Best of the Worst Episode 37 - Wheel of the Worst 10

[@josephdandrea8915]

“The only thing he should host is a parasite” one of my favorite Mike lines ever

[@JordanStar7]

John Bacon ah someone else binging on Best of the Worst during quarantine. You have good taste

[@verybored1261]

@@JordanStar7 Still quarantined, still watching this schlock

[@cdawg145236]

That wasnt a joke, that was art.

[@DriscolDevil]

That line still makes me laugh. His deliver with lines like that is so perfect. Like another of my favorite quotes, "he should take those trash bags and put his film in them."

[@sameash3153]

Based

[@Servo1616]

"I'm Rich Evans. I've gotten Laid. You can do it". Its the ultimate motivational quote

[@lilpilatesvevo4493]

​@Stephen Murphy wdym. dick the birthday boy literally nailed Julia Roberts before it was cool.

[@dodojesus4529]

@Stephen Murphy well someones salty

[@mckenzie.latham91]

Well every girl has a price...

[@bray7934]

Difference is is that I'm not a sex-icon

[@FringeSpectre]

I was about to pull the trigger until I heard Rich say this.

[@zomg1337h4x]

Weird meta moment: I understood the Pieces references, only to hear Jay spell it out and then remember that the reason I understood the Pieces reference is because I've watched this one before.

[@davilathegreat]

That's a legitimate psychological phenomena that has lead some comedians to inadvertently "steal" jokes.

[@zomg1337h4x]

Thanks for the information, folks!

[@quantumblauthor7300]

I did this but with a 3-act story before realizing "Reverse Transmission" had done most of it already

[@thedudeabiding1582]

Inception

[@ramseydoon8277]

Time is a flat circle🙌

[@RedLetterMedia]

RICH EVANS DOES SO MUCH SHAMING!!! DON"T WATCH MILLENNIALS!!!!

[@dylanwillis1473]

Fuck off you fucking hack frauds.

[@harrisongoertz1346]

Less PC the better, please keep doing what you're doing.

[@AaronAaron247]

Trigger warnings everywhere!!!!!

[@eliasevans3535]

Dammit! I've been waiting for weeks!

[@matthewzakrzewski7632]

I get it, I'm a millennial and even I hate my generation

[@fifzeppelin]

"It's already out of date by the time you watch this video." Nearly two years after the video comes out and Flint's water still isn't drinkable.

[@LiluDallasMultipass]

10 months later.... still a thing.

[@WeirdVideoGames]

Yeah, the cold reality of that made me cringe as soon as I heard him say it.

[@libraalbert91]

What about Flint's water

[@libraalbert91]

Wow I just saw a 3hr replay to Filnts water and it's fucks cause video is youtube old

[@ryanlacroix6425]

Jan 2019 still a thinf

[@carbilicon]

"Our fans are interested in 9-11 and Aids." ..."and Star Wars." - The illustrious Rich Evans.

[@TubbyJ420]

The big 3

[@ahart86]

"When are they going to talk about getting permits?" is the best line from the Exploding Varmints segment. Reminded me so much of Milhouse's anguished "When are they going to get to the fireworks factory?" from the Poochie episode.

[@harveymarvey3348]

The "Oh no!" Mike gives at 14:44 sounds so sincere it makes it 50 times more funny.

[@RochesFan]

I thought for sure that was going to be the one at 15:13, but yeah: the fact that Exploding Varmints is _so_ extreme that it forces them to drop the irony completely and just react to what they're seeing makes this episode very special.

[@davechan8613]

@@RochesFan Exploding Varmints is about family. That’s what makes it so special.

[@aaronwebb1548]

39:28 I read this comment at exactly this moment in the video

[@MsTryana]

its kinda special to see Mike, who usually makes the more brutal jokes is the one that seems the most uncomfortable during the exploding varmints video.

[@Poppenheimer69]

I wonder if its exactly because he can understand the cruelty of the situation. He knows how to say something vile, knows how people perceive it and knows exactly why its "bad". At the same time he's not (completely)insane and heartless. So his brain processes what's going on faster and instead of laughter caused by shock and absurdity, empathy/pity kicks in.

[@PictureProductStudio]

@@Poppenheimer69 By the end of the video pretty much all of them had mixture of both, with empathetic angle kicking in after the initial shock. Also yes, people with odd and dark sense of humor are often masking heightened empathy.

[@Lissbirds]

He couldn’t watch the deer being field dressed in another episode. It seems like he has a soft spot for animals and/or can’t tolerate them being mutilated. I wouldn’t think he’s be the most squeamish of the group but it seems as though he might be.

[@Grayfox988]

If it were titled "Exploding Elderly" Mike would have had a heart attack from laughing.

[@schifoso5591]

@@Grayfox988 I thought he would get a heart attack because if the elderly were exploding, Mike would also explode

[@HydraGen2299]

Thanks to "Show Off! How to be cool at parties" I became the most popular kid at school. All the girls wanted to get the Motherlode from my Exploding Varmint

[@lorddragn1]

GIVE THEM THE MUSHROOM TIP!

[@TheApexHat]

Make sure you don't give them AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIDDDDDSSSSSSSSSSS

[@HydraGen2299]

AJK90 "Semore Smoke, Smoke Detector"-Gilbert Godfried

[@Peglegkickboxer]

You sir are Immorel.

[@LuiJoD316]

You stay classy San Diego

[@BigHairyFenian]

The worst thing about Exploding Varmints isn't that it exists, it's the "Vol 1", meaning more of them exist.

