Napping Through an Entire Workday - Paul F. Tompkins

Paul F. Tompkins recalls working a boring job at a rarely patronized Betamax-only video store in 1990.
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[@TheRyanMode]

Beta Only sounds like one of Mr Peanutbutter and Todd's crazy business ideas

[@spectrumfox]

It totally does.

[@Thobeian]

It sounds like something Mr Peanutbutter would have done in the 90s before he got the acting gig.

[@chrisdalton5646]

And then I feel irrational, uncharismatic resentment against people younger than me who know him from BOJACK instead of from MR. SHOW, even though none of us choose our generational frame of reference.

[@nathanmamo3970]

Just here to watch Mr. Peanutbutter do some stand up.

[@imadrifter]

I would watch Mr. Peanutbutter read a phonebook. Backwards.

[@DigantDasDrecher]

I hope Erica is there

[@maryrosekent8223]

Nathan Mamo Mr. Peanut

[@Equus21]

Yup :)

[@047Kenny]

Nathan Mamo I recognized the name and voice I couldn’t put a face to it. I am a fake fan. :/

[@starr0401]

One of the more "treating the profession like an actual job" comedians.

[@SamuelVenturaMusic]

Does that mean he’s going to take a nap on stage?

[@dianapevtsov]

@@SamuelVenturaMusic Hahaha!

[@studiouspupil8189]

I'm only here because I'm high and thought that the thumbnail said "tall af pumpkins"

[@luna010]

I like pumpkins

[@unaetasxela]

Ladies and gentleman, your host....TALL AF PUMPKINS!

[@zachp5701]

Thank you for my next search

[@PridelessChickz]

Papa bless

[@0oo70]

Ha!

[@imadrifter]

This is the classiest comment section I have ever experienced. Everyone should treat themselves to a Fig Newton and crisp pat on the back.

[@GGoAwayy]

0:53 "This was in 1990" hits REALLY hard as a punchline for those long familiar with Betamax. I remember reading MAD Magazine in the late '80s and there being jokes about Beta in there. Which is probably how I learned it existed, come to think of it.

[@pantonfire]

"Oh, yes - I've bought them from hotels", is such an underrated line.

[@dianapevtsov]

:) It's charming that we know that line is in there primarily for his own amusement. Especially because he's a phenomenal comic who can afford to do that.

[@idontwantahandlethough]

I cannot tell if that line was sarcasm or not. As someone who has basically lived in hotels for long periods of time (as I'm sure Paul F. Tompkins has too), a lot of them have really uncomfortable mattresses. Surprisingly uncomfortable, given that that's like... the one thing they should always be getting right.

[@RedGorilla33]

This guy looks like he’s selling me some vintage pocket-watch.

[@andyp29]

No, he's shiftier than that. He pushing a much more useless product that even the hippest hipster wouldn't buy. Fucking Betamax. Beta is in the goddamned name of the product for Christ's sake.

[@MikkoB89]

You both sound like you were born in the year 2000.

[@andyp29]

@@MikkoB89 huge Betamax fan huh?

[@chattycathydoll]

Oh no it wouldn't be just some pocket watch, it would be the finest pocket watch ever made..

[@private2102]

@@chattycathydoll made of pure gold with the finest glass and hands made of diamond with gears of pure titanium.

[@JazzyJonas]

Master storyteller. Gotta love Paul.

[@emic138]

i love that he wears a full suit for his set 👔

[@ohmyblindman]

Very refreshing, I hope this catches on.

[@cl759]

Not that it matters what you wear to tell jokes to a crowd that came to hear jokes.

[@maryrosekent8223]

Laila K PFT is always a natty dresser

[@richardsantanna5398]

Jimmy Carr does it

[@raghurajaram8817]

Jerry?

[@saltyspitoon792]

I cant listen/watch this guy without picturing his as Mr. Peanutbutter

[@Leviajohnson]

One of the most underrated comedians

[@paolo.kernahan]

I couldn’t agree more

[@tykeishecaldcleught6105]

I love crushing silence at work... Rarely get that working with 3 60 year old women

[@tykeishecaldcleught6105]

@J. Carson 😭😭😂😂💀💀 Yup, I'm Whoopi and you know the rest lol 🎶If only you knewwwww🎶

[@SonsoftheCosmos]

You work at a deli?

