@subwaytakes
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@subwaytakes Episode 830: Tall people should have the right of way!! @whitmerthomas Host: @kareem Created/Produced by Kareem Rahma (@kareem) and Andrew Kuo (@akuoproject) Producer and Lead Editor: @tylerbat Producer: @rosegendelman Post Producer: @davedrusky.exe Associate Producer: @madyson.hearsh @ramy_shafi @t1anm31 Editor: @benjamin_shearn Cameras: @t1anm31 @sitcom__stupid #podcast #hottakes #subwaytakes #interview #newyork
Performance
Video #50416 · Street Interview
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The host asks two guests on a subway for their 'take', leading to an absurd and highly comedic debate about whether tall people should have the right of way on sidewalks. The conversation flows through jokes about taking small steps, giving off a 'short vibe', and comparing tall people to Great Danes whose bones hurt, all while capturing their simultaneous reactions via a split-screen edit.
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What stops the scroll in the first 3 seconds
Verbal hook
What's your take?
Visual hook
A split-screen layout showing two men sitting on a subway train, speaking into custom microphones made out of MetroCards.
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The promise the opener makes, and how the video pays it back
Hook
A direct, rapid-fire prompt for an opinion followed instantly by the delivery of a bold, unconventional statement.
Payoff
The conversation arrives at a hilariously extreme logical endpoint that technically validates the original claim through absurd reasoning.
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The structural pattern this video runs on
Framework
The Absurd Hot Take Escalation
Presenting a low-stakes, controversial opinion and defending it through increasingly ridiculous logic and personal banter until reaching an extreme conclusion.
The Immediate Pushback
The counterpart instantly disagrees with the premise, creating immediate conversational tension and forcing the speaker to defend their stance.
The Mundane Justification
The speaker defends their bold claim using a highly specific, slightly ridiculous, but practically grounded personal grievance.
The Personal Pivot
The debate shifts from the abstract topic to a direct, humorous personal critique or comparison between the two speakers.
The Comedic Escalation
The argument is heightened by introducing wild, exaggerated comparisons and extreme scenarios to support the original point.
Episode 830: Tall people should have the right of way!! @whitmerthomas Host: @kareem Created/Produced by Kareem Rahma (@kareem) and Andrew Kuo (@akuoproject) Producer and Lead Editor: @tylerbat Producer: @rosegendelman Post Producer: @davedrusky.exe Associate Producer: @madyson.hearsh @ramy_shafi @t1anm31 Editor: @benjamin_shearn Cameras: @t1anm31 @sitcom__stupid #podcast #hottakes #subwaytakes #interview #newyork
branding · throughout
SubwayTakes
contextual · middle
*does math*
What's your take? Tall people should have the right of way. A 100% disagree. What? I thought you were gonna agree with this. Have a right of way in what? When they're walking down the sidewalk. So if you see a tall person coming, you gotta move out of the way. It's hard when you're you're tall to take these little steps walking behind short people. I mean, I I... That... I know. How tall are you? Five twelve. How tall are you? Six two. I put off a short vibe though. Nobody's gonna believe me. You do you do give off a short vibe. Do... Are you kidding me? No, man. That's not... That's a compliment. Ugh. Every time somebody meets me, they go, oh, you're tall. I thought you're small as hell. Tall people die faster too. They got more to see. Like Great Danes. Let them through. Like Great Danes. Yeah. Their bones hurt. I've broken everything on the right side of my body. You're not that tall, though. I know. I'm I'm six two, and I'm having all this trouble. Imagine somebody who's six six. Like Shaq. They they are disabled. It's a kilo meal. They are disabled. That's a take. And they they need space. Let them through. I got a lot to see. I'm probably gonna