What the Hell is Gilbert Garfield? The Most Disturbing ARG I've Played

[@unsamitary_art]

30:15 opening the door to find a classy Garfield sitting there with a glass of orange juice all polite like was actually unironically funny

[@CalamityEvermore]

and also the (without shitting myself.) bit was hilarious aswell

[@rickyspanish69420.]

The way he immediately stuck his finger in the glass to pick it up tho lol wtf?😂

[@upscale9109]

​@@rickyspanish69420. *NOOOO WHYYYYYYYYY*

[@Eliweekly_da_crab]

@@rickyspanish69420. that's the true horror

[@hoolamaner341]

for whatever reason it instantly reminded me of the yanderedev photo lmao

[@klondii]

_imagine making a troll post under an arg account probably not expecting anything just to have it ingrained into the lore 💀💀💀_

[@Bitzfall_]

real

[@sunburntsatan6475]

The fact that there was honestly a reasonable chance that there was a porn video that was part of this ARG is one of the things that really highlights just how deep and absurdly baffling this whole thing is. I watched this entire video and I'm literally more confused than before, even. Shit is wild.

[@12MyNameIs]

The Gilbert Garfield theme song goes unnecessarily harddd

[@scottpeltier3977]

Their goal at making it feel nostalgic and warm feeling was surprisingly effective. Loved it

[@drakenforge4276]

@@scottpeltier3977 Herr Delta

[@cooler_carpington]

Hate Monday, eat spaghetti...

[@sloft-70]

John Arbuckle, Jack Benny...

[@m.fraguelaxd2546]

@@sloft-70 shipped oddy's corpse to Abu Dhabi

[@daniexists6]

Well.... no. Jack Benny isn't a character. He was a comedian from the 30s. Gilbert had been namedropping throughout

[@monke7919]

We're is Jack Benny mentioned? It's a long video I lost track of time

[@daniexists6]

@@monke7919 When they were talking about the Gilbert Garfield and Friends theme. They assumed Jack Benny was a character that was part of the ARG setup when he wasn't.

[@g00dbunny]

@@daniexists6 i thought it was jack fetti smh

[@justaeditor9043]

ah the homosexual.

[@websters1878]

🤓

[@RichardRhubarb]

Garfield the cat is the quintessential representation of American media and entertainment culture. Same with Gottfried. We have now reached the Post-ironic

[@HomekittyL2]

I think that's what makes this ARG interesting. Taking an uconic and silly character like Garfield and corrupting that image into this is a bit disturbing

[@Otto-Webb]

discordians would've been proud

[@BurpBukowskiHearn]

Lol

[@rg-og7uz]

I love this arg, its my favorite rn, but i cant see how youd call it disturbing. Its so blatantly funny and over the top, i mean the mc even searches a house marble hornets style at one point only to drop the camera and take a giant lasagna dump on the toilet.

[@macdonaldsmilkjug5022]

it just shows how creators that make good satire know enough about the subject to make fun of it. and some of that horror expertise really comes through in some terrifying moments

[@deathenhancer484]

After seeing the first fucking episode it's far from scary, it's more like a parody similar to Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

[@Brianna-eo8nu]

I think it’s both. Like there are some genuinely funny moments like the Gilbert Garfeild tapes themselves that the aforementioned mc bowel problems. But there also still some genuinely tension building and disturbing moments like the ending of the Gilbert Garfeild game let’s play or the implied atrocities committed by Farone. It gets that balance between being a crude, absurdist shitpost and a genuinely terrifying and disturbing story perfectly and that’s what I love about it. It’s a dark comedy send up of ARG tropes that still manages to craft its own bizarrely terrifying world and narrative. Which is honestly what any horror/comedy should strive for in my option.

[@seancrosby6837]

Funny things can also be disturbing. You're really going to sit there and tell me that, just because this is primarily a comedy, that an EYEBALL in a cats A**HOLE that he has to goatse himself for us to see, isn't disturbing? Also the fact he gorges himself with raw veal to bloat up to the size of the universe to become a void hole. It's VERY disturbing. Just because it's funny, doesn't make it not disturbing

[@AnAverageGoblin]

for me its mildly disturbing, but I suppose a better descriptor is Deranged.

