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Hello y'all!


I'm sorry about the lack of activity recently. I had expectations that my video production would decrease because of college, but I didn't think it would be this lackluster. Here's why I haven't been posting:

1. College: Obviously, college has taken the main control of my life. After all, I cannot do this YouTube stuff sustainably unless I somehow gain a million subscribers or so (which is not something I ever expect so don't feel pressured to subscribe). I do need to find a more conventual job, hence why I chose to go to college. Anyways, college hasn't been bad but it's invasive enough to where, like my previous tenure in public K-12 school, I burn out due to all the loaded information in a day.

2. Nintendo Obsession came back: I have this weird loop of different hobbies that I love doing that changes every 3 months or so. About every 18 months, I get into Nintendo and it's the most unmotivating hobby for videos. Since Nintendo games require me playing them to fulfill my desire, I don't have time to make videos when I'm not working on college. This should go away or at least subside. But regardless, this is more invasive than college.

Luckily a bone has been thrown at me. (Well it was when I registered for classes but anyway). I have Fridays off on top of weekends, so I have more time to work on videos! 3 days out of the 7 total in a week to work on videos is really good and I'm hoping that when I get back to uploading, that I take full advantage of my extra day off as long as I do my homework and projects.

As always, thank you all for your patience. You guys really do mean the world to me. I hope that I get back to making the videos you love and cringe at soon!

-CoolGorilla

3 days ago | [YT] | 18

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It's been a while since I've done a quiz. So here you go!

How many times did I consider leaving GoAnimate?

1 month ago | [YT] | 270

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Coming soon to a channel near you!


I will begin my very own Big Baby Tom series; one created by ‪@EJCatoz‬. Big shoutout to ‪@marmalade32_real‬ for introducing me to this series. It's certainly intriguing and I'm excited to see what I can do with this absolute manchild.

I did make some modifications to the characters to differentiate them from Eric Catozzi's, most notably, the mom since her original hair style makes her kind of resemble Miss Martin, whom probably canonically doesn't exist in Catozzi's universe.

Anyways, I hope you all stay tuned for my pilot episode! See you until then!

-CoolGorilla

2 months ago | [YT] | 77

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Hello y'all!

I leave for San Diego tomorrow, so I won't be working on any videos during that time (ranging from July 1st to July 5th). In the meantime, I will ask you a question that I've asked over and over again in the past, but I do think is important in this time:

What other videos do you want me to do that aren't grounded, laziness, or Miss Martin videos?

I ask this because these videos can get very samey-samey after making a lot of them, and at this point I have hit a wall in terms of this content. I love what I do on here, but I don't have an infinite number of ideas backlogged in my head, nor any notes. I just like to make what comes to my head. So that's where I'll ask you all (if you want to) to suggest me a video genre in GoAnimate I have not done ever, or not in a long time. You are not obligated to do this unless you want to, I don't want to force anything on you.

This is not me announcing the death of any of my grounded, laziness, and Miss Martin videos. I will continue to make those videos for years to come. I just want to diversify my content profile and reach people who may not desire those 3 types of videos.

So, once again, feel free to suggest any content you'd want to see me make in the future. Bear in mind that I cannot guarantee that the content you suggest will be content I turn into a series on this channel.

Thank you all for the support as always, and I'll see you when I get back from my vacation!

-CoolGorilla

2 months ago | [YT] | 40

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Happy Juneteenth everyone!

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It is heartbreaking to announce here that Brian Wilson, one of the founders of the Beach Boys and a musician behind many incredible songs has passed away at the age of 82.

Brian Wilson was one of the first musicians I ever got invested into. It sparked when the Beach Boys made a comeback in 2012 for their 50th anniversary, even made a new album for that year.

Wilson was one of the most gifted talented musicians probably in all music history. Many incredible tunes come to mind when I think about this guy. Good Vibrations, Wouldn't It Be Nice, California Girls, and Surfer Girl just to name a few. This post would probably be a thousand words long if I had to name them all.

