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Inside the Game Shakers Set With Kel Mitchell

Inside the Game Shakers Set With Kel Mitchell

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YH heads to the set of Nickelodeon's "Game Shakers" where we hand off the mic to star Kel Mitchell for an exclusive behind the scenes set tour! He also shares some of his favorite moments and episodes from the series, plus he reveals the best dancers among the cast and teases a crossover with former "iCarly" star Nathan Kress!

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Hey, what's up y'all? I'm Kel Mitchell. What's up, young Hollywood? I'm about to take you through the game shakers set. Nickelodeon, baby, let's go. All right, so, we are backstage hanging out. This is fun. We all come through here. Uh over here you'll see a lot of props, getting ready for our next episode. You can't have just great nuts, you gotta have great nuts, okay? Then, you know, Double G loves John Durell. So, I gotta have that on set all the time. Now look, uh this is really awesome. The cool thing about Game Shakers is that all the games we make on the show are downloadable on Google Play Apps at the App Store, Apple App Stores. It's awesome.

Kids can download 'em right after they see 'em on the show. These are some of our great games, you know, Pop Star Surgeon, Punchy Face, Punchy Face, that was a crazy episode, that was really fun. Oh, then Dirty Blob, okay? Tiny Pickles, and then the OG Skywhale. That's where it all started. Skywhale, right there. And we never have an assistant, but this is where our assistant is supposed to be, but there's never an assistant. I don't know how we run this place, but, hey. Look at this little guy. This little guy's been in every episode. I don't know his name. You all give me a comment, you know, name this little guy, okay? And this is my seat. Check it out. This is where I hang out.

And then I got my little, my little refrigerator right here, soda waters for the long days when we're here shooting. It's awesome. Follow me. All right, from the first episode when I first saw this place, I was like, wow, you know, our set dresser is amazing. Set design is awesome. You know, we like to come down here and play with all the props 'cause there's so many amazing props. I mean, there's so much fun like this dude right here. You know, this little monkey on the toilet. You know what I mean? I don't know what it means, but it's just fun having a monkey on the toilet. Look at this hat. He's been in every episode. I think he needs to get residuals. He does need to get, oh, no.

Okay, all right. We're gonna go. He's upset. And this is what I like to do. I like to come on here, right? Come like this. Yeah. Come on, cameraman. You could do it. Let's see. Come on. Yeah. Oh, I got you. That's what I'm talking about. Right before a run-through, I like to come up here, so I could look at everybody. And I just sit right here, like king of Nickelodeon. The kids have definitely been inside of that swing. I haven't swung in that yet, uh because I don't know what would happen. So, over here, every time someone enters Game Shakers, they have to enter this way. So, this is our outside area. So, come on in. This grass, it's not real. It's not real grass, okay?

This is just the backdrop. That's all that is. It's just a little backdrop, but it looks like a city. Now here's the funny part. When you're acting, right? The kids will be in there and they're doing the scene and then I have to walk in, so I have to stand by this wall. And sometimes the cameras can see us from the kitchen, Ned. So, we have to go, we have to sneak on the wall like this so we're not seen. And then when you, when they say action, then we just pop on out. That's a little something that uh me, uh Bunny and Ruthless have to do all the time. We have to put our hands on that wall. Actually, you can see our makeup on here. See that?

You see a little bit of brown right there from us doing this. Looking, looking like a music video. Just right there. We all have handshakes. We all do cool handshakes right before hand. And then another ritual that we do on the show, uh I don't know if it's a ritual, I just think it's something we do all the time, is the dancing. We dance on this show. Everybody can dance, everybody can move. Uh we get down. But uh me and Cree, uh we're the best dancers on the show. I'm gonna go ahead and say that, 'cause we get down, you know what I'm saying? Now Bubba might get upset about that 'cause he is a pop locker king. He's the pop locker, Bunny.

What's my favorite thing about being part of Game Shakers? Uh I get to play this awesome character, you know. Uh he's a hip-hop mogul. Uh he's wild and crazy. You know, he yells at kids and he has a warm heart, and he's a dad. I get to play a dad. So, I love my TV son, Benjamin. Uh we just have a lot of fun on set, and I love all these kids. They call me Uncle Kel on set. We have a blast and, you know, being a part of a show and being still being a part of the network where I got my start, it's just fun for me to give them advice and see them go through the same things that I went through, uh on the show and uh yeah, man. This is epic. I'm getting a whole new generation of fans.

You know, one of my favorite episodes on Game Shakers was with Nathan Kress. Nathan Kress. It's called Game Shippers, okay? All right. And we're finding out, who did he really love on iCarly, okay? Was it Sam? Or was it Carly? I mean, the fans want to know. They want to know. So the Game Shakers get to the bottom of it. Watch it with your kids 'cause your momma watched me on Kenan & Kel, and you know you're watching Game Shakers, so the whole family watching. All right, go get the Dogs and Pets too 'cause I was on Clifford the Big Red Dog, so get them too. Peace out, y'all. I had fun. I will see y'all again 'cause you know I love Young Hollywood. They be bringing me back. You feel me?

'Cause I'm still young and I'm in Hollywood.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Kel Mitchell

    Host of the set tour and star of Game Shakers

  • John Durell

    Mentioned as a favorite of Kel's character, Double G

  • Bunny

    Cast member mentioned in an on-set ritual

  • Ruthless

    Cast member mentioned in an on-set ritual

  • Cree

    Cast member, identified by Kel as one of the best dancers

  • Bubba

    Cast member, identified as a 'pop locker king'

  • Benjamin

    Kel's TV son on Game Shakers

  • Nathan Kress

    Guest star in a favorite Game Shakers episode

  • Sam

    Character from iCarly, mentioned in relation to Nathan Kress episode

  • Carly

    Character from iCarly, mentioned in relation to Nathan Kress episode

FAQ

What show does Kel Mitchell give a tour of?+
Kel Mitchell gives a tour of the set for Nickelodeon's "Game Shakers".
Are the games from 'Game Shakers' available to play?+
Yes, all the games featured on the show are downloadable on Google Play Apps and the Apple App Store.
Who does Kel Mitchell say are the best dancers on 'Game Shakers'?+
Kel Mitchell says he and Cree are the best dancers on the show.
Which former 'iCarly' star appeared on 'Game Shakers'?+
Nathan Kress, a former 'iCarly' star, appeared in an episode of 'Game Shakers' called 'Game Shippers'.
What is Kel Mitchell's character like on 'Game Shakers'?+
Kel Mitchell's character is a hip-hop mogul who is wild, crazy, yells at kids but has a warm heart, and is a dad to Benjamin.

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