Half in the Bag: 2021 Movie Catch-Up (part 1 of 2)

[@greasyphilip]

I shed a tear hearing Mike talk about his time on the Bozo show. It's always so touching to hear the withered elderly talk about their childhood

[@standup109]

Why did I actually have to kneel over laughing at this comment. You get 1 bozo dollar.

[@TheAlanRaptor]

This may blow your mind. I know it blew mine. Mike is only one year older than Jay. 🤣

[@vasarat1]

I die every time someone refers to them as "the elderly".

[@communistcomputergod6449]

@@vasarat1 them? It’s just mike let’s be real here

[@IMelkor42]

Did somebody buy the rights to Bozo? If only Jay had said it one more time in the video, this fact might have sank into my head...

[@condemned70]

It was good to see them discuss Kevin Spacey, somebody has to. Although it was sad to hear Jay ended up committing suicide shortly after filming this

[@SabrinaRina]

I mean, at that I immediately had to see if anyone was talking about the whole situation. Mostly a news story about each one, but only this one channel (SL04N, I don't know them, but they have a video within the last 12 months) is talking about it as a condensed subject. WTF.

[@KasumiKenshirou]

Jay didn't say that HE was personally molested by Spacey, though, so I think he's safe.

[@adam145]

I'm not brave for speaking out against Kevin Spacey but it's a shame to see me get into a fatal car accident on the next saturday.

[@possiblefossilrecords]

Two shots to the back the head. Such a tragedy.

[@thrownstair]

Tragically died from six self-inflicted sniper bullets.

[@arb1234567]

can't believe Mike talked about Bad Trip without it being written on his list it's like he doesn't care about the rules

[@damonwidynowski8838]

He is lawless.

[@MiqelDotCom]

totally off script man, this shit is WILD

[@Calekoflight]

It was on Jay's list though, so it's okay.

[@day.brakeF1]

I love how Jay’s list is on his phone and Mike’s list is written on paper.

[@choronos]

Has the whole world gone CRAZY?!?! AM I THE ONLY ONE AROUND HERE WHO GIVES A SHIT ABOUT THE RULES?!!??

[@ShutterSnapped]

With how much random shit the guys from RLM have been in: Dick the Birthday Boy, Bozos Clown Show, Background extras in rom coms, I'm convinced at this point I'm going to pull out my family photo album and they're gonna be in there too.

[@DarkAngelEU]

Haven't you heard the rumor? If you say Rich Evans five times in a mirror, he will come 0_0

[@crazychase98]

Just the tops of their heads in a bush 20 feet being everybody that supposed to be in pic. Kind of like a demonic wheres waldo but instead its wheres RLM.

[@KnuckleHunkybuck]

@@DarkAngelEU No, you have to scream it into the toilet, followed by "OH MY GAAAAAAAAAAAHD!"

[@timhuey6373]

Mike was in Thomas and the Magic Railroad, one of my childhood favorites

[@mptesteroni]

I went to an old, classy hotel in Colorado. In the bar were a bunch of photos from events that happened there in the twenties and thirties. I was looking at a New Years photo from right before the Depression hit and OH MY GAAAAAAAAAAWD

[@scribojello3778]

HOLY SHIT! When I was a kid, in rural bumfuck Australia, there was this VHC I watched over and over, it was a lady doing magic tricks and singing songs etc. It is seared in my brain but I never could remember who she was or the show. We only had one episode recorded off tv. When that Lambchop puppet flashed up I nearly had a fucking stroke. I'm nearly 30 btw and haven't seen the show since I was 4-5 years old. Thank you for solving this mystery I never new was plaguing me. The quality of our tape was so bad, I always thought the puppet was a poodle or something

[@dassquid]

THIS IS THE SONG THAT DOESN'T END. YES IT GOES ON AND ON MY FRIEND. SOME PEOPLE STARTED SINGING IT NO KNOWING WHAT IT WAS. AND THEY'LL CONTINUE SINGING IT FOREVER JUST BECAUSE. THIS IS THE SONG THAT DOESN'T END. (help)

[@TheTaintedeclipse]

@@dassquid THIS IS THE SONG THAT DOESN'T END. YES IT GOES ON AND ON MY FRIEND. SOME PEOPLE STARTED SINGING IT NO KNOWING WHAT IT WAS. AND THEY'LL CONTINUE SINGING IT FOREVER JUST BECAUSE. THIS IS THE SONG THAT DOESN'T END.

[@MtD021]

VHC?

[@scribojello3778]

@@MtD021 oops, VHS. It's been awhile lol

[@NerdPirateRadio]

@@TheTaintedeclipse THIS IS THE SONG THAT DOESN'T END. YES IT GOES ON AND ON MY FRIEND. SOME PEOPLE STARTED SINGING IT NO KNOWING WHAT IT WAS. AND THEY'LL CONTINUE SINGING IT FOREVER JUST BECAUSE.

[@ge0ne0]

I love how Bozo is casually mentioned in conversation and then before we know it, Mike goes on a 15 minute flashback with Jay as his therapist recounting his childhood trauma from the Bozo The Clown show.

[@bryanmcfadden4071]

Look up Willie whistle

[@talonsid]

I can’t believe bozo is now added to the RLM Showbiz Pizza cinematic universe. I guarantee Mike, Jay, and Rich were all traumatized (molested?) by some childhood icon of theirs, which led to Plinkett being created. Also did every major metro area have an alcoholic clown guy showing Tom n Jerry cartoons? For me it was Blinky.

