Best of the Worst: Hawk Jones, Winterbeast, and ROAR

[@ricolowry]

Hi Mike, Jay and Rich, I'm the director of Hawk Jones, honored to see it appear on your show! I was 21 when I directed this in Davenport, Iowa in 1985... the movie was shot on 3 1/4 inch video and has since been gaining a small cult audience, and even inspired Childish Gambino to make a song about it called Hawk Jones! Thanks for keeping the film alive.

[@jsh020]

always nice when people have a sense of humor and modesty about themselves

[@BoredGhostInk]

Made anymore movies since? Just out of curiosity

[@Lost-Lilim]

Good on you for trying something out of the ordinary.

[@ricolowry]

@@BoredGhostInk Yes made a few indie features over the years, still doing it and having just as much fun now as I did back then!

[@BoredGhostInk]

Rico Lowry that’s awesome!! Where could we watch them? Are they on here or Vimeo?

[@matthewnesbitt6416]

Interesting Fact: Red Letter Media mainstay Macaulay Culkin actually started out as a childhood actor, appearing in the first two Home Alone movies, before hitting it big as an internet sensation!

[@AustinSincrow]

I googled this. It’s true!

[@jamstonjulian6947]

I'm glad to see his career is finally taking off.

[@gotaminutereviews]

Childhood actor?

[@Brono25]

i thought it was the actor from the good son.

[@YON_RO]

McCauley McCulkin

[@CaptainPancakes]

You guys might as well call him "Milwaukee Culkin" from now on.

[@skinnysnorlax1876]

Milwauke McCulkin

[@bethe192]

Milwaukee Macauley McCallister

[@NCRRanger7753]

This, is the story of Madman Milwaukee MacCulkin.

[@Puerco-Potter]

Here is your 1 million dollars check for the idea

[@richswitch2217]

Can't stand he's a taking a seat away from one of the originals. Much less that dousche, leach with him.

[@toonbat]

1:25 That officer was just 50 years away from retirement.

[@toweypat]

Hugely underrated comment.

[@MrCesendal]

You sir made my day.

[@martyjuannaandcannalynn5553]

Have an underrated comment medal.

[@HunchbackJack]

Well played. That was solid.

[@OMGmyFACE]

Brilliant!

[@Eyepatchfilms]

Macaulay being quicker with the TNG references blew my mind

[@somewhatdweeb5194]

Eyepatch Entertainment It’s official, Macaulay Culkin has to take part of the eventual Star Trek: Picard re:View that Mike will eventually do.

[@mrredherring2900]

The three of them all going "No, it's a transporter accident" in unison was hilarious.

[@danheidel]

@@mrredherring2900 I audibly said, "OH NO" when that happened.

[@assman7969]

*HOW EMBARRASSING*

[@tinyturnip7676]

"The lions are fighting each other for the privilege of fighting a tiger" -- that cured my hangover

[@V4Now]

That sounds soo badass it's "gangsta"

[@AuDHDarling]

Check your tiger-fighting privilege

[@RoyalFlush270]

Is that Macaulay Culkin, the boyfriend of America's Sweetheart Rich Evans?

[@lanasmith4795]

Yeah

[@alxthegreat]

No, that's Mr. McCulkin

[@GigaTrope]

Rich did say he's getting married, I didn't realize it was to a celebrity!

[@LeethLee1]

Yep

[@CopiousDoinksLLC]

@@jesterssketchbook Culkin lives everywhere. You don't tell Culkin where he'll live - he tells you.

[@stetson999]

I’m thrilled to see that Hollywood celebrity Rich Evans recovered from his cocaine addiction and briefly returned to his Milwaukee roots to film a silly internet video with his ghetto friends.

[@davidkrocks]

LOL

[@alyzluke801]

Are Julia Roberts and Richard Evans on the outs? Is that why he's back to his old stomping grounds?

[@BurnRoddy]

Except for AA Roberts. He's married.

[@brettfawcett550]

"The villain of the film is Noel Marshall" Given that he abused his family so much during the making of this film that Tippi divorced him, yeah, that's probably accurate.

[@kyro8559]

oops

[@unnecessaryapostrophe4047]

Tippi is an awful name

[@musicnoonelikes]

@@unnecessaryapostrophe4047 it's short for Tippani

[@unnecessaryapostrophe4047]

@@musicnoonelikes That's somehow even worse.

[@leoseling4413]

To be fair, divorce is the only correct response to your husband buying fifty lions anyways

[@henrymeng7781]

“Roar was filmed over 10 years” Roar is the boyhood of tiger movies

[@uknownada]

Those are lions.

[@gabe135]

@@uknownada you sure about that buddy?

[@uknownada]

@@gabe135 Listen, I've seen The Lion King. I know what a lion looks like.

[@SirNilzey]

@@uknownada Is that big gray thing with a long nose also a form of lion? The animal kingdom sure is weird.

[@artfuldodger3964]

It broke new ground!

[@chrismsutcliffe]

"No, it was a transporter accident" x 3 made me ROAR with laughter

[@ushim7]

Need this in gif form

[@bejammin2000]

You knew Jay was doing the editing for that.

[@masta182]

the best part is that if you are an avid watcher of redlettermedia you can not only see shawns reaction to it but in your minds eye you'll be able to also see jays reaction to it as well.

[@luvbeanlove]

This episode solved a 20+ year mystery for me. I remember my dad renting the VHS for Winter Beast when I was a child. We had so much fun laughing at it's awfulness. I have been looking for this movie for a long time but I always thought it was titled Snow Beast. My dad has since passed but you better believe I will be looking for my own copy of Winter Beast and remembering fondly my dad and my love for bad movies. Thank you!

[@HeavensentLXXI]

Weirdly heart-warming in a place I never expected to see something of that nature. I hope it brings back that joy for you. Enjoy stranger!

