HAY BOYS

[@filmcow]

Thank you for watching the Hay Boys. They are having a good time loading and unloading straw bales from the hay loft. It's hard work that never ends but they do their best. This was transferred from a VHS tape so be sure to watch in 4K quality if you can.

[@norrinyes]

Hi 👋

[@GameyGaming]

I agree

[@AprilFool102]

Yes.

[@Lucas43434]

I'm so tired of all the toxic positivity around mental health stuff. Slizabeth makes me feel understood. Thank you for this.

[@calenthebard2051]

WOW! What a difference in quality! It's like the hay is right in this room

[@Robert_Benfer]

All because I drunkenly yelled “ITS THE HAY BOYS!” Or whatever when Jason was showing me and Connor his stock footage collection 6 nights ago. Love art ❤️

[@AlysterJohnEstur]

Having a stock footage collection is so Filmcow coded.

[@teamtunfiske]

That's our Robbert!

[@Robert_Benfer]

@@moistshit1kal there's a 5 month old community post about that on my channel

[@GenesisCorrupted]

Look what you put us though.

[@Amesoeur90]

So it is your fault!

[@casketbase7750]

One must imagine the Hay Boys happy.

[@slipknot95maggot]

Naah keep it, keep the struggle

[@gettingintrospective]

🪨😊

[@sprightlyoaf9583]

I mean it's pretty easy just look at em

[@bradleyhector5746]

When I watch your videos I often think "this is some of your best work" because often there's something meaningful offered by what you make. With this video, how I feel in this moment in time, how this video made me feel, I really do think it could be your very best. I wonder how you could possibly top it but you always seem to find a way. Always surprising me. But then again, none of your work is really competing with itself, most of it has something unique to offer so it doesn't really have to be bested or anything, it just has to be true to you, it's all some of your best work. Thank you for this video. Thank you for all of the videos.

[@BentendoGameBoy]

There's nothing quite like watching two boys moving hay to make you forget about your fear of the future.

[@JT-nk3sh]

I remember watching the Hay Boys with my brother in the summer of '89 before he disappeared into a mysterious cave! Good times...

[@j-cool-guy-OFFICIAL-CHANNEL]

Okay!

[@nekomancer47]

You’re lying. This show wasn’t real.

[@j-cool-guy-OFFICIAL-CHANNEL]

​@@nekomancer47 You're commenting under a video of the show. What better proof of it being real then that!

[@dnb715]

​@nekomancer47 No, he's right. I use to watch it too w/ my Family when I was 6. The episode the Hay Boys get stuck in a scary dark cave contemplating Death was my favorite episode! 🌟

[@Levyaton]

​@@nekomancer47 Uhhhhh, yes it was? I watched it in the 90s as a kid. Man, what a time! I remember there being an episode about hey fever. Oh, boy, was that a doozy. Never found out who that old crow was, though, guess I missed the finale...

[@ajdude9]

This was...oddly therapeutic, despite the themes. I never would've thought watching the Hay Boys load and unload hay from the hay loft could be so...existentially comforting.

[@morgantrias3103]

This is actually exactly what I needed to hear for my mental health today. Thank you Slitherbeth and thank Mr Steele!

[@rcoppy]

But like actually! Super profound

[@TheTurtle61]

It really was genuinely comforting

[@morgantrias3103]

Yeah the avoiding hope thing has been something I realised recently particularly when what you're longing for isn't comming.

[@DementedDoom]

I really could have used this video at the beginning of march, after my girlfriend of 7 years left with no explanation. It was the hope that she could return that left me in a limbo of anxiety and heavy drinking. I had to remind myself constantly that it was no use destroying myself over a future that no longer exists. It took me until the day of the eclipse to give up entirely and move on with my life. I had a date that night, and the following saturday I went skydiving. Life has been a lot better since giving up that hope.

[@MrRobotman]

Wait is this something that genuinely happened to you? I’m sorry to hear that but glad you’ve moved on. 🫂

[@Jack-sy8mr]

The inner machinations of Jason’s mind are an enigma...

[@TheNonameHousehold]

🥛

[@LinkMcStink]

Sometimes I feel like Jason Steele is the American David Firth.

[@BassBaseAce]

I dunno, the imagery is a bit out there yeah (though it generally has consistent theming) but the messages and content are often pretty straight forward even if they take a bit to unravel, this is just a somewhat morbid an eerie version of "cheerful nihilism"

[@slipknot95maggot]

@@BassBaseAce I would say based take, except homeboi did use the word "machinations" which as I understand does mean plot or scheme and given that the voice combined with the weird crystals does kind of make me think back to previous filmcow material, it does allow for space for the overarching plot, going as it (might) from glove horses to misguided alien gods to sporadically interposed one-shots on the theme of annihilation, to be at least a little enigmatic They didn't say "the reality-warping genius to conceive of something so above us all, yet such a linear progression from everything we've ever known, is unapproachable and indecipherable"; they said the plot is obtuse. That's.... fair. ...not like in the critique way, I just mean, ya know, "it's a little cryptic even when it's straightforward" kinda thing

[@cursedGalataea]

​@@BassBaseAce"enjoy the present because the future is uncertain, except for death" reads as nihilism to you?