[@thomascollins5622]

Oscar Kirk You can find the two-disc set on eBay

[@CopiousDoinksLLC]

Here's the thing: I live in Australia. We have certain species of introduced animals that are classified as pests and we have to kill them to keep them from destroying the native populations. Feral cats and cane toads are good examples. ...But we don't take any pride or enjoyment in the fact that we have to kill these animals. Pragmatically speaking, unless you have a need that requires fulfilling, it makes no sense to go around killing animals needlessly.

[@halberdsturgeon8775]

Yes, but Australia is not a country that actively encourages its denizens to be psychopaths

[@neal2399]

Halberdsturgeon no, the wildlife does that enough without any help

[@PsychoJosh]

@Halberdsturgeon Yes they are. Just not directly.

[@MrSideliner]

So, just like Mike, I Googled Larry "Tree" Lonik and came across this: "Yes, unfortunately it is true. Larry was mushroom hunting with friends near Louisiana, MO. He got separated from them and the ATV became tangled in some vines which caused it to flip on top of him - with no noticeable injuries. At that point he righted the ATV and rode it back to meet his hunting partners. They then went to dinner. At dinner, Larry complained of being sore and remarked that he would probably be even sorer tomorrow. His friends insisted that he go to the hospital to be x-rayed for broken bones. While at the hospital he was joking with the nurse and then "seized" and died immediately. The coroner has listed the cause of death as heart failure."

[@Dongulator]

Died doing what he loved

[@joelhassig6099]

Flirting with nurses?

[@JG_Wentworth]

@@joelhassig6099 No, enjoying mushrooms. The reason his heart failed was because of a mushroom related incident.

[@keyboardwarrior327]

I didn't realize he died hours later at the hospital. That's way less funny than how imagined it. I thought he was crushed to death by a dump truck full of mushrooms. But the way it really happened is still pretty funny too.

[@RustyMuck]

He died as he lived, a fun guy.

[@toonbat]

That medieval music in the Motherload video was so relaxing. It should be in an MMORPG when you visit a town.

[@Alguy119]

toonbat it is from a game. It was from FATE.

[@anthonymounkes981]

Reminds me of the Hobbit films, if only Gregg Turkington knew... also maybe someone could tell him that Tim used to run the Lightning Fast VHS Shop. Either way Motherload is a five-bagger for sure.

[@Realfakesnake]

Itz probably made by Kevin Mcloud

[@fall3400]

The tune playing at 11:19 in Motherlode is called Rory O'More, an old irish jig. While not an MMORPG, it is featured in Bioshock Infinite, so theres that.

[@stevepisano5566]

@@fall3400 Was hoping someone in the comments would reference this haha I was like "why did Elizabeth just pop into my head?"

[@RecklesslyPessimistic]

Exploding Varmints is like a joke show within a show, the kind of thing that wouldn't be out of place on the TV in an episode of The Simpsons or Family Guy, but it's real.

[@spiwolf6998]

Iinterdimensional Cable, but it's our dimension...

[@mat5473]

It's like a video that Nelson would show Bart or something.

[@Jlaps941]

I could definitely see it in Robocop

[@charlottecorday8494]

I have been proudly stealing Mike's Jimmy Fallon parasite joke for six years and getting some of the biggest laughs in my life doing so. Every time his name comes up in conversation (which is rare, admittedly) I get SO GODDAMN EXCITED.

[@mrscruffles801]

I'm surprised more people in Milwaukee don't talk about him

[@AlexanderArts]

My father works on a horse ranch and has had to go out shooting groundhogs before because they dig holes which the horses step in and break their legs, then you have to shoot the horse. Poisoning them isn't safe because you'll poison the horses, and I doubt it would be more humane either. Not sure if there is actually a better way, but I agree that taking THAT much joy in exploding groundhogs is kinda messed up.

[@AlexanderArts]

Haha! First those were Bison not Buffalo, and second they were almost driven to extinction, so implying that none of them died by breaking a leg is pretty funny, nice troll!~

[@Mfdechami]

+pianokid100 There's nothing logical about getting an erection from exploding small animals, but sure, society is just too dogmatic.

[@gadbel685]

+AlexanderArts I think that your father and his co-workers should be working in a better way to get rid of the gophers. You're probably messing the ecosystem with all the kills.

[@AlexanderArts]

+Palpy From what I understand the groundhogs are overpopulated because the farm provides them with too much extra food and a safe place without predators, so the ranch hands have to take the place of the predators.

[@gadbel685]

AlexanderArts I understand. But their meat is not being used, so it's a waste. I think they should come up with better ideas. We have certainly the knoledge and technolodgy to do that.

[@stangboy88]

"Get Laid! I'm Rich Evans and I've gotten laid! You can do it!" - Rich Evans with the most motivating quote of 2016 so far!

[@mjolnir112]

There is hope for us all

[@jonhon]

This really didn't come as a surprise.

[@Tetragrammaton22]

@@jonhon But he sure did.

[@OzzyFoxMercury]

46:55 Rich Evans tells the joke, looks from side to side to see if people laughed, sees that they did, and nods in approval. What a relatable character.

[@charlottecorday8494]

God, nice catch!

[@drhodesco]

Mike’s cadence and word choices during his moments of being really funny shows me he’s a huge fan of Norm Macdonald. He does a great job of harnessing Norm’s style for laughs and I love it.

[@exittomenu]

this is 7 years old and the flint water joke is still just as applicable

[@markwalshopoulos]

Flint has had clean water for years now

[@Edward-Not-Elric]

​@@markwalshopoulos Not according the the residents as of this year. Apparently the water is still... strange. It either reaks of chemicals or smells like athletes foot depending on cold or hot water. Not to mention, getting their water clean doesn't undo the years of irrevocable damage it had on the citizens. Every person in Flint should be given total coverage Healthcare by the government for the lifelong debilitating effects of the poisoning. Including the undue stress that certainly effected the mental and physical health of the residents. And especially the children who were given lead poisoning and now require special needs for the rest of their lives.

