@@mollysequoia7127 the "my name is [Dan]" from hello internet; if you can't see it in the video, the person mimicked the hand movement (the brackets) that dan did lol
i just. this made me sob. i’ve grown up alongside parasocially since “hello internet” - transitioned, survived school, getting a PhD - and this broke me. dan and phil have been there for me at my lowest lows, convincing me to stay. this special was so beautiful, so emotional and witty. it made me feel. thank you, dan
Me too! I got COVID three days before my partner and I were set to go be in the second row of the Portland showing and I have never felt more dismay in my life (and my dad died in 2017 lol)
whoever did the subtitles for the entire 2 hour special deserves a raise, plus the editing on the video is spectacular. helps make the show feel as grandious and huge as it felt in real life.
they're really well done as well, on the live stream in february everytime dan said "huh" the subtitles said "her" and "i'm a thirty two year old homosexual" somehow became "i'm a 3-year old homoesexual". but the commas were correct! i'm so so so glad these are better
literally one of the only people from my childhood that hasn't disappointed me ONCE. lots of love from Palestine, you make me feel a little better all the time
Can we talk about how amazing Dan is? He and Phil were TH-cam creators that not only stayed unproblematic and in their lane (stayed kind and inspiring even after everything that happened with toxic fans) AND kept following their passions to make insane things like three books, two tours, a pseudo documentary series, mental health awareness fundraisers, AND this insane stage show? We truly do not deserve these guys and all they’ve done for their community
@@arcade3198 dystopia daily! In retrospect it’s more of a podcast? But i think of it as a kind of case study on the current culture we live in as an online society
Dan, if you ever see this, I need you to know what a difference this show made to me. I saw this show the same year I lost two jobs, lost half my hair, got surgery, had to move from a home I loved, and watched my marriage end. The closing monologue of this show has played a huge part in helping me feel strong enough to stay here. And now I have a tattoo of a moth with the words “have the courage to exist” under it. ❤
Have the courage to exist. That phrasing has really changed my perspective. ive always thought that, because i could never muster the courage to end it all, i was a coward. and now i look back on the years and years i spent thinking myself a coward, and realize just how courageous it was of me. to keep living, in spite of all the things ive been through. and even though i still struggle, and i still feel sad and anxious a lot, im glad i was courageous enough to stick around. and thank you, dan, for being courageous enough to share your story with us all. i know that he'll never see this, but Dan has changed my life for the better. and I'll be forever grateful for that.
1:05:50 I was this person being shot at by Dan in the Austin Texas show and I still have dreams of his scarily angry face with bubbles surrounding us. I loved it so much and cherish that experience so much
I actually did get a ticket and show up to the venue but there was a complication with my parking pass so they wanted me to buy a new one but only took cash and I didn’t have any on me so I had to go home and I was so upset
@@pamayapaya omg thats so upsetting! you poor thing! I was unable to get tickets because I was overseas when he was in the UK, and then at uni during the London special shows!
@@TH-camSupportSucks so does my Freund, even in his handwriting! But sadly the meet and greet was before the show, before I heard that iconic line... I hope to have it in his handwriting one day!
When I saw this show live in Frankfurt, the ending made me cry so hard and I just sat there in the theatre sobbing for a few minutes until a nice couple came and comforted me (I went alone and had no one there with me). If you‘re reading this, thank you, kind strangers, for helping a 20-year-old person with their overwhelming feelings :)
Ok story time of how I met Dan in the middle of Frankfurt thanks to this tour and which basically meant one of the most epic moments of my 22 years of life: Last year, surprisingly, I won a scholarship to study in Germany for 1 semester (I'm from Chile). I arrived in January and stayed in a town quite close to Frankfurt. The first week of February I saw an advertisement for “Dan in Frankfurt” (because of this tour) and I couldn't believe it. Since I was 14 years old I dreamed of meeting him, but I never thought he would ever come to Chile, so it was just a Wattpad style dream. The point is that I knew it was my only chance, so I bought the ticket that fit my budget as a student (not so much hahah). I traveled by bus 1 hour from town to Frankfurt, and since I wanted to buy some merch at the show, I decided that I would walk to the hostel where I would stay that night (about 40 minutes walk from the main station in Frankfurt) and save some money. I had already been walking for about 20 minutes and I was in a street that was quite empty. Everything happened so fast, as I looked up and saw a very tall human figure (next to him was another guy, greetings to him too). I was in shock, I thought I was delirious from lack of sleep. But as I walked past him, I exclaimed “Dan?!” and he turned around. It was him. He said “hello?” in a very funny way (sorry). To sum up, I told him everything in my broken English (due to nervousness and excitement and and and and and and everything), I had a bit of babbling. He, slightly amused, asked me if I was feeling okay (I guess my excitement made it seem like I would have some kind of meltdown at any moment) and I told him everything was fine. Then, we took a selfie, and at that moment, another girl passed by us who also recognized him. The girl was from Argentina. Between the two of us started speaking some excited words in Spanish, but since we didn't want Dan to feel like he had to go back to his Duolingo lessons in Spanish, we went back to English. Then the three of us took a selfie. I promise I have proof of all of this on my instagram lmaoooo, anyways Dan, i love u, thank u for tolerating me at that moment and shout out to Dana (the girl from argentina)
I didn't cry until the end when he said "Embrace the void, and have the courage to exist.". That phrase got me through so so so many dark times and I've been having a hard time recently too and really needed to hear that. Dan is literally what saved my mental health years ago and he's still doing it. I still havent read You Wil Get Through This Night because I know it'll make me emotional but I think I need it now. Thank you so much for everything you do Daniel. You are my hero. ♥️
