I Watched Hannibal and Ate Fast Food Fried Chicken | Renegade Cut

I re-watched Hannibal for the first time since its original run and ate a lot of chicken from fast food restaurants. That's all this is about, sorry! Support Renegade Cut on Patreon: / renegadecut
#hannibal #fastfood

[@renegadecut9875]

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[@DerDieDasBoB]

All your food talk made me remember this great french movie: the big feast...maybe a better compangion for the real pleassure of eating (and farting).

[@EloquentiaSerpentis]

If you can find it, check out Lil-Friendy's Hammibals series, its great as are everything else on their channel but they haven't been active since 2016.

[@asmodiusjones9563]

Hey I know I’m late to the party but I just wanted to say that every one of these non-political videos displays how incredibly witty and funny the writing/editing/delivery is. It was hard and inappropriate to be funny with the political topics but these are like the comedy version of watching a children’s chess coach take a break from teaching classes to seven year olds and play some blitz with another coach.

[@lizhasasthma]

Hannibal: Come for the procedural crime drama, stay for the toxic yaoi.

[@sockatume]

On that topic, I would be fascinated to know Leon’s long take on House, if he has one.

[@mandatoryburnout]

Come for the clock stay for the uhhhhhhh

[@TheCompleteJeff]

Hannibal was the best looking cinematography I ever saw in a mainstream TV show

[@InnuendoStudios]

did you open with Moonlight Sonata to taunt me

[@tazandalsoalastname]

I heard in some video essay somewhere that it is a very smort intellectual tune to use 🧐🎩😂

[@someguy79]

yes

[@loorthedarkelf8353]

Creative rules are made to be broken :3

[@renegadecut9875]

No, I just dig it. Scrolling through your output now, I'm going to take a wild guess and say that was a song from one of your recent videos, but I haven't seen them yet.

[@BrotherB1ackHeartSavage]

Just makes me think about the RE1 shotgun piano puzzle

[@Effective_tool_of_Satan]

The series never intended to be "realistic" tbh. I saw it as a more operatic, "heightened reality" thing. That's why all those fake deaths never bothered me

[@ghintz2156]

Agreed. But man the dialogue got so needlessly poetic in the last season that I straight up laughed at it many times.

[@hughcaldwell1034]

Yeah, it's definitely a soak-in-the-vibes kind of show. Currently working my way through the Second Helping of Hannibal podcast, which is very useful for getting all the visual details that audio description doesn't have time to tell me.

[@sataprescott7588]

Yeah, this.

[@healgoth]

It’s like a ~60 hour art film masquerading as a typical police procedural show initially

[@arglebargle23fnord]

Bryan Fuller would openly declare, "We are not making television. We are making a pretentious art film from the 80s!"

[@devolio5152]

I'm mad we didn't all collectively decide you were called "Renegade Gut" for this episode

[@SussyRackleford]

"I heard a rumor they had the meats" and "Return of the Mac" just got me. I really appreciate your style.

[@daveroldan6477]

This Hannibal would *absolutely* know that chicken nuggets were developed by ivy league scientists. In fact, he'd likely stuff you with pink gelatin and submerge your body in a tank of ranch dressing displayed in front of Lowell House with the attached gramophone playing a rendition of Fair Harvard recorded on 78 rpm vinyl just for questioning him.

[@Burori1]

In defense of all the yearning, I just wanna throw this out there: The series came out in the early to mid half of the 2010s, which, as any period of time for queer media, was a time where writers were either too scared to, or handcuffed from straight up "going there" with queer relationships as the main relationship in a series (same thing happened with The Legend of Korra, where Korra only got to "properly" come out as Bisexual in the last season and actively leave on a camping trip with her love interest Asami to the spirit world). Had the show come out but 4-5 years after it did, not only would there have been a pay-off of Will and Hannibal becoming a couple, but odds are there would probably be a graphic sex scene between the two, set to classical music. Maybe Ode to Joy, but probably not.

