Monster Factory: Making a Golf All-Star in Tiger Woods '08

Now we're getting into our core competency: Being good at Golf. In this episode, we borrow the core facial structure of a late, great character actor, and then mold it into something dark and profane. Behold: DAZ.
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[@Berrybamboo112]

Black? African-American? Nah, i prefer to say that my ethnicity is all the way up.

[@toppersundquist]

All four?!

[@FCCommunist]

It's awesome, it hasn't been used to perpetuate white supremacy in the past, it doesn't assume your ethnic origin or national identity, I hope it gets accepted into common use!

[@leiram8833]

My ethnicity is 100%

[@bee4590]

oh, my ethnicity? full.

[@gwen6622]

100% 100% 100% 100%

[@slim_streams]

Fun fact! The reason a golf ball is sometimes referred to as an egg is because if the players don't play fast enough, a new golfer hatches from the ball and they are declared the winner of the game. So the golfers playing have to finish the game quickly if they want to win

[@bananasinfrench]

wow, I didn’t know that! Such a beautiful game

[@omega1575]

What’s counted as fast, cause golf games take the whole day

[@quinnmarchese6313]

@@bananasinfrench the king's game

[@gwen6622]

oh man, you hate it when that happens

[@stupidass69420]

Sometimes I eat the little golfers after the game 🤠 They’re very crunchy

[@235217]

I like how 100% ethnicity means spray tan

[@ogreaggressuv]

David Hulse trump is ethnic lmao

[@boneturner7803]

Don't tell him that, he might try to deport himself.

[@mildlydistressedmaninaturt5452]

argalii omfg lmaaooo

[@ShyDragoness]

@@boneturner7803 that sounds like a reason to tell trump

[@rynemcgriffin1752]

argalii That’s exactly a reason to tell Trump

[@Dylanquinn666]

"Crows feet? I want the whole leg!"

[@nokkonokko]

666 likes, checking in

[@juanjuri6127]

As a 100% ethnicity 1, 2, 3 and 4 american it's hard to find proper representation in videogames. Some people say that EA turned Daz into a stereotypical 100% ethnicity 1, 2, 3 and 4 man, but I personally can identify with his love-hate relationship with jolf.

[@anorb5580]

Not nearly enough 100% American Ethnicity representation in today's media.

[@uncomfortablespencer5596]

Little does anyone know that Daz stands for D- Dark A- Johnny Z- Bravo

[@RetrogieWasTaken]

D - The A - King’s Z - Game

[@howeyyadoing9070]

D-Ball A-Chess Z-

[@literalruleslawyer]

D - The A - Final Z - Pam

[@TurbopropPuppy]

D- Da A- Adventure Z- Zone

[@GoblinLord]

@@TurbopropPuppy Wait a second....

[@pirrikko]

this is the longest i've willingly watched golf in my life

[@corvobasqez3936]

softpillow nick and griffin have ruined me i immediately read that as jolf

[@padtixx5441]

Jolf”

[@404_11]

"Some people call it.... Ball chess." This is gold.

[@taakotuesdays]

404_11 as someone who plays the Kings Game. Ball Chess is essentially what it is.

[@sockeye42069]

Justin is such a handsome boy, with his beautiful smile and kind friend eyes. I would say the same for Griffin, but I have watched him vore too many things to feel comfortable doing it.

[@slendy9600]

"vore"?

[@Silent101Song]

+slendy9600 oh you beautiful untainted soul

[@midnightcthulhu5551]

i am a tainted soul. show me where griffin vores.

[@sockeye42069]

Midnight Cthulhu his entire series on here called Griffin's Amiibo Corner. Also, mentions it every once in a while on his podcast MBMBaM. and then his cursed video.... big gulp... on his own channel...

[@80ssynth34]

that video is both cursed and hexed..

[@beaverbicycle]

When I'm at my lowest and can't find a reason to go on, I just take a moment to remind myself that, "ERRRRRRRRGH! IT'S FOR THE KING'S GAME!!"

[@alexias.4702]

I know it has been three years but I hope your doing great regardless!

[@GioTheVax]

This episode of Monster Factory was my first ever episode, back in late 2016. It opened a whole new chapter of my life, added several new pages of terms to my vocabulary, and basically saved my life after a deep dark depression. God bless the McElroys, and Daz, Champion of Ball Chess

[@wj2429]

It's wonderful isn't it?

