grant was built for this role

[@Mentro140]

How tall is Zac, anyway?

[@dftp]

About this tall

[@triccele]

It's a whole thing.

[@zelly4914]

Theoretically?

[@silverisdisappointed]

The height of a human

[@stevematthews4473]

No one knows

[@hangover89]

I like how the only mention of game changer on Zac's IMDB page is credited as him playing Grant

[@lyricbot8513]

I'm so glad that all those years Zac sat next to Grant for years at a desk in the CH offices and suffered through his clumsy eating habits paid off. Truly the method actor of our generation.

[@adamkane4217]

This whole bit is Zac's way of telling us that Grant O'Brien is actually three small people stacked on top of one another.

[@zoinksscoob7020]

The way he says “oh this is just a light snack” sounded so similar to Grant like fr

[@marshallc6215]

I legit thought they had prerecorded grant's lines because that sounded exactly like him

[@stwbmc98]

I know this is different from what they planned but Zac as Grant really added to the vibe of this episode

[@he.said.teenjiejer]

the fact that they left it as him playing grant rather than changing it to being zac was the correct choice

[@lyricbot8513]

@@he.said.teenjiejer Zac's gonna put Grant out of a job for sure.

[@redtaileddolphin1875]

@@he.said.teenjiejeraccording to someone on the discord sam said it was actually zac’s idea to just. be grant

[@shytendeakatamanoir9740]

​@@redtaileddolphin1875Of course it was! That's such a Zac idea!

[@he.said.teenjiejer]

@@redtaileddolphin1875 yeah that tracks

[@TheGardiner]

Grant O’Yama

[@posindustries]

Okay good, just making sure this was covered already, thank you.

[@goodpeople25]

@@posindustries It's also covered by the episode itself as a glitch in the name box in one of the later loops.

[@ThatGuyCalledMyth9001]

due to how crazy the episode was, i had to watch the behind the scenes, just to confirm if they had actually cast grant for the role

[@woodfur00]

I love how they had to explain the Grant thing to justify why Sam is being so mean to Zac.

[@Sackofbooks]

I don't know if they did need that, didn't Sam have something like ten different reasons for firing Zac at one point?

[@A_T216]

Keeping the name card for Grant is so fucking funny lmao

[@rossplendent]

Simply replacing Grant's role with Zac wouldn't have added anything to the comedy... But having Zac AS Grant is top tier.

[@richardmiddaugh9749]

The fact that Zac is the one that wrote all those "Grant is a huge klutz idiot" sketches just makes this even more hilarious!

[@he.said.teenjiejer]

@@richardmiddaugh9749 that is _exactly_ the reason that he was the perfect replacement for grant

[@gwen9939]

My favorite part about this whole bit is Trapp's later comment on "that's not the podium, that's the front lawn of the podium!"

[@fishfoods2622]

i wanna say that his impression at “this is just a light snack” was so good that i thought grant dubbed over him for a second

[@TheWilliamsberg]

Haters will say that's not Grant

[@Kasiarzynka]

I don't want this to be interpreted in a wrong way, but Grant not being there for this one, as well as the Bingo episode, has lead to some AMAZING comedic moments. With Brennan subbing an hour before the shoot and, well, everything about it (his card, the fact that Mike Trapp got it first, Brennan losing his mind and the entire episode feeling like it was design to be another Yes or No, but all of it wasn't even personalized). And don't get me started on this episode. Zac? Who's that? Don't know him. I just know Grant Anthony O'Brien and his plate of spaghetti that he eats with a spoon because all forks were dirty. But ASSUMING that Grant's name was in fact Zac, him playing another colleague would've matched the theme of the episode PERFECTLY. I almost expect the last "behind the scenes" of the season to reveal that Grant wasn't even sick and it was all staged 😂.

