Steve voice over: What you're about to watch is a story unlike any other.
It was March 30th. Yesterday morning, I was all set to pick up James to shoot with him
when he sent me a message about his address and it made no sense it said:
"He lives in a small woman's old plane. She keeps at an abandoned airstrip near Palmdale"
I called to confirm.
Steve: Good morning.
James: Dude, don't even.
Steve: So one of my favorite movies of the year was "La La Land."
I wanted to experience all of the different locations because it takes place in LA.
So we figured why not go around LA today, me and James,
and just look at our favorite "La La Land" joints, you know.
Steven: What's your favorite part of "La La Land"?
James's favorite movie of 2016 was "Independence Day: Resurgence"
*Random groan*
Something else about James is that, the past few days, he's been really dodging questions about the draft.
Steven: You got called about the draft the other day? That's sorta strange.
James: Yeah, yeah,
What draft I do not know but I am still very curious.
Steven: Am I gonna get in trouble by being around you?
James: Basically, this is what they told me,
"As long as you go through, like, your tour of duty, everything will be ok"
and I told them,
"I don't want to go."
After getting yet another disconcerting response from James regarding his draft,
we headed towards our very first location from "La La Land."
Steven: Can we just get to the first location and then you can... James: No
While regretting inviting James at all, I decided to check "Find friends" to see what Cib was up to.
When I discovered Cib had turned location services off.
I was hurt to say the least.
To say the most, I was devastated.
And to say something in the middle,
I was fiddlewistermiddlediddled.
Nevertheless, after 2 hours we finally made it to the very first location.
Well, kind of. We accidentally got on the wrong highway.
After ending up in the middle of one of LA's worst neighbourhoods, we finally found the first location.
Steven: This is it, this is the opening shot of "La La Land" where they do the m-- It's honestly very underwhelming.
James: I'm getting carsick.
After realising that I was still on the wrong part of the highway, the day got even worse.
Steven: So over to the left we have a memorial place, not a memorial but it's like a weird gated uhh..
I tried ways, Google Maps, Apple Maps, yet nothing could possibly take me to Cathy's Corner on Mt. Washington Drive.
That was the next location from this scene in "La La Land."
James: huh?
Steven: I am starting to think a lot of these places don't actually exist.
it says we're 0.3 miles away from, uh,
wherever we're supposed to go on the hill up there but,
it doesn't even look like there is gonna be a, uh,
like a vantage point, unless it's--unless it's right up there?
Steve voice over: It wasn't right up there.
Also it seemed like, in order to get to our destination, we had to trespass.
James provided some words of warning.
James: You have to be a constructor to work-- to go here though.
Steven: This is how we run to it.
Steven: Here I'll take the camera because you're a bad runner.
*Steven snickering*
*Steven snickering louder*
James: Steven! Steven! We'll take one of these!
James: Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!
Steven: What? Come on.
James: Fuck!
While in the construction zone, James and I noticed something a little out of the ordinary.
James: What we have here, is just, like, a very very normal...
ground snake.
James: It's doing something with it's head.
Steven: Yeah, what are you doing?
*Gorillaz - Ascension plays in the background*
Steven: It's like dancing
*Gorillaz - Ascension plays in the background*
Steven: What are you thinking Mr. Snake?
Steven: I looked up these maps online that tell you where to go to get to all the locations in "La La Land."
It has to be around the corner.
James: Steven, I don't care about this!
James: Steven, no it's dark in there. Steven!
Oh my god, I haven't drank water in three days.
James: Are you kidding me?!
James: You're not gonna find it dude, it's like on the top of that hill or it's at the top of that hill
or it's underneath one of the hills, which would be even harder.
You got to just accept the fact that we're not going get there.
Steven: We're so close, we're 5 minut... we're a 5 minute drive away, it's Cathy's Corner.
James: We're not getting there. Steven: If we find Cathy's Corner...
