I am Joe from "Joe Goes." AMA!

Did you have sex with Tanya?

Did Fëanor get back the Silmarils?

Hi Joe! I'm the guy that treated you to snus when you visited Stockholm. Just wanted to say that it was great to meet you and Matt and that the videos from your trip turned out great!

Thank you!!! We had a blast - I actually liked snus a lot.

Did you ever get beat up doing a Joe Goes?

No. I think you have me confused with a boxer. Happens all the time. (It's the biceps!)

For real though, people don't get mad. I have a pretty sense of how far to push it. It's all meant in fun - I don't try piss people off.

Finally I can confess my love for you, Joe. Will you marry me?! (22/F, will let you kiss my cheek all day)

You had me at 22/F

Admit it, you really do love Surströmming now that you've tried it, right?

FUCK NO

Screw Reddit for shadowbanning your account. :(

Yeah I don't get it. I'm answering stuff now but who knows if you'll see it.

What was the reason you started "Joe Goes"?

I was working a shitty telemarketing job and wanted to make something again.

I started out making man on the street vids for Current TV, and that was my job for three years, and it was awesome. Then they changed the network to be like MSNBC and cut all the comedy shows. So I was unemployed for a while and moved to LA and realized nobody was going to give me a TV show again. So I went to YouTube.

And I lasted at the telemarketing job for like two weeks, lol.

Hi Joe, Do you have any plans to come to the UK soon? You have a huge amount of fans that'd love to meet you!

Didn't I ruin international relations enough the first time?

I'd love to go back. London is awesome. I did study abroad there.

We made episodes in London, Dublin, Glasgow and Amsterdam a few years ago. That was a vacation I turned into work, though, which is why they were so short.

Will you ever visit Germany?

That would be fun. I want to walk around Berlin, point at random buildings, and say TEAR DOWN THAT WALL!!

You met my godfather at the sauna. The guy who didn't know what is a boner... :D

Haha really? That guy was awesome

Did you pay tanya tate to be in your vids?

In kisses!

What did you have to eat today?

Tanya Tate

I remember seeing your channel with 200 subscribers and wondering why the fuck you didn't have more. Easily the funniest on Youtube!Glad to see you doing well :)

Also, if you get to choose one Wu Tang Clan member to have on your side in a brawl, who would it be?

Wow, thanks!

I'd pick Method Man, because he'll sew your asshole closed, and just keep feeding you, and feeding you, and feeding you...

Hey Joe!

What's the story of the Eat Randy video? Who came up with the premise, how'd you get to know Julian Smith, what was it like being covered in a five course meal?

Also, next year you should do a huge Joe Goes series on Burning Man.

Fuck Tanya Tate for me.

Cheers

Oh god, that shoot was a nightmare! It was freezing cold that night, and I was lying half-naked on a table, covered in cold salad dressing and cold BBQ sauce. We did take after take after take and in between every take the crew had to bring over the electric heaters b/c I was just shaking. Julian's gf was like, "you can't keep doing this to him!"

I have no regrets though, b/c I love that video. It's so twisted and funny. I think it's up there with MALK as one of Julian's best.

I first met Julian in 2009. We were both cast as hosts on the cheesy clip show "Smash Cuts." After the show ended, we kept in touch. He's a really nice guy.

And guess what? We shot just something together yesterday, and I got revenge! This time he was lying on a table half-naked covered in salad dressing and BBQ Sauce. It's going to be in my music video "I GOT 200,000 SUBS"

Hello Joe!

What would you say is the biggest difference between how people reacts to your interviews in USA vs. Finland/Sweden?

People in the USA shoot you.

Which video did you have the most fun making? and which video was the most awkward to make?

Edwardian Ball was so much fucking fun. Matt (my cameraguy) and I just hung out there for hours after we were done filming.

Renn Faire was also really fun, because everyone we interviewed played along. Those Pirates and the Belles of Bedlam were hilarious.

The most awkward video was probably Joe vs Overly Attached Girlfriend. It was like the Awkward Avengers meeting up.

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I have a earpiece that is connected to Robert Smigel, so he tells me what to say.

FOR ME TO POOP ON!

Sweden or Finland?

Estonia

Will you keep adding to the 'goodbye' bit at the end of videos?

I don't know - Japanese Guy and DreamHack Girl are tough to beat! Her byte still cracks me up

You were at DreamHack in 2013, any chance you will visit Norway for The Gathering in 2014?

I don't know what that is. Is that The Gathering of the Juggalos? Norway likes ICP? I've lost all respect for you.

Would you go to real sauna again?

Depends on what you mean by real sauna - I liked Sauna Arla a lot, but I couldn't breathe in the trailer sauna! When he put the water on the rocks, I felt like I was going to die. Not used to that heat. Basically what I'm saying is I'm a pussy. A huge pussy.

Do you get a fuckload of youtube money?

No. If you look at the ad revenue after taxes and expenses and consider how much time it takes to make a video, working at Taco Bell would be more rewarding. (Also you'd get those delicious Fiery Doritos® Locos Tacos!)

This comment is sponsored by Fiery Doritos® Locos Taco. Taste the fire!

What was your favourite/worst part about Sweden?

Favorite part - hot blond girls

Worst part - surströmming

If a hot blond girl was covered in surströmming, I would have mixed emotions.

Is making online content enough for you to make a nice living?

It seems like you have a modest/small amount of subscribers despite the fact you are quite funny and deserving of more.

No, I work a full-time job. My only time to make videos is on the weeknights and weekends. It's really hard to keep going sometimes. My girlfriend Rihanna is always complaining there isn't enough time for sex.

