One year ago while sitting at lunch, Chris Preksta and Curt Wootton had nothing important to do in the afternoon. Preksta decided they would film Wootton acting like his dad to entertain their parents.The two hit a slow spot in their careers and had started a search for their next endeavor.“Pittsburgh Dad came out of us hanging out for a week kind of just moping,” Wootton said Saturday morning in the University Center’s George Rowland White Theater.The two thought they would only have 50 views on the YouTube video, but it hit 1,000 in the first day, according to Preksta.Preksta and Wootton entertained the first crowd of PodCamp Pittsburgh 7 in the keynote speech Saturday morning as they discussed their journey creating “Pittsburgh Dad.”The short, YouTube sitcom stars a dad from Pittsburgh and his “Pittsburghese” dialect. Preksta works as director, and Wootton as the sole actor.“Pittsburgh Dad” is now a full time gig for the pair. It takes two days to write an episode, a day to film, and two days to edit, which is five-day process, according to Preksta.“We could make it a full-time job just responding to fan messages on Facebook,” Preksta said Saturday during the discussion.Preksta grew up in Munhall. The street filmed for the opening of “Pittsburgh Dad” is actually the street where he grew up, according to Preksta. He is a graduate of Point Park and Pittsburgh Filmmakers.He first met Wootton when working on “Captain Blasto,” a small film, which Wootton auditioned for.“I was 23 at the time, and he called me Mr. Preksta. I thought it was hysterical,” Preksta said. “That’s my dad.”While the duo worked on another film, “The Mercury Men,” Wootton first started doing impressions of his father from Pittsburgh, and the cast — which also had members from Ohio who heard Pittsburghese —loved it, according to Preksta.Wootton studied acting at West Virginia University, and after he moved to Los Angeles to try to become an actor. He eventually came back to Pittsburgh to “give it a real shot.”“It’s been a lot easier to write the episodes being around my fellow yinzers,” Wootton said.The inspiration for “Pittsburgh Dad” comes from the two’s experiences growing up as well as current events including recent movies, Steelers games, or anything else going on, according to Wootton.“Chris and I have become quite the creepers when listening to other people’s conversations around town,” Wootton said. “You’d be amazed at how often a real dad’s comment makes it into a video.”Wootton’s dad, the main inspiration for “Pittsburgh Dad,” is a “humongous fan.” He always comments on posts put up by Preksta and Wootton, according to Wootton.“We were sitting in the mayor’s office and here’s his dad and his uncle checking the varnish on the wall,” Preksta said.Preksta used his iPhone camera to film the first video and posted it to YouTube. This is still the same method used for the videos because of its ease, according to Preksta.“Your grandmother knows how to watch a YouTube video,” Preksta said.The Pittsburgh Dad may mention other characters including his neighbor Tom and wife Deb, but viewers will never be shown these characters, according to Wootton and Preksta. An episode with another character did get filmed, but when Preksta sat down to edit it, he realized he would not work.“The characters work better in your mind better than what we could ever put out there,” Wootton said.