Skit Brings a True-to-Life Look at Early YouTube Creativity to Tubi With a Cast of Real Comedians

The new comedy Skit, now streaming on Tubi, takes a friendly but sharp look at the early days of the online creator world. Set in 2007, when YouTube was still a chaotic playground, the film follows three college friends who suddenly become the subjects of a documentary and decide to chase viral fame. What unfolds blends comedy, nostalgia, and the kind of honest chaos anyone who ever uploaded a cringey video will recognize. The film is available to watch on Tubi’s platform, which you can check out here.

One of the standout details about Skit is how closely it mirrors real experiences from its cast and crew. Jamie Linn Watson (playing Sarah McConnell) remembers making silly YouTube videos as a teenager, hoping they didn’t embarrass her too much. Jamie Shapiro, who plays Faye Taub and also co-produced the movie, says many of those old amateur videos actually inspired the film. In fact, some of the YouTube-style clips shown in Skit come directly from the real cast and crew’s archives—actual videos from 2007 made by themselves, their friends, or their family. That authenticity is a big reason the film feels so true to life.

The cast came together almost like a neighborhood project. Many of them already knew each other long before filming started. Shapiro and Watson met in college, while Shapiro and Jacob Kaplan (who plays Josh) first crossed paths in a summer program when they were 15. Shapiro met Lukas Arnold while hosting a comedy show. Behind the scenes, there were even more personal ties: Shapiro is partners with Des Lombardo, one of the film’s writer-directors, who went to school with the other writer-director Badr Mastrouq. Paul Bukoskey, who served as assistant director and producer, works with EShap, the production company run by Evan Shapiro. Their cinematographer Truman Waller and his team were friends they met in Los Angeles.

All of this created a set environment that Watson describes as feeling like “a neighborhood,” where everyone just knocked on each other’s doors and asked, Want to help make something?

With so many comedians involved, the filming process naturally leaned toward improvisation. The script served as a backbone, but the team encouraged real creative freedom. Scenes were often done as written first, then loosened up so the actors could bring their own ideas and humor.

Much of that improvised material made it into the final cut, helping the movie capture the spontaneous, slightly chaotic spirit of early online content creation.

Skit also features music from real friends of the filmmakers. One standout moment includes a sequence set to Boys Go to Jupiter’s track Tilt a Whirl, which plays over a scene where things begin to spiral—complete with drinking and some intense shotgunning.

The team is especially proud of how the music and visuals work together in that moment.

Released exclusively on Tubi with a 30-day window, Skit is part of Tubi’s push to support bold, creator-driven projects. Distribution beyond that window is handled by Filmhub, a platform that helps indie filmmakers reach global audiences. You can learn more about Filmhub here.

For anyone who remembers the awkward excitement of uploading their first video—or who’s ever loved the messy creativity of internet culture—Skit offers a nostalgic and genuinely funny trip back to where it all began.