Narrative Telephone Round 2 Ep. 5: Questions & Quackery

Liam O'Brien starts off a new round of Narrative Telephone, featuring special guest Dani Carr!
This Narrative Telephone originally aired Tuesday, February 16, 2021 at: / criticalrole
Meet the cast!
Storyteller Liam O'Brien: / voiceofobrien
Special Guest Dani Carr: / itsdanicarr
Laura Bailey: / laurabaileyvo
Matthew Mercer: / matthewmercer
Ashley Johnson: / thevulcansalute
Taliesin Jaffe: / executivegoth
Marisha Ray: / marisha_ray
Sam Riegel: / samriegel
Travis Willingham: / willingblam
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[@sadiemcc9363]

*Seductive Vax stare* *Puts on glasses* "HEY! IT'S ME, BUDDY!" Liam you tricky son of a witch.

[@jannfredryckmatias3545]

Same... that smoulder at the start

[@abigailmcgraw4495]

IKR! I want to see a Vax one so bad though... but this was still such a treat😂

[@tsuchikarasu2]

Seductive vax stare* I know, it's confusing, but Liam played vax and Laura played vex.

[@adamross9368]

@@tsuchikarasu2 it says vax

[@theinsanegamer1024]

Imagine if taryon was called Vux or Vix instead. Vix Vax and Vex in Vox Machina...

[@stevenjacobs8797]

I really hope that Travis does a Narrative Telephone as Sprinkle, telling the tale of all the trauma and horror his life is.

[@BrandNewBlueShoes]

THIS!

[@kellycoons9808]

You don't want to responsible for Travis sleeping on the couch, do you!? :0

[@RagisRAG]

This scares me so much because I might just die of laughter.

[@kaeleastlord]

*stitch voice* please... help me

[@rvdfan1978]

Yes please!

[@09spidy]

Liam's so deviously clever, by telling a rambling, confused story to begin with, nobody's gonna be wrong, but everybody's wrong at the same time.

[@sclohessy4759]

Liam's storyline taking several sharp turns, causing whiplash, and then having Ashley go second is peak comedy

[@ashleyhoughton8592]

Ashley going second is a bold choice.

[@JB-xl2jc]

I wonder if they’ve ever tried a story and someone just got literally nothing? Like “Oh fuck. I’m sorry. I literally remember nothing. What do we do now?”

[@RichardKefalos]

Liam is literally playing this like he is playing the game. You forget about it due to his roleplay, but that man is one cold and calculated DnD player.

[@theodorehsu5023]

@@RichardKefalos But now that Dani the Lore Mistress has joined this round, you wonder just how much colder she'll get as she gets more Lore into her Calculated story--and watch the others squirm remembering everything that got done several episodes earlier they'd forgotten.

[@Arkainjel]

Liam: "I'm Buddy the Ogre" Ashley: "I'm Macho Man Randy Savage" Marisha: "I'm Bill Cosby" Sam: "I'm Buddy the Elf" Laura: "MANCUBUS!"

[@Techy2112]

Taliesin: Himself

[@kylekinsey2624]

Dani: trying not to burp during a speech

[@lemontail8035]

I miss MANCUBUS so much

[@sebastianwesterlund8777]

Talesin: Talesin at gunpoint

[@resurrecsean]

It's canon now: Buddy thinks he's a big elf

[@TheToneBender]

During Liam's story all I could think was "Liam, you evil genius" He's got all these details that have no connection and starts and stops stories only to start different ones and later come back to the first ones.

[@theodorehsu5023]

Well, that's just the beauty of Buddy, he's so innocent and simply delightful. Which is why Marisha wanted to give him a few cuddles, the adorability is through the roof..

[@Logan_Baron]

It's brilliant. These stories always go off the rails in the retellings. Liam thinks "Hmmmm, what if it starts off the rails".

[@averageopinion1251]

Kinda reminds me of Travis’s Grog story.

