- (David) I married your mom. - Guy's gonna crap a brick.
- Oh my god. It's a human being.
Well, I'm afraid I'm not a fan.
♪ (ragtime intro) ♪
♪ (upbeat music) ♪
- David Dobrik. - (David) ...a bunch of
different delivery people coming to my house to deliver food,
and I wanna see their reaction when I put 'em in different
kinds of situations. - Oh, David. I don't know.
- (man) We're in here, sir. - (laughs)
- What in-- that's a skunk! - Okay, that's a funny idea.
- ♪ ...fall in love ♪
♪ When everybody keeps retreating ♪
- Delivery people coming to the--
(laughs) - A lot of chaos going on
here right now.
♪ (police sirens blaring) ♪
- Police car? What? There's so many moving parts.
- (giggles) That's crazy.
- Brilliant. This is clever stuff.
- That went so fast. I must have blinked,
'cause why were the police there? - There's a lot of stuff
going on in there, and he's just trying
to do his job and deliver some drinks!
- (Jason) It's so crazy to think that you'll never
have an ex-wife, 'cause no one will [bleep] marry you ever.
- (chuckles) Is that his dad? - (David) Yeah, [bleep]?
- Oh, no language problems. - (David) You'll regret that, [bleep].
- (David) Hi, guys. I'm with Dumb & Dumber.
I'm flying to Boston to propose to Jason's mom,
so I can become his stepdad. ...so I can become his stepdad.
- (man in hat) Oh my [bleep] god. - What? What?!
- Can't get a date? You can't find some girl
to play around with? You gotta get their mom.
- (David) From the moment I laid my eyes on you--
- (Lorraine) I am so [bleep] confused.
- (laughs) - (David) Lorraine Charlotte Nash,
will you marry me? - (Lorraine) Are you out of your mind?
- (laughs) - (David) I wanna be Jason's stepdad.
- (Lorraine) Oh, that would be hysterical.
- (David) That's why I'm here. - (chuckles) Very clever!
- He can submit that for Funniest Home Videos
and get $100,000. - They're getting married?
- (officiant) ...power invested in me by the state of Nevada...
- Unbelievable. - Take your hat off.
Boy, I tell ya. I hope he gets lucky tonight.
- This is not happening. It's for Funniest Home Videos, right?
♪ (upbeat music) ♪ - That is hilarious.
- That's very funny. Very cute.
- (David) I married your mom. - Guy's gonna crap a brick.
- (Jason) You didn't. - (David) I proposed to her in Boston.
My son. - But he's older than he is.
It's funny. It's fast. It doesn't make any sense,
but I guess people like it. - It was funny. It was humorous.
It was ingenious. But that can't be true.
- Some people become popular on YouTube and stuff
where you're just watching them do their daily stuff.
This kid put in the work. It's almost like it's his own TV show.
- (David) How do you feel about Kylie Jenner?
- (man) Pretty good. - (David) Who's your favorite
out of the sisters? - (man) Khloe.
- (David) Khloe? - (man) Yeah.
- (David) That sucks, dude, 'cause-- - (man) I think she is.
- (David) ...'cause Kylie's here and Khloe's not.
- Oh, [bleep]! - (Kylie) Hi!
(laughs) Oh, that's her for real?
- Oh, boy. He put 'em in the spot, didn't he?
- (man) ...just about to say you're my...
my-my favorite. - "You're my favorite."
Yeah, he changed it too. - (David) Are you a fan
of the stuff she makes?
- (woman) Like makeup? - (David) Mm-hmm.
- (woman) Love. - (David) You should congratulate
Kylie. (woman) Congratulations, Kylie J--
- (David) No, no, she's right here.
- (Kylie) Thank you. - (chuckles) Ah.
- Oh! I love that kind of surprise. - Oh, that looks like fun.
I'd love to have that happen.
- (man) Ah, I like Kylie. - It's like, "Smile.
