To Look and To Watch feat. Alex Nichols | Chapo Trap House

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Episode 824 - To Look and To Watch feat. Alex Nichols (4/15/24)
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Alex is back on with us today to catch up on MMA libertarians, bad DJs, and a rudely interrupted Billy Joel. We then discuss Iran’s weekend missile attack on Israel, and get Donald Trump’s somber and thoughtful remarks on the hallowed battle ground of Gettysburg. All this and some Valerie Bertinelli news on today’s show.
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[@jman7826]

A small man who shows up at your bar and makes you drink his whiskey or else he’ll beat you up is like an amazing folklore character

[@cattibingo]

And the only way to stop him is to say his true celtic name

[@jaystephens2759]

Thats my inevitable cryptid transformation

[@jaystephens2759]

Call me the Boon Goon

[@woody_you_want]

I would watch a whole movie about that

[@jeremy____5747]

Leprechannot

[@BoneMachine1443]

Did Trump learn to talk by watching Charlie The Unicorn? "Gettysburg, wow, never fight uphill boys, they were fighting uphill boys, wow..."

[@chudmuffin0]

I will say it again. until matt has recovered from giving biden half of his brain to stay awake, keep alex nichols as a 3rd mic split with amber!

[@TheWilsones]

Absolute power crew

[@nicholasdipalma4559]

I’d rather have David Roth :(

[@diehounderdoggenalt]

​@@jfeuwhgsf8326bydfh Nah, it's Havana syndrome.

[@janfidelis6622]

I'll tell you how my 1994 Toyota Camry is still running, it wont STOP running. Crank windows and all.

[@RB939393]

Hell yeah brother

[@renebousfield602]

the japanese tank

[@BeigeFrequency]

Technically Conor didn't throw a woman off a boat. She jumped to escape the attack and after filing a civil suit against him her car just happened to be firebombed.

[@earhearthush-up5549]

Incredibly based

[@joshuamarx8209]

Kewl.

[@freakyzed8467]

Was it a Tesla? Those things do like to blow up, firebomb or no.

[@ExtremelyAverageMonster]

Good to see my favorite KZbinr has been summoned by the intersection of dirt bag politics and MMA.

[@seanpatrick1243]

The Irish officially disown Conner McGregor.

[@CraigHetheringsting]

Tá

[@robelkton7800]

54:00 - 54:15 The Red Cross was actually founded because a Swiss guy visited Italy and noticed that watching the battles in the ongoing wars of unification was a popular pastime, and thought "damn that shit's fucked"

[@quadabyte8933]

Can reality colapse on itself already? Like I get it, can it be over already...

[@OutlastGamingLP]

Give it a year. If you look closely you can already see the cracks.

[@andrewpowers985]

You sound like such a loser. Stop worrying about the world every second, you don’t have any control over it, just enjoy your life

[@freakyzed8467]

Have you accepted the great Cthulhu as your personal lord and savior? When he awakens all will be revealed. What you see now is just the madness seeping out of his deathless slumber.

[@jaydinledford6990]

Praying for the Higgs field to tunnel to it's baseline state

[@robert9016]

In trying times like these, I’m reminded of something Matt Christman said… I can’t repeat it here, unfortunately

[@BiancaTallarico]

Thanks Netanyahu and Biden there goes my 2022 Dodge Challenger.

[@rapalbumdepot7648]

I am still waiting on a new Elantra

[@woody_you_want]

I'll still never get over Jackson hinkle being a fallen hasan sub 💀

[@RyanTheBiv]

Never fight uphill me boys

[@Davesoft]

..isn't a suicide drone just a missile with a funny propellant method?

[@freakyzed8467]

I would think the name implies an onboard self aware AI. Makes me wonder if AI will ever be shouting 'Allah Akbar!'

[@commenter381]

BanzA.I.​@@freakyzed8467

[@alexpkeaton4471]

@@freakyzed8467 Conscientious objector AI: "No, I ain't going!"

[@dirrdevil]

​@@commenter381Fuckin' chef's kiss.

[@jonahdunstan6514]

please keep alex on the show for the love of god.

[@utkarsh2746]

The Roadhouse movie did a terrible job of conveying the basic "Ultimate fighter" idea and it seems like the UFC made them cut most of the UFC footage they shot with Gyllenhal in-arena once they discovered that his character is supposedly unhinged and ends up punching a grounded opponent to a permanent injury, as the ref is trying to pull him off. Most of what they shot wasn't even in the movie. Seems like that was the pivotal story point that would tell the viewer how UFC guys are the "Ultimate fighter" and a "wild" guy.

[@carlos_herrera]

Guy who gets hit in the head for a living loves von Mises. That scans

[@gg2fan]

"Government... is bad' How did we live before the transcendant wisdom of austrian economics

[@andrewblair370]

it CAT scans specifically

[@omegasmesh]

chapo x miku never thought I'd see the day

[@sickjuicysjamshack3580]

Imagine Chapo brings Matt back but as an AI-generated voice

[@utkarsh2746]

Renato Moicano (pronounced Henato Moykano) has also stated in previous unhinged post-fight rants that "Money Moicano" has his American citizenship coming through in a couple of years and he cannot wait to be a police officer in America. Good luck guys, Bolsonaro is now bringing BOPA to the States.

