Jim Haggerty Porks The USA! -- Porkin' Across America -- Ep. 1

[@Duhya]

Jim nails the annoying morning show host role perfectly.

[@ploopybear]

porkfectly

[@ricegum2022]

@@ploopybear oh god

[@johnzackarias11]

This guy is great in everything he plays.

[@knifeandspoon3291]

What do you mean, this video was funny and wholesome, Jim even left a tip at the end

[@ras7646]

Jim is wholesome, never annoying

[@halyomorpha]

Wow. You can really taste the cooked pork.

[@revnede]

I like the chili. You can really taste the powder too.

[@connor5187]

That was my absolute favorite line

[@Techn1kal]

I'm a big salt fan

[@user-jl7cz2pe6d]

You can really taste the powder too

[@zedzoss3205]

Salt, that’s right oughta my cookbook

[@shaunhamilton8217]

One of The Onion's underrated gems. It's kinda like a deeply dysfunctional Food Network show (or probably how people on those shows act once the cameras are off).

[@MinecraftJesusGaming]

yeah

[@StoutShako]

Have you even watched Sex House?

[@IncredibleIceCastle]

Stout Shako “I think the fact that the producers put only one gay man in the sex house is a huge oversight”

[@PimpMyDitchWitch]

@@swpolitical Somehow the people from Netflix created a show exactly like it called Too Hot To Handle.

[@rexruther4864]

Watch the rest of the show

[@catherinethorstenberg6362]

I love how you can hear the lapping water whenever his wife is on the phone

[@MinecraftJesusGaming]

attention to detail i l+ike it +respecc to the onion

[@monkofdarktimes]

Nathan oh god they alud later on with the poor dog

[@sforbesgocka]

This is so well made. It fits every single convention of these food shows, down to the royalty free non specific country music, the shots of the restaurant, the fonts, everything.

[@CaveyMoth]

Some guy stuffing his face with food while he blathers on about nonsense

[@camrum7445]

The horrible host who knows nothing lmao

[@monke_studios_inc]

“Times like these make me thankful I’m not an observant Jew” is one of the lines of all time

[@BobGymlan]

I adore how he knows nothing about pork.

[@villager8154]

Lol

[@easportsaxb8057]

Oh hey Bob! I never knew you watched The Onion...

[@oliverjabroni9912]

I myself am a huge porkhead, and I think Jim is caught up in the current pork lingo

[@vagabounder3463]

Bigfootin across america

[@LukeMcGuireoides]

Or food in general - salt and what?

[@xTheOxx]

Does everyone realize this is one of mankind's greatest achievements in comedy ever ever?

[@ot63]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSS

[@johneden2033]

It really is. There are so many god-damned layers to every interaction and joke. It's part critique, part satire, part descent into the self-destruction that every man, on some level, secretly fears. It's the descent of a man who neglected everything but his career, throwing money at every problem and never being emotionally invested enough in his family to keep it from falling apart. And how he becomes the thing he's desperately trying to pursue in the hopes that if this one more TV show is successful, he'll finally have enough money to buy his family's problems away. And it consumes him, turns him into a subhuman animal, and utterly destroys him and everyone who tried to love him. And yet somehow, we manage to laugh at it. It's perfection.

[@sna1466]

Horror

[@everhirstseyt2667]

This spoof is hilarious and I come back to it every few years.

[@YouAintGotNoTegridyBoi]

@@johneden2033 it's also about how a terrible useless wife helps add to his descent into what will become loneliness and madness.

[@AlphaSeagull]

"First we put a little salt and pepper" "You put a little what??" "..... Salt and pepper" "Salt! That's right outta my cookbook!" This joke was so underrated

[@LiakkDoesStuff]

AlphaSeagull white people

[@AlphaSeagull]

@@LiakkDoesStuff I know right? (Says I, a white person)

[@LiakkDoesStuff]

AlphaSeagull I also know right? (Says a fellow white person)

[@jadeasereht4638]

@@LiakkDoesStuff what? (Says I an Asian )

[@chauffeurdebusdu9344]

I'm a big salt fan !

[@_sjodl]

'Oh, I like the chilli. You can definitely taste the powder, too' got me laughing harder than it should

[@marcocassone5996]

I love Michael Moses' face every time Jim does something a little weird. Like "something's off here, but I can't put my finger on it."

