zac oyama fired

notice: please dont yell at me for bad footage. it was distorted in the original livestream, so it looks the same in this vid. i leveled out the audio.
original: kzbin.infooaGOZF46...
beginning clip is from dropout.tv/videos/100000-batmans

[@frog_pogs]

i appreciate how zac wears glasses now to show the passage of time

[@allenjenkins06]

"Listen, Batman..."

[@Rylee_G]

isn't that an old John mulaney bit

[@allenjenkins06]

@@Rylee_G Yep. The ole surprise prostate check followed by a blood test that makes you faint, when all you had go do was say the reason for the visit was anxiety. Happens to the best of us.

[@frog_pogs]

@@Rylee_Glol yes ty for noticing

[@StylistFia127]

"I understood that reference"

[@scrunghole]

“i just don’t want to PAY him anymore” sam i love you you are so funny

[@MsDianagentaToYou]

"Happy Holidays!"

[@Blindspoon709]

love seeing a joke ruined by the top comment quoting it ❤

[@Galxyz711]

​@@Blindspoon709mane it isn't ruined just keep livin ur life. beta asf to allow other people to change things for you.

[@undrscrmsn]

@@Blindspoon709you suck man

[@Oldass_Deadass_dumbass_channel]

​@@Galxyz711 1: I cringed so hard at this it hurt. B: yes, if someone reads out the punchline of a joke right before someone starts saying the joke, that joke is kinda ruined. Third: he didn't "allow" shit, KZbin displays the top comment right under the title on mobile.

[@jonothanthrace1530]

Zac actually *was* fired in 2016, he just refuses to stop showing up.

[@icecreamman2687]

have you seen my stapler

[@vurrunna]

Zac's initial reaction to Sam firing him is naturally awkward that at first I thought Sam had _actually_ called Zac in to fire him without mentioning it was a bit. I never thought I could be so relieved as when I heard Sam explain it was because he kept trying to steal the Declaration of Independence.

[@noah_lot2842]

I had the same exact thought process lmao

[@captainjirk9564]

I think it was a bit of an improv exercise as well. Zac can't tell what's going to come next. He has to figure out what Sam is firing him for and play along with it and defend himself, this actually sounds like a lot of fun, I might bring it up at our next improv comedy meeting

[@drewgolas]

I wouldn't be surprised if he thought this was legitimate until that moment. He's so good at improv, he's ready to switch it on.

[@sarahbearbabygirl]

hopefully this will now be the #1 result

[@kunabanana]

Just found this video by searching for "Zac Oyama"

[@CelticRot]

First result for "zac oyama fired"

[@shpydar]

It is. They did something smart here. The original video had extremely low viewer count, by packaging this explanation and the joke firing video together, the much larger viewership (you and I) won't go looking for that original video, making this video have a significantly higher view count allowing this explanation video to be the top search for Zac. In a way Sam did indeed fix that old video from being Zac's top search results.

[@teagannam]

Zac’s acting is so good, until he responded to the Declaration of Independence thing I thought they were really prank-firing him lmao

[@MoonShadowWolfe]

Newly finding this clip, I went ahead and assumed that he knew nothing, and he just caught on and started doing the bit back.

[@JimmiHoevring]

@@MoonShadowWolfe "Right???!!!" Because everyone is gonna fire you with a fucking cameraman in the room...

[@excrubulent]

Zax oyama FIRED!!!??!?! NOT CLICKBAIT [GONE WRONG] He's TOO FUNNY [National SECURITY Threat?!?]

[@excrubulent]

I misspelled zac, and I know from bitter experience that editing my comment will remove riley's heart from it, and that is more important to me than the Library of Alexandria, much less a minor spelling mistake.

[@caltheuntitled8021]

@@excrubulentA random misspelling works for the joke anyway

[@wynaut3165]

We does Zak even need a college humor job, he has a phd in herstory

[@ordinarytree4678]

brilliant bastard you are.