[@Studeb]

The scary truth is that Mike actually went to see Pogo the Clown, and saw some things that he had to deal with mentally through his characterization of Mr Plinkett.

[@Puerco-Potter]

So, the score is this: Rich Evans: the Ellen Show + Never Been Kissed. Mike: Bozo the Clown Show + Never Been Kissed. Jay: Nothing.

[@Taurusus]

@@talonsid ours was "Crikey", see if you can guess the country I'm from. I have a somewhat similar story of going to the show and expecting to be chosen to spin the fuckin' wheel or whatever and not being chosen and that shaping my life experience at a very impressionable age. No one told me it was his "Birthday" episode! I woulda worn a costume! Curse you, momma!

[@codycurry52]

I love the hard chuckle Jay had at the thought of a child hanging themself with a tiny noose. So wholesome.

[@p1ssedoffchristof48]

Mike and Jay are slowly evolving into Bert and Ernie before our eyes

[@PhantomFelix211164]

More like the two old guys from The Muppets

[@p1ssedoffchristof48]

@@PhantomFelix211164 that's Rich Evans and Jack Packard

[@lookoutforchris]

@@PhantomFelix211164 they're Statler and Waldorf you Philistine.

[@aarondavis8943]

But they ain't fuckin

[@ZEGTHEFISH]

More like Cob and Leibsen imo

[@sleepawoken]

6:58 Even as a child Mike had to be the most jaded and aloof person in the room. Even in the presence of Bozo the Clowno he was the only one who couldn't muster a smile.

[@niksimmons4448]

The bucket game crushed many childhoods hope and dreams.

[@Tal_Thom]

Jay: “..real guerilla film-making..” Mike’s mind: **You know, I’m something of a gorilla filmmaker myself**

[@daddywarbuxx5194]

I see you did there what.

[@matman000000]

Gorilla filmmaking, is that when you trash an entire room with your bare hands?

[@Libellisth]

Deep Cut!

[@camclemons]

Except gorillas are apes, so Monkey Man can't be a gorilla if he's a monkey

[@punishederic4761]

I'd really like part 2 to conclude with Mike and Jay hugging

[@MrMilkman02]

Part 2 will be them hugging for 30 minutes.

[@Corbomite_Meatballs]

@@MrMilkman02 I'd pay folding money to see that live, for my OF/JFF accounts.

[@dipaula___]

I got some leaks from a insider and, apparently, they will be kissing too.

[@MrMilkman02]

@diPaula With Rich laughing in the background the whole time.

[@willowism]

Hug... ging? What is that?

[@gamingundco.2303]

Love the movie catch ups. They are always full of good recommendations and strange movies that nobody likes but jay

[@AxxLAfriku]

WOAH WOAH WOAH!!! Let me get this perfectly straight: You comment something that is completely unrelated to the fact that I have two HAZARDOUSLY HANDSOME girlfriends? Considering that I am the unprettiest KZbinr worldwide, it is really incredible. Yet you did not mention it at all. I am VERY disappointed, dear fa

[@dalehendricks8201]

Jay's weird recommendations are my number one draw for these

[@areolikajenknips1702]

I'm so grateful for Jay. He has my exact taste and I have love every weird ass thing that he has recommended lol

[@KrypticAsylum]

jay: sure this movie is *technically* magnificent, but it's missing something I can't elaborate on! also jay: this messily shot, messily acted schlock is amazing, 10/10 he's a funny guy

[@Puerco-Potter]

@@areolikajenknips1702 me too! Jay have a palate for the weird that just keeps on giving, I consider him my curator, as I don't have so much time to look up the movies myself

[@djangofett4879]

Mike got all the way through the Lucille Ball segment without mentioning that Lucille Ball helped get the original Star Trek show produced???? WHAT THE HELL, MIKE?!

[@hilaryc8648]

Yeah it was originally a Desilou production wasn’t it. One account has her thinking it was going to be a variety show on an ocean liner. Perhaps, in a way, it was. Certainly more entertaining than the new stuff.

[@stranglewankhitman4936]

I was waiting for it and it never came. He's getting better at restraining his inner Trekkie.

[@biggrimace6506]

@@stranglewankhitman4936 that’s called dementia

[@LadyTylerBioRodriguez]

Mike is becoming the old man in The Amusement Park.

[@stranglewankhitman4936]

He's got Irumodic Syndrome.

[@dimitrijanssen9807]

"I don't give a flying rat's ass about Dexter. So I will be leaving my body while you talk." I like this.

[@__-vu8io]

Everyone take in Jay's innocence before he sees the final episode of Dexter lmao

[@BunchaNothin]

I loved the ending.

[@AICabal]

I'm with Mike, I couldn't give two shits about Dexter.

[@zerohero6602]

Possibly the greatest ending of a show in our lifetimes.

[@reservoirfrogs2177]

@@zerohero6602 Lmao, no

[@vash47]

the ending was great!

[@hilotakenaka]

The question on everyone's lips: will 2022 be the year the guys fully enter the bag?

[@Corbomite_Meatballs]

Please, let us enter their bag and enjoy its goodness. Or alcohol.