[@ChoirofVVolves]

@@Edward-Not-Elric literally anywhere in the world can have water that smells funny. you're not saying anything by saying that. you can google it yourself, the water decontamination of flint has been completed for years and its generally assholes like you perpetuating the myth that prevent people from accessing a critical resource.

[@GolazoDan]

The skull and crossbones to censor the exploding varmints tell their own story. Especially when two appear after one gunshot.

[@crimsondynamo615]

Tells you the power we’re talking when it splits a gopher like that

[@Tunkkis]

​@@crimsondynamo615 Oh yeah. Small bullets going real fast. ½mv² and all that.

[@EldritchAugur]

So is nobody going to mention that the video says Exploding Varmits: PART ONE! There's fucking more of this!??

[@jackg3344]

part 2 is them gathering the corpses of all the exploded varmints in part 1

[@sdfasdfadfasdfadfasd]

+Kolbe Howard It's called Duck Dynasty.

[@coltkrieger1086]

+sdfasdfadfasdfadfasd Zing! *insert hillbilly republican joke here*

[@kill4monney213]

+Kolbe Howard Hopefully the second one is Exploding Varmits: Part Deux, and then Charlie Sheen comes in spoofing off of the psycho from the first part.

[@0neDoomedSpaceMarine]

+Jack G How? You'd have to hose them off the grass

[@demamhutan5547]

That mushroom dude was as close as you're gonna get to a real-life Batman villain. He was just one industrial accident away from becoming "The Fungus"!

[@patriciapandacoon7162]

The Fun Guy, perhaps?

[@charlottecorday8494]

🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@electricfishfan]

real Venture bros lv 1 antagonist

[@mnoradola210]

Checking in from 2021 to say that the Flint water joke is STILL topical.

[@MegaUnclerico]

Indeed.

[@atom_gray]

and significantly less funny.

[@mmjahink]

@@atom_gray No, it's just as funny, which is not at all funny.

[@MIchaelArlowe]

Same time next year?

[@dustyfox6511]

@@MIchaelArlowe Almost certainly.

[@steamedrice97]

Stoklasa's look of genuine disgust while watching Exploding Varmints always gets me.

[@FlymanMS]

I wonder how he’d react to “Exploding Elderly”

[@mattminus]

I want "I'm Rich Evans. I've gotten laid, you can do it" merchandise.

[@bradypahl]

As a t-shirt

[@marcobreur.]

+Brady Pahl As a bed sheet

[@nezfromhki]

+Matt Minus Best motivational speech ever

[@deaconblues_]

As a condom

[@tom-vf1xv]

I wouldn't want anything to do with what he's getting laid with, no offense.

[@aaccount24]

Jack's unbridled enthusiasm at seeing an animated camel is what we need in these troubled times.

[@OreoTheWolf]

I remember a National Geographic (or some other similar educational organization, I forget for sure) video that showed similar footage of prairie dogs being disintegrated with sniper rifles. My degenerate 9th grade science teacher played it in class. A bunch of the female students started crying. Shout outs to public education.

[@SpeedTiberius]

+OreoTheWolf I feel lucky being the first person to like this comment.

[@doublebassman123]

the fuck you talking about "degenerate" give that teacher a Nobel prize!

[@JJ_1x]

That sounds awesome. I'm not sure why you wouldn't like that. Sounds like you had degenerates in the class who couldn't handle explodin varmints

[@CokenOpi]

+OreoTheWolf maybe you should take rich evans advice and grow a backbone

[@Webby125]

+OreoTheWolf That sounds fucking hilarious.

[@AaronAaron247]

Yes!!! Something to fill the void of howling emptiness that is my pathetic life with my fake friends!!

[@Stagesylvania]

Yay!

[@synthidOW]

Just what I need!

[@AaronAaron247]

+Synthid ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ I read that in a Mario voice from Mario kart

[@synthidOW]

+Aaron M I don't blame you XD

[@rodrigocastro3394]

yay

[@kourii]

RLM missed over perhaps the most humourous part of that 'tribute' to Larry Lonik, which was the revelation that his brothers are named Barry and Gary. What a family

[@bafrali5561]

A family of cousins.

[@mrscruffles801]

What's wrong with those names

[@kourii]

@@mrscruffles801 Nothing's wrong with them, but it's three brothers named Barry, Gary, and Larry

[@mrscruffles801]

@@kourii That's how all siblings should be named

[@FlymanMS]

No Billy Bob?

[@breadcanful5365]

Its good to know there are other people who really hate Jimmy Fallon.

[@spartacus778]

we don't hate him. he's a legitimate good guy. but he's billed as being funny and hip and he's definitely fucking neither of those things

[@breadcanful5365]

spartacus778 Who is we?

[@spartacus778]

The universal "we," as in the general public

[@breadcanful5365]

spartacus778 Weird how you speak for them.

[@wyrmh0le]

+barfyman362 Fair enough, I agree. So let's restate: People like me hate Jimmy Fallon's entertainment career and that he still has one.

[@cb1671]

"No animals were harmed during the filming of this video."

[@AlexFenrirGochad]

the entire time they talked about it, that was my main thought, how hilarious that text would have been.

[@John_Smith_Dumfugg]

I love how Rich Evans' laugh is like a mix between an exotic bird and a cackling witch

[@lmaolmao5587]

They really underestimated how long the Flint water joke would be topical and overestimated the state of Michigan's ability to stop fucking up even after being caught fucking up.

[@alicekliewer]

Squirrel Girl That's exactly what I was thinking

[@duffmanohno1446]

The roads should have been a good indication on how it was going to be handled in flint.

