- (groaning) Getting ready.
- Why you gotta do this to me, guys?
♪ (dramatic chord) ♪
- (FBE) So today we actually have a challenge for you.
- Oh, okay.
- (FBE) The challenge attempts to make some people
feel a little emotional. - Oh, no.
Am I going to cry?
- Is it a cry challenge?
- (FBE) This is a try not to cry challenge.
- Oh, no! I'm the biggest baby.
(slamming table) I will not cry.
But please don't show me that video of the cow
that got its head stuck in a tree.
That was a lot. Oh, god.
- (FBE) Are you going to start crying now?
- No, I'm not gonna start crying!
- (FBE) So after each video, whether or not it made you cry,
we're going to rate each video on a 1-5 scale
based on how emotional you thought it was.
- Got it.
- (FBE) And before we start, we think you may need something else.
- Oh, god, you guys are so weird.
- I'm ready.
- (kids chanting) Danny! Danny! Danny!
- (reporter) In the middle of it all, Danny Keith, Bridgewater first-grader,
waterboy for the Williams school fifth grade football team--
- Oh, I don't want to even make a joke about it
because it's real.
- (reporter) And he always wears a tie and jacket
and has some speech issues. - Oh, god.
- (reporter) A few other kids had been picking on him about that
and yesterday his team dressed up to show
they don't approve. - Oh, nice.
- (reporter) ...they don't approve. - My heart is full!
Those little bows!
- (boy #1) Danny was getting picked on, so we thought that we would
all have a day to dress up like Danny.
- Oh, my god.
- (boy #1) And we thought we would all come to school like Danny
and [inaudible] Danny-- - Oh, no.
- Oh, no, don't cry.
- Yes, be emotional! Oh, my god!
- (boy #1 snuffling) And show Danny that we love him
and that we love him very much. - This is beautiful.
- (reporter) Danny suffered a brain hemorrhage
after he was born. Years of speech therapy are helping
and so did yesterday.
- You got this!
- (reporter) ...you came out of the hospital as the best day,
but this was a really great day. - (Danny) Yeah.
- That is so beautiful.
- (Danny's mom) It was very emotional yesterday
and before he went to bed, he was crying--
- Gosh dang it, why is everybody crying?
Now I'ma start crying!
- (Danny's mom) And I said, "What's the matter?"
And he said he felt very loved. - Oh, that's sweet.
- (Danny's mom) That's my wish for him every night.
- He feels loved. (emotionally) He feels loved!
- It was very cute. Not gonna cry thought.
- Kids these days are not afraid to show that stuff.
When I was a kid, everyone, you couldn't show your emotions.
You couldn't cry in front of your male friends
because everyone called you a little wuss,
and now here they are, all embracing each other
and doing nice things.
- (FBE) So scale of 1-5, how emotional was that?
- Um, for me, that was a two.
- A three.
- Three.
- Three. It's nice to see people coming together.
- I'm gonna go with two.
Seeing boys cry and opening up to their emotions, it gets to me.
- A four. That was beautiful.
- Probably two.
- A nice two. - Two, too.
- I'll give it a four.
I didn't physically cry, but I felt a lot.
I was moved.
- Will was doing just fine. - No!!
This one gets me every time.
- (Phillip) Will was doing just fine until you showed up.
- Oh, my god. This is good.
- (Lou) Look, we're still gonna take the trip--
- (Phillip) Oh, bull! - I remember this.
- (Lou) Now are you gonna tell Will or not?
- First things first, rest in peace, Uncle Phil.
- (Phillip) I'm not gonna do your dirty work for you.
- Tell them, Uncle Phil!
- (Lou) Fine. I'll call him from the road.
- (Phillip) Yeah, why don't you do that?
- (Lou) Yeah, I'll do that.
- (Will) Daddy-o! - Oh, no!
- (Lou) Will. (chuckling) Man, I'm glad you're here.