[@akiraeatsguitarpicks491]

The scariest thing about the ARG is how they misspell Italian words

[@redlightdeath]

Italian words are inherently misspelled, which is why the language sounds like people screaming what can only be described as all consonants, but simultaneously all vowels.

[@akiraeatsguitarpicks491]

@@redlightdeath - and other fun lies you can tell yourselves

[@redlightdeath]

@@akiraeatsguitarpicks491 *gestures with hands* io sono Italiano gabagool bibbidibabbidi salami lui garbanzo bibbidi babbidi.

[@akiraeatsguitarpicks491]

@@redlightdeath 90% of the things you’ve said don’t exist

[@redlightdeath]

@@akiraeatsguitarpicks491 you misspelled あきら and no one is complaining.

[@cloutman6033]

I think the real mystery was that this whole thing was analyzed completely straight and seriously, you really are a trooper

[@ottkaji]

The Abu-Dhabi reference is from Garfield constantly trying to mail Nermal to there for being more cute than Garfield. This was in the original comic and the specials as well as all other official media.

[@TheBrodyLopez]

Before the video starts and gets weird as I know and hope it will, I would just like to say I super miss Gilbert Gottfried

[@nolongergabe]

trust me, it was a really fucked up ride.

[@slyfox7452]

We all miss Gilbert Gottfried. He was gods gift to humanity

[@sotheofdaein]

a comedy genius taken from us too soon.

[@wesisthebest8350]

Well at lest he got to play god as his last part

[@AoDahRoh21404]

Pagan that quote from Gilbert Garfield is from Gilbert doing his take on the aristocrats joke

[@ghxst1999]

“You know I’m old enough to remember more simpler times when the worst thing you hear on the news is hijacked airlines flying into buildings”- Gilbert Garfield probably

[@blushinret1001]

Participating in Gilbert Garfield was the best thing I ever did. The whole concept was fucking wild and had a grate mix of comedy and disturbance. My voicemail was even featured in Greg's last video DONT_TRUST_INTERNET_ LIARS (it's at 57:24 in this vid). I've been so into this arg I am litterly ENGRAINED IN IT. Best 7 months of my life.

[@Otto-Webb]

wow! want to be respectful to the creators and collaborators and not ask to spill the beans, but could i ask how big of an operation it is in numbers, meaning is this a solo project or a big group of people?

[@blushinret1001]

@@Otto-Webb I'm not quite sure. I had no part in actually working on the project. I was just a fan that called the public number and happened to have my voicemail picked for the video. So sorry if I'm not help :(

[@silentblacklist]

I personally love the idea of Greg coming in like a wrecking ball, screaming at god knows how many random people unaffiliated with the conspiracy, outsmarting most people in it despite being clearly off his gourd, and then just as wildly as he entered the story, exiting by dying in a car crash after as someone else mentioned, he refused to get his junkheap of a lemon fixed by that one auto shop and was convinced he could fix the brakes himself. I like to imagine he died doing 90+ mph while the family guy theme blasted on the car stereo. Man just bursts into the story and out and nobody in his wake has any idea what the hell just happened. Godspeed

[@Kropothead]

Fucking goals.

[@Carp6969]

Actual gigachad

[@Patodeagua213]

-Refuses to elaborate

[@aaronlaughter6471]

If only we where so lucky

[@TayTayMakesBeats]

Greg is such a perfect character. He reminds me of Fedsmoker with a bit of Alex Jones mixed in. Basically that guy I met in BC who had some sort of psychotic episode and drove his GMC Yukon into a lake with my ex and I in it. The fact that he calls his beater the "truthmobile" is amazing too. Makes me long for the days when conspiracy theories were fun, wacky and didn't result in mass shootings/attempts to overthrow elections. We need more Greg in this world.

