RiffTrax: Setting Up A Room (Full FREE Short)

What could be better than watching two teachers set up their classroom? How about TWENTY SEVEN MINUTES of two teachers setting up their classroom???
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[@thomasbuckley6175]

When easel delivery boy said "we have a few other things for you" I got very hopeful, but, no, the smocks stayed on..

[@speedystriper]

I can imagine being stranded in The Overlook Hotel on a cold wintry night, randomly opening a door and finding this room, with these two women inside, trapped for eternity, forever and ever and ever.....

[@shawnfields2369]

Doesn't sound all that bad, honestly. As long as you don't know the two women personally...unless you're into that sort of thing...

[@trevorrostek5995]

Like Sartre’s No Exit in elementary school.

[@KentheDeer]

"Oh, an ironing board. That's wonderful." "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!"

[@tuber33]

And the way she said it like that's... wonderful, like she was going to say something very different than wonderful

[@favoritemustard3542]

@@tuber33 complete & utter _wondeful_

[@JamaicanCastle]

@@favoritemustard3542 The children in this class are _wonderful._ Their parents are _wonderful._ Her life is _wonderful._ The Wild Turkey in her cabinet at home is _wonderful..._

[@Gappasaurus]

6:10 “This is where the sink is” suddenly reminded me of the classic line “This is where the fish lives” 😄

[@matthewmitchell5636]

The Sink is also where the Fish lives funny enough. Their class pet situation didn't go so well.

[@giladpellaeon1691]

(music) "Add a Touch of Satan to your life"

[@Gappasaurus]

@@matthewmitchell5636 Guessing it got too close to the woodworking area, or possibly was trampled by “certain people” running for the bathroom 😅

[@dougjb7848]

@@matthewmitchell5636 +5 and 7/31 more thumbs up for you.

[@SwampVVitch]

I constantly find reasons to use that line. It brings joy.😆

[@fangjokerLS]

The child I used to be finds no small reassurance that school was apparently brain-shatteringly dull even before the school year started and wasn't something they did special for us.

[@catherinecrawford2289]

still is I assure you.

[@lauragoodspeed7044]

This is probably my favorite short. I am a preschool teacher and have set up many rooms and I can confirm that bathroom access is a SERIOUS issue to be considered carefully!

[@ian_b]

Well, nobody wants any "accidents" do they?

[@minxstole93]

Your comment just made my day it's so funny! That was my favorite part of this short. "The bathroom! Certain people!"

[@tjmmcd1]

Must take the entire final year of college for kindergarten teachers to learn how NOT to block the bathroom door.

[@jeremiahallen5236]

My mother just became a kindergarten teacher, can't wait to show her this.

[@dougjb7848]

better make sure the doors still open before you do.

[@AlcoholicBoredom]

Don’t. Once she sees what a nightmarish, hellscape of an ordeal awaits her she’ll quit immediately.

[@philipmonihan8222]

You cruel jackanapes...

[@takkycat]

@@AlcoholicBoredom I have to come in two weeks for school starts for inservice training and class prep! This is actually ridiculously simplifying what teachers have to do (I suspect even for the time period)! Elementary is even worse because they nag you to come in even earlier to help decorate the REST of the school!! There is more reasons that one why burn out for teachers is so bad. The US school system depends on hours of unpaid overtime!!

[@Youngstown529]

@@takkycat Please do not make us care about the plight of teachers. We're too busy laughing at them wearing smocks to move shelves.

[@CyberKnight1]

3:23 "At this point, we'd like everyone to take a glance at the Time Remaining counter..." I remember hearing that for the first time and getting that sinking feeling in my gut when I did.

[@mister90210]

Lol....Ironically, I was just about to check the amount of time right before it was said to

[@mfitzburger5137]

The transition from thinking they're making a funny exaggeration to realizing what you've actually tuned in to...

[@chazzwozzio]

I don't see what's the bi- oooooh nooooo

[@ArrantPrac]

And the reference in Whizzo's Christmas Circus, "At this time we'd like to point out that this film is *twice as long* as Setting up a Room..."

[@JamaicanCastle]

@@ArrantPrac "And you learn _nothing_ about storing blocks." Which was probably for the best, thinking about it...

[@Adrianne0304]

The highlight is Kevin yelling “what the hell is going on?!”

[@shawnfields2369]

"So, these 2 are aliens trying to act human, right?"