@@alicep3717 thank you! everyone in my personal life has been really supportive luckily, it's been so freeing and i'm the happiest i've been in YEARS (:
I watched this show live in Florida (ew lol) when I was in the midst of the worst depression of my life. The night before my ex had comprehensively broken my heart again, I had skipped out on work but had no way to go home, and I spent the entire day hiding from my coworkers and crying. I had tears running down my face for most of the show, sobbed in the intermission, but when I left I felt lighter than I had in months. It was still a long way to go, but it was proof that I could go out and do normal people things, at least for a bit, that I could keep going for another day. And that ending monologue- jeez. Thank you, Dan :)
The mood tracker section was the most relatable thing I’ve ever watched. Nothing made me realize I had to make a change more than seeing how often I was numb or exhausted or sad, it’s devastating to see proof that your life is sad more often than not
I haven't been watching Dan's channel for very long, but I really needed it when I found it. Between "Basically, I'm Gay" helping me through my sexuality and gender crises (I had to look up the plural for crisis and now can't get over how weird it looks spelled out.), and "We're All Doomed" being one hell of an effective reminder that I'm not the only person who feels this way and that even though the struggles never really go away completely, there's always something to reach out for and hold onto. And that you can do your best to be a good person and make things better without tearing yourself down and tearing your hope down at every mistake and every horrifying truth that you haven't personally, entirely, and irreversibly fixed. And even if you do tear yourself down, there ARE reasons to climb your way back up. I get an extra dose of hope when people like Dan do stuff like this, being honest about how much they did hurt and spiral, and then, not only climb their way back up, but help bring others up with them. It's another thing to add to my reasons to keep trying and living and growing and helping as much as I can, and it may be a bit cheesy, and this is definitely way too long a comment, and it may not get seen by anyone who cares, and it might get misinterpreted, and it might- (bonks myself with the anti-anxiety stick (which is just a button in my mind that makes a funny noise)) BUT! The point is: Thank you, Dan. It means more than you probably feel like it does that you do what you do, and the world is better with you in it. I would vote NOT to yeet you into the sun. Not even for the meme.
Jesus christ, I've been saving this for a moment when I could finally sit down and enjoy this stage show for the art it is and I can't get past the first five minutes without having an actual crying breakdown - I don't think I'm mentally well enough to watch this yet.
I saw the show live and I loved how much effort he put into making every time an individual experience. For the German show, he had all German references, down to knowing the trashy newspaper.
Money wise and simply the way my life is going I doubt I will ever be able to thank you in person dan, but I hope somehow that maybe you will see this comment. When I first found your channel 12 years ago when I was freshly 9 years old having just moved from the UK to Switzerland, not knowing the language or any people I was terrified and I struggled a lot with bullying and depression. Your Videos brought me so much happiness and I genuinely always looked forward to new uploads, then through you I found Phil as well as time went on and both of you helped me in some of my darkest moments. Listening to you talk about mental health and bringing it out of the shadows helped me immensely. I never thought i'd make it to 18 or 20 and now in just over a month I am turning 21 years old. I have grown up watching you and for all the joy, freedom and laughs you have brought me, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Thank you for being you and side note, thank you so much for putting the show on youtube, around the time you were touring my physical health declined to the point of needing a wheelchair for everyday tasks and i've always been tight on money so heh, but anyway. You are an amazing human being Daniel Howell, thank you for everything you have given all of us.
I hope you get a ticket to their tour! I’d offer to help but I’m saving for a ticket myself 😢 I’m glad to see someone iv been watching for ages touch someone like this! I feel like Dan has a way of still being relatable like almost like a friend (obviously not actual friends I don’t know him like that haha) despite him being obviously way more known than people that go to his shows! I don’t think he’s changed that aspect about himself too much or let the fame go to his head, he’s still now very much relatable which I’m glad about. He keeps it really real which is a nice change compared to other TH-camrs tours
Now, as an autistic man with severe social anxiety, I HATE live shows. Concerts, comedy, you name it. Anything except musicals or plays, which tend to be more subdued, I avoid like the plague. This, though? I actually wish I'd been able to see this when it came around! It looks like a really good time. The showmanship is phenomenal, the lighting is gorgeous, and it seems like it would be VERY cathartic to scream about everyone being doomed with a whole crowd. The ending made me cry. "Are you ready to become string?!" is going to live in my head rent-free for ages. Rock on, [ Dan ].
it means so much that you have uploaded this for entirely free a lot of content creators definitely wouldn't do this! im excited to see the new features and spot myself in the audience chugging rosé wine 🍷
I went to see this live, and thought it was incredible then! Watching this now, and I’m still in awe! I love Dan and have been a fan for years, but wow his articulation, script writing and performance is insane! Can you imagine writing, remembering, designing and performing this in front of hundreds of thousands of people across the world as a solo performer?! Bloody impressive impressive if you ask me. Bravo Howell!
shame you didn't record the one in amsterdam. when you asked "who's run a marathon here before?" and fucking no one raised their hand i laughed way harder than i'd like to admit💀 still really glad i can relive the whole show now, it was amazing!!
