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Popular culture generates plenty of memorable moments. Such as Drake or Kanye dropping “diss” tracks targeting other rappers, for instance. Or franchises catching fire and igniting fans’ passion, like Netflix’s Squid Game, popular anime shows or an Avengers movie.
It’s these fanbases and cultural moments that co-creators Mark Philips and Affiong “Aff” Harris draw upon for their videos. Their YouTube channel, RDCworld1, is home to short-form videos featuring a variety of pop culture-inspired skits. Some of their more popular skits are “The Black Avengers,” “Anime House,” “Video Game House” and “Hood Olympics.”
While Affiong works behind the scenes on production and filming, Mark is joined onscreen alongside friends Leland, Desmond, Benjamin, Dylan and Johnathan. The skits all strive to generate laughs and humor from audiences based on current sports or entertainment stories. As mentioned, those might include popular movies, celebrity conflicts or sports storylines drawn from the NFL or MLB.
With slapstick humor, costumes, themed music and voiceovers, the channel’s comedic approach has successfully generated a large following of 7.2 million subscribers.
Note: RDCworld1 was requested by a user of Plugged In. Do you have a YouTube channel you’d like us to review? Submit your request by sending it to letters@pluggedin.com, or contact us via Facebook or Instagram so we can check it out!
POSITIVE CONTENT
Mark and Affiong create short films, skits and vlogs focused on providing comedic entertainment to anyone who comes across their channel.
One such video jokes about what a basketball team’s locker room might have looked like after a player trade. Mark acts out the role of the coach, pretending to be sad about losing one player while secretly being ecstatic about welcoming a new player to the team. Any fan of professional basketball would find the skit itself hilarious with the acting and player references.
The channel itself tries to keep up with these pop culture references on a timely basis. When the NFL and MLB draft occurs, the guys create their own satire videos. And when the Olympic Games were last broadcast, they put their own comedic spin on the competition in their series the “Hood Olympics.” As that name implies, the skits imagined what the Olympics might have looked like if they’d taken place “in the hood.”
CONTENT CONCERNS
The primary content concern on the channel is its harsh language. Viewers can expect frequent uses of the s- and f-words (sometimes paired with “mother”), as well as similarly common n-words. God’s name is taken in vain too, sometimes paired with “d–n.” Slightly milder profanities include “d–n,” “a–,” “h—” and “b–ch” as well. We also hear “p—y” and “hoe.”
One of the channel’s more popular videos involves the guys performing a skit about living out popular anime shows, in which fake punches are thrown to mimic a fight. Many other videos repeat the fake fighting skit when they act out their Avengers, rapper and Olympic skits.
One “Hood Olympics” skit includes women in revealing outfits and fake slap fighting. Another “event,” called “synchronized robbing” involves two people breaking into a house and stealing different objects without the cops being called (though no real police officers are alerted, as these videos are all satirical, made-up skits).
Guns also show up in scenes where some of the guys pretend to shoot others, such as in their Avengers and anime skits. Alcohol bottles are also seen in a few of the videos (though only used for props).
CHANNEL SUMMARY
RDCworld1 has grown significantly since the channel first arrived on YouTube in 2012. But the extensive use of harsh language in the first video the guys posted is still prominent in their more recent videos—a problem that prevents this comedic channel from being one parents will likely want their kids watching.
Natalie Dean
Natalie Dean is Plugged In’s 2025 Summer Intern. A native from South Dakota, she recently graduated from South Dakota State University with a degree in Journalism and in the fall will be pursuing a master’s at Liberty University. Growing up in the Black Hills, Natalie enjoys spending her time outside, whether that be riding bikes or kayaking with her sisters, walking the dogs or going on long hikes. Her love for movie soundtracks stems from her sister asking, “what movie is this from” and “name the movie scene.” She has a passion for writing and hopes to one day be a published author.
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Popular culture generates plenty of memorable moments. Such as Drake or Kanye dropping “diss” tracks targeting other rappers, for instance. Or franchises catching fire and igniting fans’ passion, like Netflix’s Squid Game, popular anime shows or an Avengers movie.
It’s these fanbases and cultural moments that co-creators Mark Philips and Affiong “Aff” Harris draw upon for their videos. Their YouTube channel, RDCworld1, is home to short-form videos featuring a variety of pop culture-inspired skits. Some of their more popular skits are “The Black Avengers,” “Anime House,” “Video Game House” and “Hood Olympics.”
While Affiong works behind the scenes on production and filming, Mark is joined onscreen alongside friends Leland, Desmond, Benjamin, Dylan and Johnathan. The skits all strive to generate laughs and humor from audiences based on current sports or entertainment stories. As mentioned, those might include popular movies, celebrity conflicts or sports storylines drawn from the NFL or MLB.
With slapstick humor, costumes, themed music and voiceovers, the channel’s comedic approach has successfully generated a large following of 7.2 million subscribers.
Note: RDCworld1 was requested by a user of Plugged In. Do you have a YouTube channel you’d like us to review? Submit your request by sending it to letters@pluggedin.com, or contact us via Facebook or Instagram so we can check it out!
POSITIVE CONTENT
Mark and Affiong create short films, skits and vlogs focused on providing comedic entertainment to anyone who comes across their channel.
One such video jokes about what a basketball team’s locker room might have looked like after a player trade. Mark acts out the role of the coach, pretending to be sad about losing one player while secretly being ecstatic about welcoming a new player to the team. Any fan of professional basketball would find the skit itself hilarious with the acting and player references.
The channel itself tries to keep up with these pop culture references on a timely basis. When the NFL and MLB draft occurs, the guys create their own satire videos. And when the Olympic Games were last broadcast, they put their own comedic spin on the competition in their series the “Hood Olympics.” As that name implies, the skits imagined what the Olympics might have looked like if they’d taken place “in the hood.”
CONTENT CONCERNS
The primary content concern on the channel is its harsh language. Viewers can expect frequent uses of the s- and f-words (sometimes paired with “mother”), as well as similarly common n-words. God’s name is taken in vain too, sometimes paired with “d–n.” Slightly milder profanities include “d–n,” “a–,” “h—” and “b–ch” as well. We also hear “p—y” and “hoe.”
One of the channel’s more popular videos involves the guys performing a skit about living out popular anime shows, in which fake punches are thrown to mimic a fight. Many other videos repeat the fake fighting skit when they act out their Avengers, rapper and Olympic skits.
One “Hood Olympics” skit includes women in revealing outfits and fake slap fighting. Another “event,” called “synchronized robbing” involves two people breaking into a house and stealing different objects without the cops being called (though no real police officers are alerted, as these videos are all satirical, made-up skits).
Guns also show up in scenes where some of the guys pretend to shoot others, such as in their Avengers and anime skits. Alcohol bottles are also seen in a few of the videos (though only used for props).
CHANNEL SUMMARY
RDCworld1 has grown significantly since the channel first arrived on YouTube in 2012. But the extensive use of harsh language in the first video the guys posted is still prominent in their more recent videos—a problem that prevents this comedic channel from being one parents will likely want their kids watching.
Natalie Dean
Natalie Dean is Plugged In’s 2025 Summer Intern. A native from South Dakota, she recently graduated from South Dakota State University with a degree in Journalism and in the fall will be pursuing a master’s at Liberty University. Growing up in the Black Hills, Natalie enjoys spending her time outside, whether that be riding bikes or kayaking with her sisters, walking the dogs or going on long hikes. Her love for movie soundtracks stems from her sister asking, “what movie is this from” and “name the movie scene.” She has a passion for writing and hopes to one day be a published author.
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