[@theorder7346]

@@averageopinion1251 That's because it is a more advanced and more evil version of Grog's "workout plan". Can't wait to see the next devilish fabrication Travis has to offer.

[@nicktauro1839]

That's the meta. Tell different stories that don't connect.

[@gennyfer8]

Liam O’Brien getting distracted and calling me pretty over and over again? My day is improved so much.

[@arsonthefiregenasi6841]

Same XD

[@Scuba7285]

Combine that with Ashley reminding me to Snap into a Slim Jim and Im not sure how much better a day can get.

[@tohanwi]

You're pretty

[@karlsweeney2328]

I kinda thought he was talking to me...

[@gennyfer8]

@@karlsweeney2328 nope, me 😜

[@canniloni]

you know it’s gonna be a good episode when ashley goes second

[@NWolfsson]

*Huddles in armchair with a bunch of pop corn* Oh, this will be good.

[@damiens4601]

I'm so sad percival the 4th disapeared so quickly :/

[@iwillcry]

totally, i’m always ready to smile when it’s ashley’s turn. (Also lexa

[@canniloni]

Damien S we lost percival but we got sharon instead

[@canniloni]

stan min yoongi ♡

[@fourd8438]

Narrative telephone is like the cast is passing a bowl of water, filled to the brim with details and flavour, and each person after the original storyteller just spills a bunch of it, the first person to retell it usually being the most. Sam, however, at the end of his turn decides that he spilled too much water, says fuck it and just replaces a small amount of the water that he spilled by pissing in the bowl.

[@lvlHive]

you mean sam at the beginning of his turn sam chugs the bowl and then whatever he pisses out is the story.

[@Dopebeard]

ah yes, flavored water. Of course.

[@emobitch1027]

This is what Marisha needs to say when she is telling people how the game works at the beginning lol

[@squattingheads]

I wish they would dare to refill the glass. There should be rule that every video has to be at least as long as the original. So they better just add stuff

[@theodorehsu5023]

But it's just go much FUN to see them spilling that, because then it got brewed into tea that is just tasty in the retelling.

[@whitewarrior6256]

the amount of periods of silence in the original was DEVIOUS.

[@theodorehsu5023]

And it made sense given it was Buddy the Ogre talking. The lower the INT of the character doing the Telephone the more you need the space :)

[@MrSimpsondennis]

Marisha must've been like "is this Ashley forgetting the text or is this actually planned intentional pauses cuz it's Buddy?"

[@gianrcarlo]

Idk how, but Liam decisively created one of the most adorable characters in Critical Role canon out of a gigantic, half-blind ogre. Bravo Liam, Buddy is the Critical Role equivalent of a basket of kittens.

[@jmercedesd]

YES!!!

[@crystalrobinson4327]

And as result Sharon the duck was born.

[@mkang8782]

@@crystalrobinson4327 Someone is going to have a duck familiar in C3 named, "Sharon".

[@markrobinson224]

Buddy should be the mascot.

[@brentage5000]

Ten months later, and I think Mercer might have topped Buddy with Pretty in 3009

[@quinnf.3217]

Marisha's awareness that her Buddy impersonation was slipping into Cosby territory was the best

[@dusssss631]

I kinda hoped she would go 'he he he'. She did great, given the information available

[@simonpetrikov5117]

She may have started to sound like Cosby, but those shades give off a mad Spud from Trainspotting vibe, especially when she leaned in close. Loved it.

[@kossowankenobi]

Fat Albert the Ogre is my next character.

[@llewtree3013]

Can’t believe we lost Percival Frederickstein Von musel kowalski de rolo the fourth 😭

[@joluoto]

I was waiting for it to become Percival Frederick von Muesli Cornflakes de Roller

[@thiqqy]

Liam O'Brien is such an incredibly talented voice actor like... the ogre grunt noises he does, the way he convinces you that buddy is such a loveable idiot despite the genius that Liam is. I love him so much.

[@Bee..]

