JUSTIN MCELROY, KING OF DATES! | Polygon plays JACKBOX Party Pack 4

[@TheAnjelHarte]

this game is the best when everyone in the room hides their identity and chooses the most out there names to throw things off. the fake flirting gets really bold and hysterical when no one knows whos who

[@pepitodiablo912]

Holy crap that sounds so fun- I have to buy this game just so I can do that now

[@char9520]

666th like. That sounds super fun I want this game now

[@xo801]

It's the only way to play it tbh lol

[@Clove69]

Unless ur like me and my friends who’s flirting is already incredibly bold even when we know who everyone is

[@sapphirewolf4031]

agreed-my friends and i always play it anonymously, and it ramps the hysterical flirting up through the roof. personal highlight is when a friend used my name and impersonated me for the whole game

[@lenacarey2333]

Pat not getting a single date the entire game is both sad and deeply relatable

[@kutemo7461]

gotta fucking love that profile pic

[@irreleverent]

Spoken like a true lesbian.

[@ellastarburst736]

But griffin!

[@gfox9295]

as I think Facepalm might have been alluding to... but, but, but... Griffin/Pat match at 5:16 ?

[@iwakeupandboomimarat]

he got One with griffin

[@Annie-br2uh]

“that explains why his first message to me was ‘stay safe out there’” I SNORTED

[@bthorner33]

I really love his commitment that joke that she would not get

[@meredithpeterson7281]

Justin unemotionally saying "That's me. I'm a witch," is the mood for this month.

[@eamonntee]

The layers in "Gay marriage isn't legal in oz" astounds me

[@hitsugatatsuro9978]

Would you mind explaining, friend?

[@professionalworm789]

Yeah would you

[@zeph769]

discrimination

[@jord.an6123]

@@professionalworm789 But yeah none of that background actually matters - Tin Man is from the Wizard from Oz & OZ = Aus(stralia) is all you need to get that joke :)

[@professionalworm789]

Jordan Ok

[@GODZILLAmonsoon]

haha these mackelroy kids are funny polygon should hire them

[@JustTheDani]

Kennedy hol up

[@iboxco612]

ecksdee

[@leongkinwai9709]

These kids are fathers, you silly goose!

[@countingclams]

that spelling error was intentional right

[@marti5420]

no way, they are the worlds boys.

[@g.i.e]

I love how they all agree that this will be for job interviews not dates, and then IMMEDIATELY get freaky with the sexting.

[@ashlilly3071]

is that not how you're supposed to apply for jobs? that would explain why the nursing home won't call me back

[@davidsolm_art]

i love that the one scenario where "the golden state killer was arrested" joke would've worked was in the last lash where nobody actually looked at the prompt.

[@deded55]

Tara: that's a real nice moustache you got there Brian: Thanks but my best trait is audience retention Unravelled Season 2 was Foreshadowed?!?!

[@SharkieTheDork]

My favorite way to play Monster Seeking Monster is everyone being anonymous so at the end of the game everyone yells out the nicknames of those who have wronged them

[@ahobbit1273]

playing anonymously is a fantastic idea

[@bengraham8833]

"Brian is Simone's mom" is my favorite part of the Polygon lore canon

[@VillaFanDan92]

Griffin's last answer was just "BOY!" - The most on-brand way to sign off at Polygon.

[@axaxxiax]

I'm not at all opposed to the way it seems like Griffin and Justin are still Polygon employees but their only job is to appear in videos and have fun

[@AlphaMaleJoey]

Do you know what happened to make them leave I never learned

[@danielrhymes4593]

@@AlphaMaleJoey they just got too busy with their other stuff nothing terrible

[@AlphaMaleJoey]

Daniel Rhymes oooh thanks dude

[@ripnecco5477]

Daniel Rhymes I wonder if part of it too is that Grif did a lot of work with Nick and after the whole fiasco and betrayal he felt and probably Justin as well to a lesser extent it probably made the workplace feel not the same magic as before

[@flyingoffthehandle1811]

what fiasco? what happened?

