That line still makes me laugh. His deliver with lines like that is so perfect. Like another of my favorite quotes, "he should take those trash bags and put his film in them."
Weird meta moment: I understood the Pieces references, only to hear Jay spell it out and then remember that the reason I understood the Pieces reference is because I've watched this one before.
"When are they going to talk about getting permits?" is the best line from the Exploding Varmints segment. Reminded me so much of Milhouse's anguished "When are they going to get to the fireworks factory?" from the Poochie episode.
I thought for sure that was going to be the one at 15:13, but yeah: the fact that Exploding Varmints is _so_ extreme that it forces them to drop the irony completely and just react to what they're seeing makes this episode very special.
Mike’s cadence and word choices during his moments of being really funny shows me he’s a huge fan of Norm Macdonald. He does a great job of harnessing Norm’s style for laughs and I love it.
46:55 Rich Evans tells the joke, looks from side to side to see if people laughed, sees that they did, and nods in approval. What a relatable character.
Exploding Varmints is like a joke show within a show, the kind of thing that wouldn't be out of place on the TV in an episode of The Simpsons or Family Guy, but it's real.
Thanks to "Show Off! How to be cool at parties" I became the most popular kid at school. All the girls wanted to get the Motherlode from my Exploding Varmint
its kinda special to see Mike, who usually makes the more brutal jokes is the one that seems the most uncomfortable during the exploding varmints video.
I wonder if its exactly because he can understand the cruelty of the situation. He knows how to say something vile, knows how people perceive it and knows exactly why its "bad". At the same time he's not (completely)insane and heartless. So his brain processes what's going on faster and instead of laughter caused by shock and absurdity, empathy/pity kicks in.
@@Poppenheimer69 By the end of the video pretty much all of them had mixture of both, with empathetic angle kicking in after the initial shock. Also yes, people with odd and dark sense of humor are often masking heightened empathy.
He couldn’t watch the deer being field dressed in another episode. It seems like he has a soft spot for animals and/or can’t tolerate them being mutilated. I wouldn’t think he’s be the most squeamish of the group but it seems as though he might be.
+Kolbe Howard Hopefully the second one is Exploding Varmits: Part Deux, and then Charlie Sheen comes in spoofing off of the psycho from the first part.
I have been proudly stealing Mike's Jimmy Fallon parasite joke for six years and getting some of the biggest laughs in my life doing so. Every time his name comes up in conversation (which is rare, admittedly) I get SO GODDAMN EXCITED.
So, just like Mike, I Googled Larry "Tree" Lonik and came across this: "Yes, unfortunately it is true. Larry was mushroom hunting with friends near Louisiana, MO. He got separated from them and the ATV became tangled in some vines which caused it to flip on top of him - with no noticeable injuries. At that point he righted the ATV and rode it back to meet his hunting partners. They then went to dinner. At dinner, Larry complained of being sore and remarked that he would probably be even sorer tomorrow. His friends insisted that he go to the hospital to be x-rayed for broken bones. While at the hospital he was joking with the nurse and then "seized" and died immediately. The coroner has listed the cause of death as heart failure."
I didn't realize he died hours later at the hospital. That's way less funny than how imagined it. I thought he was crushed to death by a dump truck full of mushrooms. But the way it really happened is still pretty funny too.
Reminds me of the Hobbit films, if only Gregg Turkington knew... also maybe someone could tell him that Tim used to run the Lightning Fast VHS Shop. Either way Motherload is a five-bagger for sure.
The tune playing at 11:19 in Motherlode is called Rory O'More, an old irish jig. While not an MMORPG, it is featured in Bioshock Infinite, so theres that.
RLM missed over perhaps the most humourous part of that 'tribute' to Larry Lonik, which was the revelation that his brothers are named Barry and Gary. What a family
Here's the thing: I live in Australia. We have certain species of introduced animals that are classified as pests and we have to kill them to keep them from destroying the native populations. Feral cats and cane toads are good examples. ...But we don't take any pride or enjoyment in the fact that we have to kill these animals. Pragmatically speaking, unless you have a need that requires fulfilling, it makes no sense to go around killing animals needlessly.
@@markwalshopoulos Not according the the residents as of this year. Apparently the water is still... strange. It either reaks of chemicals or smells like athletes foot depending on cold or hot water. Not to mention, getting their water clean doesn't undo the years of irrevocable damage it had on the citizens. Every person in Flint should be given total coverage Healthcare by the government for the lifelong debilitating effects of the poisoning. Including the undue stress that certainly effected the mental and physical health of the residents. And especially the children who were given lead poisoning and now require special needs for the rest of their lives.