[@rett_nord]

To be fair Black Sails came out roughly during the same period, and multiple main characters (including the main main character) are textually queer. Although not being anywhere near the US I admit I have no idea what the deal was/is with network and cable shows there, I guess the latter ones could get away with more?

[@tyjordanflophour]

"The world's most handsome fish." The editing floored me. And you're so right about Arby's fries. Both too crispy and too soft. Dry, but not in the way fries should be

[@Lia-zw1ls7tz7o]

As a German who mostly knew of the existence of three of the US‘s apparently endless fast food chains, McDonald‘s, Burger King’s and KFC, I was shocked to discover this. But then I thought: „how very American“.

[@eski5084]

homemade mac n cheese is one of the greatest foods ever invented

[@CatFish107]

Agreed. I also enjoyed how they do it down in Barbados, with mac&cheese pie being a common side dish at a lot of restaurants.

[@ghintz2156]

I unapologetically love Hannibal despite being vegan. No I'm not Freddie.

[@sophien1487]

Same girl, same! 💀

[@SeekSomethingMore]

@@ghintz2156 I want to make a joke about humans being vegan, but it's too dark.

[@morgengabe1]

Admit it, you love Hannibal *because* you're vegan!

[@dotEmfour]

The “marrying binge watching with enjoying food” era of Renegade Cut has been very satisfying.

[@paulsidoti5469]

"I'm not fancy but I am spicy" Same homie, same.

[@patrickmike2524]

the late great Hannibal Lector -trump (the "man" who thinks Hannibal was a real person)

[@Adrian-ot1ur]

Maybe he was mentioning the one from the punic Wars?

[@gilberthamilton9312]

@@Adrian-ot1ur That would just be Hannibal then. Or possibly Hannibal Barca.

[@morgengabe1]

Hannibal was real. He was one of Epstein's billionaire buddies.

[@kevinclack]

I loved this, and just wanted to say that I've watched you for years and while this content turn was unexpected, I've really enjoyed it and it seems you're enjoying the creation as well! Keep making what you love, and I wish you all the best 🙂

[@ilyssasimsek4608]

Now watch interview with the vampire and eat fish and chips

[@justinbremer2281]

Every time I encounter that Arby's slogan, I think it should have come from "Invader Zim". A drive-thru just boldly announcing their possession of the nondescript *MEATS* would have fit right in there IMO. Disturbed by what it implies for our own homeworld....

[@DarthSawyerZock]

I really like these chill videos, I needed this after getting unexpectedly laid off last thursday. Thanks for the stress reduction!

[@cutiemcweirdo]

That sucks, good luck with the job hunt 🤞🏽

[@jeremysmith4620]

Your title is better than a title saying "I am Hannibal and ate fast food humans." Fast Food workers are severely underpaid and overworked, so being eaten by the customers would be the second worse thing to happen to them with Time Theft/Wage Theft being worse. At least you can only be eaten once. You can have your wages and time eaten away from every single day while still having to depend on that job to survive.

[@teenprez]

Surely one of the best-looking network TV shows ever made.

[@Argacyan]

Burgerking should live up to it's name & make burgers out of kings.

[@damianoakes2592]

I'm pretty sure Margot Verger comes out okay. She kills her abusive brother, takes his money, and has a family with Alana Bloom. As a big fan both of lesbians and Katharine Isabelle*, let me just say: good for her. * - Whom I was sad to see make no appearance in this video. Seriously, between the Ginger Snaps trilogy, Freddy vs. Jason, American Mary, and this show, she is a bona fide scream queen-how DARE you ignore her, Leon! For SHAME, my good man!

[@SuperPal-tr3go]

It's almost as if mentioning her would defeat his whole or something.

[@someguy79]

no "eat the rich" jokes?

[@gateauxq4604]

Hannibal is a giant eat the rich joke. It’s right there 😜

[@darkninjafirefox]

Fellow former Marylander! I wish fast food places would embrace the veggie chicken nuggets like some have embraced the impossible burgers. I betcha most wouldn't even notice the difference

[@skorqion_art]

My german vegan nuggets are so good I don't miss the real deal anymore!

