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The YouTube creators The Try Guys are working on a Food Network special for TV and Discovery Plus.
Food Network is the latest legacy-media company to hire social-media stars to reach new audiences.
The YouTube creators The Try Guys are in preproduction for a new Food Network special that will air on TV and Discovery Plus.
The project, which is based on their YouTube series Without a Recipe, will feature Try Guys stars Keith Habersberger, Ned Fulmer, Zach Kornfeld, and Eugene Lee Yang. On the show, the group will travel to different restaurants and compete to cook menu items without looking at a recipe. They re slated to begin filming in a few months, Habersberger said.
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The family later revealed to Smith how his film,
The Pursuit of Happyness, inspired them, as Aaron quoted a line from the 2006 movie.
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Elsewhere, during their virtual gathering, Smith and his moniker-sharing friend also took part in a round of trivia with Aaron, who had to pick between the baseball star and the actor in a game aptly titled, Which Will Smith?