{"video_id":"gCsRmGoGd94","title":"LMG Members Share Their First Meeting with Linus","channel":"FP Exclusives","show":"FP Exclusives","published_at":"2025-05-04T14:53:29Z","duration_s":450,"segments":[{"start_s":0.0,"end_s":1.935,"text":"Sammy: There's a common trend with LMG employees 2 00:00:01.935 --> 00:00:05.105 where most of them have a \"unique story\" with Linus. 3 00:00:05.171 --> 00:00:07.240 Sammy: So I invited a few employees to share their story, 4 00:00:07.340 --> 00:00:09.943 and if it gets enough likes, maybe we do a second one? 5 00:00:10.043 --> 00:00:12.045 Andrew: I'm Andrew, I'm a shooter here. 6 00:00:12.078 --> 00:00:13.613 Let's pair it down; I thought I had three, 7 00:00:13.613 --> 00:00:16.850 but two probably is the first one, right? 8 00:00:16.850 --> 00:00:19.085 But anyway, I had to do sponsor spots one time. 9 00:00:19.119 --> 00:00:21.621 Andy called me and I was editing away, and Andy's like, 10 00:00:21.621 --> 00:00:23.790 Oh, I think we need someone to go do sponsor spots. 11 00:00:23.823 --> 00:00:24.858 I was like, okay cool, sure. 12 00:00:24.858 --> 00:00:28.361 Like right now I can't really see Sammy that clear behind the camera. 13 00:00:28.361 --> 00:00:32.999 So he was a bit like, Oh, hello? Are you going to introduce yourself? 14 00:00:33.199 --> 00:00:36.503 And I was like, yeah I'm Andrew, we've kind of already met before, 15 00:00:36.503 --> 00:00:38.338 but you know, how's it going, whatever. 16 00:00:38.638 --> 00:00:42.275 Andrew: And then the third time was, I was helping shoot April Fool's video. 17 00:00:42.275 --> 00:00:45.512 Oh, my God; it's three April Fool's videos ago now. 18 00:00:45.545 --> 00:00:51.084 Riley's parents were here, and I was operating the, I was helping operate B-Cam. 19 00:00:51.117 --> 00:00:54.187 I think Andy was on the crane at the time, the jib. 20 00:00:54.220 --> 00:00:57.157 Linus just walks in and looks right at me and says, 21 00:00:58.491 --> 00:01:00.860 are you going to introduce yourself? Like, as in like expecting me- 22 00:01:00.860 --> 00:01:04.130 I was like, dude, like I've been here since February now; 23 00:01:04.164 --> 00:01:07.767 it's like deep into, well not April but deep into March or whatever, 24 00:01:07.767 --> 00:01:08.435 you know what I mean? 25 00:01:09.469 --> 00:01:13.206 Andrew: Yeah, you know, and he's like yeah, he didn't recognize me at all. 26 00:01:13.840 --> 00:01:16.609 And you can see that he doesn't recognize me in a video as well, 27 00:01:16.709 --> 00:01:17.877 if you ever want to see that. 28 00:01:17.977 --> 00:01:20.580 Oh, I think it's, \"Why do we have 80 employees\" or something? 29 00:01:20.580 --> 00:01:21.314 Sammy: Ooooh. 30 00:01:21.314 --> 00:01:22.615 Andrew: And he goes over to me and he's like. 31 00:01:22.615 --> 00:01:24.317 Linus: You're relatively new, I forget your name; I'm sorry. 32 00:01:24.317 --> 00:01:24.851 Andrew: Andrew. 33 00:01:24.951 --> 00:01:28.188 Andrew: Yeah, it was very much, because it was the exact same, 34 00:01:28.188 --> 00:01:30.390 he said the exact same thing every time. 35 00:01:30.623 --> 00:01:33.326 Andrew: He put it on the onus on me to introduce myself to him, 36 00:01:33.359 --> 00:01:34.060 that type of thing. 37 00:01:34.094 --> 00:01:36.329 Andrew: I was like f***ing... you know, he doesn't remember. 