I spent a day with ANGELA GIARRATANA

🎙THE PODCAST

🧨HUGE thank you to ANGELA

🗯MORE EPISODES…

🎥Crew
▸ Creator, Director, Writer, etc - Anthony Padilla
▸ Executive Producer - Alessandra Catanese
▸ Channel Director/Creative Director - Mike Criscimagna
▸ Producer - Nicole Nourmal
▸ Associate Producer - Joshua Dozier
▸ Director of Production - Amanda Barnes
▸ Director of Photography - James Hull
▸ Camera Operator - Macy Armstrong
▸ Social Media Coordinator - Kim Wilborn
▸ Post Manager - Luke Baker
▸ Editor - Patrick Horba
▸ Sound Mixing - Lila Rowel
▸ Sound Editor - Gareth Hird
▸ Operations & Production Coordinator - Oliver Wehlander
▸ DIT - Beni Kimuene
▸ Senior Manager, Channel & Strategy - Lizzy Jones
▸ Channel Operations Coordinator - Audrey Carganilla

🎵Theme Music Composer - Matt Good AKA The King of Emo

📢BE ON THE SHOW

0:00 INTRO
0:50 ANGELA GIARRATANA DOES IT ALL
3:32 GETTING STARTED AT SMOSH
4:58 BECOMING AN ONLINE PERSONALITY
10:39 THE SERIOUS SIDE OF ANGELA
11:03 PEOPLE PLEASING TENDENCIES
18:36 SLOWING DOWN AND LIVING IN THE MOMENT
21:57 SPONSORS
24:21 PRESSURES THAT COME WITH SMOSH
30:20 DOES SHE CARE ABOUT THE COMMENTS?
33:50 THE PERSPECTIVE ANGELA BRINGS
37:21 SCARCITY VS. ABUNDANCE MINDSET
43:38 BLOOPERS

Music Used:
ES_Crossing Borders - Mindserver Unlimited
ES_KOLOSS - ELFL
ES_Brothers - Lofive
ES_Play (Instrumental Version) - Particle House
ES_Heart Beam - ELFL
ES_Echo - Lennon Hutton
ES_Oceanside by Night - Particle House
ES_Soft Sphere - Dovetail

[jacklandismusic]

It’s actually wild to me that Angela’s only been with Smosh for two years. It feels like her energy is a fundamental part of the company, and always has been.

[HouseMDaddict]

"I feel so safe being so ridiculously wrong" what a lovely way to feel about your job. Happy for you Angela that you've found your "people" where you can be you and people are going to love and roast you out of love. You're incredibly cool and awesome just the way you are!

[LOLWAAHH]

I know this is probably beating a dead horse but I can't help but see similarities between her and Shayne. On top of both of them ironically being private people with very much vibrant personalities on camera, it's interesting how they both started out on Smosh not even part of the main cast, but now you can't even imagine the ensemble without at least one of them. All of this in addition to them being amazing writers and having so much acting experience, and Angela being a Shakespeare nerd and Shayne being a book nerd also lends itself to their parallels. They've got to have been twins in a past life or parallel universe

[_NoDrinkTheBleach]

It's wild how quickly Angela became one of my favorite Smosh cast members. Anytime she pops up in a sketch, game, or pod, my day is instantly better.

[nitasu]

holy shit, Angela's words on people pleasing and wanting to be enough is... so deep cutting and hitting hard for me right now.

[MinnesotaNice]

Angela hosting Bit City is the main reason why it works as a show imo. (I'm not trying to minimize the rest of the cast & crew's contributions of course.)

[shiko-hirosuki]

I love how Anthony is interviewing the Smosh Cast members. It shows how much he wants to get to know his employees as people, and not as just workers.

[bugginonthewall]

she’s so gorg and so unapologetically funny. i love cat food girl so much

[echoxd]

"Seen by someone who isn't forced to love you" -Angela Giarratana
Honestly, such a real sentiment that I think a lot of people carry with them during their early years.

