Hey Kush

Hey Kush is a live action comedy web-series on the 68 Dudes YouTube channel. The series was created by Connor Laulo, Zak Campbell, and Cash Diab and is currently slated for a tentative release date of August 28, 2022.

Creation
Hey Kush was conceptualized in around 2015 as Soystick, which would have featured segments of Fondue Faker and Banjo Kannoli being forced to play a certain video game by the demon Kush Diabetes before diving into a let's play format. The beginning segments eventually took a life of it's own when Laulo suggested that they instead create a scripted series based around the characters featured in them. In December of 2017, the first video featuring these characters, Prelude to Soystick, was created and uploaded to Bryce Turner's YouTube channel. In this video, which was shot for Turner's film class, Fondue and Banjo, who go unnamed here, meet a Vong who eats their roommate's cheeseburger before killing the roommate, who had just returned from work, and having the two burn down the house to get rid of the evidence. The short closes on That Guy with the Jacket being horrified that his dogs (who were presumably being watched by Fondue and Banjo and appear in several shots) had been killed in the fire. Kush does not make an appearance. During this time the concept of the series was that Banjo and Fondue were from the 90's but had been sent to present day where they become friends with the unwilling demon, Kush. Eventually the series concept was fine tuned and reworked into what it is now and the project was renamed 'Hey Kush'. Production began with the first script being written in October of 2019. The first season is currently in pre-production with a planned 10 episodes and had a tentative release date of August 29, 2021 but it was pushed back a year due to COVID-19.

Characters
The series centers around the trio of Kush Diabetes, Fondue Faker, and Banjo Kannoli. Kush is a hapless demon who is very easily annoyed and hates his job and his boss. He finds himself stuck living with Fondue and Banjo after losing a wager with them and owing his eternal friendship. Fondue is a lawyer (sometimes) who comes from a long line of lawyers and isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer. His father pays for the house the trio lives in and puts money in his bank account every so often so he has no real concept of rent or working for his money. He is, in spite of his flaws, very loving and supportive of his friends. If Fondue isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer, then Banjo is definitely the dullest. Though he's very dumb he's very kind and happy-go-lucky, mostly keeping a positive attitude even in the face of adversity, though this is sometimes attributed to the fact that he's too oblivious to understand what's going on. He mostly follows whatever Fondue says. The trio's neighbor, only known as That Guy with the Jacket or simply That Guy, is also a prominent recurring character. That Guy is often beset with some kind of misfortune, such as his car exploding because the mob misidentified it as being Banjo's. He seems to hold almost every job possible in town, ranging from a cashier at Cheese-Baka's to a judge presiding over court.

Cast

 * Cash Diab - Kush Diabetes
 * Connor Laulo - Fondue Faker
 * Zak Campbell - Banjo Kannoli
 * Bryce Turner - That Guy with the Jacket
 * Cory Halpern - Satan
 * Sailor Dreps - Ym Apnarg
 * Daniel Oneal - Rusty Fitzgerald