Bears Got To Go To College | Play It By Ear

Two teens discuss the classic dilemma - what do you do when you've won too many teddy bears from a mall claw machine? And how do you take as many of them as possible with you to college? This one went off the rails pretty quickly. From Play It By Ear season 2's "Mallapalooza," available now on Dropout: playitbyear.dr...
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[@dropout]

If you're not watching Play It By Ear yet, you're missing out on some of the most impressive and ridiculous improv imaginable. Whoops wops widdly wops

[@AlexDings]

put that on a shirt!

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Love You guys!😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@sapphicgal3245]

Still waiting on the Whoops, Wops, Widdly Wops merch!

[@newageoutlaw]

I would shell out cash money for a touring show of "Play It By Ear"

[@AidanRahder]

@@newageoutlaw Zach and Jess do sometimes do live shows under the name of their podcast, Off Book.

[@kittykat6079]

I love the barely restrained glee on all their faces as they desperately try to stay on character while doing this song

[@quackncheese]

bear-ely*

[@Pixelusually]

*des-bear-tly

[@kezkriune]

^ YOU TWO. GET OUT.

[@theguywithsomething8634]

​@@kezkriuneyeah, it's pretty paw form on their part.

[@kezkriune]

@@theguywithsomething8634 *NO.*

[@orangenostril]

So just to recap, the premise was "how do we take the bears to college" and the solution was "enroll them" lmao

[@bugbear2357]

and also marry them later

[@grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic563]

​@@bugbear2357 And have the bear acquire a Ph.D.

[@benjatendo5015]

​@@grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic563And put them in a Peter Pan cosplay

[@arsonwithstyle3122]

⁠@@benjatendo5015and make them pro-life

[@CollegeGuyJAYCE]

Most underrated comment. I come back daily to watch this video and read your comment 😂😂

[@rainofsunshine473]

“life begins at bear conception see” is such a good line that makes no sense, I’m obsessed

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[@criticallol3039]

This is a perfect improv musical representation of the "I bet he's thinking about other women" meme

[@adamantlotus]

Yes!

[@pulse2781]

I get more of a girls locker room vs boys locker room vibe

[@mattbrannon1030]

When they cut to the wide shot at 2:04 👨‍🍳🤌

[@MadHymek323]

* “The problem is not ‘Do we take the bears to college?’, but rather: _’How_ do we take the bears to college?’” is the best sentence I’ve ever heard

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[@swag_tortoise]

this will definitely be an all time classic in the future

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[@loxodude9398]

I never dared to go for multiple bears in a claw machine, but now I feel like it's my new purpose in life, to make sure these bears get their education

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[@kayceeisonfire]

I first saw a clip of this on shorts thinking it was talking about real life bears, so it makes it ten times better knowing that they're actually talking about stuffed animals

[@realemaskye286]

i thought it was about gay men

[@MrZAP17]

@@realemaskye286 Well, later in the episode the bears are definitely bears.

[@memorysdaughter]

I love that they refer to it as the *classic* problem of too many bears. We've all been there.

[@sindex]

Dropout remains the best money I spend every month. The talent there is absolutely unreal.

[@johnp.wintergreen5712]

I agree 😂❤

[@LammasDeluge]

Can't help but agree, and at such a reasonable price.

[@hashbrowns6661]

Now THIS is the song of the summer

[@swag_tortoise]

did they i just improvise the song of the summer???

[@autumnishere420]

lmfao i 100% agree

[@starfiring]

zach looks like he’s having so much fun in this one lol

[@BruceMiller-y3q]

The bear's major is Ursa

[@Yurt_enthusiast7]

Eeey yooo😂

[@celsyius]

Underrated comment 😭😭

[@emmythemac]

Mano immediately jumping on board the bear dance kills me every time, it's so joyful

[@brettmedley2366]

This was the best episode of Play It By Ear tbh

[@IcyAuron]

Season two has been really good so far. My favorite moment from the show is probably the intentionally no rhyming song.

