Was "Kid Nation" The Worst Reality Show Ever Made? | E3 - "Deal with It!"

[@harrisonlee9585]

Kid Nation really seems like a TV show that would exist as a recurring background joke in Arrested Development.

[@OkayFillet]

"Baby Buster? From Kid Nation?"

[@foxhound13]

You win the comment!

[@chrismorris6865]

"George Michael was in the desert, on a reality show Lucille had signed him up for, thinking it was the school's Model UN. "

[@Fungamerplays]

and there would be some recurring misunderstanding like "kid nation" and "kidney stone" or something

[@TonyGearSolid]

Sounds like something Maeby would've came up with during her days as a studio executive.

[@hutrod7721]

We need a "Where are they now" for these kids

[@user-xd7yc9eb8o]

one of the kids did an AMA on reddit i think

[@edelgarddidnothingwrong7994]

If you go to The Eric Barber on YT, he's got one for a lot of the kids and he's going through interviews with a bunch of the kids (now adults) from the show. Edit: Spelling (I really should proofread my comments...)

[@Lightfields]

Two of the producers met there, married and now have 2 kids almost old enough to go on....so.....

[@mariogamefreak1]

Jontron did a interview with Jimmy

[@waltercroson8072]

YT Sophia Wise, she talks about being on the show

[@lelandgill3631]

My sisters and I watched this show when it was on air and could NOT believe what we were seeing. Every episode was truly thrilling. I don't think another reality show can replicate the geniune madness of Kid Nation. Wait till they cover the season finale, Bros

[@andrettitalk9535]

I'd say Big Brother series especially the one in the states is the most insane reality show. The Challenge and than Bad Girls Club as well. Lol this show doesn't compare.

[@Rosevieenla]

@@andrettitalk9535 I mean Kid Nation is borderline big brother with children

[@gentlemanwolfpig7374]

@@andrettitalk9535 to be fair, this show was a walking lawsuit and child endangerment brought to entertainment

[@Fungamerplays]

Taylor really taking that Marie Antoinette route in this one

[@Rainaman-]

Imagine Jared comparing each day as worst day that ever happened

[@jamespondy0]

I'm sure everyday is a bad one for Jared. Oh wait... Wrong one, my b

[@amazingabby25]

Puts a new meaning to I wish I was Jared,19

[@wstine79]

I'll bet Zack Morris greenlit this show.

[@djchey9328]

ZACH MORRIS IS TRASH

[@lawnside82]

Would be dope if we got a kn is trash.. style series...

[@lawnside82]

Jarid is trash. Cuz he bitchin already..

[@Rainaman-]

Is Greg Zacks causin?

[@MrCkiernan1984]

And Cody was never seen or heard from again probably because he f***ing killed himself

[@DiegoAlvarezBeltran1993.]

The amount of cocaine that must have been used to greenlit and run this show must have been unbelievable.

[@boredgirl14]

So true

[@RByrne]

Yeah coke ideas usually make little sense after you finally get to sleep

[@buffnipz]

@@RByrne then kid nation wouldn't be a coke idea because it's genius

[@thatguy8212]

Glad the next episode dropped. I've really enjoyed this series. I look forward to the rest of the season.

[@FunnyOrDie]

Thank you!

[@EssexAggiegrad2011]

@@FunnyOrDie Now just drop the pandering

[@jonnnnniej]

This feels like some of the most American thing I ever saw

[@chopitup9950]

It is.

[@Lonsoleil]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Paulftw21]

Kids Nation was the BEST reality show ever made

[@fawkumean378]

best in terms of entertainment, but not morality 😂😭

[@MrGameonthis]

@@fawkumean378 I agree with both of you 110% lmao

[@firecrackerjack68]

I came here after watching Jontron.

[@darryl3592]

Yup

[@jackcassidy9963]

It's hard to hate since considering how it's both unique and real also legally and morally questionable

[@jakemk21]

Red Dead Redemption: Radio Disney Edition

[@stingrey1571]

the kids playing with the bulls remind me of how on the real world hawaii, one cast member got completely shit faced on camera. she then got in a car, on camera and DROVE OFF. no one put down their camera or any producer tried to stop her. they just kept filming. what would have happened if one of those bulls gored those kids?!?!

[@FoxNewsChannelSux]

I think that was Ruthie, if I'm not mistaking

[@chrisjackson1215]

Don't worry, all the parents signed those waivers saying the show wouldn't be responsible...

