The First Guy To Ever High Five

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[@quvvy]

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[@pumpkin_314]

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[@danktorvosaurus]

@@quvvyyes

[@TheBigTater08]

Potato

[@aaravpundir7379]

High five 👋

[@whisperienced]

Feels like it's been years since someone has done a backflip broke the bad guys neck and saved the day. Thank God for this man.

[@woodside4life]

If he’s in, I’m in.

[@my3dviews]

✋

[@electrowitch1149]

​@@woodside4lifeif he's in, i'm out

[@AColafiedCreature]

@@electrowitch1149If he’s out, I’m in.

[@Bazookabirdlady]

@@AColafiedCreatureif he’s out I’m out

[@thompsonreed244]

"Give me a high five!" "No thank you. That would be way too complicated editing wise"

[@somerandolad]

"Fair enough."

[@personwhoexists7689]

They did it. Lol

[@my3dviews]

✋

[@bernardlebelo742]

turns out it was super easy, barely an inconvenience

[@mrraamsridhar]

And then Ryan did it.

[@Ookami20]

Simultaneously creating a high five and slow clap this man needs his legacy preserved 👏🏽

[@munchaking1896]

I agree with that statement. Now you slap my hand.

[@louiswhite4395]

@@munchaking1896 Stay away from me.

[@drvishnu44]

That transition from slap to clap is an absolute master craft...The writing, cast, music and cinematography are just out of the world. Felt so good watching it. Somebody, slap my hand now please.

[@dsp4392]

🤚

[@ronmsmithjr]

I'm not going to slap your hand, I decided

[@shieldgenerator7]

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[@drvishnu44]

@@ronmsmithjr Oops and oopsie!!

[@user-cz5pp7kb9q]

@@drvishnu44I’m a lonely dude!

[@videogamevis]

Wow, I remember Ryan avoided a high five in a pitch meeting because it'd be "way to complex editing wise" and now he's got a whole sketch based on it. How far you've come Ryan.

[@alvallac2171]

*too (different meaning)

[@tuppybrill4915]

Wait! What!? Let me rewatch this!😮

[@PhysicalMediaPreventsWea-bx1zm]

Are you sure it was a high five in that other video? I thought it was a hug or something else more complicated

[@shanedbunting]

Someone's been on skillshare taking advanced editing classes and after effects.

[@pkmntrainermark8881]

​@@PhysicalMediaPreventsWea-bx1zm No, it was definitely a high five. Although, I don't remember which Pitch Meeting it was.

[@officiallymarvellous]

Hearing that "snapped the bad guy's neck and saved the day" as soon as I clicked the video made me smile like I hadn't in a while 😊

[@davidwuhrer6704]

It was pretty cool

[@JanetEsmeralda-px3qm]

Same here

[@user-cz5pp7kb9q]

@@JanetEsmeralda-px3qmfeels kind of like you should just shut the hell up!!!

[@meduimrareberries5888]

Hey that last bit rhymed! Ahh accidental rhyming is tight!

[@officiallymarvellous]

@@meduimrareberries5888 yes it is!

[@drippingwax]

I want to see Ryan's version of "A Christmas Carol," but they just haunt you with the most embarrassing times from the past, present, and future.

[@sofiaramirez4509]

I’m replying to this comment so it gets more likes

[@whoopsiepatoogaming9956]

@@sofiaramirez4509 me too

[@galactorsus_i.n.c]

Same

[@kateajurors8640]

There better be at least 3 barely an inconvenience 😂

[@ozywomandius2290]

I want to see it anyway

[@thestalescorpion5847]

Ryan made six new friends just for this skit. True dedication

[@maxwell6881]

Made six friends, nah, he found the dna of six people, then cloned them to work on this skit.

[@2008bunnydemibigenderflux]

​@@maxwell6881literally MADE six friends

[@OmniscientWarrior]

The one with the chin mustache was the best one, I've decided.

[@favoritemustard3542]

@maxwell6881 Why "nah" wouldn't that still be "made"?

[@maxwell6881]

@@favoritemustard3542 Cant even say your wrong

[@michaelanderson6394]

I do love the idea that clapping for applause was created immediately after the high five in the Ryan George-verse. Like hand-to-hand contact of any kind to express any emotion was never considered until this very moment.

[@makarabaduk1754]

Hand-to-ass contact covers most human emotions...

