Half in the Bag: Pam and Tommy and Bruce Willis

We're not done talking about Bruce Willis movies! For some reason. Or more specifically, for no reason. There's been two more terrible Bruce Willis movies in just the month since our previous Bruce Willis video so we wanted to get caught up. Also discussed: the Hulu series Pam and Tommy, a good show that you probably don't care about.

[@DeSaxofoonVanPeter]

A disgruntled former Hollywood star is diagnosed with dementia. In order to provide for his family, he turns to a life of churning out terrible budget action movies. Coming soon to AMC: Breaking Hack EDIT: Well shit

[@geoworld8740]

You joke but I'd actually watch that especially if it was based off of Bruce Willis

[@dmitriygryaznov9210]

I can definitely see Bruce Willis trying to one-up Nic Cage's "The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent" by starring in this.

[@HomoErectusIsAFunnyName]

@@CairoFahrenheit What this have to do with anything? I mean you are right, dementia is not an illness, but no one is talking about what caused his dementia but what effects it may have on him.

[@MichaelNNY]

Ill never understand how major stars who have made hundreds of millions during their career need to make any more money at the fading years of their lives. I mean, basic investments, folks.

[@ethan7346]

Bob Odenkirk as "Bruce Willis"

[@NotchEvident]

Mike talking about someone having Dementia so meta.

[@Mordred86]

Its like poetry, it rhymes.

[@rossross9281]

4th wall breaking.

[@RegularCupOfJoe]

It subverts expectations.

[@kennethc2466]

...I see youtuber sycophants, repeating the buzzwords of their idols.

[@PhantomFelix211164]

@@RegularCupOfJoe It was directed by Rian Johnson

[@GreenhornProductions]

Damn, it's official boys: Bruce Willis has been diagnosed with aphasia and is stepping away from acting. Jack Packard's right, these direct-to-DVD films won't even come up in the conversation when looking back on his career... We'll always have Die Hard, The Sixth Sense, Pulp Fiction, The Fifth Element, 12 Monkeys, Looper and Moonlighting to remember him for.

[@rongeurtsvankessel1908]

Who knew that these hack frauds were actually Hollywood insiders, eh?

[@HenrikWilhelmsson]

So sad.

[@scottberman1223]

I feel kind of bad now for laughing at these two videos they did about Bruce, even if we didn't know about his diagnosis when they were released.

[@Simte]

Yes man, quite sad indeed.

[@exceptionvideo]

Now I'm glad that Bruce got to make all of these films I never want to see.

[@andriygriffin4782]

Only 10 days after this review, Willis’s family have confirmed he’s suffering from aphasia and is now retiring from acting. Sad to hear.

[@ZakirKH]

I'm super cynical, but it seems like they got caught doing elder abuse.

[@rosihantu1]

Time for Ole Joe Biden to come clean

[@PictureProductStudio]

@@ZakirKH A lot of people confuse aphasia with things like dementia and it's not. the person is there and is unchanged, they just start to experience problems with either understanding or being understandable. So it's not like someone is moving around a husk of a man, it's still a man, just with a crippling disability like loosing hearing (which Willis also has in one ear), or vision.

[@NazaMusicProductions]

@@PictureProductStudio Still capable of being abused. If he can't communicate properly what's the chances that a producer could have intentionally misconstrued what he tries to say sometimes?

[@persephonekajira7269]

@@rosihantu1 ok, champ 👍

[@ErebosGR]

Jay: "Luke Wilson has all these lines one after the other, and Bruce Willis just nods and says yeah." Mike: "Yeah."

[@PhantomFelix211164]

Mike has dementia confirmed

[@elisnilzen783]

​@@PhantomFelix211164 Of course! That´s why he always has a script

[@christiangomez320]

@@elisnilzen783 so sad 😔 Mike had to have two sheets of paper this time.

[@FunkBastid]

Mike’s brain’s been on autopilot since 2009

[@crazyjaybe]

Yeah

[@ChrisWake]

For you people who keep spamming "where's The Batman review??", you gotta realize this is a Bruce Willis channel now.

[@jayhayhay5124]

I look forward to the batman featuring bruce willis' voice clips from assorted movies as the bat review.

[@shawklan27]

*BREAK IT DOWN FOR ME.*

[@Able406]

Time to start my fan campaign for Bruce Willis to be Mr. Freeze

[@stephenshelton4267]

Don't you mean "Where's the The Batman review?"

[@cornbredx]

You'd just be mad when they explained how bad it is anyway.

[@AndreaColetta]

Yuo must be happy now! You gave Bruce Willis Alopecia!

[@MajimaGoro8]

Will he be starring with Jada in GI Jane 2?

[@LukeRojas]

This came out the day my dad died. This really helped cheer me up. Thanks you Hack Frauds.

[@trevorrogers95]

I’m sorry for your loss may your Father rest in peace

[@markmcgee2417]

I think Devon Sawa made a genie wish to work with all of the cast members of Pulp Fiction and like all genie wishes didn't get exactly what he wanted.

[@WinterSteele]

You might genuinely be on to something here. Years ago, I remember reading an interview with Devon in "Teen Beat" magazine where he mentioned that "Pulp Fiction" was his favorite film. So indeed, this could all be a strange form of wish fulfillment gone awry.

[@Stand_By_For_Mind_Control]

Genies are the absolute pros at malicious compliance. "Oh you wanted a million dollars, huh?" - Genie who just teleported you into a bank vault where a bunch of police are standing with guns drawn.

[@Stand_By_For_Mind_Control]

That's the funniest shit I've read all week lol.

[@iiota]

A classic Monkey’s Paw as they say in Hollywood

[@jessehenderson2967]

Sounds like a Calypso wish from Twisted Metal.

[@mrkeogh]

"Not a terrible filmmaker, but clearly not something he's good at." Mike trying to be kind is infinitely worse than Mike being savage.

[@Danaluni59]

He was still great in Moonlighting, the peak of his talents and best work.

[@rbmk__1000]

This guy gets the whole than then thing. Must be a genius of some kind.