[@Enigma457]

Somehow both frightening and comforting at the same time... Thanks, Slizabeth...

[@Call_Me_Curtis]

Thank you weird rock totem grandma. This was all very comforting.

[@shlimon7667]

Literally just wrote in my diary “waiting for life to begin while watching it pass by me” This video could not come at a better time

[@loopholesloopy]

man i did that for 20 years, what a nightmare

[@shlimon7667]

20 years is a long time! What helped you break out of it?

[@loopholesloopy]

@@shlimon7667 I stopped worrying about where I'm going to be and got comfortable with the idea of where I am, as I got older and acheived adulthood my priorities shifted from what people say I should do or want to my responcibilities and what is needed of me now, when I slipped through the cracks of education and snapped out of my daze of being told what to do all the time I realised no one was there to tell me what to do anymore and there never would be again, the world had set me loose and I was being left behind, took me a long time to snap out of it though, I had convinced myself that I was content with floundering.

[@Aeronor2001]

*stands on the ruins of the utter collapse of humanity* "It has been my intention to brighten your day a bit."

[@TinSoldier7]

This is oddly comforting. I suppose this is what they mean when they talk about art that “disturbs the comfortable and comforts the disturbed”.

[@kenny344]

Do you ever think that there's like an Amish person on rum springa that will try to explain these animations to a crusty old timey hay boy when they return

[@starvalkyrie]

FilmCow films are not scary. Fear would be a familiar knowable thing. Something to orient to. A clarity of your situation.

[@jr637-1]

I can already feel my allergies flaring up in anticipation.

[@Laudanon]

Omg, the show from my childhood! I was starting to think I imagined it because none of my friends remember the Hay Boys. I always loved the way they loaded and unloaded the hay.

[@coder13]

Chris Alex and Jason Steele were riveting as the Hay Boys, and Robert Benfer knocked it out of the park with his portrayal of bales of hay

[@orez1017]

Never a dull moment with the Hay Boys around.

[@Kristiekins2]

I don't know from where, but Slizabeth's movements remind me of some puppets that I saw in a show or movie from the 1980s, it's so non-specific but it's weirdly nostalgic at the same time. I am currently trying to give up hope that my mother will somehow recover from the terminal disease she has. I think I'll be a lot less anxious and scared if I stop focusing on all the what ifs, and focus on the one certainty.

[@drewfromyay882]

For a second i thought you were bringing back the live action skits.

[@Burke9077]

This video was helpful today, thanks

[@VividPagan]

Those sure are some clean jeans on those hardworking Hay Boys!

[@Gh0stly_fell0w]

I love the Hay Boys!

[@robloggia]

I take comfort from the anonymous sympathy of an old woman at the end of time.

[@UndeadPasta]

You know it's Filmcow when there's an ominous rolling fog coming in from somewhere. Where? Nobody knows, but it feels almost sentient at this point

[@Dragodilian]

Okay so...ive been subscribed to you since i was in Jr. High. Im 30 now and have fallen on incredibly hard times. This video, as abstract as it was, helped me out a bit. Instead of trying to hold on to things i cant control, remain in the present. Take each moment as it comes, and find the comfort in everyday things you can reach. I just...thanks, Jason.

[@purlfox]

Those hay boys are totally boning and nobody will convince me otherwise.

[@futurdom]

What a comforting, wholesome message

[@Biscuitsdefortune]

Thank you friend for these kind and thoughtful words. It really helps me in this time of need and incertitude.

[@makowallet]

ahaha! Another good episode of HAY BOYS! The misadventures of Willam and John never fail to amuse me and my precious human brain emotions! I liked the part where they started throwing hay at each other because it reminds me of normal childhood things. Keep up the good work, son!

[@Po0PYBLOX]

5:06 the scene for lamas with hats epilogue

[@Wyattinous]

This was actually beautiful Filmcow. Something so deeply dissociative, as if these images are vestiges from experiences long ago. This entity seems very alien, but incredibly wise, and has always been here, fazing into places no one goes to notice it from time to time.

[@shlimon7667]

I was about to tear up a bit at the “letting go of hope” part (man I needed to hear that), but the addition of the little picture-in-picturel hay boys appearance in the bottom right made me laugh instead. Very profound video, I find it comforting, thank you Jason ❤️(and funny at the same time!). I got a bit of Hollow Knight vibes from the character as well which is always welcome.

