The collective nightmare continues, seemingly without end... This time it's Rich vs Tim in the 3rd Junka battle to see who will watch a pile of spineless tapes found in a dumpster. What horrors await!!!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!!!?!??
Literally pointing at the screen and laughing uncontrollably. "all the things wrong with her" tries to take a breath and only gets half "chronic pulmonary..." Wipes tears 22:03 just because I need to come back to this moment.
Ohshi---REALLY? We lost a bad&ss last year. This is probably my favorite episode since the Caliber Press Edged Weapons & Hostage Negotiations episodes. I'd even call it = to the Hostage episode! RIP Legend!
• Mike cackling at the misfortunes of the elderly • Rich reliving childhood trauma • Jay getting stuck with the sex weirdo tape • Tim just showing up to get drunk All in all, a successful Black Spine episode.
Rich Evans being pissed off at that lady's "solutions" to stop bullying because he's tried all of them and more to get Mike to stop and it never worked.
@@nineoutoften1360 Watching Rich go off on this was so relatable, it'd probably be my exact same "bullied extensively as a kid and teen" reaction to it.
When Mike gets old and put in a nursing home, they'll all think he has severe dementia because he won't stop laughing at things that aren't jokes, but actually he's laughing at all the old people for being old.
"What's that man in front of the mirror doing?" "Oh... that's Mister Stoklasa. He alternates between fits of hysterical laughter and weeping inconsolably upon seeing his reflection... poor bastard"
I love how the Barbie tape was too earnestly well-done and niche-specific to roast. They had a VHS of a man with a VERY "cringe" hobby, and there's nothing to ridicule. "He knows his shit and he's obviously sincere, no notes" is NOT the take I expected from BotW, but GOD it's a nice palate cleanser after Jesus Loves My Ugly Chin, Dr. Jane Lynch Says to Call Your Classmate Stupid and Ugly, and Hey Kids Don't Get Murderassaulted ft. Chicagoland Nietzsche Cop.
When I was like 9 I had the VHS of that Christian comedian. I watched endlessly. I memorized the bad jokes. I memorized the songs. I can even do the lip thing. I performed for friends and family. I made a fool of myself for a year. This feels like I can finally let that part of my life go. I can move on. Thank you.
As a newer RLM fan, I was trying to figure out why he was so familiar when I guarantee I hadn’t seen any of his stuff. Then I realized he was the fish in that horribly animated nightmare Gaither’s Pond (Something I found via OneyPlays and Saberspark).
He was an ex CPD detective, of course he saw some horrible things, that said he seemed to really care about what happens and doing his best to help the kids.
Regarding Joe Blitman (the Barbie Collector guy): He's like one of the biggest sources on the whole toy line that wasn't a direct Mattel employee. So it's not just that his video is competently made, but this man is pretty much the final authority on the subject when it comes to Barbie, particularly as a collectible and particularly when it comes to the really old models. He made an entire line of publications, videos and what not and to this day remains active in the field, while obviously knowing his shit. And he kind of makes it a point of most of his publications that this is a hobby like any other - not in tone of "hey, stop making fun of me", but simply explaining why he considers it to be a hobby worth time.
@@anjetto1 I'm just pointing out that it's not simply "a guy who knows his shit", it's "THE guy that knows ALL the shit". In other words: it's hardly even qualifable for standard Junka/BotW routine, aside the subject of the video. They've been very fair in this video in general, considering they could ridicule both Blitman and Bittenbinder with ease, instead giving them credit. In the semi-serious, semi-mocking RLM way, but still - credit.
I hope that the lady took lessons from the bully woman. "Did anyone ever told you that something's WRONG with you? Come along, kids, tell her that she's like odd and sh*t"
Watching this I ask myself, when did these guys get so old. Then I realized I've been a fan of RLM for 15 years. I was in my mid 20s. Now I'm pushing 40. I'm just as old and decrepit as they are.
In the ancient legends of Norway, the only way to defeat him was to bring someone so old to his bridge that he would start laughing uncontrollably until he fell into the river and drowned.
"I told him why he wouldn't make it and he just started laughing uncontrollably. In all my years of doctoring I've never had a patient as haunting as Mr. Stoklasa."