[@irongary]

Enter the Bagtrix

[@talonsid]

I assume they will go 1/4 in just to piss you off. Like how not doing the plinkett storyline is now the Actual storyline.

[@FumblsTheSniper]

“Somewhat in the Bag”

[@sir0nion]

Maybe they're leaving the bag and they'll be fully out of the bag.

[@swinehorde9118]

I love watching Jay try to defend his sick urbane proclivities to his townie friends.

[@gaybrahamlinkoln5714]

What's wrong with liking fucked up movies?

[@wh1t3b4nd1t]

yeah that scary on 61st sounds exactly like the type of weird shit jay loves.... Im sure him and the 4 other people who have seen it love it 😛

[@swinehorde9118]

@@gaybrahamlinkoln5714 Nothing at all! I fucking love that he goes to bat for them. Jay knows what Jay is about. I respect that.

[@swinehorde9118]

@@wh1t3b4nd1t That title really does seem to kind of prepare for how ridiculous an experience the actual movies is, though.

[@swinehorde9118]

@@wh1t3b4nd1t Bruh, that Romero Elderly Abuse Nightmare-come-industrial movie thing? LOL! It's Pretentioulicious!

[@HoneyMike]

First Rich Evans is on Ellen, now Mike was on the Bozo show. The lore keeps getting deeper

[@SassyP17]

Don't forget they were both in never been kissed

[@Corbomite_Meatballs]

@@SassyP17 Oh, they've been kissed all right. Wait, you meant a movie. Gotcha. *wink wink*

[@trickster721]

At Christmas my father was just talking about how their childhood neighbor was on the Bozo the Clown, and now I'm scared.

[@JasonAllen]

@@SassyP17 They were absolutely kissed, and that's how they made their break in Hollywood in the hit movie, Never Been Kissed.

[@scrat9870]

Next you're gonna tell me Jay is legally related to Chucky Cheese through marriage

[@fulldisclosureiamamonster2786]

The Gone Girl soundtrack over the Woodstock 99 documentary was such a bizarre editing choice but whoever it was (probably Jay) is a genius.

[@JohnBelley86]

I love how Jay snuck in one of the Epstein snuff films he found on the dark web.

[@pemulis_dmz6796]

Mike has really let fame and fortune go to his head since his cartoon show premiered. You can tell by his fancy new haircut

[@jaketheberge1970]

Cartoon show? I'm guessing this is a joke from another video?

[@misbehaven1237]

@@jaketheberge1970 Smiling friends

[@codycurry52]

I heard rumors that Jay and Mike aren't even friends anymore and Mike wants out of his contract to hangout with his Hollywood friends Finn Wolfhard and PsychicPebbles.

[@massgrave8x]

@@jaketheberge1970 He voiced a one-off character in the first episode of Smiling Friends by Michael Cusack and Zach Hadel.

[@unlimited-edge]

@@massgrave8x He also cameoed as a screaming face for 1 second in the last episode

[@jakek1735]

Mike: "How many of your movies are cult indie horror pervert movies Jay?" Also Mike: "So the first movie on my list is St. Maud"

[@mangaas]

I'm surprised Jay didn't include Titane, that laughably bad, french schlock, is right up his alley.

[@theevokeruser2356]

I saw it at London Film Festival in 2019. I was surprised that it took so long to get to cinemas. But then i remembered that the world ended and that it was delayed so many times. Good movie and the director and the main actresses showed up for a surprise Q/A after the screening.

[@gs19022]

@@mangaas laughably bad? what movie did you watch?

[@mangaas]

@@gs19022 Titane, the laughably bad, try-hard, edge-lord french-shlock. Did it "move" you? 🤣 I bet Jay covers it in part 2, and makes it sound more interesting than it is.

[@kostajovanovic3711]

@@mangaas you got it now

[@matthewbickerton5276]

Half In The Bag is the only show where two guys can get on a tangent about Bozo the Clown when initially talking about an A24 horror movie.

[@CluckN]

My only exposure to Bozo is Bozo dubbed over.

[@bigbobpataki5659]

@@CluckN Mike did the dub

[@debayeuxchats5607]

I am very envious of Mike for his Packers zipup, it looks incredibly warm. To survive the frigid Wisconsin winter I have to assume Jay's installed a small fireplace into his shirt.

[@ryanrotolo1102]

He stores lit embers in his beard to preserve heat and frighten away predators

[@vreilous]

I can confirm we usually install small fireplaces into our clothes to survive the hellscape winters. Then next week it's like 40°F out.

[@Eisenwulf666]

Jay had a small hot water bottle installed into his body at age 12. It's standard procedure there

[@jolynn9764]

Thanks for the Spacey commentary. Scary, informative, and hilarious. Brave 🙌🏼

[@Soyanide]

I didn't even know about Spacey's dead accusers. Shit is fucked up

[@Targisvear]

Historical too.

[@lookoutforchris]

@@Soyanide wait until he's named in the Virginia Giuffre trial next week.

[@OwlHour]

Love the staging of the frame here guys. The half in the bag set bathed in dim warm light looks really cool

[@alexsilva28]

Glad to see someone pickup on that

[@AmazingThor]

Mike’s growing horror as Jay gleefully describes The Scary at 61st is priceless

[@tehbeernerd]

Wait until he sees a picture of the main actress’s ex fiancée!

