We Read The World's Worst Book

Merphy Napier: / @merphynapier42

[@merphynapier42]

I will now and forevermore be referred to as The Complying Wench. I will respond to nothing else

[@wismsgre]

This was gold

[@Abbywise32]

I will respect your decision to be referred to as The Complying Wench

[@mehmehmeh8016]

As you wish The complying Wench

[@GoldenMechaTiger]

If you say so

[@jesserice7777]

Yes, thou Complying Wench. 😈

[@Patrick-ng1vg]

Liam and the complying wench have such good chemistry together and it's fun to watch!

[@Victoria_Viray]

I love Merphy and the energy created in these two seperate rooms.

[@YOUNGMERU]

Liam has the dryest humor ever, yet its so satisfying.

[@Javier.M.]

Could you please give a compliment ? You're very good at it.

[@YOUNGMERU]

@@Javier.M. Your mocking is enough to not reply to but not enough to ignore, so no, I won't

[@ultimasurge]

id say his humor is atleast as moist as a paper towel after crushing a grape in it on a how day in nevada. maybe your life is far to enjoyable and wet if you think his humor is actaully dry. i agree it is satisfying though. hard disagree on it being dry .

[@YOUNGMERU]

@@ultimasurge didn't see this, but what I meant was, his humor can fly over your head sometimes, and you'll only catch it a few seconds later

[@potayto2271]

Liam and Merphy have such a great sibling-esque dynamic

[@stefaniehorvat4323]

My fiance went : "TRAITOR" when you said hitchhikers guide to the galaxy is your favourite book😂 because according to him, it should have been one piece, and then i had to explain that this (really cool btw) video was about novels 😂

[@Dudeinaroomwastaken]

One of the things I cut for time was clarifying that I can't choose manga because it would be a cop out answer :p

[@stefaniehorvat4323]

@@Dudeinaroomwastaken omg! I cant believe you responded, thank you! We watch every single one of your one piece video's and absolutely love your humour and theories etc etc. Really cool! I haven't actually been a one piece fan for all that long, i binged all the episodes minus fillers so i could join with my fiance to watch one piece red at the time, we binged day in day out for almost 2 months, and i became obsessed with it. I also started reading the manga and stuff, big fan of both yours and one piece!

[@ryanamans5576]

Hey thats pretty awesome...I have a very similar story lmao WELCOME

[@stefaniehorvat4323]

@@ryanamans5576 thank you! What is your story? (if i may be so blunt to ask😁)

[@Dudeinaroomwastaken]

@@stefaniehorvat4323 I'm thrilled that you started reading the manga! I hope you've enjoyed the journey! :D

[@agilsonlobato9517]

I hope you guys can talk about literally anything once a week on this channel

[@AnteyTheBlade]

Liam, why is this a one time vidoe, and not an episode 1 of a podcast? You guys have great chemistry, it's a pleasure to listen to you two talk about books and other stuff = )

[@janjing]

Merphy as a guest on the Blue Banana Podcast would be GOLD!

[@SteerClearOfTears]

This. Is exactly how conversations between really good friends go. So we can clearly see the kind of close bond these two share.

[@tyriquesmith8850]

7:22 Merphy's short term memory loss is such a mood.

[@Sam-ls2sj]

Liam, why wasn't Merphy wearing her favourite swampy Nakama t-shirt? It's her favourite character!!

[@parapuchi327]

I really enjoyed this! These two are so funny and I love them both, would be happy to see another video like this in the future

[@rafy1515]

When he said "I fingered a book last night" half the office found out I wasn't actually working. 😂

[@galaxyplatinum5533]

I read a version of the Epic of Gilgamesh the day before yesterday and it is pretty concise. It's about 60 pages, the same length as the introduction.

[@willbrashear]

There are other books from the Gilgameshnera but they aren't stories. They tend to be laws and book keeping type books.

[@laurabustos6560]

Dude, dude in a room hit 100k!!🎉 Wait! Was the recurring image of Liam as Conan dude's gift to the fans in celebration?!? Yay!😂😅

[@KYRBE_]

"There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." -Ford Prefect

[@SimonDoll-w7g]

Please. Please. Read more from "The Eye of Argon"! I was laughing myself to tears, hearing the compelling story of Grignr and the compelling wench :D

[@edkolbe1850]

Thia video is probably going to be the best video I have seen this week and maybe this month. 11/10 would recommend just as much as I would recommend the novels.