Surströmming! SURSTRÖÖÖMIIINGGG

NOOOOOOOO

Hi Joe, LOVE YOUR SHOW!

Whose your favorite Wu-Tang member?

Whats your favorite Wu-Tang song?

If you ever did join the Wu-Tang Clan, what would be your Wu-Tang Clan name?

Ghostface Killah

4th Chamber

Ol' Dirty Bino

What other series will you be starting?

"Joe Blows." It's a whole new direction.

I have one series idea that's going to start in November. It's still improvised interviews, but it's a concept that's easier to produce. If it works we'll keep doing it.

Do you like interviewing non-English speakers? Actually I think its more fun. hah

No, not really. It's good for a line or two, but if they can't understand what I'm saying, there's no real reaction.

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And thank you for scarring me for life. I'm in therapy now.

Did you recently have a guest appearance in a Wienerschnitzel commercial? Please confirm this.

Yes.

Joe what happens when I die?

You get shadowbanned by Reddit.

Will you come to ireland again?

I'd like to. Dublin is awesome.

Would you come to Estonia?

We actually were in Tallinn for a couple hours on the way home, because we had to take a really roundabout way back to LA from Helsinki.

Matt (my cameraguy) asked the cab driver what there is to visit to Estonia. He said "nothing, don't come here...why are you here?" lol

Where did the opportunity to write for Ray William Johnson come about? Were you guys good friends pre-Joe Goes?

Blackmail. I have some pictures of Ray with certain farm animals that you would not believe.

No, it was just, Julian just called me up one day, and asked if I wanted to write for Ray. It turned out Ray had left Maker, and Julian was producing his show. And Julian knew I wrote for clip shows.

So I watched some episodes of =3 (hadn't seen it before!) and said yeah. And it's been working out - I've been writing for =3 since last November. I like working with Ray - he's a very funny, driven guy. He knows exactly what his voice is.

Still might leak those photos one day though.

Hello Joe, awesome to see you make an AMA! Firstly I just want to say I really enjoy your YouTube videos because they can be reeeeally awkward to sit through, but that's what I like about it and you're pretty good at improvising stuff on the spot, hence Bino White ;D haha..

well I also have a question. MAking these youtube videos are that all you're doing as a job, or do you also do some other stuff - or do you want to do something else in the (near) future?

whatever you do good luck and good success with it all! :)

Hi. Making YouTube videos is not my job, unfortunately. I have a full-time job as a writer/post producer on a Tru TV clip show, Top 20 Funniest. So I only have time for YT vids on the weeknights and weekends.

I want "Joe Goes" to become a TV show, ideally.

What's been your favorite reaction from someone you've interviewed?

I HAVEN'T HEARD OF ANY GAY RANGERS

Favorite Wu-tang clan song?

4th Chamber, Triumph, One, Reunited, Guillotine, Shadowboxin...

Not a question, but dude you make me laugh out loud. While I'm alone, in my room....

Anyway you're awesome

Classic Tyler

How tall are you?

Hobbit

Hi Joe! I've watched every one of your videos! I've always wondered...

1: How do you ask someone if you can interview them/ how do you introduce yourself?

2: how quickly can you tell what kind of person someone is/ if they have a sense of humour?

1. We just ask if we can interview them about ______ for a Web series called Joe Goes, where we do fun interviews with people. It's pretty honest; we're not Borat-ing people.

2. Very quickly. From their first response. Even just by looking at them, we can usually tell.

How often are you interviewing high?

Never. I only work sober.

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I'm just used to it by now. I've been making man on the street videos since the early 1960's.

As far as approaching people, at conventions and events it's super easy. Everyone there is loitering. Trying to get people off the street, it's hard and can be really miserable sometimes. Everyone's on their way somewhere. (That's why the "Joe Knows" series is pretty much retired.)

Thanks for doing the AMA Joe! My friends and I LOVE badge of shame. My question is, how do you afford traveling to all of the places that you do?

Thanks! I can't afford trips - the Finland / Sweden trips were crowd-funded, and the Japan ones were sponsored

Hi Joe, love your videos! Quick two question I saw you on an episode of Reviews on The Run probably about a year ago, how did that opportunity come about and did you do more segments I missed? Do you know the crew on that show or was that something you applied for?

They were looking for a new host, and a mutual friend introduced me to their crew. So I was a host for a few months...then they gave me TWO THUMBS DOWN

Why did you stop using "the heckler guy"?

Because half my subscribers hate him, lol. But he'll have a cameo in an upcoming video.

Hey Joe! Big fan here! I started watching your Joe Goes stuff and love it. I also love watching your freestyle rap battles. Are you going to be doing those more and posting them?

What was it like being on Beauty and the Geek? Was it a good experience? Could you tell us a bit behind it?

Do you get recognized a lot in public?

How did you come up with sneaking a kiss from all the girls in your videos?

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• the rap battle is on hiatus, if it comes back, sure.

• eh. eh. no.

• i get recognized sometimes in the US - in Finland and Sweden, i'm practically Justin Bieber!

• i don't know. it just happened that once in Anime Expo...and i decided to bring it back now and then

Could you release all footage of the beautiful girl @Dreamhack?

The girl who löves badge of shame.

Edit: If you deleted his account, Fuck You.

I won't release all the footage, but you'll see some more of her. I'm going to put out deleted scenes in October.

Joe do you know who Soul Khan is, if so what do you think of him?

He's a battle rapper, right? That's pretty much all I know.

Hey Joe! Who's the coolest roommate you've ever had??

Jimmy Morgan