Try Not to Laugh CHALLENGE With Brent Rivera

Liv Swearingen (LIV)
21 Jan 202410:58

Summary

TLDRIn this entertaining video script, two competitive friends engage in a 'try not to laugh' challenge, with a humorous twist: they react to some of the worst talent auditions ever aired. The stakes are high, with the loser having to swallow their pride and laugh at the cringe-worthy performances. The script reveals their competitive nature and love for challenges, especially when money is involved, as the winner stands to win $10,000. They use a classic technique to heighten the humor: holding a mouthful of water. The dialogue is filled with playful banter, self-deprecating humor, and candid confessions about past audition experiences, including a memorable and awkward moment from American Idol. The video promises laughter, cringing, and a good dose of reality TV humor.

Takeaways

  • 😂 The video is a 'Try Not to Laugh' challenge featuring two participants, Brent and Liv.
  • 😄 They discuss their competitiveness and love for winning, especially when money is involved.
  • 😆 They prepare for the challenge by filling their mouths with water to make things funnier.
  • 😅 Liv shares her experience of auditioning for American Idol at 16 years old, getting rejected, and feeling devastated.
  • 🤣 Despite the rejection, Liv and Brent reminisce about their experiences and move on with humor.
  • 😁 They react to various cringeworthy auditions, laughing at the awkwardness and delusion of some participants.
  • 😊 Liv and Brent comment on the judges' feedback, finding humor in the situations.
  • 😎 They critique contestants' performances, pointing out flaws and funny moments.
  • 🤓 Liv and Brent make jokes about the contestants' appearances and behaviors during the auditions.
  • 🤩 The video ends with a challenge: if it gets enough likes, Liv will audition for American Idol again.

Q & A

  • What is the challenge the two individuals are participating in?

    -The two individuals are participating in a 'try not to laugh' challenge where they react to the worst talent auditions in existence.

  • What is the prize for the winner of the challenge?

    -The prize for the winner of the challenge is $10,000, although it is later revealed that the money is not real.

  • What method are they using to make the reactions more entertaining?

    -They are using the method of having a mouthful of water, which they believe makes things 10 times funnier.

  • What is the rule for losing the challenge?

    -The first person who laughs five times loses the challenge.

  • What song would the first person sing if they were to audition for American Idol?

    -The first person would sing 'Can't Help Falling in Love With You' if they were to audition for American Idol.

  • What was the outcome of the second person's actual audition for American Idol?

    -The second person was told they were too young and was rejected during their audition for American Idol.

  • How did the second person react after being rejected from the audition?

    -The second person was crying and then went to The Cheesecake Factory, where they had three full cheesecakes, symbolizing that life moves on.

  • What type of auditions are they watching that cause them to potentially laugh?

    -They are watching cringy bad talent auditions, which they find amusing and potentially laughable.

  • What is the strategy one of the participants used to prepare for watching the videos?

    -One of the participants conditioned themselves by watching these types of videos over and over again to get used to them.

  • What is the deal made at the end of the video regarding auditioning for American Idol again?

    -If the video gets 100K likes, the female participant will audition for American Idol again, and if it gets 500K likes, the male participant will also audition.

  • What is the final song mentioned that one of the participants would sing if they were to audition again?

    -The final song mentioned is 'Like a Virgin' by Madonna.

  • What is the humorous observation made about one of the auditionees named Red?

    -The humorous observation is that the auditionee named Red has red hair, wears a red shirt, and is unable to make the sound he intends to, which is found amusing by the participants.

Outlines

00:00

😀 Introduction and Challenge Setup

The video opens with the host and a guest engaging in a competitive 'try not to laugh' challenge. They discuss their love for competition and the stakes involved, which is a $10,000 prize for the winner. However, they humorously reveal that the money is not real. The challenge involves watching and reacting to the worst talent auditions, which they find amusingly cringy. They prepare by taking mouthfuls of water to enhance the humor and set a rule that the first person to laugh five times loses the game. The host also shares a personal anecdote about a past audition for American Idol, where they were rejected due to being too young, and how they coped with the disappointment by indulging in cheesecake.

05:01

😂 Audition Reactions and Personal Experiences

The host and guest continue their challenge by watching and reacting to a series of awkward and cringe-worthy talent auditions. They discuss the performances, including a contestant who does impressions and another who is overly confident in their singing ability despite the judges' critiques. The host also shares their own past audition experience, which was aired on TV, showing them getting rejected. They reflect on the emotional impact of such experiences and how they move on from them. The conversation includes humorous banter about their potential singing abilities and the absurdity of some auditions, leading to several instances of them spitting out water due to laughter.

