Thomas "Tomska" Ridgewell, the creator of the animated web series "Asdfmovie," examines the series' popularity by analyzing 226 sketches and identifying common traits and comedic devices. He breaks down the series into various categories, including types of deaths, emotions expressed by characters, and use of colors, and creates a spreadsheet to organize the data.
Tomska also creates a website that allows users to vote on their favorite sketches, resulting in a ranking of the most popular sketches. The top 10 most popular sketches are revealed, with the number one spot being "Play That One" about falling down the stairs.
Using the data from the spreadsheet and the website, Tomska attempts to create the "perfect" Asdfmovie joke by identifying the most popular elements and combining them into a single sketch. The resulting joke, however, falls flat, and Tomska concludes that he may have wasted his life trying to create the perfect joke.
Throughout the video, Tomska also promotes his card game "Muffin Time" and teases the upcoming release of Asdfmovie 13.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. The video creator, Thomas, is also known as TomSka.
2. He created the animated series "asdfmovie" in 2008.
3. The series has 12 episodes, 5 songs, 1 gold record, 1 book, and 1 card game.
4. The series has had over 1 billion collective views.
5. Thomas has compiled all 226 sketches from the series into a single spreadsheet.
6. The sketches follow a simple comedic principle: the subversion of expectations.
7. Thomas analyzed the types of jokes used in the series, including true randomness, literal outcomes, wordplay, dark turns, violence, parody, sequels, and callbacks.
8. He also analyzed the types of characters, creative decisions, and themes in the series.
9. The series features a total of 131 deaths, with an average of 1.7 deaths per sketch.
10. The most common cause of death in the series is accidental death (26 skits), followed by murder (41 skits), and then suicide (18 skits).
11. Thomas also analyzed the use of color, music, and sound effects in the series.
12. He created a website that allowed users to vote on their favorite sketches, with over 2.2 million votes cast.
13. The top 10 most popular sketches were determined through the website's rankings.
14. The number one most popular sketch is "play that one" about falling down the stairs.
15. Thomas used the data from the spreadsheet to create a formula for the greatest "asdfmovie" joke of all time.
16. The formula includes elements such as accidental death, suicide, non-fatal injuries, violence, and celebrity guests.
17. Thomas created a new joke using the formula, which he presents at the end of the video.
18. The video also promotes Thomas's card game "Muffin Time" and announces the upcoming release of "asdfmovie 13".