Boomer Fight! Shatner VS RLM Explained!

[@reflectingh9997]

The funniest thing out of all this is that he SPECIFICALLY singled out Mike to bully, the biggest star trek fan of RLM.

[@doctorhandsome]

and the biggest bully

[@markcharron]

Shatner's seen Mike's type before many times

[@lorddevilfish5868]

He doesn’t want to invoke the wrathful vengeance of the almighty Rich Evans

[@brandonburum8279]

Captains can pick out their own.

[@caiosoares2834]

@@lorddevilfish5868 _ominous Rich Evans' laugh is heard in distance..._

[@mfs9470]

alternate title: jay laughs at Mike's idol bullying him

[@johnchris7278]

How embarrassing!

[@BunchaFrames]

poor mike :(

[@whodatninja439]

Mike was legit about to cry 😭😭😭

[@floydlooney6837]

So basically this is the RLM fans fault?

[@user-bg9gj2cd4o]

Iconic lol

[@brbqsauce]

"Violent old man psychologically abuses innocent 40 y.o. kids"

[@anti0918]

Is Shatner replacing Plinkett?

[@Dorian-_-Gray]

Why didn't anyone tell me about You Tube ...... I've been trying to figure out where everyone went for 15 years........

[@planetBheen]

He was 40 years old … a fucking kid…

[@SkandiaAUS]

​@@planetBheenuntil that animal Shatner ...

[@somefuckinchump]

can't even say his name...

[@CarlSlime]

Jay: How do you keep track of all this Star Trek information Also Jay when he sees a third of the left ass cheek of an actor in the background of a scene in a movie from 1973: Oh hey that's Farnrio Duglijohnny from Hookers Shit On Hitler's Grave Volume 3.

[@charlottecorday8494]

This comment is way too underrated

[@milly-sy4bc]

Best comment on RLM channel

[@spillanegottleib1681]

How do I find this movie

[@GurdevSeepersaud]

This is the single greatest sequence of words I've ever read

[@wesker911]

lmao so true.

[@StephanDallaPria]

I love how all RLM's interactions with the mainstream are basically awkward misunderstandings.

[@stupled]

Like a sitcom

[@horusreloaded6387]

So they misunderstand movies reviewed on Half in the Bag?

[@jrp7837]

*Cue "Curb Your Enthusiasm" theme*

[@werallgonnadi3035]

You having a rough day, little buddy?

[@MartinThmpsn]

Jay Bee I dare not ask what SMV means. I don’t want to be any more involved with whatever subculture birthed it than I already am by having read it.

[@wil627]

The eternal struggle Mike faces between loving Star Trek, and hating the elderly.

[@cyruskarloff7219]

The older Stoklasa gets...

[@playedout148]

And recently hating star trek....

[@juicedgoose]

He doesn't hate the elderly, he envies them

[@aarondavis8943]

@@juicedgoose He doesn't envy them, either. He _IS_ them.

[@cmillerg6306]

No... only mega egos like The Shat.

[@Keihzaru]

Imagine gowing up being a Star Trek nerd, probably getting bullied, then becoming a sucessfull internet personality and then the star of Star Trek starts bullying you on twitter.

[@random_name3977]

It's like a super villain origin story.

[@janh.2786]

The circle is complete.

[@Keihzaru]

@@cakestalker Hey thanks for explaining the video I just commented on. Really needed your helpful summary because I couldn't tell that's what happened ny myself. You go champ!

[@applesandgrapesfordinner4626]

@@random_name3977 "SYNDROME, YOUR NEMESIS!"

[@Robo983]

Now Mike knows how Wil Wheaton felt.

[@robertofartois959]

The fact that the Nerd Crew happened to be Shat's first experience of RLM means that this relationship was doomed from the start.

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

Isn’t it ironic that RLM make silly show to make fun of other people and it end up backfiring in them?

[@toggtlas7099]

@marvelous LIE Maybe, but if you only watch the first 30 seconds I can see it happening. Some podcasts really be that bad and awkward.

[@BlueSpiceSpace]

Very cool!

[@fookinkoont]

@@BlueSpiceSpace Very cool!

[@tomgann9383]

Shatner’s ego won’t allow him to admit his preconceived notions and first impressions were wrong. His delicate little psyche can’t handle a mistake.

[@Apollomasque]

Mike being personally burned and derided by an actor he admires, who was directly responsible for a pop-culture franchise he loves and has invested a lot of time into, is possibly the only logical conclusion for the sins that RLM has committed. Now all we need is John Carpenter to kick Jay in the sack.

[@NealX_Gaming]

And then George Lucas firebombs their warehouse.

[@WanJae42]

In politics and showbiz, all attention is good attention.

[@lowserver2]

Maybe David Lynch publicly bullying jay

[@mastercomputerGO]

I heard Neal Breen is suing for the rights to Rich Evans skeleton :(

[@FredCracklin]

Cameron Mitchell rises from the grave just to take a shit on their tape room floor and use the Gremlins 2 hand to wipe his ass.

[@gustavomattos2016]

Rich has been humilliated by Ellen and Julia Roberts and Mike has been humilliated by his hero, William Shatner. Jay better be prepared for whatever is coming for him.

[@ElvenRaptor]

@@vald808 Now I'm just imagining Jay waking up in the Red Lodge.

[@vaughnmonroejr.7122]

That's more than I know about Rich

[@Marinealver]

@@vald808 Half in the Bag: Dune is going to be epic

[@James_Earl_Cash]

John Waters ranting on Jay's magnificent beard

[@Jbb6782]

Johnny Depp as Jay Bauman in: Disney’s Twin Peaks. Directed by Tim Burton.

[@jacobp-i.5738]

“Mike, some day in the not-too-distant future, you are really going to get your comeuppance.” - Rich Evans

[@LightBrand]

This is what is called foreshadowing

[@stevenwishman737]

O_O wow

[@CaptainPancakes]

Rich was always saying his comeuppance was that Mike would be elderly soon. He didn't literally mean the elderly would make fun of him. And that that elderly person would be one of his personal heros.

[@nickchavarria8052]

Nicholas Julian we misinterpreted the seer rich evans prophecy.

[@DroolingLizard]

PLOT TWIST: Rich Evans handles Mr. Shatner's Twitter and is behind this whole mess as revenge for years of abuse from Mike

[@SpawnRevenge92]

Macaulay Culkin tweeting Shatner about how the RLM appearances are fun is pretty wholesome. He tried.

[@alesin1992]

I imagine young Mike watching Home Alone, not knowing that this kid will someday argue for him before Captain Kirk.

[@samlosco8441]

@@alesin1992 that’s a mindfuck

[@GOLDFISH817]

@@alesin1992that’s so funny hahaha

[@necromech_]

reality is collapsing

[@WeWantBears]

It being revealed that Shatner really DID just *hire a scummy cryptocurrency CEO to be his social media persona* and Twitter account manager is even more hilarious. Mike never even had Bill's total attention.

[@MajorFret]

So Mike took advantage of some twitter nonsense just to subject Jay to more Star Trek talk? Nice.

