Butchie - The Wire

[@beugie101]

Butchie was one of the characters on the show I respected the most. He knew drug dealers gonna deal drugs, drug robbers gonna rob them for them, no matter what he or anyone else did, so he just took a quiet piece of it while trying to keep the peace between them if he could. He knew Omar had a code and so he was ok with him taking off these other un-coded up gangsters for their shit who'd shoot their own mother to make an extra buck. He could tell good from evil, evil from good, and the gray area in between. Prop Joe put the perfect words on that flower arrangement card. And Butchie went out like a true loyal friend to Omar, saying nothing because he knew the life he lived had consequences and he was facing them. Literally one of the realest ones in the game.

[@ceerious]

very well said

[@talaljawaid1754]

Bro butchie had all those prisoners killed when he spiked the package for tilghman. He was not a good person at all lmao

[@beugie101]

@@talaljawaid1754 What I said about how those in the game are gonna do what they gonna do - he just knew Avon would go to someone else for it if he didn't do it - BUT also have him probably at least fucked with if not killed for not obeying, seeing as he was the power still. Just playing the gray area in between for something he already knew WOULD happen regardless, for his own well being. But as he said to omar, conscience do cost. I'm sure he took no solace in what he did, he just knew there was no stopping it so he might as well use it to his advantage. And the world turns, ambivalent to our personal issues. The game is the game. (Also I never said he was a good person, just one of the realest ones in the game, but yeah that prolly was the worst thing he did overall)

[@BlaackCat23]

​@@talaljawaid1754Avons Father was pure evil and his son aint no better lol

[@greatone275]

​@@beugie101man, this was just a fckn good show, Wallace and Butchie hurt the most

[@ActualYamato]

No more Butchie, no more of this

[@TheShahofBaltimore]

😂😂😂😂

[@MrSanitsuj]

Not the first butch who hadnt had his eyes right

[@animatedmonkey5882]

20 fuckin years

[@gc99289]

No more shinings, no more of this.

[@tobiasrieper6640]

There’s no scraps in my scrapbook

[@brandonmizulski9087]

Butchie was a legit friend. Never gave up Omar

[@windtalker4191]

I doubt the prison guard agrees though

[@gc99289]

@@windtalker4191 Dirty prison guard wasn't his friend- more of a client and someone who hung around the bar.

[@nikicarrie4071]

And Brandon

[@ronmexico4627]

Butch was the father to Omar. The only person he listened to

[@bigkahuna3534]

he aint see no other way how

[@ErsiLevani]

“How much do you watch ceerious clips?“ “Too much, boy. Too damn much”

[@illsolo5996]

💯👏🏾 lol

[@gdicommando4456]

Watching ceerious clips, what ever happened there

[@trollsworstnightmare3769]

Clever 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@aharris82]

I love the comments people make on The Wire videos, flipping the dialogue with their own flavor XD

[@missbelled6700]

@@aharris82 comments the same, just got more fierce

[@TheFrogEnjoyer]

That animal Partlow i cant even say his name.

[@fedecano7362]

Partletto

[@Evan-qt3ep]

Don’t do it to yourself Phil 😂

[@Mrglock54]

😂😂😂

[@PolishGod1234]

All because of that mothafuckin' animal Partlow!

[@missbelled6700]

you know the 40s make you emotional...

[@illsolo5996]

The look on Slim Charles face when Omar let him live.. “Oh, lawd.. Thank you God” ..Excellent acting. 👌🏾

[@ceerious]

20 cents on the dolla. 10... dont make me say 25 now. i love when he negotiated too lol.

[@asheriko26]

He was all like Danny glover "im too old for this shit"

[@illsolo5996]

@@asheriko26💯👍🏾

[@Stefan8u]

Both are respectful followers of the rules of The Game

[@stockconstellations1013]

@@Stefan8u Drug dealers never respected Jack boys. Jack boys were thieves who couldn’t hustle, and couldn’t save money. That’s why they had to rob, because they couldn’t sell crap

[@samirascarlett]

Man, I was so sad when they got to him.. I was in tears!