A celebrity death has never shaken me up more than this one. To one of my many childhood heroes: Rest easy Mr. Wilson. I bet you're singing incredible tunes with your 2 brothers in heaven. Thanks for all of the memories that you brought onto many generations. 💔

2 months ago | [YT] | 40

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Happy pride month everyone! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

3 months ago | [YT] | 49

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It is official! I've now been on YouTube with an account for a decade! I cannot believe how long it has been since I had the curiosity to surf YouTube and toy around with making my dream of being a YouTuber a reality.

Back in 2015, I was in the second grade and at this time, I was about to finish. My dad was the one who decided to create my channel and hand it over to me so that I could properly take in YouTube with comments, likes, and playlist adds, and of course, enjoy watching content. Over the years since 2015, I took in a variety of different content to try to step into. My journey started on August 28th, 2015. The first set of content I did was car reviews, where I'd go to a random car outside and "review" it. This was an inspiration from SaabKyle04, one of the first channels that I binged on YouTube back then. Unsurprisingly, these videos flopped. Mostly because I didn't realize I had the default upload visibility set to private, so literally nobody could watch my videos besides myself, and even if I did upload them, I wouldn't have gotten many views as there are car review channels that do it better than my 8-year-old self.

The next set of content I did was fire alarm videos. I have no idea how I crossed into the realm of being fascinated by notification devices since I absolutely despised the noise they made during school fire drills, but I wanted to make content about them. Sadly, my parents were normal and logical and did not allow me to buy any fire notification devices because they would upset the neighbors and I knew jack about electrical wiring. So, my genius backup plan was to draw specific models of fire alarms on paper, cut them out, and paste them on my wall, where a separate device (like my sister's tablet) would be the source of the noise. These videos surprisingly got some traction, but they were not well received for pretty obvious reasons.

Then my fascination with computers began in late 2017 and I began making videos that were computer related, that's the oldest set of content you're able to see on this channel since my previous content got deleted a very long time ago. I specifically went after computer keyboards and mice since those were objects, I could obtain, as my parents did not approve of me buying obsolete computers to review. Again, these videos were uneventful. They had some traction but not the level that my fake fire alarm videos got. It's also an era of my life that I like to forget about as I do not look back on that era with a positive light.

I also had a brief run with plush videos related to Mario characters but that was mostly my sister and I doing the voice acting and they also sucked.

This is where it all leads to my decision to join GoAnimate on January 13th, 2019. I've talked about this over and over again, so I am not going to bore you with the details. After all, this is a YouTube anniversary, not a GoAnimate content one.

I am once again amazed that it has been a decade since my channel was created and it's somewhat surreal that I went from being a curious elementary schooler who made objectively bad videos to graduating high school and making content that is somewhat objectively bad that a lot of people enjoy, with almost 19 thousand subscribers who keep up and 4 million viewers. To every single person who sees this post (or doesn't), thank you so much for getting me to fulfill my dream of being a YouTuber. Thank you for all of the support you've given to me over the years. It really does not matter how deep into this channel you've gotten. Whether you've watched all my videos, one video, or just took a peek at the channel, thank you.

I only hope to keep going on YouTube for 10 more years and beyond. This is truly my passion, and I believe you all deserve the content I produce. Until then, see you again in my next video!

-CoolGorilla

3 months ago | [YT] | 71

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I did a thing!



After 13 years, I'm free from the shackles of required schooling. I graduated high school with my lowest grades being C's. I am genuinely speechless and overwhelmed at how far I've truly come. From the time I started this channel, I was at the tail end of my second grade year. Here I am with a high school diploma with this channel about to be a decade old!

I want to thank each and every one of you all who have supported me in any way, shape, or form for being a part of my journey. You may not realize it, but channel support always helps me get through the thick and thin. I know I would have a harder time without you all. So once again, thank you.

With this, I have a summer free to myself where I hope to pump out videos for you all to enjoy. Stay tuned! And I appreciate the patience in the last month or so.

See you all in my next video!

High School Graduate, Brian McShane, (CoolGorilla)

3 months ago | [YT] | 61

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May the Fourth be with you! ⭐️🪖

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