1: Cody's Magic Wand - 6.5/10
A decent video with a couple of jokes that missed.
2: Joseph's Grandparents - 6/10
One of those videos that is good for a couple laughs (albeit heavily carried by the ending) but that's about it.
3: Jeffy's Tree House - 5.5/10
Always sucks when there's a video with a fun first half and then it just falls off in the second half.
4: Brooklyn Guy The Babysitter - 4/10
Just a video with bland and mediocre jokes.
5: The Chain Letter - 6.5/10
Same as many other videos this month, just decent and that's it.
6: Elf On The Shelf - 6.5/10
One of the more unique Christmas specials concept wise and while it does deliver for the most part, a lot of the dialouge/jokes just felt super generic and cliche. Not enough to stop it from being decent though.
7: Brooklyn Guy's Christmas - 7/10
Nothing but a pretty standard, funny video.
8: Jeffy's Gucci Xbox - 7/10
By contrast, this is a rather unusual video that I think worked well.
9: Brooklyn Guy The Rapper - 5.5/10
Fitting for a final video for 2021, the last video is a polarizing one with strong positive and negative qualities alike, but I think the positive qualities slightly win out.
FAVORITE: Brooklyn Guy's Christmas and Jeffy's Gucci Xbox
LEAST FAVORITE: Brooklyn Guy The Babysitter
OVERALL: 6.06/10 (Decent). It's a fine enough, albeit somewhat disappointing end to a very polarizing year that was all over the place.
OVERALL SCORE FOR 2021: 5.94/10. Overall 2021 was a pretty polarizing year. It started strong, then started to become hit or miss after the C&D but then started to somewhat pick itself up in the final months. All in all, I'd consider it a borderline decent year; this is actually the highest score a year's gotten since 2016, which I definitely think is worth nothing.
All in all though I get the impression SML is starting to become more comfortable in it's new skin, and I do hope it finds its way by 2022.
BEST MONTH: July (6.7/10)
WORST MONTH: August (4.8/10)
All months of 2021 (Worst to best):
August (4.8/10)
May (5/10)
March (5.64/10)
February (5.75/10)
October (5.83/10)
April (6/10)
December (6.06/10)
September (6.1/10)
January (6.38/10)
June (6.5/10)
November (6.56/10)
July (6.7/10)