[@diceh2]

actually goof troop was the name of the scientist you're thinking of goof troop's monster

[@patricksvarietycorner5700]

*Um AcTuAlLy He DrOpPeD oUt Of CoLlEgE sO hE iSnT a ReAl ScIenTiSt*

[@mathybrain8]

The monster calls goof troop father and thus is a goof troop

[@Shinigami13133]

@@mathybrain8 so I know people are joking around, but everyone who does the whole "Frankenstein's monster" makes me wanna rip my hair out

[@padraickeane5922]

"My two dads but one of then is also an otter" I'm assuming the other is a twink.

[@MrSeagallo]

Actually the other dad is a bear.

[@ros7444]

A space bear?

[@brayden1454]

i was hoping someone commented this adfsgdhf

[@duncanurquhart5278]

the true gay culture is making endless bear/otter/twink jokes at the slightest provocation

[@AlmightyPolarBear]

Can I have an otter dad?

[@ItsSheddyBear]

I still don't understand how Simone's laugh can be both objectively obnoxious and the most adorable joyous outburst that I don't ever want to stop.

[@laurafrakinroslin]

SheddyBear - because women in entertainment aren’t allowed to be anything less than appealing to men at ALL TIMES. On another channel Simone either wouldn’t have been allowed on the video team or she would be harassed into hiding her ‘ugly’ laughter. Her laugh is joyous because it’s genuine and unashamed. She’s not worrying about how she’s viewed when she laughs. The rarity of a laugh like Simone’s is also a large part of why people like it. Hearing it is like breathing when you didn’t notice you were holding your breath.

[@extraterralien]

im here both for simone love and feminist essays about women in entertainment

[@ItsSheddyBear]

Ian Canham Yaaass

[@DannoHung]

I was holding my breath while I was waiting for just the ti

[@ItsSheddyBear]

Prettypinkdork She allowed me to stop manually breathing

[@TrudeLeTyran]

Simone's 'c'est moi! L'homme invisible! :)' killed me

[@danny-yz9wh]

brian: gotta keep my role secret brian, when simone didn't get a date ( 6:44 ): YES!!!!

[@OSCARMlLDE]

"The Magic School Bus Goes to Hell" was a short film the 10th grade humanities class at my school made nine years ago. It was the only ever successful short film and the only one with surviving footage from the brief period during which they were being made (it took up a lot of class time and the teacher who led that project left to start his own charter school, which... didn't get very far). It was on KZbin until a couple years ago, when the student who posted it (a COWARD) took it down. It is a lost piece of our school's mythos, and embodies how the school's attitude has changed, and not for the better. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

[@BonnieBoestar]

PLEASE tell me it was saved somehow, you can't leave me hanging like this without knowing what this incredible short film was like

[@OSCARMlLDE]

@@BonnieBoestar the class in question were given copies on DVD (I've laid eyes on one) but the chances are slim that I can get my hands on one

[@R-wzd]

ERA type beat

[@OSCARMlLDE]

@@R-wzd u get it bro

[@feraducatt]

I will never get over, "We left the damn space ship up there!" There will just never be anything funnier.

[@8BitEggplant3]

every time Pat references nut in space it adds 5 years to my life.

[@Zyra-Not-The-LOL-One]

Ya gotta be immortal

[@kharris3352]

8:45 “I’m flirting just like I do in real life which is thinly veiled threats” LOLOL

[@cole1714]

Pats dunk on Black Mirror at 3:50 was so good lmao

[@ripnecco5477]

Cole I’m too dumb to understand it but I laughed anyway

[@chickenskink1]

@@ripnecco5477 It's because the Black Mirror episodes always have super-deep messages, so when a season is finished, the showrunners have zero messages left to send.

[@laurafrakinroslin]

Thank you, Polygon for forcing fan favorite and reclusive cryptid Tara Long into more videos.