[@Gamsterjeff600]

Thats very sweet

[@milovarquiel]

That's amazing and wholesome at the same time.

[@jamief1263]

Snow beast was a different film. I remember it being scary (as a child). There is also a remake.

[@lindinle]

ok i have 2 for yeah. i VIVIDLY REMEMBER BOTH OF THESE one clip was some nerds i think talking to some lady, the nerds needed her to digitize into some game they were making but she couldnt have any cloths on. and after they did whatever the hell the process was the game they showed was some weird early cgi thing of some blue lady with a sword fighting what looked like demonic pokemon. the other was a movie about a woman who got massive breast implants and has a scene where she flashes someone to hitch a ride. i know they arent much to go on but im 26 now and these memories have been gnawing at my mind for years.

[@trevorwills1600]

99% sure that's my copy of Hawk Jones I sent in getting totally outshined by the other two movies in the selection. This is a dream come true!

[@JackgarPrime]

Honestly, the deck was pretty stacked in this episode. In most other episodes, I'm sure Hawk Jones would've been a shoe-in. But its hard to compete with goofy claymation monsters and people getting genuinely mauled by lions on film.

[@ricolowry]

Thanks for sending it in Trevor!

[@Hidingfrompeople]

Wow. Sad life huh?

[@EvilSandwich]

@@ricolowry Okay that's pretty cool to director of the film replied to his comment.

[@itubeutubewealltube1]

I guess Macauly Culkin has just permanently moved into the RLM studio. He's Home.. and he's not Alone.

[@tachikoma805]

and it feels... meh

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

Very clever

[@codywille3713]

His story is so dense.

[@mazurbeem]

This comment wins

[@Joe_Ray]

They've been referencing making this episode since he showed up. Pretty sure this is the last of him for a while again.

[@magmavision2000]

It was brave of the RLM crew to work with a real-life Rich Evans! One wrong move and any of them would have been his lunch!

[@Sum1BetrThanU1]

Better than being stuck in the sleeping bag like culkin...

[@gelraldoldo5152]

THEIR HIS FAVOURITE FOOD!!!!!

[@kw4388]

@@Sum1BetrThanU1 9999999999888888888⁸89⁹8899

[@aniyilator]

@@gelraldoldo5152 Why of course they are. Why do you think he keeps coming back? Because they're "FRIENDS"?! Definitely not

[@ronarion9646]

That's why they drink so much, ever since he stopped drinking it's the perfect way to stop him from eating them.

[@SurpriseDegloving]

These cameos are getting a little stale. You guys are doing fine, you don't need to shoehorn in appearances from Hollywood shill Rich Evans every time you get the chance.

[@ChocorocK]

Mike is still hopeful to get an interview with Ellen.

[@trashukun3787]

i actually laughed ty

[@MrInfinity418]

I disagree...I demand more of shill rich Evans

[@DuckInAParticle]

They never mention how Rich Evans got mauled by the Showbiz Pizza bear.

[@kikikyami]

I think they just honestly like him :') and hes available and loves movies. So why not bring him in? Id rather watch him then the olsen twins, or lindsey lohan or (insert childactor name here) honestly :)

[@elijahwilliams7791]

Rich Evans just said “full cast of children” and “spunk” in the same sentence and I’m calling the police.

[@robertselph5077]

Elijah Williams you can’t have children without spunk!

[@doublep1980]

Rich loves juicy Shaq meat and apparently also "pizza",like Mr.Epstein.

[@kubli365]

@@robertselph5077 "spunk: yes"

[@notchuckproductions5029]

>Fidding the word Spunk, creepy and sexual Hello Brtish person

[@trop7736]

Trust me, I've tried to call the cops on Rich Evans before. It only made him angrier.

[@embermonkey]

Remake roar with Rich Evans playing all the lions

[@TheCherri306]

cat nephilim and their roars are AAAAAIIIIIIIDDDDSSSSS

[@poiuytrewq11422]

Too dangerous. He's a method actor and would eat the cast.

[@RepKyle95]

They have to dodge his projectile vomiting of Tums.

[@OfficialNukeDukem]

Plot twist: He did play the lions. All of them. At once.

[@JackgarPrime]

Alternate idea: Replace them all with Suburban Sasquatch, sound byte included

[@jakefoley9539]

List of real injuries in "ROAR": Cinematographer Jan de Bont had his head scalped by a lion while filming under a tarp. The scalping resulted in him receiving 220 stitches. Tippi Hedren received a fractured leg after an elephant bucked her off its back while she was riding it, and also received scalp wounds. She was also bitten in the neck by a lion and required 38 stitches. Melanie Griffith had to receive 50 stitches to her face, and it was feared she would lose an eye. She recovered and was not disfigured. Noel Marshall was attacked so many times that he was eventually diagnosed with gangrene. In one of those incidents, he was clawed by a cheetah when protecting the animals during a bushfire that occurred in 1979. All animals were evacuated though it took several years for him to recover from his injuries. Due to the injuries, turnover was high as many did not want to return to the set. Some of the lions also suffered from illnesses that reduced their population. John Marshall was bitten by one of the lions and required 56 stitches.

[@otisburg1821]

God damn, space out your paragraphs

[@OGbrundle]

Jesus, Leonardo DiCaprio would have been clawing at the chance to be in that movie.

[@robbieclark7828]

Thanks for doing the research

[@bryanmaynard151]

Val Kilmer got a splinter during the filming of Ghost in the Darkness. Filming was stopped for 2 weeks while he recovered

[@FortWhenTeaThyme]

@@otisburg1821 It's because he copy-pasted from Wikipedia

[@KarbineKyle]

"The elephant crushed my leg! It's broken!" "Yeah, that's stayin' in."

[@stan4143]

And that was HIS WIFE

[@oscarsantana9983]

KEEP FILMING!

