'Smosh' React to One-Star Reviews of Los Angeles Landmarks

Hello, everyone.

We are Ian and Anthony from Smosh,

and we will be your Conde Nast Traveler travel agents

for today.

[Anthony] We're gonna be reading some one-star reviews

of Los Angeles locations,

and we're gonna let you know what we think of these spots.

We've lived here for about a decade,

so I think we know the lay of the land

to speak to what Los Angeles can bring.

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[tone chimes]

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Okay, so this first place is the Hollywood Burbank Airport,

which is nowhere near Hollywood. [chuckles]

Yeah, where did they get that name? [chuckles]

Well, it used to be called Bob Hope Airport.

Yeah, yeah.

But I think we're at the point where everyone's like,

Who the fuck is Bob Hope?

All right, let's get to these one-star reviews.

Carson left a one-star review

that says, The music is too loud and too pop.

Why is that the vibe an airport wants?

Makes me almost wanna go to LAX.

Almost.

I'm now in SLC where the music is low and relaxing.

Much more pleasant airport experience.

I'm not usually paying attention to the ambiance.

No, I think they're right, though.

Yeah. I feel like

when I close my eyes and think about being there,

I just hear some pop music just blasting.

Yeah.

It is annoying,

I'm not gonna lie. Kelly Clarkson.

Yeah.

Loud music, I'll take that any day

over having to wait like an hour in a security checkpoint.

But if you have to choose between LAX and Burbank

and you're able to get to Burbank, it's way better.

Yeah.

This person is from our hometown of Sacramento.

Zaneta said, This ol' garbage-ass airport.

The only thing nice about this airport

is their hand soap in the bathrooms.

It smells good.

Okay, fair.

I mean, I will say that whenever I use a bathroom

and I use their soap and it just smells like the shit

that they give you at like the doctor's office.

I don't know. It's pink.

It's always pink-

Yeah. And it smells like ass.

It's so bad. Yeah.

I will say that the bathroom soap here

at Conde Nast is brown, and I've never seen that before.

I respect it.

What's up with that?

Conde Nast, you're weird.

I will say they are right on Burbank Airport being old.

They still are one of those airports

that you board from the tarmac,

which if you're in the know,

they board from the front and the rear.

The trick is you immediately shoot to the rear boarding,

go up the ramp, and then immediately start walking,

and you can usually get a pretty good seat.

That's the move.

So overall, even with all of the downsides-

Yeah. [mouse clicking]

I'd give this place a five stars.

Yeah. [tone chimes]

Don't tell anybody else about it, though.

It's still an LA secret, so.

[mouse clicking]

Just between-

Yeah. You and us.

But Burbank Airport rocks.

Griffith Park. Griffith Park.

[Ian] It's bigger than Central Park.

It's gigantic.

I think it's a great place to hang out,

get some time away.

You could go on hikes there.

You could chill in the park.

And the observatory,

of course. Of course.

Then you could go up there.

You could see the Hollywood sign.

Yeah. So I guess it's close enough

to Hollywood.

Bobby just one year ago was not so happy with this place

because, Saw a snake.

You're out in nature.

There's going to be snakes.

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I gotta say, I'm disappointed by this review, Bobby.

I wanna know what kinda snake.

I need details. Yeah, why didn't he

get a photo of it?

I need to know why it was so scary.

Well, he might've been disappointed

by the snake that he saw.

Might've just been like a garter snake.

See, that's the thing, you don't know.

Was he disappointed that he saw the snake

or was he disappointed about the snake's presence

in terms of size and-

Yeah, girth.

Girth.

Yeah. What's the best way

to handle a snake when you see a snake in Griffith Park?

Get a really good photo of it.

I'd suggest getting as close as possible

to it. Yeah.

And make sure you're

in the photo- Oh, yeah, yeah,

actually just like- With the snake.

Yeah, do a selfie-

Yeah. With it.

That's a one-star advice, I would say.

There are a lot of rattlesnakes in California, though,

so watch out.

I think Griffith Park is a jewel of Los Angeles.

I'd give it five stars.

And it's really nice when you climb up to the top.

When you eventually get up there-

[Ian] Yeah.

Especially if you're out there at sunset, it is beautiful.

More than 180-degree view-

[Ian] It's dope.

[Anthony] Of all of LA.

Five stars. Five stars.

While we think it's a five-star place,

Cogan gave it one star, and they said,

Could not find Shrek anywhere.

Why was Shrek assumed to be there?

I don't know.