[@PumpkinTed]

​@@IcyAuronBirds of a feather🗣🗣🔥🔥

[@greason]

​@@PumpkinTed Do not stick As One 🗣️🗣️💯💯💯

[@NOWABOmusic]

Nobody's talking about the genius of the guitar player making record scratch sounds with his pick!!

[@day9811]

2:03 got me too good. T-T Especially with Zach and Zeke's -flailing- dancing.

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[@gregbartlett851]

Watching this for about the 20th time i can really see how much zach worked to get them off the school thing and have the story be sensible and zeke just couldnt get off college so thats where they went. And its so much better for it hahahaha

[@g.j.9515]

never seen Zach THIS giddy the energy is so cute i randomly remember this thru the day

[@pqcowboychanel]

“Cause bears have got to get knowledge.”

[@AttractorsAltAccount]

"Bears gotta go to college!"

[@UrielEdenkov]

"Oh, I'm a bear and I'm taking my toll, I go to university, and I will enroll!"

[@fusionman29]

@@AttractorsAltAccount And then that bear becomes your wife

[@pqcowboychanel]

@@fusionman29 and your with that bead for the rest of your life!

[@FuzzyStripetail]

Even though bears have to get knowledge and bears have to go to college, it just seems a bit unbearable for me to have to take the class Bears 101 followed by the Bears 102 class so that I can ultimately get my graduate degree.

[@FrumiousBandersnatch42]

Grad-u-at

[@sparpie]

Yeah I feel like they could have consolidated them into one class, having to waste that extra semester is a little hard to…take

[@rebmichelle]

⁠@@sparpieI’m choosing to believe this is a reference to the fake-out rhymes song and you deserve an award

[@sparpie]

@@rebmichelle you must do what you feel is right, of course

[@rebmichelle]

@@sparpie just as bears do indeed got to get knowledge, I got to follow my heart and give you this 🏆

[@collectivelykris]

Hi, I’m here to brag. I showed my family a dropout game changer video and later they watched the opening to welcome to mountport on their own and my mom recognized zach. They’ve literally been in plays together, and recently reconnected thanks to us discovering dropout. Genuinely wtf yes I cannot wait to meet this man because this song is proof that my mom knowing him is a flex

[@Pikeyanistin]

Oh I am so JEALOUS! Did you meet him?

[@ashleyhoughton8592]

Jess losing it in the background makes this even better.

[@letsalltakeawalk6906]

Zach fighting to get through "little hat/cute craveat" without totally breaking is my favorite

[@CDTwitler]

Girls at a sleepover: Gossiping and talking about their crushes Boys at a sleepover:

[@9thharbingerofthefatui]

Her: I bet he’s thinking about other women. Him: Bears got to get knowledge-

[@viniciusfontoura6396]

Those are INSANE improvisation skills!

[@MadHymek323]

* Okay but seriously I cannot for the life of me get “Bears, yeah, they’re super fun - and I’mma be there takin’ bears - yeah - 101!” out of my head

[@antiphon000]

It's the best line in the history of the show

[@ThatCake]

They sure have got to go to college

[@Fentanyl_memes]

We makin it out the hood with this one 🥶🥶🥶🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯🐻

[@DrZaius3141]

Zach has an exceptional ability of improvising a chorus to a song that works so well his companions can immediately sing it with him.

[@kaylaf]

I've sung this song every day since the episode aired. A masterpiece!

[@Sootielove]

I love Play It By Ear. Everyone is so aware of how silly yet amazing they are

[@ultimatehawkeyefangirl]

“Bears got ⬅️🕺🕺to get knowledge. ➡️🕺🕺 Bears got ⬅️🕺🕺 to go to college ➡️🕺🕺”

[@foefafee]

This was my favorite episode so far. Seriously, if you don’t have Dropout, get it.

