A Comedy Musician Reacts | THE NORTH POLE CORPORATE TAKEOVER by The Stupendium [REACTION/ANALYSIS]

[@TheStupendium]

First! ;)

[@whacknudle5524]

Cheater!

[@WizzyMcWizzyton]

As you deserve to be, Amazing Wordsmith!

[@SugarCloak956]

you are the reason i'm still checking youtube

[@nightmarionne2401]

This is the one time I'll bear a "First" comment :)

[@nekokitty3347]

The Correct use of First.

[@Calimbandil87]

The generating a Profit/Prophet pun was quite literally god tier

[@Arkouchie]

Its a callback to Matter of Factories, isn't it?

[@axilia203]

The cupid part is so silly, like there's already the shoot my shot pun, but calling him "baby" and asking for a "*partner*ship" is extremely funny

[@Nothing10825]

Only ian can make a 3 minute prologue and a 7 minute song into a 1 hour and 20 minute reaction

[@Insaneian]

@@Nothing10825 it's my gift and my curse

[@Drknsl0]

@@Insaneian all gifts are curses if you use them correctly...or incorrectly I'm not quite sure

[@tschillintsoulntai9285]

Here we have another instance of 8× (a little under 80min for a little under 10min) Fun fact(if I recall their comment correctly): Stupes started work on this song only in October (and still managed to pull in multiple cameoes)

[@svallux]

may i introduce you to GT live :3 theyve turned a 38 second clip into a three parter reaction series with each video being over 1 and a half hours. i wish i was joking.

[@Drknsl0]

@@svallux give me this now

[@stompingliger]

Blake Midwinter is a pun for a poem turned into a carol called In The Bleak Midwinter. Btw., how much can you downsize an elf before they become too small for working? Huge props (😉) to LittleFlecks for being an absolutely perfect elf! I’m begging everyone to check out the description section of the song. If you have ever sat in a meeting which should have been an email, you’ll “appreciate” the jargon. It was so spot on I gagged a little.

[@WizzyMcWizzyton]

Me: “Oo, Insane Ian has posted a Stupendium reaction! This will be a quick video… OH MY GOODNESS.” (Ian, Your poor camera battery!)

[@Insaneian]

@@WizzyMcWizzyton SOMETIMES I HAVE A LOT TO SAY ...sometimes, too much 😅

[@WizzyMcWizzyton]

@ And all the best that you do! :)

[@JimmySmith692]

That line about getting paid to keep Santa's face on the can is also a call-back to "Art of Darkness": "If they want to keep his face on the can, they can damn well pay for it!"

[@NerdRaps_]

WE DID IT. WE FINALLY GOT THE REACTION OVER AN HOUR!!!!

[@salexd682]

@@NerdRaps_ hey, where are your raps gone?

[@NerdRaps_]

@salexd682 some dumb personal stuff. I do hope to come back at some point next year

[@salexd682]

@@NerdRaps_ Sad to hear man, your music was honestly pretty decent.

[@NerdRaps_]

@@salexd682Awh I appreciate that. I hope you stick with me whenever I come back at some point

[@JimmySmith692]

Let us thank our lucky stars that Stupendium isn't really an evil CEO. Between this, "The Fine Print", "The Data Stream", and "Fiend Like Me", they'd make a really scary overlord.

[@HG-1318]

This is the best penmanship I've seen in a long time. We finally get a Stupes Corporate holiday bop, I can't start to think of all the profits. I'm gen z and I might not sure if I even want to understand 'skibidi rizz'. Great reaction!

[@nightmarionne2401]

Same... XD

[@_.Lix._]

1 Hour. It was worth it, yours are the only reactions I actually watch. I love me some good Christmas Stupendium songs

[@Calimbandil87]

Hi Ian! I'll expand a bit on the Lapland thing with some festive facts. Lapland is as you say the most northern part of Finland, but also Sweden. We used to be the same country so the name stayed after we got split up. In parts of Europe, especially up north (including here in Sweden) Santa doesn't recide at the North Pole. He's from Lapland in Finland. We also used to have the Yule Goat bring the presents instead of Santa. Merry Factsmus!

[@Insaneian]

@@Calimbandil87 oh! Thanks for the clarifications!

[@ЕвгенийСемёнов-в2щ]

Also you probably missed at 11:13 - Chris's lineas are taken from Norman Osborn's speech in Spider-Man!

[@Insaneian]

@@ЕвгенийСемёнов-в2щ 😶 😮 HOW DID I MISS THAT? AMAZING!

[@Anaerin]

Also a subtle one you missed in the end credits - Double gravy while *stock* lasts. Because gravy (at least in the UK) is made from (in this case) thickened turkey drippings and chicken stock.

[@Insaneian]

Oh geez! Yeah, it is here too (sometimes)! Totally missed that! Thanks!

[@John-lz2bs]

There was also a reference to the green goblin in the prologue

[@flyingdragon4613]

I was waiting for this, I wasn't expecting it to be so long but the explanation was pretty good! Merry Christmas, Ian!

[@Insaneian]

@flyingdragon4613 merry Christmas!

