- Hey, guy. Every day I get pulled deeper into a social media anger vortex that is surely knocking years off my life, and I'm almost positive
my inability to sit alone with my thoughts for more
than five seconds at a time without pulling out my phone and submitting to an endless
scroll is making me dumber, sadder, and more anxious. But the thing is, if I didn't do all that, then I never would have found this guy. - At a restaurant, while
waiting for your food to arrive, your fingers can have a
dance party on the table. (cheerful music) - His name is Nathan
Baylet, and he's the best. (Nathan chuckling) (cheerful music) He's slowly been taking over Instagram the past couple months
with his awesome ideas, and they're all so brilliant,
but what really sets him apart is the time he gives you to soak it in. - An upside down glass
can become a little plate. (cheerful music) - Oh. (cheerful music) Oh, that's what it looks like up close. (cheerful music)
(Nathan chuckles) - I think there should be an award for the weirdest song of the year, and they could call it the
Grammy Aweird. (chuckles) Have a great day. (chuckles) (upbeat music) A thumb is different than
the rest of the fingers. (cheerful music) - These aren't just silly thoughts that you can gloss over
in a couple of seconds. He's asking the questions that quite frankly no
one else in this country has the guts to. - When fish swim, where are they going? (cheerful music) Cupboards. Wait. What is it? Oh, cupboards are shelves... Cupboards... (chuckles) Cupboards are just shelves. - That's what I'm saying. Every time I'm having a bad day
and I go to Nathan's account and just stare into those eyes
that have never once blinked, my stress just melts away. (upbeat music)
(Nathan chuckling) - I don't know. (laughs) Movies. (laughs) Movies. (upbeat music) - I will say though, sometimes it's not all just
fun and games with him. There are instances where
I've been a little worried. (fingers whooshing) (Nathan laughing) (fingers whooshing) (Nathan laughing)
You all right, buddy? (cheerful music) (Nathan laughing) (cheerful music) Okay. Just making sure. - Let's say you're in the future and you have to get on a
spaceship to travel to Mars and you can only take one movie with you. What movie would you
take to Mars? (laughs) - Like, I'm not really sure what he's laughing about in that one. He didn't say a joke, he just asked a pretty
normal question honestly. Oh, wait, he's coming. Hi, Nathan! (upbeat music) we love your videos. (Nathan chuckling) (upbeat music) - Nothing to see here. Keep scrolling.
- Okay. - I would never say to a guest, "Please make yourself at home." I don't want people sitting on my couch in their underwear. (upbeat music) - Out of all his videos, there's really only one that
I'm a little bit iffy on. - If you could be in a horse
costume with a celebrity, which celebrity? And would you be the front or the back? (upbeat music) - Yeah, I would've maybe
kept that one in the drafts. If you could be nose deep
in a celebrity's ass, whose would it be? And would you want it
to smell good? Or bad? - Sometimes I wonder,
if we had three arms, how would that change love-making? (upbeat music) - Damn, this guy's
actually kind of a freak. - My friend is a scientist. He studies condom mechanics or something. (upbeat music) - That's a great joke. I wonder what the comments say. (dramatic music) That's kinda weird. Uh, what about this one? - Come on, everybody.
