The Stupids: An Aptly Named Film (Movie Nights) (ft.

Tom Arnold is stupid!
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[@Enigma141]

Half critic, half bunny. She dwells in two worlds but she is the mistress of both. OH OBSCURUS LEPUS! YOU ARE NATURE'S GREATEST WONDER!

[@no-man_baugh]

Wait, what’s this? Phelous Catus, Obscurus lupus, Equus Snobus, Ad-hominum plotholio- wait what? I wonder if anyone’s ever gonna get that reference?

[@mrkrankyshank7847]

So are the bunny ears intentional?

[@rowantritton8659]

Gregory House: It’s not lepus...

[@Tareltonlives]

Best comment

[@Tareltonlives]

Lepus is the genus name for Hare. As in "Night of the Lepus"

[@TheReapers520]

I love how the toy in the background makes it look like you have bunny ears.

[@DawnofComics]

I noticed that too. Wonder if it was as intentional. Either way. Very funny.

[@Jumboo364]

;3

[@gwendolynwestwind9764]

Jack Nicholson was considered for the role of Stanley. That would have been an... interesting movie.

[@Joemama55122]

What in the world?

[@garganrose]

I don’t think you would’ve been able to pull it off.

[@slambangaction]

Actually, the movie I was reminded of the most here was The Addams Family. A strange, quirky, but well-meaning family who live in a world where all the "normal" people simply don't understand their wildly specific values. The difference is, that movie had genuinely appealing characters and a plot that allows us to root for them, while this one wants nothing more than to give the audience a migraine. There were a lot of those during the mid-90's, weren't there?

[@pentelegomenon1175]

I was thinking Ernest movies for their tone and logic, and It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World for being a road movie packed with over the top caricatures, convoluted intersecting storylines, wacky occurrences, and bizarre cameos.

[@Blisterdude123]

The Addams Family is absolutely the trend this film was birthed from, it makes so much more sense in that context. It was just woefully incompetent by comparison.

[@tartrazine5]

Brady Bunch movie too.

[@SilverSurfer166]

Dumb question, but if he thinks someone is stealing his trash every week, then why does he keep putting it out in the trash cans?

[@dunes8817]

Because the movie is really inconsistent.

[@crystalvoodoo91]

Because he’s stupid Why are you asking why a character named ‘Stanley STUPID’ would keep doing something if they knew something like that would happen if they keep doing it.

[@Delightfully_Bitchy]

Because that's not how stupidity works. Stupidity works by using poor reasoning to come to an incorrect conclusion. Stupidity DOES NOT MEAN do any damn thing, as some writer's tend to think. Never taking the trash out because you keep getting lost in the driveway is a good example of unfathomable stupidity. GOING OUT OF YOUR WAY TO PUT SOMETHING YOU WANT TO KEEP IN AN EASILY STEALABLE SPOT EVERY WEEK, AND THEN KEEP CONSISTENTLY DOING IT ISN'T AN EXAMPLE OF STUPIDITY. IT'S JUST BAD WRITING.

[@jackcarney7552]

Because he's stupid duh.

[@jackcarney7552]

Because he's stupid. Duh

[@danstiver9135]

Allison really enjoys Phelan’s pain more than anything any movie can offer.

[@christophercrane9540]

I like Allison continuing to try to find positives about the movie and Phelan immediately being like "Nah, it sucked." over and over again.

[@ESPNight004]

Anyone else notice how Allison is being given bunny ears in the thumbnail? Very appropriate for the tone of this movie, I feel.

[@neddles33]

I spent a good second trying to figure out what phelan was doing with his arm

[@fizzysassafrass]

That's what I assumed was happening, too, until I got into the vid and saw that she actually happens to be sitting in front of some sort of toy rabbit and it wasn't Phelous doing it at all! What a fitting coincidence lmao

[@lordvlygar2963]

I came to the comments to mention this. It's in that grey area where I can't tell if they did it on purpose or if it's a coincidence.

[@Tareltonlives]

Another comment referred to her as Obscurus Lepus XD

[@chrismanson3211]

Great review. I was in stitches with Tom Arnold's tear-filled award for Stanley Stupid and the animated dog comes on stage. Ruh Roh

[@cowgrll]

The bunny ears behind Allison’s head are so perfect for this review.

