Forbidden Basement Toilet | MBMBaM Animation

[@janeeyre1990]

Honestly, if your landlord has a secret locked room in your basement that he's warned you never to enter, a personal toilet is among the best-case scenarios.

[@dylannalyd4361]

yeah, the toilet (while functional) was likely a decoy and the real secret is behind a panel next to the toilet. But who would want to walk over next to a mysterious toilet?

[@professorplum3858]

We totally had a basement toilet in its own little room when I lived with roommates a decade ago. Thankfully the landlord never came over to use it. The house was built in the fifties and as far as I could tell it had never once been remodeled down there.

[@thephoenixsystem6765]

@@professorplum3858 bro you're purple that's so cool how do I pick my color

[@justinbuergi9867]

@@professorplum3858I had one in my dirt and stone basement years ago. We literally never used it except when the upstairs one wasn’t working. That made for a fun 2 am trip when I was 11.

[@DaMaLoJo]

"Stop. Stop. Please stop and listen. Please stop and listen." could not possibly give off stronger youngest-born vibes

[@pjalne]

So I think it's a given that at some point this tenant must have been washing clothes in the basement while their landlord was on the toilet and the landlord SAT THERE IN COMPLETE SILENCE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DOOR until the coast was clear.

[@ahobbit1273]

Holy shit that’s unnerving 😂 You think you’re alone, but no. Your landlord is there, sitting on a toilet, just out of sight.

[@pjalne]

@@ahobbit1273 Imagine he was about to flush a deuce but couldn't.

[@ndzhelin2651]

I think your landlord just secretly being in your house and making it to the basement undetected is a bigger problem than them having a secret toilet down there.

[@stevierose8749]

@@ndzhelin2651 there could be a door outside to the basement?

[@OmqSparklez]

@@stevierose8749 i live in michigan and ive never in my entire life seen a home with a door outside that leads directly into the basement, but it is common to have a side entrance on the landing between the basement and the kitchen, so this is I Guess Plausible? but it's also illegal here for a landlord to enter your home without notice outside of emergency situations, so unless he can prove that shit was Real Urgent, this is still a biiig problem.

[@chancekahle2214]

Just a bit of trivia for you: Wedgwood is a brand of fine china.

[@spelcheak]

They are mostly famous for jasperware.

[@m-the-bug]

Okay, tight, 'cause I thought Justin was just saying words.

[@sammikits8001]

Reminds me of a certain "demon prosecuter" lol

[@ThatOneIrishFurry]

the "HOLY SHIT" but typography'd as the MBMBAM logo is a work of art

[@damiannova5207]

Justin this is art. Clean as hell. The “HOLY SHIT” at 0:55 was the funniest thing I’ve ever seen

[@jowvial17]

Needs to be a gif immediately!! So good

[@ExplosiveDisregard]

I had to do one of these in art school and this is better than anyone in my class.

[@RuffTranslation]

Ditto

[@direcircumstances]

The fact that he just conjured up a name for that fictional landlord out of nowhere makes the monologue so much funnier.

[@kaztros2595]

I'm usually disappointed by typographies: They just don't seem to use the tools available to color the dialog or audio. This is the opposite. There are so many frames to freeze on that reveal how this dialog is going (e.g. Griffin's stop, stop, please stop). There are so many animations that make this a joy to watch. The transitions even lend themselves to the transition of the dialog. It's so very good.

[@fifteefoolish4879]

JUICES SPEECH JUST KEPT GOING THIS IS SO GOOD

[@snowyyyyyyyyyyyyy]

this is so so good. i can't believe justin pronounces amontillado like that. this bit is buckwild

[@WateverWatever04]

the way i just assumed *_I_* was the one who was saying it wrong because ive only ever read it

[@camh.893]

What happens if you just... take the roll of toilet paper and close the door?

[@flaetsbnort]

a brilliant solution if the landlord asks you about it, deny it to the end. no one will recognize a roll of TP.

[@chantalbellmont6937]

+

[@Silverwind87]

Even better: replace it with a roll of duct tape

[@Silverwind87]

@@flaetsbnort like wearing a shirt from bad dragon

[@jonahdove1902]

The Ralph Sperling monologue sounds like Alfred Coleman is saying it as Eggman.

[@softestshade7813]

After having pissed on the moon and finalizing the divorce on his never satisfied wife, Dr. Eggman met and married Ralph Sperling and thought he discovered happiness only to find out the man he loves takes literally toxic dumps. Sounds about right.

[@mousy2088]

Wow wow I love how you worked with both the old and new branding and melded them together seamlessly.

[@thelittlestseal]

Clean as heck just like the other one Good shit dude

[@jpadamson]

Thanks so much!

[@Ramonerdna]

Justin's rant at the end literally had me on the floor bent over in laughter

[@natboyden8415]

I made a whole new playlist called "best" just to be able to put this somewhere.

[@justsomenuts]

i placed this on my “best boys” playlist

[@b.rogers8452]

this is excellent! so smooth, I like all the different places the words go and the 911 call was especially well done!

