WHO IS THE BEST GOLLUM?! Ellen vs Luke in the Ultimate Gollum Challenge | Show of the Weekend

Lord of the Rings: Gollum may have been postponed, but Ellen and Luke still wanted to put each other to the test! Which of Outside Xtra is the ultimate Gollum?! Watch to find out.
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[@Kokuei7]

Alternative title: James explains to his children that he loves both of them equally 😂

[@seeleyboothfan2]

That's John's and James' main role in Oxtra

[@callumdonington2227]

While secretly having a favourite .

[@jocosesonata]

@@callumdonington2227 Plot twist: It's neither of them. The favourites are the Oxbox trio.

[@callumdonington2227]

@@jocosesonata The chair spins around revealing it was *MIKE THE WHOLE TIME!*

[@shannonbennetts]

Luke clambering over the purple sofa is peak "I'm doing normal things, I'm a normal adult man" 🤣🤣

[@Incoherent-excitement]

I absolutely want an edit of Luke saying "I'm doing normal things, I'm a normal adult man." Then smash cut to all the crazy things - Gollum sofa diving included - Luke has done on the channel 😂

[@RepKyle95]

@@Incoherent-excitement Someone make it happen and tag him on Twitter

[@Incoherent-excitement]

@@RepKyle95 fanmade or Xtra made to celebrate the channel birthday or reaching 1mil subs (which they definitely will) would be amazing!

[@zanite8650]

I wonder if his partner is busy compiling a 'best of' video for their child when they grow up.

[@seeleyboothfan2]

Should have been wearing the merch for ultra-meta

[@MadnessInLivingColor]

Luke missed the opportunity with with his angry Gollum to yell “filthy casual!”

[@bustinarant]

Argue with himself about not using a clone of himself to "make the game easier"

[@oldharlock7760]

"If I'd want to see that, I'd just watch the neeews!" Me too, evil Ellen Gollum, me too. (Who ever came up with this gollum-off, have a big encouraging pat on the back. It was hilarious!💜)

[@FIRING_BLIND]

No, Gollum has a point. War is inherently political, and the while franchise is about war. (Not to mention Lucas has explicitly stated the OT is a political allegory for Vietnam) So Gollum is right. The galactic politics are intriguing and needed

[@Amaranthyne]

Totally lost it on that bit, and then rewound to watch it two more times 🤣

[@nunyobidniz]

Does Luke just not have the darkness in his soul to shout "git gud scrub!" in a gollum voice?

[@Amaranthyne]

@@nunyobidniz I think Luke has a nonexistent temper. He seems endlessly patient and far more optimistic than anyone has a right to be. I’m sure he has his moments like anyone else, but I’m frequently surprised how often he turns a situation upside down by simply choosing to be positive.

[@JackHammer503]

The year is 2002, camera-man James is sitting in a movie theater wrapped in awe at the movie magic of Lord of The Rings. He thinks to himself "someday I'll be a part of truly great film-making like this" Flash forward to 2022: Luke and Ellen are quarreling over their Gollum impressions as James looks on wistfully

[@TheoStimac]

I assume you mean wistfully in the sense of "Alexander ... wept, for there were no more worlds to conquer."

[@LiamDuke]

Luke: Can I just pass and Ellen wins this round? YOU SHALL NOT PASS

[@katfromthekong414]

😂😂😂

[@Hinatachan360]

Are you single? 😆

[@valiroime]

Missed opportunity for sure

[@sheepmonster]

The sofa bit was hilarious. Luke a giant crawling around on it like gollum and Ellen going all spiderman/black widow on the sofa. Love show of the weekend. It's just hilarious. Two adults just having a laugh and being childish.

[@notoriousbmc1]

Was anyone else hoping Andy would walk in?

[@catoninetales]

@@notoriousbmc1 I was thinking of that SotWe where Andy walked in and said, "Luke, it's time to do your year-end review. I believe one of your goals for this year was to reduce the mount of time you spent running around the room going 'caw-caw'." Which to be fair, Luke hasn't done since!

