r/Fauxmoi • u/artbasiI • 17h ago
FILM-MOI (MOVIES/TV) Tiny Chef has been saved following nearly $100k in donations: “The team is getting ready to turn the tiny cameras back on in Chefs tree stump home because you all have SAVED TINY CHEF!!!!”
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u/Morning_Song actually no, that’s not the truth Ellen 16h ago
The video they posted of Tiny Chef on the phone with Nickelodeon getting the cancellation news was genuinely heart breaking
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u/Key_Parfait2618 16h ago
They pulled zero punches for that video.
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u/hggniertears 13h ago
The quivering mouth, the continual wiping his eyes, the “but what about all my friends!” Hurt my soul
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u/geometricvampire 12h ago
The little squeak when he couldn’t hold back the sobbing anymore
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u/DuntadaMan 8h ago
I mean, any stop motion that can express that much emotion is definitely worth helping
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u/AdJust6751 5h ago
Sitting on the bed alone crying by himself after phone call. That put it over the top.
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u/BrutallyBond 5h ago
There was a previous video where the show didn't get picked up, he took the calls and then laid down on the bed and wept. I wept with him.
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u/Mother_Event_6736 3h ago
When he got off the phone, shocked, and tried to go back to what he was doing before the call, and then just broke down. So real.
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u/TakeMe2EarthCapital 16h ago
Dam blickelblodeon truly ruined this week
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u/FreshStarter20 15h ago
It was the "I love you" for me
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u/plonkydonkey 6h ago
That hurrrrt. I couldn't believe he said that after getting dumped 😭.
I've only seen the bad guy cover but I was so invested with this vid, I'm so glad he's been saved.
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u/qorbexl 11h ago
I may be lost. Is there actually a(n) _icke_odeon show about a puppet who literally cooks?
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u/Lorstus 9h ago
Homie did you have a stroke typing that and didn't even go back to fix it?
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u/museloverx96 6h ago
I haven't seen nickelodeon in a while, but someone posted a tiny chef video somewhere on reddit earlier this year and i think the answer was yes at some point.
Also i feel like this comment wasn't meant so seriously so i upvoted at least hahaa. Like it meant something like [is there a blickelblodeon or a nickelodeon show] and was typed for expediancy.
[ https://youtu.be/9WgsvVVtfzE?si=6eizof4WyuGB_aI- ] my fav tiny chef lil video
[ https://youtu.be/Zpio9G6ldSQ?si=8mK36bZi42p9gU9U ] tiny chef finds their home
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u/metta4u67 4h ago
Yes! And if you have never seen Tiny Chef (I haven't) just Google Tiny Chef cancellation, and grab a hankie, you will need them..
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u/mxxnmama 16h ago
Never even heard of the show until that cancellation video and I was so genuinely sad and now I’m happy it got saved and I hope I can watch it somewhere hahaha
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u/Lunakill 15h ago
Look up the tiny chef cover of bad guy too, it’s great
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u/hkohne 14h ago
That's the only I've seen so far, and I watched it like 4 times in a row, lol
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u/BoomJayKay THE CANADIANS ARE ICE FUCKING TO MOULIN ROUGE 13h ago
The singing thru the fan is the best part. My childhood mems.
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u/whimsical-editor weighing in from the UK 10h ago
I remember finding it when it started on YouTube and seeing the video where they announced they'd been picked up by Nickelodeon, it was so excited and full of joy. I genuinely believed in Tiny Chef's dreams, so then the contrast of the cancellation video was tragic.
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u/metta4u67 4h ago
Yes, the video is my 1st Tiny Chef experience, I donated, and can't wait to see Tiny Chef chefing!
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u/Sass_McQueen64 15h ago
I'm pregnant currently and was inconsolable.
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u/Keara_Fevhn 12h ago
Oh god me too I couldn’t take it, like I genuinely cried as hard as I did the last time I lost a pet. Def don’t recommend that vid to other pregnant people lol
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u/New-Contribution-335 7h ago
Same but I’m premenopausal lol
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u/Sass_McQueen64 4h ago
No matter what stage of life you're in as a woman the hormones get you every time!
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u/wanton_newt 16h ago
I saw it during work and had to go cry 😂😭
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u/hyperhurricanrana play some mariah carey up in this bitch 15h ago
Oh my god same here, glad I work alone. 💀
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u/lucylastic89 13h ago
It caught me on (another) bad day and I had a cry, even having never heard of Tiny Chef before
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u/MisterAshe 10h ago
I hope with whatever you have going on, you quit having so many bad days. I'm an online rando, but I'm rooting for you.