as someone who has had major depression for over ten years and been watching dan's videos for most of them, his bleak humor and existential attitude has always resonated with me. although it was playful and part of his branding, i recognized the undercurrent of real depression and insecurity in his jokes, expressions, and ideas. he turned those feelings into silly stories and exaggerated skits so that we could relate to them and find some joy in something dark... sort of like what he did here, in we're all doomed. but where this show really sets itself apart from the ways dan has talked about depression in the past is the amount of time he spends being vulnerable. he sets aside the mask of irony (though always keeping it close at hand lmao). it's refreshing to hear him talk so candidly in more detail about his experience with more sincerity than we've seen before. THAT is courageous. even though his videos dpeicting feelings of self-hatred and suffering were honest and funny, i always thought about how it stops being funny when the camera turns off. in the same vein, it stopped being funny to me when the video ended and all my negative thoughts fell back into place. chronic depression really does NOT rest. but if dan happens to see this comment, i hope he knows that his content is and has always been one of the everyday joys that make perserverance possible. the serotonin boost of seeing a new dan and phil games video in 2024 is REAL, but the old videos are timeless sanctuaries. what they did for me, and for many people, is really special. it seems serendipitous that he was the most active when i most needed reasons to keep going. now that i'm an adult, i'm not quite as inconsolable as i was during adolescence, but my mood still needs all the help it can get. in this world, optimism requires full-time effort and sometimes happiness just isn't attainable. but here we are again, finding little reasons to keep going. we might all be doomed, but until the doom arrives, it's good to be here.
gay, political, conspiracies and swearing? Everything I've ever wanted in my content all wrapped up into a 2 hour recording of a live show! Amazing stuff!
@@anglebuck9818 it’s a reference to his first youtube video! he introduced himself as “my name is dan” and does the hand brackets while saying “dan” :)
''full comedy show'' then why am I crying bro? Truly masterfully written and made and incredibly real, especially as someone who's had a really rough few years mental health wise.
I doubt you’ll read this, but Dan, I just wanted to thank you for this project. I know you’ve talked about how it saved you, and I hope you know that it’s saved so many other people too. Seeing you live was one of the best experiences of my life, and you inspire me to keep going when I don’t think I can anymore. I truly can’t put it into words, so just thank you, for everything you’ve done. 🖤
i remember when that existential crisis video came out. I remember watching it as I was struggling to come to terms with my mental illness, ignored and degraded by family, and that phrase "embrace the void and have the courage to exist" fucking touched down into the most hidden, vulnerable parts my soul. I don't know if I would have made it without people like dan
I'll be honest, I had tears streaming down my face at the end. The turn around of not falling into despair. Especially as I've been feeling stagnant in my days as well. I had a very similar experience with a journailing app, seeing most days be mid or frownies. But today I met a trans woman and her gf after basically being stranded in a sea of cishets. The words do help. It comes around. Also the way the doomscrolling segments felt, contrasted with the wholesome clips at the end. The way you walk up to the screen every time. For the doom segments you keep swiping and swiping, desperate and tired. But at the end you're just watching. Taking it all in, soaking in the positivity. Steeping in the pure HOPE emanating from that screen. The same screen that caused you so much dread. It's fitting that it's a circle, as it's similar to earth. Full of so much disaster but so much good too.
rewatching this for the same reason as everyone else and realizing damn i am physically incapable of crying thanks to to internalized shame Except when i’m watching this
i had front row seats for this show and i remember sobbing at the thought of it being over, but now i can have this on repeat and make the little daniel in my phone do the show over and over again for all eternity :)
I was at the front of the Christchurch New Zealand show, while I'm a little sad I can't relive our show (there were some VERY NZ based jokes in there + he called us an Emo little f**ck while looking at me), I'm SO GRATEFUL for this.
I remember when I saw this live-streamed back in February. I was experiencing some of the worst depression I'd had in years, and was distinctly Not Doing Well. Seeing the live stream was my little treat to myself. And that last bit of the show, that little hopeful note at the end that leads into all of those clips of the little moments of joy brought me to tears. It gave me hope in quite literally one of my darkest moments. I don't post comments on things very often (yay, anxiety), but I just wanted to say: thanks, Dan. You really helped this little queer trans bastard get through the winter. The world is in shambles, but at least first, I get to live.
I know this'll probably get buried, but I just want to say. Dan Howell, thank you for having the courage to exist. I was startled to find myself crying at the end of this show because I realized I've also been spending day in and day out in a 😕 state. Not as bad as it has been, but definitely not good, and low enough to feel like I wasn't trying hard enough. There's a Noah Kahan lyric: "If my engine works perfect on empty, I guess I'll drive." Fighting to keep going when the world seems dark is better than giving up, even if it doesn't feel like you're having any impact. Dan, I'm glad you're still here. To anyone reading this comment, I'm glad you're still here. I'm glad I'm still here.
to Dan (and to Phil): you saved my life by living yours. the world may be doomed, but our laughter can't be taken from us as long as we have you in our hearts.
The way his face lit up at the end... WHEN I TELL YOU I STARTED SOBBING (oh my god we love you so much Dan) I have been a fan since 2014 and I have NEVER cried so much listening to him speak UGH
something about seeing dans face at the end when hes looking out into this audience of people who love him, that he's helped in so many ways, watching as they applaud and show their love and appreciation for him after everything he's been through absolutely kills me. I started sobbing so hard i could barely breathe. im sorry for getting all soppy but He made it, he's here today and he knows that he is loved and i am so very proud of him ♥
Hearing the audience erupt into i love yous near the end of the show was honestly very touching. It's really special that supportive communities like this exist in the gay community.
Dan how the fuck am I supposed to just go back to my life and return to my mundane day after such a profound and inspiring masterpiece like this?! What the fuck am I supposed to do with myself now??
When I started following you almost 10 years ago I never imagined little old me would be forever immortalised on your channel (I was second row on Sunday and I have made quite a few cameos 🫣). I came all the way from Romania and I truly had the best time!! So incredibly proud of you Dan!! ❤❤
the first father that mothered
YOURE SO REAL FOR THIS!!
sounds like a childrens book
Hahahaaha love your comment
Heavenly MOTHER
got his masters in cuntology with a concentration in motherlogical studies from the university of servington!
