NOOO NOT THE N WORD!!

[@aliciaxdeath]

LMAO got your ass. Taka is a very good quirked up white boy bussin' it down sexual style and goated with the sauce. He'd never fumble. MADE YA THINK THOUGH HUH?!

[@ghostface3140]

Don't forget the little bit of swag.

[@orbboom6119]

GO WHITE BOY🕺 GO WHITE BOY🕺

[@tornadobrain8935]

I’m too dumb to have had it occur to me you were trying to imply taka said the n-word in the title

[@TerrorMaskHost234]

I admit you got me

[@aliciaxdeath]

@@ghostface3140 tyty you a real one for that

[@Takahata101VT]

we got her folks. Got her GOOD

[@marcusalm7350]

You both got got. You could barely breath either haha

[@shaggyplays5210]

Just want to say I love the way your model is animated

[@rvolcano7338]

With the number of times you've broken her these past few weeks its amazing she's even letting you suggest the videos. At this point she should be more likely to pull up random videos on her phone and wait for you to find a way to make them offensive.

[@ImmaLittlePip]

I love how he had money to pay a black man to say the word but doesn't have the money to pay off the other man

[@smartboy201]

I mean, y'gotta weigh your priorities. Who you gonna stiff between Kevin Hart and _Mike Tyson?_ I mean, you payin' for his time.

[@LittlepipMLP]

Sometimes it be like that, my shadow. Sometimes it be like that.

[@janematthews9087]

You may not think it do be like it is, but it do. -some random baseball player.

[@gamershadow8]

the white guy had the money..he just bought shoes, a snack, and paid the black guy for his services with said money 😂

[@fatmanreviewer]

I want you to know, I saw this comment before they played the video, and I was so scared for a second!

[@psychronia]

I trust Taka not to fumble it, but I also *know* that man is going to fly as close to the sun as possible every time.

[@Zombiewithabowtie]

Taka doing his best impression of the Parker Solar Probe

[@robertmauck4975]

For everyone confused by the phrase "hard r", it's a way of distinguishing between two ways of saying the word. "With a hard r" is how you would expect to hear Richard Nixon say it on his Oval Office secret recordings. "Without a hard r" is how Ice Cube would talk about the group he was in with Eazy-E and MC Ren.

[@solarsolid]

"Hard R" is how a man who owns a slave plantation would say it. "Soft R" is how a man who's a stupid loser on a couch would say it

[@Sylfa]

To be fair, the "r word" is the first thing that would come to mind if you're not literally already in the know. Though that might also depend on the culture you're from. Luckily, searching things on the internet is really easy and I recommend it over scrolling through youtube comments to learn new things~

[@adlernelson285]

I know Linus Tech Tips didn't know the difference, but is this an actual blindspot for some people?

[@robertmauck4975]

@adlernelson285 scrolling through the comment section here, apparently so

[@adlernelson285]

@@robertmauck4975 Damn. This feels like one of those things that'll make me feel old.

[@Zero_7672]

That South Park episode was (mostly) loved by black community’s too. I think blooms has a vid explaining it Edit- thanks for 72 likes!

[@Cloudson97]

The one with Randy on a game show, right? (Being intentionally obtuse for any that may still not know somehow)

[@AgntFL]

@@Cloudson97with regards to Jesse Jackson, that’s the episode name

[@azurebalmung4520]

I REALLY hope Alicia gets a chance to see "The Count Censored", where it's the Count's song from Sesame Street, but every time he says "Count" it gets bleeped

[@alexanderren1097]

She also needs to see “Cookie Monster gets Censored”

[@Zer0_._]

Pokemon theme song - censored

[@Shrimp4Gura]

Raw Commentary: The Muppet Christmas (Micheal Cain) is pretty funny too

[@Tahu33446]

Its rare that I see some one mention this song parody

[@comicscinemaothermedia9247]

3:36 I mean my name's Vinager, but you don't see me going around calling myself... Vinnie! You're going to get us Canceled again!

[@toxicdemon1315]

Don't make us kick you out like we did baby spice.

[@stephensmithvids]

Okay, that title got me, thought Taka was in trouble

[@mauriciovsb]

Me too man! 😂😂😂😂 I'm not often clickbaited!

[@stephensmithvids]

@mauriciovsb Alicia really pulled a fast one on us

[@Frostbitten_idiot4]

Same

[@kessler_4k861]

A trouble for saying a Word, Ekis de

[@kessler_4k861]

A trouble for saying a Word, Ekis de

[@enbygremlin6993]

This reminds me of the “Obama’s anger translator” bit lmao

[@WillGlacier]

1:57 Ngl South Park reactions with my two favorite Canadians would go hard

[@fatmanreviewer]

That and Letterkenny!