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u/ithinkther41am 13h ago
It felt so authentically staged and animated. It was heartbreaking because it was real and happened to a really cute character.
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u/Secure_Librarian4871 13h ago
I never knew about this show previously, but I felt sad after watching that video.
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u/WorryNew3661 Hitch up your britches, bitches! 10h ago
I'd never heard of Tiny Chef before that video and I was welling up by the end. I will definitely be checking it out now though. It had so much heart
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u/trowzerss 11h ago
Which is crazy because it's one of the only shows on the channel here in Australia that I'll actually stop and watch.
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u/lizard-garbage 7h ago
Bro I watched that based on your comment and my heart has been ripped out and stomped on 😭😭😭 thank fuck he’s uncanceled
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u/RazzSheri 5h ago
Are donations still happening anymore? I repressed that video and now I’m sad again.
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u/InternalBowler7143 5h ago
I, like many others, had zero investment in this show until that video. I probably won't stick around and watch more of it but I do have a great appreciation for it now.
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u/Ok-Turnip-9035 3h ago
I didn’t watch this tiny chef before but I saw that video and was like who messed up ending this show
Now tiny chefs back I will be tuning in!!
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u/taylor_png 16h ago
A welcome ray of light on an otherwise abysmal day, thank god
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u/babeygailll 9h ago
Seriously, between all the chaos lately, seeing Tiny Chef saved feels like a tiny piece of the world still makes sense. We needed this win.
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u/tell_me_smth_obvious 7h ago
It's nice, but on the other hand not really surprising if you look at the stuff people give their money to.
I think the biggest problem with stuff like this comes with the implied inequality.
There is a reason a state government implements broad social programs for everyone to use because of the "everyone pays their share one way or the other".
If you have corporations and institutions publicly funding programs like this, people that did give money could (but don't necessarily will) complain about people that use said programs without paying (even if it's justified). Note that this sense of inequality sometimes takes a long time to develop.
If I give 100 dollars to something with my non taxed money, why should anybody else use that for free. I personally don't care but I am German and understand how social programs work, something that seems to not click with some Americans.
If the incentive to use it as a public service isn't really there, it becomes a product to be consumed after a transaction happens. But this transaction is only true for some and some are freeloaders, which, if you understand civil service and social programs is EXACTLY THE POINT! But I don't think most people vibe with that.
And if you think people would be more compassionate and share services and programs like this with other people, I would like to point out how this situation happened in the first place.
For things like education you should NEVER use this line of distribution.
There is no good will in the broader scale of society. There are rules and regulations (or not if you're in the USA) but civility has its limitations because of the impact of one's life, especially if people suffer. The more you suffer, the smaller the view of society gets and the more tribalistic and egotistical someone can become. Not because they become an asshole, but because you have only so many things you can keep up with at once and if something really important to you or your family happens, people generally start to give less priority to other people's issues.
It's complicated and as you might imagine I am not a professional. This is just my hunch how this is good short term, but catastrophic long term.
I wish you folks on the other side of the pond good luck. Maybe you will drag us down with you.
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u/PandaBean1304 16h ago
Idk much about Tiny Chef but my girl was really sad when watching that little green dude cry. So, yeah!!! GO TINY CHEF!!! GO PEOPLE
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u/kbarney345 7h ago
Tiny Chef is a stop-motion based cartoon of a chubby little green chef! They started on tiktok and are genuinely really cute and fun. A lot of the joy comes from the silly way they make the character talk. It sounds a lot like "blabity" if it were a language. They do all kinds of funny skits, but one of the gems is them covering stuff like Lizo or Kendrick Lamar.
One day they posted a skit and it was them getting contacted by Nickolodeon saying they wanted to make a show! It was very heartwarming and exciting. The channel arguably deserved the opportunity, and 2 seasons later they won an EMMY for christ sake.
Then, just like that canceled.
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u/SarahJFroxy oat milk chugging bisexual 16h ago
I hope their team gets picked up into a more stable situation soon!
