The Shortest Video on YouTube

The Shortest Video on YouTube is a long-running web-series, created by Adam Schleichkorn, that revolves around a cat called Mylo who is trying to stop a trio (Rylo, an Evil Villainess and Barkley) of bad guys from ruining his life and reputation. The series features episodes that are 1 to 18 seconds long.

First Episodes: 2011-2013
The first installment was released on the 19th January 2011 and was uploaded to the channel hiddentracktv2. It featured James Catusco’s cat Mylo smiling to the camera. It was originally meant as a joke video which was meant to fit into the channel’s very short, meaningless, random video style. After making 14 episodes, Adam discontinued on the series for an unknown reason, most likely to focus on his main channel at that time, isthishowyougoviral.

Recommendation Sightings and Continuation: 2021
Around 2021, he noticed that the first 14 episodes had all popped up in people’s recommendations. He then released the "long-awaited" Episode 15 on the 21st January 2021. From then on, he posted 1 episode every day. Starting from episode 86, videos became slightly longer, ranging from 1 to 5 seconds and (rarely) 12 seconds. This was overshadowed by the fact that the series had changed its style drastically. Instead of being 1 second videos of Mylo saying random stuff, it was now an ongoing story about Mylo facing off against an evil villainess who’s revealed to be his ex, her henchman and another henchman disguised as him and trying to ruin his reputation.

Production hiatus: 2021-2022
Adam eventually got a new job, causing uploads to slow down. Unfortunately, four of the main cast members caught COVID-19 and eventually, he caught COVID-19. This caused a 4 week hiatus. He posted an update video on 6th January 2022 stating his problems but also revealing that he was getting better and that production would soon restart. Production resumed shortly thereafter and has been normal ever since.

Story
The story is divided into 15 chapters with the first four chapter's titles devised by GoldBar Playz.
 * Prequels: Humble Beginnings (Episodes 1-86);
 * Chapter 1: An Awakening (Episodes 87-100);
 * Chapter 2: Revenge and Reunion (Episodes 101-141);
 * Chapter 3: That’s Not Mylo (Episodes 142-211);
 * Chapter 4: Broken Friendships and Mysteries (Episodes 212-247);
 * Chapter 5: The Biggest Episodes (Episodes 248-300);
 * Chapter 6: The Imposter Chase (Episodes 301-322);
 * Chapter 7: Fixing the Friendship (Episodes 323-354);
 * Chapter 8: The Alligator's Found Out (Episodes 355-369);
 * Chapter 9: Paying Bitty a Visit (Episodes 370-393);
 * Chapter 10: We Need More Chairs! (Episodes 394-424);
 * Chapter 11: The Tackling Reveal (Episodes 425-474);
 * Chapter 12: Some Proper Introductions (Episodes 475-494);
 * Chapter 13: Trying To Find And Meet Garry (Episodes 495-522);
 * Chapter 14: Big Al’s Cousin (Episodes 523-561);
 * Chapter 15: Swim Team Is Here (Episodes 562-610)
 * Chapter 16: Talk with Gamerboy’s Mom (Episodes 611-680)
 * Chapter 17: Mylo Squad vs Bird Gang (Episodes 681-694)
 * Chapter 18: Ruckus in the Limo (695-720)
 * Chapter 19: Ruckus at Big Al’s Diner (721-736)
 * Chapter 20: The Guards (737-760)
 * Chapter 21: Talk with Willmeister (761-present)

Animation style
The animation style is very varied. The characters have animated bodies but wear live-action clothes. A variation of this goes for Mylo, Barry and Lulu as all three of those characters have all live-action models with only their arms being animated. The backgrounds are half-drawn, half-live-action. The series also occasionally switches to having the live-action Mylo, Barry and Lulu (and once Rylo) in front of a random location.

The Shortest Video on YouTube After Show
The after shows (hosted mainly by Mylo and Barry) are basically short recaps of the last 10 episodes, explaining the plot in detail.

Mylo Fan Pics
Mylo Fan Pics is a compilation of fan art that were sent in by fans of the series.

Ask Mylo 2021
A revival of an old series on the Mylo the Cat channel. The series features Adam answering questions about the show (while still talking in the Mylo voice).

Hawk and The Yak
Hawk and The Yak is a show created by Savvy Amusing and Adam that revolves around two characters Hawk and The Yak as they sit in Big Al's Diner and discuss important issues. The series is set in the same timeline as the main series. Both Hawk and The Yak were first seen in the show's 253rd episode.

Gamerboy696969 Vlogs
They are a series of vlogs that are meant to parody “cringy” gamers (with the loud stock music and overly long names) but also are meant to give an insight into the story, all told from the point of view of a kid who lives across the the main strip.

Music
The following are the songs featured in the series. The following songs are not featured in the series but is featured in parts of the series (like the After Show).
 * Peter Toh - Pretty Primal [Episode 1, Episode 11, Episode 62, Episode 81, Episode 100]
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 * I’m Just a Cat and I’m Doing Cat Stuff (Remix) [Episode 3]
 * Peter Toh - Criminal [Episode 5]
 * I’m Just a Cat and I’m Doing Cat Stuff [Episode 9]
 * Peter Toh - Shoes of a Beast [Episode 19 and Episode 27 to Episode 28]
 * Slynk - Twelve Speed [Episode 42 to Episode 45]
 * TrackTribe - Run Away [Episode 73 to Episode 75]
 * Bobby Richards - 19th Floor or Hectorino Martinez - Floor [ See here ] (Both songs have different names but are identical)
 * Final Boss (Stock music from the YouTube Audio Library) [Episode 130 to Episode 132, Episode 155 to Episode 157, Episode 193 to Episode 195 and Episode 255 to Episode 257]
 * Vans in Japan - Sonic Pogo [Episode 296 to Episode 300 and Episode 323 to Epispde 325]
 * Sofia Vargas - Outside
 * Sofia Vargas - Beach [background music in the After Show]

Cast

 * Adam Schleichkorn - Mylo, Rylo, Barry, Mylo's Papa, Barkley, Gamerboy696969, Big Al, Calum (Part 552)
 * Savvy Amusing - Bitty, Officer Thotamus, Hawk, The Yak, Willmeister A. Hussell
 * Dan Taft - Garry
 * Betty Buttes - Lulu the Cat
 * Dolores Godspeed - Evil Villainess
 * Harper Paige - Karen
 * G4Paddy - Calum
 * Alexa Clawsister - Casey
 * Budster S - Bob
 * Brad Chervel - Petey
 * Duncan73 - James
 * VoiceActingGod - Wally
 * poiuntu - DJ Hypersloth
 * Anonymous Pink Bunny - Sammi T
 * 1999 Toyota Corolla - Dewey
 * Vectorlarity - Keith
 * Super Cookie 64 - Sneed
 * Capochetta - Ilene
 * ajzeg01 - Jesse
 * TerraKing - Sunil
 * FlameMane - Syrus
 * DIMON - CAMI - Marc
 * An actual bird - Amy Zuckerbird
 * Meghan Stefek - Gamerboy's Mom
 * TheDominusIgnis - Jimmy
 * Taybrook - Gord
 * itai fic - Dirt
 * Rose Mulet - Melissa
 * Abby Easteadt - Randi
 * Pikminfan67 - Premos
 * Laura Freeman - Castro
 * Sam 454 - Torres

Trivia
According to Adam himself in a live chat, SVoY was inspired by the Simpsons and South Park mainly.