I love that Phil is in the credits as 'remote crisis management'!
IT MADE ME SMILE ITS SO SWEET
Literally my favorite thing 😭😭😭😭
I ALSO LOVE THAT I LOVE PHILIP
LMAOOOO
he’s really such a theatre kid
church puppet team taught him well
oh ABSOLUTELY
@@touya.todoroki the church puppet anecdote haunts me
Most accurate statement
@@touya.todorokiokay but imagine if they had a puppet section of the new tour show 😂 I know it’d never happen but a girl can dream
Babe wake up Dan is being a theatre kid again
thanks babe, i'm up!
💀💀
We love veteran youtubers who haven't committed literal crimes. I will always support Dan (and Phil) for being genuinely wholesome.
Reading this comment during the grandpa nudes part 😂
live AND free ?? truly the people’s princess
i'm struck by this overwhelming urge to say 'thank you babygirl' to a man 7 years my elder whom i have never spoken to
LMFAOOOO
Valid. He still warms my heart as if he was my baby bro
12 years my elder. He's simultaneously babygirl, father & mother to me
8:24 someone does the hand brackets when he says My name is Dan . guy can't have SHIT
they got his ass lmfaooo
The editor who included that angle is DIABOLICAL. I love it
The fact that they put the camera on that person, and then cut to it is so fucking iconic.
What’s hand brackets
@@mollysequoia7127 the "my name is [Dan]" from hello internet; if you can't see it in the video, the person mimicked the hand movement (the brackets) that dan did lol
as an american dan uploading this on his main channel is the closest i'll get to free healthcare
LITERALLY
“Remote crisis management: Phil Lester” iconic
MAIN CHANNEL UPLOAD IN 2024?! the royal family should be scared
i mean, they are
After ending the queen, he'll end the king.
@@piercedsiren like to charge, reblog to cast
@@piercedsiren dan is so powerful the royal family already started prepping for king charles' death
KING CHARLES COUNT YOUR DAYS
THAT IS W I L D
Between this and Trisha 👀
I’m so confused, what does this mean?
@@SaturatedSunrise1you need to watch dan top memes 2022
@@SaturatedSunrise1I’m not 100% sure but I think the opening of his show. Was the same time the Queen died.
Babe, wake up, Dan's entered his Bo Burnham era
Dan is clearly one of the people who know Make Happy was Bo Burnham's best, and it shows
is it an era is or he just blatently copying
@@catfood38i think we need more comedy specials like this anyway
Love it
@@catfood38Bo didn’t invent comedy or the internet
The anxiety-ridden swagger this man has is such a serve
i strive to have as much swagger. i already got the anxiety
i just. this made me sob. i’ve grown up alongside parasocially since “hello internet” - transitioned, survived school, getting a PhD - and this broke me. dan and phil have been there for me at my lowest lows, convincing me to stay. this special was so beautiful, so emotional and witty. it made me feel. thank you, dan
We don't know each other but I am so glad you are still here 🩷
I feel the same, I'm honestly sobbing LOL TvT
I was so hoping he'd put it on DVD or something so I could re-watch it. But dang he really just released it for free on TH-cam. What a gem❤
Exactly!! 🎉
I mean, doesn’t mean you can’t put it on dvd 🤷♀️
Me too! I got COVID three days before my partner and I were set to go be in the second row of the Portland showing and I have never felt more dismay in my life (and my dad died in 2017 lol)
What is a DVD?
@@ThatCoalSoul you better be joking
whoever did the subtitles for the entire 2 hour special deserves a raise, plus the editing on the video is spectacular. helps make the show feel as grandious and huge as it felt in real life.
I'm so happy about the subtitles and editing
yeah seriously!! captioning videos is so extremely tedious and not even in the good way, but its so worth it in the end, clearly!
three cheers for proper captioning!! and three more for how much bloody work it is!!!
they're really well done as well, on the live stream in february everytime dan said "huh" the subtitles said "her" and "i'm a thirty two year old homosexual" somehow became "i'm a 3-year old homoesexual". but the commas were correct! i'm so so so glad these are better
i just wish they werent censored. if you're allowed to hear something, you can handle reading it.
Dan isn’t pregnant but he delivered
HELPPPP
and mothered
I am so keeping that in my vocabulary.
He's not enlisted but he still served
to the person at 2:02:26 who yelled "we love you", thank you so much because we truly love dan.
literally one of the only people from my childhood that hasn't disappointed me ONCE. lots of love from Palestine, you make me feel a little better all the time
Him holding a mic while wearing a mic for the aesthetic is quite on brand. xD
I thought about this the whole time i was at the show last year 😂😂
I didn’t even think about that lol. Thats so funny😂
he used the face mic for the musical number and some parts but i was waiting for him to take it off lol
It helps to have a backup 😆
Two mics is SO theatre
I was thinking about it the whole time too xD
Can we talk about how amazing Dan is? He and Phil were TH-cam creators that not only stayed unproblematic and in their lane (stayed kind and inspiring even after everything that happened with toxic fans) AND kept following their passions to make insane things like three books, two tours, a pseudo documentary series, mental health awareness fundraisers, AND this insane stage show? We truly do not deserve these guys and all they’ve done for their community
what's the documentary series?
@@arcade3198 dystopia daily! In retrospect it’s more of a podcast? But i think of it as a kind of case study on the current culture we live in as an online society
@@thegayestgothwdym
Absolutely preach 🙌🏻 they deserve all the happiness 🧡
yess🎉🎉
Dan, if you ever see this, I need you to know what a difference this show made to me. I saw this show the same year I lost two jobs, lost half my hair, got surgery, had to move from a home I loved, and watched my marriage end.
