World Famous

World Famous is a series on the Game Grumps channel consisting of short live-action comedy skits.

History
World Famous was introduced after the Game Grumps middle slot was placed on hiatus due to Steam Train 's views tapering off, as well as Ross being unavailable due to his commitment to Gameoverse. In early 2017, the middle slot was repurposed for variety videos including Doodle Doods and various promotional videos such as "Arin Hanson VS The Sonic Twitter" and "Wendy's Test Kitchen!".

World Famous debuted on April 27, 2017 with the episode "Pea Soup".

Format
The show features Game Grumps personalities such as Barry Kramer, Brian Wecht and Suzy Berhow playing fictionalized roles in a short comedy sketch. The characters are given names in the video descriptions (such as Ryan portraying "Nick" and Barry portraying "Brad" in "Pea Soup"), but they aren't usually acknowledged in the videos and there is no continuity to the series. Usually, the comedy revolves around a play on words or an unusual situation that subverts the viewer's expectations.

Unlike other videos on the channel which are usually around 10 minutes long, no World Famous video has exceeded 2 minutes in length.

Name
The name "World Famous" is taken from the cliche of describing apple pie as "world famous". This is reflected in the branding of the show which incorporates an apple pie.

Episodes

 * "Pea Soup"
 * "Expecting"
 * "Natural Light"
 * "Baby Punchers"

Reception
The first episode of World Famous, "Pea Soup", was released with no prior announcement that a comedy sketch series would be coming to Game Grumps. Although live-action comedy had been featured on the channel before, usually in the form of an advertisement, it had never before been the subject of a video all to itself with the expectation that the comedy alone would carry the video. Many viewers were surprised and didn't know what to think of World Famous and its unusual branding, or felt cheated by a middle slot video that was only 45 seconds in length. This, combined with the perceived unfunniness of the skit in question, led to a tepid reception for World Famous, with "Pea Soup" amassing nearly 7,000 dislikes - unusually high for a Game Grumps video.

Successive episodes of World Famous have been better received although the series is still somewhat contentious.