[@StudentSwope]

hint: buy vegan chicken cutlets and start prepping them like kaarage. you won't regret it!

[@darkninjafirefox]

@@skorqion_art I've had some in Berlin! They were amazing

[@DavetheTurnip]

The switching between talking about the show and talking about fast food was masterful. Very funny too. 😃

[@mag8635]

hannibal is my favorite series EVER. even at its weirdest it's just so much fun.

[@Draqua]

I feel like we've bypassing the discourse the Hannibal utilizes Vore themes, but not Vore aesthetics

[@TheSleepyowlet]

Hannibal the wealthy sybarite being insufferable - maybe that's the point. That is what conspicuous consumption is, innit? When chasing after that next luxus high, that next opulent, rare, expensive experience - what you're actually doing is eating people. Because that is what being ultra-rich is, that is what indulging in absurd luxus is: Enjoying stuff people died and suffered for just for the sake of it.

[@CanIswearinmyhandle]

10:17 ok as someone who watches a lot of american murder documentaries I have noticed something, they always call places small. "This is a small town of 8000 people where nobody locks the door" and I'm like that's not small Mary!! but every town is always small. I guess maybe they're comparing it not to other towns but like, the earth? Because compared to that I reckon baltimore is pretty small

[@davidells6760]

‘Until it was revealed …’ Thank you!

[@Badwolfwho1]

I mean Alana Bloom and Margot Verger were both textually gay and ended the show in a relatively good place IIRC

[@eski5084]

legit this made me laugh more than once, i appreciate your commentary on a show i love but also recognize as a bit ridiculous. in my heart, since there weren’t any bodies for will and hannibal going off the cliff, they have the same plot armor so they survived, and they end the series happy bc i want it to be so. also chicken nuggets are the reason i have protein in my diet right now, so i agree that their disparagement is elitist and unwarranted. i’m glad you’re making content that makes you happy :)

[@CubanSpartan]

19:35 one victim you missed: my interest in the Hannibal tv show. Until it was revealed around the 25 minute mark that i was actually still invested in it, at least enough to finish this video.

[@DalmatinRus]

This is either brilliant trolling or a fascinating study of Leon's numerous hangups. Either way, fascinating! I've watched the show for the first time throughout the year, and I had a very different experience from Mr. Thomas's.

[@arglebargle23fnord]

I loved Hannibal, I love junk food, and I love making fun of Hannibal, because the absurdity is deliberately fantastic. ("Is your social worker in that horse?") This hits all the high points. Delicious, would pair with an A&W fountain root beer from the Midwestern region, as the recipe varies from area to area -- a root beer terroir, if you will.

[@zurggriff481]

I ate a pair of plain bagels while watching this video.

[@somebodynowhere]

I'm sure I had seen ads for the show but never had a chance to watch it. I'm stunned to see just how stacked the cast was

[@spacecow2455]

12:55 Extolling the holy virtues of the Nugget Man, may he rest in peace

[@space.youtube]

I knew you'd settle for the dirty bird. Edit This video is to fast food fried chicken what Patrick Bateman is to 80s/90s music reviews.

[@chrisdunker54]

I'm all about Indian. Curry is simply the best, but I'm also a wimp. So, when they ask me how spicy I want it I go with the middle. The waiter then asked me if I wanted bread. I asked for a spicy bread. I ate my chicken curry with no problem and reached the end of the meal where it was time to soak up the delicious sauce still clinging to the dish. I did so with great relish and bit off a big piece and that's when things went terribly wrong. By some miracle I was able to keep my composure and the only outward sign of my distress were the tears pouring from my eyes and the tea I was guzzling. My mouth felt like it was on fire, and it hurt just to breathe. I remained in this agony for roughly five minutes. Luckily, the wait staff caught on to my distress and offered me plain bread instead. I accepted. They even asked if I wanted to take home the hot bread. I passed. Now here's my issue. Why would you offer such hot bread which is at least a six on the spicy level to someone who wimped out at three? I still enjoy Indian food and will be going back in the near future, but I will be wary when it comes time to choose the bread. SHAMELESS PLUG "Even This, The Grave Cannot Deny" If you really are interested in a story that has a queer identity but holds itself in some reserve, then you might enjoy this story I've recently finished. It involves two women who grow up surrounded by a non-descript fantasy setting in a patriarchal society that suppresses sexual education. They find each other despite the obstacles and enjoy a fairytale romance that turns into a horror story. As of yet no one has read it and being not part of the queer community I am curious as to whether my text is accurate or merely pandering. If you're interested you can find the novella on Face, Reddit and Wattpad. Thank you.