38 00:01:36.729 --> 00:01:37.597 Vance: My name is Vance. 39 00:01:37.630 --> 00:01:39.766 I am the executive assistant for Linus. 40 00:01:39.799 --> 00:01:43.570 The first time that I met him properly was 41 00:01:43.636 --> 00:01:45.772 like on one of my like first days here. 42 00:01:45.805 --> 00:01:47.707 Vance: Colton was, like, showing me around. 43 00:01:47.740 --> 00:01:50.844 Vance: And so he had me kind of sit with Linus in his office 44 00:01:50.844 --> 00:01:53.646 to kind of shadow him and just kind of see what he does with his day. 45 00:01:53.680 --> 00:01:57.350 And that was sort of like, my first project for the first little bit. 46 00:01:57.350 --> 00:02:00.420 And so once I actually, you know said hi, 47 00:02:00.453 --> 00:02:02.021 you know, it was all good. 48 00:02:02.021 --> 00:02:05.291 But then I sat down and Colton left me, like alone with Linus. 49 00:02:05.291 --> 00:02:08.828 So I was just sitting in a chair in the corner of the room, 50 00:02:08.828 --> 00:02:10.430 just kind of watching him, like on his computer. 51 00:02:10.930 --> 00:02:14.033 And so he was sitting there, and it was- 52 00:02:14.033 --> 00:02:17.170 Like, I guess it was silent for like a couple seconds or something. 53 00:02:17.170 --> 00:02:21.641 And then he says to me, he's like, \"so, do I have to talk to you\"? 54 00:02:21.641 --> 00:02:23.543 I sat there and I was like well... 55 00:02:23.543 --> 00:02:26.513 In my head I was like I have no idea how to respond to this; 56 00:02:26.513 --> 00:02:33.186 because uh, what do you say to your boss who's just like... 57 00:02:33.786 --> 00:02:35.455 I couldn't tell if he was being sarcastic. 58 00:02:35.455 --> 00:02:38.057 I couldn't tell if he was trying to be funny, or if he was just, 59 00:02:38.057 --> 00:02:41.027 like if he just felt awkward about having an executive assistant; 60 00:02:41.060 --> 00:02:42.829 because I'm like, the first one that he's had. 61 00:02:42.829 --> 00:02:45.832 So I was just like, I mean, you can if you want to. 62 00:02:46.466 --> 00:02:49.469 But realistically, we're probably going to have to talk a little bit. 63 00:02:49.502 --> 00:02:50.770 Vance: But yeah, that was my first interaction. 64 00:02:50.803 --> 00:02:54.040 And that was, that set us up for a very interesting first like- 65 00:02:54.174 --> 00:02:56.743 At least for me, it was very interesting for the first like week or two, 66 00:02:56.743 --> 00:03:00.046 because I was like, okay so Linus is like, he doesn't want to talk to me. 67 00:03:00.046 --> 00:03:04.984 He doesn't- He just wants me to like, he's just uh... I'm just existing. 68 00:03:05.451 --> 00:03:07.353 And so that's what I felt like for the first couple of weeks; 69 00:03:07.854 --> 00:03:08.588 but we're all good. 70 00:03:08.621 --> 00:03:10.423 Nicole: Hello, I am Nicole Almazora. 71 00:03:10.456 --> 00:03:13.126 I am the Talent and Culture Coordinator at Linus Media Group. 72 00:03:13.126 --> 00:03:16.095 Nicole: So I met Linus when I was like in eighth grade. 73 00:03:16.129 --> 00:03:20.934 I was going to our local rec center, and I didn't know who this YouTuber was. 74 00:03:21.000 --> 00:03:24.003 And I didn't even know he lived in Canada, but my dad did 75 00:03:24.003 --> 00:03:26.773 because he was a big tech enthusiast. 