Dinosaurs Were Technically Birds | No Laugh Newsroom

[@gray9818]

Sam: "I mean, dinosaurs are technically birds" *Brennan Lee Mulligan has entered the chat*

[@pastlife960]

Immediately precedes to say pterodactyl, which is neither a bird, nor a dinosaur

[@sorryitsmoops]

@@pastlife960 wait what now? 👀 *rushes to Wikipedia*

[@TheBabaloga]

@@sorryitsmoops pterosaurs coexisted with dinosaurs but are a distinct group

[@sloanemiller1833]

the rage in his eyes was hilariousXD

[@shunkela]

Um, actually..

[@riffulsam]

There is nothing scarier than when you are walking alone in the woods and suddenly hear "I'm walking here" from behind the bushes. You just gotta play dead and pray to god that the bear will actually just continue to keep walking.

[@christianschoff2490]

LMFAO. Great comment.

[@raoul22]

Underrated comment hahahah

[@IsaSaien]

Could just be Obama though

[@johnprieto435]

That bear? Shia Lebouf

[@hotdog2130]

@@IsaSaien or even scarier… Peter Griffin…

[@drakolisklord8604]

Anyone else notice that the second Brennan got into character he didn't lose any more points

[@quinnsinclair7028]

Cause the smirk was part of the character, not him breaking.

[@mrdood6209]

I think this is the highest break count yet... & it doubled speed after he started

[@Drarack]

Have you guys seen him on Characters Welcome? He needs to do some sketches with Josh.

[@AStrangeWindmill]

Got that game face on.

[@mrgreatbigmoose]

Totally agree, he got a poker face once the impressions started. But if that's the case then perhaps we have never seen Katie out of character?

[@idianale9862]

I'm sorry but "I'm walking here" as every impression will definitely be one of my go to jokes

[@YdenMk-II]

He totally should have just leaned into that for all his impressions.

[@triccele]

I love that that just arose as owning the mistake in the first impression.

[@ElPayasoMalo]

It's very similar to that Andy Kaufman bit.

[@shantcheetah]

Same here, I just can’t forget that now 😂

[@purromancer]

I was *really* hoping for the Obama impression just being "I'm walking here" with Obama's cadence.

[@muhamarfirmansyah3199]

Brennan came as clutch again with his bird facts.

[@KingOfDoma]

I do so love how Brennan was right on top of those INCORRECT BIRD FACTS like it was an episode of Um Actually...

[@AxxLAfriku]

I recently revealed the genders of my two girlfriends. It got a lot of hate and now has 30 times more dislikes than likes. I am really sad that people can be so mean. Sorry for using your comment to talk about my problems, dear muha

[@romxxii]

We need a new Dropout show: Brennan's Bird Facts. It's just Brennan, on a stool, talking about birds and taxonomic relatives of birds.

[@triccele]

@@romxxii that's a really dumb idea and I hate that I would love to watch that.

[@t0rp0r]

Brennan says everything so authoritatively I always believe him.

[@fifteen9945]

I liked the torture provided by forcing someone to flounder at something one of the others could do so much better: Having Sam struggle with birds when Brennan could've whipped out 101 bird facts. And Sam dying to do impressions when Kellen "bear"ly got through.

[@zyaicob]

+

[@teuast]

but then having brennan play a very clearly defined character the power of an in-character brennan lee mulligan is unrivaled in the known universe

[@supreme_king_obama1158]

@@teuast and this was just a fraction of his power. In character Brennen Lee Mulligan has power far beyond what this universe can comprehend, it goes beyond the rules and logic of our world.

[@Zomburai45]

@@supreme_king_obama1158 Fun fact: Going beyond the rules and logic of our world is a major turn-on for Dr Tristan Chambers

[@annaptakova3242]

True, it's perfect.

[@rachelrachel9152]

I love that grant made everyone else make stuff up but he gave brennan an exact list of things to say that turns his character on

[@gpullenii]

That's because Brennan is one big ol trivia brain and wouldn't struggle.

