Real Big Fish - The Sinking City Funny Moments

Aw c'mon. Old Howard couldn't have been that racist, right? Probably just a product of his time. Let's just check out some of his earliest writings... here's one... "On the Creation of N-" y'know what I'm just gonna go ahead and close this browser window real quick then run a drill through my hard drive for no specific reason.
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[@sagganuts18]

Adams "too scary" bit is both the funniest I've seen him, and the best proof of his random knowledge for obscure lores

[@mikekazz5353]

I'm crazy now.

[@ClandestineSnowman]

Absolutely spot on.

[@ladelame1]

I'll never be able to take eldritch horror seriously again. I'll just start thinking of adam, "Ooooh, it's tooo scarry!!! I can't describe it!"

[@kilbert666]

It's really not though. Lovecraft was an extremely descriptive writer, and has described pretty much every horror in his mythology in great detail. Most of the "indescribable horror" is from writings from the perspective of the characters who are operating under a central line of "Some things are better off not knowing".

[@Bluehawk2008]

There is kind of a running gag where the protagonist runs away or faints as soon as they see anything even remotely interesting.

[@jameskelly4421]

This is the liveliest Adam has been. This surely must have been shot on a Friday afternoon

[@rusianalf]

no, adam actually smiled in that pedro gameplay

[@Apoc414]

Either off his meds or getting laid more than usual.

[@glynlad2425]

beak

[@homer2369]

Adam, the perpetual old woman...

[@misinformedmarti]

Adam must have been hanging out with AH, and not enough time has passed for the hopeless despair of his normal Funhaus life to crush him again.

[@thepaulmorse]

Lovecraft is Adam’a new Blink-182. He’ll say he hates or is indifferent to it, but will know everything about it and secretly love it.

[@samparr3368]

So Adam is a hipster confirmed?

[@conner3548]

@@samparr3368 A lovecraftian hipster, he'll wear flannel and swing by a starbucks after he finishes this years blood sacrifice and opens this state's wormhole to the abyss.

[@destruction1198]

The priest trapped in the city of r,yliegh

[@saucybackport]

yeah christian parents scared him bad

[@jaredglenn3165]

Ironic that you're doing the exact same thing in this comment to Adam that you're ripping on him about.

[@ceast5273]

Adam leading the charge in the conversation/improv is such a delightful treat.

[@TheTheode]

He's run out of lexapro

[@wiersandlines]

mr bubz is king

[@spikul]

Funhaus still riding that wave. The third-wave of ska.

[@conner3548]

It was suggested to be played during the 3rd wave of feminism but they got all bitchy/cringy because at least one ska song was written by a man.

[@Aztecsoviet]

@@conner3548 yikes

[@billpenrod4271]

Who did "riding the fourth wave" better, Catch-22 or Streetlight manifesto? Spoilers it's SM

[@EpicGamer-gx4gp]

@@billpenrod4271 Okay but Keasbey Nights was better by Catch 22. also them being from the same city is kinda cool.

[@twentylush]

@@conner3548 snowflake detected

[@diejobWHO]

I hope Bruce never loses his innocence by finding out what HP Lovecraft's cat's name was.

[@Pacyfist07]

Based Lovecraft

[@arkaslayer6612]

What the cat name

[@arkaslayer6612]

Don't worry I just google it

[@DemagogueBibleStudy]

in the 1900's weird neurotic incels would at least write cool fiction as they sat inside all day now they just post youtube comments

[@coladecker3792]

@@arkaslayer6612 n..... man

[@nero4884]

I cant stop smiling when Adam explains lovecraftians to James like a 5yo

[@spacedandy4545]

Please, Please, PLEASE, for the love of god someone make an animation of this with elyse as the detective and bruce as her disinterested assistant telling her time and time again what the solution to the mystery is, only for her not to listen, and describe every single thing he figured out and has been trying to tell her ages ago lmao

[@goldenfade6332]

And Adam is a lost soul who’s trying to warn them

[@jaredmiller8583]

Golden Fade kkkkkkkkkkkj

[@spacedandy4545]

Golden Fade YEEEEEESSSSSSS!

