The Life and Times of Ernest Miller Hemingway (in approximately 3 and a half minutes)

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This video was originally intended to come out months ago after the April fools video, and even before my announcement video, but things got complicated. I was moving to a new school, made new friends, and got a whole load of new responsibilities (plus hollow knight) and my channel just sort of became a wasteland for a few months. But I’m so glad that I finally finished this, because I can now focus on other projects I have in mind for this channel, I have a whole lot of hollow knight animatics queued up, and I’ll be releasing them over the course of November, so you have that to look forward to. Also, I know that there are probably a lot of historical mistakes in this video, and if there are, please tell me, because I’m interested to learn more about this lunatic. Also, if art styles change during the video, that’s because I was working on this on and off for the past 6 months, and over those past 6 months my art style has changed, as well as the brush size. So glad to be back on KZbin. Hope you enjoy, and thanks for 3k.
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[@NaveeSeal]

I love the fact that he got so many diseases and injuries, but the one thing that killed him, was himself. It was only when his own willpower was broken, that he danced with the grim reaper.

[@thepineapplefromouterspace8996]

That’s deep bro

[@shrubby-ov4yw]

@@thepineapplefromouterspace8996 very much like Teddy Roosevelt. They said on his death while sleeping "it was the only way Death could take him unawares, otherwise there would have been a terrific scrap between them"

[@thepineapplefromouterspace8996]

@@shrubby-ov4yw damn

[@jeremytung1632]

@@shrubby-ov4yw well the man got shot in the middle of a speech and kept going.

[@shrubby-ov4yw]

@@jeremytung1632 this is very true. Though he had been hit by a .22 pistol, that hit his pocketbook and didnt even puncture his chest

[@Limpurtikles]

Y'know, this animation really helps one to understand just how many injuries this man got during his life. Like we use "Rasputin" as an allegory for people who keep surviving despite life-threathening injuries, and yet here's Hemmingway collecting physical trauma like they're pokemon! Also that wide-smiling Randy at the end has to be one of the most adorable things you've ever drawn.

[@the_fish8005]

Look up micheal malloy, hes called the irish rasputin or the durable for a reason Since if i remember right he drank enough alcohal to kill someone without dying, had the alcohal switched for antifreeze and had it do nothing, switched to turpentine again he was fine, switched to horse liniment fine, tried mixing in rat poison and still nothing happened Tried mixing in some wood alchohal with his regular alchohal again nothing Next was raw oysters dipped in wood alchohal and you geussed it nothing happened They made a sandwich with spoiled sardines, poison and carpet tacks and he swallowed it like nothing Since nothing they fed him killed him they decieded to try freezing him to death, when he passed out in the bar they took him to a park poured 5 gallons of water on his bare chest and left him in a snowbank, he was rescued by the police and was fine They then tried running him over with a car going 45 miles/72km an hour, was in the hospital for 3 weeks with some broken bones He was finally killed by hooking him up to a coal gas jet All this was to collect on 3 life ensurence policies taken out on him, and how he needed to die to collect was natural causes and im sure you can tell his death was anything but a natural cause

[@gentlemanjester637]

Hemmingway survived the injuries mostly spread throughout his life. Rasputin survived them in a single night (I think)

[@the_fish8005]

@@gentlemanjester637 over the course of like 2 hours supposedly

[@acloudofcurls5336]

I wrote down the whole transcript of this, word for word, on my English Literature notebook in case I ever need to study this almost-immortal man for school.

[@RAW_Reality]

Imma call you Randy... 😅

[@diamondpython8034]

My favorite little bit was the “couple more car crashes” becoming a pileup and the “three more concussions” being three weights dropped on his head. Had a good laugh at those!

[@JDXC666]

Not only did you illustrate an already amazing story perfectly, but you added a load of comedic bits to it as well that make it even better. Fantastic work!

[@Errorvirus404]

Man this guy lived one hell of a life.

[@sadecevanced8282]

It looks like he lived 15 lives at once.

[@thestreamingone8885]

Seeing tiny Morgan when Barry Bee Benson appeared sent my sides to orbit.

[@Thomperfan]

This is great, man. I wonder if one day you can animate the entire Randy Writes A Novel special.