It's candid camera." - (man) The youngest...
- (David) Billionaire. - (man) Yeah, billionaire.
- She's a billionaire? - (man) Probably the first thing
I'd do is ask for a picture. - (David) Yeah?
- (man) Yeah. - (David) Ask her.
- (man) Hi Kylie, could I have a picture with you?
- He's making them all very uncomfortable, isn't he?
It's kind of mean. - (man) Oh my god!
- (laughs) That's classic. - Oh my god. It's a human being.
Well, I'm afraid I'm not a fan. I like people that stimulate
my intellect. I like real emotions, people solving real problems.
This is just insipid. - Remember candid camera?
That's what it reminds me of, a new version of candid camera.
Nothing ever changes, does it? - (David) We're breaking
a world record. - (man) What we did in there,
that was four liters. - Hazardous.
- (man) ...is 208. - (someone gasps)
- (man 2) Wait. - Oh my god.
- (David) In three, two, one, go!
- Oh! - (man) Oh my god.
- It's alive! - What? What is that?
- That's brilliant to do it on that level.
- They're in danger, the life and limb.
- No, no, no. - (man 3) This bath bomb is so good.
- No. - (John) My favorite, yo!
I've been out on the streets for about three years now.
- Oh. Homeless guy? - (David) And you watch the videos?
- Absolutely, man. - So, just somebody who went by?
- (David) Through talking to John, we found out he had been kicked
out of foster care to live on the streets...
- Ah! - (David) ...and even recently
had his car stolen. And then we heard something
that no one should ever hear. - Aww.
- (John) I've actually never had Chipotle. I just remembered that.
- Never had Chipotle? Wow. - (David) First bite
of a Chipotle burrito? Let it sink a little bit.
- (John) That is [bleep] delicious. - (David) It is?
- Cool. - (John) I just came from Subway.
This is way better. - (laughs) I don't think
Subway wants to hear that. - (David) I actually told Chipotle
about you, and they wanna give you free burritos for a year.
- Wow. What a great thing to do. - Oh, wow. Cool.
- I like this kind of stuff. It's corny, but it's real.
- (David) There's a lot of clothes here for you.
You want us to help you with 'em and put 'em in your new car?
- Stop it.
- (John) I'm about to have a heart attack.
- Wow.
- (John) Please don't kid with me, bro! No!
- So, they helped a guy out. That's good. I like that.
- Oh, wow. Oh, wo-- ohhh!
♪ (upbeat music) ♪ - Fantastic.
- Man, that makes you feel good, doesn't it?
- I love this. - "Thank you, Chipotle." (chuckles)
Is that for real? - The goodness of people.
There is good in this country! - I got goosebumps.
That was a beautiful, emotional experience for me.
And I feel so-- I love this kid who did this.
- I hang out on YouTube all the time, so I will definitely
put him on my little list of channels to watch
and see what he's doing, and I have to do some research on him.
Who is he? - (FBE) So, do you have any idea
who that guy in the video was? - No. He's cute, but I have no idea.
- He looked familiar, like he was the son
of somebody famous, so I knew their face.
- (FBE) So, this is a very popular online creator.
His name is David Dobrik. - David Dobrik.
Now, that's not a name I'm even familiar with in America.
Is he a foreigner? - Now that you mention it,
the name sounds more familiar. - (FBE) David Dobrik's channel
on YouTube has gained over 14 million subscribers...
- Do tell! - (FBE) ...with his videos receiving
over five billion views. - Stop it.
- (laughs) I don't understand anything anymore.
- And I've never viewed it. Have I been living in a cave?
- (FBE) Watching his videos, why do you think so many
would wanna watch his content?
- They hope they can get cars themselves?
It's sort of like a fairy tale, 'cause things like that
don't really happen. I mean, people don't just--
"Here. Here's a car." - Everyone wants to see
how far he'll reach into his bag of tricks,
what he'll come up with next. - They wanna see a good time.
