Kind of funny but also kinda scary... We all have been there at one point or another..
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"Enthusiast" is a tad misleading. Dude has some serious chops when it comes to electricity. Him getting shocked is just part of his YouTube schtick. He knows exactly what he is doing.
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Yeah kinda my thought as well but it does bring home the point. Also I think that's his "blooper reel" as some of the stuff seemed real enough while others were staged.
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Having worked in electronics all my career I've seen and experienced some interesting things.
The funniest one was actually quite accidental and not at all dangerous. A fellow engineer was working on a 3 phase 120V 400 Hz power supply. They had just finished all the testing they could do without adding power and was about power it up.
Just as the engineer reached over to turn on the 3 phase breaker...... the fire alarm went off !! The timing was so perfect it could not be better if it were planned. The engineer almost had a heart attack (well not really). And of course he immediately turned off the breaker but the alarm (of course) did not stop 
My deceased father in law worked at a steel mill for over 30 years. The mill is powered by huge GE motors. He was driving to work when the high voltage lines started doing a double jump rope like kids used to play. A few seconds later there was a large explosion. Seems one of the motors locked up, blowing a hole in the armature and case. The motors were leased from GE so they sent out 3 crews that worked in 8 hour shifts so the motor was being worked on 24 hours a day. The mill was down the entire time.
I hope that was not the cause of your father-in-law's demise.
I've survived a number of things that we try not to have happen and I've been lucky. Certainly there are some tragic electrical related stories out there. I try to focus on the funny happy ending ones
But I agree when big things fail often big things happen. Awesome if no one gets hurt and you don't have to pay to repair the damage.
If he is not staging it, he's a moron and should never touch anything electrical again. If he is staging it, it makes me furious that he would involve his child in one of his stupid stunts.
When I say to be careful and turn the power off, I mean it 100%. No exceptions. I lost my brother many years ago in an industrial accident involving high voltage. DO NOT TAKE CHANCES! 
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I still find this funny
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Staged. I find his stunts and him extremely irritating. And you’re right - involving his child in his act is inexcusable.
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I saw him once before. He was funny for the first minute then I tired of his "ham" acting.
As for his daughter being in the video I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and assume he has taught her much more that we see. Also she is plugging in a USB cable and he has something in his hand to create sparks. I'm sure she sees it and knows what will happen. We can't know if she was recruited or begged to be in his video. My guess is the latter.
I also recall all the crazy thinks I had done as a kid and survived.
my 2¢ (It's probably more that 2¢ as this is an old saying and with inflation...)
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Ah well, at least it got us talking about it. Cartoon "accidents" may bring awareness but I guess could also tempt some people to goof around or not take it seriously which can have terrible consequences.
I am still pretty paranoid when replacing switches or other electrical stuff but I also know when I start to get out of my comfort zone and will happily pay an electrician to do it the right way or abandon the project all together.
Thanks everyone for the thoughtful comments!
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A few years ago, we'd just moved into our first (current) family home and there's an integrated garage/workshop on the ground floor.
There was utter chaos and very little space, everything was chucked in the garage whilst I struggled to slowly sort out the house between working full time and having a 6 month old baby and a partner who returned to work early due to financial reasons.
One of the items chucked into the garage was a fully charged 12v leisure battery for a caravan/camping. Another item was a long flaily bike lock cable.
Whilst moving stuff around without having the space or the energy (or the concentration) to do so, I managed to drag the cable over the two exposed contacts.
Thankfully, I managed to not shat my pants.
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I used to flip laptops, and had quite a lot of the CR2032 CMOS batteries left over. For some reason I had them all in my pants pocket. Noticed my thigh getting hot....
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Ha, happened to me too. My brothers 1950s house had aluminum wiring and some circuits had reversed polarity (super dangerous) because previous owner changed a few outlets and wiring has no visual indication of neutral vs hot and they were connected backwards. I was helping him sort that out as it came up on the inspection report. With breakers off, I was using a 9v battery to help determine which wire was which using a multimeter. I would put the battery in my pocket as I was walking between rooms and a screw driver was also in pocket too. As I was bending over battery made contact with the screw driver and my pocket started heating up! Lesson learned, no batteries on pockets.
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That's why they used to put little plastic caps on 9V batteries. I guess that's too expensive these days ..... sigh.
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Here's an excellent tutorial on how to properly handle wiring. Its all in how you handle the screwdriver (and, of course, proper grounding). Always Sunny Circuit Breaker - YouTube