[@littleshireling2055]

Just normal adult people, doing normal things!! 🤣🤣

[@chefbreccia2642]

Clips at 8:35 and 8:45 must absolutely be used without context.

[@RepKyle95]

@@littleshireling2055 "I'm a normal adult man" is still the greatest show of the weekend bit of all time

[@dunadan1995]

Ellen arguing with herself about Star Wars in her best Gollum voice gave me life.

[@Amaritudine]

Those peeking-over-the-couch moments might make useful GIFs when Halloween's spooky streams roll around.

[@Borderlines]

Ok, Ellen and Luke NAILED the Gollum voice but Luke has a slight Donald Duck undertone that I cannot quite shake 🤔

[@codmanout9861]

Ellen was just a little pitchy, but outside of that, remarkably spot on

[@WastedPo]

I thought Luke's initial attempt sounded almost exactly like the real thing. It was in the dialogue between himself at the end that his vocal chords seemed to cave under the pressure. Having said that, "You've given me a lot to think about" was hilarious.

[@hokutology1718]

I actually heard a second or two of Krang in Luke's Soulsbourne debate.

[@zanite8650]

"This is a good place to gather some ingredients, gollum gollum."

[@noddler217]

I reckon Donald Duck would be a great Gollum soundalike. Also: The way that Ellen flips between adorable and creepifying is absolutely terrifying.

[@samuxan]

Luke sound like donald, ellen like stitch

[@MinniMaster]

I so desperately wanted Andy to come in during the moving like Gollum bit. Normal adult man things.

[@kaniamia]

Am I the only one who initially thought you meant Andy Serkis?

[@fusion7246]

@@kaniamia both Farrant and/or Serkis walking in would've been hilarious

[@nocturnalnerd]

2 things: first, call for Luke’s new nickname to be one-note-Luke, for no reason other than his face when it was said. Second: I vote for reading classic literature as Gollum to be the new TikTok trend

[@nocturnalnerd]

Also, thought I’d share my answer to the riddles to reinforce Luke’s “multiple valid answers” argument: 1) It’s a couples cruise 2) Nothing 3)potatoes 4) Silence 5) dead shark

[@sophiekerr8964]

@@nocturnalnerd 5) a chainsaw

[@akmal94ibrahim]

I mean, surely Audible must have a version of the LotR read by Gollum.

[@sophiekerr8964]

@@akmal94ibrahim I think Andy Serkis did a live stream of him reading the whole thing, or at least one book, during lockdown. It took him like so long lol but I’m pretty sure it was in Gollum voice (might be on KZbin, let me check)

[@speedy316uk]

Now we need a Gollum off with Ellen and Rob Pearson from Playstation Access to find out who is truely the greatest Gollum

[@Amaritudine]

If they ever do another channel-versus-channel challenge, I'll be rather surprised if Rob's Gollum impression doesn't make an appearance.

[@akmal94ibrahim]

Oooh, Rob's impression is great

[@embisch]

Oh, definitely Rob 😁 sorry, Ellen

[@Jambobist]

I'm not entirely convinced that Rob isn't Gollum tbh.

[@fossilmcfossilson4742]

I would pay such good money to see that

[@joeldfisher]

this is probably the best episode of SotWe I've seen all year, the Gollum/Smeagle debate needs to be a Christmas challenge

[@reydecangrejos7087]

Yessss that is a genius idea

[@alexharrison2743]

Holy wow! I was not expecting those Gollum impressions to be so good! Incredible!

[@WastedPo]

They were shockingly good. I think if I even attempted that, my throat would rupture.

[@alexharrison2743]

@@WastedPo I've been trying to practice my Gollum impressions all morning, I wonder what the neighbours are thinking

[@danielharvison7510]

@@alexharrison2743 "Every Orc in Mordor is gonna hear this racket!" That's what they'll think.

[@jonathandavies1716]

Producer John: The supportive parent that encourages this nonsense. Cameraman James: The exacerbated parent that tolerates this nonsense.