They wanna see a person surprised. It hits all the points
in your brain and heart, you know? It really does.
- You can see the passion that he has for what he does.
He's involved mentally and emotionally for all of his work.
- Candid camera, that's from my youth,
is to have that, where they surprise people
and take pictures of them. It was more to make fun
and demean them mostly. This guy, at first, he did that,
some of those. But those ones at the end, I liked.
I think that he's come a long way and is maturing as an entertainer.
- (FBE) A little more background on David's life, after high school
and before his huge success online, David's parents gave him an ultimatum:
either go to college or move out. And David chose to not go to college
and instead move out to Los Angeles,
where he reportedly struggled to even buy groceries
when he first moved out here. What would've been your advice
to David if he was your grandchild choosing between college
or moving to LA? Yeah, what do you think?
- Stay in school. Get that degree
and then branch out into the different areas
of your interest. - My first reaction, of course,
as a grandfather, is college. It's not so much
that he didn't go to college, it's that he had to rely on himself.
And there are kids that'll fold under that.
- If he chose to move out of his parents' house,
he probably wanted to be away from the influence of his parents.
He wanted to be able to what he wanted to do creatively.
Okay, fine. I think that's great. That's just as good as going
to college and getting a diploma. - I don't think college is the answer
for everybody.
It certainly helps in some cases, but, you know, this guy
was really creative and he's got a good heart.
He's got a great laugh. He's got a big ol' smile.
He wants to do something interesting, and he's successful at it.
- Parallels a little bit of my life. I was a guy just sitting around
with imagination, some ideas. However, I thought they were
great ideas and I'm going to California.
And my folks, you know, same story. "But son, you don't have any money.
You don't know anybody out there." "That's all right."
And that's what happens. And that's the story I like to see.
- (FBE) So, we're curious to hear your thoughts.
When watching these videos, do you think these videos
are real or are they scripted? - You mean-- I don't think
they're scripted. I think that whatever comes into his head, he does.
- I'm thinking he actually did the whole marriage thing
with the guy's mom and all that. He actually went through with it.
- I think it has some structure to it,
but I don't think everyone has lines to say.
- I think the situation was set up, but for the most part,
I think it was unscripted. - I think there are some
that are controlled. Maybe not necessarily scripted,
but they're controlled to have a certain outcome.
- (FBE) As you saw in the videos, David's friends are heavily involved
within his content, and they are often referred to as the vlog squad.
Some of the members of the vlog squad are his old childhood friends,
while some he met during his early days
of creating content online. - Right. I'm in a situation
exactly like that with Brandon Rogers,
that he is kind of the guy who comes up with the general ideas,
but he has a pool of performers that he works with.
- (FBE) Over the course of entertainment that you've
seen over time, how common is it for a group
to find success together even when there's one person
at the center of attention? - Well, that's tough,
because popularity and fame, the equation equals money.
And usually, they start making a name for themselves,
they want a little bit more. - Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack.
Okay. But that all came about, I think, when they went to Vegas.
- Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis, Jr. and those guys, yeah.
That was kind of a phenomena. The Rat Pack, I think, you know,
they were all good buddies with each other.
They weren't reaching out and buying cars for people,
I mean, as an example. - Adam Sandler.
He gets his buddies. He takes care of his friends.
And that's the feeling you get when you watch this guy, David.
You wanna be a part of the fun of their relationship together.
- (FBE) So finally, after watching some of his videos today
and learning more about David, if he, you know, wanted you
to join his vlog squad and be part of his videos--
- Sign me up. - (FBE) Would you join his vlog?
- Yeah, absolutely. - Sure. It looks like fun.
I'd like to get a car. - Yeah. I would join.
I'd sit in the backseat, go "Hahaha."
But I wouldn't wanna be so far in the back
that you couldn't see me much. I want a little camera time, okay?
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