I feel like you’ve just proven underwater basket weaving to be excellent college course material. It’s not at all about the basket or the weaving, it’s about the problem solving to be able to do the thing.
I love the idea of your neighbors peering over into your yard after hearing all the yelling and seeing absolutely nothing in the backyard since you're under the water.
I'm going to be honest, I had never heard the phrase underwater basket weaving... yet I had exactly no questions when I saw Evan and Katelyn were doing it.
I remember as a freshman in high school being told we had a pool on the roof for underwater basket weaving and luckily for me I had heard and fallen for the joke as a young kid,but when I was an upperclassman I remember tricking my freshman friend into thinking that underwater basket weaving was an actual elective class our school had
as a German viewer without knowledge of local idioms, i really appreciate the explanation of the phrase 😅 i genuinely would have thought it was because of the dry reeds
weirdly, as a german viewer as well, I have absorbed the expression through cultural osmosis I guess, so it made perfect sense to me, I just thought it was funny that they would choose to do something like this when its also the idiom 😂
My dad always used the term “underwater basket weaving” to refer to useless (or almost useless) degrees, so you’re not the only ones who were confused when other people didn’t understand!
As someone who's SCUBA certified and has a degree in which underwater photography comes into play, I always get so happy seeing other people diving in videos so I was OVERJOYED to see you both taking on such a strange underwater task!
Is no one going to talk about their hallmark inspired raycon commercial??!???!!!?! I love how you guys always come up with creative commercial ideas. I always watch them all the way through. 😂
My dad always used the term “underwater basket weaving” too! He always said it in the theme off, “We will still love and support you, even if you decide to do underwater basket weaving.”
The first time I heard the phrase was when my older sister was in college. She claimed the college really had a course in underwater basket weaving, that it was an elective normally taken by guys on athletic scholarships to keep their GPA up.
I don’t know if “underwater basket weaving” is still a thing, but it definitely was in the 1980’s. My best friend was getting her Masters in Occupational Therapy and called me one day laughing because she literally had to take a basket weaving (terrestrial) class as part of the degree program. Basket weaving is way to improve hand/wrist/finger strength & dexterity.
I couldn't even wait more than 5 minutes to comment. Evan's very assured response to Katelynn's question "Are we ever going to use this again? Why didn't we just rent equipment?" Was just simply so satisfying (as a thrifty shopper, myself) "Because I got a discount" I only have 2 thumbs, but I give you ALL the thumbs up, sir!
I lived in Hawaii for around 15 years… I had a local woman show me how to weave baskets! Everything you need is free and it’s fun! We would pre soak the fronds for a few hours to a few days and we put a fabric softener in the water! A neat trick to better soften yet not weakening the fronds! I loved it so much !!!
Thank you for finally doing what I always thought underwater basket weaving was! It took me years to realize that they only submerged the baskets and the reeds not the whole person.
@@NoiseDay that phrase doesn’t mean it’s something that’s impossible to do it means some thing that’s a waste of time to do. A degree in underwater basket weaving is a useless degree. That’s the point of the phrase.
@@dutchik5107 "Pulling yourself up by the bootstraps" is not impossible, you only need a tiny remote control rocket with monopropelant and being in orbit, then you attach the rocket to the bootstraps and remote control away from the planet you are orbiting, that way you are pulling yourself up by the bootstraps, nobody said you had to do it by hand and without tools. To be in orbit is required because otherwise the shoes would fly out of your feet
see, my dad used the phrase "getting a French literature degree" when talking about these kinds of classes, and from the hatred with which he says that I think he knew someone who did that personally. Meanwhile, I've learned through this that this is the phrase normal people use! It makes French literature classes sound a lot more reasonable tbh
Along with ‘knitting fog and plaiting sawdust’, ‘underwater basket weaving’ was a common phrase for useless or unproductive activities at my house. From the UK for ref.
I've never heard the term before and until you explained it I was just happy to go along with it as yet another quirky, overly complicated challenge that E&K thought up for themselves. ;) Considering that these are the first baskets you ever made and you did it underwater, I think they're pretty damn great! Of course, my approval is meaningless; what did Joob think? I'm pretty sure she's going to fit, but would she deign to sit?
I've used that phrase many times but have never actually seen it implemented! Bravo! You have added a new level of credibility to the phrase of getting a degree in underwater basket weaving!
