40 Fun Facts About The Try Guys

At which digital media company were the four Try Guys working when they formed the group in 2014?

BuzzFeed had never built a show around a recurring cast before the Try Guys, who turned behind-the-camera producers into on-screen personalities.

What did the four founders try on in the very first Try Guys video, released in September 2014?

Ladies' underwear launched the whole format: a clip under three minutes long of four male producers trying it on became the template for hundreds of later videos.

The most-watched Try Guys video of their early years put the four men through a simulation of what?

Labor pain gave the group its biggest early hit: the Motherhood episode had over 31 million YouTube views and 108 million on Facebook by June 2018.

Before joining the Try Guys, Ned Fulmer worked in a laboratory after earning a Yale degree in which subject?

Chemistry took Ned Fulmer to a renewable energy lab in Chicago, where he spent his days on research and his nights performing improv at Second City.

Which food is Try Guy Keith Habersberger famous for loving, the star of many of his taste-test videos?

Fried chicken is Keith's signature obsession, celebrated in his show Chicken Watch and in showdowns between sandwiches from rival chains.

Which long-running TV comedy show stirred controversy in October 2022 with a sketch ridiculing the Try Guys?

Saturday Night Live parodied the group's statement video within a week, and Keith Habersberger said they never thought they were important enough to be mocked that way.

Zach Kornfeld of the Try Guys taught himself to edit using a LEGO movie-making kit named after which director?

Steven Spielberg lent his name to the LEGO Studios set, whose simple editing software was the only editing training Zach says he ever had.

In which 2023 animated Netflix film did Eugene Lee Yang voice the champion knight Ambrosius Goldenloin?

Nimona cast him as Ambrosius, the golden boy of the realm's knights and the boyfriend of the fugitive hero Ballister.

Which cable channel aired a 2022 series that sent the Try Guys cooking in restaurant kitchens across America?

Food Network first ordered a single special, then expanded it into a six-episode season of hour-long shows before anything had aired.

Which subject is at the heart of the Try Guys' 2019 book, a number one New York Times bestseller for advice?

Failure is the theme: each of the four set out to fix a weak spot in his own life and wrote candidly about how past mistakes had shaped him.

What did the Try Guys name the independent production company they launched in June 2018?

2nd Try took every right to the group's brand with it, including the social media accounts, when the four founders left their old employer.

Which chronic autoimmune disease did Zach Kornfeld of the Try Guys reveal he has in a 2017 video?

Ankylosing spondylitis inflames the spine, and Zach has since filmed himself testing treatments for his condition, from cryotherapy to virtual reality.

What does Zadiko, the brand Zach Kornfeld built on camera in a six-part Try Guys series, sell?

Loose leaf tea made Zadiko an instant hit: Zach set out to start a company for $500, and says 25,000 units sold out in under 12 hours at launch.

Eugene Lee Yang of the Try Guys grew up in the town of Pflugerville in which US state?

Texas gave Eugene an accent he deliberately dropped: his sister warned him it might hurt his chances of getting into an Ivy League school.

Which condiment did Try Guy Keith Habersberger launch under his own name in 2019, selling out in two days?

Hot sauce turned Keith into a food entrepreneur: his first bottle, sold through the specialist shop Heatonist, was later joined by burger and taco versions.

In which Try Guys series does Keith Habersberger order and taste every single item sold by a restaurant chain?

Eat the Menu has taken Keith from Taco Bell to Olive Garden and even IKEA, and it grew popular enough to become a live stage tour in 2024.

What was the title of the Try Guys' first live tour, which visited 20 US cities in 2019?

Legends of the Internet was staged like a rock concert, with choreographed musical numbers and pyrotechnics, and later travelled to Australia and Singapore.

Which online video ceremony did the Try Guys host in 2018, the night they won its Show of the Year prize?

Streamy Awards voters had passed over the group for the same audience-choice prize a year earlier; in 2018 they hosted at the Beverly Hilton and won it.

Eugene Lee Yang's 2019 coming-out video raised over $150,000 for which LGBTQ charity?

The Trevor Project benefited from a video Eugene wrote, directed and choreographed himself, a five-minute dance piece released during Pride Month.

Which comedy band, a finalist on the NBC contest Bring the Funny, features Keith of the Try Guys as a singer?

Lewberger teams Keith with Hughie Stone Fish and Alex Lewis; the trio also played America's Got Talent and staged an Off-Broadway musical.