[@brandonthesteele]

Damned by faint praise

[@Why_I_Die]

it's the sincerity that seals it

[@SCWood]

I'd rather he just told me to kill myself

[@R1ch4d8]

I'm 85% convinced the recent bad press around Bruce Willis played a part in his family announcing his retirement. With the Razzie thing going viral, and the last RLM video getting traction; I think his family began to see the damage all these movies were starting to have on his legacy. Cos he's been making them for years but nobody watched them so they stayed under the radar. But when the sheer volume of them started to build up and become a meme I think that was a factor in his retirement. The timing is too perfect. Cos it must've been hard for his family to see him become the joke of the internet and be seen as a lazy, greedy old man who doesn't care about the work anymore.

[@user-hr1xf1dt3d]

"Cos" isn't a word.

[@user-cn7io2pe8p]

@@user-hr1xf1dt3d "yeah" also wasnt a word, until it was. cos thats how language evolves

[@FlymanMS]

Those hackfrauds not only kill people now but also their careers!

[@johnhighway7399]

​​​@@user-cn7io2pe8p English only devolves, lol. But at least "cos" will never be recognized as a real word no matter how much idiots like you push for it.

[@trevorrogers95]

Dude’s demented cut him some slack bro lmao

[@johnlocke9437]

He's been diagnosed with Aphasia, explains A LOT about the amount of movies he's been doing and how "questionable" the performances were. RLM accidentally called it again.

[@christiangomez320]

Ralph did it first

[@SnoopyReads]

Just like when they predicted Steven Spielberg having a thing for little Asian boys in Yankees caps

[@Hulavuta]

@@SnoopyReads dang what happened wit hthat?

[@vomitscape]

nothing fills me with more joy then mike pulling out his movie notes on paper.

[@mezalos]

ASMR for the soul

[@alexsilva28]

@@mezalos That loud crackle always fills me up with dopamine

[@rbmk__1000]

Than they're was when we goed to the libarry and rented an book but is ok cause even nobody can read or rite the Inglish language anymore their is pictures that are fun to fingerpaint with boogers.

[@billystudholme1499]

Boomer sheets

[@Reynevan100]

@callmecatalyst we're still waiting!

[@newerstillimproved]

"I have never seen the film, but by all accounts it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built, and it is terrific." -- Michael Caine on his performance in Jaws 4.

[@llJiggyFlyll]

I almost feel like people need to apologize to aging actors like Caine, De Niro, or Cage for taking obvious money jobs. Because as bad as most cash grab films are, at least the actors put in the effort to give a performance. At worst they're just a movie you regret paying for if you saw it in theaters. This new Bruce Willis stuff is so bad though, it makes Direct-to-Video films look like Blockbusters. Legitimately the only interesting thing about them is trying to theorize in what part of the film's production did the money laundering occur.

[@Axterix13]

@@llJiggyFlyll Worth noting that Alec Guinness took a role in a silly American sci-fi movie for the paycheck, a role offered to him because the studio wanted some better known actors in the movie. He did wind up regretting it, but only because that wound up being his most remembered role. But like those you mentioned, he did put in effort, because he's professional.

[@keefriff99]

@@Axterix13 Guinness put down and demeaned the Star Wars franchise until the day he died. I get that he considered himself a serious thespian and probably thought he was just slumming it, but after he saw the success of the films and what they meant to people, you'd think he would have tried to be a bit more charitable.

[@r000ty]

Yeah, there's dozens of A-level popstars who gladly perform for sheikhs, oligarchs and autocrats on private festivities, even in their prime and mostly no one cares. That's much worse than whatever Nic Cage and Bruce Willis are doing.

[@Deadener]

@@llJiggyFlyll Imagine thinking anyone needs to apologize to extremely wealthy people for anything at all.

[@dylanfoster7037]

I wonder if somehow this video got to his family and they were like, "shit the gig is up, shut it all down, that's a wrap"

[@JustAboutTime]

I thought the same thing.

[@alangreer3760]

Gasoline Alley. A film so bad, it made Jay call "The Fanatic" a film made by someone who kind of knows what they are doing. When Vinegar Syndrome releases the 16k bluray of "The Fanatic", that quote better be on the back of the box.

[@generallykaiden]

When I was a kid I didn't know who Tommy Lee or Motley Crue were, so I spent several years thinking Pamela Anderson had married Tommy Lee Jones.

[@Butt_Slayer]

Same.

[@leedouglass4106]

Same here too lol

[@rhettorical]

I knew Motley Crue but I had no idea who any of the band members were. And I didn't realize that Pam didn't intentionally leak the footage.

[@nignamedmutt7270]

My mind always pictures Tommy Lee Jones first, and then I have to remind myself "no, Tommy Lee from some rock band...." I probably remember him being from Motley Crue about %70 of the time lol

[@apseudonym]

This is such a 90s kid thing. That and the rumour about Marilyn Manson's ribs.

[@jdaigre150]

A surprise Geteven appearance always makes my heart do the shimmy slide

[@kennypitts4829]

Geteven Two: Getevener starting Bruce Willis

[@spillanegottleib1681]

Getevener : Geteven First Blood Part Two The Dark World : Electric Bagool-aloo

[@DanielJChilvers]

Looks like it was true about Bruce. Sad. The fact they made all those movies with him in a deteriorating state is really depressing.

[@ApparentlyGoogledislikesmyname]

Maybe he spent a lot of his money and making some more will ensure he can have good medical care in his retirement.

[@apseudonym]

It's not that depressing. It depends on the condition that's causing the aphasia and whether it's a rapid or slow cognitive decline. By all accounts, it has been a slow decline for Bruce so he has been able to work albeit at a much lower capacity. Many people experiencing decline actually prefer to work as long as they can because it gives them routine.