[@he.said.teenjiejer]

i agree! grant is great and i would’ve loved to see him on both episodes, but despite, and even because of, his absence they created some truly beautiful moments

[@Hayden_Lummus]

@@he.said.teenjiejerthat’s the magic of “the show must go on.” Having to improvise on the spot can lead to some amazing happy accidents

[@world9870]

This is hilarious remembering how many sketches about Grant were written by Zac lmao

[@he.said.teenjiejer]

truly one of my first thoughts was remembering that he wrote “grant is a huge klutz idiot”

[@hendrixman1996]

i love how zac behaves like a bad cat in this gag

[@erinnorris]

somehow i think zac-as-grant in this bit was funnier than if it had actually been grant

[@he.said.teenjiejer]

honestly, with the context of that sketch he wrote about grant (it was something like “grant is a huge klutz idiot”), YEAH.

[@neminem233]

@@he.said.teenjiejerGrant also does just give me spaghetti lover vibes idk why

[@he.said.teenjiejer]

@@neminem233 he loves wet foods

[@NebulaOak]

Zac was supposed to sub in as himself. He decided to sub in as himself playing Grant.

[@pandablossom_2659]

truly everything zac did or said i went, yeah grant would do/say that

[@nexus6538]

Ngl, not to diss Grant, I think this bit wouldn’t be as funny or as memorable if it wasn’t Zac playing as Grant 🤣

[@he.said.teenjiejer]

this is true and it’s not even grant’s fault, like it also wouldn’t have been as memorable if it were just zac playing zac, which is what was going to happen if zac hadn’t pitched playing grant

[@theorybox3094]

Idk how to explain how or why, but this is a fantastic Grant impression

[@he.said.teenjiejer]

zac was the perfect choice

[@scolkereybel]

This episode was an utter fever dream

[@he.said.teenjiejer]

maybe my favorite one ever

[@Sabbathtage]

Halfway through this episode, I realized it turned into absurdist art.

[@shytendeakatamanoir9740]

​@@SabbathtageLiterally Endless Eight

[@Weesock]

0:39 that look at the camera was so Grant😂

[@TheBrianJ]

I do love that since Grant had Covid, they switched to Zac O'Pasta for the role... but instead of just saying it was Zac, it has to be Zac AS Grant.

[@angelaphsiao]

Grant O’Yama

[@he.said.teenjiejer]

apparently it was zac’s idea to keep it as grant, which makes it even funnier

[@itscassieyeet8610]

It really begs the question of how they casted a last minute Grant. Did they have like a list of Grants from best to worst? Did they cross reference it with who was available to show up? Did the whole crew just look at each other and in unison say "Zac." like it's a heist movie or some shit?

[@BunchaNothin]

I love each of these possibilities and NEED to know. I hope they talk about it in the BTS video

[@AnEnemySpy456]

Zach is the next tallest and gangliest, so he's obviously the backup Grant.

[@genuineinterest]

Don't quote me on this but. Didn't somebody mention that Zac was the one who suggested that he pretend to be Grant rather than just showing up as himself?

[@acenomadic]

​@@genuineinterest Yes, but that was still due to him being Grant's sub. He didn't just come out with that idea in a vacuum

[@genuineinterest]

@@acenomadic true, but that changes the nature of the substitute-finding process imo. They were just looking for an available person to sub, not the person who could be the best Grant, and by sheer serendipity they ended up with the best Grant they could ask for.

[@spectator23]

The best part is in the future rounds how they bribe and gently nudge Zac away, but if it was Grant they would have fully gone Wrestlemania on him.

[@MarioKonga]

Ify would have flown over his podium and dropkicked Grant.

[@CmakesP]

It so funny that Grant wrote that he should be on game changer more...only to covid when he gets a chance to be on game changer more.

[@jonathanjernigan3865]

I really thought those fun facts were gonna factor in eventually

[@he.said.teenjiejer]

same tbh

[@Agent160FTW]

Now I kind of want a Gamechanger-episode inspired by Zac O'Brien where they introduce three people, but as someone else from Dropout than who they actually are and then they in turn get asked the same random question and then when one of them each time get a point it's seemingly random, but it's actually based on who does the best impression of the character they were introduced as. And then I want people to be introduced as Brennan Lee Mulligan and Zac Oyama since they are my favorites and seeing people learning through an episode that they would have channel their inner Zac or Brennan to get points would be interesting.