[@dragonicoverlord9028]

its a classic stupenduim video great music top tier rapping and just incredible background and props that fit the song just perfectly and all i can say is stupendium thanks for another great video and merry Christmas to all

[@lizardofoz4954]

I think it's a law of slang formation that as soon as somebody representing a company uses that slang it becomes passé and now we need to make up a new word for it. Also, the music was not my cup of tea on this one, but the wordplay is top notch. Stupes was in fine form for this video.

[@Notlikehawkman]

One thing you failed to point out: during the “commercial eyes” joke, the thing playing on the tv was the ai coke bs.

[@Insaneian]

@Notlikehawkman i missed that!

[@LessaCaira]

Over an hour?! This is so freaking awesome I just can't. I will count this as my Christmas gift, thanks Ian.

[@LadyWildlower]

A couple things you missed that I noticed: - Blake Midwinter (and Bake Midwinter in the outro) is Bleak Midwinter, which is a Christmas song from 1872. - Lapland's connection is even more direct than you thought, it's associated with being Santa's home, there's a tourist attraction called Santa Claus Village in Rovaniemi.

[@0false.sun0]

honestly love these long videos that i can just play in the background and have a good laugh once in a while

[@blondesub576]

Stupendium song + Ian react = Ian rambling

[@Insaneian]

@blondesub576 A LOT

[@lichblade6072]

Ian *sees the Gen Z Xmas board* Why was I given eyes? Just to suffer?

[@leeshajoi]

I want a sequel video in which Santa recruits the Grinch and Jack Skellington to help him steal Christmas back.

[@nightmarionne2401]

Or maybe the monsters from the horror christmas series. I highly doubt it, but it's a possibility :)

[@pumpkindr.8397]

Hear me out what if the situation is so fucked up that even Krampus steps in to help santa or get rid of the corporate suits

[@Noah_Riley941]

Me when my chimney is giving me the skibidi rizz

[@TeraunceFoaloke]

Oh god this is so long I'll have to watch this tomorrow. I bet it'll be great and I have been waiting for this but it's 235 AM.

[@DemolitionDX]

i have been waiting for this reaction, and looking at the run time, we're in for a good one

[@CarMedicine]

WHAT THE ACTUAL CARAMBA!?

[@bunta3434]

Great reaction so much I missed

[@cursedcat3]

34:05 "santa sitting on your lap"

[@Otherversian]

"In December, catch Influencers, going Viral selling kiddy shit" "Catch Influencers". Catch *Influenza*. Catching a flu, going *Viral*. I don't know if that was intentional, but I wouldn't put it past Stupes lmao

[@Sir_Uncle_Ned]

The eggnog cooler is a weird thing to focus on, And that’s one of the many reasons why I love your reactions.

[@FJNBKPMMPS]

8:42 actually, that's just a rumor that's been disproved. Coke did popularize that interpretation of Santa, but they didn't invent that look. The red suit was actually taken from a political artwork of Santa, which had tons of props that were metaphors for political propaganda. But Coke actually invented the idea of Santa's elves as far as I'm aware, with their early Sprite mascot Spriteboy. As far as I know Santa was depicted as working alone before then, but I could be wrong about that. There's a really good Food Theory about it you should check out.

[@bunta3434]

Heres a fun note the santa thats on the coke adds was created buy a guy in Australia that got like 7 million dollers but still gets around a country town looking like a homeless guy. (Note that could be wrong just something I heard he won a competition when coke did the redesign maybe 20 years ago now)

[@BenQ-vp9yh]

Missed the 'in December, catch influencers' Its also influenza

[@hotchocbooks]

53:41 Ian I'm 25 and I don't even know what that means, you're definitely not alone 😅🙃 I never feel older than around my gen alpha cousins

[@TheLendo]

I am 19 and I don't know.

[@aepuns]

and there it is! hell yeah

[@alexpage4355]

The whole "skibidi rizz" bit doesn't mean a damn thing. That's the point. Like you said, the corporate suits are desperately trying to appeal to Gen-Z, so they're throwing in their slang... but they have no idea what any of the words actually mean, so they just spout off a bunch of gibberish.

[@thesatiricaldemon9524]

Yeah, like part of the joke with current internet slang is that it’s basically nonsense. A lot of us recognize how ridiculous it’s gotten, but it’s so dumb is tends to loop back around to being funny (irony strikes again). But the corporations lack this awareness and context, which is why it’s 17x more painful to see. It’s so forced, and pretty much anyone familiar with the brain rot can instantly tell.

[@jmurray1110]

Gen alpha

[@jmurray1110]

If Stupes does know the meaning it’s even funnier since that’s basically saying bad charisma or evil charisma

[@Helperofgames]

I was in the waiting line to see this, this is better than watching it by myself! (Sorry Stups)

[@kajecristowski3461]

marry saxmas and happy new yam!

[@TeraunceFoaloke]

Thanks Ian for the 80 minutes of enjoyment I got out of this. You pointed out several things I missed.

[@phillipdennick8509]

I read that name tag as Bleak Midwinter

[@gamerhurley]

Congratulations

[@NightLexic]

One thing to add about the lapland thing is, Santas village is in lapland.