[@bwestacado9643]

He's broke. He gave everything to Demi and his kids

[@angrytigermpc]

Aphasia does not necessarily mean cognitive decline. Bruce might be completely aware and competent, intellectually speaking, but he's unable to use the "right words". Some people with aphasia are fully aware of what people say to them and can still read and so on, but (depending on the type) they struggle with outputting the vocabulary they want to, sometimes in the form of not being able to find words at all and "struggling" to transmit their thoughts, sometimes fluently speaking but using complete nonsense to a listener. But their brain "knows" what they're trying to say, it just can't communicate it properly. Not saying this is definitely the case, but it's by no means certain he's (literally) demented. He might be completely cognizant of his situation and what's happening, and able to understand contracts and whatnot, so (as others have speculated) he might be using his fading ability to communicate to ensure his family is provided for.

[@psivewri]

Here's an idea: Have Bruce be some kind of space ranger in a suit. Every shot of his face can be inside the helmet (like RDJ in Iron Man).

[@SkandiaAUS]

Please don't give them ideas.

[@ao1778]

And have him only take off his helmet during the 4th act to deep-kiss a transvestite pornstar. I think you're onto something here.

[@reubenj77]

Like the abed cut with Chang in community. I like it

[@ShreeNation]

*Mandalorian theme intensifies*

[@BMBlasterMan]

I don't think the Bruce Willis movie factory can afford to CGI his head into a helmet

[@anachronologist2017]

I love that Mike & Jay's impromptu idea for a movie about future people needing to know how to properly work a VCR to watch a VHS tape was already the plot of a Cowboy Bebop episode over twenty years ago.

[@kage6613]

Lmao my thoughts exactly

[@SSFhighcommandJOHN]

Almost correct, it was a BetaTape they needed to play in Cowboy Bebob.

[@BogBagBobble]

Imagine Mike as Spike kicking the beta player, this could lead to a great deal of fanart

[@anachronologist2017]

@@SSFhighcommandJOHN true, but it was close enough

[@LittleFrankWorld]

My thoughts.... exactly...

[@zack0107]

I’m from Tifton, GA, and the filming of Gasoline Alley has been the talk of the town the last year or so. When I saw the first Bruce Willis video I had no idea that he had been cranking out so many movies. My dad still lives in Tifton and he went downtown and watched them film some of the explosion scenes. He smoked a cigarette with some of the other actors and they said they were all pretty aware that the movie wasn’t going to be great. It’s pretty weird seeing my small hometown in a movie-no matter how bad it is. It’s even weirder to hear RLM talk about it. Part of me feels a little mad that they’re using my hometown as the backdrop for a zero effort movie, but that’s the nature of the factory I guess.

[@willnill7946]

Tifton downtown is nice

[@joeyfatonefrombackstreetboys]

I had a few friends working on the set of Gasoline Alley. It was hilarious to hear stories from set.

[@mjwbulich]

Don't feel bad. I worked in Hollywood for over a decade and almost everything I worked on was trash. Wild Wild West,Anoconda, Sphere,Volcano, Jurassic Park 3, Flintstones: Viva Rock Vegas, Alien: Reserection, Batman and Robin, and too many horrible and long forgotten TV shows to list. In all my years of working on big budget Hollywood features only a couple films would I consider decent.

[@truthache8560]

If it brings money and people to your town it’s a good thing. Those little towns need life blood now! We can’t allow those places to be absorbed by cesspools like Atlanta and Baltimore.

[@ericswann1417]

I grew up there also. I'm shocked that tiny little Tifton got a film credit as Los Angeles. The palm trees were clearly cgi.

[@noone3216]

19:20 man, nothing takes me out of a movie quicker than a Wilhelm scream

[@skadooshly]

Seeing all the comments about Bruce's diagnosis and retirement. We all came home to tell the parents the news.

[@iamdylanavery]

Mike forgetting who starred in Fanatic and then immediately pivoting to how awesome the movie was is peak Mike

[@lolimfranco]

All that was left was a feeling lol

[@johnstonm85]

Jay you mention "The Wrestler" as one of your fave films of all time a couple of times now. I think Mike made similar comments. Can you guys do a Re:View on it? Would love to hear your takes

[@danielvalleduarte]

Ramjam Reveiw

[@Krisbcream1]

Boost this!

[@laurenpeacock6343]

Yes please but I don’t think they even read comments on KZbin or take any notice of requests.

[@jamesbuchanan2794]

The wrestler is definitely a good one.

[@phillydelphia8760]

Well they do read the comments.. But now you've brought it up, you can expect the re:view in approximately, 3 to 6 years.

[@benbarada2882]

So it was just released that Bruce Willis has aphasia and will retire. Damn so the rumors were true. Crazy shit! I guess he indeed was just raking in as much money as possible doing terrible movies before he called it quits.

[@damndave3237]

I can only recognize Kelsey Grammer as “The Rumble” in money plane or as the guy who falls off stage. What a legacy.

[@spillanegottleib1681]

Who would have thought him destroying a brand new gift Dodge Viper 10 minutes after receiving it would eventually become the least embarrassing moment of his life?

[@michaelstein7510]

The way he says “Money Plane” will forever be burned into my brain.

[@nowhereman6019]

There's Mike, always keeping up to the times with his jokes.

[@mrsacapuntas7412]

Bazinga!

[@larrylaffer3246]

The man sure knows how to craft a quality reference/joke much like how Rich crafts a quality set.

[@Sorrelhas]

Maybe in a few months they'll do an NFT joke

[@Markm8]

Reminds me of alf and gex, on top of his game

[@shannonbayley3684]

@@Sorrelhas *a few years*

[@undsoft]

I'm okay with Half in the Bag slowly becoming Best of the worst.

[@NiiRubra]

It's Half of the Worst.

[@Corbomite_Meatballs]

@@NiiRubra Best of the Bag of Half Worst.

[@nunyabusiness2785]

Half the Bag of Bratwurst

[@mixedbagclips2511]

It always was…

[@Sickofdrawingcowboys717]

I'm not. I couldn't give a fuck about these things they're watching just to hate on.

[@ravenlord4]

William Shatner shaking in his boots right now, wondering when RLM decides to come for him. They are like the Grim Reapers now.

[@thecatmom2861]

Damn I can't believe RLM made Bruce Willis retire

[@AquaShibby3000]

Mike pulling out a sheet of paper with his notes, and the co-host reacting to it, has become my favorite RLM gag.