[@ironmaster6496]

He also let one of the lions pull the hair out of his own daughter i think and she was LITERALLY crying for help (a scene that is also in the movie)

[@toonbat]

At least he didn't request a reshoot right there and then.

[@collinmclaren6608]

Hey, if an elephant broke your leg, you'd want it to at least serve SOME point. If anything it'd be more insulting for them to cut it out.

[@rickbeaufrand118]

"Nightmare on elm Street but Freddie Krueger was your friend" 58:48 Isn't that the premise of Rem Lezar

[@ruo7336]

I understood that reference : )

[@derlich09]

@@ruo7336 Rem Lezar is a nightmare, so......

[@fruitypeebils]

creaaated in yooour dreeeams

[@gearsoverdusk7303]

Rem Lazar was more of a 'what if Frosty the Snowman wasn't a snowman.'

[@swagstephens6619]

I'm glad other people still think about rem lezar, I'm not alone lol

[@pasu2k]

I wish I could see Jay's face when all three went "No, it's a transporter"

[@FR3AKuency]

Was probably pretty similar to Shawn's.

[@joshliam1967]

Disney: Lion King 2019 is the most photorealistic lion movie ever made. Roar: Lol nah.

[@menachemsachemrobotscowitz2794]

ROAR: "Hold my zebra head."

[@ironmaster6496]

Roat: Hold my actual scalp of an actor

[@Jacob6443]

That's because they Lion.

[@josereyes1148]

IM DON WILSON! I RUN IOWAS LARGEST WILDLIFE PRESERVE. I GOT THIS IDEA FOR A MOVIE.....

[@Rejukem]

SO I WANNA BOMBARD EVERY DVD WITH SOLAR RADIATION. I THINK THAT WILL CREATE SOME KIND OF MAGNETRON

[@bryanmaynard151]

We demand more Rich prank phone calls

[@SylentVoidkeeper]

Rejukem A LAZER WILL SHOOT RIGHT INTO THEIR EYES LIKE RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARC

[@fogdiver]

HOLD ON, I GOTTA GO SHOOT SOME PEOPLE. THIS IS DAN WILSON, I OWN IOWA'S LARGEST NATURE PRESERVE.

[@pfclex6737]

No you’re Jose Reyes

[@Lucas-ez4uj]

With every appearance of Macaulay Culkin, I see him more and more as a homeless version of the Joker.

[@FreyaEinde]

Lucas The joker as a former child actor is a way better origin than the others.

[@Lucas-ez4uj]

FreyaEinde It explains so much.

[@verklartenacht7827]

Is Shawn his handler or something? But yeah, Culkin does have an air of creepiness about him, and his obsession with "pizza" certainly doesn't help.

[@GnosticAtheist]

@@verklartenacht7827 Is this some conspiracy theory about pizzagate? Are you people calling him a serious perv because he use the term pizza in something? Isnt that a little wacky? I would advise showing evidence when going that far...

[@verklartenacht7827]

@@GnosticAtheist Couldn't help but notice you're atheist and possibly leftist, so it doesn't matter what evidence I pose; it'll be shot down regardless. Some people want reality to be just as they've read it. All the same, considering the degeneracy of Hollywood, and the fact Culkin might've been "passed around" at a young age (not uncommon with child actors), I wouldn't be surprised if he's taken up the same degenerate nature. That's par the course with pedophiles, no?

[@jamesbrust2055]

"It's so dense, every single image has so many lions..."

[@AndorianBlues]

It’s about lions, and that’s what’s so powerful about it.

[@craftpaint1644]

My daughter loves dressing up as Captain Lioness.

[@johnstriker480]

The director said, "Lions are the key to all of this" xD

[@washboardman7435]

@@craftpaint1644 you better stop that before your daughter becomes a furry.

[@lwlakksjd]

It's about family

[@trtx84]

I love Mike and Rich during ROAR. "Why doesn't some one help him?" "What the f**k are you going to do?!"

[@theatlastech8792]

Roar seems like Tiger King just with a whole bunch of extra steps. Though tbf they seem like they bought an actual cat sanctuary to film this movie.

[@ahall9839]

Why don't you marry them, then?

[@levienochs1038]

I love the part where Mike says "lions are Fighting tigers!"

[@BS-cf2oc]

Roar is what happens when no one tells a rich person "no".

[@AltimeterAlligator]

"I may have gone too far in a few places," said Noel, submerged in lions.

[@feature.of.jarjar24]

@@AltimeterAlligator you can't really change the Lions, they're instinctually designed to be that way, but we can diminish the effects of them.

[@ObsceneVegetableMatter]

Gore is what happens when no one tells a Rich Evans person "no".

[@michael.devitt]

Hashtag Harvey Weinstein

[@danielfitzgerald8158]

Just like the star wars prequels!

[@Raveg64]

I think the only thing that makes that ROAR movie safer is the fact that there wasn't hippos

[@vyomesh1999]

hippos would have fucking KILLED that cast

[@CrusherofCities]

Honestly, having actors get close to a male elephant in musth was probably more dangerous than the lions...

[@vyomesh1999]

@@CrusherofCities not sure it was in musth; it didnt have the characteristic discharge on its head

[@CrusherofCities]

@@vyomesh1999 If you look around 1:02:15 you can see it. It's certainly not visible in every shot... not sure if that's due to dust, bathing in the river, camera quality, or a combination of all of them. Or maybe that's just a convenient shadow or wet patch and it's just an aggressive elephant... but the behavior certainly lines up.

[@thetramp123]

OMG, when all three of them started talking about Star Trek. I died.

[@LastRenegade]

"No, it's a transporter... " in perfect unison, lol classic.

[@neal2399]

Shawn became Jay in that moment, turning to the camera as his will to live withered up and died

[@Behon]

*NO, IT’S A TRANSPORTER ACCIDENT*

[@control_the_pet_population]

@@neal2399 I thought Shawn had two of the funniest bits in this episode... first was that glance to the camera when the Trek talk started and the other was when he did his impression of the main guy from Winterbeast.

