Best of the Worst: Battle of the Genres

Florps Hoggenwarsch once said, “The day four men in their forties spend a lovely afternoon with each other participating in such infallible and wasteful follies instead of putting in a hard days work, well that’s the day I put a pistol in my mouth!” Florps Hoggenwarsch was one of the literary giants of his time (1802 - 1842) as well as a notable cultural critic and observationist. Florps did indeed put a pistol in his mouth whence-forth he discovered that four of his dearest friends spent a lovely afternoon in 1842 reading aloud and mocking amateur books and poems to the enjoyment of a small crowd of other failures. The crowd consisted of toothless town-folk, drunkards, ex-convicts, perverted men, and failed politicians (some crossover) along with some very smart animals. As Florps friends read passages aloud from the failed poets and aspiring novelists of the time, the crowd laughed loudly and chewed on raw potatoes. They threw cornhusks and flatulated freely. These four men (friends of Florps) were in their element though. Having failed miserably at most of life’s endeavors, they found solace (and success) at mocking the attempts of others. They brought much joy to those peasants while they chewed baked wormroot vegetables and picked at their teeth with fish bones. When Florps discovered what his four very dearest friends were doing he was aghast! For Florps, you see, was a highly respected author having published many works including “A Summer Dreary”, “Whistling Willows” and the highly acclaimed “When a Man loves a Small Boy”. Florps knew his career was in danger if HE was ever associated with such ghoulish events. He had two options, take out his pistol and end the lives of his four friends or turn that pistol on himself. He, of course, chose the latter. In the rear of the crowd he made his presence known. “Here Ye! Here Ye!” he shouted. “For I am Florps Hoggenwarsch! And in my last words I proclaim… ‘Those that can’t do! Make KZbin videos!” he then shot himself with his pistol. A silence fell over the crowd as his body fell to the Earth with a resounding thud. The event continued on without any further interruptions. After the show Florps body was placed on a horse cart filled with cornhusks, half-eated gabbygords, manure, and the discarded literature that the townsfolk laughed at. He was buried in a paupers grave. His friends went on to live happily ever after counting their gold coins in their respective castles.

[@Gustavo_PerezRamirez]

I can't believe Mike didn't recognize the horny sister of The Baby as Marianna Hill, who played Dr. Helen Noel in the classic Star Trek episode "Dagger of the Mind." I can't believe he didn't, I cannot believe he didn't. I can not believe he didn't.

[@playedout148]

🥃🍻🍺🍹🍸🍷🍾

[@user-kn6bi8pp1y]

I thought she was hot. Now I know why

[@madmanpecos]

the dementia is kicking in

[@jmalmsten]

Is this true? Stop the presses! STOP THEM PRESSES!!!! We need new headline!

[@nathane5287]

Why would Mike not recognize Dr. Helen Noel. I cannot believe he didn't recognize Dr. Helen Noel. (Read in Breen voice)

[@Infinantnarwhals]

The actor who played the titular Baby was my substitute teacher several times throughout middle and high school. It is surreal seeing these three call his performance embarrassing when Mr. Mooney proudly told 11-17 year old's about it frequently.

[@temporaryscars]

That's so odd. I had a sub in school that was an actor as well. He was in Funny Farm and Bull Durham, as well as a few other movies. I think his name was Buck something. Always talked about his acting days.

[@Odin314]

He might've decided on a pseudonym at the time and changed his mind over time?

[@annefrankenstein9290]

lmao what in the actual ever living fuck

[@maxmillion4442]

So random and specific that I believe you

[@jamescain3810]

Good for him.

[@Bacteriophagebs]

Fun fact: _The Baby_ is rated PG, the same rating as Disney's _Frozen,_ and unlike _Jaws,_ it's not because a powerful director lobbied to get it brought down from R because PG-13 didn't exist yet. The MPAA reps just watched the movie and said, "Yeah, as long as kids watch this with their parents, it'll be fine."

[@solid-swank]

God bless the 70s

[@r3dr4te963]

I knew it! I thought "this is basically baby fetish movie trying to pass PG ratings" watching this vid

[@lingusdingua4889]

"What is it? It's about a baby?? PG."

[@DiceRobo]

getting stabbed with a cattle prod is definitely a form of parental guidance

[@Snovicus]

I know this is a joke and all, but would Spielberg have been considered a "powerful director" with only Duel, The Sugarland Express, and the Columbo series premiere under his belt?

[@zomg1337h4x]

The Baby could use a Day Out

[@RockLibertyWarrior]

I hate you so much. 🤣🤣🤣

[@mikeminer1947]

"Don't watch The Baby with a date" Oh Rich, you forget your audience.

[@Mr_Rob_otto]

You mean toothless town-folk, drunkards, ex-convicts, perverted men, and failed politicians (some crossover) along with some very smart animals? (See video description above)

[@captured_agent5714]

My cats count!