[@limiv5272]

@@makarabaduk1754 Maybe you should see a proctologist about that

[@bearussell2444]

now i want a full sitcom with just two guys in the audience

[@MrOrcen]

The world deserves more of "Two guys in the audience"

[@42roadsforman44]

The guy in the audience why it's funny is hilarious

[@BluePolarDog]

Yes please.

[@robertosanchez9654]

Fr!!!

[@jimeagle1155]

I hope he makes that into a series

[@4RILDIGITAL]

Slap my hand! 😁

[@louiswhite4395]

Stay away from me

[@Axomy]

1:59 The First Guy To Ever Clap

[@Onebeerblackwell]

This is OG Ryan coming out. I haven’t heard him say “and so I did a backflip, snapped the bad guys neck and saved the day.” In a solid year

[@my3dviews]

✋

[@galatirock]

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[@sleepychickadee4087]

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[@Thelivingcartoon]

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[@davidjpeacock]

Now we just need more things to have been decided. I decided.

[@1_GigaWaffle]

First ever high five and first ever applause in one episode. This guy is a genius!

[@Riwillion]

What? There were only high-fives and collective self-high-fives in this video, you weirdo!

[@TheTurinturumbar]

Nah, that was first high five, first slow clap and first applause.

[@patrickmcevoy5080]

"Sitcom with Just Two Guys in the Audience" is now my favorite Ryan George bit. That's why he's the Internet's best pitch man!

[@AlexLee-dc2vb]

Ryan is genuinely one of the funniest people on youtube. So much talent.

[@ked49]

Let’s take a moment to appreciate the time traveling reporter for catching this historic moment on camera

[@tylerderrico5182]

That's from the other thing!

[@balecalduin1993]

@@tylerderrico5182 That's from the thing!

[@DC_Movies46]

@@tylerderrico5182Oh, things from other things appearing in other things is TIGHT!

[@AceMoonshot]

And never gets overtime pay...

[@john2g1]

​@@DC_Movies46 Oh my GOD... What? Nothing sir...

[@donaldehre720]

Love that we got a bonus "first guy to start a slow clap"

[@FuzzyStripetail]

Who knew that the origins of clapping began with thunderous applause after one guy refused to engage in consensual hand to hand slapping with another guy who looked eerily similar to himself?

[@bc1448]

I love Ryan George’s comment section, it’s so wholesome and funny 😂 Edit: aww thanks for hearting it Ryan :)

[@lloydmckay3241]

Wholesome is tight.

[@bc1448]

@@lloydmckay3241 😂

[@Soupy_loopy]

Writing comments is super fun and takes barely any thought

[@Redmeteor200]

Gee thanks

[@Marvelfanatic3658]

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[@DehydratedRaccoon]

I'm glad Ryan is still doing backflips, snapping bad guys' necks, and saving the day

[@Vode1234]

It's fine my neck is only slightly snapped

[@JohnDough-ww4px]

​@@Vode1234 so you're the bad guy

[@NookNookTheBear]

"So I did a backflip, snapped the bad guys neck and saved the day!" Never have I felt more at home then when I hear those words come out his mouth

[@BFDIDavidFan69]

Don’t forget the backflip

[@NookNookTheBear]

@@BFDIDavidFan69 ofc ofc

[@vikiai4241]

That was why the ending to "Man of Steel" was so disappointing. Snyder forgot the back-flip!

[@NookNookTheBear]

@@vikiai4241 the directors really need to take some notes on Ryan George's genius

[@attila0323]

@@vikiai4241 And why the ending of Power Rangers (2017) was such a masterpiece! They slap the bad guy into space!

[@coolerplays3477]

1:33 this is 100% me every time someone goes for a high five or a hand shake.

[@John-Doe-Yo]

I'll never forget how badly I messed up with my girlfriends Dad when I met him. He looked like he was winding up for a dap so I did too but it was just a normal handshake. 😂

[@thesuperzfamilyvlog6607]

Glad we finally get to see what the guy that "does a backflip, break the bad guys neck and saved the day" looks like.

[@froggybug]

Riiiight😂😂😂😂

[@TechDragon1]

I think it's impressive how many different outfits Ryan switched into for this sketch.

[@jw8160]

...and beard and mustache. 😂

[@chiarardn2401]

Did you mean how many Ryan clones? LOL!