[@neal2399]

Jason *IT’S ME AGAIN FROM THE OTHA FILM*

[@nlabonte]

After watching this episode, all I can think about is shooting a film that's just lions and tigers roaming around an indoor shopping plaza and "interacting" with all the visitors. I think I'll call it 'Shopping Maul'.

[@BoredGhostInk]

nlabonte do it!

[@oldskoolchomp81]

Call it "Rip Mall"

[@Vindsvelle]

*Coughing Mike laugh*

[@toonbat]

I know the word "crazy" is so easy to toss around in Best of the Worst when discussing a filmmaker's vision and methods, but Roar is the first case where I can seriously imagine actual trained psychologists being brought in by authorities to sit people down in a nice, safe, enclosed environment to tell them. "No. You were not shooting a movie. You were helping a madman indulge his unhealthy hobby at the expense of your well-being."

[@cristiansaucedo4707]

"But he paid us! Our agents said it was real!" :)

[@Ohfishyfishyfish]

@@cristiansaucedo4707 "Turns out he was lion to us!"

[@SirNilzey]

@@Ohfishyfishyfish Stop that

[@johnrivers3813]

@@cristiansaucedo4707funny thing is that it was his family keeping the movie together so he didn't even pay them

[@jecoharman]

Can we get a Re:view with Macaulay Culkin and Rich doing Home Alone.

[@avpman150]

Jeco Marbtos That would be fucking perfect.

[@LosBerkos]

@@avpman150 Or Jack and Mack

[@tylerlee6613]

Aint that the movie he got rapped on?

[@olivermorassut462]

It should be rich and Mac doing Home Alone 5

[@FumblsTheSniper]

@@tylerlee6613 he wasn’t but he was being abused by his parents pretty badly all the way until he was 15 and got emancipated.

[@ccctonelarone]

Oh my god they brought back famous dead beat child actor Rich Evans

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

*Hollywood SUPERSTAR _Rich Evans_

[@GareWorks]

No but he was Dick the Birthday Boy.

[@kifiz3108]

Wait, THAT'S Rich Evans?! From Ellen?!

[@TheBrotherGrim]

@@kifiz3108 Sure is. It's been mentioned on the show a few times.

[@Hidingfrompeople]

No. But they do have lame ass molested guy.

[@ghawamkouchaki372]

Jay: Macaulay Culkin came back? Mike: Macaulay Culkin never left. I'm starting to think his mind is no longer in mint condition.

[@poppiaria]

*Rams a figure of Kevin McCallister into a batmobile*

[@PicturesqueGames]

You mean no longer in freshly refurbished condition?

[@takerdust]

Mac is impressed with Julia Roberts being a fan of Rich Evans.

[@joecool2721]

*Maculkin

[@Ryfinius]

Theres no amount in millions that would convince me to walk through a room with lions tearing a zebra apart.

[@nsinghize]

I think it would be relatively safe. I mean the lions aren't hungry anymore and, they are normally spectacularly lazy creatures so they'll probably leave you alone

[@wmascolin]

@@nsinghize fuck that I want that zibra meat for myself even if I have to fight a lion

[@setlerking]

Nishant Singh wild lions might attack you if they think you’re there to steal it though. Wild lions have to protect their kills from Hyenas who often try to steal from them

[@PixelLife101]

Not even for 999999999 quid?

[@Ryfinius]

@@PixelLife101 nope, can't spend it if I'm dead.

[@fromthedumpstertothegrave3689]

Oh snap, Mike getting beat to recalling the name of a TNG episode. Is Mack replacing Mike?

[@ummmwhatnow]

Mike's finally showing his age, and unfortunately it's about time to put him in the home.

[@TEHGJPTDDDO]

ummmwhatnow time to get him doing some chairobics.

[@zomg1337h4x]

@@ummmwhatnow Time to take Mike to the farm upstate.

[@CatCheshireThe]

Honestly it's kind of a miracle that Roar doesn't have the same ending as Grizzly Man.

[@theoldschoolstuff]

These people were lucky to not be timothy treadwell

[@infantiltinferno]

Yeah, I remember thinking that, the first time I saw Roar. The only cinematic experience that can even compare is Grizzly Man. I mean this is the true source of the instincts that monster films are based on.

[@stuartbadminton]

I completely support Rich Evans' decision to walk off, he's been a hardcore Winterbeast fan for FIVE YEARS!

[@llupescu]

Fun fact: Tippi Hedren divorced Noel Marshall two months after the release of Roar.

[@nicsho_alt3885]

"Fun" fact.

[@314APAR]

Boy, that is fun.

[@desmondd1984]

@@ffs6158 Unfortunately Robbie was killed in a flood in 1978, along with several other lions and much of the film's production was destroyed. That's partly why it took so long to finish.

[@ironmaster6496]

Heres another fun fact: one time Noel Marshall was chasing naked one of the Lions in the studio (or open field) and passed through close to some japanese producers pretty much scaring them away (no wonder Tippi divorced that idiot)

[@the_exegete]

@@ironmaster6496 Another fun fact: we are all but dirt and must shall return to the dirt.

[@AmazingThor]

Fun fact: The Wizard is behind the camera on every RLM video, ready to replace Rich Evans at a moment’s notice.

[@UbiquitousNight]

It is like replacing legendary Scottie Pippen, the great Charlotte Hornets basketball player for those that don't know sport references, with bench player from the B.League 国内男子プロバスケットボールリーグ.

[@Mace907]

I realize it's a joke but it honestly sounds so believable

[@PaytonsOwnProductions]

When Mack started geeking out about Star Trek with those hack frauds, I felt like a parent who just met their son’s fiancée and I’m beaming with approval. It’s a match made in heaven.

