James Van Der Beek Explains Diplo To Stephen

Viceland's 'What Would Diplo Do?' star James Van Der Beek introduces Stephen to 'the Frank Sinatra of electronic dance music.'
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[@GraeHall]

JVDB's turn as himself on Don't Trust the B was simply awesome. You just gotta love him. His shout out to his mother, his agility in the interview. Just, fuck yeah James Van Der Beek. This guy is awesome.

[@brianbiekman8805]

I'm very disappointed the band didn't play "I Don't Wanna Wait" as James Van Der Beek's entrance music

[@drelle504]

Brian Biekman I'm glad they didn't.

[@juliaconnell]

seriously? he's moved way past that

[@trudytriad4574]

Loved that song.

[@corhydron111]

I know who Diplo is but I can completely get how most people don't know who he is.

[@SavantAudiosurf]

I'm always like "ooh! Diplo!" followed by "aww I thought it was Dillon Francis who is much cooler"

[@feelingpeachi3]

Diplo is my daaaaaaaaad

[@Bigolddragon]

Ia Faye Sison Doubt

[@oswaldocontreras1507]

So your mom is the answer to "What would Diplo do?". Thanks, saved me from watching the show!

[@susanbarbier5053]

James Van Der Beek and Mark-Paul Gosselaar should play brothers in a show.

[@drelle504]

Susan Barbier That needs to happen RIGHT NOW!

[@Royo2013]

Susan Barbier I like the dutch names

[@Royo2013]

Van der Beek should be pronounced Vàn der Bake hahah ;)

[@OscarGomez80]

brothers that solve crimes.

[@wwbenee]

Funny you should say that, they're both Dutch Americans.

[@sreekarpradyumna]

I think this guy ows 50% of his success to his name. Sounds awesome.

[@Ashamedofmyself]

Pretty normal Dutch name :P

[@karinivy]

Dawson still looks good af

[@wattsify003]

I'm in the "has heard a little of diplos music but never seen his face" ratio. Still I saw the first trailer for this show... And I'm really looking forward to it. James Van Der Beek looks like he gives a hilarious impersonation of the guy. Seems like a "not to take to serious, funny, smart,stupid" kind of show.

[@speakingtruth5466]

I loved this show, I was really sad when it got cancelled because it was great. I had no idea James was the one who wrote it. He is so underrated as an actor and writer.

[@betterffd]

I lol'd irl when he said "Gotta have my Pops".

[@SCBS188]

DIPLO IS MY GOD. Honestly him, Max Martin and Jeff Bhasker are responsible for so many of the top songs in the world within the last decade. I can't imagine what my life would be life without his music. 🙏🙏🙏

[@ElTrolldego]

Probably the same. Some other lame producers would have filled up that space.

[@HelgaCavoli]

Destined FG, "in your world" you mean.

[@juliaconnell]

confess never watched a single episode of Dawsons Creek but recognized it for the cultural icon that it was at the time - but loved loved loved Don't Trust the B** in Apartment 23 - and he was fabulous in that - playing himself - respect for that role - making fun of yourself - some people can't do that in real life let alone a tv show

[@bigdickpornsuperstar]

I truly have a completely non-sexual man-crush on old cereal box head. His self-deprecation on "B in 23" .... his over-the-top special-forces-hero-with-a-dark-past on "CSI:Cyber".... the whole god-damned "90210", ffs .... how can you not like this guy? He has to be a fucking hoot that hang with!

[@shadabshaikh3744]

Jerry VanNuys t

[@smilescomeforfree5855]

Hoot.

[@Rocketpower713]

varsity blues is one of my favorite films ever.

[@randymonster4105]

Wow Dawsons Creek looks great!

[@Rando_Commando]

James Va Der Beek has gotten more likeable with age, I hated his guts back in the Dawson's Creek days.

[@Nora02583]

I used to know someone who was an extra on that show for years. She said he was always super nice and humble. Still seems to be as far as I can tell.

[@trudytriad4574]

He looks good!

[@gitaadinda3861]

They talk about Diplo in 3:29, your welcome!

[@burnforce]

I think a 40yr old James Van Der Beek slowly eating a bowl of corn pops, looking up at the camera and saying "I gotta have my Pops" would probably the creepiest cereal commercial ever.

[@dirtycoffee8964]

wow that's fuckin funny, holy shit, you still got it Beeks! i grew up with the damned dawsons river kids and its great to see The Beek is stayin relavent and funny as ever

[@eddieadams6050]

Mind blown. Ha man do people in 2017 really not know diplo? Its been a loooong time. I still can't believe this viceland show exists and is actually being promoted.

[@blake6015]

Did I hear Stay Human play James by Pat Metheny? Awesome!

[@burdensofrestriction]

IT'S PAZU (hopefully someone knows that reference...)

[@ATLsF1N3ST91]

That was an interview handshake... a JOB interview....