@@Edward-Not-Elric literally anywhere in the world can have water that smells funny. you're not saying anything by saying that. you can google it yourself, the water decontamination of flint has been completed for years and its generally assholes like you perpetuating the myth that prevent people from accessing a critical resource.
I remember a National Geographic (or some other similar educational organization, I forget for sure) video that showed similar footage of prairie dogs being disintegrated with sniper rifles. My degenerate 9th grade science teacher played it in class. A bunch of the female students started crying. Shout outs to public education.
When Mike says "a lot of bad things happened on September of 2001." the screen should have been filled with posters for movies like Glitter with Mariah Carey, The Musketeer, Jekyll and Hyde The Musical with David Hasselhoff and so on.
13:45 Jacks face is shocked at what he sees until it slowly turns to pure joy to watch things he’s only dreamed of. He hides his delight from the others because they “wouldn’t understand”
That mushroom dude was as close as you're gonna get to a real-life Batman villain. He was just one industrial accident away from becoming "The Fungus"!
They really underestimated how long the Flint water joke would be topical and overestimated the state of Michigan's ability to stop fucking up even after being caught fucking up.
I live five minutes from Flint Michigan and even drank from the water before it was revealed that it was contaminated. I can safely say that it fucking sucks here and the government really has no fucking idea how to fix the piping system. It's going to cost them literally billions down the road to fix the infrastructure.
Sayanora In Death Wish 3, between him showing his gun off to his neighbors, and then him mowing down "creeps" with a .30 cal machinegun, i'd say he was enjoying it deep down.
My father works on a horse ranch and has had to go out shooting groundhogs before because they dig holes which the horses step in and break their legs, then you have to shoot the horse. Poisoning them isn't safe because you'll poison the horses, and I doubt it would be more humane either. Not sure if there is actually a better way, but I agree that taking THAT much joy in exploding groundhogs is kinda messed up.
Haha! First those were Bison not Buffalo, and second they were almost driven to extinction, so implying that none of them died by breaking a leg is pretty funny, nice troll!~
+AlexanderArts I think that your father and his co-workers should be working in a better way to get rid of the gophers. You're probably messing the ecosystem with all the kills.
+Palpy From what I understand the groundhogs are overpopulated because the farm provides them with too much extra food and a safe place without predators, so the ranch hands have to take the place of the predators.
AlexanderArts I understand. But their meat is not being used, so it's a waste. I think they should come up with better ideas. We have certainly the knoledge and technolodgy to do that.
I love the last shot of this video, where jay, jack and rich are lauging theyr asses off while mike stares with a doomed face realizing what a horrible world he lives in
How to recognize different types of mushrooms from a very short distance away. Number 1: The morel, the morel, the morel And now, number 1: the morel, the morel, the morel.
No seriously; legend has it George hires a dozen midgets a year to dress up as Ewoks and run around his ranch so he can blow their heads off with a .50 calibre sniper rifle lol
7:50 Rich throws shade at the Coz 9:01 Camels not included 12:45 Rigged!!! Shenanigans!!! 13:59 Catchy tagline 14:14 - 15:44 Carnage montage 15:57 📼 #1 18:56 Rich goes downstairs 20:25 Rich's favorite party trick 23:00 What Cosby taught the kids 26:12 📼 #2 27:06 NSFW 29:33 Mike's Jimmy Fallon jokes 31:33 Rich shames people 31:55 Rich's inspirational message for us all 33:00 Prescription for a rope 😄 36:16 RLM's demographic 37:10 📼 #3 40:02 Guilty pleasure laughter 45:25 I'll be back...for varmints 46:14 I have to return some video tapes...and remove varmints 47:51 BOTW
+Asagi Igawa Those trigger warning jokes are the absolute best. Speaking of Hack Frauds, do you swear your allegiance to and thank God for the King of the Frauds: Jim Fucking Sterling son?
fun (and horrible) fact: the Exploding Varmints was filmed on my family’s property in Northern California, AKA the Frost Stump Ranch! it’s been in the family for generations (i’m the eighth if I recall). we had a SERIOUS gopher problem in the 80s/90s and my grandpa knew this guy, so he helped take care of it. one of the .22s he used was my great grandfather’s. sadly, the property burned down in August 2021, so if anyone has a copy of this tape I would kill to own it and yeah, this is really the way most ranchers get rid of gophers. genuinely they put pipe bombs underground to get rid of them. it’s horrifying.
A clown is walking through the woods at night with a 9 year old boy. The boy tells the clown that the woods are scary. The clown looks down at the boy and says "You're telling me. I have to walk out of here alone."