To be fair, I'd also start laughing when told why I wouldn't make it. Then when able, maybe even through the laughter, I'd ask "how long do I have to wait?". Not 'how long do I have left'. How long do I have to wait. That way I can arrange a deathday party and invite my friends and family around and make a celebration of it
Some people in this comment section need to try living. Start with some acid, make a friend, go for a hike. After just that one morning you'll feel very differently about life.
@@wompwomp9946 , reminds me of when I was graduate student, first in liberal arts and then I switched to social/behavioral science. There are so, so many professors and PhDs like her who have limited practical skills and may not actually be especially intelligent. And deep down they know it, but they can't deal with that reality so they find victims to bully to make themselves feel better by comparison. I think about a literature professor who would openly mock students in class, calling them "lazy" and such, and then end class early to go out drinking with her favorite students. Or about the chair of my department who didn't like that I kept bringing up genuine problems to him (e.g., the microphone not working well so that hard-of-hearing students could not hear the lecture in our largest lecture hall). So he just started blanking me in the hallway in front of the new professors who were eager to kiss his ass. He would literally see me, frown, and look away. I dropped out. It was a financial loss, but I have kept my sanity and my soul.
@@wompwomp9946 , oh, and just to preclude anyone saying, "But the ADA!" regarding lack of access for hard-of-hearing students ... The professor/chair in question specialized in rehabilitation counseling, which is career counseling for people with disabilities. Rehab professors at my old university would regularly step in when students reported inaccessibly to explain how it actually was accessible, so the university didn't need to waste any money on it. Like the university putting washers and dryers with touchscreens in all the dorms without vetting them for accessibility to see if blind students could use them (they couldn't). Multiple students and even their parents complained, but the director of the "Disability Resource Center" at the university said that it wasn't the technology that was inaccessible, it was the students who "didn't know how to interact/interface with it."
While watching Beanie Baby movie: "This movie has integrity, it's not trying to scam anyone, it serves a purpose for those who want it." Now: "Didn't we watch some sleazy Beanie Baby scam video once? This honest video is nothing like that." Good memory, guys.
Yeah that was odd too but I guess their point was more that the Beanie Baby video was about value, and how not to get scammed, so you COULD build up your Beanie Baby collection for profit. While the Barbie video was more like a small documentary or research video.
I think also that the Beanie Babies weirdos didn’t give two craps about them as a product-just the value. Could have been any random product! Whereas the barbie guy it’s unmistakably a literal passion project for him, value or not. Hard to make fun of someone with passion and competence. Compare to the pumpkin carving guy: passion, but no competence.
I'm sorry, but in an episode where we were presented with the possibility of seeing Cutest Cat Capers, Wild Tittays, horse acupuncture and Phyllis Diller running a garage sale I can't help but feel cheated. Horribly, terribly cheated.
"I'm not looking at you." Mike is not going to die of old age, instead he's going to die of laughter after doing something frail and pathetic as an old man.
“Five guys started a burger joint!” Jeeeesus Rich pulls out these lines every once in a while that just absolutely wreck me. So fast. Never change, Rich.
Lots of highlights from that Power Aging tape. I had to pause the video and leave the room, I was cry-laughing so hard at Mike's Fraulen Sausageball adlibs about her shit being sold at Goodwill while simultaneously turning to dust.
Bubble guy apparently created and sold a toy company and still actively tours around doing a bubble show with his accordion-playing wife. That feels like a brand new sentence.
Hopefully Jay will still be alive. I'm younger than the RLM but have chronic pain and disabilities. I'm also a happy person with a good life. I know that research has shown that non-disabled people consistently rate the quality of life of disabled people lower than disabled people rate their own quality of life. Basically, ableds look at us and assume that our lives are a living nightmare, when usually they're ... fine. Pain isn't ideal, but you adjust. So Jay may think that he'll end things before he becomes disabled, but research and experience tells me that he'll accept it when the time comes. And then Mike can point and laugh at him.