[@ronjohnson9810]

Don’t be rude, it’s his advanced dementia getting worse

[@sparki9085]

If my date can't watch the baby with me, I doubt we'd be compatible in the long term

[@MacJokerDZ]

Meanwhile Rich: pillow slapping Mike during the The Baby

[@theboogeymaniscoming54]

A RLM notification is like a shot of distilled dopamine.

[@andrewschneck4404]

I saw it and I clapped!

[@monoremu3200]

Straight crack!

[@TheGrandOracle]

Watered down dopamine

[@uvaldopalomares8416]

Watering dopamine down with Vodka and film nitrate.

[@AngrySilence]

Especially if it's a Wheel of the Worst episode.

[@imyafamiliya1292]

28:22 - Mike putting a pillow on Rich's crotch is my favorite RLM moment of the year.

[@oliviaisnicole1835]

I laughed for a solid 10 minutes at that moment.

[@pogglywoggly3292]

While the comment is no doubt legit, I have trouble reading it without subconsciously "shrinking" protectively... in a specific area...

[@kaityhan996]

Rich beating Mike with said pillow and Mike protecting his face with his arms was the next best moment.

[@lilnutty6821]

Broad comedy

[@jamesdulak3108]

I was about to make this exact comment. Best recent RLM moment I can remember.

[@koquarian]

"I'm giving it to the baby." -Rich Evans, unprompted

[@AndrewBinder-hs6bu]

If you're curious what the ending of The Baby is but don't want to watch it SPOILERS it turns out that the social worker's husband wasn't dead or left her, but actually reduced to having a baby's mental capacity himself from an accident and was hidden in a guest bedroom in her house. the social worker wanted Baby so that her husband would have a lifelong friend

[@Sidpooply]

You are a hero in a sea of shitty memes, I really didnt want to watch that movie lol

[@mikekz4489]

I saw it once late night on TCM. It’s a fucked up movie, and not in a fun, John Waters way.

[@kevinkerwin4118]

Holy shit what a twist

[@MrxstGrssmnstMttckstPhlNelThot]

Holy shit.

[@Riocynn]

The social worker also kills the mother and sisters. Well sisters get stabbed anf the mother gets buried alive.

[@firefly5247]

I love that Best of the Worst has absolutely no naming convention. Some episodes are numbered, some are given a subtitle, some are just called "battle of the genres."

[@CelestialWoodway]

Every episode is numbered.

[@BigTylt]

The naming process is buried in Mike Stoklasa's dementia-riddled mind

[@s.c.9681]

​​@@BigTyltright next to Yoda booty dancing in a thong bikini in front of a fire.

[@bayday5]

This must be a legacy sequel to the Battle of the Genres series a la the 5th Scream or the 4th Rambo.

[@denkerbosu3551]

The numbers are definitely in the thumbnails. I don't remember if it's the case for EVERY botw episode though. I think the highlight ones aren't.

[@jeremyshafer6720]

I like it how they clarified that it was actually Ron Howard’s dad in Mr No Legs, because they’ve done so many “no-name actor looks like a knock off of x famous actor” jokes over the years that I 100% thought it was a gag at first.

[@korganrocks3995]

I like how they did that for a movie where literally every single actor looked like a knock off of a famous actor! 😄

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

I know what you mean.

[@stephaneicke4269]

Fun fact: the music for THE BABY was written by Gerald Fried, who scored a few episodes of the originsl STAR TREK series (shout out to Mike). We at Caldera Records released the soundtrack a few years ago.

[@cumincalamity9867]

I swear I thought you said Gerald Ford.

[@pepepoopsonthefarright7531]

the baby in 2002 would be a rob schneider vehicle and adam sandler would play a deformed hobo in a cameo role

[@amansizedduck]

they actually did that gag in "Funny People"

[@matthewrotherham1]

@@amansizedduck 'Funny People' was a really clever title. I'm a huge fan of irony, misrepresentation of livestock and contempt for your audience......

[@chrisbent5734]

Adam Sandler would play the mom AND the sisters...

[@mussolman]

And Norm Macdonald would be the funniest thing in the movie with only 2 minutes of screen time.

[@86pp73]

@@chrisbent5734 Nah, you're thinking of an Eddie Murphy "movie"

[@christophernerf3558]

There's a portrait of Jay in an attic somewhere, getting older older.

[@MrHendrix17]

On Mike's nightstand probably

[@Pazuzu4All]

Oscar Wilde wrote The Picture of Dorian Gray because he saw the coming of Jay Bauman in his nightmares.

[@deraykrause4517]

Dorian Jay?

[@eArchways]

Gray Bauman

[@pleopod]

The wall waits for no man - except Jay.

[@kierontestart1646]

As a lifelong resident of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories in Canada, hearing Mike say the name of my hometown was the most embarrassing thing I've ever heard...

[@shan4680]

I still think Yellow Knife got off easy compared to Hamilton which is where Geritol Follies was held and especially easier than my friend who was dragged off to see it live at least once as a teen.

[@t.c.bramblett617]

Hey but you got those great auroras tonight eh

[@shan4680]

@@t.c.bramblett617 I went and saw them last year (2023) in Iceland.