That trick in the How to be cool at Parties vid, the one where the guy twists his two hands around at 24:28, my mom showed that to me and my little brother when I was 7. My brother broke his index finger trying to figure it out and today I found out how it works - thanks, redlettermedia.
"I got lost in thought, thinking about just beating somebody's head in, like with the back end of a rifle" - Rich Evans, Feb 2016 "Our fans are interested in AIDs, and 9/11. And Star Wars. The big three." - Rich Evans, Feb 2016
To be fair, I've lost count how many times I've been through the whole playlist since I found RLM about 4 years ago. lol I get why they don't, but I'd be in heaven if they had daily content like a lot of other channels. An occasional BoTW live would be an amazing treat.
3:19 You so rarely see Mike's genuine adoration of Rich and why he really enjoys the guy's presence (I mean, in the last Wheel of the Worst he was cuddled up on his little teddy bear) but this moment really seems to show Mike regressing into a child from Rich's joke. Fuck that laugh reminds me of an actual baby. Like he actually DOES have a soul.
Thank you for pointing this out! I've been binging their videos in no particular order and the Mike's bullying of Rich was starting to get too much to the point I was beginning to think it was serious. But in these cute moments you see that they're just really good friends and it's all just a bit. I love it
Nah snuff is just videos of human murder, besides people get off to that shit thats why theres a whole section but usually there's rape first. But other times you just get live beheadings, dismemberment, etc.
Only if ur donger hard when u wacth it boioioioiiiiiing. Here my peepee asplodin a varmint of it's own: ( ) ):::::::::::::::D~~~ ✩ Otherwise it's just a hunting instructional video. I can only climax looking into suffocating fishes' faces though, so there's a lid for every pot I guess.
It literally says "exploding" and shows a prairie dog in a crosshair. So sure, unless your kindergarten teacher was secretely another student, this didnt happen.
You know, I'm not gonna lie, Mother Lode seems like it'd make a great cozy little sleep aid video. The combination of forest footage and celtic folk music makes me feel like I'm in the Shire or something.
Rich: "I thought you were drinking water from Flint, Michigan!" Mike: "Heyooo, topical! Already out of date by the time you watch this video!" almost 2 and a half years later and...nope
Great episode. Jack, a "grain" is a unit of weight. A grain is 1/7000th of a pound. It can refer to either the weight of the bullet, or the weight of the charge of power (how much powder) in the cartridge. That said, "splodin" the varmints is about the only way to do it, humanely. You can't poison them, because it will harm scavengers as secondary consumers of the poison. This is why the EPA has gone after rat poison in recent years, forcing them to severely reduce the strength of their products. I sure as hell wouldn't record, edit, and market a video of myself blowing away varmints and making creepy commentary. That really doesn't do the shooting sports or hunting any good, as the RLM crew reactions can attest.
My sister and I had that first tape and would rewind the part of the lady pretending to be attacked by a dog because we thought it was so funny. Good times lol.
Ok, gotta say this about shooting pest animals. 1. The Exploding Varmints guy isn't a hunter. Hunters don't take joy in exploding living things. Look at any serious hunters' website, and you will see them talking about the ethics of hunting and the importance of a good, clean kill where the animal doesn't suffer. Whatever rounds EV guy was shooting at those varmints were way, way too much. A low-powered .22 would have been plenty and it wouldn't have exploded them. He chose to explode them rather than just kill them. Also, the guy is using a powerful scope even though he is only firing at medium range. He just wanted to see exploding animals up close, not to hunt or exterminate them. Exploding Varmints is basically just GORE PORN. 2. Poison is usually not very humane at all. Poisons don't cause the animal to lie down and fall into an endless sleep. Usually they do something terrible like rupture the blood vessels in the lungs so that the animal drowns in their own blood, or blocks up their intestines so that they explode after days and days of excruciating pain. Awful stuff. And, worse yet, if something like a carrion bird or coyote eats the poisoned corpse, they can also be poisoned and suffer the same painful death. Spreading deadly poison all over your land isn't a very humane or ethical or environmentally friendly or intelligent choice. 3. A good, clean kill is a quick kill, preferably instantaneous, that doesn't dismember the animal or cause any unneeded suffering. Guns are very good at that. Some traps are, too, depending on the animal and the trap, but traps aren't usually practical for land with hundreds of varmints. The only good solution is a quick death at range. 4. Varmints aren't harmless. They're being killed because they cause harm to cattle and property, and in some cases can be dangerous to people.