[@wyattrussell7496]

“Yea” - Bruce Willis

[@mrkeogh]

"Muh notes"

[@luiginastro8831]

"Oh!" - Jay Bauman

[@PolyesterKyle]

i know you probably mean "the co-host" like not necessarily jay, but there's something sort of funny about referring to jay as "the co-host"

[@TheColonelKlink]

If this "dementia" rumor turns out to be true then eventually these horrible films may ironically end up being the most studied of Bruce Willis' career.

[@sasshole8121]

His movies will be a case study in the progression of dementia and will be shown in college psychology courses.

[@veiddimaddur8354]

@@StreetPreacherr Get back in the ground, old man

[@cornbredx]

Not really. They'll be forgotten like all those Cusack movies no one watched either.

[@funguy398]

There like 5 minutes of footage in every movie

[@nucleus5141]

The cinematic version of Everywhere at the End of Time.

[@mahermagdy4604]

The VCR repair costumes are the only thing that kept reminding me this is not a best of the worst episode lol

[@spillanegottleib1681]

The first half is a Worst of the Worst episode.

[@AlgaeEater09]

Whatcha talkin bout they ain’t costumes these guys & plinkett are real af

[@Necrthulicon]

You guys were right!!!!!! Sucks he has aphasia but good for him for making that money before he can’t.

[@thegamegrumpsletsplayofmaj5727]

I can’t wait for The Batman Half in the Bag where it’s just 10 seconds of Mike and Jay saying “it’s good” and then 25 minutes of ads

[@empatheticrambo4890]

Give us The Batman Half in the Bag you hack frauds! Or, Dune style, a minute endorsement on a Re:View of Tim Burton’s Batman.

[@larrylaffer3246]

That or they say "It's sal-right" then they do one after another Re:Views of the Tim-Verse Shows.

[@harbingerofsalt]

They'll save that for the end of the year recap, doing exactly as you said without the ads

[@mysteriousmrocd8384]

@@empatheticrambo4890 I would actually prefer that ngl

[@Sorrelhas]

10 seconds of Mike saying "it's good" and then 25 minutes of Interdimentiomal cable-style ads made by the RLM crew

[@JohnSmith-df7uo]

It feels so odd hearing Mike discuss elderly shaming without laughing manically.

[@birdy6049]

It's starting to hit close to home

[@spillanegottleib1681]

He can hear Rich Evans' "Freight Train" approaching at a rapid clip.

[@MagnumTriumph]

My father has Huntington's disease. From my experience it's possible that Bruce Willis's attitude and behavior on sets in the last decade can be attributed to his illness. Basically, people with illnesses like that can exhibit traits of being depressed, slovenly and apathetic and can start to show change even decades before they get really bad and diagnosed. The changes you encounter in people like this happen regardless of the quality of the person's character prior to the onset.

[@bwestacado9643]

Kevin "I'm gonna ruin your fandom" Smith owes him a very long winded apology that will just be him telling 1 story about himself for 2 hours. It'll be on DVD soon

[@MrBlue3rd]

Now diagnosed with Dementia. I hope he can live out his remaining days the best he can with his family.

[@EvenFive]

If he was having memory issues as far back as 2017, he's probably experiencing sunsetting by now. The mental decay is exponential. He's no longer on this earth mentally.

[@ExoParadigmGamer]

Jay pronouncing Geteven as "Get Even" triggered my fight or flight response.

[@Bacteriophagebs]

Yeah, that threw me for a loop, too. It probably means we've rewatched that episode of BOTW too much.

[@notyourdad]

Which response did you go with?

[@luiginastro8831]

Flifight

[@frankmerker630]

Well it’s called “Champagne and Bullets” officially now too

[@GhostCrusaders]

The saddest part about this review is finding out that Luke Wilson has been subjected to acting alongside Devon Sawa and current Bruce Willis.

[@AJPMUSIC_OFFICIAL]

Shouldn't have killed all those hookers

[@-AtomsPhere-]

So true. He’s great.

[@ecmelton8633]

He's on one of the CW superhero shows now, so hopefully that saves him from having to that.

[@ErebosGR]

Luke Wilson said "half in the bag"!!

[@-AtomsPhere-]

@@ecmelton8633 a CW show seems even worse than this. Those shows are terrible

[@vanmego433]

RLM discuss some stock predictions next.

[@gentleliving9857]

And turning on the news today, Bruce Willis is stepping away due to “health issues,” due to Aphasia. (Memory issues.) Spot on.

[@jhcoverdrive9287]

They were 10 days early with this one...

[@123neiloborne8]

just came here to post this too. Seems BW Aphasia caused by a tumor too 😢

[@lawrencescales9864]

@@123neiloborne8 it can be caused by stroke, dementia or head injury and is not a memory but a speaking/communication problem

[@Jempai]

Jay: "There's no glaring technical errors" Also Jay: "He's clearly talking but there's no audio"

[@cloudyinpa777]

Jay has been wearing an ear piece on these videos for decades. DECADES.

[@danang5]

i think jay attribute that as editing choice instead of technical errors

[@jroggs85]

I guess it's not technically an "error" if you fuck it up on purpose.

[@alexsilva28]

It was an error alright but it wasn't glaring

[@itsd0nk]

@@Bert_Mar It’s early onset Mike Stoklasa Syndrome

[@NotParticularlyWitty]

It's strange that Bruce WIllis being in utter crap is the only thing that kept some film crews employed through Covid.

[@FullMetalPanicNL]

Not really....a lot of the movies use volunteers and they also vastly underpay if they pay. Bruce WIllis takes most of the total budget for himself. They talked about this is the previous video. Pureflix does the same thing. xD

[@dankenstein9462]

Part time!

[@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat]

Those poor bastards having to work with Bruce Willis. I bet he asked their camera for an autograph

[@PunkNStein]

NO EXCUSE!!!

[@PauloSilva-ep9ox]

Pureflix..... serious?...😣

[@honoramongscars649]

Welp, apparently Bruce Willis was suffering from Aphasia for (estimated) 2 years and the people he was working with all knew about it. Guess Mike was technically right about something yet again.