I can only imagine the accountant thinking, "You want to write $7,000 of SCUBA equipment off for your diy TH-cam channel?!" Accountants are the unsung heros of society
You know, I've tried REGULAR basket weaving and it is so hard! To do this underwater is probably crazy hard! Also, I hate ads. Don't we all? well, I always love your guy's really bad, cheezy ones. They make me smile :) (I'm also really impressed with how soft your shirts are! My aunt got me some [ a men's and a women's size of the Chaotically spelled Chaos] and I really have to fight the urge to ask her to buy more and wear them every day lol)
Evan and Katelyn just proved that underwater basket weaving is indeed a very difficult thing to do contrary to what we all grew up thinking LOL also this should 100% be an olympic sport
I'm gonna be honest, I had no clue about the non-literal meaning of underwater basket weaving, but that still didn't deter me from watching you two attempt it, anyway. 😂
To be fair, the reeds drying out, not bending properly seems like it would actually be a problem. And buying 7k worth of equipment to do something weird underwater is totally ok brand for E&K.
This is literally what I have pictured my whole life when hearing "underwater basket weaving". I know logically this could not be the case but in my head there's always a person like 15 feet underwater for some reason surrounded by sea plants and fish just weaving away [holding their breath no less] with a few little bubbles blubbling up from them every now and then. I have wanted to see someone actually attempt this fully submerged since always. You have Fulfilled one of my life's dreams and I will forever be grateful to you for your service. I laughed so hard I cried and was so giddy and happy the whole way through this. The christmas movie in the middle was pure gold as well. Thank you so much for your creativity and the joy you bring to my life!
He's a renaissance Engineer! he has no need of pre-made solutions when he can make them himself... at twice the cost and time investment! Actually, though I'm sure it's more rewarding to DIY some of this, I mean it fits the whole idea of the channel really.
Katelyn!! A hobbyist swimming instructor here! To float you have to straighten your neck, calm your breath and push your hips up! It may be hard at the beginning but you'll get the hang of it fast and you'll love it and it will get easier 😁
Loved this! I used to do presentations and a part of it was to encourage the audience to go back to school. My attempt at being humorous was to say "except underwater basket weaving". Unfortunately, words are hard and I panicked and said " under water basket bowling". My coworkers have not let me forget it, even 10 yrs later. Lol 😆 Thanks for the video, love you both! And Jubes especially!
The Hallmark Raycon ad 😂 Thank you for putting up with all the issues, I was grinning and laughing through the entire vid. Evan just laying back wanting to take a nap at the bottom of the pool is a MOOD. And Katelyn, to float you have to take a deep breath in and hold it so you become a balloon.
@@dbseamz Ability to float is influenced by the amount of body fat. The more body fat you have, the easier it is to float. My mother discovered this while taking a WSI (Water Safety Instructor) class. They had a water survival technique that involved curling up into a ball to reduce heat loss, then straightening up to get your head above water to take a breath. My mother would curl up into a ball, but wouldn't sink. She was able to breathe normally because she floated so well.
I love that y'all troubleshot all the execution of it. I would have gave up on trying to breath underwater and just tried keeping the reeds submerged and working with just my hands underwater. I feel like this could be a fun attrition someplace and a way to sell expensive baskets. Y'all are champs slugging through this. The baskets look great.
This took me way back to my time at Reed College in Portland, OR during the early ’90s, as I think that Reed College might have formed the origin of the phrase Underwater Basket Weaving, which was taught in the college swimming pool. They historically have a yearly festival called Paideia where both faculty and students can offer short courses in areas they have knowledge about (such as Tarot Reading) but one course that was always offered every year was-you guessed it-Underwater Basket Weaving. Now to be certain-given the unusually quirky sense of humor displayed by Reedies-it’s possible that they just decided to take the common term and turn it into a literal course, much like you did with your video, but given that Reed was the first time I had even heard of it, I naturally assumed at the time that they originated it. I got the sense that the course had been taught there at least as far back as the 60’s, but I could be mistaken, as I never saw it detailed in a history of the college. However, I can assure you, it wasn’t for credit, and there wasn’t much charged as a course fee.
I love this energy, they are so fun and talented. I totally recognized Underwater Basket Weaving from my childhood and I'm 60. It then meant taking frivolous college classes to get an easy A. Now we know it's not easy at all! I wonder how old long that phrase has been around.
According to Wikipedia, the phrase started commonly being used (as a pejorative, not as an actual process descriptor) in the early-mid 1950s. >According to a 1953 article in the Boston Globe on "Hepster Lingo," "Any snap course in school is 'underwater basket weaving.'" Now excuse me while I fall down a Wikipedia hole because one of the "See Also" articles is titled "Extreme Ironing."