[@eliasbrook8991]

So, while I enjoyed this video, there's a lot of references to the original "Garfield and Friends" cartoon not picked up on here: The 'shipping Odie's body to Abu Dhabi' line is a reference to a running gag in the show in which Garfields attempts to ship Nermal (a small, cute kitten he finds annoying) to Abu Dhabi, a city in the United Arab Emirates generally associated with being far away or unreachable. Also, the US Acres portion is a reference to the "Friends" portion of Garfield and Friends- a separate cartoon called Orson's Farm or US Acres about a group of animals, including Shelldon (the chick who won't come out of his egg) and Orson, a pig who acts as the leader of the group.

[@meh7973]

I need to learn more abut the Garfield and Friends lore now.

[@hannahmabbott7370]

I loved that segment. I loved the duck character mainly because his floaty that he always wore would sometimes have the same expression as him.

[@IkinBBfromAnthologyOfTheKiller]

Also nermal is the cat from the game over screen in the NES game part

[@AbyssalRook]

When he suggested that Sheldon was an agent at a company facility I nearly expired.

[@bombabombom3603]

Even more, Jim Davis originally only pitched US Acres as the primary series, Garfield wasn't even intended to be apart of it until the network pushed for it, which is why it became Garfield and Friends.

[@neru1584]

Gilbert's design reminds me of that one sonic CD Easter egg, the creepy dark blue one lol

[@anonymousperidot7446]

Oh Majin Sonic

[@thewindwakinghero7423]

Endless fun

[@Noob10346GD]

someone needs to make a sonic CD mod for garfield and include gilbert there

[@Noob10346GD]

it also reminds me of the sonic CD easter egg where there is a bat man sonic guy

[@not6snot]

THE FUN NEVER ENDS!!!

[@PABLO-r9b]

Still cant belive Gilbert died a month before this ARG began

[@scottpeltier3977]

We will never be rid of that man, and I hope we never will

[@redlightdeath]

Rumor has it, the day he died, a baby was born in New York with dark hair, large teeth, squinty eyes, and a distinctly loud, grating cry. Several hours later, one of the nurses working in the OBGYN near the nursery swore she heard a loud, yet small voice rambling “about the time I had to find my way down that stupid woman’s birth canal, naked and covered in horse radish.”

[@AnAverageGoblin]

it would have been incredible if the ARG master was able to get him to record things for the arg. but sadly it was never meant to be.

[@ChristopherSadlowski]

I have a feeling Gilbert would have LOVED to work on this project. Poor guy. We'll miss him and that voice of his.

[@scillavanilla5356]

I like to think it’s a homage to that great comedian

[@leepicgamerbazinga5155]

I have never seen something so hilarious, yet so terrifying. So genius, yet so stupid. So elaborate, complex, and bizarre. I am truly impressed.

[@GooberInternet]

I'm glad this ARG is being covered more in length here. While Goose Booses video was very good, it wasn't able to travel to the future and add more info about this ARG. Since this video was only made 2 days ago, its able to cover the rest of the ARG that Goosy Boosy missed. And thats very good.

[@Jefferu_Nintendomoto]

It barely covered farther than Boose did. The next video covering the finale will be actually covering new ground.

[@Quario]

Yeah, Goose Boose still hasn't opened his third eye that can see into the future, but he has opened his fourth eye that can see the past, explaining why his vid only explains past events relating to Gilbert Garfield. It may also explain why he didn't foresaw people putting his marketable plushie into jars filled with genetic material ready to be sent to Pharaone

[@puregarbagechannel4308]

@@Quario this comment reminds me of the golden age of hollywood

[@drumface9536]

I love how Greg describes Italians as “dude with pizza stains on there track suits”

[@DarlingMissDarling]

Being italian and growing up in my area's little Italy in 1980s NJ, that murdered me with how unnecessarily accurate it was 💀

[@kirkhotopp2522]

This whoever goes by Greg Truth, is disturbed, no lack of remorse, fascinating this GREG guy plays the part of an investigator makes a person wonder what is really going on ?