[@chrissullivan6403]

Yeah it seemed like Mike was the one suffering.

[@peybak]

Half of this video is Mike explaining the set up to a deep-cut Star Trek the next generation joke...

[@martyjehovah]

@@peybak lol, and the joke having its setup deeply explained is just the lead in to the actual joke that caused offense.

[@MitchMako]

Basically yes XD

[@noahmay7708]

@@dontpanic1812 Is this an elaborate joke? It's starting to seem that way but the writing is just so convincing. In the off-chance that you aren't joking, I don't see the teeth gritting on Jays face and he's laughing in the video. Mike's Star Trek knowledge is mostly just a gag at this point.

[@RaSkipper]

Plot twist: Rich Evans was hired to run Shatner's twitter and finally figured out how to get back at Mike

[@luckyspurs]

If Shatner tweets out support for Rich Evans (even if he doesn't know who he is) Mike might just die.

[@boredfartless4221]

There would be more "Oh My Gaaaaaad"s if that were true. Rich has a limited range

[@rydermccall3590]

Who’s Rich? He sounds like a good guy: I hope they have him on the show sometime. 😁

[@Synecdoche09]

i have decided this is true

[@yam83]

This is the twist we need.

[@samhutch7679]

Mike: "My heart can't take it, okay?" Jay: *laughs uncontrollably*

[@deadflowers7017]

Proper response

[@thirdeyenz]

Well Mike laughed when Jay fell over recently so he owes him one :)

[@Iukini]

This is the way of RLM

[@kyotheman69]

id just be laughing, clearly Shatner is trolling or totally clueless, pick one

[@averagejoe225]

I laughed even harder than him

[@ryanmartin6580]

It’s a fascinating mix of tragedy and comedy when Mike is close to tears reflecting on the pain one of his childhood heroes has inflicted on him while all Jay can do is laugh at the absolute absurdity of it all.

[@JaredWeiler]

Poor Mike. Everything he loves has forsaken him.

[@AngelLustZombie]

being a fan of anything in 2020

[@tylerg4333]

@@AngelLustZombie fan = troll when you don't like the new direction the shows, movies, and games you loved take.

[@stevenm2699]

Dats what he get for messin with Georgie Lucas and his prequels

[@PanAndScanBuddy]

He must have loved Jack a lot

[@Nosferdamus]

if they had reached out to shatner instead of fans imposing them onto shatner, things might have turned out differently.

[@ttntbf]

The irony is that Mike, the biggest Star Trek fan evar, looks like a total non fan to Shatner ^^ poor Mike, we feel for you

[@sunbro6998]

Never meet nor talk to your heroes. Life lesson folks.

[@crazyfingers619]

Good, Shatner hates his fans almost as much as Stewart.

[@cooper508]

Sun bro just look what happened to Troy on the show Community when he met LeVar Burton. Set phasers to “love me!”

[@CharlesP2009]

It's a sad irony that some of the people that have acted in Star Trek, and played beloved characters, are the least Trek-like people amongst us. Don't meet your heroes folks.

[@UlshaRS]

Shatner has never not been a primadonna. Which makes him doing commercials so hilarious.

[@ImABadTeammate]

"I just can't take Captain Kirk pulling up pictures of me on the Nerd Crew set and calling me a moron." Perfectly summarizes the absurdity, LOL.

[@lewisyaworski8962]

I think on a personal level, Mike is actually hurt that one of his heroes is publicly trashing him. I know Shatner does not take himself too seriously anymore, but Mike’s ‘inner-child’ is deeply wounded by the criticisms.

[@matthewsiracusa8459]

Lewis Yaworski it sounded like mike was about to burst into tears at the end, poor guy.

[@StevenOBrien]

If it makes you feel better, Brent Spiner recently said on a podcast that Shatner got very angry and offended at him through Twitter DMs over some sort of blocking incident. Spiner was mortified at his reaction, and immediatelly called up Shatner to apologize, but when Shatner answered the phone, he was just confused and had no idea what Spiner was talking about.

[@JJAB91]

I wonder if this is legitimately a case of some social media guy running Shatner's twitter who just so happens to enjoy getting into fights and trolling people. It would explain the Love Live tweets.

[@adamschizo]

​@@JJAB91i forgot where i read this but it turns out shatner actually has someone else handling his twitter

[@canalphi2673]

People have said that Paul Camuso is the one who runs his twitter account and is famous for picking up fights online

[@aarondavis8943]

@@adamschizo That can't be true, unless Shatner hired someone who is a crotchety old grump who likes arguing about everything to handle his twitter.

[@lucamckenn5932]

Ole billy shatner had a similar bout of confusion when asked about his off camera conduct with george takei. Could be he's"acting" confused almost as a smokescreen to cover something he may regret.

[@inevitableveganfuture3915]

How can they claim not to do product placements when the whole RedLetterMedia KZbin channel has just been a 13 year long commercial for Dan Akroyd's Crystal Skull Vodka?

[@lennyztrobos8678]

Ah, a person of culture I see

[@Taffer-King]

Was disappointed they didn't mention this.

[@john_blues]

Because they don't get any money from it (I assume).

[@johnsnow04]

I thought JonTron channel is that

[@TheTexasDice]

*larry king cough uh... very nice *larry king cough

[@SomeGuy02]

Rich had Ellen and Julia Robert's make fun of him Mike had William Shatner make fun of him My next bet is David lynch is gonna call Jay a trash baby or something

[@kyotheman69]

don't really care what celebs think though, i respect everyone on RLM over any of these hacks any day, Shatner is total piece of shit, not sure how anyone can idolize the guy.

[@zarrg5611]

That being said, Lynch appearing on BOTW would be very interesting.

[@jakek1735]

I think Lynch is a classier guy than Shatner though lol

[@elizabertolini9905]

@@jakek1735 I feel Lynch is a lot more wholesome that Shatner lol, have you seen those weather reports? They're the best way to start your day lol

[@travisbartley8546]

Well Lynch calling you a trash panda is pretty much the goal for his fans.

[@thequesomanishere]

Up next: "Rich Evans reacts to Mike being bullied by a elderly man who has been his idol since he was a child"

[@a_zawodny]

I can already hear the laughter

[@garbagefreak]

So as of March 2021, William Shatner is STILL talking about this on Twitter. He got into an extended argument with people about how much money Red Letter Media makes and literally started calculating the average income and cost of living in Milwaukee . It's never going to end.

[@mrfreeman2911]

Shatner is skirting close to slander and could be sued. I know RLM won't do that. Sad how he, a hollywood millionaire, is still going after a youtube podcast channel.