[@trtx84]

I remember seeing this with my family in theaters, and to this day all I ever remembered was the "I'm My Own Grandpa" song. Also, to this day, my Dad says this is one of the stupidest movies he's ever seen. I like to think back to him sitting next to me in the theater while I'm probably laughing like a doofus while he's just shaking his head in disbelief.

[@Delightfully_Bitchy]

I'm sorry, but just what the hell was your father expecting when he went to the theater to see a movie called The Stupids? Did he think the movie was going to go PSYCHE and then spend 3 hours showing a debate on Intelligent Design Theory?

[@legendre007]

Hooray! Happy once again to see the team of ObscurusLupa and Phelous! ^_^

[@AdamAtAmetrine]

Legitimately and unironically one of my favorite movies, even today. I love the dumb silliness of it all.

[@davidlevy706]

Agreed. The film's humor is rooted in deliberate, over-the-top defiance of real-world logic. It's _meant_ to be a ridiculous farce whose absurdity builds throughout. I realize that this doesn't appeal to everyone, but there seems to be a widespread misconception that the story is supposed to taken seriously in respects that it's begging its audience not to.

[@LaNoLaCola]

The dynamic duo is back!

[@TemmiePlays]

haha, didn't see your comment, but mine is very simialr lol.

[@traxthetrashwizard]

9:49 Um... I guess Phelan is a teletubbie now.

[@dresden]

Crimson Trax 😂😂😂😂😂

[@faye15ful]

I was wondering if anyone else noticed lmao

[@twilightman2816]

Yes, I want a T-shirt that shows a movie as well. Just not this movie please.

[@tawdryhepburn4686]

I caught that too.

[@gracekim25]

OH😂 I get it!

[@representationmetaphorique]

This movie is literally burned into the back of my brain - I watched it a couple times with my sisters when I was like 10 and I’ve never forgotten about it. Every so often I get “I’m My Own Grandpa” stuck in my head.

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

Good lloyd...

[@Monstrider]

Did the nasty in the pastie.

[@Kaslo25]

Is this one of those Tremors Cold Day in Hell heatwaves?

[@B.-T.]

They saw the random chickens in Sinbad Battle of the Dark Knights and went "Eureka. That's what our gas station wacky scene needs."

[@CaptainSpauld1ng]

This is a work of genius!!! Thank the Lloyd. It takes a genius level of intellect to truly appreciate this.

[@90sgrungechick5]

I remember my dad renting this when I was little at a hole in the wall rental place. We both fell asleep in the middle of it.

[@natemo82]

90sgrungechick he should have rented Problem Child. Way better movie.

[@Popcultureguy3000]

So I assume “I’m My Own Grandpa” became a lullaby your dad sung to you at night ever since?

[@Gloryosky]

Phelous wears a Black Lodge T-shirt. Tom Arnold's 1992-93 show, _The Jackie Thomas Show,_ had the highest American network prime time debut ratings since _Twin Peaks._ These days, all anyone remembers _Jackie Thomas_ for is Roseanne's faxing pissy letters to three critics after bad reviews. Also, it was in the Nielsen Top 20 because _Roseanne's_ lead-in power had that effect on shows.

[@akiameko1984]

Your hairdo in this video is really cute. And I saw your comment about where you got that top, I actually ordered one before commenting, because I love it so much.

[@MforMovesets]

The Stupids would only win a prize if it was by Stanley Stuprick.

[@wstine79]

How the hell did Tom Arnold get FOUR headline roles in the mid-1990's?

[@BigEOT3]

wstine79 The Same reason we let AMC Hire Chris Hardwick back. Stupid-laity. It’s like a extra layer of stupidity.

[@TimmyTickle]

Being married to Roseanne?

[@justindenney-hall5875]

wstine79 The 90's was a very magical my child...

[@FreyaEinde]

It really was a simpler time...

[@Ektalon]

I blame it on mountains and mountains of cocaine.

[@futonrevolution7671]

I definitely wasn't prepared for Frankie Faison to show up, as Our Lloyd in Heaven. Humble beginnings. Also, I like Phelan's shirt. Especially the Blackscreen Lodge effect. When I saw the title, I immediately typed "Max Landis' finest hour" but thankfully watched the entire video before posting.

[@Arrowdodger]

I don't hate this one as much as you two do, but I think a lot of this just comes down to Tom Arnold. I don't think he's brilliant by any stretch, but he just seems so... sincere? in this kind of role in a way where someone like a Rob Schneider or Kevin James wouldn't, if we're talking not terribly funny comedic actors. That, or I'm just thinking of how much worse McHale's Navy was to young me.