[@PixelRoserade]

quick note, that thing that liz expelled was likely a thermometer. the text that i could catch read "it is time for your temperature, garfield"

[@alexdoule8671]

"US Acres" was another Jim Davis comic strip. It also has a cartoon in the same vein as Garfield and Friends. Sheldon and Orson are the names of two characters from that property. Just a fun detail. Also, this whole series feels like an elaborate "The aristocrats" but. The big itself is referenced a few times, including the "great show what do you call it" line in the opening theme and the initial text at the start of the NES game

[@ladyfoxyfire]

after watching the whole thing I can confidently say this is the most apeshit insane arg I have seen in my life. It manages to be hilarious and horrible at the same time man...

[@davidstuckey9289]

It's perhaps the most out there version of Garfield since the "Garfield Royal Rescue" fanfic.

[@skullmanjay8497]

​@@davidstuckey9289 Holy shit, that's a blast from the past. I haven't seen anyone mention ShakespeareHemmingway's fanfics in *ages.*

[@davidstuckey9289]

@@skullmanjay8497 How anyone could read that and EVER forget it is beyond me.

[@shockdoggo6889]

During the part where greg gets all the voicemails, i dont think it had to do with lasanga cat or anything, what i think happened eas greg was hoping to get a voicemail from his son but since his messages were cluttered up by internet strangers there was no chance hed be able to even see a voicemail like that

[@username5155]

53:04 “P-i-z-z-a do you know what that spells?” is now my new comeback to being told to get off private property

[@-sk8-437]

Garfield is the best horror character invented in modern times

[@yelloweyepatch241]

I think reinvented is more fitting

[@Wired_User]

He is true cosmic horror

[@Patodeagua213]

They turned a funny fat cat into a eldritch god

[@-sk8-437]

They didn't turn him others came first

[@INTRUZIVE]

It’s my personal belief that the Gilbert Garfield cartoon was going to be used to promote their pax Augustus across the world. That also helps explain why faraone would want Garfield to be there mascot. My personal belief is that they chose Garfield because he his extremely popular and instantly recognizable across the world.

[@sirsnausages2164]

And I assume they chose Gilbert because (and this is a hot take) voice impressions of Gilbert are very funny

[@pizzeria_mayhem8736]

@@sirsnausages2164 I'd figure that they chose Gilbert because the person making this Homunculus just kinda liked Gilbert and his comedy. That might be too "occams razor" though.

[@Wired_User]

I never thought Gilbert Garfield could get any weirder for me, but the fact that Newt Gingrich is canonically a pr0n star, involved in Farone, one of their experiments, can hold his breath for 15 minutes, and probably the father of who knows how many illegitimate kid/experiments is fking insane.

[@tamamo3964]

I bet Gilbert would have thought this arg was hilarious.

[@redlightdeath]

“This reminds me of that time I was Garfield and went flying with Eye-talian aliens, but I could see the future with the eyeball in my asshole so I killed them.”

[@Kropothead]

I like to think so. Absurd, obscene humor was very much one of his specialties. People just forget sometimes because he took a lot of gigs in children’s entertainment too. Gotta admire a performer who can completely switch his material up for a totally different audience and still kill it.

[@monotoneheadphones]

I was NOT expecting that “Queenpie” joke, that got me good.

[@cursed-cat9126]

Tbh that was the funniest part of the arg

[@averageraviolienjoyer1884]

You know it’s good when you’re halfway through and there’s like 13 distinct characters

[@JustJacob01]

This whole ARG is the definition of "Well that escalated quickly"

[@thesalvager3020]

9:50 The audio is indeed a continuation of Gilbert's story, specifically he's saying the mozzarella melting on the pasta looked like a, "Caucasian melting flesh-" and then it cuts off.

[@FablesTold]

Don't know if I'd say it was the most disturbing ARG I've ever been a part of, even though layered through the potty humor and just plain absurdity and the obvious satire of ARGs in general is surprisingly deep existential and ethical and conspiratorial considerations to be pondered over, like a perfectly layered lasagna. What I can absolutely say is it has the _best_ theme song for an ARG I've ever heard. I find myself randomly singing it to myself at least once every two weeks since I first came across it, and that was like, four, five months ago? Also, for those who are unaware, at 37:13, that's part of the Aristocrat joke, which is probably Gilbert Gottfried's most famous stand up piece.