[@CRISPRgoatman]

Prettypinkdork for REaal

[@sapphic_sophie]

I love how Simone laughs nervously when Griffin mentions the invisible person role at 2:20

[@Asyipyip]

"I've run out of messages so now i'm gonna talk with my mouth" ilysm

[@equalistmako]

simone "the p is in the other answer" de rochefort deserved to win that round solely for that comment

[@gilbertandgill]

i love the face cams!!

[@alexpayne7316]

gilbertandgill it is very good

[@TYCOIX]

you look awfully familiar

[@magmivire]

It seemed like it was covering up some important bits a couple times though? They looked like they were reacting to absolutely nothing at 5:21 and 16:17.

[@deathtohumansnoah]

Brian, I need you to continue FMV quest so I can continue to type "want some rye, course you do" once every blue moon obnoxiously in the comments. Nobody thinks this is funny, not even me, but it is an important, sacred ritual. Only you have the power to set me free, even now the curse of not typing that has begun to work on me; I am begging you please just continue the series, put me out of my mi

[@MisterAppleEsq]

sery.

[@CowGoesMooLots]

this is a noble plea

[@Jojjo450]

want shum raahh?? courshe ya douh!!!

[@junebugonfire7405]

this comment, more than any other, makes me wish there was a form of youtube gold (like reddit) i could just deposit on funny jokesters

[@bradenroy]

To this day I still get that stuck in my head on a loop every few weeks or so out of nowhere and I lovehate it

[@kyro8559]

FACECAMS FACECAMS FACECAMS I LOVE IT

[@keithu5614]

nobody appreciated justins “jeezits” at 21:00

[@scruffmutt]

Keith U jeezits are another name for communion wafers

[@aeskoro2302]

extremely excited with the introduction of face cams!

[@gracef8030]

14:10 PLEASE BRIAN CONTINUE FMV QUEST

[@briandavidgilbert]

no

[@blahmarduk]

brian david gilbert how about one fmv themed episode of gill and gilbert?

[@Marconejo]

brian pls

[@lenacarey2333]

Unrelated but I love your icon, EXID deserves the world

[@Person-pn6wp]

Can we talk about how one of them said “jeez-its” when they were talking about communion wafers and then NONE OF THEM LAUGHED

[@krabkrab_]

happens to justin a lot

[@pirapiranha5517]

JUSTIN IS AN UNCONQUERABLE CHAD

[@weir9996]

I do enjoy how Pat said he wasn’t cursed and Griffin just ignored him. Good job Griffin.

[@rachelrachel9152]

Ikr griffin like actively convinced himself not to worry about it he just assumed pat was covered. But honestly the way this game went pat still wouldn't have ended up dating Griffin anyways lol. Plus tara didn't win so i guess it worked out anyways

[@clairecohen3178]

Simone trying to laugh quietly is such a mood, honestly. Loved this good new game!

[@jasonjason9270]

"Yeah, we're not gonna play this as a dating game" The cast: Immediately proceeds to do the exact opposite of that

[@mc3612]

Loved this. Griffin geeking out over the ruleset of a "dating" game gave me some Rosebuddies flashbacks

[@pcg13]

Oh heck, this is why it was so familiar to me.

[@Snowspring09]

26:00 sometimes solely Simone's laugh makes me so happy

[@than217]

They arrested the Golden State Killer Y'all w

[@thefaulkness]

This video was good but not as good as them finally catching the golden state kil

[@aliteralgoblin8761]

Griffins tone at 17:45 made my heart melt.

[@JayneVEVO]

wow they got nick back in at 14:40

[@ojcorp]

YOOOOOO LMAO

[@zmelchert]

Damn what a phenomenal burn

[@weetdirt]

Speaking of burning, apparently his apartment went up in flames

[@user-qq4tj8gm8b]

That was I N C R E D I B L E.

[@taakotuesdays]

OH MY JESUS HERALD CHRIST IN HEAVAN

[@annebeach6630]

thank u for this beautiful gift. Also pls Bri bri do more FMV quest with Justunes....