[@doggygod]

Love the thumbnail lmao. Love Merphy crossovers anywhere. Thanks Liam

[@SamTheGumMan117]

Congratulations on 100K dudes in a room 👏 lol and really dope collab plus Merphy's new name is wicked sick xD

[@Dudeinaroomwastaken]

Thank you :D

[@SamTheGumMan117]

@@Dudeinaroomwastaken You're welcome 😊

[@eucolecionodinossauros]

I lost it when Liam said "fingered the book" 🤣🤣🤣😂😂

[@orion1312]

I desperately need a podcast every day with you two specifically. Liam can then describe the edits he would do, its fine.

[@willbrashear]

The Hitchhiker's Guide is my favorite series as well.

[@KirisimptheCowboy]

I did not expect this when I woke up today! My two fave youtubers !

[@AAA-dz1ur]

Imagine someone dug up a stone tablet and spent years deciphering the writing then realizes it says “I like pirates” lol

[@luchotenks2310]

Should have used the last sentence or two to add feats. How else are the powerscalers of the future going to do their job? "I'm the first pirate ever to sail the seas. I know all forms of haki and am also a Logia. I low diffed that scrub Gilgamesh."

[@Musashi246]

Please do a full reading of the barbarian story and let us pay for it

[@jamesporrell5687]

The SpongeBob ‘The’ meme had me dying! Perfect timing

[@liamlopwilliams4268]

Welcome back Liam! And books are something I've been meaning to read more lately

[@adamkinnou9875]

I read light novels which can be considered as books.( Lord of mysteries is the best work of fiction after one piece)

[@stevencox8140]

To be fair, the Epic of Gilgamesh was written on clay tablets. They used tools to press the words in before baking them solid. Much easier than carving. Also awesome to note it has gay undertones and talks about the story as having taken place a long time ago. 4000 years ago they were writing about "ancient times". We are hilarious creatures.

[@relucentsandman6447]

Their banter is so good, I need more colabs

[@samfisher6606]

I listen to audiobooks over reading a physical book. I have ADHD and reading homework trauma. So I find when I have a physical book, I get really anxious and just want to finish it as fast as possible but then I skip like half the lines. When I read it on a digital device or listen to an audiobook, I find the "30 minutes left" is far more abstract than "30 pages left." And because I have ADHD, I can't passively listen to a book. I have to actively listen.

[@_nivlek]

I thought the title said Rocks not Books, halfway through before noticing because you 2 are my top 3 colabs

[@YaburuRunyaru]

How was this only 20mins?! I could easily listen to you two for an hour

[@lukasviniicius]

You two should have like a weekly podcast or something because you are so hilarious together

[@buggydes]

Great video! Makes going through Covid much more bearable. Edit: This felt so short. I could watch another hour no problem

[@Axalion71]

Holy s*** I was not expecting to see Liam and Murphy Reading the eye of argon Together this made my day

[@James_Wisniewski]

I just want to say, they weren't chiseling the words into a stone tablet. They were pressing a stylus with a wedge on the end into a block of wet clay, then letting it dry into a stome tablet once they were done.

[@alexsere3061]

This video was really fun Liam, great way to start the day, you guys are really fun

[@slothwarrior446]

I just realized Merphy wearing a Crocboy Grand line review shirt in together with Liam

[@IrvingSerrano-rl3iu]

Really enjoyed the video! Good chemistry!👍🏻🤙🏻📚

[@meme_pegan5226]

This is the most entertaining dude In a room videos, this is amazing

[@MichaelPorcayo]

This collab will never get old

[@NamiSwaann22]

I studied literature and I don't like reading haha I only like stories

[@RamonaS007]

As a librarian these library stories cut deep 😂

[@GucciPucciMIH]

My neurons activate when I stare at the ink scribbles on top of the dead tree

[@lobsterbisque333]

This editing is too good for this video

[@patcheskipp]

