Hardware Store CEO: We're Rebranding (For Some Reason)

The owner - I mean, CEO - of Midland Park Hardware is here to disrupt...the nail industry?
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[@nipixel]

ok

[@jayl9110]

That make-up is incredible. Props to your make-up department!

[@cliffordswift3168]

Hi merica

[@josieb3895]

let comrade grandpa know he is always welcome

[@christianschoff2490]

I'll be there!

[@NotHPotter]

Someone save that nice old man from his vampiric grandson.

[@ALUCARDTWILLIGHT]

Right I was laughing but at the same time I'm wondering if there's elder abuse going on here

[@gozzilla177]

He just made 2 billion! We set for life boys!!!

[@weezact7]

Honestly, I think the grandson is genuinely trying to help, he's just not NEARLY as clever at business as he thinks he is. He's convinced this is what's best for the store and his family.

[@Tomy574]

I wanna give this a like but it has 666 and i don't wanna ruin it

[@gozzilla177]

@@Tomy574 to late! Now you can like it lol

[@GdoubleWB]

"Stop tricking me into inventing stuff that already exists!" -The informal motto of Silicon Valley

[@RedTouch8]

I love the way this implies it is not the first time for young Lukas.

[@deliriousmusicality8840]

@@RedTouch8 definitely not lol

[@GallopingWalrus]

Like Elon Musk inventing shittier, brand-exclusive trains.

[@rockingbeat]

The city bus gets invented weekly.

[@GallopingWalrus]

@@rockingbeat "Imagine a cross between a city bus, a subway and a taxi, but it's way more expensive, less practical, has a lower occupancy and is somehow slower. Alright, now imagine it has RGB lighting."

[@SeekerPsycho1]

I kind of love how... gramps clearly isn't an idiot. He's out of touch with new tech, but it takes him all of one second to figure out how to swing "pop-up" into getting the store back.

[@Vednier]

That i dont understand is why Grandpa have to close his store in first place. He is owner, right? He can just say "F*ck no".

[@kierangorman3052]

@@Vednier Because clearly its the most profitable thing to do but is also contributing nothing to society. The joke is that capitalism has manifested in a way that is so vapid and apart from the traditional community-based, mom and pop store type of free market he grew up with, and he hates the fact that this is what being a good businessman has come to mean in the modern day of advanced technology, but also cannot deny that it would make the most money.

[@Treviisolion]

@@Vednier Yes, but he’s also clearly trying to not fall behind the times knowing that things have changed and wants someone to take over for the family business and hopes his grandson who is likely the only one to take an interest, can be that person. He knows that if his grandson takes over, he will inevitably have to run the business differently than how he does, so he’s trying to be open, and it’s only when things start getting crazy that he ends up putting his foot down.

[@FIRING_BLIND]

@@kierangorman3052 that's the thing tho..... This probably wouldn't make money. It's such a small brand-its literally one store. And it sounds like that store is doing fine. It's not like they NEED to rebrand.

[@spleefgreif]

@@FIRING_BLIND for real. I don't know how Lucas thinks renting nails will work out. Everyone else sells nails outright so why would any one go to an outlet where one can't only rent nails.

[@ob2kenobi388]

I kind of love how the grandson is so bad at ideas that he accidentally ruined two honestly good ones. A new box of nails every month and a ladder rental service sound like great ideas, but he swapped them around into uselessness.

[@squazyleader8934]

Yo! I never picked that up

[@fionnbarrcasey5247]

Lol idk why it took me till now to realize the swapped mistake there haha

[@Carma1023]

He likely passed business school with a C, C-, or D I bet

[@tmuney8870]

@@Carma1023 “with really good grades”

[@Hifuutorian]

@@Carma1023 Nah. This is definitely A+ work from a business grad. They teach you the stupidest shit in business schools.

[@lazyDudesGaming]

“They’re gonna have 12 ladders at the end of the year, Lucas.” It’s something blatantly obvious and yet it’s so funny when it’s said out loud.

[@manictiger]

At least they allow us to rent nails. What a privilege!

[@thiagodeandrade7081]

I never knew what to do with may nails after using them. I used to end up with a bunch of nails I did nit need anymore.

[@Jebu911]

I dont think my construction company even has 12 ladders in it

[@h2ojr1]

"They're gonna have 12 boxfulls of needless junk at the end of the year" -Loot Crate CEO

[@smirage22]

@@h2ojr1 man I regret not investing in it and cashing out before they went bust

[@clairethebreadfascist5753]

“I hereby denounce capitalism in all its forms and seek membership to the communist party” 😂😂😂

[@funveeable]

Yeah that's how some businesses dissolve. Straight to the communist party.

[@occamslaser5453]

We laugh, but that is just about the saddest thing you could ever hear a business owner say.

[@Demmrir]

@@occamslaser5453 Well, he's not a business owner when he said that. He's a billionaire board member. Are you going to argue with the opinions on capitalism of a self-made billionaire?

[@RasmusVJS]

@@occamslaser5453 Nice name. :D

[@arvid1190]

Based.

[@vladtheimpaler9577]

"I'm not some comi socialist" 30 seconds later "I herby renounce capitalism in all its forms and would like to request membership in the communist party"

[@chrisnagy377]

that's how it happens

[@sp4c1ng_0ut8]

WOO!

[@Kaweebo]

Yeah that was pretty dumb

[@Irreverent_Radiation]

​@@Kaweebo 👆 This MF doesn't get jokes

[@gonzoengineering4894]

​@@Kaweeboyou see, in comedy, there's this thing called punchlines. These typically follow something called a setup. The setup establishes an expectation for what will follow, while the punchline will subvert these expectations to comedic effect. Hope this helps

[@scottnunnemaker5209]

When they say “it’s not about the ladders it’s about selling the quiz data” and Brennan’s character just goes “I’m so sad”, I felt that… the world today makes me sad too.

[@thelightningcheese]

Like 1000

[@jonathanbauman2236]

Capitalism: "iT's tHe BeSt SysTeM!"

[@poodypooroo]

On the other hand google selling your data is why youtube is a free service

[@tor4472]

@@jonathanbauman2236 He still ran a capitalistic store, it's just completely different from the massive corporations that dominate our markets nowadays and the way smaller businesses and brands have to pivot to compete

[@sentientmustache8360]

Brennan plays so many stressed CEO’s that he aged 70 years

[@scottvelez3154]

I thought he was just the busiest CEO in the world.

[@hunneylipps]

Lol 😂😁

[@firstnamelastname4224]

I would too

[@sentientmustache8360]

@@AxxLAfriku Get out of my section

[@teridactyl1250]

@@AxxLAfriku Nobody cares. Leave.

[@murphyvuyk9533]

“I feel like the world kinda left me behind a little bit.” Is such a *deeply* sad statement and I want to help this man... Edit: Oh god... it only got sadder...

[@NoizZy_]

just shows how good brennan is at acting

[@trinwheeler4639]

Why, he is comrade of Soviet America?

[@MorganEdgy]

My God, who comments without having watched the full video?

[@trinwheeler4639]

@@MorganEdgy most people

[@mattieboombatti]

@@MorganEdgy I'm halfway an I feel the need to comment on the intensity of the sadness, as well.