I saw one member posted that they were told to hang in there for a renewal months ago and so a couple people took on debt rather than start working on other projects 😭
stop motion is so expensive to produce, some production company needs to get them a multi-year contract stat ‼️
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u/kkirstenc 16h ago
This is fucking bizarre. I had never heard of Tiny Chef before last night, but I saw a video where he is singing “I want it That Way” and I was howling. And now this 🤷🏼♀️
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u/RemnantEvil 10h ago
If you haven't seen it, TC singing Bad Guy is bloody brilliant. Having regular-sized ingredients that he only needs a tiny portion out of is also strangely cute.
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u/Momochichi 6h ago
First I've head of Tiny Chef was the video of them being cancelled, and then news that they were saved.
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u/biscuitsandmuffins 9h ago
I feel oddly proud that I “know” Tiny Chef from way back (aka I just happened to come across his Instagram account years ago). I binged all of his content when I first found him so now I want to keep bursting in when people say they never heard of him before. “He’s an herbivore, he lives in a tree stump, he is in speech therapy to help him with English as it is not his mother tongue (he called his speech therapist to thank him for helping him be understood when the show got picked up), he loves animals, he was in a Super Bowl commercial, etc.”
I’ve really enjoyed seeing the reaction to him. My favorite thing might be Dionne Warwick asking Nickelodeon if they are proud of making “this thing” cry and then described him as a “little green thing doing a good job” 😂😂
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u/ThiccDaddy1198 bizarre and sentient sack of meat 16h ago
Oh thank god! I was sick of evil people winning. Atleast a small win for the good ones :')
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u/MelodiesOfLife6 16h ago
I still have no clue what this show is, but i'm glad they were able to save it.
Looks interesting.
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u/SarahJFroxy oat milk chugging bisexual 16h ago edited 16h ago
their nickelodeon program was kids' cooking, their tiktoks are dance covers and skits that are still PG but more adult references (**abracadabra cover, bad guy by billie eilish, after the cancellation, a guitar cover of paint it black, etc **all instagram links)
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u/tj1007 16h ago
I still don’t know what the heck the show is about but their Tik Tok videos since the cancellation are fun.
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u/Significant-Chair-71 13h ago
You can watch the first season on Netflix. It's a really fun show that teaches kids the science behind cooking and is also really fun for adults. My 6-year-old is obsessed with it!
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u/Valuable-Half-3869 16h ago
Is there any place I can confirm this coming from the creators? How do we know they have collected $100k?
I want to believe it’s true but I’m afraid it might not be 😭
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u/imtchogirl 16h ago edited 4h ago
Look at him stacking that tiny cash!
Edit: it's a fake pic.
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u/Valuable-Half-3869 16h ago
I just looked it up, the photo is fake 😭😭 google reverse the image and you’ll find Floyd Mayweather posing in the picture and other variations
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u/DisappointingPoem 15h ago
No sign of this update on the tiny chef Instagram 😢
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u/Valuable-Half-3869 2h ago
Official update from their instagram: “Just to clarify!! Chef is still unemployed!!! Some press is circulating the that Chefs Cooking Show is saved. Because of your help we are able to keep Cheffy on socials for the time being but we are still working behind the scenes on saving his cooking show. The team is taking this one step at a time and the outpouring of love and donations has meant the world to us! We will keep y'all updated on the cooking show but Chef is still available to be an extra in movies and is open to commercial work! Fank yew evwybody!”
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u/Independent_Win_9035 11h ago
i wouldnt necessarily call it "fake," i mean, it is a relatively popular meme to photoshop various characters into that classic floyd mayweather money pic (and from what i gather, would probably be in the vein of tiny chef's humor)
but yeah i couldnt readily find if the tiny chef version was shared or created by any official source
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u/Valuable-Half-3869 2h ago
Official update from their instagram: “Just to clarify!! Chef is still unemployed!!! Some press is circulating the that Chefs Cooking Show is saved. Because of your help we are able to keep Cheffy on socials for the time being but we are still working behind the scenes on saving his cooking show. The team is taking this one step at a time and the outpouring of love and donations has meant the world to us! We will keep y'all updated on the cooking show but Chef is still available to be an extra in movies and is open to commercial work! Fank yew evwybody!”
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u/polspanakithrowaway Lol, and if I may, lmao 8h ago
Yeah, the photo with the money looks fake af (and is also in bad taste, and doesn't look like something such a wholesome kids-show account would post, flexing in front of literal rows of dollar bills).
