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Fútbol with Grant Wahl

Chris Russell, aka Watke the USMNT Video Guy

Fútbol with Grant Wahl

Grant Wahl

Sports, Soccer

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Grant has a fun conversation with Chris Russell, the Brooklyn-based video editor who produces hilarious clips for USMNT Twitter under the name Watke. Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqIhXWUw0H4 Get full access to Fútbol with Grant Wahl at grantwahl.substack.com/subscribe

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey there, welcome to Food Ball with Grant Wall.

0:09.5

Thanks so much for joining me.

0:11.2

Today's interview guest is Chris Russell, also known as Watkey, that funny US MNT video

0:17.2

guy on Twitter.

0:19.2

We've had some great guests lately, including Celine Gounder and Robbie Sica, Luis Garcia,

0:24.4

and Danny Higginbatham.

0:26.0

So check those out.

0:27.0

Now, here's my interview with Chris Russell.

0:31.6

Our guest now is Chris Russell.

0:34.0

You may know him better as that guy at Watkey underscore on Twitter who makes hilarious

0:40.0

video clips about the US MN's national team, asking things like whether Matthew Hoppy has

0:45.7

become an elite annoying player already that went viral.

0:50.6

Chris, congrats on your stuff, which I absolutely love.

0:53.1

Thanks for coming on the show.

0:54.1

Oh, thank you, Grant.

0:55.1

That was a little bit too kind there, but I appreciate it, and I'm excited to talk to

0:59.6

you.

1:00.6

So you have legit made me laugh so much recently with your videos.

1:05.8

How long have you been doing US MN's national team videos?

1:09.6

And at what point did you start dialing up the humor aspect?

1:13.3

I started doing videos in 2019, and they were, I would make a compilation of videos of soccer

1:21.0

players in the US out on MOS, and then just did that for long enough that I eventually

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