[@kingsford3657]

6:47 THE CUBBIES!!!!!!!

[@lordscrewtape2897]

And he never really got an answer....🤷‍♀️

[@shawnfields2369]

@@lordscrewtape2897 And neither did I or anyone else...

[@Gappasaurus]

13:57 makes me literally LOL every time 🤣

[@mrmtoad]

Add as many toys as possible and still, somehow, create a joyless gulag.

[@algomaone121]

It’s only because the painters haven’t come yet...

[@mrmtoad]

@@algomaone121 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tomservo5347]

Our re-education system was designed to create workers, not thinkers. Now it just produces communists-because, surprise! The Chinese Communist Party controls much of the curriculum.

[@algomaone121]

@@tomservo5347 That took a serious turn where no “serious turn” signage was posted...

[@mrmtoad]

@@tomservo5347 Um? Think you snapped a tether there Sparky

[@AGirlofYesterday]

Oh god, the cameraman sneeze makes this a cinema-verite classic.

[@dmrr7739]

Yes, yes, film critics have raved about “The Sneeze” for fifty years. It was director Rowena Shoemaker’s “bold statement of commitment” to the Observational Cinema ideal. Yet, several times, this same film shamelessly resorts to unnatural voice over rather than finding the cinematic truth of the moment. Was that the “rough edges of the avant-garde” showing through… or rank hypocrisy? Frankly, considering the aesthetic shambles that was her follow up film, _Fun Projects In Home Economics,_ I wouldn’t be surprised if she just forgot to edit it out.

[@AGirlofYesterday]

@@dmrr7739 Fascinating observations about Shoemaker's courageous quest for realism, yet I disagree that there is auteuristic hypocrisy afoot in "Setting Up a Room." Clearly, the male voiceover narration is an inentional motif used to contrast the female-centric foreground action with a meta sense of inescapable destiny. A voice of god, if you will, symbolizing the ladies are trapped in the confines of the very room they seek to control. The sneeze reminds us that the women are being watched, judged, caged-- their only recourse to move small furniture around. Profound.

[@edwardburek1717]

@@AGirlofYesterday I must respectfully disagree, although your thoughts provide meriticious credit. The sneeze may stand on its own as a device that demonstrates the pervasive nature that life forces are all encompassing and therefore underlines its own futility. Yet, for all the auteuristic notions laid for display in this piece, the over-riding quandary remains open to conjecture, vis a vis; DOES THE OVEN AND FRIDGE DOOR STILL OPEN???

[@paxhumana2015]

@@edwardburek1717 , et al, and you lot wonder why disasters are on the rise.

[@scottlarson1548]

Also he sneezed right before a cut! If he could have held it for two more seconds it would have been easy to edit out! Unprofessional!

[@NeptuneRising70]

“Did you see our sink?” “Yes Agnes quit BRAGGING.”

[@GeekFilter]

My mother, a kindergarten teacher, watched this with me when it first came out and said “You laugh but we are required to draw up room plans and have rationalizations for why something is near the bathroom or show how many books can fit on the shelf.“ So this is shockingly still relevant to the 21st-century!

[@theboombody]

Yep, nothing more important than setting up a room.

[@shawnfields2369]

@@theboombody Or better yet, a setup for "The Room". "Oh, hai, Mark!"

[@manicpixiefangirl4189]

A woman definitely came up with those rules. Nitpicky and pretty much pointless.

[@AI-dp3rd]

Wow, that’s depressingly sexist and likely untrue. Most school admins are male. Irrelevant since everything like this is done by committee, anyway.

[@GeekFilter]

@@AI-dp3rd I was just going to say none of that was created by one single person!

[@dmrr7739]

The weird thing is, this is eleventh grade American Lit class.

[@jacquelineking5783]

Nah too advanced, 12th grade calculus.

[@Metallizombie]

It wasn’t that lit

[@jackcarroll3575]

AP, no less

[@dmrr7739]

@@Metallizombie oh, as soon as they slipped into those smocks, it was lit.

[@luisostasuc8135]

@@dmrr7739 yeah, absinth'll do that

[@Skinn-Tuh-Lor]

“These are two aliens trying to act human, right?”

[@doctorloomis2198]

Phone? Phone? Tele-phone? Yipyipyipyipyip!

[@troytakesphotos]

MIRROR

[@christopherwall2121]

@@doctorloomis2198 uh-huh uh-huh uh-huh

[@dragonmaster613]

Even Zim and GUR would say they aren't human.

