Pizza Time Pizza, created by Alex Bale, really breaks the mold in terms of what we’re currently seeing in the webseries community. The series airs on Alex’s personal YouTube channel, which hosts a variety of different content alongside it. This actually works very well, as this is also a comedic ARG (Yes, they do exist!), and has serious effort put into the production quality, just like everything else on the channel.

Due to the unique approach, as well as great execution in everything it does, Pizza Time Pizza has caught the attention of the ARG community at large. As the Alex Bale channel has recently reached 10K subscribers, I figured it would be the perfect time to reach out to him for an interview for some lighthearted out-of-character thoughts.

If you haven’t seen Pizza Time Pizza, I highly recommend you go watch it before proceeding. You can find a Pizza Time Playlist here.

Q: Did you expect to catch the YouTube horror review scene, or are situations such as your recent coverage on Night Mind completely unexpected?

A: I think everyone always hopes that they’ll get covered, and I figured there’s a chance I’d get picked up by one of the smaller channels or a top ten video – but definitely not Night Mind.

Q: Do you know how many installments of PTP there may be when it finishes? How far do you plan in advance?

A: I’ve got a pretty good guess for the amount of episodes, but I feel like sharing it could set myself up for failure. I’ll say that it’s just getting started. I’ve planted the seeds and planned out the major plot points early on, but I still like to give myself room to improvise or change in case one day I say ”Hey what if I make this a trippy music video?”

Q: Are there any pointless, nonsensical pieces of PTP lore you’ve created that you’d like to share?

A: PTP2 says time isn’t real, which works both as absurd humor and says how Pizza TIME Pizza isn’t really what you think. There are lots of little details like that hidden in the series.

Q: Nev-ah-da or Nev-aw-da?

A: Nev-ay-da

Q: Your YouTube icon is currently the Pizza Man. Is this to intentionally push PTP further, or is it just a personal goof?

A: Bit of both, I wanted everyone to know that this is my channel’s main thing. It’ll change at some point.

Q: What are some non-PTP videos of yours that you think new faces coming to your channel for PTP would also enjoy?

A: Back when I was in high school I was in charge of the promo section for my school’s weekly news show. I think the humor is sometimes kinda similar, and there’s even a story that begins to form if you follow along in the right order. Here’s the playlist: link

Q: Does the thought process that eventually became Pizza Time Pizza have an interesting story behind it, or did it just pop into your head one day?

A: The idea for a commercial about a cult pretending to be a normal company was actually a promo idea I never got to use. Glad I didn’t because now I’m able to really expand on it.

Q: Have you ever gotten a comment on any of your videos (not just PTP) that you just couldn’t understand for the life of you?

A: I understand most of the comments, but there are a couple hidden gems in my Black Panther review comment section. Some people just don’t watch the video till the end.

Q: Last but not least, is Pizza Time Pizza a cult?

A: https://youtu.be/t2redfZuUcs?t=59s

I greatly enjoyed having Alex “on” today. Make sure to give him all your love and affection. He deserves it.

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