[@benroholt8565]

Such a great series, anything with the McElroys is amazing. I highly recommend the podcast The Adventure Zone if youre looking for more of this kinda stuff

[@bromomento3142]

2016 was 27 years ago… 🥲

[@Ghostface_killer]

​@@bromomento3142yep, the math checks out.

[@LinkTheHero]

My first video too!

[@BathsHeartbreaker]

thank you boys, i used "you did a bad job with me god" as my senior yearbook quote

[@HeyThatsAlex855]

xD!

[@vertibelle]

That birdie was the most triumphant moment in all of sports and maybe just existence as a whole

[@Zerox5861]

Sometimes when im feeling down I que up this video at that exact timestamp. Daz's win is humanities win.

[@kenji8763]

"Don't look directly at it or you'll get stuck in PGATour-y" We have reached peak pun. how the fuck do you even set that up.

[@mudkipsmakemewet]

KISS. THAT. EGG.

[@bucketofturtles7243]

"Well they gotta retrieve the details of the face they just gener- W E L L ."

[@scyence]

Well.

[@toppersundquist]

Well?

[@bogass7771]

Well!

[@gemstonegynoid7475]

Well...

[@alantremonti1381]

Weeell... ... ... .. .. .. . . . . . . .

[@Jasmine-mh3kf]

"I'm gonna slamma-dam this ding-dong." I love Griffin's vocabulary

[@apinkgoat]

I swan to john

[@Kalabunga0]

It's been 4 years and I still think about "EA Sports, it's in the Shorts"

[@bluegreenmagenta]

I too still think about this one years later as well as "EA Sports: The Getty Images watermark is in the game"

[@reagancorbett2080]

fr it’s become one of my vocal stims

[@nuclearlo0ve]

Lmfaoooo me too

[@peterbyrne5004]

It's like the Platonic ideal of a McElroy joke.

[@krisherrick4261]

Now it's been 7 years and I still think about it

[@bunnygardenz]

i have started saying "i swom to john" in public

[@coykoi5128]

i know of all the great mcelroyisms this one seems to have irrevocably crept into my vocabulary. SHAUNDI I SWAN TO JOHN

[@jayahnh9591]

I swam to jaa'm

[@margaret6839]

Me too!!!

[@pop-tartdepression393]

Griffins “Aw Beans” has wormed its way into my vocabulary and I use it more than I can help it

[@GYAXA]

Amazo Potato it’s a great way to stop swearing constantly because it’s such a funny substitute

[@WittyWalrusStudios]

Griffin said it as a throwaway but I think one of the best quotes in this is easily "Crow's feet? I want the whole leg!"

[@tailsfox45]

"That one's going on the gamernet" Is an oddly beautiful phrase to me

[@tristansmith8824]

I want Daz to beat me to death with his jolf club.

[@SSGErnestP]

I want to give Daz $15

[@abunchofletters9507]

Jolf... That's not even right... :(

[@tristansmith8824]

A bunch of letters Are you accusing me of spelling the King's Game incorrectly? You fool. You madman.

[@abunchofletters9507]

Tristan Smith UUUHH... It's BALL CHESS!!!

[@tristansmith8824]

A bunch of letters HERESY!!! Trolbus will hear of this.

[@fr0ggi3princ3]

Damn Griffin will be 14 next month, time sure does fly!

[@priceoffame]

Heading out to the jolf cornch.

[@LifesNeverHumDrum]

The McElroys really had an impact on my vocabulary. “I swon to John” just comes so naturally.

[@Zerox5861]

Glad I'm not alone. Nobody gets the reference, its just a little treat for us.

[@Nonon471]

"Well.." "Well..." "Well......." "Well.............." I've never laughed harder in my life.

[@flufflepants362]

**noise of balloon deflating and laughter**

[@gwynethh9524]

the only bad thing about monster factory is that I can't eat while I watch it, because if I did, I would choke on my food and die

[@UncleLucky]

I keep making the mistake of doing so

[@NechoJak]

thats the only way to go

[@coykoi5128]

god mood

[@---fi2ml]

i appreciate that this is an old comment but i also wanna contribute that i also cant watch videos like the arby mcdonald one or final pam while eating because i start retching. arbys so sweaty.

[@endlesswanderer1753]

@@---fi2ml One time, I laughed at a video while drinking vodka. 100 proof vodka + nasal passages = the most pain I've ever been in my life.