[@Krixwell]

I also feel like Brennan should be a player in such an episode, so hear me out: Brennan as Zac. Let us watch as the master of split-second elaboration slowly realizes that to win this game, he must channel the spirit of the master of "less is more".

[@Agent160FTW]

@@Krixwell Yes, yes, yes. This absolutely :) And wow, 79 likes so far, I suddenly feel like a celebrity ;)

[@shytendeakatamanoir9740]

Honestly, since what Game Changer and Dropout needs is more Grant O'Brien, having other actors playing Grant O'Brien is actually a genius idea!

[@he.said.teenjiejer]

agreed! it was my only problem with dropout tbh. they need to do a spinoff of that bi bachelor thing

[@thestarbran]

Zac Oyama playing Grant O’Brien 2. Siobahn, Ify, and Trap playing Misnamed Grant O’Brien Stand-Ins 1-3.

[@EpicGammingCrew]

Anyone ever noticed how much Zac looks like that guy from the buzzfeed try guys

[@he.said.teenjiejer]

@@EpicGammingCrew idk, he doesn’t really have his megawatt smile

[@Benu54321]

Zac O'yama

[@lrizzard]

oh my god. you win. here take it 🏆

[@GreatGoatRebellion]

Genius

[@DeathnoteBB]

“Nooo, the guy’s gonna inspect our things and then we’re gonna get in trouble!” sounds like a kid playing Border Patrol

[@vbarreiro]

I would have liked to see Grant here, however him getting sick gave us Brennan losing it last episode and it was so worth it. Hope he’s okay, but his sacrifice lead to amazing content. Love how people getting sick and getting replaced by a super nice Brennan trying to cover for a friend consistently gives us the best Game Changer episodes. Rosate Spoonbill? That was supposed to be Raph in that podium but he got sick.

[@he.said.teenjiejer]

omg i had no idea that was supposed to be raph! did they change it to bird facts for brennan or is raph also a birdhead?

[@vbarreiro]

@@he.said.teenjiejer That part was made for Brennan relatively last minute, yeah. Time running out is the ultimate source of inspiration and boy were they inspired on that one! They talk about it in the after-episode that the laat bit of the episode frustrated them because zombie doppelgängers of the contestants appear, and for Brennan they just found a pasty white dude, but for Raph they had someone you could reasonably mistake for Raph.

[@fluffysprout]

Grant as candidate for the bingo episode would’ve made so much sense!

[@ellam5931]

people are saying this is zac, but it sure looks like grant to me

[@he.said.teenjiejer]

looks more like keith from try guys to me tbh

[@EmperorSeth]

I don't know. I don't think Grant's that tall, but it's hard to tell...

[@IgorKiller3011]

I'm pretty sure that's Ross Bryant... then again it could be Keith O'Brien

[@elbruces]

Trapp can't tell the difference.

[@ghosth0urs]

that is literally grant o’brien possessing zac.. i’m convinced.

[@eandvwigle7510]

I love it when Grant plays the role of Zac O’Brian

[@ghastlyghifin4029]

Honestly the only thing missing was sex jokes. Otherwise A+ impersonation.

[@EpicBeard815]

I mean, can it really be called an infectious disease if Grant hasn't caught it?

[@RLplusabunchofdumbnumbers]

Every one but the big one! Oh, and herpes!

[@Turkeysonmywindow]

i was suprised that sam didnt weaponize the turner classic movies trivia against the players... but zac-grant was still a hilarious segment😂

[@13mungoman13]

He totally did weaponize it. Think about it like this: By throwing out random facts, the players are now keeping track of information that is never going to come up again.