[@Nekoszowa]

People just overuse the word "disturbing". It lost its meaning...

[@rudedrugs]

@@Nekoszowa because it's subjective...

[@4zy1]

Looks like something you'd see on Adult Swim at 3 in the morning.

[@dixierekt8096]

Oh boy 3 A.M.

[@BIGBOYGAMING03]

It's because it is made by some people from adult swim

[@Le-cp9tr]

This feels like an Oney Plays bit

[@That0neguy420]

I love how Garfield horror is always either it takes its horror very seriously or it barely takes itself seriously at all... I think in the case of Gilbert Garfield it lands on the not serious side... either that or it's just really good at being funny for no reason!

[@nathanblevins9870]

This what Gilbert would said if he saw this. “You know, this remind me of the time when someone made me look like Garfield but as a god with three eyes and one of the eyes in my butt cheeks.”

[@yellowpig1026]

i'm gonna send some of greg's videos to friends without telling them it's from an ARG

[@yea3543]

1:24:29 HOLY SCALOP actually the most insane beat I've heard in an arg in my entire life

[@LezbeOswald]

binged all the Gilbert Garfield videos last night, halfway through found myself feeling a little creeped out. then i remembered i was watching a series about a conspiracy with Garfield, Gilbert Gottfried, Hideo Kojima, and lactose intolerance what the fuck did i have to be creeped out about. _i mean once you strip back the intentionally humorous parts the story of the ARG is a bit unsettling but nothing i haven'ts een before tbh_ though i am very impressed by how much they've completed in a short amount of time. surprised they haven't blown up.

[@Aceken23]

And lots of Italians

[@henrygrey7857]

30:15 the man had to hold that glass like they’re poisoning someone

[@alankim4401]

Greg flipping off the parking brake just makes me chuckle every time I see that scene, and I imagine the parking brake had a sad face when that happens

[@maximillian1109]

I feel so bad for CV. She did not desserv any of this shit. Hope she has a better life now

[@Jefferu_Nintendomoto]

Pretty sure Farone killed her.

[@billblaski9523]

Who¿

[@maximillian1109]

​@@billblaski9523 Good question, because I have no idea. Oh, it's probably the sex worker!

[@murrmakesstuff9269]

Ok, I was first really into this seires after watching goose boose's video and saw the stairs leading up to the top of the Hermann memorial, then realizing that I have almost that EXACT image on my phone somewhere. It's completley unrelated but I think it's really interesting that more than one person goes to that place and thinks, "damn, that staircase is cool. I should take a picture." Weird stuff!

[@HeatherDoe]

One thing of note that y'all might find interesting - the entire ARG makes frequent references to the joke "The Aristocrats" (lines such as "what do you call it?" and the "and the dog fs the cat and the boy fs the dog etc etc" are lifted straight from most common renditions.) Gilbert Gottfried's telling of the joke is one of the most famous versions, but I wonder if it could actually refer to something deeper - maybe it is connected to Gilbert Garfield's connection to aristocracy and power (he's a pharaoh at one point, and the company that produced it is also named after Pharaohs)

[@terminal-vl3rj]

what it means by 'the mfr file has a plastic ejection code..' is that its a 3d printable file

[@fs_000]

THANK YOU for introducing me to this absolutely wild ARG. I don't think I've ever seen an ARG where I actually questioned what was real and what was fake, it's so perfectly executed

[@untiff7169]

When Greg Truth visits the mechanic they want to fix brakes, and he got mad and left which is why I believe he died in a car crash. He also tweeted "driving fast". So sad he never got his stepson to call him. R.I.P Greg Truth

[@enzito_sdf6978]

this arg is amazing. i love that it's funny and feels like it doesnt take itself that seriously, but also the underlying story is pretty interesting and it's actually well made. it's sort of a faux arg, i love it lmao

[@panqueque445]

Italian aliens? Italiens, even.