“It’s me, Buddy the Elf... No. **Buddy the Ogre**”

[@jennifermk4059]

I had to pause for that one.

[@Zapporah85]

That took me until after the replay to understand 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@JB-xl2jc]

The best part is that Sam probably had to watch that movie a bunch with the kids!

[@KasaiRayquaza]

I was waiting for someone to make that mistake.

[@CDizzle4u]

I think the real tragedy is how we didn’t lose the story. But how we lost Sharon the duck. Rest in power Sharon. 2021-2021

[@antheathetiefling8581]

Never forget Sharon. 😔🦆

[@vividradar1236]

They created Sharon just to lose her.

[@jonathanwhitmore8419]

Sharon forever

[@RashaundaSpears]

Webby was forgotten too

[@elylozada9576]

Sharon, gone but never forgotten

[@aro1284]

Watching Ashley Johnson's retelling... and all I can think is: "Oh no, this is actually really good but there is no way the person after her will realize it was rambling stream of consciousness before it got to her!" LOL

[@Xueria]

I've only just reached Taliesen, and I already say the saddest part is that they lost the Percy De Rollo duck before it got to him.

[@enniesways3635]

I'm so sad that the Circus Assembly died that quickly!

[@animefan3794]

Circus boss assembly at that

[@RasmusVJS]

@@animefan3794 Circus Bus Assembly, at least that's how I interpreted it.

[@Reyn_Roadstorm]

@@RasmusVJS I want that to be new merch a la the Magic School Bus art style!

[@draconiskittensweetie9765]

Liam as buddy telling me I'm pretty: 🥰 Sam telling me I'm pretty as whoever the fuck he was: *calling the police the second he looks at me*

[@ignistenebris3751]

I physically wheezed as I read this, thank you

[@jonwoods4784]

Liam: creates and voices and amazing and adorable character. You can feel his breath through the screen. Ashley: my drunk uncle from Tennessee

[@smelly4498]

when taliesin had his round he sounded like Caduceus trying to act excited while telling a story

[@tomb9239]

i'd say he sounds like a high as fuck Caduces

[@MravacKid]

@@tomb9239 So, normal. :)

[@coreyh.5696]

He sounds like Lionel???

[@birdbird5337]

It's newscaster Caduceus on the scene

[@smelly4498]

@@coreyh.5696 i started watching campaign 2 first and i’m not caught up to campaign 1 yet :’^)

[@dadosyleyendas]

Liam weaponized fucking silences.... master mind wizard work there.

[@hannahjuneyu]

Hearing the cast of Critical Role call me pretty is exactly what I needed to hear today 🥺

[@thewingedporpoise]

Yes!!!!

[@g3mkn1ght60]

You're all pretty

[@arsonthefiregenasi6841]

SAME

[@julipazos1146]

Boy, you sure are pretty

[@pizzedahff3127]

8 more hours and you can catch them live...ish.

[@llewtree3013]

Liams face when everyone calls him cute 🥰 is everything, he lived up to their praise

[@samtheactualkenku6205]

I must thank Liam "Buddy" O'Brien for the serotonin today Edit: and Ashley just made it better XD Edit 2: why does Sam's Buddy make me think of Sarge from Red vs. Blue?

[@jamesmaceaveli6679]

It IS Sarge!

[@josephsmith886]

He is kind of channeling Sarge. Man I miss the old days of Red vs Blue. Some of the funniest stuff on there. "I only drink the blood of my enemies...and sometimes chocolate yoohoo"

[@animewarrior16]

@@josephsmith886 it is different but RvB Zero was pretty good

[@josephsmith886]

@@animewarrior16 was it? I haven't watched that one. Last bit of RvB I watched was before that, I believe. They were going in a very interesting direction away from the super goofy stuff, but still very intriguing.

[@billstephens396]

Caboose here and I wanna talk to you about my best buddy Church! - gun shot - Yeah, he misses me.