The closing monologue of this show has played a huge part in helping me feel strong enough to stay here. And now I have a tattoo of a moth with the words “have the courage to exist” under it. ❤
i hope you're doing alright ❤❤
@@kashefajaved6394 thank you! That’s so kind. I’m still here and I’m working towards alright 💕
i'm hoping you are feeling better this year 🧡
Go on with strength and bravery my friend 🐦🔥
❤️❤️❤️ hope you’re doing well now!
Have the courage to exist.
That phrasing has really changed my perspective. ive always thought that, because i could never muster the courage to end it all, i was a coward. and now i look back on the years and years i spent thinking myself a coward, and realize just how courageous it was of me. to keep living, in spite of all the things ive been through. and even though i still struggle, and i still feel sad and anxious a lot, im glad i was courageous enough to stick around. and thank you, dan, for being courageous enough to share your story with us all. i know that he'll never see this, but Dan has changed my life for the better. and I'll be forever grateful for that.
So happy you´re still here
1:05:50 I was this person being shot at by Dan in the Austin Texas show and I still have dreams of his scarily angry face with bubbles surrounding us. I loved it so much and cherish that experience so much
"There is way too much bisexual underboob for this wind chill factor" is going to live with me forever.
why does hearing all star at the end feel like such a beautiful full circle moment?? didn't think i'd cry to smash mouth but pass me the tissues ig
Right I think I could hear Dan crying as he left and boom "SomeBody" and Im here sobbing
Dude
...say spoiler alert.
Good to know I wasn’t the only one who cried to Smash Mouth
this is actually so true i just finished it and am now scrolling and Yeah.
That song literally summed up the whole show. But I've listened to so much Neil Cicierega music that I kept expecting it to turn weird.
Thank you so much for uploading it for people who couldn't come!! so excited to finally see it!!
sappho?
@@prageruwu69 tis I, the great poet sappho (jk I am just a gay ancient history major)
I actually did get a ticket and show up to the venue but there was a complication with my parking pass so they wanted me to buy a new one but only took cash and I didn’t have any on me so I had to go home and I was so upset
@@pamayapaya omg thats so upsetting! you poor thing! I was unable to get tickets because I was overseas when he was in the UK, and then at uni during the London special shows!
i am sending so much love to everyone who is rewatching this because of the election
I love that we’ve all had the same thought
"full comedy show" bro then why am i crying
if the dan who added all star to the tatinof preshow playlist knew 9 years later 2024 dan gets to put it at the end of his solo tour film
Omg I forgot it was in the pre show playlist for tatinof you just gave me flashbacks lol what a full circle moment
I'll get "But first, you get to live" tattooed one day, Dan you have helped so many people in so many ways!
I have "have the courage to exist" tattooed :)
@@TH-camSupportSucks so does my Freund, even in his handwriting! But sadly the meet and greet was before the show, before I heard that iconic line... I hope to have it in his handwriting one day!
When I saw this show live in Frankfurt, the ending made me cry so hard and I just sat there in the theatre sobbing for a few minutes until a nice couple came and comforted me (I went alone and had no one there with me). If you‘re reading this, thank you, kind strangers, for helping a 20-year-old person with their overwhelming feelings :)
🫂🫂🫂 that’s so sweet, i hope they see this!
I sobbed in the arms of a teenager I didn’t know. 💕
The people I was sitting around, we all hugged after the show. It was amazing.
"Frankfur, you bunch of fucking gays." is still my favourite Dan quote
the "everything's fine" song gave me huge beetlejuice "the whole being dead thing" vibes i LOVE IT
Ok story time of how I met Dan in the middle of Frankfurt thanks to this tour and which basically meant one of the most epic moments of my 22 years of life: Last year, surprisingly, I won a scholarship to study in Germany for 1 semester (I'm from Chile). I arrived in January and stayed in a town quite close to Frankfurt. The first week of February I saw an advertisement for “Dan in Frankfurt” (because of this tour) and I couldn't believe it. Since I was 14 years old I dreamed of meeting him, but I never thought he would ever come to Chile, so it was just a Wattpad style dream. The point is that I knew it was my only chance, so I bought the ticket that fit my budget as a student (not so much hahah). I traveled by bus 1 hour from town to Frankfurt, and since I wanted to buy some merch at the show, I decided that I would walk to the hostel where I would stay that night (about 40 minutes walk from the main station in Frankfurt) and save some money. I had already been walking for about 20 minutes and I was in a street that was quite empty. Everything happened so fast, as I looked up and saw a very tall human figure (next to him was another guy, greetings to him too). I was in shock, I thought I was delirious from lack of sleep. But as I walked past him, I exclaimed “Dan?!” and he turned around. It was him. He said “hello?” in a very funny way (sorry). To sum up, I told him everything in my broken English (due to nervousness and excitement and and and and and and everything), I had a bit of babbling. He, slightly amused, asked me if I was feeling okay (I guess my excitement made it seem like I would have some kind of meltdown at any moment) and I told him everything was fine. Then, we took a selfie, and at that moment, another girl passed by us who also recognized him. The girl was from Argentina. Between the two of us started speaking some excited words in Spanish, but since we didn't want Dan to feel like he had to go back to his Duolingo lessons in Spanish, we went back to English. Then the three of us took a selfie.
I promise I have proof of all of this on my instagram lmaoooo, anyways Dan, i love u, thank u for tolerating me at that moment and shout out to Dana (the girl from argentina)
cute interaction!