[@shantcheetah]

Brennan’s delivery was hilarious 🤣

[@randomnamegbji]

Forcing brennan to list 10 things or do 5 impressions of the cuff wouldn't be as funny because it would be effortless. That mans brain is 20% funny voices and 40% trivia.

[@gabepatton9851]

If he'd improv'd it the list would've been identical

[@andrewe2057]

Better chance of getting him to laugh that way. It didn't work.

[@Avatarodin]

Keeping the split screen while everyone laughs at "we ALL get wet" and Brennan just stares was a genius move

[@ryanbarham8464]

It feels like that scene in tv where the villain is watching his master plan go off without a hitch and the rest of the cast can do nothing but fall.

[@ankhimHoH]

Did anyone point out that pterodactyls are not technically dinosaurs?

[@emma-di5ly]

Absolutely genius

[@Sonichero151]

And at that point, the entire shows composure just fucking collapsed.

[@WYCD]

5:47 We aAaaAAAAAaall get wet.

[@otisthecan3112]

I love how the moment Brennan starts his Tim Curry impression, he is in COMPLETE control of the situation. Nobody can handle him at his full power

[@jingbot1071]

TITTAAAAAAYYYYYYZ

[@Chunkboi]

Now I have to imagine Gilear as a bald elven Tim Curry.

[@irmese06]

Tim Curry? Not James Mason? ... Holy crap, I think maybe they are the same person

[@michaelmuys9851]

I was hearing more Matt Berry, but both work

[@BrutalDongshart]

@@michaelmuys9851 It's 100% Matt Berry!

[@Siennarchist]

Brennan is okay at not laughing, but has perfected the art of making everyone else laugh.

[@nhokonhokopuala]

Yes but he is evil!

[@DaTimmeh]

Katie is the god of not laughing, I’ve watched most of the bnn videos at this point and there has been 1 time where she cracked a smile…

[@if7723]

@@DaTimmeh I'd be willing to bet you could run an hour episode of this and Katie wouldn't break.

[@garagebandarchive]

“oh god in heaven i dont know if i know five more birds…” was the funniest, most desperate statement ive ever heard

[@filterpiece23]

Amy DEFINITELY should have been in this one. We may have hit triple digits

[@nakenmil]

God, her utter breakdowns are the stuff of legends.

[@otterrye7775]

we definitely would have hit triple digits if she had the impression part

[@northofnashira2575]

If Grant didn't hit triple digits in his thrown under the bus episode, then I don't think it will ever happen.

[@jasongorkisch]

If Amy had been on there, they’d still be filming. 🤣

[@romxxii]

@@northofnashira2575 Amy's latest breakdown has Grant's True Facts episode totally beat. Amy's our queen of breaking

[@shruikan1605]

Brennan literally hit Elaine for 21 points by himself that was incredible, that role was written for him

[@MrGhostTheBigRoast]

yeah she failed her wisdom saving throw

[@StraveTube]

When Sam is in stuff it feels like when someone managed to convince your favorite teacher to participate in a skit in the school talent show and I fucking love it.

[@deathbykonami5487]

Put his wife Elaine right next to him and his bits get that much better.

[@ejaybugboythree]

I love at 5:59 Brennan hit a combo multiplier on everyone with that delivery. So fucking funny.

[@77mcmarine]

C-c-c-combo Breaker!!!

[@penjamin1479]

When you hit that really sick combo in Tony Hawk pro skater.

[@IDontLoveJessica]

You can see in his eyes that he just won which is what Brennan is ALWAYS trying to do lolol

[@soljathompson2446]

@@77mcmarine I litterally said this before clicking the replies xD

[@1Pidds]

​@@IDontLoveJessica He's the only person who's playing for the sole purpose of winning

[@AStrangeWindmill]

Brennan's part came on and he's like "and now, I break you".

[@PatientBean]

Who knew asking someone to name 10 birds would have deteriorated the whole thing so fast?

