Max Lagardi grew up in Long Island.
owns a "festival rig" and does festivals and shows.
first met Sam Hyde at the gym 4-5 years ago. Sam came in looking like a hobo and asked Max to be his personal trainer, turned him down.
describes his job as doing set design and a lot of creative touches
he's been involved with fishtank since it was just an idea
the cameras came from his buddy PJ who just had them in a warehouse
s1 house belonged to a friend TJ(?), they basically handed him a bag of money and asked how fast he could be out
two and a half weeks to prepare and get the s1 house wired up
s1 furniture wasn't ikea, it was actually expensive from Italy, $12,000 couch
brought in RichforBit(?) in s2 to help with a bunch of stuff
Maejok in s2.5 for tech stuff, he basically lives in the house
he doesn't like being in front of the camera. His character is a result of needing to fix things in the house
the networking equipment for bloodgames was all indoor-rated
the fish spending most of their time in schitty wasn't intentional, they were just more comfortable where they could see other people, it was a psychological thing
the downs was in somebody else's back yard
28:56 is the most comprehensive description of the flooding issue I've heard. Josie was plugging a hole with her hand at one point, and the flashing around an exhaust pipe for the boiler failed too
whoever flushed a rubber snake saved them, the plumber they called noticed a serious issue just before it became critical
they had to dig up the fucking pipes in the yard
"there was a zoning thing going on but that wasn't the cause" wrt s3
they were expecting starlink to be more mobile than it was
in a perfect world they would have gone with the setup that was described itt, but they only had an hour and a half to slap something together
that thing they hit picking up Jeff was a fucking rock
sleep deprived, he forgot to remove a gas nozzle from the RV before driving away
"we had a logistical person we brought on to help with vegas" Rebecca, she was on camera a couple times, she's with skankfest
head of securith was named Tony
they had two snipers on them at the gun range when they were using the machine gun
s1 house smelled worse than s2 due to the garbage in the garage
54:20 is some more info on the chickens
"he's just Frank Hassle, that's not a bit"
SPCA raided the house and took their hard drives
his favorite part of s3 was the tunnels, they went in first and went down the wrong tunnel
favorite of s2.5 was the bloodrave, s2 the swamp games, s1 he liked fucking with them as a shark and camping
Julian ran zipp
Sam's good about making sure people don't get too overwhelmed with work
they're planning to do traditional casting, renting out places to do in-person interviews
confirms fish got a day-rate in all seasons
favorite fish in s1 was Vance, his mom called in worried about the schizo act
favorite fish in s2 was TJ, because of his hero arc
didn't really have a favorite in s3, tossup between Luke and Binx
Jeff said Alex Stein helped get him on the show, but he probably meant Alex Schultz, who is "rainman of the homeless people" and is the source of all the hobos in the house
Summer was on camera the whole time
Nate was the shark with fleck camo, did "intricate details" for s2
Shaman Joe helped with s2, big guy with glasses
Chip is one of Jet's friends
missing archive footage - they switched from cloudflare to livepeer (they have a litany of issues), data got shuffled in the switch
there will be other locations in the future, but they're planning to use the s3 house again
the trailer for s1 was filmed in the house Max is streaming from
1:43:00 is a more detailed explanation of the audio setups
