Best of Rifftrax Live 'Reefer Madness'

Narrated by I.P. Freely. Part of the original propaganda that had people actually believing that smoking pot would make you go insane and kill people. Luckily for us the movie got colorized and then riffed on by Mike, Kevin, and Bill of Rifftrax.
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[@nathaniellevesque2782]

I'm willing to bet the actors in this movie didn't die of marihuana disease, but I'm willing to bet they did die of lung cancer based on the amount of cigarettes they're smoking in the movie.

[@tiffanye9403]

Or pill addiction

[@abrahamlincoln9758]

Well thank god they didn't give in to drug use!

[@demonkingbadger6689]

After being freed, bill went out to smoke a joint in celebration.

[@zman8184]

I love how they made the smoke weird colors.

[@PhilBagels]

I think it's supposed to represent different fun flavors of mariHuana: Grape, Blueberry, Cherry, Orange, Lemon, etc.

[@jonathanbethards3689]

PhilBagels My fave is Fruit Punch

[@TheMadwomen]

I think the real clever thing was to give the cigarette smoke a normal gray.

[@genghiscan2918]

The smoke from the "marihuana" was made to appear green, blue, orange and purple, each person's colored smoke representing their mood and the different "levels of 'addiction'".

[@graysonelias8334]

you all prolly dont care at all but does any of you know of a trick to log back into an instagram account? I was dumb forgot my account password. I would love any assistance you can give me.

[@angelabryant9766]

It's really sad that the only vaguely accurate thing in this entire movie is Jack's nonstop eating.

[@pieyedapple]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Zaneyboy2_0]

And yet sadly, JACK IS ONE OF THE ONLY CHARACTERS WE DON'T SEE SMOKE!!!

[@deandupont5503]

I just assumed he had a tapeworm.

[@srbrant5391]

Are my dinners ready?

[@fan.80s_90s]

Jack likes to eat anything.

[@sertorrhenclegane]

"There's a terrible fight going on." "Ma'am, this is Dominos." Well, that is what happened when you used a stoner's speed dial in an emergency.

[@unseenmarauder]

“Yes? Yes? Apartment 32.”

[@Wildcat_93]

"They'll never smell this through the slats Jerry!" hahahaha

[@aggressiveattitudeera887]

"Lucy and Schroeder's marriage enters it's darkest period."

[@fan.80s_90s]

Nostalgia critic: I'm out there Jerry and I'm loving it.

[@BR-jw7pm]

You left out the best joke (Jack answers the door to his drug den) “I see he’s taking his usual precaution of, hoping it’s not the cops”

[@Nightweaver1]

That opening crawl got me thinking... *Reefer Madness: Episode IV: A NEW HIGH* It is a period of total buzz harshness. Rebel VW vans, striking from a hidden smoke shop, have won their first victory against the evil Federal Government...

[@Styxswimmer]

I'd watch it.

[@dsandoval9396]

The antagonist was Darth Bong.

[@sailoritaly]

@@dsandoval9396 And his son is Luke Highwalker

[@Styxswimmer]

@@sailoritaly and the emperor Bongatine

[@tomservo5347]

I'd be for banning marijuana, at least until the script for the Star Wars Holiday Special had been shelved by obviously stoned out of their freakin' minds writers.

[@aggressiveattitudeera887]

"And even though they don't exist yet, she wakes up craving Doritos."

[@chwenhoou]

"Somebody invent them."

[@christopherschenk2048]

what better time for this to show up in my recommendations than the day I buy a "special" brownie

[@soranraina4391]

as a avid stoner I've yet to try a bullshit brownie

[@sweetcinnamonpnchkin]

This Rifftrax Live got an R rating where I lived. An R rating. My friends and I laughed when we were carded.

[@RatelHBadger]

R for Reefer!!!!!

[@shawnfields2369]

@@RatelHBadger R for "Reefer Madness"!

[@Backinblackbunny009]

At this time amphetamines were sold over the counter.

[@zarasbazaar]

And doctors recommended people smoke for health reasons.

[@dylanchouinard6141]

And a couple decades prior heroin was used as a children’s cough syrup

[@annapaulikonis2433]

@@dylanchouinard6141 and CocaCola actually had Cocaine in it.