[@shiny460]

You know what would end it? If these stupid RLM fanboys would just stfu, let it go, and stop engaging with him

[@tubeguy4066]

@@shiny460 its funny to mess with this loon

[@uknownada]

@@whodatninja439 There's an expression with quantum mechanics that goes something like, "The act of measuring will fundamentally change that which is being observed." The difference between quantum scientists and RLM fans is that quantum scientists understand this and take it into account. See also: people that have ever followed Chris-chan

[@AuDHDarling]

@@shiny460 , with how Mike engages with people on Twitter, this is truly a case of being hoist on his own petard [EDIT: I realized the original quote is "hoist" and not "hoisted," so revising my old comments when I find them]

[@heyitsme4751]

When your only youtube drama is with elderly actors from the 60's (Edit: in all honesty, hoping Mike's not taking any of this too hard; Shatner's obviously deluded)

[@Gurianthe]

best youtube drama

[@malcolmcampbell3912]

I dunno. Renegade Cut keeps doing "Film X was Good, Actually" videos that are thinly veiled responses to RLM reviews. But Renegade Cut has like 1/10 of their subcribers so RLM has no reason to care.

[@MitchCyan]

I didn’t know Mike was a Star Trek fan.

[@mroctober3657]

Me neither. Though in 20/20 hindsight there were a few subtly hidden clues.

[@williamprior7831]

Me either!

[@totaledblock9969]

Me neither!

[@mroctober3657]

@@totaledblock9969 It boggles the mind!

[@codyw518]

He subverted my expectations as a die hard redlettermedia fan.

[@luckyspurs]

On next week's show Sam Raimi tells Jay he's an awful person for setting up a gay wedding with Mr Plinkett just to try and steal all his money.

[@ShinGetterPoPo]

Worse than his money, his pizza rolls

[@nectarinedreams7208]

@@sanitorz232 Fortunately Sam Raimi genuinely seems like the nicest, most humble dude in Hollywood. It's why there's a running joke between Bruce Campbell and Sam about Sam being an evil tyrant. They can actually joke about that kinda thing because it's not true, whereas with many other Hollywood directors...

[@MegaZeta]

@@sanitorz232 Please try to care less about the imaginary opinions of people who don't know you exist. Do it for your old pal Mega Zeta, online.

[@FlymanMS]

More like John Carpenter would make fun of Jay's persona out of nowhere.

[@Eisenwulf666]

​@@FlymanMS" Jay? That tiny nincompoop? He has no taste in horror or music and i hate him! F*€k that guy " - John Carpenter, allegedly

[@plixplux]

Mike: "I unironically think Shatner is a good actor, especially in TOS" Jay: *looks very disturbed but decides not to press the issue"

[@viddork]

Watch _Nightmare at 20,000 Feet_ again - he's really good in that. There's a moment where his character thinks people are starting to believe him, and you can clearly see it in his face when he realizes they're just humouring him.

[@tangerinetech5300]

@@viddork yeah he's okay in that that doesn't mean he's good in star trek

[@mightyasterisk8333]

@@tangerinetech5300 you’re right he isn’t good in Star Trek, he’s great

[@luiginastro8831]

He is great though!

[@AuDHDarling]

He's from a different era. I loooove Peter O'Toole's over-the-top Shakespearean style of acting. Everything is projected for the back row. And the DRAMA. The EMOTION. It works especially best in comedies like What's New, Pussycat? Shatter reminds me of that. If you are always acting like you're in a Shakespearean drama, it's going to come off as melodramatic at times. Which isn't a bad thing, because it's hilarious. But when those dramatic notes hit, by god, they really hit.

[@PumpkinGoblin]

Mike trolls Shatner with ,”what’s a podcast?” Shatner: I’m about to do what’s called a pro elderly move.

[@CornyBum]

pro boomer move

[@Wintermute909]

If a troll trolls a troll, but there's no troll to re-troll it, did anyone really get trolled?

[@OfficialNukeDukem]

@@Wintermute909 Well, there's a question we would have to answer first... How many trolls would a Twitter troll troll if a Twitter troll could troll?

[@Wintermute909]

@@OfficialNukeDukem lmaorofl!!! That's Awesome Dukem!!!!

[@trevorlambert4226]

@@CornyBum The first boomers were born after WW2. Shatner was born in 1931.

[@dm6182696]

Shatner is just jealous that Rich Evans got on The Ellen Show before he did.

[@MrDLYouTube]

Envious, not jealous.

[@bundleization]

Ellen tried to convince Rich to go with her to Epstein island

[@golden-sun]

No it's called senility. Wait I shouldn't say that it's ageist

[@---wq9xp]

The only solution is to have them wrestle it out in a kiddie pool filled with baby oil

[@dohnjoe4100]

@@MrDLKZbin are they not synonyms?

[@BikoFactory]

This reminds me of that one episode of Best of the Worst when Rich said that very soon, one day, karma was going to hit Mike. This is it. This is the karma.

[@the-reclining-roleplayer]

Just finished watching that right before this too. Karma hits like a brick.

[@sunbro6998]

He got JJ to make star wars and got to talk to Shatner. He got what he deserved.

[@bouncycastle955]

I think he was referring more to the crippling deterioration of Mike's mind and body from age, but I guess this counts too.

[@martyjehovah]

All the accounts tweeting at Shatner were secretly Rich, baiting him into shitting on Mike.

[@sunbro6998]

@@therocketboost apparently so.

[@walterwhite8283]

Do you ever think child Mike watching Star Trek alone in his room could have ever looked up at captain kirk and thought "One day this man will view me soley as a Star Wars shill and corporate sellout."

[@charlottecorday8494]

It's so mind-blowing when you think about it

[@spillanegottleib1681]

Possibly. And, being the pathological narcissist that he is, Shatner is the actual Star Trek shill and the corporate sellout. Mike is just acting.

[@charlesr1189]

"We make fun of corporate shills because we are not corporate shills." - Tums Festival

[@charlesr1189]

@a HERO that doesn’t know what protect means Honestly, he'd probably have a lot of fun on BotW

[@randomjunk1977]

To be fair they are not the originators of the term Tums Festival

[@frozenbean]

@@randomjunk1977 Yeah, that's a line from Samurai Cop.

[@miles4986]

As someone who went out and bought copious quantities of Tums after viewing the Samurai Cop BOTW, I can confirm RLM are corporate shills and their product placements are very effective

[@Seth_M-T]

@@miles4986 You think Tums Festival was from Samurai Cop? You're as bad as Rich Evans!

[@4468]

I feel so bad when I think of Mike in his childhood watching Cpt. Kirk, idolising him, playing pretend with his friends and taking dibs on being Kirk, perhaps dressing as him for Halloween. Now 35+ years later Shatner is calling him out and mocking him on Twitter, his idol know what he looks like, finally acknowledging his existence.... but it's to mock him. Poor Mike :(

[@thunderstruck6647]

He’s become Arthur Pfleck

[@ravenkarlin]

“How about another joke, Shat-ner!”

[@73North265]

I feel his pain as I had the same experience except my idols were Mother Theresa and Nelson Mandela

[@Puerco-Potter]

@@nonyabidness8676 I think in other terms it will be fun to have him, but he is from other era. Shatner wants something "professional", and maybe even a pseudo script for an interview. RLM doesn't do that, they crack jokes and are really chill about what they do... Maybe if Shatner sit through 3 episodes of botw were Mike goes on a rant about Star Trek, he will get the feel and come with that in mind... But as it is, it won't ever happen...

[@Puerco-Potter]

Ironically, I think Sir Patrick would be a better fit. He loves to goof around and will even make an skit with them

[@flying_houseboat8668]

William Shatner, voice actor from the hit animated movie Over The Hedge?

