MBMBAM - Stupid Things Justin Did In College

From MBMBAM #68
August 22, 2011
www.maximumfun.org/my-brother-...
- Beach party in someone's apartment
- Fireworks in bathroom sink
- Lighter fluid initials
- Scooter helmet and bowling pin
- Make iguana fight lobster, eat the loser

[@stonebutch]

griff and travis have aged normally but im convinced justin has looked the exact same his whole life

[@xKagryx]

born at 30

[@CoRLex-jh5vx]

@@xKagryx picturing a grown up justin face on a little baby makes me disturbed and yet hopeful somehow.

[@crowspeaches5123]

C.o.R you made me inhale a little bit of muffin. Thanks for conjuring this mental picture

[@CoRLex-jh5vx]

@@crowspeaches5123 you're welcome, they'll be with you in the dreaming hours I'm sure :)

[@MiloKuroshiro]

And Travis is literally just Clint

[@Knows_Beers]

The slow zoom makes me feel like I'm watching a murder documentary

[@Fashion040998]

Wait we're not?

[@eridanampora3024]

@@Fashion040998 I thought we where

[@liv1522]

😂

[@Silverwind87]

"And then he took his girlfriend, blindfolded, to a mysterious location for a 'surprise piercing.'"

[@ltshep713]

The story of what happened to sweet Brian McCoy.

[@oof2731]

the slow zoom on justin looks like a documentary where the son kills the whole family and the audio is his last voice recording

[@liv1522]

It does! 😂😅

[@yepisuredolikecats3979]

the slow zoom in on justin is deeply unsettling

[@BooDoug187]

It's like on Dateline or on a documentry about a serial killer. The slow zoom in as the narrator says "But under the smiles of family pictures, no one could know that little Justin would soon be arrested for the murder of 17 runaways..."

[@breannaw7254]

LOL ACCURATE!?

[@SeymourDisapproves]

You're right and I didn't notice it until it was too late

[@iluvearth99]

++

[@fite-4-ever876]

It feels like the final shot of the shinning

[@nogoodcontentallowed8509]

still not as good as clints roommate who "moved to malibu" and then clint sold all his roommates stuff

[@DidThatHelp]

NoGoodContentAllowed Dad, did you kill a man? Did you kill a man so you could sell his fucking Steely Dan records for eight dollars, daddy?

[@FrenchToast02]

Jamison Hermann let me tell you... he had it coming.

[@totallyaweosmefoe]

from the mbmbam tv show!! (i believe the ghost one?)

[@johnavera7247]

I believe it was Bermuda

[@HufflepuffsPanda]

Yup 😂😂😂

[@ltshep713]

"Don't try to play it off like it's your first day under the yellow sun." Is my new favorite quote.

[@headquarterproductions1484]

I want to like this but it's at 420 likes

[@ezekielmartin4323]

@@headquarterproductions1484 I'm a year late but you can like it now

[@headquarterproductions1484]

@@ezekielmartin4323 I'm four weeks late, thank you

[@ezekielmartin4323]

@@headquarterproductions1484 I'm 7 hours late, you're welcome.

[@MrAwesomeMatty]

My favorite part about that sentence is that it sounds like he starts to gain a country accent as he says it.

[@laurelleaves]

Travis: * is more or less the straight man of the show * Also Travis: I used to drink all friday in college and gave a man a concession with a bowling pin

[@Rose-ef2cm]

We love some good character development in our podcasts

[@kalirobinson1205]

How would Travis be the straightest one lol. He paints his nails and I love it.

[@MrHappyhappyhaha]

they all have wives

[@h.j.froehlich326]

That's not what straight man means in this context. Think more like "keeping a straight face." It's somebody who doesn't react very much or at all to weirdness.

[@kalirobinson1205]

H. J. Froehlich ahhh I get it now

[@lunammoon8503]

Those "games" have the same energy as the one my dad and his friends would play where when they were in the car, they would "suprise" the driver by punching him in the throat.

[@fiegorongalez6548]

Why 😭

[@lunammoon8503]

@@fiegorongalez6548 presumably because they were born about 30 ish years too late to be prank youtubers and 35-40ish years too early to be tik tok pranksters.

[@AJordan44-]

This is why my dad had the rule when i was a kid of "dont touch the driver"

[@aplant9980]

​@@lunammoon8503 *too early

[@starchilder734]

if you look at Griffins face, he is definitely saying "CHEEESE"

[@skeeter5076]

Is there a baker under your bed?

[@twojuiceman]

​@@skeeter5076no

[@guytorie]

2:05 Wait, did Travis just say "...that meant Friday..." and then did Justin mishear it as "Batman Friday?"