I think I've seen the fourth hitchhikers guide book call "the fourth book in the inaccuratly named hitchhikers guide trilogy" and book fifth called "the fifth book in the increasingly inaccuratly name hitchhikers guide trilogy"

[@JoshT45742]

I am also dyslexic, I am trying to read more ( it’s mainly manga okay!!) respect for Murphy reading out loud like that haha, truly hell with dyslexia 😅

[@mathiasstokholm9778]

I love when dude in a room colabs with complying wench in a room! I will definitely read the Hitchhiker “trilogy” now

[@TDH3407]

Man oh man Merphy Napier 😍 What a woman. Love her vids.. such an intellectual Always a pleasure to hear her

[@TheSpencermacdougall]

Thank you. This video makes me feel so much better about my own writing!

[@zoexsaldanza]

I clicked on this because Liam but this video ended up being way more entertaining than I thought a video about books would be. Actually inspiring me to start reading again 😅

[@kieranbrennan8799]

It would be great to get Murphy on blue banana!!

[@mastadonxo7662]

The chemistry between you two is fantastic

[@Bobsyagod]

Not sure if it was mentioned but wouldn't the trope of perfect guy/girl that always has the answer and the backstory for any situation and gets all the girls/guys be a Mary Sue and the male equivilent Gary Stu?

[@formerlyknownasunipony3488]

I scrolled down to make sure someone said it.

[@Youconix]

I love that they’re wearing the same shirt

[@juvemaniakk1o]

1:03 As a Pole, I needed to stop and comment - that text on kindle is very rare polish in the wild! An excerpt from Albert Camus' "The Plague" to be precise

[@juvemaniakk1o]

14:10 update - there is a person on the subways in Warsaw ! Did a Polish person edit this xD?

[@andrewrazorblade2356]

Wasn't sure about watching the video. Mainly because I don't read a lot, but I am so glad I did. 10/10 this was so funny

[@Kluuucha776]

The last thing I expected to see in your video is an excerpt from "The Plague" in Polish on that Kindle stock photo, I instantly got flashbacks to high school ;-;

[@Kato86]

Great video, but now I need to know if Liam ever read Pratchett...?

[@goldmemberpb]

With audiobooks, back when I used to read book avidly, I also had the physical book handy because just listening to an unabridged version of a book didn't feel quite right. I did that for the Golden Compass series and the entire harry Potter series. I recall the whole " Weasley is our king" bit being hilarious with the audio.

[@riatsila144]

This has strong Incognito Mode Energy, and I'm down with that. Seruously, when will you be on In The Field with Th e Internet Historian, Liam?

[@patricknez7258]

No joke i picked up Hitchhiker's Guide randomly at a B&N bc its cover looked interesting. One of my luckiest spur of the moment decisions I say

[@tobiaswedin]

-What's your least favourite trope in books? -I'm gonna pick forced miscommunication Oh, you mean 98% of all conflicts in manga and anime history. Sure anime isn't books and manga isn't in your conventional way but still. And I have to say that I think the two of you have an awesome dynamic and should collab way more!

[@xavmanisdabestest]

I've one really seen that in romance stories, or harem stuff unless i'm misremembering. Whats some of the forced miscommunication in anime you're thinking off?

[@tobiaswedin]

@@xavmanisdabestest I'm not just thinking of the ones that they mentioned in the video but also every time someone just makes an assumption and runs with it i steady of asking a simple question. And those are in most anime and manga regardless of genre.

[@Junosensei]

​@@tobiaswedin - Some of my favorite series do this on purpose to the reader/viewer. Like, they do or say something that causes the characters and audience to make assumptions, and when the twist is revealed, it's so obvious that you have to go back, only to find yourself smacked in the face by all the hints you should've picked up. Of course, these things often work better in short series/twists, since long-running series/twists tend to get enough attention long enough for someone to notice the trick.

[@devinwilcox9374]

I have a friend that can read at crazy speeds and I asked her about it, apparently they don't go line by line. They way she out it was that her brain takes in the whole page as a block and can recall it the same way you look at signs and know what they say before your consciousness catches that you didn't actively read the words. Same thing just at a higher scale

[@buciallstar]

I want to read a book about this epic race between Peter Pan and the Very Hungry Caterpillar. Chiseled in stone!