[@void-creature]

5:39 Taka, probably: "Many have tried and failed. But if it is my fate to fall to your tweet then let it be so, worthy opponent."

[@brbilheimer]

Taka is spot on with Christmas Carrol and Treasure Island being the best Muppet movies. But does he know why? Michael Cain (Scrooge) treated the muppets like fellow actors, and Tim Curry (silver) treated himself like a fellow muppet

[@lehran2516]

Watching Linus's cohost have his entire career flash before his eyes is just never going to not be funny to me.

[@D_YellowMadness]

If they ever do watch that South Park episode together. South Park: *Says the N word.* Taka: *Starts listing writers & voice actors who did a great job on the episode.*

[@gabrieldevoogel6225]

Is it kinda bad that now I want Alicia and Taka to watch Doctor who’s “blink”

[@kisukoev]

they're actually gonna make us wait a whole year for hellsing to recreate the experience

[@gagejoseph91]

I am white. I have many a black friend. One time, I showed a black friend that first skit and he laughed and said I would never do that. Easiest 100 bucks I have ever made. We went out to eat and I *exclusively* referred to him as such in public many times over. Dude was laughing so hard and it made eveeyone around us noticably uncomfortable. I am still shocked we didn't get kicked out lol I have yet to meet a black person outside of Twitter that asserts anything other than "If I can say it, then you can say it, too." A lot of dark-skinned friends say the sensitivity around the word annoys them and they wish it was said so much that people no longer cared. I would be saying it here to prove a point, but KZbin will nuke the comment if I do lol

[@GavinHintz]

I hear ya. I really don’t find it bad if other people are ok with it and you aren’t saying it as an insult or to demean anybody. And I’m also white.

[@matiaspereyra9392]

10:21 the recoil still gets me

[@QuizMasterEntertainment]

Didn't even notice the title, thought it was more hellsing.

[@genostellar]

I believe that words are innocent. It's the people using them who may or may not be. Saying a word in and of itself is not hateful, racist, or wrong. It's the context in which they are used that determines that.

[@thebeardedbrony9586]

Saberspark did, just within the last week, make a whole-ass video about the Muppet, and we can blame Iger, the old guard (puppeteers) who want things to remain stagnant and not wanting to move with the times. You both should watch it!

[@tonybippitykaye]

I can’t speak for everyone, but that South Park episode is genuinely one of their best when it comes to commentary. It’s already pretty ballsy to use a word like that on network television, but I love how they don’t treat it like an edge lord saying the word just to shock you (although they still somewhat do since it’s Trey and Matt) and actually use it as a segway to really drive a knife into the hypocrisy of how we treat those words and slurs depending on who’s the victim. I’ll just leave it at that if you ever decide to watch it.

[@chriskoloski32]

I'm of the mind that everyone should be allowed to say anything as long as its not meant in an extreme way. Like if i called someone something like wigglesnorf with enough venom and hatred it could become a slur. Granted i have dated black men and women who, for some reason, liked me using the word especially during sex. Some people are just built freaky

[@GavinHintz]

And that’s why the South Park episode about it was widely accepted and praised. It wasn’t meant to be used in that way in the episode, but to convey a message.

[@tonywilliams6294]

I wonder if I can sell my services like this.

[@wolfsangelsden]

1: knew it was click bait, but 2: god I am so happy to here Taka loved the newer Muppets for the same reasons I did. Honestly it was such a vibe for me.

[@Kairukurumi]

Me, when I think it's another episode of Hellsing Ultimate Abridged but find out what it really is 😮

[@Glumsage]

Thank God his co host clarified the hard r because i was SWEATING for him lmaoo

[@fraidnaught9067]

I definitely knew what this video _wasn't_ but I wasn't sure what it _was_ and I was curious. Then again I've clicked on every video you've done with Taka. So I can't say whether or not I was successfully click-baited.

[@Ultima1134]

Bro saved Linus's career with a single question lmao

[@knighthood91]

Someone is getting a pay raise 😂

[@mitchelvanwijk]

I vaguely remember seeing that Office-style Muppet series like three or four years ago. Too bad they didn't continue it, it was funny.

[@cross_chara1908]

I was expecting it to be "Ningen"

[@NicoBabyman1]

Rundayo!

[@theredheadrevolution4156]

DAMNIT ALICIA! Nearly gave me a heart attack! XD

[@thedarkknight2221]

I’ve literally never seen this and I can barely breathe from laughing!🤣🤣🤣

[@MigranBTW]

Ah... I had a small panic attack, until I realized I realized who uploaded this. Got me good, well played.