[@Adamdidit]

Grant. Grant knew.

[@isaacl.r4609]

Grant just knows hot to tease everyone's weaknesses

[@theeleanorshellstrop]

I lose it at that point, every time

[@girafarig7859]

That like 20 seconds straight of Brennan straight faced with the point sound going off over and over was ART

[@gagejoseph91]

5:59 The rapid loss of points with Brennan staring completely dead into the camera punctuated by "False". Something about this feels so perfect lol

[@quinnsinclair7028]

I love how Brennan's character is a total perv and he defaults to the creepy vampire from the bar in Fantasy High.

[@quinnsinclair7028]

@@eggplantglue7433 No, I mean that's the voice he did in Fantasy High as a pervy vampire at a nightclub.

[@asperRader]

I very much felt a hint of Gilear myself.

[@reckon-it1375]

@@asperRader when it first started all I heard was Gilear and I was so scared for what he was about to say

[@lowkeylokii4205]

it was actually his impression of Tim curry

[@clearlynotchloe]

@@reckon-it1375 as it got hornier it deviated further and further from gilear lmao

[@nebuloushammer8773]

I just love how wrong he is. "dinosaurs were technically birds" and he immediately says "pterodactyl" which are reptiles.

[@conner.j.a.wilson]

That’s true! He didn’t even say a dinosaur, how truly iconic.

[@jojbenedoot7459]

But all reptiles are birds ;)

[@jojbenedoot7459]

I meant all birds are reptiles but I'm leaving this one up for the funny

[@HerculesBallsInc]

I mean, really! All you have to do is look at the bone architecture for pterodactyl wings, as I'm sure EVERYONE has, and you'll see that it's from a completely different evolutionary thrust. Convergent evolution, people! Not everything with wings is directly related! Don't make me get started on bats!

[@DanitheDandelion]

@@HerculesBallsInclike how ichthyosaurs weren’t dinosaurs nor were they dolphins, they were just big ol dolphin shaped reptiles

[@martydespot]

Brennan just killed it! This is on par with watching Katie and her stone face 🤣

[@ystebadvonschlegel3295]

Now let’s not get carried away here…

[@benb25504]

@@ystebadvonschlegel3295 he may have laughed, but his power is not that of the stone face, but rather the power to decimate his fellow player’s ability to keep from laughing

[@whyamiwastingmytimeonthis]

Wtf is this thot bot comment parade

[@arrestedeffort]

On the opposite hand, we have Amy and her "don't laugh" face 😂

[@xeladonnovan]

HE GOT THE JOB WITH A TIM CURRY IMPRESSION? I didn't know I could love that man any more

[@ricklawrence2515]

Tim Curry inpression: Hey, I'm walking here

[@loturzelrestaurant]

Anti-Science is on the Rise. Uneducation causes Muffled Logic to be be more and more accepted, so casual B.S. is getting more and more popular. People embarass themselves all the time now by claming NASA is faking the Sun, the moon is a hologram, the Earth is flat, Aura and Chakra are kinda Science, so trust me bro, i know we are all immortal - oh, and one last thing: Koalas are Fake; they are ALL CGI. All.

[@עילישני]

I really like how they slowly move towards more Improv, giving a better balance of hillarious dialouge promots and then stepping back and letting the comedians do their thing

[@DeathnoteBB]

Yeah but it stresses me out when the cast absolutely hates the improv segment!

[@עילישני]

@@DeathnoteBB yeah it can also feel like this from time to time, a hundred precent

[@curbgrinder111]

The editing is so funny when it snaps back as forth between everyone laughing but Brennan's motionless with that nasty smug grin. The second he put on a character he was in no danger of laughing too. Fucking hilarious

[@maradupras7278]

brennan's blank stare at 6:00 as everyone else is just losing it is the most terrifyingly hilarious thing i've seen in my life

[@emeraldnickel]

Kill cam

[@smosh_crone]

Massive props to Elaine for her physical comedy in pretending there was a bird pecking her

[@xandernat2071]

I was literally just thinking about the "Dinosaurs were technically birds line." earlier today!!!!