[@alwayscensored6871]

That was him?

[@grayghost2783]

You probably meant to say William Shatner, star of the hit series T.J. Hooker.

[@andrew41980]

Gray Ghost tekwar lol

[@edwardbevington9351]

Episode of Columbo shatner you mean?

[@FutureDeep]

You mean the guy from Airplane 2: The Sequel?

[@TenSyc]

Remember Mike, it is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose.

[@CanuckMonkey13]

Oh shit, I just realized that this is Mike's Kobayashi Maru!

[@agquad]

@@CanuckMonkey13 He can't cheat death this time!

[@notveryintelligent6239]

Damn, that’s bleak.

[@heatherperleberg7816]

@@notveryintelligent6239 its from tng

[@Virus173205]

Especially when there is fan generated sabba-tayge going on.

[@BathroomTile]

Shatner apparently doesn't have the time to watch more than a minute of their videos to figure out what they're about, but has time to spend hours on twitter responding to people about their videos and googling screenshots of the show. Alright.

[@luckyspurs]

Imagining Shatner trying to sit through Star Trek: The Motion Picture these days.

[@caiosoares2834]

Sounds like a normal Twitter user.

[@inotterwords6115]

He just posted a blog post that would've required at least 30 minutes to write... but also said he didn't bother watching the video. It's hilarious and tragic.

[@desireealicea]

Hookay.

[@leolafortune1255]

The man has his priorities.

[@AloisWeimar]

But...Mike’s been “busting his ass” being a Star Trek fan for years

[@ethans7588]

Almost unironically. Seems like a chore to be a Star Trek fan at this point

[@Keseleth]

Same with Star Wars.

[@mahoutsuguy863]

Is this a Kristian Harloff roast or just coincidence? lol

[@rleandro315]

I understood that reference.jpg

[@robthomas946]

Just in the last Wheel of the Worst Rich promised Mike 'karma' for his ageism - and here it is.

[@CaptainNuge]

Rich clearly planned all this. What a Dick... The birthday boy

[@antonjames333]

They call him Rich the Wise

[@mgg9416]

Rich is the key to all of this.

[@SirNilzey]

It really subverted my expectations

[@lofstudios9266]

I was saying that exact thing! Lol

[@TheInfestedPest]

It’s so telling of Mike’s personality that his first interaction with his idol involves trying to confuse him on social media.

[@spillanegottleib1681]

Underrated chocolate. I'm eating a candy bar right now.

[@christiankatic5408]

Mike has finally achieved the apex of being a Star Trek fan - fighting with William Shatner himself! This is incredible.

[@MFSeaMen]

Mike is now equal to the Gorn!

[@bokmcdok]

*Epic music from the time Kirk was forced to fight Spock starts playing*

[@FlashyVic]

Filmed live at Vasquez Rocks!

[@chuckthunder781]

@@bokmcdok Mike readies his super bottles

[@johnchris7278]

Now all he has to do is fight George Lucas and he’ll be the biggest fan boy ever!

[@micahpaulsen3940]

Star Trek is like Mikes wife of 40 years whose attempts to murder him for insurance money are constantly being foiled, yet Mike still remains married to her

[@Asparaesque]

Is that a real movie?

[@greatestscott6599]

You are a simile _artiste_ . 👍

[@dantedraven5592]

I'm not entirely convinced Mike is joking there at the end when he's about to cry. It must be really really bizzare to have your childhood idol putting up pictures of you on twitter and mocking you

[@WolfThane]

Proabably the first time I've ever seen Mike look genuinely sad about something.

[@private2132]

now he knows what it must have been like for Rich being dissed by Ellen.

[@devinbaird2470]

Yeah that was rough...

[@dantedraven5592]

@@WolfThane I know it must sound silly to some, but i honestly can't blame him if he's genuinely sad about this. I presume he was a nerdy kid, in the times before being nerdy was cool, Star Trek etc was his getaway and he looked up to characters like Kirk as inspiration and role models. As a nerdy kid who has experienced bullying, Growing up one day and witnessing my icon making fun of me would be my biggest nightmare. Even as a disillusioned adult who knows fully well by now that Shatner is a narcissist and kind of a dick, it must feel pretty bad him

[@suspicioususer]

I cant believe Jay would just laugh at his pain like that. Wait yes I can

[@yam83]

This whole thing is heartbreaking and sidesplitting at the same time.

[@cyruskarloff7219]

I agree that it is sidesplitting.

[@AuDHDarling]

My heart broke and leaked out my split sides

[@AuDHDarling]

Then I slapped my knee

[@Sorrelhas]

RLM in a nutshell

[@katherinehemken5544]

My favorite part of all this is Shatner accusing Mike Stoklasa of being a fake gamer girl who can't tell a TOS Spock costume from a Kelvin timeline outfit.

[@lennyztrobos8678]

Oh lord, you know that must have hurt 🤦‍♂️

[@deadflowers7017]

That was the best part.

[@Jastor00]

@Lexington73300 You're joking, right?

[@fubar5884]

@Lexington73300 Please tell us you're joking. Otherwise you're watching the *completely* wrong channel if your crocodile brain can't pick up on satire and irony that blatant.

[@luckyspurs]

Does Shatner think they actually work in a VCR repair shop.

[@9abr1el45]

Sweet God in heaven please let David Lynch publicly bully Jay

[@sonofcrystalpepsi1426]

Nah, David Lynch only seems to say nice things on Twitter. I don't think he knows how to bully people, at least not in text form.

[@lavoielactee7179]

@@sonofcrystalpepsi1426 Nah, Lynch will come after you if you bad mouth transcendental meditation. So, basically, it's a matter of getting Jay to talk shit about transcendental meditation.

[@TheRaviotar]

"So I go into this little office, and lo and behold Jay Bauman's there. And we're talking and right about this time I start getting... a little bit of a headache. You know what I mean. He took me upstairs and showed me this thing called a 'Rich Evans,' and now, you know, that headache is getting stronger. And he showed me many Wendy's Ads and different things. And then, he took me in a ride in his Space Cop car for a lunch, and Jay is - kinda short, and he's got the seat laying way back and we're flying through this little town in Northern Wisconsin to this restaurant, and - not that I don't like PBR, but that's all they had, was PBR." - David Lynch

[@ParadoxapocalypSatan]

@@lavoielactee7179 TM-pay thousands of dollars for something that everyone can do for free.

[@tawdryhepburn4686]

That would be excellent.

[@Amy-nv2bd]

400 year old william shatner trying to cyberbully mike is the original comedy relief 2020 desperately needed.

[@ianparrent6012]

Sounds like a good lost episode of star trek

[@Celesteparadise]

Amy P Lol, YES!!! ! 👍

[@joshuabailey9578]

Jay’s laugh at 19:35 just makes me fucking cry laugh. He doesn’t care about Star Trek but somehow his best friend’s greatest idol is literally calling him a moron and it’s OBVIOUSLY the most entertaining thing ever to him

[@Meitti]

Its like people say: Never meet your idols, except Macaulay Culkin.