Um, some business came up--
- This is when Will Smith went from comedian to real ass actor.
- (Lou) Some business came up I gotta handle,
so we're gonna have to put our trip on hold.
- Not Will Smith. Don't make Will Smith sad.
- (Will) Yeah. Yeah, that's cool.
- (Lou) Just for a couple weeks. - (Will) Mm-hmm.
I understand. - I hate you guys.
- (Lou) It was great seeing you, son. - (Will) You too, Lou.
- Aww, poor Will Smith.
- (Will) You too, Lou.
- Oh, he did not call him dad anymore.
- That was his dad. - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I got that.
- (Phillip) I'm sorry, Will. - (Will scoffing) You know what?
Actually, this works out better for me.
You know, the slimmies of summer come to class wearin' next to nothing,
- (Phillip) Will, it's all right to be angry.
- (Will) Hey, why should I be mad? - (groaning) Getting ready.
- (Will) At least he said goodbye this time.
- He's putting up a brave front.
- (Will) I just wish I hadn't wasted my money
buying him this stupid present. - Oh, he bought him a gift?
What is it? - (Phillip) I'm sorry.
- Well, that's a weird gift.
- (Will) Hey, y'know what, you ain't got to do nothin', Uncle Phil.
Y'know, ain't like I'm still five years old, you know?
Ain't like I'ma be sittin' up there every night
askin' my mom, "When's daddy coming home?"
- Dude, that's the worst, when you get let down
and you feel embarrassed.
- (Will) Hey, he wasn't there to teach me how to shoot
my first basket, but I learned, didn't I?
And I got pretty damn good at it too, didn't I, Uncle Phil?
- (Phillip) You did. - (Will) Got through my first date
without him, right? I learned how to drive,
I learned how to shave, I learned how to fight without him.
I had 14 great birthdays without him!
- Are we supposed to believe he's 15?
- He never even sent me a damn card!
THE HELL WITH HIM! - You tell 'em, Will!
- (Will crying) - Oh, this is sad.
Nope, not gonna cry.
- (Will) I didn't need him then. I don't need him now.
- No, you don't. You tell them.
- (Will) No, you know what, Uncle Phil?
I'ma get through college without him, I'ma get a great job without him,
I'ma marry me a beautiful honey--
- I'm gonna star in "Hitch" with Kevin James without him.
- (Will) ...than he ever was, and I sure as hell
don't need him for that 'cause there ain't a damn thing
he could ever teach me about how to love my kids!
- That's sad because you can tell he's trying to be so strong,
but he's hurting so bad inside.
- (Will) How come he don't want me, man?
- That line!
- Hug it out.
- And you can so tell, as with any good actor,
that it's very real to him.
- Oh! And then the little statue, and it's just all--
God dang it, I got all these tissues
- He just wants love, and his dad wasn't there
to give it to him, but Uncle Phil is.
But it didn't get me. Three.
- I'd say a four.
- Three.
- Three just because the acting was so on point.
- Three out of five for me. - Five.
I love you dad!
- Three. I've just watched him cry too many times.
I have no tears left to cry.
- I'm gonna say four.
- A good four.
It's so real.
It's a thing a lot of people have to deal with
and they go through.
- It's a four.
I could feel the tears welling up in my eyes, to be honest.
I don't like this. (laughing)
♪ (A Great Big World, "Say Something") ♪
- Oh, no, Paws.
This is gonna be animals.
- Damn it, I just saw the word "paws" and I'm gonna cry.
- Poor honey.
- I hate this stuff.
- Oh, poor boy.
- Covered in ticks? Oh, my god.
Oh, this one's so sad.
- And this song? Really?
- (gasping) - Oh!
- (whimpering)
- He's covered in problems.
- They found you. You're okay. I think.
- I'm trusting as I watch this that this has a happy ending.
♪ (music swells emotionally) ♪
- Aww! Just like people.