76 00:03:26.806 --> 00:03:29.209 So my dad went up to like this random guy; 77 00:03:29.209 --> 00:03:31.811 I shook his hand, he was like, oh nice to meet you. 78 00:03:31.811 --> 00:03:35.548 So we asked him later, how do you know this guy? Is he from work? 79 00:03:35.548 --> 00:03:37.984 And he said, no he's the guy that I watch, 80 00:03:37.984 --> 00:03:40.453 or the person you see me watching all the time. 81 00:03:40.486 --> 00:03:43.089 And then he pulled up his YouTube channel, showed us; 82 00:03:43.089 --> 00:03:45.925 and the whole family was like, oh it's this guy, 83 00:03:45.925 --> 00:03:49.262 the guy who we always hear in the background so loud and proud. 84 00:03:49.262 --> 00:03:51.564 And then I completely forget about the guy, 85 00:03:51.564 --> 00:03:55.802 continue to not watch any of the Linus YouTube videos. 86 00:03:55.835 --> 00:03:58.671 And then I graduated university years past. 87 00:03:58.671 --> 00:04:01.441 And then I see the posting on LinkedIn and I was like, 88 00:04:01.441 --> 00:04:04.077 Linus, I remember that guy. 89 00:04:04.444 --> 00:04:07.547 The one that I always hear on the speakers on my dad's computer. 90 00:04:07.680 --> 00:04:11.351 And so I went ahead for sh**s and giggles, applied; 91 00:04:11.517 --> 00:04:13.920 surprisingly, I got the job, big whoop. 92 00:04:14.087 --> 00:04:16.723 And then I haven't met or talked to Linus ever since; 93 00:04:16.756 --> 00:04:20.326 and I think it took about a week for me to actually like, meet him in person. 94 00:04:20.360 --> 00:04:23.162 So I was on my merry way on like a Friday. 95 00:04:23.162 --> 00:04:26.966 Sunny Friday, on my way home; and I was about to go into my car. 96 00:04:27.000 --> 00:04:31.504 And as I'm about to close the car door, I see Terren and Linus, 97 00:04:31.537 --> 00:04:35.475 like, immediately in front of me; like a few, I want to say like five feet away. 98 00:04:35.475 --> 00:04:38.244 I waved to them, because I guess they didn't know me at the time too, 99 00:04:38.244 --> 00:04:39.946 and they waved to me; I waved to them back. 100 00:04:40.046 --> 00:04:42.849 And I was like, oh... well, I can't just leave now. 101 00:04:42.849 --> 00:04:45.585 I can't just go into my car and then drive away after that. 102 00:04:45.685 --> 00:04:47.887 So you know, I took some deep breaths. 103 00:04:47.887 --> 00:04:51.257 And I was like okay, I have to go introduce myself, I guess. 104 00:04:51.357 --> 00:04:54.260 And then I went up to them, shook their hand all sweaty. 105 00:04:54.260 --> 00:04:56.629 And I was like, oh nice to meet you; I'm your new hire. 106 00:04:56.829 --> 00:05:00.166 Um, so you're my boss. 107 00:05:00.266 --> 00:05:03.536 And Linus goes, oh, no, no, no; I am no longer your boss. 108 00:05:03.670 --> 00:05:07.240 It's this guy now; I'm your simple, guiding north star. 109 00:05:07.340 --> 00:05:08.808 Emily: My name is Emily Seddon. 110 00:05:08.808 --> 00:05:13.212 I'm one of our production supervisor, or post-production supervisors here. 111 00:05:13.246 --> 00:05:18.685 I was on my trial day; I was an editor just not even hired yet. 112 00:05:18.685 --> 00:05:21.454 Just, they were just testing to see if I was any good, 113 00:05:21.487 --> 00:05:23.022 you know, stressed beyond belief. 