THE BRACKET HANDS AT 8:23 HAD ME /SCREAMING/
SAME LMFAO
screaming in a good way, or screaming in a bad way?
I knew daddy Dan wouldn’t keep this behind a paywall🫶🏽🫶🏽
daddy dan😭
The way he posted this for free for us broke fans. I love him.
I didn't cry until the end when he said "Embrace the void, and have the courage to exist.". That phrase got me through so so so many dark times and I've been having a hard time recently too and really needed to hear that. Dan is literally what saved my mental health years ago and he's still doing it.
I still havent read You Wil Get Through This Night because I know it'll make me emotional but I think I need it now.
Thank you so much for everything you do Daniel. You are my hero. ♥️
the [dan] brackets at 8:22 is FOULLL LMFAO
i wanted to see this live SO BADLY when you were in my city but i was closeted. now here two years later, out of the closet, no longer depressed
Slayyy proud of you for coming out! Hope it went well 🫶
@@alicep3717 thank you! everyone in my personal life has been really supportive luckily, it's been so freeing and i'm the happiest i've been in YEARS (:
a closeted phannie???
OH YOU MEAN THE GAY CLOSET
@@kookphil LMAO YES THE GAY CLOSET
Thanks for posting this to us poor folk lmao
That Hank Green joke is wild lmao
it's so fucking funny lmfaooo
I think he was watching the livestream too 😳
I think he was actually at one of the shows with his wife and neighbors
i think now is the perfect time to watch this
I watched this show live in Florida (ew lol) when I was in the midst of the worst depression of my life. The night before my ex had comprehensively broken my heart again, I had skipped out on work but had no way to go home, and I spent the entire day hiding from my coworkers and crying. I had tears running down my face for most of the show, sobbed in the intermission, but when I left I felt lighter than I had in months. It was still a long way to go, but it was proof that I could go out and do normal people things, at least for a bit, that I could keep going for another day. And that ending monologue- jeez. Thank you, Dan :)
The mood tracker section was the most relatable thing I’ve ever watched. Nothing made me realize I had to make a change more than seeing how often I was numb or exhausted or sad, it’s devastating to see proof that your life is sad more often than not
the contrast of this and making a mental health guide book is A LOT
My thoughts exactly
Men have 2 moods
That's just the gemini
It's wonderful ❤️ he's finally being himself ❤
2:04:56 THAT’S ME, THAT’S MY BAND PLAYING!!! SO MANY PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD SAW IT THAT’S SO COOL!!!
DUDE THAT’S SO EPIC ‼️‼️ is your band on spotify or apple music or anything??
@@Pebblepancake nah it’s just the high school marching/concert band. some of our recordings are on youtube if you wanna see any of that tho! :)
@@earlyowlYT yes 100%! :D
@@Pebblepancake i think it’s blocking the reply i sent with the link 😭
@@earlyowlYTyeahhhh it is
I haven't been watching Dan's channel for very long, but I really needed it when I found it. Between "Basically, I'm Gay" helping me through my sexuality and gender crises (I had to look up the plural for crisis and now can't get over how weird it looks spelled out.), and "We're All Doomed" being one hell of an effective reminder that I'm not the only person who feels this way and that even though the struggles never really go away completely, there's always something to reach out for and hold onto. And that you can do your best to be a good person and make things better without tearing yourself down and tearing your hope down at every mistake and every horrifying truth that you haven't personally, entirely, and irreversibly fixed. And even if you do tear yourself down, there ARE reasons to climb your way back up.
I get an extra dose of hope when people like Dan do stuff like this, being honest about how much they did hurt and spiral, and then, not only climb their way back up, but help bring others up with them. It's another thing to add to my reasons to keep trying and living and growing and helping as much as I can, and it may be a bit cheesy, and this is definitely way too long a comment, and it may not get seen by anyone who cares, and it might get misinterpreted, and it might- (bonks myself with the anti-anxiety stick (which is just a button in my mind that makes a funny noise)) BUT! The point is: Thank you, Dan. It means more than you probably feel like it does that you do what you do, and the world is better with you in it. I would vote NOT to yeet you into the sun. Not even for the meme.
Jesus christ, I've been saving this for a moment when I could finally sit down and enjoy this stage show for the art it is and I can't get past the first five minutes without having an actual crying breakdown - I don't think I'm mentally well enough to watch this yet.
OK that was hard to watch and very very beautiful simultaneously.
I saw the show live and I loved how much effort he put into making every time an individual experience. For the German show, he had all German references, down to knowing the trashy newspaper.
DAMN he did his RESEARCH!! i’m in north carolina and he nailed the references here, too!
Dan truly blessing us with a movie length worth of content
2 hours of Dan yapping oh i'm so ready for this
Money wise and simply the way my life is going I doubt I will ever be able to thank you in person dan, but I hope somehow that maybe you will see this comment. When I first found your channel 12 years ago when I was freshly 9 years old having just moved from the UK to Switzerland, not knowing the language or any people I was terrified and I struggled a lot with bullying and depression. Your Videos brought me so much happiness and I genuinely always looked forward to new uploads, then through you I found Phil as well as time went on and both of you helped me in some of my darkest moments. Listening to you talk about mental health and bringing it out of the shadows helped me immensely. I never thought i'd make it to 18 or 20 and now in just over a month I am turning 21 years old. I have grown up watching you and for all the joy, freedom and laughs you have brought me, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Thank you for being you and side note, thank you so much for putting the show on youtube, around the time you were touring my physical health declined to the point of needing a wheelchair for everyday tasks and i've always been tight on money so heh, but anyway. You are an amazing human being Daniel Howell, thank you for everything you have given all of us.