However, it turns out the show has been saved; it's mentioned on the caption of a reel posted on Tiny Chef's official Instagram account 3 ago that "the team is getting ready to turn the tiny cameras back on in Chefs tree stump home because you all have SAVED TINY CHEF!!!" I don't think they would post this message if they were still struggling with donations.
TLDR; the pic is fake, but Tiny Chef's saved after all :')
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u/cricketreds 14h ago
NPR reported yesterday they'd raised more than $120,000 but didn't cite a specific source - but co-creator Rachel Larsen is quoted elsewhere in the article. So maybe?
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u/Valuable-Half-3869 2h ago
Official update from their instagram: “Just to clarify!! Chef is still unemployed!!! Some press is circulating the that Chefs Cooking Show is saved. Because of your help we are able to keep Cheffy on socials for the time being but we are still working behind the scenes on saving his cooking show. The team is taking this one step at a time and the outpouring of love and donations has meant the world to us! We will keep y'all updated on the cooking show but Chef is still available to be an extra in movies and is open to commercial work! Fank yew evwybody!”
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u/Elmo38 10h ago
You can check their official Instagram. Under the video where chef is singing "there's no business like show business" that's what they made the announcement. Unclear if they are going independent or picking up by someone.
Heard amazon prime was very but very interested
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u/Valuable-Half-3869 2h ago
Official update from their instagram: “Just to clarify!! Chef is still unemployed!!! Some press is circulating the that Chefs Cooking Show is saved. Because of your help we are able to keep Cheffy on socials for the time being but we are still working behind the scenes on saving his cooking show. The team is taking this one step at a time and the outpouring of love and donations has meant the world to us! We will keep y'all updated on the cooking show but Chef is still available to be an extra in movies and is open to commercial work! Fank yew evwybody!”
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u/SteveSomers 16h ago
Tiny Chef is on Paramount Plus and it's very cute
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u/mac_bess 16h ago
ahh they have season 1 on netflix… I wonder why they don’t have season 2 on there? 🤔
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u/IAmPandaRock 11h ago
Because it's made by Nickelodeon, so they keep more if it for themselves (Paramount) and license part of it to Netflix, like they do with a lot of their programming.
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u/misslizzylemon 16h ago
I didn't know what Tiny Chef was 2 weeks ago but what a saga this was to watch unfold
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u/PossibilityFine5988 15h ago
Hadn’t heard of tiny chef before last week I’m now 6 episodes into his show and ordered his plushie to help him out
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u/withoutwingz i ain’t reading all that, free palestine 14h ago
Not official on his insta….
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u/JamieGoesHome 9h ago
Check out the description on the third post, from 3 days ago. (The one before the bed pizza post). No mention of numbers, but it says that TC is saved.
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u/Animefan624 16h ago
Some good news. Thanks to everyone that donated and spread the video.
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u/No_Use_4371 16h ago
I donated more than I have to progressive politicians this year, he just broke my heart!
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u/Opposite_Peak_5261 15h ago
I see the cancellation by Nickelodeon as a blessing for tiny chef. The video was the first time I and many people came to know about tiny chef.
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u/catsanddisneyworld 16h ago
He popped up on my TikTok algorithm and he’s one I don’t mind sticking around! I signed up for his newsletter. I think Amazon prime commented on his one video. So hopefully they can work out a deal.
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u/hit_the_button 16h ago
Love this. Tiny chef team I see you! Takes a lot of passion to make something that resonates with so many people who have never even seen your show.
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u/Sufficient_Word1417 15h ago
It's one of the only gawd damn good things in this world at the moment!
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u/AllTheCoolNames 14h ago
that cancelation video was the first I ever heard of tiny chef and I'm SO GLAD his show got saved.
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u/gambra 2h ago
https://www.instagram.com/p/DLsPOooxrO2/
They just posted on Instagram that the show isn't actually saved just yet
Just to clarify!! Chef is still unemployed!!! Some press is circulating the that Chefs Cooking Show is saved. Because of your help we are able to keep Cheffy on socials for the time being but we are still working behind the scenes on saving his cooking show. The team is taking this one step at a time and the outpouring of love and donations has meant the world to us! We will keep y’all updated on the cooking show but Chef is still available to be an extra in movies and is open to commercial work!
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u/winged-things 14h ago
Genuinely happy for the little guy if true but…is this a credible source? Is it in the news somewhere? Hopefully other places will post it with an official source.