[@WritingOnGames]

'HI I'M EVERY BASSIST EVER' Fucking DEAD

[@rasamatazz9823]

12:25 "Aw beans" is now a part of my vocabulary alongside copious usage of "boy". Thanks Griff

[@stinkiest]

that makes you a griffinboy

[@margaret6839]

"I swamda John" has worked its way into mine.

[@pop-tartdepression393]

Yuuuup, I use “Aw Beans” a scary amount of times along with calling everything “boy”

[@kouizumi9484]

"Copious usage of boy" is basically how my brother's and I communicate. It's 100% thanks to the McElroy's.

[@ellodees]

I'm every bassist ever such a throw away one liner but it had me dying

[@JackSassyPants]

Since everybody's wondering, there's use of "boy" at 1:13 , 2:06 , 14:04 , 21:19 , 29:22 and text at 13:34 . You're welcome.

[@rowchi93]

You're my hero boy

[@midnightcthulhu5551]

jack pinto the lovely little hero boy

[@schwarg]

My boy.....

[@magmivire]

Gonna need a compilation of every time they say "boy" in all of Monster Factory.

[@wehippos]

The first video I ever saw of them was a compilation of (almost) all the times they say boy in MF. I was both incredibly confused and resigned to the fact I'd just found my new favorite series...

[@lucygaskin7723]

"He just stands there and admires his shitty work" me whenever I do anything

[@barrondaly5803]

I'm a bassist and I can attest. Daz is a prime example of what we all look like.

[@punto3205]

He almost looks like he's related to the Final Pam

[@maddiedoes3571]

His mom cheated on his dad with Pam and had her bological son and nobody wanted to bring up how so Pam just kinda let it happen

[@jacklandismusic]

There’s a Monster Factory Cinematic Universe (MFCU) developing as these go on

[@literalruleslawyer]

@@maddiedoes3571 he is the final dan

[@rynemcgriffin1752]

Jack Landis Final Pam is Thanos

[@orangepeels9097]

He's one of her many sons

[@Dapeepn1gg4]

"SCAR ME UP MY DADS"

[@TheLangenator]

“IM DAZ, AND I’VE DONE IT”

[@AhmeeStrider]

Daz looked exactly like this guy who always comes into subway wearing sunglasses inside and orders really quietly and then gets a whole ass tude when I keep asking him to repeat because I can’t hear a single god forsaken word he mutters

[@zubetp]

the guy who says how many times he's had to repeat something because he refuses to enunciate or speak up? "okay. THIRD time. i want a hmm dumpo."

[@ellenminerva9119]

The McElroys is a gift to the humanity

[@ralphiemcdingus2075]

*are

[@radbuffman3487]

+lmarcondesm Th'Mcelr'oysz

[@nomukun1138]

Iä! Iä!

[@WhoLetThemIn]

And a gift to this beautiful kings game we call jolf

[@jasperluccassen6411]

22:00 is easily the proudest I've ever been of Griffin. I yelled out at my screen when that happened.

[@Gallant_Silver]

*Oh my goodness!* Someone who likes Monster Factory AND Steam Powered Giraffe? The McElroy's truly draw in the best of people.

[@Zerox5861]

I still come to this spot when I need some quick inspiration. Daz is the Egg Kisser we need, Deserve, and Crave.

[@yenee94]

blueeyedadela there are dozens of us!

[@ameliaburger]

congrats on some of the most uncomfortable kissing noises I have ever heard. and I am watching this season of the bachelorette.

[@lumen8341]

lololol

[@HeartOfStone.]

You're good for that every 2-3 monster factory episodes

[@GippyHappy]

So weird seeing griffins mouth move and his voice come out of it

[@babayaga4513]

he looks like a burn victim Johnny Bravo

[@AFarmerCalledChicken]

Freddy(Kruger) Bravo

[@penguinstarlette4028]

Deadpool Bravo

[@stupidass69420]

Johnny Zuko

[@jjju3]

Fun fact; way back when, this was my first time seeing griffins face _ever_ And it was stretched over this golf mans flesh in some kind of deformed hell mask.

[@pringel320]

Do you ever watch a Monster Factory for a second time and watch them get closer to the final product and then scale away and then come back to the final setting and feel an over welling sense of calm?