[@indefenestrible8196]

i live about 40 miles from Flint and i still occasionally get shared videos in my FB feed from Flint citizens begging the government to help them.

[@rosiethefeeder3085]

I live five minutes from Flint Michigan and even drank from the water before it was revealed that it was contaminated. I can safely say that it fucking sucks here and the government really has no fucking idea how to fix the piping system. It's going to cost them literally billions down the road to fix the infrastructure.

[@keyboardwarrior327]

That joke will be topical until 2019 at the minimum! Thanks, Flint government!

[@supremeilluminator]

When Mike says "a lot of bad things happened on September of 2001." the screen should have been filled with posters for movies like Glitter with Mariah Carey, The Musketeer, Jekyll and Hyde The Musical with David Hasselhoff and so on.

[@Tunaboy45]

+The Movie Dealers Nickelback's Silver Side Up also dropped on September 11, that's definitely worth mentioning

[@DevilSurvivor69]

+Tunaboy45 Former fan of them lol? I didn't know that and I don't find them that bad to be honest.

[@michaelianbone]

+The_Movie_Dealers Don't knock Zoolander that shit is hilarious. "THIS IS A CENTER FOR ANTS!"

[@rookwall8697]

Hey now, The Musketeer wasn't that bad, just bad casting of the leads.

[@way2dead4u]

fun (and horrible) fact: the Exploding Varmints was filmed on my family’s property in Northern California, AKA the Frost Stump Ranch! it’s been in the family for generations (i’m the eighth if I recall). we had a SERIOUS gopher problem in the 80s/90s and my grandpa knew this guy, so he helped take care of it. one of the .22s he used was my great grandfather’s. sadly, the property burned down in August 2021, so if anyone has a copy of this tape I would kill to own it and yeah, this is really the way most ranchers get rid of gophers. genuinely they put pipe bombs underground to get rid of them. it’s horrifying.

[@dubvuchyea502]

Its actually awesome

[@Riley_Mundt]

It may be "horrifying", but your family will know better than most that it is necessary.

[@justin-ht9gy]

how did they get rid of the wendigo?

[@alexowen6627]

How much Cum did the guy leave behind?

[@OhNoJoshEdits]

Zac Baggins

[@CaliClapper]

"I'm writing you a prescription for a rope". Rich killed it.

[@digitalintent]

A clown is walking through the woods at night with a 9 year old boy. The boy tells the clown that the woods are scary. The clown looks down at the boy and says "You're telling me. I have to walk out of here alone."

[@icelightknusper]

You mixed it up. In the real joke it's not a clown, but a rapist. But yeah, it's kind of the same thing. Cllaaauuuuunssss...

[@TwoDogger]

Oh so its Bill Cosby

[@dereinarmigemasseur]

In "Blue Valentine" Michelle Williams is telling Ryan Gosling this joke.

[@MaximumMadnessStixon]

What's 20 inches long and makes women scream? ...sudden infant death syndrome.

[@SxTxferlife]

MaximumMadnessStixon holy shit this made me laugh then i felt horrible for doing so. 10/10 perfect joke tho

[@zombiechewer4264]

13:45 Jacks face is shocked at what he sees until it slowly turns to pure joy to watch things he’s only dreamed of. He hides his delight from the others because they “wouldn’t understand”

[@silentgreen201]

He grew up on a farm so he probably has personal experience with shooting rodents

[@MrHEC381991]

Somewhere in George Lucas' vault there's a video called Exploding Ewoks.

[@MrHEC381991]

No because we've already seen them.

[@DeMomcalypseLive]

MrHEC381991 sounds like a fan animation

[@MrHEC381991]

No seriously; legend has it George hires a dozen midgets a year to dress up as Ewoks and run around his ranch so he can blow their heads off with a .50 calibre sniper rifle lol

[@roberteaston42]

And Slaughtering Jawas in Single File

[@irishmanrants89]

MrHEC381991 and not just the men, but the women and children, too!

[@k.morningstar7983]

3:19 You so rarely see Mike's genuine adoration of Rich and why he really enjoys the guy's presence (I mean, in the last Wheel of the Worst he was cuddled up on his little teddy bear) but this moment really seems to show Mike regressing into a child from Rich's joke. Fuck that laugh reminds me of an actual baby. Like he actually DOES have a soul.

[@SteffiHenri1992]

Thank you for pointing this out! I've been binging their videos in no particular order and the Mike's bullying of Rich was starting to get too much to the point I was beginning to think it was serious. But in these cute moments you see that they're just really good friends and it's all just a bit. I love it

[@patrickmalec8419]

the best part of BOTW episodes is that you can revisit them at least once a year and still be thoroughly entertained

[@Xpwnxage]

More frequently than that

[@AvengerBB1]

To be fair, I've lost count how many times I've been through the whole playlist since I found RLM about 4 years ago. lol I get why they don't, but I'd be in heaven if they had daily content like a lot of other channels. An occasional BoTW live would be an amazing treat.

[@paulsneddon1234]

everytime i think i have the volume low enough to compensate for rich's laugh, it never ever is...

[@DinnerBells]

Especially on a phone.

[@quantumblauthor7300]

Heavens-piercing

[@DavidLand91]

Is Space Cop on the wheel?

[@specter1893]

+Asagi Igawa Fancy meeting you here

[@specter1893]

+Asagi Igawa I enjoy all sorts of manners of Hack Frauds, be they best friends or Milwaukee gun control freaks

[@specter1893]

+Asagi Igawa Those trigger warning jokes are the absolute best. Speaking of Hack Frauds, do you swear your allegiance to and thank God for the King of the Frauds: Jim Fucking Sterling son?

