Spatula Madness: Framing

[@upside-downsmore9437]

I can't believe you got me upset on behalf of an anthropomorphic spatula

[@lavendeerpuyotet4813]

This was painfully real.

[@fluffywolfo3663]

Spatula Madness always manages to convey like, an uncanny valley sense of that. Like, sure, it's silly and it's about talking spatulas. But also.... sometimes it just gets a little Too real. Like, in an uncanny valley way that somehow feels a lot more uncomfortable than if you watched this happen in an animation with normal humans in a world less absurd than that of Spatula Madness. you feel me?

[@darkskyinwinter]

@@fluffywolfo3663 No I'm pretty sure this is 100% how it works in America.

[@fluffywolfo3663]

@@darkskyinwinter If anything I agree with you there tbh. But what I mean when I said it was an uncanny valley thing is that it’s not very far removed from how it works in America. Like, uh… 0.1% difference. And somehow the fact that it’s so close makes it extra unsettling.

[@Alphacaeus]

That's the point.

[@Lambda_Ovine]

nice pfp

[@lanceyu4588]

I can’t believe Filmcow, my favorite apolitical cartoonist, would endorse all-you-can-eat shrimp like this!

[@DannyDaCat]

Well, when you can eat like a Sultan at Shrimp-like prices, how could you not?

[@genderender]

it's gooood

[@JSTNtheWZRD]

Scampi, yo

[@333puggles333]

i like shrimpies

[@holycow343]

the system have been brought out by big shrimp!

[@CJusticeHappen21]

The moment that "The Company That Does" comes up just as she's saying, "Nobody wants to kill kids."

[@xAutoTx]

The best parodies are the ones that border so close to reality that it's difficult to tell if they're joking or not.

[@em_birch]

I wouldn't even say it was a parody at this point. This is just what's happening.

[@jaysonrees738]

@@em_birch And it's only going to get worse, now that we can have a computer generate whatever with an ever shrinking sample size.

[@em_birch]

@@jaysonrees738 And critical thinking is dead and in the gutter so most people won't bother to question or look further into whatever the claim is.

[@IronSkald]

@@jaysonrees738 *an ever shrimping shrimple size

[@333bugfartwa]

they actually have a word for this! its called 'satire'

[@RayRayIsCoolio]

"if you were innocent you'd be defending yourself" fucking amazing

[@curseyoujordanshow]

Me: "Does your cartoon make people laugh joyfully, or weep with despair for humanity?" FilmCow: "Yes."

[@RaccoonRevolution]

I'm so glad that there isn't anything in real life that I can think of that is in any way analogous to the events depicted in this video. _thousand yard stare_

[@davidasylum1870]

I'm violently upset by people who are openly against "context is important"

[@A-Duck]

Nuance is scary.

[@lipamanka]

you would make a good toki ponist

[@stronglove4cocacola]

This ain't even parody. This is just real.

[@wyatt8740]

See "Love Canal" wikipedia article

[@JDJeanMichel]

This feels like a key to unlock the story behind the last 3 spatula madness videos, while posing so many new questions! What wonderful story-telling! Also, I love the pun. "Look, I don't think anyone out there looks at themselves in the mirror and thinks, 'I want to kill kids. I want to poison a bunch of children.'" Aaaaaand introducing Jere: the company that does. Chills, man. Chills everywhere.

[@innertuber4049]

The power of framing

[@eebgoz]

I don't think the story should ever be thoroughly explained. Once it all makes sense, it loses its mystique.

[@genderender]

@@eebgoz the old madness videos and the movie are all disconnected. only the ones made in the past year or so are contiguous

[@Dollop_of_Mayo]

framing... framing... poisoning the well... poisoning the well...

[@choczynski]

I didn't even get the poisoning the well pun (?) until just now

[@jacobwiley9856]

Spatula Madness my beloved ❤

[@NintendoDSsoulinjectoin]

Aughh

[@doublerange_9950]

Dang that sucks. Glad I'm immune to biased information and propaganda.

[@lordfacepalm98]

That's what they want you to think! 🦎

[@OceanFragments]

Framing...and framing...that was clever...

[@innertuber4049]

I only thought of psychological framing, oddly

[@PhrenicosmicOntogeny]

Ah, what a welcome surprise. I have not madnessed a spatula in many a moon.

[@MrMegaManFan]

The fact this is a point for point perfect condemnation of today's social media to news to social media to vigilante justice system is going to be lost on far too many viewers. Jason knows exactly what he's saying though and even though it's coming from silly talking spatulas it still strikes home.

[@clankbeast482]

similar vibes to that "I'm being silenced!" comic where he does interviews on the news and writes a bestselling book about how he's being silenced.