[@LilyandtheWildflowers]

I saw this in a clip maybe 8 months ago and ever since then, my brain will go "bears gotta get knowledge, bears gotta go to college" every couple of weeks

[@stuckbetweenfandoms5138]

been stuck in my head all day. i was building a shelf for my sibling and absent-mindedly singing when i realized what it was

[@KaneTheCitizen1]

Love the small glimpses of Brett grinning behind them

[@ambiguousaesthetic4170]

I literally watched this last night and I'm already fucking back

[@derhimmeluberberlin]

This is a room full of some of the most talented people I 've ever seen.

[@peterpxxn]

I've had this song stuck in my head on loop since it aired. An absolute masterpiece.

[@jokslikter9746]

Bears are making it out the hood with this one 🔥🧸🔥🧸🔥🧸🔥

[@blaakmage]

I still cannot believe this is all played off the top of their heads. It's way too good!!

[@yusufkadar]

Guys, my bears want to go to Jupiter instead, and they won't tell me why. Should I be worried?

[@xpa-beads501]

i regret to inform you that your bear is going to go to jupiter to get more stupider 😔😔

[@yusufkadar]

@@xpa-beads501 NOOOO!!!!

[@Ach-elle]

Man, how do I stop watching this over and over again ?

[@drowninglisa]

I'm obsessed with this! I had a grin as big as all of them on my face the entire time, genius improvised lyrics

[@TheRealRobertG]

Here from 2123 when the bears have taken over humanity This was the first step in the bear uprising and it was unwise to give them higher educational opportunities

[@Prof_Granpuff]

Yogi take the wheel

[@Blahblah97555]

Guys, I figured it out! The bears are his friends who he has to leave when he goes to college! Dylan’s running away cause he’s upset his friends are all leavings. Tyler’s getting into a relationship to try to stay connected, but has too many friends (and bears) for a single relationship! Man do I understand these guys! The whole song is actually about wishing the solution was as simple as staying overnight in the mall with their friends: that they could just go to the same college as there friends, work the same job as them, and eventually get married to them. But they realize, that if they try to force themselves to stay together, they’ll be trapped, as though locked in the back room of a Sharper Image. But there’s a solution, it’s not some crazy plan or contraption, no it’s something that was staring them in the face the whole time just like the loading door of the Sharper Image was. It’s the sounds they’ve been hearing throughout the entire escape song! Dial up internet and AIM! They realize they don’t need to be physically together to maintain their bond. They can stay as close as two gay wed teddy bears, without tying each other down like the mall keys and ring do. They just need to connect through the wonders of the internet. Thus, they can keep these teddy bears, which represent their bonds, as they all leave for their own colleges… like 30 minutes apart. I know this is probably just me reading into things way too deeply, but this is where my mind went as I watched this episode, and when I finished it, I genuinely thought for a moment “wow, this is the strongest thematic through line I’ve ever seen in an episode of Play it by Ear”.

[@JavierFinlay]

Happy that we're getting a second season!

[@hannahiscool2889]

Half of these views are me having this on repeat

[@Persephales]

This song is improv magic 💯 the kinda thing that makes me remember why I fell in love with it in the first place

[@Clueless59]

This changes so many things if you think of it as the bear as in a gay hairy man

[@gristen]

i was thinking the same thing lol. like... theres already bears at college, theyre called the professors 🤣

[@MongerOfStrings8222]

The bears are also gay in this universe so this works out perfectly

[@月光-z6q]

@@gristenOH MY GOD 😭

[@awesomepbear233]

The dancing in this is everything

[@tuanoful]

These videos are SO IMPRESSIVE

[@donsauyce9156]

Girls: I’m so glad we can talk about our crushes and our feelings Boys: *Bears Gotta Go To College!*

[@ARACHNIDPARTY]

WE MAKING IT TO COLLEGE WITH THIS ONE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@ArrowOfTruth01]

Love this episode!

[@amamemuse]

Honestly my favorite song in all of Play It by Ear so far

[@auxin903]

Saw the title. Saw the twunks in the thumbnail. I do have to say I am surprised about the type of bear we wound up talking about

[@pumpkinpatch2203]

I heard this on TikTok and I've loved it ever since

[@DivusMagus]

Jess dying from laughter the whole song really makes the whole scene.