[@christopherwall2121]

@@dragonmaster613 * GIR

[@srbrant5391]

This needs an HD remaster on Blu-Ray with director's commentary. I mean, the lore is _deep._

[@crixxxxxxxxx]

Maybe they can even track down the younger teacher.

[@phillipbailey70]

The bit -- "Th-then... wh-when do I?... H-how does..?... ... ... record player" -- had me in *stitches* and rewinding over and over 😆🤣😂

[@awkwardboy]

14:56 for anyone else trying to remember where it is during their watching this for the 33rd time.

[@somecallmeTim-wi6pr]

The camera man sneezing killed me man

[@melasnexperience]

This is one of the few Rifftrax shorts that my mother likes. She appreciates the concern for proper bathroom access.

[@EddieHawkinsII]

I think EVERYONE appreciates concern for proper bathroom access.

[@Youcifer]

@@EddieHawkinsII except for draconian teachers

[@onequickthing8950]

My mother walked in on my father and i watching a Neil Breen movie. Without understanding the concept of riffing she was devastating just by being herself. My favorite line was, "If you have a body like that, you shouldn't wear sleeveless t-shirts".

[@sacredgeometry8275]

My husband recommended this video. I now know how he feels after helping me set up my classroom every year.

[@poisonmantis4191]

i helped my mom set up her teacher's rooms sometimes. the kitchen play area having so many areas where kids can hide while you're distracted is horrifying. someone *will* eat something they're not supposed to behind those shelves

[@sacredgeometry8275]

@@poisonmantis4191 So true. Give them an opportunity and they'll take it everytime.

[@brandonburum8279]

Did he ever point out that a floor plan is useless if you don’t have anything measured? (Sorry… just venting.) 🙂

[@TheFreshcorn1]

4:35 “WHAT THE HELL’S GOING ON?!” Love when Kevin breaks down so early!

[@robertdiotalevi285]

👍

[@scottlarson1548]

It reminded me of another classic short when Crow screamed, "Someone tell me this isn't happening!"

[@DACrowley]

Kevin suffers for our enjoyment ❤️

[@justincicconi3807]

Oh.. Ironing board...that's...wonderful

[@christopherjones5446]

This short was a masterclass in tedium.

[@RIXRADvidz]

For sitting through the entire presentation, your Certificate is in the mail.

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

I feel like if you tried to make it more boring, you would create something relaxing. It truly is a masterpiece of dull and pointless media

[@The-Plaguefellow]

@@skeetsmcgrew3282 Causing you to relax might be a *bit* of a stretch... It'd likely make you more *comatose*, realistically.

[@cygil1]

You weren't immediately gripped by the "two smocks but only one hook" plotline?

[@mchris65]

paint drying is amazing next to this

[@kellyweingart3692]

“Oh hai, children, I’ll be your substitute teacher”

[@shawnfields2369]

"What the hell is going on?!?"

[@kellyweingart3692]

“The cubbies, you glorious, insane bitch!” 😂

[@shawnfields2369]

@@kellyweingart3692 "These are 2 aliens trying to act human, right?" "At least it's not setting up The Room".

[@markrook6085]

“Tommy, do you think ALL kids cheat on tests???”

[@jacksongibbs8998]

“Let’s go to recess, huh?”

[@captaindunsel2048]

"Bedroom suggestion met with icy silence." -Bill Corbett narrating my relationship.

[@Briansgate]

"Its just a dumbed down, faster paced version of the original British show..." damn.

[@Gappasaurus]

13:57 I can’t even count how many times Kevin’s reactions have been some of my favorite moments in any given episode 😂

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

"Also, remove the safety guards from the radial saws...They restrict a child's imagination."

[@sodapop81]

Imagine being alive during the Summer of Love but you're in kindergarten.

[@wmiekka]

@10:49 wow I remember seeing my elementary school janitor using that throw up sawdust stuff. He was also missing a finger so he probably already shook hands with danger.

[@joypopoola6115]

Nooooo!!! 🤣🤣

[@julieporter7805]

Badoodooodo dah!

[@jimmymelendez1836]

@@julieporter7805 😒

[@shannondore]

I still think this needs to be made into a full length movie staring Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway. They would surely get Oscar nominations... I have no doubt.

[@BERTMARCH]

This entire short feels like a padded scene from a longer film.

