December 20, 2024 • 5 mins
YouTuber Mr Beast has come out with his own reality TV show called Beast Games.
The show will see one thousand contestants playing to win a grand prize of $5 million.
Entertainment reporter Richard Martin joins the show to discuss this and the new 'Bluey' movie on its way.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Right now YouTuber mister Beast, and if you've got kids
who go on YouTube, you will probably know who mister
Beast is. They will definitely know who mister Beast is.
He has just released an ambitious reality TV show called
Beast Games. I am standing on five million dollars the
grand prize on the most insane competition show you've ever seen,
(00:21):
competing for it by these one thousand contestants. You heard
that right, One thousand contestants will compete in a squid
game style competition to win five million US dollars more
than you get for you winning the block? Here? What
do they give you? Ten grand or something. It's believed
to be the largest amount of prize money on offer
in the history of reality television. Our entertainment reporter Richard
(00:44):
Martin is with me. Good evening, Good evening. Now, First
of all, you hate mister Beast.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
Can't stand the guy?
Speaker 1 (00:50):
What's wrong with them?
Speaker 2 (00:52):
I think that this idea of mister Beast and this
sort of capitalist distoe that he's built for himself on
YouTube is just like a sign of the end times.
I can't stand it, Like this sort of jigsaw from
Saw like games that he puts people in and it's
(01:13):
very like you know, old school the rich. Almost a
billionaire now he's going to be the YouTube's first billionaire.
And how he entertains himself is he locks people on
a supermarket and says, you know, dance, monkey dance, I'll
give you, you know, ten thousand dollars if you do this.
And on top of that, like, I understand why the
(01:36):
biggest YouTuber in the world is a guy who has
money and puts it into his videos and makes more
money from that. But I just think the guy is
so uncharismatic, and I'm like, why is it this guy?
Speaker 1 (01:49):
Well, the Internet's not a particularly charismatic place, I have.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
To say it. Well, it's not like broadcast radio.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
To Shay, however he has, he's gone out and then
he's made hundreds of dollars, as he says, on his
way to being a billionaire. All power to him. And
the shame is not on him. The shame is on
us for watching it, is it not?
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Yeah, I've I actually have never watched one of his
videos the whole way through. I see clips on TikTok
and stuff, and that was sort of how I was
introduced to him.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
Can you explain for people who haven't seen him. He
does little challenges, you know, all the time. So he'll
go on a boat when I watched, and they're all
clip together really quickly. But he'll show you the difference
between being on a kayak and how you know, rent
a kayak for thirty dollars for a day. And he'll
go up each size of boat until you get to
know a billionaire's yacht. Yeah, and he'll take you on
(02:37):
a tour of it. And so it's a bizarre thing
to watch, but you will sit there and fifteen minutes
later you've devoured the whole thing totally.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
And I think that, yeah, there is this idea that
people just are obsessed with the idea of money and
especially like billionaires and stuff. And you know, there's a
bigger divide between like the working class and the and
the elite more than ever, and so I think that
there is this desire to see how the other half
lives essentially. And also mister Beest kind of does the
(03:07):
this could happen to you one day, Like a lot
of his stuff is, you know, walking along the supermarket
aisle and it's like, oh, if you buy my chocolate
bar and if you follow me on TikTok, I'll give
you ten thousand dollars, right, And so that I think
is where like the sort of lottery stuff that he
does quite a bit, just like lotto, yeah, which you
know is and when you're appealing to young kids as
(03:27):
well that are like, well I don't understand how olds work.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
Yes, hey, very quickly, there's some news that's got people
very excited in the entertainment world today about bluey Yes, well,
what's happening with Blue?
Speaker 2 (03:39):
What's the complete other side of the argument? Blue fantastic
role model for children? Yeah, Blue is getting a movie.
It's gonna be Disney's making it. And twenty twenty seven,
I believe is the current release date. And yeah, full
featurelely theatrical movie, not a straight to streaming thing. And
they also announced as well that you're going to be
(04:00):
start seeing some Blue characters at the Disney parks and
on the Disney cruises that I believe early next year
are going to be leaving Australia and news.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
So Disney's Blue is going big, going big time. Yeah, yeah,
all right, Well that's interesting. To be honest, I've never
seen Blue, I have no I don't have no idea
what I'm talking about.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
Well, see the thing about Blue is that, yeah, like
it is this incredible role model, but it's also like
it teaches like parents' lessons as well. It's like, you know,
if you realize you've told off your kid for the
wrong thing. It like there's episodes where it's like, yeah,
you should apologize to your kid for that. It's an
awkward thing to do, to like admit you were wrong
to a child and to back down on a punishment
or whatever, but that's an important thing of like fostering
(04:42):
the relationship with a kid.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
Wow, God, presum Blue is. It's quite a profound flick.
Then coming out and been put on by Disney. Thank
you very much for coming in. Great to have you
on the show for our first time too. Richard Martin
Entertainment reported.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
For more from Heather Dukes Allen Drive, listen live to
News talks 'b from four pm weekdays, or follow the
podcast on iHeartRadio.