[@EbonyPope]

Why hack frauds? It's a little uncalled for to call them names. They are good movie critics.

[@joomface]

@@EbonyPope?

[@crispyjuice2110]

@@EbonyPope nah its just an RLM in-joke. Mike and Jay used to call themselves "hack frauds" and it caught on in the fanbase. I don't know why they called themselves that, some sort of self deprecating irony, idk.

[@executioner_ecgbert884]

They themselves refer to themselves as hack frauds

[@justafox5356]

Was ROAR filmed at Iowa’s largest wildlife preserve? Did Don Wilson help with the production of this picture?

[@SeanTanktop]

Nice fucking callback dude!

[@michaelgordon6641]

Not enough giraffes for it to be made by Don Wilson

[@NealX]

I CLAPPED.

[@joecool2721]

Don Wilson also formally known as Dan Wilson...before he changed his name when he made a phone call.

[@menachemsachemrobotscowitz2794]

I hear he helped with the giraffes.

[@Netami1337]

"Over 70 of the cast and crew are believed to have been injured during the production of Roar. Because of this, many of the attacks from the animals resulted in real blood from the actors showing up in the final cut of the film. It has been described as the most dangerous film ever made" 80's were great

[@ironmaster6496]

@@a.hollins8691 Thats a GOOD thing XD Fun Fact: The film's original title was Lions Lions and More Lions

[@CaptainPRESIDENT]

@@ironmaster6496 An alternate title was "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!"

[@DTog1]

@@ironmaster6496 but, but I wanna live a life of Rock n' roll and have way too big hair for a man.

[@Kokolowolf]

Shawn's crazy mayor impression and his "Hello it's me from the other film! I'm playing a LION!" gets me every time

[@Danielmoreira246]

I'd say Mack is currently at the peak of his career

[@Hidingfrompeople]

Yeah... Aren't you fucking dumb.

[@ryanwilson1331]

mason salt lol can’t take jokes on the internet my guy?

[@duing_under_the_influence763]

@@Hidingfrompeople 😂 Stay off the internet with your attitude pal

[@micalzoncillo249]

not really in the capital sense, but he seems to be having a lot of fun

[@justindillon7870]

Hes actually making more money. Home Alone paid him 100k only. His current net worth is now 18mill thanks to his online presence.

[@chengkane7694]

Over 70 cast members & crews were harmed, but no one's ever really gone.

[@bryanekers3472]

"It's too dangerous to put you in this barrel, now go stand with fifty lions!" - best line of the video.

[@BGNOLA]

yeah, I'd def. take my chances with the barrel

[@ColinHuth]

If a year ago, someone told us the most-famous child actor of the ‘80s would become the unofficial sixth member of RLM, and it’d be awesome,... no one would have believed them. It’s like the inverse of a sitcom situation, when the ratings drop and suddenly Rich needs to have a kid brother.

[@ColinHuth]

Edit: and the second Shawn starts reacting to the Star Trek talk, it was obvious he fits right in.

[@KalenCarslaw]

Heyyyyy don't be disrespecting good ol' Colin & Jim and their 6th/7th semi-regular member status

[@ironmaster6496]

Me as a kid: Mcauly culkin is funny and cool in this movie Me as an adult: Mcaully Culkin is HILLARIOUS in RLM

[@josephbroseph3003]

I love that McCulkin mentioned the Pagemaster. That movie doesn't get talked about enough.

[@MrGeorgeFlorcus]

Macaulay Culkin: "Child actors can be excellent." Rich Evan's career: *ends*

[@VICVIPER-dp1di]

Rich Evans is DEFEATABLE!

[@JimberWumby]

Best summary of Roar by Rich Evans: C R I M I N A L L Y N E G L I G E N T

[@NinepinsKnave]

Never saw Snakes on a Plane, but Lions in a House seems way scarier.

[@sameash3153]

I had a recurring nightmare as a kid of being locked in the house as a tiger circled the outside and slowly grabbed each family member as they walked out

[@V4Now]

You can survive a house of lions if you submit and assume the position, venomous snakes are just a-holes.

[@crunchii891]

Sam Eash I had a similar reoccurring nightmare as a kid! Ain’t that something lol

[@Lishadra]

V4Now They’re scared and can see you before you can see and understand their warning signs, so they tend to strike with what *seems* to be no warning.

[@wigglyboots2]

"No gimmicks." - Mike Stoklasa, while sitting next to Macaulay Culkin in a pair of bunny ears.

[@breatheinthepinkair]

... you found the joke

[@Activated_Complex]

If that chief doesn’t say, in exasperation, “I’m getting too old for this,” and Hawk Jones doesn’t call his partner “kid,” then they wasted their premise.

[@rascoehunter3608]

I like how Red Letter Media adopted Macauly Culkin in their show.

[@bobrosstafari1459]

you may like it! but please try to imagine how he feels, first molested by hollywood perverts....now this!!!

[@danno9656]

@@bobrosstafari1459 What happens in Wisconsin, stays in Wisconsin... Rich Evans..

[@benracer]

I hope to god he becomes part of the cast

[@amberwingtundrawing776]

Yeah, he just lives there now

[@GameRii]

@@amberwingtundrawing776 Some people have cats, RLM have a Macauly Culkin

[@davetye]

Man that was like filming saving private Ryan with live ammunition.

[@micalzoncillo249]

@Shnorg2342 holly shit they shot at the kid with live rounds for real that's fucking insane. fucking russia man

[@cacophonousantiquarian8803]

-Gex

[@sir0nion]

It was like filming Rust with live ammunition.

[@chriscorben-green2640]

The CGI in Roar is incredible. The lions look more photo realistic than The Lion King remake.

[@clintpechacek8007]

Adding Macaulay Caulkin to RLM is working out as well as adding Danny Devito to It's Always Sunny did.

[@Hal9000ize]

Thats a really good analogy

[@voltairethegoldflame9280]

@@RicardoAGuitar In the next Plinketto, of course.