[@caelynestrada]

A ph-she in herstory

[@Charles-In-Charge]

I love Zach fully understanding the assignment and yes-anding everything that Chat tells Sam to fire him for

[@theyounglinksociety6258]

"The Real Slim shady would stand up, and you should sit down Zac,"

[@utuberaptor]

I've never disliked Zac's presence on the crew, but it's taken a few years and multiple seasons of Dimension 20 to realize just how AMAZING he is. He's got one silver bullet, and it's deadpan improv, and he's really, really REALLY good at it. Watching how even back then he just immediately rolled with the bit without a quirk smirk or anything, just, ah! *chef's kiss*

[@g45h96]

Multiple? I wasn't sold on him until I started watching d20. First season of fantasy high had me loving him. Gorgug asking everyone if they were his dad, and sticking so firmly to whatever he rolled had me dying.

[@utuberaptor]

@@g45h96 Oh yeah, Gorgug was fantastic, but he wasn't a standout to me compared to some of the rest of the cast (Lou, Emily, and of course Brennan in particular) but then I watched the first season of Sleeping City last summer and he really impressed me

[@g45h96]

@@utuberaptor I don't think he was at his best, but his commitment to the bit and character impressed me. Lou's roleplay as Fabián AREMAIS Seacaster had to be my favorite of that particular series, though. And let's be real, Brennan doesn't get mentioned because there's no need. Brennan is just top notch in whatever he does.

[@lovelaj0149]

Zac "yes ands" this whole bit masterfully

[@snakebitcat]

When Zac’s response to Sam saying “You’re not the real Slim Shady” was just standing up without a word, I started laughing so hard I couldn’t hear the rest of the sketch.

[@turtlecat465]

I like how he thought the bit was slightly different because of how Sam phrased it, and then immediately realized and said oh

[@eddis6283]

Ok but the fact that the cameraman ALSO stood up.

[@CorneliusThroatworthy]

I assumed the Make Some Noise bit was just a bit but it literally does come up as the first suggested search result lmaoooo :'D

[@alli-gator-forest]

i’m sure the results only went up after that Make Some Noise bit lmao

[@blairbird8022]

My favourite joke in this whole thing is that writing 2k16 over 2016 saves time.

[@gordonwiley2006]

I feel like working in an office like this would be terrifying, like any moment a bit could start and you would just be there and there's nothing you can do.

[@Jeff_Fan]

You could laugh

[@ireallydidntwanttomakeanac575]

"bothers the fuckshit out of me" is now one of my favourite phrases.

[@ThatBartsim23]

I cant believe they fired Zac. I read the title.

[@Brigtzen]

yeah, and like, did they really have to kick his dog too??

[@Verylengthyapple]

Finally, I have the context

[@TheGreatCalsby]

Zac hasnt aged a single day between 2016 and 2023

[@sigmascrub]

It's the Asian genes. We age well until about our 80s, at which point we look older than dirt overnight

[@Lucifersfursona]

The background of Sam’s office wobbling around while Zac’s being fired is so so funny This-

[@Lucifersfursona]

“I’m just being candid here: you’re too funny”

[@Lucifersfursona]

It bothers the _fuckshit_ out of me

[@Lucifersfursona]

As a comedy person it’s your duty to grow a bad beard

[@nyxmars1197]

@@Lucifersfursona "oh you KNOW I'm not funny at all..."

[@robertcoonley1397]

"What possible evidence do you have that You're the real Slim Shady?"

[@Lucifersfursona]

All the quarters he picks up off the ground

[@gopherbarney8707]

I like to think this was originally a prank that then turned into an improv skit

[@baegelandcheese4431]

the 2k16 thing seemed really genuine actually shshsj

[@emrysss]

“you know i’m not funny at all” -zac “yeah i killed him” “give me your teeth” “are you a horse” oyama

[@SatanicGhostCat]

The teeth thing cracks me up! The accent and the hand gesture

[@holofractal0687]

You're on thin ice for omitting "are you my dad?"

[@QueerioCheerio-jh4yr]

@@holofractal0687am I… my own dad?

[@BrownSofaGamer]

I’m glad Zac has been able to get his numerous employment issues at CollegeHumor/Dropout since 2016 worked out. Sounds like he was a real workplace menace.

[@JonesCrimson]

Especially the bathrooms portion of the workplace.

[@_-_o-o_-_]

2k16* saved you some time

[@JonesCrimson]

@@_-_o-o_-_?

