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5 min read“The scroll says nothing.” That is how the first season of Weird Kids ends—with a tiny, empty scroll pulled from a refrigerator-shaped trophy. The moment is absurd and deflating, which is exactly the point. For two actors who have spent decades on red carpets and in green rooms, the whole apparatus of awards—giving them, receiving them, sitting through them—has always felt a little strange. So they built their own.
The Weirdy Awards as a Ritual of Reclamation
The episode is framed as the “first annual Weirdy Awards,” a ceremony Ashley Johnson and Taliesin Jaffe invent to honor “all things weird and wonderful.” But the awards themselves are deliberately silly, even nonsensical: Achievement in Liquid Containment (won by a California Science Center mug), Achievement in Liquid Volume (won by the Arctic Ocean), Best String Toy (won by a Sky Commanders track patrol from the 1980s). The joke is that the categories don’t matter, and the winners don’t exist outside the room. What matters is the act of making the ceremony in the first place.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (03:13) **Opening the First Annual Weirdy Awards** - Ashley and Taliesin launch a fake awards show to celebrate their season finale, riffing on the absurdity of self-congratulatory ceremonies.
- 2 (06:58) **Presenting with Lassie & The Snake Bitch** - Taliesin recalls a bizarre childhood memory of presenting an award with one of the Lassie dogs, leading to a tangent about eccentric animal trainers.
- 3 (09:52) **The Awkwardness of Being Celebrated** - The hosts bond over their shared discomfort with receiving praise, comparing award shows to the anxiety of birthday parties.
- 4 (14:21) **Weirdy Award: Achievement in Liquid Containment** - The first official award is presented, honoring the humble mug, with a surprise winner that sparks a discussion on microplastics.
- 5 (18:19) **The Royal Family Sticker Album** - Ashley shows off a bizarre Panini sticker album of the British Royal Family, a gift from a fan named Chris, which sparks nostalgia and confusion.
- 6 (24:41) **Weirdy Award: Achievement in Liquid Volume** - The next technical award goes to the oceans, with a specific winner that cannot attend the ceremony.
- 7 (26:24) **Throwing Back to 80s Award Shows** - Taliesin shares vintage photos from his childhood at the Youth in Film Awards, showing off his white suit and breakdancing moves.
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Welcome to the first annual(?) Weirdy Awards, where Ashley Johnson and Taliesin Jaffe hand out awards for all things weird, wonderful, and wet? You won’t want to miss out on who takes home our hand crafted Weirdy Awards. There are even a few controversial and unexpected winners! But in the end, it’s really an honor just to be nominated in this, our final episode of Season 1!
Categories Include:
• Best Body of Water
• Best Movie Taliesin Hates
• Best Weird Kids Employee
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Ashley Johnson and Taliesin Jaffe deep dive into their lives as the Weird Kids! This is a formal invitation to all the misfits, outcasts, and weirdos to take a seat at our table and join these former child actors as they embrace their unique upbringings and celebrate all things weird and wonderful.
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Produced by Maxwell James and Will Lamborn
Theme Song by Dave Heatwave
Animation by Max Schapiro
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