I used to work for the marketing department of a community college and the underwater basket weaving joke was very real and surprisingly always funny 😂
mine had some weird things to fulfil humanities credit hour requirements. Like "Zombies in Media" that had watching TWD as a class requirement, or "Mutual Influence Between Wrestling and Superhero Media" which had watching WWE and Man of Steel as requirements.
❤ I’ve been watching Evan and Kaitlyn for years. The progression into this wonderful madness over that time has been such a joy. This video made me wonder what E&K of 5years ago would say if they could only see it
In Germany there's a similar phrase used for very expensive handmade things: "Unterwasser mit dem Mund geklöppelt" which translates to "laced under water using only their mouth". Optionally by blind inuit.. love your effort!
I love how this fits perfectly into the Evan and Katelyn narrative. Only discovering this video after a few months of watching your crazy content, and this millennial grew up hearing the idiom!
That Raycon add ❤️😂 you guys do the best sponsor plugs I've ever seen! And i did buy Raycons with a code of yours 2 years ago and I'm completely in love with them! Would 100% recommend and buy again!
these guys are my absolute couple goals. like if i ever wanted a relatipnship, it would have to be _this_ kind of cute, nerdy & wholesome. they seem like they can completely 100% trust each other, and the sense of "feeling-at-home~familiarity" I get even from here, ahh..
alright so my dad would always make the joke about ESPN 4 having things like underwater basket weaving on it so i wasn't expecting the college course thing! I also make the joke about parents who overbook their kids, "they have hockey, soccer, art class, underwater basket weaving"
I have never in my life heard that expression. English is a second language for me, but I thought I had a great grasp of it, I consume most of my content in it, I thought I understood all the weird cultural stuff and expressions, but I guess not. It makes a lot of sense now that I know it, and your example is to me funnier than the college one. Learn something new every day!
Listen I don't love ESPN but ESPN 4 has some really fun stuff sometimes. Who doesn't love the weird trick bowling competitions or the lumberjack competitions
🦋I was laughing! I was holding my breath! I was watching every move of this basket weaving video! It had danger! It had comedy! It had romance! It had me guessing and feeling them good vibes! Funny, perilous and informative! Perfect combination for Friday! Thanks, guys! I’m sending y’all big ‘ol southern hugs🦋
I didn't know it was a saying (that's probably bc I'm european) but it just totally fits your channel's vibe I never questioned this idea for a second 😂 Love you guys, you always make me smile ❤️
If it helps, I think that the floating thing might be more due to panic. I used to have the same problem (and I still do sometimes), because I tend to overthink the floating aspect, so when I'd try, I'd unintentionally panic, and I'd start to sink. Also, you guys are the only ones that I sit through sponsor segments for. I adore them!
Underwater basket weaving was the hardest merit badge at boy scout summer camp over 8 years ago. Of course it was just a running joke, but a good one. I also appreciate just how overdone the budget and every other part of this was. Definitely adds to the humor.
This is wild and I love it! At some point I’ll join the Patreon soon x thank you guys for making such good stuff! 🥰 lil edit.. I got the new Merch! Can’t wait for the joob beanie!
The most interesting part for me in these vids are discovering the problems and solving it. As a college student in an engineering course yall are just smart and inspiring!
am i the only one imagining the neighbours the whole video? like "how do you get it so upright? is it your thigs?......its my thighs and my crotch" brooo the neighbours mustv had a fun day listening XD
they could have just put their hands under the water, but no, they decided to dive, classic Evan and Katelyn AHAHAHAHAHAHHA
too easy
Well, it is hard too see what you are doing because he water bends light, if your hands and eyes are on opposite sides of the barrier.
sEVEn thoUsANd DollARs -
seVeN thOusAnD dOllAR bReaD oVeN.
Wait! That was an option? Oops! lol
They need to do underwater gaming lmaooo
Gotta do smth with the 7000 dollar supplies
I feel like you’ve just proven underwater basket weaving to be excellent college course material. It’s not at all about the basket or the weaving, it’s about the problem solving to be able to do the thing.
yep...and not an "Easy A". holy smokes what an ordeal
I love the idea of your neighbors peering over into your yard after hearing all the yelling and seeing absolutely nothing in the backyard since you're under the water.
Or seeing two people in scuba gear break the surface of a small swimming pool 🤣🤣🤣
I’m pretty sure it’s Evan’s parents’ backyard no less lol!
@@shego1142 I'm guessing Evans parents got baskets for Xmas
I'm going to be honest, I had never heard the phrase underwater basket weaving... yet I had exactly no questions when I saw Evan and Katelyn were doing it.
