Ted Nivison
Comedy YouTuber who makes long, deadpan stunt and commentary videos, from visiting every Rainforest Cafe in North America to taste tests and bad-movie deep dives, and who co-hosted the podcast Chuckle Sandwich with jschlatt and directs music videos.
Comedy · YouTube · Updated Nov 13, 2026
Ted Nivison is a comedy YouTuber known for long, deadpan stunt videos such as visiting every Rainforest Cafe in North America and every Margaritaville in the US. His main YouTube channel, opened on January 16, 2013, has about 2.4 million subscribers and more than 239 million views, and he has about 1.1 million followers on TikTok. From early 2021 he co-hosted the comedy podcast Chuckle Sandwich with jschlatt, and the hosts announced in a November 5, 2024 episode that the show was ending, per PopCulture.com. He also directs music videos, including Lovejoy’s “Normal People Things” in 2023. As of November 2026 he is still posting, and his newest video went up on July 23, 2026.
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Who is Ted Nivison?
Ted Nivison is a comedy YouTuber who makes long stunt, taste test and commentary videos, and a former co-host of the podcast Chuckle Sandwich. He opened his YouTube channel on January 16, 2013 as a gaming channel called JehBerDeh before switching to live-action comedy, per Famous Birthdays. As of November 2026 the channel has about 2.4 million subscribers, 95 videos and more than 239 million views. His best-known run is food road trips: fellow YouTuber Eddy Burback told The Washington Post in August 2023 that Nivison was the one who first asked him to do the Rainforest Cafe trip, and that he called it “the stupidest idea I’ve ever heard” before saying yes. Nivison’s own videos I Visited Every Rainforest Cafe in North America (2022) and I Visited Every Margaritaville in the USA (2023) have about 10 million and 9.6 million views. One of his most-watched videos is I Watched Every Barbie Movie Ever Made, with about 15 million views.
What happened to Ted Nivison? Is Ted Nivison still alive, and what is he doing now?
As of November 2026, Ted Nivison is alive and still making videos; nothing has happened to him beyond his podcast Chuckle Sandwich ending. His newest main-channel video, I Ate the Weirdest Meals in America, went up on July 23, 2026 with fellow creators Grace Reiter, Kurtis Conner and Maya Higa, and had about 3.1 million views by November 2026. Before it came We Created The Funniest Billboards (Again) in spring 2026. He posts long videos every few months rather than weekly, and in between he directs music videos, most recently Good Kid’s “Rift” in early 2026 (see below). Chuckle Sandwich, his podcast with jschlatt, ended by the hosts’ own choice (next questions). We found no report of his death in any major news outlet.
Why did Ted Nivison get cancelled? Why was Ted Nivison cancelled?
As of November 2026, we found no report in any major news outlet that Ted Nivison was cancelled, and he has not posted an apology or a statement about a controversy that we could find. What is public: he is still uploading to a channel of about 2.4 million subscribers, he still runs sponsored videos (his July 2026 upload was sponsored by Zocdoc), and his podcast Chuckle Sandwich ended because the hosts decided to end it, not because of a scandal, per PopCulture.com (November 2024). We do not repeat claims that exist only on social media. If an accepted outlet reports a controversy, this entry will add it, with his response.
What happened to Chuckle Sandwich? Why did Ted Nivison and jschlatt end it?
Ted Nivison and jschlatt ended Chuckle Sandwich by choice: they announced it in a November 5, 2024 episode, per PopCulture.com (November 29, 2024). Nivison suggested Schlatt was burnt out, which Schlatt disputed, saying “I’m not burnt out” and “I could keep going. I just don’t want to,” and that he wanted to give the show a clear ending rather than let it slowly decline; Nivison said he hoped it would leave “a good legacy.” The show started in early 2021: the description of his February 4, 2021 episode of The Create Unknown podcast says he was launching it with jschlatt and Slimecicle, and PopCulture.com noted Slimecicle was an earlier third co-host. Its guests included Markiplier, Pokimane, Ludwig Ahgren and Jaiden Animations. The Chuckle Sandwich channel, with about 1.07 million subscribers and 227 videos, posted a 2024 holiday special, then the finale Chuckle Dungeon Unlimited and a last video titled Goodbye, Chuckle Sandwich.
What happened with Ted Nivison and Shae? Why did Ted Nivison and Shae break up? Is Ted Nivison single?
