The Flavour of Comedy | MTG Flavour Text Video Essay | Spice 8 Rack

[@Spice8Rack]

I'm just about to go to sleep, but I wanted to thank all of you who've left overwhelmingly lovely comments. The reception to this video has really made my week. The links to all my sources, as well as music credits, crew credits and patreon link are in the description if you're so inclined. Thanks so much for supporting the channel by watching, sharing, commenting and liking, it means the world. Stay spicy

[@spencerjohnson9929]

Pst, the patreon discord is awesome, JOIN THE CHAOS!

[@leviv168]

Will you paint your nails bright pink in the next video?

[@hipeepstake12]

You are quickly becoming my favorite magic KZbinr I love your content, your comedy, and I love that you’re looking to make your community an inclusive space for all. I appreciate all the hard work you do not just with the content you make, but for also making the world ever so slightly better and safer for all people.

[@Spice8Rack]

@@leviv168 Sure! Why not :D

[@Spice8Rack]

@@hipeepstake12 That's such a wonderful thing to say and I'm so glad that's what I've been putting across. Thank you so much for leaving this

[@DeisFortuna]

The fact that a guy named Buttram worked on a paper on comedy means that guy fully embraces their last name and how humourous it is.

[@jkk6435]

Those legs are more defined than the three-stage comedy of goblin grenade

[@WowItsErin]

*You didn't get me with the Comedy Of The Absurd bit until the ukulele. Then I just fell to pieces. Well done.*

[@dangeroussecondaccount893]

Erin Page for me it was only when it zoomed out

[@gilberthjimenez431]

It was really good XD

[@lowkey4890]

I didnt break until the lizard showed up

[@gentlemandog4985]

Really helps that he had all sorts of Shrek references littered through out the entire video LAYERS!!!!

[@quetzalcoatl3681]

I’m a weak ass sucker for laughter and almost killed myself laughing during The entirety of the final segment.

[@vagrantfiction768]

Another video masterfully done. The All Star song at the end really got me, almost didnt notice the other bit.

[@Scud422]

Yeah, I did not see that coming. And the pants around the ankles gave me flashbacks to an old man singing "That Old Gray Mare"

[@selfish-mammal2845]

69th like ye

[@dilzbaybay]

now THAT is a spicy moustache

[@ansadri1]

It reminds me a tad of Steven Toast's 'stache, for some reason.

[@Spice8Rack]

NGL, that was a genuine concern I had, thank you xD

[@Justanotherpazzy]

That joke was my fave

[@ziziorens348]

I love the Rakdos's Drill Bit. It's never boring. P.S. I LOVE puns.

[@DRAGHNALL]

Oh, it's my favorite flavor win from the set

[@DRAGHNALL]

I did see the video, but disagree. Drill Bit maybe a bad pun but it's so much more. It's not just the fact that the name and flavor make the card but also the art and what the card actually does is important as well. This card is one of the best example of flavor(the what makes this card unique flavor) . Every aspect is relatable to the other. Not alot of cards do that. From the Name to Function to Flavor Text this card is a win, and in my opinion is great comedy. I'm sorry that you felt I commented and with out watching the video, but Drill Bit is a "Bit" BETTER than Might of Oaks.

[@ziziorens348]

D. Walter III oh, thank you for such a thorough answer! You exactly pin-pointed all of my thoughts about the card. I, too, think it’s a perfection of the card in terms of relatability to itself. Just layer after layer of comedy in such a minuscule amount of words.

[@DeepCDiva]

I don't really like the pun in the card but the art + text have such a stupidly malicious to it, I can't help but play it and think that yeah. It's never boring.

[@lowkey4890]

I liked makebre mockery, putting the fun in funeral

[@brunop.8745]

The croc flavor text got me laughing for a solid 30 seconds It wasn't just exhaling air out of my nose with increased force, it was an all out laugh out loud moment Thank you for introducing me to this card

[@RAGEFULfilms]

I know it was probably spoiled after you were already done with the script, but you 100% should look at the sorin's thirst flavor text, it's golden.

