for the goal of 100,000,
and he could've been like alright, no, we're done.
He's not, it's going to keep going, because the great reset must happen.
- (Ryan) And now we're stuck literally in the middle of nowhere!
- He has zero. He doesn't even have the penny.
- (Ryan) I have no idea what we're gonna do.
I'm selling these chips for three dollars.
Are you serious? - I'm dead. (laughs)
- Oh my goodness.
- (Ryan) I've been doing surveys since I started,
earning 10 cents here, 50 cents there.
Regional/airport day pass, that should give us
access to all bus and rail, including airports.
- I mean, you kinda learn stuff as you go as well, with this content.
I mean, you could do this too [censored], you know?
- (Ryan) Would you all like to buy a water?
- (woman) No thank you.
- (man) I'll just give you 20. - (Ryan) You're lying!
You have to take something, are you kidding me?
- So crafty.
- (Ryan) What's your name? - (Chris) Chris Miller.
- (Ryan) That is Paul Dodd's worst enemy right there.
- (laughs) Yeah, anybody that helps him out now
is the enemy to the great resetters.
- I think that that's because he's like a young, white,
conventionally attractive, it's hard, 'cause like he's doing this for good,
but also there is that factor.
- (Ryan) It's about that time. - Yep, oh, back to Chipotle.
If they don't sponsor this kid!
- The Chipotle and McDonald's, we're here for it. (laughs)
- (Ryan) We started in Los Angeles with one penny,
then we took a bus to Las Vegas,
then we flew to Denver, Colorado.
- Oh, I'm getting nervous!
- (Ryan) And now, we flew to Austin, Texas!
- Oh, he's in Texas.
- (Ryan) This gym has a seven day free trial and showers.
- Oh, and they got showers. - 200 IQ.
- (Ryan) Today, I'm gonna switch up my order for dinner.
Hi, can I get a burrito with white rice, chicken...
- Bruh. (laughs) Treat yourself!
- Jail time. (laughs) That deserves jail time.
♪ (soft music) ♪ - (laughs) The music!
- Shout out to his editor, bro.
- That's making me so hungry, seeing that [censored] burrito.
- Wow!
- (Ryan) And that is absolutely insane.
- On day 16? Half a milli?
- Oh no.
- (Ryan) MrBeast, the guy I'm delivering a penny to
for this whole series... - No way.
- (Ryan) Activated the great reset.
- He did it! (laughs)
- Oh my God!
- I just love that he's like incentivizing you to punish him.
- How you gonna hit him with the reset
when he's coming to bring you a penny?
- (Ryan) So we have one penny,
and last night I got approved to be a Wag! dog walker.
- Hey, oh wow, it makes this whole challenge so much better.
- (Ryan) Rent a lawnmower for $31 a day.
- He's about to do some yard work. What a beast.
- He's mowing lawns?
- (Ryan) We are getting rejected over and over and over...
- Aww.
- Yeah, I feel like you would. (laughs)
- Oh wow, finally some failure.
- (Ryan) I'm like building up my Wag! profile.
- Once again, McDonald's.
- McCafe promo, and $101 up, okay.
(claps) (Ryan slurps)
(Izzy laughs)
- (Ryan) Also, we might be able to afford a plane ticket.
We should earn about $30 to $50 from walking these dogs,
which is everything we need.
- A YouTuber named Dylan stopped me on my bike ride.
Oh boy.
- He drove three hours with a briefcase handcuffed to his wrist.
Then he showed me the amount.
♪ (ominous choral music) ♪
- What, wait, what happened? No, no!
- Wow!
- No! (laughs)
- (Ryan) I really thought we were about to get out of here.
So I was riding my bike...
- Oh my God.
- This keeps getting harder and harder.
- (man) Can I give you 200 bucks for that?
- What is happening?
- (Ryan) You can't!
- (man) I'm gonna give you 100 bucks then.
- (Ryan) Branson, are you serious?
- Oh my Goodness.
- (Ryan) You have to give me a hug, I'm all sweaty.
I bought the next plane ticket. - Wow!
- And see, that's good, 'cause see, if he already books the flight,
if he gets reset again, it's only off the $22.