[@AdrianCarroll-fj5ce]

It won't change much. We already have thousands of lunatics like him in the force.

[@CoolAdam247]

Money Moicano is based AF and a grwat fighter and human being.

[@TheThunderSquid]

none of the members of the fictional gorillaz band are gorillas btw

[@FunkMcLovin]

Fake news

[@Kohanman]

Ape news

[@screenPhiles]

The more I listen to Alex Nichols, the more I miss Matt Christman. Nichols isn't terrible, but he lacks the outrage that Matt Christman brought.

[@shanedurban]

I honestly can't listen to him anymore. He is just not funny. Please boys move on from in!!!!!!!!!!!

[@screenPhiles]

@@shanedurban I'm getting there. Part of what I enjoyed about Matt Christman was that you could hear the anger in his voice about having to deal with the bs that most people think of as normal. I don't know the details of why Matt is not present (I though there was some sort or family emergency or somrthing) but Alex Nichols is hopefully a temporary solution, at best.

[@therealspiroagnew818]

@@screenPhiles Matt had a stroke. He's doing well, but he's had to go through a lot of therapy, at least according to his wife. Plus, she just had a baby, so he's probably busy with that too.

[@sickjuicysjamshack3580]

If Alex could flesh out his thoughts more in his head before saying them and interrupt less, he’d be less grating. He has a couple of zingers but most of his contributions have too much setup for too little payoff. Matt definitely is the missing leg on this stool

[@shanedurban]

@sickjuicysjamshack3580 There is really no show without matt just as there would be no show without felix and will. But I think you're over thinking it. When they have brian quimby or matt recine its fine because they are funny. I'm sure Alex is a nice fellow, but he's just not funny and is out his depth. Es lastima

[@freakyzed8467]

Oh how the wheels keep rolling and another mile roles on, I'm on that road behind.

[@Fred82187]

Lex Friedman was recommended right after this vid

[@gbru]

Would someone please mash-up tRump’s “Gettysburg” speech with Michael Palin’s “oh god you are so goody goody & huge” sermon from “the Meaning of Life.”

[@feydrautha012]

I thought the HoarseWhisperer guy was shown to be a lobbyist or some other scummy front man for banks/oil companies.

[@fabricated]

Well at least the guest's mic worked this time

[@alexpkeaton4471]

11:00 Actual lol.

[@RIP_Greedo]

What are Arthur Morgan’s politics? Is he antifa? Ancap? Lib?

[@woody_you_want]

Maoist third worldist

[@rod653]

I mean he died of cholera so i guess he is pro healthcare?

[@Gum_Cuzzler]

He’s a libertarian. He flirts with Mary Beth and wants to live on a compound in Tahiti.

[@jeffm3283]

Does anyone have any advice on fluffing? I'm too small, thought I'd ask Felix, my role model

[@dirrdevil]

"Fluff, fluff, pass" has been my motto and it has always worked for me.

[@RamenKitsune]

Only person on this panel I respect is the person who knew it was called "the dip". Sorry.

[@direktive4]

'i was like gettin em all in before you showed up!'

[@lamer6767]

clearing a florida bar is easy one time I did it by queueing up bieber 9 times on the jukebox I got I think 10 plays for $10 and the other one was bow wow ft bieber

[@nigelgeiger6020]

Blur was one of the biggest bands even here in the USA. They sold shit tons of records and had several huge hits. They were as big as oasis before that band came along.

[@eottoe2001]

Nothing says fascism like Ludwig von Mises and Jame Buchanan. Ludwig was Ron Paul's compass.

[@thinkoutloud2144]

11:22

[@eottoe2001]

@@thinkoutloud2144 0:26

[@theironsheik6322]

"Don" Paul, voting against banking deregulation (he actually did this) was the final straw!

[@josephmurphy7980]

I have to inform you that there is no way that’s Jeffery Epstein’s Spotify the first song is “I like little girls”

[@walexander8378]

49:54 what's that song

[@redlightmax]

49:55 "Bizarre Love Triangle" by New Order.

[@WhenTheSunLordsFell]

connor mcgreggor is the meta mic

[@screenPhiles]

Money Moicano (that's Moy-khan-O)! I don't think he has a clue what's he's talking about, but he's a pretty entertaining dude!

[@horny4violence]

The current persona is pretty recent too

[@JamesHeller12]

25:24 scared the fuck out of me

[@camildumitrescu3703]

Felix likeing Maia makes me think that he should be matched with Colby, it only makes sense; and that's a full Red Panty Night in my little red book. Make it Dana!

[@bethdeva]

did charlies oliveira endorse bolsenaro ;-; im devestated

[@joeyrufo]

Re: Valerie and the hoarse guy, there's an article in People about that 🙄

[@joshvelazquez8706]

glad you guys were able to get kermit on the pod

[@meganr3]

51:05

[@Democrities]

“Wow, that was a big mistake…” - Robert E Lee, at the amazing battle of Gettysburg.