[@he.said.teenjiejer]

@@13mungoman13 that’s a great point actually

[@matthewbartlett3442]

Maybe an unpopular opinion: my favorite part of this episode was Sam’s easily telegraphed insults at grant that related to the movie trivia

[@kirbyhasagun9261]

i was really hoping they would ask the players about some of the turner classic movie facts that grant obrien was giving

[@pinoytrash]

GRANT O'BRIEN OUT

[@illkao6211]

That "Clean as a whistle~" at the end had me dying 😂😂😂

[@Liatriss]

I love that the movie facts changed on every rewind

[@thejman3489]

Fun fact about Ben-Hur(1959) Warner Brothers was going under but they had 1 last chance at staying alive in the movie business. They decided to remake the movie that put them on the map in the first place: Ben-Hur(1925) which was a silent film. They got the best director and writer in Hollywood and gave them an unlimited budget. Then told them if they failed, there would be no more Warner Brothers. The movie was a huge success.

[@loganbritton6737]

They may have been given 1 last chance at the movie business, but I'm giving you 1 last chance to get off this stage!

[@Wizard9621]

I wish that you would be silent grant, get off my stage!

[@KingDugan]

They should have got Keith from Buzzfeed.

[@quenyasansel]

Huh. I think this is about the fifth time I learn that they’re not the same person. But they look so much like the same person that I keep forgetting.

[@he.said.teenjiejer]

to say keith is from buzzfeed in this day and age is BOLD

[@twilightgeneral777]

I think they had him on Um Actually recently

[@lemonlemonlemonlemonlemonlemo]

grant really did great in this role huh

[@Joescotterpuss]

He's got such a great range.

[@mfwiseesomeonet-posing7395]

There was a timeline where the players washed a fork that we will never know anything about

[@he.said.teenjiejer]

oh my GOD

[@haykaldenyut75]

Would be funny if all future grant replacement would be keith or ross cause theyre same size and look a like lmao

[@he.said.teenjiejer]

ideal version of this episode would be grant comes out the first time, then keith, then ross, then all three together

[@maxmyzer9172]

Zac stop! zac stop, your gonna get in trouble!

[@rowbeans-l1n]

?? Zac isn’t in this episode

[@daveslamjam]

i get the reference 😂

[@minakorei]

I wonder if someone had stopped Sam from kicking the camera, the following round of questions would have included turner classic movie trivia that Grant kept saying.

[@elbruces]

I'm convinced there's going to be a sequel to this episode. And Brennan will be one of the contestants.

[@bigbundle3223]

@@elbruces Brennan went into hiding after this episode was taped. He lives in fear of what Sam might someday become

[@he.said.teenjiejer]

i never even considered someone stopping him, that’s really interesting

[@VincenteIL]

Is that Keith from BuzzFeed?

[@Koopatroop5421]

"Grant O'Brien, out!"

[@cheesy2440]

The famous catchphrase

[@HailTheRegent]

Is it me or is Grant taller than usual?

[@kaptenteo]

Spaghetti. With a spoon. No.

[@he.said.teenjiejer]

all the forks were dirty!

[@dayveeman]

I thought for sure the random turner classic movie factoids would come back somehow. Especially given they were different facts every time.

[@he.said.teenjiejer]

i want it to be known that i screenrecorded this bit and _forgot to stop recording_ and didn’t realize until i went to screenrecord again, when ify said it was “a random ponytail inspection”, which was probably about another half hour into the episode.

[@Eggs_hatching]

I had a horifying flashback to that time I invited a past teacher to my first proffesional art show and they showed up with tupperware of spaghetti and at it while leaning in to look at my paintings... is this... is this something people do? or is it as insane as it seems to be walking around with spaghetti and tomato sauce spilling it on things?

[@he.said.teenjiejer]

i think your teacher was just weird. not sure if that’s comforting or not

[@pepesilvia429]

typically you're supposed to ask the receptionist about their spaghetti policy, but even if it's prohibited, what sane person is going to waste perfectly good spaghetti? I just hide it in my purse

[@fergushebbert817]

This episode is truly the culmination of Sam’s insane machinations

[@tomaspalacios5940]

I always thought the trivia from grant was gonna be a question later on

[@adityadharma]

I'm a little disappointed that all the movie facts that "Grant" said didn't come back in any way.