[@seanodonnell9826]

haha! that's why this one is my favorite episode. "You can really taste the powder too"

[@stephaniecarrow4898]

To me, Mr. Moses' face looks more like, "This guy is off his rocker."

[@SamuSamuWa]

That awkward face when Jim is outside yelling on the phone is so perfect

[@Zachahicks]

I seriously can't tell if Moses is scripted or not. He did a great job

[@SKa-tt9nm]

Why hasn’t this actor been in ANYTHING else? He’s brilliant.

[@olivernorth7418]

S K look up onion today now

[@FastLifeInc]

he was in the manchurian candidate as a news anchor

[@MinecraftJesusGaming]

He was the reporter in I am legend, with will smith

[@lindsayjanae]

Oliver North lmao they mean apart from the onion

[@xoSamyxo]

recognized him in an old episode of law and order: SVU and could only see him as Jim, the pig man

[@planetary109]

This actor doesn't get enough credit.

[@ChucklesProduction1]

Still doesn’t unfortunately.

[@oregonlee]

Everyone in the early Onion

[@MrisaVigil]

This series gets so dark so fast

[@Timchang1]

the message is that SWINE (PORK) is filthy and a detestable thing to ingest. Pig meat is the closest you can get to CANNIBALISM, a pig's organs can replace human organs and successful transplants are not impossible. Pigs are very intelligent although they are dirty as shit sometimes. The epitome of decadence is the consumption of pig flesh. All meat eating is sadistic on some level believe it or not, this is why we pretend to be eating the brand instead of a living breathing miracle of creation i.e its not A COW its BEEF, its not A CHICKEN its CHICKEN(the brand), its not A PIG its PORK and fish don't have nerve cells (lol) so its ok to slay them and then devour their cadavers.

[@StrazdasLT]

No, the only filthy and disgusting thing here is your comment.

[@andremaines]

Other people: Watching their favorite TV shows "This is life" Me: Sneaking into the woods, murdering an animal, chopping up its body and eating it for the rest of the year "This is life"

[@poisonmontana]

BLEEP BLOOP how far you wanna scale back dip shit

[@rachelj16]

Seriously...

[@paulol7224]

I love the foreshadowing by deb calling jim a “stupid pig” hehhehehe

[@Minstrel2626]

Pork man speaking

[@Uxoriouswidow]

He is an incredible actor. I can't imagine his real personality.

[@flowwy_]

Yeah that's the point

[@akashchowdhury32]

He's like Daniel day Lewis

[@alittoralgecko4562]

"Lexington, Kentucky" *shows pictures of Louisville*

[@lordflashheart3706]

Even better, Illinois restaurant.

[@camrum7445]

Lmao

[@janko7245]

@@chrisp1601 they were too lazy to leave so they recorded everything in Illinois lol

[@DanQZ]

@@janko7245 it's not reasonable to expect them to actually go across the US just for these skits lol theyre on a budget

[@idontcare6736]

I keep coming back to that last line “I’ll see you in pork” It’s so cryptic, yet so simple What does it mean

[@benb4728]

Watch the rest of the series, and you will understand...

[@theoneonly8472]

What about his wife with the foreshadowing calling him ‘pig’

[@abduljah9355]

@@theoneonly8472 yeah at 4:53

[@kohekade2961]

"Oh, I thought the bully died" is so beautifully written and executed, the guy is the best.

[@justacup8676]

“Pork Man speaking!” is how every phonecall should be answered.

[@americawashington2700]

This is seriously underrated.

[@MinecraftJesusGaming]

thanks for looking at this giorno

[@pkj4173]

@@MinecraftJesusGaming i dont think thats giorno

[@dikshabhatt8982]

Ikr

[@lucasrodillo6739]

This is the kind of lighthearted kitchen show I need to unwind after a long day working.

[@senorarmadillo5696]

oh boy...

[@iamdumbsometimes483]

So how'd it go?

[@lucasrodillo6739]

@@iamdumbsometimes483 that nose... That fucking pig nose!

[@Salty_Lake098]

Oh boy...

[@FSCreations168]

Nothing is more important than family

[@Jdawg1948]

THE DESCENT OF JIMS MADNESS BEGINS

[@tonybobay6276]

Best description of the midwest ever, "you can tell, just by looking at them, that they love pork"

[@mofumofutenngoku]

I don't know where you come from, but Kentucky is definitely NOT the Midwest.