[@fionnbarrcasey5247]

The whole “Ted? No I love Ted. He runs a great hardware store” is so hilarious and such a heartwarming mindset

[@KoeSeer]

locally owned store always do that. the owners know each others and often when one store doesn't have the specific item a costumer need, they will refer to the others that they know have it. it's like they don't controlled by greed. they just want to make a sufficient living.

[@Thrarm]

@@KoeSeer sounds like the life honestly

[@KoeSeer]

@@Thrarm big corpos don't. They want as much profit as they could gather. Look at Samsung vs Apple. Whatever samsung has, apple must one up them and vice versa

[@sylvy16]

@@KoeSeerhonestly it’s funny you mention that cus samsung makes displays for apple and both companies rely on this partnership to survive basically.

[@lars7747]

​@@KoeSeerI remember doing that in a semi big chain of hardware stores I worked at in my country. "Ah no we don't have that specific part, what you do it from the parking lot take a left, then a right. Go to the desk of that store and they'll help you out" I got chewed out for that like you wouldn't believe. "YOURE SENDING THEM TO THE COMPETITION" we don't have that fucking part, we lost 0 money and that customer now knows they can come to us for accurate advice instead of a sales pitch, brand loyalty you know. But that form of capitalism is outdated appearantly

[@mr.k4918]

"I hereby reject capitalism in all its forms and would like to formally request membership in the communist party" had me laughing so hard.

[@Sonichero151]

All it took was his business poisoned grandson ruining his livelihood to the core for him to fully understand the problem and the solution

[@protosaber363]

"Do we have interns?" **The majority of our work force is now interns** "Oh no.."

[@TheGamingHive]

My thoughts exactly.

[@pcarebear1]

Umm...you forgot term contractors (with no benefits) ;)

[@Briskrainbow0]

That moment when even Grandpa knows it is just slave driving with extra steps.

[@premiumheadpats4150]

🤣🤣🤣

[@GreyAcumen]

@@Briskrainbow0 - not just that, but comparatively incompetent slave driving.

[@zoneri]

The best moment is the whole "who ted? No, I love ted" section cause it gives REAL BIG HIT of small business vs corporate vibes.

[@Siv_kishore]

He runs great hardware store

[@SomeYouTubeTraveler]

There's a sad irony in the cutthroat capitalist business noob grandson wanting gramps to steamroll his competitors... True conservative capitalism requires competition to thrive. Grandpa _loves_ his "competitor" Ted, he's a fellow member of the shared community, and I'm sure their coexistence has been a boon to the town. Friendship and mutual trust may not be so feasible in a big city, but in an American small town, it certainly is... such honor and integrity are "how your momma raised you", and the social contract demands you run your business with the health of the community in mind. Unfortunately, that's where irrational fear of "outsiders" sets in. These communities enjoy a utopian lifestyle and are desperately afraid of anything they don't understand coming in to disrupt it. That's why such communities are such prime real estate for racism and bigotry and fear of "Big Government" to fester -- I'm realizing this as I type it and I'm surprised I never realized it before...

[@MrMoorfrosch]

@@SomeKZbinTraveler So hurt and abused naivety is the reason for racism? Nice theory, you raise a fresh new perspective, but i think we have a multi-causal issue at hand.

[@SomeYouTubeTraveler]

@@MrMoorfrosch yeah, it's definitely way more complex than a single cause... this was just a musing and could be way off. Trying to put myself in another person's shoes and see what could influence someone being so genuine and caring towards one person/group, yet withhold that love from another.

[@Suzanne4415]

​@@SomeKZbinTraveler I love my comment typing epiphanies and feel affirmed that those happen to other people! I do think what you were saying is one part of it. Probably there are endless versions/permutations of the fear that basically, "they" won't have "our" best interests in minds. "They don't have the same prosocial impulses or values as we do. They'll have the the same self-serving ones we do, but nothing to keep them in check. And then we can't have nice things anymore."

[@BlindErephon]

"Grandpa, I'm not going to apologize for coming up with the Spotify of nails." is.......just the best business bro line.

[@wilfred_ho]

@@telleva7890 Underrated. Wish this was a standalone comment so that more people can read and enjoy it.

[@esobelisk3110]

@@wilfred_ho it’s gone now :(

[@TheAres1999]

3:00 I like how Mark Hardstart was more worried about people being inundated with ladders than he was about the cost of giving out so many ladders. He cares about his customers.

[@ElGreco15]

My first thought was "That's about $800/month/person. Before tax and inflation!"

[@tantalus_complex]

That immediately became my favorite quote from Brennan: "They're gonna have twelve ladders at the end of the year, Lucas." Just thinking through that breaks me.

[@OK-yy6qz]

​@@ElGreco15 800$? TF are ladders really that expensive

[@ElGreco15]

@@OK-yy6qz Extension ladders are very expensive. Wide A frames are as well. If you're just getting a 6ft tall A frame it's not that expensive, but I work on second and third story buildings.

[@irishcajun85]

I’ve lightly chuckled this whole video but that part made me belly laugh.

[@kurtcoibainjr]

"who? Ted? I love Ted." Might be the most adorable thing I've ever heard.

[@starminer7z746]

Gosh Danggit Grandpa!!!

[@kylewilliams8114]

He runs a great hardware store!

[@ethanpease5936]

@@starminer7z746 Actually, it's "God Damn it, Grandpa!"

[@starminer7z746]

@@ethanpease5936 “Language” - Captain America

[@ethanpease5936]

@@starminer7z746 he's dead.

[@ChanceTheBrony]

Grandpa: I’m not a communist CEO: *tries to make him destroy his own friends’ livelihoods* Grandpa: I might be a communist

[@Sablus]

Small business owner gets exposed to the evils of late stage capitalism... "ah shit it's all horrible..."

[@alexandercolefield9523]

"I love Ted, he has a great store."

[@andreimoga7813]

you GOTTA *CRUSH!*

[@gabehockett]

@@alexandercolefield9523 GOD DAMNIT GRANDPA

[@bigbrain4820]

yay now let’s do communism so no one can own a store!

[@gavinwalsh9860]

I genuinely really appreciate that the "confused old guy" character is being portrayed as the logical one here, I feel like that generation has taken a lot on the internet recently.

[@EAfirstlast]

well, cause they are still in control of all the important stuff and are running the world into the ground because they won't e alive to see the costs

[@OlOleander]

It's a brilliant turnaround for comedy.

[@dontmisunderstand6041]

Deservedly so, it's why it works so well as a joke here. It subverts expectations.

[@jsnrvst]

It also works in good part because the actors and writers themselves are young. Old people making fun of young people, or young people making fun of old people, doesn't always work so well. It feels too much like taking pot shots and settling scores with another generation, while here it's just 30-somethings making fun of current trends.