[@nofail4u]

What sins must a man carry out upon a porcelain throne that he abandons not just the bathroom in which it took place, but the whole basement? What unspeakable thing has this landlord committed?

[@BuzzyB34]

I keep imagining calling 911 about a secret toilet and just five minutes later seeing like, humvees and helicopters surrounding the house to try and contain the secret toilet and it is killing me

[@Fungo4]

I'm imagining that every single cop on the force is hurrying over to use that toilet one after another.

[@afterwalker6773]

The way that Justin mispronounced "Amontillado" was scarier than the story he was referencing when he said it.

[@ahobbit1273]

I was on the toilet while watching this, and honestly? Recommended viewing experience.

[@samiamrg7]

Same here

[@Keenath]

That's just a Pittsburgh Toilet. They were common in pre-WWII housing in areas where the men often worked really filthy jobs, like mining or steel work. Originally the house would have a separate exterior basement access and a sink, shower, and toilet in the basement, with no walls or curtains. When Mister comes home covered in really nasty junk, he goes directly to the basement without entering the home, washes up, put on some clean clothes, and only then comes up into the house. There's no need for partitions since he's supposed to be the only one in there and has a locked door on either side of the room, and it makes it easier to hose down the place. Most likely the landlord said to stay out of it because the plumbing is seventy years old and kinda iffy but built into the foundation so it's too expensive to repair and he doesn't wanna deal with the mess if it backs up.

[@pwojo9776]

I'm almost-positive this is the B-plot of a Rick and Morty episode.

[@SnootchieBootchies27]

Close, it was the entire focus of the episode.

[@MsLindaluu]

I FIGURED IT OUT! ok, so it's a toilet that works, but only if you flush it just right. The last tennant used it and it backed up. The quote from the plumber was super high so instead of fixing it he shut off the water to it and locked it up. They were worried if the new tennant knew about it they would insist on it being fixed under the terms of the lease! Sorry, I got a bit excited.

[@_abSynthe_]

You might be onto something there! Tho that’s not as exciting as a secret panic room toilet.

[@dandeliondew]

another beautiful one. LOVE the long 2 pager for the bride's speech

[@dancingbanana105]

I'm still in shock over "Cask of Amonellado".

[@ch3burashka]

I very much like Griffin's "yissssss"

[@karmasabtch6763]

I saw what you did there with the T in toilet at 1:32. Very clever, sir, very clever.

[@treyhottle2147]

Great job juice, love from OU

[@jpadamson]

Thanks Trey!!! I miss you guys!

[@NathanOhsure]

i just wanna say the "stop and listen" piece is such good typography

[@samiamrg7]

We have a toilet in our basement, but it is just, like, out in the middle of a big room. It’s really weird. We use that room for storage.

[@WarriorTilTheEnd]

Lived in a house with the same feature. Toilet out in the open with a shower nearby (not even enclosed, just a shower head and a drain.) Weirdly relieved to see I'm not the only one

[@samiamrg7]

@@WarriorTilTheEnd How old is the house? Because our house is like, at least 70 years old and I wonder if it just a thing in some older houses.

[@WarriorTilTheEnd]

@@samiamrg7 oh, hm, I dunno. I never thought to ask. I don't think it was as old as 70 based on the shape it was in, but I was also a kid and didn't really pay attention.

[@donutsandgravy3150]

Okay what the hell how did Travis just rip out that hilarious paragraph, barely stuttering, out of nowhere

[@emilycookie1499]

Now this, this is art. This is next level topography animation. I am impressed by your skills!

[@ceecie5776]

Really creative. Love how you did the 911 call.

[@henriediosa]

This is so beautiful. The style and the animation matches the boys perfectly, it even adds to the humour. Thank you for making this, it has made my week.

[@garfieldbrooks]

this bit is always so good until i hear justin pronounce amontillado _so very wrong_ at the end that i immediately feel like i have been struck by a kia soul going 80 mph down a backroad and have been given irreversible whiplash

[@feathersoffancy8988]

It’s so crisp?? And clean?? I love it, so much quality, plus it increased the comedy exponentially

[@parkerwdowiak6202]

0:46 I'm totally making that my senior quote.

[@spelcheak]

Can't be doing that in the same house as her fathers' jasperware urn.

[@nathanaelr.3989]

This was such a good bit, and honestly your animation here might've propelled it into one of my all-time favorites. This is incredible

[@ChlorineBurner]

This is literally the plot of The Intruder.

[@Dethmaster64]

I wonder if this bit inspired that one episode of Rick and Morty with Rick’s special toilet

[@8bitpixelheart]

God that is some fucking astonishingly beautiful work you've done here

[@jogiff]

I was cleaning my grandfather’s disgusting apartment* and the bathroom was really gross. But while I was hauling bags of trash to the basement dumpsters I discovered a secret bathroom just like this. For the last week of my stay I would sneak down there to use that bathroom instead of the roach-infested hellhole that I’d been using. *he hadn’t lived there for over a decade, we were hoping to sell it so I went to NYC to stay there for a couple weeks and clear it out.