[@Malowith]

Jesus Christ, AN HOUR!?!? (affectionate)

[@Insaneian]

@@Malowith no one's more surprised than me, honestly 😅

[@GuyWhoWatchesStuff]

Actually had to restart my brain because it broke seeing the runtime

[@jarzz3601]

I pay my mouth bill by direct debit

[@achannel467]

I absolutely love all of Stupes’ Christmas songs- and the fact that they’ve stuck with this streak (barring last year, though they were working on Amateur and Adequate Wordsmith, so I’ll give them a pass) is amazing! It’s also completely original- a rare, but welcome change! I love Stupes’ original stuff, and I’m so sad they don’t do as much. Seeing your reaction to this (and so close to the upload, too) was so exciting! Your insight is great, and I love your style of reactions- it also made me start listening to some of your music, too! Keep up the good work, Ian!!

[@Insaneian]

Thanks so much, I appreciate the kind words!

[@carpedm9846]

47:20 You could say the beats off but they never makes the track dirty ;)

[@slappysloth7987]

Before Coca Cola, Santa Claus wore green, not red.

[@billyweed835]

First of all, I think Blake Midwinter is a play on "Midwinter Break" and, secondly...The Coca-Cola thing is actually a misconception. The modern appearance of Santa, including the color scheme, was codified by the Troy Sentinel's illustrations attached to the first publication of the poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas", bette known of course as "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" back in 1823, and, by the late 19th century, the idea of Santa as wearing red and white was already well-codified, long before Coke used him for ads in the 1930s. In fact, that was the reason they chose him, because he already matched their corporate color scheme. Also, not sure if you noticed, but that clip he showed as he's ranting about the commercialization in progress, is a recent Coca-Cola Christmas ad...That got in hot water for using Generative AI. OUCH. Also, I love the innate hilarity of the corporate drones complaining about costs when it's very clear they have magic, and could presumably just conjure shit on a whim. Also, I love the double-meaning of "Take a holiday...It's what i'm doing".

[@robinyoung8453]

Blake Midwinter is a play on "In the Bleak Midwinter"

[@jarzz3601]

does the us not do mince pies? that's so weird to me

[@Insaneian]

@@jarzz3601 yeah, not really a thing here

[@TheLendo]

As a german I am a little insulted that you only connected Bratwurst to Wisconsin... The rest was fun to watch though ; )

[@Insaneian]

@@TheLendo i was being ironic...and unfortunately American 😅 sorry about that. But glad you at least enjoyed the rest!

[@Pablo-mn8fj]

How did you not read skibbidy claus in the whiteboard? Not the worst one there at least.

[@Insaneian]

@Pablo-mn8fj i did, i mentioned it right after

[@Pablo-mn8fj]

@@Insaneian I paused the video right before you said it

[@Insaneian]

@Pablo-mn8fj a habit I do as well 😅

[@jizburg]

The ship/drink pun was also an alcoholic communist santa joke.

[@EuanSAMMS]

"have a merry rizzmass" (I'm sorry for what i have just typed)

[@Insaneian]

@@EuanSAMMS and a Skibidi new year (dear God what have i done)

[@EuanSAMMS]

keep up the good work 👍

[@salexd682]

Not first...

[@jmurray1110]

While I don’t know what the correct answer is it could be the metatron

[@Insaneian]

@@jmurray1110 that IS it, thanks!

[@jmurray1110]

@@Insaneian not as robotic as I have come to expect

[@Insaneian]

@@jmurray1110 ...what isn't as robotic?

[@jmurray1110]

@@Insaneian the metatron Look up his shin megami tensei design and you’ll understand my joke

[@jgames5fun503]

Ian its a seven minute song. What did you this time... Anyways looking forward to the watch

[@Insaneian]

@jgames5fun503 it's a seven minutes song AND a 3 minute prologue! 😅

[@bnom-ds9mm]

not first ;)

[@Insaneian]

@@bnom-ds9mm nor the first to say "not first" 😅

[@bnom-ds9mm]

@@Insaneian you're fast to reply to every comment

[@joejoecraft1782]

Stupendium may be first but im 48th... soooo uh idk this means nothing

[@smindigo]

"and also thinking about making a second channel - happy new year" we gon get a new channel from you on 1st Jan 2025? can I sub and bell pls. The audio from stupe's video sounded like it was coming through your mic rather than recorded on your computer

[@Insaneian]

@@smindigo it was, i meant to put it in the description, but the audio in the capture was so bad I just muted it. And maybe not on the 1st (that's my birthday) but yeah, starting a gaming channel in the new year! I'll definitely make a big post about it!

[@mewziikal8331]

The insane Ian outdoes himself with the insanely long reacts.

[@Drknsl0]

"I now have on video footage of my soul dying" don't blame us despite what it says 90% of those are Gen Alpha, admittedly No Nog November was our bad and we take full responsibility

[@MassiveQ42]

Apropos of nothing but that is an amazing tshirt you've got there.

[@Insaneian]

Thank you, it's one of my faves! (The song during the outro is my Die Hard Christmas song I did with Bonecage)