[@Zzyzzyzzs]

People often go on about "old people this or that" when it comes to technology and modern ideas. They forget that, for instance with gaming, the first commercially available arcade games like Pong and Computer Space came out in the early 1970s, and if we're talking home PCs, they exploded in the 80s but were around since the mid-70s, so if you were a teen who started gaming in the early 70s or an adult who first bought a PC in the late 70s, you'd be in your 60s or 70s now. Even if we're talking console games like Ataris, Segas and Nintendos, people who first got them were usually yuppies because they were still pretty expensive, so if you were a gamer in your 20s in 1983, that means gamers are in their 60s now. (Funny thing is I just had to make this point to some old people; turns out if you say the same thing enough times, everyone believes it). The problem is people don't make the difference between people expressing confusion with new ideas and frustration because they see new ideas as stupid and unnecessary. In that respect, old people and young people are actually not that different. A lot of people across all ages are cautious or resistant to new ideas, especially in the fast-moving tech world where many things are released untested and unprotected, with no thought given to their effects or even if they're necessary. They're just shoved on us by people desperate to convince us we need it so they can make money. No one likes that; it's not just old people.

[@ctran1955]

I know it’s a fake character but I was so sad when Lucas was yelling at his grandpa… his grandpa is so so sweet, he really tried to entertain his grandsons ideas, and even said he’s a good smart kid. And of course his friendship with Ted. I’d give anything to have this grandpa be proud of me

[@jaimecarter3988]

you can actually see the gears turning in his mind as he tricks lucas into inventing stores

[@sentientmustache8360]

He was playing 4D chess

[@1steelcobra]

Funny point: Amazon has essentially made "permanent popups" now with their "4-Star" stores.

[@pcarebear1]

@@1steelcobra There's a piece of me that's resentful. I was a Barista at Borders before the shutdown (worked 2 jobs during college). It was one of the BEST jobs I've had...not because of the $ but the people, books and smile everyone would give you after their order.

[@1steelcobra]

@@pcarebear1 I mean, Borders kind of deserved it. They made a deal with Amazon to be a pickup point for online orders, and never had a clear plan on how to adapt to the new ways. Barnes & Noble choose instead to compete hard with them, including making an excellent ebook service and device ecosystem. But that's the norm in the modern economy that should be broken, that "crush them all, be the monopoly" mindset.

[@taylor3950]

@@pcarebear1 I still really, really miss that store. I’m headed to the Georgetown Amazon location. There’s got to be some way to use it in a ritual to resurrect Borders.

[@ryandavis8000]

“I hereby renounce capitalism in all its forms and would like to request membership in the communist party” absolutely sent me

[@lizziestired]

yes revolution is nigh!!

[@JanKenk]

where did it send you?

[@thatguyoverthere1648]

@@JanKenk to the USSR 50 years back in time

[@graemestowe3004]

Good luck staying in business there as well!

[@ILikedGooglePlus]

mood

[@zerogoodcontent7293]

What I truly love is that the guy in the background said “grandpa for the last time, stop tricking me into inventing stuff that already exists!” Because this implies that this kind old man has been tricking his grandson into inventing stuff that already exist which is just hilarious when you think about it

[@GrndAdmiralThrawn]

I guarantee that if my grandpa had still been alive to see me and my cousins, he would have been doing the exact same thing to us.

[@makelgrax]

It's actually a smart way to teach why certain things are as is instead of some other way!

[@llIlIlllII]

This comment gave me cancer. "Someone said it was sunny today which implies that it's sunny today, which is awesome if you think about it!"

[@laylaruan]

Yeah you really need to let that one sit for a moment eh

[@glaciersilt316]

Love the fact that they got how locally owned businesses typically get along with each other

[@GrndAdmiralThrawn]

I’m from a small town and this was more or less the mechanics. They referred people to each other sometimes because they understood that there were things other shops did better or faster. They also all knew each other or went to church together, so word of mouth was important in ensuring quality.

[@raibyo]

Same thing here. My late grandfather used to run a fabric store. Whenever a customer come looking for a type of fabric his shop don't have or ran out of stock, he would always refer to other fabric stores in the district and other fabric stores also does the same.

[@Karl_der_Genosse]

Metastudies have actually found out that cooperation results in higher productivity, innovation and long-term stability than competition, so this is not only true, but how businesses should be run in general.

[@CrashB111]

@@Karl_der_Genosse Cause when you are cooperating with each other, your mind isn't overtaken by fear that you might lose your ass any minute. You can actually relax, and focus on whatever it is you are doing. Society itself, is built on humans cooperating with each other. Everyone fulfilling a role that together makes us greater than the sum of our parts.

[@Sonichero151]

​@CrashB111 and if a spciety decides to build itself on people competing with one another..... we just end up in the fucking hunger games............

[@aduckwithayoutubechannel]

“I, uh... I’m so sad.” “Grandpa, keep reading.” “Sorry.”

[@dezh6345]

):

[@SuperLadyDanger]

I felt that.

[@rebeccat7912]

I laughed so hard at that part; it was so genuine and disheartening, but I was cackling 😩

[@Uufda651]

Just wanted to give him a hug

[@BugBestieLily]

Makes me so sad,,

[@NG-fk6wc]

Grandpa. " I feel like the world left me behind " Me. " Same grandpa, same ......." Grandpa. " I'm so sad" Me. " Me too Grandpa "

[@TrickOrRetreat]

😋👍

[@sp-0606]

there's no tegridy animore...

[@kevinwillems8720]

Right at the end he snapped from out of touch to cutting edge.

[@freddierhodes8201]

I'm 17. I don't get it.

[@piedmontrailfan81]

@@freddierhodes8201 I’m legit 3 years younger than you and get it

[@cyborgbob1017]

I love how this perfectly encompasses the simple “grandpa/hardware store owner” stereotype as well as the “spoiled grandson” one

[@ryospeedwagon1456]

He's not spoiled, he's a product of society influenced by economics. He's adopted the sigma grind hustle mindset as his lifestyle because the economy is fucked and people can't afford anything, let alone retire. He's trying to help his grandfather use the business to wring every last red cent out of people because that's the world we live in currently and that's how many people have adapted their beliefs to survive in it. The grandpa doesn't really connect with that because the time he grew up in saw unprecedented economic gains and the growth of the middle class. Case in point he has owned his own hardware store for probably a few decades at this point and in all likelihood has money for retirement, owns and paid off a house, etc. Meanwhile Lucas might not really have much of anything to his name other than the lease for an efficiency apartment that costs more to rent than a mortgage and potentially a sizable student loan debt. This realistically, yet hyperbolically shows the comparison of the two generations and their unique experiences with how the economy of their time shaped their world view and livelihood. This is equally as funny as it is fucking sad - because its kind of true.

[@fionnbarrcasey5247]

@@ryospeedwagon1456 nah he is spoiled… but everything else you said is still correct😂

[@cycy8699]

@@ryospeedwagon1456 if this wasn’t a reply it’d be top comment

[@aguywithalotofopinions412]

@@ryospeedwagon1456 And he's spoiled. But also, all that corporate bs is exactly the reason why local ''family-like'' businesses can thrive, because there's a demand for them in this increasingly fast-paced system.

[@bdaarmy9736]

​@@ryospeedwagon1456 Everyone suffers from the things you said. And your response is to.... become the bad thing and increase the suffering? Interesting.

[@helmuthelmlos5067]

this "oh no" about the interns, half concerned about the good wood, half concerned about the ppor souls getting exploited, best second in the whole very good video

[@rorygiambalvo2955]

"Nope, I'll just keep reading your copy, you're such a smart good boy" is such a grandparent thing to say, it's so sweet

[@PhantomJavelin]

It's also such a hysterical "You're a total moron, grandson, but I'll humor you for a few minutes" thing to say

[@yesterdayitrained]

@@PhantomJavelin 🤣🤣🤣

[@hayuseen6683]

Bless your sweet kind heart you poor thing

[@KingDuckGuy]

"We have interns?" "We have a bunch of interns now. The majority of our work force will now be interns." "Oohh noo" Just the way he says "oh no" is just perfect.