114 00:05:23.022 --> 00:05:26.626 And Linus walked in and like walked right past and was like, 115 00:05:26.759 --> 00:05:28.594 turned around like, who are you? 116 00:05:29.195 --> 00:05:31.931 And, you know, when you're supposed to be there 117 00:05:31.964 --> 00:05:33.900 but then you feel like maybe you're not supposed to be there; 118 00:05:33.900 --> 00:05:34.834 so it was a little scary. 119 00:05:34.967 --> 00:05:39.505 And then I just said, I was on my trial day. 120 00:05:39.639 --> 00:05:42.442 And he's like, well, good luck; and then left. 121 00:05:43.176 --> 00:05:47.547 So a super quick interaction, but a little nerve-wracking 122 00:05:47.547 --> 00:05:51.284 Emily: when you're not even an employee yet and you meet the CEO. 123 00:05:51.784 --> 00:05:52.518 Sammy: At the time. 124 00:05:52.552 --> 00:05:56.689 Emily: At the time, at the time; he had no vision yet, he was just a CEO. 125 00:05:56.689 --> 00:05:57.990 Jordan: My name is Jordan. 126 00:05:57.990 --> 00:06:02.061 I'm a writer here at LMG, and my first interaction with Linus 127 00:06:02.095 --> 00:06:05.698 was my very first day after a writer's meeting. 128 00:06:05.732 --> 00:06:08.434 Jordan: I was sent to his house to fix his Wi-Fi. 129 00:06:08.434 --> 00:06:11.070 Jordan: And I had to call him up and get access to his 130 00:06:11.070 --> 00:06:12.405 house because nobody was home. 131 00:06:13.106 --> 00:06:15.575 So the very first time I talked to the boss, I'm like, 132 00:06:15.575 --> 00:06:17.877 hey, you don't know me, but I need to get into your house right now. 133 00:06:18.211 --> 00:06:20.380 Jordan: And he's like, oh yeah, sure, no problem; it's the button. 134 00:06:20.980 --> 00:06:23.783 Andy: Hi, my name is Andy, production supervisor on the shooter site. 135 00:06:23.916 --> 00:06:28.721 My first encounter with Linus was in my interview, actually. 136 00:06:28.721 --> 00:06:30.957 I was doing my interview, and then Linus was like 137 00:06:31.057 --> 00:06:34.861 poking his head into the room, told a joke 138 00:06:35.094 --> 00:06:39.065 that I don't really get it, but I laughed anyway. 139 00:06:39.065 --> 00:06:44.203 So I think that was my first weird experience. 140 00:06:44.203 --> 00:06:47.173 So it turned out that was a test. 141 00:06:47.273 --> 00:06:49.776 So to see if you can work here, you know, 142 00:06:49.809 --> 00:06:53.246 And also like to see if you are a funny person or not. 143 00:06:53.679 --> 00:06:54.947 I guess I passed. 144 00:06:56.416 --> 00:07:00.219 Mark: So my name is Mark Rathgeber; my position is Senior Video Editor. 145 00:07:00.253 --> 00:07:02.755 When I first started working here, I didn't- 146 00:07:02.755 --> 00:07:04.857 I still don't interact much with Linus, 147 00:07:04.891 --> 00:07:07.460 but I didn't interact much with Linus when I started working here. 148 00:07:07.493 --> 00:07:12.665 But our first interaction was he found out my name from somebody else 149 00:07:13.266 --> 00:07:18.638 and he said, oh hi Mark; and he hasn't said anything else to me ever since. 150 00:07:18.638 --> 00:07:19.705 Sammy: Hahahahaha. 151 00:07:19.772 --> 00:07:20.573 Sammy: Thanks for watching, guys. 152 00:07:20.573 --> 00:07:22.475 Sammy: If you guys like this, make sure to leave a like 153 00:07:22.508 --> 00:07:24.977 and let me know what kind of stories you want to hear. 154 00:07:25.011 --> 00:07:28.080 Maybe just a generic funny story time with Linus. 