[@oscarfinger1423]

i would pay legitimate money for that

[@OrleanBakker]

@@oscarfinger1423 i would pay monopoly money

[@agent5tm902]

​@@OrleanBakkerI would pay animal crossing bells (the currency of animal crossing if you didn't know)

[@shadowstrider8295]

For those of you who want to recite this: You’re welcome. Born in Chicago in 1899, son of a physician and a musician, reasonably uneventful childhood, decided to study Journalism. Enlisted with the Red Cross during World War I, got BLOWN up in Milan and spent 6 months in hospital with severe shrapnel wounds in both legs. Fell in love with a nurse, they decided to get married. He came home to prepare, she stayed there and ditched him for an Italian soldier, which initiated a life long pattern of him rejecting women before they had a chance to reject him. Got a job as a foreign correspondent, fell in love with his roommates' sister, married her and moved to Paris. They hung out with Gertrude Stein. They kicked it with Pablo Picasso. He started writing in earnest, no pun intended. Moved to Toronto, had a kid, moved back to Paris, published a couple of books. Cheated on his wife, got divorced, married the other woman. Converted to Catholicism... Cut his head open after pulling on a cord thinking he was flushing a toilet and instead ripped a skylight from the roof and smashed it onto HIS FACE! Moved to Kansas City, had another kid, his dad committed suicide, he shot a lot of bears for some reason. Had a car accident, had another kid, went to Africa to kill some wild animals and got dysentery karma! Published another book, moved to Cuba, SHOT HIMSELF IN THE LEG WHILST AIMING AT A SHARK! Cheated on his wife, got divorced, married the other woman. Published "For Whom the Bell Tolls," sold half a million copies in a couple of months and got nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Cheated on his wife, got divorced, married the other woman. Became the self appointed leader of a band of village Militia outside of Paris and was subsequently brought up on charges for contravening the Geneva Convention, and GOT AWAY WITH IT LIKE A FUCKING CHAMPION! Got pneumonia, moved back to Cuba and spent most of his spare time on his boat _tracking Nazi U-boats with a machine gun and a pile of hand grenades I AM NOT MAKING THIS SHIT UP!_ Had a few more car accidents, three more concussions, got CLAWED WHILE PLAYING WITH A LION... Got depressed, drank. Got fat, published a couple more books, went back to Africa to shoot some more wild animals, and barely survived two separate plane crashes in the space of 24 hours, winding up with a fractured skull, internal bleeding, cracked spine, ruptured liver, first degree burns, and a paralyzed sphincter muscle karma! Won a Nobel Prize, had a file opened on him by J. Edgar Hoover, left a bunch of shit in a safe in Cuba and moved to Idaho, paranoid that the feds were following him which they were BECAUSE HE SPENT MOST OF THE 1940S WORKING FOR THE KGB, AGAIN _NOT MAKING THIS SHIT UP!_ Suffered from hepatitis, nephritis, hypertension, hemochromatosis, anemia and impotence, karma. Got committed, received way too much electroconvulsive therapy and came out all fucked up, started hinting at suicide so immediately got recommitted, received another couple of months worth of electroconvulsive therapy, got released, put both barrels of his favorite 12-gauge shotgun into his mouth and BLEW HIS FUCKING HEAD OFF! _WHAT A GUY!_

[@Hinatazuki]

I love Randy’s storytelling but it’s a lot in the span of 3 minutes. I’m glad this all was literally drawn out now so I can follow it better in real time

[@EmpathNaga]

One thing Randy left out: Ernest used the same shotgun his father used to commit suicide. And soon after his granddaughter would use the same gun to do the same thing.

[@sirrayveltal8610]

Ah yes, the family heirloom, the suicide shotgun.