[@goldenfade6332]

Dede Ogbe hes so animated in this anyways, I can practically see him as a bashful ghost, whenever they ask him to talk about the things he’s seen he just covers his eyes like a Boo in Mario and go “Ah no isss too scary! Yoll go crazy! The Dreeeeams!” It’s perfect!

[@dharpaantv401]

Bruce: "YoU'RE a FiGgIT hAHa" * Adam will remember that

[@KanameYuuki]

Their faces, priceless, reminds me of Adam's Nigasaki.

[@LexBear]

Lovecraft: Let me tell you a tale of unspeakable and equally unfathomable horrors; of ancient elder gods and grotesque monsters too horrid to describe. Reader: Sweet! Lovecraft: ...but first let me take nearly 5 pages to describe how a piece of arctic drilling equipment works and how it operates. Reader: Wait what.

[@fulldisclosureiamamonster2786]

But with more racism

[@thefury770able]

Monday Green black people where the unfathomable horrors

[@mikekazz5353]

Ugh just get to the *inhaled screech,whispers, gibberish* I can't say too scary.

[@wythe2445]

+and let me describe it without knowing anything about it with smart words

[@Willswonderworkshop]

Racists eventually corrupt everything anyway. They are like king Midas if everything he touched turned to shit instead.

[@brunoarres1187]

This is the most hyper I’ve ever seen kovic

[@gonotgentleman]

Aldo he’s getting to flex his hipster cred with the entirety original observation that Lovecraft might have been racist.

[@gavinf28]

Aldo he must be into lovecraft

[@HeavyRayne]

Ikr I love it.

[@someonefromsomewhere1009]

gonotgentleman He’s just making jokes about him

[@joe629]

Adams too scary bit might be one the funniest things I’ve seen from him

[@npantelides]

I NEED a show where Adam explains different things on a basic level. I was in tears when he was explaining Lovecraft Mythos

[@QuesoCucuy]

i both hate and love Adam's frustratingly accurate description of the lovecraft lore

[@kewlgui]

I love the " Highlights " videos because now I know there is more content that I can watch that I never knew about before.

[@Ivan-vj9pf]

What? Where?

[@grumpypandy8123]

@@Ivan-vj9pf sooner or later they put it on the rooster teeth website

[@kewlgui]

@@Ivan-vj9pf You know... They don't have it linked in the comments. I swear you can like purchase like a rooster teeth premium thingy and get access to their unedited videos. I believe I am not sure.

[@beelo1889]

@@kewlgui Yeah if you have Rooster Teeth First. I haven't had a membership for a while so I don't know if they still do it, but they posted unedited versions of Hitman gameplay and stuff on there.

[@berkle]

Bryce Kelly yeah it's fullhaus. Literally the only RTF benefit towards FH for the moment

[@MistaZiggy]

Everyone has taken a gimmick and it’s hilarious. Adams valley girl Lovecraft Bruce’s being racist James focusing on their appearances Elyse earnestly trying to play

[@aeryagaserghwhe5yagd]

I kinda hope that Elyse plays these games before coming into the recording session so she actually gets the chance to enjoy them.

[@RandomNameName]

I think she does play them in her own time.

[@ibefullofme]

This one looks like the best they've ever done by far

[@ColonelEagle]

"Sinking" is how I would describe Ska since it was first created.

[@johnriddell71]

But sinking implies it started above something and went down. How can that which is below everything sink?

[@areyousureaboutthat6673]

No way! It'll rule the world!

[@Doomroar]

Oof savage

[@adamcarr1387]

Thanks for not allowing Bruce's Transgression against Tolkien stand editor

[@jesusramirezromo2037]

He was a bad writter tough

[@tfwthelsdkicksin6083]

@@jesusramirezromo2037 how?

[@tokiwartooth95]

@@tfwthelsdkicksin6083 Rambling, overly discriptive and generally boring. Tolkien was a great idea man, but his writing needed work.