[@Joannawanna]

This was absolutely INSPIRED 🤣 I was howling throughout 😂 “If I wanted that I’d watch the NOOOOZE!!” (yes I know it’s news)

[@ChrisPreece]

Of all the moments for Andy to not be walking past the window wondering what on earth they're doing Luke on the sofa has to be number 1...

[@mar_speedman]

Yeah, missed opportunity there. That or he actually passed by, saw what happened, and was so confused that he just decided to keep walking and pretend he didn't see anything

[@neolexiousneolexian6079]

@@mar_speedman He saw that Luke was clearly in a position to pounce and decided that he'd be safer not entering that room.

[@BogeyTheBear]

There's also the SotWE about A Plague's Tale with the whiteboard of plague symptoms that drew concerned looks from passers-by.

[@Icam_here]

poor Producer James with the toughest job deciding the winner of each round. i Love how passive aggressive Luke is and Ellen's line "if i wanted that i'de watch the news" was delivered so great. Show of the Weekend never fails to put a smile on my face, also i noticed we are only 2 episodes away now from the 200th show of the Weekend

[@Pops6185]

Most definitely on Ellen's line, she even widens her eyes as she says it.

[@oriolgonzalez9328]

This is peak "normal adult people doing normal adult stuff" energy, and I LOVE IT! You could do a section that's just reading stupid youtube comment arguments in a Gollum voice and I would watch it.

[@JustAbidTooMuch]

Gollum Luke's "you've given me a lot to think about" broke me 😂

[@adamg157]

As a lifelong Gollum impressionist and enthusiast, this is the kind of content I want more of on the internet. Thank you both Ellen and Luke for this amazing video 😂❤

[@stone5against1]

Luke getting a point for his lack of grace feels like a backhanded compliment haha "you were better 'cause you were worst"

[@Incoherent-excitement]

10:00 "Even when I win, I lose." 🤣

[@stone5against1]

@@Incoherent-excitement pretty sure the only winners in that contest were us, the viewers haha

[@marhawkman303]

@@stone5against1 I agreed though. Ellen felt more like Spider-girl, too boingy. Gollum didn't boing.

[@vinceb557]

Holy crap I seriously thought there was editing done on Ellen's Gollum voice. That was seriously superb, nearly flawless imitation!

[@jocosesonata]

Never has there been a video where I wish Andy would walk in. *_"Oh no, it's Andy! We're normal adult people, doing normal adult things!"_*

[@elwood750]

watching show of the weekend on a saturday morning with breakfast really brings back the feeling of being a kid watching cartoons and i love it

[@dexterpearson8689]

Between yesterday's Blades episode (caught live twice in a row) and today's SOTW, y'all have kept me in high spirits this holiday weekend. Absolutely loved it. Thank you, Ellen, Luke, and James, for such a grand time. Looking forward to the next ones, as well as Oxtra's Anniversary and Fear Academy! Still subscribed. 🎆 🫂

[@timogul]

"You see a boat filled with people, and yet there isn't a single person on board." Clearly they've all been liquified for easier transport.

[@gruggerduggerhoose]

Found Janes alt account lol

[@joma1859]

It's a boat transporting Soylent Green.

[@fynnh5459]

Oh, my immediate answer would have been "Because they are all dead and are no longer capable of being a 'person', just dead bodies." Yup, not a bleak way of thinking at all 🤐😂

[@mar_speedman]

Actually, it's because the boat doesn't have any boards.

[@ShauriCheshire]

@@fynnh5459 Very glad to know that I wasn't the only one to have that thought! :) I mean, if we're supposed to be answering as Gollum, right?

[@Skapologist]

A tiny detail that got me every time was how Luke’s little trip over his words for the riddle section was captured in the text and stayed that way throughout the video. Amazing.

[@AK.Carcajou]

Well… Not trying to be overly dramatic here, but I have now died from laughter. This is one of the most hilarious bits that I’ve seen in a while, and I really needed it. Thank you each and every one of you!

[@LiamDuke]

The most unhinged thumbnail yet. I love it.

[@katfromthekong414]

😂👏🏼

[@GriffinWolf]

"It's three hours of arguing about POLITICS! If I wanted that, I'd watch the *NEWS*!" Made it further than expected, but finally lost it at that.