[@limiv5272]

Changing clothes is super easy, barely an inconvenience

[@GeoffCostanza]

Each Ryan just wore one outfit. They are all different people.

[@ahmadmneimneh]

In situations like this, most people usually film all the clips necessary in one outfit and then change the outfit for the other clips and then they edit the clips together and put them in the right order

[@gageschlueter2949]

Fun fact: actual high fives were invented by accident by an extremely excited baseball player

[@chikasnotmadjustdisappoint6266]

Was that player Ryan George?

[@my3dviews]

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[@jamessirot854]

This one talking fish with a German accent I see on tv sometimes claims he invented the high five.

[@Thomas_H._Smith]

It's true.

[@matyasgyongyosi6792]

​@@my3dviews✋

[@Speedforcehuntress]

I actually started clapping along 😂😂😂, was so wholesome

[@louiswhite4395]

Ah you felt something slap my hand over it!

[@Speedforcehuntress]

@@louiswhite4395 🤣🤣🖐️🖐️👏👏👏

[@louiswhite4395]

@@Speedforcehuntress Guess what?! Stay away from me.

[@HugoBaesJr]

0:42 "nghaaa" I'm dead haha

[@HelloIAmAnExist]

Bro turned into a horse upon rejection, relatable tbh

[@terryalexander9069]

Lol

[@orlandoparaskeva9398]

Am i the only one who subconsciously started clapping when everyone else did? Like i just looked down and realised that, I too, was slapping my hands together.

[@dietotaku]

this man simultaneously invented the high five, applause AND the slow clap

[@ashleythomas9671]

Went to go do it, but managed to stop myself .

[@AprehamLincoln]

The editing of this video is worth a hand slap.

[@richardmahn7589]

I bet he actually figured out how to give himself 5 and not need a stand-in.

[@vandal280]

Your brand of humor is just so unique, I'm so grateful to have you in my KZbins

[@ghostgamer513]

I absolutely love that your brought back the story about snaping the bad guys neck and saving the day I absolutely am so happy

[@MrTerrorzone2012]

I love that the backflip, snapping someone's neck is still the ending to every story years later 😂

[@Vincent_Beers]

It was the origin story here, not the ending.

[@_Stormfather]

​@@Vincent_Beersit's the ending to a story that was being told

[@LiorVolf]

And it's a very good ending!

[@davidwuhrer6704]

​@@LiorVolf✋

[@danielmartinez3994]

The story of how a guy tried to invent high fiving but invented clapping by accident

[@Silliboi-_-]

Now he can finally come back to that one pitch meeting where the producer guy was denied a highfive by screenwriter guy and do it 😂

[@chidimgbenwelu]

Finally, we’ve witnessed one more Ryan doing a backflip, snapping the bad guy’s neck and saving the day!

[@-J8-]

To be fair I would be laughing my ass of with my broken sense of humour at "Two guys in the audience"

[@BFedie518]

Like a more wholesome Statler and Waldorf.

[@garanceadrosehn9691]

We need to hear more from the sitcom with just two guys in the audience. I bet they do a lot of clapping!

[@DJHolte]

Don't forget when one of the sitcom characters says or does something that goes too far, and the two guys in the audience go "OooOOOOOooooOOOO!"

[@TYTARMY]

What I love is that the ads are even funnier than the content.

[@heatherjay8802]

Simple. Clever. Simply clever! Ryan George, you are a comedic genius. 👏👏👏👏👏

[@shabang008]

Ryan keeps making us think about how absurd the normal things we do in life are

[@eugenetswong]

I have never felt so grossed out by high 5s. I even wondered if he was using a fake hand a prop. Go watch it again to see what I mean. When he held his hand up as a C-shape, I thought that he was planning on some sexual thing, where the other guy had to "insert" his hand into the C-shape.

[@mookinbabysealfurmittens]

​@@eugenetswongYayayaya but SHUSH AND SLAP MY HAND! 🖐

[@tslehman]

What’s so absurd about consensual palm-to-palm contact?

[@deafeningoctopus]

Good comment, now slap my hand over it.

[@shabang008]

@@deafeningoctopus ya ya, I'm going to SLAPPPP your hand now, I've decided

[@dietotaku]

those were real tears, his eyes were red and everything, let's all slap our hands together to thank ryan for shedding real tears for our entertainment 👏👏👏👏 ...hey, i feel a theme song coming on...