[@swedishtrekkie]

It's fun that you can tell when this was filmed solely based on Sam's beard growth and hair colour

[@Taurusus]

I'm sure that's the latest patented Sam Bit(tm) to make a mockery of continuity regarding whatever they recorded over Quarantine Year.

[@EmilyTotallynotbees]

This aged so well with him literally shaving his head on the show

[@roboticd]

Just a note on the subject, when they're discussing his beard color and Travis suggests that it's green from chlorine, we know that can't be it since Sam revealed in, I believe in an episode of talks, that he bought a pool during lockdown, but failed to clean/chlorinate it properly because he had no idea how to take care of a pool.

[@tmh5462]

It's funny that, out of all people, it was Laura who dropped the "two really big t-"

[@fourd8438]

When I read dropped I thought that you meant actually was the first to finish it lol.

[@sourwitch2340]

Yea. I was really hoping for her interpretation of it 😭

[@erbgorre]

and dani who dropped percy

[@Voxirius]

Laura ditched the story halfway through and noped the fuck out of there lmao

[@valanceeisleben4161]

And dropped a minute...heh

[@dracowolf3212]

Wait, is Percival Fredrickstein von Musel Klossowski De Rolo IV one duck or eight ducks?

[@mako5259]

It's eight ducks in a trenchcoat

[@MrDazpoet]

Yes

[@haerdalis84]

Quoting the twitch channel? :P

[@WiseSageBum]

One duck with eight heads Or eight ducks with one head

[@cryofpaine]

@@WiseSageBum Is that Quackthuhlu's cousin?

[@KiX-K4T13]

Me during Ashley's segment, "I've met this truck driver before!"

[@Questfinder1]

As a former truck driver. After a while they all sound like that. Littlemama over and out

[@KiX-K4T13]

@@Questfinder1 Thank you for your service in delivering/transporting various things around the country. I actually have a lot of family who are, or were truck drivers, as well. And I know how important you guys are in this country. I just work at UPS and load package cars, but you guys go across the country and have to deal with weather and freeway wrecks, etc. What a pain, right? So thank you, Angela! Really. 😊👍

[@HiImJoeShields]

Liams story - Questions and Quackery Hi it’s me buddy, the ogre. Uh you’re pretty. All right, uh I’m supposed to talk now. Hazel told me I should use her copper pot, crank action gragamatic for this so we can listen to it later. Cause, uh, it traps your voice inside. But you still have your voice but it’s also in there, yeah. Terry told me I should tell you guys a story of how macaroni and I first met. I don’t remember why. Something to do with, uh... Oh hey do you guys know how to get rid of ducks. My friend Lionel he has all these ducks. And, uh, he had to go on a mission with some of the others to spy on something called, uh... circus boss assembly. And he asked me if I could watch ‘em because I got such good eyes, yeah. Anyway I was just supposed to babysit them by their pond but they all followed me home. And came to me in my next place and now they don’t want to go home, and I don’t want to get in trouble with Lionel, or with macaroni. Oh but I like those ducks though. I named them all. There’s uh... Chester, quackers, Steve, reggie, uh, Percival Frederickstein von Musel Klossowski de Rolo IV, webby... Do you ever forget what you were talking about? Oh gosh, you sure are pretty... I mean I don’t get it, how do the words get trapped inside of the box, my words are out here but they’re also in there. And the thing about ducks is once one of them starts following you then they all follow you all in a line. And they’re so pretty. Ooh right now I remember, the story of how me and Mac first met. Okay here goes. Once upon a time...

[@bensongailey7329]

I thank you for your service

[@jlighter1]

Underrated comment, thank you for this

[@meganpopple9100]

Someone needs to do this for storytelling at forensics. 🤩🤣

[@boomamathics2666]

Watching dani struggle with voice work made me realise even when the cast fails wonderfully it’s still impressive what they can do

[@AnxietyRat]

Yeah, I mean Sam and Ashley both very much are not good at accent work. Accent work is super hard to do! So Dani and Bryan aren't alone in their shitty accents.