[@Delightfully_Bitchy]

For the record, Allison was fine with the movie. She just thought it was stupid on a meta level.

[@rodrolliv]

11:02 Even the candle got the bunny ears, I love it!

[@jaymereynolds9172]

Your top is really pretty, Allison!

[@Wannabe_Baby]

I prefer my top to be able to show The Stupids ... like Phelous' t-shirt at 9:38. :)

[@fzysknr]

I actually love this movie, as moronic and nonsensical as it is. Strangely, unlike 'The Master of Disguise', this isn't based off of nostalgia; I didn't see this movie until I was in high schoool. But your reactions to it are priceless, as was the Oscar clip.

[@Sophiec108]

Chroma-keying the movie into the Black Lodge on Phelan's t-shirt? We are truly in the presence of genius.

[@Parallelwurlds]

I’ve just discovered this channel and have been watching everything on it while in bed sick for the last week. 👍👍

[@Alucard-A-La-Carte]

I saw a video essay that leaned toward this actually being a fairly biting piece of satire, if you look at it from the tropes of a traditional film and setting and how it subverts those somewhat subtly. This doesn't make it a GOOD movie, but it explains a lot about it. And in these trying times, I've started really taking solace in figuring out WHY or HOW things suck, even if it doesn't FIX that they suck.

[@cosmosblue772]

Oh, no love for Barry BlueJeans? A million points to anyone who gets that reference. I havent seen this movie in forever but I'm not gonna lie I laughed super hard when you showed the scene in the car with Tom Arnold and he screams "Oh no the Drive B!". I don't know why but I just cracked up. I would say this movie is half funny, and just half well genuinely stupid. But I'd be lying if I said it didnt make laugh 😅

[@kls701]

cosmosblue772 thumbs up for just having katebush as your picture. She’s awesome.

[@cosmosblue772]

Keith Salmon II I get so many compliments about my avatar pic. Kate is just that amazing 💜

[@bittipasuta]

I discovered that I am Allison. I can sit through the most garbage dreck in the world and still enjoy my viewing experience if the person I'm watching the garbage with is also miserable.

[@mastermarkus5307]

And I'm like Phelan where if a movie isn't bad enough to be so-bad-it's-good and there's no reason I HAVE to watch it I'm probably not going to.

[@patmaurer8379]

Holy crap, through this, I was able to reconnect with my past. I'm my own grandpa, brought me to, You Can't do that on Television, which also made my remember Turkey TV. Which both shows are connected with a few performers of the first. Maybe the other way around, as I remember this song from Turkey Television. So by watching two groovy people talking about the Stupids, I was able to connect the dots, and find myself back to the past. This is awesome. Thank you so much, Allison and Phelan.

[@SuperCosmicMutantSquid]

I remember reading 'The Stupid' books when I was a kid and thinking they were funny. The only thing I remember from the movie were the advertisements and the cat. And on your comment about 'What if everything the Stupids were paranoid about was real and it was a conspiracy!?' thing, they did do that. It's called Dan Vs.

[@ss3kid]

The movie appearing on Phelans' shirt is probably my favorite part.

[@Valdagast]

Garbage Day! So is this movie Lloyd approved?

[@wstine79]

Valdagast :::in Phelous voice:::: Noooooooooooooo!

[@Panda_Roll]

I want to thank the academy for acknowledging my work, my family for supporting me and the Lloyd for cleaning up my messes.

[@javis88h]

"The Stupids" sounds like a throw away gag in a Disney channel sitcom. Like if the main characters are watching TV or something. "Now back to The Stupids!"

[@thefdvproduction]

This whole time I was thinking "they have to mention the Max Landis part." Saved the best for last honestly.

[@lydiawood4863]

Why do late Nineties screwball comedies always seem to have the same trailer?

[@crystalvoodoo91]

Lydia Wood Because if one movie had it and that one succeeded then obviously any other film that’s in the same kind of genre is going to do it too. It still happens these days.

[@arielfangirlmendez]

This guy is hilarious he was great in camp fred

[@Plasmathedeathjester]

tom arnold in this sounds and kinda looks like linkara

[@jamiepeter3567]

I love you guys. Times are dark, in many ways, but you're both still here to put a smile on my face and take my mind off things. Thank you so so very much xxxx

[@jamiepeter3567]

Now to re watch the McHale review and likley fall into a galaxy warriors hole, or maybe some Cynthia Rothrock reviews... thank God you're both here :)

[@AllisonPregler]

thank you!!