[@TheGIJew.]

maybe the dates of the movies have something to do with Sam's evil time traveling relative Samuel Dalton who was referenced in this episode

[@BumbusBumbi]

I think it acts as a red herring, while also making the contents resent grant more.

[@chrismcclenny2529]

Right? Especially “Play it again, Sam.”

[@bosserman444]

I really wish someone would’ve gotten Grant (Zach) a fork, I feel like that was a secret choice they could unlock.

[@akday8324]

all the forks were dirty!

[@SebastianJVW]

​@@akday8324They had 2 minutes to clean one.

[@neminem233]

The fact that the marathon of Turner Classic movies and the associate fun facts had NOTHING to do with ANYTHING really fucked me up Also I don’t get the “off the stage Roman” thing could someone explain

[@Amy_Smy]

I think it's a pun on the word Roaming

[@augustdeer]

"Roaming off the stage"

[@he.said.teenjiejer]

yeah i definitely thought it would come into play but the fact that it didn’t is almost better

[@neminem233]

@@Amy_Smy Oh thanks for that! Yeah that makes sense

[@OChan263]

lmao I thought they had to memorize his fun facts 😭😭😂

[@samvimes117]

I was expecting the trivia to come up later in the episode

[@Martell364]

For some reason I'm sure that this game will resume later on. It seemed too open ended to just be done.

[@softreyna]

I'm torn about this: I love Zac's subtle but impressive Grant impression, but if actual Grant were here this would be the perfect episode for introducing people to Gamechanger/Dropout

[@he.said.teenjiejer]

just show them “grant is a huge klutz idiot” first and then when you show them this, say “okay but imagine the tall guy from that sketch from before”

[@eatenman1235]

This was a crime watching Zac as Grant eating spaghetti with a spoon and terrorizing everyone

[@minanathans6005]

This waste of spaghetti is distressing me

[@he.said.teenjiejer]

i think a little got in his mouth

[@AngyPolarBear]

But he has to carbo load. Hes running a marathon tomorrow

[@Anya-B.]

@@AngyPolarBear A marathon ?

[@he.said.teenjiejer]

@@Anya-B. yeah, of turner classic movies

[@dreamcanvas5321]

That and how poorly distributed the sauce is!

[@rowbeans-l1n]

Goddamnit Grant!

[@rayscotchcoulton]

Anyone else have a sneaking suspicion that grant never got covid and that's a long con?

[@he.said.teenjiejer]

i don’t think they’d lie about covid specifically but i see where you’re coming from

[@funkymanvibing]

Well that's what makes it harder to know whether it's true or not, because grant did in fact get covid and missed a DIFFERENT episode this season, so maybe this was around the same time??

[@marethyummm]

@@funkymanvibingYeah they’re probably filmed in batches, they’ve mentioned a few times in behind the scenes or in other episodes/things about ppl being around for the set for game changer episodes going on after other game changer episodes

[@CorbiniteVids]

Well, wastewater data shows we're in the second worst peak of the whole pandemic, so it's definitely not hard to get it, especially since pretty much everyone has dropped all precautions (fortunately I still see masks on the PAs on dropout though so it's at least a safer workplace than most)

[@MrUks]

and no one thought of getting keith from the try guys?

[@he.said.teenjiejer]

finally someone makes this joke and says “try guys” and not “buzzfeed” 😭 but i like to think if it hadn’t been so last minute they would’ve

[@richardmiddaugh9749]

Wouldn't work. He doesn't have his megawatt smile

[@DuelaDent52]

Was anyone else disappointed we didn’t get to see Grant’s last piece of trivia?

[@GaviLazan]

Anyone else notice the "vfx needed" that showed up in two shots during the episode. I couldn't tell if that was a real mistake or there on purpose.

[@he.said.teenjiejer]

i did notice that. i’m almost sure it was intentional.

[@devinspencer1678]

It was definitely intentional, since they started doing the whole "broken VHS" thing in later loops. Like reality/the show was eroding with every repeat.