[@FirstNameLastName-di7wk]

"no matter how much fur you put on something, it cannot stop vengeance." this line from Tim goes so hard

[@BackdoorBarnyard]

Spoilers: The baby is really about family, and that's what's so powerful about the friends we made along the way.

[@Bacteriophagebs]

It does have the same MPAA rating as _Frozen,_ so it must be a kids' movie.

[@brianmurphy250]

“Family” Vin Diesel

[@tomwilson4778]

You know something truly depraved is on screen when Jay covers his mouth while laughing.

[@davidkymdell452]

It's his Japanese genes coming out

[@luckyspurs]

If the Baby came out in 1983 not 1973, you know Jay would have seen it.

[@lavoielactee7179]

@@luckyspurs It used to come on TCM's Underground block all the time, I've seen it several times myself, so there's absolutely no way Jay wasn't at the very least aware of what The Baby is.

[@JohnSmith-df7uo]

@@lavoielactee7179 Please spoil the twist ending for me. Pretty please.

[@RobbieB2606]

@@JohnSmith-df7uo Wikipedia has a plot synopsis - I just went and read it myself

[@albinobigfoot1]

"can the unstoppable chameleon be eliminated?" *Hard cuts to the chameleon being eliminated* I guess so

[@AbsoluteTravisT]

For the talk on Mr. No Legs: "Ted Vollrath was born in 1934 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Vollrath served in the US Marines and fought in the Korean war. Ted had to have both of his legs amputated because of severe injuries received in combat." He also had a black belt in karate and at events rode in with the Mr No Legs chair and fired off blanks from the shotguns to surprise audiences.

[@lawrencescales9864]

Only the 70s would find and cast someone that cool yet squander it completely. Where’s the Tim Vollrath movie???

[@BestLoserVS]

RLM's strange pivot to adult baby content is a twist I did see coming.

[@TheIsabellaRB]

I feel like an adult ipad baby binging botw episodes so I guess it's adult baby content in more sense than one

[@pogglywoggly3292]

I'm pretty sure RLM's concept of giving the fans what they want: simply going with whatever makes Rich scream with shrill glee.

[@RockLou]

Are you talking about Rich?

[@kosmicfool]

Mmm, adult baby

[@f1shze4lot]

Mike was born as an adult 100%. This was a slip on his part. Now we know the truth

[@__-pn1jc]

He was gestated to full maturity, inside beer keg.

[@user-lb9xw4xf2q]

I'm still convinced he is Rich's imaginary friend who became real... but wrong.

[@TheKogunEnjou]

I’ve waited 15 years for him to slip up and confirm this. Now I can retire to my grave

[@f1shze4lot]

​@@user-lb9xw4xf2q rich manifested the demon of shame into existence

[@willmiles7978]

No no this is why Mike loved the movie so much: he WAS The Baby, it's autobiographical. That's why he loves laughing at the elderly so much.

[@AtillaTheSean]

Rich's uncanny talent for standing completely still paired with their editing skill in freeze-framing one specific person in-frame has made me deeply unable to trust when he freezes. I love it.

[@pogglywoggly3292]

I assume Mike does that so he can honor Rich's contract in a twilight-zonish manner. "That's right, Rich. I met your ridiculous (whining): *must have 47 cuts every episode clause* by factoring in superimposed images of you captured while filming... now... DANCE FOR ME! Mwahahaha"

[@jez76]

Was thinking the same thing. Is he frozen or is it a freeze frame?

[@the_fat_ghost]

Rich has been CGI for years.

[@carlo2492]

Mike putting the pillow on Rich's crotch at 28:18 is one of the most hilarious things in the history of RLM

[@owen1079]

Marianna Hill (Barbarella baby sister), was married to actor Bernard Hill, who passed away today - the day this was uploaded. Oh and she was also on Star Trek!

[@Scott_Silver]

RIP Bernard Hill! Edit: He was King Theoden in LOTR and the Captain of the Titanic in Titanic

[@samuelpipe88]

A hell of a way to find out about this news

[@Scott_Silver]

@@samuelpipe88 yeah it sucks, 79 is still pretty young :( The ride of the rohirm is greatest movie scene ever

[@mattaardsma8245]

“Where now are the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing? Where is the helm and the hauberk, and the bright hair flowing? Where is the harp on the harpstring, and the red fire glowing? Where is the spring and the harvest and the tall corn growing? They have passed like rain on the mountain, like a wind in the meadow; The days have gone down in the West behind the hills into shadow. Who shall gather the smoke of the deadwood burning, Or behold the flowing years from the Sea returning?”

[@jnate3451]

Another actor dead after a RLM mention. When will the horror stop?

[@leemoore5751]

Shocked that Mike didn't recognise the Star Trek connection in The Baby - the 'Barbarella' sister was played by Marianna Hill, who also played Dr Helen Noel in the classic episode 'Dagger of the Mind'.

[@ProblemsHypest]

He really is losing it

[@joho765]

And was married to LOTR Bernard Hill.