[@RaSkipper]

Macaulay Culkin should've taken this advice before he met his idol, Rich Evans

[@NoUploadJustComment]

Na I met Mac once. He was not the friendliest and was clearly not all together, but to be fair this was probably a year or two before he got clean.

[@TheGoldenCapstone]

@@NoUploadJustComment to be fair, you did keep asking Mac to do the home alone scream with his hands on his face. The poor guy just wanted to eat his Olive Garden pasta in peace.

[@jellyfishrage33]

@@TheGoldenCapstone To be fair, that is a classic scene.

[@fettfan91]

Never set up home security, except against an angry nine year old.

[@BasedRaccoon]

“Elderly CPAP salesman bullies local Wisconsin neckbeard.”

[@predator47]

Can we forward this to the Wilwaukee Journal Sentinel to get it on the front page? Hopefully Shatner would read the whole article since it didn't come from a podcast

[@Corbomite_Meatballs]

@@onkelpappkov2666 He might read a newspaper if it has his name in a large enough font.

[@kyliesteinbrook1883]

I only read teletype: william shatner Probably.

[@brovold72]

Shatner used to appear in some late-night advertisements for a personal injury law firm IN WISCONSIN. I'm sure Mike has seen these and is polite enough to not ever mention it.

[@DashRendar]

This comment tickled me. It got to me. I've been laughing fits for 15 minutes. The layers to all of it...XD

[@pierremenard4049]

imagine idolizing and praising someone for your whole life and then he just makes fun of you multiple times on twitter

[@Binkusbigday]

Like Elon Musk and Niel Armstrong.

[@Yusuke_Denton]

@@Binkusbigday not exactly what happened lol, funny to imagine though

[@zeriel9148]

Absolutely based

[@VaunShiz]

That's Twitter

[@martinithechobit]

I hear the quote 'never meet your heroes" and I always though that is stupid and dumb; just cringe emo lines. As I get older....I kinda understand it now. Feels bad.

[@JakeSmith-sy8jq]

I don’t know which is more boomer, the fact that Shatner keeps the fight going or the fact the RLM wasn’t even aware the fight was happening

[@JeanMarceaux]

@S V James Rolfe during the Ghostbusters 2016 debacle can confirm.

[@rodolfomonteiro6794]

19:34 Jay's laughing at Mike while he's heartbroken by having his childhood hero bullying him should be considered mocking of the elderly.

[@RustyMuck]

It’s payback for Mike laughing at the Osteoporosis Dance and Geritol Follies

[@atom_gray]

maybe he could offer Shatman an elderly massage...

[@TheAtkey]

I think it's funny it's being called a "Boomer fight" considering Mike is too young to be a boomer and Shatner is too old.

[@CTOOFBOOGLE]

So the average between the two is boomer.

[@nicboo9191]

Mike didn't choose the boomer life, it chose him

[@c-puff]

No no no. Being a Boomer is something you gotta feel *inside* you! It's in your heart!

[@xxxCrackerJack501xxx]

Anyone over 25 or doesn't like social media is a boomer now

[@zetetick395]

Maybe Bills son and Mikes dad can have a throw-down in a Walmart parkinglot, Twitter can referee

[@CountsDigGraves]

The sad, earnest Mike at the end was the funniest part to me. Especially paired with a Bauman who cannot stop laughing.

[@fulldisclosureiamamonster2786]

DC Comics Presents: The Bauman Who Laughs.

[@acomatosemob]

RLM fans yelling at a 90 year old man on twitter is something I didn't expect to hear this year. It just proves that the creator, no matter their intent, can't get away from rabid fanaticism.

[@clavius8182]

@@acomatosemob i don't see this as "rabid fanaticism" (i don't think anyone's been "yelling" at him). you can blame Shatner's behaviour partly on his age, but he's always been kind of a dick, and it gets a reaction. it always surprised me that he and Nimoy were such good friends as lots of TOS cast and crew had plenty of stories about him. i haven't got an axe to grind, i just took in a lot of information when i was younger. the cast all have their autobiographies, it's all out there. for the record, it never changed my view of him as an actor and he is absolutely superb in Wraith of Khan.

[@bromazepam781]

@@fulldisclosureiamamonster2786 I'd buy THAT for a dollar!

[@alanpennie8013]

@@acomatosemob Hey old man. Why don't you appreciate our curiously niche sense of humour?

[@someweirdspacemonster4074]

It amuses me to think that, ever since William Shatner watched the first few seconds of some RLM videos, youtube keeps recommending RLM stuff to him. He has no idea how to make that stop. Now he obsessively watches the first 5 seconds of everything RLM has ever done. It is slowly driving him insane...

[@ghfudrs93uuu]

My exact relationship with Sonic Youth

[@luckyspurs]

If Mike dies in the next week it will be because of a Shatnerred Heart.

[@bryanekers3472]

Yeah, or from COVID. Or from years of alcohol abuse. Really, we can expect Mike's death to be a rich tapestry of sadness.

[@beetheb]

Well played, sir

[@ValseInstrumentalist]

If Shatner dies it would be because of a Strokelasa.

[@Saikzay]

This didn’t age well...

[@red.5475]

Hey-O!

[@lucas4824]

They always said that Mike would pay dearly for his mocking of the elderly. That day came earlier than expected.

[@betherowdy6866]

Nimoy would've gotten it.

[@fulldisclosureiamamonster2786]

So would Stewart lol Hell, literally anyone but Shatner

[@boogerballsmcgezak]

He would find it very logical how RLM draws its conclusions

[@Theoppositesex]

Underrated comment.

[@marinaraman8238]

R.I.P

[@kitcat7538]

@@Yell0wFU Nimoy was on twitter as TheRealNimoy.

[@bradenhogan2]

*William Shatner clicks on video* “Hello! And welcome to the Mike and Jay Podcast on KZbin!” “I knew it...” *logs off*

[@samsschool3639]

LOL he probbabbly logs in and out every time!

[@charleshroyer]

Mike’s childhood hero is literally bullying him. I feel terrible

[@deadflowers7017]

I think it's great. Good fun. Mikes' really lucky.

[@Roymunson_]

@@cakestalker except for the fact that someone else will just complain RLM is boring and dry because they too only watched the first humor-free 120 seconds and didn't see something they thought they'd enjoy. Catering to the delicate sensibilities of one group doesn't magically solve any problem and likely causes more. My vote is to do whatever the fuck you want and not change jack shit for anyone.

[@nickchavarria8052]

Roy Munson i think rlm supports you’re vote as well

[@nickchavarria8052]

People need to stop sending shatner rlm stuff... there more they do that the more reactionary shatners going to be the more its going to reflect back on rlm who have nothing to do with this

[@nickchavarria8052]

Jeremiah Tothenations you’re not alone man.

[@00kevingaming4]

you guys should start a podcast called 'the mike, jay podcast featuring william shatner' and every episode begins with an explanation that william shatner wasn't able to be there for that one

[@0lionheart]

holy shit yes

[@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat]

“We invited William once again, however he seems to be confused about what a podcast even is, we’ll get back to you guys on that one”

[@jonaslawik]

Too similar too the Clifford Banes running gag from the onion

[@TheCGReviews]

Bingo.

