- So,
Joe, we are just so excited to have you back
and working with us.
I know the team really values your creative spirit
and ideas.
- Yes, it is a joy
to help those in need.
- And that is why I want the whole office to take
personality
tests.
- I'm seen by many as a
- [Vanessa] Leader.
And if I'm being frank, a trailblazer in this office
time and time again I've,
- [Jolasun] Lended my essence to those
trying to find their inner guru.
It's a gift and a calling that I have to,
- [Vanessa] Keep in line.
Section five, code two.
All approved physical contact must be verbally approved
before engagement can take place.
- And we back and we back and we back in here
This ain't no intro.
This the entree.
Hey everyone, it's me, Hallease.
Endeavoring to persevere as always.
If you're new here,
I make videos about my chaotic good life.
Subscribe, follow social media, all of the things.
We back!
Some of y'all probably thought
that another episode wouldn't drop and
it's a valid concern.
But without further ado,
episode two
is officially coming
in one calendar week
on the YouTube channel, Hallease,
for y'all to check out youtube.com/hallease.
So for those of you who just watched that trailer
and was like, what is even happening right now?
This Could Have Been an Email
is a five part comedy web series
that I co-wrote and co-star with Evelyn
from The Internet's In.
It's about two HR secretaries
who are tasked with putting on
a diversity, equity and inclusion initiative in the office
and hilarity ensues.
We launched episode one on this channel,
the YouTube channel Hallease, back in February,
and y'all really loved it.
If you haven't checked it out yet,
watch it in the Eye of Sauron.
I think it's a good watch.
I really enjoyed it.
I am so excited to bring these characters back to you
and continue this story along.
Keeping that in mind, I wanna say
a big, big thank you to our Indiegogo backers.
Yo,
over 800 of y'all
showed up and showed out for the Indiegogo campaign.
So it is directly because of y'all
that we are showing you this next episode in a week.
And I also wanna say a huge thank you to y'all
who couldn't join the production via Indiegogo
but shared the video like crazy.
It helped so much.
Thank you so, so, so, so much.
And so because of that
episode two is coming
and episode three,
because we filmed both.
Okay, so we are on day two of filming.
This Could Have Been an Email episodes two and three.
We have had some hiccups.
We have had some setbacks as per usge
with production.
Nothing ever goes
quite to plan.
Plan for the worst, hope for the best.
But we are only a little bit behind
which is a good thing.
Usually you end up being a lot behind.
So we're doing
stuff.
We filmed both episodes in Austin
over the course of about six or seven days.
And yo,
show Evelyn some love in the comments because
through all the filming she was not feeling well.
She was feeling really sick.
- Day two
of shooting.
Am I dehydrated?
Yes.
Am I running on almonds and Gatorade?
Yes.
But am I gonna be the director of associates?
You bet your black ass I will be.
- But she endeavored to persevere.
You wanna know why?
Because that's show business.
And there's no business like show business.
It's the only business we know.
And so again,
because we were able to film episodes two and three,
because of the Indiegogo support at the same time,
there will not be a huge gap
between episode two coming out next week
and episode three.
Because Leslye, our amazing editor,
is already working on the cut for episode three,
as y'all watch this video right now.
In fact, by the time you're watching this trailer
we will probably already be on draft three or four
of episode three, cutting it together.
So again, it is because of y'all
that we're able to move this thing along
and keep it going.
I appreciate you
and your existence.
As I said before, This Could Have Been an Email
is a five part comedy web series.
Why Evelyn and I decided on five episodes is beyond me.
And I should know, I created the show.
Like, I should be able to answer that question.
And
I can't.
So I don't know what we're finna do
for episodes four and five in regards to funding.
Everything that I was starting to set aside
to produce episode four
ended up going to our government
because taxes are a thing, death and taxes.
Am I right?
And so that being has said
if you have enjoyed the show thus far
and you would like it to conclude
relatively soon
consider hitting up the super thanks over here.
I believe it's on this side.
If you're watching on YouTube,
hit up the super thanks.
If the same amount of people who watched episode one
which last I checked, we think was around 33,000 views
at this point,
which is really amazing for this channel.
Oh my God.
Can we talk about that?
Anyway,
33,000 views for the pilot episode.
If all of y'all who watched the pilot
watch episode two
and hit us with a super thanks of $2
that's it, $2.
We can fund four and five easily.
And that's even with YouTube taking their cut
which actually isn't very high on the super thanks.
It's actually really cool.
So thanks YouTube for that.
All right, y'all.
Go ahead and click this end screen right here.
So that way you can set your reminder to watch episode two.
Again, I am so excited for y'all to check it out.
Big shout out to my Patreon producers
and my YouTube join community patreon.com/hallease.
If you're interested.
And I will see y'all in one week.