I remember as a freshman in high school being told we had a pool on the roof for underwater basket weaving and luckily for me I had heard and fallen for the joke as a young kid,but when I was an upperclassman I remember tricking my freshman friend into thinking that underwater basket weaving was an actual elective class our school had
Same 😂😂😂
I want so much underwater content now. I fully EXPECT more crafts underwater now.
I mean, 7k+ equipment, I hope they do more, gotta make their moneys worth in videos
Don't hold your breath. They did a full live underwater stream on twitch a year or 2 ago. I thought this was the same gear they already owned...
@@tinystar3010 we don’t have to hold our breath, their $7,000 underwater equipment makes it so that you don’t have to!
Underwater resin
And before you know it Evan will be trying under water resin crafts
As someone who spent 3 years getting a bachelors in history, I appreciate you two finally fulfilling my original degree ambitions.
as a German viewer without knowledge of local idioms, i really appreciate the explanation of the phrase 😅 i genuinely would have thought it was because of the dry reeds
Hahaha oh gosh so glad we added that explanation in now too. Imagine if we just never explained it
As a german viewer, I thought you just did it for the fun… at first lol
weirdly, as a german viewer as well, I have absorbed the expression through cultural osmosis I guess, so it made perfect sense to me, I just thought it was funny that they would choose to do something like this when its also the idiom 😂
As e genuine USA resident... I too thought it was because the reeds get dry
As an English viewer, I second this comment. Never heard this phrase but honestly didn't question it at all. It's just 100% Evan and Katelyn.
cheaper than an underwater basket weaving degree 😆 this was EPIC you guys crushed it!!!
Thanks TH-cam!
No wonder I was recommended this out of nowhere
fix your platform youtube
Wow. TH-cam commented. Is that like hearing from God? 🤔
terrifying seeing a comment from youtube
My dad always used the term “underwater basket weaving” to refer to useless (or almost useless) degrees, so you’re not the only ones who were confused when other people didn’t understand!
Its a running joke at the High school where I work. "if enough people sign up for it, we could do a class for it- Even underwater basket weaving!"
I forgot about the term until they flashed the definition on screen, then I was like “Oh yeah, I’ve heard that before.”
I've always wanted to try it because of that 😂
@Arjan Blom I’m a native speaker, and I’ve lived in America my whole life, but I’ve never heard of this before 😂
I grew up with this saying but it was my mom who said it.
1:00 PLEASE HAVE THIS BE PLACED AS A BUSINESS WRITE OFF
9:07 not Evan and Katelyn flat out making fun of hallmark lol.
REAL I WAS CACKLING AT THE HALLMARK THING
Their videos are the definition of “ Worth the wait”
so glad you enjoy them, thank you!
@@EvanAndKatelyn your videos are the best!!
add it to the dictionary
And the nice thing is that they don’t even take to long
@@gimme3378 true! For the amount they spend in time and money, they be working FAST!
As someone who's SCUBA certified and has a degree in which underwater photography comes into play, I always get so happy seeing other people diving in videos so I was OVERJOYED to see you both taking on such a strange underwater task!
This sounds awesome!! What is your degree? I am still in school and love swimming, snuba (on vacation once), and photography!
I'm surprised Katelyn was shocked that Even spent 7 grand on equipment.
i'm still reeling
And then justified it by saying they got a discount
Well… business expenses. I would to if I could.
Paying off those BA Underwater Basketweaving student loans for 40 years.
"Do it for the bit," but Super Saiyan.
This is exactly what I imagined the first time I heard about underwater basket weaving
Is no one going to talk about their hallmark inspired raycon commercial??!???!!!?! I love how you guys always come up with creative commercial ideas. I always watch them all the way through. 😂
Came here to say this 😭😭😭😭 honestly the best
It made me giggle. Definitely one of my favorites next to the space people ones
Same. For everyone else I skip the ads but I always watch E&K's. A) they're funny and interesting B) they have the bar showing how long the ad is
Waiting for their next channel: E&K Mini-movie specials. They can do a tiny movie for every season!
This ad read is fantastic 😆
Your ad reads are always THE BEST, I swear they need to pay you guys triple for how good they are
Your videos are quite literally the definition of "trust the process"
lol YES
ikr
They're also the definition of "I can't believe this wasn't clickbait."
@@papermintairplane yeahhh
My dad always used the term “underwater basket weaving” too! He always said it in the theme off, “We will still love and support you, even if you decide to do underwater basket weaving.”
haha that is great!