[@GaviLazan]

@@devinspencer1678 the first one shows up before any of the glitches and on a shot that didn't require any vfx (that I could tell) so it feels more like an editing mistake and less like a glitch in the matrix.

[@IunaIia]

I'd love it if they got Keith again and just not acknowledge it too

[@he.said.teenjiejer]

god that would’ve been funny

[@TryinaD]

That would just add to the chaotic energy of the ep… I do want to see Keith again on CH lol

[@TobyCantrell]

@@TryinaDyou’ll never guess what episode just came out today

[@TryinaD]

@@TobyCantrell I know about the try guys sam appearance, I was talking about game changer

[@ragmana]

Zac may be the better Grant.

[@katiebirdie7868]

now i want spaghetti :(

[@fudgyvmp3961]

Gilear could've done it too.

[@he.said.teenjiejer]

ah, i seem to have spilled some… tomahto sauce on your podium…

[@conficturaincarnatus1034]

Good one, sam

[@valigantir]

I did hear Grant was having plastic surgery and man they did a great job

[@placeholderblankspace]

This would have been really funny if it happened for the Bingo episode

[@atlander4204]

It actually did. Brennan was a last minute replacement for Grant-they talk about it in BTS.

[@jeffallen55]

I love that the Brennan stamp is just the Grant stamp with the glasses trimmed off, and even Brennan didn't realize.

[@placeholderblankspace]

@@atlander4204 yeah ik that's why i bring it up lol! i meant if like they just used Grantgo but Brennan was just there and given instructions (with no explanation) to just act like Grant

[@livfuji]

what’s the song in the background?!? I’ve been looking for it

[@poomonyoutube1607]

The more clips from this episode I watch, the less I understand the premise 😂

[@jonothanthrace1530]

Honestly if it had been actual Grant it would've been much less funny.

[@ink8027]

Not really sure about that I mean this role was made for Grant

[@wowdogememe1541]

@@ink8027 Grant would have been funny in an entirely different way. He would have been way more obnoxious and his ganglyness would have been a real advantage to the bit. But the fact that its just Zach trying to not be too mean was also pretty funny

[@winstonbritto2789]

Zac should stick to making Mac and Cheese sounds.

[@Krixwell]

Zac and Cheese

[@ob2kenobi388]

0:23 Wait, does nobody else eat spaghetti with a spoon? I mean, I know most people use forks, but is it really so rare to use a spoon that Sam would be so incredulous about it?

[@he.said.teenjiejer]

i mean i personally would never use a spoon, just because of the way spaghetti is

[@confusedwhale]

I would more readily use my hands than a spoon with spaghetti.

[@gwen9939]

I think it's pretty normal to eat it with a fork and a spoon and you kinda curl it up with the fork inside the spoon. But spoon alone is unhinged behavior.

[@cannotthinkofaname7904]

Yeah, spoon alone is ridiculous

[@DanielGalimidi]

I ate rice and spaghetti with a spoon when I was very little. Then, at around age 8, I started eating them with a fork.

[@WorldsUnhealthiestFitPerson]

I'm disappointed in the contestants that they didn't just grab the plate and smash it all over Zac's shirt each and every time he appeared after the first. He would've been getting Mrs. Doubtfired in that basketti every round if I were there.

[@he.said.teenjiejer]

bet you if it were actually grant they would’ve

[@poomonyoutube1607]

The more clips from this episode I watch, the less I understand the premise 😂

[@he.said.teenjiejer]

would you like me to explain it or do you want to see it for yourself

[@he.said.teenjiejer]

that sounds condescending i didn’t mean it to i was genuinely asking lmaoo

[@poomonyoutube1607]

@@he.said.teenjiejer I would've loved to see it myself, but unfortunately I live in Russia and can't get access to Dropout... So yes please ☺️

[@TheCagedBudgie]

The show is on a 10 minute loop and prompts repeat. So prior to this point, they have their podiums inspected to make sure they are clean. When the show resets, they'll have to be inspected again.@@poomonyoutube1607