The flight's already booked.
- This is like the most successful story I've ever heard of.
It's gonna be like for a month, like wow!
- (Ryan) So I set one of the incentives on the donation page
to be $100,000 and I will tattoo... - Oh no!
- (Ryan) Anything you want on my body forever.
We've now gotten two official $100,000 donations.
- Yo!
- (Ryan) Kaiju Kings and Doctor Mike.
- Oh.
- (Ryan) Kaiju Kings sent me this really cool design.
Let's go. (Haley gasps)
- Aw, he's very nice.
That wasn't that risque of a tattoo.
- (Ryan) I looked online for the cheapest hotel room
I could find in Austin.
$76.57. (Brian sighs)
- (sighs) Me when I spend money. Meh, I just like throw it. (laughs)
- (Ryan) Oh my, okay.
Preston and Brianna. - Not again!
- (Ryan) Donated $50,000. - No, no, no!
- (Ryan) And thus activated... - The great reset.
- Oh, he just slapped the burrito. (laughs)
- (Ryan) One penny. There was another one!
SB737... - Oh my God.
- (Ryan) Double great reset.
The penny goes down to a penny.
(Austin laughs) Oh my gosh.
Are you guys coordinating these?
- We're up to like a lot of money.
- I mean, the stakes in this situation in reality are not very high,
but also at the same time, just still makes for great watching.
- (React) So, that brings us all the way up until today.
We're gonna bring you back to see how it all ends.
- Cool! I'm so excited!
♪ (upbeat music) ♪
- (Ryan) So it is our last full day here in Austin, Texas.
We are about to go to a totally new city
eerily close to MrBeast,
and I figured we might as well spend our last dinner
at a Texas favorite, Whataburger.
- Whataburger!
- (laughs) He punched the burger, nice.
- (Ryan) Nashville, Tennessee! - He's in Nashville!
He's in McDonald's again! - (Ryan) Good.
- He's only got five days left? He's definitely gonna make it.
- (Ryan) Thank you so much!
Friends, I have purchased... - What did he buy?
- (Ryan) The final plane ticket of the Penny Across America challenge.
- Oh my God. - (Ryan) I still need money to eat,
and transportation to the airport,
transportation from the airport. - Oh, that's right!
- (Ryan) So I just got contacted by Andrew East.
You probably know this, but him and his wife Shawn
donated $5,000 earlier, and they live in Nashville,
and they said come meet up. - Uh oh.
- (Andrew) So we know you've been eating at McDonald's.
- (Ryan) I have. - (Andrew) Every day.
- Oh! - (Ryan) Is this pizza?
- Aw! - (Ryan) Alright, what flavor is this?
- Oh, oh! (screams)
- Yo, that was so creative! Look at their faces!
They're just waiting!
- Go big or go home!
Hey, at least he got dinner for the night.
- (Andrew) Would it help if I gave you my shoes
as a starting point though?
- I'm dead, that's great.
- That is so rough, to be like hey,
here's some authentic pizza, and also, you've got a penny.
- (Ryan) I'm gonna return this cooler. Here's the receipt right there.
- (woman) Did you pay with card, cash? - (Ryan) I paid with cash.
- (React) So he returned the cooler.
This is a move he did earlier in the series as well,
but he instantly gets $21. - Okay.
Getting somewhere.
- (Ryan) Yeah, what is your best offer, Jeremiah?
- I didn't know I'm in this video! (laughs)
- Aw.
- Hey, I mean, not bad for a pair of shoes.
Yo!
- (Ryan) $25 on an Uber gift card!
I'm gonna go get a tattoo on my leg,
and it's gonna say eat your veggies, thanks to Doctor Mike.
That's right Doctor Mike donated over $100,000 like I said,
and we're getting a tattoo that says eat your veggies.
- Ah!
- (React) This whole running theme has been this kid does not eat vegetables.
- Not one time.
- (Ryan) Okay, I got my eat your veggies tattoo.
Maybe now I'll actually start eating them.
- Mmm.
- Honestly though, like, I'm not eating veggies how I should either.