[@quester09]

and LSD was legal until 1966.

[@dsandoval9396]

@@zarasbazaar Ah yes, I remember on an episode of Antiques Roadshow someone brought in a suitcase from a traveling salesman, from that era, in it amongst other remedies was a cigarette that was recommended and used for asthma. ...FOR ASTHMA.

[@specialpatrolgroup92]

I bet Reefer Madness is where Jeff Sessions gets a lot of his information.

[@halleck3]

It seems awfully likely.

[@moebetta4224]

Nothing dumber than political invective, except maybe you.

[@moorejonothan]

Similarly, liberals get their “facts” from celebrities rather than reality. 🤷 Propaganda.....brainwashing through entertainment. Some things never change. Lol

[@jonplaud]

The Keebler Elf is just mad that he was never invited to parties like that.

[@emilinebelle7811]

@@moorejonothan 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 great point!

[@BXVAce]

Bill: Mary, speak to me! Mary: *JOIN ME IN HELL, BILL!!!!!* Bill: Ah, stop speaking to me!

[@Well_hello_there_]

Great job on the colorization. The weed smoke alternates from green to orange to purple, etc. depending on the backround

[@genghiscan2918]

The smoke from the "marihuana" was made to appear green, blue, orange and purple, each person's colored smoke representing their mood and the different "levels of 'addiction'".

[@moebetta4224]

Just imagine how high they would have gotten if anyone had inhaled.

[@wileyschmitt]

Yeah what a waste, smokin em like cigars.

[@fan.80s_90s]

What in earth were they smoking to give out that large smoke and who came out with the weird multi color smoke effect from blue, green, purple and other weird colors.

[@lesam5015]

@@fan.80s_90s that effect was applied later by editors when it was colorized

[@SoulCore413]

@@lesam5015 Does that mean it was also black and white like the original?

[@comet-ribbon]

Drug lords stole all their ideas from Scooby-Doo villains!

[@lordscrewtape2897]

Actually, if COPS is to be believed, ... that's not far off...

[@fauxdude9756]

Step 1: Get kids addicted to free drugs. Step 2: ?????? Step 3: PROFIT

[@NETWORK23STUDIOS151]

Step 4: Take their underpants while high

[@renaesmith2696]

I love when they all make that face like that guy laughing his way in to the bedroom! Hilarious😅😅😅😅😅

[@dats3]

I smoked pot in high school and somehow one of my friends got hold of a copy of Reefer Madness. It was on of the funniest movies I ever watched high. Also, I realized that the adults were lying about marijuana. The depiction of marijuana's effects are completely false. I'm not sure I'd ever do it again especially because it's still illegal where I live, but I think alcohol is a much more dangerous drug than thc. I've never heard of a husband hitting a bong and beating his wife. Now, alcohol on the other hand...

[@emilinebelle7811]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@SoulCore413]

Weed’s legal now. Oh deary meary, I appear to have smoken the pottenheimer once. Whatever shall I do?

[@sawyer6264]

I don’t think we talk enough about how Mary Lane’s brother dodged a bullet. He ran over an old guy and there wasn’t even a court martial over it

[@marquelbarnes3963]

i remember watching this in high school and being high watching it.

[@HighAsHeckPriestess]

I watch this on shrooms🤣

[@akirasuzami9847]

The Irony

[@soranraina4391]

"Lucy and Shroders marriage enters it's darkest period"

[@cremetangerine82]

“ Her hat is a cartoon bomb!”

[@soranraina4391]

A wearable bob-omb hat

[@kevincrady2831]

"'What's the beef?' A more accurate slogan for Wendy's." Hahahaha!

[@typacsk]

"Golden Corral's... ah, forget it."

[@therugburnz]

I love how sometimes the smoke is blue and sometimes pastel orange/pink. In the piano scene it happens side by side in the same light.

[@genghiscan2918]

The smoke from the "marihuana" was made to appear green, blue, orange and purple, each person's colored smoke representing their mood and the different "levels of 'addiction'".

[@TheLazysketcher]

The hilarious thing about this film is that it shows the dangers of guns of all things! Two guys are fighting and in comes another person with a loaded revolver and accidentally shoots someone, then goes ahead and frames another person!