[@phillyskyguy9535]

​@@joho765Who literally just died this morning

[@rameybutler-hm7nx]

Bernard hill was a brilliant actor who was also in Ghandi

[@kraftyfrog]

​@@phillyskyguy9535IT'S THE CURSE OF THE WOOOOOOORST

[@locomotionlotion779]

I’m still waiting for Mike to realise that Baby’s mother is also Augustus Gloop’s mother.

[@HadesWTF]

It's nice to see Tim still stops by from time to time after he gets off from his job installing cable.

[@pogglywoggly3292]

That's hilarious!!! Tim... job. I clapped

[@splatterling4539]

The German title of Mr. No Hands is "Zigaretten werden nachts gerollt. Meaning: "Cigarettes are rolled at night" and I think that is a glorious title.

[@user-ss3wb8he7h]

Thats actually a really cool title Here is one "submerged" (2005) is called in brazil "side by side with the enemy" "Lado a lado com o inimigo "

[@bewilderbeestie]

'werden' is will/shall, though, isn't it? So "Cigarettes will be rolled at night", making it some sort of surreal threat (which I love). I also see that the working title was "Dope Runners Die Hard", which is... prophetic.

[@Tapetenmetzger]

​@@bewilderbeestie Could mean both. The logical and more "normal" translation would be what OP wrote, though.

[@saftpackerl]

@@bewilderbeestie its passive in this case.

[@splatterling4539]

@@bewilderbeestie it is, but in this context it can have several meanings as Tapetenmetzger said, yeah. "Will be rolled" would translate to the same German sentence, but it means something different. I treated it as a Sergio Leone type of title. Also I didn't realize I said "Mr. No Hands", as opposed to Mr. No Legs

[@Im_Player_2]

Somehow, battle of the genres returned..

[@brelshar4968]

Oh no...

[@westiclesw7137]

next up, junka

[@neilwickman]

Genres are never really dead

[@VikingTeddy]

Dark science, cloning. Secrets only the Sith knew.

[@yammt3148]

No one's ever really gone.

[@icysnax4488]

I live in Yellowknife and I had a moment of existential panic upon hearing the guys name my hometown. I'm guessing the explosion the movie placed in 1993 might be due to the very real mine explosion that happened here in 1992.

[@the_fat_ghost]

Holy cow! When I read your comment I thought it was an accidental explosion, not a mass murder over a labor dispute. I frequently wonder what it would be like to live in extreme climates- what is that like?

[@icysnax4488]

@@the_fat_ghost I mean I've lived here my whole life, the cold can be extreme in the winter, but you get used to functioning despite it. It's a very dry cold, as we live in semi-desert, so it's not quite what you'd expect if you're from somewhere with a lot of humidity. It's also a tourist town, we get a ton of visitors from Japan and China coming to see the northern lights. The summers here are beautiful and make the suffering worth it for sure.

[@the_fat_ghost]

@@icysnax4488 Wow. I know there is more interesting things about you than just where you live, but growing up in a small town at such an extreme latitude is an environment and experience that feels so alien to me. Thanks for sharing and the interaction.

[@icysnax4488]

@@the_fat_ghost No worries! If you're a traveller and interested I would always recommend checking it out, we have a lot more commodities than most remote locations because we're the capital of our territory, so it doesn't feel as isolated as people might think.

[@RonDangerSolo]

My prediction for the end of The Baby is he stands up and yells NO like Caesar

[@JasonHowdenNZ]

I love watching them gradually get too blind to read VHS cases.

[@pogglywoggly3292]

I cant wait for the day they can both play Mr. Plinkett without a set wardrobe. Jay: (turns to face Mike) _I thoughts used said (breathe)... we were done with the Plinkett bit. Mike: (looks away from Jay) WHAAAAAAT?

[@JasonHowdenNZ]

@@pogglywoggly3292 Watching bad movies has aged them terribly. Rich is only 29.

[@hincksman]

Tim's review of Requiem For A Dream: "...messed up butt-fucking great!"

[@Tom-qp6oh]

"Ass to Ass!"

[@ericseitzler81]

I hate that film like no other,that and kids make me wanna kill myself.

[@MuscleHorse0]

Speaking as a Brit, the absolute nerve of Mike to criticise anyone for their British accent when his sounds like he's from the moon.

[@pogglywoggly3292]

If the man ever did an accent well, *then* it'd be an insult.

[@mkandy81]

As I Brit I actually don't hate his accent, knowing he sat up for months on end, eating Pizza Rolls, drinking low quality IPA and watching Oliver Twist.

[@joyofcookies]

My favorite line from the MST3K commentary about Daniel Bernhardt in ‘Future War’ is “He’s kinda like a Jean-Claude Van Damme, but more like a Jean-Claude Gosh Darn”

[@Ikanamable]

You know it's a good episode when it's not even 5 minutes in and Mike is already grinning at domestic abuse like a demented psycho.

[@S.E.J]

Another classic Mike Stoklasa schizophrenic episode in the description! Keep up the good work! 👍

[@jantyszkiewicz8823]

Someone should compile these and publish it as a book.