[@tykeishecaldcleught6105]

@@SonsoftheCosmos ummm, no lol??

[@047Kenny]

Melanin Unicorn I found older women mind their business

[@virg0_lem0nade]

he's so funny and seems like he is a genuinely nice dude in real life.

[@bryanroldan9724]

Look up Threedom

[@BenjaminByriel]

I didn't expect this to be this funny... what a delivery 😂

[@kushmaster5000]

Happy Birthday Paul F. Tompkins! You're half way to 100!

[@BrandonSmith-yu5rv]

This special is still one of the best comedy specials ever. Paul F. Tompkins is awesome!

[@airport862]

I wonder if Jeff still works there. Maybe he and Joan got married and opened their own Laserdisc store.

[@iknowyouarebutiamnot]

THAT'S what its called! I kept thinking during this set... Didn't I grow up witnessing a similarly competing technology?

[@DJ-vg1pr]

This is funny

[@Roflcrabs]

Pfft. Get with the times gams and gramps. The HD DVD store is where it's currently at. You know, HD DVDs for the HD DVD player accessory for the Xbox 360 giving blue rays for the old playstation what's it a run for its money.

[@GadgetMsGadget]

@@Roflcrabs 😂😂😂

[@timothykeltron3447]

Reminds me of a guy I know back home in Cumberbatch Co Fl.

[@rick-deckard]

Is yalls safe?!

[@craigteanelson176]

Ever seen a gator do a double take?

[@Ottocide]

This guys delivery is superb! I love his style!

[@rick-deckard]

Check him out on Threedom podcast and Comedy Bang Bang 😁

[@yoyoyodaboy]

@@rick-deckard yesss PFT’s the best!! Legend

[@Mr.Mayhem]

Betamax vs. VHS was the 80s version of ipod vs. zune.

[@zechariahcifuentes7002]

Joseph Crede iPhone vs zune was the early 2000’s version of iPhone vs Android.

[@tubastud06]

A better, and more fitting analogy is that of HD-DVD and Blu-ray. Literally the same thing both times.

[@NotDingse]

Wtf is a zune

[@anonymousviewer9920]

I have no idea what zune is

[@PimmHogeling]

Ipod? Zune? Never heard of any of these.

[@Yayanonymity]

Just realized that PFT is the proto-John Mulaney

[@Hmm...Whats-Their-Name]

One hundred percent

[@scottmichaeloneil]

PFT dresses MUCH more flamboyantly (and interestingly IMHO) than Mulaney. JM is Kennedy. PFT is more PT Barnum.

[@KaySquared202]

Nope.

[@Nonameforyoudangit]

Yes! Comedy version of the Pandora algorithm.

[@imadrifter]

Maybe strictly in appearance but PFT is comedically far superior than Mulaney, imo

[@billtooke6642]

Since there's a lot of young people here Sony Betamax was the OTHER videotape format besides VHS. It was superior in a lot of ways like resolution but hardly had any movies & nobody made it besides Sony. It died by like 1983-84 as a format.

[@iknowyouarebutiamnot]

Doggy-doggy what now!?

[@TheRealAbrahamLincoln]

The funny part is needing to have two people working at the same time at a Betamax-only store.

[@luiysia]

i used to work at an art gallery with zero visitors, we needed two attendants in case one of us needed the bathroom

[@janeeyre1990]

​@@luiysia, every coffee shop in my old hometown's downtown had women and fems in their teens to early 20s working and closing alone, including at night I had so many scared employees ask me to stay after closing and walk them to their cars or the bus

[@janeeyre1990]

​@@luiysia, something for people to keep in mind if they're spending their money on Dunkin Donuts or similar "Is this company actively endangering its employees?"

[@FeIixDragon]

​@@luiysiaI used to work a convenience store as a cashier. Id be alone all afternoon and close at midnight. I had to just try and go to the bathroom when the store was empty. I also had to take what was called a "working lunch break" even after the store was robbed twice they still didnt put a second worker on.

