# "We Are The Champions" on Netflix yoyo episode is SO GREAT! **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [November 17, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/we-are-the-champions-on-netflix-yoyo-episode-is-so-great/329951 "2020-11-17T16:25:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![ChrisFrancz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/chrisfrancz/32/48992_2.png) [@ChrisFrancz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ChrisFrancz)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 6:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/we-are-the-champions-on-netflix-yoyo-episode-is-so-great/329951/61 "2020-11-19T18:46:14Z")
You put that perfectly! ---
**Author:** ![Malachi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/malachi/32/14039_2.png) [@Malachi](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Malachi)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 7:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/we-are-the-champions-on-netflix-yoyo-episode-is-so-great/329951/62 "2020-11-19T19:37:20Z")
> [@beezy](#): > > yoyoing is not such a compelling spectator sport. For non-yoyoers, the tricks appear to just blend together and look the same after a while. And I think the judging system is somewhat at fault here. There are some people whose visual style seems more compelling to me, but they don’t get the clicks… ---
**Author:** ![Isaac](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/isaac/32/597931_2.png) [@Isaac](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Isaac)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 9:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/we-are-the-champions-on-netflix-yoyo-episode-is-so-great/329951/63 "2020-11-19T21:35:50Z")
I mean, yo-yoing _is_ rather silly 😄 ---
**Author:** ![twitch77](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/twitch77/32/60219_2.png) [@twitch77](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/twitch77)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 11:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/we-are-the-champions-on-netflix-yoyo-episode-is-so-great/329951/64 "2020-11-19T23:51:27Z")
No! 😡 Yoyo is not to be taken lightly! Only super serious! 😡 ---
**Author:** ![Ne0phy73](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ne0phy73/32/163412_2.png) [@Ne0phy73](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Ne0phy73)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 11:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/we-are-the-champions-on-netflix-yoyo-episode-is-so-great/329951/65 "2020-11-19T23:51:57Z")
That’s interesting to think about… About the siliness of hobbies and sport. 22 adult man kicking a ball in a field is rather silly too, if you only think about the situation, isn’t it? :thinking: ---
**Author:** ![zslane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zslane/32/19816_2.png) [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 11:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/we-are-the-champions-on-netflix-yoyo-episode-is-so-great/329951/66 "2020-11-19T23:59:19Z")
I think silly activities suddenly become deadly serious when big money is involved. Once someone can be paid millions of dollars to play, it is no longer _child’s_ play. ---
**Author:** ![ChrisFrancz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/chrisfrancz/32/48992_2.png) [@ChrisFrancz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ChrisFrancz)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 12:09am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/we-are-the-champions-on-netflix-yoyo-episode-is-so-great/329951/67 "2020-11-20T00:09:55Z")
Attach a string to your finger and make a round thing twirl around and around. It does not get more serious. ---
**Author:** ![Myk\_Myk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/myk_myk/32/63087_2.png) [@Myk\_Myk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Myk_Myk)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 12:14am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/we-are-the-champions-on-netflix-yoyo-episode-is-so-great/329951/68 "2020-11-20T00:14:46Z")
I know it’s like apples to oranges at this point, but I wonder if Jennifer Baybrook feels slightly slighted? ---
**Author:** ![zslane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zslane/32/19816_2.png) [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 12:25am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/we-are-the-champions-on-netflix-yoyo-episode-is-so-great/329951/69 "2020-11-20T00:25:03Z")
I don’t think the producers of this series went to great lengths to research the deeper histories of their subjects. Yet another reason why they are best labeled “human interest stories” and not documentaries. ---
**Author:** ![FrankieJR](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/frankiejr/32/74848_2.png) [@FrankieJR](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/FrankieJR)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 12:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/we-are-the-champions-on-netflix-yoyo-episode-is-so-great/329951/70 "2020-11-20T00:46:28Z")
I thought the show was fun. I only watched the cheese roll, pepper eating and yoyo episode. They were each pretty entertaining. I made fun of cheese rolling and after watching it… I’m pretty sure all my bones would break trying that. I think I enjoyed watching Kieran the most because I didnt know anything about him beforehand. I kinda knew who Gentry was. The name is a little familiar ---
**Author:** ![Ian\_Bender](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ian_bender/32/186856_2.png) [@Ian\_Bender](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Ian_Bender)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 1:19am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/we-are-the-champions-on-netflix-yoyo-episode-is-so-great/329951/71 "2020-11-20T01:19:29Z")
Am I the only one who found the announcer a little patronizing? ---
**Author:** ![zslane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zslane/32/19816_2.png) [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 1:28am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/we-are-the-champions-on-netflix-yoyo-episode-is-so-great/329951/72 "2020-11-20T01:28:54Z")
I think Wilson’s delivery of the sometimes corny script was intended to appeal to kids. It didn’t come across as patronizing to me, rather, it just had that Saturday morning cartoon feel. ---