[@ceerious]

i hated marlo and chris for this

[@BlazeOfGlory742]

@@ceeriouslike hated. Chris was a serial killer. Period.

[@bestreviews9666]

Were you though? Were you really? Tears you say? X to Doubt

[@Ste_-nr7fi]

One of my favorite characters Butchie, loyal to the end.

[@8darkknight472]

For sure

[@NormAppleton]

An unbending man of integrity

[@jamesjackson7616]

“Ain’t no other way I can see it” 🥶

[@GHOST91141]

Avon father was plain evil & his son ain't no better, neither is Stinger now that we making a list 😂

[@alexandrostheodorou8387]

Every gangster was evil.

[@gezenews]

@@alexandrostheodorou8387 Yeah but we see Avon is a bit sheltered from real street and getting shot at. His dad must've been the strong loud type

[@alexandrostheodorou8387]

@ Avon quit boxing as a kid cause he got shot in the head. He said so when Cutty asked him for money to open a gym.

[@MerlautJones]

Poor Butchie ain't know what he was in for when it came to Marlo and his cronies.

[@ReginaldWinn-uv6wd]

"What you see Butch? Too much boy, too damn much".

[@davidmalik9821]

One of the best compilations of the wire I have seen and I have seen many. I liked Butchie.Thanks.

[@ceerious]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Theak47forall]

OG Old School loyal dude. Butchie, even blind, saw through everything but the savagery of Marlo.

[@windtalker4191]

But he gave up the prison guard who was good business and always right with him.

[@Theak47forall]

@@windtalker4191 He gave him up because he had to otherwise Avon would be after his ass and he knew that. It was a calculated move and another proof of him being able to see the big picture.

[@windtalker4191]

@@Theak47forall So he was worried about Avon going after him, but not worried under the threat of torture and death directly by Chris and Snoop? Would Avon kill him any worse than Marlo?

[@Theak47forall]

@@windtalker4191 It's not the same situation, even your question sort of hints my original comment "everything but the savagery of Marlo". He knew Avon would leave him be and let him do his thing and he gets a favor in his pocket to cash in on. Plus he is sacrificing a cop that can, at any time, burry him if the need arises. Perfect judgement call in a situation that he did not instigate. Marlo on the other hand wanted to kill Omar, not just frame a corrupt cop. So it's blood against money situation, not the same at all. If Stringer wanted Omar dead and was asking Butchie on how to get him believe me Butchie would be rock solid there and would lay his life on the line.

[@geeguy5492]

@@windtalker4191that’s not the same situation dude… Chris and Snoop were sent directly to get Butchie because Marlo knew he was hiding something whereas with Avon didn’t have a direct issue with Butchie because when Avon came looking for Butchie he was looking for a favor

[@bennetfox]

For a blind man, Butchie saw everything.

[@hypnoticflower3152]

Dam that’s deep 💯

[@Bringbackoldusa]

Didn't see Chris and Snoop

[@justinmoody9164]

Too much

[@crystalbirch298]

He sure did 😊

[@bartzhang391]

The part about him talking about real mob history of Baltimore really helped flesh out the lore, Avon and the West side's NYC connection dates all the way back to the 60s with the italian mafia, probably indirectly through Black Mob connection in Pleasant Avenue, East Harlem(Bumpy Johnson and Frank Lucas) This also showcases how different Marlo was from Avon and how it changed the underworld politics, where it used to be West side being backed by NYC black mob and therefore are ok with NY gangs crouching on Baltimore, whereas Prop Joe wishes to resist them, Avon's drug supply came from the dominicans in Harlem while his muscle when needed was recruited through NY black mob. The first time Avon asked about Marlo he immediately asked Slim Charles if Marlo is backed by the mob, and when told he is an independent he was furious that they are losing turf to someone with no backing, this also explains why Pro Joe later asked Marlo to deal with NY gangs, Marlo as an independent has no incentive not to take them out.

[@namleist]

man, i never connected the dot about the rise of the eastern european mob and the decline of the italian mafia from the background of the show.

[@reycesarcarino4653]

The Greek was actually part of the Armenian Mob

[@christopherfalcone18]

Butchie was a war time consigliere.