[@allocater2]

I believe that was the Minnesotan "Oohh noo".

[@ManiacX1999]

What is that a reference to?

[@TheDunnDusted]

@@ManiacX1999 Interns as a workforce is essentially slave labour. You don't pay them with wages, you pay them with "experience", and then don't hire them despite working with the company for six months and instead hire Debbie and Mark who is your employee's niece and nephew, whom you pay minimum wage.

[@45potato95]

Good thing he realizes how immoral internships are. Must’ve watched Adam.

[@kalebjacobsen9411]

Are unpaid internships more common in different fields? Most of my friends in engineering disciplines all did paid internships. I managed to find a CS internship at basically minimum wage, but it was something.

[@jb7363]

Just rent the ladders and send nails monthly! Solves everything!

[@EvelynFTTE]

Honestly yes.

[@GrndAdmiralThrawn]

That is unironically a good business deal. I think part of the humor is that the grandson misses the irony of giving away ladders but renting nails

[@romxxii]

@@GrndAdmiralThrawn you hit the nail on the head.

[@toxicdemon1315]

@@romxxii Too bad you'll have to return it afterwards

[@abiqhurairah8121]

Actually, I'd love to be a member of an online rent shop for good quality tools. Decent power tool is quite pricey. On average, I only need it for like 8 hours per year. It'd be more efficient if I can just rent them. I even won't need to have permanent space in my small house to store these tool. Somebody, please start this business and give me a call later.

[@geoffreyforbes9568]

I love all of Brennan’s work. He is fantastic! But I wanna give special praise to “Lucas”. He NAILED the idealistic but irritating MBA spouting all kinds of buzzwords and nonsensical ideas. 4:47 “Location is DEAD, Grampa!” His cadence and tone was a perfect match to an annoyed Tom Haverford.

[@johnwalker1058]

The Lucas character was giving me Ryan Howard from The Office vibes for the MBA buzzword talk.

[@Double-R-Nothing]

MBA?

[@OJtheModerator]

@@Double-R-Nothing Master of Business Administration. It's a type of graduate degree.

[@justagrainofsalt]

AGREED. I was watching the dropout bloopers of this and the number of times Lucas’s character improv made me cackle and made Brennan break character is crazy XD I wanna know who voiced him now😭

[@justagrainofsalt]

O H also I found out who Lucas is. He's David Kerns

[@jbaby362]

I know it's just Brennan in makeup, but I immediately want to protect this Grandpa and his friend Ted, and I want to go to their hardware stores they seem nice

[@adaritter9597]

Right?

[@appa609]

Lee Valley Tools just closed down last week :(

[@mrcheese8597]

@@appa609 my disappointment is immeasurable, and my day is ruined

[@NWednesdayQuansah]

I had the same exact emotional reaction, lol.

[@vorkvoyd]

I feel I could come into his store with a really stupid question and he would just gently put his hand on my shoulder and, with no judgment and a twinkle in his eye say. " Well, bud, that's a common problem and you came to the right place. Now, let's get you a pipe wrench and kit to fix your toilet."

[@jaredlucev2705]

"With my 40 years experience and his 4 hours of KZbin videos we make a good team" i love this because he's just reading from the teleprompter...meaning the kid wrote that line about himself.

[@JohnstasBACK]

Lmfaoo love it and love u

[@vkir89]

Gary Vaynerchuk videos none the less!

[@ZeldaSnake300]

“Don’t you wanna crush ‘Street Lake Hardware’ into the DIRT?” “Who, Ted? No I love Ted” “ *GODDAMMIT, GRANDPA* “ The innocence of his character kills me 😂

[@TylerZeta]

I love that his character cares about the other businesses to.

[@PeterMcleod117]

also, "destroying competition" is not always a good business strategy either. The more of a similar kind of business you have nearby, the more people who want that particular kind of product will gravitate to your location. that's why restaurants will tend to clump together.

[@DanteTorn]

That isn't innocence. It's not being a sociopath.

[@AidanorAJ]

@@DanteTorn yeah it's not innocence, it's being a nice person

[@sweetlorikeet]

A lot of small business owners are genuinely like this, like I work at place with 5 staff and we have a great relationship with the two other small businesses in the same line in town.

[@SquishyNarwhal57]

I know it's just a bit, but I felt so sad that Lucas is essentially taking his Grandpa's legacy and throwing it away. Felt a lot more real than some other bits he's done.

[@infiniteplanes5775]

It’s actually a real phenomenon! Many family owned businesses die with the third generation because they think they have great ideas!

[@tjfm2456]

For once Brennan isn’t playing the deranged person desperately trying to sell a dying brand, yet somehow his obstinacy in maintaining a completely different energy than the other people in the room is still hilarious

[@Suzanne4415]

Ahhhh thanks for helping me put my finger on what's so funny about the whole CEO concept! The only people at their company who can do that.

[@justinblakeney3466]

OREO and Tide CEOs were also confused by their companies.

[@vladtheimpaler9577]

You mean dying BRAND.

[@RWAsur]

Top tier acting

[@helloofthebeach]

Making a CEO (or "CEO") the straight man in a comedy bit is always so out of left field.

[@quinzee5299]

Watching the grandpa try to talk about all this modern stuff that his grandson wrote is honestly adorable

[@Kit.E.Katz45]

But so hard for Grandpa. 😔

[@thebombspayloadisexposed]

@@Kit.E.Katz45 I see what you did there

[@OhNoItsRez]

And also horribly depressing

[@garrettglass586]

“We have interns?” “We have a bunch of interns now. The majority of our work force will now be interns.” “Oh no.”

[@henrywebb3009]

"Don't you wanna crush Ted?" "No he runs a great hardware store". We may have lost the fact that to benefit ourselves we don't need to put others down. We're perfectly capable of lifting ourselves up without crushing others. Be friendly folks.

[@final_animal]

that's capitalism

[@LiamBar2010]

@@final_animal nah, that's late-stage, unregulated capitalism. Capitalism thrives through competition to foster innovation and quality service, but without regulation you end up with what we have now. Megacorporations crushing competition and carving out monopolies, so they can provide a poorer service and charge more money without investment their end.

[@final_animal]

@@LiamBar2010 late stage, unregulated capitalism is capitalism. Deregulation comes from corporate lobbying, something which is impossible to legislate against due to the nature of capitalism in the first place. The system incentivizes greed. Capitalism and "late stage" capitalism are the same thing, there's no other possible way for a capitalist system to play out.