[@Spice8Rack]

I didn't expect #MTGWAR to have so many great jokes in it, otherwise I would have saved this video

[@Kydrou]

The moment you took the "absurd comedy" stance, and began your act, i couldn't stop me from laughing and scream "you dirty bastard" at my cellphone.

[@shadowsnake94]

don't take this the wrong way but you really look like a vampire in this video

[@johnarmstrong5533]

The ukulele suddenly coming up into frame had some excellent comic timing.

[@colinvancampenhout]

Thank God the best up and coming (and overall imo) MTG KZbinr is back.

[@deathpunch2169]

I really appreciate the joke at 21:39 Taking five tries to get everything right in one go, just to then "ruin" the finally perfect clip with that information. After telling the audience that it took five tries, you might as well have stitched it together, making it clear for the audience that it took multiple recordings. But going to great lengths to make sure everything is perfect, just to then destroy everything without reason is just plain hilarious.

[@Smoses_senpai]

That's the second video I watched from you and I recognised a pattern they are long and funny ^^

[@Spice8Rack]

I'm glad that's the pattern you've noticed :3

[@hemogoblin3076]

Everytime I come back and rewatch this, I am always surprised that Spice has a beautiful singing voice on top of the phenomenal writing and delivery. Spice is an internet treasure

[@AtrociousNightmare]

I'm SO happy to have stumbled upon your content today. You are extremely talented, clearly over-prepared, cleverly funny, and offensively handsome to boot. Thank you for what you do. I admire your knowledge, dedication, and delivery. Oh and that was genuinely a very good cover of the song! :o

[@crypticmrchimes]

I'm studying the Theatre of the Absurd in school so that last line before you sing has me in STITCHES!! Aaaaand the preview card line broke those stitches again...

[@pega_neko]

It makes me happy to see someone making writing fun and interesting in the era of txt talking

[@michaeltate6367]

I just found you today and you're already one of my favorite content creators!

[@timkuehner5872]

Yes! I’ve been checking KZbin everyday for two weeks waiting for a new video from you. New favorite content creator☑️

[@Spice8Rack]

AAH! Thank you Tim! That's hella cool to hear

[@John_Smith_Dumfugg]

I pulled Root Greevil fresh from a planeshift box and I stick it literally where ever I can if I have a spot open in a deck. I love it.

[@michaelm5518]

Get a top hat and your metamorphose into a magician will be complete.

[@Gobeman]

That moustache. Dear god its glorious. Along with the hair.

[@tamirthenoscopertamir224]

as i heard "somebody" my guard fell, then the ukelele put a smile on my face and i chuckled when i saw your underpants, well done

[@Razorwing10]

Smashed it. I especially liked when you became the monarch

[@pineappleshoe]

I'm sitting here. In bed. My partner and my 3 year old child both snoring next to me, watching a video about Mtg. Of course both of them decided to wake up at the ukele/smash mouth part. Thanks spicerack, I'll never be able to explain this to them.

[@swimsean1]

I love your content, seriously one of the best presentation style out there. You remind me of rhystic studies with the effort and quality. Truly phenomenal!

[@wolfy-woo]

“What do I mean by ‘softer landing’?” Throws card, with hyperbolic crash-like landing sound effect.

[@Mokidekey]

Like straight up you are one of the channels I can’t wait to get a new video from. Love your work keep it up man!

[@VISUtaku]

Absolutely amazing. Uncompareble to anything broadcasted about MTG. Tell me: WHO of the great ones would even DARE this?!?! Absolutely love you, spicy 8.

[@OJC6]

I enjoyed that cover more than I should have.

[@gwheeler233]

This fellow sings with an American accent. (And he sings well too.)

[@Spice8Rack]

AAAH Thank you :D I was so worried about that section.

[@R4nD0mus3rNam3]

I love memory lapse from mirage: the caliph was so intelligent he could not remember what he knew

[@illusionist1872]

I really want there to be this card that depicts a villain monolouging, with the flavor text, "The hero glanced at his watch."

[@cutecommie]

YESS the video is finally here! It's a Christmas miracle!

[@Majesteriagold]

The ukelele was great, but the highlight of that bit was the intensity of 'where is the impact?!?' cutting directly to an ad for fried chicken.