This episode is as GOAT as the Surviving Edged Weapons episode. We have: a psycho psychologist tormenting innocent children, an archer completely devoid of a soul, Mike laughing at an elderly woman’s debilitating conditions, a hard boiled detective hosting the most intense community outreach
I've seen Nukie, plus seen others review it in a funny style. I really don't think it's a ,so bad it's good movie, it's just boring for the most part, with a few chances for the right riffer to make it funny. At this point it's been built up so much, I doubt they would even bother with it. Look what happened when the nerd reviewed e.t. The expectations are just too high at this point. I'd love to see RLM prove me wrong but I'm not holding my breath for it. Cheers.
@@steveharvey2102 Pretty much nail on the head. Nukie's bad, but it's average kids movie bad. It's not so wildly insane to be entertaining to have them shit on like something as terrible as Mac & Me is, which IS batshit crazy and so bad it's good.
"By the way, detective J.J. Bittenbinder wore 3-piece suits. He also wore a pocketwatch. Two years in a row he wore a cowboy hat. He also had a huge handlebar mustache. None of that matters, but it's important to me that you know that." - John Mulaney
I was a fat kid in elementary school. I can't fathom the psychological trauma I would've received from this lady conscripting my entire class to joyously mock my every insecurity.
@LeftRight trauma exists on a spectrum from least to most damaging. You start with a young soldier trying to find a limb after an IED (1 out of 10) and go all the way to a fat kid who was teased (10 out of 10 max trauma).
Len Cardinale is still with us, and entered the Archery Hall of Fame about 17 years ago. He's a legit legend. He called himself a "Regular Joe" archer. He was a prolific coach, hunter, magazine writer, archery business owner (in New Jersey of course), and awful public speaker.
I’m back after the latest episode referenced Bittenbinder and I have to agree. I realized this one, with a small explanation of what the Black Spines are, might be one of the best to introduce someone to the channel with
When I was young (10ish) I was wearing my Pats hoodie, walking down a mall, when some guy asked who my fave player was. “Brady.” “Oh no way! I have his knockoffs at my store!” “…nnnno nono thanks. Leave.” I told my mom (who was shopping and let me roam a lil) about it and she was like, “there’s a 70% chance that was a pedophile. Run, scream, or fight.” That’s why the Bittinbinder skit is kinda touching; we don’t understand the functions of sexual abuse when we are lil but know they are bad. I would rather my son “escape, kill, or be killed” than some fuckin cartoon seal telling me not to trust a dude minding his own business at the park. Kids are smarter than pampering stuff thinks of them… That being said, I Bittenblonger is still a ducking weirdo, with good points.
As soon as I heard the news, I had to come here, perhaps my favorite BOTW. RIP JJ Bittenbinder & your spectacular mustache. Chicago streets will never be the same
Also her base theory is that the person being bullied should take responsibility for how the words effect them. Not on the bully to not be a bully in the first place. Which is just... Astounding logic on her part.
@@kittencontent I mean there is certain method to being able to ignore criticism. It's a useful skill. But leaping too it's victims responsibility where clearly indicates she's a bully.
@@kittencontent because "bullying" is often a murky concept it is more profitable to teach children to respond to a situation they find upsetting well than it is to try to eliminate bullying.
@@alexs7670 it's a full time occupation to try and sway adults towards controlling how they feel about stuff. Expecting children to internalize first what they've been told and then analyze, examine, and justify how and why they feel about it, then respond, is a pretty big burden to put on a child. Especially when it's supposed to be a response to another child, who will have no better or more succinct explanation for their behavior than "because." Especially at the age she's lecturing at.
As soon as he explained it but before they showed the clip I started chuckling at the idea of it and then they showed the clip and I broke like Mike did. Idk if it's fear of my own future or the bluntness of just labeling someone by their aging body but it makes me laugh so hard.
@@conmot I think the point was that Mike thought it was absurd that there was just this laundry list of things in a text box while she was explaining them.
I look forward to the day when the show is just 20 minutes of Mike looking in the mirror and alternating between uncontrolled giggling and terrified screaming.