[@flaetsbnort]

He had a secret bathroom in an apartment? In a building he shared with other people? Now that is true power.

[@AJLikesCats]

Fuck yeah, another banger! I knew it was a good idea to ring the bell on your channel. Here's hoping the algorithm picks this one up too!

[@s.g.7572]

top 5 Justin McElroy goof material right there

[@nen848]

Very few people understand how much just visuals adds to a joke. Nice job dude

[@onceonly1111]

You have to unroll that toilet paper slightly, and write "I KNOW WHAT YOU'VE DONE", then roll it back up again, so that next time he goes to wipe, he knows he's been caught.

[@dog-eared6991]

This might be the best MBMBAM typographic.

[@sest6621]

BEYOND perfect. like insanely well done holy shit this is true art

[@samlibutti]

This was really well done, not all of these feel like they add to the enjoyment of the overall bit but this one does

[@friendlyporkchop]

the dispatcher layout is pure genius

[@theresadettloff6196]

This was really delightful and well done! You really used the strengths of the format in a way i havent seen for a while

[@skepticJames]

I don't care to analyse how much of my life I spend watching MBMBaM animatics and this one made me laugh more than most of them. Hope there's more soon!

[@Abiichann]

This video is amazing!! I mean the McElroys are funny BUT the animation is like God tier good

[@huntermorgan4201]

Really digging the color palette!

[@xlex]

Superb. Simply fantastic.

[@nickelastic]

CALL THE COPS!!!

[@webskael]

These are very good and I hope you keep doing them. **great job**

[@kerink]

this is by far the best typography ive ever seen

[@SeamusFries]

this is the plot of that one rick and morty episode

[@laurenyork6095]

Oh buddy this is a Choice typography, and one I've never seen done! Love your style so much!

[@tacky_taco_]

No words can describe how amazing this is

[@TakuroSpirit]

Please continue these. I absolutely love your style.

[@scottydog6713]

this is sooooo smooth, i love ur visual style

[@Furiousa96]

This reminds me of my friend's parents house. They had a toilet in the basement, but it wasn't a secret. It was actually a very public toilet. It was in the open floor basement, no door, right next to the washer and dryer... There was a curtain that allowed some privacy but I only used it a couple times for emergencies.

[@theultimatehuman]

These look super nice man. Subscribed.

[@jaijais]

your work is so fantastic, looking forward to seeing more of your work!!

[@sophiephilips-roberts3311]

Basement toilets prevent backups in the rest of the house in old houses!

[@rtdc2604]

I literally had this exact thing at my last place. But it was just curtain instead of a locked door. So it wasn't as noteworthy.

[@ahobbit1273]

I’d argue that’s weirder

[@IsaidNIL]

One of my favorite bits, thank you

[@xayer98]

My landlord's name is Ralph wtf that's not even a super common name. And it's not a great name either....but Ralph STERLING...I think we stumbled onto something here

[@MerryShrug]

This is so good. I love the 3D elements

[@dust6590]

No way, I have a forbidden toilet in my basement! It's gross.

[@starkittsy]

i can't believe they didn't say anything over the way he pronounces "amontillado" like "amonalado" at 3:10

[@gunroomba6649]

your graphics are very creative and good!! love the video 👍

[@clxxxvii.]

Please please please do more of this it's GREAT.

[@capriottimultimedia]

Griffin goes full Travis

[@teagannam]

*hangs up an out of order sign on the bathroom door*

[@Alexandra-hf2di]

this is SO WELL DONE!!! holy shit

[@Targemq8]

Terrific job!!

[@BBXcompany]

your animations are beautiful! good job :)

[@Xenunnaki]

What intrigues me is that it's *just* a toilet. No sink. He probably says not to go in there because the door handle is gross

[@Toniinthepanicroom]

This was a malcolm I’m in the middle episode

[@olig6769]

hey this is clever as hell

[@scout6845]

this rules so hard and inspires me to want to make art!! wow!

[@Sel12271]

This is essentially a Pittsburgh toilet

[@fishtouch634]

i have currently a toilet that only knows my brand and i intend to keep it that way.

[@linkguist6861]

There's a rick and morty episode about this

[@noisypinkbubble875]

I am fucking dying I cannOT BREATHE

[@amoth7757]

Ah, the ol’ Pittsburgh toilet...

[@JulesJuno737]

NE USA vibes with the basement toilet 🪠 also call the toilet police

[@quertie420]

1:55 when i heard this for the first time i was blasted out of my mind and i said aloud "nooo theyre gonna shoot all your dogss...."

[@frost9681]

Toilet Crimes is my band name

[@Wingsofpizzazz]

This is just the plot of Season 4 of Channel Zero.

[@SomeoneNews]

Every frame is a t-shirt

[@cloudycirrus3985]

Bro I can't even joke about this I moved into a house in Michigan (we bought it so no landlord) and there's a room with just a toilet in the basement

[@cobalt.studios]

This is too good😂👏👏

[@Joseph-499]

REALLY GOOD VIDEO!

[@jjthepikazard212]

v good typography