Noah Antwiler (Spoony) | Down the Rabbit Hole

This was another one of those videos where I had to leave a lot of information out for the sake of brevity; this is in no way a "complete history." This also was a very self-reflective one, for obvious reasons.

"He lived with his parents for 27 years" It's so sad to think that back then it would've been seen as pretty pathetic, but with the ridiculous housing costs nowadays, it's actually pretty normal for people to stay with their parents until their late 20's.

"Honey, what are you doing?" "Shut up mom! A man on the internet told me to film myself stabbing the grass with my katana. If I win I get a picture of him!"

I loved how Lordkat says why don't you act professional for once, while doing the most unprofessional shit you could do.

When a character named Dr. Insano is actually more mentally stable than its creator

The whole Spoony story is like a Greek tragedy, A tale about a man who found fame and success only to lose all to his own worst enemy, himself.

"In early 2008, Youtube abruptly began suspending the accounts of numerous high-profile video creators... they also were flagged for having inappropriate content, though the definition of 'inappropriate' seemed inconsistent." The more things change, the more they stay the same, eh?

I feel like online content creators are the new child stars. They get big early on on an unregulated platform that puts them in the public eye and then either destroy themselves, get destroyed, or walk away.

LordKat’s tirade about how Noah cost him an interview with Notch was so fucking overdramatic. I was just waiting for him to say “And at Summerslam I will prove to the world just how much of a fraud you are!”

"Why dont you act like a professional for once once" was breaking out 90s insults like 2 seconds ago

Fortunately, Channel Awesome never saw any controversy again after Spoony's departure.

- How old are you? - I remember when AVGN was originally called "Angry Nintendo Nerd"

The only concession I'm willing to give LordKat is that Noah's behavior reflected poorly on his coworkers while he was with Channel Awesome. That is a fact of life for any business. Everything else, however, the whole "Noah screwed me out of an interview", calling Noah unprofessional while jabbing at his breakup with Scarlett and name-calling like a middle schooler without a hint of self-awareness just makes him look like a petty asshole who needed a bad guy to project on.

I will always be amazed at how Spoony saw the writing on the wall for TGWTG earlier than anyone else, left at the perfect time, and still managed to come out the worst of anyone.

Could yall imagine how it must feel to gain a bit of internet fame from some Youtube content, then have shit downhill and a few years later you end up watching a well-made documentary about your own rise and fall. How terrible.

Love that LordKat literally went on a personal attack spree on Noah and then follows up with "Why don't you be a professional for once?" Gives me a good chuckle

About the post on his website at 12:15 - there's actually some context lost there, and I don't blame you for not knowing, as few people outside of those who were there at the time remember this. Originally, the day before he posted "An appeal for manners", he posted a full video that was a thank-you for winning the Open Web Award for Funniest Person of the Year. It was notable because it was the only video he ever posted where Scarlet appeared. And people were insulting her in the comments, essentially calling her ugly along with other awful stuff. Within 24 hours, the video was taken down, and he replied with this blog post. I believe less than a few thousand people ever saw the original video - I myself never did, and only saw the fallout.

Lol that moment where Lordkat tells Noah to act professional while venomously insulting him no holds barred was rather ironic.

This is it guys, this is the spoony movie

This just convinces me even more that getting off social media would do wonders for mental health. Twitter basically needs its own AA equivalent.