I was trying to think like, do they do like a Shrek meetup?

They just didn't make it?

I think it might just be a common assumption

that anywhere that there is land that Shrek will be there.

Yeah, I don't know- It's very hilly,

so it's hard to get swampy. Yeah, so.

I feel like if we were to ask Cogan

what the hell they were thinking, they might say,

Oh, somebody once told me.

Yeah, well.

Oh, God, I walked right into that.

Nice.

Thank you.

Disneyland Park.

[Ian] Okay.

The Disneyland, which actually is not in LA,

it's in Anaheim.

Well, but- People think,

oh, I'm coming to LA. The LA area.

It's in the LA area. Sure.

Shelby gave it a one-star because she said,

Pooped on by a bird standing in line for Peter Pan.

Please remove the wires immediately above the ride's line.

Guests beware.

It is pretty easy to reroute electricity.

Yeah, I'm sure those wires [Anthony blows raspberries]

are there for no reason.

Yeah, just reroute 'em.

Pretty simple job.

Don't want any more bird poop on me.

You know how like the princesses are all walking around

and you can like take pictures of the princesses?

[Anthony] Mm-hmm.

Maybe this was the bird from Little Mermaid.

Yeah, they were playing into the story.

Yeah.

This is part of the experience, Shelby.

Yeah.

Getting shit on, it's actually something

that Disneyland offers.

Yeah.

Who doesn't want to get pooped on by Scuttle?

[poop squelches]

I think Awkwa- You're like,

Oh, got a little Scuttle on me.

So for Disneyland, I'm not really the biggest fan.

I don't like large crowds.

I don't like waiting in lines.

I would give it a one

'cause it sucks there most of the time.

[Ian laughs]

But I'll give it a two because once-

Yeah.

A year, I'll be like,

Ah, Disneyland day kinda sounds nice.

Especially if you go at night in the summer.

[Ian] Oh.

Perfect temperature in the air

while it's a little bit darker, less people there.

I give it three stars.

You know, I'll give it three as well.

Some of the food. [tone chimes]

Sometimes the vibes are good.

I like all the little secrets

that they've hidden in the park.

You know, the more we talk about it,

I think I wanna give it a four.

I'm not gonna

give it a four. Yeah.

I'm not going up that high.

I'll give it a four.

That place, look, sometimes it's a vibe,

sometimes that place sucks.

You know what? You convinced me.

I will give it a five.

Okay, all right, fine, [tone chimes]

fine, fine.

All right, so this next one, for those that don't know,

Erewhon is like Whole Foods but turned up to 11.

There's a smoothie that is named the Hailey Bieber.

I think it's $20.

Yeah, it is pure luxury.

If you're shopping there on the reg-

I wanna know what you do for a living-

Yeah. If you're shopping there

on the reg.

You gotta be like a trust fund kid.

[Anthony] Yeah.

Or like you've bankrupted some small nation.

Yeah.

[Ian] Eve Lee said, Parking is bad

and they want $135 for a reusable grocery bag.

LMFAO.

Is that legit?

It's $135 for a reusable grocery bag.

Is it-

What is it made from?

Is it made of leather?

[Producer] It's just a canvas tote.

[Anthony and Ian] It's just canvas?

What?

We gotta see a picture. Okay.

And I bet this thing's gonna be like one color, too.

Wow.

What?

No.

But this is like...

This is bad.

And it's 138 now.

Inflation.

I'm trying to find a way to justify this,

but I don't think I can. I mean,

it looks good quality-

Yeah. But it is just markup

for the brand.

It feels equivalent of like buying a Gucci bag or something.

Well, so I've heard that Erewhon's gotten

to the place of branding that people go on dates to Erewhon.

If you're walking around with an Erewhon bag-

Yeah. You're telling people,

I have a lot of disposable income.

Ooh, that person's got a lot

of money they wanna throw away.

[Ian] Yeah.

I want some money thrown at me.

Wow.

Okay.

Well, that's good to know.

I cannot defend that.

Taking money out of the equation-

It's nice.

It's very nice.

But if money is part of the equation-

[mouse clicking]

Say it's probably three stars.

Yeah. [tone chimes]

Am I gonna go there every day?

No.

It's like this or Disneyland, basically.

Yeah.

And I bet you soon there will be people that travel

from the Midwest just to go to the Erewhon as well.

They had to try the Hailey Bieber smoothie.

Mm-hmm.

Cinnaholic, gourmet cinnamon rolls.