[@thinkoutloud2144]

11:22

[@grubernitsch]

With Ludwig van Mises out of the picture, I'll wait until the pop right starts quoting Joseph Schumpeter (the creative destruction guy).

[@aaronwood8110]

Moy-kan-No

Moissiano?

[@thinkoutloud2144]

21:33

[@jugo1944]

Its pronounced "Moy-canno"

[@sislater6334]

Surely looking and watching are the same thing

[@user-cp5eu5gb5w]

Hug a 🌲 tree

[@joshuamarx8209]

While supplies last..

[@dirrdevil]

If we want to survive the oncoming Apocalypse, we must fuck the trees. A treewalker with all the strengths of a tree but none of its weaknesses. And it hunts other trees. This is the Golden Path.

[@user-cp5eu5gb5w]

@@dirrdevil ask art 🌶️

[@Mannydamon]

Trying out the new politic?

[@haydenpantinary4855]

L take on 90s cars boys. Enjoy drowning in your self driving tesla.

[@joshuamarx8209]

Lighten up dork.

[@RB939393]

Probably the worst take I've ever heard from them

[@TerrenceNowicki]

Why would anyone want to date the hoarse whisperer guy? He has a terrible personality, his sense of humor sucks, and his face looks like it's actively melting, just like Graham Linehan's. He has literally no attractive characteristics.

[@CippiCippiCippi]

The musical taste of these people is embarrassing

[@jeremy____5747]

I am bound by honor to support the IDF solely because IDF girls are bravely keeping alive the tradition of women having thick, broad triangles of pubic hair. In a world of ignorant depilation, they are the last warriors standing in defense of the rainforest.

[@Eamonshort1]

I may not agree with them on a lot of political points, but this an issue of first principle, and on that basis I must side with the IDF

[@jeremy____5747]

@@Eamonshort1 It is a matter of honor, on which all persons of quality may agree.

[@Eamonshort1]

@@jeremy____5747 I shall gladly follow you into this war, so that we may reclaim what has been taken from us.

[@lanceblankenship9995]

There's too many unibrows in the Arab world. Far too many unibrows.

[@jonnyglobster]

That whole region's just one big bushy brow. That's why the salafists are pointing one finger in the air. It's for the One Brow.

[@omgkthxbi]

Blur would've killed at Coachella if this were 2004

[@DD-zh4by]

This show really sucks now. You can just feel the indifference from them

[@MichaelSotoCE]

Will is basically his parents at this point

[@cogandball]

Read your last comment

[@herodotus53]

Matt was the best part of the show *by far*. The rest of them are painfully unfunny, hopelessly self-righteous, and just plain boring.

[@harrisg5]

work from home, no chemistry. Mandatory back to office and the show will be good again.

[@cogandball]

@herodotus53 why is every fan of a show so gay damn dude it's a godamn podcast

[@theoldanarchist]

Alex Nichols isn't funny, nor is he very smart.

[@johnb6083]

The Arab Peter Griffin line got a chuckle out of me

[@fredsheppard2100]

Counterpoint: he’s funny

[@IlIlllIIIllIIlIIlII]

he's funnier and smarter than felix

[@Raw774]

Hinkle has a more coherent politics than these guys

[@joshuamarx8209]

Nonsense. Political reaction doesn't give a fuck either.

[@ZenobiaofPalmyra]

lol git gud

[@miskatonic_alumni]

Hinkle? The main antagonist from The Great Dictator? Definitely one of Charlie Chaplain's funniest characters.

[@sickjuicysjamshack3580]

Hey I like Russian honeypots too

[@Gum_Cuzzler]

Hinkle is a gay hobbit

[@dickbrain42069]

my butt has farts in it

[@jaydinledford6990]

Hell yeah brother

[@hellokittybebop]

SHUT UP MAIA GO TRIANGLE A WHITE WRESTLER!

[@thinkoutloud2144]

50:09

[@ringo8410]

Who the hell even cares about this Stormy Daniels stuff except for liberals? Even they don't really care; they're just creating legal drama because the democrats don't have a strategy aside from "But Trump!".

[@JerekBilbar]

I think people just care that every one and a while presidents face the same consequences as ordinary citizens

[@ringo8410]

@@JerekBilbar Sure, that's fine. Picking one of the most inconsequential things that very few people actually care about is just a strange way to seek accountability is just what I'm saying.

[@fritzophrenia3146]

@@ringo8410 Real talk, it's probably only because it's the only hen that has a chance of coming home to roost before the 2024 election

[@williemasterofdestruction5339]

I was listening to them discuss old cars as I was driving home in my 94 S10 With different parts from 4 trucks so it's red white and blue now 😆👌it has 30k on the new motor and 300k on the body.it does everything I need it to and has never left me stranded. This truck replaced my 88 1 ton. Since my back is garbage I found it wise to not load a 1 ton anymore. Among my numerous other cars I prefer my Toyotas since I can go 300 miles often for 20ish bucks. Vs 60 a week at least in my conversion vans ✌️💚🍉

[@brodaciousmax8025]

Solid truck! 1 of the last before they started turning into a half assed suv.

[@lanceblankenship9995]

Down's-syndrome face made some good points. Crooked, spotty face was his usual insufferable self.