[@mageyeah7763]

You left out "The Expanse" in your list of Baltimore shows. Sure, they mix in a bit of space stuff, but it's primarily an unauthorized sequel to "The Wire".

[@lunarmagpie619]

I loved the part where they revealed that Amos was a descendant of McNulty

[@kramermariav]

Your writng is incredible and hilarious. That nesting doll of fake deaths 😂

[@dmorales70]

I have never watched it, but your humorous take has sold me on at least giving it a peek. Big Fan Renegade.

[@butterfish-g9f]

I didn't know what to expect coming into this, but I got the message of: 1.The Hannibal show had rampant plot armor issues 2. Arby's fries are garbage 3. No one cares about Roy Rogers.

[@dreddiknight]

Thank you for the actual laugh out loud moments your writing pulled out of me this episode! 😂

[@emilyglass6625]

I haven’t revisited Hannibal since the years when it aired; I’m almost afraid to go back and risk losing what I did absolutely love about it. For a while it was my favorite show! But the more Will seemed helplessly drawn to Hannibal the less I could bear to watch. I just didn’t believe it. Especially after Beverly died. That event was a huge blow to a load-bearing pillar of my love for the series, to begin with. Beverly was my favorite supporting character by far, and her friendship ship with Will was one of my favorite dynamics. She had a way of cutting through his melancholy and self-loathing that was refreshing and so good for him. He was kind of this slippery newborn fawn and she had really good traction lol. From the moment Hannibal killed her AND DISPLAYED HER I could never believe in the idea of Will finding Hannibal somehow hateful but irresistible. Like, could I believe Will wouldn’t be able to put H out of his mind, or that he’d become obsessed with stopping or understanding H to a point where he’d be damaging himself in the process? Yes. Could I believe he’d be plagued with dread that one day his “damaged” psyche might transform him into someone who would ultimately yield to Hannibal? Yes. But like… he legit can’t stop himself from wanting to play happy family with Hannibal and Abigail… because Hannibal is just that handsome of a fish and he has a really nice library and 3-piece suits. I just wasn’t interested in that story. Will was a guy who stopped for every hurt dog he ever saw on the side of the road. WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL YOUR DOGS, WILL?? Hannibal’s class and aesthetics are part of what make him alarming. But he *should* be despised. And I feel like the show itself accidentally lost its mind and fell in love with him. Hannibal was going to let brain fever cook Will alive if it would make him more susceptible. He cut Will’s great good friend up like lunch meat. I’m sorry if it’s bourgeois of me, but that’s just NOT sexy.

[@fireflysummers_yt]

I feel like if you haven't already indulged, Dungeon Meshi/Delicious in Dungeon does a good job being about tasty food and cannibalism without being pretentious as hell.

[@Varvuska]

On my first time of watching Hannibal I straight up stopped watching at the end of season 2 because I thought that WAS the end. Motherfucker made it feel so conclusive that it literally fooled me. Also on my second watching of it I just realized that the whole show is actually like, prime comedy. Hannibal isn't subtle at all with the cannibalism jokes and there are comments and quips made that are given a pause long enough to fit a damn laugh track in. It's a damn hilarious show once you know what's going on.

[@Jumpyjumpie]

Hannibal is so incredible

[@ProfessorFish]

wanna open a restaurant together? we serve deep fried food only. we call it ROADKILL for reasons.