[@MrDamienBane]

Tangent, if we're talking about how Disney owns The Muppets the "Ultimate Rap battle Jim Henson vs Stan Lee" is terrifying. Like, slow realisation terrifying.

[@erichdamer1312]

I felt the Gordon Ramsay sting when Linus talked before he got the confusion cleared up with Luke lmao

[@300DBenz]

0:38 aaaand de-monetized. That’s a gotta be a record.

[@Ricardo_Rick]

It's funny in an ironic way how before people didn't curse on media because they were afraid of censorship, then south park came along and destroyed those beliefs making people understand that everyone curses and it's nothing extraordinary, so people started cursing on media, only for video platforms to become scared of cursing and demonetizing, so now you can't curse anymore, it really went full circle, it's sad honestly that even light curses are censored nowadays...

[@aquelgamermexicano]

Oh, if South Park is up the table...THE BIKER EPISODE

[@GavinHintz]

Oh that one is good too. If they do watch it, I would definitely say to do certain episodes and not all of it. 1: because it’s quite long, and 2: I think there are episodes she would genuinely be upset over or uncomfortable with. Even though I find those funny, she definitely wouldn’t.

[@MattMMyers]

The fact that Taka showed you the 2016 Muppets makes him the goat because it's literally my favorite version of them.

[@theflotingheadproduc]

Nah, i wasn't worried. I just wanted to see more of you two hanging out! ^u^

[@neestar054]

The thumbnail geniunely scared me, you got me

[@crcoghill]

NETWORK ENGINEER!

[@TheRogDawg05]

A CADDICARUS REFERENCE?!

[@pwojo9776]

If any white or non-black celebrity should get the universal pass, I feel like it should be Weird Al. There'd be no malice in it; I don't think he'd use it with malicious intent, if that makes any sense. I'm also imagining polka covers of like Run DMC or NWA songs. Mr. Rogers would a close second for the same reason; no malice. Also, the thing about the Muppets. Jim Henson originally wanted The Muppet Show to appeal to more adult audiences; there was actually a pilot of it. The official title of it, and I shit you not, "The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence". Think like SNL but with Muppets; the title was to maybe give the producers the hint.

[@GavinHintz]

I think that should go for anybody. Again as long as the people around you like friends or family are ok with it and isn’t used as an insult and not used maliciously, I think that would be ok. Again as long as people give you the right to use it.

[@adlernelson285]

I'm so glad that Linus's cohost read him well enough to realize that he wasn't referring to the racial slur.

[@Hollowassasin]

the show is called The muppets, it only lasted like 10 episodes, but its hilarious

[@drcatspaw]

Thank you name guy. I was literally about to start googleing it when I saw your comment.

[@MalMalWasTaken]

Alicia is tripping. You need to calm down........*points finger*

[@MxMe-su1ch]

The rapport between you two is fantastic!

[@flip9453]

This is the happiest I've been to be clickbaited by a video.

[@kurtisdeakin]

The guy's faces sell this. The hard stare of the N guy and the confusion of the poor other bloke. It's such perfect contrast.

[@UnendingNothing]

That south park episode was actually praised for using the n word 42 times by the actual founders of the "abolish the n word" movement, and they said it helped educate others on the word in it's own comedic way.

[@8bitsaiyan401]

Aw damn, now I wanna see them do Muppet Treasure Island. Tim Curry fits the casting so well because he, in fact, is also a Muppet. And I mean that in a positive way.

[@linkgamer1233]

Linus had to back peddle like 5 miles when he realized 😅

[@gogogadgetrectalpunch]

Alicia reacting to South Park would be EVERYTHING!

[@DarkWringer]

.....ngl, I thought this was gonna be "Rappin' for Jesus" 😅

[@drcatspaw]

That's a classic

[@supremefankai5480]

Alicia! Don't scare us like that. I really thought Taka accidentally said the one word he can't accidentally. Turns out it's just the rent-a-brutha joke.

[@valentinecresent9620]

I watched that Muppet show when I was still in high school, whole season flew under the radar of the "parent block" on the computers because it was "The Muppets"

[@JudgeMarek]

Honestly I hesitated to watch this video due to the implications of the title and thumbnail, but ultimately I had faith in Takahara's character and your combined sense of humor. Good stuff regazzi!

[@PassiveSmoking]

I DID NOT KNOW THAT THAT MUPPET THING EXISTED! How am I only hearing about this now? I knew Henson had done adult-oriented puppet stuff before, but never with the actual muppets!

[@PixelleHearts]

Nobody show her the spelling bee, both of them will cringe at that until they've hit the next dimension.

Why was Alicia's "Taka am I not Black enough for you?" give off the similar vibes as "Am I... moe enough for you?"