[@davidwuhrer6704]

I didn't know it could be like this. No-one told me. And now it is. That's life now, I guess.

[@sas88j]

​@@davidwuhrer6704So... No-one told you life was going to be this way?

[@dietotaku]

@@sas88j yeah, me neither... I mean, my job's a joke, I'm completely broke, my love life is basically DOA...

[@sas88j]

@@dietotaku It's like you're always stucked in second gear?

[@katarinacarrico7887]

@@sas88j When it hasn't been your day, your week.

[@stircrazyvidz8530]

Once again Ryan nails it with the final line that no-one saw coming😂

[@louiswhite4395]

Ah you felt something hi 5 me! Stay away from me. 😂😂😂😂

[@RyokoKitadai]

Hi-five on this one, Ryan! 🙏 I love how it morphed into clapping at the end too. It could just as easily be called The First Guy to Ever Clap. Really creative! 👏

[@bttrflymagic]

“Slap my hand about that” shall be my new chance to subtly work your comedy into my everyday life 😂

[@Mister-Red]

0:08 it's been a while since you said this catchphrase, I'm glad it's back because it's one of my favourite

[@beckmania1066]

The way everyone pops out at the end makes it seem like they were hiding in the trees the whole time, just waiting for their chance

[@allisonhoff5805]

I LOVE that a fist bump is already a thing in this universe, but not a high-five.

[@MadJaz]

Proof that "I decided" is the most powerful phrase in the Ryanverse. As soon as he says that, the other guy goes along with it.

[@spideyfan244]

It’s so impressive to me how he can come up with so many ideas like this and make them pure comedy gold

[@MatthewGlenEvans]

I love this video because it acknowledges this concept that I think people always forget about it: applause is something that can only be done by a crowd. It's simply not an independent action, people have to act as a group, and it's this big thing that people everywhere do.

[@BeckJoseR]

What a legend, not only did he invent the high five. He also started the first slow clap

[@tatos2935]

i love how the story in the beginning of some skits are always doing a backflip snapping the bad guys neck and saving the day

[@seandun7083]

2:20 congratulations

[@bonniethebunny2489]

Evangelion reference

[@Sebastrd]

OMG, I have my whole family doing this now. Every time something cool happens, we're like "Slap my hand about that!"

[@fulstaak]

Ryan high fiving his double self must be quite a challenge! "I've been doing this for year now... it's barely and inconvenience at this point. Oh damn you got me..." - Ryan George

[@Johnjohnson2695]

I love that the backflip bit is back

[@Mister-Red]

Same it's one of my favourites

[@Fybuh]

so no one is going to talk about ryan's mustache on his chin at 2:15

[@maderaartstudios4738]

Whoops. Whoopsies!

[@nateschultz8973]

We aren't supposed to talk about that, I decided.

[@Fybuh]

@@nateschultz8973 whoops 🙂

[@Lemonickous]

Is this the first time you've shed a tear? It shows emotional growth I tell you, I'm gonna clap for your growth now!

[@MyBiPolarBearMax]

Ryan George starring in the Dusty Baker biopic. I love it 😍

[@Gemini540]

Ryan George is my new favourite channel I've decided

[@ItsMeHoodson]

Now i need a sitcom with just two guys in the audience dammit

[@Lavonne9870]

The muppet show did that years ago...

[@TheRiskyroar]

@@Lavonne9870good point

[@ericdugal8818]

Thank you for finding things we find normal and making them down right weird. I love it!! You are a treasure my man!! "Two guys in the audience" would be an excellent sitcom 😂

[@Maehedrose]

Yes, I am saying this for your sponsors but it makes it no less true: I love your funny ads at the end and only watch them because you make them so entertaining.

[@playboydojo]

The way he explains in detail the exact handshake I used to do in the 90's is just...

[@paulv8773]

High fiving is almost as emotionally satisfying as pressing F to pay respects

[@Khil-Minao]

I like that you found a way to sync the clapping and the music together towards the end. It was a nice touch 🙂

[@ThePrinceofElPaso]

These videos have had a distinct lack of back flips and necks snaps. I’m glad you fixed that.

[@TheElbowMerchant]

Nothing more awkward than being left hanging on a high five attempt. Poor Tom Brady, happened to him often.