- Bro's never seen a vegetable before. (laughs)
- (Ryan) I'm flying to Raleigh, North Carolina.
That is the closest airport to MrBeast.
I have the $25 Uber gift card that's hopefully gonna be able...
- Yes, so even if he gets reset, he's still got the $25 Uber gift card.
He can still use that.
- (Ryan) And we made it.
- (sighs) It's crazy.
- (Ryan) Look at the map, look at the map.
- Damn.
- Wait, did someone do it? Did someone do it?
- (Ryan) There it is.
SoFi. - SoFi!?
- Good for you, SoFi.
- The final great reset!
- Big epic company moment. (laughs)
- (Ryan) That's actually crazy. Okay, we are down to one penny.
The only thing I have left is the only thing that I started with,
and the only thing that I'm going to give to MrBeast.
- Oh my God, how is he gonna make it?
- (Ryan) Hey yo, train alert. (train bell rings)
So if you're just tuning in,
McDonald's has been my primary source of fuel for the last 30 days.
Five dollar gift card that we earned
from drawing caricatures of people. (Jeremiah laughs)
Final McDonald's iced coffee of the series.
Oh. - Oh, so close.
It's not a boba, you have to put it in the center.
- (MrBeast) The last person to travel across America to give me a penny
put it on this. - (Ryan) Got it, okay.
- (MrBeast) Here's the deal, your penny is going beside his.
Don't let him upstage you.
- (Ryan) I'm not really good at that type of stuff,
and I didn't have any time to do anything cool.
So truly this is what I would be delivering,
if it wasn't thanks to my good friend Tyler Blanchard.
So Tyler has been working this entire time
on a giant awesome penny for me to deliver to MrBeast.
Did he literally just bring...
- I'm... Jesus Christ, God damn!
- (Ryan) For the record, in this moment...
- (laughs) That is amazing.
- (Ryan) Little did I know he's actually created
an elaborate scavenger hunt... - Oh no.
- (Ryan) That leads me right to a full-on finish line
with my wife, family, and friends.
- (MrBeast) Ryan Trahan has been traveling across America.
- That's amazing. - (MrBeast) To deliver me a penny.
- Oh, I'm dead, this is so cool!
- (man) Ryan!
(Jeremiah laughs)
- That's the first one he didn't have to buy!
- (Ryan) Dude, these guys are funny. - And a McChicken!
- (Ryan) McChicken! - He slapped it!
- (Ryan) Are these ours?
- Aw, that's sick! - (Ryan) Yes!
- (laughs) Yes!
- This is pretty cool, not gonna lie.
- That's gotta be one of the best feelings of all time right there.
- Aw! (laughs)
- (MrBeast) There he is, thank you!
- We've seen MrBeast do some amazing things,
but like this one, this one is awesome.
- Woo! Woo!
- (Ryan) No, you didn't! - (MrBeast) Yes!
- Aw, this is so wholesome!
- He didn't even notice them on the way in,
he's just like so excited.
- (MrBeast) Feeding America to raise money.
- (Ryan) Yes.
- (MrBeast) So I have four briefcases here.
- Oh. - (MrBeast) One has $100,000,
one has 50, one has 25, and I think one has 10.
Whichever you pick,
I'll donate what's inside to Feeding America.
- Ah! (laughs) Nice!
- Let's go!
- (Ryan) We all have to do the great reset pose together!
- (group) The great reset! - Ah, yeah,
the last, last, great reset.
- Yo! 13,881,000 that's crazy.
- You see stuff like this happen specifically only on social media,
where it's all behind the camera,
but to see this happen in real time and see just what the actual impact
someone can make, and having that be documented,
makes it even more crazy.
- YouTube is a powerhouse.
People use it to get their news, to get their entertainment,
and now for them to be able to go on and be charitable with it is amazing.
- There are literally people willing
to do what they can for people in need!
- Thanks for watching this episode.
- If you wanna donate to Ryan's fundraiser for Feeding America,
click the link down below.
- Bye!
- I could not imagine having this amount of energy and stamina.
I can't even like get up to make myself food,
and this man's just balls to the wall.