[@PrincessAshley972]

This is a fun, dumb comedy. Its one of those movies where you just turn off your brain for 90 minutes and enjoy it. My favorite part is Stanley Stupid singing "I'm My Own Grandpa", still makes me crack up to this day!

[@SwiftNimblefoot]

Agreed, this was entertainingly stupid.

[@PapaTaurean]

At least this movie makes good on its promises.. It's the Stupids! Can't get anymore correct than that.

[@GMOTP5738]

I watched this movie a lot as a kid lol I always thought it was funny for how stupid it was xD

[@SavageGreywolf]

Phelan: I also love The Man Who Knew Too Little, it is an underrated comedy gem from Bill Murray's filmography

[@gregmark1688]

Tom Arnold's sole reason for fame is that at some point, on at least one occasion, he made Rosanne Barr feel really, really good. That's literally the entirety of it.

[@magicphred]

Bruce Almighty stole the "God is a Janitor" theme (with Morgan Freeman) !!!

[@TheBlackCloakedMan]

I used to love this movie when I was little

[@ser6Ijvolk]

It's a fine movie for a kid to watch. It's just too dumb for adults.

[@kevinpierce9780]

I love how every single time one of you quoted the "What in the World??" line it sounded 10 times more believable than the actual delivery in the movie.

[@lamarjackson4099]

Great to see the team together again! But the bunny ears in the background win this episode! 😂😂 Now, I may need to see the movie!

[@lamarjackson4099]

Now, watching the review completely for a second time and this movie is really random! 🤔🤔

[@matthewhennessey5967]

This was one of our families favorite movies back then. Haven't seen it in years, and it's probably terrible now, but it brings back good memories.

[@g.t.vanmiddendorp7985]

11:03 Those damn bunny ears freaking made me burst out laughing!

[@JacobSwoyer]

Were the bunny ears behind Lupas head intentional?!?

[@saturdaymorningcheapseats3281]

ive never seen this movie sober

[@tessalyyvuo1667]

In the last Night Visions festival in Helsinki there was a showcase of John Landis movies. I even got the honor of getting his autograph. This movie was never mentioned. Gee I wonder why. ; D

[@ColetheAero]

If you pause at 20:24, you get the perfect still image of Allison trying to explain The Stupids to Phelan's corpse.

[@mrmusickhimself]

In middle school way back in 1996, they showed us an anti-drug film that used current movies in a montage set to Gravity Kills' song Guilty. The Stupids was both utilized to promote the film AND make allusions to how people are stupid on drugs. Wrap your head around that one.

[@lilhanhan]

That sounds oddly amazing, I actually want to watch it!

[@mrmusickhimself]

LilHanHan Yeah it had footage of ID4, Space Jam, and Seven (not sure why?) But watching Tom Arnold blow shit up while Gravity Kills blared on was oddly awesome. It was a DARE vid i believe, during the "extreme" 90's. If you find it, please link me

[@percyperanamus7432]

im mesmerized by the t shirt broadcast, and this is hard to sell me off of seeing the movie because for some reason the bush bit clip is so funny to me

[@timcombs2730]

“Not John Landis’ finest hour”😂😂 don’t worry he had some worse ones

[@adiahaalexander9359]

It looks like someone is behind Allison giving her bunny ears lol but its *actually* (in my Phelan voice) a bunny toy.

[@Arrowdodger]

I've been looking forward to this so much.

[@bruiserharm1564]

[@BryMDavis]

You have no idea how long I waited for someone to review this masterpiece.

[@dunes8817]

Don't be surprised if you end up being retweeted by Tom Arnold.

[@LesHaskell]

Seems about the right time for a sequel.

[@sylviaphillips5803]

I'm half-man, half-horse, half-alligator

[@matthewhennessey5967]

Two wheels, Four Wheels... EIGHT WHEELS!!!

[@endlessnoise9173]

I'm my own Grandpa? So that's where they got the idea for that Futurama episode.

[@crystalvoodoo91]

Endless Noise No The songs been around a lot longer than this film

[@rfcbass6810]

Those bunny ears above Allison haha

[@FarelForever]

I remember liking this as a kid, but........ maaaaaaaaaaan oh man

[@benemlaw6428]

Oh come on!!! "The drive B" I loved it.

[@SwiftNimblefoot]

I lost it at that.