[@FrancescoLucchetta]

YEEEEES this is what I subbed for! Okay, imma rewatch this and note down all the little things I like 0:01 The orchestral intro is really fitting for this long-awaited masterpiece. 0:17 I've never seen an animatic with the subtitles being part of the drawing. They have so much character, too! 0:21 Love that you've even done your own resaerch on Hemingway's life XD 0:24 If you wanna be famous, become a gamer. If you're bad at games, opt for journalism 0:27 The "BLOWN UP" bit is so funny to me 0:39 The "ditched him" text looks like a monster in a horror movie 0:40 Morgan will get his revenge... 0:45 Morgan just scribbling and playing Tic-tac-toe on his self-guide to dating 0:47 You included all the details about Matt's life! 0:52 Her T-shirt literally says "I'm the sister of a guy whose roomate will become famous one day... maybe" 0:58 Omg the K in kicking is kicking a ball. Genious 1:11 Ernest is looking real snazzy in those clothes 1:12 Because I love looking into small details :) 1:26 YT thinks "aliven't" would be a better word 1:28 Poor bears :( 1:40 This entire scene is golden XD. The shark eating salt (as they do in the mint-blue water). The bullet being reflected with a mirror. The leg bone being in a very... scary position for a bone. 2:02 He just looks so proud of what he's accomplished 2:06 Is the judge an angry puppet with a hammer sticking out at the end ofhis arm? If so, brilliant 2:19 Hemingway is gone now. Bandana-Hemingway is here. 2:27 Love the timing, the words being inside the cars. Just love it 2:29 Oh look, Randy's here! XD 2:20 The cast on his arm could have been signed either by his mother, or by a friend who does too many "yo mama" jokes 2:46 Goodness, the guy hasn't even put out the flames yet! 2:52 I now know what a Sphincter muscle is. Thanks 2:59 Those files were very funny 3:10 Noone ever asks "How is life", or "How is anything?" 3:21 Okay, I actually feel really bad for him now 3:35 It's finally over.... Or is it? **Vsauce music plays** 3:37 I love the little "fwing" near the book. It wasn't necessary, nor was going to be seen by many, but you put it there anyway. I LOOOVE these little details! 3:39 No, thank YOU for this! This is the best part of my evening :D

[@brodycaldwell9678]

0:46 Solid Scott Pilgrim reference fella

[@aisnota5192]

The Video Game Journalism dig did not go unnoticed. XD

[@robertcurley8406]

I now want to see Ernest Hemingway on Epic Rap Battles of History Who’s with me?

[@im9550]

Who would he go up against? No one is really in his league…

[@kaijukid1443]

@@im9550 Rasputin maybe, given they both survived some serious Hell

[@martmeisterpaladin4074]

He was in a celebrity deathmatch with Mick Foley.

[@SolarisDreamweaverVT]

These have got to be the best animatics I’ve ever seen. New sub

[@HungerGamesFan88]

the original gumtree bookshelf compilation is leagues more coherent and readable than any set of shapes i could try n put to paper (drawing application i guess in this case?), and this is an improvement by like multiple orders of magnitude. such a fuckin treat to look at with my human eyeballs

[@wiximar]

The drawing when randy says "what a guy!!" Is just too funny to me lol this was really cleverly done. I love this comedy special too, good choice on a segment to attempt to draw.

[@camtoons1329]

The wait, was infinitely worth it

[@willyaleksanderwiksaas9561]

Now see, THIS is the type of guy we should ALL aspire to be! Well, I mean, minus the whole sewer slide bit, but y’know.

[@NaveeSeal]

And the KGB part, and I guess the many affairs and divorces

[@willyaleksanderwiksaas9561]

@@NaveeSeal uh, yeah, that too. but, you know, besides that, great man.

[@NaveeSeal]

@@willyaleksanderwiksaas9561 yup, besides those things, he was great

[@brittany1049]

That “s” in Ernest took me right back 😂

[@theoneandonlymasterjosh2912]

I can just imagine death him self is just in the background and is like so annoyed on why the hell this fucking guy still alive by the end of it is just disappointed that despite surviving all that bullshit commits suicide Just Him whistling angrily like seriously that’s how we end it

[@michaelrhett4958]

2:18 this is what I pictured Ernest Hemingway to look like before I found out what he actually looks like.

[@henrygrey7857]

I thought it was gonna do 1 frame of a bloody explosion and Randy’s face to show where his head was in the 2nd and so on frames.

