Pop Quiz Hotshot (and To Boldly Flee) - ralphthemoviemaker

[@arrionarchie2120]

"what is the name of the event that destroyed the twin towers and killed nearly three thousand people?" "uh... titanic?" "you're wrong, but 9/11 would've been sooo much different if a ship had crashed into the twin towers. I'll give you ten points."

[@neal2399]

Holy shit you actually made that funny

[@rm0063]

This is a beautiful spoof. *chef's kiss*

[@theactualTVB]

"the title of this movie is called haunting of what?" "uhh...george floyd?" "you're wrong, but it would've been sooo different if sharon tate was alive today. i'll give you ten points."

[@Greendalewitch]

This scenario partly happened to me once, when I played Total War: Rome II. The game was so broken that instead of a ship landing on port and my soldiers disembarking, the ship went up on land, through the wall and killed entire formations of enemies within the city.

[@madisonlongley5082]

When I heard that, I thought “WOW, that is incredibly distasteful.”

[@therealronokpayne]

The Irishman and To Boldly Flee are the exact same length

[@FlyingFocs]

Seven Samurai and Das Boot are too. Difference is those are two of the best movies I've seen, and II'veve never seen To Boldly Flee. And I'm never going to.

[@sinsoftheswamp8346]

@@rustyskunks and the big hollywood directors and writers watch to boldly flee to learn how to evolve there craft

[@pentelegomenon1175]

So in at least one way, they are identical to each other.

[@joeinzinga6123]

super not best friends dont play there

[@officialgoogleyoutube]

Exact same degree of genius.

[@alarma1]

If you used to watch Nostalgia Critic, and you criticize it, from years in the future, does that not make you the Nostalgia Critic?

[@MegaManXPoweredUp]

The "Nostalgia Critic" Critic

[@CoffeeFilms17]

But hey that’s just a theory, A gAmE tHeOrY

[@spinepile4106]

Full circle

[@zladvevo9724]

The Nostalgia “Nostalgia Critic” Critic to be more accurate

[@MangoSmoothy]

I might be high but that blew my mind mang

[@scottcowan7343]

Fun fact: According to Obscurus Lupa, all the episodes of Pop Quiz Hotshot were never supposed to be released, rather just canned entirely. However, the Channel awesome CEO forced them to be released so Indiegogo wouldn't investigate them for doing nothing with the money they raised. How lovely.

[@mbsb1376]

I am waiting for someone to copypaste the Ed story, but basically the method actor was with Doug and co. in a break and pissed him off enough to tell him to shut up.

[@galleryofrogues]

Yup and no one wanted to do it but the company heads basically forced them. Partly explains why Doug seems in a particularly bad mood and completely phones in the performance.

[@Golfman489]

Oh wow

[@oneannoyingwhiteguy]

@@mbsb1376 I encountered that guy regularly in a few online Channel Awesome fan pages back in the day he was annoying as hell when not in character too.

[@bomberharris8439]

@Potato King It was this show and Demo Reel that Doug put his heart into. He wanted to move towards a more traditionally structured show, with an overarching plot and narrative and all that stuff. However, that was so poorly received and got so few views that it forced the company to bring the Nostalgia Critic back.

[@isaacpeachey8609]

Well the Nostalgia Critic never said, “I’m a impotent manchild”, but it would be really funny if he did. Give Ralph the 10 points anyway.

[@dub9571]

Amazing.

[@BeowulfNorther]

hes so cringey, hes always been insanely contradictory and hes one of those reviewers that always uses the crutch of 'this is just my opinion' or thats subjective if someone calls him out on shitty comments or mistakes haha i mean loving the shit show of last jedi tells a lot but even all that is fine, people want to watch him, whatever sinks their sub..but this is just a scam haha

[@Theevil6ify]

I think it's either the fact that his standards are just horribly low, or he's too insecure in his own comedic abilities to criticize someone else's bad joke (unless it personally offends him).

[@Mathadar]

The unfortunate part is that he sometimes writes alongside his brother some decent jokes or gags.

[@straydogbite]

@@BeowulfNorther and the nostalgia critic sucks too

[@blackoverblueskies6221]

"Who was the first black president?" "David Hasselhoff" "Wrong, but history would be so much different, give him 172 points!"

[@katokianimation]

It was funnier to read this comment than watching any of the clips.

[@Theevil6ify]

"Who said the quote, 'How about a little fire, scarecrow'?" *names random comic book character* "Ha! If had said that instead of the actual character who said it, the circumstances surrounding it would indeed be very different, and therefore funny! You have achieved humor! Give em 9001 points!"

[@TheTrainFan9]

Doug: What movie is this quote from: Go ahead, make my day? Contestant: Moonlight Doug: No, but could you IMAGINE how different that movie would have been if the main character said THAT?!?!?!?! You know what, you get 69,420 points for that answer!

[@KaladinVegapunk]

Haha honestly, JonTrons random Malkovichs quiz show with Arin as the hostess was 1000 times funnier than this, with a similar theme, and they were barely trying

[@TheTrainFan9]

@@KaladinVegapunk Mainly because Jon is: a. Actually funny, b. Actually knows how to do video production well, and c. Malkovich's Game Show was just a few one-off sketches, not something that received NINETY THOUSAND DOLLARS from crowd funding and looks like five dollars at the most was spent on the final product.

[@davymachinegun5130]

My favorite gag is in this putting "Written by Doug Walker and Rob Walker" over poorly written female dialogue.

[@chaosinc.382]

Agreed

[@motherfreya2840]

Fantastic.

[@magicrainbowkitties1023]

Oh yeah that shit's PRICELESS

[@brycemiguel247]

I don't get it

[@feverdreamss]

@@brycemiguel247men often cant write women well

[@itshammertime4297]

"Name an internet personality widely considered to be talented" "Doug Walker?" "Doug would be pretty funny if he was funny, give him 10 points"

[@sadham2668]

Funny

[@JeanMarceaux]

Say "Mr. Plinkett" and lock the host in a stalemate.

[@shawnfields2369]

​@@JeanMarceauxYou know what? If that were actually true, that'd be SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO funny!!!!!! Give 'em 10 points!! Wouldn't it have so much funnier if it were true though?!!?

[@BeatRiceIsHere]

"True or false: Japan bombed Pearl Harbor." "Ummm... False?" "That's incorrect, but the world would've been VERY different if Japan never attacked Pearl Harbor, give him 32 points"

[@worm9862]

@Josse 21 [f.u.с.к мe] ТАР 0N МY РROFILE I wanna see the person who created this bot/made this comment.

[@BasedMarysMemoirs]

@@worm9862 o wow they deleted it

[@funkyweapon1981]

The Axis may have won.

[@Mr_Fancypants]

Japan is a country. The planes did it!

[@LuisMartinez-rw2lj]

@@Mr_Fancypants you’re right the planes did do it! But imagine just how cool and wacky it would have been if the actual country did it ! Give him 10 points

[@CakeJamara]

Ralph, your video is completely wrong, but since it’d be a very different movie if they did it like you said, I’m giving you 10 points anyway.

[@mintymayhem9673]

kaveenieweenie that is how time works

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

@@kaveenieweenie6780 Probably released it earlier privately.

[@barelysmert6650]

You should have given him 50 points

[@robbieuuu5240]

My nipples are lactating

[@Tacom4ster]

QuintonReviews essay was better kzbin.info/www/bejne/gaPYZYlqZ6h-gsU

[@SunshineAIC]

It'a like an Eric Andre skit that goes on for way too long and isn't funny

[@cyanmanta]

Doug doesn't do well unscripted. He doesn't even do well scripted, for fucksake; what chance does he have when he's just making shit up?

[@mickdanger1434]

Kinda like his most recent stand up special

[@ijakerz93]

its like an alien watched the eric Andre show and tried to copy it but has no grasp on what humor is

[@KhayJayArt]

Unfunny whitewashed Eric Andre

[@ncrtrooper3841]

BIRD UP

[@ishaanwankhade4834]

This video is just such a love letter to Doug Walker

[@Legend-zg6hb]

LMAO

[@apinakapina]

:D

[@alessandroguarrera2203]

It isn’t but it would be HILARIOUS if it was! 10-points!!!

[@shawnfields2369]

@@alessandroguarrera2203 You know what!? Give 'em 20 points; because it wasn't like that, but if it were; it'd be so different!!! 10 points!!!

[@McDicksRocksSocks]

Best comment

[@sori_osori_]

I feel so bad for the contestants who participated in Pop quiz Hotshot. They look so uncomfortable.

[@JackedThor-so]

The guy with the last name Beverage sounded PISSED when Doug made fun of his name. Him snapping "silent q" stung. I feel so bad for everyone involved...

[@sori_osori_]

@@JackedThor-so Also Smader sounds like he wants to kill Doug, while Chris seems confused as hell.

[@cyanmanta]

Given how much toxic misogyny goes on at Channel Awesome, I'm amazed they ever had a female contestant. Tamara must be a masochist to still be working there.

[@gum8191]

@@cyanmanta They were probably holding back her paycheck

[@JackedThor-so]

@@cyanmanta my guess is she's in a nasty contract she can't get out of

[@Caddicarus]

You know what, I've NEVER seen more than the pilot episode of this. I just assumed there was only 1 pilot that failed. I can now see why. I think nobody has actually ever watched further than the pilot. God bless you for sitting through all of this.