Mm, mm-hmm. This place

was my pandemic dream.

Mm-hmm.

So good.

Ashley says, The icing has a weird aftertaste.

I tried three and none were good.

The person working the front counter was also weird

about me tasting the icing

and then asking for water. [laughs]

They think it was like a wine tasting

where they're like, taste a little icing,

and be like. Yeah, you're like.

[lips smacking]

Okay, now I try this one.

Yeah.

This was also a pandemic spot for me.

They just have like insane cinnamon rolls.

It's so good, though.

Yeah.

[Producer] Can we give them cinnamon rolls?

We got some?

Oh, my God. Oh, yes!

This was my order!

And this is the one that I would always get, too.

What?

How did they know? Yeah,

'cause it would the cookie dough.

[Anthony] Yeah, I'm digging in.

Yeah, I'm gonna have to have some of this.

[Anthony chuckles]

I'm just gonna have a little bite.

Mm.

This frosting is amazing. I'll try the frosting.

What the fuck? Yeah,

I wanna try the frosting.

Yeah, I don't know what that guy's on about.

For me, hits the spot.

Yeah, the frosting's where it's at.

Mm.

Damn. Mm.

What a lovely surprise.

Damn.

I'll give this a perfect five stars.

That's for sure.

Mm-hmm. [tone chimes]

Don't have to question that.

But you know where a good place

to spend your pandemic was.

[Anthony] Hmm?

[Ian] At the Huntington Library and Gardens.

I love this place.

This was my pandemic retreat.

You're not supposed to, but I brought like a little blanket,

and I pssh, and I'd sit down in it.

Just chill. Just a little bit.

This place was just so nice to just walk around.

And it felt like if Disneyland was just nature-

Yeah. With like plants maintained

from all over the world.

And there's a cactus area,

which I think is highly underrated.

They have trees that look ancient

that must've been growing there for hundreds of years.

I love it there.

Let's see what negative things

people have to say. I think Huntington Library

also has a corpse flower.

[Anthony] Oh, shoot.

Think they have one. Those things only bloom once

every, what, like 12 years

or something crazy? Something like that.

I think it just bloomed.

Yeah. So come back in 12 years.

John says, Unable to obtain membership tickets

despite many years of membership.

Then when you buy them,

the place is like a militarized zone.

Front gate, yes, I have a reservation.

Bag check table, no, I don't have any bags.

Temperature check table, yes.

Heaven forbid someone gets in for free by accident

and looks at some plants.

The horror.

It's like if you go to any kinda like stadium,

they're gonna check your bag.

They're gonna check your ticket.

It's pretty normal.

Yeah.

And considering I call this the Disneyland for plants-

Yeah.

Disneyland would do the same.

What are they looking for in your bag, I'm wondering.

Probably blankets, like the ones that you smuggled in.

Did I break the law?

Yes.

Was it okay? Yes.

[Ian] Zhiyu says, If you come in a hot day,

prepare to die there.

[Anthony chuckles]

Too uncomfortable, so you can't enjoy anything

for the $30 per person ticket.

If you come, come in a cool day.

Wait, couldn't the same exact review be left

for anything anywhere

that's outside. Anywhere, anywhere.

[mouse clicking] [Anthony chuckles]

Anywhere, anywhere.

[Anthony laughs]

Like, just stay inside when it's hot.

I guess that's what this person's saying.

But that's why you wear a hat. [Anthony chuckles]

Yeah.

Or you bring an umbrella or just like harden up.

Yeah. [smacks fist]

Just harden up.

I'd give Huntington Gardens a perfect five stars.

I think it's great. [tone chimes]

It's a little expensive and that kinda sucks,

but for what you get-

[Ian] Hmm.

I think it's good.

I give it four stars

'cause you might die there [tone chimes]

from the heat. Hmm.

Well, thank you so much for watching.

We hope you had as much fun as we did.

Let us know if you come to LA.

We'll have you at our place.

We'll show you around.

Yeah. Actually, won't.

I'm just gonna take that back.

Don't, people will take you up

on that. Yeah, right. [laughs]

Don't take the tour bus, the tour van.

No, do the star tours.

You like it?

Nah, I've never done it. [Anthony laughs]

I'm never gonna do it. You just want them to do it?

No, but yeah, do the star tours.

Let us know if it was a complete waste of your time-

You know, you're right.

Or if it was a scam. I've never done it either.

So please do it and give your review in the comments below.

Yeah.

And have a wonderful time visiting LA.