[@FoxandHart]

This video is very similar to what I’ve spent all of July doing, except replace chicken with cornedbeef ruebens and rewatching Hannibal with rewatching anime I had even thought of recording it in this fashion But I think I should thank your mad max video for incepting the idea into my head

[@rorysyers8457]

Wow, the US has a lot of Fast Food places, here in the UK outside of a hadful of American franchises we have Greggs.

[@martinwarin3409]

Brilliant stuff, Leon. Love it!

[@StudentSwope]

Agent Cooper would approve of this video.

[@Ookamiryoshi]

Damn fine video

[@Mix1mum]

Fettuccine Alfredo is just fancy Mac and cheese. If you want to be specific, obscuringly gastronomical, also....correct then it's all just pasta ala mornay (cheese sauce). Alfredo is just a parmesan mornay.

[@dughole]

while i love hannibal, i think there are many critiques to be made of the show that often go unsaid by both fans & critiques. you covered much of them in this video, & that's incredibly refreshing ! also, "a funeral needs a eulogy" is a baller line.

[@milesnorsworthy946]

The real chicken nuggets were the friends we made along the way.

[@Dork_Rock]

I too enjoy normal food

[@BigDaddyDracula]

This is too jaded even for me

[@jimmypickles1123]

If food falls out of your wrap while you're eating in the car and it lands on your shirt, then pull over. Using your thumb and forefingers of both hands, pinch your shirt on either side of the fallen morsel, pull taught, lift shirt to mouth, suck morsel directly off shirt fabric. If the food lands in your lap, continue eating until wrap is done. Crumple wrapper with right hand, throw on passenger seat. Continue driving. Use right thumb and top two fingers to scoop saucy morsel from crotch of cargo shorts. Put entire hand in mouth, release morsel, slowly withdraw hand from mouth while slowly sucking to vacuum up maximum slop. Wipe hand on right thigh, use forefinger to spoon up any remaining sauce on crotch.

[@sataprescott7588]

Hannibal is vibes over plot in the extreme. And while in the average show I would be irked at "queer-baiting," this worked more in the vein of 19th century unspecified desire for the purpose of merging the types of desires. The concretize the relationship between Hannibal and Will would have made it "mere" love, and that would make it weirdly MORE toxic. Because instead of a magical realist poetic space, it would be about real actual murderers being in love. That's no longer interesting (to me).

[@teslawizardvvv3]

You should watch Ravenous and eat a Thanksgiving meal I did that a couple years ago.

[@UlrichTheOmega]

I appreciate your proper pronunciation of Bal'mer

[@EdBurke37]

Hannibal out here with almost as many fake deaths as One Piece

[@rangereric18]

Can't go wrong with Popeye's. Wendy's spicy chicken sandwich is notably great, also.

[@cherrynorthful]

You’re absolutely right tbh. I am one of those who noped out mid season 3. It was just awful by that point. Justice for Bev!

[@BimpytheWimpyShrimpy]

15:45 Thank you. I was confused, and enjoyed the confusion whole-heartedly.

[@beyonddreamland273]

Yippee! Thanks as always Mister!

[@bensneb360]

Fast food fried chicken… Hannibal would find you most uncivilized lol

[@SkollMX]

"I am not fancy. But I am *spicy*" Just beautiful

[@casersatz]

BALTIMORE MENTIONED!!!!!! I think if Will turned to Hannibal and said "I'm queer and I want to have sex with you" and Hannibal said "I'm pan-sexual and I want to have sex with you" it'd be a pretty unfulfilling experience for any audience, cult or otherwise. Of course I'm being facetious with my description, but I think any of version of this could never have measured up to anyone's expectation. "A desire is never simply the desire for certain thing. *sniff* It's always also a desire for desire itself." *sniff*

[@MoH-lk1yj]

So glad I ate lunch before watching this!

[@glistera]

Did anyone else find Hannibal's absolutely anxiety including therapy room to be as funny as I did?

[@sockatume]

This is the content I need right now, thank you so much for this nascent series of food/content videos.