[@TheDigitalApple]

Caddy what are you doing here? Go back and rest while playing with Stan!

[@Jack5Official]

Caddy's comment just goes to show how much Doug has fallen from grace.

[@HeyGoog]

Caddy how did you get here? Isn’t the world still bricks?

[@srf8788]

Crash bandicoot

[@jfanimationsstudios7270]

Go0g_ The internet is everywhere! Even in the bricks

[@friedchicken9851]

“When I was 14 my teacher was asking the class who was their idol.I said Doug Walker.After that my teacher laughed and asked:who the heck is Walker?! I got so mad I threw a chair at her and got expelled.” - Stanley Kubrick

[@kitkatcutie520]

He didn't say that, but Stanley Kubrick's life would've been sooo much different if his idol was Doug Walker. I'll give you ten points!

[@satanlovestotrip9764]

@@kitkatcutie520 Goddammit you beat me to it

[@sickboy9650]

“If Steven Spielberg, Alfred Hitchcock and Doug Walker all fell off a cliff, and I could only save one of them, I would save Doug Walker. Because he produces the greatest movies of all time” - Christopher Nolan

[@tomuppercut7101]

Give this man 10 points, because it would be a much different movie if he did.

[@streeterville773]

You had me going there for a second xD

[@The3y3]

The funny thing is, Phelan (red shirt guy) actually hated working on to boldly flee and is quite vocal about it. He actually did all the special effects- by himself, and was blamed for the movie’s poor performance despite being overworked and shat on in the script constantly

[@Parasiteve]

yeah i feel bad for phelan, he seems like a nice guy and he always got shit on in these stupid movies of dougs. i have heard though that his gf,lupa, starts drama out of thin air, same with lindsey ellis but i have no proof yet just a few peoples comments and if thats true then maybe hes not as nice as i thought since he associates with someone like that. i like phelans reviews too, now im worried though. after the cinemassacre scandal recently, im questioning every YTer i watch and whether or not they're good people or not.

[@purpleapple4052]

@@Parasiteve what cinemassacre scandal? im just curious

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

@@Parasiteve A lot of people collaborated on Lupa's claims though

[@purpleapple4052]

@@killerbug05 i thought it would be something exposing James Rolfe of Cinemassacre

[@asteroidrules]

I feel sorry for everyone from Channel Awesome except for Brad and the Walker brothers, most of them are entertaining or insightful people who got stuck under the thumb of those three assholes.

[@zzxebr]

This proves that there's nothing less funny than someone who thinks they're really, really funny

[@nukiradio]

He wrote an algorithm for laughter based on 2003 comedy films. But with the 90's more than 20 years away, he has nothing to reach for

[@superlombax1561]

God dang it, the likes were 69 when I noticed this comment, and it just turned 71 as I typed this.

[@holycow818181]

I'd argue Michael Scott from The Office is an exception, even if he's only funny because of how awkwardly unfunny he is.

[@mrmusickhimself]

He thought he was so funny that he tried to make his entire cast act like him.

[@Pontificate]

I feel like he is a child playing pretend and wants to have control of the game with his disinterested friends but instead of being able to ignore him his friends are literally being employed by him and are forced to submit to his autistic and extremely childish sense of humor.

[@bobstevenson3130]

Doug Walker: **puts a rape scene in “to boldly flee” Ralph: they’re out of focus

[@prestonpham2074]

@D Zuke um please explain?

[@andrewdevine3920]

@@prestonpham2074 She had a relationship with Todd in the Dark Because I'm Too Ugly to Show My Face.

[@areallybigdwarf4560]

@D Zuke tru dat

[@BK-sh2pn]

Hahahah

[@classyrobot5648]

@D Zuke so, I've got a chance is what you're saying

[@abritishguy4713]

The weirdest thing about Doug is that his video production is perpetually stuck in 2007. You could watch any of his videos at random and be unable to tell what year or even decade it was made. It's just so cheap and amateurish but without any charm.

[@jeltje50]

Yeah fucking this. I could watch a dunkey video and the quality is always pretty good. (except the really old ones with the terrible mic). But with Doug it's always soooo terrible. It's very clear doug is so obsessed with having yes-men around him that people with actual talent don't want to work for him.

[@benlittle5436]

@@jeltje50 Okay those arent't quite the same, a Dunkey video is just Dunkey speaking into a microphone over footage. The issue with Doug is his cameras are always adjusted poorly and the lighting is terrible so it perpetually looks like an early youtube channel.

[@jacobmedina5792]

You think he’d get bored of the same style.

[@jorgeloredo100]

I don't think this si true, if you see his old NC videos they used to be only him talking shit about a movie with some minor animation clips or effects, I dare to say it used to be funny and simple, now everything he does is overexaggerated shit filled with awful CGI, cringe performances and plots.

[@nicholaswoollhead6830]

I know people who started doing film for fun to keep them entertained through quarantine and whose worst shit now looks a million times better than Doug's best shit. And what's with his yellow fucking teeth. I he scammed his fans out of $90 000 and couldn't afford a fucking trip to the dentist???

[@Radical_Rainbow]

How Doug manages to play _himself_ in his own production and still act terribly is a real gift. Nobody gives him enough credit.

[@karrimgyver]

Because he *is* terrible irl too

[@tylere.8436]

He was never good, maybe amusing in an unintentional way early on, but he got old quick.

[@shawnfields2369]

@@tylere.8436 Agreed. And he only got worse with time, adding in those boring, tedious, and tiring skits, oh God, the skits... I'm getting PTSD just thinking about the skits... thanks, Dog Waker.

[@slaebae3434]

An actual NPC

[@okagron]

@@tylere.8436 He solely got by because he was riding the wave of angry, profanity-laden reviews of stuff that was nostalgic by that point. And, yeah, eventually it got tiring because doing the same shit will eventually get boring, but Doug didn't know how to adapt or evolve.

[@Hammerhead547]

I actually got banned from the CA Forums for saying that PQHS looked like it was made by a high school av club.

[@AdamMitchyCat]

Lol I was a forum regular. It was such a shitshow with no moderation, but people would get threads locked and bans for absolutely zero reason.

[@remlezar9397]

Jerma985 did this better and guess what? Instead of making people uncomfortable, he made the jokes about himself.

[@Chronz]

@@chad7021 hes got loads of former employees me tooing his company

[@blakerobertus7533]

Haha, you legend. And I thought I was cool because my avatar was the Wu-Tang Clan before I lost interest in that place.

[@nejdalej]

Not quite, you got banned for telling the truth but I'll give you ten points anyway.

[@monotaroleader7805]

This is Ralph’s cringiest video. Not because Ralph is bad, but the Nostalgia Critic game show is so utterly cringe I’m having trouble finishing it. Also that Robert Downy Jr ‘challenge’ is ridiculously offensive and was not even remotley close to being ‘accurate’ as by the time this joke of a game show released, he had starred in two Iron Man films, two Sherlock Holmes films, The Avengers (the biggest movie of all time at that point), Tropic Thunder, Scanner Darkly and Zodiac. Far from ‘the bottom of the barrel’.

[@DemonicRemption]

@Batbrick5002 Thank you, I now feel less guilty for having trouble sitting through this.

[@ryanlaird3899]

GrooveMetalBruh\m/ Everybody is a little bit cringe

[@ninawth]

I'm 14 minutes in and I don't think I'm going to make it to the end.

[@owenwilliams7475]

Batbrick5002 what you just said is completely wrong..... But it would’ve been funny if they did that in the movie so I’ll give you the ten points

[@MacNCheesyMovies]

David Cross 9/10 it has a little something for everyone.

[@blackoverblueskies6221]

The guy who donated $6,500 got to watch 1 episode of Adventure Time with Doug and Rob, he also appeared in the Man of Steel review and played Zach Snyder. He got 2 lines and got crushed by debris. If he didn't live in Seattle he would've also had to pay for the flight. Is he a simp?

[@TherebehoesinAlaska]

Only a simp deals in absolutes

[@nejdalej]

Worth every penny lol

[@brandonalejandroblanco]

Alaskan Thug I love this joke lol

[@jimjam7928]

He's $6,500 short.

[@vanroyal244]

@D Zuke Yeah he ain't a simp. I don't think he wants to get with nostalgia critic.

[@Corrupted]

"Who did xy" "*Someone who would never do that*" "Haha, yeah that would've been completely different, 10 points"

[@videogamenostalgia]

"Who orchestrated 9/11?" "Osama Bin Laden" "Haha, yeah that would've been completely different if that happened, 10 points"

[@vanroyal244]

@@videogamenostalgia ...is this ironic, or did you skip history?

[@Regalhound]

Okay!

[@capncook2006]

@@vanroyal244 I feel sorry for you

[@LA_MALA_ORDINA]

@@capncook2006 fr this dude doesn't even know that Obama did 9/11

[@joewicke5467]

I think To Boldly Flee would’ve been better if at the end you could take home every DVD/CD they have sold in the store thus far

[@papayer]

The video would've been so much different in that case, here's 69 points

[@daveofosiris]

🤣🤣🤣

[@vanroyal244]

All of those DVDs would be better than anything nostalgia critic has made in his entire life.

[@TeenieTinyTina]

ahaha this was the best comment

[@MrParkerman6]

Not even the "producers" that "acted" in "To Boldly Flee" got a copy of the Dvd of To Boldly Flee.