[@AGothNamedWednessday]

Ok but is no one gonna talk about how impressive Elaine improving a bird moving around her body was??? I had to keep reminding myself there was no bird

[@Saphia_]

The first couple times I watched this I legitimately thought they stuffed a bird inside Elaine's clothes.

[@justinphillips4450]

I had to go to the comments to try to figure out if there was something or not.

[@YogCyan]

Amazing that Brennan was able to improvise the whole script without reading the teleprompt!

[@heathenwizard]

As a professional vertebrate paleontologist who studies dinosaurs, I appreciate that Brennan not ONLY knew that birds are dinosaurs, but had the presence of mind to ALSO say that not all dinosaurs are birds, indicating that he has at least some rudimentary understanding of phylogenetics. Also, pterodactyls aren’t dinosaurs, they are pterosaurs, which share a common ancestor with dinosaurs but are not themselves dinosaurs. Dinosaurs and pterosaurs together make up a group known as Avemetatarsalia (“bird metatarsals”). A common misconception!

[@IAmMightyMike]

"and as a Cancer, I'm a water sign" "Makes sense.

[@oshahott2532]

Kellen's mind when faced with doing an impression of Obama: "I'm getting canceled if I do this!" 🤣

[@oldmanhiver3766]

brennan's DEADPAN face as he watches them all unravel is making my day.

[@MrSherb3rt]

Why does it not surprise me in the slightest that Brennan got his job at CollegeHumor by flexing a Tim Curry impression

[@Kentrc11]

It's so unbearably funny

[@vante2]

I love how when Sam said dinosaurs are basically birds, Brennan fact checked him so hard every one lost 2 points minimum

[@normalhuman9878]

And Brennan didn’t even point out that pterodactyls are not dinosaurs

[@samsee_ca]

7:32 shoutout to the chair for being the only thing that waited until the segment was over before breaking

[@Yogare1]

Best one yet and Brennan keeping the whole thing together

[@geek_peek]

That's a year old BNN :) There are so many newer funny ones on Dropout!!

[@Severusimba]

"When actors in plays turn out to talk straight to the audience" I don't know why the wink disturbed me so much but damn it disturbed me SO MUCH

[@NaudVanDalen]

Kellen for every impression: "I'm walking here."

[@Nxt6]

This might be my favorite one by far. Brennan's impressions are gold. If you haven't seen both his game changer episodes on making sounds, you havent lived

[@mr.stuffdoer8483]

Between when Brennan got into character and the end of his monologue, the other three broke a total of 37 times. He didn’t break once… what an absolute legend.

[@bluesirensmusic]

This is probably my favorite Breaking News episode. Everyone is on point funny! Bring this group back for another Breaking News Episode!

[@Ray_Mac]

1:26 "Oh God in heaven, I don't know if I know 5 more birds" is my favorite part!

[@rielo9725]

Brennan simply did his Frankenfurter impression…

[@lautimartinez6341]

his whole performance made me shiver with antici.....pation

[@Vohlfied]

But MAYBEEEEEE the rain isn't really to blame

[@madmanwithamic4396]

And it was fabulous

[@matthewtanner5127]

i think you mean Frankenfurter's monster

[@AlexR05e]

"Jesus, do I even own a can opener?" *winks* dear god why Wtf why are only *ahem* channels the ones replying to my comment lol

[@andrewflood5171]

They look like bots who copy and paste other people's comments

[@loturzelrestaurant]

@@andrewflood5171 Anti-Science is on the Rise. Uneducation causes Muffled Logic to be be more and more accepted, so casual B.S. is getting more and more popular. People embarass themselves all the time now by claming NASA is faking the Sun, the moon is a hologram, the Earth is flat, Aura and Chakra are kinda Science, so trust me bro, i know we are all immortal - oh, and one last thing: Koalas are Fake; they are ALL CGI. All.

