Convos with My 2 Year Old

Convos With My 2 Year Old is an ongoing YouTube web series from the channel ConvosWith2YrOld. The series was created by Matthew Clarke, produced by Warmland Films, and later by CocoMilk Productions.

Synopsis

Each episode is different from the last, but each contains a true-to-life conversation that Clarke had with his real daughter, Coco Frances Harrison-Clarke. Matthew Clarke is cast as himself. However, his daughter is portrayed by Clarke’s friend, David Milchard, who is dressed similarly to Coco in each episode. Clarke’s daughter, Coco, and his wife, Leila Harrison, have both made numerous cameos in the web series cast as themselves. The captions “Actual conversations with my 2 year old daughter...^{[note 1]} "As re-enacted by me and another full grown man” appears at the beginning of each episode.

Cast

• David Milchard as Coco Frances Harrison-Clarke
• Matthew Clarke as Himself
• Coco Frances Harrison-Clarke as Herself
• Leila Harrison as Herself

• Season premiere * Season finale

Season 1

• October 13, 2011 * May 18, 2012

Episode List

Season 1

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Reception

In an interview with The Huffington Post, Clarke expressed that his idea for the web series came after he had a conversation with his daughter and realized that if she were bigger or an adult, the things that she stated would more than likely be unacceptable to say.^[9] Clarke also stated, in an interview with the Daily Dot,^[10] that much of the humor is satirical: “Kids have this natural vulnerability about them, they’re these innocent, pristine creatures, in a selfish narcissistic way...David doesn’t have that. When you take away that innocence and you’re left with the narcissistic, selfish qualities, it highlights the absurdity of these interactions.” The series also highlights the sort of relationship that parents can have with their toddlers.

Convos With My 2 Year Old has gone viral, but it is difficult to pinpoint exactly when as the owner of the ConvosWith2YrOld channel has disabled viewers from seeing the stats of the first few episodes. All nine videos of the series have a majority of YouTube “Likes” rather than “Dislikes” and all have more than 900,00 views each. The first episode of the series currently has more than 8,000,000 views and is the most viewed out of the entire series. It is difficult to come across negatives about series because the YouTube channel deletes any negative comments on any of the videos and most articles are positive towards the series.

The series has no definite type of viewer, but it can be observed to be favored by an audience of parents with families. Many articles about the web series are under the “Family” and “Parents” category.

Notes

References

• Petersen, Sarah (September 27, 2013). "Father and 2-year-old daughter Coco accidentally create viral YouTube series together". Deseretnews.com.