Smosh's Try Not to Laugh: 2020 Season
Season 5 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Smosh's Try Not to Laugh Season 4.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
Try Not To Laugh Challenge 37 w/ The Valleyfolk
Jan 7, 2020 · 21 min
Our boys from The Valleyfolk are back and they're gonna try to make us LAUGH!
Try Not To Laugh Challenge 38 w/ Tom Lennon
Jan 21, 2020 · 22 min
Tom Lennon and Ghostmates Director Jack Henry Robbins are here to try and make is LAUGH!
Try Not To Laugh Challenge 39 - PROP TART!
Feb 4, 2020 · 18 min
Today's Try Not To Laugh twist comes from one of YOU! Someone commented and suggested we let the person in the hot seat choose which props everyone had to use to make them laugh, a
Try Not To Laugh Challenge 40 w/ CallMeCarson
Feb 18, 2020 · 22 min
You know what time it is! CallMeCarson, Ted Nivison, and Slimecicle from Lunch Club are here to Try Not To Laugh!
Try Not To Laugh Challenge 41 w/ Critical Role
Mar 3, 2020 · 19 min
It’s time for another Try Not To Laugh challenge with our friends Sam Riegel and Matthew Mercer from Critical Role!
Try Not To Laugh Challenge 42 w/ Flula
Mar 17, 2020 · 20 min
The legendary Flula Borg is here to try and make us laugh!
Try Not To Laugh Challenge 43 w/ The Bath Boys
Mar 31, 2020 · 17 min
Try Not To Laugh is back with our good ol’ friends Kurt Maloney and Tyler Phillips of The Bath Boys!
Try Not To Laugh Challenge 44 - LIVE from Australia!
Apr 14, 2020 · 13 min
We packed our bags and took your favorite challenge down under! Here’s Try Not To Laugh, live from AUSTRALIA!
Try Not To Laugh Challenge 45 w/ Brock Baker
Apr 28, 2020 · 22 min
Today we’re trying not to laugh with the master of impressions, Brock Baker!
Try Not To Laugh Challenge 46 w/ Gus Johnson
May 15, 2020 · 23 min
Gus Johnson returns with his brother Sven for another round of Try Not To Laugh! Will we finally get him to break this time?!
Try Not To Laugh Challenge 47 - At Home Edition!
May 26, 2020 · 18 min
The Try Not To Laugh challenge you know and love, coming to you (sort-of) live from our homes!
Try Not To Laugh Challenge 48 - Musical Edition
Jun 23, 2020 · 15 min
The Try Not To Laugh challenge from home returns, with a musical twist!
Try Not To Laugh Challenge 49 - Green Screen Edition
Jul 7, 2020 · 15 min
Today our mega-talented editors are going to try to make us laugh in this green screen edition of the try not to laugh challenge!
Try Not To Laugh Challenge 50 - Mystery Boxes!
Jul 14, 2020 · 27 min
It’s the Try Not To Laugh challenge you know and love with a mystery box twist!
Try Not To Laugh Challenge 51
Aug 11, 2020 · 15 min
You know what time it is— time to try not to laugh!
Try Not To Laugh Challenge 52
Aug 25, 2020 · 21 min
We’re back with everyone’s favorite— the try not to laugh chalzlenge! It’s Jackie’s first time in the world famous yellow stool of laughs, wish her luck!
Try Not To Laugh Challenge 53
Sep 8, 2020 · 19 min
“I’m not like the other girls. I know how to breathe.” Try not to laugh, we dare you!
Try Not To Laugh Challenge 54 - Mystery Boxes!
Sep 24, 2020 · 22 min
It’s try not to laugh, but we can only use the items in our mystery boxes to help us out!
Try Not To Laugh Challenge 55 - Disney Edition!
Oct 6, 2020 · 17 min
A Disney-themed Try Not To Laugh challenge? Talk about a whole new world…
Try Not To Laugh Challenge 56 - Spooky Edition
Oct 20, 2020 · 21 min
Try not to laugh, but make it spooky!
Try Not To Laugh Challenge 57 - Battle of the Gauntlet
Nov 3, 2020 · 15 min
This Try Not To Laugh Challenge is a gauntlet battle! Which team will reign supreme: OnlyStans or the After School Snacks?!
Try Not To Laugh Challenge 58
Nov 24, 2020 · 22 min
Y’all know what this is— the try not to laugh challenge has returned!
Try Not To Laugh Challenge 59
Dec 8, 2020 · 16 min
The try not to laugh challenge returns with Ify Nwadiwe!
Try Not To Laugh Challenge 60 - Gauntlet w/ Our Crew!
Dec 22, 2020 · 18 min
Today we’re back in the Gauntlet hot seats and our CREW is up for the Try Not To Laugh challenge!