[@SergeantNovak23]

This video was made for me. Love it, Renegade.

[@rockinroller25]

It’s funny I see you upload this video today as I just started rewatching this show because I just saw Longlegs and have been itching to watch disturbing murder thrillers

[@thequeenofswords7230]

Northerners understand 'Mac and Cheese' exclusively as the blue box instant mac because we have no culture. Canadians have the sense to differentiate between that as "Kraft Dinner", being that it's wholly different and even seems to recognize that we're calling this dinner because Mom's not cooking and/or has had it up to here.

[@fredhuot9279]

After this episode, I made beef nugget (same recipe as chicken but add a bit more spice else it will taste bland) and ate them with the 2 drinks you left out: root beer and ginger ale. I am Canadian, so thkse 2 are the drinks I grew up with and consequently like (only buy quality root beer, the cheap ones are undrinkable). Also bought a Poutine.

[@srwapo]

I wonder what this series would be like to someone who doesn't know who Hannibal Lechter is. He's shown as such a nice guy at first. I should re-watch it soon...

[@Effective_tool_of_Satan]

Hannibal is a shark

[@arglebargle23fnord]

He is also a wizard. A Shark Wizard. 🦈🧙‍♂️

[@russellcheck]

I had my wife watch the series, which was a bit of a chore because season 1 is a bit of a "monster of the week" kind of show. I told her that by the end, it would be like watching "Before Sunrise," and "Before Sunset," back-to-back. When she got to the end, she agreed with me, that this show is one of the best romances on TV that was never structured like a traditional romance. That all being said, I agree with the idea that staging this as a romance between characters might have been advantageous, but the final moments releasing a, "I KNEW IT ALL ALONG!" delivers incredible elation. This series wasn't perfect, and I think it could have done with more of the side characters as mentioned in the video (Scott Thompson is a treasure), but, I think this series as a whole was a pretty great meal that could have been accented way better with more purposeful side dishes. I can't tell you how happy I am that this got the spotlight from you. Thank you so much!

[@sp00nf0rks]

i howled at the use of the Community clip, i need tor rewatch Community. It's been... checks calendar... A DECADE????? 🤮

[@themadpsyentist882]

Well, as a fellow depressive, I live for this show, eulogy or no!

[@janedoe2509]

i tried watching it and i kept falling asleep to it. there were only so many scenes of antlers and blood flowing everywhere i could take

[@tomlangford1999]

I would have forgiven everything if the last scene of the show was just Hannibal rawdogging Will covered in blood.

[@chrisprescott2273]

I can tell you're from Baltimore by the way you say Baldimore.

[@nyarparablepsis872]

Brilliant. I nearly choked from laughter several times. Possibly for I, too, had decided to feast on that other white meat, chicken, whilst consuming your video.

[@KarlaBowdring]

IDK what's going on but your hot takes on fast food are way more entertaining than whatever nonsense is going on in Hannibal!

[@loveless131]

That moment when you realize you have been a cannibal all along because a plucked chicken is man. Diogenes gets me once again.

[@profKDF]

AMAZING - love this so much!

I would rather eat homemade mac and cheese than anything Hannibal Lecter would ever serve, even if his offerings indeed had rich people meat in them.

[@chuckblack8227]

Hey, make a video about whatever da nuckinfutz you want. ❤

[@rrobjchilds]

This was superb, thank you!

[@IAmTheMorningandEveningStar]

I love watching your vids about shows I will never watch and games I will never play. Like if Alice had found a portal instead where she could just watch the going’s on of Wonderland. It’s hella fun!

[@CyberYork123]

Thank you for shwoing me that I didn't miss anything good when I stopped watching the show after season 2. I was under the impression that the showrunners had created their desired ending there.

[@lbjcb5]

Jack in the Box curly fries are some of the best. Idk if you have that in you're area.

[@jesamiehoughtby3591]

My favorite youtuber talking about my favorite show? Let me order some fried chicken too

[@716NSD]

I don’t usually comment, but that Dr. Pepper joke was excellent. Top tier writing and delivery, well done.