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IrelandJOLLY's headmaster meets Texas: a Walmart trolley, then three breakfasts
Dave Smith's first trip to America opens a new series with a dog tag for Bear, a burst pickle and a Cheesecake Factory portion test.
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We brought our British Mate to America for the first time!
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- 0:00Josh and Ollie set out the plan: bring headmaster Mr. Smith to America for its food.
- 1:51A giant Fort Worth Walmart, with cereals, dips and snacks piling into the trolley.
- 7:11Smith has an ID tag engraved for his Labradoodle Mini, Bear.
- 9:17Day two begins with Lucky Charms, then biscuits and gravy and a breakfast burrito.
- 11:51Josh tries to snap a giant pickle and it bursts over his hands.
- 12:33The Cheesecake Factory portion test, starters and cheesecake only, with a calorie counter.
Dave Smith had barely landed in Texas before he found the thing he most wanted to take home, and it wasn't food. In a giant Walmart in Fort Worth, with the trolley already filling with cereals, dips and snacks, the headmaster stops at a kiosk to have a tag engraved for his dog. "I've got a Labradoodle Mini. His name is Bear," he explains.
"We brought our British Mate to America for the first time!" opens a new series, billed on screen as Mr. Smith's American Adventure, and it drew more than 900,000 views in its first seven hours. Josh Carrott and Ollie Kendal, the friends behind JOLLY, say in the description that viewers had asked for it. The comment section bears that out: more than 7,000 arrived in those hours, about five times what one of the channel's regular videos usually gathers in a whole first day.
"Everything is bigger. Cars are bigger, houses are bigger," Smith observes soon after arriving. Breakfast proves his point: a huge bowl of Lucky Charms at dawn, then takeaway biscuits and gravy, then a breakfast burrito. "I love gravy. I love all forms of gravy," he says, which suits a channel whose biscuits and gravy taste test with British teenagers is still among its most watched videos. The episode also carries a sponsored soda segment.
Only this week, Smith learned on camera that a pickle is a cucumber. Here the pickle hits back, bursting over Josh's hands when he tries to snap a giant one outside the house. The day ends at The Cheesecake Factory, where the group orders nothing but starters and cheesecake slices to test American portions, a calorie counter ticking on screen. "Each one is over 1,000 calories," Josh warns.
Viewers point out the passer-by who recognises the headmaster, liken his breakfast schedule to a Hobbit's and cast Josh as the parent at Walmart, with Ollie and Smith as two children teaming up against him. Many want Smith's pupils to watch it. For all the shopping, the smallest thing in his trolley is still the tag with Bear's name on it.
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What viewers say
I'm so happy that you brought him!
@jimstutzySee it on YouTubePeople on the street walking by saying "aren't you the Headmaster" Absolutely fantastic!
@patrickcoppens2164See it on YouTube"After a good night's sleep and three breakfasts"
Dave is a Hobbit@LucidCrownedSee it on YouTube
7 more comments
Three minutes in and Jolly brought a kid to the candy store.
@snodrich8647See it on YouTubeI smiled through this entire video. I am so thrilled that Headmaster-Dave came to the US.
@susieinthesouth1931See it on YouTubeDave’s ancestors must’ve woken up late and missed the ship to America.
That man is among his people 😂@Kagiso22See it on YouTubeMr. Smith walking around in a suit looking as British as humanly possible
@MontTheBeatMakerSee it on YouTubeJosh at Wal-Mart is acting like a dad going shopping with a toddler.
@GreyhawkGrognardSee it on YouTubeWalking in the exit side of a Walmart? You're already one of us.
@ML_BrownSee it on YouTubeWe need a reaction video of his students watching this!
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- Channel
- JOLLY
- Subscribers
- 5,490,000 ▲ 10,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 25,377,635
- Channel views, pace per day
- 2,163,891 (on a normal day: 3,219,851)
- Video published
- November 14, 2026
- Video views so far
- 918,125 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 1,998,204
The numbers
A long video from a big food channel, and a first few hours that brought a comment section far busier than its usual first day.
💡 Test your knowledge
What is the name of the mascot of Lucky Charms, the cereal Mr. Smith eats on his first American morning?
Lucky the Leprechaun has fronted General Mills' Lucky Charms since the cereal's early years.