[@ceerious]

"fact of the matter is, you're chances of goin up against that mob and comin back is as slim as a garter snake"

[@porter2765]

You mean to tell me all this time you had a scope on them clowns and you ain't let loose a mumblin' word?!?

[@NathanBullock-w9n]

Omar almost got them He helped completely destroy the barksdales 😂

[@AlfonsoFlores-e8n]

Garden snake

[@nathandorman1827]

​@user-by6le4rd9c garter snake, my friend

[@KynartiSpencer]

​@user-by6le4rd9c No it is a garter snake

[@Friendroid]

Im hooked on these recaps, love watching the while arch of the character. You know who had an arc? Noah!

[@ceerious]

thanks man. i enjoy making them

[@MidTierVillain]

What I got from Butchie role, he was the bank for the streets(Omar mainly); he never picked sides, stayed neutral, and played mediator during conflicts.. Everyone respected him, because his credibility was intact- but, his downfall was due to breaking one of the things that kept the wolves at bay, his neutrality, by choosing sides with Omar. Solid character, and the irony of a blind man being the eyes of the streets for Omar, as well.

[@missmaomi28]

“Conscience do cost.” -Butchie

[@mattpalmer5819]

You Knew Slim respected the Hell outta Butchie and rightly so proper Man 💚

[@JimmySteller]

It always astonishes me how relatively small of a screen presence some Wire characters have. They make such an impression in such a short amount of time.

[@myronsanders4563]

The scene at 8:04 to 8:44 Butchie literally forshadowed How Omar will eventually die on the show

[@charlessmith7867]

Omar's emotional expressions...from deep sorrow to instant at learning of Butchie's death...extremely powerful

[@nationalcommentreadingasso361]

It’s crazy that Butchie had that much love and respect that even being tortured didn’t get info out of nobody

[@godscience7821]

One of the greatest series ever made.

[@Benny-Fazio]

Man they did butchie so foul bro 😢 real stand up guy till the very very end

[@ceerious]

real OG in the game

[@reggiemoses2508]

Dogs are an EXCELLENT judge of character, that dog loves Omar. Omar likes that dog.

[@krystingrant6292]

Yup 😂

[@MykeRich-d3d]

That's why I'm getting me another one.

[@pharaohsmagician8329]

Lol no. Hitler had a dog. Grapists have dogs. Cops use dogs to sicc on black kids or weed smokers lol. Don't ignore your dog warnings but don't think he's always right either. Maybe he just smelled the guys cat on him or he never seen a black man with a hat before.

[@reggiemoses2508]

Butchie, loyal AF.

[@grindinfrom9to579]

“You steal this much, it ain’t over” 💯 man

[@OHANZ99]

Man I love your work. Your videos delay my sleep time by 2 hours each night. Looking forward to Cheese, Avon, Stringer & Bodie compilations!

[@ceerious]

I appreciate that!

[@sheldontaylor2002]

Me too

[@jasonross2439]

Butchies laugh in the beginning is hilarious and contagious 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Emperorfren]

The Wire but every time McNulty irritates one of his higher-ups it gets 0.5x faster

[@davaday4786]

It would be a 40 second video 😂

[@BlessedByHim93]

We'd reach light speed before season 1 is over

[@gezenews]

It would be going 20 times faster after the 2nd or 3rd scene. He pisses off rawls about 10 different ways in one talking to. You could list them out with dots. the deputy likes dots.

[@Evan-qt3ep]

Butchie and Slim Charles were easily the two best characters in the show. Both gangster to the core, loyal, smart, intuitive, analytical and able to play chess while everyone else was playing checkers.

[@CashanovaXTREME]

Slim Charles I’d argue wasn’t as smart as he was loyal, a man his age should have been running his own package and plays, not working for someone his same age or even younger.

[@Evan-qt3ep]

@@CashanovaXTREME Avon was older than him, prop joe was older than him and the guy Marlo was based on “black” was in his late 30s David Simon said slim Charles would be in his late 20s early 30s so everyone he worked for was older than him in theory but I get how you could see him as older than them

[@CashanovaXTREME]

@@Evan-qt3ep It just seems that as experienced as he was in the streets, he could have been running his own crew and plays, that’s all I’m saying. Good points you made!