[@Oli.V]

The episode that gives me this feeling the most is adult cool Michael Cera. They decide like halfway through that they don’t like it and then eventually end up back in the same place but it just is so nice to see that sweet zealous child adult again

[@Doctor_Nu]

Always

[@beebo-]

daz looks like johnny knoxville whos been lying dead in the sun for 5 days

[@2fortsmostwanted]

I'm just here to acknowledge your great joke, thank you!

[@chastermief839]

This monster factory really puts you back into 2016. Griffin saying "I was born in 2008, so that means I'm 8 years old" right at the beginning, then Justin downloading pokemon go during the face upload, and finally culminating with a CHOICE Hamilton "I'm not throwing away my shot" reference. A real treat.

[@roadtriiip]

8:40 obsessed with the fact he says "holy christ" in-character also it's 2021 and Daz is still one of my top 3 favorite monsters from this series

[@nuclearlo0ve]

Dead ass me too. Stang, aka Gordan Sumners is another top.

[@defn0tjake]

He's probably in my top 5, along with truck shepard, arby, the junker, and j'aam

[@bbluva20]

This episode is like comfort food for me.

[@lastsaneman19]

That fuckin birdie was NOTHIN but net

[@Fab4Sunrises]

"the ge-olf cornch" permanently stained my brain

[@magmivire]

I'm impressed with the speed of that generator, honestly. Getting to a QPU in less than 10 minutes is nothing to sneeze at.

[@Shepfax]

J O L F S I N

[@hannabelphaege3774]

This is a bit high brow for me. Could you do ball-checkers instead?

[@reagancorbett2080]

mini golf is ball checkers

[@lo0k4t]

"So sensual is Daz" really got me in an unexpected way

[@axkuhn7116]

tag yourself, i'm 100% ethnicity 3

[@fobbiesareborangeag]

I'm the calibrated QPUs.

[@rebeccaucich1290]

im golf sin

[@KeaBored]

I'm the smashmouth midi

[@fm-gm6hv]

im the braided beard rip 08

[@Vivita1414]

im the bogey being tripled

[@haphazardlark1502]

I really enjoy the way Griffin says “exosuit” at 7:08

[@alexandergrempels7453]

I really recommend Thomas the tank engine for any EA sports game face

[@juanjuri6127]

whenever there's a new MF video i make it my goal to just leave a single comment making a reference to a funny line they say and maybe add a joke. but i never can because five seconds into typing "unbruise my eyes by toni browxton" they say or do another thing and i end up crying and guffawing and, just, heaving, and what do these boys have that i laugh at any of their mouth sounds

[@naktura7409]

Whats the point of leaving a comment that solely consists of a funny line from the video? We all watched it and it's fresh in our minds. We don't need someone to tell us that a funny part was funny.

[@InfiniteRhombus]

theres a twitter bot that was way quicker

[@reed1011]

Well that was a Dazaster

[@steamyrobotlove]

This has got to be the most quotable Monster Factory ever. "Some people call it... ball chess." "... just barely wanged it." "THAT ONE'S GOING UP ON THE GAMER NET"

[@WBF_III]

Did you guys know that "jolf" is an acronym? Juggalos Only Ladies Forbidden

[@apassionatenerd.3564]

Words to live by

[@pleaseuseOdysee]

Daz has to be the most underrated Monster Factory

[@TheZajicekfarber]

Anyone else think Daz looks kinda like Johnny Bravo?

[@mjolnir1208]

Take it to the banks, boys. This one's just like Bravo.

[@rocwood]

It's like he's been living in Miami for too long and he didn't enough sun screens.

[@MisMisWhovianposts]

mjolnir1208 toe to tip, this is a Bravo

[@adelinehaley9428]

Yeah, from the thumbnail i thought it was going to be a recreation of him.

[@mothergoose9383]

Bizzaro Bravo

[@InterNedoking]

22:00 is maybe the most incredible moment in gaming ever

[@needzAnamee]

sir its daz… he’s fighting back…

[@dannyodwyer]

Oh man I'm crying here. Kiss that SWEET EGG!

[@AmandaBee]

wow I remember this video was literally the first time I ever saw what Griffin and Justin looked like

[@MrSerenitykid]

This has become one of my favorite episodes. I feel like Daz is a rich character and omg when Griffin sunk that birdie I gave a standing O. "Remember Daz? Well he's...he's fighting back".