[@specter1893]

+Asagi Igawa Really now? He's a personal favorite of mine

[@linkmacloud]

+David Land S A V A G E

[@eldiablobutnottheonefromsu7206]

I love how blunt the description is. "Mike, Jay, Jack, and Rich Evans spin the wheel and get three terrible films."

[@TheInsideVideo]

"Ironically he fell down the stairs." lol

[@bomberjoe9166]

I loved it when Mike was on the verge of tears from watching the vermin explode

[@the_dpad]

"It's already out of date by the time you watch this video." Mid-2019 checking in. Sadly still not out of date three and a half years later...

[@floydlooney6837]

and no city leader was ever jailed?

[@yourneighbor6152]

Doing any better Michigan? Well wishes from California. We know you hate us, but we love you

[@fluffyking94]

December 2020 here. Still isn't fixed. But that's been the least of our problems, eh?

[@billprince3559]

January 2025 and still not fixed, but hey, a Cybertuck blew up in front of Trump tower Vegas today.

[@Lifelover992011]

That trick in the How to be cool at Parties vid, the one where the guy twists his two hands around at 24:28, my mom showed that to me and my little brother when I was 7. My brother broke his index finger trying to figure it out and today I found out how it works - thanks, redlettermedia.

[@4321IronMaiden]

52:30 Mike looking depressed surrounded by his friends laughing their asses off is my spirit animal

[@Triforcefilms]

If you dont Start Selling Redletter Pint glasses again, I swear!... I'll just drink outta something else i guess...:-(

[@Triforcefilms]

@@BeczaBot but I'll be slightly put off by it!

[@Triforcefilms]

@Zylo Wolf 2.0 thanks dude!

[@DistractedGlobeGuy]

Well, you know, me personally, I'd recommend a comically large hip flask.

[@wjlasloThe2nd]

"I got lost in thought, thinking about just beating somebody's head in, like with the back end of a rifle" - Rich Evans, Feb 2016 "Our fans are interested in AIDs, and 9/11. And Star Wars. The big three." - Rich Evans, Feb 2016

[@blastinus3714]

So would Exploding Varmints count as a snuff film?

[@suttree3233]

Nah, I think they'd have to have sex with the varmints before exploding them for it to be a snuff film.

[@inkshermit9055]

Nah snuff is just videos of human murder, besides people get off to that shit thats why theres a whole section but usually there's rape first. But other times you just get live beheadings, dismemberment, etc.

[@sevatarlives185]

Only if ur donger hard when u wacth it boioioioiiiiiing. Here my peepee asplodin a varmint of it's own: ( ) ):::::::::::::::D~~~ ✩ Otherwise it's just a hunting instructional video. I can only climax looking into suffocating fishes' faces though, so there's a lid for every pot I guess.

[@soupernova1998]

@@sevatarlives185 Nice Etiquette

[@SoullessCast]

I worked surveying Prairie Dogs for the USFS a few years ago, and while I understand the need to kill them when they interfere in ranching, the pure, recreational joy people got in just killing them in the field kinda got to me. Prairie Dogs are social animals, and they have genuine behavior to care about each other (though I won't sugarcoat it, they'll also eat their dead when times get tough). The thing was, the people I talked to really didn't usually have a stake in the game or cattle they were worried about, they just wanted to shoot living targets. This was on National Grassland, where we strictly monitored the populations and told them "No, these animals have already been decimated by the plague, come back in a few years". It's just fucking weird to me, that people take pleasure in killing things for sport, when they have no stake in them and it can even harm other animals. The drop in P-Dog towns really hurt Burrowing Owls and Swift Fox in that area, and the Black-Footed Ferret in others.... I hesitate to call them psychopaths, but at the very least they clearly don't understand the cascading interactions of ecology.

[@Jokoko2828]

I think you're free to say that people who enjoy murdering other living beings for sport have something wrong with them, anyone trying to cope by saying it's how they get in touch with their masculinity isn't worth listening to.

[@carolyns4519]

The Donner Party ate their dead, too. Possibly on that same prarie as the dogs.

[@Mister_Clean]

To be fair, there's a certain enjoyment in hunting anything. It's engraved in our DNA, in the same way a cat enjoys murdering mice and lizards, or a dog loves tearing the shit out of a chew toy. Hunting dozens of invasive hogs in Texas was the most fun I've ever had. And there's nothing wrong with that. Humans understand the need to deal with infestations. No shame in those endorphins. But yeah, Prarie dogs are cute and I wouldn't ever shoot one...

[@tommyc4641]

People that like this don’t care about the impact on ecology.

[@nin_ocho]

@@Mister_Clean Frankly I'd say it has more to do with cultural belief systems than a primal satisfaction from hunting. Plenty of cultures don't take satisfaction in it, but understand it as a necessity for nutritional needs.

[@roberthrodebert9263]

That last spin was like a presidential election.

[@calaphasto]

+Robert's Art Studio How do you think they elected William Howard Taft?

[@kill4monney213]

+Robert's Art Studio And the Exploding varmints video is how to replace those presidents.

[@Craplatte]

+Robert's Art Studio ...in Russia

[@Bloggerboy1000]

+calaphasto TAFT YOU FUCK!

[@Usagi1992]

fuckin' a well told :P

[@justadamisfine8005]

34:29 One of the best off the cuff Rich Evans moments, the pure shock and confusion from Jay is just perfect

[@robk.6591]

7:50 Rich throws shade at the Coz 9:01 Camels not included 12:45 Rigged!!! Shenanigans!!! 13:59 Catchy tagline 14:14 - 15:44 Carnage montage 15:57 📼 #1 18:56 Rich goes downstairs 20:25 Rich's favorite party trick 23:00 What Cosby taught the kids 26:12 📼 #2 27:06 NSFW 29:33 Mike's Jimmy Fallon jokes 31:33 Rich shames people 31:55 Rich's inspirational message for us all 33:00 Prescription for a rope 😄 36:16 RLM's demographic 37:10 📼 #3 40:02 Guilty pleasure laughter 45:25 I'll be back...for varmints 46:14 I have to return some video tapes...and remove varmints 47:51 BOTW

[@sakurasam420]

Lmao that exploding varmints tape got 1000x more disturbing once the guy started laughing about it and said it was "excellent". Like hes really laughing and having a good time from exploding small animals.

