When comedy podcaster Griffin McElroy and his brothers started a podcast called "The McElroy Brothers Will Be In Trolls 2," they didn't expect to actually land bit parts in the movie. It was a joke. But it worked. They've already recorded their parts in Dreamworks feature film "Trolls World Tour," set to be released in April of 2020.

Things like that have led to McElroy, who is the next speaker in FSU's Golden Tribe Lecture Series, being included on Forbes' "30 under 30" media people list in 2017.

McElroy's talk Tuesday in Ruby Diamond Concert Hall will be a rare solo appearance. His unique amalgam of work across the podcasting and internet communities is done almost exclusively in tandem.

Whether he's with his brothers Justin and Travis on their comedy advice podcast "My Brother, My Brother and Me" (abbreviated "MBMBaM," pronounced ma-bim-bam), or his father Clint and brothers on tabletop role-playing game podcast "The Adventure Zone," or his wife Rachel on enthusiast podcast "Wonderful," he doesn't often go it alone.

In fact, one of McElroy's only solo projects is a former video series called "Griffin's Amiibo Corner," in which he attempted to fit sizable video game figurines known as Amiibos into his mouth.

But being on stage is nothing new for McElroy. He grew up doing community theater and regularly does live shows of his podcasts in large venues across the country.

That being said, he's never done anything quite like the talk he'll give at FSU.

"Outside of, like, doing guest spots on other podcasts," he told the Democrat. "But even then, there are other people.

"The idea of getting up in front of a crowd and doing a tight five (minutes) has always seemed sort of impossible to me. Hopefully, doing a tight 45 of autobiography will come a bit easier."

McElroy's career trajectory hasn't been like anyone else's. He began working in video game journalism in college and stayed in the field for over a decade, until leaving last April to focus on other projects.

His projects have ranged from his podcast work on "MBMBaM" (where he and his brothers give advice to ridiculous Yahoo Answers questions) and "Adventure Zone" (where he serves the dungeon master for his family's Dungeons and Dragons adventures) to videos where he and his brother Justin create grotesque video game characters for a Polygon web series called "Monster Factory."

"I have charted a pretty bizarre path through my career life in general, even by internet content creator standards," McElroy said. "My career is like a quilt of just random stuff that I support myself and my family with."

He's going to talk about his experiences, and how he managed to "sort of piece together such a strange — but still successful — career out of all the different sort of patchwork components of it."

His lecture will also deal with deeper issues he learned from his time at Marshall University and wants to pass on to college students in need.

"There's a lot of stuff that I wish I had known then that I know now, vis-a-vis maintaining your mental health and not working yourself into oblivion," he said.

"Hopefully, I can shed some insight into that," McElroy said. "As well as tying the fate of your career to your family irrevocably — I think it's probably a fascinating topic to hear somebody talk about."

The McElroys launched "MBMBaM" in April of 2010. Keyed by a chemistry that could only exist between brothers, they're still going 447 episodes later.

"The Adventure Zone" was the McElroys' next big venture in 2014. and cemented their status in the podcasting community.

The sizable cult following the brothers have developed — referred to as MBMBaMbinos — keeps "MBMBaM" and "The Adventure Zone" consistently in the Top 250 among all podcasts on iTunes.

At this point, though, their media reach extends far beyond the podcast realm.

They made a six-episode television series on SeeSo which reached No. 1 on iTunes when it was released.

They're also writing a limited Marvel comic book series entitled "War of the Realms: Journey into Mystery." The first of five issues is set to be released April 10.

But the graphic novel adaptation of the first arc of "The Adventure Zone" they all collaborated on stands out above all the other wild things McElroy couldn't have imagined doing when he started podcasting.

"Writing the graphic novel alongside my family and seeing it come to life with (illustrator Carey Piestch's) art, working very, very hard on that and then seeing it become a No. 1 New York Times Bestseller, that's probably the wildest thing that has happened," he said.

The McElroy family's collection of podcasts is available on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. For comprehensive coverage of all things McElroy, visit their website www.mcelroy.family.

IF YOU GO

What: An Evening with Griffin McElroy (lecture followed by audience Q&A)

When: 8 p.m. Tuesday; doors open at 7 p.m.

Where: Ruby Diamond Concert Hall

Cost: $35, free for FSU students with ID

Visit:Tickets.fsu.edu