155 00:07:28.848 --> 00:07:29.482 Who knows?","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0}],"full_text":"Sammy: There's a common trend with LMG employees 2 00:00:01.935 --> 00:00:05.105 where most of them have a \"unique story\" with Linus. 3 00:00:05.171 --> 00:00:07.240 Sammy: So I invited a few employees to share their story, 4 00:00:07.340 --> 00:00:09.943 and if it gets enough likes, maybe we do a second one? 5 00:00:10.043 --> 00:00:12.045 Andrew: I'm Andrew, I'm a shooter here. 6 00:00:12.078 --> 00:00:13.613 Let's pair it down; I thought I had three, 7 00:00:13.613 --> 00:00:16.850 but two probably is the first one, right? 8 00:00:16.850 --> 00:00:19.085 But anyway, I had to do sponsor spots one time. 9 00:00:19.119 --> 00:00:21.621 Andy called me and I was editing away, and Andy's like, 10 00:00:21.621 --> 00:00:23.790 Oh, I think we need someone to go do sponsor spots. 11 00:00:23.823 --> 00:00:24.858 I was like, okay cool, sure. 12 00:00:24.858 --> 00:00:28.361 Like right now I can't really see Sammy that clear behind the camera. 13 00:00:28.361 --> 00:00:32.999 So he was a bit like, Oh, hello? Are you going to introduce yourself? 14 00:00:33.199 --> 00:00:36.503 And I was like, yeah I'm Andrew, we've kind of already met before, 15 00:00:36.503 --> 00:00:38.338 but you know, how's it going, whatever. 16 00:00:38.638 --> 00:00:42.275 Andrew: And then the third time was, I was helping shoot April Fool's video. 17 00:00:42.275 --> 00:00:45.512 Oh, my God; it's three April Fool's videos ago now. 18 00:00:45.545 --> 00:00:51.084 Riley's parents were here, and I was operating the, I was helping operate B-Cam. 19 00:00:51.117 --> 00:00:54.187 I think Andy was on the crane at the time, the jib. 20 00:00:54.220 --> 00:00:57.157 Linus just walks in and looks right at me and says, 21 00:00:58.491 --> 00:01:00.860 are you going to introduce yourself? Like, as in like expecting me- 22 00:01:00.860 --> 00:01:04.130 I was like, dude, like I've been here since February now; 23 00:01:04.164 --> 00:01:07.767 it's like deep into, well not April but deep into March or whatever, 24 00:01:07.767 --> 00:01:08.435 you know what I mean? 25 00:01:09.469 --> 00:01:13.206 Andrew: Yeah, you know, and he's like yeah, he didn't recognize me at all. 26 00:01:13.840 --> 00:01:16.609 And you can see that he doesn't recognize me in a video as well, 27 00:01:16.709 --> 00:01:17.877 if you ever want to see that. 28 00:01:17.977 --> 00:01:20.580 Oh, I think it's, \"Why do we have 80 employees\" or something? 29 00:01:20.580 --> 00:01:21.314 Sammy: Ooooh. 30 00:01:21.314 --> 00:01:22.615 Andrew: And he goes over to me and he's like. 31 00:01:22.615 --> 00:01:24.317 Linus: You're relatively new, I forget your name; I'm sorry. 32 00:01:24.317 --> 00:01:24.851 Andrew: Andrew. 33 00:01:24.951 --> 00:01:28.188 Andrew: Yeah, it was very much, because it was the exact same, 34 00:01:28.188 --> 00:01:30.390 he said the exact same thing every time. 35 00:01:30.623 --> 00:01:33.326 Andrew: He put it on the onus on me to introduce myself to him, 36 00:01:33.359 --> 00:01:34.060 that type of thing. 37 00:01:34.094 --> 00:01:36.329 Andrew: I was like f***ing... you know, he doesn't remember. 38 00:01:36.729 --> 00:01:37.597 Vance: My name is Vance. 