I'm imagining a teenage Jack Quaid watching this episode, fresh off a visit with his uncle, and deciding he had to become famous enough to be a guest on Best of the Worst.
@@IvyBrooksHobkin I don’t think the part where jay bolted was scripted, i think he literally wanted to get out of there This isn’t rich just destroying an unmanned set or fake acting for humor, he was ACTUALLY throwing trees and things and destroying the set... while most of it may have been scripted i actually think that moment at least was so real that jay wanted to get out of Rich’s way.
@@andrewgwilliam4831 Christmas Vacation 2 is a comedy in the same sense that Funny Games is a home invasion movie. I'm convinced that the motivation for making it is to punish us for liking family comedies.
@@Pocketrocket-pj1us it's actually a satire of home invasion movies. Basically the writer made the movie as a social experiment to see if he could frustrate the audience into stop watching the movie before it ended.
That whole segment where they riff on the whole cast waking up hungover with the passed-out kids and Santa Claus props everywhere is one of the funniest things I've seen in a long while
+MatthewTreadstone We have a copy of A Christmas Story on DVD where I work, and we put it on every Christmas in the customer waiting area. People really seems to hate it. Every now and then, when I'm having a bad day, I put it on regardless of the season. Watching the customers faces, as they realize it is playing in July, gives me a sort of sadistic joy.
I have nothing but respect for that movie. It's whimsical, full of interesting visuals and a cozy christmas-y feeling. It comes from a different, perhaps more "innocent" time where you could have a simple "good children gets rewarded" story. Meanwhile Xmas vacation 2 is a joyless endeavour
That only really started after Jay defended Feeders 1, which led to Mike defending Vampire Assassin in the following episode. Mike even uses the same arguments Jay used as a joke.
As a Mexican, I can confirm that our version of Santa Claus doesn't live in the clouds with Merlin and all the other things. The filmmakers made it all up. It's a typical Mexican movie from the 50s to 80s that tended to have everything and the kitchen sink in them and a long running time.
He has an undercurrent of rage so intense that when he finally explodes, there’s not gonna be much left in his wake. That laugh is going to be equivalent to John Wayne Gacy’s clown make up. Mark my words.
43:23 - A poor old woman falls down the stairs, that's not funny! Glad to see the RLM boys would NEVER EVER laugh at the elderly being frail and weak and being in accidents!
It helps when people care. That's what makes the best BOTW movies--clearly only the Tommy Wiseaus or Jon De Harts caring, and everyone else involved not giving a crap. I get the vibe the RLM guys put the effort in at least!
They really should give the fans an update, just to let us know that she is doing well, and hopefully is still riffing on life, just like the rest of us :) Regardless, I hope she's doing good and maybe reads thid at some point. You never know :) She is definitely missed. Cheers from Canada
"Fuck! Every Christmas! Every FUCKING Christmas!" The build up to the ultimate punchline that is Rich Evans' major flip-out is genius, it brings me tears of laughter, sympathy and joy. I love you, Rich Evans! I love you RLM!
From what I've read, RLM was getting popular and she didn't really want that sort of attention, so she stood down. Fair enough, and she's probably fine living her own private life.
Ha! I actually worked on the horrible green screen shots of Christmas Vacation 2. I never saw the film, but I am willing to bet that the review is far more entertaining.
@@michaelfranke8622 I didn't have a choice. That was one of the shows the company I worked for got vfx shots for. We had a supervisor and a client who gave us input on how they wanted them to look. They shot a boat on a studio green screen indoors with flat lighting and it's supposed to look like it's on the water. Plus it was a rush job kinda show too. Yuck.
I can't believe one of the top 20-40 comments doesn't hightlight what a fucking good zinger "Maybe it reads better" is 23:13 . Jack's deadpan delivery is perfect and the delayed reaction is muy bueno
I've watched this video more times than I can count and I never noticed before that when Jay laughs at the monkey being smarter and Jack turns to look at him with pure disdain. It's a beautiful moment.