[@tfwthelsdkicksin6083]

@@tokiwartooth95 really? I found it a good mix of action/adventute and down time. I guess it depends on the person.

[@tokiwartooth95]

@@tfwthelsdkicksin6083 Full disclosure i only read Fellowship, Tom Bombadil made me want to jump off a cliff.

[@inik4us]

After beating the game, I can confidently say, Bruce did solve the whole game in the first 2 minutes.

[@mayclesyrup7348]

Elyse could totally do a playthrough of this and it would get my watch 👐 I know we're all here to have a laugh and a giggle but I love that she seems so genuinely interested in it 😄 all them space squids n stuffs

[@mikekazz5353]

1:08 Adam should write cliffnotes on classic literature. Adam: ok there's a guy named Hamlet and he's talking to a skull, I can't even pronounce most of his monologue but believe me it's sophisticated. James: hurry up and do one with Hercules or the guy that lost his strength because of a haircut, or should I tell you the story about the gladiator people called Malibu.

[@jonocrosby6626]

I don’t get what’s wrong with the cats name. Night man sounds like a cool name.

[@RandomNameName]

No the cats name was Nacho Man i think.

[@cloudsRniceC0M3]

Niagarafalls man

[@2k6lee]

His cat gave him the pass before he named him it

[@Hedgpig]

He named him that, but he never actually said it out loud, so it's not racist.

[@thetoot9615]

It's name was Nyarlathotep, another Lovecraft character from the Cthulhu and Friends Mythos

[@bobbyzeal]

The scariest thing in this video is Adam showing actual fragments of emotion.

[@TallulahSoie]

He's just afraid of his perceived white privilege.

[@goldenfade6332]

I love when Adam gets animated and tossed in some inflection It brings me joy. What a lovely Adam we got this video. Watching James eating it up makes it even better

[@jerry5314]

Everyone talking over a game someone is interested reminds me so much of Real Games for Real Gamers with Lawrence, I love it

[@AutumnOnFire]

Adam's sarcastic enthusiasm over Lovecraft is probably some of the funniest bits I've ever seen from him 😂 That, and Bob Dylan.

[@DowncastOdin]

I love Bruce's little smile when he sees what James is doing and instantly knows where it's going

[@xDaTrooper70x]

Bruce: "I've solved the mystery! Cthulu is making everybody go crazy and kill people" Elyse: "Wait hold on one second Bruce...

[@NocturneCesarito]

I love Lovecraft stories but I laughed so loud every time Adam said "it's so __________________ I can't even describe it", because that basically sums up every HPL climax points XD

[@doml8540]

Why is Adam the most alive when pretending to be H.P. Lovecraft lol

[@Ganon999]

I seriously loved this, Elyse with her passion for mystery and the guys hilarious bits and commentary, please god continue this series it made Adam come alive! 😂

[@im3animations223]

I see a Reel Big Fish pun and I'm immediately on board

[@Rumbleyrocket12345]

Barles Charkley Same

[@mumbo4134]

*trumpets begin playing*

[@striumvar]

Adams promise to Elyse make me want a part 2 even more

[@robcarr5358]

Geeze Adam, no love for Nyarlathotep? He’s so scary I can hardly describe him.

[@conner3548]

To be fair...Adam doesn't even love his cat.

[@HauntingPeace]

How scary

[@HorriblePodcast]

I thought Nyarlathotep mostly took the form of a man that looked like an Egyptian pharaoh.

[@robcarr5358]

What A Horrible Night To Have A Podcast , are you trying to drive people crazy? Describing lovecraftian horrors is how you drive people crazy!

[@piplupinabasket9035]

Nyarlathotep isn't so scary when you've only seen it in anime girl form, because yes there's an anime based on Lovecraft's stuff

[@antiantagonist89]

I love when Adam is on commentary, dude is funny as hell.

[@JohnGuastavino1]

"F?" "Higher." "N!?"

[@FooshigiMLGlol]

Even though I sort of enjoy HP Lovecraft's stories, this is the funniest I think Adam's ever been. He's completely right about the "I can't even explain it" stuff.