[@kasocool2812]

The fact that Florps new the phrase "KZbin videos" in 1842 leads me to believe he was some sort of prophet or time traveller

[@RDV333]

Hoggenwarsch was a tragic loss, taken from the literary realm too soon. If only he had rekindled his failed friendship with Spengulio, the town's local italian chef, perhaps he could have surpassed his sorrow. Alas, it was not to be and Spengulio never recovered from his loss, leaving his meatball business and straying into anonimity.

[@damianich4824]

I'm sure Mike has read "When a Man Loves a Small Boy" countless times.

[@staomruel]

I keep forgetting to read those. Thanks for the heads up.

[@legoharry100]

As a Florida resident, I can confirm that Mr. No Legs is an accurate cross section of 1970s Gainesville.

[@CalamityCain]

When they called themselves dated and worn out, I just paused the video and gave these men a long gander. My conclusion: They look like miserable, drunk old fucks who've given up on life. Yet they bring me so much joy. I love these guys!

[@lunarmoontea4247]

I can't believe they already uncovered Bible Baby's origin story. It explains so much.

[@MaxTrax777]

I love when we get a whole ass Kurt Vonnegut story in the description

[@pogglywoggly3292]

Kurt Vonnegut, Ted Kaczynski... same universe technically. Or just a coincidence, as Mike would insist.

[@Scott_Silver]

Mike is the Kurt Vonnegut of KZbin, he broke new ground! So it goes…

[@IVthHorseman]

Tim is the best +1. If I'm ever mayor of a major city, my first act is to commission a statue of Tim in the town square.

[@pogglywoggly3292]

Jack has a statue. Found it last time I went looking for porn in the woods.

[@stormblahblah5589]

Even Mayor of the Moon, perhaps?

[@DocFunky]

I figured I’d never actually watch “The Baby”, so I went ahead and read what happens at the end…and fuck! I wish I’d just watched it to experience it on its own! Don’t be like me, people!

[@GoetiaTV]

Rich just walks right into it everytime. It’s not even a brilliant trap being set by Mike. It’s like there’s a cardboard box with the word “Perv” on it and Rich is a cat that must sit in the box. 😂

[@pogglywoggly3292]

Mike's box would say "Star Trek Enterprise" and he'd obviously stand proudly, as a Captain should when he's in "action".

[@shan4680]

Hopefully one day they will review the 1984 slasher classic Le Perv!

[@ryanwhitaker4444]

Some trickster god either really hates or really loves rich.

[@bloodrunsclear]

I like how you describe Brad Douriff’s career as Chucky, Dune, and Star Trek Voyager…forgetting that he was also in LORD OF THE RINGS!

[@JaDav40]

And One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest...

[@michaelmyers3709]

And Critters 4

[@g.sergiusfidenas6650]

And the Exorcist 3 which is a movie both Mike and Jay really like.

[@thecrazycapn]

They didn't have Jack Packard on to tell us.

[@bencarlson4300]

And that one great episode of X-Files where he may or may not be possessed by a demon as he is about to be executed on death row

[@blouburkette]

Anyone who wants a copy of the The Baby...Good luck. e-bay has sold five since this went live. I bought one, I was watching. My DVD collection is horrendous since I started watching these guys. I love it! I am overjoyed that the boys happened upon what is clearly fetish bait. Always glorious when this happens. Thanks guys, keep brining the hits!

[@lawrencescales9864]

It’s on KZbin for free!

[@karl_alan]

Not just ebay, after this, Amazon went crazy, and even on Arrow video's website, they took it off sale & raised it to full price due to being low in stock.

[@blouburkette]

​@@karl_alanI messaged with the seller on eBay I bought mine from and told her what was up because they sold like 7 copies in an hour. They raised the price to a redonk amount. Appreciate the other commenter letting everyone know it's on YT. I personally need a hard copy of something like this. I HAVE to lend it to friends. Plus, it has interviews from the director and star 👀👀

[@mozzdog]

It's like a friend that moved out of town, then back into town so you're stoked. But then you remember why you were happy they left. But then you remember that they always had cool stuff to play with.

[@kevinoldfield4912]

Seeing that Hollywood Video barcode on The Baby unlocked the memory of playing said movie one night when myself and coworkers did inventory in September of 2001. The very next day Rem Lazar destroyed the WTC's.

[@cheddarssalad1230]

The lead in the alien movie actually has a solid career if you ignore his acting. He did stunts for all of the Matrix and John Wick films.

[@walking_phoenix611]

Like Jay in the video, you are confusing Daniel Bernhardt of Future War with Olivier Bruner, the lead in Interceptor Force

[@cheddarssalad1230]

You’re on to something there. Yeah, Bruner’s stunt career isn’t something to write home about.

[@KarazolaX]

@@walking_phoenix611 It's so weird that I immediately knew that Jay was talking about Daniel Bernhardt, and he was confusing him with this guy. I remember looking up that actor shortly after Future War, and I saw that he was the guy who played my favorite side character in the first John Wick movie. After that, I recognized him in the Bob Odenkirk movie Nobody, playing a similar role. I guess I'm just amazed that the dude went from fighting Robert Z'dar and his velociraptors in a box fort to become a legit stuntman/actor on real movies.