[@Jay-fs2nw]

Isn't that what they did on the grand tour but they had a celebrity death each time?

[@TheMarkoSeke]

"I don't do podcasts" "It's not really a podcast" "So this Mike Tyson podcast that I was on isn't a podcast? BOOM, GOTCHA!"

[@rect7840]

What am I gonna do just grind my feet into someone's couch? I have more sense than that. Yeah I remember grinding my feet in Eddie's couch.

[@ethans7588]

It's logic like this that makes me think I'm going crazy sometimes.

[@Stardude78]

I think a better paraphrase is "Are you really going to tell, professional boxer and convicted rapist, Mike Tyson that he's wrong?"

[@mememachine-386]

@@rect7840 immediately what I thought of too lmao

[@scavenger6576]

@LuStar How many exceptions can you have before the rule stops being the rule?

[@CoolDude-ts2hc]

This entire situation is like if two people got into a minor fender bender, tried to understand what was going on, and then a bunch of random passerbys started dousing both cars in gasoline and yelled at Shatner to light a match. I love it.

[@mrniceguy7168]

RLM became a victim of the image they’ve mockingly put out

[@magonus195]

This is always the danger in being a jokester prankster. It's only funny as long as people understand that he was joking, but at some point you might just become someone who cannot be trusted, someone appearing unable to be serious.

[@ghostapostle7225]

@@magonus195 The problem is that the joke is close to reality that people can't distinguish both anymore.

[@Wourghk]

@@hexx2525 Was that an ageist joke?! How insensitive!

[@full-metal_jacob5858]

@@magonus195 They're a victim of someone trying to get the jist of they're entire catalog in 60 seconds.

[@sirgreil]

If you play the fool enough, people might start to believe you.

[@Inignot12]

Who sent him the Nerd Crew? He's a confused old man as it is, no way he'd get the joke after watching 30 seconds of that.

[@reflectingh9997]

Thats the problem with making your content so inside jokey and unaccessible

[@legendarydragoon]

@@reflectingh9997 Yea only 1.2M people are in on the joke.

[@yuliangeorgiev]

Shatners nanny should just put youtube on 1.5x speed.

[@grahamnu1529]

They're called trolls. They're a native species of the internet.

[@CaptainPancakes]

RLM are professionals and have made feature films. They should have used a clip from "Space Cop."

[@danielstranding7365]

There's something just so pure about Mike being upset over Shatner calling him out on twitter for the exact things he makes fun of

[@new-dystopia]

The more I think about this the funnier it gets.

[@deathsheadknight2137]

you see it's like poetry, it rhymes

[@rifath8152]

Poor Mike :(

[@alanpennie8013]

@@makisdimakis333 As long as Shatner still wants to play why not? Does Shatner know about Rem Lazar yet? If not, why not?

[@Avath]

I once tweeted one of my favourite authors and she misunderstood my tweet and retweeted it with a spiteful comment, resulting in a lot of people descending on me to tell me I suck in various ways (a few telling me to die) and man, it sucked. It took me years to pick up another one of her books and I can laugh about it now (kind of) but I can't imagine what it would feel like on an even larger scale. I'm sorry, Mike.

[@pappachook]

Yeah those 50 shades of grey fans are crazy right?

[@SierraSierraFoxtrot]

Been there.

[@r.henryjr.1533]

Who was the author?

[@NarcolepticNerdProductions]

@@pappachook cracked me up. thank you xD

[@NarcolepticNerdProductions]

@avath I had a similer experience with someone in the entertainment industry. I cant even be mad, a text only platform breeds misunderstandings. English has too much nuance to it for that to be the primary communication.

[@ButtersTheGreat1]

"Karma is going to hit you like a Mack Truck" - Rich Evans

[@menachemsachemrobotscowitz2794]

You could say Karma "shat" on him.

[@brokeauthor]

Deep cut...

[@Rynax-]

Hot Take: The Shatner twitter account is run by Rich Evans!

[@ajt_channel]

Freight Train

[@sirgreil]

If you play the fool enough, people might start to believe you.

[@MaximizedAction]

"I can't take Captain Kirk pulling up pictures of me on the Nerd Crew set and calling me a moron. My heart can't take it"

[@verybored1261]

The pain and misery of being a modern day Star Trek fan.

[@flyprdu]

Oh that's so good.

[@ScythesCartoons]

that was too real... you could hear the heart break. mike doesn't deserve this.

[@nobody3622]

it's framed as a joke, but it hurts.

[@atom_gray]

sooner or later, we all get Shat upon...

[@historyben7122]

"It looks like a podcast of a Star Wars/Marvel fan" Well it's stylistically designed to be that way

[@ANunes06]

and you can't undo that, but we can diminish the affects of it.

[@Markaroo]

Jar-Jar is the key to all this

[@Wourghk]

It's gonna be great.

[@EC-ed1zg]

Mike may have gone too far in a few places.

[@andrewrhoades9401]

It’s like poetry, it rhythms

[@SoraTheHappyEmo]

Jason Isaacs said that he asked Shatner IRL why he was blocked on twitter, and Shatner had no idea what he was even talking about. Isaacs said, "I don't know who William Shatner on twitter is. He's fun to engage with, but he's not actually William Shatner." or something to that effect

[@Shadytribe97]

The only way this could get worse for Mike is if “Sir Patrick” finds out about his jokes and confronts Mike on Twitter

[@BrunoM19T11]

But the tea would be epic

[@kevinaumiller9781]

If that happens mike will actually turn into his character from Smiling Friends

[@BrunoM19T11]

@@kevinaumiller9781 oh shit, thank you. I didnt know about smiling friends...

[@karlwa641]

I beg of it!

[@DrinkyMcBeer]

The difference between Shatner and Stewart, is that Shatner didn't really have much success outside of Star Trek. I think Patrick Stewart would just remember all of the other stuff he's been in, brush it off, and have a laugh. With Shatner, ANY denigration of his time on Star Trek is a denigration of his entire acting career (at least the only part anyone remembers), so he takes it way more personally.

[@YellowGoddess]

And if Shatner ever looks at the first 60 seconds of this he sees mike with a TNG phaser calling it a TOS phaser and shuts the video off again xD

[@samuelperezgarcia]

Worse, using it as a communicator. xD

[@acomissoli]

I guess they did on puropose. Throw more gasoline to the fire!

[@grproteus]

Klingorns

[@grimlock047]

@@acomissoli I guess it's a reference from a BotW Halloween episode where they do that joke: Mike is doing a Star Trek TOS bit with the phaser and Rich, I think, unimpressed points out that it's from TNG

[@OnsenDreamscapes]

THATS THA JOOK

[@MikesterMF]

Really does RLM need to have such a B letter celebrity on the show when they already book Rich Evans? Star of Space Cop and the Ellen show?

[@FutureDeep]

Guest starring Dick the Birthday Boy

[@MichaelNNY]

Have you forgotten the quest appearance on Turtle Dreams?