[@aidankingman1316]

I literally just rewatched the band video and saw “Real Big Fish” so hoped this was a continuation of that

[@rippspeck]

Adam enthusiastically shitting on world literature like that is the best thing I have seen all year.

[@randomraiders1111]

That moment James connects gorilla-man with barrel to come up with "DONKEY KONG" had me in tears hahahaha.

[@Nathan-p1j]

As a massive fan of HP Lovecraft: Adam's bit is incredibly funny.

[@jjs8426]

It's been years since I've seen or heard Adam so happy and lively

[@mazamonx]

The main character of this game looks like an emaciated, insomnia-plagued version of James

[@ElectricMonkey99]

Say what you will about HP Lovecraft as a person, but his works are still brilliant and inspired generations of writers, film makers, musicians etc.

[@epicguy44]

Keith Ward That’s a pretty obtuse way of looking at it, Lovecraft had his issues and they did affect aspects of his work. But the works themselves can still be enjoyed in spite of them. Also Lovecraft didn’t do anything anywhere near as bad as the holocaust 🤷‍♂️

[@JerZeyCJ]

@@epicguy44 Also the fact that while he was Super Racist most of his life, he was actively trying to better himself with help from his wife in his later years, something people never seem to mention.

[@VideoGameSlang]

@@pothatuu lol godwin's law much?

[@ElectricMonkey99]

@@pothatuu ah the ol' Hitler comparison. It's not an internet comment thread without one.

[@BeardFaceSuper]

Exactly. It came out that he was racist. So everyone now has to pretend that they hated him all along.

[@kublai3068]

Adam, did you know Lovecraft was good friends with Robert E. Howard, creator of the Conan and Solomon Kane characters? They frequently mixed themes and concepts from eachother's universes, and discussed them in depth through the correspondence of the Lovecraft Circle. Anyway, that information will now cost you the dreams of 5 sleeping gods and what's left of your soul.

[@albinhagstrom8939]

Elyse with the hard right, or as Lovecraft would have called it "The hard R"

[@Vladimyrful]

The way Adam described the lovecraftian mythos is spot on.

[@SomethingClever1116]

As a H.P. Lovecraft fan, I am wildly upset with the misrepresentation... As a Funhaus fan, I am dying of laughter... I don't know how to feel.

[@jameslopez9661]

Boo this man

[@TheBlackstarrt]

Why did he name his cat that for?

[@SomethingClever1116]

@@TheBlackstarrt There isn't any proof that he named the cat that, let alone for the reason that you would think. The cat was adopted and named (more than likely) by his parents when he was younger. Even if Lovecraft did name the cat that when they adopted it, the word used for his name was very commonly used at the time. Obviously it's cartoonish in its racism, but that's only through hindsight. That isn't to say Lovecraft wasn't racist of sexist, but you have to think about the context and period he grew up in. Some weaker evidence would be that even though the word is abhorrent now, he loved the cat dearly. So the name he gave the cat wasn't even in spite, it was just because it was a black cat.

[@oscarprager7455]

Richard T what’s the cats name

[@penttikoivuniemi2146]

@JoeRingo118 I feel like it really works pretty well in the written form, but it just becomes silly in all of the adaptations I've seen of his stuff.

[@grepfermin9353]

This us why Funhaus is the best channel on KZbin. Quality content, but also safety tips for a healthier life. Remember: Sometimes the bends make go wackadoo

[@KnifeyMcEdge]

"Why does he look like a Gorilla?" Hint: Racism.

[@mikekazz5353]

Hint: the same way the Minotaur was made.

[@isnanesavant]

Hint: His dada fucked a orangutan

[@KnifeyMcEdge]

@GamesAndSuch Comment: uncalled for

[@JeedyJay]

Race-mixing was a suspiciously common theme in Lovecraft's horror works, yes.

