Trivia / Barshens

• Screwed by the Network: As revealed at the end of the "Mash-Up Taste Test" video, YouTube's original excitement and generosity towards the show had nearly evaporated by mid-2017. While the company originally promised the Barshens team their own dedicated set that would be used to demonstrate professional lighting, a few months after the series' first birthday, YouTube would no longer store even a paper backdrop that Stuart had made at his own expense at their London studio. Several cast members would later implicate that, despite the show being extremely fun to do and cultivating a passionate fanbase, it did not reach the viewership numbers YouTube had expected of it, resulting in many privileges originally given to the team being revoked.
• What Could Have Been: An amusingly specific example - Barry lost a potentially life-changing brand deal due to his family-unfriendly antics on the show (specifically, his involvement in the "Good Mythical Porning" episode). He keeps a good attitude about it, though.