[@ilyanahay1337]

You should start a weekly section, where Ellen's Gollum comments on popculture :-)

[@neolexiousneolexian6079]

EllenGollum versus EllenSmeagol is a perfect format for clearly presenting both sides to every story!

[@nummy_nummers]

We need to spice this up and get Rob Pearson involved!

[@phantomeyebrow]

He must have felt a disturbance in the force once those impressions started. Not to cross the streams with the references or anything.

[@esteban280889]

Should have gotten Rob Pearson to judge this in his gollum character

[@jessicaw8067]

Ellen’s argument with herself hits a delightful “the little girl from Bly Manor” tone

[@Infangentheof]

"What has a head, tail, is brown, and has no legs"

[@j-bird1741]

I’m not usually the biggest fan of reaction videos but I think I would love to watch Andy Serkis watch this

[@xtifr]

Very funny, start to finish, but OMG, those Gollum voices were _amazing!_ I had no idea _either_ could do it that well, but when they _both_ did, my jaw just dropped! When Ellen started, I honestly thought it was a digital effect, at first! Then I figured there was no way Luke could match that, but he genuinely did! I'm glad _I_ didn't have to pick the winner! ☺

[@ArkaneStephanie]

I feel like the real winner was James, for being able to deal with this absolute insanity. Insanity I do want to see again

[@MrFutago87]

It's criminal they didn't have Rob from Playstation Access cameo in this with his Gollum impression.

[@frodobaggins7710]

Those Gollum impressions were far better than anything I could ever muster up

[@darkrose9793]

Luke gangly crawling over the sofa broke me, that was simply beautiful.

[@Sp4rkler3rickson]

Having both Ellen and Luke as Gollum arguing between/among themselves at the same time after Luke's part of the Debate module was my favorite part.

[@stone5against1]

James: "Put it this way, they were both better than what I thought there were going to be!" Savage James.. But to be honest, he's not wrong haha

[@LJay_1985]

Literal presh mems. _precccciousssss memmmsss_

[@gotapresentforya1907]

Ellen on the verge of going Full Crab there. Oh no, I shouldn't give these two SoTW ideas!

[@Minilena]

If there's anything we can learn from history, it's that everything eventually evolves into crabs...

[@bilbo_t_baggins2762]

"James will be judging us" I bet he will

[@toymachine2328]

Andy will too, if he happens to watch this episode.

[@kcollier2192]

Being a very literal person it took me years to see why the 'When is a door not a door?' was funny, as I could see nothing humorous about a door that was partially open.

[@mar_speedman]

It's a play on words. "It's a jar". So in a way, it's funny *because* it's literal. The *original* meaning of the word 'literal' :P

[@marhawkman303]

@@mar_speedman ajar =/= a jar. :P

[@mar_speedman]

@@marhawkman303 People can't tell the difference between a lot and alot, so don't blame them for confusing a jar for ajar :P

[@TransmitHim]

Ellen definitely embodied Gollum here. Arguably also Milo from the Tweenies at points, who I assume has definitely grown up to have very strong opinions about Star Wars.

[@RijaMo]

This will be on the internet forever. Thank you guys for making my night. That was so entertaining.

[@ollieduncan3784]

This is the best show of the weekend by far…I’m in bits 😂

[@8BitRetroGhost]

I loved every bit of this! Well done Gollums 1 and 2. And thanks to James for spending his precious time filming this.

[@nicholascross3557]

"It's just three hours of talking about politics, if I wanted that I could watch the _news!_ " Just... >chef kiss

[@ryadinstormblessed8308]

You forgot an important bit of Gollumness to test: ability to eat raw, unprepared fish, with bones in.

[@jameshansen7108]

Oh my goodness, the Gollum argument was priceless! That, "If I wanted that, I'd watch the news!" Was just priceless! Can you please get Andy, Mika, and Jane to do a Gollum self argument and see where they take it????

[@zennihilation]

I need "If I wanted that, I'd watch the news!" as an oxshort badly.

