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264 Patricia G. Lange and Mizuko Itoheavily draw on material from shows such as Survivor, Big Brother, Beauty andthe Geek, and Top Chef, to name just a few of their preferred topics. Their bodyof work is impressive; they’ve made more than two hundred videos togethersince they first established their account in the fall of 2006. To achieve a kindof recognizable branding, their videos share certain consistent features. Forinstance, they always sit in front of a graphic with the name of the show theyare discussing in their video. Lola sits on the viewer’s left-hand side andAshley on the right (see figures 6.1, 6.2, and 6.3). Their banter is unique tothem yet comfortably familiar to many people who may recognize the senseof fun and friendship their videos convey.The following transcript is excerpted from their recap of the season premiereof Top Chef Chicago, which is a television show in which there is aweekly challenge or contest to make a certain dish. The challenge for thatweek’s episode required each chef-contestant to make a deep-dish pizza. Lolaand Ashley provided some personal observations on the episode:Lola: They need to each re-create a signature deep-dish pizza.Ashley: And they have ninety minutes to do it.Lola: Poor Stephanie; she cut her finger in the first thirty seconds.Ashley: [rolls her eyes] The girl is a bundle of nerves!Lola: I know.Ashley: She was like [grabs her finger and shudders], “Aaah!”Lola: Well, they were all workin’ pretty damn hard on their pizzas.Ashley: [nods]Lola: At the end, there was a lot of pizzas getting stuck in those pans.Ashley: Some broke-down pizzas!Lola: Yeah, and I think Richard actually used two; was it Richard who usedtwo pans?Ashley: I think so.Lola: Andrew had to use a cast-iron skillet to make his.Ashley: They only had enough pans so that each person could have one.Lola: Well, there was a lot of doughy, bready pizzas because if you’re notused to working with deep-dish pizzas you don’t really realize how much thatshizz is going to rise.Ashley: It was like that pizza-bread stuff that you get from . . .Lola: Focaccia.Ashley: Yeah. That stuff is good! That’s not what they were asking for!Lola got started making videos on YouTube because her daughter expressedan interest in going to film school and pursuing a career in film or communications.Ashley persuaded Lola to help her and be a part of her videomakingexperiences. Reluctant at first, Lola agreed to help her daughterpursue her goals. Lola is now a key part of a video-making production team