+Jim Self You don't make clean kills by using the least powerful cartridge you can get away with using. That's actually the worst way to ensure a humane kill. And no, you can't humanely hunt prairie dogs with .22lr. Typical shots on prairie dogs happen at 300 or more yards. Go try to shoot a tin can with your 10/22 from 300 yards. Tell me about how you're going to make a heart/lung shot on a 5 pound rodent at 300 yards with a .22lr. Because that's what you're going to have to do to humanely take them with a .22lr As opposed to shooting them with an extremely high velocity round with a projectile specifically made for shooting varmints at long range, where you can hit them pretty much anywhere on their body for an instant kill.
+fatbeer85 Varmint rounds ARE typically SMALL caliber rounds propelled at extreme velocity. A 50 to 60 gr 5.56 moving around 3200 fps muzzle velocity would make a little critter explode, easily. In fact, that IS a popular varmint hunting round. And no, a .50 cal round will not kill something via near miss. And they don't issue 5.56 to soldiers to be humane to enemy soldiers. They do it because it does the job just as good in any situation the average soldier is likely to be in as the previous standard issue ammo, but it's smaller and lighter so they can carry more of it. That's what's called an Apples to Oranges analogy (human warfare vs prairie dog hunting). You might get a few shots at prairie dogs at 50 yards. If it's some place that's never been hunted. 200-300 or more yards is alot more typical. The "gore" is irrelevant to the critter's feelings. They're using high velocity rounds because they shoot flatter, further, and impart alot of energy on a small area. That's varmint hunting. The only thing using less powerful ammo would do is alleviate the suffering of the people who can't stand to watch graphic violence. It's fine if graphic violence isn't your thing. Just don't conflate your feelings with the critters'. I guarantee you, a prairie dog exploded into a million pieces feels alot less pain for a shorter time than one who gets mortally wounded and then crawls off somewhere to bleed to death.
+fatbeer85 "And again, that guy was within 100 meters of his target. a .22 rifle would have sufficed." the exploding round ensures virtually painless instant death, .22 doesn't, so why would you tone down?
So I talked to a guy that knew a lot more about this than I did. He says it's common to use an outsized round when killing varmints. You WANT the overkill to make sure you don't just wound the critter. With larger creatures it would be inhumane, because they'd be more likely to survive a while before succumbing to the wound, and with game of course you want to preserve the meat. With little ones, you just want to make 100% sure they're dead, period. Still, this doesn't change the fact that EV Guy is getting off on exploding small animals. Heck, I'd laugh too, but I wouldn't go around saying "Oh yeah man, I love this! This is excellent!"
+fatbeer85 First of all, no a .50 cal round cannot dismember someone from a near miss. I've shot bolt action .50s, and never once have I seen it destroy the target stand. That's because it's a myth that you've never witnessed and are only repeating from other people who never witnessed it. You have no idea what range the guy was at. Considering it was 500 shots, I'm guessing it was alot of different ranges. Most of which were probably not within 100 yards. You're right. He wasn't "hunting." Personally, I wouldn't touch a Prairie dog. They're known to carry fleas that carry bubonic plague. I'd let the scavengers have the remains.
Lmao that exploding varmints tape got 1000x more disturbing once the guy started laughing about it and said it was "excellent". Like hes really laughing and having a good time from exploding small animals.
Sassy Driving Lad there's tons of videos of people shooting prairie dogs, hunting coyotes with dogs, while they laugh maniacally and tell horrible jokes like 'uh oh here comes his friend checking him out huh huh huh'. And just because I think those guys are creeps and weirdos doesn't mean I'm some dummy that thinks it isn't necessary. The comments are just creepy. And people that sit there watching these videos getting off are creeps.
Luis Colin And like they said in the video, it has nothing to do with the guy wanting to protect his neighbors crops or livestock. He just wants to kill little creatures while he giggles and breathes heavily.
meh, fuck prairie dogs. I understand your sentiment but growing up on a farm you learn to hate prairie dogs and realize how disastrous they are. If this was shooting other animals I'd prolly feel the same way as you, but not with these goddamn asshole prairie dogs.
“I thought you were drinking water from Flint, Michigan.” “Already out of date by the time you’re watching this.” Surprisingly, Mike, no not at all out of date..... sadly.
Motherlode is okay by me, just a weird guy whose really, really passionate about mushrooms with a nice soundtrack of traditional Irish jig...the song is called "Saddle the Pony", if anyone is wondering.
Real simple. Grain count is the mass/weight of the bullet itself, minus the casing, powder, and primer. High grain count = heavy bullet. Heavy bullet + high speed = lotsa energy. Lotsa energy + tiny critter = 'splosion.
Jack trying to explain bullets makes me cringe every time. Starting off with the "I grew up on a farm and around guns so I know a thing or two" said everything.