[@jmurray1110]

Not how capitalism works you kind of need infirm grow so crushing is kind of important

[@DimT670]

@@final_animal you really don't understand what capitalism is huh? Capitalism is any system that has personal ownership, buying and selling, markets, money etc. Thats it. Thats all it is. Unregulated capitalism is capitalism. So is regulated capitalism. So is anarchocapitalism. So is social democracy. There are even some forms of socialism that are capitalist. How capitalism plays out is up to how people want it to play out. Things are how they are because people wanted them to be this way. For example in the us you can basically pinpoint the decline with reagan. Before that there was a 90% corporate tax rate. The usa wasn't non capitalist then. Or during the new deal. It was perfectly capitalist it just has specific policies regarding regulation and taxation. There is no endpoint of capitalism. There is no "natural decline", people wanted and worked so that things became shittier it didn't happen on its own. Same way people worked and wanted things to become better during the gilded age when 8 year olds used to work 14 hours a day. As things become worse so can they become better Also regulating companies is pretty easy and happens literally everywhere, just to a different degree. As for corporate lobbying, its literally only legal in the usa. In most places its highly illegal. Not to say it never happens or anything, but it happens in the same sense that crimes happen. People try to hide it they can't do it as extensively and if they are found out it can sink their career

[@JoonDeWire]

"I hereby renounce capitalism in all it's forms and would like to request a membership in the communist party." That one had me dying.

[@kevinwillems8720]

And I'm here asking which one, because there's a bunch of tiny ones and they all hate eachother.

[@kovacsnovak6745]

@@kevinwillems8720 just like the other one

[@kevinwillems8720]

@@kovacsnovak6745 what other one?

[@kovacsnovak6745]

@@kevinwillems8720 it's opposite

[@kevinwillems8720]

@@kovacsnovak6745 what?

[@MovieMaker1040]

I’m sending this to my brother who just graduated with a business degree. This hurts my soul.

[@pvic6959]

have your brother and an elderly family member watch it together LOLOLOL

[@frankwolftown]

Let us know how it goes?

[@beardedghinzu4336]

Yeah would be cool to see how was it))

[@darkkyngmutters9887]

I'm also interested about his reaction.

[@TheReaverOfDarkness]

Business degrees hurt all of our souls. Except the people who have business degrees, they have no souls!

[@aaronlucas2185]

I'm from a small town in Western Ireland, and I can honestly say that this man is the owner of every small shop in my area. They're all owned by old men or women who don't care about profit and care more about the community. Him being concerned by the fact that people would have 12 ladders per year? 100% something that would happen. Liking and caring about his completion? Really common. These kinds of shops are amazing because the owners are so nice and the shops are nearly homely, and they will do everything to ensure you pay as little as possible. A while ago my aunt hit a car going up the town and took the wingmirror off it. Now the owner and her husband own a small hardware shop and they refused to take any money for the damage and just taped it back on themselves. Then the next day, after causing hundreds of euros in damages, my aunt goes down to the shop to get a hammer and the husband was in the shop and he wouldn't let her pay for it. He had got such a good impression from her after she literally hit his car that he made her borrow a brand new hammer just as long as she promised to bring it back and just walked away when she offered payment. These people and these shops make the world go round and they must be protected at any and all cost

[@westonepstein]

Your story legit made me tear up. Thank you!

[@marny3559]

Are you from Clare, by any chance? My ex is from Kerry, and this sounds a lot like Bantry or Listowel to me.

[@cartez4695]

"I wouldn't even know how to return nails." Best lines

[@theiromia2389]

i mean, could you, and if you could why

[@BenjaminBarboza]

Nail Repo.

[@jasonp.1195]

There was a time where hand made nails were valuable enough that burning down the existing structure to recover them was a thing.

[@JE-zl6uy]

It' funny because if he swapped the rental model to ladders and the subscription model to "your choice of nails or screws' that's... not a bad business model for any contractor who goes through a shitload of nails monthly and maybe doesn't have the space to store a large 30ft ladder all the time.

[@virtuallyreal6116]

Burn the house down like the Vikings

[@shoestringVA]

I’m so used to Brennan flipping characters on a dime and selling it. Seeing him in actual special effects makeup is such a swerve it feels like a different person.

[@micadragonheart6222]

He plays a witch in another skit, full makeup and outfit and voice

[@c.k.677]

I didn’t even recognize him at first. I was like “why isn’t this Brennan?”

[@ethancampbell245]

Don’t they always get him in stage makeup though? On the set when they record?

[@blueturtle3623]

@@ethancampbell245 Stage makeup and SFX makeup are different. The goal of stage makeup is to look good on camera, special effects makeup is to alter an actor's appearance; in this case, it makes Brennan look like an old man.

[@minidude1278]

I read im used to see brennan fliping characters off

[@darthizzle]

The way he says "permanent pop-up" is the best part of the sketch

[@SpectralArchivist]

This is honestly incredible. Like, legitimately. It's hilarious, but like, Brennan's acting is impeccable. The little pauses, stutters, soft tone... If this were the first video I'd seen, I might honestly have thought that he's actually that age.

[@Daedalussi]

idk about yall but brennan saying 'youre such a smart good boy' in his gentle old man voice cured all current and future daddy issues for me.

[@munin81]

Same

[@GiubileiFernando]

Made me teary-eyed like Captain Anderson saying he was proud of me.

[@charcoal200]

It definitely did something to my daddy issues...😏 For the record, this is a joke. Although Brennan could def get it...

[@soffren]

@@GiubileiFernando I didn't know that existed and now I'm crying

[@RobertPatrician]

Best ringtone :)

[@tombirmingham7033]

"don't you want to crush the competition"? "who, Ted? No, he's a great guy and he runs a great hardware store.".

[@zackcross7190]

Grandpa knows about one of the best business practices, synergy.

[@equallyavant]

GODAMMIT GRANDPA!

[@Starmadien2019]

Grampa and Ted are my OTP.

[@LoveMyUnusual]

Hank Hill in a nutshell.

[@Starmadien2019]

@@LoveMyUnusual OMG I love Hank Hill

[@cerberusblack53]

I am a business student and this sadly tracks with some of the stupid stuff my classmates have come up with. They come up with a stupid over-the-top idea when the easy answer is just to open a second location.

[@fadedjem]

I'd guess that by definition a majority of people who attend business school are inclined to desire growth and 'making it' to a degree. Obviously most aren't this stupid, but I doubt many people go to business school with an aspiration to just run a small, reliable local store, sadly.

[@Sonichero151]

​@fadedjem they want profit. They just want maximum profit for minimum effor cause that's what competitive business is at it's core

[@gr6e]

I honestly can't understand when people complain that collegehumor "isn't as good" as it used to be. This is fantastic.

[@jmurray1110]

Probably consistency

[@darkithnamgedrf9495]

eh these type videos are pretty good, its the dozens upon dozens of news videos that put me off. I came here for the skits

[@overestimatedforesight]

They went through a pretty bad dry spell for several years, but the last couple of years, they're in a Renaissance

[@joycereed6952]

1. Nostalgia. Watch the old "Hardly working" series, most sketches are just one off jokes at best, yet people celebrate them like theyre Gods gift to comedy. 2. Not all sketches are hits. CH puts out a lot of videos because Im pretty sure they work with "x amount of videos a week/month" so some of the stuff is gonna be forced. 3. People dislike anything that is liberal or woke as a knee-jerk reaction. That is understandable if its forced too much and the message becomes more important than making a funny video. 4. The new format of the video titles often gives up the punchline or the plot of the video. Not a fan of those, although they make finding specific videos way easier. 5. Theres just so many different things CH puts out that some people may have watched a bad video or bad series and decided that everything else is equally bad. Ive seen a couple bad CH videos and swore off for the longest time before giving it a shot again (with the CEO series).