[@magpieroost]

everyone else was worried about monster factory when the mcelroys left polygon - i was just worried about justin and brian doing fmv quest, and losing the irregular joy it brought to my life.

[@neuroflare]

Man, I always feel bad for people that went to a different church than I for one reason: we didn't have communion wafers, the church would bake their own unleavened honey-wheat bread for communion. It was pretty good.

[@FuacataTV]

There is NOTHING that makes me happier than these face cams tbh.

[@ayleateel331]

y'all brian is cute as hell

[@61636]

7:50 "i'm the volcel vampire" PATRICK

[@nightingem]

YES FACECAMS! Y’all have such infectious joy!

[@acorn1014]

Cameras might be more inconvenient, but damn are they helpful.

[@rubyrider7902]

Justin McElroy... wearing a beach t-shirt???? Whoda thunk??

[@taakotuesdays]

He had a case of the mondays

[@chickenskink1]

He just wants to live on island time for a day

[@mademoiselleregret]

Griffin is so good at explaining things! And it’s so nice to see all of you together ❤️❤️❤️

[@upstageprism]

this really is the dream team, they're all so funny and they work really well together

[@andalongjacket]

I've watched this video multiple times and today was the first I heard Pat mutter "I'm the volcel vampire" after not picking anyone

[@lr-]

27:24 I don’t know about firing a gun, but I do know... If you nut in space it push you backwards.

[@ArachnoVolt]

My Saturday just got so much better.

[@ChaoWitch]

MORE MONSTER SEEKING MONSTER PLEASE

[@kitster900]

i said "HELL" for the magic school bus one before the answers came on screen and then when it was there i did a real life spit take

[@calheller811]

polygon was foolish to think i wouldn’t notice them changing the thumbnail on an almost 3-year-old video

[@daboredghurl]

im so intrigued by this is this the only thumbnail they changed or are there others? none of the other jackbox videos changed so is it a mcelroy thing? who did this

[@DeeDee-ye5qe]

RIGHT

[@DeeDee-ye5qe]

i want a full investigation. stop the count.

[@daboredghurl]

update: SOME OF THE OTHER JACKBOX THUMBNAILS HAVE CHANGED so this is probably a jackbox thing i guess??

[@DeeDee-ye5qe]

@@daboredghurl omg the plot thickens.... i kno ur reading this polygon i want answers 👇

[@wintergray3523]

this video is so old and i forget that because everyone looks so different but the character growth

[@rachelrachel9152]

Yeah i would say brian specifically experiences the most radical change in looks over the years, pat's hair changing comes close but i think brian looks exceptionally young only 2 years ago

[@Blattella]

brian played the mustache character foreshadowing

[@nicolle2126]

a jackbox game to surpass quiplash

[@AlmightyPolarBear]

I have been wanting to play this one, it is always the one everyone avoids when I play with others. :')

[@chickenskink1]

@@AlmightyPolarBear Same! I don't understand why

[@AlmightyPolarBear]

@@chickenskink1 What's not to like in dating monsters?

[@rachelrachel9152]

@@AlmightyPolarBear i played it once with my friends and it was a lot of fun, i support what another commenter said abt making your usernames inscrutable so nobody knows who anybody is, i think it's probably both ways tho

[@toetotipthatsabart5048]

“HHHHHHHH HHHHHHH AAAAHHH HAHAHA HHHHHHHHHHHH” like if you agree

[@ChthonicDepths]

you’re damn right i agree

[@jhubeJELLO]

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[@wildharpy6435]

Of course

[@jaderush4141]

21:27 Some people at Polygon have obviously never heard of Elias "I Want Another Divorce" Bouchard and it shows. 25:08 Hairy Otter and the Amber of Sea Crits. That's it. That's the single best joke I've made in the past three weeks, I am very proud of myself. Make sure to leave a comment if you disagree (no).

[@Sara3346]

Oh my goodness, love the medium awareness, to paraphrase the great people in this video: ''smash the like, but leave a comment if youuu maaad'' I'm not mad guys, your wonderfully honest at least sometimes and it's like a breath of fresh air.