[@TyroneDeise]

...and technically right is the best kind of right.

[@neighborhoodmusicsnob5517]

It also seems like elder abuse.

[@nedschneebly5424]

Sebastian Stan and Lily James had my jaw on the floor the entire series I was stunned how how great their performances were

[@spillanegottleib1681]

My jaw was on the floor too, but that's just cuz I was lying on my stomach.

[@Amcsae]

I had absolutely no interest in this series before this video, but now I'm thinking about watching it.

[@jamesatkinsonja]

Lily James is very well known for playing 'English Rose'/'Girl next door' types [she was in 'Downton Abby' for example] so this was a real departure for her and showed she could pull it off.

[@ravenlord4]

I used to mock all B movies and Asylum fodder, but then I found out that SAG requires a certain number of credits per year for members to maintain some basic benefits like health and life insurance. So some of the films are justified, and for the majority of people in the movie and film industry those are their bread and butter. They will literally take anything that comes their way at the guild wage minimum just to keep health insurance for their family, while they pursue side ventures and creative investments for "steady" income. So a cast or crew member seeing some former A-lister sucking up 90% of the budget really is a literal "Half in the Bag" experience -- resentment at the unfair income distribution, but gratefulness for the opportunity of another movie credit for that year.

[@HermannTheGreat]

Did not know this, thanks for the insight. Makes sense why'd so many of them are producing strait to redbox/streaming movies. Of course with so much talent of these elder actors not being used in big budget films while someone like Tom Holland, Zendaya, and Mamoa get role after role...movies are in a sad state.

[@sethbromley7186]

Spalding Gray talked about this in one of his monologues. He made his living with writing and stage performances, but he needed to be in at least 1-2 movies a year to keep his health insurance -- which is why he pops up in a bunch of '90s shlock.

[@ravenlord4]

@Silver Smurfer With Alec Baldwin (the single greatest actor of all time) as its president, who could resist? :)

[@Sahdirah]

That’s really interesting, and important - glad for the context.

[@viva2archive]

I think it was Jack who also mentioned this in a BotW episode with a Cannon film featuring Abe Vigoda, Lee Majors and other older actors. He speculated that the main reason they were doing the film might be to retain SAG benefits.

[@Hexforce]

I think if RLM ever makes figures of themselves, Mike's should come with a miniature crumbled paper

[@midoribookstore]

Yeah, and it's not even a molded plastic piece, it's straight up just a little scrap of scrunched up paper.

[@FlyingcupNsourcer]

Disney already made a Jay action figure.

[@spillanegottleib1681]

Jay's should be holding a tiny-tiny man skeleton.

[@spillanegottleib1681]

@@FlyingcupNsourcer Disney also already made a Mike mug.

[@abaliagoob]

i would not trust the RLM audience with figures of these middle aged men, i would not trust what these people would do to the figures

[@evilemperordude]

Aphasia definitely lends credence to the theory that he was having his lines fed to him.

[@stephenlyon1358]

I wish someone would feed me lines, lines of cowecayyyeena

[@Fnidner]

Goddammit Stephen...

[@PictureProductStudio]

Lines aside it does not diminish your abilities to act, just makes the essential communication very, very difficult. You can see it in Glass, but Shyamalan tailored the role for him. And I'd say that Willis still shines in it.

[@Gary_Hun]

No, it was a plug against insects, what theory?!..

[@omarm.9364]

This video has become extremely relevant.

[@mattmcdonough3282]

In time, the Bruce Willis arc will be considered the most seminal arc in Half in the Bag history.

[@richardbeater8915]

Most senile* arc

[@PyrokineticFire1]

I enjoyed the Sandler Sandbagging

[@mattmcdonough3282]

@@PyrokineticFire1 Sandlerbagging

[@assortedsubscriptions4012]

Lots of semen in this one, yep...

[@KillerKadougan]

I thought the most seminal arc was in that Plinkett review when he broke his television.

[@wall8080]

Mike printing out the internet is more of an old man move than anything Bruce Willis has done or could ever do

[@TyroneDeise]

I dunno, getting aphasia is definitely an old man move.

[@ND-nr6mx]

It makes me happy every time I see his crumpled paper knowing he took serious notes on terrible films while Jay is more just speaking from the mind.

[@jasonlee186]

I seriously think these videos made their way to Bruce and his family and made them realize it’s time to come out with the truth

[@temite80]

I thought the same.

[@starguardianlux8036]

I think if nothing else not forcing himself into elder abuse to provide a nestegg for his family is a good outcome, as sad as it is to see him retire.

[@jasonlee186]

@JackBauer137 they admitted on the 2nd video they had only realized it after they made the first video. I also looked up the articles, they’re from 2017, it wasn’t made official and it didn’t seem like a reputable site.

[@vegtablesalad2192]

Lol no.

[@PuddingAtheist]

made them realize or gave them no choice but to

[@Kymlaar]

Bruce Willis kind of interrupting Luke is honestly pretty realistic. People waiting for each other and never interrupting in the slightest or accidentally starting to respond early is pretty common.

[@sialiasialis2920]

Yeah that was a strange nitpick but I mean this is a film review channel so that's sort of to be expected

[@Icetea-2000]

@@sialiasialis2920 The movie is clearly not trying to be a parody of movie dialogue wdym? This is just bruce willis messing the timing up, it’s a mistake and thats why they pointed it out here it’s not that strange

[@spillanegottleib1681]

So, Ed Wood was a cinematic genius for only filming one take of Lobo accidentally bumping into camera equipment?

[@sialiasialis2920]

@@Icetea-2000 But it isn't as if though what he did is much different from regular conversation. I get _why_ Jay brought it up, but it isn't like it mattered. It was nitpicking. It's alright man, people can nitpick things. And I never mentioned anything about the film being a parody of movie dialogue. Why you said that as if I made that assertion is kinda weird but alright lol

[@RaffleSnaffle20]

Yeah this is how my family talks. It's not so much with each other rather than at each other... simultaneously..

[@cruizerdave]

Mike and Jay are monsters! Look at all the years they’ve exploited poor Mr. Plinkett!