10:03

🎤 Final Thoughts and Future Audition Challenge

Towards the end of the video, the host and guest wrap up their challenge with a light-hearted proposal. They suggest that if the video gets 100,000 likes, the guest will audition for American Idol again, and if it reaches 500,000 likes, the host will join in on the audition. They discuss the potential songs they might sing for such an audition, adding a playful and competitive tone to their conversation. The video concludes with a sense of camaraderie and a promise of future entertainment for their audience.

Mindmap

Keywords

💡Competition

Competition refers to a situation where two or more parties strive to achieve the same goal or win a contest. In the video, the theme revolves around a competition between two individuals, Brent and Liv, who are both described as being very competitive and are participating in a 'try not to laugh' challenge for a prize of $10,000.

💡Talent Auditions

Talent auditions are the initial performances by individuals seeking to showcase their skills, typically in the fields of singing, dancing, or acting, in hopes of being selected for a role or a talent show. The video's content involves watching and reacting to what are described as the 'worst' talent auditions, which are a source of humor and cringe for the participants.

💡Laughing Challenge

A laughing challenge is a game or activity where participants try to resist laughing, often by watching or listening to humorous or ridiculous content. In the context of the video, the challenge involves watching cringe-worthy talent auditions and keeping a mouthful of water to make the experience funnier, with the first person to laugh five times being the loser.

💡American Idol

American Idol is a popular televised singing competition in the United States where contestants perform in front of a panel of judges in hopes of being selected for the music industry. The video script mentions an audition for American Idol, indicating that one of the participants has previously tried out for the show and is now using the experience as a part of their humor.

💡Cringe

Cringe is a term used to describe an uncomfortable or awkward feeling caused by witnessing or experiencing a socially awkward situation. The video's humor is based on the cringe factor of the talent auditions, which are described as 'really cringy bad talent' that the participants find both amusing and difficult to watch without laughing.

💡Humorous Reaction

A humorous reaction is a response to a situation that is intended to be funny or amusing. Throughout the script, the participants react to the talent auditions with humor, often laughing or making jokes about the performances, which is central to the 'try not to laugh' challenge they are participating in.

💡Prize Money

Prize money refers to the monetary award given to the winner of a competition or contest. In the video, there is a mention of $10,000 being awarded to the winner, which adds to the competitive nature of the challenge and provides an incentive for the participants to win.

💡Impressions

Impressions are mimicries or representations of someone's voice, mannerisms, or behavior. In the script, one participant mentions doing impressions, specifically of the lion from 'The Wizard of Oz,' which is used as a humorous element in their interaction.

💡Delusional

Delusional refers to a state of mind where a person holds beliefs or impressions that are not based in reality. The term is used in the video to describe some of the audition participants who believe they have talent despite the judges' and the viewers' contrary opinions, adding to the humor and cringe factor.

💡Spit Take

A spit take is a comedic act where a person, usually while drinking, reacts to something so unexpectedly funny or shocking that they inadvertently spit out their drink. In the context of the video, the participants use 'spit take' to describe their reaction to particularly funny or shocking moments in the auditions.

💡Social Media Engagement

Social media engagement refers to the interactions between users on social media platforms, such as likes, comments, and shares. The video script includes a challenge where if the video gets a certain number of likes, the participants commit to auditioning for American Idol again, highlighting the role of audience engagement on social media in influencing content creation.

Highlights

A $10,000 prize is at stake for the winner of the 'try not to laugh' challenge.

The participants are reacting to the worst talent auditions, which they find hilarious.

The use of holding a mouthful of water is believed to make the reactions funnier.

The game's rule is that the first person to laugh five times loses the challenge.

One participant shares their past experience of auditioning for American Idol at the age of 16.

The participant was told they were too young by the judges, despite being of eligible age.

The participant's audition was aired on TV, but only the rejection part was shown.

After the audition, the participant coped by eating three full cheesecakes at The Cheesecake Factory.

The video features a contestant who does impressions, including one of the lion from 'The Wizard of Oz'.

A contestant audaciously performs despite being told they have no solo singer's voice.

Another contestant, known as 'Red', humorously identifies themselves by their red appearance and attire.

A contestant audaciously sings 'Like a Virgin' by Madonna, despite being criticized as possibly the worst singer in the world.

The video ends with a playful bet that if the video gets 100K likes, the participants will audition for American Idol again.

The participants are highly competitive and enjoy the challenge, even though it involves watching cringe-worthy auditions.

The video showcases a variety of unique and sometimes delusional contestants on a talent show.

The participants laugh and spit water while watching the auditions, showing their intense reaction to the content.