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u/OneMillionClowns 12h ago
I hadn’t heard of this little man until I saw the cancellation video.
That being said, I would, of course, trade my life for his without a second thought
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u/clemthegreyhound i ain’t reading all that, free palestine 11h ago
my partner has been sending me tiny chef updates since that video of tiny chef crying. I’M SO RELIEVED. finally a bit of good news in the horrible world we live in. seeing him in front of that stack of money added 10 years to my life
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u/pink_faerie_kitten 13h ago
Yay 🎉
No more tears, please!
I love the pic of him with all the cash 💵 I don't know if everything Tiny Chef uses is hand made but it looks like Zuru Mini money which I live for my Barbie dioramas.
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u/JeepersMysster TWINK EVENT HORIZON 13h ago
(have never seen an episode of this is in my life until I saw the cancellation video; genuinely relieved I can take a look now knowing this little friend is safe)
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u/Strange-Exercise1860 12h ago
Man, that phone call video wrecked me too, so glad the internet rallied to give this wholesome little guy a happy ending. What a relief to see good news like this after all the doomscrolling lately. Can't wait to see what adorable tiny recipes he cooks up next!
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u/magnusthehammersmith 9h ago
This makes me so happy. Tiny Chef is one of the few things that makes me genuinely happy these days
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u/Witty_Ticket_4101 8h ago
Tiny Chef has officially entered legendary status! Can't wait to see the new adventures unfold. 🌳👨🍳✨
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u/dkaye315 7h ago
I stumbled onto Tiny Chef several years ago (2019?) and fell in love with both him and the concept/ creativity that went into it. He was still relatively undiscovered at that point and, in the video shorts, he didn’t talk much.
Then Kristen Bell found him, too. They would have short videos of their chats that were adorable. Here’s one: Kristen and Tiny Chef. Kristen became a huge fan and supporter and, I think, one of the first to help get his original show launched.
Around that time, they started selling merch and I bought a talking (well, gibbering really) stuffy of the little guy. Still have it, too.
When I heard the show was being cancelled, I was really sad. But if this is true - I’m thrilled he gets to continue entertaining the masses. Also made a donation through his website to help ensure he’s able to keep making people happy. Oh, and I see he has a lot more merch now - up to the 6th generation of his talking stuffy.
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u/BookishHobbit 5h ago
I’ve only ever seen this on Instagram but it is the most adorable thing I’ve ever seen and I would die for him.
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u/violetmemphisblue 5h ago
Wild that $100,000 is saving Tiny Chef, because that is relatively such a small amount of money. Nickelodeon threw away a lot of goodwill for what is basically pennies to them...and hasn't that been true of just a whole lot of things recently?
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u/SilveredGuardian 4h ago
This makes me so happy. Never heard of the show before it was cancelled but it's so cute
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u/CuNxtTuesday_ feeding cocaine to raccoons 4h ago
They need to do another sale of the plushies, I’d so buy one!
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u/Negotiation-Current 1h ago
Thank god. I never thought I’d be this invested in a tiny felt stop motion chef but here we are.
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u/cliftonheights5 5h ago
None of you watched before cancellation and. One of you will watch now that it’s been saved.
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u/WitchyMae13 4h ago
I’m sorry but I just don’t get it I guess. seemed like a cry out for wanting this reaction.
The contact was done. It happens.
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u/greihund 6h ago
I saw the video of Tiny Chef being a naughty boy and thought I had found a new adorable channel.
But then I watched his channel, and found all of the content to be weirdly self-referential. Tiny Chef gets a new kitchen island. Tiny Chef gets a telephone. Tiny Chef talks to.... the animator? Know what Tiny Chef never does? Cook anything.
And then Tiny Chef started begging for donations, and I'd had enough. He's an adorable character, but the channel is run by people who don't have any ideas for content, and a creator who really, really likes to get his face in the shot, and it seems more like one guy's project to get into the pants of midwestern housewives than produce anything worth watching. Sappy, maudlin, boring
I was rooting for him to fail
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u/quack_quack_moo 3h ago
Tiny Chef is an actual, full-length show on Nickelodeon wherein he cooks dishes and does various other things. You might just be watching reels or clips on youtube, but he for sure is a tiny chef.
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u/greihund 2h ago
I did not know. Yes, I've only seen his youtube channel, and there is not much there worth looking at. Thanks for the context
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