James: It doesn't exist Steven: It exists James: Just accept..!
Narrator: We regrouped back at my car to find Cathy's Corner.
James: Dude...
James: Dude, you gotta, you gotta fucking, you gotta get me dude, I don't know.
Narrator: That's when I got a call that was gonna change my entire day.
Steven: What are you doing right now? Filup: Uhh, I am hanging out with my dog, my dogs birthday is coming up.
Steven: Okay, anyway, uhh, do you want to meet up today, at all?
Have you seen "La La Land?" We're filming all the locations. We're going around reenacting the scenes.
Steven: What?
*Spooky sound*
James: What?!
Steven: Smosh did it! Smosh did it! Smosh did it! *While having a seizure* SMOSH DID IT! (3x)
James: Stop it! Stop it!
Steven: You're gonna make me break out. James: Why would you say that?
Narrator: That was the final straw that broke my camel toe that day,
and since I couldn't find Cib on location services,
I had to go to Parker's house for comfort instead.
James: Are they there?
Steven: I hear somebody.
Yikes. I try not to mingle with Parker's editors, but it's tough when they answer the door.
Sure, he may have looked like a dumpster diver that tries to pawn off trash as antiques,
but when asked if Parker was there he gave me a legitimate response:
Dumpster diver: No, he's actually not.
Steven voice over: And that was all I needed to hear.
Steven: What's wrong with your leg? Dumpster diver: Oh, I burned my foot with my shoe.
Steven: Oh, yeah, yeah
James: Wait a minute, is Jeremy just holding his mailbox?
Steven: What are you doin..! Ah, I don't care
Steven voice over: Before he could skin us alive in his basement, we decided to change scenery.
Steven: We're going over to Jordan's house now. James: Is he home?
Steven: Well, we're going to find out.
Steven: Hey! Hey! Hey! Jordan, you can see us! You can see us!
James: Hey Jordan! Do you think he remembers us?
Steven: You know, not every day can go how you plan it. Oh, yeah, he's gone now.
Jordan: (On phone) Alright, I'll... Steven: What the heck?
Jordan: (On phone) ...talk to you later. Steven: Hey! Oh sorry, sorry.
James: Hey Jordan!
Steven: Do you want to do anything today?
Steven: What are you doing at like, I dunno, ten, ten-eleven time?
Steve: You try to go to bed early?
Steve: You got personal training in the morning?
Steve: Can I use your bathroom?
Steve voice over: After being aggressively escorted off of Jordan's premises,
I ordered James an Uber.
Because I couldn't stand to be in the car with him any longer.
Doing these videos every day, I'm just gonna have to get used to it sometimes not working out.
But it's always possible to make something out of nothing.
I think what I was most upset about was
Cib turning off location services.
I checked one last time and I found something pretty interesting.
Find Friends said he was at my house.
Steve: Cib?
Steven: Where you been all-- OW
Where you been all day?
You turned Find Friends off.
Steve: Holy shit, man.
Cib: How about--
Steven: It's been a bad day for me, too.
Nothing went right the entire shoot!
Steve: How'd you get into the house?
Cib: I have a spare key. I made one.
Steve: Can't say I don't feel for you, man, because it's been a- it's been a rough day.
Steve: We couldn't find the locations,
Steve: Smosh already did it! Smosh already did it.
Cib: SMOSH ALREADY DID IT?!
Steve: So you're vaping again, though?
Cib: *weird vaping noises*
Steve: You know, I was thinking about it, and it's not like...
...it's not always about where you end up.
You know? It's about, it's about, like, the journey.
Steve: Is what a lot of people say.
You don't always have to have a good result in the end.
Steve: I love you too, man.
Steve: So what are you gonna do now?
Steve: Okay.
Steve: Are you really going--
Steve: We can- you wanna go get--
Cib: OH NO DUDE
*Cib yelling*
Steve: Cib! Hey! Are you--
*more Cib yelling*
OH NO DUDE