[@CosmicNebula444]

I feel like Brennan had an unfair advantage here on that perv accent since he's been DM to about 10 different dnd games now lmao

[@arthurboyle7982]

Way more than that. He's been playing and DMing for over 20 years now

[@nayo7956]

did that sound like gilear or was that just me

[@TheDatacist]

Brennan’s odds of losing approached 0 so fast after 3:45. It went from close to different orders of magnitude

[@jakobmaximilianriedl1013]

Birds are technically dinosaurs. Unfortunately, pterodactyls aren't at all dinosaurs.

[@tateupougnac2531]

Wait, seriously?! My whole life is a lie...

[@lydiafayre9806]

@@tateupougnac2531 Were they your favorite too?

[@tateupougnac2531]

@@lydiafayre9806 Yeah, I even had a huge plastic pterodactyl hanging from my bedroom ceiling as a child.

[@lydiafayre9806]

@@tateupougnac2531 Sounds really cool. Well, we've lost it as our favorite dinosaur but it can still be our favorite prehistoric animal.

[@tateupougnac2531]

@@lydiafayre9806 You're right, pterodactyls are now my favorite prehistoric animals, thank you! 😊

[@alexspain9103]

The way Brennan savors the moment as soon as his eyes alight on that last line.

[@fitz7663]

This has GOT to be my favorite one so far. The acting-especially Elaine's with the bird movement descriptions and Brennan's voice acting-were STELLAR

[@JasonBarrettePiano]

1:53 “A Duck swims, and is therefore covered in water. As a Cancer, I am a water sign” *shakes head in disapproval*

[@TheCaptainstupendous]

3:42 i honestly am surprised it took this long for someone to tell Brennan to stuff it 😂

[@Zombiebait90]

When Sam says: "dinosaurs were technically birds" Brennan: "excuse me" Sam: "I just listened to a NPR article on this" I wish I had that same level on confidence 😂😂😂

[@RandomMagus]

And he went for Pterodactyl, which actually isn't even a dinosaur. It's just a straight up reptile

[@elbruces]

You go up against the bird fact king, you best not miss.

[@lowkeylokii4205]

that's called a panic button lmao

[@MarioKonga]

6:55 You can see Brennan wracking his brain trying to figure out the funniest way to say that.

[@ellawalsh9101]

Why did I believe Elaine so completely when describing the bird... that was way too believable.

[@thebestfirefoxyt]

This episode was so chaotic and I love it

[@lunacy5772]

I thought the same thing then saw Katie had written it and...yep that checks out

[@guibreve1733]

Elaine was visually sweating while trying to laugh less from Brennan's character lol

[@rielo9725]

Poof Goof? Comedy gold less than a minute in. Sweet…

[@waffler-yz3gw]

brennan was COMPLETELY in his element the moment he was given a character to embody, he didnt lose a single point after then

[@johneustice9806]

OMFG WHEN HE SAID "WE ALL GET WET" and the next 5 seconds is one side switching to everyone breaking down while the other side stays on Brennan totally straight faced🤣🤣🤣

[@ekim1018]

I feel like something that makes this even better is sam and elaine are married to each other

[@LaughBoys]

Dr. Chambers interrupting Lips’ interesting bird/dino factoid was v unprofessional

[@o.steinman3855]

i am actually in awe of brennan’s delivery of the list at the end. holy shit. the way he says ‘cRACK!’ genuinely inspiring

[@lilathedumb22]

The best part is while Brennan does his Tim Curry impression perfectly in character with a straight face and everyone else’s laughing dings just spike

[@raptorhunter5549]

Actually ducks are water proof so they probably wouldn't get along with a water sign 🤣

[@MicahMoody365]

This whole thing is a gem! From the dinosaur bird controversy to the failed impressions attempt. But Brennan makes the whole thing at the end

[@geek_peek]

Don't believe him when he says that ducks are adorable. They are vicious.