[@joshritz7067]

That Muppets show was criminally unappreciated

[@Daniel22208]

That title is definitely something to see pop up

[@nathanbrewer408]

If No isn’t the N word… then what is? I’m an auditorial learner btw

[@UberCharger56]

For the love of all thats good PLEASE watch South Park with Taka.

[@thegeneralmitch]

i could see Taka keeping Alicia on retainer just for this. 😂

[@Painocus]

Honestly that Muppet show sounds like a modernised version of the original Muppet Show. Sesame Street, the movies, Muppet Babies and changing sensabilites has kinda made people forget the original Muppet Show wasn't really a kid's show.

[@thatonefriend1834]

damn i was 100% ready for takahata to get canceled

[@funnyhoodinc4467]

0:54 bro died so hard his model froze 😂😂

[@marcoshunt4000]

The song the muppet sang is called rappers delight btw

[@Raskilion]

Taka said "N word on national television" and I _immediately_ knew exactly who and what episode he's talking about

[@evastarlight2908]

The best clickbait, didn't disappoint!!

[@claytonmoore9626]

Bro, I LOVED that new Muppet series when it was out. 🐸 I remember watching it on ABC Family back in high school, and I was so bummed when I heard that the show abruptly cancelled after 12 episodes. The jokes in it were so unhinged for what I thought a Muppet series could do/accomplish, and I was all there for it. 😂 If I remember correctly, the end credits to the pilot episode were what first got me into Imagine Dragons, as Animal fell through the drum used in their performance of "Roots".

[@dillon10121]

You had me excited damnit

[@1TakoyakiStore]

So the soft r, not the hard r, is still used in music theory to this day...

[@music79075]

4:08 lol the way he rubs his neck XD

[@drewo.127]

That Linus clip is, honestly, pretty funny because both me and him thought he was referring to a certain word that STARTS with R that was, indeed, said a lot in the early 2000s! And when he realized what was happening, I too realized what he was unintentionally saying and I was cringing right along with him!!!😅😅😅

[@captainbirch2.079]

I love that the guy never breaks eye contact

[@Zer0_._]

Well played! Lol you got me, and gave me a fantastic idea for when i need it. Lmao

[@TrueZero2]

Something tells me 'Office Muppets' is coming to the channel.

[@stylishjack6416]

Oh I thought they were gonna be reacting to that one episode of Pokémon abridged. Where Taka played LT.Surge? If you know, you know.

[@dontbanmerage416]

Wait jo I dont know who made this version of the abriged.

[@yugoxgc]

Ngl I thought yall were just milking the Hellsing Ultimate Abridged moment 😂

[@TemLightKiBlade]

I thought this was just going to be the end of that hellsing episode cut out XD

[@mrfriespotato2834]

Damn alicia finally learned the art of click bait

[@RinaRetro]

*I use to live in Los Angeles. South Park was my favorite show. My mom Hated It. It's where I got all my raunchy and crude sense of humor* 😆

[@MuffinHunterX]

I was watching this in my peripheral vision on my phone while playing a game and the double-take I did at that first N-bomb drop actually made me feel my neck crack.

[@keyblademasterclark]

I'm going to need taka and alicia to do a comedy show together

[@KeroHiro-Lil]

We must see more of this Muppets show!!! lol

[@cybercifrado]

This actually has some Andy Kaufman vibes to it - the old bit he did singing just the ONE line from the Might Mouse song...

[@rosenrot234]

South Park for that one episode Taka brings up is just that meme of Peter Griffin in a kings costume. "They respected me for it"

[@DarthEnderX]

14:39 It was more like Muppets inspired by 30 Rock. Was a pretty good show.

[@Genesis29941]

Top 10 craziest blue balls in history

[@starwarsclonedosevoices]

When you know he is your friend for years where they both are on the same wave lankth

[@DrYu-jf6tb]

'cancel him !' me: haha hahaha ! you fool ! i have never even had a twitteraccount ! you will never be able to Flame me !

[@EatDatBitchAwp]

Cringe asf

[@pineapple_the_turtle]

Hey Alicia! You should react to CGP Grey's video "Hexagons are the Bestagons" or "Grey Grades Canada's Flags" or "Does your flag fail? Grey Grades State flags" It seems like it'd be right up your ally. It kind of has the Internet Historian vibe to it.

[@zeroburn315]

Pretty sure this is just a benefit of achieving the platinum tier pass. The lower tiers you still gotta risk saying it yourself, but platinum tier perks include someone to say it for you.

[@Mx123-p4r]

Come on girl stop doing this to us

[@ryudragonuv]

I had to call this into question SO hard... Would have been a great April Fool's prank

[@AbstraktNG]

I like how this video was all over the place from the no no word to the Muppets to Taka being his quirky white self