[@jaimecarter3988]

I'm obsessed with the way he enunciates "it'zac" in the first clip. one word. makes me think of nick miller saying his name without the k

[@Rylee_G]

idk who nick miller is but i agree about zac being cute

[@jaimecarter3988]

@@Rylee_G he's a character on New Girl lol

[@Rylee_G]

@@jaimecarter3988 ohh i forgot about that show

[@coby4480]

“Happy holidays” is the funniest part of this sketch.

[@kylemartin7871]

3:32 I love how Zac was ready to go one direction and then his brain caught up with what Sam was saying lol "oh"

[@arobarbie]

I JUST WOKE UP AND I FORGOT THIS WAS A BIT I WAS SO SAD 😭😭😭😭

[@mike3228]

Dune on Sams bookshelf, as is written

[@CursetheVandal]

Has the Mahdi arrived?

[@meggnoggs]

WHEN HE BREAKS AT THE REAL SLIM SHADY

[@qcp974]

Omg, Idk how I would've gone from devastated, to quickly realizing this was a total setup, to rolling in with perfect improv, all in one go. That's why Zac Oyama gets paid the big bux. PAY HIM THE BIG BUX SAM

[@devynnhanson]

But Sam just doesn’t want to pay him anymore

[@spudsbuchlaw]

Pretty sure he was in on it

[@djyankees002]

You’re doing the lord’s work with these lore vids

[@wildwesley9328]

I’ve never seen this joke video of Zac jokingly getting fired, I’ve only seen confused comments about Zac getting fired and people in on the joke confirming it, and my incurious ass just never thought to google it. I figured Zac is still here being funny so maybe he got rehired, but it’s not my business.

[@Oi_Iggy]

what are you talking about, he's been fired as of 2016

[@exiledpain6]

I thought he got fired because he shit all over the bathroom?

[@elijahh2220]

I enjoy the "oh!" when he realized Sam was going somewhere entirely different than he was with the Slim Shady bit

[@groofay]

"I have to fire Zac because I don't want to pay him anymore" not Sam over here giving Hasbro free ideas

[@SaitosaBard]

I love how when Zac stands up during the slim shady bit, Sam is just looking straight ahead as if Zac was still sitting down. The only person he's gonna look up at is slim shady, and Zac is not him.

[@KusaMigeru]

Dude, if this wasn’t staged then Zac clearly showed why he’s there. Didn’t even change his demeanor at all and just rolled with it, that’s nuts

[@estebanaguirre965]

oh my god, that was impressive... he literally cought on so freaking fast, I would have been too busy having a panic attack

[@thegooldash2443]

​@@estebanaguirre965exactly, unless Sam changes his demeanor when he deals in private, the first few lines sounds actually real

[@Xpecial828]

I mean, I think he could tell it was a joke when Sam said the reason was he wants to steal the declaration of independence

[@Spruce_Bringsteen]

​@Xpecial828 that and someone there filming

[@samueldinardi4580]

Its obviously a joke from the start but its still some incredible improv on the spot

[@humanwithahead7035]

*The real slim shady would stand up, and you should sit down*

[@MudakTheMultiplier]

They really fired him in 2016 and he's just been running on squatter's rights since.

[@MsDianagentaToYou]

They really fired him and he Yes Anded it into a bit and saved his job.

[@DesecratedTTV]

"Im gonna be honest with ya, it bothers the fuck-shit outta me"

[@QU67Reacher6]

"It FUNDAMENTALLY does not save time!"

[@romxxii]

I remember seeing the original bit live during the start of the Dropout era, when CH was still experimenting. To see Zac call back to it in a Make Some Noise was a hoot and a half

[@auferen]

zac oyama fired zac oyama fired zac oyama fired zac oyama fired zac oyama fired

[@Rylee_G]

zac oyama fired

[@mk_rexx]

Don't do that! Google will think we're SEO spamming and will demote the "priorities"

[@sssnnnaaa]

@@mk_rexxok, so everyone google it once

[@Xartimus]

The Slim Shady into Godzilla combo was nuts

[@aenyanevers4860]

2:56 Zac saying "You know I'm not funny at all" with such disgust and disappointment hit me right in the funny bone

[@compactdisk96]

This is like a preamble to tiktok lives

[@Rylee_G]

yes yes yes yes yes yes ice cream so good. zac, you’re fired. ice cream so good

[@jasonthejazzman8521]

OMG I THOUGHT HE WAS JOKING

[@G.F.SF55]

Holy shit it's been 7 years since that bit 🤯

[@awesomethecool]

It took me a while to realize you probably did the title like that on purpose, because I thought for a second he really did get fired, lol.