[@TheRaviotar]

@@tehbeernerd E Y D I M !

[@movimentodoscacos]

It’s so weird to see these guys talking about Dasha Nekrasova lmao

[@RakastanPorkkanakakkua]

We even got the Mike version of the "Jay camera stare" 20:18

[@pashwayar]

@@tehbeernerd 🐜

[@derekstier6625]

I attended the Bozo show twice as a kid in the 90's. Some takeaways: - Tickets were in fact really hard to get. My mom had to dial in on the phone over and over for two hours during some parade giveaway. - The studio is remarkably small, even as a kid. - Everyone wears a ton of makeup. - We met the WGN weatherman, Tom Skilling, and he's really short. - One of my brothers was one number away from the Bozo Buckets, and he's still bitter about it to this day. Good times.

[@symbiote1982pk]

The studio was small as a kid? That doesn't parse like you think it does pal.

[@obscure.reference]

@@symbiote1982pk if something seems small to a child, how would it seem to a grown adult?

[@WonderLure42]

@@obscure.reference very small

[@alisterfolson]

Disneyworld as a kid: huge Disneyworld now: that's it?

[@dr.strangelove4450]

...can't believe that Bozo wore a ton of make-up.

[@Mercymorn99]

Jay watching the sick sex pervert dasha movie without knowing any of the context is so intensely strange

[@davidbradshaw699]

I watched this video last night, not really sure what a Gyro was. Today, walking past a sandwich shop near me there is a huge sign saying 'Gyro Cafe!' Out of nowhere! The power of Half in the Bag to shape our environment!

[@lookoutforchris]

You are an NPC in RLM's world.

[@theocan]

"You can't just make a film about a whole person's life".. That's what you think, I know of a little film that took 12 years to make, and that TOTALLY nailed the premise.

[@swinehorde9118]

You say that so casually. How could you pass up the oportunity to mention that it toOK 12 YEARS TO MAKE!!!

[@gagne6928]

Forrest Gump.

[@enntower421]

Greatest Story Never Told

[@HAL5990]

citizen kane

[@lookoutforchris]

The never ending story?

[@seanfager8063]

"This is not a real Half in the Bag because we're not following the storyline." 4/5ths of HitB confirmed as non-canon.

[@Viceroy_Sundercles_III]

“It smells, it’s never been washed, but it’s warm” describes Mike’s Packers jacket AND Rich Evans.

[@makani9004]

And Mike also bought him for 50 cents in a thrift store.

[@lokidokey7586]

Rich Evans is just the Packers jacket turned inside out.

[@bradclimenhaga1026]

Or a tauntaun corpse!!

[@parrishtraianou2682]

An Aussie/Greek here, So happy to hear Mike pronounce correctly the lamb “Yiro” and not Gyro, You guys are great, love your work 👍👍👍

[@rockeyepunkcovers4921]

The big take-away for me is seeing the layout of their studio. Mr Plinkett's house and the video store are right next to each other.

[@viddork]

Oh. There was me thinking the video repair shop was actually _in_ Mr. Plinkett's house.

[@nickmattio3397]

Mike Stoklasa, the kind of kid that talked shit at the Bozo Show during the bucket challenge yet misses the first first bucket, badly

[@trtx84]

That first bucket feels like the kind of thing that seems really easy when you're watching it and then you get out on the stage and everyone's watching and you just totally shit the bed.

[@apparently2]

Is he the one who said "Cram it, clown"?

[@janeeyre1990]

I get that feeling watching any and all of our Midwestern movie bois make fun of exercise videos on WOTW.

[@kim-jong-poon]

How embarrassing.

[@nickmattio3397]

@@trtx84 thats a perfect analogy LOL

[@charlottecorday8494]

If a movie has a modern, slowed down cover of a classic song I refuse to watch it. So I've seen almost no movies in two years.

[@12ealDealOfficial]

This is a surprisingly good rule. I can't think of any films of the last ten years that did this and turned out worthy.

[@tadpolegaming4510]

Damn, that's a good rule

[@kostajovanovic3711]

Hmmmm

[@Commander_Shepard.]

BUT HOW DO YOU KNOW IF IT HAS A MODERN, SLOWED DOWN COVER OF A CLASSIC SONG WITHOUT ACTUALLY WATCHING THE MOVIE?!!? :O

[@charlottecorday8494]

@@Commander_Shepard. .... because it's in the trailer?

[@Tony6Shot]

This new revelation of Mike's backstory makes me wonder if they used clips of that specific Bozo the Clown episode in one of the Plinkett reviews forever ago, specifically when the video fuzzed out into Bozo footage.

[@anon-rf5sx]

Mike just went and added lore to the reviews. You got the origin story of the Bozo the clown footage you never knew you wanted to know. Next, they'll talk about the budgetary restraints. Adding deep, meaningful lore to the Plinkett universe

[@Thanatos2k]

Plinkett recorded over Mike's old Bozo tape. Of course!

[@Batmannerz]

First Mike gets on the Bozo Show, years later he almost pukes on Drew Barrymore on the set of Never Been Kissed. The damages of childhood fame have got to him.

[@chandler224]

It's at 9:56 on part 2 of Plinkett's Attack of the Clones review. Can't tell if it's the same episode, doesn't show an audience sadly.