39 00:01:37.630 --> 00:01:39.766 I am the executive assistant for Linus. 40 00:01:39.799 --> 00:01:43.570 The first time that I met him properly was 41 00:01:43.636 --> 00:01:45.772 like on one of my like first days here. 42 00:01:45.805 --> 00:01:47.707 Vance: Colton was, like, showing me around. 43 00:01:47.740 --> 00:01:50.844 Vance: And so he had me kind of sit with Linus in his office 44 00:01:50.844 --> 00:01:53.646 to kind of shadow him and just kind of see what he does with his day. 45 00:01:53.680 --> 00:01:57.350 And that was sort of like, my first project for the first little bit. 46 00:01:57.350 --> 00:02:00.420 And so once I actually, you know said hi, 47 00:02:00.453 --> 00:02:02.021 you know, it was all good. 48 00:02:02.021 --> 00:02:05.291 But then I sat down and Colton left me, like alone with Linus. 49 00:02:05.291 --> 00:02:08.828 So I was just sitting in a chair in the corner of the room, 50 00:02:08.828 --> 00:02:10.430 just kind of watching him, like on his computer. 51 00:02:10.930 --> 00:02:14.033 And so he was sitting there, and it was- 52 00:02:14.033 --> 00:02:17.170 Like, I guess it was silent for like a couple seconds or something. 53 00:02:17.170 --> 00:02:21.641 And then he says to me, he's like, \"so, do I have to talk to you\"? 54 00:02:21.641 --> 00:02:23.543 I sat there and I was like well... 55 00:02:23.543 --> 00:02:26.513 In my head I was like I have no idea how to respond to this; 56 00:02:26.513 --> 00:02:33.186 because uh, what do you say to your boss who's just like... 57 00:02:33.786 --> 00:02:35.455 I couldn't tell if he was being sarcastic. 58 00:02:35.455 --> 00:02:38.057 I couldn't tell if he was trying to be funny, or if he was just, 59 00:02:38.057 --> 00:02:41.027 like if he just felt awkward about having an executive assistant; 60 00:02:41.060 --> 00:02:42.829 because I'm like, the first one that he's had. 61 00:02:42.829 --> 00:02:45.832 So I was just like, I mean, you can if you want to. 62 00:02:46.466 --> 00:02:49.469 But realistically, we're probably going to have to talk a little bit. 63 00:02:49.502 --> 00:02:50.770 Vance: But yeah, that was my first interaction. 64 00:02:50.803 --> 00:02:54.040 And that was, that set us up for a very interesting first like- 65 00:02:54.174 --> 00:02:56.743 At least for me, it was very interesting for the first like week or two, 66 00:02:56.743 --> 00:03:00.046 because I was like, okay so Linus is like, he doesn't want to talk to me. 67 00:03:00.046 --> 00:03:04.984 He doesn't- He just wants me to like, he's just uh... I'm just existing. 68 00:03:05.451 --> 00:03:07.353 And so that's what I felt like for the first couple of weeks; 69 00:03:07.854 --> 00:03:08.588 but we're all good. 70 00:03:08.621 --> 00:03:10.423 Nicole: Hello, I am Nicole Almazora. 71 00:03:10.456 --> 00:03:13.126 I am the Talent and Culture Coordinator at Linus Media Group. 72 00:03:13.126 --> 00:03:16.095 Nicole: So I met Linus when I was like in eighth grade. 73 00:03:16.129 --> 00:03:20.934 I was going to our local rec center, and I didn't know who this YouTuber was. 74 00:03:21.000 --> 00:03:24.003 And I didn't even know he lived in Canada, but my dad did 75 00:03:24.003 --> 00:03:26.773 because he was a big tech enthusiast. 