[@lawcane]

Sassy Driving Lad there's tons of videos of people shooting prairie dogs, hunting coyotes with dogs, while they laugh maniacally and tell horrible jokes like 'uh oh here comes his friend checking him out huh huh huh'. And just because I think those guys are creeps and weirdos doesn't mean I'm some dummy that thinks it isn't necessary. The comments are just creepy. And people that sit there watching these videos getting off are creeps.

[@luiscolin7775]

The most pathetic part is that these men feel manly about shooting defenseless little things...

[@lawcane]

Luis Colin And like they said in the video, it has nothing to do with the guy wanting to protect his neighbors crops or livestock. He just wants to kill little creatures while he giggles and breathes heavily.

[@jonq8714]

Those motherfuckers belong on a watch list.

[@ajpoopieschitz]

meh, fuck prairie dogs. I understand your sentiment but growing up on a farm you learn to hate prairie dogs and realize how disastrous they are. If this was shooting other animals I'd prolly feel the same way as you, but not with these goddamn asshole prairie dogs.

[@pineiro95f80]

I love the last shot of this video, where jay, jack and rich are lauging theyr asses off while mike stares with a doomed face realizing what a horrible world he lives in

[@artcrime2999]

Mikes face during exploding Varmints is one of the few times you see him show actual emotion. He looks so sad

[@skillful101]

Rich Evans is a national treasure!

[@EvansFanily]

Khal Drogo Rich Evans is sexuality made flesh.

[@josephglatz25]

How to recognize different types of mushrooms from a very short distance away. Number 1: The morel, the morel, the morel And now, number 1: the morel, the morel, the morel.

[@FiendsLikeThese]

So the morel of the story is don’t eat mushrooms you find in the woods after watching this video

[@captainforrix956]

34:30 Rich Evans experiences a sudden Vietnam flashback, and his close friends recoil in sheer horror

[@tatehammontree2636]

Underrated moment

[@JimSelfisHere]

Ok, gotta say this about shooting pest animals. 1. The Exploding Varmints guy isn't a hunter. Hunters don't take joy in exploding living things. Look at any serious hunters' website, and you will see them talking about the ethics of hunting and the importance of a good, clean kill where the animal doesn't suffer. Whatever rounds EV guy was shooting at those varmints were way, way too much. A low-powered .22 would have been plenty and it wouldn't have exploded them. He chose to explode them rather than just kill them. Also, the guy is using a powerful scope even though he is only firing at medium range. He just wanted to see exploding animals up close, not to hunt or exterminate them. Exploding Varmints is basically just GORE PORN. 2. Poison is usually not very humane at all. Poisons don't cause the animal to lie down and fall into an endless sleep. Usually they do something terrible like rupture the blood vessels in the lungs so that the animal drowns in their own blood, or blocks up their intestines so that they explode after days and days of excruciating pain. Awful stuff. And, worse yet, if something like a carrion bird or coyote eats the poisoned corpse, they can also be poisoned and suffer the same painful death. Spreading deadly poison all over your land isn't a very humane or ethical or environmentally friendly or intelligent choice. 3. A good, clean kill is a quick kill, preferably instantaneous, that doesn't dismember the animal or cause any unneeded suffering. Guns are very good at that. Some traps are, too, depending on the animal and the trap, but traps aren't usually practical for land with hundreds of varmints. The only good solution is a quick death at range. 4. Varmints aren't harmless. They're being killed because they cause harm to cattle and property, and in some cases can be dangerous to people.

[@oneandy2]

+Jim Self You don't make clean kills by using the least powerful cartridge you can get away with using. That's actually the worst way to ensure a humane kill. And no, you can't humanely hunt prairie dogs with .22lr. Typical shots on prairie dogs happen at 300 or more yards. Go try to shoot a tin can with your 10/22 from 300 yards. Tell me about how you're going to make a heart/lung shot on a 5 pound rodent at 300 yards with a .22lr. Because that's what you're going to have to do to humanely take them with a .22lr As opposed to shooting them with an extremely high velocity round with a projectile specifically made for shooting varmints at long range, where you can hit them pretty much anywhere on their body for an instant kill.

[@oneandy2]

+fatbeer85 Varmint rounds ARE typically SMALL caliber rounds propelled at extreme velocity. A 50 to 60 gr 5.56 moving around 3200 fps muzzle velocity would make a little critter explode, easily. In fact, that IS a popular varmint hunting round. And no, a .50 cal round will not kill something via near miss. And they don't issue 5.56 to soldiers to be humane to enemy soldiers. They do it because it does the job just as good in any situation the average soldier is likely to be in as the previous standard issue ammo, but it's smaller and lighter so they can carry more of it. That's what's called an Apples to Oranges analogy (human warfare vs prairie dog hunting). You might get a few shots at prairie dogs at 50 yards. If it's some place that's never been hunted. 200-300 or more yards is alot more typical. The "gore" is irrelevant to the critter's feelings. They're using high velocity rounds because they shoot flatter, further, and impart alot of energy on a small area. That's varmint hunting. The only thing using less powerful ammo would do is alleviate the suffering of the people who can't stand to watch graphic violence. It's fine if graphic violence isn't your thing. Just don't conflate your feelings with the critters'. I guarantee you, a prairie dog exploded into a million pieces feels alot less pain for a shorter time than one who gets mortally wounded and then crawls off somewhere to bleed to death.