[@leifeday]

RicardoAGuitar where do you think he sleeps?

[@RustyMuck]

So Rich is thus the equivalent to Charlie? (A mostly literate Charlie, but still.)

[@conorkennedy1687]

He’s gonna make a song about not diddling kids now.

[@Zer0san]

The way Mike is sitting at 3:41 looks like he’s doing a split across the couch and I can’t handle it

[@starwarsfool]

Lmao

[@jeremyross9698]

I didn't see it at first, but now that I have I can't stop laughing.

[@MFSeaMen]

Mike's "Freddy Kruger is your friend" idea was just Edward Scissorhands.

[@mr.gabethomas9060]

I read this at the exact time he said this and now I'm terrified?

[@Bready_Player_Bun]

@@mr.gabethomas9060 Don't be! See Men is your friend!

[@MFSeaMen]

@@fen7662 Not gonna lie, Edward Scissorhands scared the crap outta me when I was like 5.

[@williaml840]

@@MFSeaMen Edward Scissorhands was definitely meant to be very unnerving at first sight, becoming a sympathetic character because of his sweet character despite your first impressions - and also to juxtapose how the town doesn't acknowledge any of that and accepts him instantly... until just a little bit before the climax.

[@mermaidprincess1394]

I work at a zoo, and the entire time I spent watching any scene from Roar I was cringing and acting like Shawn, since even our keepers, who work with our lions from birth, have gotten injuries.

[@toonbat]

I love how this can easily be misread as the keepers having been working with lions ever since they themselves were born. Like, the first thing they did after popping out was using their own umbilical cord as a whip to keep lions at bay.

[@jessica_jam4386]

toonbat that’s how I read this comment at first. Took me a second lol

[@johnrivers3813]

​@@toonbatkinda like GOT where the Targaryen's are paired with a dragon right after birth

[@joeycorcoran5222]

Mercy, oh mercy, for the poor wizened child.

[@CrusherofCities]

@RedLetterMedia Probably commenting too late to be seen, but for the sake of "fun facts": The damp temples on the elephant in "Roar" indicated the male was in a state called "Musth", an annual hormonal rage when his testosterone levels were probably about 60x higher than normal. Male elephants become extremely aggressive and unpredictable during this time of year, and letting him be around people was probably as dumb or dumber than putting actors in a room with 50 untrained lions.

[@DionysosBacchus29]

thats actually very interesting :)

[@ClintonAllenAnderson]

According to my imdb page, I'm "Ginger Cop" 😁

[@ClintonAllenAnderson]

@@juststained ha! If I was worried about being embarrassed, I'd never leave the house

[@NinjaGamr64]

Ginger Cop is my Male stripper name.

[@stefan1024]

It's "Ginger 'stache"

[@staceyann1180]

Congrats, Ginge! I wish I had the privilege of getting ridiculed by these fine, upstanding, not at all hack-fraudy mens!

[@ClintonAllenAnderson]

@@busimagen Oh boy is it ever not! LOL

[@protomenfan200x]

I had a professor who worked as a production assistant on ROAR!, and he made it sound like the craziest fucking set I've ever heard of. He was only there for a few days, though, because he and his friend got the hell out of there because of the... casualties, I guess, lol.

[@bleack8701]

They had safewords for when they thought something was going out of control so people would rush to help....except the psycho pretended not to hear any of them... He said it himself in an interview years later. Talked about how the poor treatment of the family in the movie was an outlet for his frustrations over the impending divorce. I can't believe they actually finished the movie

[@ExistentialJeny]

Sweet, I think I'll take Roar over to my parents & tell them we're going be watching the new live action Lion King movie

[@dubuyajay9964]

Nice.

[@abhishekparmar6702]

Wow, that's evil. I got anxiety just from what little they showed. Wonder how your parents took it.

[@TheFallofTheEleventh]

I love how Rich Evans was basically saying ‘kids can’t act’ while sitting next to the guy who was the most successful child actor of all time 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@wizardstumpt4467]

I mean he can’t be that good of an actor if he’s here with these hackfrauds

[@jefferinno]

@@wizardstumpt4467 Macaulay on an episode of botw?? DAMN HE'S WASHED UP😨😨

[@pseudotasuki]

​@@jefferinnoYes. One episode. Not four.

[@metal4summer]

​@wizardstumpt4467 you are so salty wtf? Maybe he does not want to act? And why are you calling RLM hackfrauds? You are brewing hate my friend, maybe touch some grass and breath fresh air?

[@pseudotasuki]

@@metal4summer As anyone will tell you, Jack Quaid is a bad actor. (I think you missed the sarcasm)

[@IgnatiusThorogood]

I'm calling bullshit! The first time Rich said "Massachusetts," he said it correctly. The caption was not necessary. "Massajujish," however, is pure gold.

[@hugehuman1]

Macuaulay Culkin's arc in these is a lot like Rickety Cricket's in Always Sunny.

[@cruelcumber5317]

Having Rickety Cricket on the show really adds to the atmosphere.

[@burgerking8157]

You people need to stop picking on Rich Evans

[@gregorydavidson2744]

If these guys think ROAR was scary, wait til they see the CATS trailer

[@maxbrandt6]

That is 100% pure nightmare fuel! They couldn't have made CATS a whimsical animated cartoon, huh?

[@keithrichards8526]

Just saw it myself taking the kids to Lion King. That shit looks HORRIFIC.

[@maxbrandt6]

@@hazonku Yeah, true, that could have worked.

[@Kwodlibet]

Those other 2 movies are the works of fiction, "ROAR" is the work of idiocy, incompetence and madness. You need a separate category for that thing to be honest.

[@Lishadra]

Oh and overconfidence. Which, as we all know, is a slow and insidious killer.

[@sicariusflamus3033]

@@Lishadra the lions pounce on the handler "The blood! Quickens..."