[@lingardinhoelfenomeno247]

"I used to skip school to watch Doug Walker’s films" -Orson Welles

[@videogamenostalgia]

I want to go back in time to when Orson Welles was alive and show him the Channel Awesome anniversary movies.

[@JosetheDopeLPs]

"A bat credit card!?!" - Francis Ford Coppola

[@chrispink3440]

GOAT comment

[@TheTrainFan9]

@@videogamenostalgia While sipping on a glass of Paul Masson wine and eating some of Mrs. Buckley's peas.

[@Robert___98]

Wrong, but wouldn't it be funny if Orson Welles really *did* say that? 10 points!!!!

[@alfiowo]

Why is Ralph talking like he doesn't want his mom to know he's awake at 2am

[@partydude14212]

Because he doesn't want to wake up his mom.

[@ethanbradley2089]

It's really hard on Sardonacast. Because you can barely hear him. And after Adum rants, Ralph sneaks up on you.

[@anastasiad2302]

and the way he’s just sitting in the dark too? 😂😂

[@PyramidHACK]

@@partydude14212 Imagine if his mom caught him talking about Nostalgia Critic, not just watching him.

[@AnInnocuousBlueCube]

@ALFIOBOT But that's not possible! She's been dead for 20 years! Dun dun DUN!

[@alyssa-hk2pg]

I love how at 22:04 Doug doesn't even use the right quote from Christoph Waltz's character in Inglorious Basterds. It was "That's a bingo", not "I got a bingo". Imagine messing up a movie quote on a game show about MOVIE QUOTES.

[@nanomasa929]

I also love how all the questions are just quotes. No other gategories, like: Directors, Actors, Production etc.

[@yurei3714]

86,000 dollars

[@AvengerAtIlipa]

I like how the guy who donated $6,500 still had to buy his own plane ticket and hotel room.

[@philatio1744]

@Matheus Gazotto yes, check what the reward said at 2:17

[@Deathfromabove5]

@@philatio1744 that's so pathetic jesus christ.

[@TheShahofIrann]

@@philatio1744 I thought he was laughing at the fact it had 1 buyer, but godamn that’s even funnier.

[@SunGodNika-bi2jr]

555 👍

[@brianfitzpatrick2932]

@@philatio1744 uiuuuiiuiu in Ight uu

[@gannonschlader]

Little known fun fact: There was going to be a Channel Awesome 10 year anniversary film focusing more on newer Channel Awesome creators that came on after To Boldly Flee. Supposedly it would have been a "parody" of the horror film genre like how TBF "parodied" sci-fi. The film was cancelled before filming could begin due to the "Change the Channel" document being released and everyone leaving.

[@neal2399]

Good

[@gannonschlader]

Indeed

[@MrHendrix17]

Kind of disappointing we didn't get a version with Doug filling every role. I feel like it's the best insight into his mind yet

[@magik4353]

It would have been Doug and Brad and then a cutout of Guru Larry that only ever says "Hey Doug, it's Larry. Just returning your call to let you know i regretably wont be able to fly to america to film my part for the 10th anniversary as i came down with a dreadful case of not giving a shit. Never call this fucking number again, twat."

[@maddermax3162]

A small but welcome mercy in this cruel, cruel world

[@itsoliviaaah]

You know if Charles Stiles Mystery Diners were the host of Pop Quiz Hotshot, it would've been a completely different show

[@CM-jc7gk]

Now I'm imagining Shader taking off his helmet only to drop the famous catchphrase "I'm Charles Stiles" before revealing all of the cameras he's secretly placed everywhere to catch Doug being such a dumbass

[@p.h.i.lcongure9168]

The show would be shot with 60 different cameras including a drone above the studio

[@paulrippcord506]

It would've have had more production value and better scripted dialogue.

[@patrickmcelrath4962]

Give him the ten points

[@jameskinderjoy]

@@CM-jc7gk +10 points for you

[@redvelvetunderground]

it should be mentioned that pop quiz hot shot was literally made to prevent indiegogo investigating them for fraud, lol

[@vhsgeneration9065]

Being sentenced for fraud would have been better than this.

[@redvelvetunderground]

@@vhsgeneration9065 agreed

[@vhsgeneration9065]

@@redvelvetunderground Honestly no money is worth being accociated with the horrendous shit Doug has created. I would rather work in the sewers or just sit at home and starve to death. It's hard to believe something inside him wouldn't just stop himself before releasing such low quality content.

[@sheenlantern7312]

really? that actually makes sense in retrospect. $100,000 and this was the best they could do? They could have made a decent short film, say 10 or 15 minutes, if they actually tried.

[@SupremeCommanderBaiser]

@@sheenlantern7312 95% went into whores and drugs I guess.

[@zarbixii]

Honestly, seeing people like Todd in the Shadows or Lindsay Ellis in this is just as weird as if Ralph showed up.

[@sa_exploder]

I’m just glad Lindsay and Todd have separated themselves so far from Doug and this garbage that it is weird to see them in it.

[@ronisize15]

Todd and Lindsay actually make great content and have evolved

[@diegodankquixote-wry3242]

So phelous is normal to be there? That is such a mean thing to say about phelous.

[@omegusalpha7233]

I feel bad for them

[@luffyduffy7817]

Are they still together? They’re cute

[@EpicCoolGuy21]

“Who is the star of the show ‘Mystery Diners’?” “Nicholas Cage” “That’s not the right answer, but the show would’ve been so much different if he was. Give him 10 points!”

[@nman551]

Charles stiles mystery diners

[@HarleyHazard]

I'd pay money to see a Mystery Diners spinoff where it's the exact same show except Nic Cage takes Charles Styles's place. That would be GOLDEN.

[@nman551]

@@HarleyHazard yes

[@HOTD108_]

"Release the BEES" - Nicholas Cage, Mystery Diners

[@motherfreya2840]

I ship it.

[@CyberStockholmSyndrome]

Watching this back, it feels like Doug’s entire personality is just....media he’s watched. He doesn’t even have his own personality or sense of humor.

[@louiebinousky3699]

Oh fuck. I feel like that describes me..

[@jacimitchell7628]

Hes an awful Sam Kinison knockoff

[@manuelsalgadopalacios6729]

Basically a redditor.

[@MisterSpinalzo]

this reminds me of the "not so awesome"-document that was released in 2018 (I believe) by former Channel Awesome members. One of them (I don't remember which one) would put on a silly voice from time to time and Doug would repeatedly ask what character this voice was based on. He replied "no one, it's just a silly voice I do", but apparently Doug Walker wasn't capable of understanding humor that isn't a reference to something or someone else in the pop culture universe.

[@matane2465]

And his media knowledge seems to be incredibly limited.

[@bananahead4218]

Remember that episode of the office where Michael is doing improv and he's like I always use a gun because that increases the drama to the max or whatever. That's the same energy I get from Pop Quiz Hotshot with General Anesthetic.

[@muffinman472]

You hit the nail on the head. Ironically though, Threat Level Midnight has higher quality production than anything Doug ever did

[@Parasiteve]

"in improv i always use a gun because you can't top it" basically saying he always wins at improv as if its a competition. its amazing how many people IRL are pretty much michael scott but without the charm. zero self awareness

[@bmcminn8838]

The more alarming thing is someone actually claimed that $6,500 lunch date perk

[@Jessafur]

How much do you want to bet they had to pay for their own lunch too

[@TheFreepie]

To be fair it was probably Brad Jones

[@paulmajano]

TheFreepie and that’s why his wife left him 😂

[@PetoBeno1]

There was at least one claimed in all of the stretch goals, so let's imagine it was the same superfan.....oof, if we lived in a sane universe then the only rational answer is they were being bought up by friends or family to give the impression that they were being claimed, as a tactic to stimulate demand by the illusion that these things might be in anyway desirable. However given what the world is actually like the former is probably the truth!

[@luffyduffy7817]

Paul Majano did his new wife leave too?

[@franklinbarnes7329]

Shouldn't a show about making the host laugh, have a host who's really stoic and hard to crack?

[@rhodopisdenile8977]

Honestly yeah it shouldn’t be a guy who doesn’t even have to laugh to give out the points you just gotta make him go “that would be a very different movie”

[@sanatoriumnugget6598]

I smiled give 50 points

[@slightlyoffensivedadjokes]

mike stoclasa!!!!!!

[@fulldisclosureiamamonster2786]

@@slightlyoffensivedadjokes He'd be too easy, just keep making jokes about movies ending with news footage of 9/11 :p

[@AbleAbel]

@@slightlyoffensivedadjokes just say old people fall down something and he's rolling!!

[@NinaEinstein2006]

“Mystery Diners would’ve been a different show if there were no drones involved”

[@shadysam7161]

Mystery Diners is PLOT TWIST.... Actually an advertising of camera, and drone products.

[@_trashmandan_2903]

I’m Charles Styles, I remember it so you don’t have to

[@zbgenius]

Give him the 10 points

[@WiloPolis03]

But we'll give them 50 points anyways

[@Nolan65775]

"We hired two private investigators to stand on opposite sides of the main area. Three Private investigators to hide in the kitchen. Ten Private Investigators to look into that Iraqi Food Cart. And then twenty Private Investigators to survey the outside of the building. Finally with Thirty Private Investigators to hid in the threes to pick up an anything weird."