Deadass as someone who went to Interactive and Doom you should go, hell I will pay for your ticket if I need to
I hope you get a ticket to their tour! I’d offer to help but I’m saving for a ticket myself 😢 I’m glad to see someone iv been watching for ages touch someone like this! I feel like Dan has a way of still being relatable like almost like a friend (obviously not actual friends I don’t know him like that haha) despite him being obviously way more known than people that go to his shows! I don’t think he’s changed that aspect about himself too much or let the fame go to his head, he’s still now very much relatable which I’m glad about. He keeps it really real which is a nice change compared to other TH-camrs tours
When he said “stop playing subway surfers with me in the little corner” I was playing Dress to impress with him minimised 😭😭😭
Love Dan for appearing every few years with a mountain of content and then fading back into the mist
KING OF GIVING US THIS FOR FREE YES
Now, as an autistic man with severe social anxiety, I HATE live shows. Concerts, comedy, you name it. Anything except musicals or plays, which tend to be more subdued, I avoid like the plague.
This, though? I actually wish I'd been able to see this when it came around! It looks like a really good time. The showmanship is phenomenal, the lighting is gorgeous, and it seems like it would be VERY cathartic to scream about everyone being doomed with a whole crowd. The ending made me cry. "Are you ready to become string?!" is going to live in my head rent-free for ages.
Rock on, [ Dan ].
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thank you for making this extra special 🫶🏻⭐️
Hi bestie but on a third platform 👋🏻
Thank you for making this so special 🥹🥹🥹
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it means so much that you have uploaded this for entirely free a lot of content creators definitely wouldn't do this! im excited to see the new features and spot myself in the audience chugging rosé wine 🍷
You're iconic
my bright ass red hair caught at 00:00:45 buying wine at the bar 😭
@@pxxchyelicon
the watcher could never
Father has given us the ultimate sustenance! Hoorah!
HIS COMEDY SHOW UPLOADED ON TH-cam FOR FREEEEEEE????? DANIEL HOWELL OH THE LEGEND U ARE
I went to see this live, and thought it was incredible then! Watching this now, and I’m still in awe! I love Dan and have been a fan for years, but wow his articulation, script writing and performance is insane! Can you imagine writing, remembering, designing and performing this in front of hundreds of thousands of people across the world as a solo performer?! Bloody impressive impressive if you ask me. Bravo Howell!
watching this again in light of the election announcement
From Hello Internet to We’re All Doomed, it’s an honor to experience your growth and your journey and to be part of it too. Love you Dan! ❤
I'm so glad this is available here and won't become like lost media because it really deserves to be seen
shame you didn't record the one in amsterdam. when you asked "who's run a marathon here before?" and fucking no one raised their hand i laughed way harder than i'd like to admit💀 still really glad i can relive the whole show now, it was amazing!!
I saw the one in Florida and I was also sad he didn’t record that one cuz of all the Ron desantis jokes lol
as someone who has had major depression for over ten years and been watching dan's videos for most of them, his bleak humor and existential attitude has always resonated with me. although it was playful and part of his branding, i recognized the undercurrent of real depression and insecurity in his jokes, expressions, and ideas. he turned those feelings into silly stories and exaggerated skits so that we could relate to them and find some joy in something dark... sort of like what he did here, in we're all doomed. but where this show really sets itself apart from the ways dan has talked about depression in the past is the amount of time he spends being vulnerable. he sets aside the mask of irony (though always keeping it close at hand lmao). it's refreshing to hear him talk so candidly in more detail about his experience with more sincerity than we've seen before. THAT is courageous. even though his videos dpeicting feelings of self-hatred and suffering were honest and funny, i always thought about how it stops being funny when the camera turns off. in the same vein, it stopped being funny to me when the video ended and all my negative thoughts fell back into place.
chronic depression really does NOT rest. but if dan happens to see this comment, i hope he knows that his content is and has always been one of the everyday joys that make perserverance possible. the serotonin boost of seeing a new dan and phil games video in 2024 is REAL, but the old videos are timeless sanctuaries. what they did for me, and for many people, is really special. it seems serendipitous that he was the most active when i most needed reasons to keep going. now that i'm an adult, i'm not quite as inconsolable as i was during adolescence, but my mood still needs all the help it can get. in this world, optimism requires full-time effort and sometimes happiness just isn't attainable. but here we are again, finding little reasons to keep going. we might all be doomed, but until the doom arrives, it's good to be here.
thank you for providing us with the show who couldn't be there!
gay, political, conspiracies and swearing? Everything I've ever wanted in my content all wrapped up into a 2 hour recording of a live show! Amazing stuff!
Shoutout to the person with the custom " I ❤ sister daniel" shirt
8:19 the person in the audience doing the square brackets hands ghvdjhgvgjhvjgk
Love that Dan made sure it was in here for us
what does that mean? i saw them do it but don't understand :)
@@anglebuck9818 it’s a reference to his first youtube video! he introduced himself as “my name is dan” and does the hand brackets while saying “dan” :)
''full comedy show'' then why am I crying bro? Truly masterfully written and made and incredibly real, especially as someone who's had a really rough few years mental health wise.