The first time I heard the phrase was when my older sister was in college. She claimed the college really had a course in underwater basket weaving, that it was an elective normally taken by guys on athletic scholarships to keep their GPA up.
katelyn saying "nice" to the huge leak in evan's air hose made me laugh so much omg
I don’t know if “underwater basket weaving” is still a thing, but it definitely was in the 1980’s. My best friend was getting her Masters in Occupational Therapy and called me one day laughing because she literally had to take a basket weaving (terrestrial) class as part of the degree program. Basket weaving is way to improve hand/wrist/finger strength & dexterity.
I had to do the basket weaving for my degree in Occtherapy as well XD I don`t think that will ever stop being a thing for the degree
I couldn't even wait more than 5 minutes to comment.
Evan's very assured response to Katelynn's question "Are we ever going to use this again? Why didn't we just rent equipment?" Was just simply so satisfying (as a thrifty shopper, myself) "Because I got a discount"
I only have 2 thumbs, but I give you ALL the thumbs up, sir!
my dad actually taught an underwater basket weaving course when he was in college. he achieved the pinnacle of useless college courses.
I'm not sure if you're serious
@@sirpigeoniii a few google searches later and I still don't know
Have you shown him this video? He'd probably like it lol
I lived in Hawaii for around 15 years… I had a local woman show me how to weave baskets! Everything you need is free and it’s fun! We would pre soak the fronds for a few hours to a few days and we put a fabric softener in the water! A neat trick to better soften yet not weakening the fronds! I loved it so much !!!
Thank you for finally doing what I always thought underwater basket weaving was! It took me years to realize that they only submerged the baskets and the reeds not the whole person.
Same here. I only just realized that the weaver doesn't have to be underwater. I thought it was some kind of extremely obscure cultural practice.
Or that the phrase meant trying to do the impossible- you can't weave baskets underwater! You'd drown!
@@NoiseDay that's what "Pulling yourself up by the bootstraps" is for. But that gets used as something you should do.
@@NoiseDay that phrase doesn’t mean it’s something that’s impossible to do it means some thing that’s a waste of time to do. A degree in underwater basket weaving is a useless degree. That’s the point of the phrase.
@@dutchik5107 "Pulling yourself up by the bootstraps" is not impossible, you only need a tiny remote control rocket with monopropelant and being in orbit, then you attach the rocket to the bootstraps and remote control away from the planet you are orbiting, that way you are pulling yourself up by the bootstraps, nobody said you had to do it by hand and without tools. To be in orbit is required because otherwise the shoes would fly out of your feet
The presentation of diplomas was flawless. You guys do a great job with all the video skits and editing shenanigans.
Evan going "We had a discount" is literally me today, defending my Black Friday purchases to my husband 🤣
Was about to write that. Not the husband part, though.
Same tho.
me at the after halloween sales every year
see, my dad used the phrase "getting a French literature degree" when talking about these kinds of classes, and from the hatred with which he says that I think he knew someone who did that personally. Meanwhile, I've learned through this that this is the phrase normal people use! It makes French literature classes sound a lot more reasonable tbh
I mean, just look how big Les Mis got 😂
Isn't that like an advanced French language degree?
I'm looking forward to all the underwater content we're going to get in the future (^.^)
Can you imagine spending 7k for a single video
@@lacytaylor1501 they got a discount 🤓
🤣
Like after the underwater stream they did? Maybe I've been missing all that underwater content since I'm not on Twitch...
@@lacytaylor1501 It's a business expense, plus they'll earn it back in no time anyway.
Along with ‘knitting fog and plaiting sawdust’, ‘underwater basket weaving’ was a common phrase for useless or unproductive activities at my house. From the UK for ref.
I hope one day Evan and Katelyn explain some of these things to their neighbors. Maybe interview them about what they thought was going on.
we'll probably just mysteriously move away again leaving more questions for them than answers
@@EvanAndKatelyn And an enormous glitter pile.
@@EvanAndKatelyn im more than happy being neighbors with you! I promise not to ask questions
@@EvanAndKatelyn just leaving a trail of resin projects in your wake.
@@EvanAndKatelyn "Man, what were those neighbors about?" " *We'll never know..* "
I've never heard the term before and until you explained it I was just happy to go along with it as yet another quirky, overly complicated challenge that E&K thought up for themselves. ;)
Considering that these are the first baskets you ever made and you did it underwater, I think they're pretty damn great! Of course, my approval is meaningless; what did Joob think? I'm pretty sure she's going to fit, but would she deign to sit?