[@kamikazebanzai1005]

12:25 the card breaking a vase got me so hard

[@a_game_nub6884]

Man proved that humans are able to be put in a coni doc mood and laugh at anything perfectly

[@juliuspavilovskis4862]

Im still waiting for flavor text, saying ,,Cool story bro"

[@ChainsawXIV]

It's a tragedy that there was no space for flavor text on sagas. That would have been perfect there.

[@MorbidElegy]

That last joke before the credits was amazing.

[@kobyhaigerty3157]

H.P. Lovecraft being dubbed as Mr. Racism is possibly the most apt descriptions he's ever received

[@utuberaptor]

Amazing as usual! The turn at the end was sublime

[@Dr_Al_]

This video was nearly half an hour long, but... ... it was never boring.

[@codybrennan2002]

You are doing amazing, the content creator we need!

[@goldengrimr]

A fun video about comedy, the end was perfect

[@davispo7550]

Skullcrack. My favourite flavour text. The title establishes brutality. So does the art. But then, the flavour takes goes on about the lawmage and logical arguments, which in itself is a turn. This is resolved by the second half of the sentence, which is equally dry, but evokes the art and has a simple charm due to the false ambiguity. We know Blunk just bashed the rando lawmage's skull in, as demonstrated everywhere else, but the framing of the joke makes it work. P.S: I am not qualified to talk about humour on the same level as Mr. Spicy Stand-Up 8-Racky-Wacky Poet. I'm just trying to explain my favourite flavour text with the tools I have been given. I may have bitten off more than I can chew here.

[@illusioncity]

Great video, so well written! RIP to Steve Harwell, lead singer of Smashmouth. And to Sheldon Menery, father of EDH.

[@Aguila1138]

Love it! I myself have demonstrated to a few opponents precisely why common goblin aerodynamics should not be underestimated. Also, I now have a name (epigram) for what is my favorite flavor text as well 😄

[@Kokonutzlz]

7:00 Mind if I roll neeeeeed? Also, the title of Drill Bit is another pun, not just the flavor text. It's a comedy routine (a bit) that involves a drill going through a skull - stuff Rakdos & the cult would find hilarious - and also the bit of a drill (the part on the end).

[@KidVivacious]

That slow zoom out when the musical number started was a really nice touch. Top notch editing. I love it.

[@bemwall]

Amazing video! Yours is the best MtG channel by far

[@Jaenhear]

14:55 is an example of "pulling the rug from under the audience" to create surprise. A great, hilarious example of it.

[@RockmeHellsing]

I have 2 Favorites: Fodder Cannon "Step 1: Find your Cousin. Sep 2: Get your Cousin in the Canon. Step 3: Find another Cousin" And Kark Clan Shaman: "What do you mean we are out of stuff to melt down? Give me your Leg!"

[@suicaedere7244]

E.B. White - 'Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You understand it better but the frog dies in the process.'

[@ArtemisCates]

Not even 10 video's up and you're already my favorite MTG youtuber, keep it up Spicy boi!

[@caby202]

I really am glad I clicked on an half hour video explaining jokes to me. I Really do.

[@IamMullet]

The Gibbon pun is a pun to stride for

[@jonathanblinn3560]

Hey Spicy Boi, I’m a dude who plays piano and has tried to learn to sing for years. Let me just say, your voice is unironically excellent.

[@Gwunhar]

I don't care what you say, I love those Rakdos puns. Drill Bit cracks me up every damned time. Skewer the Critics is also wonderfully punny.

[@wesleymclain9146]

I was not aware that I needed you singing Rockstar in my life. Thank you.

[@kazuyananahara]

Loved the video! Keep the good vids coming and they won't stop coming fed to the rules and i hit the ground running.

[@TB317]

Wow, this was great. You definitely fill a niche in mtg content as yet unclaimed by anyone else. Your stuff is funny, informative, insightful. Its so dope to be coming back into the game and finding well thought, topical content like this in the Magic framework.

[@MaxAim]

I'm sorry to say, but boring and drilling are two different things, that's why it's never boring, because it always drilling. Love the vid though

[@kriscrossx122]

Im glade I found Russel Brands magic the gather channel, nice work!