[@kaygeo]

@@KarazolaX He's also in a fucking excellent episode of the show Barry...also he was in Mortal Kombat Conquest in between Future War and the Matrix so he definitely sunk just a bit lower!

[@Quilt82]

"Never go full baby." - Kirk Lazarus.

[@ptah4000]

My brother in law who never talked about what he did in Vietnam did talk about extraction via skyhook. The line was raised by inflatable balloon. Probably the most plausible part of the second movie. Also Mike's knowledge of cars (stingray) is unsurpassed.

[@J3335]

My flat has paperthin walls and my neighbour & her man never shut TF up. I decided to watch this in bed as its night here... And Rich Evans' laughter had chased them out their bedroom & off to the other's flat...Thank you, Rich Evans, you glorious man, thank you... Revenge is indeed a dish best served cold!

[@staomruel]

I'm trying to imagine how absolutely horrified they were by that indescribable sound.

[@J3335]

@@staomruel I may start playing it in all the rooms, all the time. It will be my Rich Evans Beetlejuice ploy to get them to leave for good.

[@psilobom]

Wait until he watches that episode with the Exorcist lady revenge tape. He'll frame his neighbors for armed robbery

[@staomruel]

@@J3335 godspeed, J

[@drumbeard]

@@psilobom Which one is it?

[@prolevelcallout4597]

ITLL BE LIKE A COMPETITION- LIKE A BAAATTLE-

[@zeeegeee]

One of the all time quotes by that one guy who's name I can't remember. Anyway what I'm trying to say is you really Jacked that one off mate well done

[@bondavebond]

A life without Jack, is a life less well-lived,🤠

[@AsiaDanceScene]

Fun fact, but Dennis in The Baby (Mike Pataki) is actually the same actor that played Korax, the Klingon warrior in Star Trek. His IMDB also lists his as being in Next Generation (Gov. Karnas). Mike is probably punishing himself with that cattle prod for missing a chance to name all the actors that appeared in both the original and Next Generation.

[@Gibson343088]

I really commend them for not spending 20 minutes being like, "This movie's weeeeird" when talking about the baby. Because after I first saw it that was all I could say afterwards. Makes Spider Baby look normal.

[@swigginghemlock]

Rich Evans was nominated for an Oscar for his performance at the end, but turned it down to give others a chance to win something this year

[@craighofmann638]

Joaquin Phoenix will be thankful, as the only actor to ever win the award twice for the same role.

[@Crusader820]

And he'll be giving something ELSE to The Baby!

[@JoeJackWagner]

Filter's "Hey Man Nice Shot" was written about Florps Hoggenwarsch's suicide, and that's what's so powerful about it.

[@pogglywoggly3292]

It was really about family...

[@FraterSbeve]

Mike "I'm Givin' It to the Baby" Stoklasa sure isn't Noiselund.

[@flanbeau]

Jay went to the David Goodenough School of Film Making where you learn the 3 more important skills of the trade: have a film/memory ready, remove the lens cap and vaguely hold the camera in the direction of the subject. Their motto is: "it's fine, it's fine!"

[@pogglywoggly3292]

And Mike went to the Steven Guttenberg school of Business. Which explains his impressive shilling and horrible acting!

[@go_golden]

2:11 Jay pulling the old "George Lucas directing the prequels" move, what a cinematographer, very cool!

[@ASpooneyBard]

Very cool!

[@Belgand]

Drinking coffee and being surly. He's practically a union camera operator.

[@Techpriest]

There's actually a horrifying case where a girl was found that was kept her entire life in a chair with no interaction outside of her captors making animal noises when feeding her, and she was unable to develop to be fully functional after that point as she was either a teenager or adult by the time she was rescued and the trauma left her forever stunted.

[@thecolourfulpill]

I checked how Ted Vollrath (Mr. No Legs)... Well, lost his legs. It was in fact not during WWII, since he was born in 1934, it was because of injuries he suffered during the Korean war. For the ones who were both curious and too lazy to check.

[@MikeJones-wq7pg]

I just discovered this channel a month ago and i haven't stopped binging every episode. God damn this shit is funny!

[@graphicsgod]

"If your recommending The Baby, you've seen some shit!" Can't agree more with that statement! 🤦🤦

[@kaiserchill]

Very rarely will a situation where a film I've actually seen be on BOTW but when they said baby i fuckin jumped out my damn chair

[@Mehlmo]

Brandon did the same movie

[@oneinathousand2156]

@@Mehlmothat’s where I heard it from too, I was like “Oh man the guys are in for a ride…”

[@grahamshrimpton]

I've owned The Baby on blu-ray for a long time but never watched it.

[@johnsmith5669]

I remember I watched it after it was on some list of the greatest psychological thrillers. I would have thought Jay would have seen it already; just goes to show that there's always stuff left to be discovered.