[@NiiRubra]

What? Get out of here, he hired their services, they are getting all of this money for their children! I mean, they are fixing this VCR for _his_ children.

[@Commanderziff]

Every time I start to feel sorry for Mr. Plinkett, I remember that he's a murderer.

[@ressljs]

@@JLittleBass Wait, really?! I'm an occasional viewer, but I've watched a bunch of their videos. I never picked up on that.

[@cruizerdave]

@@Commanderziff Alleged murderer … alleged by himself sure, but alleged all the same

[@regulustheron2565]

Actually, that would be Richie Rich, he's the owner of the company

[@aliegan2109]

“Geezer Teaser” has to be one of the best taglines ever created

[@tommcnutt8794]

You guys kept it so real his kids pulled the plug on the factory. Savage

[@vj7248]

Incoming (KZbin thumbnail arrow) "red letter media causes BRUCE WILLIS to RETIRE???"

[@slip6hazard9]

Shit man that scene between Willis and Wilson totally seems like Willis has dementia. It reminds me of when my Grandfather had dementia and since he couldn't really remember who we were or specific events, we would talk to him in generalized sense. Like we wouldn't talk to him about a specific baseball game, instead we would just talk about what it was like going to a baseball game in general. But the thing that really makes me think he has dementia is the way Willis was responding to Wilson. Again like my Grandfather as we were telling him these generalized stories he would just have a vacant look and occasionally look at you and go "yeah" "yeah" "Mhmm" because he couldn't remember going to a specific game but he could remember the general feeling of going to one. So him just going "yeah.....yeah......yeah....." really reminds me of my Grandpa with dementia.

[@robovampire]

I got the chills watching that part, my dad recently died due to alzheimer's... he kind of actually resembled bruce willis if you squint, but yeah that vacant look and the yeah's or mhmm's at "inappropriate" times to appear like he's understanding whats being said. wouldn't be surprised if bruce had it after seeing this :(

[@Bacteriophagebs]

Seven years ago, a Cracked video series called The Spit Take showed an interview with Willis and his wife where Bruce seemed completely confused by TV and movies. When the interviewer brought up Miyazaki's anime movies and his wife called them "poetic," Willis said, "What about _Smilla's Sense of Snow?_ " which is a 1997 live-action thriller from Denmark. That was all Willis had to say on the subject. Clearly Willis just made the connection of "foreign" in his head and just tried to contribute to the conversation that way. So yeah, he's been fading for a while, now.

[@iamsithazagoth3728]

I have an idea on how to end your movie, "The Last Page." The page is found, the VCR is repaired, the tape is played, but right before it gets to the final step to saving the world, the Night Court logo appears.

[@Simte]

Bruce will forever be remembered for his contributions to the film industry in great movies. He was diagnosed aphasia, a disorders that affects the language centre in the brain.

[@stephenlyon1358]

Does that mean he will come a zombie?

[@Fnidner]

Goddammit Stephen...

[@David-zh1ll]

So that odd scene in Gasoline Alley where Willis is speaking with no audio- He probably was saying gibberish instead of his lines. But got to use every frame of him.

[@singinwhatimdoin]

I looked up info after watching the series, and this is my favorite "stranger than fiction" element. Not only did the guy steal the safe, but the disguise was real. Apparently he actually threw a white Tibetan yak fur over himself and crawled like a dog.

[@luiginastro8831]

Goddamnit.

[@permavegarunner7015]

I just want to thank you guys so much for these videos. I live in Ukraine, and when I watch Wheel of the Worst or Half in the Bag, I feel a deep state of relaxation that completely distracts me from the war. You've helped me feel more human during these difficult times. ...Fun fact, I've seen beers from Lakefront in supermarkets in Ukraine. I think they have a partnership with one of the local breweries here.

[@julesfalcone]

Sorry about your trouble. What's the deal with the videos of people being taped to poles naked and beaten?

[@permavegarunner7015]

@@julesfalcone I think those are looters and/or sabateurs

[@aaronjewish3258]

@@jlu6172 almost like the country is being invaded and the justice system might be affected 🤔

[@julesfalcone]

@@permavegarunner7015 so you don't see it going on around you?

[@timato234]

All the best, hope you and your loved ones get through this OK.

[@dmon007]

You guys called attention to it, and you were right. I hope Mr. Willis can live long years after this, enjoying his family and legacy, and not mentally deteriorate further.

[@morgantull4011]

Bruce is one of those few actors that made the jump from tv fame to film A-lister. This man was able to star in some iconic films that will always be watched and he will be admired for his acting chops. He helped some directors be lifted to higher levels of respect because of their skills , Tarantino, m night shyamalan, luc besson. I’ve seen what brain injuries can do to people first hand and I don’t blame him at all for doing these direct to video films if it’s to ensure his family are supported because there isn’t a lot you can do if your slowly losing your memory and you know there’s nothing to fix it. I know as an average joe that if I was diagnosed with his condition I’d be doing everything I could to ensure my family were protected financially as soon as possible before I physically cannot.

[@Sorrelhas]

You guys get a bad rep for being overly cynical and very mean, but I think that talk at the beginning was really mature and heartfelt, so thanks for that

[@cyrollan]

I don't think they get a bad rap. They're critical, and I appreciate that. When they love something, the passion shines through.

[@kerred]

@@cyrollan I am willing to wager someone out there is editing RLM out of context to make them seem like jerks for fun and profit. Not that I am cynical of social media, but I don't know how to end that sentence.

[@SpockvsEgon]

I just want to know who decided being critical was a bad thing and why.

[@Sorrelhas]

If it seemed like that is the image I have of them, that's not what I meant It's just that I've spoken to a lot of people that think the RLM guys are needlessly harsh in certain parts of their criticism, so it was nice of them to adress it in such a mature way All the proof I needed that the RLM guys are human beings came from the Shatner response video

[@playmaker7910]

im honestly waiting for some communist youtuber to take mikes comments on no one being forced to work out of context lol

[@gambitschema]

oh baby another hour long video about Mike's favorite subject, old people

[@MoleculeTwo]

How many comments about Bruce Willis retiring do we need? RLM fans: yes

[@Xsopit24631]

props for handling the situation in a smart way, makes the official news about what happened not terrible on your part

[@ImpulseGenerator]

"I hope this computer has enough CPU processing power." Are we back in the techno thrillers of the 90's?