[@hellterminator]

I mean, he did. Along with everyone else except Brennan. Edit: Wait, no, he actually quit before that. 2017, right?

[@awesomethecool]

@@hellterminator They're essentially still together under a new name though

[@hellterminator]

@@awesomethecool Maybe something's changed since then, but for the first few years at least, Brennan was the only actual employee (besides administrative staff, obviously) and all the rest were being hired as freelancers when they were needed.

[@treacle4617]

@@hellterminator I believe grant is a full timer now, no clue about the rest but I'm pretty sure they are willing to hire full time

[@shubtakkorathinasapostle1159]

The fact that Sam doesn't ask the cameraman to sit down after he stands up implies he's the real slim shady

[@clam6254]

i somehow fell for this when i was looking up collegehumour cast credits one day, then when dropout started releasing make some noise i was like “oh yay! they rehired him!”

[@Kouu17]

lol What did you think about all the Nicolas Cage back then?

[@Supervandal]

Glad to see Sam keeping that same outfit for decades

[@deJessias]

I love how Sam broke character at 5:20 and just wanted to know how Zac would justify his answer

[@redsuncloud]

I can't believe they would fire Zac Oyama, he's so good.

[@Bird_in_a_Trenchcoat]

he's too good

[@kavlan453]

Having never seen this before, I think it's super impressive how quickly Zach jumped on yes-and-ing each of the prompts! Like he acts like each was entirely real and even adds detail to a few, while staying in character and trying to ask if he can keep his job 😂

[@ziwuri]

Literally right as Zac said "there's a secret society called the templars", I scrolled past a video explaining the timeline of Assassin's Creed🤔

[@cowgod2097]

The way it just cut off really got me

[@MikMoen]

Seeing everyone complaining about the video quality of that second clip is really a sign of the times, I was expecting some seriously choppy blurry video but this isn't bad at all, it used to be the best we got ten years ago....Christ I'm old.

[@elitusdelitus1509]

I am pretty young and it is pretty good video quality

[@ComfortableFetus]

it's fun to see how their improv has greatly improved, but some of that stuff from 2016 still holds up

[@meander112]

I never went to look for this clip. Thank you so much for putting all this together. May the algorithm put this at the top of the search results.

[@GonkyWonkler]

Those first reactions from Zac looked pretty genuine. If he knew from the start, well done, I say.

[@Bryomancer]

In interviews, Sam's commented on how he asks what people are comfortable with before he does anything with them, and makes it clear when it's business and when it's funnytimes. If Zac didn't know *exactly* what was going to happen, he probably went in knowing it was a bit. So yeah, good acting on his part!

[@TheFireSword87]

I know I'm not the first person to point this out. But I really love Sam's chuckle when Zac starts the voice mail, he clearly already knew what he was going to talk about.

[@ET-zf4co]

i'm obsessed with the distortion in the video i ironically love it

[@BenJaded]

Pretty sure it's filmed on a 360° camera so there's a lot of processing

[@robertbell307]

This is true. Just googled his name and he's fired

[@LoyalSage]

I’m glad this was recommended to me because I had meant to look up the original video after seeing that episode of Make Some Noise and forgot by the end of the episode.

[@ellasorellabrella]

zac actually tricked his way thru the interview process with a fake beard

[@Elcocheese]

The country doesn’t need another Nicolas Cage it already has Nicolas cage

[@Trashheapcuntspawn]

Zac breaking at the slim shady prompt is hilarious

[@MegCazalet]

“Who glued these quarters down?” “I don’t have to explain my art to you, Warren.”

[@Viperthesamurai]

Haven't seen Emipre Records in years!

[@ktmac8]

This was the first thing that I thought 😂 And now I need a rewatch

[@esoteric9333]

As a parrot owner....too real. Out of line to ask Zac to do something like that smh.

[@Kaerusss]

I can watch this clip several times a week and it doesn't stop being funny. Zac steadfastly defending his job in the face of this browbeating by Sam is so glorious.