[@RhiaBuzz]

more pls this video and the new open haus/comments video on RT first have really cheered me up, which is an incredible feat because I was feeling bloody miserable due to exhausting work-stress, and had been crying just a few minutes before watching, so thanks guys

[@djfandroid]

Adam's take on Lovecraft might be the greatest thing that ever happened.

[@MASdestroyer]

Adams description of Lovecrafts writing and storytelling is fantastic

[@littledog13502]

Play blade and sorcery vr, its basically dark messiah in vr plus Adam can kick them just like before but in vr

[@WingedSoda]

Say please tho

[@kornelparoczai1763]

The beauty of Lovecraft is that he describes in 3 pages how indescribable a thing is

[@Zw285]

I love Adam normally, but this video had me in tears.

[@aamegiido]

i love when adam is out of the drivers seat, he actually has more of a chance to crack great jokes

[@cooperpierce3966]

Adam was on fire this gameplay. Keep on being your amazing self!

[@Squifum]

I want to hear Adam talk more about writers from the late 1800s and early 1900s

[@TheOwlslayer]

Well i really hope we see more of this! Also, Adam's running bit/joke was hilarious, i absolutely loved it!

[@friendswithmantids3498]

There are so many reasons why I want this series to continue! Elise, keep playing the games you enjoy and making the rest of them suffer through it.

[@bibhuchhetri5421]

I just searched and , HP Lovecraft's cat's name is exactly what Adam said.

[@LegionIscariot]

Would have loved to see a full gameplay with these guys.

[@ianparry8278]

I would love to see this continue as a series and see Adam's interpretation of H.P. Lovecraft.

[@SimplyCars_]

Adam is absolutely killing it ths episode. I cant stop laughing, too scary

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

"It's like Italy!" "It's like Shittaly." Elyse has to be the wittiest of the Funhausians.

[@DfntlyNotaDog]

This Bruce guy is hilarious. I can't wait for all of the future episodes with him.

[@Cocogolem]

As someone who just finished writing his master's thesis on Lovecraft, it felt like you guys shat on everything I wrote about :')

[@thelocust619]

Is naming stuff he objectively did really shitting on him...or just identifying it? Like..."here it is"

[@mattfick5502]

"Book report Adam" is the funniest I've ever seen him, and he's a really funny guy normally

[@DevonPalmer98]

Detective Elyse time!

[@Luchingador]

only someone who saw a weird squid or whatever, would be crazy enough to name his cat that.

[@Toneill029]

No HP Lovecraft was just racist.

[@croesuslydias6488]

From what I read, he got the cat when he was 9 and it was already named that. Doesn’t mean he wasn’t super racist though

[@joshuanewey9334]

I CAME HERE FOR WHOLESOME FUNHAUS CONTENT, NOT FOR UNRELENTING ASSAULTS ON TOLKIEN DAMN YOU BOOCE!!

[@jasonreilly9325]

Yay finally plague tale part two Ohh wait....

[@mrcavior7943]

Adam's opinion on Lovecraft is like funny and on the point but... i can't describe it.

[@anthonylucas7894]

Nobody: Bruce: It's Cthulhu!

[@playermartin286]

Neil Gaiman actually is a fan of H.P. Lovecraft

[@dantemiguel93]

Yeah, he just likes poking fun.

[@Nobody-uo2eo]

Along with Guillermo del toro, Stephen king, H.R.Giger, even Japanese horror mastermind Junji Ito. But Adam is just joking around, no prob.

[@G-Mastah-Fash]

@Jake Diaz He was a product of his time.

[@PorciusFlaccus]

@@G-Mastah-Fash He wasn't. People even back then considered him too racist, and a lot of the critique he got was that he should tone down the racism, which he in his later works did.

[@PorciusFlaccus]

@Jake Diaz Same. :)

[@coppercrow5840]

Adam is a firecracker in this. Elyse has some Helena Bonham Carter hair going on and I approve. Cthulhu has done his job in this video.

[@coopakid1984]

Am I the only one that thinks the main character looks exactly like James?

[@sumo3600]

A very tired bored James. Like a picture of him reviewing the last of us James.