[@4n0mie]

...it never occurred to me that they might not be physically together while filming these

[@trustindean5164]

I think its mildly hilarious how the literal best candidate for the face maker thing is using a mugshot like find a famous celebrity mugshot and input it to the game and youll have optimized results

[@crookfordacelington8067]

I's so sorry I'm late but "Putrid and Fallow in the Midsummer sun" Is straight out of fucking Shakespeare and I think about it a few times a week to this day

[@c1nnamodoll]

One of the first lines in this video being "Some people call it, 'Ball Chess'" really solidifies it as an instant classic

[@Phished123]

KISS THAT EGG!

[@thebamboozlerette1824]

I love Daz and his vocal cords from hell. He has a special place in my heart.

[@lemonhscott7667]

5:43 the sheer serenity that Daz projects with this blink just after being born makes me feel like he's like an angel or some other divine being, and then all that divinity is completely eradicated as soon as they add hair, like adding hair to Daz was his immortal weakness to take him from the divine to the mundane in a perfect, hole in one shot

[@gwen6622]

this is one of the best monster factories lmao, the boys were so ON during this one lol

[@bicarbonat1]

Griffin's Memento-style Battle Golf putts amid Justin's increasingly weary supportiveness: priceless.

[@Ristro44]

That's one real intricate character creator right there.

[@tzarl]

that kissing of the egg gets me every time

[@DrawnByKat]

I cannot stress how much I adore these boys. I hope I get to meet them some day cus I just. I just die.

[@SpookyDeerArt]

Drawn By Kat my dude i was scrolling through the comments and was like "hey isnt that kats style?" it was its u ps i love ur art jfc you helped me relearn shading tbh

[@DrawnByKat]

Oh my gorsh. Can't believe I was recognized somewhere! Hahah. I'm glad I could help you darling! ^^

[@apassionatenerd.3564]

I love the genuine parental disapproval Griffen shows toward Daz's Jolf fit lmfao 16:50

[@phillyfanmatt]

I like how Daz's voice was just Boyland

[@roadtriiip]

9:52 just fuckign killed me and brought me back to life i cannot live a single day without thinking of "golf sin"

[@BadCoverMan]

“OH MY GOD I SKIPPED THE BUNKIE” is joining my golf lingo repertoire, certainly. For the King’s game

[@kylewaselewski]

ah so this is why i've been calling golf "ball chess" for years now

[@CannonGoose]

"Crow's feet. I want the whooole leeeg!" Killed me.

[@DanThibodeau1]

*NOT OVER THERE!*

[@jaypocketYT]

It's been almost two years now and minute 22 of this Monster Factory is still the greatest moment in cinematic history

[@IIDXTrick]

Give this beautiful man a button down flame shirt, you guys made Guy Fieri

[@bboppppppppppppp]

"this is gonna be a ball shot that you can really take to the prom"

[@xcmodev1558]

The most beautiful thing is, you just know that somewhere in Florida, there is some man who looks _exactly_ like our main man Daz here

[@katqt32]

Hearing Justin laugh so hard after his "Well..." is SO fucking funny

[@PixelBlue11913]

I can’t believe Griffin’s already 14

[@brennamaillet4]

Justin and Griffin are trapped in 18 holes of PGAtory: the game

[@pecanarchy]

This just might be the best one-part episode of monster factory, it’s thoroughly iconic

[@Soladat]

watching this in 2019 and hearing griffin say he was born in 08 and is 8 now and my immediate thought was what? 2008 was like four years ago

[@roadtriiip]

I'M DAZ I VENTILATE THROUGH MY SCAALLP

[@margaret6839]

Little bit of Matt Berry english on that one.

[@CyberMelon]

That one's going on the GamerNet!

[@tedschaeffer4135]

Daz looks like if RDJ and Jeremy Renner had a bastard love child, then someone beat the shit out of him and got him hooked on shards. Magnificent.

[@AquaTaco]

This is primarily for my own reference but is also apparently comment 666 which cannot go without mention. Anyway, for posterity, for myself and whoever may find it helpful: 5:22 Here come the Dennis 8:06 You want me to golf?... 10:12 Out on the jolf cornch 10:53 Just. Workin on my cud. 12:11 Bing Crosby title card 20:11 NOT OVER THERE... 20:28 The arm pump 23:48 Free shorts FREE SHORTS 29:03 No bud. NO bud. NO BUD.

[@greater_nemo]

this video is almost as old now as pgatour 08 was when it was made and that's wild to me

[@garmfielb]

Every once in a while I just exclaim LET'S JOLF, so that's fun