[@aitipsea3909]

0:48 Ah I see you are a fellow Scott Pilgrim Enjoyer

[@Youdidntseeanything712]

I bought KZbin premium awhile ago to deal with ads and I downloaded your Gumtree animation just to have it when I don't have internet. This one's getting downloaded too bud, aces on it.

[@captaingus]

Totally worth the wait dude!

[@tonyabomia7217]

Took a while but it was definitely worth waiting for. Awesome job! Loved it!

[@maxtrieschmann2573]

LOVED IT, Great work, Can't wait to see whats next!!!

[@wobboshi4428]

This was awesome! It was worth the wait.

[@TTHBLOX_]

Oh i love every single one of your animatics!

[@AverageEldritchEntity]

I love it when people animate stuff like this. Good work mate!

[@lovelypeachy3291]

I absolutely loved everything about this animatic, its amazing!! Keep up the good work!!! 👍

[@nakejtypek1829]

In our country we have "Maturita" which is an exam you need to take after high school if you want to go to college. I have this exam in 3 days and one part of it is literature. Hope this video helps me with my preparation :D

[@susanavenir]

Awesome. I thought I wasn't going to like it because I enjoyed the original so much. What could you possibly add, eh? A LOT. You added A LOT to my enjoyment - like a champion!

[@jame6sthe6issilent]

Also lived in Key West for a couple of years. Forget to mention that. And he wrote a play while Madrid was under siege in the Spanish Civil War. Forget to mention that, too. I've been to his house on Whitehead Street.

[@connormoroney1106]

That’s a great adaptation for this story. Well done good work on it!

[@badtoken7130]

HOLY SHIT YES

[@Bulkalisthenics]

Worth the wait

[@sarahbrand9747]

I fucking adore this skit in particular, and your drawings for it are top-notch. Not only are they illustrative, but you really capture the frenetic SPIRIT of the entire thing through them. Very well done!

[@jonathansavickas7348]

“That is all true! What a [bleep] unit!”

[@bookishnewt8468]

Talk about a wild life 😅

[@simply_or_sumn]

This is true art, love it!

[@kattastic9999]

0:46 "Why are you reading this?" Because you took the time to write it!

[@loganfrandrup6590]

Love the work that went into this, even the words have little jokes tied into them, I love it! Though small quesion, is it just me or does it seem like theire is an audio shift that happens at GO and then shifts back midway through the vid after the bit with the shark?

[@thepineapplefromouterspace8996]

Yeah, I ran out of layers on procreate and I had to do some cutting to make it into a full video

[@GuitarOfTime0116]

@@thepineapplefromouterspace8996 when the tools aren't enough the strong make do with what they have

[@charlesbradshaw5183]

I love these drawings.

[@Craigerfried1128]

He was THE Florida man

[@MeonLights]

The additional info on the "reasonably uneventful childhood" really adds the sprinkles to the cake.

[@StreetFighterFan777]

IT IS HERE!!!!

[@TheGood747]

What a guy

[@oscarfinger1423]

this is so well done. i needed this thank you

[@victorfunnyman]

damn it's so awesome I'm sharing this with my sister

[@TheMemerMan4205]

I thought he was saying coma not karma but they sound very similar

[@BenisDD]

YES! YES! YES!

[@andrej8811]

Hahaha haha, randy looked so happy about the whole blew his ducking head of situation in this animation. WHAT A GUY

[@DetectiveHarry]

i just noticed the "made you look" at 1:59

[@PixelPower0615]

You are the BEST

[@betula2137]

If you ever need some more Aussie comedic material (I say for myself), there's the Chaser's war on everything, Mad as H-ll, and Clarke and Dawe. A lot of it's local politics though and might not make sense for an international audience, but there are lots of funny highlights.

[@rileysheehan943]

That shark is having none of it and I love him

[@2Scribble]

The OG Floridaman - a man so fucked up that the only thing that could kill him was himself xD

[@PeteTheFrenchie]

That was great

[@Omnywrench]

Well at least he never ate blue

[@champ2stay920]

This story makes me thing Electro Compulsive therapy doesn't work.

[@CazuBM]

We ALL know Hemmingway's personality was a first draft

[@rollergalaxy9997]

WOOOOOOOOOOO!