[@drgetwrekt869]

Noomi Rapace: from squid alien baby to half lamb half human baby. what a career.

[@SnoopyReads]

The Girl with the Dragon in her Cooch

[@joshliam1967]

Last Night in Soho is amazing visually, and even though it's not close to perfect storyline-wise I loved it.

[@zenleeparadise]

“Little kid’s got a lamb head. 🤷‍♂️” my thoughts on the film exactly, Jay. So eloquent.

[@zpingusu]

Cant believe mike was on the bozo show. The RLM lore is stranger than fiction.

[@requiem4391]

Its random weird coincidences and we think its funny cuz we like them

[@zpingusu]

@@requiem4391 Yeah sure, i get that but now I half expect Jay saying he was classmate with the starwars kid or the chocolate rain guy in high school or something

[@icarus212001]

I love that the Saint Maud review is about Mike's trauma at the Bozo show. They should work for IGN!

[@DOAM1234]

so what i think mike is saying in the beginning is that "demolition man" was both an amazingly awesome movie AND an accurate depiction of the future.

[@falken111]

I actually was a little fuck-up who only got two buckets in the grand prize game. Went with my third grade class in 1988... exact same Bozo and set, and I'm pretty sure I'm close to Mike's age, so probably within a year or two of his visit. My life since then has in fact been an endless streak of failures and never-even-tries, so I've probably been underestimating how much of an impact that goddamn game had on my life. The little girl after me got four buckets. I assume I was relentlessly mocked the entire trip back to the burbs. I don't remember that part, but of course that part wasn't shown on WGN for my dad to tape so I could have the memory reinforced over and over for years. I won a skating rink birthday party (never used), a plastic toy tractor (not the farm kind, the tractor-pull race kind), a face painting kit (never used), and a frozen pizza and box of PB Max candy bars (definitely used those).

[@PsychicFrogBoi]

When are you having the skating rink party?

[@falken111]

@@PsychicFrogBoi I'm planning my Bozo- themed roller skating funeral. The urn for my ashes will be Grand Prize Game bucket 6.

[@PsychicFrogBoi]

@@falken111 I've never been so excited for a funeral. I bet you're dieing to host it

[@falken111]

@@PsychicFrogBoi Well yeah, I gu... waait a minute... is this you, Dad? So I'm really stoked you're not dead anymore but listen, I'ma need that Bozo Show tape we buried you with. I mean, buried with you.

[@Samwyze]

Really digging the thumbnail in the corner. My flighty brain can't keep a title in my head and hear a review at the same time. It's nice to be convinced to watch a movie and not have to find where in the review you said the title. Top notch QoL improvement. A+, 5 stars, give a raise to whoever thought of this.

[@dorians.9872]

If Mike really likes the Social Stuff with Borat, he should give "Nathan for you" a Chance.

[@CollinAB77]

Could also check out “How to with John Wilson” that has both that (and is produced by Nathan Fielder) and humor that moves into an underlying sadness like they mentioned while talking about “I Think You Should Leave.”

[@omarellsayyed]

pretty sure hes mentioned him a few times before

[@doudouard1132]

That last episode...

[@NothingIsKnown00]

Looking forward to part 4 of 2.

[@joshwhalen17]

There is a secret bonus episode of "I Think You should Leave" on Netflix, hidden in its precursor series "The Characters". Tim Robinson's episode earned him a whole series.

[@zyncra3965]

You two are the first people I've heard talk good about "I care a lot". My girlfriend had it on and I was walking by the TV and sat down to watch a little of it and I was enthralled by it completely. Everyone that saw this movie hated it but me

[@jmlr12]

Jay’s inserted reaction to the Dexter ending got me good. While I can only agree so much with an emoji, I’m glad it could provide me with so much laughter (insert fart noise).

[@Monkeyman3000]

i loved the ending, im only sad if they decide to bring it back. stories need to end

[@angelsofblood9879]

​@@Monkeyman3000, was it better than dexter driving a hurricane?

[@Monkeyman3000]

much better than that yes@@angelsofblood9879

[@en6853]

Man I’m so happy you guys mentioned “I think you should leave” I love this show. Was so happy they added a season 2

[@Captroop]

Couple funny sketches, but I just can't get into it. Every sketch finds the point of absurdity where it's still realistic but a funny premise, then goes so far past that point where it's too divorced from reality to be anything other than just silly, screaming, nonsense. The Fred Willard church organist bit is perfect, however.

[@en6853]

@@Captroop I disagree

[@jordanpresley5336]

There's something about seeing part 1 of 2 that just warms the heart

[@He11Jumper]

I was hoping for "part 6 of 2" or whatever, but that's just me.

[@Kidd724]

I for one am glad that Mike has finally acknowledged the "man date" aspect of Half in the Bag

[@JWizzle123]

They filmed Saint Maud in the town I live in! Scarborough in the UK. I saw them film one of the many scenes where she's walking past the foreshore as I was driving by. Was so pleased with the final result and glad to see Mike and Jay appreciated it too!

[@TheCatWatches]

I now know why Bozo the Clown randomly appears in Plinkett’s Attack of the Clones review where someone asks “How does it taste?” & Bozo answers “Salty!”

[@smaspa8627]

The Scary of Sixty-First is the most sex-pervert Jay movie that's ever sex-perverted.