- ♪ ...I'm giving up on you ♪
- Why you gotta do this to me, guys?
- Okay, we're not giving up on you, Dennis.
- His body's too weak?
- Oh, no. Please.
- Are you serious?
- You emotionally manipulate YouTubers and I will not stand for it--
(laughing)
- (FBE) I just didn't want you to miss the ending.
- But I want to kind of. It's so sad.
- ♪ Say something, I'm giving up on you ♪
- Oh! Poor pup.
♪ (tempo slowing) ♪
- No! No. No.
- (FBE) We'll call that a five. - (Rachel) You said he wouldn't die!
- Oh, god!
Dennis! That's a five.
- Four just because animals are a whole 'nother level from humans.
- Four for me.
- Five. I'm glad that there are people that helped
and, you know, did something about it
rather than just, you know, walk by.
- That was a four. That was getting there.
- Five, easy five.
Why would they post this if it wasn't we're gonna now see him
in a happy home and he's jumping around.
- 17 million trillion billion. - (FBE) Can we call that a five?
- Cool.
- Dennis, his story was about a four out of five for me.
- It's a two out of five in emotion to me.
It definitely foreshadowed the entire way
the dog was going with the song.
- What's next? Why could possibly follow that?
- (speaking Thai) - Hmmm.
- These asian videos are always so good.
- (speaking Thai)
- Is this gonna be sad or is this gonna be happy sad?
- There's gonna be a car wreck. I know it.
- (speaking Thai)
- Pay attention to the road.
- If they die, I swear!
- This is like his birth diary?
♪ (touching music) ♪
- Oh, no.
- (sighing softly)
- Hmmm.
I'm not a big fan of fish heads.
- (speaking Thai)
- You eat the fish head.
Oh, no, you eat the fish head.
- No, she doesn't like the tail but she gave her son
the good part of the fish.
- (speaking Thai)
- All right, who told you l love my mom a lot.
♪ (touching music) ♪
- Aww!
- Oh, she's still taking care of him.
- Nope. Nope. Nope.
Uh-uh!
- I'm not tearing up. It's fine.
Goddamn it! (laughing)
- Two for me.
You know, it was very, very sweet but it wasn't a dog dying.
- Two. It didn't quite go all the way for me.
- If I could go below one, I would.
This one didn't do it for me.
- For some reason, I'm the complete opposite.
- Yeah? - Yeah, 100%.
- Yeah, we're triggered by different things.
- Four out of five.
- That [bleep] hurt. Five.
- A solid four.
- Five. It's so sweet. She kept it all this time.
- I'll give that one a one. He's growing up.
That's just a part of life.
- I'd give it the full five.
If it was 15 seconds longer and I blinked,
I think I would have had a tear rolling down my face.
- That one was a four. The dog one will never be beat.
I can't take it anymore. I need to see my therapist.
- (FBE) Well, you did make it though our challenge without crying.
- I know. Maybe I'm a little disappointed.
Does that mean I'm dead inside?
- I think I did good. Like, I didn't cry but, you know,
I used up a lot of tissues.
- I think the internet is great for crying.
I do purposefully put on things on the internet
that make me cry sometimes because it feels good.
- We will cry but we'd rather laugh.
This is what I always tell people.
I say if you got issues, I say run from them
and run from them as fast as you can and as long as you can.
If you run from them, they won't ever--
No! If you run from them fast enough, they won't ever catch you.
- No, no, no. If you run from them
consistently enough, you gain the cardio
to keep running from them. - There you go!
So you gotta keep practicing.
- Thanks for watching this episode of YouTubers React.
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The links are below.
- (tearfully) Goodbye.
- Hi, guys, Vartuhi here, a producer at FBE.
Thank you so much for watching this episode of YouTubers React.
Thank you to all the YouTubers who came out to shoot with us
and a big shout-out to Yasmeen Pops, Kev Mwaniki, and Nobel Adhikari.
Bye, guys!