[@dougjb7848]

Yes: “Setting Up a House.”

[@mrpandabites]

Yes. How to Set Up an Entire School, Part of the How to Set Up a Town trilogy directed by Jean Rouch.

[@KyleRayner12]

Intercut it with scenes of one of the teachers' loved ones being violently murdered and it becomes a tension-building bit of dramatic irony. Make it a funeral and it becomes a deep commentary on how we waste our lives.

[@BGNOLA]

@@KyleRayner12 the whole thing does feel like some "video art" instilation I would've sat through in the 80s.

[@Youcifer]

_Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles_

[@nickfarmer2452]

"'Okay'? I want our library table placement to be the STUFF OF LEGEND, Missy!" And, half a century later, here we are.

[@bambufan3636]

11:23 "We have a few other things for ya...." I was really hoping for the video to take a very unexpected but welcome turn here.

[@joeholm4591]

Brown chicken cow cow

[@Valicore]

"A nightmarish hell scape of an environment." Teacher here and yup, that's about right.

[@svenjansen2134]

A nightmarish hellscape of an ordeal is what's said in the video.

[@RonnieBarzel]

This one really did send Kevin over the cliff.

[@acomplexmetaphor]

And somehow that's when I laughed the hardest 😂

[@shawnfields2369]

@@acomplexmetaphor "What the hell is going on?!?"

[@Slopmaster]

@@acomplexmetaphor like the mocking kid in “Mitchell”

[@Youcifer]

"Yes, the cubbies, you glorious, insane bitch!"

[@mattyboyanderson]

"END!!! END!!!" -Tom Servo, "Wild World of Batwoman"

[@thelastroseofsummer2817]

"What the hell is going ON!" Love how Kevin says this line. Always makes me laugh.

[@svenylford4047]

I am strangely attracted to the one with glasses... she's a got a real Enid Coleslaw vibe that I can't resist.

[@RichardX1]

I keep waiting for her to transform into Safety Woman.

[@johnudiskey3056]

She has that hot librarian trait

[@lunsj]

Same. You just know if she took off those glasses and let her hair down (in slow motion obvs) she'd turn into Gal Gadot.

[@scottlarson1548]

She doesn't quite cover up that rockin' bod of hers.

[@Dyrnwyn]

There's nothing strange about your attraction at all, good buddy.

[@Jesse__H]

These last few months have been a Rifftrax YT renaissance. So much great free content!

[@shannaroe5189]

Indeed. They have helped keep me laughing throughout these odd times we are living in.

[@TheMrrobustus]

22:20 The constant abuse of the older lady to the younger perfectly encapsulated 😂😂

[@BGNOLA]

If these two were Eisenhower and Patton, we'd still be fighting World War 2.

[@Randumb96]

This is now one of my favorite shorts. I laughed so hard at "Will you stop showing a woman putting away blocks!"

[@stephengoodman2424]

I could watch her put away blocks for a long time

[@robot_spider]

"Oh great, more crap" Setting up a classroom for the school year has never been more authentic.

[@ilikethecokev2]

"This is where we planned our music area." And THIS is where the fish lives.

[@blipio2000]

Make sure to scratch the newly waxed floor by dragging lots of heavy furniture across it

[@raghu5657]

😂😂😂

[@srbrant5391]

Go to hell, underpadding!

[@paxhumana2015]

Thankfully, things like Moving Men largely eliminate that problem.

[@moonooze6171]

And make sure to do it the very day after it's been waxed.

[@asharrock]

@@paxhumana2015ha! You act as if anyone helps us teachers move our furniture! 😂

[@tomh.2405]

The only educational short in history to require an intermission.

[@chrisc6857]

Can't shake the feeling 'glasses and smock' girl was damn hot underneath the artificial frumpiness.

[@shawnfields2369]

Same here...

[@calumsanderson6741]

The only reason this is watchable is through the anticipation that she'll disrobe and things will get hot and sweaty

[@shawnfields2369]

@@calumsanderson6741 Yeah, but sadly for all of us single, lonely 30+ dudes out there, that never happens...at least to my knowledge it doesn't. Maybe there's an uncut version of this somewhere out there that exists, maybe not(okay, definitely not), but still. A man can dream, can't he? And "at least it's not setting up The Room".

[@daveygivens735]

Evidently, the guy who knocked her up feels the same.