[@Evan-qt3ep]

@@CashanovaXTREME no i agree you might be right maybe he was selling himself a little short, I just chose to always look at it the way it was intended in the script and based on the real life players they were based on, but who knows maybe you’re right I never really saw it that way.

[@hypnoticflower3152]

@@CashanovaXTREMEhe was hired muscle. A hood mercenary if you will

[@fitzyman4552]

Thanks for these compilations, they are excellent.

[@ceerious]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@PierreDennis]

We all need a friend like Butchie

[@BabyKiafan-cs5qc]

Yea we all need a friend like butcher you rite

[@MurrayTrapp]

Butch is that uncle everybody got the one uncle that came up hustling in the street he the one the other rest of the family either hate or avoid talking about him, but he show for the xmas party every year and turn up 😂

[@TheLifesach33z]

"Sound right, it count right too?" "Mhm." *hands him 10 $1 bills*

[@ceerious]

lmao

[@husslemanmall2704]

😂😂😂that was funny

[@riqui_scarfo]

That's exactly where you'd fuck up tho see the blindess enhanced buthcies other senses he could feel energy but he always had good sense of touch he'd feel the bills himself and know it wasnt straight yeah only a fool thinks like that

[@StephNuggs]

"muthafucka Im rich!"

[@RedForeman]

His first scene is full of laughter and joy his final scene is full of screaming and pain .

[@9-fivemillionairejourney13]

Omar was doing 250k/500k robberies and was living in a abandoned apt

[@myronsanders4563]

His lifestyle of "ripping and running" he had to live a life of incognito of living in various abandoned buildings. If he had a residence, I'm pretty sure that it would be easy to track him. Those drug dealers can just knock on his door. "Uh, hey, can you stop robbing my hoppers, please?" Also, he's a lifelong criminal with a lengthy rap sheet (including an attempted murder charge) and no proof of employment. I'd think it'll be hard for him to even be approved for an apartment

[@pharaohsmagician8329]

​@@myronsanders4563 you gotta sneak that money overseas (don't let border control find it) and launder it overseas come back make it legit. Like Panama and all that there's real channels. Bitcoin too. But every level has risk and ever level has predators

[@LN997-i8x]

Avon and Marlo both exhibited similar tendencies, though not quite as extreme. You get used to what you're used to, and all the money in the world can't change that.

[@The901skinny]

Not that much

[@haroldbrooks4235]

He was saving up for his retirement probably should have got a 401k😂

[@Argos-xb8ek]

My favorite scene with Buchie was him and Omar talking after Bunk gets on Omar after getting him out from prison. Omar for probably the first time in his life has his beliefs shaken and feels unsure of himself after Bunk in my opinion rightfully criticized Omar for his negative downrigjt toxic affect on the kids and community making choldren believe the way he lives is something to be idealized. Butchie tries to warn Omar that allowing that seed of doubt in himself and what he does having internal conflict throws him off his game and that if he allows that to happen Omar is as good as dead. Then tells him Bunk was just working him with guilt which is true Bunk had to hurt Omar where it hurt him most destroying Omar's feeling of moral superiority over the drug runners in the city. And I just loved that Butchie tries to keep it simple for Omar in saying everyone is what they are and will do what they want to do end they have to be true to their nature and feels like they were just wanted to say "THE GAME IS THE GAME"

[@ceerious]

i love that scene

[@MurrayTrapp]

Nobody sturdy like butchie to the end when he could’ve talked to save himself he simply said” i cant see it no other way” who you know standing tall like this in 2024

[@JoeRogansForehead]

Rip Butchie he was just a kid

[@jasong1572]

Butchie was a real G

[@InVinoVeratas]

7:45 this is pure conjecture, but I feel like Butchie knew his end would come because of Omar's vengeance, but kept quiet about it, due to his loyalty to Omar. Said loyalty was most certainly tested and proven to be solid once Chris and Snoop understood Butchie wouldn't snitch on Omar, and killed him afterwards. They could have tortured him, much longer, in fact, Malro, the bi' ahh ni himself ssked about it, and even pressed Chris on it to which Chris didn't fold, period.