[@LethallyReptarded]

A few years back me and my best friend were on our first 'guys holiday' we spent one of the days hungover drinking pints at the pool bar, watching videos we loved when we were in secondary and film cow was one that came up time and time again. So thank you guys at film cow. Not only are you a core memory but your also a core memory of a holiday with some of my closest friends. Thanks lads

[@timi_haze]

I love the dedication to these year long series

[@lena-gd6po]

Film cow was such a big part of my childhood just woke up about a day ago and thought to myself remember those talking horses on yourube and those animations, so glad to come back and still see this channel alive. Keep up the goodwork you guys have played big roles in a ton of peoples childhoods and everytime i rewatch a video it's like a time capsule back to whenever everything was great :)

[@veranet99]

"As a father of children..."

[@CoastEnergy]

I can’t believe this channel is still active after 16 years. Just revisited for the first time in at least a decade. Crazy

[@DMMDestroyer]

Filmcow is always a few years ahead with their videos. This one will age horribly well.

[@TazKoltin]

Chilling as always, great work mr filmcow

[@Re1nnnn]

I just got jumpscared this started playing while I was listening to music

[@aurawarrior1367]

You never know what you’re gonna get with Filmcow, but I certainly wasn’t expecting something scarily real as this.

[@dylan_Coat]

I absolutely love these new Spatula Madness videos. Each one is so potent

[@Maphisto86]

This is a parody that is too one point. Those shrimp prices are insane!

[@douglas2938]

Gee, I sure do hope they find out whatever happened in those schools since I really care about the well-being of children.

[@bluejellyfish4983]

I was worried the last episode was the ending. I love this

[@PandaMoniumReviews]

Happy to see more madness of the spatula variety. :)

[@cjokersl]

This was so upsetting to watch What an amazing video as always

[@ArkThePieKing]

Jesus christ. No jokes, just uh, just raw discomfort this time huh?

[@onslaughtcr3078]

Thank you for bringing this up! On behalf of all children poisoners around the world

[@garpogods8323]

"I think Coolsville sucks!"

[@ktonytbb]

"This is Heather Jasper Howe reporting, disillusioned, from Coolsville"

[@Dabednego]

I would buy an MP3 of Jason saying “Water” for 3 minutes

[@acupofnick4757]

This made me sick to my stomach. Thank you.

[@Duskwalker68]

Never thought we'd get another one of these!

[@willowsoulia9732]

This one hurts, this video really hurts, right in the sad little anticapitalist in my heart...

[@aliteralbeaver5092]

Every Spatula Madness short had been absolutely excellent, but I'm especially loving these interconnected ones dealing with the Jere company! It has a super interesting overarching concept, and phenomenal character writing (as always with your stuff). Thanks Jason! You quite literally always deliver something I enjoy, and I look forward to every upload of yours

[@VeryDramatic]

Thank You For Sharing Your Work

[@Zezyzec]

I love you guys I check every day for the llamas with hats epilogue. Knowing it probably won’t come out anytime soon. Thank you for everything you guys do

[@squawkietalkie56]

it's probably coming out sooner than you think

[@kefkaexdeath]

i couldn't even laugh at this one it was just too fuckin real. jesus christ

[@tmartyf3177]

It returns!

[@michaelmaage]

This is so freaking great! Thank you for making these

[@alexanderlittlejohn7136]

Yea uh... this stings. In all the right/wrong ways. Depends on how you frame it.

[@themaplepony]

This is some painfully real educational material on media literacy

[@TheRealSerpentMan]

Spatulaing up my madness rn

[@vegasbright]

Jason knows what matters. Thank you!

[@partyboat123]

ABOUT TIME! IT'S BEEN OVER 15 YEARS!!!!!

[@NintendoDSsoulinjectoin]

POOR ANN 😮😢

[@YourButHed]

Keep this series up, Jason! Every spatula madness episode is wonderful : )

[@cantaloupegodling352]

Hahaha. If I stop laughing I will cry out of anger at our world.

[@CyborgX7]

I come to this channel for the existential dread, not the daily life dread. This video is the wrong kind of dread! (Good video)

[@eebgoz]

This may be the first Spatula Madness episode with nothing supernatural in it.

[@brandchan]

This is some real 'real' grimdark shit. Damn Jason.

[@Center-For-I.E.D.Mismanagement]

Because this shit is real and happens *all the time, everywhere in the world.*

[@vgleo43]

"As a father of children..." I love you and I'm sorry for whoever blamed you for something you did please never die

[@orcwordlaugh1360]

The shrimp guy sounds like the type you'd find on a dangerously sloped rooftop.

[@adudoky05]

Big fan of your work

[@joeyhandles]

thank you for this gem

[@s1140285]

This is my new favorite video! What a great fricking idea.

[@citricdemon]

i had this happen to me once and it made me sick

[@GlassbrainZ]

Thanks, Jason! That was uncomfortably real.

[@Dashx64]

my god if youve been a fan of jason for a while you know this brings out a special kind of nostalgia

[@Typi]

...wait, so THATS what the Manatees meant. Ah yes, it all makes sense now!