[@Hollyberrystreats]

TheLazysketcher Hmm, ignoring the dangers of guns while grossly exaggerating the effects of marijuana..... sounds familiar!

[@michaelditter1529]

TheLazysketcher .

[@typacsk]

@@Hollyberrystreats Betcha the original movie is required viewing at Hillsdale College.

[@hareofsteel]

"Bill puts the wad in gaywad." ha!

[@MigPlz91LivestreamOnly]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@kellyweingart3692]

😂😂😂😂

[@JoseBronxRican]

And then that face at 10:33.... Like Michael Palin getting off on yet another mention of "Biggus Dickus"!

[@renaesmith2696]

Grandpa mom and grandma dad are devastated

[@janeyrevanescence12]

Grandpa mom....

[@NeptuneRising70]

My dispensary has a poster for this movie in the lobby, I love it!

[@karnerblue7658]

Awesome!

[@soranraina4391]

nice 👍

[@daveygivens735]

"Reefer, honey?" "No thanks, I'll just enjoy my Cocaine Coca-Cola"

[@FushaStrat]

This certainly made me reconsider smoking pot. Thank you. You may have save me or someone in my family from an untimely death.

[@whiteknightcat]

And from multi-colored vapors lingering in the house!

[@TheMadwomen]

I can't tell if this is satirically pro-pot or satirically anti-pot.

[@fan.80s_90s]

So you are going cold turkey?

[@demonkingbadger6689]

Funny, it made me consider taking up pot. Then again watching Capt Planet made me want to go out and pollute, so maybe i am built different.

[@janeyrevanescence12]

"Bill puts the wad in gaywad". hahahaha!!

[@Rawrpuppeh]

420 likes.... I can not in good conscious like this video now..

[@christieperry4361]

Doh! My best copy of Mein Kampf! 🤣 Bill puts the WAD in gaywad 🤗

[@jdnaz1288]

Interesting fact: Dorothy Short & Dave O'Brien, the actors who played Mary & Ralph, respectively, were married from 1936(the same year this came out) until 1954.

[@cherylcooper6363]

The judge is the judge in 3 Stooges Disorder in the Court

[@RobotacularRoBob]

Doyousweartotellthetruththewholetruthandnothingbutthetruth?

[@chwenhoou]

@@RobotacularRoBob Are you tryin' to give me the double talk?!

[@Bigger-Than-Jesus]

Gentlemen, PLEASE!!!

[@Shadowfax-1980]

TAKE OFF YOUR HAT!

[@allcapsROB]

That’s not what this was?

[@tamaramanheim8831]

Give me some up top my brothas! The greatest line!!!

[@alibrennan5977]

“Elevators out? Screw that, I’m not taking the stairs!”

[@elsie8757]

...Hey wait, it's in color!!!

[@PhilBagels]

And each mariHuana smoker exhales a different color of smoke.

[@wileyschmitt]

It is???? Okay, which one of is way too high right now?? ;)

[@marlinperkins6910]

I wish reefer smoke really had all those neat colors.

[@volzman2172]

Anyone else stoned watching this

[@robertwalker-smith2739]

Watching this while high. Definitely a life goal.

[@luisreyes1963]

It's about "High Time" that corny drug scare flick was a victim of Rifftrax!

[@wileyschmitt]

Indeed, this propaganda nightmare needed the Mike Nelson treatment.

[@protomenfan200x]

Sage words from Doctor Who the Fourth.

[@luisreyes1963]

@@protomenfan200x Why, Thank You very much. 😀

[@fan.80s_90s]

9:51 ahh liquid pot.

[@nslater1388]

God, how I love their live shows. The hardest I ever laughed was their showing of Starship Troopers.

[@pamelqtaylor8335]

Say no to Weed and yes to pain pills, according to this movies sponsor Purdue Pharma!

[@bromodragone8405]

Is it wrong that I still picture Mike and the Bots talking?

[@mlpfanboy1701]

I do that

[@deandupont5503]

"Incomplete Barrel Factory" would be a great band name....

[@soranraina4391]

heck yeah

[@demonkingbadger6689]

Heh, me and a friend after watching tom&jerry, that if we ever started a heavy metal band to name it Death by Anvil.☺️

[@MiriOhki]

My favorite band name reference is still from 300. "Submission." ("That would be an excellent name for a Muslim rock band.")