[@michaelscott4349]

Shatner is a stubborn man that will never admit he interpreted the whole situation wrongly. Mike, RLM has been my favorite channel in a while now and I am glad you guys do what you do when there is just so much garbage in KZbin nowadays. Keep being awsome and clever : ) -cheers from Brazil

[@cyruskarloff7219]

Cheers from California!

[@juliendacoolien3454]

Cheers from California too! :)))

[@juliendacoolien3454]

5:59 6:09 Why am I only now finding out that there's a button to immediately give a timestamp

[@RSClassicAngel]

Thanks Michael Scott

[@jonmcdaniel8492]

@@juliendacoolien3454 I can' t find the button. And I lost the manual to my Jitterbug. Or is it because you got 5G tech?

[@maximumkorb]

Mike has finally lived long enough to see himself become the villain. True character growth! What a season so far! Wonder what the finale will be.

[@michaeljagiello8439]

Look! Here comes Ant Man!

[@CheeseOfMasters]

This is the true form of modern entertainment. When fiction becomes reality. I think there is even a moral somewhere which I will tell my kids someday.

[@alexbotea5626]

We'll have our expectations subverted for the finale, most likely 🙄

[@stupaterson4830]

The SERIES finale will be Mike drinking himself to death surrounded by Star Trek memorabilia, and Rich misquoting Shakespeare at his funeral. "Goodnight sweet Prince, may you be hoisted by your own Picard with angels and stuff'..

[@CoarStolos]

MIKE looks really, unironically, disappointed and sad.

[@thesand]

That's default mike

[@Gajoobles]

He needn't be, Shatner really goes out of his way to be an asshole to people it seems from his twitter. Nothing lost nothing gained, the character is not the same as the actor.

[@Dorian-_-Gray]

No, he looks like he's joking the exact same as always: to an audience about 40-60% populated with people unable to read social cues, who have poorly developed theory of mind and are trying to imagine what it would be like if William Shatner got mad at them. I guarantee you that Mike and Jay do not really care at all

[@Omni-Kriss]

Honestly i would be really disappointed to have a person you've looked up to for a long time dismiss your love just like that, it would hurt, and I feel for Mike :(

[@Cheefoo124]

I thought you just called him MILF

[@LCplRogers]

Shatner is almost 90... its kind of amazing he's even able to get into these internet fights.

[@TrueRetroflection]

90 is the new 19

[@publiusventidiusbassus1232]

He found the fountain of youth browsing /x/

[@karlwa641]

A Robert House over here

[@jproductions1739]

An active lifestyle, vegetarianism, good genes, and being rich will do that for a guy.

[@philondez]

I don't think it's him. I think it's a younger guy larping as Shatner, the actual Shatner has had to apologize at least once due to comments the person running his twitter have made

[@neslock]

Ironically this is now probably the best video to show people when you're trying to explain what Red Letter Media is.

[@BurntL]

Thing is, I’d unironically watch the raw and unedited 2 and a half hours of those old old men talking about their old tv show.

[@JasonStevens]

BurntL I’d buy that for $1

[@5nefarious]

*television programme

[@TheWisestWizards]

Mike is tearing up and Jay is laughing away.

[@Psilocybin77]

I hope Dario Argento starts a beef with Jay on TikTok cause Karma is a bitch.

[@tukkek]

Just like Mike's laughing away at elderly drivers getting into fatal car accidents...

[@AMetroid]

Mike's trying not to show it, but you can tell this is really hurting him.

[@theomnitorium7476]

@@AMetroid yeah, it really seemd to hurt him and I get it. A bunch of idiot fans throw random shit without context at Shattner that of course he can't understand. And now Shattner, a man Mike admires, thinks Mike is a moron. That must hurt.

[@macrussell78]

Now all we need is for all the TNG crew to come back in costume and each crew member lists off why they personally hate Mike.

[@Welshguy78]

I think Mike had genuine tears in his eyes at the end. I can only imagine how much it hurts to have your personal hero and someone you have looked up to your whole life belittle you thru no fault of your own. Chin up Mike. We all love you. You and the guys are the best thing on KZbin.

[@Jjhoho15]

I feel like Mike's mature enough in his appreciation of the show to know exactly who Shatner is as a person lmao, I think that was probably for laughs

[@FortWhenTeaThyme]

Especially because they're on the same side. I think it's one of those "Oh god, my idol is actually a cranky boomer." moments where they refuse to connect with you.

[@Welshguy78]

@@Jjhoho15 I understand what you're saying, but that looked genuine to me.

[@paultaylor9477]

Well, it's official. Shatner literally left this planet before appearing on your so-called "podcast"! Much love guys. The channel is excellent.

[@NoFeckingNamesLeft]

Shit I thought he was dead upon reading this

[@KD--sj8eo]

Hahaha

[@ashfromspace8683]

lmfao you worded this like he died

[@illseeyaonthedarksideofthemoon]

I thought he died...

[@manrisakirisame3505]

Can we all just take a minute to recognize how poe and on point the Nerdcrew parody is, to the point that it tricks rational people into thinking it's just an average Star Wars/Marvel Podcast.

[@volbla]

@@onkelpappkov2666 Oh you.

[@billhicks8]

That's the thing. Shatner actually thinks that's Mike now. He thinks Mike is a shilling moron, and when people tried to tell him otherwise, and showed him more clips of Mike without context, Shatner thought he was still a moron who was now also a hypocrite (advertising beer),insulting to old people, and a poser who wears lame costumes unironically. The more RLM fans try to convince otherwise, the more Mike's childhood idol hates him. This is a disaster, hahaha

[@zaphodbbrox]

@@billhicks8 Indeed, trying to reason with him is like struggling in quicksand

[@jakefoley9539]

@Stargazing_Axolotl The problem is there are people who actually behave that way. It's not hard to believe the Nerd Crew when there are "men" uploading clips of themselves crying every time a star wars trailer comes out.

[@secretcountry]

@@jakefoley9539 That's a good point.. sadly...

[@UpisDownBlackisWhite]

I love how they made the first 60 seconds of the video all goofy and Mike saying everything wrong, because that's the only minute of the video that William Shatner will watch.

[@ludilka]

I'm beginning to understand why everyone started putting highlights at the start of every piece of media ever (podcasts, trailers, etc.) a couple of years ago...

[@atom_gray]

nice catch.

[@33bairdo]

@@ludilka The mini trailer ahead of the actual trailer to inform you you're about to watch a trailer is the most patronizing thing ever created. However I do get why it exists as it's already been mentioned. *insert Austin Powers sarcastic "yay capitalism" thumbs up gif

[@bearzerger]

It's sad to see Will Shatner try to get back into the public limelight by trying to ride the coattails of an industry titan like Mike Stoklasa.

[@anti0918]

Shatner is trying to bypass Mike and go straight to the top - Rich Evans.

[@jamesmallone]

@@anti0918 Shatner's got good reason to have it in for Rich. I have it on good authority Rich FUCKING LOVES STAR WARS!!!

[@Parukwa]

I am watching this for the 4th time and William Shatner didn't even watch it once.

[@PyrokineticFire1]

he clicked the link, but got some very ageist advertising before the video started... they're just corporate shills for Pfizer.