[@roscojenkins7451]

If i remember correctly Carson Daly from 2000s TRL tried to high five Stevie Wonder live on TV... The look of awkwardness on his face transcends time and space. Carson Daly's face i mean... Stevie Wonder didnt even notice

[@redman8828]

Knowing that the high five was only invented like 40-60 years ago by a baseball legend (Dusty Baker) makes this funnier

[@shadowsofgreatness]

This underrated fact needs more likes

[@SeanFKennedy]

And Glenn Burke who came out as gay after he retired.

[@warlordofbritannia]

@@SeanFKennedy I thought he was openly gay while still a player?

[@SeanFKennedy]

@@warlordofbritannia to his team but not publicly. Or at least I heard

[@StudioInkblot]

The same Dusty Baker whose managerial indecision cost the Giants the 2002 World Series

[@davidmcmahon4633]

You always give me a chuckle! Thanks. Especially since it makes it more relaxing to watch you at work

[@----Jay----]

Beautiful. So moving.

[@rondamon3553]

A true masterpiece in storytelling, im in tears. Thank you for this experience ryan george

[@royalpain9281]

Hi there hello

[@hankhill2889]

Hi there hello

[@kingtoncaligan1861]

Hi there hello

[@ZORU11]

ow hey

[@skeep502]

Hi there hello

[@LV426Resident]

Hi there hello

[@MichaelOKC]

I love Ryan George,... I also love the Addstonaugh ! I really miss Sheets and Giggles telling us about them through the Adstonaught! I loved their comments on his videos too!!

[@RayZ3d]

1:02 is where most of the work went

[@deltazero4685]

The phrase of "there will be some light pranking involved" when he mentioned too slow is excellently brought up in regards to too slow. Excellent as always Ryan!

[@scosuvian3272]

2:25 damnit seems like those onion cutters are doing the thing again!

[@cheesesticks77]

When everyone started cla- I mean slapping their own hands I started laughing so hard I was crying.

[@megamerp9315]

Makes sense that whoever came up with this did it while being unnaturally aggressive

[@rapboysuave]

I can sleep well again knowing that everything is right in the universe. Those bad guys don't stand a chance. It was a rocky year - glad to see he's back!

[@lardyboyw]

"Stay away from me!" was perfect, good work.

[@louiswhite4395]

😂😂😂

[@evanmcdonald9134]

0:42 is just amazing to me for some reason. The sound, the hand spread

[@cynthiafernandez2372]

The goat does it again

[@SiesBrus]

Always a good day when Ryan posts!

[@MattwosRandomNonContent]

Spy: Slap my hand! Heavy: да! **Spy gets yeeted by the slap into orbit**

[@LMacNeill]

Ryan George's channel: Where the ads are as funny as the original sketch. Seriously, it's like the only channel where I actually look forward to the ads. LOL!

[@Blitzo8390]

The first guy to high five just turned into the first guy to clap, genius!

[@sttrooper-lt7xp]

Whoever said nothing is perfect hasn’t seen Ryan’s comedy

[@aayazachaju4632]

He went to discover High-Five but instead he discovered Clapping 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@The-Rest-of-Us]

Thank you Ryan for ruining every high five I will ever do again

[@pengiunanimatorguy]

This guy is absolutely brilliant, the jokes that just slide by are amazing

[@HelloIAmAnExist]

3:12 you gotta make a video expanding on all of these mini series ideas you keep coming up with

[@Kurius_George]

Love this...I feel like you'd make a great sketch out of The First Guy to Take a Picture...😂

[@snakefan3124]

I would love the next one to be First Guy to Get a Piercing

[@dietotaku]

"i'm gonna poke holes in my skin, i decided, and shove pieces of metal in those holes because i think it looks good."

[@ThatOneSocialOfficial]

Ryan is just a Canadian parody of an American and I respect the hell of out him for it

[@thing_under_the_stairs]

Nah, Ryan's much more reasonable, and he never shoots anybody. He's pretty Canadian.

[@LogoSmith87]

Hey I'm an American that's messed up I've nev.. actually forget I said anything, nevermind. There was that time with the t-shirt cannon at the kids choice awards.. that was a good day.

[@davidbreadner8535]

Dude invented high fives, sarcastic claps, and applause. What a hero.

[@Danka42]

So beautiful I shed a tear 🥲

[@louiswhite4395]

Ah you felt something! Give me a high five over it!

[@Danka42]

​@@louiswhite4395STAY AWAY FROM ME.

[@CaptainCat101]

No one's life is complete without a high-five from Ryan