[@mandolinhooper]

"That's weird, I never wake up at seven o'clock in the morning." *checks KZbin* "Strong work, brain. Strong work."

[@imgrimbur]

its 16.36 where im at, so maybe you overslept

[@eminempreg]

Literally same here

[@tjzambonischwartz]

You felt a great disturbance in the force, as did I. You felt the presence of hack frauds and ENDLESS TRASH!!!

[@lordpancake]

@@tjzambonischwartz Hollywood sensation "The hack frauds"

[@Ohfishyfishyfish]

I think it's absolutely sickening that RedLetterMedia are exploiting the childhood fame of their friend to get more views on their crappy videos. He may enjoy feeling like "part of the crew" or "one of the guys", but he's clearly above the level of these amateurs, and Rich could work wherever he wants.

[@ojmj1984]

He can work wherever he wants... except for a tollbooth, as Josh pointed out several episodes ago.

[@hoobaguy]

Yeah. Rich could work anywhere. *Even* *Burger* *King* *!*

[@burgerking8157]

@@hoobaguy No

[@hoobaguy]

@@burgerking8157 How about Arby's? They have the *ｈＯｒｓＥｙ*　*ＳａｕＣｅ* *!*

[@stephanieuknow790]

fuck you are they not allowed to have friends? why the hell would he be there if that was the case you idiot

[@skeevy_nyx]

Shawn's impression of the "Winterbeast" guy was spot on 👌😂

[@noneya3635]

"what kinda ritual doesn't have a little dancin' around part? They all have it!"

[@spencespace7763]

When?

[@Cajek2]

@@spencespace776331:17

[@rogerpuzzitiello]

Oh my god, they’re doing ROAR! This is going to be great!

[@uncensored008]

You know its gonna be good if it made it to Blu Ray

[@davedoe5537]

OKI's Weird Stories anyone?

[@okisweirdstories]

@@davedoe5537 hi

[@davedoe5537]

@@okisweirdstories in the flesh! keep up the good work, love the content.

[@ourkeving]

The story of it is batshit insane.

[@expeditionfilms1]

We need a modern remake of Hawk Jones directed by Quentin Tarantino

[@danielcropp8553]

It'll just be "Pulp Fiction", in space, with child actors.

[@cesnapilot]

Or S Craig Zahler.

[@Katia_Managan]

[in a child's voice] "I don't need you to tell me how fucking good my coffee is, okay? I'm the one who buys it. I know how good it is."

[@Da_ComputerMonster]

Kind of want Peter Jackson to take a stab at the concept: Basically, him returning to his Roots. (Back when he made CRAZY and CREATIVE stuff like "BrainDead"/"Dead Alive", "Meet the Feebles", and One of the BEST films ever made "The Frighteners")

[@lukematthews1442]

No, that would make all the gratuitous feet scenes really uncomfortable.

[@VagusDoc]

15:53 - The split into three screens to answer a Star Trek question......... peak kino.

[@blazr1976]

I had a panic attack watching them watch Roar, Jesus Christ.

[@DTog1]

Watch it with a friend, it's hilarious!

[@robertstaples3256]

Some justice done with Mike having his own "that's staying in" moment.

[@CapslockGoD]

Shawn's impression of that old man was ON POINT. I was looking at something else and didn't realize it was him doing a voice. :D

[@CoryTheNorm]

I thought he was doing an exaggerated Boston clown voice until they played the clip from the movie lol.

[@mikesanders3246]

I was kid when I saw Roar...... you can clearly see people being cut and bit by lions. Im not surprised 70 people were hurt making it.

[@toonbat]

I'm far more surprised that no one was sued. Or arrested.

[@colten53]

It was a very different time. There’s a 1969 movie called “Shark!” that actually used the death of one of its stuntmen via a real shark attack that was caught on camera as a marketing tool.

[@danheidel]

There were 70 injuries that required medical treatment. If you're counting total injuries, the number was probably in the hundreds.

[@CCBrown92]

@@colten53 Fucking what?

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

Roar is genuinely a great movie. Haven’t had such good entertainment since the coliseum.

[@Babylauncher3000]

Btw they lied about no animals being injured. 15 lions once escaped and local law enforcement shot 3 of them dead, including the main lion Robbie.

[@archfriend]

@@Babylauncher3000 not to mention that dead zebra they were eating

[@jaquelinegillisfrancine2923]

​@@Babylauncher3000 That was obviously a lie, there's no way that they didn't hurt themselves with the constant infighting. Why the hell would they even put so many males in the same space?

[@Babylauncher3000]

@@jaquelinegillisfrancine2923 I was wondering the same thing when I saw the males teaming up on that Tiger. These animals have completely different social structures. Its basically asking for trouble.

[@MoocowLuau]

Sorry, how old are you?

[@lonecycle4849]

Josh's "Punky Brewster said not to!" comment really was the low-key gold quote of the episode. Good work.

[@dwalk9674]

macaulay culkin is like that dude you let sleep on the couch, just for a night or two and never left.

[@kyro8559]

but you’re super good friends with him and it’s not weird

[@justindillon7870]

right. my best friend was suppose to stay for a "night or two". He ended up sleepin on the couch for a whole year lmao

[@doctorhandsome]

I would pay so much money to hear a commentary track for ROAR by Werner Herzog.

[@jackgude3969]

Fun Fact: When Rich says McCulkin, that's the only time he misspeaks in all the episodes of BOTW

[@Starduckvalley]

Rich was simply referencing the classic fall of troy song title

[@MrHEC381991]

Dakota Johnson: I felt uncomfortable working on 50 Shades of Grey. Melanie Griffith(mother): I had to work with untamed lions...