[@billsmith6884]

I just assumed she was wearing lingerie underneath the smock.

[@GrixieKong]

That sneeze at 21:40 is hilarious! “Cut! The cameraman just sneezed. …what? Keep filming?!”

[@XanthinZarda]

The best part is, since this was before stable cameras existed, you can see the entire shot lurch.

[@kyleriel4825]

Glasses NOT coming with a smock would have been a great way to incorporate some early dramatic tension.

[@robertcliffjr9339]

I can see the older one going into a stern 10 minute rant about the purpose of a smock, complete with visuals, a review and condescension

[@mnelson929]

"I hadn't noticed this pegboard." "Just try to come up with a more boring sentence."

[@meumnomen]

People say that on chilly September nights, one can still hear the stacking of blocks and the scrapes of shelving being moved across the floor....

[@chaoscat1499]

That would actually be kind of creepy.

[@GraceSavidesKeller]

This makes me feel like I'm a temp at a job I don't have working with someone who has silent contempt for me. What I'm saying is, I feel for glasses woman.

[@jman7826]

“We have a few other things for you” ;)

[@favoritemustard3542]

😉😉 **nudge nudge**

[@shawnfields2369]

@@favoritemustard3542 All right! Oh...you meant ironing board...how wonderful...

[@Zara-Bari]

Nothing says "quiet" like a bunch of small children WHALING on percussion instruments.

[@tuber33]

Or wailing even. But I do love whales.

[@Zara-Bari]

@@tuber33, I was using it in the sense of delivering a blow in a strong or vigorous manner, but they can wail while they do it for sure.

[@Youcifer]

@@Zara-Bari inventive anthimeria

[@tuber33]

From the dictionary: Wail: Jazz; Slang to play in an intense or inspired manner

[@nickfarmer2452]

@@Zara-Bari Ah, then you meant "waling". Whaling is when you go out and hunt cetaceans.

[@MrsLUVKitty13]

The woman with brown bun hair & glasses is so relatable. _"Okay." "Yeah."_

[@dennismason3740]

I have had a crush on the girl in the smock for, what, 60 years? I'm losing it.

[@shrews12001]

60 years or roughly since around the beginning of the film

[@charlottecorday8494]

She is quite beautiful

[@iasimov5960]

I imagine her wearing something frilly as she removes her glasses and shakes out her hair.

[@superhetoric]

I'm in love with her

[@dennismason3740]

@@shrews12001 - It only feels like a 60 year long film if you are not imagining smock-babe letting down her hair and - dare I say it - removing the smock. The film does not have a satisfying ending - no feng shui at all to the room arrangement.

[@ProBreakers]

The younger one is giving off hot librarian vibes.

[@shawnfields2369]

I thought I was the only one who thought that honestly.

[@mikemurphy8714]

She's undercover smoking hot you can just tell

[@Huskrrrr]

My Librarian fantasy is coming alive.

[@robertmcginty4146]

Today was my fourth day of no air conditioning in my classroom and this is florida. So with only 30 minutes this morning, I gathered what important stuff I could for my class and I set up in our vacant music room which was nice and cool. With just myself and 30 minutes I unfortunately did not get the clay out of the buckets and I had no time to set up a woodworking area.

[@ginacoghlan8253]

How come I get the feeling that the second the school day is over, the glasses girl removes her glasses, lets her hair out of that bun and starts her second job as a super model at Studio 54?

[@joeholm4591]

…or adult film actress

[@julieporter7805]

I have to admit her smile at the toy figures like the farm and zoo animals is actually sweet and adorable since she doesn't show much emotion through the rest of the short.

[@markantinozzi8657]

@@joeholm4591e an adult film vibe they're just waiting for the janitor or an adult teacher to come in and check with glasses is going to put her hair down and leave her glasses on while she gets busy

[@kynoceph]

In 1977, yes...in 1967, she would be a go-go dancer at the Purple Mushroom, wigging out to the crazy sounds of the Seeds "Pushin' Too Hard."

[@kynoceph]

@@joeholm4591 muuuch more likely...

[@megandonnelly5831]

Watching this I slipped into a boredom coma, cracked open my skull, had several pins insterted in my head and spent six months in the hospital. When I got back this thing was still going.