[@manglenightmare0311]

I love this series and I’ve been trying to other people to talk about it so more people learn about this because the effert is just insane for some thing featuring a Garfield/Gilbert godfried hybrid

[@twitchyeyess]

Ive been watching AND contributing to the solving gilbert garfield arg since the goose boose video, and it sure was a blast to solve, and a terrifying piece of media!

[@walnzell9328]

The reflection in Grintly's glasses looks like the southern half of Italy. I think it's the area formerly known as the Kingdom of Naples.

[@thatpuffberry]

without context i would TOTALLY believe that this was made by adult swim

[@SlimyTheNekoslime]

At least he got to play God in Smiling Friends before leaving us. What a way for a legend to go.

[@gracejordan110]

Apologies if it got mentioned somewhere and I missed it, but in Finley Breeze and Odie's Trip, it sounds like something printing. The main character said something during the video game section along the lines of "I'm scared of what's printing in the background." I don't know if they're connected or not.

[@Nyax50Lopez]

What if... The sound is something in text and needs to be printed out somehow by changing the .mp3 to a word file...

[@Nyax50Lopez]

For some odd reason it reminded me of Doki Doki Literature Club which in game, you needed to change the files for a secret thing like word, image, and sound. So it can be a possibility it can be a word document if cracked down correctly

[@WhatTheFoundationHides]

If you're ever looking for something different, this account is currently hosting an analog horror series set in the JJBA universe. It's like 12 episodes in, midway through there's a style change that kinda makes it an experimental animation/analog horror series. But yeah like if anybody ever wanted that, it's here lol. Thank you for covering this ARG btw, I remember seeing Goose Boose covering it back a few months ago and when I tried to watch it for myself it unnerved me/grossed me out so much I quit watching after like 15 seconds lol.

[@shaggyrogers8869]

Where is it?

[@WhatTheFoundationHides]

@@shaggyrogers8869 on my account

[@scholardeville]

im a few eps in already, i though jojo couldnt get anymore bizarre, i was wrong.

[@WhatTheFoundationHides]

@@scholardeville thank you bro fr lol i hope that you like it

[@thecatrooms]

JJBA and analog wowow talk about different

[@reiaseran22222]

>inb4 this all leads up to a "The Aristocrats" joke

[@RatherBAnon]

You may be my favorite horror-focused content creator Pagan. Good work!

[@slyfox7452]

Man imagin an arg actually using a adult site for it

[@jjlucas115]

oh my god the bit about gregtruth thinking his car just needs an oil change meanwhile he’s pulling the e-brake out of place kills me every time.

[@aggrave790]

My personal theory is that this entire ARG is just a ploy to get youtubers that cover horror/ARG stuff to say the most insane shit ever conceived.

[@noodles2459]

im surprised this arg doesnt have more coverage its production value is insane

[@garrettclark8826]

For anyone who hasn't seen part 2 yet but wants to investigate, all of the content has been moved to a channel called faraone productions

[@alexbenavidez4500]

This is my fourth time rewatching this series now that the second video has come out, and the sheer deranged shock value of the entity that is Gilbert Garfield still hasn't lost its luster. I love horrors ARG's and Unfiction, but I think I've become pretty disillusioned by them as of late, and its hard for me to find things scary or interesting that I used to before, but Gilbert Garfield is just so off-the-wall and self-aware, it's hard not to appreciate Its got all these elements of analog horrors and the tropes of spooky scary lost kids tv shows, with the glitches, the found footage, the government coverups, but its riffing on them in such a way you know the creator is acutely familiar with all these tropes. Greg is a great character and his segments have so much charm in them, and its only fitting that a man as unhinged as him would play such a pivotal part of the mystery of this series

[@realroforb7676]

I could see the first three clips being an adult swim show.