[@maritimeretro2855]

i like when you turned phelan's chest into a green screen for a second. gg

[@Tareltonlives]

It would have all been worth it if it there was a post credits scene: Sender: Well well well, it appears Mr Stupid has foiled my latest plan. oh, don't worry. I will have to deal with him myself. The war isn't over, Mr Stupid...far from it. (dramatic music sting)

[@giuseppeianniello1998]

Tom Arnold won a Razzie Award as Worst Actor for his performance in The Stupids (tying with Pauly Shore for the equally idiotic Bio-Dome)

[@floydlooney6837]

Allison was a kid in 1996, thanks for making me feel old!

[@bogvvitch]

being a kid in the 90s who was named Stanley was a tough time because there was Stanley Ipkiss (The Mask), Stanley Stupid, and then Stuttering Stanley (from 6th Sense and I have always occasionally had a stutter when under stress). there may have been others but those stood out the most. But now I go by Sydney, abandoning that terrible past

[@arielrosen673]

Holy crap, I remember watching this movie on TV about 15 years ago and I’d completely forgotten about it...until now.

[@robertombricen7966]

Oh sweet Hades, the Ghostbusters toys!

[@Johnsavage1]

Im sure the movie is awful but the little clips you show kinda amuse me.

[@carljackson1831]

I read some of these books as a kid, vaguely remember them. But I do love this movie. Not sure why but I do xD

[@Dalia1784]

It's funny to note the child actor who played the son was the same kid who played Alfalfa in The Little Rascals (1994).

[@arodriguez6567]

Never heard of the books but they remind me of The Dumb Bunnies which I loved

[@JaredGriffiths2000]

Yes I grew up with the Dumb Bunnies too.

[@CyrusCageSCWS]

My favourite show is always sunny in Philadelphia. And this is my favourite comedy film. It's so much fun in how dumb it is.

[@lowenergyvideos4658]

*hears background music* HI AND WELCOME BACK TO TERRIBLE WRITING ADVICE! 8D Also this movie is alot of crap...but at least it was honest with its title!

[@simplegarak]

Hey now! The Man who Knew too little is a comedy classic.

[@JadedJada]

I'm trying to imagine what the Addams Family movies would be like if, instead of reacting all confused and horrified, the citizens around the Addams just smiled and nodded at all the weird shit they did. Can confirm. Not as good.

[@natemo82]

Miss Nelson is Missing!!!! I’ve never read a book about The Stupids in my life but the illustration looked so damn familiar.

[@someidiotmetalhead]

15:40 I actually found out recently that "I'm My Own Grandpa" is an old folk song! It's about a guy who basically gets into an unlikely series of marriages and the end result is...well, what the title says.

[@Tadicuslegion78]

So this was 2018 before we actually got to 2018 🤪

[@KageMaxwell]

Yay, I get to see you two before I go to work! Think I'll watch it again when I get back.

[@Uncle-Jay]

As a child, we used to rent the children's books this movie is based off of. I remember the last time we rented one from the library. He get it home, open it up and... It stinks like shit, stinky smelly shit. And the entire book stinks like this while it's left open. We have no idea where the smell came from, there was no stains or doodoo on the pages. You could practically see the stink lines coming off this thing.

[@RoninCatholic]

I enjoyed watching this movie, but probably only because I was watching it with my family who were also enjoying how stupid it was.

[@lizardlord4k]

Wait...did Futurama steal the from The Stupids?!

[@BATCHARRO]

lizardlord4k I gather it existed in song form before either.

[@faishiro5009]

If you are talking about the song, it was in one of the first episodes of the Muppet show. The song is very very old.

[@kimifw58]

Being your own grandfather is an old concept.

[@gottfriedosterbach3907]

No, it is a classic comedy song by Ray Stevens. It is also better than the movie version.

[@Account_Not_Applicable]

I wonder if years later that whole "Sender" conspiracy is what inspired the Pepe Sylvia scene in It's Always Sunny

[@56postoffice]

*NOOOOOOO!! "THE STUPIDS!!" WHAT HAVE YOU UNLEASHED!!??*

[@jakejaeric]

I loved this movie when I was a kid. I remember we rented it and I rewound the end credits over and over until I memorized the "I'm my own grandpa" song. Loved the review. And come on @phelous it wasn't THAT bad.

[@GalvanizedArt]

I haven't seen this movie in like a decade but I still think about "the lloyd our god" practically everyday so make of that what you will.