[@HaintblueRee]

I missed the opportunity to watch Reefer Madness after taking an edible while visiting my cousin😆😆😆😆😆

[@bigdummy5012]

*Invisi-joint!*

[@christieperry4361]

I don't know why it's funny!!! Lol

[@jenaesmith8786]

Thanks for uploading this awsome ☺☺☺☺

[@jackattack17]

Mae doesn’t want to take part in selling marijuana to younger kids, but doesn’t have an issue with framing Bill for murder.

[@marquelbarnes3963]

love these guys.

[@Shadowfax-1980]

In addition to the same judge, the music played in one of the scenes here is the same that the 3 Stooges in Disorder in the Court.

[@TheFranchiseCA]

The spelling change from H to J was intended to make it seem more foreign.

[@christieperry4361]

Invisajoint

[@HugeJohn51]

Congrats to weed for winning the war on drugs in Canada!

[@TlalocW]

If only he had just fallen in love with a nighclub singer, roping him into a world of crime he was ignorant about before having his life changed by a guy who gave him a free hamburger... none of this would have happened... Well, the trial, but he would have gotten off easy.

[@luisreyes1963]

You saw I Accuse My Parents, did you? 😉

[@JeffChase]

Not just a hamburger. French fried potatoes!

[@TheKazadoodle]

Of course they are in the heels of women's shoes, because they are high.

[@joeypieper6384]

Happy 420!

[@NewGuy2534]

This is the movie is the greatest high fantasy ever.

[@luisreyes1963]

I thought it was HEAD (1968).

[@DevlinDomini]

Like the editing. It’s way smoother than most.

[@random22026]

This puffer propaganda was dissected in my Communication Studies class at uni. The more you, uh, know? 😁😁😂😂🤣🤣

[@3ducksinamansuit]

I think of all the people who spent decades in prison for pot. Shameful...

[@DeadpoolNJ]

"you're not funny! get to the watermelon smashing!!"

[@johniimadriaga1932]

The MST3K guys

[@drumr72]

"Bill puts the wad in gaywad!" lol

[@renaesmith2696]

With all my love signed judge turtle head🐢

[@jeffashley5512]

That judge was in a Three Stooges episode I do believe. He was a judge in Disorder in the Court. If it's not him he has a twin who also is a judge. Lol

[@wileyschmitt]

A classic!

[@liamellis-mergl8065]

"Tell my wife of 50 years i never loved her!"

[@grouchyoldman5348]

Green smoke, pink smoke, blue smoke, hell I want some too, looks like fun.

[@christieperry4361]

Where's Whapner? I call the radiator to the stand!

[@CuriousGoodsJessica]

The joking about the rolling newspaper still makes me laugh out loud, and yes, I do own the MST3K Edition of Reefer Madness, it's a guilty favorite.

[@madhat2k]

The judge in this is the same judge from the 3 Stooges "Disorder In The Court" short.

[@kingamoeboid3887]

The director directed Perils Of Pauline that was a silent film.

[@quester09]

tarantula!

[@luisreyes1963]

His name was Edward Le Saint.

[@fan.80s_90s]

Ralph would smoke anything, from Mary's trenchcoat, the rug and the end table.

[@MK-ih6wp]

Parmesan cheese

[@AmberGolden97]

2:00 - "Fraiser's dad is got the hook-up!" It's funny because the thumbnail of this video, Dave O'Brien looks like Kelsey Grammer before Kelsey was born in the mid 50's; 1955

[@fan.80s_90s]

There was a reference to that line as Frasier's dad was so high after he ate pot brownies.

[@christopherwall2121]

"And now a glimpse into how terrible life was before television!"

[@ITILII]

The absolute and terrible crap called "television" these days is far, far more mind destroying and evil than the Dread Marihuana could ever be !

[@dragonkeeper19600]

16:58 Second guy from the right on the bottom row. Is that Andrew Ryan?

[@thisguy902]

"...Damn parasites forcing me to do jury duty. That tears it, I'm making my own city."