[@revenantevil1143]

According to Allison Pregler (Obscurus Lupa) in the Not So Awesome document: Pop Quiz Hotshot was ACTUALLY Mike Michaud's idea. NOBODY-not even Doug-wanted to work on or make this. 40-something episodes were promised, which obviously never came into fruition. There were tons of reshoots done for the Pilot episode due to the studio NOT being sound-dampened (hence the constant echoes in the audio). This was done with all the same contestants and (more or less) the same questions. Doug (and everyone else involved) were too embarrassed to upload the show, but because Indiegogo threatened to investigate CA to ensure the money produced something for the backers, Michaud forced them to upload the show in order to cover CA legally. Because they had covered their Indiegogo goals, there was no need to make any more episodes after the Pilot and the other 11. Now, I'm not defending Doug or his antics, but I think most of the criticism should be aimed towards Michaud. Doug is still a delusional visionary, but he never wanted to make this.

[@SmoothCriminal12]

The worse part is, Michaud owns the exclusive rights to the NC IP. So unless Doug wants to buy back the IP, he's basically stuck with him. And I dont see Michaud being willing to give it up since he has no real reason to.

[@revenantevil1143]

@@SmoothCriminal12 Yea lol xD. Really a big mistake of Doug to just sign off the IP of his own online brand to an unknown entrepreneur...especially a shady character like Michaud. Gives you a sense of Doug's naivety when it comes to the business side of things.

[@laurocoman]

@@revenantevil1143 how much money did he actually get from that? Probably much less than what he could have got in a weekly basis with NC and a million subscribers.

[@StrifeSoul990]

Yes an no. Doug chose to work with him, he chose to be part of a lie to scam money from his fans, hes definately a wacko narcissist. But yes its not ALL his blame

[@NyQuilDonut]

​@@StrifeSoul990I don't think their intention was to scam anybody. I just don't think they knew what the hell they were doing.

[@KingKimwer]

"The movie would be a lot different if the script was different" *thunderous laughter and applause.*

[@TheTrainFan9]

I APPLAUDED IT FOR BEING DIFFERENT!

[@HOTD108_]

@@TheTrainFan9 IT BROKE NEW GROUND!

[@aidencoxmusicguy5097]

From like 9 people in the audience

[@zeeblue1220]

This is how liberty dies

[@user-hdhdhhdhdhsnjdjdjdioowj]

its the japanese, what do you expect. BTW sailor moon, who is in middle school, gets with an 18 year old in the show God the japanese are a strange people

[@warmingwinters3719]

Shader is literally the best part of the entire show just because he roasted Doug.

[@thebluemangoes8839]

he was actually remotely funny because he just stood there looking ridiculous and could still come out with an insult

[@DemonicRemption]

@The Pumpkin King Yeah with the roasts Shader cooked up, I'm surprised he didn't burn Doug's studio to the ground... o_o

[@trtx84]

It was fun watching "Yo" and Brad roast him as well. Walker pushed around the contestants when they were randos but was powerless when up against two people who already knew him personally and had built up an immunity to his crap.

[@SkunkfapGaming]

when Shader responded to something doug said with your autobiography that was the fist and only time i laughed at anything related to doug other that his the wall video...both of these times im laughing at doug's expence

[@WandG_Fan]

I mean after everything that's happened after these few years, I'm surprised not more people like Shader is dissing him.

[@elpretender1357]

I really enjoyed those parts of Pop Quiz hotshot where the guy in the helmet was spitting acid to Nostalgia Critic and the guy was getting legitimately angry.

[@PViolety]

He represents people who grew out of nostalgia critic

[@elfpi55-bigB0O85]

I feel like ralph's editing gets slept on. This video in itself is extremely technically competent, especially the bit about doug and sailor moon

[@knshinn2]

GIVE 'IM TEN POINTS!!!

[@Xpwnxage]

It's disturbing in an entertaining way

[@henrynelson9301]

“Come on man, look at the way they’re showing em off!”

[@Busterbalz]

The problem with the nostalgia critic is the same problem with smosh. At the time of their heyday, they provided exactly the type of entertainment and humor that was in vogue for the internet. Then as time wore on and the audience grew up and tastes changed, they didn't adapt. Smosh and NC are still stuck in 2010 doing the same old shit they always have been.

[@nootnewt9323]

Tbh a lot of old school youtubers fell into this like Lilly Singh and Tyler Oakley (granted I believe NC was one of the first film “reviewers” on KZbin). You have to adapt your content or perish.

[@planescaped]

There's a lot of youtubers I used to watch that I haven't watched in years because they were utterly stagnant and I just got sick of them, gamegrumps being a prime example. Plus a few who were the exact opposite, so concerned with going stagnant that they tried too much to diversify and became a mess Then there are those who seemed to lose all passion for it and just started streaming on twitch. Such as Brutalmoose, who used to be one of my favorite people on youtube. I personally could not think of a more boring waste of time than watching twitch streams so it always breaks my heart when a talented youtuber starts to upload once in a blue moon and spend all their time on twitch. At least I still have Accursed Farms, started watching him over a decade ago and he's just as great as ever. And I've found channels like MandaloreGaming and Civvie11. Also It's funny how young me thought nothing of Phelous, yet he is the only one from that era I regularly watch still.

[@TheTrainFan9]

@@planescaped I really don't care much that Ian doesn't upload that often, because everything he does upload is so absolutely top shelf. The fact that he can make combing through unmarked VHS tapes entertaining is just a testament to how talented he is. Plus, he seems like just the sweetest person around.

[@xjohnx5672]

Ive been watching penguinz0 since i was a kid. I think his channel is a good example of adapting to fit your audience

[@Colddirector]

It kind of makes me appreciate the creators who know when to bow out gracefully, like Fitzthistlewitz. His schtick could've worn out if it slogged on over the years but instead he just kills his character off in hilarious fashion. The channel has since become a nice little time capsule of early 2010s internet culture.

[@jordana934]

“it makes the character of nostalgia critic so unlikable and weird” pretty sure that’s just how doug is irl

[@viscountrainbows6452]

💯

[@dumpsterjedi6148]

That's the joke.

[@eliparker7151]

Doug Walker is very much a man out of time. He's pretty much a Gen Xer (or Xennial, I guess) trying to produce content for a much younger audience without any real idea of how to do it besides "replicate what worked in 2008". Except, of course, the demographics have totally left him behind. You can tell from the kinds of jokes they make: jokes about 2 men dating, jokes about transvestites, etc. etc. These are jokes from a different era. That's not to say he's completely irrelevant these days, or completely without something to offer. He did hit upon a character that young people find enjoyable, but only in the very narrow niche of comedic movie critiques, and we're seeing now that it also probably only worked in a very niche time circa 2010. He's sort of up there with CinemaSins as "a guy who had 1 good idea 10 years ago", and is struggling to build on it.

[@viscountrainbows6452]

@@eliparker7151 Oh my goodness he is the *epitome* of 2008 energy that went bad around 2013, if not earlier.

[@boattownboysracing]

666th like

[@johnnybadboy3475]

Young Ralph is just shorter and slightly higher pitched ralph. He hasn’t changed a bit.

[@somedudefromTX]

Yeah, but 2020 Ralph has a wispy mustache and sparse facial hair

[@adeer87]

Manuel Velazquez The peak of masculinity.

[@UmbrellaSound]

In a year or two he'll grow a goatee and make his own quiz show.

[@Spootnik]

I actually thought it was modern Ralph until I heard him talk

[@killjoymcquire6340]

I thought he had just changed his camera lense 🤨

[@itshammertime4297]

I think a small part of my soul died when Doug Walker started talking about the age of consent

[@nicoleshan6410]

I almost had to stop myself from eating.

[@itsrainingmelons6202]

He is nostalgic for little girls apparently

[@slightlyoffensivedadjokes]

@@itsrainingmelons6202 foul😭

[@N.I.A23]

His sailor moon video is the worst thing he did. AND NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE CALLS HIM OUT FOR IT.

[@slightlyoffensivedadjokes]

@Yanis Kaps uh oh your comment is really intriguing but I have a very strong unwillingness to rewatch NC what did he say in the bridge to terebithia video? ik he didn't like it but given the context of this comment thread I'm extremely scared of what he might have said.

[@steveman9668]

You got the events wrong. Doug retired the Nostalgia Critic in 2012 and went on to make Demo Reel, which failed so spectacularly that he revived the NC a year later. Pop Quiz Hotshot came way later, he didn't retire because he wanted to have a game show. He probably only did it to recoup the losses he suffered from Demo Reel since he bought a warehouse, costumes, cameras and hired actors for that.

[@cincymutt]

That's what I was thinking when he said that. Demo Reel was like Doug's next big thing. If Ralph really wants to tear into something, THAT is the big one.

[@averagebritishguy7082]

It's Nostalgia Critic, who gives a shit?

[@steveman9668]

@@averagebritishguy7082 Clearly Ralph does since he made an hour long video about him.

[@AnimatedIdiotGuide]

Metokur made that same mistake in his CA retrospective too.

