Joseph's Grandparents!

Overall, December is a mediocre month. Content here is pretty much a hit or miss, from great videos to wasted and/or terrible ones. Still, that month and 2021 ended with "Brooklyn Guy The Rapper" on a reasonably good note. This is an improvement over last year's "Jeffy's New Year Resolution", which turned out awful and hammered the final nail to 2020's dubious coffin. Anyways, let's go over the video ratings for December.

• Cody's Magic Wand!: ★★★★½ (4.5)

• Joseph's Grandparents!: ½☆☆☆☆ (0.5)

• Jeffy's Tree House!: ★★★☆☆ (3)

• Brooklyn Guy The Babysitter!: ½☆☆☆☆ (0.5)

• The Chain Letter!: ★☆☆☆☆ (1)

• Elf On The Shelf!: ★★★★½ (4.5)

• Brooklyn Guy's Christmas Problem!: ½☆☆☆☆ (0.5)

• Jeffy's Gucci Xbox!: ★★★★☆ (4)

• Brooklyn Guy The Rapper!: ★★★☆☆ (3)

Best Video: Elf On The Shelf!

Worst Video: Joseph's Grandparents!

Final Month Rating: 4.7/10

Perhaps, 2022 will be better than 2021 and 2020 for SML and as a whole.

Now let's go to 2021 as a whole. Overall, it is a mediocre year for SML. Like I said on the earlier mid-year review, 2021 started smoothly, but turned to rolling hills to steep mountains with many ups and downs. On one hand, we got hits like JAJGTP, Jeffy's Joyride, and SQUID GAME. On the other hand, we got misses like Jeffy Gets Ran Over, Jeffy's 17th Birthday, and Cody's Accident.

Ranking the months:

1. June (6.4/10)

2. October (6.2/10)

3. February (5.4/10)

4. November (5.3/10)

5. July (5.2/10)

6. March (5/10)

7. January (5/10)

8. May (5/10)

9. December (4.7/10)

10. September (4.3/10)

11. April (3.4/10)

12. August (3.3/10)

Top 10 Best Videos of 2021:

1. Jeffy And Junior Go To Prison! [★★★★★ (5)]

2. SQUID GAME [★★★★★ (5)]

3. Jeffy Plays Basketball! [★★★★★ (5)]

4. The Baby Alien! [★★★★★ (5)]

5. Jeffy’s Joyride! [★★★★★ (5)]

6. Elf On The Shelf [★★★★½ (4.5)]

7. Jeffy Plays Football! [★★★★½ (4.5)]

8. The Jewelry Heist! [★★★★½ (4.5)]

9. Cody's Magic Wand [★★★★½ (4.5)]

10. Junior's Cookie Crisp! [★★★★½ (4.5)]

Top 10 Worst Videos of 2021: (All are rated at 0)

10. The Pink Couch! [☆☆☆☆☆ (0)]

9. The Mustache Problem! [☆☆☆☆☆ (0)]

8. Cody’s Prank! [☆☆☆☆☆ (0)]

7. TaKEN To Court! [☆☆☆☆☆ (0)]

6. Brooklyn Guy’s Thanksgiving! [☆☆☆☆☆ (0)]

5. Brooklyn Guy Pet Detective! [☆☆☆☆☆ (0)]

4. Jeffy Gets Ran Over! [☆☆☆☆☆ (0)]

3. Jeffy’s 17th Birthday! [☆☆☆☆☆ (0)]

2. Don’t Tell Goodman! [☆☆☆☆☆ (0)]

1. Cody’s Accident! [☆☆☆☆☆ (0)]

Overall Rating for 2021: 49.3/100

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)

2/10 This was pretty bad

Pros:

+Brooklyn Guy was good

+I liked the ending

Cons:

-Joseph was the worst part of the video

-Junior was pretty bad

-There is a ton of filler here

-The prank was also pretty mean

Why do I even like this video?

GOOD:

+Brooklyn Guy is great.

+The plot/concept is good.

NEUTRAL:

~Joseph's grandparents are OK.

~Chef Pee Pee is OK.

BAD:

-The concept execution is pretty bad.

-Junior is annoying.

-Lots of filler.

-Lots of unfunny, maddening moments.

UGLY:

--JOSEPH IS GOD, DAMN, MOTHER, F___ING, AWFUL!

Overall, this is just your average bad Joseph video.

Final Rating: ★½☆☆☆ (1.5)

December has been a really crappy month for Joseph’s character so far

1. “Junior’s Sleepover Mission” is one of the most overrated SML videos ever, note that it’s not the most overrated (2.5/10)

2. “Joseph's Grandparents” is a bad video (3.5/10)

3. “Jeffy’s Teddy Bear” is underrated (7/10)

4. Junior was slightly more tolerable in “Junior’s Prank Gone Wrong” than in “Junior’s Revenge”

5. Tyrone (The “Black Lights Matter” Activist) was the only saving grace in “Jeffy’s Bad Word”

6. “Brooklyn Guy's Thanksgiving” was one of Karen's better appearances (although it’s very obvious it’s not her absolute best)

7. “Jeffy's Parents” is a decent video (6”5/10)

8. “Jeffy’s Birthday Wish” is my favorite Jeffy video (9.5/10)

9. ”A Crappy Thanksgiving” is the worst Thanksgiving special, yes I know I'm late lmao (3/10)

10. “Shrek’s Crappy Wish” is the grossest SML video

6.5/10 Decent

Pros:

• Joseph's grandparents were fine

• BTG was really good

• I liked the flamethrower scene becoming real

• The ending was great

• Junior was tolerable

• Chef Pee Pee was great

• Cody was alright

Cons:

• Joseph was super annoying

• The jokes about Joseph being black is getting unfunny

• There was a little filler when Junior and Cody were lying to Joseph about his grandparents

Note: At the time of this review, I couldn't find a quality thumbnail to incorporate into my review,

Not as great as the last one, but still pretty good though.

BEAUTIFUL:

++The ending is very hilarious!

GOOD:

+Brooklyn Guy is great.

+Cody is good.

+Chef Pee Pee is good.

+The plot is good.

NEUTRAL:

~Junior is OK.

~Joseph's grandparents are OK.

BAD:

-Joseph is annoying.

-Some filler.

Overall, it's just your regular very-good video...

Final Rating: ★★★½☆ (3.5)

6.5/10 This was a disappointment compared to the last video but not bad.

Pros:

+Brooklyn Guy was great

+The flame thrower becoming real was pretty funny

+Joseph's Grandparents were fine

+Junior was okay

Cons:

-Joseph was pretty annoying

-The beginning wasn't great

-Scenes dragged on