A contestant's honesty about not being a singer and being tone deaf adds an emotional and humorous touch to the video.

Transcripts

00:00

okay we're back with another try not to

00:02

laugh and this time I'm here with do you

00:05

know who this is I'm pretty sure you

00:06

know who this is okay you know what I

00:08

suck at these games every time I look at

00:10

your face I laugh no I'm kidding if

00:12

anything I'm a competitor and I'm and I

00:15

won't let you win yeah we both are

00:16

really really competitive there should

00:18

be like an entire series just on Brent

00:20

versus Liv we like to win things we love

00:22

competition and we especially if there's

00:24

money on the line and there is today

00:27

$10,000 for the winner it's going to be

00:29

crazy

00:30

what are we going to be reacting to what

00:32

can't we laugh at first of all the

00:33

$10,000 is not real just I I don't mean

00:35

to give I totally thought that was real

00:38

that's why I'm here today we are

00:40

reacting to the worst Talent auditions

00:43

in existence oh God which are just kind

00:46

of my favorite you know it's a close tie

00:48

between like really cringy bad talent

00:51

and kids falling and hurting

00:56

themselves so we're going to keep track

00:59

so we got our little water bottles and

01:01

we're going to have a mouthful of water

01:03

which for whatever reason it makes

01:04

things like 10 times funnier I don't

01:06

know why does just to have water in your

01:08

mouth ready to spit so the first person

01:10

who laughs five times loses you're done

01:13

all right I'm ready for it wait I have a

01:15

question yeah if you audition for

01:16

American Idol what would you sing what

01:18

would I sing yeah I Can't Help Falling

01:23

in Love With You honestly that was good

01:29

I don't think think you would make this

01:30

list a thanks Li now if you audition for

01:34

American idle what would you s that's

01:36

awkward cuz I did oh yeah are you going

01:39

to put that one in here should I show my

01:41

audition so what happened it was just

01:43

like weird because all the judges looked

01:45

down at their paper and then looked up

01:47

at me and said the exact same thing like

01:48

you're just too young like as if it was

01:49

written how old were you at the time I

01:51

was 16 which like you can be 16 and they

01:53

told me before they were like oh you're

01:55

going to have a standby camera it's

01:56

going to pan you down the hallway don't

01:58

run too fast out of excitement cuz a lot

02:00

of people when they get their thing like

02:02

run past it so they were like it's a

02:03

good thing if you got that camera and so

02:05

then I walk out of the room after they

02:06

said no and I'm crying walking down the

02:09

hall see that stupid camera don't you

02:11

just want to get like Revenge don't you

02:13

just want to get out there and just like

02:14

no whatever it's TV that's just how it

02:16

is but all that they aired when I

02:19

watched it on TV was me getting rejected

02:22

can we can we watch it here you go it's

02:24

hard for me you know you s of sometimes

02:27

see just this complete Devastation on

02:29

some of the people can I sing my second

02:31

song it didn't work out this time so I'm

02:33

sorry when I realize that's it what now

02:36

you know

02:38

um oh my God there's not next year like

02:41

this is this was it

02:46

so family the whole thing that was my

02:50

experience well I'm sorry after that we

02:53

went to The Cheesecake Factory I love

02:55

the cheesecake and I had probably three

02:56

full cheesecakes and life moves on

03:00

dang it I haven't even

03:03

[Applause]

03:07

[Music]

03:12

[Applause]