[@jerryjack6976]

The world needed this right now. Plz don't make us wait 6 months for next one I love this shit lol

[@FunnyOrDie]

Thank you for your patience and support. We'll have a new episode for you in a few short years.

[@lawnside82]

@@FunnyOrDie awe wtf!! Lmao

[@fongkei523]

@@FunnyOrDie XD

[@shotoftiktok3895]

Is this a remake of Lord of the flies wild west edition?

[@EssexAggiegrad2011]

Yeah

[@foxhound13]

Please pump these out sooner. It drove me crazy.

[@PapillionPictures]

Jimmy was the smartest one on this show. He saw the signs before everyone else.

[@nickc3657]

I physically NEED this series to be given more resources/staff so it can come out sooner

[@SmartSmears]

I'm so genuinely happy this is back I actually gasped.

[@tinpan6052]

Ahh our patience paid off... Welp off you go, dont look at the comments. _.

[@Lonsoleil]

Look at the comments.... *LOOK AT THEM!* 😆

[@popburnsy3207]

.... now I wish this was the first comment I read

[@ohbogey]

I'm sure in a interview 10, maybe 20 years from now, one of these kids will say, "Ritalin is a helluva drug!"

[@RichieAppel]

The recent resurgence in popularity of this show, a lot of the kids are now doing interviews as adults.

[@Shanks612]

Okay I love the these random names you give the host but 'The Frat Guy Who Smells Like Ham' had me on the floor for like 5 minutes. Just brilliant.

[@FunnyOrDie]

We've got 7 more episodes of this thing so send suggestions for more if ya got em!

[@themitchman7894]

@@FunnyOrDie Stereotypical white suburban history teacher

[@serenfan4565]

Funny Or Die 10 more actually. There’s 13 episodes in the series.

[@klimmr]

You know, FOX tried something like this called Utopia. That show was even worse. At least this show was able to complete its scheduled runtime.

[@GreenesThings]

It’s a twister!

[@amparolopez6236]

Still waiting for A Very Special Episode.. Here's a good way to reboot it: Good Times JJ. Finance who was hooked on drugs, and killed herself.

[@JackMensahBonsu]

She didn't kill herself, she just ran away.

[@justincoleman3805]

And she wasn’t a finance. She was a fiancée.

[@amparolopez6236]

@@JackMensahBonsu yeah, I just watched

[@chopitup9950]

The fiance was played by Debbie Allen and she is the sister of Phylicia Rashad who played Claire Huxtable on the Cosby Show. Debbie Allen also played the dance teacher in the original TV show, Fame. She's also a choreographer, btw.

[@nickc3657]

This episode should’ve been called Lord of the Pies 🍕

[@GoblinFromOblivion]

This would've been more interesting and possibly less catastrophic if it were done with kids in their late teens.

[@williamjames7293]

but then they'd be doing,,,,you know illegal stuff off camera

[@brunococcia1126]

PLEASE I NEED MORE OF THIS. IT'S BEEN MONTHS SINCE EP 2

[@Gemini_Billy]

I lost it at "tough shit Cody you got a job to do! What are you, 9?!" *Cody 9* "Oh, you are"

[@DeeProfundis]

I've adopted "deal with it" as part of my vocabulary

[@jinx724]

Fun fact I was going to be on this show before it got canceled

[@lunayen]

I'm skeptical, but I'm not sure if I feel happy or sad for you if true.

[@TothanCrawk]

There needs to be an extended cut that includes all the brawls Jared started.

[@reycesarcarino4653]

This is What Total Dramarama should have been

[@MisterBigBlunts]

Those kids thought they were being responsible for choosing the microwave over 40 pizzas, but really they goofed. A microwave would be good if there were 5 or 6 kids, but when there's that many kids, they aren't going to save any time by having a microwave. Really the only thing they could microwave would be those pizzas they turned down.

[@andrettitalk9535]

Huh? You said your opinion which is obviously fine but then you take a hard left with that microwave only being useful for " 5 or 6 kids". You clearly never grew up with a microwave or saw what these kids normally receive in food rations. Microwave was the smart way to go. You can cook a lot faster and more persistent with it. The only negative that it comes with is that you can only cook for so many people in one shot vs a big ass pan roasting over a camp fire .