[@emmilouda]

Consider this my desperate plea for the “climb the sofa like gollum” bit to make an appearance in the best bits of the year video, it was incredible

[@not_on]

Oh, wow. You've outdone yourselves with this one! Seriously impressed by Ellen arguing with herself.

[@Joestone1984]

I will never forget a very tall man slinking across the top of a couch. That was the funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time

[@thebpphantom]

🎵They've got the mooooves like Gollum. They've got the mooooves like Gollum. They've got the mooOOooOoOoooOooves like Gollum 🎵

[@caldwin]

I was waiting for Andy to walk in and Luke to protest that "we're normal adults doing normal adult things."

[@jordanbooth4470]

I was fully expecting to laugh my arse off during the Gollum voice bit, but admittedly you both did a really great job 😂

[@sirpurrsalot6588]

Wow Ellens Gollum Voice impression is actually really good. Respects for both though.

[@davidioanhedges]

“There’s no point in being grown up if you can’t act a little childish sometimes” - Doctor Who (Tom Baker)

[@szlag_mnie_trafi]

OMG!!! Ellen Luck expect a phone call from Peter Jackson today afternoon. There will be new Gollum movie featuring you both after todays Show of the Weekend. 😂😂😂 I can't stop laughing. The best Show of the Weekend ever!!! ❤️

[@karpkarpkarpx9]

I thought the sofa was gonnna flip with luke

[@ZigArrok55]

So, it took me about a week but I'm officially fully caught up on Show of the weekend. I started the Playlist and I've fully watched every single video in it. Thank you guys so much. I love both channels, you're all wonderful. I chose the perfect time to binge all these episodes as I just lost my aunt recently and it's a pretty trying time for me. Thank you so, so much for the laughter your current and past selves have given me this past week. I could never describe how much it's helped me, or thank you guys enough for all you do.

[@MrOuest]

Luke and Ellen acting like Gollum > The entire LOTR: Gollum game

[@katfromthekong414]

Yay to producer James visiting! Shame he picked the day Luke and Ellen went completely out to lunch 😂😂

[@oxfanblink4115]

It’s no wonder he’s only really behind the camera when Jon is on a break 😂🤣

[@Ajescent]

So any day then?

[@TheCornishcookie]

Can confirm as a Cornish bird, we all do speak in riddles and are hobbits sized

[@karichhoy]

Luke's Gollum crawl had me laughing so hard I started snorting 🤣 🤣 🤣 This is much more enjoyable than I thought. Omg hilarious!

[@andykegs5584]

Luke’s self arguing Gollum turning into Tom Harry’s Bane was hilarious! Ellen’s argument was actually brilliant.

[@stone5against1]

To become good at arguing like a Gollum, one has to embrace his inner youtube comments section. (or Twitter/reddit)

[@AllenVoorEef]

'As a woman on the internet' 😂👌

[@mta1864]

I love how when Ellen's pro-prequel Gollum starts out somewhat confident but the aggression of anti-prequel Gollum makes him more meek and apologetic as the argument goes along. Felt like two distinct personalities not only having a conversation but genuinely affecting each other. If that was completely spontaneous, I am mightily impressed! Great job Ellen!

[@CodaBlairLucarioEmperor]

4:40 When I clear my throat it sounds more like I'm hacking something up 16:45 fun fact: some snakes do have "legs". They're vestigial and are called scutes.

[@SayWhatNow666]

I watch this bout 3 times a week whenever I need cheering up

[@headquarterproductions1484]

I was not prepared for the quality of the impressions

[@KOU-ZAI]

07:52 - 08:42 --- AHAHAHAHAHA!! He sure captured the awkwardness alright. I don't even wanna imagine how he landed off-camera there. XDD

[@aznmavboi]

This has easily become one of my favorite Show of the Weekend episodes! Ellen definitely got that Gollum energy down while Luke felt like Gollum's lanky, awkward cousin that tries really hard to get people to like him. Although during his solo Soulsborne debate, I was expecting Luke's "evil" Gollum to just get angry and scream, "No! You Fool! Git gud scrub!" Also, props to Ellen for not immediately jumping to Jar Jar on her solo debate bit. That would have been too easy.