Let's go get those hobbits. Oh, pies. What kind of pies do you have? Oh, well I've got blueberry. - Three years? How old do they think I am? ♪ I'd like a pumpkin spice latte, please ♪ (dramatic music) - I have to go to the bathroom. (wistful music) Is that what people think I'm like? Am I just a younger Nathan Baylet? I don't understand, my
videos are nothing like his. Why do they call it a freeway if you have to pay a toll to drive on it? (cheerful music) What the hell? Anything can be shoes if
you put it on your feet. (cheerful music) I don't remember making these. (cheerful music)
(dramatic music) Is this my entire youtube channel? (dramatic music) Now, I know what you're thinking, "Drew, these TikToks are
all so funny and awesome, "and thank you for sharing these with me. "You've made my day. "But you're making a
whole video about this?" No, I'm making part of a video about this. The rest of this video is
about the book that he wrote. You heard that right. Nathan Baylet, Instagram extraordinaire and staring contest champion of the world, is also the author of a rom-com novel. And I figured if this
guy is me in a few years, then this is a rare opportunity to get a glimpse into my own future. I need to read this book
cover to cover, twice. And after several weeks of research, I'm very excited to report
that this is the horniest book I've read since Jake Paul's autobiography. - [Narrator] "I'm not looking
for a guy to hang," Kris said. "Now I just wanna bang." "Yeah!" Kris cheered, as she slipped into her tan ankle boots ready to jump back into the
single scene vagina first. "The happiness of my
penis is riding on tonight "working out with Vanessa." "Holy tushy twerks." "Holy fuckadoodles." "You'll take her home in an hour "so momma can get some dick." - Now that's what I call a
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for sponsoring today's video, which will now continue. "Passion or Pancakes" is possibly
the most complicated book I've ever read, because despite the fact that the entire story
takes place in one night, there are approximately 4,000 characters. If there were any more names in this book, he would've had to start
inventing new ones. There's even a character whose body parts have their own names, i.e. Stacy the Stomach. But I must've spaced out
the first time I read that because I got to a conversation between two people named Kris and Bren and out of nowhere it
said, "Stacy growled," and I'm like, "Who the fuck is Stacy? "And why is she so mad?" It is almost impossible to keep track of everyone mentioned in this book, but I think I may have
come up with a way to help. So the book is about
Kris, girl, and Mark, boy, on the fateful night they meet. Mark is trying to get over his ex, Jill, who left him for Jack, and Kris is trying to
get over her ex, David, who left her for Lisa. So she goes out on the town
with her best friend Bren, while Mark does the same
with his best friend Chet. Hey, can you put your phone
down? This is important. After a couple hours, Kris and
Bren meet a girl named Calli, who's described as an insane person even though she talks
in the exact same way as every other character. They eventually meet Vanessa, who spends the entire night
getting on everyone's nerves because she won't stop filming them. Meanwhile, Mark and Chet meet
up with a guy named Skip, who I thought for sure would
end up being the love interest of either Calli or Vanessa, but he ends up meeting a girl named Lola at one of the bars they go to on their way to Roger's
friend's apartment party. His name is Anton, and he's dating Debbie. Before any of that, though, Mark and Chet meet up with
their friends Charles and Vicki, but they leave after two
pages to go have sex. So then Mark and Chet go to a bar to get drinks from Bonnie the Bartender, whose name is spelled two different ways. There they meet Deana, Lorna, and Awna, who may sound like a band
of rambunctious chipmunks but are actually three human women. Things don't work out
with any of them, though. And they also don't work
out with a girl named Melony because she has a boyfriend. Before leaving the bar, they
give their business cards to Miranda and Panda,
two different people, but we never hear from
either of them ever again. Meanwhile, Kris and Bren
share a two-page interaction of their own with their
friends Madeline and Lamar, before chatting it up
with Barry the Bartender, who they're both attracted
to, but he's gay I think. I don't know. Everybody in this book
flirts with service workers but they never pursue them romantically. Instead they talk to Ron and Ian, who get into a fist fight with each other, forcing them to leave the bar. Luckily they have somewhere to go because Kris got a text
from her friend Holly who's hanging out with Bob and Steve. Eventually Vanessa's sister
Jane joins the group, along with Sara and the
aforementioned Holly, who's dating Collin, even
though nobody likes Collin. The problem with Collin is that
he doesn't appreciate Holly as much as he should, but it turns out they
actually broke up yesterday and just didn't tell anyone because they didn't wanna spoil the mood. The irony of course being
that news of their breakup would've improved the
mood because Collin sucks. Also, Dan is here. No one knows who Dan is, so I don't know what
he's doing in the group. So that's kinda the
main core of the group, but then, for seemingly no reason other than to just make things
more complicated for us, Vanessa gets a text from her friend Ruby who tells her about Hannah, Billy, Chloe, Nick, Layla, and Sarah. Now, this is of course a different Sarah than the one we already met because this Sarah has an h in her name. In fact, someone, and I truly mean someone because he does not specify who says this in a scene that has 97 people in it, says that they know seven Saras. So that makes five additional