[@landonito4616]

The foreshadowing is so good in this series. With his sloppy eating, his wife calling him a pig, and his careless spending of money. So underrated.

[@radioactiveentertainment5059]

there's nothing more important than family

[@samuelknox8097]

Moses really fills the wisened, understanding, expert smoker/cook role that anyone would want to have lunch with.

[@DeathtoRaiden1]

8 episodes later... I stared at the void and it stared right back.

[@Illuminatibby]

The wife is an adult with a phone so y doesn't she just call a repair man?

[@drrnfl]

His wife is a bitch as it turns out

[@MynameisBrianZX]

+werty.709 this is the person who thought marrying and having kids with Jim was a good idea

[@Ben-rz9cf]

his wife is incompetent. she probably died after divorcing him in episode 2

[@sheela6943]

She isn't allowed to see any other men. She might get porked.

[@johnnygreenface]

sheela but he loves pork

[@micahgee]

"Oh I like the Chili, you can definitely taste the powder too" "You know before you cooked the meat it was cold and red" Jim Haggerty is awwwwesome!

[@rpedraza4121]

“I like the chili, you can definitely taste the powder too..”

[@J0J0McM0M0]

i burst out laughing xD

[@Lojkovic]

Love the way he tips the owner like one hundred dollars and the waiter is like, "Wait... our food doesn't cost that much!"

[@ALWTunes]

The Porkin Across America series is probably the most underrated Onion content. So absurd and brilliant.

[@icarus313]

If you're eating pork while watching this for the first time, I advise you to stop immediately.

[@Tsochar]

Quite possibly the best modern-day retelling of Kafka's The Metamorphosis to ever be told.

[@jonathanc4166]

I agree with Jim. Why can't the wife call the plummer her self?

[@jannchavez9257]

Gladly, Deb is loyal. You know what happens if she calls the plumber ;)

[@d4n4nable]

Cause she's a woman.

[@hh7184]

And then a good divorce lawyer... yeah

[@maxfelson9467]

@@hh7184 what ? So far Jim hasn't done anything that's *that* wrong

[@hh7184]

@@maxfelson9467 or that right... 🦠

[@Womper1992]

This and Sex House are both so much funnier the second time around.

[@PJ-zh5gd]

Agreed!

[@MWorsa]

Lake Dredge Appraisal too🙂

[@punkgrl325]

Dr. Good is great too.

[@youreshouldoflearntgrammer8277]

Or the eleventh time

[@quantumx9924]

Just finished the whole series. Bravo Onion this is a piece of art. Horrifying art...

[@KayOScode]

I just made myself a nice meal and am ready to watch this wholesome series.

[@yt-rf5et]

Boy oh boy

[@mati.benapezo]

You probably vomited the meal after seeing this or an actual program.

[@kostaspatsatzakis9264]

"I like chili!, you can definitely taste the powder too!" I cried for at least 5 minutes

[@inyoudeep1]

He said Lexington, but showed Louisville. LOL

[@LolzSquid]

Kentucky gang

[@ricker76er]

I noticed the same thing. Perfect for the onion.

[@milescorporosus4058]

The bizarre uses of the word "pork" add to the surreality of this series so nicely.

[@Languslangus]

Hey our food dont cost this much.

[@silver7554]

Langus langus what a good and honest man

[@zaryalace7475]

Don't worry. I got cash!

[@fatelvis3311]

"COUNTRY SMOKESTACK" in Kentucky my ass, I knew I recognized the inside of this place. Russell's Ribs in Chicago!

[@inspectorjavert8443]

OK I want to visit that then and since I've always wanted to try deep dish pizza in Chicago I now have two places to go :D

[@newname9730]

FatElvis makes sense. Onion is headquartered in Chicago

[@mr.butterworth]

FatElvis - It’s Country Smokestack in Kentucky. “Russell’s Ribs In Chicago” is a figment of your delusional imagination.

[@Joe-uq4by]

Lol no its In Louisville the onion called it Lexington

[@CaveyMoth]

Do they really have that meat that starts out cold and red?

[@mawtymawty9010]

This is quietly the funniest series on KZbin

[@jumbo6498]

"Pork man" is foreshadowing.

[@ZZJeffree]

Had to watch the entire series to understand that....