[@teaerrors360]

yes

[@everylaurenislemons]

@@teaerrors360 think he might have just been razzing him lol

[@notsure1969]

I heard Batman Friday too.

[@justingreen5808]

i hear it as justin saying fat man friday

[@thevoidlord1796]

The slow zoom makes me feel like a narrator is about to say: "The McElroys were the perfect, all american family, until one day, tragedy struck."

[@Trick.Sparrow]

'and that meant Friday-' 'Batman Friday?'

[@jaydock1]

To be fair, it did sound like Batman Friday lmao

[@eorinae]

the abysmal jpeg quality is what truly completes this experience

[@notinspectorgadget]

1:44 "We did the game where we would put our initials in lighter fluid on the carpet and then light it" That's not a game, that's *arson* ...you would commit arson.

[@DidThatHelp]

Jump to 2:05 to hear Justin say “Batman Friday” unprompted

[@TheFoxSaysMoo]

I lost my shit

[@jccs98]

travis said "that meant friday" which prompted justin to say "batman friday" because he thought thats what trav said

[@sepiasmith5065]

2:09 more like

[@zemasterze11]

I remember listening to this in my car and hearing Batman Friday, and I repeated it out loud confused and as I said it Justin said it. I feel more connected to the Eldest McElroy Boy now.

[@mangachick27]

Part of me is so sad that this hasn't been my college experience But also the anxiety I got just from thinking about the consequences of all of this tells me it's perfectly fine

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

Eden Thaw I'm starting my last semester of college and I'm incredibly happy that I didn't do any of these things.

[@RhysezPieces]

I spent my whole college experience chilling, no parties. Sad part: didn’t make any new friends the whole time (just hung out with old ones). Good part: went to the gym for the first time and got a bit buff.

[@DimT670]

@WungusBill sure but societies attitude aren't relevant in an objective evaluation of the thing No matter how lax attitudes are, you still got a concussion you know? Or you burned your room. Or tortured two innocent animals Usually what society thinks about smth doesn't actuall change the thing

[@soup_please]

Griffin looks like such a dandy golden boy in this picture and I love it most of all

[@codysmith3853]

A good sweet boy

[@hollowrat4905]

@@codysmith3853 I hate that I found this ...unprepared and this is exactly what I call my dog ....my good sweet boy....so uh...that's...a thing

[@fear_toxin]

proof justin is an immortal chaos being

[@leahcirker-stark1589]

My housemates and I have a theory that Justin has always looked the same, and that he emerged fully grown like Athena from Zeus' head. Can you confirm or deny that?!

[@pastilakompot6912]

Oh boy do I got a good fuckin video for you, dude. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y2WVYZ94l8aFoa8

[@lucasflowers2774]

Pastila Kompot ha ha 420

[@tobigtobetony9097]

You need to watch the time belt!

[@BingbongDeNiro]

pbs.twimg.com/media/BlcJ9RjCcAAXMU9.jpg Exhibit A (photo is supposed to be from 1999 or thereabouts)

[@dontcallmemom9702]

Leah Cirker-Stark can confirm

[@EvanSaltare]

The slow zoom had me feeling like it was an optical illusion. The fact that they were slowly disappearing from view was my anchor and crucial in preserving my sanity.

[@lastlife0726]

Evan Saltare it's okay, in a later episode he corrects it was a BATHTUB, not a sink, so perfectly safe

[@kimimate]

Taako and Magnus: The College Years

[@ecnoid]

kimkoi i’m ruining this comment by commenting

[@decktech_]

animatic time also idc if im late

[@saturnoperative4484]

this is just what they do on the moon base between missions,,

[@virginialikethewoolf2075]

there’s nothing like clicking on this video after seeing the thumbnail and immediately realizing that the whole video is going to be a slow zoom on justin’s face

[@lighinz137]

This is a very good comment, it made me laugh harder than anything else in the experience of watching this video

[@theWeaverofTales]

Hey Juice, how are you alive?

[@eridanampora3024]

Exactly

[@siiri8295]

Justin really digs that haircut huh

[@emtheplatypus337]

I love Justin’s accent at “Don’t try to play it off like it’s your first day under the yellow sun!”

[@emmagrace1812]

Justin is a fucking inspiration

[@BeccaMoses]

every time i hear my own father talking about his college experience i become more concerned some things my dad did: - moved in w a guy from his hometown who was in an actual gang in high school - had a separate roommate who was like. the biggest weed dealer on campus. at a large state school. in the 70s. - was deemed the best at driving while drunk among his friends. - almost majored in history ? - attended a party where someone threw a couch out a window then he dropped out for a year, got sober, and went to a teeny tiny liberal arts school 2 states away where he booked the musical acts for campus shows

[@EnkerZero]

In this picture Griffin looks like their mom, Justin looks like Clint, and Travis looks somewhere in between

[@ThePilgrums]

Are you kidding? Travis looks exactly like Clint here and ESPECIALLY now.