Right now YouTuber mister Beast, and if you've got kids
who go on YouTube, you will probably know who mister
Beast is. They will definitely know who mister Beast is.
He has just released an ambitious reality TV show called
Beast Games. I am standing on five million dollars the
grand prize on the most insane competition show you've ever seen,
(00:21):
competing for it by these one thousand contestants. You heard
that right, One thousand contestants will compete in a squid
game style competition to win five million US dollars more
than you get for you winning the block? Here? What
do they give you? Ten grand or something. It's believed
to be the largest amount of prize money on offer
in the history of reality television. Our entertainment reporter Richard
(00:44):
Martin is with me. Good evening, Good evening. Now, First
of all, you hate mister Beast.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
Can't stand the guy?
Speaker 1 (00:50):
What's wrong with them?
Speaker 2 (00:52):
I think that this idea of mister Beast and this
sort of capitalist distoe that he's built for himself on
YouTube is just like a sign of the end times.
I can't stand it, Like this sort of jigsaw from
Saw like games that he puts people in and it's
(01:13):
very like you know, old school the rich. Almost a
billionaire now he's going to be the YouTube's first billionaire.
And how he entertains himself is he locks people on
a supermarket and says, you know, dance, monkey dance, I'll
give you, you know, ten thousand dollars if you do this.
And on top of that, like, I understand why the
(01:36):
biggest YouTuber in the world is a guy who has
money and puts it into his videos and makes more
money from that. But I just think the guy is
so uncharismatic, and I'm like, why is it this guy?
Speaker 1 (01:49):
Well, the Internet's not a particularly charismatic place, I have.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
To say it. Well, it's not like broadcast radio.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
To Shay, however he has, he's gone out and then
he's made hundreds of dollars, as he says, on his
way to being a billionaire. All power to him. And
the shame is not on him. The shame is on
us for watching it, is it not?
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Yeah, I've I actually have never watched one of his
videos the whole way through. I see clips on TikTok
and stuff, and that was sort of how I was
introduced to him.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
Can you explain for people who haven't seen him. He
does little challenges, you know, all the time. So he'll
go on a boat when I watched, and they're all
clip together really quickly. But he'll show you the difference
between being on a kayak and how you know, rent
a kayak for thirty dollars for a day. And he'll
go up each size of boat until you get to
know a billionaire's yacht. Yeah, and he'll take you on
(02:37):
a tour of it. And so it's a bizarre thing
to watch, but you will sit there and fifteen minutes
later you've devoured the whole thing totally.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
And I think that, yeah, there is this idea that
people just are obsessed with the idea of money and
especially like billionaires and stuff. And you know, there's a
bigger divide between like the working class and the and
the elite more than ever, and so I think that
there is this desire to see how the other half
lives essentially. And also mister Beest kind of does the
(03:07):
this could happen to you one day, Like a lot
of his stuff is, you know, walking along the supermarket
aisle and it's like, oh, if you buy my chocolate
bar and if you follow me on TikTok, I'll give
you ten thousand dollars, right, And so that I think
is where like the sort of lottery stuff that he
does quite a bit, just like lotto, yeah, which you
know is and when you're appealing to young kids as
(03:27):
well that are like, well I don't understand how olds work.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
Yes, hey, very quickly, there's some news that's got people
very excited in the entertainment world today about bluey Yes, well,
what's happening with Blue?
Speaker 2 (03:39):
What's the complete other side of the argument? Blue fantastic
role model for children? Yeah, Blue is getting a movie.
It's gonna be Disney's making it. And twenty twenty seven,
I believe is the current release date. And yeah, full
featurelely theatrical movie, not a straight to streaming thing. And
they also announced as well that you're going to be
(04:00):
start seeing some Blue characters at the Disney parks and
on the Disney cruises that I believe early next year
are going to be leaving Australia and news.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
So Disney's Blue is going big, going big time. Yeah, yeah,
all right, Well that's interesting. To be honest, I've never
seen Blue, I have no I don't have no idea
what I'm talking about.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
Well, see the thing about Blue is that, yeah, like
it is this incredible role model, but it's also like
it teaches like parents' lessons as well. It's like, you know,
if you realize you've told off your kid for the
wrong thing. It like there's episodes where it's like, yeah,
you should apologize to your kid for that. It's an
awkward thing to do, to like admit you were wrong
to a child and to back down on a punishment
or whatever, but that's an important thing of like fostering
(04:42):
the relationship with a kid.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
Wow, God, presum Blue is. It's quite a profound flick.
Then coming out and been put on by Disney. Thank
you very much for coming in. Great to have you
on the show for our first time too. Richard Martin
Entertainment reported.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
For more from Heather Dukes Allen Drive, listen live to
News talks 'b from four pm weekdays, or follow the
podcast on iHeartRadio.
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