As of November 2026, Ted Nivison has not announced a relationship or a breakup with anyone named Shae in anything we could source, and no outlet we accept has reported one. He has not made a partner public in any source we could find, so we cannot say whether he is single. We do not repeat social media claims or guess about anyone’s dating life; if he or an accepted outlet makes something public, this entry will say so.
Why is Ted Nivison the milkman?
Ted Nivison is called the milkman because milk is a long-running joke in his videos, and he uses the name himself: a 2022 community post on his YouTube channel read, “New video tomorrow. The Milk Man returns.” He has posted I Smuggled Milk Into Coachella Music Festival, and he is credited as a collaborator on the band OCT’s TALL WARM GLASS OF MILK video, which his channel features. When he appeared on The Create Unknown podcast in February 2021, the episode was titled “Milk, Nut Butter, and a Chuckle Sandwich” and introduced him as a milkman. We found no interview where he explains how the bit started.
What has Ted Nivison directed?
Ted Nivison has directed music videos for the bands Lovejoy and Good Kid and for singer James Marriott, which his own YouTube channel lists under “Things I’ve Directed!”: Lovejoy’s Portrait of a Blank Slate and Normal People Things, James Marriott’s Pillow Fight and Good Kid’s Rift, the newest, from early 2026. Dork reported on October 9, 2023 that he filmed “Normal People Things” in Los Angeles during the band’s US tour, staging it as “a collection of living portrait photography” modeled on awkward family photos from the 1970s to the 1990s. He also posted I Directed The Weirdest Music Video about the work on his own channel.
What did Ted Nivison go to college for?
Ted Nivison studied cinema and photography: Famous Birthdays says he graduated from college in 2020 with a degree in cinema and photography. On The Create Unknown podcast in February 2021 he talked about his formal training in film production and a short film the pandemic put on hold.
How old is Ted Nivison, when is his birthday, and what is his real name?
Ted Nivison is 28, born January 16, 1998, per Famous Birthdays, which lists his full name as Theodore Kennedy Nivison Jr. His second YouTube channel is named Theodore Nivison. Famous Birthdays lists his birthplace only as the United States; he has not published a hometown, or his height, in anything we could source, and we do not guess.
Where can I watch Ted Nivison? Where is Ted Nivison merch?
Ted Nivison posts his long videos on YouTube @TedNivison, extra videos on his second channel @TheodoreNivison, and short videos on TikTok and Instagram. The full Chuckle Sandwich archive is on the show’s YouTube channel. His merch store, linked from his YouTube About page, is ted.store.
What is Ted Nivison’s net worth?
Ted Nivison does not publish a number and neither do we.
What is Ted Nivison’s sexuality? Who is Ted Nivison’s sister, and is he an only child?
Not something we cover.
Who represents Ted Nivison?
As of November 2026, no agency or manager is named publicly for Ted Nivison that we could find; his YouTube About page offers a business email to signed-in viewers without naming a company. Ames Create does not represent him; we cover him because people search what happened to him and to Chuckle Sandwich, and the public record answers it. If that changes, this entry will say so.
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The format. A simple, slightly ridiculous premise taken all the way: every Rainforest Cafe, every Margaritaville, every Barbie movie, a plant grown in fast food soil. He plays it straight and tired, edits it himself, and brings in friends like Eddy Burback, Kurtis Conner and Maya Higa to react.
Why it travels. The titles are the hook: a complete set of something, said plainly, which is why videos from 2022 and 2023 keep pulling views years later. The road trips also ran on two channels at once, since Eddy Burback posted his own version of each trip.
Brand fit. Restaurant chains, food and drink brands, travel and apps that can sit inside a long video. He already runs host-read sponsors such as Zocdoc. His music video work also makes him a fit for record labels and bands that want a comedic director, not only a creator post.
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Sources: Ted Nivison’s YouTube and About page, second channel, TikTok, Instagram and merch store; videos s8VIVvjQLe8, pEmu8xe3gDw, 7InqrH1TCI8, Nj9Oy2Jx2dM, KBWTHZ2TL5I, GzNvKgmAx-g, Bs0uj_TesWw; music videos yzGQc6sFHkg, Ck9_Fx5DSz4, aIw-IA8jxPI, e_OOTwvP-K0 and OCT’s 7d3tSEgFXQI; Chuckle Sandwich on YouTube and its videos tzOmtdi5XqM and WXVWURsF1uc; PopCulture.com, November 29, 2024; The Washington Post, August 2023; Dork, October 9, 2023; The Create Unknown, February 4, 2021; Famous Birthdays. Subscriber counts read from YouTube, TikTok and Instagram counts from those platforms, November 2026.
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