[@lordpotashmallow2443]

@@darkithnamgedrf9495 I know, right? The news shit isn't even that funny, and they've milked it far past dry. It's been done to death.

[@theonelincoln]

“They’re gonna have 12 ladders at the end of the year, Lucas”

[@rob98000]

Think about it, that's 360 ft of ladders. It's prefect

[@anindyassdey]

Should have done reverse. Send nails every month and rent out ladders.

[@danitho]

@@anindyassdey that would have made too much sense

[@gsiya4023]

@@anindyassdey GRANPA stop tricking me into inventing ideas THAT ALREADY EXIST

[@captaineldeezee1336]

"They actually sent me the wrong type of ladder."

[@RealRedRabbit]

Fun fact. Brennan isn't even wearing old man makeup in this skit. That's just the effect 2020 had on him.

[@mennoberga4133]

Killer stache though

[@ycombinator]

Best money we ever spent.

[@Draghoul03]

Holy shit it’s them

[@kyrasoze516]

But what are your feelings about Ted's store?

[@bretallen4994]

Back in college I tried to get a few businesses accepted by you guys. It wasn't meant to be, but no hard feelings.

[@nyesomboonsup9448]

Whew

[@W4t3rf1r3]

Oh wow screw you :)

[@BlueGangsta1958]

3:52 Okay but switch out nails with power tools and this could actually be helpful. Proper tools are super expensive so if you only need something for a short while and you don't know anyone who has that tool, renting it would be great. The alternatives are 1) buying a tool you will only need once for loads of money and 2) getting a professional to do it for loads of money

[@TheRandomodnar]

Not wrong. Home Depot had been doing this for year ironically. Maybe they just need a better app

[@BlueGangsta1958]

@@gamemeister27 Uhhhhh, buddy, pal, friend, not where I live it hasn't so maybe check that patronising energy

[@gamemeister27]

@@BlueGangsta1958 sorry dude I wasn't myself. Where do you live that doesn't have tool rental?

[@BlueGangsta1958]

@@gamemeister27 No worries. I live in a relatively small town in Germany. But now I'm wondering if my father just wanted an excuse to buy all tools he fancied

[@GrndAdmiralThrawn]

Also ladders. Someone brought up that a nail box subscription and ladder rental would actually be a great idea. Lucas just got them mixed up.

[@JunkyardDigs]

"I kind of said it like it was normal but it was crazy" 😂😂😂😂👌

[@rexjolles]

oh hey guy

[@justiceman3238]

Crazy to see famous people all over different parts of KZbin

[@dubdaze68]

Yeah, Brennan looks like you in old man makeup here.

[@mureithikivuti]

I relate so much!!!!

[@premiumheadpats4150]

Jesus, that got me! 🤣

[@FalloutPlays]

I could watch Brennan being stressed out in front of a camera for days

[@diegoowen-lara6229]

We all would

[@magmoner]

With all this honeydew melon we're eating right now we might have to.

[@crazyman7615]

That‘a a long video

[@dieselexkore2063]

Just saw your new stasis aspect video.

[@paulkim8539]

If Brennan goes missing, find this guy here

[@sepiasmith5065]

"I'm sorry I just said it like it was normal but it's crazy" "sign up to our platform and you can- well, you can't get rid of the ads, but you can tailor your ad experience! ...with the personality quiz" it's so good ,😂

[@alisaurus4224]

1:31 “Armed with over 40 years of work experience on my end and over 4 hours of watching Gary Vaynerchuk KZbin videos on his, we make a pretty good team” Oh, Grandpa, you sweetheart

[@NOSfusion]

“Who Ted? No I love Ted, he runs a great hardware store.”

[@shamsigamer4107]

This makes me want to cry a little. Normal people are such a treasure. :'(

[@SomeYouTubeTraveler]

Everyone loves to paint old white men as these hateful, nasty, evil morons, when in actuality, the demographic is full of kind, loving, community-minded gentlemen. Prejudice really does go both ways.

[@SomeYouTubeTraveler]

@@macmcskullface1004 You saying "nobody actually does that" simply means you haven't heard it. It'd be like someone saying "nobody actually calls black people the N word anymore." Not malicious, just ignorant. Everyone justifies their own prejudice. Examining your own can lead to some hefty cognitive dissonance though, from which accusations of "false equivalency" tend to be the go-to escape. If you're even more convinced I'm wrong now, you're proving my point that you just don't understand.

[@SomeYouTubeTraveler]

@@macmcskullface1004 I _did_ respond to what you've [said], and you claimed in response that my example (of something I've personally witnessed quite often on social media) can "easily be refuted." How do you intend to easily refute my own experience? This tactic is called "gaslighting" -- a term I'm sure you've come across in your journey through Wikipedia in which you've built your arsenal of fallacies to accuse people of as soon as you come across resistance, believing you've somehow _invalidated_ valid points (or, in this case, observations based on personal experiences). A true discussion is more difficult than that. You're like the guy who cries "slippery slope fallacy!!" every time someone brings up a logical consequence you'd rather not consider. It's dishonest discourse. Oh, and to channel JoJo: "Your next line is, 'Anecdotal experiences do not make a point valid!'" Save it -- I've been here before, as has everyone who's ever had to convince someone with _their fingers in their ears_ that they have a biased point of view.

[@SomeYouTubeTraveler]

@@macmcskullface1004 ...you've doubled down and it's not even worth it anymore. _You_ brought up the terms "racist" and "bigot", not me. _You_ have been the one dismissing valid points while tossing snappy terms about like they actually apply here. _You_ have characterized my point of "elderly white people are commonly stereotyped as evil morons these days, which is prejudice" as offensive anecdote, when I (or anyone with a Facebook page) could easily prove the opposite. By your stubbornness to self-reflect, you have been proving my point even as you argue against it. What you describe as a "bizarre characterization" of you, I hold to be a reasonably accurate assessment. You appear to me to be an amateur debater with fingers in their ears and a chip on their shoulder, very self-righteously confident in the idea that anyone claiming "prejudice can go both ways" is Wrong On Principle. Let anyone reading our conversation decide for themselves who was being the most accurate in their assessment of the other and had a more reasonable point to make. I'm done talking.

[@YukoValis]

"But in business, the newest and most exciting idea, with the least research, adopted the fastest, is always the best." That was beautiful. That right there explains everything wrong with companies and marketing.

[@xsteveconwayx]

That’s literally what Best Buy is doing because their online sales rose during the pandemic.

[@MyFireElf]

He really nailed the gentle patience of a man well-acquainted with the idiocy of youth. It's like listening to my dad talk to customer service.

[@systemofachemicalnir]

"The global local industry" was a stroke of art

[@jacktowers7533]

4:17: “Who Ted?! No!!! I love Ted!!!” This one bit about his grandson not understanding that business shouldn’t get in the way of friendships and integrity says so much about where the world has gone wrong

[@CmdrTom]

Ted runs a great hardware store!

[@MrGksarathy]

That's what capitalism fundamentally does to ya.