76 00:03:26.806 --> 00:03:29.209 So my dad went up to like this random guy; 77 00:03:29.209 --> 00:03:31.811 I shook his hand, he was like, oh nice to meet you. 78 00:03:31.811 --> 00:03:35.548 So we asked him later, how do you know this guy? Is he from work? 79 00:03:35.548 --> 00:03:37.984 And he said, no he's the guy that I watch, 80 00:03:37.984 --> 00:03:40.453 or the person you see me watching all the time. 81 00:03:40.486 --> 00:03:43.089 And then he pulled up his YouTube channel, showed us; 82 00:03:43.089 --> 00:03:45.925 and the whole family was like, oh it's this guy, 83 00:03:45.925 --> 00:03:49.262 the guy who we always hear in the background so loud and proud. 84 00:03:49.262 --> 00:03:51.564 And then I completely forget about the guy, 85 00:03:51.564 --> 00:03:55.802 continue to not watch any of the Linus YouTube videos. 86 00:03:55.835 --> 00:03:58.671 And then I graduated university years past. 87 00:03:58.671 --> 00:04:01.441 And then I see the posting on LinkedIn and I was like, 88 00:04:01.441 --> 00:04:04.077 Linus, I remember that guy. 89 00:04:04.444 --> 00:04:07.547 The one that I always hear on the speakers on my dad's computer. 90 00:04:07.680 --> 00:04:11.351 And so I went ahead for sh**s and giggles, applied; 91 00:04:11.517 --> 00:04:13.920 surprisingly, I got the job, big whoop. 92 00:04:14.087 --> 00:04:16.723 And then I haven't met or talked to Linus ever since; 93 00:04:16.756 --> 00:04:20.326 and I think it took about a week for me to actually like, meet him in person. 94 00:04:20.360 --> 00:04:23.162 So I was on my merry way on like a Friday. 95 00:04:23.162 --> 00:04:26.966 Sunny Friday, on my way home; and I was about to go into my car. 96 00:04:27.000 --> 00:04:31.504 And as I'm about to close the car door, I see Terren and Linus, 97 00:04:31.537 --> 00:04:35.475 like, immediately in front of me; like a few, I want to say like five feet away. 98 00:04:35.475 --> 00:04:38.244 I waved to them, because I guess they didn't know me at the time too, 99 00:04:38.244 --> 00:04:39.946 and they waved to me; I waved to them back. 100 00:04:40.046 --> 00:04:42.849 And I was like, oh... well, I can't just leave now. 101 00:04:42.849 --> 00:04:45.585 I can't just go into my car and then drive away after that. 102 00:04:45.685 --> 00:04:47.887 So you know, I took some deep breaths. 103 00:04:47.887 --> 00:04:51.257 And I was like okay, I have to go introduce myself, I guess. 104 00:04:51.357 --> 00:04:54.260 And then I went up to them, shook their hand all sweaty. 105 00:04:54.260 --> 00:04:56.629 And I was like, oh nice to meet you; I'm your new hire. 106 00:04:56.829 --> 00:05:00.166 Um, so you're my boss. 107 00:05:00.266 --> 00:05:03.536 And Linus goes, oh, no, no, no; I am no longer your boss. 108 00:05:03.670 --> 00:05:07.240 It's this guy now; I'm your simple, guiding north star. 109 00:05:07.340 --> 00:05:08.808 Emily: My name is Emily Seddon. 110 00:05:08.808 --> 00:05:13.212 I'm one of our production supervisor, or post-production supervisors here. 111 00:05:13.246 --> 00:05:18.685 I was on my trial day; I was an editor just not even hired yet. 112 00:05:18.685 --> 00:05:21.454 Just, they were just testing to see if I was any good, 113 00:05:21.487 --> 00:05:23.022 you know, stressed beyond belief. 