[@TheDrLeviathan]

Even more than the Greasy Strangler?

[@thegreyinitiate3680]

“Taped before the last episode of New Dexter came out. Doesn’t know if it’s going to shit the bed and ruin it” 😂 Jay can see the future guys haha

[@Yonasu]

Yes, its almost amazing how they could fuck it up that bad. I strongly suspect they didnt know what to do and just ad-libbed the ending in an afternoon because of covid lockdowns or one of the actors raped someone. As per usual

[@danisalusha5739]

@@Yonasu WTF that might actually explain that explain that ending 😭😂

[@justinhebert2390]

Eh...yeah. There were issues. It was still better that the original series ending, though.

[@robinmaibals1193]

Dexter (Mike): Let's get away. Harrison (Jay): No, Dad. I wanna stay even though I have no problems moving town to town meeting new people just so I can be with you, Dad. And apparently I must have had one hell of a session with our psychologist that I only went to once with you which left me with more questions. Somehow I figured out all by myself that my problems were because of you, and I am nothing like you. Dexter (Mike): ...Ok, son. I guess I'll be on my way now. I will respect your choice and leave. Harrison (Jay): I can't let you leave, Dad. Because you killed a good man despite the fact that my moral compass is just as terrible. You killed a man because he was about to shoot you, and I ruined a bullied kid's life by framing him for attempted murder. Dexter (Mike): That explanation is sound. I guess you gotta kill me now. *Removes his ceramic plate beneath his kevlar plot armor vest* Harrison (Jay): Hmm...This seems a lot like when you sailed into a storm for some reason instead of sticking around to be my dad in Buenos Aires. Bang! Angela (Rich): Well, you better run off now. *Extreme cackling* Harrison (Jay): I guess I'll leave you to tamper with the evidence, and take no responsibility for my actions in this town. This is certainly not something my dad would ever do. *Drives off while "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" plays in the background*

[@adhirg]

they are 0 for 2 on finishing Dexter properly. I would have loved seeing Dex go into full on psychopath mode and forgoing the code in favor of escaping, there’s a lot of story there that hasn’t been explored and now we’ll never get those stories since the producers ended it for good.

[@DoctorDex]

I love how the Saint Maud poster stayed in the corner during the Bozo the Clown tangent. It's the little things that make me smile

[@eatbolt42]

The title card for "year in review" is the funniest joke I've seen in a while. I don't know why, but I laughed really hard at that.

[@MarkGrouch]

I cannot believe Bad Trip came out this year. That feels like it was two years ago.

[@ARMADILLOARMADILLO]

I think it did get leaked in early to mid 2020 and there was a lot of online chatter about it at that time

[@radimirAU]

Would you say that the experience of the last year has been like a bad trip?

[@LFshlevin]

weird pearl clutching from mike about it "what if someone had a gun?" pussy shit

[@luiginastro8831]

@@LFshlevin Considering this is the US we're talking about, someone having a gun and using it without hesitation is not so out of the realm of possibility.

[@zyncra3965]

What? No. That's impossible. I've seen it and I haven't had a TV in the past 6 months

[@Meretneith]

After hearing a lot of reviews of "Lamb" I think that the movie suffers from false marketing. It's not really an A24 horror movie, it's primarily an Icelandic movie. Its atmosphere and pace matches a lot of other Icelandic productions. The folklore element is also more or less appropriate. So if someone likes the slow, dark and depressing tales of Iceland like me, that's your movie.

[@orrefis]

I didn't quite understand why Jay completely missed or skipped over the fact that there is a daddy goat/sheep in play too. He says there is no explanation of the child-lamb but the daddy goat man is more or less shown being in the barn some time before the appearance of it. Kind of makes me wonder if he watched a cut version of it or if that wasn't enough of an "explanation" to him.

[@OneHandDan]

I remember reading Independent People a long time ago. Icelandic art certainly takes its time

[@Arbiter099]

How does timetravel fit into it? Jay didn't touch on that at all

[@stevesmith9447]

"Everything exploding in pointless, stupid anger" is a miserably spot-on description of the nineties.

[@quintessenceSL]

Given current circumstances, I'd take the 90s exploding in pointless, stupid anger over the current flavor.

[@AWSVids]

That's so weird to me, because I look back the 90s as one of the most peaceful and kinda boringly non-volatile decades. I tend to rationalize that perception by considering that it existed in that grace period between the end of the Cold War and 9/11, the economy was relatively good, comedy like Seinfeld, Friends and the Simpsons ruled pop culture, people got lost in a movie about the Titanic for a whole year because there wasn't anything else to worry about. But in the end, I guess it could just be because I was a kid at the time and everything seems great when you're 10. 🤔

[@MollyGermek]

You were bombing Yugoslavia, committing massacres of civilians on the Highway to Hell in Iraq and bombing vital pharmaceutical factories in Somalia. Peaceful decade my ass.

[@IntrusiveThot420]

@@AWSVids funny that rising populism fucked everything up, after boring technocratic liberalism won ww1, ww2, and the cold war back to back to back, then delivered massive economic growth and human rights growth, alongside the reduction of global poverty.