[@basically_.-._matthew4725]

Ik this is the Onion and all but i'm furious that the wife didn't just call a plummer. WHY did she let the water flood. I'm actually screeching

[@nailinpalin1477]

Bitches amirite

[@rastahatattack706]

@@CharlesNauck "I know she is a she" Yikes.

[@shamicentertainment1262]

@@CharlesNauck well I'm a man and crap at fixing stuff so me and my wife would both sit in a flooded house wondering what to do.

[@shamicentertainment1262]

@@CharlesNauck Yeah my problem is I don't have a phone because it broke when it fell into the water when the house flooded. I'm also retarded and my wife doesn't exist and there was never a flood I made it all up to get likes. Whoops. Also this series gets really weird and dark. It's well done but the ending is unexpected and sad. Kind of stops being funny, just intensely mesmerizing and depressing.

[@shamicentertainment1262]

@@harorider96 Both of my comments were not really serious.

[@DehnusNorder]

"I like the chili, you can definitely taste the powder too.", that joke is so much Dad that it became funny again :).

[@andrewnotgonnatellya7019]

The beginning of one of the most underrated shows on this website

[@Gouneas]

To be fair he isn't a goddamn plumber, he realistically cannot help his wife in this scenario

[@roslyn-rose124]

Idk help with the kids or deal with the angry neighbors

[@scouthanamura2380]

i woke up in a sweat because i remembered that this series exists. haunting stuff, brilliant acting.

[@msfsaddict9632]

4:53 I feel like this is the best foreshadowing ever

[@kvpilots]

God i miss this BRING IT BACK

[@henryatkinson1479]

Can we just take a moment to appreciate what a masterpiece this whole thing was?

[@stevesmith9447]

What a gem this series is. And it only works in this format. No previews, taken only on its own terms.

[@Joris-KarlHuysmans]

0:10 I envy YOU, yes YOU, the person watching this series for the first time.

[@tomsthomas1139]

How did it hide from me for so long?

[@yueshijoorya601]

"Most of meat is muscle" Jim: how dare you humiliate me on my own show, swine-slayer.

[@jacquesmains7453]

This whole series is a masterpiece. Can’t wait to watch it ail again!

[@Dav-lc8sc]

"Meat sure changes a lot in the cooking process doesn't it?" 😂

[@zacka.]

This is SO, SOOOOOOO UNDERRATED, It must have millions of views, this is comedy gold!!!!

[@threeVs17]

lmfaoooo he's so adorable i love his vids on the onion !

[@luging2051]

threeVs17 I bet you enjoyed the rest of the series if you think he was adorable at the start

[@UnknownPerson-kb8fo]

@@luging2051 💀💀💀

[@SesameCake]

Man, Jim Haggerty's got that blank, empty stare that one only gets when you do cable news for too long! It's like you can see the soul at the edges of his eyes.

[@Ort_Smort]

“Fresh local beef”

[@izzynorth6276]

He hands put slightly less money every episode until he hands out $3 and they dont really call attention to it. This is truly a masterpiece

[@TESkyrimizer]

I'd laugh if you said this episode was the high point of Jim's life.

[@lazyhomebody1356]

Why would anyone...bottle...a banana

[@lazyhomebody1356]

@fasha77 I still find that pic disturbing

[@gigan2444]

Weird thing is that it isn't he's much more happy and content where he ended up.

[@yesterday1396]

Favourite thing the onion has ever done.

[@Khanstant]

You know, the first two times I watched this I felt really bad for his wife and kids. This third time through though, maybe it's the pork getting to me, but come on, how is this lady so helpless she can't call a plumber?

[@kon2175]

I thought the same thing too! Like yes, the host is being unnecessarily callous and terrible to his wife and kids in such a dire situation, but come on, he has proved to be unreliable before and when a pipe bursts to the level that it floods your apartment, you most definitely call a plumber.

[@mockduckcompanion]

They establish on the phone call that he's been a dead-beat father and trash husband for many years. Ignoring this new issue to selfishly pursue an idiotic career move is just the last straw

[@Chris-jw8vm]

@@mockduckcompanion He thought the bully died I dunno what you want from him.

[@cynthiaedith4122]

​@@mockduckcompanion doesn't change the wife is somehow physically incapable of calling a plumber and instead let's all her possessions be drowned in trash water

[@ratflakes3135]

Whoever is playijg Jim is an amazing actor. If you ignore the phone calls and hospital visits this really does feel like a shitty tv show.