Same lol
Yeah same
Love that the diving audio was coming out of speakers 😂
Evan: "I'm doing it with my thighs, and my crotch"
The neighbours: 😨
@@EvanAndKatelyn It's not that type of channel!
That whole segment was no context gold
Under water love would be a good soundtrack
@@EvanAndKatelyn where did you get those emojis? Do you have a special button on your screen or somthingm?
evan making a little smiley face out of the mark he made on the table is LITERALLY a happy accident, I love it
Katelyn: "our neighbors can hear us"
Evan: "THIGHS! CROTCH!"
The weirdness of everything they do and the way they do it is just what makes me watch this thanks for being a great channel❤😊
Evan's "seven thousand dollars" sounded so chaotic and katelyns "NO" was so funny
I've used that phrase many times but have never actually seen it implemented! Bravo! You have added a new level of credibility to the phrase of getting a degree in underwater basket weaving!
I can only imagine the accountant thinking, "You want to write $7,000 of SCUBA equipment off for your diy TH-cam channel?!"
Accountants are the unsung heros of society
technically SSA (surface supplied air) equipment, not SCUBA.
You know, I've tried REGULAR basket weaving and it is so hard! To do this underwater is probably crazy hard!
Also, I hate ads. Don't we all? well, I always love your guy's really bad, cheezy ones. They make me smile :)
(I'm also really impressed with how soft your shirts are! My aunt got me some [ a men's and a women's size of the Chaotically spelled Chaos] and I really have to fight the urge to ask her to buy more and wear them every day lol)
Congrats to the graduants Duckvan and Rocklyn. I enjoy your videos so much!
I see you watched till the end of the video haha
@@EvanAndKatelyn the end is one of the best parts of your videos.
Everyone going to another video before that is missing out.
I need a whole series of underwater tasks, now.
This is somehow simultaneously the most stressful and most relaxing thing I've ever watched.
Congrats on your baskets!
Evan and Katelyn just proved that underwater basket weaving is indeed a very difficult thing to do contrary to what we all grew up thinking LOL also this should 100% be an olympic sport
I'm gonna be honest, I had no clue about the non-literal meaning of underwater basket weaving, but that still didn't deter me from watching you two attempt it, anyway. 😂
To be fair, the reeds drying out, not bending properly seems like it would actually be a problem. And buying 7k worth of equipment to do something weird underwater is totally ok brand for E&K.
I have never heard of underwater backet weaving so I was taking the video at 100% face value until you explained what it meant 😭
Katelyn: "The neighbours can hear us shouting
Also Katelyn: WWWOOOWWW !!!
😂🤣 Seriously though you videos are amazing ! 😁☺️
...Evan: "WITH MY CROTCH!!!1"
This is literally what I have pictured my whole life when hearing "underwater basket weaving". I know logically this could not be the case but in my head there's always a person like 15 feet underwater for some reason surrounded by sea plants and fish just weaving away [holding their breath no less] with a few little bubbles blubbling up from them every now and then. I have wanted to see someone actually attempt this fully submerged since always. You have Fulfilled one of my life's dreams and I will forever be grateful to you for your service. I laughed so hard I cried and was so giddy and happy the whole way through this. The christmas movie in the middle was pure gold as well. Thank you so much for your creativity and the joy you bring to my life!
I hope Evan feels super proud of everything he figured out for this video. Seriously impressed with his skills!
Only thing that worries me is that apparently he has never heard of zip-ties 😜
He's a renaissance Engineer! he has no need of pre-made solutions when he can make them himself... at twice the cost and time investment! Actually, though I'm sure it's more rewarding to DIY some of this, I mean it fits the whole idea of the channel really.
@@TheRealAlpha2 You've just described product design engineering.
Katelyn!! A hobbyist swimming instructor here! To float you have to straighten your neck, calm your breath and push your hips up! It may be hard at the beginning but you'll get the hang of it fast and you'll love it and it will get easier 😁
Loved this! I used to do presentations and a part of it was to encourage the audience to go back to school. My attempt at being humorous was to say "except underwater basket weaving". Unfortunately, words are hard and I panicked and said " under water basket bowling". My coworkers have not let me forget it, even 10 yrs later. Lol 😆 Thanks for the video, love you both! And Jubes especially!
I was 100% accepting of the idea that you were doing this for the joy of basket weaving like merfolk do. I had zero questions.
The Hallmark Raycon ad 😂
Thank you for putting up with all the issues, I was grinning and laughing through the entire vid. Evan just laying back wanting to take a nap at the bottom of the pool is a MOOD. And Katelyn, to float you have to take a deep breath in and hold it so you become a balloon.