[@fuckwit107]

@@ThePilgrums Travis looks a lot like Clint now, but Travis sounds identical to him, especially in the Boy Mayor of Second Life Monster Factory for some reason.

[@jeanne-emerycoleman214]

"Well you can certainly lose it" lives rent free in my head

[@sophovot5079]

I love how in that picture Travis looks just like their dad and Griffin looks just like their mom

[@AlexB-ju9iy]

Imagine young Justin meeting old Justin

[@illuminati.official]

As a former aggressively idiotic college student this is extremely relatable.

[@boopboppboo]

In this picture Griffin looks like that one kid on full house who played Yankee Doodle in Michelle’s school play

[@emilyblack7342]

I gave a guy a concussion during LARPing in college. Technically I gave the same guy a concussion twice, but he seemed cool with it

[@laurencatherine3698]

One of the frats on my campus fills their basement with sand every year for a beach party so it wouldn’t be unheard of

[@andreal.1035]

Listening to this, I feel like I'm doing college wrong.

[@Galantium]

I love how Justin looks the Same

[@Sweetumskitty1789]

Travis and Griffen look like kids and then there's Justin who just looks like an adult who's trapped in a child's body, he looks like he's gonna file my taxes and steal my money.

[@naus1kaae]

4:15 that's pure clint right there

[@nepetaren1267]

Look at little griffin ;u;

[@rowan3209]

His head outgrew his hair XD

[@eridanampora3024]

I've found a Homestuck survivor

[@Kim-vf8ss]

this slow zoom makes me anxious tbh hahaha

[@notsure1969]

The Most Dangerous Games with Justin McElroy.

[@tHustr4]

Jesus Christ, Travis!

[@esmeme69]

in college my dad’s friend group bought an ounce on 4/20 and smoked it all in a weekend and then they lost him and found him passed out with his hand stuck in a vending machine

[@zombiexbunny]

The slow zoom on justin has me crying 🤣🤣🤣

[@SoupyPupper]

Is no one going to mention how totally fucked up it is to buy a crab and iguana only to pit them against each other in a fight? It was said so casually, but that's some psychopath shit.

[@Chl0r0f0rmG1rl]

Im writing a college au TAZ fic and I am absolutely making Magnis do all of these things with his dear roommate Avi

[@Cowboyemoji666]

do something normal instead jesus christ

[@selfanothermostlikely478]

that reply killed me lmfao. So straight to the point.

[@CatalunaLilith]

Hot damn I need to read that

[@whatrhymeswithcharlsie]

@@Cowboyemoji666 I would argue that college, in the context of the world of D&D, would be about as normal as one can get, would it not? Even if they’re doing these crazy things, in the context of a college campus they’d be pretty par for the course lol

[@ahobbit1273]

I just spent most of college procrastinating in the library...

[@lykoslove1053]

Ok wtf Justin legit looks like he just entered some random family’s house and made everyone pose for a photo with him.

[@SanguineBanker]

1. Life is one big eating challenge if you think about it. Truer words... 2. The very slow closing in on Justin is just a kiss at the end.

[@sicksalt7765]

Justin didn’t even say Batman Friday as a question. Just. Batman Fri-day. Resigned.

[@laurencatherine3698]

Justin may not have done beach party but it sure as hell happens every year at my school except it’s the entire basement of one of the frat houses

[@milessaxton]

That’s just the nicest family photo

[@LeeaGalaxies]

I wonder what it's like for Travis to know exactly what he'll like when he's Clint age.

[@ryntalkstoomuch4686]

one of the few actually good early mbmbam bits

[@Vinya]

Batman Friday is an all day drinking day.

[@giselle9230]

Man I DID spend my final year in college in quiet contemplation thinking about my goals. Stupid Pandemic....

[@johnccena]

this is all the uni advice I need honestly

[@immabananana]

I know the slow zoom is funny af but i came here after watching An Evening With Griffin McElroy and now seeing the McElroy family with their mom still around makes me sad

[@cjboyo]

I feel like my college experience so far has been boring

[@DidThatHelp]

Be the Justin you wish to see in the world

[@planet_dawsey595]

WHERE DO YOU GET THE PICTURES

[@DidThatHelp]

this one is from a profile of Clint in the Huntington newspaper from back in the day

[@sarahb3nyakar]

I know this is one year later but I hope you became a journalist and are now putting your special set of skills into action

[@borthsampson]

i have neither impulse control nor the ability to consider future consequences, but i do have intense social anxiety and i’m just now realizing god might’ve given me that as a survival mechanism

[@splonko9788]

Justin has had the exact same hairstyle for the last 30 years

[@donthaveacowman728]

Wow. that McElroy family photo. those smiles.