[@PlaceHolder41]

Filmcow seems to always know when I need something beautiful and strange.

[@rolandguiscard]

I feel oddly comforted by this creature.

[@jesselangham]

Thank you for curing my existential fear of hay.

[@Squizznot]

This was both terrifying and cathartic. Thank you, Jason. Your art is truly the best of our time.

[@Squizznot]

Gave it a re-watch this morning. Goddam. This is my new favorite filmcow piece. Incredible. So it goes.

[@Squizznot]

Third watch several hours later. I wish I could do with a canvas a brush what you do with your channel. I am so proud to support your work.

[@Hank.Will.I.Ams.]

Ahh, thank you for the lovely mini documentary about hay and how it moves. Just the relaxation I needed

[@CyborgX7]

Amazing. I've recently started grappling with what "seize the day" and "live in the now" really mean. Of course we've all heard these phrases before, but I've never internalized them until recently, and still find it hard to act on them. This entire video, and specially "the future is no place to live, it has no place for you" has really hit me hard and given me another push to pursue my happiness now, because now is where I am. Thank you.

[@Sadabith]

Always good to see someone still knows how to express existential concepts and has the will to do so in ways that will delight some, but confuse and unnerve many more. Truly delightful. Love to see it.

[@GamerXenith]

This was oddly very comforting! I needed to hear it today as strange as it sounds 😂

[@kenraves7931]

Had a similar revelation with my therapist yesterday. Thank you so much for this one, Jason & Scuffy.

[@Hmhya]

I love Slizabeth. That's a friend if I've ever seen one.

[@reefchief7044]

This is true art

[@jareknowak8712]

Thank You! I feel brightened!!

[@Rathause]

Another great episode of Hay Boys!

[@various3394]

Thank you FilmCow.

[@newgirlde]

You have become a master of your craft. Finding the gaps between horror/disgust and safety/comfort. Well done!

[@_Ray3460]

Thanks for uploading a scan of this, I loved this show growing up. Those Boys sure can move some hay.

[@Dreddy72]

Learning to drop hope and move on to something else is far more important than it may seem.

[@salmonkindalikeme9316]

So glad Hay Boys is archived on your channel. Thank you FIlmCow!

[@TayoEXE]

Watched this as I fed my baby. Been going through a rough time mentally over the last few years, but this strangely... felt like it spoke to me. Made me want to focus on her here in the moment. Taking things moment to moment is really important. Man, those Hay Boys are really something.

[@WeirdCon]

Thank you Hay Boys, made my day a little brighter in a weird way

[@JakHart]

I don't know if I'm supposed to be filled with joy, or crying under a blanket right now. What I do know, is that I am here, right now, able to write this, and it makes me feel alive. Thanks for being on time.

[@CrazyMattLine]

Thank you for taking the time to show us around Slitherbeth.

[@KillerCaitie]

I really love the VHS conversions, they are so comforting.

[@cthulhluftagn3812]

How do you keep moving from heartwarming to existential dread then back to heartwarming?..

[@BassBaseAce]

That's kind of just the human condition when you think about it

[@AllisonIsAlwaysLivid]

I have never felt so seen by anyone or anything. Thank you, deeply, and sincerely.

[@kthfox]

I love how wholesome they are. My favorite line is "It's always nice to hear a friend."

[@tannermattingly4462]

Thank you Jason. I've been going through a rough break-up recently, and I've been deep in the fog. If Slizabeth can stumble out, so can I.

[@AdamBreen]

This is incredible and im so glad that I saw it, at just the right time. Thank you, for lots of reasons

[@theabsolutecat915]

My favourite episode of the Hay Boys was the composting episode. What a riot!

[@nickorlove7848]

Thank you friend. I needed those words in these troubling days.

[@Maryxus]

I deeply appreciate how weird you are. It makes me feel less alone 😅

[@gettingintrospective]

Theres dozens of us

[@AlphaEnt2]

I am so used to see FIlmcow's animation to be choppy (aka non-interpolated) that the sudden smoothness of that character moving was unsettling on its own. Either way, I loved it. And the advice.

[@downtempos]

Hay Boys certainly brightened my day, but the future often brings me greater joy and eventually the things i hoped for will become valuable memories

[@Trunkerunk]

How courteous of Slizabeth to draw a nice comforting grandma face on her chassis for her transmission.

[@jordanhaas1914]

This unironically came at a perfect time for me since my breakup. It’s nice to be reminded that there’s more in life that comes from adventure and just being who you are ❤

[@AllisonIsLivid]

I have been feeling this for so long, and it's nice to know I'm not alone in it.

[@BryanSolo_1]

Nothing like a good Filmcow video to take me on a trip & remind me of the icy cold inevitability of my death

[@Nairmax]

Aah your videos always seem to come up at the right time jaja I'm worried about my future and it's gotten harder to live lately. My country's situation is scary and the world at large seems to struggle a lot too. Thank you Filmcow for this little pocket of time full of comfort!!!