She also can't float because she's terrified of inhaling air and her body get tense.
How was Evan talking while floating though? I can float while holding my breath but the minute I speak or otherwise exhale I stop floating.
I heard on a science podcast that some rare people have denser bones that make it difficult or impossible for them to float
Haha thank you! I really do try to take a big breath but then I start sinking anyway. I think I have rock bones
@@dbseamz Ability to float is influenced by the amount of body fat. The more body fat you have, the easier it is to float.
My mother discovered this while taking a WSI (Water Safety Instructor) class. They had a water survival technique that involved curling up into a ball to reduce heat loss, then straightening up to get your head above water to take a breath. My mother would curl up into a ball, but wouldn't sink. She was able to breathe normally because she floated so well.
For an underwater robotics competition I once had to construct baskets underwater. With your gear it would have been so much easier!
I 100% was thinking you guys were basket weaving underwater just for fun 🤣
Katelyn's basket would definitely make a good makeshift nest for my chickens! :]
This is exactly what I’m here for. And also exactly what needed to happen after doing your underwater stream
Now the question is, should we do another underwater stream and if so, what should it be?
@@EvanAndKatelyn A Subnautica reprisal would be pretty meta.
"E&K discuss the next Avatar movie" obviously.
@@EvanAndKatelyn yes more underwater streams!!
You could be the only underwater game streamers.
I love that y'all troubleshot all the execution of it. I would have gave up on trying to breath underwater and just tried keeping the reeds submerged and working with just my hands underwater. I feel like this could be a fun attrition someplace and a way to sell expensive baskets. Y'all are champs slugging through this. The baskets look great.
I had no idea this phrase existed but I was fully ready to accept this as one of Evan and Katelyn's usual antics xD
This took me way back to my time at Reed College in Portland, OR during the early ’90s, as I think that Reed College might have formed the origin of the phrase Underwater Basket Weaving, which was taught in the college swimming pool. They historically have a yearly festival called Paideia where both faculty and students can offer short courses in areas they have knowledge about (such as Tarot Reading) but one course that was always offered every year was-you guessed it-Underwater Basket Weaving. Now to be certain-given the unusually quirky sense of humor displayed by Reedies-it’s possible that they just decided to take the common term and turn it into a literal course, much like you did with your video, but given that Reed was the first time I had even heard of it, I naturally assumed at the time that they originated it. I got the sense that the course had been taught there at least as far back as the 60’s, but I could be mistaken, as I never saw it detailed in a history of the college. However, I can assure you, it wasn’t for credit, and there wasn’t much charged as a course fee.
I love this energy, they are so fun and talented. I totally recognized Underwater Basket Weaving from my childhood and I'm 60. It then meant taking frivolous college classes to get an easy A. Now we know it's not easy at all! I wonder how old long that phrase has been around.
According to Wikipedia, the phrase started commonly being used (as a pejorative, not as an actual process descriptor) in the early-mid 1950s.
>According to a 1953 article in the Boston Globe on "Hepster Lingo," "Any snap course in school is 'underwater basket weaving.'"
Now excuse me while I fall down a Wikipedia hole because one of the "See Also" articles is titled "Extreme Ironing."
@@PhoenyxV BRB, searching Extreme Ironing now
I had no idea what underwater basket weaving was but I love watching you guys do just about anything 😭
I used to work for the marketing department of a community college and the underwater basket weaving joke was very real and surprisingly always funny 😂
mine had some weird things to fulfil humanities credit hour requirements. Like "Zombies in Media" that had watching TWD as a class requirement, or "Mutual Influence Between Wrestling and Superhero Media" which had watching WWE and Man of Steel as requirements.
Katelyn is just soo cute 🥺 I was literally like "aw" for half the video...and then Evan is just going kinda insane in the background.
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haha thank you!
❤ I’ve been watching Evan and Kaitlyn for years. The progression into this wonderful madness over that time has been such a joy. This video made me wonder what E&K of 5years ago would say if they could only see it
In Germany there's a similar phrase used for very expensive handmade things: "Unterwasser mit dem Mund geklöppelt" which translates to "laced under water using only their mouth". Optionally by blind inuit.. love your effort!
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I love how this fits perfectly into the Evan and Katelyn narrative.
Only discovering this video after a few months of watching your crazy content, and this millennial grew up hearing the idiom!
I'm glad you explained what underwater basket weaving was during the video, because I genuinely thought you were just being your normal selves 😂
I even liked the hallmark movie ad. I thought about skipping it, I was rewarded for sticking through it! A classic along with the void button!
