Back in September 2021 I conducted interviews with various Madness creators about the history of the series and it's massive fandom. Krinkels and Cheshyre did text interviews. GabrielBarsch, Gibb50, kRyy and LittleLuckyLink also did text interviews, while Jsoull opted to do a voice call instead. This is the full audio of that chat!

The plan was to cut these up and use them to add insider commentary to a big Madness history video I was working on. That video plan quickly grew WAY too massive and difficult to organize. My solution was to cut out most of the interview I did with animators, and focus on Krinkel's and Cheshyre's own official work. I finished that video in time for the 20th anniversary of the series, on July 25th, 2022.

The plan was to immediately start work on a Part 2 video, focussing more on the Madness fandom, and all the talented individuals and outstanding projects that have spun out from that! I wanted to have that done just a few months later for Madness Day 2022. But I was a little burnt out from completing the first video, was a little disappointed with it's initial performance (it's since grown a lot in views!), and immediately realized how complex the new video would be.

Cutting up and organizing the interviews, and trying my best to represent as much of this fandom as possible in 1 video was a daunting task. I started and restarted the video a few times, but was never happy with how it was shaping up. I refused to give up on it, and leaving it unfinished was a constant itch at the back of my mind. So FINALLY after 2 years, I finally dusted this thing off over the summer and saw it through to release!

I'm thrilled to finally have this out there!

A huge thanks to everyone who agreed to these interviews and who helped out with the project.

Happy Madness Day everyone!!