The Mads: Gilbert Toys 1963 (Recorded live July 13, 2021)

[@madameghostie]

Trace’s excitement for all the toys is PALPABLE and I’m absolutely here for it 🤣

[@jfiorello68]

Happy 65th birthday to Frank Conniff! 🥳

[@HungryForTastyFoodAndComicArt]

_"It's the Gilbert Anti-Feminism Kit!"_ Bless ya Frank, best laugh I've had in weeks, never change!

[@TomMSTie1138]

Frank: "I can't riff this, it's fuck cool!"

[@diannemose244]

1:00 "don't worry kids nothing bad can happen this year it's November and we're broadcasting from Dallas "😂

[@diannemose244]

7:16 "oh now you're just making shit up"😂

[@theguardian8317]

That Gilbert Erector set looks so appealing. It almost gave me an... ecstatic feeling for old toys.

[@AlexaCooks]

💀😆😀

[@HMGarth]

"....just a big bowl of lentils" 😂💨😂

[@captaindunsel2048]

"Pour into the molds, then pop into the refrigerator!" "Then throw away." HAHAHA!

[@thomaspalazzolo5902]

Mads make me glads.

[@Slatch36]

@ 6:48 I love Trace's reaction!! 😆

[@HMGarth]

Trace is all of us here 😁🙏👌

[@rberry3948]

It's an unholy alliance!

[@losttribe3001]

I’m just here to read the comments of how much better life for kids was back then. You know, where toys taught children things like chemistry, creativity and how to light up a fattie…

[@SchizoSkillz]

Kids love weed!

[@HungryForTastyFoodAndComicArt]

Also, _"Ben Grimm can fly!"_ As the FF has been my fave comic book for over 3 decades, *thank you* ! Viva La Esoterica!

[@ashantal5172]

I just want a glass of Night Train.

[@Louie-Crunch]

BOLT THAT SHIT TOGETHER! Too funny. Thanks guys!

[@krombopoulosmichael]

Jesus, God, YES! That packaging!!!

[@rodneyanonymous666]

The year I was born! I really felt the need to let everyone know that.

[@gpfoster1966]

I think this promotional video was a last ditch effort by the Gilbert Toy Company to save the company. The owner died in 1961. The company died in 1967.

[@LTPottenger]

Flew those with my dad and granpa!

[@lordscrewtape2897]

You guys outdid yourselves with this one ..👍👊

[@verysharpeditingman]

The riff masters! That was really funny. Classic MST3K style of riffing! I know it was impossible for you guys to stay on the show forever, but the best years of mst3k riffing was Joel and you guys. I'm still laughing at all the shows you've done. Glad to see your cameo on Svengoolie too! The magic you two had with Joel and Kevin was awesome comedy!

[@captaindunsel2048]

"Ready?" "...No." 🤣🤣🤣

[@AmandaNicholsBoston]

Lookin’ at you, Tuggy the Turtle…

[@mrkrinkle72]

UGG!! Flashbacks of almost losing the tip of my finger cranking those damned Cox airplane props!!!

[@MrBigcityal]

There's chicanery!

[@lordscrewtape2897]

Gilbert: come see the toys your parents will NEVER be able to afford...

[@jakepullman4914]

That intro was SOOO creepy.

[@cyryc]

the packaging tho!

[@adinocc2042]

This short could use an ambient soundtrack from Boards Of Canada.

[@murrfeeling]

Someone already did Everything You Do is a Balloon/One got fat. Let's not make it a trend... do I have to warn you about AMVs?

[@PeteFiftyeight]

DEEP HURTING!!

[@HPSquirrelCraft]

HELL YES! Thank you!!

[@ericdstraus]

Thank you!!!

[@Synclexia]

5:18 - 😂

[@quinnzykir]

Now with 10 percent less lead

[@adammorrison9705]

Another great short! The Mads strike again! "The Gilbert Anti-Feminism Kit!" I think Phyllis Schlafly had one of those.

[@quinnzykir]

If you lick the paint, your jaw will fall off.

[@antony716]

I don't know what the deal is with the Mads promotional company, but I never get an email letting me know when they're going to do something live. Anyone else having that issue?

[@TheMadsAreBack]

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[@antony716]

Thanks, I'll give it a try. The Mads are best when they're fresh

[@dereksteed2030]

Reenact the end of Anna Karennina with Game Train!

[@williamcrowe2576]

Toys were a lot less safe in the 60s, weren't they? Sure, you've heard cases of kids getting burned by a Thing Maker. But what about the more dangerous toys? Ever seen a kid take a Wing Thing to the gut? Not a pretty sight.

[@525Lines]

Game train? It's a game and a train. It's not the radiation science kit but whatever.

[@HPSquirrelCraft]

That one seems like a real case of: "we need a new product, what do we have laying around?" 😳

[@525Lines]

@@HPSquirrelCraft Let's add small action figures to the erector sets. They'll buy them for the action figures.

[@HPSquirrelCraft]

@@525Lines I'm listening....

[@bynrdskynrd]

To me it sounded like a drunken Mad Men moment where some dude was in a fugue and "Kids like Elvis, make a jingle out of that 'Train Train' song he does."

[@HPSquirrelCraft]

@@525Lines LOVE your avatar btw

[@phudleyallenrippy]

Old toys didn't give a shit about your safety. It was fun and educational and most people survived with no harm done.

[@Freddy_Confetti]

Haha

[@525Lines]

Plastic turtle or this? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_U-238_Atomic_Energy_Laboratory

[@robertl4824]

The kit's intention was to allow children to create and watch nuclear and chemical reactions using radioactive material. Holy Fudge!

[@Vscustomprinting]

*spills popcorn out of mouth*.. Eeeeehhh.. I didn't like this one... MA!.. CHANGE THA CHANNEL!! Jk!! What a gas!!

[@AmyLSacks]

But where's the hour-long tribute to overpriced, mediocre theater snacks, Fellas? ;)