Your Favorite Son Documentary
Clip from the 3rd act: The Interview
Event style: Documentary
Location: Conquistador Apartments, Casper
Important characters: KingCobraJFS, Mayor of Casper, YourFavoriteSon, Darfliny B
Summary: YouTuber YourFavoriteSon takes a train to Casper to interview and follow Josh over the course of a week, and at the end of the week secure an interview.
Event Genre: Documentary
Saga: The Puff Saga, The New Apartment Saga

The YourFavoriteSon Documentary (officially titled Empire of Dirt | A KingCobraJFS Documentary) is the third documentary that has been made about the notorious Casper YouTuber, KingCobraJFS. The first two documentaries—trappped's Gothic King Cobra and KingCobraJFS: Now it's a Party!—focused entirely on following Josh as he goes through his daily life, where as the YFS doc instead opts for a video essay presentation.

After the release of the documentary, Clint reached out to do a follow up interview with himself and Josh. The interview premiered on December 24, 2023 on YFS' YouTube channel.

YourFavoriteSon sets out to understand who is KingCobraJFS, why he, and many others, found themselves engaged by Josh and his content, what drives the fascination the viewers have with Josh. YFS takes a train into Casper to meet up with Josh and explore the city that he calls home in search of answers to these questions.

YFS goes over the backstory of Cobra, from the first YouTube videos put out under GothicKingCobra52 and early content from The Basement Age, the characters that would show up in his videos and streams, the food hacks and drink combos to the modern era and decline of his health in present day. YFS speaks with Homeboy Robbie, Eggy/Eggman, and Tar Man—some other prominent observers of the Cobraverse—to see what draws them to Josh and his content.

After unsuccessful attempts to contact Josh through phone calls and voicemails, YFS set out to visit Cobra directly and pitch the documentary idea in person. Upon arriving at his apartment, YFS went in alone with a peace offering of Marlboro NXTs and peach whiskey. Josh, initially standoffish, accepts the offer and agrees to hear him out. He pitches a week of activities ranging from boxing and hiking—which Josh did not want to do—to going to the arcade, bowling and doing a cooking video.

Having gained Cobra's trust and introducing the crew to Josh, they filmed a small house tour. YFS noted that the apartment is not as unkempt as some believe it is, and that Josh does in fact smell good (or at least doesn't smell bad). Josh is proud to show off his bearded dragon, Puff, to the crew and though it is only about a month after receiving Puff, Josh displays a surprising amount of thought to the care of his lizard including detailing a calcium routine to help with his bones, nails, and mitigate an issue that he suffers from regarding the scales on his tail.

Following a strong drink and a shot, Josh would played guitar and banjo for the crew. YFS profiled some of the decor in the apartment, including a collection of skull mugs, skulls, various fan creations and a half-eaten sub sandwich.

Josh agreed to go to a bar for some drinks; however, despite agreeing to a time, YFS was left waiting while Josh insisted that he still needed to take a shower and needed to let his nails dry. When Josh did step out of his apartment, he kept them waiting while he smoked a cigarette. While in the parking lot, Josh was tossing a large knife from one hand to another. At one point a car was forced to go around him and rather than stepping out of the way of the passing vehicle, he dared the car to hit him, remarking: “You had the perfect opportunity to run me over and I'd stab you in the throat.” During the car ride, YFS offered to take Cobra to a gym to try some boxing, inspired by Danny Brown’s idea of pitting Cobes and Cyraxx against each other in a match.

Upon arriving at the Horseshoe bar, Cobra played some pool and revealed that tonight was karaoke night. Josh insisted on doing only trick shots and repeatedly looped back to the missing tip of his pool cue—one of several topics he would hammer on throughout the night. Having some drinks in him, Josh got up and did a karaoke rendition of Hurt by Johnny Cash.

They closed out the night with a late night run to Poncho's, where Cobra ordered a heavily customized burrito. YFS reflects on the night and his experience with Josh, praising Cobra for being empathetic and ready to have people's back, and noting that Josh really seemed to enjoy being in the company of others.

Josh was out and about with his father on the second day, which allowed YFS to explore Casper and get an understanding of the town Cobra calls home. He talks about the town's history as an oil town, Dick Cheney, and beauty of Casper that took him by surprise.

He met with the mayor of Casper, Bruce Knell, who explained some of the identity that Casper has and how their “40 years ago” way of life has given the town charm and simultaneously hurts the town, struggling to move towards the adoption of a new identity with acceptance for all people. Mayor Knell praises the small town feel in a place with the amenities of a big city.

Noticing that most Casperites—Mayor Knell included— didn't know who King Cobra was, YFS and his crew visited some of the businesses that Josh used to frequent to gather insight on what the town's opinion is. YFS admittedly chose mostly places from which Josh had been banned. As expected, they did not have many nice things to say, though were sympathetic to his plight.

YFS took Josh to a casino, however Josh's directions lead them down a detour showcasing many important places around Casper, including: his old apartment, Frosty's, the funeral home where Alex Anderson was prepared, and Natrona County High School.

At the casino, they had a few drinks and played slots. Josh would continuously respond to the trolls while at the casino. After a few hours, the group called it quits and—perhaps caused by having lost money or reflecting on his behavior towards his dad the previous day or a combination of factors—Josh's mood had soured.

They stopped at a dispensary on the way home so Josh could get some Delta-8.

The fourth day started off with Josh's channel receiving a strike for telling a viewer to kill themselves. Determined to make the best of the rest of the day, they took him to Albertson's to get ingredients for a recipe Josh came up with dubbed the KFC Doritos Double Down. Unbeknownst to YFS, Josh had been trespassed from this establishment earlier causing the police to be called. Luckily for Josh and the documentary, the management declined to press charges. Josh decompressed from the stressful morning with a Cobra's Venom (Monster and Jack Daniels) and a few puffs of Delta-8.

The cooking video begins after Josh was already hammered. Unlike other Cooking with Cobra videos, the crew had set up a wide shot to try to capture the classic cooking show vibe. This choice backfired since Cobra stood over the stove facing the corner for the vast majority of the time and didn't acknowledge the camera's existence. As is typical, the cooking took a inordinately long amount of time. According to YFS, the meal didn't have much flavor outside of a vague Bud Light taste.

Due to Josh's inebriation and the over 5 hour cook time, the interview would be pushed to day 5.