[@treytison1444]

Came here to post this.

[@oliver7962]

cant wait for the noiselund video with " im giving it to the baby " remix

[@shawnconway6009]

Mr. No Legs is actually kind of amazing, because the guy who plays Mr. No Legs is legit an amazing guy. He's got a pretty amazing history as a person.

[@mrcat3493]

You did Brad Dourif dirty. He played the doc in Deadwood and Grima Worm-Tongue in Lord of the Rings. He deserves more respect.

[@Viceroy_Sundercles_III]

He got Mike’s highest respect: remembering that he was in Star Trek.

[@mrcat3493]

@@Viceroy_Sundercles_III that is true. And Dune.

[@bigbramble]

Watch the film 'spontaneous combustion' and then tell me you respect Brad. Truly one of the worst films ever created.

[@chrissmith3668]

He was also a main character in a little indie film One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest

[@mrcat3493]

@@bigbramble the dude has 174 credits. Give him a break. Lol

[@JozzFilms]

When Rich Evans said: “let them genres fight,” I pooped my pants!

[@bearded_snorlax]

I CLAPPED! I CLAPPED!

[@Planet_films565]

I peepeeed and pooed

[@JozzFilms]

@@bearded_snorlaxI wish I had clapped… *whamp whamp*

[@OfflineSetup]

I vomited over the baby’s chair, all over the chair.

[@N0die]

Sounds like a *Biden endorsement

[@wild0999]

I stopped the video about 20 minutes in to watch The Baby and my god am I glad I did. What a ride. What an ending. You're doing god's work bringing this movie to the masses.

[@TheMarc388]

The RLM curse strikes again! On the day of this posting, the blonde woman in THE BABY (14:55) was the former spouse of Bernard Hill (Lord of the Rings, King Théoden) who passed away the day this episode aired. 😳😳

[@Cooleepable]

Soooo... I went down a bit of a rabbit hole here. The director of "Mr. No-Legs", Ricou Browning, was a stunt man, who specialized in under-water stunt work and was the original Gill-Man from the "Creature from the Black Lagoon" movies. He had a pretty decent career as a second unit director and stunt coordinator, and also co-created Flipper. Yes, that Flipper. Hope that puts the bar fight scene in some sort of context.

[@maskon1724]

No matter how close you film Mike, it’s always a wide shot.

[@graphicsgod]

You can't fit that much drunkenness in a closeup!

[@QuarrelsomeLocalOaf]

_(slide whistle)_

[@VultureLivesAgain]

I'd seen The Baby prior to this episode. I'm a fan of the film, and I had a pretty good feeling that Mike and Jay would like it too. But I figured Jay would be the more enthusiastic of the two. Turned out Jay was somewhat reserved in his praise, while Mike went all in on championing the film. Good stuff! Maybe Mike is the true connoisseur of weirdo films and he just doesn't know it yet.

[@keithoregan2980]

Mike: "Everyone drinks hard liquor at a baby's birthday party" Rich: "well, it is an adult baby"

[@robotmascot]

Ahhh, to be a toothless townsfolk watching Florp's Demise

[@Elune_Adore]

How dare you drop this the one time I have plans.

[@clank4001]

for real

[@Planet_films565]

Exactly

[@JoshuaSimonson909]

you mean a BOTW episode is NOT your plans?

[@Elune_Adore]

@@JoshuaSimonson909 it is now!

[@gsesquire3441]

Just show up to whatever "plans" you had without your slacks on. You will be asked to leave and be completely free to watch this video. Think outside the slacks friend.

[@GN77340]

The baby horror film is free on KZbin

[@astrofreq]

I've been recommending The Baby to people for 15 years. Glad RLM is finally watching that masterpiece.

[@Viceroy_Sundercles_III]

This video made me laugh loudly, chew on raw potatoes, throw corn husks, and flatulate freely!

[@umadachi]

that's the Midwest hitting you

[@galetinm]

And witness Florps' demise!

[@AislingBlack]

A long time ago Baby was on Netflix and I watched it, I remember after watching it my husband was like, lets go get ice cream, and I was so perplexed about watching "baby" I could barely eat. I'm so happy someone is talking about this movie, extra glad its RLM.

[@Masshuzai]

Nice to hear that Rich is that much of an astronomy fan that he took a road trip to see the eclipse. Hope he had a good time.

[@pogglywoggly3292]

Mike just waits until the Crystal Skull vodka (thanks again, Dan Akroyd, who is definitely not a laid spinster) causes his eyelids to slowly eclipse.

[@whette_fahrtz]

A fascinating look into the life of Florps Hoggenwarsch. Time flew by, can't wait for part 2!

[@Matisaro]

It would have been Dr. No Legs if he hadn't come up short in med school.

[@aarondavis8943]

Or, if he'd avoided that mine in Korea, Mr Some Legs.