[@lemontail8035]

Why "And Sharon" is the funniest thing out of all of it😂😂😂

[@e.turduckeny630]

When Ashley said it I did a Coke spit-take all over the laptop.

[@PancakeMonster359]

"Sharon is caring." Liam is always on point with the puns

[@destinyrivera7607]

I seriously want more Darington Brigade adventures.

[@cryofpaine]

Yes! I don't know if they would work for a whole campaign (though I kind of thought the same about M9 at the start, so who knows), but I would love to see a few more adventures.

[@destinyrivera7607]

Yeah, I’m thinking a few more one shots. I’m sure they’ll do original characters for the next campaign.

[@EdsonR13]

Every time Buddy calls me pretty I legitimately blush. Liam started with like three broken stories knowing the cast would try to glue them together in a way that could make sense, and seeing as they lost all three stories it worked brilliantly

[@notronsivart]

The look on Matt's face at the mention of "Circus Bus Assembly" is fucking priceless.

[@flarephoenix5180]

Buddy: Simpleton ... ... ... Ashley: Drunk

[@lvlHive]

i am torn between accepting buddy is telling the story of narrative telephone or accepting a drunk Beau is giving the cobalt soul this info.

[@HeyItsCettefille]

I feel like this wasn’t one person who really goofed but everyone just slowly being like, “that’s it?? What????”

[@cryofpaine]

"Where's the story?!" (Look up SORTEDfood Pass It On" for the reference 😁.)

[@ChaosFanGal]

"This is terrible, we're hiding this."

[@yubyubcommander]

Can we just appreciate how quickly Sam rattled off Percy's name

[@skylark7921]

I feel like Sam at some point dedicated like a full week to memorizing Percy’s name just so he could rattle it off at the drop of a hat for comedic effect

[@jeewjitsu]

When the LORE KEEPER wants to be vindictive I would be pretty scared

[@Switchbladexc]

Buddy: "You sure are pretty" Me: *giggles* aww shucks

[@elsie8757]

God, same

[@NoFacetheVoid]

Dani's gonna tell a Tusk Love fanfic.

[@VukasinPopovic]

Liam O'Brien reminding us that he is indeed a voice actor.

[@XXpettywigginsXX]

I love how hype Taliesin gets everytime someone steps up to the plate to say Percy's name. 27:07

[@gabrielparas4480]

“Welcome to Critical Role where a bunch of us nerdy ass voice actors take quaaludes and talk into a camera” has me wheezing

[@MisterTingles]

Danny's had a really overpowering "Aunt trying to explain her nephew's 'accident' in the fountain of the local mall to the officer" kinda vibe, and I think we can all relate...

[@WiseSageBum]

We talking car accident or bathroom accident?

[@theladynim2]

LOL this is so specific yet so accurate?

[@JulianVJacobs]

new narrative device unlocked: meandering

[@canniloni]

Laura with the Shin Chan voice i love it so much. AND THE FACT THAT SHE THOUGHT THIS WAS DANI’S STORY LAURA HOW

[@setlerking]

Laura voiced Shin Chan too

[@bradleyjudge8674]

Did anyone notice Matt's face when he heard Liam say they went to go spy on the "Circus-Bus Assembly"? 22:05 🤨🤨

[@RaptorsVevo]

How did I miss that, Liam is a damned genius

[@Kasino80]

Spoilers for campaign two: They were probably the ones giving the signal to MN and Essek in the caves. The ones that were sacrificed.

[@ameliajones2266]

@@Kasino80 No! this timeline makes me so sad! :( but also clever

[@annak.9483]

„You’re pretty“ is really just another installment of „Liam only makes bisexual characters“

[@nbv6975]

I mean, what’s the point of a dnd character if you can’t flirt with every single pc and npc regardless of gender?