[@Kenthrex]

immortal, until he chose not to

[@agentscuzz7637]

I AM NOT MAKING THIS SHIT UP!!!

[@LightBranch4246]

Here’s an idea for the next Randy video My Uncle Got me into Comedy

[@Thesuperdave894]

Lmao the best intro ever

[@kennethvaleroandino185]

You are cool ! Can you do Theodore Roosevelt in 3 minutes ?

[@leafmario4319]

he did it

[@coffeecartoons5345]

The universe couldn’t kill him so he had to do it himself

[@JadeEye3314]

YEEEES

[@noir-214]

1:40 smile you son of a...(bang) oww

[@KolaNutKing]

He was rejected by the nurse when he was between 15-19, so yeah that would color your ideals of love pretty hard.

[@Thisbritbeanisdrinkingtea]

1:13 feel a bit meat(L)y

[@greatsageclok-roo9013]

That was fucking epic! Well worth the wait! So what's next for animating Randy Feltface?

[@thepineapplefromouterspace8996]

I’ve been thinking about that. Either the story we’re he pretends to be drunk doing a breathalyzer test, or the story of him struggling with gas in his borrowed trailer. Both have great animatic material

[@greatsageclok-roo9013]

@@thepineapplefromouterspace8996 I love the pretending to be drunk when pulled over skit! Yes!

[@co2sicotic]

WHAT A GUY!!!!!!!!

[@AColonDashSix]

Well done 😂

[@thegamingknight642]

The ULTIMATE Florida man!

[@BLaCkKsHeEp]

GOD DAAAAMN! lmfao that dude was fkn HARDCORE!

[@yoyo-cl3ih]

I will study for my exam from this video It's so funny😆✨️ Thx bro🌚✨️✨️

[@TheActualAnthonino]

I'd watch this movie if it was told by Randy and animated in this style.

[@ddcreativeideas6115]

0:39 Morgan traveled back kn time to kill Barry's grandpa, That's why he was never seen again

[@etrangray-mane8610]

"He shot a lot of bears, for some reason." Considering what Randy said about sharks that eat people, this isn't a shocking comment.

[@pamstalker8799]

Loved. this. One suggestion. When you reuse frames make sure your spelling is correct. "Oter" woman- either add the"h" for "Other" woman or add an extra "t" for "Otter" woman and leave us all baffled but still laughing.

[@joebremer1722]

WHAT A GUY

[@greatsageclok-roo9013]

Decided to come back and say this... This whole skit gave me an answer to a Fibbage question. Who would have thought watching comedy would be useful for storing useless obscure crap?

[@demonking86420]

Whys he keep saying karma i always never realized why

[@Jester_shroom]

This frame is both creepy and cute somehow 3:38

[@cristinagomez3283]

Bro's life was a movie 💀

[@theminiyosshi2901]

Cheated on his wife Got divorced Married the other woman

[@Topdowner09]

What is it with you and Barry bee benson?

[@thepineapplefromouterspace8996]

He’s a Bee-astard that stole Morgan’s wife

[@Topdowner09]

@@thepineapplefromouterspace8996 no, seriously, I’ve seen him twice in the gumtree video and once in this video

[@thepineapplefromouterspace8996]

@@Topdowner09 because I thought that Morgan’s story mirrored bee movie surprisingly well. Same with Ernest and the nurse. Also, I just thought it was funny

[@Topdowner09]

@@thepineapplefromouterspace8996 oh ok

[@Idontplaytf2]

How the fuck did he survive for so long?

[@anone.mousse674]

At last

[@jazzycat8917]

How tf does a person suffer from both anemia AND hemochromatosis?

[@kennethvaleroandino185]

Some people boohoo over a broken toe . What the hell was with this guy ,Stay home!😂

[@dragonslayer9671]

Of course youtube don't want people saying suicide

[@LordBloodraven]

Had a file opened by Hoover? So a man who was terrible to women in his life was investigated by a man who liked wearing women's clothes. I can't tell if that's appropriate, irony or appropriate irony.

[@theultimitelifeform8548]

Can’t wait for Lin Manuel Miranda makes a rap musical about this mf