Which long-running Try Guys series began in 2017 with the four founders competing to bake bread?

Without a Recipe has since covered pies, macarons and many other bakes, and it later inspired a spin-off on cable television.

Which 2017 YouTube Red competition series starred the Try Guys alongside teams of other online personalities?

Squad Wars ran for nine episodes, with challenges that included shooting a 1990s boy band music video and performing action movie stunts.

Eugene Lee Yang of the Try Guys once guest-starred as a character named Theo Lorql on which NBC sitcom?

Brooklyn Nine-Nine gave Eugene a scripted role in its sixth season, the first to air on NBC after Fox cancelled the police comedy.

What is the name of Eugene Lee Yang's drag persona, whose drag mother is RuPaul's Drag Race star Mayhem Miller?

Cheyenne Pepper took the stage when Eugene filmed his first local drag show for the channel in 2019, over four years after the group's first drag makeovers.

In which Try Guys series does Eugene Lee Yang sort Disney princesses, sodas and star signs from best to worst?

Rank King treats Eugene's taste as law, and his lists have also judged Girl Scout cookies, cheap American beer and reality TV shows.

A 2018 Try Guys series tested driving while drunk, high and sleep-deprived, plus which fourth dangerous habit?

Texting was the finale of the four-part series, echoing a sponsored video from two years earlier in which the group tried distracted driving.

Which Netflix baking contest featured Jonny Manganello two years before he joined the Try Guys cast in 2024?

Is It Cake? led to guest spots judging the group's baking contests for the baker from Michigan, who is also known online as JonnyCakes.

In which Try Guys series does Ash Perez take on stereotypically masculine activities he had never done before?

New Guy Tries followed Ash coming out as transgender in 2023; its first season explored manhood, while the second revisited the boyhood he missed.

Which drink gives its name to the spin-off series fronted by the Try Wives, the partners of the Try Guys?

Wine flows through The Try Wives: Wine Time, in which the wives react to the group's old videos, spill secrets and even blend a custom bottle.

What is the first name of Keith Habersberger's wife, with whom he revealed a surprise baby in 2023?

Becky and Keith stunned fans by announcing their baby only after the birth, having kept the entire pregnancy out of the group's videos.

What is the name of the podcast the Try Guys launched in 2019, later a Webby People's Voice winner for comedy?

The TryPod has passed 100 episodes, with producer Miles Bonsignore speaking alongside the founders, and it gained a sister podcast called You Can Sit With Us.

Eugene Lee Yang received YouTube's Channel Changer Award for a 2021 Try Guys documentary about which issue?

Anti-Asian hate crimes rose during the COVID-19 pandemic, and Eugene's film on their long history raised over $140,000 for an AAPI community fund.

Where in Boston did Try Guy Zach Kornfeld study video production, graduating in 2012?

Emerson College graduates call their industry network the Emerson Mafia, and Zach used it to find the producer who brought him into online video.

Which podcast did Miles Bonsignore launch in 2022, two years before joining the Try Guys cast?

Perfect Person became his main focus when he left the company in September 2023 to be his own boss, eight months before he came back as a cast member.

Which US health official joined the Try Guys in a 2021 video debunking COVID vaccine conspiracies?

Anthony Fauci had run the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984, making him a heavyweight guest for a comedy channel.

Which YouTuber joined a 2019 Try Guys challenge where the last person left in handcuffs won $10,000?

MrBeast had weeks earlier co-launched Team Trees, the drive to plant 20 million trees that the group promoted with a music video of its own.

Which science YouTuber joined the Try Guys for a 2021 video about a pool of 1,000 pounds of spaghetti?

Mark Rober spent nine years as a NASA engineer before turning to viral builds such as glitter bombs for parcel thieves, so half a ton of pasta suited him.

Which TV psychic gave the Try Guys readings about late relatives in a 2017 video?

Tyler Henry built his fame on celebrity readings, with a client list that runs from the Kardashians and Megan Fox to this group of four YouTubers.

Which Drag Race star appears when Eugene Lee Yang takes his father to a first drag show in a 2018 video?

Kim Chi was the first Korean American queen to compete on the show, a fitting guide when Eugene brought his father and stepmother along.

Which competitive eating champion took on four Try Guys at once in a hot dog contest for the series 4 Vs. 1?

Matt Stonie became a household name in 2015 by ending Joey Chestnut's eight-year reign at the Nathan's contest, 62 hot dogs to 60.