[@Depth217]

Everybody’s gangsta until they open one of the closets in the classroom and they hear a “HURRR HURRR HURRRRRRRRR”

[@eddie2dean]

Later that year the room started a blaze due to the haphazard placement of the two large shelves full of wood blocks, also known as kindling, dirctly in front of the hot radiator. @12:12 The two women stated "active block play is more important than safety"

[@Hillary92126]

Active block play requires ample space! If kids don’t have ample space for active block play the Terrorists win.

[@paulherman5822]

If my mom, who was a kindergarten teacher, had been involved with this, it would have been 3x as long... And 10x as bizarre...

[@joeblack333]

My stepmother was a kindergarten teacher also and I feel your pain....

[@leroypreston2973]

After gelping my mom get ready for her new school year, I can verify that while this short seems tedious to most, this work is essential for teachers. They need to know where desks should go, what materials go where, etc. I can verify that yes, setting up a classroom can be tedious, but it's essential

[@joeslayter5841]

Wow... She really liked that smooth block.

[@jolynkramberg6151]

I teach at this school - PS 19Q in Queens, NY! Sharing with my colleagues now!

[@Aforementioned]

How's the door-opening clearance these days? WE NEED TO KNOW.

[@jolynkramberg6151]

@@Aforementioned it's always a challenge - but don't worry, our wooden furniture is still set up against the radiator!

[@ZehnWaters]

Woah, wait, really? Let us know what t he kindergarten teachers think.

[@michaellandi5371]

I wonder if this classroom can teach us whether corn is grass

[@TheOneTrueChris]

Kevin: "They are aware that there's a camera, and that it's ON, right?" -- Funniest line in the clip for me.

[@fromthecheapseats7126]

I could honestly believe they weren’t.

[@DanceMonkeychg]

This short is so mundane in it's subject matter, so flat and stilted in it's presentation, that you ask yourself: "Even with the guys providing the added jokes, how much replay value could this possibly have?". And the answer, for me personally, is "Quite a bit, really". It's blandness is somehow so fascinating that it becomes weirdly hypnotic. I've found myself watching this as I go to sleep several times in the past week.

[@DanceMonkeychg]

Plus, we all know the one in the glasses is secretly a freak, right? Like, just a wild, naughty little nym... I think perhaps I need to calm down a little.

[@Honeybearsphone]

It's always nice to have a sink in the room it makes so much easier to waterboard the bratty ones and those with original thoughts that don't confirm

[@Huskrrrr]

Throw-up sawdust storage. I always wondered where that was kept.

[@YouLousyKids]

8:40 "We haven't talked about where we put the record player yet." Kevin: "Aw, fer the... What the hell have we been DOING all morning???"

[@rev.dr.dayspring7805]

"It's a privilege to watch her work!" "Over here we will have storage for the storage containers." "An area for blaming others.."

[@SavestateComic]

I guess it makes sense to setup the block station next to the wood working station so the Kidergarteners can mill their own blocks. Although they forgot to check if that corner has proper 240v sockets for the power saw and drill press.

[@Smok3yR1der]

It's all hand tools, my man

[@jacquelineking5783]

Yeah power tools are for first graders.

[@bridgetsilver7332]

I started as a Montessori school assistant this week, and now I feel cheated. The classrooms were already completely laid out. Including the cubbies! I didn’t even get a say in their placement. 😭

[@rowsdower6950]

Kevin: "Well, at least it's not setting up the room." Tommy Wiseau: "Oh hi children, I'm your new substitute teacher." Kevin & Mike: "AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" Tommy Wiseau: "Let's go to recess HAAAAA! Come on, let's go." Kevin: "Mommy!" 😆

[@KingPK]

Nice to see that treating your audience like four year old's even applies to films geared toward those who teach four year old's.

[@dougjb7848]

I can just see them shrieking at the children: “Don’t move that rocking chair!” “You didn’t make sure the doors still open!” “STOP INTERFERING WITH THE CUBBY!!”

[@Zara-Bari]

That rocking chair is gonna bang hard and constantly against the thing behind it, sending all those neatly arranged dishes crashing to the floor.

[@dougjb7848]

@@Zara-Bari Oh, so now you’re an expert on setting up a room? Where would you put the cubby, huh? How would you arrange the wooden blocks so the children can easily recognize them? What is the proper height to hang a pegboard so it’s at a child’s eye level? Well? *Admit it,* you have no idea how to set up a room.

[@Zara-Bari]

@@dougjb7848 , very true. See, I would make the mistake of putting the musical instruments where the children could reach them, and the tools where they would have to ask for an adult's help.