[@shanemackay493]

I think he had to make demo reel because his definition of fair use is categorically wrong. He tried to change tracks to demo reel, because the nostalgia critic was running out of content, and Doug's inexplicable inability to admit that sometimes he is talking through the critic ("he's just a character") gave us the cringe fest that was demo reel. That's why (imo) when the critic came back, it did so as such a shit sh... I mean skit show. I used to watch both the nostalgia critic and Doug's "out of character" reviews back in the day; they have the same opinions, he just yells more when he's wearing the goofy t-shirt and tie combo. I don't think Doug is very self aware, and his inability to see what people liked about his earlier content was his downfall. Well, that and he got scammed into signing over the rights to the critic to the piece of human garbage that was managing his website... That probably also has something to do with him trying to distance himself from "the character"

[@nicholasstone3887]

The image of a 13 year old Ralph crying to a Doug Walker movie is the funniest thing imaginable

[@motherfreya2840]

He kept it just for this.

[@WhatAreDrums729]

You never forget your first

[@judyhopps9380]

probably a cry-wank

[@steelingcable6350]

That would've been so hilarious, 10 points

[@judyhopps9380]

@Garamond what?

[@neoqueto]

Full list of Doug Walker's character traits: 1. Unlikable

[@robertross7666]

3. Pretentious

[@jdgustofwinddance.7748]

4. Delusional

[@definitelynotapervert5602]

5. Preachy

[@Superluigi881]

6. Projective

[@hansruhlmann454]

7. Narcisistic.

[@Altair2000]

i feel like doug thinks he has a swift silver tongue, but he sounds like an awkward kid trying to impress everyone at the lunch table in high school. i literally knew somebody who talked and behaved like him.

[@manofthewest5395]

It doesn't help that his voice sounds like a whiny 14 year old. Like someone whose balls never fully descended.

[@papastummyfuzz9281]

YES thank you, he has the cadence or slight speech impediment of that same kid. I knew a few also.

[@iamathousandapples]

Doug made a "Robert Downey Jr lost his career in an 8 ball of coke" joke a year after RDJ starred in a movie that made 1 Billion dollars. It takes some serious balls to be that wrong that publicly. Also Doug only knows 2 rap songs: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air theme and the Superbowl Shuffle.

[@johannderjager4146]

Hell, I hate Rap and think it's a sin against the music industry surpassed only by modern pop-country and hip-hop in terms of atrociousness, and yet even I know more rap songs than him.

[@demsocialistboi]

@@johannderjager4146 lol, “a sin against the music industry” weirdo..

[@vanroyal244]

@@johannderjager4146 So somebody saying lyrics really fast is a sin?

[@Imeggscelent]

@@balloonfiesta15 that's a bold assumption, I don't like black panther i guess that means i hate black people

[@derekk.2263]

RDJ is one of the most accomplished and respected actors of all time now. And Doug is a joke.

[@samwatson-tayler2805]

That Shader dude is way funnier than Doug's ever been and all he's doing is lightly roasting Doug.

[@opsidiann5131]

I burst out laughing at his "autobiogrpahy" comment

[@bazboyd44]

@@opsidiann5131 was expecting him to say "to boldly flee"

[@EternalGuardian07]

I wonder who he is. What is he doing now?

[@user-hf9hf6hw8j]

Yo mama

[@eggplant7008]

He should have a game show

[@dannypalin9583]

Pop Quiz Hotshot opened my eyes. The Nostalgia Critic's schtick was "This movie/tv show/video game sucks" but he couldn't make something that was better than what he was criticising.

[@ElFreakinCid]

You don't need to be Gordon Ramsay to know the food tastes like shit.

[@geneparmesan8748]

I feel like he put himself in this awkward place between “legit filmmaker” and “a bunch of guys having fun”. I think he wanted to make a video that was the latter, but messed up by setting up Channel Awesome like a business with paid contributors, crowdfunding for money for the movie (implying production value), and making it feature length.

[@geneparmesan8748]

navidesuka I think knowing film and being able to make film are actually quite different. Siskel and Ebert aren’t filmmakers, and probably couldn’t make a film anywhere near the level of some of the A-list films they gave the thumbs down to. But they understand audiences and what they want to see.

[@ElFreakinCid]

@@geneparmesan8748 Yeah, honestly, it's funny how there used to be so much respect for film critics, but now all of a sudden we're supposed to see criticism as an inherently bad thing.

@@navidesuka5683 lol that's not how anything works but okay. Basically zero well known critics were experts in producing or even employed vaguely in the field they criticize. Siskel and Ebert dabbled in writing and a few other things but most of what they did was universally considered to be absolute garbage (Beyond the Valley of the Dolls anyone?). And yet, they're the most famous critics in human history. I mean jesus there's SO much more to hate about NC's business practices and personality than "YOU GOTTA BE A CHEF TO KNOW FOOD TASTES BAD." I would bet nearly a million dollars that at least a third of Michelin Star critics have nearly caused house fires trying to cook themselves, and yet Gordon Ramsay listens to them because again...critiquing something and making something are two entirely different things.

[@kristofvandycke6687]

In the “NotSoAwesome”-document former Channel Awesome employee Holly Brown said Doug, Rob and Mike had to be told to have a prize that could be won by the contestants of Popquiz Hotshot, so they opted to give 100 dollars to the winner. (On a 90.000 dollar budget) - Seeing as the contestants had to travel from all over the United States to get to their warehouse, I imagine even if they won the “prize-money”; I think many of them actually had lost a lot of money to appear in this dumpsterfire.

[@screamingphoenix8113]

Nostalgia Critic movies feel like when there is student film project in a middle school av club, but its directed by the asshole kid who refuses to let anyone have fun.

[@PopeCromwell]

That was one of the most insightful metaphors I've read in a while. It's something I'd expect to see quoted on Metacritic.... or the Channel Awesome epitaph.

[@Angel_Investor_Music]

This is an actual quote from Nostalgia Critic's Ferngully review: "He-hey, a pop culture reference! LAUGH!" He was basically making fun of the bat character who's like a worse version of the Genie from Aladdin, making constant references to various movies and celebrities. Nostalgia Critic used to hate pointless, unfunny pop-culture references as substitutes for actual jokes. And yet To Boldly Flee is nothing but pointless pop-culture references. The NC literally became what he hated.

[@munjee2]

Fern gully came out before Aladdin surprisingly

[@stinkomode3430]

“You’ve become the very thing you swore to destroy”

[@thedude1564]

@@stinkomode3430 You were the chosen one. You were my brother, and I loved you

[@ChuChuTren]

FernGully came out months before Aladdin, and Robin Williams played both Batty and Genie. Did he reverse-ripped himself off?

[@Spicy_Spores]

AND the funniest thing is that Batty was a thing BEFORE the Genie was, practically making the Genie a Batty rip off. 🤣 And Robin Williams preferred Batty and his Ferngully role over the Genie & Aladdin, since he told Disney multiple times not to milk the fact that he played the Genie, which they promptly did.

[@japanesebitter1066]

Doug is the type of guy who actually thinks that pickle rick is the funniest shit he’s ever heard.

[@drippyinkshard5224]

Wdym it is

[@ristilukki]

Doug is the guy who thinks his version of Pickle Rick is the funniest.

[@dungeon-wn4gw]

Yeah unfortunately he just doesn't have a good sense of humor it's really childish for some reason.

[@RoamingAdhocrat]

well now I can't stop visualising Doug standing on the counter at McDonalds and screaming, thanks

[@nickgenatossio2779]

Drippy Ink Shard :/

[@thelorneidentity]

I have never seen a single piece of Nostalgia Critic’s content. The entirety of my knowledge comes from KZbin channels where other people pick it apart. It’s probably better that way.

[@capulet6669]

Same here

[@DurradonXylles]

They watched it do you didn't have to.

[@forwardsdrawkcab]

I liked him as the Nostalgia Critic. His Son of the Mask episode was really funny i.m.o.

[@thelorneidentity]

@@XXcHiC123 lol that Linkara impression is hilarious

[@pm6127]

As a non American who didn't have internet during NCs heydays.. Same.

[@connorbiddle4703]

For a music reviewer, Todd in the Shadows is still a powerhouse. I didn’t even know he was linked to Doug.

[@sweetbunnybun]

they did whiz crossover and he appeared in lindsey's review (Disney sequels), he was her bf, they broke up, but still on good terms.

[@SRLovesPandas1]

he's got a podcast Song vs. Song

[@TheMisanthropist69]

He was with Channel Awesome for a long time, but left during the Change the Channel controversy

[@nobodyspecial4676]

Same, he makes really good videos

[@ThomasWilson4]

Unfortunately that's how I found out about him , he just like Lindsay Ellis have danced in himself majorly from him.

[@mrpunk327]

Ralph sounds like he's talking low so his parents in the next room don't hear him

[@devams1]

Doug is in the next room

[@art_vandelay8613]

I think it’s so nobody hears him watching and talking about this. I would prefer my mother walk in on me beating my schmeat than seeing me watch Pop Quiz Hot Shot

[@cole5953]

Its probably because he has a high quality mic and talking to loud would be loud as fuck in post. That or he has roommates beating off and he needs to keep it down.

[@motherfreya2840]

I thought he just wanted to die.

[@motherfreya2840]

@@devams1 ohh no. 😂

[@jamesd7678]

This goes to show how “just be confident and you’ll succeed at everything” is not good advice to follow. Nostalgia critic’s confidence is incredibly hard to watch. I can barely stomach it.

[@carlost856]

You'll end like the Fyre Festival if you follow that advice.

[@cole5953]

Because it's not even confidence anymore. It's just narcissistic fart sniffing.

[@phoebexxlouise]

nail = head.