[@dairyboi7996]

Ok but did the lobster or the iguana lose??

[@jordanfry5138]

"He's even sweeter now" is a fuckin wild thing to say about someone you gave a concussion, goddamn Travis

[@OSCARMlLDE]

this reminds me of when i went to my older sister's friends' annual 4th of july party for the first time and then i learned they have a tradition called the knife game

[@breannaw7254]

4:31 "Oh god I can feel Mike coursing through my VEINS" ............help me

[@ExtremelyToxic]

This picture is golden holy fuck

[@Laizerdisk]

Travis and Daniel Plainview from There Will Be Blood have something in common and that something is causing major head trauma with a bowling pin

[@wwmadi]

The only picture of the McElroys where Justin actually looks like the oldest brother

[@randalabra3852]

"Hes even sweeter now" is fuckin hilarious

[@immysnowden]

griffin has the exact same smile as their mum :')

[@kalirobinson1205]

Travis looks so different awwww

[@ShadowSwift12]

I hope this is my college experience.

[@LoadPast]

it will be if you major in theater

[@ShootingStarNeo]

No you don't. No seriously, it sounds like a wild ride but really all of what's described in this video has horrible consequences if things go wrong.

[@MangoBanjo]

Holy shit, Griffin himself was a boy once!

[@caileymarietattoo]

Justin’s dad lore goes crazy

[@spicevoid8703]

4:58 a quote to live by

[@Ghost-lt4sf]

watching this zoom is like watching a sunset.

[@beesie5474]

The most wholesome family

[@HermanHiltsman]

I swear the thumbnail on this video gets even more low rez everytime I see it

[@gh000stful]

so wait and sorry if it's a weird question but whats up with the mcelboys™ mom? ive never heard them talk about her and ive never seen her before now

[@DidThatHelp]

their mom died of cancer before they started the podcast, they talk about it occasionally, Travis talks sometimes about how he tries to live his life to make the most out of every moment with the people he loves because he knows that time is limited, Clint talks about her a little bit at the end of the Balance arc of The Adventure Zone and says "your mom's fingerprints are all over this story" - it's super sad but I think it really informs a lot of the stuff the brothers produce and their personal philosophies

[@greenteapoetry]

Travis was in college & Griffin in high school. They were all so young. Heartbreaking. Griffin has talked about her on the "Wonderful" podcast. Travis has talked about her when he guested on a couple other podcasts. And they've shared some of her favorite recipes with fans, which is a great kindness.

[@BooDoug187]

They joked about the last time they at Golden Corral was the first christmas after their mom died, kind of funny but also sad. kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4KuapWcqtikmMU

[@gh000stful]

there are so many comments here to respond to, oh my. that's terrible to hear. but i'm very glad that they're all okay and have made peace with it. i bet she was a wonderful lady, if the boys are anything to judge by.

[@dysphxria1116]

Lol Griffin looked so nerdy

[@BestUserName510]

The more pictures I see the more im convinced Travis is actually Clints clone

[@KairuHakubi]

so apparently they can charge you _above and beyond_ the security deposit... found that out the hard way and I still did my best to take care of and clean that place.

[@biddyfox]

travis went to college with brentalfloss. fun fact

[@jaystewart9862]

In the picture griffin looks like that smart and annoying kid from boy meets world

[@a3roomhousewithapeppertree]

all this and balls out united, too

[@outsideofadream]

The Frosted Tips Kingpin

[@brennens8849]

clint looks like travis in that pic

[@pirapiranha5517]

cant wait for the future so I can kick off my college career with batman fridays

[@tanyacockle6469]

I can't wait until I'm like 25 and finally going to college so I can start pulling shit like this

[@Ranar14]

Fuck I would do a lot of bad things to be able to time travel back in time and roll with Justin in college LOL

[@robotrightsactivist]

big taako energy

[@pinkfloydguy7781]

This is all really fun stuff to do when you’re in college tho

[@matthewkelly8123]

Travis did a hit!!

[@thatkippy]

Griffin looks like the kid in The Brave Little Toaster

[@BingbongDeNiro]

I think I might have a crush on blurry McElmom...

[@USBmi]

Solomon Gumball That’s great because she’s like, for reals dead

[@cal8831]

We’re born sick of studying for final exams

[@zipzap840]

i’m too focused on the zooming to pay attention to the story

[@quertie420]

in this one specific photo. justin looks a *little* bit like tucker carlson