[@mandy2533]

He comes up short everywhere 😔

[@miimows]

omg

[@jmjedi923]

​@@aarondavis8943or if he was a thalidomide baby, Mr. Some legs and some arms

[@governorboltz]

I was watching Invasion USA and was thinking of my wonderful friends from Wisconsin (who I'll never meet and will never be my friends), when I said to myself, self, why are you watching Invasion USA on a Sunday spring afternoon? And then I wondered to myself about what my Milwaukee friends, who led me to watch this wonderfully terrible or terribly wonderful piece of Cannon action schlock, were up to, and lo and behold a new Best of the Blurst. It's a Cinco de Mayo miracle!

[@HorrorCrisisTime]

That was a surprisingly kick ass animated miniseries

[@rossz4898]

Best of the Blurst…hah!

[@pogglywoggly3292]

Happy Five Guys Mayo Day!

[@pkpong]

There was actually a story I learned about in sociology class that is similar (not the same keep in mind) to the baby were this girl was neglected for seven years being strapped to a toilet all day and strapped to a bed all night. When the social worker came and got her out she was missing many of the crucial steps in her development that made it impossible for her to grasp language on a higher level and she struggled with socialization, her name was Genie and it’s a case of truth being more tragic and disturbing than fiction imo. Less cattle prods and more complete isolation

[@tomflorio3639]

Michael Pataki, the dude who gets his finger burned in "The Baby", was in a ton of '70s stuff. Those of us who grew up on "Happy Days" will recognize him as "Count Malachi", who, with his brother, delivered the "Malachi Crunch" to Pinky Tuscadero at the demolition derby (it's less dirty than it sounds). And in the '80s, he played Drago's mgr in "Rocky IV", delivering the famous line "Whatever he hits . . . he destroys!".

[@verzz]

They bring up The Blues Brothers so much in many videos, im surprised they havent done a video on it.

[@pogglywoggly3292]

This should be their next project. A series of RLM "re:fakes". Release the Bauman cut! Who doesnt want to see Mike and Rich star as the tit-u-lar characters, in the 2025 re:fake: The Booze Brothers?

[@fennecfoxfanatic]

have they done one on Blues Brothers 2000? They should make a video on Blues Brothers 2000

[@unduloid]

I am Florps Hoggenwarsch. _You_ are Florps Hoggenwarsch. We are all Florps Hoggenwarsch!

[@isaiahbryant4004]

His name was Florps Hoggenwarsch. His name was Florps Hoggenwarsch. His name was Florps Hoggenwarsch.

[@Corbomite_Meatballs]

I'm Spartacus...I mean Florps Hoggenwarsch!

[@MyHeadHz]

Maybe the real Florps were the Hoggens we Warschted along the way

[@aarondavis8943]

I thought I was Spartacus. I don't want to be Florps.

[@nada-sparrowsstones874]

And you get a Florps Hoggenwarsch! And you get a Florps Hoggenwarsch! Everybody gets a Florps Hoggenwarsch!

[@hardromeo436]

Took your advice and watched The Baby. OMG the ending to that movie! Thank you for not spoiling. ABSOLUTELY worth the looks on my friends faces

[@sagitarriulus9773]

The family fitness down the street from my house use to be a video store too but when they converted the building from store to gym they decided to keep the movies and set up a theater with work out bikes and tread mills and play user choices when ever.

[@Tonkotsu2k10]

Those were commas, Mike. WHERES YOUR PEEPERS?!?!!

[@durianne]

We need to complete the elderly peepers trilogy!!

[@casanovafunkenstein5090]

They were not. There's a very clear comma on the box and it's jarring to see it next to all the other punctuation within the blurb. If that comma hadn't been there, I'd have been inclined to think it was a case of the printer being set at too low of a DPI for the white text to be sharp enough to make it clear, but it was there, making the rest of the text bizarre.

[@heartpunch99]

I saw The Baby years and years ago. My theory is that they found this guy that does an incredible imitation of a baby, and wrote a horror movie around it.

[@darkpheonix77]

I assumed it was based on Genie the feral child. Real wold case of extreme neglect ans abuse.

[@MangetsuSAMURAI]

I'm actually shocked that they've never seen The Baby before this. It's such a batshit insane film.

[@coolmastamanga1278]

The past 14 years, it is rather simple. I see a new Rich Evans video: I watch immediately.

[@jameskeane7679]

Thank you Florps Hoggenwarsch! My wedding rehearsal can wait

[@GOLDFISH817]

I am so happy they are all alive still

[@graphicsgod]

Well everyone except Rich.. he's been a clone or a robot for years.

[@Ninjujitsu]

don't jinx it

[@richardthompson6079]

I love when Tim Higgins is on! He has a quick wit.

[@linearsoulchildren]

Shocked nobody mentioned Bad Boy Bubby. Its an old Aussie movie about a child brought up for 35 years believing that the outside world was radioactive, held in a child like state until one day, everyrhing changes. Go watch it. Quality movie.

[@buddhamack1491]

My grandma let me watch that when I was waaay to young. It was messed up watching it as a kid. She also let me watch Sirens with Elle MacPherson.

[@sednoid]

An early Yorgos Lanthimos movie, Dogtooth, also has similar themes. It's a very uncomfortable watch.