[@ruairiodonohoe2533]

Dolphins are also Vicious as shit. Look up Dusty the Dolphin

[@Blizzard0fOz93]

I once had to dropkick a goose in the throat because it was attacking my little sister.

[@plumeria1985]

As someone who owned ducks, they are both adorable and vicious. Mine would let me pet him and follow me around well into his adulthood, but would also bite me anytime I pet him. He also bit me if i ignored him

[@penjamin1479]

@@ruairiodonohoe2533 hashtag not all dolphins.

[@SurprisinglyDeep]

@@plumeria1985 Was one of your ducks named Donald or Daffy? Don't get me wrong, I believe you when you say you had ducks. I just would be suprrised if at least one of the ducks was not named Donald or Daffy

[@EmyN]

Props to Elaine, she really makes you believe there's a bird moving under her clothes

[@paigegable8666]

7:08 Brennan's lip bite

[@MisterBrick42]

Ah yes the famous quote by all famous people ever: “I’m walking here”

[@MacheteSquad]

This combination killed it. Brennan is just a necessity on these videos.

[@cameronallmon]

5:50 Brennan just sat back and watched the devastation he manifested with that delivery

[@ultraman_99]

Brennan was playing that role amazingly!

[@Taiyougetsu13]

Kellen should have immediately just done his Al Pacino impression for every character, no thought. Just straight up "I'm walkin' here!" with no hesitation.

[@austinfarley4971]

Brennan just fucking wrecked them.

[@eiji862]

The minute Brennan said “Hello Everyone” I lost it! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@fosterdawson7339]

YES this is one of my favorite ones from dropout, im so glad its on youtube now

[@RachelDoesntknow]

She completely committed to the bird-i -my-pocket role lmaooo

[@spencerraney4979]

I love how Grant didn’t screw over Brennan this time, and instead just perfectly lobbed the ball over to Brennan, who just hit it out of the park.

[@infentex3801]

"My fellow Americans. I am in fact walking here."

[@SphincterOfDoom]

A pteradactyl wasn't even a dinosaur in the first place.

[@Derpyspartan154]

Brennan's character and refusal to break absolutely made that bit work.

[@IndustryHandle]

Genuinely the funniest KZbin video I’ve seen in a while!

[@orangesilver8]

I think Brennan here might have the strongest single segment of the entire show. He did not laugh at ALL after he started that. And just hit everybody else's scores with -5, -21, and -10.

[@veryslowpoke2025]

"dinosaurs are technically birds" *proceeds to name a reptile*

[@ObsidianCr0ss]

As a paleontologist, Brennans rant gives me nothing but pride

[@EdwardElric469]

1:05 A pterodactyl was actually a reptile

[@mofire5674]

Brennen starts his part and proceeds to absolutely murder everyone's points.

[@mattocaster87]

I am here for Brennan's early 80s Tim Curry on cough medicine accent.

[@Kentrc11]

Yup. That made me cry laughing. Imma watch it again.

[@user-eh2fn6tg7v]

Brennan's character sounds too much like Gilear... I can't shake it out of my head.

[@DancingTubaMan]

This video has made my day already

[@Psycokiller338]

Brennan pulling out a near perfect Matt Berry is just... Stunning, to say the least.

[@Tara-jv5pd]

Don't disrespect Matt berry like that

[@Effi3]

this has gotta be my most favourite video from this channel

[@micklepickle4744]

7:01 it should be known that at this moment a bird has fallen

[@frederalbacon]

Brennan is so pro at this they have to count the most MINOR of smiles, like at 2:10, just to give him some points, lol.

[@brackzaff]

Brennan was the best here, but a special mood to Elaine's hilarious improv, which she did without (unintentionally) laughing

[@ItJustT]

This was one of the best bloopers. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Laughed the whole time thank you!!!

[@Chunkboi]

As soon as Brennan opened with the Gilear voice, I knew it was game over for the rest of them.

[@cactusmanofdestiny3708]

Brennan fucking demolished that. Oscar worthy.