[@lukemacinnes5124]

I mean you say that but you can't deny he succeeded

[@nlmnyc]

Because you can’t fake confidence, he’s scared to death. As animals, we are able to spot weakness. That’s the big reason this is so cringey, my chimp brain keeps yelling at me that this guy is a beta acting like an alpha and it’s confusing to me.

[@AstraVex]

The red collar shirt guy (Phelan Porteous, aka Phelous) was the ONLY one contracted to do the majority of the special effects for the entire video by himself. Not the "single white frame = gunshot" bullshit, but stuff like the CGI renders of the spaceships and greenscreen backgrounds, the 3D Modelling of space and the transitions, the laserbeam, teleporting and particle effects, etc. Yep. ONE guy. WTF were they thinking? 😕 On his own KZbin channel, where he reviews old VHS reviews and unboxing retro toys, the effects he does are fine for little sketch moments. But to work on a THREE HOUR LONG internet video, 18 hour work days, with camera footage of varying quality, shitty lighting and angles, and poor direction by Doug and Rob, I'm surprised the guy didn't have a fucking aneurysm!!! 🤣

[@thelemonadestandman]

I think the thing that really adds to the fucked up-ness of making Phelous do *all* of the special effects for that video, is that in future crossovers between them (I'm speaking about the reviews they did of the Chuckie movies) one of the jokes was that that the special effects were better than To Boldly Flee. And just in case you didn't get it, Nostalgia Critic went the extra mile to say "Because you did them" to him. It's almost kind of shocking how hard Doug Walker threw him under the bus for doing a pretty admirable job for one dude.

[@DankeDummkopf]

Extra funny thing about that is Doug, certain Phelous was half-assing the effects, tried to get another producer (Welshy) to spy on him. Didn't even consider that Welshy would tell Phelous what was up since they were friends.

[@cangrejopendejo4909]

Phelan's videos are great and anybody reading this should check out his Good Times and Dingo Pictures reviews.

[@asteroidrules]

@@thelemonadestandman Phelous also had a very public falling out with Doug over the fact that he's openly stated that To Boldly Flee is bad and made jokes at its expense. Doug can only tolerate criticism of other people's work, never his own.

[@Pundit07]

@@asteroidrules Yeah I noticed in quite a few of his “post-CA” videos, he always makes jabs at To Boldly Flee, and sometimes even Doug himself.

[@janvandorst808]

Everythig about the Nostalgia Critic is just insane to me

[@nevsnks]

As someone who used to watch him, he is insane

[@justfuckingwhy]

@@nevsnks Agreed.

[@willlock5189]

How was this comment from five days ago?

[@catendway4754]

Will Lock probably Patreon

[@nevsnks]

@@catendway4754 nah I think it's onlyfans

[@WilsTube]

“Who wrote the Emoji Movie?” “Adolf Hitler.” “That’d be funny, just give 250 points anyway!”

[@slightlyoffensivedadjokes]

this got me giggling so hard

[@WilsTube]

slightly offensive dad jokes 😊thanks

[@worm9862]

See the problem with this is, it's not realistic, what you really need to put is a painfully unfunny answer like what's actually in the show instead of the kind of answer that a person with a sense of humor and at least some human contact in their life would say. Cuz dis is actually just funny.

[@slightlyoffensivedadjokes]

Worm EXACTLY. this comment is actually funny, so it’d never happen in the show

[@levelmake7758]

Wil Bourke “Why is John up by over 230 points! Nobody’s even got any of the questions right!”

[@muffinman472]

I don't get why he felt so pigeonholed that he entirely quit NC? He should have just started a series reviewing current movies without clips like Half in the Bag. He could have done it in his office. It would have cost $0 extra dollars to produce. He could have slowed down production of NC episodes, which would have upped the quality. Nobody was stopping him. I don't get it.

[@jsc315]

That would require effort and thinking for himself

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

Especially since he decided to bring that brand of humor everywhere else.

[@gooblop]

He wanted to be a "serious content producer", not some random online "reviewer" anymore. That's why the main project he moved on to was Demo Reel, he wanted to make a real show where he played a character interacting with other characters, using a character backstory, an actual named character he has to portray, and ongoing plot, where he would have to direct other actors, make sets and character costumes, and basically be responsible for everything. The issue was that he just simply does not have the skills to make serious content on any front. He does not know how to write good jokes, create an ongoing plot, script scenes, direct, act, edit, create props, design costumes, frame a shot, pick actors, or produce. He didn't want to be "that guy who just shows other people's content for money" anymore, but he failed so miserably at making unique content, because ALL he knows how to do is recycle content references, whether you're talking To Boldly Flee, Demo Reel, or Pop Quiz Hotshot. ALL of his projects are trash filled with references to good things, because he cannot understand that referencing a good thing is not what makes content good. Instead of trying to have worldbuilding as good as Star Wars, he references Star Wars. Instead of trying to be as funny as Ghost Busters, he references Ghost Busters. Monkey See Monkey Do, so you don't have to.

[@Mekasoundwave]

Hell, he practically ended up doing vidoes just like that with his brother anyways.

[@chidorisnake22]

@@Mekasoundwave I came here just to say that. Sibling Rivalry is literally just Half In The Bag.

[@justaintfeelinit8742]

This honestly shows Doug's character. He just can't stand it when he isn't the funniest person in the room

[@gabrielaharries8149]

the problem is he's not even the funniest person in the room when he's alone in there...

[@SelectKiko]

@@gabrielaharries8149 thats why he's so angry

[@controlyourlife346]

Same tbh

[@tylere.8436]

@@gabrielaharries8149 ☠️

[@missmoanypants]

@@gabrielaharries8149that made me cackle 🤣

[@FPSDIESEL]

I fear one day I'll fall asleep, wake up and find out I became Doug Walker.

[@garfoofian8507]

but will your eyes be oddly realistic?

[@sanatoriumnugget6598]

Oh my god that would be amazing

[@ralpthegreat1694]

@@garfoofian8507 they will be bleeding hyper realistic blood

[@MasterOwl01]

kafka-esque

[@hypenoir6982]

You fear? No. You hope.

[@lampini]

Dougs overacting was getting really uncomfortable because the contestants aren’t in it at all

[@demonalivefornow9680]

The whole bit about 14 year old girls and Japanese age of consent and sex, etc, is beyond creepy.

[@nootnewt9323]

I know right? I love sailor moon and nothing is sexualized in that show. It was a show made for young girls so idk why he’s doing that, it’s not funny and unnecessary. Also the show is very clear that everyone is in middle school.

[@demonalivefornow9680]

@@nootnewt9323 Yeah, true, all he had to say was that he found her attractive as a teen himself (he said he was 14 too) and she's drawn like a real woman. Why go on about all that underage and consent stuff?

[@planescaped]

It is funny how people forget this. _gasp_ you were attracted to a 13 year old! Yeah, I was 10...

[@NicoletteandEmma]

Why did he go on about it FOR SO LONG

[@kayakat1869]

He should have just said, "I had a crush on them when I was 14." That whole bit goes on for like 5 minutes. Even when I watched Nostalgia Critic, I thought that bit was creepy.

[@TheUglyAnswers]

"Have lunch with Doug and Rob." I thought these were supposed to be incentives, not punishments.

[@bettyjojoeharperre-imagina7322]

I just almost screamed laughing

[@shawnfields2369]

@@bettyjojoeharperre-imagina7322 Hey; what's the difference?

[@RariettyC]

I went to a restaurant near a local convention for lunch a few years ago, and I randomly got seated at a table next to theirs. If I knew up to $3,500 was on the line, I would have gladly punished someone else by swapping tables with them.

[@shawnfields2369]

@@RariettyC Damn; dude; sorry you had to deal with these 2. Doug and Rob ain't worth $3, let alone, $3,500. I'd just take the money and leave, it's not worth being near those 2 loud, annoying, screaming, obnoxious idiots. You deserve better.

[@margaesperanza]

@@RariettyC spill the teaaaa, I have to know the Walker brothers lunch experience!

[@Deathlygunn]

One thing that makes Pop Quiz Hotshots even worse, Doug took the money used to fund the show and used it to buy the studio space he now films Nostalgia Critic at, with the game show not materialising for a while, it wasn't until someone threatened to take Doug to court for not honoring the GoFundme that Doug was forced to actually do the series.

[@KuronekoBonbon]

Fun Fact about To Boldly Flee: During production, Doug forgot to tell the cast and crew that he is quitting The Nostalgia Critic.

[@TheTrainFan9]

They didn't know that Doug was killing the character off until they got to Chicago and read the script. Also, he didn't make clear all the stuff that he was parodying, which is partially why everyone besides Doug and Rob seem utterly miserable (the other part is because this 3 and 1/2 hour long movie was shot in a week, and they worked like eighteen hour shooting days.)

[@redvelvetunderground]

lets be real, doug didn't "forget" so much as didn't really care enough to tell them in the first place. probably bc the walkers and mike michaud knew if he told them before they all flew out for the shoot they wouldn't have bothered coming and the movie would have never been made, lol what gets me is that doug was so wrapped up in himself he didn't even notice everyone was fucking miserable. he had to be told how low morale was, lmao imagine being that self absorbed!