I got bullied A LOT as a kid like so badly that I would force myself to vomit just to try and get out of school because I was so scared to go to school. Literslly every authority figure I ever interacted with acted the same way the lady in that video did. It was almost cathartic to see the RLM crew tear into it and just lay it bare that its ineffectual disconnected and just plain ignorant. So thanks for that
As someone who has worked in schools and has been fortunate enough not to encounter bullying either as a student or a teacher, I always felt that the kind of 80's high school movie style of bullying can't possibly be real, since surely even the most incompetent teacher would put a stop to that shit immediately, but the older I get, the more I realise that some authority figures are absolutely ineffective at wielding their authority... Sorry they failed you, buddy. :(
@@korganrocks3995 Teachers never helped me, they tried but ultimately what got me outside of bullying was mocking myself. The few teachers that tried to help just made it worse, but at least they were the only ones at school who talked to me.
@@schimnesthaisbasement5015 That's crazy to me. Maybe it's because I don't love teaching enough to fear losing my job, but if I saw some little shits making another student's life a misery, I'd talk to their parents if talking to the kids didn't work, and if the parents refused to admit that their little angels could be bullies I'd get the police involved. Escalation is key when dealing with injustice; you have to keep taking it to the next level if the current level isn't helping, even if that ends up with you paying some older kids to beat the shit out of the bullies. Anyway, a bit late for that, but I hope you're doing better these days and that your former bullies have matured enough to feel horrible about the way they acted.
1:32:28 This must be my favourite "Mike's laughing at elderly people" RLM moment. When he's barely able to point his finger at her, that just cracks me up.
The Barbie Collector's video is seriously just like the kind of content you'd see on RU-vid today of someone going over the excruciatingly niche details of a collection in their house. And it would have 8 million views because it got picked up by the algorithm multiple times. Ahead of its time?
@@america5283 Videotapes like that was for people who could afford the budget to release a tape about whatever they want. Everyone else was stuck with public access tv.
There is a very famous US drag queen named Trixie Mattel from Wisconsin (podunk town off the reservation, but started her drag career in Milwaukee) who collects Barbie dolls. I want someone to send this to her.
I was in the other room, behind a closed door in a bathroom, this was on my headphones on a lower volume, and i could STILL hear Rich Evens cackling and laughing. His laugh pierces all barriers.
I sort of get why Mike was laughing (in a non elder-hate way), it's the juxtaposition between the calm and professional presentation, and then suddenly a laundry list of serious health issues show up under this ONE lady
I had guessed it was the framing of the illnesses almost as 'achievements' -- i can't say that's what HE finds funny about it, but even as a concept that's funny to me.
Len “The Archer” Cardinale is very much still alive (well, he’s 83) so RLM better keep an ear out for the soft sound of an arrow whistling towards them (fired from Canada).
Everyone staring at Mike like "what could possibly be so funny" Mike between chuckles, hacks, and breathing from an oxygen tank "ITS FUNNY *COUGH COUGH* CUZ HE'S OLLLLLLLLLLLLD"
When Jon Mulaney talked about JJ Bittenbinder in his last special I thought he was making shit up for the joke. I can't believe he's actually real and even more fucking cartoonish than you'd expect.
Stuff like that bullying video is partly why so many kids keep getting bullied. They get the dumbest advice. Meanwhile as an adult I hear endless stories of people stopping bullying by just punching them. Over and over again it it's the same story. "They bullied me until I bashed them."
That advice is only good if you're stronger than the bully. Even then, it's bad advice because oftentimes bullies are the first to tattle as soon as you fight back. I've found telling an adult you can trust is the best advice.
Yeah, nevermind like, I don't know... helping the kids realize that it sucks to have someone prey on your differences and insecurities, it's like "here's how you insult people, and here's the part where we tell you to just suck it up you loser."
I'm a new fan who started only a couple months ago, it's so amazingly addicting and hilarious. Prepare to waste many of the hours on this because it's pure gold.
Welcome to all of you! And after you have completed binging all of the BOTW videos, enjoy being stuck in the perpetual loop of rewatches with everyone else!
To be fair to Mike, as someone who's lived in Wisconsin all my life and works in foodservice, the old people here are almost all insufferable assholes.
I'm running on like 3 hours of sleep over the last two days but Rich saying "learn to read with pahonics" gave me stomach cramps from laughing so much.