[@Bulthracian_Ambiance]

Is that a burn on James? I feel like it's a burn on James.

[@d__x2555]

So much love for Adam in this video's comment section it makes me so happy

[@bryceslife7721]

Back in high school I had the same nickname as H.P. Lovecraft’s cat

[@ScarMunster]

I love the idea of a Kovic's book review with Willems' Sinking City gameplay. It's a simple and amazing plan, make it happen! Please!

[@metalabsynth]

I really appreciate the effort Adam put into this haha

[@tumblingmonkeys6923]

I love how despite everything going on around her, Elyse actually gets so engrossed and into these games.

[@believeinmatter]

I feel like Adam had some extra coffee before recording this haha 😂

[@BlackDarK730]

The genuine surprise in Bruce's face was amazing when he realized with the word started with...

[@TheSecondcitysaint]

I really loved Adam Kovic's impression of Jake Gyllenhaal.

[@Bmb1122]

Adam describing H.P. Lovecraft's writing is the best thing I've seen in a long time.

[@rain8222]

FYI his cat name is "NIBBA man" u feel me ?

[@milliondollarmistake]

@@clock3001 that's badass

[@billymcgregor2067]

MillionDollarMistake no suicide is badass

[@TheKillboy1000]

@@clock3001 based and redpilled

[@Gobbygoblin]

@@TheKillboy1000 kek

[@shosray]

@@clock3001 but too be fair, he didn't name it. his infamous poem is a much better example of his racism, not his cat.

[@totallynotrod]

adam dissing lovecraft and neil gaiman honestly caused me a lot of pain

[@Makverus]

Thank you to the editor for the Tolkien edit.

[@natedetailscars]

All I had to do was type in HP and Google knew what I was looking for. Adam changing the world one video at a time.

[@WhereIsLumbago]

Did you know Ska came before Reggae?

[@gio6166]

Adam was having so much fun just shitting on lovecraft, I don't think ive ever seen him smile this much

[@brannonwinn2416]

Adam: I'll tell you the name of HP Lovecraft's cat! me: you'll get your channel banned is what you'll do.

[@Noplayster13]

It’s pretty interesting that certain swear words will get your channel banned. Google is kind of like our big brother moral guardian, making sure we don’t say bad words or have bad thoughts.

[@brannonwinn2416]

@@Noplayster13 let's not over blow things, saying the n-word would get you kicked out or banned from plenty of places before our google overlords took over.

[@Noplayster13]

Brannon Winn That’s true, but no other place or group has had as much power over us as these tech companies do. This isn’t a knitting website with a dozen members. Are you going to use the internet for business in any way? Well, you’d better conform to Google’s (and every other tech company’s) constantly shifting pseudo- religious dogmas. Also, It’s hardly limited to this word. You *will* be banned from twitter if you disagree with them about transgenderism for example. That wasn’t the case 7 years ago. Nobody even talked about this group or really cared. It continues to build and build as more and more things become taboo to progressives and they become more openly totalitarian and heavy handed. I don’t even care about the word one way or the other, but they’re essentially banning you from the public square for saying the bad words of their religion. It’s essentially identical to saying “The word “bastard” is a derogatory term! If you say it, you will be banned from the internet itself!” I am of the opinion that if things progress as they have been lately, freedom of speech will effectively cease to exist.

[@localchoom]

i love that they have actually made some kind of progress while adam has a chance to riff off of James and Bruce while Elyse plays. They genuinely seemed like they were having fun. Hope there's more in the future

[@Airclot]

Hey Adam, guess what... Everyone back then was racist to today's standard. You can still enjoy someone's work even if they were racist. If that's the criteria you have for what's worth reading then don't read anything older than the 1950s.

[@AleksandrStrizhevskiy]

I'm glad they are playing this after reviewing it for inside gaming.

[@SkelNeldory]

Adding this to my "Adam speaks with full confidence about things he knows nothing about and nobody ever calls him out on it" compilation. (Work in progress title)

[@Moo19990]

Absolutely one of the best Funhaus videos in awhile hope you make this into a series.