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Matt Storer takes "Payphone" back to pigeons and smoke signals

His communication-history sketch passes three million views, alongside a Lady Gaga-powered wizard fight.

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Matt Storer Story of November 1, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

What year is it? #comedy #music #parody of Payphone by Maroon 5

A payphone isn't old-fashioned enough for Matt Storer's characters. One produces a candlestick telephone, another tries string and tin cans, and soon a town crier is being hired to deliver an extremely petty announcement.

Storer plays everyone in "What year is it? #comedy #music #parody of Payphone by Maroon 5", turning the song into a contest over increasingly ancient ways of sending a message. Letters give way to a carrier pigeon; an Egyptian tablet, an alpine horn and smoke signals follow. The costumes change, but the urge to show up the other bloke stays remarkably consistent.

It was the most-watched of his two new uploads, reaching roughly 3.2 million views. Viewers are busy deciphering the Morse code, appreciating the distinction between hieroglyphs and hieroglyphics, and pointing out that simply talking might have saved everyone considerable effort. The other arrival, "Wizard fight goes too far #comedy #music #parody of Bad Romance by Lady Gaga", also passed a million views.

The older sketches haven't ceded the stage. "Assassins hatch a plan", using Montell Jordan's "This Is How We Do It", is attracting the most daily viewing, with the Payphone parody close behind. The Bon Jovi-based "My wife is home" remains busy too.

Storer added subscribers over the week, reaching two million, although daily channel viewing is running below its usual pace. Among nearby sketch channels, his weekly viewing was similar to 1980sGamer's; CrackerMilk had a bigger week, while PeachMonkey was quieter.

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What viewers say

Imagine hiring a whole town crier just to say beat this
@erictoh408See it on YouTube
They could have just won by talking 😭
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The morse code is sending me
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4 more comments

You can’t beat the classic “paper airplane” in class to deliver a message
@ArcadePlayer_101See it on YouTube
This is the first time I've seen someone correctly identify the symbols written in Egyptian hieroglyphic as "hieroglyphs" instead of "hieroglyphics" in a non-academic setting. You impress me every day, Matt
@kingstupidiii8779See it on YouTube
A Matt Storer record: Two sound effects in one song.
@ScrumpyWingnuts201See it on YouTube
Ah yes, the oldest form of communication- Violence!
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