[@wovenrainbows]

Please please explain to me why this video feels like such a warm hug. It’s unfair

[@nogafka]

I think if this was the last video that remained on the internet, that would be okay. Glad to see the Hay Boys doing what they do best.

[@eabhaishere4558]

This is. Hauntingly beautiful

[@MariQamar]

I didn't expect to tear up when watching a video titled "Hay Boys." I think I really needed to hear this. Thank you for everything that you do, Jason. ❤

[@Sliverwalker]

Thank you Slizabeth. I will find my place someday but not tomorrow...

[@NintendoDSsoulinjectoin]

I’m loving this! You always make such interesting things!

[@_._Satan_._X]

Incredible Jason, didnt think you could be so deep and raw. Thank you this touched me.

[@bheph]

the relationship between story, psychology, and the mystical undercurrent to all our self-contained narratives we consume and apply to our own lives is so beautiful universal human experience plays out in every piece, and when a piece is particularly good at highlighting a nuanced often unexplored or hard to express facet of that existence, it resonates further truth upon the cumulative human works before it, and is tantamount to the magic of inventing a whole new word to communicate feelings and ideas with We all know most of that but sometimes it feels particularly like an artist is a cunning wizard fully aware of every element to this dynamic plucking upon "the fog that rolls in at the edges of our vision" dang skippy those boys can really move some hay

[@bheph]

There is a difference between "giving in to depression and hopelessness" and trying to defuse the parts of our mind that constantly doomsay about the future and wallow in the existentialism of the burden of fixing everything for the earth's sake. Hope can have innovative ideas asking what we deserve but it can also lock you into a depressive cycle of always wanting better. You aren't just an opinion you are a neurochemical balance. Getting hung up on everything going wrong with your life and not appreciating the human moments you get in the setbacks can send you in a tailspin when you still have things you want to accomplish There's a part of our brain that's unhealthily obsessed with "the way society is going downhill" and it's something our brains have always had. You reconcile with the burden upon you to partake in culture and give back to it. This feeling that everything is burning down is there for a motivating reason, you should do what you can to prevent it from destabilizing you, not just constantly normalize it as a political wakeup call thinking it's a new feeling humanity stumbled upon like something merely post-industrial such as capitalism and climate destabilization

[@kk_fungus]

I watched it the day this video came out, and I knew that I didn't need it then but I would need it soon. Have rewatched it dozens of times, thank you Slizabeth.

[@Thissentenceisfalselosers]

"The struggle of life is ceaseless". Thanks, enlightened elder. You have no idea how much I needed that level of understanding tonight. Unfortunately, I am cursed to cling to hope for just a little longer.

[@Piemations]

awesome video i love hay

[@MrHydesAlterEgo]

This was actually really beautiful and made me tear up a little

[@Ali-wm7jy]

lol the sound when Slizabeth move is exactly like the sound of my brain bugs moving around in there

[@Kayleen-kb7yl]

Very nice. I appreciate the creativity and imagination here

[@ElAndoro]

I am glad I am alive and could watch this, hear this, soak it. Fuck hope.

[@AJLikesCats]

I don't know what I expected this video to be before I watched it, but it certainly exceeded every possible expectation. A beautiful piece of art.

[@NolanEgbert]

There is truly no one out there like you Jason

[@Salutaris-91]

This couldn't have come at a more perfect time for me and my mental health. Thank you Jason.

[@jamodieus1416]

The medium of ridiculous animation and random old ass hay boy videos is perfect for getting across deeper thoughts about reality. That was genuinely insightful film cow thankyou

[@Readasaur]

Always good to watch the hay boys and catch up with a friend.

[@DeimosEclipse]

The funniest people are sometimes the most depressed. Sometimes you make Mrs. Doubtfire, sometimes you make One Hour Photo. Sometimes you make Charlie The Unicorn, sometimes you make.. this.

[@XCATX25]

The future is beautiful because we don't know what's coming, and we don't have to be in control. It's not abandoning hope that you did, it's abandoning control. And that's fine. But hope, hope is what pushes us forward, as humans

[@jparkitrightthere]

I’ve followed you guys since I was a teenager lol I’m literally in tears rn. This is exactly what I needed to hear at this exact moment. I can’t explain how insanely correct it was to randomly click on this video for what I’m going through rn. Thank u

[@oweneastwood2223]

this is honestly exactly how I feel. and it’s nice to hear it from someone else.

[@Ida-ge7vu]

Watching this with my morning coffee. Refreshing good start to my day.

[@Gamingpandacat]

this is why you must watch any and all filmcow videos, you never know what insanity will turn out to be your new normal