[@tboyosborne]

Thanks 😊 Listening 3:00am 6/29/2024

[@thebuckfan1441]

I would’ve liked it if Butchie and Omar ended up outwitting Marlo and retiring out west somewhere. They were the most stand up street dudes on the show.

[@yourfavoritelawnguy2722]

I still to this day, can not believe they broke the Sunday truce.

[@MurrayTrapp]

“Aint no other way i can see that” bullets and all stood tall

[@mikedoss9777]

22:36 Butchie knew that blowback was coming. He told Omar. I think the character knew the end was coming soon. After stealing that much from that many, you know peoples going to get even. There’s no retirement in the game.

[@Dayy-zy1qw]

Never retirement in the streets 💯

[@MONEYMANE-s2m]

That laugh ‼️

[@Djm8520]

Butchie doin’ bidness in Bal’imore. Ain’t no thang!

[@Cbart23]

Yew just dew as yew dew. Buy for a dolla and sell for tew.

[@dbzjr1080]

"Sound right, the count right too?" One of my fav lines

[@octavioherschberg5280]

How am I only just now finding this channel?

[@ceerious]

i was shadow banned for a while. lol

[@octavioherschberg5280]

Glad I came across you, I've been wondering for a while why there is no long form wee bey video and I finally find it here.

[@ceerious]

i have a playlist of them on my profile

[@geoffgurney88]

Excellent video 👍

[@2russo.phobic4u]

They are not gonna call you ceerious the boss no more, they are gonna call you ceerious the king!

[@ÑEZ0688]

That litte Jack Russell is cute AF

[@krystingrant6292]

Adorable

[@MFran248]

Something I just noticed watching this was Butchies' "sight" kicking in when Snoop walked in the store. You can practically see the gears start turning in his head that something was wrong before he asked who it was and when his guy responds "little girl" I think you can start to hear him say something right as Chris busted in the door which I feel might have been a follow up/warning question. Knowing Butchie kept an ear to the ground with what was going on in The Game, he most likely knew one of Marlos 2 enforcers was a short female which would be noteworthy/talked about as females in the Game were seemingly a rarity (Snoop is the only one I can recall who was apart of a crew not counting Tosha and Kimmy as they were Stick-up artists) especially considering Marlo ruled the Westside at this point and Chris and Snoop were notorious across Baltimore. Also Butchie probably knew Omar had stepped on Marlo's insecure toes at some point and he'd be gunning for Omar.

[@RazorShalom]

Butchy was Omar’s real father. Only thing that explains why he was so close to Omar and was so loyal. He’s the right age. He’s ok with him being gay because it’s his son.

[@randlebeathea6501]

Butchie was a true, player and knew what it was about and played his part well to the end,

[@dummyneutron]

Ceerious really want that crown Butchie was a soldier thru and thru

[@ceerious]

crowns mine 👑 name a better compilation maker. lol

[@LamontBannisterthethird]

"woe to them that call evil good, and good evil".

[@Emperorfren]

I’d like to think the director of the episode told the actor at 0:40 “pretend that a girl you’re trying to smash just told a joke that wasn’t funny but you gotta act like it”

[@MrPink1992]

Even Shamrock looking back at Country like bruh it wasn't that funny

[@signalsoldier]

Who was the better advisor, Butchie to Omar or Vincent to Marlo?

[@ceerious]

Butchie

[@melvinfane1351]

lol Vincent basically told him what he wanted to hear hoping he’d die and leave

[@josephtalmadge3108]

Even the dogs on the streets kill rat's in the game 😂

[@alazkaalazka6087]

This show will never be topped

[@dwightwilkerson8664]

When they say LAFFED MY ASS OF they were literally talkn bout butchie that man can laff his ass off😂

[@TCthaCrisis]

Lowkey one of my favorite characters next to Brother Mouzon that didn't get alot of screen time. Spider, Kennard 😂. But Butch smashed this role. Literally hurt when they took him out.