[@toejam119]

+fatbeer85 "And again, that guy was within 100 meters of his target. a .22 rifle would have sufficed." the exploding round ensures virtually painless instant death, .22 doesn't, so why would you tone down?

[@JimSelfisHere]

So I talked to a guy that knew a lot more about this than I did. He says it's common to use an outsized round when killing varmints. You WANT the overkill to make sure you don't just wound the critter. With larger creatures it would be inhumane, because they'd be more likely to survive a while before succumbing to the wound, and with game of course you want to preserve the meat. With little ones, you just want to make 100% sure they're dead, period. Still, this doesn't change the fact that EV Guy is getting off on exploding small animals. Heck, I'd laugh too, but I wouldn't go around saying "Oh yeah man, I love this! This is excellent!"

[@oneandy2]

+fatbeer85 First of all, no a .50 cal round cannot dismember someone from a near miss. I've shot bolt action .50s, and never once have I seen it destroy the target stand. That's because it's a myth that you've never witnessed and are only repeating from other people who never witnessed it. You have no idea what range the guy was at. Considering it was 500 shots, I'm guessing it was alot of different ranges. Most of which were probably not within 100 yards. You're right. He wasn't "hunting." Personally, I wouldn't touch a Prairie dog. They're known to carry fleas that carry bubonic plague. I'd let the scavengers have the remains.

[@alexthorpe2522]

Rich Evans is a treasure and I won't hear a bad word against him

[@Nomadsword]

+Alex Thorpe is he the one that sounds like a fat man humping a balloon when he laughs?

[@TripleX205]

+ZeroHazard Yeah, the one who sounds like a school girl.

[@iansantos7461]

You can really see Mike felt so bad for those exploding animals

[@blodus4521]

The Morrell madness website is really something. Its all pictures of mushrooms and the occasional post about a dead family member

[@ghouldishanimal]

That "HIV AIDS and Older Women" being about old women who take care of AIDS patients sounds like a sitcom in the Robocop universe.

[@DirtyFrigginHarry]

As a gun nut who is fascinated by and extremely familiar with game dressing, meat processing, terminal ballistics, and ammunition and has been around some "rough around the edges" experts in such fields, there is a genuine bit of "this guy seems like a secondary season antagonist for Dexter" to that exploding varmints guy

[@retsuza]

Reading and rereading this comment before and after watching the exploding varmints stuff had me dying of laughter, thank you

[@skapunkkid17]

videotape stored in direct sunlight? good thING IT'S WEARING SUNGLASSES!!!!!!!!!!

[@YourLoyalDeserter]

Imagine Taxi Driver if it was actually made by Travis Bickle. That's what Exploding Varmints is.

[@samuelhatlestad6676]

This is trippy because my kindgarten teacher told us she accidentally ordered Exploding Varmints instead of an educational video about Prairie dogs 😂

[@sprybug]

XD

[@duckduck168]

Yeah, your kindergarten teacher told you, a bunch of 5 and 6 year olds that.... Yep, I believe it....

[@demilung]

"Oh no, I thought it said "exploring " oh nooo..."

[@prosthoplus]

"accidentally"

[@Ameliapetrified]

It literally says "exploding" and shows a prairie dog in a crosshair. So sure, unless your kindergarten teacher was secretely another student, this didnt happen.

[@SignedDiamond]

Frankie Pace looks like Jason Alexander cosplayed as Danny DeVito.

[@Momohhhhhh]

Dylan Gelinas holy shit, this is great

[@Momohhhhhh]

Oh god, where am I? What year is it?

[@bergonath8851]

Rich can cure AIDS with his laughter.

[@JacobHillSBD]

Bergonath Rich Evans can cure AIDs by shouting AIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDS

[@langweiligesprofil4926]

He also can give You AIDS laughing

[@banzaiboy1597]

Ironic. He could save others from AIDS... but not himself.

[@dr.jacksonbright5723]

He can also make infants survive SIDS.

[@flynnjaman]

Rich can cure laughter with his AAAIIIIIIIIDDDDDDSSSSSSSSS

[@josepher9071]

13:29 - For some reason, the way he recognizes the absurdity of the bit he's doing and silently goes into a giggle fit sends my sides into orbit.

[@oneandy2]

Great episode. Jack, a "grain" is a unit of weight. A grain is 1/7000th of a pound. It can refer to either the weight of the bullet, or the weight of the charge of power (how much powder) in the cartridge. That said, "splodin" the varmints is about the only way to do it, humanely. You can't poison them, because it will harm scavengers as secondary consumers of the poison. This is why the EPA has gone after rat poison in recent years, forcing them to severely reduce the strength of their products. I sure as hell wouldn't record, edit, and market a video of myself blowing away varmints and making creepy commentary. That really doesn't do the shooting sports or hunting any good, as the RLM crew reactions can attest.

[@stephanieuknow790]

im convinced Exploding Varmints is from Interdementional Cable

[@SH1N1NGG0LD]

Rich: "I thought you were drinking water from Flint, Michigan!" Mike: "Heyooo, topical! Already out of date by the time you watch this video!" almost 2 and a half years later and...nope

[@fluffyking94]

Near 2 years after your comment. 😓 still nothing.

[@user-zf3fc9tn5k]

"I'm Rich Evans! I've gotten laid, you can do it!" That is my new favorite quote ever.

[@BodanReykjavik]

what if Exploding Varmints Part 2 is told from the prairie dogs' perspective, like Watership Down.

[@KaiserSynd1918]

Or like Letter's from Iwo Jima and the other fuckin' movie, Flags of our Fathers?