[@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat]

you perfectly embodied that, very nice

[@connor___]

I just checked out the Twitter thread and the amount of old Trekkies just blindly making fun of Mike hurt to read. I genuinely feel sorry for Mike throughout all this. He's legit getting bullied by his hero for shit he didn't even say

[@ShadyLurker16]

Why you shouldn't make vapid, shallow, moron celebrities your heroes. Our heroes should be astronauts and doctors, people like that. Don't equate your love of a story/franchise or T.V. show with the actors performing in it, you will be disappointed. From someone who works in the film industry I can tell you, more often than not, Actors are the LEAST interesting, intelligent and/or insightful people on a set

[@stevenschnepp576]

@@ShadyLurker16 In high school, when I was working tech crew, we referred to them as props with lines.

[@jessISaRicePrincess]

@@ShadyLurker16 mike didn't said he was his hero he like his portrayal of the character

[@atom_gray]

Mike didn't make it this far by crying into his pillow over twitter...

[@Coleslaw693]

Massaging the Elderly Featuring: William Shatner

[@Corbomite_Meatballs]

And you can tidy up afterwards by using your SoClean branded William Shatner(tm) SoClean(tm) machine to clean up your dirty, dirty breathing tube(s).

[@anti0918]

I went to the staa staaa staa staaaar

[@SirHilaryManfat]

I don’t care how loved Shatner is, I’ll never forgive him for breaking Mike’s heart.

[@legionpigsmack1153]

nimoy went to his grave refusing to speak to shatner...what kind of shatnering shatner do you have to be to shatner things up that bad??

[@Alonsoiidx]

Well said.

[@MoonsingerMedia]

Ditto

[@Corbomite_Meatballs]

@@legionpigsmack1153 He did? I thought they were best bros?

[@legionpigsmack1153]

@@Corbomite_Meatballs yes, they were...but not at the end. nobody knows why the final alienation between the two occurred, or it's nature...but, unfortunately, it did

[@JHorsti]

For anyone who's wondering, during a recent interview Brent Spiner confirmed that it's not Shatner himself who's running the account, after Brent had a similar weird encounter with "him" on Twitter.

[@deadturret4049]

Thats kinda comforting tbh

[@catastropheoverclock]

No, I'm not a simpleton Sporto

[@canalphi2673]

People have said that Paul Camuso is who the one runs his twitter account and is famous for picking up fights online

[@crimsonlanceman7882]

why would u want someone else to run ur account

[@lazyartiste_2357]

I hope Mike read this

[@paperbagman8913]

I just realized how hard it is to explain exactly what red letter media is

[@RockLou]

It's a bunch of alcoholics talking about Star Trak in hour long videos

[@angelscross9026]

Not really - they're a bunch of middle-aged people watching and talking about movies and Star Trek. What is hard is convincing someone the appeal of it. Hell, the only reason why I got into them was because KZbin autoplayed a Half in a Bag episode after I completed Mr. Plinket's Star Wars prequels reviews. I was about to click off, but when I saw that the Mr Plinket story arc was continuing, I stuck around.

[@golden-sun]

Movie review geeks 🤓

[@SecretWizardful]

I'd still just call it a series of podcasts. More editting and bits and cutaways, but the meat of it is roundtable discussions on film critique and analysis.

[@umjackd]

Every time I try to share the channel to people it's really difficult so I stopped. People just have to come on their own. If you try to push them into it they won't come. That's why Bill is never coming. I mean, he probably wasn't going to, but now he's definitely not.

[@MattFreemanPhD]

This is exactly like in Galaxy Quest when Tim Allen is shitty to those kids

[@GnarlyYouth]

It’s like if a kid was an adult

[@cuntycat2397]

@@butcherjsy8 it's almost like it was by design!

[@Godzilla00X]

Life imitates art

[@tc98826]

They were kinda weird/cocky to him

[@AuDHDarling]

@@GnarlyYouth middle-aged Midwestern children There are many of us

[@gamethingstuff]

Anyone whose seen the latest Best of the Worst knows that Mike infact LOVES the elderly

[@vikiai4241]

Mike *IS* the elderly!

[@atom_gray]

too soon.

[@eathotdog]

Not when they're alive.

[@edibleapeman2]

Show THAT to Bill.

[@JayneCobbsBunk]

But not in a good way...

[@funglegunk]

I've since learned that in response to this video, Shatner wrote a long meandering Medium post called 'The Toxic Empires of Egoligarchies', where he digs through tons of RLM fan tweets in detail, screenshotting and posting in what was presumably hours of work, but admits to not having even watched this video at all. Shatner is a world class troll, it's pretty impressive.

[@viddork]

Well, if anyone would know egoligachies, .....

[@mrfreeman2911]

Sadly Shatner is not trolling. He has gone after RLM and their earnings. That is way above trolling.

[@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat]

Honestly that was the perfect display of how out of touch with the world he seems to be, and best of all he willingly provided it

[@Hemostat]

enjoyed the random cameo by Trey the explainer in there

[@television1088]

Trolls know what they're doing. Shatner doesn't. He's just a bully, with some senility thrown in.

[@ericatheredhead3344]

Mike's heart is actually a little broken here. He's SUCH A FAN T.T

[@luckyspurs]

You can hear it just a little bit as it goes along.

[@Anth230]

Oh well too bad....

[@gendras1588]

19:39 You can actually pinpoint the second when his heart rips in half

[@Anth230]

@@gendras1588 Oh bullshit. He was just worried Shatner calling them hypocrites about them being offended he called them a podcast.. would affect their cash flow. He doesnt care what Shatner thinks of him. End of story.

[@RailroadTy]

Mike is playing cool but I feel like he's probably pretty bummed about how this went.

[@matthewsuttinger4179]

He obsoletely cried over this just like Wheaton, and it's completely justified. Shatner's Twitter probably destroyed the rest of Mike's year.

[@Nueztoy]

I dunno. If you’re celebrity hero tweets about you, .. it something.

[@tukkek]

What about Wheaton?

[@frosty6845]

Nah Shatner's been known to be a huge prick for decades

[@magicrectangleEnt]

Hence why people really need to fucking chill with the Twitter garbage. Just log off every now and then, it's healthy.

[@EtherDais]

In a bunker on a ranch somewhere, George Lucas is watching the end of this video over and over again

[@janh.2786]

It is like a poetry for him even if it does not rhyme.

[@crownprincesebastianjohano7069]

Shatner's Medium essay on this affair is a straight up hit piece. He lies about the whole situation and plays the victim. Lies about this video. What a schmuck.

[@ToumalRakesh]

That Medium article forever destroyed whatever respect I had for that actor. What a vicious, ugly writeup. That he is still going on about living costs in Milwaukee and how RLM makes money off of youtube and patreon (gasp!) is just icing on the cake. It's so good to know Shatner worked for free...

[@spillanegottleib1681]

@@ToumalRakesh You had respect for Shatner before that? Holy shrift.

[@Epsilonsama]

That article wasn't written by Shatner but by the social media manager who is a weird dude who hates RLM.