[@annak.9483]

@@nbv6975 100% agreed

[@valanceeisleben4161]

I think it was because of Hazel Copperpot was there recording it....maybe

[@dylandenney3980]

@@valanceeisleben4161 no Buddy says it to everybody. Once he could see with the goggles Tary gave him he told everybody he ever got a look at they were pretty

[@valanceeisleben4161]

@@dylandenney3980 But if he was talking to the recorder, who is he saying it to? That's why I thought someone was there.

[@cameront8539]

I like how Laura sorted out all of the "what was I saying?" as if it was Dani forgetting what to say. Liam had a great plan here.

[@rumaysahshafi9949]

I feel like this was the PERFECT story for Ashley to go second. It just fits her style of retelling the story so well!

[@CotalCosta]

The voice that Liam has made for Buddy it's amazing! There are so many shades and colours, it's truly magnificent!

[@maeve615]

it reminds me of Sweetums from The Muppets xD

[@addaleblue4595]

this probably sounds dumb, but I think watching Liam's Buddy smile on the livestream cured me of the multiple panic attacks I've been having every night for a week. Not a single one since!

[@thesaltycat9493]

Yay!

[@operative2136]

Doesn't sound dumb at all! I'm glad to hear you're doing better. Stay safe and healthy! I hope things continue to get better for you.

[@cameronh5559]

As long as you’re doing ok

[@canniloni]

not dumb at all. my sister, who is not a critter, has been having panic attacks and couldn’t sleep so i started showing her narrative telephone and it actually helped her calm down. so i get it. i hope you’re doing well now

[@BrandNewBlueShoes]

I'm glad you're feeling better! And it doesn't sound dumb. As someone with ptsd and depression, narrative telephone and CR in general just heals my soul. So I get ya.

[@actstuff9235]

i cant wait to see the art of buddy being followed by a horde of ducks

[@ladylightning1741]

I think my favorite part is how in the middle the actual story got shorter while the fake-out ending got longer and more detailed. It went from a stream-of-consciousness monologue with "Once upon a time" at the end, to "I'm Buddy the Ogre and I love ducks" as an intro to "It was a dark and moonless night. The coldest night of the year. I was walking through the woods when I came across these two huge guys".

[@warlock1080]

I love how laura's impression of buddy is basically just a smarter mancubus😆

[@vomitfountain]

Now you've got me thinking about what a Buddy and Mancubus one-shot adventure would look like. 😃

[@WiseSageBum]

@@vomitfountain Buddy, Mancubus, and Grog in Adventure of the Loveable Dumbasses

[@drystofiscalio7545]

@@WiseSageBum Babysat by equally low intelligence Cadeuceus

[@jetvulcan2020]

the way everyone freaks out about Laura going full Shin Chan voice is just amazing. I love that their are fans who are just learning that Laura was the voice of Shin Chan

[@LoryK98]

Wait, WHAT?

[@franciscoborjaescobarsuare5802]

I learnt that like 3 days ago

[@coledibiase1777]

Who is shin chan?

[@MrRaphlo]

Are you kidding me??? This is blowing my mind

[@jetvulcan2020]

@@coledibiase1777 oh man you make me feel old. Shin Chan is a comedy anime about a little boy name Shin Chan. Laura voiced him in the funimation dub that aired on adult swim back in 06. if you do a basic search you can find a number of great videos of Laura doing the voice at conventions.

[@kimkong1413]

Ok, ok. How about this. "Der Katzenprinz" .... as an audio book ... read by Buddy! Someone fire up a Kickstarter, I want to throw money at that!

[@RAWatson1989]

After seeing Liam masterfully do buddy like that, I am more convinced than ever that the Darrington Brigade should be a children's TV series. They would have to take out half of the adult content, but they can replace it with Pros and more jokes. So much fun and cuteness to be had

[@KB-oh7xk]

Ashley: "you can't have a five minute story, we'd have like 15 minute bits" winds up being the shortest episode after the very first, lol. seriously expected the runtime to be 2+ hours and couldn't believe it didn't break one

[@coreyh.5696]

I DESPERATELY want a mini-campaign of The Darrington Brigade after Campaign 2 ends 🥺

[@chaseteel251]

Have a Lion King 1 1/2 type campaign. The Darrington Brigade spying on the "Circus Bus Assembly" which causes them to be around major events of campaign 2.