114 00:05:23.022 --> 00:05:26.626 And Linus walked in and like walked right past and was like, 115 00:05:26.759 --> 00:05:28.594 turned around like, who are you? 116 00:05:29.195 --> 00:05:31.931 And, you know, when you're supposed to be there 117 00:05:31.964 --> 00:05:33.900 but then you feel like maybe you're not supposed to be there; 118 00:05:33.900 --> 00:05:34.834 so it was a little scary. 119 00:05:34.967 --> 00:05:39.505 And then I just said, I was on my trial day. 120 00:05:39.639 --> 00:05:42.442 And he's like, well, good luck; and then left. 121 00:05:43.176 --> 00:05:47.547 So a super quick interaction, but a little nerve-wracking 122 00:05:47.547 --> 00:05:51.284 Emily: when you're not even an employee yet and you meet the CEO. 123 00:05:51.784 --> 00:05:52.518 Sammy: At the time. 124 00:05:52.552 --> 00:05:56.689 Emily: At the time, at the time; he had no vision yet, he was just a CEO. 125 00:05:56.689 --> 00:05:57.990 Jordan: My name is Jordan. 126 00:05:57.990 --> 00:06:02.061 I'm a writer here at LMG, and my first interaction with Linus 127 00:06:02.095 --> 00:06:05.698 was my very first day after a writer's meeting. 128 00:06:05.732 --> 00:06:08.434 Jordan: I was sent to his house to fix his Wi-Fi. 129 00:06:08.434 --> 00:06:11.070 Jordan: And I had to call him up and get access to his 130 00:06:11.070 --> 00:06:12.405 house because nobody was home. 131 00:06:13.106 --> 00:06:15.575 So the very first time I talked to the boss, I'm like, 132 00:06:15.575 --> 00:06:17.877 hey, you don't know me, but I need to get into your house right now. 133 00:06:18.211 --> 00:06:20.380 Jordan: And he's like, oh yeah, sure, no problem; it's the button. 134 00:06:20.980 --> 00:06:23.783 Andy: Hi, my name is Andy, production supervisor on the shooter site. 135 00:06:23.916 --> 00:06:28.721 My first encounter with Linus was in my interview, actually. 136 00:06:28.721 --> 00:06:30.957 I was doing my interview, and then Linus was like 137 00:06:31.057 --> 00:06:34.861 poking his head into the room, told a joke 138 00:06:35.094 --> 00:06:39.065 that I don't really get it, but I laughed anyway. 139 00:06:39.065 --> 00:06:44.203 So I think that was my first weird experience. 140 00:06:44.203 --> 00:06:47.173 So it turned out that was a test. 141 00:06:47.273 --> 00:06:49.776 So to see if you can work here, you know, 142 00:06:49.809 --> 00:06:53.246 And also like to see if you are a funny person or not. 143 00:06:53.679 --> 00:06:54.947 I guess I passed. 144 00:06:56.416 --> 00:07:00.219 Mark: So my name is Mark Rathgeber; my position is Senior Video Editor. 145 00:07:00.253 --> 00:07:02.755 When I first started working here, I didn't- 146 00:07:02.755 --> 00:07:04.857 I still don't interact much with Linus, 147 00:07:04.891 --> 00:07:07.460 but I didn't interact much with Linus when I started working here. 148 00:07:07.493 --> 00:07:12.665 But our first interaction was he found out my name from somebody else 149 00:07:13.266 --> 00:07:18.638 and he said, oh hi Mark; and he hasn't said anything else to me ever since. 150 00:07:18.638 --> 00:07:19.705 Sammy: Hahahahaha. 151 00:07:19.772 --> 00:07:20.573 Sammy: Thanks for watching, guys. 152 00:07:20.573 --> 00:07:22.475 Sammy: If you guys like this, make sure to leave a like 153 00:07:22.508 --> 00:07:24.977 and let me know what kind of stories you want to hear. 154 00:07:25.011 --> 00:07:28.080 Maybe just a generic funny story time with Linus. 155 00:07:28.848 --> 00:07:29.482 Who knows?"}