Are You Calling Me Stupid?!/The Tobias Show

## Overview

***Are You Calling Me Stupid?!*** (more commonly shortened to just ***AYCMS*** and later retitled to ***The Tobias Show**)* is a British/American animated sitcom created by Tom Petersen. It was originally planned to be released on November 12, 2019 in the UK and the 16th in the US, but Petersen had a dentist appointment and Chambers had Drivers Ed. It was postponed again to air on 14 January 2020 in the UK and 4 days later in the US, but due to a Retention, it got postponed *again.* Then, Petersen took his friend’s advice and replaced him with another British actor, which proved difficult. He was eventually replaced by American voice actor Jonah Hayes.

On February 6, 2020, the show was renewed for a second season.

On November 27, 2020, the show was renewed for a third season.

On April 13, 2022 the show was renewed for a fourth and fifth season, but the fourth season was not started until April 29, 2022.

## Main Cast

### UK Cast

* Justin “jsaking11” as Tobias
* Sento (ep. 36), Cody “heyspoons” (eps. 37-48) as Cameron
* Kelcey Steele as Cameron (singing)
* Tom Petersen as Wilson (eps. 36 & 40), Joseph, Cody and Junior
	+ Petersen also does the singing voice of Tobias.
* Xylo (eps. 41-48) as Wilson
* Jamie Hogan (eps. 36-38), Cody “heyspoons” (eps. 38-48) as Martin
* Ross K. Foad as Scott
* Sarah Kate Ford as Natasha
* TBA as Kaj, H. Jon, Marvin
* Ashe Pendragon as Robyn and Rose
* TBA as Martin (eps. 39-48)
* Elric Timothy Atchison as Principal Upperstate
* TBA as Montell
* TBA as Jackie Chu
* TBA as Chef Pee-Pee
* TBA as Jeffy

### US Cast

* Maggie Watson as Tobias
* Sento (ep. 36), Rosabelle (eps. 37-48) as Cameron
* Kelcey Steele as Cameron (singing)
* Tom Petersen as Wilson (eps. 36 & 40), Joseph, Cody and Junior
	+ Petersen also does the singing voice of Tobias.
* Xylo as Wilson (eps. 41-48)
* Jamie Hogan (eps. 36-38) as Martin
* TBA as Martin (eps. 39-48)
* JP Thomas as Scott and Robyn (season 3)
* Kobi Beef as Scott and Robyn (season 4)
* Sarah Kate Ford as Natasha
* TBA as Kaj, H. Jon, Marvin
* Elric Timothy Atchison as Principal Upperstate
* TBA as Montell
* Ashe Pendragon as Rose
* TBA as Jackie Chu
* TBA as Chef Pee-Pee
* TBA as Jeffy
* TBA as Jason
* TBA as Darius
* TBA as Simon

## Episodes

*Main title: List of AYCMS/The Tobias Show episodes*

## Name Controversy

In 2021, the name was changed due to the title asking an unspecified “you” if the unspecified “you” is calling the unspecified “me” stupid and angry screaming.

Narrator History

 Tom Petersen
 US
 Casey Howe

\*Only narrated for a few episodes

\*\*Only narrated for one episode

\*\*\*Narrated, but audio track was dubbed

## Production

### Development

Production for the first season began on September 23, 2019. Since his classmate, Reece Chambers was British, the creator, Tom Petersen, who was American thought it would be a good idea to create a show for the UK. The 3rd season was originally titled “Bigger, Longer, and Uncut,” but it was changed because Petersen realized what that name meant (and scenes were getting cut anyway).

On January 23, 2022, the series was advertised in different ways, including memes and school sheets.

### Writing

When writing the scripts for the episodes, each script would have 2 separate scripts: one for the UK and Australia, and one for the US and Canada. Initially, a Puerto Rican Spanish dub was in progress, with Naiyomi Rivera-Ruiz as the narrator, but this was eventually scrapped. Scripts for season 1 were written from September 24, 2019 to January 9, 2020.

Scripts for season 2 were written from August 25 to November 9, 2020.

Scripts for season 3 were written from December 4, 2020 to February 2, 2022. After season 3 writing was complete, there was an announced production hiatus to work on other projects.

### Animation

The animation for seasons 1 to 3 was done in-house via Microsoft PowerPoint. The characters are PowerPoint/Microsoft Paint-edited images of other stock images or characters. Some of the main functions such as “Fly In” and “Fly Out” would be used to animate the characters moving in or out of the screen. Then, they would need to match up the narration with the project’s animation was completed. Due to lack of quick access to other images some of the characters flip like paper.

The rest of Season 3 began production on September 17, 2021, under the name, “The Tobias Show.” This time, Flash animation using Microsoft Paint was used, with Wet Cement Productions producing the animation, and outsourcing it to another animator in an exotic country. For outdoor scenes, such as when the characters would enter or exit each other’s houses, cotton swabs with colored tips to represent the characters (red for Tobias, green for Cameron, purple for Wilson and yellow for Martin) moving shot in front of a green screen, and red markings would represent the direction or how the characters would move.

Due to heavy costs, major city scenes would simply be hand-drawn at the studios in North Carolina. “Tobias Scares Scott” was announced to be animated domestically to avoid complaints of someone having to animate such a scary episode.

### Casting

Reece Chambers was originally cast as the UK narrator, but due to other issues, he was replaced with Jonah Hayes for season 1 and Casey Howe (formerly Mason Allen & Tonya) for seasons 2 to 3.

When the series switched to full animation, the characters would be given voice actors. Dogtoy was cast as Martin since his voice sounded like a 10-year-old. After he was a dumb hotel, he got fired and replaced by Jamie Hogan.

### Recording

The British dub of the first season was recorded in North Carolina, using Americans imitating British accents.

The American dub was recorded before the British dub even started, with Season 1 being recorded from late 2019 to early 2020 and Season 2 being recorded from September to December 2020. The British dubs of the second and third seasons were recorded from December 4, 2021 to the present day, and the first season is still in progress.

When doing the voice of Wilson, Tom Petersen would rub a cold liquid all over his body, take off his shirt, and turn on a fan to make it sound more realistic, as the character was homeless, but this was eventually scrapped.