[@IntrusiveThot420]

@@MollyGermek highway 80 in iraq didn't have any civilians that got bombed, the fuck are you smoking? And stopping multiple genocides in whatever the fuck happened after the breakup of yugoslavia was good and ALSO didn't really result in civilian casualites. And as far as hitting the pharmaceutical plant, Clinton was told it was manufacturing nerve gas when he ordered the missile strike. Try again, lol. Why not pick the *actual* terrible shit like essentially letting thugs run Afghanistan because the CIA knew them from the failed Soviet invasion? Or the post-9/11 torture sites? See, the thing is, even with *all of that* bad stuff, the US still consistently gained human rights guarantees and opened trade deals around the world that lifted millions out of poverty. Idk, I doubt you're open to having your mind changed.

[@cloudnine6852]

Hearing the old computer sound effects on Jay’s phone was unexpectedly delightful

[@Forkez]

The reference to the Rich Evans boobery in The Cleaning Lady has ended my long, long search for the movie that held the funniest piece of destructive slapstick I have ever had the privilege of witnessing. I remember watching that movie during an RLM christmas livestream, years ago, and laughing to tears. I've always wanted to see it again but I couldn't for the life of me remember what movie it was from. Now I know. If you need me, I'll be laughing so hard I will die of dehydration.

[@otterlyfresh2886]

2022 will be the year Shatner finally comes on your podcast.

[@mangaas]

That little girls face, after missing the shot on the Bozo show, is genuinely heartbreaking.... Anyways -

[@Justin9700]

Lol, I thought the same thing. She looked so sad and confused.

[@hannibalburgers477]

Nightmare

[@theunderfold]

Jay: I watched the most horrifying movie. It was disgusting. Mike: I watched I Love Lucy.

[@myspace2001]

The thing I love about I Think You Should Leave with Tim is that it turns the social humour on its head in some sketches - where the rest of the group takes the side of the funnyman and starts turning on the straight man

[@nonchalantgravy]

Mike may only have paid fifty cents for that coat but it’s now heavily screen-used wardrobe from the fairly popular web series Half in the Bag. So it’s now completely worthless

[@fungusbrain1martin]

I was absolutely not expecting Jay to talk about a movie by Dasha Nekrasova about Ghislane Maxwell but in hindsight I really should have.

[@kage6613]

Lmao right???

[@fungusbrain1martin]

@@kage6613 He's also basically the only person I can think of who I would recommend the movie to. I liked it but its definitely a film made for a tiny sliver of the population (maybe several True Anon listeners and weirdos like Jay).

[@kage6613]

@@fungusbrain1martin yeah it was definitely jarring seeing someone from outside that little political podcast twitter sphere bring it up, that's for sure, but it totally figures that Jay would appreciate it.

[@hideshiseyes2804]

@@fungusbrain1martin Presumably it’s intended for Red Scare listeners. Ie greasy communists in New York.

[@fungusbrain1martin]

@@hideshiseyes2804 It's for Red Scare and Trueanon socialists but probably not Chapo or Trashfuture socialists. Cumtown listeners cannot watch the film at all.

[@leediamond2315]

Love and Mercy is another good example of a biography movie that only examines a sliver of someones life. Love and Mercy examines Brian Wilson during his creative peak, 1966-1967, then also covers his late period "treatment" with Eugene Landy.

[@joshuamullins5278]

RedLetter Media talking about I Think You Should Leave has made my entire week.

[@auraEve.]

The segue between The Scary of Sixty First and Being The Ricardos is legitimately hilarious. "A breath of fresh air."

[@jakeryanbaker]

I'm so happy I Think You Should Leave got mentioned. It's so freaking funny, everyone needs to check it out.

[@RichGilly]

God I love these catch ups. They lead me to watch many films I would never, ever find on my own.

[@janeeyre1990]

Re:View led me to Tremors and I am forever grateful

[@casualromp]

It's thanks to these movie catch ups that I now have The Greasy Strangler in my movie collection.

[@waspswarm870]

can't wait for the 4 hour half in the bag review of The Bozo Show

[@paperface6449]

RLM mentioning the scary of sixty-first feels surreal like the crossing of paths that should never cross

[@corvegasally]

Would love to see Jay do a video on his favorite “Weird indie cult horror pervert movies.”

[@hopelessedgelord]

But watching Mikes home videos is to hard

[@tomevans3246]

He posts a themed list of horror on twitter around Halloween every year. They're not all indie cult pervert types, but it's a decent chunk.

[@WhiteChocolate74]

OP your name 🤮

[@thebigenchilada678]

@@WhiteChocolate74 OP may have a terrible relationship with her father but you have an atrocious taste in women, Jen Psaki? I’d rather shit nails.

[@WhiteChocolate74]

@@thebigenchilada678 she's hot and wants my big enchilada. But I can tell your more of an AOC man

[@alecwhitmore3722]

Letting Mike know that his "embarrassing bathmat" Packers coat is actually extremely in style right now. It also looks super cozy, would love to crawl into it.

[@ninjaturkey100]

i want to crawl into mike

[@greenoftreeblackofblue6625]

My favorite part of the year forgetting the memorial movies and remembering the forgettable movies and watching them.

[@sharpsonmusic]

20:19 Mike perfectly sums up 2021 with a simple look.

[@xp8969]

I mean, 2021 kinda sucked but after all the suffering we went thru from 2016-2020 this year felt great 💯

[@arsenaali]

I need a gif of that

[@weizhihui]

Jay needs to re-edit with a 2 second delay.