That Raycon add ❤️😂 you guys do the best sponsor plugs I've ever seen! And i did buy Raycons with a code of yours 2 years ago and I'm completely in love with them! Would 100% recommend and buy again!
thank you!
these guys are my absolute couple goals. like if i ever wanted a relatipnship, it would have to be _this_ kind of cute, nerdy & wholesome. they seem like they can completely 100% trust each other, and the sense of "feeling-at-home~familiarity" I get even from here, ahh..
I love you you always come up with the weirdest, and coolest, crafting ideas!! how do you come up with all these concepts?
Its a popular phrase for a useless degree
I can still hear my mom, "I don't care if you get a degree in underwater basket weaving, you're getting some sort of a degree!"
Mine too, and this turned out to be terrible advice :/
alright so my dad would always make the joke about ESPN 4 having things like underwater basket weaving on it so i wasn't expecting the college course thing! I also make the joke about parents who overbook their kids, "they have hockey, soccer, art class, underwater basket weaving"
I have never in my life heard that expression. English is a second language for me, but I thought I had a great grasp of it, I consume most of my content in it, I thought I understood all the weird cultural stuff and expressions, but I guess not. It makes a lot of sense now that I know it, and your example is to me funnier than the college one. Learn something new every day!
Listen I don't love ESPN but ESPN 4 has some really fun stuff sometimes. Who doesn't love the weird trick bowling competitions or the lumberjack competitions
Are you kidding me with this ad segment right now?! My lord, the acting is phenomenal and I swear your ad skits are the best out of all of youtube.
🦋I was laughing! I was holding my breath! I was watching every move of this basket weaving video! It had danger! It had comedy! It had romance! It had me guessing and feeling them good vibes! Funny, perilous and informative! Perfect combination for Friday! Thanks, guys! I’m sending y’all big ‘ol southern hugs🦋
Evan and Katelyn is couple goals, doing fun but weird stuff together.
And learning how to do it better the next time.
Those are some pretty nice looking baskets! I'd love to see more underwater streams if they're on your list.
They had better be doing more...after spending $7000 on equipment, they had better use them on more than one video.
I literally watch every single one of your videos, no matter the topic. I just trust that it’s going to be good because you’re one ones who made it.
I love love love the little clips at the end!! Especially the last one “are you a duck? Or am I a duck?” “You’re a duck. I’m a *rock.”* :3
Your Raycon ad was sooo lovely and wholesome. i almost cried.
I didn't know it was a saying (that's probably bc I'm european) but it just totally fits your channel's vibe I never questioned this idea for a second 😂 Love you guys, you always make me smile ❤️
If it helps, I think that the floating thing might be more due to panic. I used to have the same problem (and I still do sometimes), because I tend to overthink the floating aspect, so when I'd try, I'd unintentionally panic, and I'd start to sink. Also, you guys are the only ones that I sit through sponsor segments for. I adore them!
I don't know how this became a thing, but I'm all for it
Underwater basket weaving was the hardest merit badge at boy scout summer camp over 8 years ago. Of course it was just a running joke, but a good one. I also appreciate just how overdone the budget and every other part of this was. Definitely adds to the humor.
Katelyn’s look of horror and tone of disbelief when Evan said 7000$ had me cracking up 😂
This is wild and I love it! At some point I’ll join the Patreon soon x thank you guys for making such good stuff! 🥰 lil edit.. I got the new Merch! Can’t wait for the joob beanie!
I love watching you both interact! There’s clearly so much love between you both and it makes for some top quality content
omg. The sponsorships keep getting better and better. You guys are so creative.
The most interesting part for me in these vids are discovering the problems and solving it. As a college student in an engineering course yall are just smart and inspiring!
I woke up early for Black Friday and waking up was now worth it.
If it is not too bold, the way you present your sponsors is always loads of fun. Thanks for your vids, builds, and efforts in providing great content!
am i the only one imagining the neighbours the whole video? like "how do you get it so upright? is it your thigs?......its my thighs and my crotch" brooo the neighbours mustv had a fun day listening XD
I'm from Texas too and my dad used "underwater basket weaving" to talk about college courses.
This cracks me up tyvm ❤️❤️
So I guess we're going to be seeing a LOT more underwater challenge videos from E&K for the next year or so, eh?
I sink too sadly-
Ok this was fun to watch. I was dying of laughter in the outtakes for sure! And the baskets look nice.
Okay, I normally skip through ads, but your Hallmark parody was actually 👌 🤣
People usually hate ads, but Evan and Katelyn make them funny XD
This is the cutest TH-cam married couple. In my opinion