[@XxTheXNerdXGuyxX]

If he were born in the 20s he’d be a carnival barker. Maybe even at the worlds fair.

[@RawSharksJournal]

I FUCKING LOVE THIS BAND. THEY ARE THE BEST BAND EVER. PERIOD!

[@Bree8tiveBEing]

I had no idea what Beta was, and yet it was still hilarious.

[@ToyaF82]

Oh to be young...

[@michaelpipkin9942]

It's a baby VHS. Do you know VHS? Nevermind.... We understand.

[@Thebucs14625]

I know vhs i have no idea what beta is

[@RedSaint83]

I like how he's setting the mood: "Remember the 90's when we had jobs?"

[@mrch33sehed93]

I thought it was Ron Burgundy 😂

[@Follow-The-Spiders]

I fucking love his voice and energy🤣 all I hear is Mr. Peanutbutter. . Paul is legit just a real life yellow lab in human form😂 I’m just smiling the whole time listening to him talk. What a cool guy.

[@MatthewAdamAda]

He’s one of my favs.

[@danielpukhovich4966]

This man is 51 years old, just wow

[@mtb416]

Um, what’s your point?

[@FeIixDragon]

​@@mtb416probably that PFT looks a lot better in his 50s than he did in his 20s

[@emic138]

I had no idea what PFT looked like and he is surprisingly better-looking than anticipated from his hearing his voice only!

[@k.pacificnw02134]

Look at one of his earliest stand-up routines; he's quite overweight. But he's always had great hair.

[@galacticwarlock2271]

BETA max fans always tell you it is superior! 🤣 I had teachers in my film class talk BETA max up and down. It is so true!

[@joshrabatin]

"Nap Gate!" 🤣🤣🤣

[@TrippiePineapplz]

@Comedy Central Stand-Up The audio in all your videos is too low pls raise levels, thank you!

[@johnboyle9082]

ERICA!

[@tyro244]

Paul F. Tompkins - The most dapper comedian working.

[@ymir9342]

Nap concurrently at work killed me 😂😂😤😵‍💫😵‍💫😮‍💨

[@maxmurillo15]

glad mr peanutbutter found another healthy outlet

[@SeanOMatic]

Got Cheech and Chong Up In Smoke on Beta and still fire it up from time to time

[@Ryotaiku]

This bit was how I learned about the VHS/Beta cassette wars.

[@juggernaut3338]

Lol yup I remember when we 1st took our 2nd nap together for the 3rd time

[@hustler3of4culture3]

MR SHOW, BABY!

[@TheGroundskeeper]

There’s five minutes I’ll never get back

[@FeIixDragon]

Every five minutes is five minutes you'll never get back.

[@babyi2011]

I didn’t know he voiced Mr. Peanutbutter lol. It’s so hard to get mad at his antics lol

[@petepyeatt6909]

Paul F, where have you been all my life?

[@vilkomen]

On every podcast ever made. Check out his improv podcast spontaneanation. Super funny!

[@deementia6796]

I remember being dead in the 80's, but had a GF in the late 90's that still had a betamax in her bedroom, and we watched Forrest Gump there. Forrest Gump was released in movie theaters in 1994. Apparently the last betamax movie released was the original Mission Impossible starring Tom Cruise, which came out in 1996! For a format that had been dead in the water for 10 years, it's amazing that at least a few movie studios were still supporting it into the mid 1990's.

[@GGoAwayy]

So you died in the '80s but found a necrophiliac girlfriend a decade later?

[@jakeberry7286]

Cake Boss!

[@BoyGeorgiaX]

Only the best

[@AKNeal81]

Hey Paul! Craft cocktails are all the rage! Time to bring back Speakeasy! And oh would you look at that, plenty of people out there to interview ;)

[@derekmartin518]

Those were great. He's a really good interviewer.

[@Rushil69420]

Dean Rosedragon wears a lot of hats I see

[@edwardhernandez6668]

MPB. ❤️

[@galacticwarlock2271]

LOL! What a great plan!

[@enicotinic]

Hilarious! 😂

[@ChannelRandomMy]

I did not know PFT does stand up, I have some googling to do.

