Discover the fascinating life story & 6 Dream Team Pokémon of PHILLYBEATZU: how he sold his Funko POP! collection to buy a PC, how he took a huge risk abandoning his medical studies to pursue YouTube, how he wouldn't be where he is today without his wife, how he's about to release a movie - and how he now lives his childhood dream working officially with his favourite franchises.
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👋 My name's Charlie Merriman - Merri by name, merry by nature! My passion for Pokémon has made me a host & commentator for its Video Game Championships Series, and beyond that I love taking on all kinds of challenges & adventures in the games which I stream and make videos about right here on this channel. Come join in!
🎧 More than 90 episodes of the show now available featuring a broad range of people in the Pokémon community including MANDJTV, WOLFE GLICK, AUSTIN JOHN PLAYS & many more - enjoy!
All episodes so far: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0M4tSxPGQg&list=PLwf6eLFz9YAQfrHjSGoMIAE5hflGIkiyV&pp=gAQB0gcJCWMEOCosWNin
Listen on Spotify - 15,000+ audio downloads! https://open.spotify.com/show/5JdoxYzR6lr7DBN0lihdQJ?si=5ee2f7a52fd14c27
We're now in Season 2! Guests: CandyEvie, Jrose11, Bonstevawich, SophChan, PhillyBeatzU, Chi-Chi, Joshua Lorcy, AuraLaur, PKMNcast, Brian David Gilbert
🎥 RELATED EPISODES
Austin John Plays - https://youtu.be/OWBHRSiuvJ0
Lee 'Osirus' Provost - https://youtu.be/WeHr0XzoTRA
partyarlie - https://youtu.be/dHIaIejjDcc
Joe 'Serebii' Merrick - https://youtu.be/kJOrUziQL0A
MandJTV - https://youtu.be/rCm8-J1qBXQ
Watch my documentary about commentating the epic 2025 Pokémon Europe International Championships here - https://youtu.be/G8ctBWLskoI
Catch Philly's fantastic content and keep up with his latest - @PhillyBeatzU across socials
🕰️ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Welcome!
01:47 Growing Up
07:47 Philly's 1st Dream Team Pokémon
11:03 Selling Funko POP!s to buy a PC
21:07 Philly's 2nd Dream Team Pokémon
23:25 Leaving medicine for YouTube
30:02 Philly's 3rd Dream Team Pokémon
31:26 "My wife is my greatest supporter"
42:16 Philly's 4th Dream Team Pokémon
43:49 Nintendo & NYC
56:55 Philly's 5th Dream Team Pokémon
59:28 Working with gaming companies
1:07:55 Philly's 6th Dream Team Pokémon
1:09:47 Philly's Complete Dream Team & Partner Pokémon
1:10:17 If Philly were a Pokémon, what would he be?
1:12:01 What's next for Philly: Cardbound
1:15:24 What advice would Philly give his younger self?
1:16:52 Philly's Rapidash Round Teaser
1:17:31 Get involved!
🙏 A HUGE thank you to my channel members & patrons at the time of uploading for supporting the channel: ashthekarp, Jacrepid, CaseyPKMN, 19TokinToken, pokemontrainermike1, Shad0wFeevke, BroseidonLive, 0megasoul, wolfganghahn2490, elliefawnx, KayDeeVGC, GymLeader_J, indiepctv, AddiRockART, dmfried858, Infernape Shinjo, Oliver Evans, WiiMik3; Ben Kyriakou, Casey Kort, Possumbreath, Morten Schødts Pedersen, AerialAC
Click on the relevant links above to support me directly and see/hear your name here! Thank you so much either way for listening 🙏
Music by Tom Hiom
Logo by Lee 'Osirus' Provost
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