[@Cujowo]

The constant references to Abu Dabi is a nod to back when Garfield tried to ship Nermal to Abu Dabi in a song back in the animated series

[@deanjenkins3077]

it went from sci-fi to family drama

[@DethKwok]

What I really enjoy about this ARG as that it feels like you stumbled on something that you aren't supposed to see, like something otherworldly, a huge extraterrestrial conspiracy.

[@ChurchoftheLatterDayShrek]

The Gilbert Garfield ARG has made some crazy developments. To avoid being spoilery, let's just say Max can't hang around anymore as he's tied up In a bad situation. Faraone has completely taken over

[@TMDtwista]

Phenomenal work pagan...this was an amazing video and rabbit hole. Looking forward to seeing more of your work

[@ChristopherSadlowski]

Can we all take a moment from what feels like a fever indicated nightmare to appreciate how amazing the thumbnails are for these videos? Absolute perfection.

[@MetalMockingjay]

It's a small nitpick, but I found it quite amusing. When you say the game turned into a first person shooter like DOOM, it was actually just a dungeon maze like a lot of old RPGs had.

[@VeronicaSawyer-nw3ho]

1:01:26 question, has anyone tried to decipher if this is morse code? I know the ARG is (probably) finished now, and that this video is from months ago, but idk, it sounds a bit like morse code Update: To get an accurate code I had to use a spectogram, but yes, it is morse code, and it read "THEY REPLACED REAGAN". Someone else in the comments of the og video pointed it out before, but anyways tought it was cool to share and it could lead to more theories

[@charcoal5495]

I’m so glad that more people are covering this arg, it’s really a Dimond in the rough! ❤️

[@suspiciousspaghetti8579]

1:20:20 Sheldon isn't the rabbit, he's the little egg guy with legs from Orson's Farm Also Orson isn't a cat, he's supposed to be a pig lol

[@Taxman37]

So glad more people are finding this ARG

[@leahkoskovich2749]

Jack Benny's actually a comedian from the 30's

[@Jefferu_Nintendomoto]

No, really? 🙄

[@llewelynshingler2173]

Pretty weird for him to be in this tale

[@raelogan]

I should note that "US Acres" is the "Friends" part of "Garfield & Friends", which was a set of B-Episodes that were sandwiched between each Garfield A and C Episodes of each 22min run, set at a farm where you had characters like Orson the Pig (very much a bookworm), Roy the Rooster (a prankster), Lanolin the Sheep (who was gruff and not too lady-like) , and her slacker twin brother Bo, Wade the Duck (so scared of everything, he'd wear an innertube around his waist in case he fell in water despite being a duck), and two chick brothers, Booker and Sheldon, who were characterized by the outgoing brother, Booker, being hatched and Sheldon, the introvert, being perpetually in his shell, refusing to hatch all the way, so he was just an egg with legs all the time. "US Acres" was just another series of strips by Jim Davis adapted into the cartoon about farm animals having typical fantasy adventures and dealing with slice of life stuff. Heavily implied to be the livestock on Jon's parents' farm, I believe. So, Sheldon at 1:20:30 isn't actually the rabbit, but the egg with legs. Sheldon, because he's a walking eggshell, lol.

[@3.33-w2m]

The stained glass at the step dad's house in a picture of the field of reeds, the Egyptian heaven

[@benwillow6137]

I don't know if anyone else has mentioned this, but from my knowledge, the link between Gadaffi and Mussolini is not only their deaths being quite comparable (public execution and ridicule) but also the fact that Libya was invaded and colonised by Italy, there also being a subsequent genocide enacted in Libya via the Italian colonisers aka The Pacification of Libya. Again if I recall correctly one of the instigators for all of this was that Italy claimed, as 'the heir of the Roman Empire', they were entitled to rule over former Roman territories. Since Libya was the sole Mediterranean region not claimed by another European power, it was the only territory Italy could dominate. Might be a stretch but in terms of this ARG and their constant referencing to Augustas and pax romana, I believe they're making reference to heir of the roman empire mentality as potentially a similar motive to what Farone has with wanting to essentially form their own new world order? Again might be a stretch lol, but the comparison instantly popped into my head, so if this adds anything that's cool and people feel free to correct me or add anything onto it.