[@snorpenbass4196]

"That little Monet brat will be happy." Look at the big brain on the RiffTrax! XD

[@buckb6976]

This one is bonkers. I love it. In my mind this really is story of 2 extra-terrestrials practicing how to talk human. That flute at the beginning....

[@averagedusty]

Did John Hodgeman and Paul F. Tompkins ever get their double date with glasses lady here and safety woman?

[@markiangooley]

Was it Dorothy Parker who famously said, “Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses”? Whoever said it was so, so wrong. So very wrong.

[@thebarghestiest]

The totally bizarre seething tension between these two just kills me.

[@bridgetsilver7332]

Oh, you noticed, too? 🤣 I can’t tell if they resent each other, or if they’re both quietly furious over how mind-numbing their labor is.

[@perspgold8945]

kids cant reach anything in this room but at least the blocks are organized. because the kids will respect that

[@sarahhodnett7139]

As a preschool teacher, I had to watch portions of this video as part of my training. This is hilarious!

[@LarchmontVillageOG]

If this were made in the 50s it'd be hokey, but it'd be 10 minutes long and I'd feel like an expert in the art of kindergarten class room arrangement at the end.

[@BGNOLA]

There would be a space age vibe and alot of Ren and Stimpy music, instead of this depressing Warhol film.

[@ChiefExecutiveOrbiter]

This is like watching a sedative

[@PleaseGuysAKAYogaChick]

My friends. Mike, Kevin, and Bill. My only friends. But they're awesome nonetheless.

[@soosquatch4236]

This is the most boring, passive aggressive short, and you guys make it AWESOME!

[@dalektorgo2973]

Colin Robinson's favorite film.

[@rifftrax]

Darn energy vampires!

[@poisonmantis4191]

the idea of having MULTIPLE areas where children aren't easily seen is giving me anxiety. little johnny's gonna be eating glue behind those shelves in 30 seconds.

[@cacu3989]

it'll boost his immune system...kinda like eating dirt

[@vikramkrishnan6414]

Also, also, what kind of school is this where 4 kids are painting, some kids are playing house, some kids are reading and some kids are listening to music, while others still ARE FREAKIN' WOODWORKING at the same time?

[@sterling7]

"Will you want to hang it up here?" "No, that's too high." "Well, darn it, Helen, if you don't start teaching them that their dreams will always be out of reach by kindergarten, they'll never brood at a high-school level."

[@c.w.r.794]

As a former preschool teacher, who was often stuck in the later shift due to scheduling- I can say that this short is an accurate representation of what my job was, but also it totally wasn’t because I didn’t spend an hour planning on what the room had to look like. But, yes- it was very stressful and I left at the end of the day, wondering if I did the job right. Only to realize, so long as the room is clean and things are put in the vicinity of where they are, it doesn’t matter in the slightest, because when I got there the next morning- it was like a tornado ripped through the classroom.

[@ElvenRaptor]

That is the most crowded kindergarten room I've ever seen! My kindergarten was a wide open space! These kids are going to be bumping each other into the furniture constantly!

[@ZehnWaters]

THAT’S WHAT I WAS THINKING!

[@nickfarmer2452]

Unless everything is being used all the time there's room for, what: eight children, tops?

[@ZehnWaters]

@@nickfarmer2452 more cabinets!

[@jonahfalcon1970]

Crowded for ADULTS.

[@ChibiPanda8888]

Unless it's a HUGE room....

[@iangraham9988]

Pat Nixon and a Manson girl set up a room

[@trevorrostek5995]

😂

[@micksmom2293]

"They are aware that there's a camera and it's on, right?" LOL

[@donovanmedieval]

The two women are supposedly aliens, but Kevin Murphy apparently never heard of summer vacation.

[@beckyriddle6650]

Kevin outdid himself in this one 😂

[@HylianFox3]

"The CUBBIES!? You glorious, insane BITCH!!!"

[@Panzer_the_Merganser]

Ah this takes me back to a simpler time, pre email and smart phones. A slower pace where you could focus on one thing for an eternity. Of course, I’m also old enough to probably been circumcised without anesthesia, so you win some, you lose some.

[@venomdust1]

The sesame street yip yap reference was perfect . Yep yep yep yep yep yep .

[@BGNOLA]

In the 90s, it was a given you went out with that Fred Armiston chick.