[@AshtonMonitor]

I love how Buddy is just universally adored by everyone! Matt’s reactions to Buddy’s cuteness are especially wholesome, too!

[@lvlHive]

They aren't reacting in fear and a sense of betrayal? I thought Liam was telling this story.

[@Markcrazeer]

That is because ITS Worse than you think an ashly left her labcoat on the rails at the station.

[@HPgalore]

Season 3 is just drunk telephone 😂

[@WiseSageBum]

Season 4, they're all on cocaine and valium

[@LarzTTV]

"I suddenly want kool-aid." - Tailesin after hearing Ashley's southern accent. I get it. I really do.

[@Bobbadelic]

I really want to know if Matt has a cannon idea of where the Dartington Brigade are right now and if the mighty nein could bump into them, like if they investigate a crime and found that the owlbear is already on the case

[@joebynum9056]

They go to fight the tomb takers only to find that the owlbear killed em all before there could be any fowl play.

[@BEEDRILL303]

I still desperately want to know what Ronin was doing that had Travis and Laura so confused looking at their monitors

[@jijibunny198]

Right??

[@BEEDRILL303]

@@jijibunny198 Maybe this was filmed when Laura tweeted about Ronin talking to his dead grandmother? and he was just talking to the walls and stuff 🤔

[@N7AslansHobbit_Ry]

@@BEEDRILL303 she tweeted about what now?😳

[@BEEDRILL303]

@@N7AslansHobbit_Ry Yeah she tweeted about Ronin talking to his grandma ( at the walls ) and stuff

[@N7AslansHobbit_Ry]

@@BEEDRILL303 that's not disturbing at all.. lol

[@ryanpratt6993]

This just makes me want to watch the Darrington Brigade Oneshot again

[@SapphireDragon357]

It's been showing up in my recommendeds lately and I can't NOT after this, right?

[@dylandenney3980]

Prolly my favorite session of CR ever. Some episodes of the Mighty Nein are pretty close but I think those are the best one-shot characters of all time

[@JohnVanderbeck]

Liam's performance really was freaking adorable. Never seen that character before but I instantly loved him.

[@trishalish13]

Travis's reaction when he sees that the original is over 3 minutes is GOLD.

[@TheSkyesdlimit]

I love Buddy the Ogre and his repeated desire to tell me I’m pretty 🥰 Liam is a devilish fiend who knew exactly what he was doing with the story and who went after him

[@GameShowManOne]

This is glorious fuckery, and I'm here for it. I hope the next time Talesin takes a turn, he tells a story about the Owlbear.

[@pvic6959]

This was the best thing to come out of the 2020 lockdowns. This gives me life

[@jeremy61313]

I want to see an adventure with Buddy, Jester, Grog, Reani, Pike, Veth, Cad, Bo, and Artagan.

[@kaydencox1561]

Oh my god.

[@corndog4848]

Give me Jester, Scanlan, Veth, Grog, Molly. Complete Chaos crew.

[@NWolfsson]

Just a quick one: "Mr. Laura Bailey" will NEVER not be funny :)

[@dustinmichel7608]

Ashley: well I'm gonna just pour this gasoline and light this match. The Story: 😳

[@andrewdevita629]

You did to the word "pour" what Ashley did to this story.

[@harmony8623]

She did well this time tho, besides a few details. Others after her did much worse lol

[@TheElkMaidenn]

Bold choice, putting Ashley second cor an already wandering story 😂😂😂

[@CampaignerSC]

the cerberus assembly joke got dropped so fast lmao

[@littlefurnace]

@@CampaignerSC ? She did the Cerberus Assembly joke though?

[@SeamusMcFlurry]

Loving Macho Man Ashley Johnson there.