[@CosmicPlatonix]

"Two characters raced Peter Pan won Because his competition was a crawling insect By Liam."

[@ll-bz8re]

This crossover just made my entire day.

[@licittofficial]

"Isnt fruit made from trees? Thats edible" dead! Hahahaha

[@meanckz]

I think Liam should lend his voice to audio books

[@FazartOrganization]

100k subs well deserved and this is the exact celebration we needed. Lmao

[@TheSpencermacdougall]

If you're going to run while dressed as a book, make sure that you're running with the spine facing forward instead of a book cover. You'll be more aerodynamics that way.

[@stark5270]

At 15:00 in I finally realized you’re both wearing the same Crocodile shirt! Where can I get one of those? 😍

[@tarique6079]

Honestly i don't know what this video was but i loved every second of it .

[@appleseedxt]

I'm very surprised you two don't seem to remember you have discussed The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy before.

[@anime_enjoyer5507]

this is fun.. i've laugh more than i should..didnt expect that after clicking the video

[@charlestrulear6873]

In case it hasn't been said, Jim Theis is pronounced "tice" (like it rhymes with dice).

[@HeavensLostProperty]

I've never been a podcast enjoyer but I am surprisingly entertained by this and the blue banana podcast thanks all invoked for the entertainment

[@bex6068]

Great video, Great topics, Great edits. I have successfully been entertained

[@mykofanes]

I know it's a joke but as person who got a lot of university classes on oral literature I always cringe so much about things like needing to write down Epic of Gilgamesh :D It would be more like Wench has also always the one constant epithet, Complying Wench. So if I wrote so much about it now, I may say that if we want the oldest written book but in more modern sense, like someone wrote it in on papyrus in their room with thought that someone will read it silently from papyrus in their room (and not with thought that this is primarly for feast/for festivities etc.), we should go to 3rd B.C. Alexandria. That someone could be Callimachus, Philitas of Cos or some other scholar from Library of Alexandria.

[@Meat-5656]

You thought I wouldn't notice the merch on you guys.

[@notsosilentprotag]

Fellow Hitchhikers fans....love knowing there are more people who will always know the Answer is 42.

[@HidBro]

I need a Liam and the Complying Wench show NOW

[@samsak1239]

I laughed out loud so many times. Great video.

[@kieker9428]

Watching this just once is not enough. So much fun hahaha

[@asksalottle220]

Oh yay murphy is simply a joy to watch saying mouth words. Good video Liam.

[@Unown-mg1fj]

I work 60 hours a week and love reading but I use audio books to supplement my addiction. Sometimes I can’t wait to get off to get back to the story and I listen while I work Don’t care what anyone says I love the story idc how I receive it

[@mathewcole3873]

Please do a full reading of the barbarian story

[@bigyansubedi3386]

We want merphy , trekking and liam colab in upcoming days

[@cjyou1000]

This video is a experience and i need the full unedited version lol

[@vladtheinhaler9744]

You two are great together :D

[@Mr.wednesdayallfather]

Liam if you're looking for a good book that won't take you forever to read you could probably do it in an afternoon The outsiders by se Hinton she's actually from Oklahoma and she's a very nice lady I got to meet her on the book signing before she passed away

[@realallblue2200]

i was NOT prepared for your remark @15:46 lmaoooooooo 😭😭

[@Karak12357]

A friend's ex-girlfriend read really fast. He said when watching her read, she would like scan different parts of the page in weird orders and then basically read it from her head. How true was this story, hell if I know, but it's what I was told.

[@formerlyknownasunipony3488]

It actually triggers me that Liam remembered So Long and Thanks for All the Fish but not Life, the Universe, and Everything.

[@PKMNCappy]

The only way I ingest books is audio books these days. I don’t have the drive to read lol. I usually am driving though, so I don’t get too too distracted

[@ConfusedSoup]

i don't think forgetting something makes doing it a waste of time (being an amnesia sufferer might make me a bit biased in that regard though lol)

[@tyriquesmith8850]

Merphy Napier taught me everything I know about books (outside of school)

[@piratehunter3208]

Merphy Napier for guest speaker on Blue banana podcast!