[@1choas]

The intensity sold me, I got sold at the intense look

[@jasonblahafitness6349]

When the communism kicks in and you start eating cardboard.

[@bofurlong8944]

He looks like an old school and it makes my day

[@actuallogic6411]

You know? Spice singing All Star like this would be perfect for the ending credits of the internet as a whole

[@tbcdymond]

Ukulele at 23 mins had me giggling out loud. You proved your point very well.

[@JoachimSauer1]

That was unironically my favorite rendition of that song that I've ever heard.

[@liquidtea9347]

That “my video bit” caught me way off guard 😂😂😂😂

[@colinschoenwald5025]

I love this video. It was very enjoyable and thoughtful. The theater provided a nice backdrop too.

[@MrSleepingDude]

That was amazing, you deserve the budget to have an entire orkestrale band playing the outro bit.

[@mataburt]

The Drill Bit pun is actually a flavor trap. The person to point out that the drill bit is actually boring (physically,) is likely to find themselves as a Rakdos 'volunteer'. It is a trap disguising a threat to the audience watching the Drill Bit performance. At least, that is the comedic layer I've found within it. It shows the Rakdos aren't sane, but will use wordplay to plant an excuse to kill you.

[@ocarinasrule]

Spice 8 rack videos, never boring.

[@RisingChaosWriting]

I very much want an isolated version of you singing, it's kinda nice

[@Odinfrost]

17:28 I will take the word life, and pair it up with strife to make a stupid rhyme whenever I run out of thyme!

[@gigglysamentz2021]

19:36 Indeed that is not an equation. Might as well do 0.664 * 0.425 * 100 to get 28.2

[@kalzos922]

I really enjoyed Atogatog flavor text. It relishes old fashioned family meals

[@Ixidora]

Showed up for the magic comedy, stayed for the ukulele and singing

[@magellanmalala482]

I don’t even like magic that much, but you’re incredibly fun to watch. Subbed.

[@1973ShawnKammerzelt]

That was a hard landing. Thanks for the laughs.

[@Trogdorbad]

"a matter of gibbon take." is honestly one of my favorite stupid lines of magic text just so, so fucking bad but also: monkey funny

[@owtowler]

Oh my god please keep doing this

[@Movieseecker]

Excellent work once more! This channel is trully special.

[@MTGUnpacked]

Holy production values, Batman! Great work, and some (most?) bits were even funny🤣

[@Commander_Skullblade]

This channel is gold.

[@bluenewwave13]

i unironically laughed at every card joke in this video

[@prufrock1977]

Keep up the great work and you will totally earn a preview card! I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you, man!

[@richardadams429]

fucking hell..gone deep on this one buddy. i appreciate the time spent. keep it coming...

[@justdruzi]

This is the first time ive ever commented on a video on youtube in my 7 years of it.......just to say your going places man.

[@derTorbs]

Good lord this is the greatest channel I have found on the entire internet.

[@pandasawrus]

Really loving the content! I hope you keep up the great work! I love the style of the analysis and the use of sources. It really shows your knowledge of the subject matter!

[@orencohen9635]

Please upload a full version of the... comedy of the absurd bit in the end

[@mullac0107]

Stand Up Poet: "I'd like to round off this video with one particular form and one particular example:" Video: *8 minutes of content remaining* I joke, but I loved every single minute of this!

[@BDazzle77]

This was really delightful and excellently juggled comedic theory and comedy in practice! Also, I really appreciate having more queer voices not only in the MTG community, but making video essays in general! It makes me feel seen and more comfortable in these spaces!

[@benzur3503]

Another suggestion for drill bit flavor text: “in Rakdos events, you’re either bored or bored!”

[@GreatgoatonFire]

So I got a suggestion for a video/series of videos. Looking at how WotC have used Earth cultures as inspiration for planes and sets. Making Conquistadors into Vampires was real spicey.

[@soundsofsilence894]

So much to love about this vid! Really enjoyed the analysis of comedy (but then, I'm a geeky academic type, lol). Also, I must second the recommendation: Go watch Nanette everyone!! It's amazing.