[@alexp.7135]

2 movies in and mike is off- topic talking about Bozo the Clown. This is gonna be a good episode

[@zachariahphillips]

‘Lamb’ was my favourite movie of the year, and I don’t typically like slow burns. It’s so interesting to hear someone have the exact opposite problem with the film.

[@ravenlord4]

The opening reminds me of Rich and Jack 's re:view of "Demolition Man". Their biggest complaint of the movie was that it was set too near in the future. They kept saying that a world with no-contact social interaction would take far, far longer than then 30 years given to develop. Well guess what boys -- we did it in just over 25 -- so the joke is on them :D

[@Davidsworldtravels]

I’m in southern Cali and I honestly would not be surprised to get a ‘verbal morality code’ notification and fine.

[@SonicHaXD]

36:37 I love how Jay just couldn't hold it in for Mike's improv humor XD

[@FootyCrazyM8]

Mike's humour is improving

[@jbo4547]

Im surpised he didn't hurt his back with such jerky movements without any stretching.

[@LANBobYonson]

I dont think Mike's humour has improved in years but its good enough for me?

[@mr.guydude]

@@LANBobYonson Why is that a question? 🤔

[@danielt1337]

Mike is the funniest man on this channel. Imo

[@TheAtoll]

I'v been here watching this channel for like 10 years. So inspired by what these guys do that I created my own channel all about my favorite film franchise: Waterworld (1995)

[@lajensi4998]

That was so underplayed it made me laugh like teenager. Well done sir, you made my day

[@oldgreybeard5301]

Your name and avatar will serve you well. Swim on!

[@bitter_one1336]

Fuck me, you actually have and have been doing it for years.

[@williamshears9953]

@@lajensi4998 check their profile

[@xp8969]

Isn't that the movie Trump made in Russia? 🤔😂🤔

[@johndouglas3407]

"I think you should leave" is perfect. Driving school with folding tables sketch.

[@kerouac50]

When Mike said Red Scare in the segment after talking about Dasha’s movie I clapped!

[@jpn8959]

I love how the OG half in the Bag set is in the background with the camera stands and the ambient red lighting, it's perfect for a movie catch-up setting. Fuckin Brillant mate.

[@RYNO2511]

You mean background?

[@jpn8959]

yup

[@philliptivis3082]

I'm not even 10 minutes in and I had to pause the video and just have a laughter breakdown. That poor little girl missing bucket 3 and Mike's response...I think I've watched it 7 or 8 times and it still has me coughing and crying from laughing so hard.

[@jorgamund07]

This has become one of my favorite formats on the channel.

[@Fishdogpigsquirrel]

I love how they talked about the movie with my two favorite podcast ladies.

[@boredXsomethingXIDK]

Yeah, I'm gonna need to hear what Jay thought of Dexter's finale in part 2.

[@Edeinawc]

They probably taped both parts at the same time, so sadly nope. Maybe a remark in the future.

[@Trundle_TheGreat]

I think the thumbs down emoji kinda sums it up

[@Informatic1]

I hope Jay finishes his thoughts on Dexter on the next part after that finale. The emoji is not enough for me

[@Michael_ORourke]

I looked up what people thought of the last episode (I haven't seen the new series) and it's the lowest-rated Dexter episode on IMDB ever. Guess I'm skipping the new series!

[@ELEKTROSKANSEN]

@@Michael_ORourke tbh that makes me kinda want to watch it and see what did upset people so much...

[@DanArnets1492]

@@ELEKTROSKANSEN - Probably some "will they/won't they" thingy to make another season right away

[@LokiTricksterG]

@@Michael_ORourke I enjoyed the ending (and this is coming from someone who thought the original Season 8 ending was the dumbest thing imaginable.) I read some reviews to try to understand why people didn't like it and was honestly confused. I won't spoil anything, but a lot of people seem upset by the fact that Dexter did something shady at the end. People seem to misremember the character as some heroic Batman-like figure, but he always did shady stuff and was really more of a Vic Mackey (of The Shield) type anti-hero who was only the hero because the people he went after were worse than him. I'm re-watching the entire series now and I honestly don't think the ending was out-of-character at all.

[@Informatic1]

@@Michael_ORourke objectively, it's not worse than season 8 in my opinion. But with all the build up and hype and with a fairly decent season leading up to it, the ending felt really forced and rushed when a good 3-4 episode arc utilizing all the characters involved and much more fleshed out looks like such a big missed opportunity. I think that's why people hate it so much

[@kerrinoir]

i am LOVING Mike's energy in this episode

[@mroctober3657]

His energy is very pseudo retro tech noir with a hint of the Avant Garde.

[@kerrinoir]

@@spencerm5612 big Drunk Uncle energy

[@PatFlanigan]

This is so weird: over the last few days I’ve been learning these random facts about David Arquette. Yesterday I found out that he certified Bob Ross instructor and now I find out he owns the rights to bozo the clown?! 🤷‍♂️

[@balladofthebroken7569]

I wanna do drugs with him so bad. Also, I hear Scream 5 is great

[@311-o3s]

Finally the RLM/Red Scare crossover we’ve all been waiting for

[@SnackboxOToole]

Mike looking at the camera like the monster from Young Frankenstein while Jay talks about the Epstein movie just brought untold joy to my heart.