[@circuscandy9594]

it sounds like he's saying "Caucasian melting flesh"

[@zachmadness]

i love the happy birthday augie and so on all their first names are in the order of "ARG" lmao

[@The_Zeldalorian]

Ay letsgo! I’ve been waiting for you to cover this.

[@dlog]

The production value of this ARG is higher than Bob Marley in the studio. Thanks for deep diving into it!

[@Captain_Shorts654]

This arg is terrifyingly hilarious. Atleast my nightmares will be funny.

[@thepopemichael]

I know some of the people that worked on this. You'd be shocked who they are. They are absolutely genius.

[@basedchicana1776]

So do I, one of them is Harry Houdini

[@enderwallice8500]

Alex Bale perhaps?

[@thepopemichael]

I'm a mod on several analog horror subs. So I'm not really going to reveal any secrets. Needless to say, this is one hell of an undertaking and I appreciate all the folks involved.

[@basedchicana1776]

Anything can be said on the internet, so I take everything with a mountain of salt

[@NeoZ45]

@@basedchicana1776 *ocean's worth of salt, these days anyone can claim they know x guy without solid evidence

[@scholardeville]

holy shit i thought you were dead, so good to have you back, lets go GARFIELD!!!!!11

[@cthulhluftagn3812]

The whole thing is spelled out in the theme tune, "Great act, whata ya call it?" The whole thing is a aristocrats joke, overly long and full of random gibberish until the sudden punchline. Like how lasagna cat mocked the self importance of the garfield owners, this series mocks ARGs with a sunk cost falacy. "Theres so much time and effort put into this, it has to pay off at some point!"

[@Cooe.]

I don't think this is correct either. It's somewhere in the middle. It's a legitimate ARG that's ALSO a deliberate pastiche of ARG's in general. But the ARG elements definitely aren't just "meaningless, totally random red herrings". The people running this (a bunch of Adult Swim staffers, you can actually find their specific names if you try hard enough) simply have way too much love for the genre for it to be a straight ARG/ARG fans takedown/parody, and that's reflected in the ridiculous amount of effort and attention to detail they've put into something so small as far as its reach.

[@cthulhluftagn3812]

@@Cooe. well parody comes from a love of the thing your mocking (satire comes from hate) so a parody ARG would have just as much effort put in as the real thing, im just saying the grand reveal to all the clues will be that its a bad joke, both in cannon and meta textually

[@andyghkfilm2287]

25:35 lmao this ARG is too much dude I fucking love it, look at this photoshop of Gilbert’s face on Augustus Caesar.

[@jamangel]

I just saw Garfield's a hole ...most disturbing analog ever

[@aruce9]

The insane thing is that this ARG just ended not that long ago

[@laikla-boo]

It back to being active

[@cloudthelemon756]

Gilbert garfield has to be the most hilarious ARG I've ever took active part in.

[@matteld3179]

The ost for the show is for some reason somewhat good, especially the alt version of the intro.

[@Kawamura2]

I like this one, although, most of it seems humorous to me rather than disturbing or creepy. The idea of morphing Gilbert Gottfried with Garfield is endlessly hilarious, and I wish someone would come up with a web series of just a weird show like that. Then again, I'm partial, because I love both Gottfried and Garfield I will say though, some of the stuff at the end was a bit creepy.

[@plabfishchowder8314]

This feels like some obscure adult swim cartoon

[@jackatkins3119]

4:15 also it was recently changed to say that the account is in a transitional phase, and also a response to the top comment on the now latest video, Gilbert Garfield Baby, is from a more corporate perspective

[@WobblesandBean]

PLEASE look at Vintage Eight! They're a criminally underrated channel who cranks out great analog series, yet they have less than 20k subscribers.

[@berdfunny3222]

Ima be honest even after watching all the videos and an explanation of the series I’m still completely lost

[@joshuatv9232]

Sheldon was a character in Garfield and friends, he appeared in the Orson’s farm segments. Also the “Cat” is actually Orson the pig.