[@jacktowers7533]

@@MrGksarathy I welcome Comrade hardstart into my dirty commie bosom

[@Drowsyspace128]

I love how the grandfather almost tricks him into keeping the store

[@Shadowmants]

Stop trying to trick me into inventing stuff that already exists!

[@mwil2495]

He had to try.

[@bitcoinweasel9274]

I was really rootin' for ol' gramps.

[@chickensangwich97]

This is honestly quite a poignant sketch. Really clear, affecting portrait of the differences between post-war communal capitalism and neoliberal, financialized capitalism, in which the goal isn't to produce something as part of a community that takes priority over the profit incentive, but to screw over whoever it takes to get to the top. Brennan has made his own leftist views extremely clear, but the writing here shows he also understands the appeal of traditional visions of capitalism to those who hold onto it, he just thinks that's ultimately fictitious and unsustainable in the modern era which has turbo-charged all of that system's worst aspects. Or maybe I'm reading too much into it. But point is, it's funny and poignant.

[@Narokkurai]

There was plenty of exploitation in "traditional capitalism" too. People were complaining about local stores getting bought out by chain stores back in the 1900s. The suppliers that sustained general stores throughout the nation were often monopolies as bad or worse than anything today. The post-war "communal capitalism" was just the result of war boom. We had a huge manufacturing sector with basically no competition, millions of young people coming home to start families and businesses, and a government willing to finance practically all of it. It was a fleeting high point, not the natural state of capitalism.

[@chickensangwich97]

@@Narokkurai Oh absolutely, I'm not trying to say that the post-war era was the "natural state of capitalism" and apologize if my comment made it seem otherwise. I just think it's interesting to see two different visions of the concept put into tension here in a comedy sketch about web videos of all things.

[@ModernEphemera]

You have it exactly right. There is a certain appeal to an old fashioned vision of capitalism where people who work hard and do a good job get rewarded, but it’s a fantasy, it’s not reality. And as the other replier suggested, it was probably always a fantasy. Interestingly, modern get-rich-quick capitalist influencers specifically harp on the fact you *don’t* need to work hard, meaning even capitalism-sympathetic folks admit that working hard doesn’t make you rich. That’s why so many fall for these crypto rug-pulls and the like.

[@imperialtower]

love this comment!

[@dirt2562]

@@imperialtower fr its awesome,i would love if communism was brennen style

[@SkySweeperSyn]

this one just makes me sad more than anything. My grandpa, who passed recently, was basically this man. He worked in the same electric motor repair store his whole life. he became the owner early on, and every memory i have of him involves either being at his house or at his store. It was a personal business to him. I'm happy to say the store is still there, and in very good hands of his best friend and employee. He is a good family friend, and I am confident my grandpa would be happy with it - if a little sarcastically critical as he always was. I miss him. Sorry, I don't know why i wrote all that. The skit was great, if a little more depressing than the other CEO skits. I hope we get more of big companies.

[@jmgerraughty]

**sees new CEO vid** "Awesome, this is gonna make me happy!" **watches new CEO vid** "...why am I so sad now?"

[@chookity5399]

Is it because your ladder subscription hasn't come through yet? 😁

[@Rewarpsudomakeinstall]

Have you tried renouncing capitalism in all its forms?

[@jordanhicks5131]

@@Rewarpsudomakeinstall that means getting off KZbin lol, cant be supporting the corporations by watching the ads and creating revenue for the rich lmao

[@Limitedonathios]

Yeah, this made me so depressed. He is just pushing his "grandpa" too hard. In a soap opera he would steal his grandfather's buisness after gramps died under mysterious circumstances with a new life insurance policy payable to his grandson

[@Rewarpsudomakeinstall]

@@jordanhicks5131 "Yet you live in a society. I am so smart"

[@Merudinnn]

This is the most realistic one of these y'all have ever done. Usually these exist in a fake world, where CEOs are normal people who are upset by their own dumb companies, but this one is just like real life lmao

[@Z2Wolf]

I mean it's still unrealistic, because at the end he actually renounced capitalism rather than blaming it on some demographic he already hated somehow.

[@defaultlogos2976]

No one would be dumb enough to even start a business like this and even if they did, it wouldn't exist much longer.

[@Merudinnn]

@@defaultlogos2976 yes that's why it's the most realistic cause CEOs are ACTUALLY dumb out of touch idiots like this lmao unlike in the others where they're the voice of reason

[@purplemoss3313]

@@defaultlogos2976 I'm pretty a guy made a $400 electric juicer that needs $5 packs for a single glass of juice that you can only use by controling it by WiFi...

[@defaultlogos2976]

@@purplemoss3313 And how many people buy that damned product?

[@thesalmonserver5871]

4:38 is just legitimately heart-breaking.

[@seanstanton151]

I like to think that the grandpa knows exactly what Lucas is doing he just wants his grandson to feel important. This is such a sweet man I know he’s fictional but please protect him.

[@Jupiterninja95]

I don't get this... "When my grandson Lucas came back from business school-" Ah I get this

[@theherrdark4834]

He never said his grandson graduated.

[@milamberarial]

@@theherrdark4834 ...I had not realized that. It explains a lot here.

[@asiyakhan6225]

This is not an upset CEO but also a disappointed grandfather. His grandson needs therapy 🌈

[@altorins]

And apparently the granddad now needs therapy as well.........

[@asiyakhan6225]

@@altorins Yeah and chances are the he'll get along with the idea of going to a therapy while his grandson might rebel.."Do you think I'm mad grandfather?" 😅

[@WrensthavAviovus]

I think two billion dollars after destroying ten plus other businesses can buy decent therapy session. Maybe.

[@handfulmousefly]

Listen, you can have emotional self-awareness or a business degree, ya gotta pick one

[@gotban8846]

Physical therapy 👀👀

[@jamaicafox]

I love how this pokes fun at the numerous startups claiming to "disrupt" some industry. Most startups are comprised of dumb ideas, but every now and then, someone comes up with something smart and truly innovative.

[@xySuperManxy]

A thousand monkeys at a thousand typewriters

[@Forscythe80]

I know this is fictional and this owner isn't being shafted by his grandson as neither exist... but I want to track down Lucas and make him disappear permanently for the good of mankind.

[@GAMINGOBRIEN69]

"Who ted? I love ted! He runs a great hardware store" "GOD DAMMIT GRANDPA!!" 😂

[@marynorthenscold3041]

That was my favorite part XD

[@gardnereric10]

I was going to type it myself. Thank you

[@orbita2k2]

thats what finally broke me

[@Jayman1clone]

This was honestly just so wholesome. They're direct competitors for his business and there's not a scrap of hostility for the guy.

[@ImADeity]

Ted is great

[@TheBlueArmageddon]

I giggled really hard when he almost convinced his newphew to keep the store by calling it a pop-up

[@livelongandprospermary8796]

They literally said grandson tho

[@reptocilicus]

@@livelongandprospermary8796 No, I’m pretty sure newphew is correct here.

[@reptocilicus]

@@macmcskullface1004 Nah. “Newphew.”

[@jixo6294]

Excuse me, WTF is your profile pic?

[@TheBlueArmageddon]

@@jixo6294 A fusion between Aggron and Feraligatr ;D

[@wontonanimation]

We need a movie where Brennan is a character who is the CEO of a company full of incompetent people and he is the only thing holding it together. The premise of the movie is that he wants to sell the business and retire but a series of disasters brought on by his idiot employees threatens to bring it all crumbling down.