[@only1EdwardHill]

Butchie was solid you can't find men like that today

[@troymarkee955]

Lies...

[@InVinoVeratas]

Butchie's execution might be one of the most depressing ways an honournable brother, passes on. At least Chris had the courtesy to put the brother out of his misery, even if he was the one that instigated said misery.

[@UnfilteredAmerica]

16:47 the actor Omar and the REAL OMAR in the same scene is too much for me to handle!!!!!!

[@UnfilteredAmerica]

Rest in peace Donnie Andrews!

[@hassanigourna]

0:40 that laughter is full of so much life and joy.

[@Moe_Lester_fromUptwn]

Butchie Actor was So good

[@MurrayTrapp]

This aint over its never over” the comeback is real

[@MurrayTrapp]

Butchie “ Never told” solid to the end

[@adrianraygoza9221]

Your bank Butchie..... and whatever happened there.....

[@ceerious]

whatever happened there???

[@warrenharrison5572]

I feel like 8:30 is a deleted scene. I don't remember it but it's genius.

[@honeydew324]

Awe Butchie...😢😢❤❤

[@TonyFrickey-ur9jy]

Wasn't that the pastor sitting at the bar?

[@upcomingexpat]

Butchie saying this ain't over is foreshadowing even though it wasn't for Prop Joe.

[@KDS14277]

Butchie loyal to the end 😢

[@JoeRogansForehead]

So did Deangelo not use that hot dope because he knew Avon was gonna do something to it. Or did he have just a little respect left for Avon to take his advice one last time

[@ceerious]

i dont think he knew what was gonna happen

[@JoeRogansForehead]

@ me neither . I was just wondering what made him not get high that night. He must of still had some respect for Avon to listen to him

[@ceerious]

thats how i saw it

[@jackson_craft_gamingscates9324]

they fucked up when they killed Butchie...... that was unforgivable

[@ineedscissors6176]

“Disturbs the sleep.” - Prop Joe

[@charles_the_conqueror]

Oh I bet it dew

[@HermanMcghee]

Butchie was a blind dude who knew the score.😅😅😅❤

[@HermanMcghee]

Butchie did not have to die ,he was a good dude. He look out for omar.😅😮😢😂❤

[@Sweetteashane]

Bubs deserves a scene edit, all he went through and seen. His white homie that got beat up, to his sobriety!

[@troyc7726]

Great compilation

[@ceerious]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@lukecywalker]

Shot out to Butchie for giving a shout out to Frank Matthews.

[@travisstreetz]

What snoop n Chris did to Butch is when I knew they were pure evil

[@8darkknight472]

"Aint no other way, I could see that"

[@baverfjant]

There's far too many actors on this show where I think "This is a good one. Let's see what else they have done". Only to find out The Wire was one of their handful of roles, if even that. Butchie included 100%.

[@christopherhaynes8101]

24:55 😂😂😂 why he slap him twice

[@napoleonblakneyjr.8405]

Slim ain't beg at all.

[@MurrayTrapp]

BUTCHIE THE REALEST “I CANT SEE IT NO OTHER WAY” OMERTA TO THE END” MOB LIFE HE KNEW HIS CONSEQUENCES

[@porter2765]

One of the best characters on the show. No profile, no street rep - just buy for 1 and sell for 2, and keep that blues music going. The show's most brutal and painful death to witness - worse than Brandon's and Omar's. Worse than Wallace's too, now that we makin' a list. Goddamned Marlo - even Kenny Bird and Peanut when they was warrin' wouldn't have stooped to that level.

[@deesmoove5852]

Fly how you did that. You earned my respect

[@summ.3433]

tew*

[@getschwifty9531]

​@@summ.3433lol beat me to it.

[@jtall867]

"How you gon get at em?"

[@StefanShorko]

Omar comin yo its omar!

[@majorsynthqed7374]

Those little terriers were bred to kill rats.

[@darrwinsyahoo]

Mathews from NC

[@bummydavis6530]

Snoop was a fucking beast...just kicked down the door and head tapped big dude

[@stockconstellations1013]

Damn, I watched the entire thing