[@NoBody-kv3yd]

James Van Dur Beek is starting to look like Mr. House from Fallout New Vegas.

[@jonathanhuling]

You will never know when the beek shows up on your Telly

[@Wigfield84]

Stephen has got to be Van Der Beek's favorite interview from now on. No stupid questions or references to the Creek and actual intelligent conversation. He usually gets "I know everybody bothers you with Dawson's Creek questions, but I'm sorry I HAVE to!"

[@DeathBringer769]

Oh, the guy who puts the high pitched babyspeak in nearly all of his songs.

[@sneakybunny3298]

IMO JVB was best in his Criminal Minds episodes where he kidnapped Ried.

[@NESherv]

He kind of looks like a young Don Johnson.

[@Andrew_Franklin]

The Beek!

[@anzdotcom]

with that moustache he looks like petyr baelish (littlefinger) in Game of Thrones

[@emercycrite]

James is DADDY AF

[@4444dedo]

The EDM shit starts at 3:25...ya welcome!

[@andeace23]

Hey was great in that one movie in 2000

[@Mrpolite5018]

he spent time lookin sharp that night

[@silviacasabianca9643]

He does look a bit as Paul Newman

[@calebdrew5684]

Don't Trust The B in Apartment 23 showed a new "Beek." Seriously the guy is way cooler than I ever gave him credit for. Who plays himself on a TV show and absolutely lampoons the crap out of himself? Like who does that?? THIS GUY. I used to hate him so much, now I just want to see him do well cuz he's a decent dude.

[@OpusTheLeftie]

HE JUST SAID DIPLO IS THE FRANK SINATRA OF EDM. I'm so done lmfao.

[@808bluemont]

saying he was the frank sinatra of edm was fairly unrelatable, but diplo is in his own way already a legend, dude's produced so many top hits, not all just being edm

[@rachelm3984]

I threw my neck out shaking my head so hard.

[@anabelmessias4694]

Amar você, James me faz muito bem ❤

[@NewMessage]

Prepping to play Howard Hughes?

[@BrightS0l]

He sounds just like Diplo haahaha

[@TheInselaffen]

Diplo is big Lego, right.

[@Gymnopediea]

Buddha wasn't fat. That's a misconception.

[@TheNeonugget]

+Laverne Blaszczyk More like, the guy everyone thinks is Buddha isn't, but their names are very similar. His name is Budai.

[@waterling5117]

I kinda know who he is referring to (the laughing buddha). Why westerners mistook him for buddha that I don't know.

[@Leotique]

right, that's just the laughing buddha from china...and he was a monk, has almost nothing to do with Siddartha Gautama (the northern Indian prince buddha). Buddha is a title, there is not only one buddha, and he has a lot of incarnation so there are many forms of him existing out thre.

[@LilithsRoom]

God i love him!

[@TheGoldenBolt]

You know you're early when you see there's a single view on a video.

[@samuri_djs7676]

blech joe Walsh... yo, the Beeker is so underrated. Brilliant actor. Brilliant and funny like you wouldn't believe. Stole that whole B23 shit

[@tysenxd]

what would diplo do is hilarious

[@Colossal322]

the fucking BEEK!!!

[@thedyingdaysofyoutube]

hmmm... this guy needs to play Andrew Ryan in the HBO mini series adaption of Bioshock I'm making in my head.

[@nqinadlamini]

"Twelve dudes and one prostitute" LOL

[@-TheRealScubasteve-]

Amazing performance for Bobby Lee! Everyone check out tiger belly podcast. It’s amazing, one of the funniest guys I’ve ever watched.

[@BasicPsychology101]

Why do I feel like James Beek could be Ryan Reynolds's father?

[@macybyrne4299]

oh look dilpo

[@TheBlashMusic]

Am I just drunk or is that musical intro insane?

[@Herecomesthe5un]

These guys don't know Diplo. His net worth is perhaps more than Stephen Colbert.

[@jakeeckert3423]

DID HE JUST SAY CHESHIRE CT ABLUBABLFUSB GLXIAHGLNAVHG THAT'S MY HOMETOWN OH MY GOODNESS

[@elreydelvideo]

*He looks like Ed Burns*

[@mgns1757]

Finally you get diplo on the show, and then it's the wrong one..

[@DPWCP]

Diplo train incoming!!

[@hollywhite8368]

Did he lose the corn pops job to Aaron Paul?

[@MaxRamos8]

Diplo is a type of dinosaur

[@JRGomez81]

Anyone else wondering about Louise-Marsh and her sweet jacuz...?

[@MyLovelyDeadFriends]

He does look a bit like Paul Newman, though.

[@JohnJohnson-cg8ln]

I can't tell, can you?

[@carriel3054]

Discount Jon Hamm.