[@SoberChef]

Snap into a slim jim! 🤣

[@kimberlyvance3131]

My cat queenie watched this with me and tried to rub her face all over the screen when she saw Liam. You’ve been blessed.

[@nAlvheim]

I dunno know what a "teledildonic" is, but I sure hope her copperpot is okay.

[@Ajehy]

🤣🤣🤣 oh god this broke me...

[@KasaiRayquaza]

I like how when Ashley started talking in her Buddy voice, Talieson instantly went: "I suddenly want Kool-Aid..."

[@Jasper_Silva]

Dani doing the Buddy voice just sounds like a very confused grandma LOL

[@cryofpaine]

Maybe she's married to Sam's confused southern grandpa.

[@Ajehy]

@@cryofpaine - I thought he sounded kind of like a grizzled old sea captain mixed with a slightly creepy subway hobo.

[@BKPrice]

Did anyone in the gang notice that Liam had the message "You're pretty" covering the spines of a few of his books on his bookshelf?

[@AnxietyRat]

He changes them all the time! During talks machina and this show. It's always different. Nice little Easter eggs kinda.

[@gavendavis1727]

Liam o Brian is such a good actor and voice actor alike. I mean just watching him is just like buddy talking straight to me!

[@TheAsmodha]

As soon as Liam ends his part, my mind goes blank... I couldn't remember almost anything... Well done Liam. Well fucking done. P.S: I'm waiting for a NT of Joe Manganiello as Arkhan, telling his evil deeds.

[@Alberecht]

19:03 start of group review

[@TartarusHimself]

You are a saint

[@dylanfauner2202]

Thanks a lot!

[@VeritasdeLumin]

Proof that Liam can both be an Ogre and a Troll at the same time 😆

[@kossowankenobi]

Liam so deep in the mind games he has a subliminal "You're pretty" on the bookshelf behind him.

[@wweeks]

He did 20 tricks to mess up a retelling.

[@Kasino80]

Marisha almost did a Richard Nixon at some point.

[@JB-xl2jc]

Aroooo!

[@podor9756]

Liam’s first story: Complex, lot’s of german words, spooky story that’s a metaphor for both the empire’s war machine and Caleb, Astrid, and Eadwulf’s relationship. Is completely different by the end. Liam’s second story: Confusing by choice, but designed so that the spirit of the story is kept alive; even though the cast themselves don’t realise it.

[@dirkboch128]

As a non-native speaker it was much easier for me to understand Ashley compared to Liam. Thank you for the translation Ashley! Youre pretty!

[@wweeks]

I did not understand much of Liam also. he would purposely stop in the middle of a sentence and in the middle of a word. He would skip over syllables.

[@broadwaybroad]

As a native speaker, same.

[@arcaneprofessor125]

Everyone’s sheer panic at “Wait, it started at three minutes?!??” is priceless.

[@masonwheeler6536]

Marisha: Dani's so formidable because she knows *all the lore!* Dani: [forgets the Percy duckling]

[@kubastachowiak1089]

I had a bad day. I cought a cold and my singing voice make me just wanna stay silant for the rest the day. Even some basic voices I can do were off. Right now I'm happy and thankful that this series exists, bcs it shown me that even the best voise actors out there have worst and better days😊.

[@JustinSIsTank]

I don't know if anyone at Critical Role actually reads the KZbin comments, but I INSANELY miss this show.

[@Taneth]

When Liam was done I was thinking "That rambling is gonna get shorter and shorter while they make up an actual story for after the cut-off" and it *actually happened!*

[@AltairCrysis]

Omg, I LOVE Marisha, Liam and Laura's scandalized expressions at 36:16 when Sam starts up his "two really big ti-" thing -- such a troll XD

[@littlefurnace]

IDK if Ashley actually has ADD or anything similar, but i really just feel like it says something about her psyche that her best recall during all of Narrative Telephone was not any of the very concise, linear narratives, but this rambling monstrosity full of doubling back and unrelated comments. It's amazing and i love her so much.