[@FutureDeep]

I hope an emp doesn't come through there. An electro magnetic pulse, that is.

[@cstr2454]

IN ENGLISH, FOUR-EYES!

[@thundercockjackson]

"get the fuck outta here" "thanks" (leaves) WHAT A SCENE! OH MY GOD THE WRITING!

[@Bacteriophagebs]

The movie sounds like _The Protector_ with Tony Jaa if you removed all the action. That movie's basically Jaa going somewhere, saying "where's my elephant?" and then fighting everyone in the room, repeated for 90 minutes.

[@jordanpresley5336]

Whoever had the forethought to release a Bruce Willis apology/clarification video needs a raise

[@laserbeamlightning]

When Bruce Willis was really the Walter White of shitty films instead of meth the whole time... damn

[@jacksonduruy4303]

The twist in "The Last Page" needs to be that Bruce meets an old man wandering the wastes collecting scrap. The old man helps him find the last page, but in a final shootout the page is destroyed and Bruce thinks all hope is lost, but the old man asks Bruce what he wanted the page for and when he says it was for repairing the last VCR player, the old man reveals that he's been collecting technology from the old world for years and has a cave filled with functioning VCR players as well as other technologies that the bunker of survivors can use to rebuild. So call me if you need a script consultant.

[@SrSacaninha]

Adn that old man is called Plinkett.

[@yrobtsvt]

@@SrSacaninha Because the original Mike and Jay finally fixed Plinkett's VCR! When they reference the original RLM plotline the whole theater will stand up and start clapping!

[@ecmelton8633]

Via imdb: According to "James Garner: You Ought to be in Pictures", Garner said, "I'd never work with Bruce Willis again. I did that Blake Edwards film with him, Sunset (1988). Willis is high school. He's not that serious about his work. He thinks he's so clever he can just walk through it, make up dialogue and stuff. I don't think you work that way". So even in '88 he was regarded as a hack. Sunset is good and Willis is good in it, but Garner acts circles around him.

[@RoyMuns0n]

Poor Bruce. Glad he has a good family to support him. I wish them well.

[@thecappeningchannel515]

They pimped him for these films. Disgraceful. Not as if they were hurting for money from before!

[@neighborhoodmusicsnob5517]

It seemed to me like he wanted to work but was getting taken advantage of by the filmmakers. From what I know he's on good terms with Demi and his family. But it still seems weird that an actor of his fame even needs the money. I guess he just wanted to keep working even when he probably shouldn't have.

[@JoeMama-tl4tr]

Looks like they need another Bruce Willis addendum

[@mhouston2968]

The scene where Bruce Willis interrupts Luke Wilson ..more like like gives an affirming quick comment. That would actually be a stroke of genius if it had been on purpose cause..I mean that's like a real conversation. In this case he may genuinely be surprised cause he has no clue what's going on

[@kerred]

You never notice how natural two people talking over each other in a movie is until you see it. Like people wearing seatbelts on movies.

[@FrancoisDressler]

That's actually what Bruce was praised for with his performance in Die Hard.

[@drotp]

Was he present though? He looks greenscreened in.

[@Fenster74]

It's a stroke, without the genius.

[@tux1968]

Yeah.

[@MichaelUnreal]

If Mike ripped out a page in the VCR Book on page 39, the alien/ human hybrid reading the book to repair the VCR in order to save the world would have actually lost 2 pages and not 1 since most published books are double-sided. The correct joke would have been "I must follow the next step, 38...41?!" Hacks!

[@meattrademark1335]

I turned on comments for this video just to make sure someone called out that hack fraud's BS.

[@trace6242]

What if the back-facing pages are where the French/Spanish instructions are located?

[@qwertzy121212]

Boy, I sure hope someone got fired for that blunder!

[@iamgubbler95]

Unsubscribed

[@randyc8771]

Heroic comment. These monsters have to be held accountable!

[@rushmore309]

You guys handled like that true gentleman who obviously meant no harm whatsoever. The majority of us had absolutely no idea that Mr. Willis was suffering from a degenerative disease until seeing your video. THAT just happened to be when the pieces started to become painfully obvious for many of us. There are countless of other reviewers, publications, and regular fans, like myself, who have had identical conversations analyzing and lampooning those very same Bruce Willis movies that seemed like such a strange and disappointing career trajectory for him. We didn’t know and didn’t mean any harm either. If anything, those episodes and conversations only ended up making me even MORE empathetic for the man. In the end, regardless of how many straight to dvd films he made, I knew then, just like I know now, Bruce Willis will always be a legend.

[@thetwitchywitchy]

Die Hard was shot almost 35 years ago, The 5th Element was shot 25 years ago, all of the amazing Bruce Willis movies happened decades ago, unfortunately, but it’s reality. It’s okay to say Bruce Willis was bad in these movies, he was.

[@Skyb0rg]

I'm not sure if Willis is still in the Actor's Guild, but if he is then Willis just being a part of the movie would actually force the other crews' salaries to be pretty good (due to guild and union reqs). So working on a Willis bad movie is much better than a non-Willis bad movie.

[@__Andrew]

Now take this with a HUGE grain of salt, as it comes totally unconfirmed, but in their last Willis video a guy claiming to be part of the production of one of the movies up in Canada talked about how there was massive issues with the production in which people actually walked off of the set angry over the conditions. If true then having Willis on board does not necessarily mean everyone is doing good and getting paid. Maybe some people are, but i do not think it would be a universal constant here. Not with all the moving parts in a movie. Such as the guy in the comment i think was talking about filming done in Canada with Bruce not being on set for the mass majority of that filming. At the end of the day movies are a business out to make money, and if they CAN screw over people for more profits they will.