[@MisterBigBlunts]

@@andrettitalk9535 Yeah, that last sentence was my entire point. The microwave can only hold enough food to heat up rations for 2 people at a time. The big pots and pans can heat up food for all 40 people at once. So say you can microwave your food in 4 minutes. If you have 5-6 kids, that's 20-24 minutes which is still saving time. Once you are up to 40 kids that is 160 minutes, whille it would take about 30 minutes on the stove.

[@familylivesmatters]

Why release this so late? You has your chance to corner the Kids Nation market but you waited for some reason and now there’s so many people that made videos about it

[@tavog8150]

Yea they pump out plenty of other shit i dont watch on this chanel though

[@jacen110091]

Please keep these coming! I'd never heard of this show before and every episode you guys put out makes me believe this whole this has to be a gag - but no, someone actually made this!? Unbelievable...

[@TheRManProds]

OH NO TAYLOR YOUR GONNA GET CANCELLED!

[@suesylvester6456]

all the kids acting drunk was hilarious

[@mfernandezsoberano]

Finally! I was worried this series was abandoned. So excited!

[@Cheese334]

Who's the psychopath that thought this was a good show? Even Maze Runner had a better sense of putting kids together to see how they would survive.

[@daveteves]

We Millennials were really built different. Hope these kids grew up to be decent 20-somethings now.

[@Justplainsomething]

Taylor ended up joining an MLM and went Platinum, didn't she.

[@alexgoebel7462]

"The VIO-LENCE!"

[@Otimepilot]

Are you going to release these on a timely manner or every 6 to 8 months?

[@Amy-gn6zw]

That show needs to make a comeback!

[@sumotaby]

The idea was actually really good. The problem is the producers kept turning the reality into unreality. They tortured those poor kids. "Hey, we are just going to dump a bunch of trash here and have you take care of it."

[@raulportela3039]

Yeeesss!! I'm so glad you came back to this series!

[@FootballFanLeanne]

Colton the bull whisperer, was the coolest kid ever!

[@lobitosuave]

4 months into quarantine and we're just getting episode three of this pfft damn 😂 love it tho

[@awoht]

I can't explain how long I was waiting for this video.

[@ruthw1995]

My mouth dropped in shock at multiple points during this video

[@johngauen2661]

Please keep this series up! Couldn’t think of a more relevant time to explore unsuspecting underdeveloped adolescents attempting to survive being restricted from modern society. It’s almost too ironic

[@Dr.ILLiad]

Hungover Jared sounding like young Bernie Sanders

[@raheemsmith2996]

What a twister!

[@silverfire1248]

What I find hilarious is that it seems like the kids look back on this fondly. Kinda love it.

[@burm68]

Darren, awesome episode, thanks for bringing it back!

[@JG-kk1mr]

this is my fave youtube series atm lmao. can't wait for ep 4.

[@Trtevoorryu]

How was this show even legal?

[@kobedziuba97]

"they're doing this instead of school....cooool"

[@jamessantos9861]

Please do more episodes on this show more often! I’ve watched the 3 you did so far and they’re hilarious.

[@colinharter4094]

The show feels like a summer camp for the children of every person who appeared in Tiger King.

[@deviousj5868]

Say what you will but Colton was an absolute mad lad.

[@beingzombievstheworld]

Funny or die did the kid nation before Jon tron, they're the one who started it.

[@privateuser7]

No they didn't, jon tron put out his video weeks ago

[@KCS-ep7tv]

CoolMan Caravan no. Funny or die did it way before jontron. This is their third video about it

[@HeyDanisaurus]

they did but you gotta think Jontron starts filming his stuff months ahead

[@beingzombievstheworld]

@@HeyDanisaurus they did it last year way before jon tron

[@beingzombievstheworld]

@@HeyDanisaurus still they did it before him you can check

[@oliviasheppard2061]

I can’t decide if this or Zack Morris is Trash is my favorite series😩😩😩

[@FluffyChops]

aghhh waited so long i only subscribed for this ep 3 tho how long till the next -_- lol

[@hagen2289]

IV BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO FOR WEEKS AND WEEKS OMG THANK YOU 😂

[@NPC_5120]

A surprise to be sure but a welcome one

[@collinvenables8072]

Thank god been waiting for this forever I was scarred they drooped this series

[@diespeso804]

I waited sooo long for this video

[@onetwo8886]

About damn time funnyordie

[@HereComesJJ]

PLEASE, WE NEED MORE OF THIS!!! I AM BEGGING!🤣😭

[@TheCelineNicole]

I went to middle school with a girl that was on this show and she was asked to be on it after her father didn’t make it to be on survivor.