**Author:** ![Ian\_Bender](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ian_bender/32/186856_2.png) [@Ian\_Bender](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Ian_Bender)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 1:32am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/we-are-the-champions-on-netflix-yoyo-episode-is-so-great/329951/73 "2020-11-20T01:32:42Z")
I don’t watch competitions but expected Tessa to crush the girl division. Guess I’m biased ---
**Author:** ![JeiCheetah](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jeicheetah/32/612192_2.png) [@JeiCheetah](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JeiCheetah)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 3:26am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/we-are-the-champions-on-netflix-yoyo-episode-is-so-great/329951/74 "2020-11-20T03:26:16Z")
Yeah the documentary did have a few instances of false information. They claimed Betty was the first female to ever win a national competition. When Jennifer Baybrook has won US Nationals, Maya Nakamura has won Japan nationals, and Kahli Evans has won Australia nationals. Even if they decided to say 1A specific, Kahli was a multitime 1A Australia nats winner. Also, they said Evan was the first worlds finalist to make his own song, but Jensen did this in 2011. No hate to the creators, just some things that weren’t really entirely true thrown in. ---
**Author:** ![Myk\_Myk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/myk_myk/32/63087_2.png) [@Myk\_Myk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Myk_Myk)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 3:58am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/we-are-the-champions-on-netflix-yoyo-episode-is-so-great/329951/75 "2020-11-20T03:58:27Z")
> [@FrankieJR](#): > > only watched the cheese roll, pepper eating and yoyo episode. They were each pretty entertaining. I made fun of cheese rolling and after watching it… I’m pretty sure all my bones would break trying that. I really like the pepper eating one. I didn’t care for the frog jumping one at first, but it just got more and more ludicrous at the end. Definitely got some lolz out of me. “Everybody goes in with the mindset of, ‘I’m going to win this thing’, but in the back of your mind you’re like, ‘Oh man if that actually wins, my name’s going to be embedded in the sidewalk. Like, I’m going to have to change my phone number after that!’” 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![yomeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f04885/32.png) [@yomeister](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yomeister)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/we-are-the-champions-on-netflix-yoyo-episode-is-so-great/329951/76 "2020-11-20T15:04:20Z")
Totally matches his style of humor ---
**Author:** ![yomeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f04885/32.png) [@yomeister](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yomeister)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 3:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/we-are-the-champions-on-netflix-yoyo-episode-is-so-great/329951/77 "2020-11-20T15:08:05Z")
It’s hard to have a good guy without a bad guy in a story. And they didn’t make him out to be too bad. They made him out to be very skillful - and good looking. lol At the end when they highlight him again they make him out to be the deserving winner. ---
**Author:** ![yomeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f04885/32.png) [@yomeister](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yomeister)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 3:10pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/we-are-the-champions-on-netflix-yoyo-episode-is-so-great/329951/78 "2020-11-20T15:10:50Z")
He was the executive producer… I’m sure he wrote it himself, he’s an accomplished comedian and the writing (especially the corny jokes) is very much his style. ---
**Author:** ![yomeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f04885/32.png) [@yomeister](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yomeister)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 3:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/we-are-the-champions-on-netflix-yoyo-episode-is-so-great/329951/79 "2020-11-20T15:25:50Z")
Like the crazy fantasy hair one… $10,000 to the winner?! insane… ---
**Author:** ![yomeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f04885/32.png) [@yomeister](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yomeister)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 3:33pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/we-are-the-champions-on-netflix-yoyo-episode-is-so-great/329951/80 "2020-11-20T15:33:05Z")
After watching all of the remaining episodes in a binge watch, my wife commented that the audience participation and size of the yo-yo one was easily the largest and most engaged, although the chili pepper eating one had a very engaged audience, it did not look nearly as big. I had to remind her of Steve’s comment in the beginning that the World yo-yo contest is really a contest for the players. It’s where we get together to reward our own. And for a lot of people it’s the one time a year they meet up with friends - which ties in Evan’s comment about how the rest of the world can see it as a simple toy, but to a few select of us it’s made an impact on our lives. Really got to me… lol I had never heard of the 3 of the other contests. I knew other countries had chili eating contests and I knew fantasy hair was a thing, but I had no idea that they were at the level that the show made them out to be, which was great IMO. I very much enjoyed it and think it really presented a fantastic view of modern yo-yo. Also, being a massive fan of The Office and Rainn Wilson - I enjoyed his commentary and presentation. [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/we-are-the-champions-on-netflix-yoyo-episode-is-so-great/329951.md?page=3) [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/we-are-the-champions-on-netflix-yoyo-episode-is-so-great/329951.md?page=5)