[@Skyb0rg]

@@__Andrew My comment is also predicated on Willis being part of the Actors Guild which I honestly couldn’t figure out easily. Could just be that he isn’t

[@SassyP17]

He used to be. He's done a few cameos uncredited (oceans 12) because they didn't want to pay him union wages.

[@odkres]

@@__Andrew Do US unions have any say in a production done by random people in Canada? Or even in Georgia, for that matter? I'm not familiar with the labor rules in US in general, let alone in movies, but somehow I was under the impression that the unions/guilds only have power in hollywood and in productions for "hollywood-adjacent" studios/companies/outlets. Does that even make sense?

[@alexanderfreeman3406]

SAG can’t force anyone to pay higher wages or anything like that, but they can (and do) prohibit SAG members from working with any production that doesn’t meet their requirements. So if you want any of the big-ticket actors, you have to follow their rules.

[@fiveways]

The group of grunge kids all with different shirts is the most accurate representation of my life in the 90s I've seen on film. That was pretty much what every smoking section at any Canadian high school looked like during that period. Like if I had any complaint one of them should have been wearing a sonic youth t-shirt (as there was always one person in every one of those groups obsessed with sonic youth).

[@Yup712]

LMAO!!! Same thing in my NY & NC high schools during the 90’s!

[@culturainutil861]

Hey I was one of those weirdos obssessed with Sonic Youth!

[@fiveways]

@@culturainutil861 so was I heh.

[@golafs]

same thing here in Reykjavik, Iceland :)

[@aidenwhelan2560]

Hi guys, English man here. Don't feel bad for your predictions and ideas on bruce Willis. They are upset because you were right.

[@saltech3444]

I watched this for the first time yesterday. Today, the Willis announcement. The sheer power RLM commands is frightening.

[@HookahOtaku]

You make it sound like they did something wrong…. They literally called out the crap Willis was churning out and no malice at all…

[@AmazingThor]

When the comic strip “Gasoline Alley” feels the need to distance itself from your movie, you know your movie is bad.

[@Kai-vp1oh]

The comic strip is incredible

[@AdamPFarnsworth]

In 20 years, there's going to be a Red Letter Media type channel that "discovers" all these bad Bruce Willis movies and will make a living from watching all these lol

[@Ale-mv3gr]

In 25 years there will be a channel talking about RLM videos.

[@AdamPFarnsworth]

@@Ale-mv3gr "Someone sent us this video 'Space Cop'. We have no idea what it is, but we're gonna watch it now!"

[@Thanatos2k]

Their show will be called "Worst of the WIllis"

[@vey8673]

jontron, mark my words

[@CptnChan]

@@Ale-mv3gr there’s already plenty

[@amarantoskm]

How interesting that so many of us flocked to this video after hearing the news about Bruce Willis. It's an example of insightfulness and crazy impeccable timing by RLM (of course), but it also demonstrates how deeply embedded they are in our consciousnesses.

[@superhotnutjob]

Props for displaying all of Willis' good movie in the shot.

[@voltijuice8576]

Needs more _12 Monkeys..._

[@ThaBotmon]

@Voltijuice “12 monkeys” is right under the Darth Vader bust btw

[@iancarter7044]

They can use jack packard for bruce’s body double in the last page

[@GoatLuffy_97]

The guys at RLM, like any of us who aren't close to Bruce Willis, wouldn't have known about his aphasia. So I don't fault the guys at RLM. I'm just sad for Bruce and those close to him. The man worked his arse off doing anything he could until now when he has to retire from acting.

[@David-ln8qh]

The problem is people assuming a lack of disability until otherwise stated.

[@erikastrom4144]

Anyone here after the announcment of Bruce Willis retiring because of afasi?

[@hootgibsonesquirethe3rd765]

"Made by someone that kinda knows what he's doing " It was FUCKING Fred Durst who directed The Fanatic. How did y'all fail to mine that for comedic gold

[@cornbredx]

Fun fact: Fred Durst has been directing for decades. Isnt THAT weird?

[@KasumiKenshirou]

I don't think I've ever seen the real Fred Durst, only the MadTV parody version of him.

[@ydoomenaud]

THE Ferd Turds?

[@ArielJackson83]

They already did a whole episode about The Fanatic, and believe me- it came up.

[@suckmydickthatsrightyousuc1423]

When you film The Last Page, make damn sure Len Kabasinski is Bruce Willis' stunt double / stand in for the fight scenes.

[@bujinko1]

I would love to see Bruce Willis in a Len Kabasinski wig.

[@jayg339]

Here again after the news that Bruce Willis does indeed have a speech/cognition disorder and will step away from acting. I saw some people on twitter say that RLM should take down these videos, but I feel they definitely addressed that possibility in these videos and are fair game considering these movies are still out there and studios are charging money for them. Anyway, best of luck to Bruce’s health.

[@EmpowermentNotDependency]

"X" is a movie worth going to the theaters for (right up Jay's alley, not so much for Mike). Great horror / uncomfortable comedy has you cringing in your seat

[@keefriff99]

X was a lot of fun. I was actually hoping it would be even raunchier, but it was still a good sleazy time.

[@Samael767]

I'd love to hear Jay's thoughts on it!

[@twiceshy9773]

I cannot WAIT to see that!! It looks like so much fun, total date night movie

[@Yaanu.bno1]

You say that nobody has died, but the notorious Alec Baldwin film "Rust", now suspended after the accidental shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, was to be financed by four studios, two of which were BondIt Media Capital and Highland Film Group, both of which have produced at least a dozen other Geezer Sleaze movies. That's right. A woman died for Alec Baldwin to make a movie that would never see release beyond your local Redbox.

[@darwincity]

Well that’s… peculiar.

[@JohnDoe-tx8eu]

Peak USA moment

[@andnox]

Didn't he also try and blame her for dying? I cant remember if its right but read somewhere on Twitter he tried blaming her/everyone else.

[@Lemon_Inspector]

​@@andnox "I've read it somewhere on Twitter" sounds like a reliable enough source. Good enough to horribly slander famous people in my book.

[@1tjos]

@@andnox No he didn't and you are spreading misinformation under the guise of "I read somewhere on Twitter"