I'm just going to take a moment to acknowledge the sound design! holy shit the music and sound effects are so good! What a beautiful production
danny i appreciate you but i havent truly slept the past 3 days so I'll be back for this
When you’re back and well rested you can appreciate him so much more
Same I got a final tomorrow, but I'll be back 🫠
@@genericname8727 definitely did! i got to see the show live back last year but it was so great to watch it again
I doubt you’ll read this, but Dan, I just wanted to thank you for this project. I know you’ve talked about how it saved you, and I hope you know that it’s saved so many other people too. Seeing you live was one of the best experiences of my life, and you inspire me to keep going when I don’t think I can anymore. I truly can’t put it into words, so just thank you, for everything you’ve done. 🖤
8 months without uploading he comes back with a WAD 🎉
BAHAHAHAHA YESSSSS
What’s a WAD
@@fairytaleviola stands for “we’re all doomed” :)
i remember when that existential crisis video came out. I remember watching it as I was struggling to come to terms with my mental illness, ignored and degraded by family, and that phrase "embrace the void and have the courage to exist" fucking touched down into the most hidden, vulnerable parts my soul. I don't know if I would have made it without people like dan
Watching this again while waiting for the U.S. election results is Terrifying
not me being shocked to my core by a daniel howell upload despite knowing in advance
how'd u know 👀
@@arcade3198 He promoted it, lol. It's a full-length comedy special for free on TH-cam, he'd have to be dumb not to.
I saw his insta post and still forgot by Sunday evening so it was a lovely surprise
@@FelineFurKin I was sat waiting, staring at my notifications and still had the same reaction hahaha
It was insane being there at the last show literal life altering experience even if i did break my platforms on the hill up to the theatre.Thank you
rip💔
I was there too and it was exactly a year since the Cambridge show as well. It felt like fate and I needed the uplift.
And I’ve cried. Full-blown messy, smiling while crying, dancing back and forth to fucking allstar.
It’s beautiful, Dan. Thank you.
I'll be honest, I had tears streaming down my face at the end. The turn around of not falling into despair. Especially as I've been feeling stagnant in my days as well. I had a very similar experience with a journailing app, seeing most days be mid or frownies. But today I met a trans woman and her gf after basically being stranded in a sea of cishets. The words do help. It comes around.
Also the way the doomscrolling segments felt, contrasted with the wholesome clips at the end. The way you walk up to the screen every time. For the doom segments you keep swiping and swiping, desperate and tired. But at the end you're just watching. Taking it all in, soaking in the positivity. Steeping in the pure HOPE emanating from that screen. The same screen that caused you so much dread. It's fitting that it's a circle, as it's similar to earth. Full of so much disaster but so much good too.
rewatching this for the same reason as everyone else and realizing damn i am physically incapable of crying thanks to to internalized shame Except when i’m watching this
i had front row seats for this show and i remember sobbing at the thought of it being over, but now i can have this on repeat and make the little daniel in my phone do the show over and over again for all eternity :)
Ahhh I'm so jealous, I had to sit at the very back. Dan was literally as small then as he is now on my phone screen.
I was at the front of the Christchurch New Zealand show, while I'm a little sad I can't relive our show (there were some VERY NZ based jokes in there + he called us an Emo little f**ck while looking at me), I'm SO GRATEFUL for this.
I remember when I saw this live-streamed back in February. I was experiencing some of the worst depression I'd had in years, and was distinctly Not Doing Well. Seeing the live stream was my little treat to myself. And that last bit of the show, that little hopeful note at the end that leads into all of those clips of the little moments of joy brought me to tears. It gave me hope in quite literally one of my darkest moments. I don't post comments on things very often (yay, anxiety), but I just wanted to say: thanks, Dan. You really helped this little queer trans bastard get through the winter. The world is in shambles, but at least first, I get to live.
NordVPN has their grippers so deep in dip and pip lore
I know this'll probably get buried, but I just want to say. Dan Howell, thank you for having the courage to exist. I was startled to find myself crying at the end of this show because I realized I've also been spending day in and day out in a 😕 state. Not as bad as it has been, but definitely not good, and low enough to feel like I wasn't trying hard enough. There's a Noah Kahan lyric: "If my engine works perfect on empty, I guess I'll drive." Fighting to keep going when the world seems dark is better than giving up, even if it doesn't feel like you're having any impact. Dan, I'm glad you're still here. To anyone reading this comment, I'm glad you're still here. I'm glad I'm still here.
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This was incredible, can't believe this is free. Also, Remote Crisis Mamagement - Phil Lester at credits is HILARIOUS
Dan you are BORN to be on stage this was incredible
crying to all star will forever be one of my favourite memories thank you dan
I know right this song makes me so emotional
the quality!! the camera angles!! the production!!
to Dan (and to Phil): you saved my life by living yours. the world may be doomed, but our laughter can't be taken from us as long as we have you in our hearts.
The way his face lit up at the end... WHEN I TELL YOU I STARTED SOBBING (oh my god we love you so much Dan) I have been a fan since 2014 and I have NEVER cried so much listening to him speak UGH
something about seeing dans face at the end when hes looking out into this audience of people who love him, that he's helped in so many ways, watching as they applaud and show their love and appreciation for him after everything he's been through absolutely kills me. I started sobbing so hard i could barely breathe. im sorry for getting all soppy but He made it, he's here today and he knows that he is loved and i am so very proud of him ♥
The montage of clips at the end is literally life changing- so Barbie “Feel” coded I love it
Hearing the audience erupt into i love yous near the end of the show was honestly very touching. It's really special that supportive communities like this exist in the gay community.
Dan how the fuck am I supposed to just go back to my life and return to my mundane day after such a profound and inspiring masterpiece like this?! What the fuck am I supposed to do with myself now??
whenever I’m feeling lost I always find myself back here :,) thank u for this, always
When I started following you almost 10 years ago I never imagined little old me would be forever immortalised on your channel (I was second row on Sunday and I have made quite a few cameos 🫣). I came all the way from Romania and I truly had the best time!! So incredibly proud of you Dan!! ❤❤