[@zulubunsen9067]

*Puts on nerd glasses* Actually, Gollum is only the "evil" part of the character, the "good" personality is Smeagol. So Luke was a good Smeagol, but bad at being Gollum.

[@greyprincebidoof]

🤓 (It's a joke, fellow commenters, I don't unironically use this emoji)

[@ethanlappin]

Luke 'whats dignity?' Westaway! I'm very disappointed in you for spoiling a 160 and 78 year old book!

[@littlemidgetkitten1627]

I have genuinely not laughed that hard in a long while. My face HURTS from smiling and giggling so much.

[@zathrusii6456]

Now this is the kind of hard hitting games journalism I can get behind! Pwecious comedy gold as always.

[@flintenstein]

"3. How good at h-are you good at riddles like a Gollum" brilliant

[@mattball8622]

The fact they chose the most 'cursed KZbin comment section' topics for the internal debate is peak Gollum energy.

[@ARKumalarkey]

Somehow, I remember that one time James explained how the star wars prequels are good: "It's because... they are!"

[@Incoherent-excitement]

8:33 new appreciation for Andy Serkis 🤣

[@willvestal4380]

I absolutely love Ellen... I mean, I absolutely love Show of the Weekend. Ok, I love Luke too. You guys make my time at work so much better

[@Amaranthyne]

I didn’t think that passage from little women could sound so sinister till Ellen read it.

[@nunyobidniz]

4:38 the movies mis-interpreted that: gollum's golluming is supposed to be a gross, wet, swallowing noise… as is clearly indicated onomatopeaically by the genius linguistic professor who made it up.

[@Toadcola]

Riddle Luke’s saltiness reminded me of Collective Nouns Luke “Whole thing, utterly meaningless..” 😂

[@arhernan2008]

“The more you take the more you leave behind” I was confident it was Time

[@LilyMilos]

That's another of the many technically acceptable answers!

[@vladimirfernandez85]

Have to love Luke's jokes and personality just as much as Ellen giggles and expressive reactions. Love you both and enjoy your videos.

[@stone5against1]

It's times like these I wish oxtra had more cast members, so you could have more people participating in those silly games/contests. I mean, oxbox sometimes joins in, but it's more often as a replacement guest than as an extra guest.

[@AngelBeatYunara]

"What have we done..?" Made something absolutely delightful!

[@lespaulpanhead025]

The self argument scene was freaking hysterical. I could happily watch that many times!

[@SolaScientia]

I love the voices and you both nailed it. Moving like Gollum was hilarious, but it also made my back and knees ache with sympathy. I'm awful at riddles. I tend to overthink them and make them way more difficult than they actually are meant to be. There's a sort of logic to them that doesn't seem all that logical to me. Ellen's back and forth about the Star Wars prequels had me laughing so hard it sent me into a coughing fit; especially the news bit of it. Luke throwing in "precious" talking about the difficulty of the Souls games is hilarious. I agree with James on Luke's Gollum. I think Ellen does a great Gollum and Luke does a great Smeagol. It'd be fun for them to have a debate with Luke doing the Smeagol side of things and Ellen the Gollum side. To touch on that topic though, there's a difference, at least to me, between accessibility options and difficulty modes. Games can still be difficult while having accessibility options for disabled individuals. I'm of the mind that the games give players everything they need to succeed and it's on the player to apply what they learn. With each death, particularly to a boss, the player is meant to learn the moves, remember how they died, and work to avoid it. I admit it does take a while though. It's not for lack of time that I've been working on Bloodborne since Nov 2020; it's a focus issue along with playing other games or needing a break from it. That feeling of beating a seemingly insurmountable boss/area is hard to top and for me FromSoftware games nail that feeling almost all the time. Elden Ring's approach with the open world, having a mount, and being able to just avoid certain areas and return to them later (and to nope away from the field/area bosses and come back later, especially) makes the game the most approachable of their games, I think. ::prepares for incoming replies because it's a touchy subject::