[@Puncherjoe1]

I love you too KN narrator guy.

[@FunnyOrDie]

🧡

[@alexanderemmanuelli419]

Please keep making this review, it's amazing!

[@amazingabby25]

You are back after 5 months

[@TheGoldShot]

I have extremely high desires for you to put more episodes out more often

[@AirQuotes]

Jontron interviewed the best kid from the first episode or maybe the whole show a few weeks ago

[@beingzombievstheworld]

the eric barber is interviewing every kid

[@KonamiKonami]

No he didn't interview Jared

[@KCS-ep7tv]

Konami not yet lmao.

[@atomicave3100]

He literally interviewed the worst kid who was the first to leave haha obviously had the most experience and was also pretty young so he can remember so much right?

[@matstab85]

You should do this show more, I want there to be some sort of purge or outbreak of the flu or something.

[@vikingmayor2581]

Thank god yall kept going

[@FrostCoyote]

Finally!!!! I was looking forward to this soooo much

[@bharris591]

Where are you? We are not in this together anymore. I miss you

[@rv264]

I just love how they went crazy for pizza 😂😂

[@MisterBigBlunts]

They really should have chosen the pizza. I mean, what good is a single microwave for 50 kids? What are they planning on cooking in it? You know they just assumed it was the responsible choice.

[@akosbarati2239]

@@MisterBigBlunts I have a good for nothing, deadbeat alcoholic old man, who, after his divorce, went into a total spiral. I'm talking giving up on acting like a human being guided by self-preservation levels. One day we cleaned his room and in the compartment, under the extensible bed, I've found a box of pizza underneath some covers that still had a half-eaten slice of pizza in it that by that time attracted bugs. I don't want to imagine how kids, hopelessly ill-prepared for the tasks of this show would do with pizza, especially after we've already seen them get high.

[@TheRManProds]

RIP 40 HOT PIZZAS

[@MadameTamma]

I never watched this show when it aired but hearing about it now I REALLY hope that the kids find any sharp objects they can around the camp, use them to completely gang up on and overpower at least one adult like the host or a camera man, take them hostage and make demands for anything they want. THAT would suddenly make this the best reality TV ever.

[@Arroyo2099]

I wish they would do more of these videos. They are so funny. Also whatever happened to the ice cream comedy show. I can’t find them anywhere

[@franknbeans1176]

"The Bourgeoisie must be brought down."

[@Br1ttany1992]

As someone who lives in New Mexico, loved that New Mexico tourism ad joke! Made me do a spit take

[@KindredKeepsake]

I can't believe they got a freaking twister on camera, and nobody died or got seriously injured. o_o

[@75aces97]

5:50 Wow, that first guy who smells like ham sure wears a lot of hats on this show. When did this air? I have no memory of this being a thing.

[@chrismorris6865]

Finally, more of these episodes!

[@TheAntiSanta]

Dang, I missed the glorious return of Kid Nation on Funny or Die.

[@Kcoop215]

i remember watching this as a kid like " im in for season 2"

[@heppyzx5877]

Finally I’ve been waiting for this

[@daltonwilkinson1193]

Can't wait to get episode 4 in December

[@MrGazz101]

Nobody’s going to talk about how that kid literally stared down a fucking bull and won?!

[@hazirahhanifar]

Holy crap. I watch Chicago Fire and was hellbent sure that I had seen one of the more recent recurring actors before, but when I looked him up on IMDB, nothing I watched came up. Turns out it’s because I was looking at the Actor section, not the Self section. I did a double take when I saw that he was DK from Kid Nation.

[@Christian-tr4ph]

It’s almost like the creators of the TV show did not watch Lord of the flies and see what happens when children are left to there on devices

[@firecrackerjack68]

Jimmy (not 8 anymore) made the wisest decision in this show, by leaving.

[@luisumana1238]

The outhouses were put back up the very next day. It's almost as if filming that whole windstorm during this episode was completely unnecessary!

[@ItsAJETT]

Pretty sure Taylor is complaining about why she shouldn’t have to wear a mask in Walmart right now.

[@beingzombievstheworld]

she's a therapist and asking her patients to just deal with it

[@pratt17648]

I knew someone who was suppose to be on this for season 2 lol