[@SudoMkdir]

How does this guy not have a British accent? My brain can't process this...

[@AndrewClancyAKAPropheticOnion]

Ooh! Napgate!

[@silversnakekona4964]

Ladies and gentlemen, TENACIOUS D!

[@SchulzEricT]

But I'm gonna say it anyway, because I wrote it, and it's the truth!

[@wolf7el356]

That's a respectable mustache.

[@steveconn]

He's like a Mark Twainesque well-dressed huckster meets TED talk.

[@robertschwartz4810]

I wonder how many people remember what Betamax was?

[@nomadrichproductions]

This is helping me take a nap

[@aegisxiii2384]

That's an impressive V-Neck mr peanuttbutter.

[@ThisNewHandleSystemSucks]

This is the guy that hits on Abed in that episode of Community.

[@drampaman9370]

Happy birthday PFT.

[@fernandogarajalde4066]

Collecting those Disney and Paramount paychecks as an A-list voice actor. 🤑

[@rulerzreachf4nnnn]

bojack horseman and mr peanutbutter in the same room? what is this, a crossover episode?

[@SloppyballsMcGuillicutty]

there are not a whole lot of feelings out there that are better than gettin paid to sleep.

[@Poshodenero]

Pretty sure I purchased something by the end of this video. Just not exactly sure what?

[@Mizosoop]

Hilarious.

[@ChristopherHillman]

I actually WorkeD with Paul at Tower Records Bookstore on South Street Philadelphia (After the Beta place) ...During the dreaded Howard Stern Book Signing Event that made the Entire City Mad at us(!)

[@goldencheese7247]

I don't know how. But THANK YOU yt algorithm. Can now add to Mark Normand, Andy Schulz, Cheeto Santino etc.

[@lightningthemood2725]

3:10 I know some prison guards that must have had this conversation.

[@justgoaheadeatme]

Can you believe this weather we're having?

[@sohachan]

I can only hear 'Shorty' from Tangled xD

[@ChardeeMacDennis96]

Mr. Peanutbutter does stand-up

[@gsh319]

Caught that comment on Rush L. Passing. There’s a special place out there for ya, and that comment bought your ticket.

[@h7opolo]

4:57, i will confess to you now, that i am working to bring a solution to reality. Be patient, I will be testing thoroughly and refining my design until its debut. sleep is very important.

[@cl759]

It's like best job ever

[@cocksuckinglizardlords4486]

I always thought this dude was funny good shit

[@lutherabrahams3617]

Dude, are those mushrooms?

[@jimthor806]

Luther Abrahams dude are u blind?

[@lutherabrahams3617]

@@jimthor806 Nah, just trippy

[@barelyontime]

You should listen to his comedy bang bang episodes

[@myway7367]

This is subjectively funny!

[@Endlessvoidsutidos]

wow young ron burgundy had quite the early career in the video biz

[@ericwhatley5831]

GS Paul F.Tompkins

[@NotDingse]

Didn’t even realize he was Mr PB until today

[@rh840]

Funny story, I listened to like 8 episodes of the Judge John Hodgeman podcast thinking Paul's name was John Hodgeman and that it was his podcast. I guess it wasn't a funny story, but whatever.

[@Epicasian37]

Are u a Zoey or are u a Zelda

[@Dinobob26]

WHAT IS THIS? A CROSS-OVER EPISODE?!

[@arianavergel]

Mr Peanutbutter!!!!! hahahahahahah

[@cheekylilac2306]

I seen the video cover thought it was sketch on Edgar Allen Poe

[@cocksuckinglizardlords4486]

✌️

[@milind-9683]

peanut butter!

[@wojomojo]

When is this comedic performance in which Paul F. Tomkins shared his trendy jokes about Betamax?

[@texascat1002]

Been there

[@someduckcandle]

Who’s this guy? It’s mr peanut butter

[@citizengar]

Kevin Kline has never been funnier.

[@johnytwotimes4072]

I'll stop scrolling now that I have read the best comment.

[@priestmorrison6564]

Cheerfyl, whimsy, memorable

[@tashhashimi9483]

Mr. Peanutbutter

[@ShiftyReptile]

JEFF I SAID