[@justnoel4088]

@@redvelvetunderground it's even worse. .. he is so absorbed into the character and the "community" and relationships with other creators that he actually didnt tell them thinking by surprising them, it would create some IRL dramatic goodbye where everyone is crying and hugging saying their goodbyes and saying how they're gonna miss him. This is evident when at the end of it all, he handed each of them personal letters he wrote, thinking it was some sentimental moment bullshit.

[@oneinathousand2156]

Doug really likes Monty Python and puts references to them a lot and sometimes tries to emulate them, but what a lot of people don’t get about them is that most of them were VERY well educated. Graham Chapman was a legit doctor, John Cleese taught Latin and studied law, Terry Jones was a historian, etc. This means that a lot of times their humor WASN’T random, it was actually based on history, philosophy, politics, and so on. The Holy Grail and Life of Brian are filled with historically-accurate references that help build the foundation of their jokes. I’m not saying you need a college education to become a comedian but you ought to be a well-rounded individual who learns about all sorts of aspects of life so that your pool of knowledge is deeper. I don’t think Doug’s is very deep, it seems to be mostly made up of film and animation. This doesn’t have much to do with the video, but it was an observation I made.

[@Hammerhead547]

That's the thing. It's always more entertaining too watch smart people play stupid characters than it is watching a stupid person playing a stupid "character" because it often comes off like said person is just playing a variation of their actual personality with the knob turned all the way up too 11.

[@TheTrainFan9]

That's what separates Doug from James Rolfe, his main contemporary. James actually studied film in college, has been making films since he was thirteen, always expanding his mind and he clearly lives and breathes film, and that has allowed AVGN to endure fifteen or so years since he started. Doug on the other hand, seems to have not really evolved his film sensibilities over time. He never studied film or worked in the industry before he jumped on in '07, he was just a fan of stuff. As such, all of his attempts at making "serious" projects come off as derivitive. To Boldly Flee is just a hodgepodge of random Sci-fi stuff he likes, and Demo Reel is just a ripoff of movies like Living in Oblivion. It's a bit sad how little originality he has.

[@thematt523]

Hammerhead547 It takes a surprising amount of effort and talent to be “stupidly funny”. There is a method to the madness, it’s not just saying random dumb crap.

[@steveothebassist]

@@TheTrainFan9 Doug Walker studied film in college, although he didn't major in it

[@KajiCarson]

Yup, really solid point.

[@gamesux420]

All thinks considered I really liked the idea of "if you don't know the answer but can come up with a topical joke you still get points" That's a decent idea, someone funny and/or talented should use that

[@pringlebatch5586]

I think that’s basically the show QI 😁

[@Jaros]

It would also probably need professional comics to work. If you did it with random people like this you'd more likely get people scrambling to be funny and coming up with stale references and non sequiters.

[@matane2465]

That's already a thing, Hollywood Squares.

[@SakiMcGee]

Every day I have to live with the knowledge that my sister and I are in Demo Reel because we interacted with Doug at a con, not knowing it was being filmed

[@kendrajade6688]

@@Skullkan6 Nah, don't watch Brad Jones's anything.

[@My20GUNS]

I am so sorry. I hope it's buried and forgotten forever.

[@nejdalej]

Isn't that illegal?

[@johannderjager4146]

@@nejdalej, nope, because if that was the case, Karens would actually be able to sue people for taking videos of their meltdown.

[@stproducciones9140]

@@johannderjager4146 haha xd le funni karen meem

[@brendanb2982]

Pop Quiz Hotshot feels like if Eric Andre got Jimmy Fallon to write for him.

[@neal2399]

That is such a depressing image, holy shit

[@lampini]

I would actually say it feels like jimmy Fallon trying to act like Eric Andre but failing miserably

[@halfling49]

Christ, I think I had an aneurysm from reading that

[@FilmmakingSock]

Oh shit you're right

[@FrankLoon]

Brendan is right about this one and he knows he's right. That's exactly how this feels.

[@smittywerbenjagermanjensen4896]

This was when all these KZbinrs were convinced that they were going to take on Hollywood. Running around going, “What does Hollywood know? I can make a movie for like $500 and no experience.” Then they discovered that actual filmmaking takes a loooooot of actual work and often a great deal of money.

[@PointsofData]

Its easy to make a movie with $500 when you don't provide food or water to your actors

[@user-on6uf6om7s]

Money helps but people with talent and experience can do a lot with very little. Doug just didn't know what he was doing and didn't want to make a movie that might have actually worked with the cast and crew they had.

[@FelixColonThree]

He's being so mean to Shader and Tom Beverage because they're daring to be funny and make jabs at him. Why is Doug so insistent that he be the center of attention 24/7?

[@jackdavenport5011]

This man has an insanely inflated ego, I think he genuinely believes he is the smartest and funniest person in the room. So it just baffles him and makes his skin crawl seeing someone else get a laugh from everyone else, especially at his expense.

[@robertturni2845]

This dude hands out extra points like he's Dumbledore.

[@Nolant.]

Give him 10 points

[@welshlout3400]

It would be a very different quiz show if Dumbledore was actually hosting it. Have 50 points.

[@WiloPolis03]

Doug's more of a closeted homosexual than Dumbledore and Ralph combined

[@brianking2365]

For good at chess, FIFTEH POINTS

[@demonalivefornow9680]

@@WiloPolis03 I get the feeling he likes 'em young...yeah know.

[@4ndr7a82]

fun fact: the nostalgia critic's the wall is currently the lowest rated album of all time on rateyourmusic.com!

[@viscountrainbows6452]

the surviving member(s) of Pink Floyd should sue for assault, battery, intellectual arson, I dunno. He can't get away with this atrocity he tried to pass off as "music" or "art".

[@FrenkTheJoy]

How could that "love letter" be rated so low? :O

[@unknownuser3926]

Almost all of his music has .5 stars, the lowest possible rating. Incredible. Imagine making something like that and thinking "that's good enough to set loose on the internet, they'll love it"

[@clampmotosua1789]

@@viscountrainbows6452 Very bad idea. A cringy parody still counts as a parody and is protected under copyright. Most KZbinrs already have enough problems with having their videos striked down...

[@lordrathut]

His version of "The Trial" was okay though

[@sblinder1978]

If I was making Pop Quiz Hotshot, here is what I would do: Reformat all the questions so that the contestant always has to say the line. Always. Host sets up the scene, "Admiral Piett said this when the Rebels try to board the Death Star with a stolen Imperial code." Then the contestant gets to say, "It's an old code, but it checks out." People LIKE saying movie quotes, especially nerds. It's fun. This is nerd crack. Give contestants partial credit for getting the quote more or less right, full credit for getting it word-for-word. Extra credit sometimes for really chewing the scenery on a Jeremy Irons or Gary Oldman quote. No more of this, 'name the movie' or 'name that character' nonsense. Let people live out the dream of shouting their favorite lines in the spotlight. Or not, whatever.

[@DistractedGlobeGuy]

But then Doug wouldn't get to do it every single time, and that's what _he_ wants.

[@El_Descarriado]

You'd have to change the name to something like "Who's Line is it Anyway?"

[@JesusChristMarie]

I just read the entire 74 page document “Not so awesome” about the extreme dysfunctional inner workings of Channel Awesome. It’s genuinely astonishing stuff. I recommend everyone read it.

[@JDoe-gf5oz]

Why?

[@pzwestern]

Why?

[@rainingfist]

Why does the pop quiz show look like they pocketed the money?

[@billyboleson2830]

Because that's literally what happened

[@123sleepygamer]

The math doesn't lie, finish the calculation, it's kindergarten level math too.

[@staceys5447]

I'm sure in the change the channel doc it said somewhere they wanted to cancel after a few episodes but had to make more otherwise the crowdfunding site would investigate

[@jessica_jam4386]

Yeah for real. That quiz show doesn’t look like it costs 90,000$ to produce. Even the wigs and stuff they used looked like Doug purchased them from Party City.

[@staceys5447]

@@jessica_jam4386 I think alot of the props they already had, I watched NC before they made this shit and on the behind the scenes vids they had loads of stuff just sat there so God knows what they spent the money on since it also said on the doc they hadn't soundproofed the studio properly!

[@dumpsterjedi6148]

Ralph: Barely enters puberty Also Ralph: "When I was a young man"

[@DagothUrWelcomesYou]

Seeing Dougs horrible improvisation skills on display as the host makes it soo ironic he berated Obscurus Lupa for not being able to improvise in an interview.

[@midastheunwise2423]

It's actually astonishing how tremendously unfunny he is when improvising. It really feels like almost anyone with a bit of confidence could have done a way better job, and it was clear that several of the contestants were funnier than him without even trying.

[@bostonian4650]

DagothUrWelcomesYou I was like him when I was new to improv or when I was in middle school or some shit and it makes me want to shoot myself in the fucking head

[@deezboyeed6764]

@@bostonian4650 that's the funny thing about people like that, improv isn't always immedetly saying first thing in your head.

[@bostonian4650]

@Jake Shaw exactly

[@HBarnill]

He thinks he’s Will Ferrell meets Robin Williams meets Bill Murray.

[@Argov82]

I love that Doug cant make anything but Nostalgia Critic work and every other "Show" he made got canned with like single digit episodes before he put back on the ol suit and tie and milked that cash cow beyond full sellout mode

[@rossomac21]

And it's funnier because of how much he hates being the Nostalgia Critic.

[@crimsondynamo615]

@@rossomac21 “say the line critic!” **sigh** “bat credit card…” YAAAAAAAY!

