Jubilee Writer's Room
Cast & Characters (4)
Bits & Timeline (12)
The Jubilee Content Philosophy
The writers of Jubilee explain their approach to content creation, where every mundane observation or social identity is immediately reduced to a potential viral video premise.
"Two cameras, that's a video."
"If you're gay, that's a video."
"When women talk, do we listen?"
Pronouns We Don't Use and Inherent Biases
The writers introduce themselves through their morning ritual of stating their names, the pronouns they refuse to use, and their specific inherent biases for the day.
"My pronouns I don't use are she, her."
"One of my biggest biases right now are neighbors."
The Jubilee Time Machine
The writers discuss using a time machine to pit historical figures against modern ones, lamenting that people from the Black Plague era are not media trained.
"Six Pilgrims, one secret witch, it's going to break the internet."
"These guys are not media trained. What they say will not hold up."
The Ju-Ba-Lee Breathing Exercise
Dylan leads the group in a synchronized breathing exercise that ends on an inhale to ensure they are ready to catch the next viral idea.
"We're going to take three deep breaths. Ju-ba-lee."
"Out is an idea."
Laser Tag Idea Selection
The writers reveal that their editorial process consists of playing laser tag, where the winner gets their video idea produced, which Dan always wins.
"Whoever wins the round gets their idea made."
"I'm currently the only adult in it."
The Jubilee Talent Pipeline: Middle Schoolers and Scam Callers
The writers explain their bizarre talent scouting methods, which include surveying people who haven't changed since middle school, auto-searching Instagram bios for song lyrics, and partnering with 'scam likely' callers.
"Who's somebody you know who hasn't changed since middle school?"
"If you pick up that call, congratulations. You're offered an email."
"She stands permanently at the Target in the Target jewelry section."
The Jubilee Referee and the Foot Locker Stereotype
The team discusses a 'greasy' referee they used to hire for one-on-one videos who now sells branded machetes, leading to a pitch about 13 referees and one secret Foot Locker employee.
"Why can't we stop the stereotype that stripes mean ref?"
"13 referees, one secret locker employee."
"Now he has his own branded machete that he sells."
The Veil of Ignorance and YA Novel Plagiarism
Mickey pitches a video involving 13 girls under a 'veil of ignorance' to choose their lives, which the others immediately identify as the plot of the movie Divergent.
"Hold on. This is Divergent. You idiot."
"I didn't just read Divergent. I swear to God I didn't just read Divergent."
"You don't do a suicide on young adult books."
The Yearly Trip and the Green Potion
The writers describe their mandatory corporate retreat where 'Dr. Jubilee' (who sounds like George Costanza) makes them drink a green potion and survive bear traps to generate viral video ideas.
"Enter the Panopticon."
"The potion imbued me with the strength to see the world in slow motion."
"If you're watching Jubilee and you feel comfortable, you're watching it wrong."
The Potion-Induced Vision of the Postmates Robot
Denise drinks a mysterious green potion that sends her into a trance. She describes a spiritual encounter with a delivery robot that leads her to an adult trampoline park before pitching a video about bisexuals.
"He reached out his claw and he said, Come with me."
"She naturally went wicked and now she's trying to do the Cynthia Erivo one."
"10 bisexuals. One question. Who is right?"
The Ethics of Exploiting Viral Pseudo-Celebrities
The writers discuss their strategy of paying 'evil' amounts of money to viral figures like the 'not real' airplane woman and using college students as unpaid interns for 'outreach' credit.
"We gave her an offer amount of money that is frankly evil."
"Technically, they get one half hour of internship work for every video that they do."
"We are yassifying the hell out of Ben Shapiro so that he looks hot."
Rapid Fire Jubilee Pitch Session
The team enters a high-speed 'moleskine' pitch session, listing increasingly absurd and offensive video concepts involving Dr. Phil, various religions, and anatomical guessing games.
"One fuck boy guesses the areola size of 10 individuals."
"14 Trump supporters find out what they would look like if they were Dr. Phil."
"Speed dating. Cops versus anarchists."