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Interview with Dylan the Knight Owl, Creator of "Rise and Fall of AVGN"

Red Cow Arcade

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Red Cow Arcade is delighted to interview Dylan the Knight Owl, the creator of "The Rise and Fall of AVGN," a fascinating 6 hour biographical look at the famous YouTuber. Dylan discusses challenges with copyright claims on clips, the process of writing and preparing such a large piece, and his background and experience.

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20 Comments

@DylantheKnightOwl 4 years ago Pinned

Yo! Glad to have been a part of this one. It was a ton of fun! Thanks again for having me on!

@zachary_attackery 4 years ago

"I didn't even know there WAS a fall" - current AVGN fanbase

@LuxAnatis 4 years ago

That face next to that avatar is like the Webster's definition of comedy.

@x7heDeviLx 2 years ago

11:19 I love a younger guy being like “ it’s was called …G4, not sure if you guys have heard about this little channel 😮”

@hermitxIII 3 years ago

JESUS CHRIST! CONTRARY TO HIS AVATAR I DIDN'T EXPECT HIM TO LOOK LIKE THE PENGUIN! I think his video was pretty good though tbh.

@AdmiralButtercrustt 4 months ago

This Interview is cool because it has a KnightOwl, and owls are cool..

@Phil_Picklez 4 years ago

I love the smirks when the guest is talking about how much TIME he used to have haha!! Good show and I love the documentary as well.

@CrapbeardBass 4 years ago (edited)

I think the part of your video that hit me hardest Dylan is when you said that you felt devastated that you hated the AVGN Movie. I think we all felt this...

We all felt terrible that somebody we were rooting for, admired or even were inspired by...had made something so important to him but was so bad that we couldn't even lie to ourselves that we liked it. So bad that it practically ruined his chances for a future in what he wanted.

So bad that we couldn't blindly support it for James sake while keeping our integrity in tact...

It IS devastating to have to do that, felt like I was telling a family member that their hard work failed.

@ryanbenson4610 4 years ago

I wonder if his first 10 years were so innovative and exciting because he thought he was building to a movie career. Then, as you said, the movie happened and he realized maybe he was stuck with YouTube. I hope he give another shot at a movie but I think this really did crush his dreams.

@monkeydavis1 2 years ago

I’m only just now finding your channel and have been binging these AVGN videos. But NOW I have to go re-watch the brief documentary.

@metalhellspawn 1 year ago

What I like about folks like Red Cow and Dylan talking about Cinemassacre is that it always feels like it comes from a place of genuine care for how important it is to internet history.

@tonts5329 3 years ago

I know Brief was meant as a joke, but to be fair, the six hour documentary on James Rolfe is brief compared to something like the multi-part Chris chan series by GenoSamuel. I think that's at about 70 parts now.

@k33gan92 4 years ago

I've watched a 6 hour James video twice now I get to watch his interview???? Amazing

@Jombo1 3 years ago (edited)

Hearing swole doge and cheems be referred to as "buff dog and shitty dog" was unexpectedly hilarious for me.

@nneekolas 4 years ago

Great interview. I'll add I always thought the 'you take this too seriously' charge is kind of funny, because James taking the production of the show seriously was and is part of the draw. High effort, guerrilla filming wasn't really done in the earliest years of Youtube. James not only took it seriously, he treated it like a show until it just became a show. It's ironic now that people act like no one should critically assess it as art, almost as if it was one of those filmed-on-a-webcam, no-effort first year Youtube shows all along.

@immortaluglyfish2724 4 years ago

I think "slob" needs to become the slang for a hired assistant.

"Damn, I have way too much work on my plate. This situation calls for some slobs!"

@agentallstar7 4 years ago (edited)

Dylan Did a great job of breaking it down and I must say I watched or listened to all 6 hours

@Henskelion 4 years ago

Goddamn I remember Captain S. Didn't really watch must of it, but I can totally remember highschool-age me sitting down and seeing an episode of Screwattack-era AVGN, then watching Captain S, followed by some video of Handsome Tom or Stuttering Craig. Super comfy memories.