[Jaikip]

I love how candid this one felt, like not only was there just a camera, but it feels like Angela forgot about the camera entirely. It feels so real and I love that

[yllwClusterduck]

Angela in Nerdy Prudes Must Die is I think my favorite character in that type of musical ever. She's just deliciously unhinged/feral and takes the good Christian girl goes wild trope in the best direction. I really hope we see more of Grace Chastity.

She's also amazing in her other Starkid roles but Grace is the best for me! Also adore her singing voice 💛

I honestly need to watch more of Smosh. I dropped off right before Smosh became more than just Ian and Anthony and now I'm curious about all the new cast.

[GhettoBagel]

At the risk of sounding parasocial(?), I wanna say some things. Been watching Smosh since I was a literal child (in my 30s now), been through every single arc, every single development, every cast member being introduced, every cast member who left, and believe me when I say that Angela is genuinely one of the best thing that's ever happened to the company and to the channels. She's introduced so much variety and so many interactions that never would've been considered if it weren't for her and her brand of acting and comedy. The characters she's come up with, and all the things shes written for the channel are some of the most memorable in Smosh history, her contributions are massive. She's an unabashedly goofball who knows a trillion different ways to entertain or make people laugh, and if she ever ran out, I have zero doubt that she'd just simply invent a trillion more.

Her and Chanse are easily my two favorite additions to the cast, when they're in a video together, it's a "drop everything and watch" video for me. They brought the hugest breath of fresh air to the company and I appreciate them so much for it. The laughs these guys have provided for me will stay with me forever.

[Cat-jikc]

i’m about to be really parasocial: i relate SO much to angela kind of acting as the jester- making people laugh at the cost of your perceived intelligence (being silly BECAUSE ITS THE MOST FUN). i was that person for a long time, then started resenting the way people started treating me because of it. but honestly i have never happier then when i allowed myself to be silly to cumulate this feeling of joy in a room.

what i think most people see but don’t say about angela, is how f*cking talented and INTELLIGENT she actually is. you don’t get this far without an intense understanding of people skills and talent. she’s so well spoken and an absolutely incredible actress.
Smosh wouldn’t be the same without her.

[blankets]

Angela was one of the reasons I started to watch Smosh again. Angela's comedic dynamic between each of the cast members is great and is rooted in Smosh's original formula: Comedy via friendships. I'm so glad Angela got chosen to be a cast member. She deserves the title. ♥️😎🗡️🐺

[wesleyelzea]

My son is severely autistic and nonverbal. Hearing Angela talk about her uncle being sincere and genuine and giving her a different perspective on life after taking care of him was so touching. My biggest heroes in this life have been the therapist that we’ve been fortunate enough to work with and my son is constantly opening my eyes to what’s important in the world. Thank you for sharing Angela. You’re brilliant in your work and I find you inspiring!

[NeuroNotTypical]

THIS!! 36:37 so I actually started playing Fortnite a couple weeks ago because I met a community of players who really wanted me to join them. I would have NEVER agreed to play with them before the livestream of Angela learning how to play with Spencer. He was patient and understanding. Angela was so bad. It was all still so fun. It made me feel like it was so much more accessible and had more potential than I ever thought. Angela has given me the gift of an entire friend group because of her willingness to jump into games knowing nothing about them. Angela is gift for so many reasons and hearing her talk about how the community at Smosh helped her how they have is so dang heartwarming

[melaniedyess]

When I thought I couldn’t love Angela more…. She’s literally so awesome

[DollFacedMagot]

As someone with learning disabilities. I appreciate Angela so much. I see myself in her in so many ways. I relate to her hard. She’s comforting. I just appreciated her a person. ❤

[graciousdel]

I love Angela for her characters on Smosh but I love her even more for her vulnerability and kindness towards every person she talks to in podcasts, different channels and recently discovering her musicals, short films and skits.! She's truly multi-talented! 🌟

[glennluxon]

This woman’s a national treasure, protect her at all costs 😊