[@sexytinatrainconductress7791]

One of the best collage humour videos if you haven’t seen watch it is so good

[@Rylee_G]

linked in description!:)🦀

[@snerpletiger8761]

it seems like sam has always wanted for college humor to be an improv company

[@reallyFrogman]

I really thought this was about him destroying that CH bathroom.

[@rdear]

It was a toilet demon!

[@reallyFrogman]

@@rdear Yeah right

[@handgun559]

"You asked who the real slim Shady was. As if it was you." "I just wanna know who-... Oh." *Readjusts to the bit. STANDS UP*

[@thephoenixsystem6765]

This video will not help his cause lol

[@Boggythefroggy]

Like others, I always thought this was a joke, I had no idea it was an actual thing that happened😭

[@no_special_person]

that bumms me out, i hope zac is ok

[@ktoliman]

the youtube live thing, was a joke (at the time) and it actually happened- THEN their parent company fired them

[@Ladybluebugg]

"It saves time." I'M SCREENING!!!😂😂🤣

[@nataliebland3078]

“Zac, we’ve had this conversation before…”

[@Anew522]

This is perfect clickbait cuz I forgot about this.

[@jonniboye6399]

Sam missed a golden opportunity right there... "You need to stop playing Nicholas Cage. We already have a Nicholas Cage." I would have added right at the end ".....and he's a national treasure."

[@Sleawzor]

he probably knew that if he said that, he'd be fired for being too funny.

[@Kalleion]

@@Sleawzor Nah, he's the boss and can do whatever he wants.

[@Ohfukmoment]

a lot of the time the college humor cast isn’t really saying anything all that funny, but they’re saying it in an endearing and entertaining way. because these were just suggestions they were riffing off of, it wasn’t super clever, but their commitment to the bit held me the whole time.

[@diegotejada55]

Just had an awkward meeting with my manager that went strangely like this…..

[@zacharynguyen7286]

Hope you’re doing good

[@diegotejada55]

Haven’t been fired, but it definitely felt like he had a teleprompter reminding him of everything I did/didn’t do while I was fighting to explain 😓

[@wiggletonthewise2141]

no way, I looked up zac oyama on chrome, and the first video that came up was this one!

[@DaTimmeh]

“When I grow out my facial hair, I look like a 14 year old who is trying way too hard to have a beard.” I feel ya Zac, I feel ya

[@scottreast]

2K16 was a beautiful time

[@ohlookitstejas]

i was literally looking up zac oyama fired 30 mins ago to get the context! so sad to see the big man let go :(

[@januarymilk9347]

big fever dream vibes

[@shieru2207]

Zac is on YT, I hope he sees this and comments on it.

[@BrigidNotBrigit]

Thank you so much for the context of this joke! I knew it was gonna be hilarious.

[@gadzooks2763]

So was this video just an extended improv skit?

[@Rylee_G]

it was an improv live stream

[@gadzooks2763]

@@Rylee_G That's fantastic

[@evandavis7]

No, he was fired.

[@b.c.a.d.3071]

Zac is our national treasure

[@Bitholeous]

he's too FUNNY

[@libsterization]

That's why he's fired!

[@CHSidChou]

do miss the hold college humor sketches

[@renni9813]

I'm sure they'll do some on dropout, but honestly I actually prefer dropout, you can find a hundred million good sketch comedy channels on youtube, but dropout really has something good going.

[@CHSidChou]

@@renni9813 havent really got the extra money to spend, they used to post some from drop out as a teaser~ but havent seen much anymore

[@foxsake6634]

hold?

[@maryz9319]

Dropout will hold u now 🫂

[@Ephedra444]

Imma start saying "you've gotta stop playing Nicholas Cage"

[@endieend129]

yo how does zac just casually predict godzilla

[@erikaatayde8919]

because he's the real slim shady

[@pogpogpurinn]

Fr, was trying to find someone talking about that

[@TheGreatDevlin]

Can't believe you let him talk you into keeping his job

[@alleaclark7824]

why did i expect the firing to happen over zoom???

[@Rylee_G]

covid

[@Rylee_G]

this is 4 years before though

[@jarlock2734]

Squeex reference

[@Rylee_G]

@@jarlock2734 dayyyy one

[@jarlock2734]

@@Rylee_G you are so fine, just for that 😭🙏

[@thezomby5015]

All I see is the Thermostat made by the company I work for.