make it executable, put it in your path, and try it out

genki

#!/bin/bash
if [ `whoami` != "root" ]
then
 echo "My full name is Sudo Genki."
 exit 1
fi

if [ `which vlc-wrapper` = "vlc-wrapper not found" ]
then
 echo "Sudo Genki requires vlc."
 exit 77
fi

VIDEOS="\
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRjCfdJbb6g \
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwg2Hpf4ta8 \
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-qhj3sJ5qs \
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGsFZHX1jho "

vlc-wrapper $VIDEOS --fullscreen --intf dummy --vout caca --sout="#transcode{samplerate=8192,channels=1}:display{}"

I'm using 2.0.4 and it works quite well.