[@M17-s7b]

Grandmother: I had to work with Alfred Hitchcock

[@trentonwelsh6859]

thank you for that I had no idea, also this is a truly fun fact. so Dakota Johnson was familiar with abuse when she starred in those films

[@jaden_bricker]

Trenton Welsh Then why did she take the role?

[@ig-8887]

@@jaden_bricker you obviously have never been an actor.

[@AuDHDarling]

@@jaden_bricker , have you heard of the cycle of abuse? I'll share examples from my mom's life. My mom was physically abused by her parents, like stabbed in the neck with scissors and other life threatening stuff. Her first husband spent all their money on drugs and cheated on her, but he didn't hit her or try to murder her so it was a better life than her childhood. Her second husband, my dad, never let her have people over or let her go out and never showed love or affection to her or me or my brother, but he didn't blow all our family cash, cheat on her, or beat her. So, again, relatively better. Prolonged exposure to abuse can make you more likely to get into more abusive situations because it seems normal or inevitable to you. It takes a LOT of work to break the cycle of abuse.

[@turnerlarson12]

I need a full episode where Mike, Rich, and Mac discus TNG episodes. I'm not joking.

[@1bytesnack369]

Second

[@tjzambonischwartz]

I'd buy that for a dollar!

[@Nerodrgn]

I'm for this idea as well, new series even

[@Sunshiningbright]

God yes

[@Ivan-qf4mt]

Yup, i already love this idea.

[@theoriginaltommysteward]

I don't remember if they covered it in this but the craziest part of this movie is that there was a fire at the preserve and they lost all the footage five or so years into the making of this. They shot this shit TWICE.

[@jazzy4830]

Which one, there’s three movies here bud,

[@theoriginaltommysteward]

@@jazzy4830 I'm not specifying. If you somehow can't figure it out immediately -- I think that would be a good project for you today.

[@CrumbsLamond]

​@@theoriginaltommystewardi mean i assume its roar but there are three movies here. The easy thing wouldve been to say "its the movie '___' " Instead you went through the extra effort of being a prick, for no reason lol

[@donnypotsmoker]

@@CrumbsLamond he is a butt but he did say the word preserve. Coulda put that together without asking tbh

[@VitaZed]

I think Mack is starting to hit his stride here. His previous BOTW appearances always had a bit of a nervous energy, seems more comfortable and having a better time now. Also his clapping in delight to the horrors of Roar was adorable.

[@ThEjOkErIsWiLd00]

So basically, Hawk Jones is the prequel to 2005's Brick, which was also film noir except the adults were replaced with high schoolers.

[@warz3bra245]

I loved brick

[@Bacteriophagebs]

After doing some research on Roar and seeing the movie, I have a theory: Tippi Hedren blames her trauma from Roar on Hitchcock. 1. Hedren alleges that Hitchcock harassed her and made her life hell during the filming of The Birds, during which she was actually attacked by birds on-set. However, no one, including Hedren herself, ever made these accusations until many years later. 2. Hedren started making Roar not long after The Birds. 3. Hedren has gone on record saying that none of the crew were harmed making Roar "unless someone hit their thumb with a hammer, or something." There is documented proof that several crew were seriously injured, including the cinematographer, who was scalped (not Melanie Griffith, though she did need reconstructive surgery for a different kind of facial injury). Clearly, she does not remember the filming very well. 4. The filming of Roar took five years. 5. Hedren divorced Noel Marshall shortly after the movie wrapped. My theory is that when Tippi Hedren looked back at that period in her life, she projected the trauma that her husband, Noel Marshall had subjected her to onto Hitchcock, conflating the bird attacks with the lion attacks and whitewashing the problems with Roar for which she was partially responsible. She acted horribly traumatized by Hitchcock but the worst she has to say about Roar is to complain about how long the shooting took and laugh about how the people at the hospital made jokes about naming a wing after Marshall because he was there so often.

[@AuDHDarling]

Or she was abused by Hitchcock and her husband, and it was easier to acknowledge the abuse from someone she wasn't married to. The allegations not coming out till years later doesn't mean anything. Hitchcock was a movie god, Hedren was an unknown, and it was the 60s. She knew her career would have been over if she tried to speak out right when it happened.

[@namelessgoon146]

I'd say it's definitely a subconscious projection to spare herself from the memory of being mauled by lions, which I'd argue is more traumatic and can probably bring on more significant PTSD as opposed to thinking some birds pecked at you.

[@datslamman]

*Sees that the preview for ROAR is just the guy's reactions* This is gonna be a hall of famer

[@Ringowasprettygood]

I got excited thinking this would be the Patton episode but the fact that Macaulay just lives there now makes up for it

[@Umamis_Boy]

Patton Oswald?

[@flusterdouglas9326]

Patton episode? Like the movie? About the general? Is that really bad enough to be on BotW?

[@adama.7735]

@Bonesaw Jesus Christ, dude.

[@Ringowasprettygood]

Just Some Guy Ok Patton has waaaay better improv and general comedic chops than anyone in rlm including Mac but I’m curious how the episode goes

[@OpenMawProductions]

@ Carly Sortof No. Fuck. No.

[@cameronkaercher919]

Roar walked so Tiger King could run

[@cyberbrunk]

rewatching this video really made me feel that same fascinated horror about men surrounded by giant cats

[@Taospark]

What if the cast of Hawk Jones but Surviving Edged Weapons?

[@kostajovanovic3711]

Sold!

[@jakeohalloran952]

Directed by Rich Evans

[@JakeTakesTheCakes]

I love how macaulay culkin totally knows that he's fucking macaulay culkin and doesn't try to hide from his past like so many child stars do. He's a guy who knows his legacy

[@zealousbubbles6465]

I guarantee you, this will be seen as a classic RLM episode in the future. Animal violence, bad child acting, extreme character acting and mannerisms, a Star Trek moment. Just *mwah*

[@forlornfuture2630]

Mike, Mack, and Rich simultaneously: "TRANSPORTER ACCIDENT!"