[@adamloga3788]

I would watch that.

[@duskpierce7802]

It'd be called College Humor: a documentary

[@nicksloan9959]

There is an Anime kinda like that although it's a prince trying to sell off his country so he can retire

[@jmurray1110]

Oh yeah I watched that Quite interesting although it sort of lost focused for a good chunk of it until they just reset everything for the last episode I would like a season 2 but now with another ending like that

[@M1tjakaramazov]

The look on grandpa’s face when he suggests the pop up on Elm Street is priceless 😂

[@Tankerrex3]

I like how despite how lost he looks regarding these fancy business models but his mind is still sharp to catch on to the thing about a permanent pop up store

[@nicholaslewis8594]

He’s the sharp one, his grandson is the idiot😂

[@RedZeshinX]

@@nicholaslewis8594 Yet his grandson ultimately netted them a billion dollars. 🤷‍♂️ In money terms he's not an idiot, he's just in tune with how crazy our economic reality has become. In terms of VALUES that's a whole other story, everybody cherishes main street mom and pop shops and the venerable generational common sense down-to-earth roll-up-your-sleeves hard work ethic behind it, but that's not the shrewd man's fast track to becoming a billionaire and never has been.

[@SomeYouTubeTraveler]

@@RedZeshinX If you killed everyone else in the world, you'd be king of the rubble. The "shrewd man's" fast track to owning it all requires the selling of his own soul to his greed.

[@thebrokenhandle7691]

@@SomeKZbinTraveler couldn’t agree more. it works, but you’ll only ever want more.

[@RedZeshinX]

@@SomeKZbinTraveler Oh I don't disagree, I infinitely prefer the simple, humble, hard working, honest life. I'm just saying that the grandson in this sketch ultimately didn't prove to be an idiot in pure money terms, in the sense of VALUES he's a fool (especially his sociopathic disregard for his grandfather's friend and his livelihood) but otherwise spoken the young man basically shortcut through a lifetime of effort to a life of prosperity and early retirement in no time flat, it's what Scrooge McDuck would call "working smarter, not harder".

[@15thCrypt]

That guy got fired by all those CEOs and now is trying to turn his grandad into one because no one will hire him

[@EAFFAEEAF]

You know; renting out ladders is a thing, and sending out a box of nails each month could have worked... it's a shame Lucas decided to go the other way around.

[@0kieD0kiee]

“I feel like the world kinda left me behind a little bit.” “Were you saying something?” “Oh- it’s ok I’ll keep reading yer copy yer such a smart good boy” PROTECT HIM

[@andsailedcalmlyon]

"I said it like it was normal, but it was crazy" is killing me

[@karthikranga]

I like how the "CEO" doesn't go through the script before being recorded. Just go with the flow is what they are all about. LOL.

[@igpg5]

Nah it's live!

[@HellendenGamer]

I've done work like this in school, he's reading 3 words ahead but not really internalizating them until he says them

[@Siberius-]

Busy people! no time for such things. :P

[@datafoxy]

True local ad energy.

[@zomega4075]

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[@arynrink2432]

I've been a loyal customer to Midland Park Hardware Store for a few years at this point. It's where I gathered the wood for my rocking chair, where I upgraded from my old tools into snazzier new ones. But now, it's so nice to see a small hardware store go through some big changes for the better, from the new logo design to the...advertisement on affordable health care. Oh, but at least they're really taking strides in showing their support for downtrodden minorities...by having a single line of rainbow text on there homepage that says so... ... ... I think I'll take my business to Spring Street Lake Hardware Store, I hear its owner, Ted, runs a pretty nice store.

[@rikusauske]

So your problem is that hypothetically there would be an "ad for affordable healthcare" not that they'd sell your user data. Do you not know how ads even work?

[@blob8252]

Old Brennan asking for communism is the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.

[@spacecatline]

"Ted, I love Ted" "GOD DAMN IT, GRANDPA!" iconic.

[@MysticalApple]

damn Brennan didn't age well. Holding up the entirety of CollegeHumor has taken a toll on him

[@Quocalimar]

Damn I just made a similar comment on a different video. He really is carrying the whole shabang

[@bilbo_gamers6417]

he is a truly amazing actor.

[@clockandballtorturewithcra5010]

Ya. Holding up this channel has to be hard. Since the CEO skits are kinda the only thing that's genuinely funny unlike everything else they've made.

[@EternalShadow1667]

Yeah, he seems to have aged 30 years in the last 2 years or so, such a shame. Still holding strong though.

[@monkgogimasedi5265]

@@clockandballtorturewithcra5010 Scott Sterling!!! Would like to say hello

[@castro2789]

As someone who worked in hardware and lumber for 5 years this sounds like the WORST IDEA ever 😂

[@jeremesmith9266]

This entire video is a slam on business school students, and I love it

[@PaulTMaack0]

Oh, man... This is the greatest series ever. "Grandpa, STOP TRICKING ME into inventing things that ALREADY EXIST!"

[@nicolasneal204]

The best part is when you realize it's not the first time he used that trick

[@akenu87]

@@nicolasneal204 And that it probably works every single time... :D

[@certifieddarkboi2561]

Even though this isn't real, I feel really bad for the grandpa losing his store and replacing it with some online trend saying goodbye to everything, now I wonder what are they teaching in business school

[@RedZeshinX]

But they made a billion dollars at the end of the sketch. 🤷‍♂️ We all value honest hard work, but if that was all it took to make people billionaires then every small town main street mom-and-pop shop would be drowning in cash.

[@Glornak]

That's just how businessmen make millions nowadays. Step 1: buy a successful small business. Srep 2: attract private investors. Step 3: using the cash infusion to build up the business at a loss and go public. Step 4: use popular marketing terms to attract lots of public investors. Step 5: you and the private investors cash out their shares and go home with tons of profit while the public investors are stuck with a failing business.

[@RuefulCenturion]

@@RedZeshinX Two billion.

[@jacobfreeman5444]

@@Glornak You just described a pyramid scheme.

[@zelokorLocalGodOfChaosAndBread]

@@jacobfreeman5444 exactly, that's what it is

[@kaylaziegler3215]

Every character that Brennan plays is so believable. The makeup is so real and doesn’t look cheapened at all. I’m honestly so impressed with the age makeup

[@EMBer3000]

I don't remember who said it but I love this quote: "The Harvard MBA is the single worst thing that could happen to an established business."

[@triciaramgoolam4045]

I love how, instead of the CEO getting pisses it's the person off camera. 😂😂😂 A complete reversal.

[@patriciomendoza19]

"But we are just a store though..." I felt that on a deeper level than I feel like I should've. Edit 5/16/21 (corrected from "should of")

[@bennettd.6944]

ok

[@epsilon-eleven]

Should've* But yea, same.

[@patriciomendoza19]

@@epsilon-eleven Thanks for the grammar check.

[@vtron9832]

7:12 absolutely based.

[@brax7152]

I’ve seen a lot of my towns local businesses be ruined by the owners dipshit millennial grandchildren/children who are exactly like this. It breaks my heart every time.

[@Sonichero151]

That seems like an actual epidemic...........