[@lupitaarroyo]

Nah John Hamm doesn't look this good. James is ripped and so handsome 😻

[@davidsummers4820]

Actually sums up the incestuousness/ narcissism of showbiz fairly succinctly: "Don't worry about what people say outside..."

[@memento81]

Wow, I haven't ever heard of Diplo before. Now I checked out two of his videos and I am amazed: You guys in the US really know how to make EDM more annoying every year. Also makes me even more gratefull to live in Berlin where we have real Techno and House and don't have to put up with these tasteless pop songs run over by a fire truck.

[@moritzow-ld9300]

Daniel D klar alter Berlin die Hauptstadt der elektronischen Musik, komm aus deiner Blase raus, Diplo macht auch gute Musik

[@memento81]

Nein, tut er wirklich nicht.

[@jdjking]

You act as if this music is new. It's been around for years!!! Shut the hell up with your American hating ass!

[@jnuval]

I'm from the US, and I agree. Give me Paul van Dyk, ATB, Cosmic Gate, Kai Tracid, Nic Chagall, Talla 2XLC, Ronski Speed, Alex M.O.R.P.H, and Kyau & Albert any day over Diplo.

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

That “Set It Off” video is pretty amazing, though, you have to admit.

[@caracrabtree715]

Wow, his eyes are starting to look like Don Johnson's

[@BlakieTT]

I think it's official - I hate mustaches ._.

[@jdjking]

So what!!

[@philchao]

"GO TO HELL, PACEY.. GO TO HELL!" (yes, i know he was dawson)

[@pace1719]

Crap... i don't listen to any popular songs...so..not a diplo person...stupid college radio and alternative music! I shall never know this man's genius!

[@andyhernandez7046]

666 views 😱😱 you know what that means Time to get food 👌

[@jimjimmyjames59]

More like young Brian Cranston.

[@DavidTorresFuentes]

Am I the only one who thought he was Canadian?

[@kkp4297]

his head is HUUUGE

[@jennhoff03]

huge with handsomeness.

[@randomshagz]

ehhh? The Dawson?

[@splitonbeam]

Wait, isn't he the Ex-boyfriend of the Ex-wife of Nicole Kidmans Ex-husband?

[@Big-Beef]

Joe Buck's evil twin...

[@TheAlfieobanz]

I don't want...your live....

[@andyk4621]

Diplo - Set it off is probably his only good song

[@jnuval]

Comparing Diplo to Frank Sinatra is like equating Happy Hardcore to the Beatles. Just no. There's better EDM out there.

[@SavantAudiosurf]

But they were both children of the night

[@PhaniSharma2111]

Fucking First.!!

[@wolferine6466]

what would diplo do is a terrible show. vice needs to stick with documentaries and weed related shows.

[@DarkManSonian]

Diplo is alright but he isnt Jesus to EDM james. Lmao He is a well ran investor who makes smart moves but without the exotic technical talent of world wide electronic artist he would have nothing.

[@mirjamok8116]

Can I have that job on making the undertitles?? The people doing it now are sometimes really doing English and culture a disgrace. I mean - replacing Buddha with Beud?????

[@ThePhilosopher-ww6jt]

His name is Diplo? I was wondering who was behind all of the crappy music that's been playing on the radio lately.

[@pierrecurie]

I thought this was some sr diplomat from Denmark, about to tell us how international diplomacy works. Disappoint

[@johnn.5033]

This! And also he has some this sort of Western European sophisticated yet masculine nature to him. He comes across as like a Thirties Movie Star, Clark Gable, Errol Flynn-y

[@96762laieboi]

F

[@millennialpopculture669]

He doesn't know diplo?? for real? Does he know skrillex too or not? I bet he is too old for this electronic dance music

[@alandun27]

There's the man the Democrats should run for President!

[@webfatigue]

Another nonentity.

[@Bobban]

Here are some electronic music producers that stand taller then that Diplo scrub: Daft Punk, Chemical Brothers, Siriusmo, Mr. Oizo, Aphex Twin, Basement Jaxx, Fatboy Slim, Justice, Underworld. But Diplo is ok I gues, but the is NOT the "jesus of edm"

[@buttercup-zt3lu]

Please diversify your guests. I was perusing the sidebar videos and each thumbnail of a Late Show guest is white guy, white guy, white guy, white lady, white guy, oh a black guy--nevermind, it's someone else's show, white guy, white guy.

[@aggie427]

praying antics Ya fuck meritocracy! We need affirmative action for late show guests!

[@gostling]

Oh my god that Diplo clip is so awful and it's so funny they are promoting a Vice show which was created by the biggest racist of all, Gavin McInnes currently of Rebel Media.

[@aggie427]

Tara Gostling Hahaha i take it you haven't seen who the pope of the proud boys is. Gavin isn't racist he is a western chauvinist, but i could understand how a simpleton would take that as a racist.

[@colbybaker7271]

This should not be trending

[@papahuge]

This made me vomit