[@jimbo_13]

I watch this every week and it never lets me down. Thanks Polygon.

[@norge0209]

McElroys!!

[@vibezonegaming]

Pat’s icon when he doesn’t pick anybody and it says rejected is honestly the look of “You player yourself.”

[@PaintALLtheColors]

This is for sure my favorite let's play for Jackbox this is so funny

[@EV-bf6ou]

i watched this before i knew who bdg was, and when i saw him it felt like my heart stopped. like... its... its baeby

[@hannahscott6198]

When my friends and I play, we just use a random letter of the alphabet and not tell each other who we are. It's way more fun that way!

[@KerbalRocketry]

27:20 I know this! It's now known that in 1972 a gun was been fired in space, it was a modified anti-aircraft gun and the reason was as a test on Salyut-3 before its deorbiting.

[@aryamalmgren4477]

10:49 Brian dropping the real questions and then Jenna stealing my heart, where can I get the full 3-hour presentation??

[@automatonxtinct]

Why does Griffin enjoy making a game out of the prisoner's dilemma so much

[@pbgandie]

One of These Things is Not Like the Otter, a sitcom about an otter that got lost and is now trying to fit in to her found family of platypuses.

[@BatataEnlatada]

I still think this is the best Jackbox game ever made

[@polobronson]

When I clicked this episode I thought it was monster prom

[@markhenderson6389]

"Andrew McCarthy" was amazing! Also, "Too many moon bears scaring off astronauts" was seriously underappreciated!

[@Kewpiepie]

this was a good last wish of griffins

[@adrivoid5376]

Monster seeking Monster is my fav jackbox game- my group plays with fake names so its harder to form alliances and keep it incognito

[@vogelvrouw]

Justins smile is the fucking best, i cant help but to smile back

[@forafinalgirl]

OH BABY FACECAMS.. WE’RE IN IT NOW DUDES

[@pdlbean]

I would love more of this game, specifically! this is great!

[@UnbridledWeeping]

loved seeing this neat jackbox game and would LOVE Brian to continue FMV Quest PLEASE

[@huh.2]

And then Brian actually grew a mustache

[@blakestewart279]

I get excited when I see jack box games, because that’s where Arnie used to work before he fell into a portal behind a Burger King in Chicago into the magical world of foon.

[@TakuroSpirit]

Justin, Griffin and Simone have the greatest laughs. I love it so much.

[@chupenot]

GRIFFY AND HOOPS ARE BACK IN ACTION

[@arielafina]

Im so used to hearing only Griffin's and Justin's voices that seeing their faces is really throwing me off.

[@joli1320]

I was so excited to get to see everyone's faces in this one. I wish y'all did that more often in these.

[@sterlingdragon123]

Griffin describing this game by basically describing Mafia meets those Dating-based Reality Game Shows he likes really makes this video rewarding for us Rose Buddies/Wonderful! fans.

[@quinnbullock9432]

I remember watching this when I was SUPER new to polygon, and not knowing like anything about any of them other than Griffin and Travis, but rewatching it is the best because I can hear things and say "yup, that's a ^person^ thing to say" where I couldn't before a weird thought, but yknow? at least one other person MUST have had the same experience lmao

[@BuddhaonaBus]

Did Clayton do this one? Editing level: Godlike!

[@rwo23]

I can't believe the Golden State Killer was arrested Simone!!!!

[@alexpayne7316]

The goof troupe! I LOVE IT

[@Kirbita22]

GOD BLESS, I WANTED TO SEE THEM PLAY THIS FOR SO LONG

[@teabreakfast2419]

14:36 its tht guy justin played on OK KO lmao

[@emilyleadbetter1788]

Brian leaning into the camera at 1:19 and biting his lip nearly killed me

[@tedioustotoro4885]

I’m sad that, for the otter sitcom one, no one thought of ‘My Brother, My Otter and Me’