Saras just hanging out in the Nathan Baylet
Marina rom-com universe. Then Vanessa, who's clearly very popular, gets a text from Chantel
who updates her about Oscar, Issac, Leo, Abby, Ezra, and Ellis, and then a text from Shane
who tells her about Camille, Blaine, Talulah, Blair, Emma, and Blake. Now if you're worried
about having to remember all these names, don't be, because they never get brought up again. Finally the group makes it to Roger's friend Anton's
apartment building for his apartment party, but they never make it past
the lobby of the apartment because Roger does something
to get everyone mad, so Bren throws a cocktail in his face, and then the police show up, and then they all go get pancakes, which you may remember from the title. Alright, well, that's
all of the characters in "Passion or Pancakes." But you're probably wondering
who ends up with who. And I'm so glad you asked. Mark ends up with Kris, and Skip ends up with Vanessa, and Holly ends up with Chet. Ooh, that's a surprise. And then finally, Bookworm Brenda ends up with Peter the Reader, a perfect match. Except Peter has a girlfriend, so he just fucks off and
she ends up all alone. Well, there you have it. I know it may look like a lot to remember, but if you ever find yourself
reading "Passion or Pancakes," which I highly recommend,
it's a great book. Great gift. Mother's Day's
coming up in couple months. I know what I'll be
getting my mom. (chuckles) I'm gonna be getting her 12 copies. But if you ever find
yourself reading the book and you're at all confused,
feel free to open up this video and refer back to this simple chart. You're welcome. I think the only thing
this story is missing is a few more downs to
go with all the ups. Everything kinda just
works out for everyone. There's a part where
they all go to karaoke and they're a little nervous to sing, but then they sing so well that a recording of it goes viral. That's awesome. I also like that Mark's
character is written to be the most perfect human
man ever constructed. He is tall, he's hot, he's
smart, he's funny, he's rich, he has big feet, and every
woman wants to fuck him. But Mark doesn't wanna
fuck; he wants to love. He wants passion, not pancakes. Or maybe the other way around. I can't remember which is which. Really the only conflict in the story is that Kris just wants
to rip his clothes off and hook up with him on the spot, but Mark wants to get to know her first. - [Narrator] Kris paused and
looked over his poundable chest up to his thick, gripable
hair, kissable chiseled chin, and his starry eyes
looking at her so nicely that she felt the warmest whoosh tinkle up thoughts of
exactly how she'd climb him. "So I'd have to have a
relationship with you "to climb your mountain
and sit on your peak?" Mark chuckled, "I'm afraid so." - Eventually, he wins this battle. They decide to take it slow
because they're a perfect match and they don't wanna mess this up. This all culminates in what I think is, and this is gonna sound hyperbolic, the single most beautiful paragraph in the history of the written word. "And their fun rhythm moved
them close, then apart, "then back together and
over here and over there, "rocking and swaying to a
twirl to a deep delicious dip "and so erotically slow back
into his strong, gentle arms "for a sexy sway with a sultry stare, "then starry-eyed stare, "then a sweet, simple,
and super sincere stare, "as they slowed and slowed
and slowed to a sway together, "a soft, slow, fun sway
just the two of them "on the rooftop above
the world, up in heaven, "surrounded by city lights and flowers "and stars and the moon "and a beautiful bright
green baseball field below, "and everything felt wonderful,
and he felt wonderful, "and she felt wonderful being with him "in all of this wonderful, "and wow, their wonderful was
a wonderful more wonderful "than drunk dancing with some random dude "and pulling him home for
a half hour of woo-hoo." That was all one sentence. Really, these two people
could not have asked for a better night out. Not only do they find their soulmate after looking for a few hours, but they manage to convert
each of their best friends into the person they've wanted them to be their entire lives. So, Chet is like a Barney
Stinson-type, right? He's constantly running
into women he's slept with. He's telling Mark, "Don't
worry about the future. "Tonight we're gonna (beep) and (beep) "'til our (beep) fall off." - [Narrator] "It's about love." "It's about sex," Chet said. "The lyrics are saying monogamy. "The beat is saying sex." - That is until the end where he's like, "Actually, I've changed my ways. "I like Holly, and I'm
a relationship guy now." Also, Bren breaks the sad
news pretty early on to Kris that she's going to move to Los Angeles to pursue the next chapter of her life, but at the end of the book she says, "You know what? Never mind. "Screw my career, screw all of my plans, "I'm staying here with my family." And that's so sweet really, but I'm doing the math over here. Like, you guys have been to
at least 12 bars tonight. There's no way you're in any
cognitive state to be making these kinds of life-altering
decisions right now. But that's the thing. Despite the dilemma it poses in its title, "Passion or Pancakes" isn't about having to make difficult decisions. It's about everything
working out perfectly for a group of hot drunk people. And honestly, that's the kind of story this world needs more of. So Nathan, thank you. And I'm sorry I had a full
blown existential crisis earlier when I saw three comments comparing us. I've thought about it a lot, and I'm honored to be
associated with someone who spreads as much joy as you do. In fact, I think I have a video to make. Fingers are kind of like the
toes of your hands. (chuckles) (cheerful music) (dramatic music)