[@johannderjager4146]

This is so meta without portraiting itself as being meta. This is literally Politics 101... I love it.

[@vengeance1]

Still waiting for Rebecca part 5. I need my bedtime story, and I'm so very tired.

[@heel5721]

"it'll be a bloodbath folks, believe me."

[@tombmother2805]

Theyre back!!! I wasnt sure if i saw 9 years or actually 9 days

[@tarnim80]

This was to real. A wierd thing to say about a video about talking spatulas perhaps but here we are.

[@Lambda_Ovine]

this is so horribly and hilariously accurate to life

[@Lozer_Gacha]

i can’t believe you still post dude.❤

[@youtubeuniversity3638]

Makes you wonder if the previous videos might be... incomplete possibly.

[@the_garlon]

We're the Sultans, We're the Sultans of Shrimp (nuh, nuh, nuh - nuh-nun-nun, briip, nuh, nuh).

[@waffelganger7045]

...very fine utensils on both sides...

[@Squizznot]

I'm SO GLAD I bought the script for this. The slightest bit of context behind all the clips makes it so much better!!!

[@Dr0dd]

wait this is still part of the movie?

[@Squizznot]

Pretty sure anything labeled spatula madness is a part of the movie script. At least the same universe.

[@loganj.9482]

​@@SquizznotSame world, kinda, but not from the movie script. That's old news at this point.

[@filmcow]

@@Squizznot "Spatula Madness" began as a short film, which I eventually expanded into a planned feature film in 2006. After I abandoned the movie in 2009 I went back to making shorts. Those shorts are unrelated to the movie, outside of the fact that they star spatulas. The recent run of shorts (starting with The Miller Report) are part of a connected story-line centering around the ominous company known as "jere: the company that does"

[@Squizznot]

@@filmcow Thank you for the clarification. I greatly enjoy your work. I nabbed the script, the Detective Heart of America DVD, and several of your books. Your audio books are amazing!! You never fail to make my day better. Thank you for what you do!

[@CherryBeScary]

I WAS gonna type that I’d eat at the Shrimp Palace, but now I think I’d just burn it down.

[@KoalaTContent]

2016 to 2020 in a nutshell...

[@nick53686]

First the hyper realistic animation and now the hyper real "framing" of this video!? My goodness man, THE SULTAN DOES NOT EAT CHEAP SHRIMP!!

[@Zonder567]

Loved. This. Film Cow baby !!

[@leon46295]

Damn, spatula madness is still going. While im perplexed, im equally pleased

[@BubblyOasis]

More Spatula Madness please!

[@flamerodbarrel1311]

"Are You threatening me?" Is she secretly Cornholio?

[@jasonstucker2102]

Another catchy music choice ending!

[@catherineevans8042]

Jason that was so good. Yes.

[@RememberWhenify]

I remember when you announced you felt you’d never finish the spatula madness movie- so happy these gems are coming out

[@filmcow]

The movie was cancelled in 2009, but Spatula Madness was a series before then and has continued on after. The Breakroom, The Doctor’s Office, The Pen, Perfect Business, The Miller Account, The Storm, Dividends, and now Framing, are original shorts with no connection to the cancelled movie outside of the fact that they star spatulas.

[@Alias3141]

​@@filmcowI remember the 20 or so minute video surrounding Edward and his fight against spoons, the French, and the horde of highly dedicated scientologists. Did the church of scientology threaten you into canceling the movie or something?

[@isaiahcarr1249]

never misses

[@hughie522]

Good thing the real world is nothing like this silly cartoon about spatulas.

[@ablosch2452]

Well according to Belinda, those children were already dead anyways. Their corpses were just waiting out of sight to drop into them. What a waste of fear.

[@mazgazine1]

Such a masterpiece.

[@cryingintomycoffee]

Close enough, welcome back "An Enemy of the People" by Henrik Ibsen

[@s13Marino]

Bummed because this is our reality.

[@michaelbuehler3897]

I have seen this happen so many times in one form or another.

[@kigustein]

OMG Spatula Madness returns?? No way!

[@adrienstarfaer]

It might be in her best interest to keep a clip of the full quote in her phone and her phone on her person at all times 😅

[@DATBOI_KINGKAI]

Didn’t expect this to come back

[@NintendoDSsoulinjectoin]

Absolutely loved this! I jumped a little when i saw the notification

[@hooray4totsugeki]

Sometimes I feel like Jason is actually working on the Spatula Madness movie and all of these videos are just scenes from it uploaded out of order until the full movie is released.

[@fleshhuman4522]

"as a father, of children,"

[@Paull2]

I remember that Spatula Madness was supposed to be a feature length film and the early releases were parts of what that film would have been. I'm still trying to imagine all of these as part of the same film.

[@peterstangl8295]

well, that was oddly depressing