[@jayreagan5999]

He is what is called a "one trick pony"

[@daltonbclay]

This show feels like something we weren't supposed to see, like a show a serial killer would do in front of corpses he pretends are alive

[@ScabulaPvP]

honestly, psychologically you probably aren't that far off, Doug clearly enjoys being in direct control of other people

[@Ratchet2431]

Sounds like something The Joker would do.

[@Scroogs]

@@Ratchet2431 Doug is the best actor to ever portray Melvin, brother of the joker, after all.

[@popo0129]

It feels like an experiment with no effort in making sure it would work.

[@planescaped]

It feels like he _knew_ it was godawful and was a complete failure before he even started, but felt obligated to still make it anyway because he crowdfunded it and put so much on the line to do it. He has this look of desperate fear in his face and sounds legit highly agitated most of the time.

[@xandermin]

it's funny how shitty the female reviewers were treated while they were at channel awesome, but now lindsay ellis (nostalgia chick) is a hugo award nominee & published author who gets like ten times as many views per video than doug walker

[@slightlyoffensivedadjokes]

also, puts a LOT of thought into her videos AND has a very positive reception/reputation. just goes to show that having a smaller catalogue of channel videos can be much better cough cough

[@mariaquiet6211]

Lindsay doesn't need to play some schticky caricature of herself to be entertaining.

[@JohnDoe-xf8ew]

I was always a bigger fan of Lindsay than Doug, her videos were always more refreshing and funnier.

[@heinrichagrippa5681]

It's pretty nuts to think she got her start not even as her own character, but one Doug made and assigned to her through a contest. And that she was intended to be a NCritic clone but with the gimmick of being a girl and reviewing girly things. It's just such a lazy, unoriginal, sexist and incredibly outdated premise, yet of course a conceited hack like Doug would think "me, but with tits" was a good idea. Naturally, Lindsay commandeered the NChick character pretty fast and would make videos in her own style on whatever the hell she felt like, but I'm still surprised she had ever accepted that role in the first place.

[@misterdewott8766]

Even though I think most of Lindsey's videos tend to be a tad bit boring. There's no doubt that I have to respect her capability to rise above Doug Walker (tbh that's not very hard to do)

[@George_vv]

This was such a love letter to Neil Breen.

[@nekozombie]

best comment

[@munjee2]

That's not what the video is about but it would've been much better if it were, 10 points

[@TheTrainFan9]

#EyesOnBreen #EyesOnWalker

[@skakee10]

How dare you say that about neil breen

[@lambda494]

I'm gonna need you to Double Down on that comment, my friend.

[@babyblue_22]

Doug didn't quit Nostalgia Critic for that game show, he quit it to make Demo Reel. Hence the reason why the last episode of Demo Reel is called "The Review Must Go On", and is about him becoming the Nostalgia Critic again, with the NC series starting up again after the finale came out. It's also widely believed that the reason the game show is so damn awful in quality is because he used the vast majority of the Kickstarter money raised for it on his Demo Reel series instead, which was his actual passion project (and incidentally is of much higher quality). But whether that part is true or not, Pop Quiz Hotshot is definitely NOT the show Doug quit the Nostalgia Critic for

[@jayreagan5999]

You sure its not because Mike Michaud pocketed most of the money?

[@thegirlleastlikelyto]

Even "pop quiz, hotshot" is a quote from the movie Point Break. Doug is literally incapable of original thought, everything is a quote or reference to something in pop culture for no reason.

[@craigallen9583]

No, it's from Speed

[@daniela.blasiniperez9026]

@Craig Allen True, but Point Break would have been a very different movie if they said that line, so Savannah C gets 10 points anyways

[@thegirlleastlikelyto]

@Craig Allen Me, realising my mistake: 13:41 In my defence, Keanu gets called hotshot in both movies haha

[@charmandyorton006]

Doug only- _deliberately-_ chooses to communicate through pop culture references and not make actual understandable points. If you were to give Doug a mindwipe that took away all his memories of TV and movies, but not his understanding of the English language, he’d just refuse to speak English. You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink.

[@Zulf85]

I mean, I feel like it's a fine title for a movie-based quiz show. It's everything after that that's the problem.

[@Reunettue]

i'm not even 20 minutes in, yet it feels like i've been watching for over 2 hours... watching doug is so draining...

[@vuivraalbastra]

Yeah, I tried watching a Nostalgia Critic video a few months back and it was so painful I turned it down after 5 min. He's dragging his jokes on and on and on and his face expressions and voice tone are so annoying.

[@sushigivesmelife2131]

@Delta Romeo there truly was nothing on television

[@amuricuh6143]

8m in and already hurting

[@shawnconway6009]

Oh I forgot about the rape joke between Linkara and Nostalgia Chick. So yeah, that was meant to be a rape scene originally, that was not run by either of the two people meant to be in it, and they tried to force it, until they refused to do it. Again, classy.

[@bridgetdriscoll9811]

The Todd plot smfh

[@nachofilament294]

@@bridgetdriscoll9811 To be fair, that plot was a gag that was going on in those three's videos for a while. And it was as well written by them as it was by Doug Walker.

[@bridgetdriscoll9811]

Nacho Filament I knew it was going on, it’s just that LIKE- It hurts now to watch past Lindsay well...be a s i m p

[@tyf.5111]

@@bridgetdriscoll9811 Lindsay and Todd did date in real life, so I think the simp jokes were supposed to be tongue-in-cheek, though I don't know the timeline of when they were actually together.

[@imranjabbar6372]

This has to be Ralph's most rewatchable video

[@meatypatte7125]

This and the Bruce Willis and Steven seagall videos are great

[@larrycockslock2677]

One of the most

[@naraku4857]

The bigfoot one and redacted are on top

[@motherfreya2840]

I can't tell you how many times I listened to this in my downloads on the way to work.

[@thisSh1tHard]

*"Charles Stiles mystery diners"*

[@jordanorlando1174]

I love how all the female characters in the “movie” are there just to make sex jokes, rape jokes, or be in a love triangle. It’s honestly disgusting.

[@ElFreakinCid]

Fun fact though, the love triangle was created by Todd, Lupa and Lindsay for their own videos long before this movie happened, and it was about as well written by them as it was by Doug and Rob.

[@Raveg64]

@@ElFreakinCid Why do I feel like it wasn't done willingly?

[@mitchellhorton9382]

@@ElFreakinCid Except in their videos it was a small side thing and not the entire focus of the characters

[@alyssinclair8598]

almost half the scenes shown in this review have some sort of reference to "whores" or put down women in some way. it is so gross, I wish doug let other people write for him

[@Wolf10media]

@Divertissement Infinite Let's also add that Lindsay's Seven of Nine characters was going to be named Six of Nine. Until they changed it to Seven of Eleven for obvious reasons.

[@Phoenix0F8]

Doug Walker strikes me as someone who never progressed past the "Edgy Highschooler" level of humor. Not a good look.

[@noobiusmaximus6314]

He seems like the kind of guy with a Shadow the Hedgehog OC.

[@Phoenix0F8]

@@noobiusmaximus6314 You'd catch him kneeling in front of that statue of Shadow with a gun for a selfie?

[@yurachunt3179]

as much as i hate doug (see #changethechannel), i still love that kind of humour and I'm 22 years old

[@adrenalinevan]

More like pop culture obsessed middle schooler

[@SteeZy644]

You should see his yearbook photo, it explains a lot

[@stproducciones9140]

Honestly a game show where the whole premise is that the host is some creepy weirdo who kidnaps the contestants COULD be interesting, in some sort of lynchian way. But it should be more subtle and shot a lot better.

[@theitfactorjameswheezer2852]

That’d make for an interesting thriller

[@notmocka]

Basically the guys behind unedited footage of a bear should look into the concept then

[@matheusmoreira9951]

So, an Eric Andre Game Show? LET ME IN

[@theitfactorjameswheezer2852]

@@matheusmoreira9951 ah Eric andre, the poor mans tom green

[@stproducciones9140]

@BlackWatchAmbush you can't buy skills.

[@pentelegomenon1175]

Random theory: Doug secretly believes that Pop Quiz Hotshot and Demo Reel only failed because they were buried by angry fans of the Nostalgia Critic trying to force Doug to bring that show back, and he cancelled Nostalgia Critic hoping to prevent them from doing this, and this is why he made the new Nostalgia Critic show more similar to Demo Reel, because he thinks Demo Reel is secretly great and he's making the Nostalgia Critic better by doing so.

[@SuperSteve180]

His show was better when it was just straight up reviews without all the skits imho.

[@dragonforks93]

@@SuperSteve180 I used to just skip the skits entirely, but I had to stop watching when his videos became 90% skits.

[@thedarknight307]

Seeing a lot of his reviews, I honestly believe Doug thinks this

[@Niobesnuppa]

@@dragonforks93 Same. I was still watching for a short while after he came back, but the skits were so awful and unfunny that I would always skip them just to save myself from the secondhand embarassment. They remind me of the kind of thing me and my neighbour would film on our phones when we were like 13 years old, except this guy is probably 40 at this point.

[@dragonforks93]

@@Niobesnuppa Yeah, the old skits were just as unfunny but at least he had some restraint and they wouldn't go on for too long. When Doug wasn't shrieking like a pig on meth he could actually be quite informative and insightful.