[@chrisrojas3561]

I keep returning to this once a year. Such a gem of a series

[@FSCreations168]

This is definitely impacting your mental sanity somehow, but who cares. *Family comes first*

[@DanQZ]

“If you’re still hungry you can try some strawberry pie” “No no, that’s okay. I can only eat pork.” *gives multiple 20’s for a burger and fries” “Hey. Hey, our food doesn’t cost this much!” LMAO had me rolling

[@tedmichaels]

Make sure to finish this series! It's a wild ride, and an amazing performance by Brad Holbrook (Jim Haggerty).

[@jberczi6]

This guy playing the restaurant owner plays such a good "not in on it" role

[@larrylentini5688]

"My food don't cost this much" that part really got me

[@screenwatcher949]

He could've solved the problem by bringing his family on the road trip and making it heartwarming!! He just needs a good marketing team

[@nedludd7622]

Seeing this 7 years after, and it is still funny. He and so hot Tracy also did the best news program.

[@satchelwalton3620]

1:35 those buildings and bridges are in Louisville, not Lexington. I can't believe such an esteemed news organization as The Onion would be so careless as to produce this inaccuracy. "America's Finest News Source"? Ha!

[@businessgoose4091]

powerpenguin 87 That was actually them driving through Louisville, turning around and going directly to Lexington via teleportation. It’s not an error, but a display of power.

[@ItsBobbyBlTCH]

The total show is about an hour. It’s crazy how great this actually is in that amount of time. It’s super cringey and dark humor but I absolutely love it! I wish they did seasons of this lol

[@guacamolly_]

5:48 I love that dude😂

[@vladimirrashkovsky6274]

3:25 I was not ready for that 😂

[@acatpassingby691]

After this, Today Now is never the same again for me

[@lithostheory]

I come back to this every once in a while... the onion really outdid themselves with this series!

[@eewilson9835]

If you arn't in to this as a rewatch worthy classic, then you get hog tied.

[@Nah_Bohdi]

His voice is perfect for this. I would watch this show.

[@halyomorpha]

I'm seeing a lot of tells here that reveal stuff later in the series but in a subtle manner. This writing is excellent.

[@XemawthEvo2]

Jim ALMOST cracked a laugh at 5:36 lmao Huge props to hanging onto the "Existential Life crisis, but the show must go on" moment

[@smokyprogg]

4:53 - "I never want to see you again, you stupid pig!" lol, nice foreshadowing

[@lordmortimer8055]

Nobody could prepare me for where this series goes

[@lancelotto475]

This series is probably one of the best dark comedies I've seen.

[@RickleVR]

This is the origin of John Pork

[@ItssDevv]

Yes

[@herbivorethecarnivore8447]

To be fair to Jim, he told his wife to call a *specific* plumber they presumably both knew about, and she didn't. She let the problem get worse and insisted he come home during an important film shoot. This is his wife's fault.

[@waffleless]

I can only eat pork

[@HelpfulFox-pl2de]

This is definitely a show id watch

[@ThePetit1989]

Man left his family hanging for us ❤️

[@Chris-jw8vm]

Who else sides with him. He ain't a plumber, he told her to call one. Instead she wanted him there to blame.

[@xxProjectJxx]

Man should have just called a plumber himself from the road if she was that helpless lol

[@Poison_Eevee]

1:20 dispite being set in Lexington, this part with the RV was shot and recorded along Roosevelt Road, near the intersection with Kostner Avenue in Chicago

[@boyfromzambia]

"We start out with a little salt and pepper for flavor" "I'm sorry, I missed that-- the what?" "Salt & pepper" "That's right out of my cook book, i'm a big salt fan" 😂 whomever writes this is a genius

[@geraldmurphy5048]

This thing is criminally underrated.

[@jappiejojo777]

“I like the chili, you can taste the powder too” 😂😆

[@75hilmar]

Wow, a show trying every pork in the USA! This is exactly the kind of show I have been searching for for so long!

[@mattzed11]

Fun fact: Brad Holbrook, the actor who plays Jim, is from Kentucky (specifically, Lexington).

[@iananderson292]

They are going to make 50 episodes of this. 50 episodes.