[@leolinmalachi]

"It bursts all of its blood and guts and skeleton all over the place" Jack I've always loved you

[@pabloschaffner9419]

The first time I heard Rich's laugh I thought I might not be able to cope with it. Now, it's the best sound in the world :)

[@gorway6807]

strange how that happens

[@Mmmmilo]

I thought that Rich’s mushroom joke was highly immorel.

[@garshtoshteles]

28:38 the way Mike says "just inTOLerably long" makes me laugh heartily every single time and I've seen this at least 8 times

[@THEdominicmitchell]

Rich Evans is my spirit animal.

[@valysheev]

littletubs no I am

[@JoeJently]

"Now Everybody likes him" "Nobody likes him" the Jimmy Fallen roast had me FALLEN on the floor laughing

[@spitefulraven]

Motherlode is okay by me, just a weird guy whose really, really passionate about mushrooms with a nice soundtrack of traditional Irish jig...the song is called "Saddle the Pony", if anyone is wondering.

[@charlottecorday8494]

This is why I read KZbin comments still. I was so curious what that music is, thanks!

[@JonClem310]

Really wanted to see hanging with Leo. Dissapointed:(

[@EldritchAugur]

+ClemMedia I really wanted to see how to seduce women through hypnosis :( Guess I'll never get laid now.

[@randyw617]

+Kolbe Howard If Rich Evans can get laid, you can too!

[@s4yanora]

+Kolbe Howard You're better off not knowing. Besides, you'd have to fight Rich for mating rights.

[@menachemsachemrobotscowitz2794]

The boys created a "Meme Inception" with this video, already. Adding Leonardo DeCaprio may have constituted a copyright violation.

[@matman000000]

+ClemMedia It looks like a prequel to The Wolf of Wall Street.

[@edouard2895]

So, in the first 7 minutes of the show, you made jokes about aids, charlie sheen, september 11, Bill Cosby and roofies! Iove you guys :-)

[@ALDO_GOODENS]

Talk about efficiency!

[@auterbug]

My sister and I had that first tape and would rewind the part of the lady pretending to be attacked by a dog because we thought it was so funny. Good times lol.

[@IEnjoyBeingNaked]

Alright, another Friday night hanging out with my best friends, the Red Letter Media crew!

[@spartacus778]

it's fiiiiiiiine

[@sjoerddondersteen1337]

+Asagi Igawa & to you, nice taste in inanimate desires. 👌🌚

[@UpUpBobby]

I'm watching this in 2032, the day after Mike Stoklasa's death from his failed battle with alcoholism. And don't forget Rich Evans, who passed away in 2021 from crippling diabetes.

[@billpaulson5941]

I heard Rich went into diabetic shock at the 3rd annual Milwaukee Tums Festival

[@Taidehaamu]

Ian of Water They fixed their water system in 2026, but it got attacked by the cult or Breen in 2029 when they poured anthrax in to the water system killing most of the population.

[@alynch1517]

Fake. Don't you know old people always pass on a year or so after their partner from broken hearts? No way Mike would last eleven years!

[@toweypat]

Roni Vornanen but isn't that immoral?

[@AFarmerCalledChicken]

dethtoposers20 still fucked

[@maloneymaloney5204]

DON'T WORRY, RICH, THE FLINT MICHIGAN JOKE IS STILL RELEVANT

[@alexsynndri6339]

Wow Rich has lost a lot of weight.... good job mate, keep it up!

[@mickyblue011]

Aussie?

[@alexsynndri6339]

+Kristen ingram Brit

[@altratronic]

+Alexander Humphreys Rich got laid one time in his life and he got AIDS. Some people just can't win.

[@Tunaboy45]

That's just the AIIIIIIIIDS

[@YourHumbleNarrator]

Watching this in 2017, water in Flint still looks like that. Your jokes are timeless.

[@carmovision]

could you imagine a VHS called "Hanging With Leo Fong"

[@sprocket0077]

Nooooo the varmints what the fuuuuck!! I'm crying and laughing hysterically at the same time

[@ToastyMozart]

"Grains" are just a weird unit of measurement for weight (0.065g per grain) used in reference to the weight of a bullet and/or the amount of propellent in the cartridge. Naturally a heavier bullet and/or more powder behind it gives a bit more punch on hit, but it has relatively little to do with its explodiness. The main factor in whether things splatter all over the place or not is the bullet's shape: Hollow points balloon outwards on impact which makes the wound more damaging at the cost of the ability to penetrate hard surfaces like a standard "ball" round would. Specially-made "varmint" rounds are frangible (extra explody), which is probably what led to the rather macabre results in that video. The guy's a nut for having as much fun popping prairie dogs as he did (not to mention recording it), though I'm not sure I'd call it cruel per se since the animals were too busy scattering to the winds to suffer. A slow torturous death by poisoning doesn't really strike me as being more humane than "there one moment, gone the next".

[@Mace907]

Frangible ammo isn't "extra explody", it's pressed from what is essentially fine powder so that when it hits a hard object, it will shatter into a cloud of dust instead of ricocheting off or turning into shrapnel. Very specific situations aside, you do not typically shoot frangible ammo anywhere except at a gun range. Varmint rounds are typically ballistic tip, which is essentially the same thing as hollow point ammo with a plastic tip stuck into the hollow point to make the ammo more aerodynamic and more reliable feeding and cycling in firearms designed for ball ammo with a sharp point to it like 5.56 and such.

[@KetchupOverdose]

“I thought you were drinking water from Flint, Michigan.” “Already out of date by the time you’re watching this.” Surprisingly, Mike, no not at all out of date..... sadly.

[@ssouriaa]

the mushroom vid is made for a very specific audience and that audience happens to be 3 people