[@devinthierault]

Would you kindly shut the hell up. *Looks at Anakin Skywalker*

[@dylanchouinard6141]

“Has the jury reached a verdict?” “A MAN CHOOSES, A SLAVE OBEYS!” “Would someone please escort Mr. Ryan from the courtroom?”

[@donaldpetkus1637]

About 9.50 it looks like Elaine Bennis 💃 dancing, joined shortly by PeeWee Herman.

[@JamaicanCastle]

What's with the cutaway barrel? Is this some kind of revolutionary new barrel that *isn't* designed to have stuff put in it, it needs that as a special addon? I actually went back and looked to make sure it didn't have a false bottom or anything, nope, totally hollow... like a normal barrel... I guess that's what you get when drug smugglers use their own product too much?

[@hurdygurdyguy1]

Whoever colorized this must've been high!! 🤣🤪🤣

[@GMOTP5738]

21:17 literally me when I look at youtube comments, twitter, or the news nowadays 🤣

[@kellyweingart3692]

😂😂😂😂

[@HighAsHeckPriestess]

Those 2 dorks with the pool never appear in the film again🤣

[@emilygracey]

12:21 - I can't judge. That's almost identical to how I laugh when I'm baked like a cake.

[@Palmieres]

That weed works more like acid...

[@kylestubbs8867]

"I call the radiator to the stand!"

[@the_flyattractor8656]

Ok. So was the person that Colorized this HIGH and or Colorblind! I am going with BOTH!

[@mahound9]

20:59 well to be fair the gangster we shall call "Hungry man" was about to kill ralph. So, self-defense?

[@christopherwall2121]

I prefer "Hungry Jack", and just because the incident was defense doesn't mean he's not a creep.

[@kellyweingart3692]

“He’s smoking his own fingers”

[@kellyweingart3692]

The Jack Nicholson impression’s hilarious

[@bazzer124]

Having become a teenager during the "summer of love" and following marijuana laws (loosely) since then, it amazes me that 1) we've come this far in our changing attitudes about weed and 2) that it took so damn long. In '69, Timothy Leary got the US marijuana tax law declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. The next year, Nixon made it a schedule I drug. Reefer madness at its best. Cheers....

[@edwardburek1717]

21:05 "Hurry!! Hurry!! There's a terrible fight going on!!" "Uh, ma'am, this is Domino's Pizza..." Don't see what the fuss is all about, down where I live Domino's is the fifth emergency service, along with the fire service, the police, the ambulance service, and - if their commercials are led to be believed - the AA...

[@MigPlz91LivestreamOnly]

then he went to the fridge and ate a whole chicken lmao

[@fan.80s_90s]

Jack likes to eat only.

[@christieperry4361]

May wasn't the dantiest gal but she had heart

[@JoseBronxRican]

Live Audience Alert: After seeing Mary dead, some woman blurts out "That's not good".

[@littleteethkeith]

I can’t imagine my grandmother watching this.

[@nycgal4840]

This was shown when I was in High School in the late 70's as a serious anti-drug film. I got into massive trouble because I wasn't taking this seriously.

[@mysticloverfairy1]

Who could take this seriously 😅imagine if they showed this to high school kids today after marijuana has been legalized. I mean I don’t smoke and even I think is stupid

[@Kpimpmaster]

I wouldn’t ether

[@whiteknightcat]

Stewie: Hey Brian, can I have some marihuana? Brian: What? Stewie: Can I have some marihuana? Brian: It's mariwana. Stewie: That's what I said, marihuana. Brian: Mariwana Stewie: Marihuana Brian: Mariwana Stewie: Marihuana Brian: Why are you putting so much emphasis on the H? Stewie: What are you talking about, I'm just saying marihuana.

[@vinny4411]

Meanwhile cocaine was in Coca-Cola…

[@fan.80s_90s]

"Fortunately they were Jonas brothers".

[@Names_buck]

Ah yes, the age of Fear Mongering and misinformation about weed.

[@typacsk]

You know what's really sad? They're still beating that dead horse. Some right-winger came out with a book a couple of years back, titled (with zero self-awareness) "Tell Your Children" -- as in, the original title of this movie.

[@Mister413_]

A reefer smoker!!!!

[@Huskrrrr]

Mamma told me not to come.