1:51 Anti-Christmasists 2:13 Dazzling practical effects 4:21 Where all the ***** at? 5:10 My Brother the Pervert 6:30 Christmas racism 7:53 Shaking away the pounds before Christmas 9:01 Rich is dying inside 9:58 Rich can't take it anymore!!! 10:28 📼 Elves 18:59 Elves like to share 19:16 A little known historical fact 21:48 Tuck, duck, & roll 22:17 Yes and yes 23:20 Important questions asked 23:28 Dun dun dun!!! 23:50 Elf speak for "The End" 23:57 💿 Santa Claus 26:19 Get in line, fellas! 34:32 Hire Satan as your personal answering service 34:41 💿 Christmas Vacation 2 47:42 BOTW
"3 2 3 4, 4 2 3 and! These men are pawns. I put a price of 20,000 dirham on their heads. Next, they will be hailed as the true messenger of God! They were just a couple of songwriters, who came to Ishtar, to break into show-business."
+AlkisenSuper Yes, Jack is underrated! I think he has his own kind of contagious laugh because it definitely gets me a lot of the time, and he's just plain funny to watch! I don't understand why people don't like him. I rank him right up there with Mike, Jay, and Rich. Also, Josh and Jessie deserve more love too!
They also did a (I believe) Christmas Eve streaming of it on RLM's channel on Justin.tv (along with several other movies, including the infamous Deathwatch).
Robert Allen Lol, nah, there are probably more like 30 Deathwish's counting the unlicensed ripoffs. Imdb says there are exactly five feature films known as 'Deathwatch'/'Death Watch'.
This is my favorite video on YT. My dad contracted Covid, so we can't see anyone this Christmas and probably won't do much this year. This is my Christmas, and it's beautiful.
I hope your dad has made a good recovery and that you and your loved ones are happy and healthy and that you're all able to be together soon as possible ❤👍🫂
sad that you felt the need to type like this back then, I thought your dad was dead by the tone of this comment. I hope in the year since this comment youve learned your lesson but i doubt it
John Doe every few months I come back to watch all of them in a row because all of the movies they watch disappear from my brain. It’s like when women give birth and they forget the pain of it so they want to have more kids
Isn't it always like this? You have a funny/dumb character in a regular movie/TV show, and everybody likes that character, because he contrasts the rest of the more serious/intelligent cast. Then the Hollywood guys learn that that character's popular, so they decide to give it its own movie/TV show to get more money, but because now the idiot doesn't have a straight man as contrast, it doesn't come even close to being as funny as the original one. That's how Christmas Vacation 2 or the TV show Joey got made. I'm honestly surprised that Patrick Star from Spongebob didn't get his own show yet.
That's very true. The comic relief characters in a lot of television shows lack any level of depth or character traits outside of humor. Trying to build a story with conflict and character development for such a shallow protagonist is very difficult and will often collapse under its own weight. In addition, a movie's runtime is typically in the realm of 90-120 minutes which 3x-4x longer than an entire episode of the show that the character originates from.
Jack: "An old woman falling down the stairs isn't funny because it's not a lowering of class." Mike: *nods* Also Mike: *laughing while imagining an old lady flying out of the front of a car because a video said their bones were brittle*
Seeing their video collection ten years ago versus now, even after destroying the largest collection of Nukie tapes to exists together since their creation, is kind of mind blowing.
I lived in France as a child, and I remember being told that "Pere Noel" lived in the sky. Another planet doesn't sound like much of a stretch from that.
That Santa Claus movie was also a famous Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode from Season 5 Episode 2. Crow, Tom and Mike really dig into it. Funny stuff. It may still be up here on RU-vid as 'MST3K 521 Santa Claus'
Oh hello jack saint from the past. Current-day you makes good videos; you should start now so I'll have 5 more years of content to watch. And don't worry about making the videos he already made, you already made them.
Rich's laugh is fantastic, but Jess's laugh genuinely makes me smile every time I hear it. Just the unbridled peals of laughter are so sweet and funny.
The first 35 minutes of this (paused it there) is probably the most I've laughed LISTENING to a RU-vid video. I don't watch, I have it in the background, and even without visuals, I laughed so hard my face cramped up. You guys are amazing, and to think this video is over 6 years old now. If RU-vid didn't hate you, you guys would have 50 million subs. I heard of this channel from TheQuartering a month or so back and I've been binge watching ever since. You guys are amazing.
Watch the _MST3K_ take on _Santa Claus_ , too - one of the best. "You can't be in our club, Satan!" If Santa's in space, he's not Mexican - he's Mextraterrestrial.
