"I've been devoid of purpose and meaning for quite some time now... my days and nights consist of applying for jobs at 1 am and getting rejected for them at 3 am, and making biscuits and cheese."
— Mack Stewart
StewdioMACK is a Troperiffic YouTube series featuring Mack Stewart playing a fictionalised version of himself. Stewart stars in, writes, edits, produces, and often films the series by himself, also featuring his friends and family. The series heavily blurs the line between fictional and biographical.
Notable for an unusual attention to continuity and a number of callbacks and continuity nods. Also notable for suffering from Schedule Slip and sometimes long stretches between videos. The retroactively-dubbed "season 1" spanned four years, from 2016 to 2019, comprising eight mainline instalments. "Season 2" is still in active progress, making up five videos so far.
Contains many nods to previous videos that encourage binge watching.
Videos:
My name is Mack Stewart, and I am a professional troper...
- Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: This line from "Mack Locked Down":Mack: 2020 was a pretty terrible year for everyone. There was a global pandemic that swept the globe, obviously, massive riots and civil unrest, and I was unable to get a PlayStation 5 on release day. And Ellen got cancelled.
- Beard of Sorrow: Mack has grown something resembling this at some point before the events of "Mack is Back", although it hasn't filled out very well. As Mack puts it:Mack: I look like shit.
- Bottle Episode: "Mack Locked Down", produced entirely during a COVID-19 lockdown.
- Bound and Gagged: When Evie escapes Mack's bank in "Mack the Bank", Mack ties her to the chair.Evie: Fucking untie me from this chair, I don't want to be involved in this!Mack: But you can't be trusted to behave!
- Get-Rich-Quick Scheme: The premise of “Mack the Bank”. You can guess how it turns out.
- Lonely Funeral: Mack fakes his death in “Mack Dies”. Nobody shows up to the funeral except himself in a funny hat “disguise”.
- Nemesis: Mark assumes this role in multiple episodes, starting with “Mack Raps” when he trashes Mack’s rap.
- Paper-Thin Disguise: Mack wearing a funny hat to infiltrate his own funeral in “Mack Dies”.
- Ponzi Scheme: Mack perpetrates one in “Mack the Bank”.
- Shout-Out: Post Malone in "Mack Raps 2".
- Oprah Winfrey in several videos as a target of Mack's obsession. In "Mack Fixes Life", Mack has her set as his desktop wallpaper.
- "Mack Raps 2" also features The Oprah Winfrey Show heavily as a main plot element, with Mack attempting to launch his rap career with an appearance on the show.
- The Oprah fixation may be a shoutout in itself to Drake & Josh, where main character Josh has a similar obsession.
- Mack goes on an impassioned rant defending Ellen Degeneres in "Mack Locked Down".
- The Ellen Degeneres Show can also be spotted in a blink and you'll miss it moment at the end of "Mack Raps 2".
- Rapper DaBaby gets a shoutout (with image) in "Mack Raps 2":Mack: I've never been good at the Facebook, the Gram, the tweets and buzzes as DaBaby would say...
- Oprah Winfrey in several videos as a target of Mack's obsession. In "Mack Fixes Life", Mack has her set as his desktop wallpaper
