Microwave Me: Season Seven Clip Show
371 views · Published 12 November 2013 · 4:17 · Indexed 20 October 2026
Channel: MicrowaveMeShow · 2013 · Entertainment
(Rated PG) This is it, the final regular Microwave Me video. Here I take a look back at what was a very brief season, so I didn't have a lot to work with, but I did pretty good with what I could find in my opinion. It really liked how the ending turned out with the flames and then a quick cut to the exploding pop bottle. At the end of every season in the clip show's description area, I answer frequently asked questions. Here, I'll mostly be answering questions related to why I'm ending the show and maybe leaving YouTube. Q: Why haven't you done my idea yet that I suggested? A: Usually I was planning to and I tried, but I couldn't find the means to do the requested item safely or just couldn't find the item period. For example, one thing I've really wanted to microwave is thermite and I've gotten many requests to do so, but if you've seen where I live, you'll know it's impractical. Even doing gasoline (which I will do in a future special, I promise) is really pushing it and so was the champagne bottle. Other items I've looked for high and low but couldn't find anywhere. And there's just some items that I really don't want to microwave either. For example, one person asked me to microwave a balloon filled with rocks once, I know that's not going to do anything, so I never did it. Q: Why are you quitting the show? A: Well, to be exact, I'm not entirely quitting the show, just spacing it out more in the form of specials. However, it's not going to be like "Is It A Good Idea To Microwave This?" where they do maybe 2-3 specials a year now. In their case, it's getting 3 guys together that don't live near each other anymore, so it can be hard to manage schedules. In my case, I'm one guy and I can do an episode any time I want, but it will be far less frequent. Q: Where will you go after this? Will you start over? A: No, I won't be deleting my videos and starting anew somewhere else. I'm mostly proud of my 260 episodes on YouTube and I largely enjoy the feedback I've gotten, so these videos are here to stay, and on that note, I may stay as well. I'm moving to Vimeo and Trendo but a few people have given me good reasons to consider posting to YouTube as well, and I'm honestly considering sticking around. Q: Why are you doing episodes in the daytime again? You know about the glare. A: I'm doing more day episodes because you can see the results of explosions during the daytime. I still do many of my experiments at night. Q: Are you ending your show because of the new comment thing? A: Partly, yes. It's actually due to a more recent change to subscriptions involving Google+ where subscriptions become hidden and you have to resubscribe to everyone unless you use your real name. THAT was the big thing. The comments were just the last straw. I've found I have to directly send my videos to people or they won't get them. When you have nearly 700 subscribers like I do, you shouldn't have to send your videos out manually like I did or hope that someone shares them to Reddit. Q: Do you still accept donations? A: No. I know I said I did in the past, but since nobody donated to my show, and the fact that with my new format, it might be YEARS before I microwave the item you sent me, it wouldn't really make sense anymore to accept donations. Q: Are there any big changes coming to your show in season 8? A: Yes, but they're cost-cutting changes I'm sure you won't like. Sorry. To be specific, I'm cutting out my intro, putting the disclaimer in the video itself (unless it's incredibly dangerous, like an airbag), and changing the idea verdict around. I'll be replacing the idea verdicts with "SAFE", "UNSAFE", "DANGEROUS", and "DEADLY", with the occasional "STUPID" for waste of time items, but they're not total equivalents. Some "bad idea" stuff was technically safe, so I have to be honest. I'm also switching to standard definition. Not as state of the fart as seasons 1-3, but there won't be as much HD stuff from me. Q: After season 8 will you go back to doing regular episodes? How long will it last? A: Each season now is 20 episodes. So season 8 will run until episode 280. As far as the second question goes, I don't know. I may even come back and finish off season 8 rather abruptly and be back to a normal schedule. Or season 9 could also be like this. I don't know. But for now, I'm just doing specials. Q: Are you ending your show because of haters? A: No. I don't give a shit about useless comments from useless people. Most are just drive by spammers anyway. Q: Will your specials still have (holiday special) in the title? A: No, it's kind of redundant since I'm sure something like Santa Claus speaks for itself. Q: Is there anything I can do to get you to change your mind? A: About retiring the show? No. About staying on YouTube? Maybe. Q: When will the season 8 debut/Christmas special air? A: I don't have an exact date set, but it'll be sometime in the first half of December.