[@cedilowry78]

this song has taken over my family. my family nickname is "bear" (because my name rhymes with Teddy) and we are a bit-heavy household---I'm living at home while in college and you cannot possibly imagine how often this song gets sung

[@NatrixHasYou]

It must be at least once a day, Schmeddy!

[@darkgloomie]

Not the kinda bear i was expecting

[@enbyharvey1417]

Subscribing to dropout legit best decision I made. When I had to cut costs easy decision to get rid of netflix and stay with dropout

[@aust_inc]

This was the first thing that came to mind when the whole "man vs. bear in the forest" discussion started.

[@somedude9665]

now this is a certified top quality song. wonder if the pedmas one’s gonna pop up as well

[@shweenz]

One day, my son is going to wonder where that bear song I always sing to him came from, and he's either gonna laugh or cry.

[@zachdavenport8509]

1:43 we love a pro-life bear rap

[@RileyLastname]

this song gets stuck in my head CONSTANTLY

[@Anonyomus_commenter]

It says something about this song that Jess has been doing this with Zach for years and is still dying in the corner

[@shatzofhudson]

this is both deeply upsetting and remarkably insightful

[@tradingcamerongame]

Shoutout Eric Jackowitz. Wolves of Glendale are hilarious and I was so stoked when I noticed he drums on some PIBE eps

[@winterwonderland1491]

when are these songs going to spotify I love this so much they are so good

[@Lilt8040]

Ah yes. G rated rap. Oh the childhood kids bop memories😂

[@Maxiiim02]

I love the laughs in the background 😂

[@morningbell3690]

Lin Manuel could never

[@cadekachelmeier7251]

I would pay so much money to see Lin Manual on Play it bt Ear. It doesn't seem THAT implausible. He's been on College Humor videos a number of times. And they've gotten some pretty big names on Make Some Noise.

[@Fakespy]

This song gives me so much joy

[@doggans]

At least they didn’t forget that they were bears.

[@tonyhokenson]

I love that this is basically the new Whose Line

[@yourlocaldemon2195]

now THIS is what boys will be boys should mean… maybe even, bears will be bears

[@punk-pangolins]

i love how they could not stop laughing throughout that😭😭😭😭

[@jackdog06]

“I got a bear in the east. I got a bear in the west. I got a bear that’s second best and then a bear that’s the best.” Unironically slaps.

[@crazeecuteexo]

The only thing getting me through depression and tethering me to this mortal plan is watching this daily. 😂

[@Prospitfox]

1:42 …is the implication that he knocked up one of the bears?

[@Aerodynamic_af]

Not just any bear. That bear became his wife. And he'll be with that bear for the rest of his life. ❤️

[@sugaredyoongi]

Why can't I stop listening to this song

[@film9491]

Seeing the title, my first guess was bear as in gay man, my second guess was actual literal bears. Teddy bears didn’t even cross my mind.

[@dougoyama]

Play It By Bear

[@raeje]

It's embarrassing (emBEARassing? >.>) how many times I've watched this video now.

[@callumswords1524]

'bear's gonna have to post-graduat' goes hard as shit tbh

[@PhillipParr]

Had to Google G-Rated - it's U for us!

[@lizardidwat]

yo fozzy bear’s new album is fire

[@xpa-beads501]

i’ve been thinking about this ever since i saw it

[@sino3318]

YES share this clip with the world!!!

[@ThatRandoFangirl]

This chorus is my discord status, it fills me with so much joy.

[@b33thr33kay]

They're on Dropout TV now??? Oh no... I gotta get it now 😂

[@katiepowell3939]

This was stuck in my head. So I’m listening to it now. And it’s still stuck ing my head.

[@Tim231090]

Oh hey, it's the Off Book guys, fun

[@skylercloud3077]

My favorite part is still the excited YEAHHH at the end XD

[@antiphon000]

I can't stop singing this song randomly and it's been months