03:14

started what the hell is this

03:18

intro I'm going to choke the fact that

03:21

we haven't even started watching an

03:23

audition and you spit wait what even was

03:26

it like

03:28

this

03:31

wait and the funniest thing is like when

03:33

I was little I thought that was lit like

03:35

that would get me pumped up you're like

03:37

you're actually crying Simon was in a

03:39

bad mood Trista geey was going to need

03:42

courage you're a big fan of of the

03:44

wizard of an and I understand that you

03:46

do some Impressions huh I do the lion

03:49

you do the lion I do and what do you do

03:51

with the

03:54

lion so weird I mean especially this

03:58

what

04:00

what was that go back go back go back

04:03

and what do you do with the

04:05

lion why would you ever willingly do

04:09

that on national TV is that what she's

04:10

going to be doing in our audition should

04:12

we watch I mean we both just lost a

04:14

point we lost yeah we both lost king of

04:17

theost on myo Robes of

04:22

theost be a

04:26

fish

04:28

face girl but what am I supposed to

04:31

say I'm unique okay that doesn't make me

04:35

laugh like that just makes me cringe

04:37

mhm there's some delusional people out

04:40

there all right we both lost on that one

04:42

I'm not going to get out okay okay but

04:45

if the judges thought they were tough

04:46

they hadn't yet met

04:50

tamaar her people someone to look up to

04:56

thank you I don't think that you're a

04:58

solo singer at all I think you're I

05:01

don't feel that you're a solo singer I

05:02

don't feel that you have a solo singer's

05:04

voice I'm quite sure I sing a whole lot

05:07

better than you do and for you to tell

05:08

me I need less what first of all he was

05:12

being nice by saying I don't think

05:13

you're a solo singer no I don't think

05:15

she's a singer in general wait you know

05:18

what it sounds like it sounds like she's

05:20

using that filter

05:22

the on Tik Tok you people need someone

05:26

to look up

05:28

to

05:31

t wait also didn't notice the double

05:34

glasses going on one on your forehead

05:37

one on nice you spit I did spit I have

05:40

spit a total of three times and I'm at

05:42

one so stri I have a feeling that you

05:45

conditioned yourself before this video

05:47

and watch these videos over and over

05:49

again to get used to them that's exactly

05:51

what I did as you know I'm just in my

05:53

bedroom late at night studying what's

05:56

this next one Sarah Goldberg oh yeah oh

06:03

hi Sarah Goldberg so what are you saying

06:06

Selena dreaming of you whenever you're

06:08

ready I no longer need

06:11

this

06:15

um late at night when all the world is

06:20

sleeping I stay up and think of you and

06:25

I wish on a star that's somewhere you

06:28

are thinking of me

06:33

too cuz I'm

06:36

dreaming of you tonight till

06:40

tomorrow I'll be holding you tight and

06:44

there's nowhere in the world I'd rather

06:48

be can I ask you a question do you in

06:53

your heart really think you can sing no

06:58

okay that's really

06:59

good so why are you here listen to me

07:03

I'm not a singer oh

07:06

wow there shaking your head the entire

07:08

timeing you are Paula you're looking at

07:11

him and you're laughing at me no I'm

07:13

looking at him I'm laughing with you so

07:15

you came cuz you wanted to be on TV you

07:16

were laughing no why are you here why

07:19

are you here I now I'm going to get all

07:22

emotional um I'm not a singer no we got

07:26

that you know I really love to sing I

07:29

really do and my friends make fun of me

07:32

all the time because I'm tone deaf but

07:35

shut up shut up

07:38

true I don't need to hear you say it I

07:40

know okay fair we can swallow M we

07:44

survived that yeah again cringed out and

07:47

I'm why is she there okay so you're

07:50

known as red and what are you going to

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sing

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today Bohemian rap city by Queen is a

07:58

story

08:00

you all is this just

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fantasy call

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it heart no good from

08:13

reality open your eyes look up to the

08:18

skies and

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see I'm

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sorry carry on carry

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on I can also do country as well too oh

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you know oh yeah you can also do country

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you really want to see that I'm so sorry

08:40

but uh this is so mean okay but I mean

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you got you got to be honest this is

08:44

unrelated to the singing the thing that

08:46

made me laugh or want to laugh was his

08:48

like

08:50

single so

08:52

mean I just love I want to be mean I

08:55

love the fact how his name was red red

08:58

shirt red hair R shirt like that is the

09:01

the brand and he couldn't like make the

09:04

sound he's

09:05

like but you you spit uh-huh I did

09:10

that's where we're at uhhuh yeah you

09:12

think you're going to have a comeback oh

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yeah okay so Keith why are you here I'm

09:17

here because I think I'm the next

09:19

American Idol very entertaining and

09:24

unique okay and what are you going to

09:26

sing I'm going to sing like a virgin

09:27

from Madonna okay

09:30

okay I made it through the

09:35

wildness I made it

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through didn't know how lost I was until

09:43

I found

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you I was B and complain Keith yeah um

09:52

last year I described someone as being

09:55

the worst singer in

09:56

America I think you're possibly the

09:58

worst singer in the the world based on

10:00

that performance and I'm absolutely

10:02

serious I've never ever

10:04

heard I'm Savage he probably like kinked

10:08

his neck in the morning just

10:12

like you know what that means that I win

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you win it losing the I think I most

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spit takes win right no it's 5'2 no how

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about this 100,000 likes and live will

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audition for American Idol again don't

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like the

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video If this get 100K likes she has to

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go audition and 500,000 likes you go and

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I go audition yep all right sounds good

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okay deal all right what song would you

10:39

sing if you audition again BR

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Rivera is a

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weirdo okay all right you know what

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that's it all right we're done with this

10:47

video and then I would get that straight

10:49

to Hollywood

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goodbye

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