Rich crying "Oh noooo!" and walking over to check on the broken wheel always makes me think of the scene in Return of the Jedi where the little beast handler cries over the dead Rancor.
Holy shit Joy Cowley. She came to my school in the 80s. She spent an hour or so telling us about herself and her house. She asked us if we liked ice cream and if we wanted some, Then told us to make it ourselves and gave us a recipe. Her own recipe of course.
Looking back I feel like the vast majority of "professional" speakers that my schools hired were people whose "careers" had peaked decades ago and were trying to continue riding the wave of the one marginally successful thing they ever did.
I've had enough of these greedy unappreciative bastards. My friend collects autographs and one year I stood in line with him for 2 hours. Just so we could slip 200$ to his handler, like we were at a drive through window. We never heard from Bill, we nevet even saw him. I'm just glad I don't collect autographs. I've heard from many people who have met him at previous cons. Apparently he makes fun of the fans, laughs in their faces, takes theit money and says, suivant, next! As many know, he's from Montreal and when he dies they better not name a street afrer him. My father was a fire cheif in the city and i learned to run towards the fires, not away! I guess we'll have to wait and see. Maybe he'll even get his own special worm song ;)
Looking through my texts, I see no references to any demon named "Eloisecole". However, some bas-relief carvings unearthed in the Fertile Crescent do mention an entity named "Eloah Iz'Kul", ancient Sumerian for "she who devours all sorrows". The acolytes of Eloah believed that she would appear on Earth during a time of great strife to consume the souls of the grieving. It was said that her coming would be heralded by a skull of crystal filled with libations, and a man with the laugh of a jackal.
The Wheel has a negative insurance value, you actually pay the insurance company if you lose or break it... that's standard policy for cursed and / or haunted items.
*The Worm Song* *by Mike Stoklasa* I got a worm, in my [REDACTED] I got a worm, in my [REDACTED] My worm's gonna go in the [REDACTED] My worm's gonna go in the [REDACTED] Rich Evans wants, my worm in his [REDACTED] He's always askin' for my worm in his [REDACTED] It gets uncomfortable when he asks me for a, uh these questions It gets uncomfortable when he asks me these questions
It's funny how desensitization works. Mike and Jay can watch the bloodiest, goriest shit in the world and not bat an eye, but Mike apparently becomes physically ill at the sight of worms doing worm things, and Jay I have noticed is grossed out by the human body--he actually covered his eyes in disgust in the last BotW episode, the one with the kid getting bullied in the shower. Rich doesn't seem to be phased by anything--probably his low blood sugar.
Remember how ill Mike looked during that one Filipino movie with the flying head with guts? Specifically the part where she vomits up those mice. Jack is also noticeably uncomfortable during rape scenes but Mike is always unphased.
I think wasn't so much that it was worms but more the visual effect they did on the group of worms. The waving of the image/screen. I'm half in the bag and other videos Mike has said he gets nauseous from the shaky Cam and such. well that has never bothered me, even seeing the worm way Venus was making me feel a little something. So if it was a set camera angle, it might not have gotten him as bad.
out of all the redlettermedia content that exists, none of it brings me as much joy as jay's genuinely terrified reaction to mike throwing that giant gummy worm at him
They can make fun of Mary Appelhof all they like, but the woman had a bachelors degree and 2 masters degrees. She bought a mimeograph machine so she could print her own book. She was even designated a women's history month honoree. She was essential in pioneering vermicomposting and traveled the world teaching others about that subject, as well as bringing attention to the benefits for the environment as a result. She never had any children, she devoted her entire life to learning about, and teaching others about worms.
I have this mental image of Mike buying the world's largest gummy worm and holding onto it until they finally landed on the worm video, possibly putting in a special enclosure with "In case of worm video break glass" written on it.
The meanies came to the best of the worst. The meanies came to the best of the worst. The meanies came to the best of the worst. The meanies came to the best of the worst. Guess what happened next? They broke the wheel of the worst. They broke the wheel of the worst. They broke the wheel of the worst. They broke the wheel of the worst. I want to fucking die.
With that intro they make it sound like the wheel of the worst is only to be used on those who do not sufficiently appreciate being alive. ... if you saw what I did there.
"A local Milwaukee hackfraud was found murdered today. Police are following leads suggesting the suspect to be suffering from the effects of both crippling depression and crippling diabetes."
"Their body was covered in worms who continued having sex. After demanding that they stop, police immediately opened fire on the worm orgy, resulting in the death of two 27 year old worms of color."
The body was found with a giant red gelatinous 'gummy-worm' stuffed down the tracheal tract......Police are said to be baffled by this odd detail in this mans death.....
Julian Brennan became a US Marine and was killed in Farah Province, Afghanistan in January 2009. I was in Nangarhar Province at the time. Semper Fi, Julian.
Nah, I bet that whole bit was partially scripted. The next wheel episode came out 4 months later, so Rich was probably already building it when this episode was released.
New Zealander here (FYI I went bungy jumping this one time). Joy has been absolutely smothered with awards, she's part of New Zealand's order of merit. I know we only have 4 million people, but surely we can do better than this? gah
It's only when you're early on a video that you realise just how many "Now I have friends/ won't commit suicide for 40 minutes" and "Is x replacing x" comments there actually are.
Holy shit Joy Cowley came to my school when I was in Kindergarten. My teacher knew her somehow and had us watch that video before Joy visited, all I remember is one of the kids was scared of the shitty CGI meanies and believed they where hiding the classroom when Joy visited.
I assume you meant "hiding _in_ the classroom", but I prefer "hiding the classroom" because the idea of creepy little gremlin creatures disappearing an entire classroom is hilariously horrifying.
I know there's no chance this gets seen, but I recently discovered "The Zodiac Killer," 1971. Please jesus if I can get just one of you to find and see this movie. It is unreal.
Jay tends to ignore fans on Twitter, unless you're talking about John Carpenter or Frank Henelotter. Harlack will probably give you a pity like. Josh might actually respond.
It's my first so bad it's good movie. Bunch of morons who some how stole a camera and pretended to be actors. The zodiac killer kills people because bunnies and Atlantis. All the deaths are overplayed. It's perfect!
It's weird to think that all the animals Joy was telling us about on her farm were probably long dead when RLM made this video. So you get the added bonus of having a woman who you didn't care about telling you details about her life that you never needed to know and that are irrelevant since they're completely outdated anyway. Awesome video, Joy!
*Unsolved Mysteries theme starts* As to the location of Mrs. Brennan, her whereabouts are still unknown. Did she run away from the family Worm Cult? Or did they do away with her? I suppose we'll never know.
The fact that Mike puts so much effort into making fun of Rich really demonstrates the deep affection he has for him as a friend. RLM's best nonscripted material is them playing off each other in these videos.
do you remember when bob hope clawed out of his coffin at his own funeral? it wasn't widely reported in the media. The family was pretty embarrassed they ᵖʳᵉᵐᵃᵗᵘʳᵉᶫʸ ᵇᵘʳᶦᵉᵈ ʰᶦᵐ
<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="472">7:52</a> Dr. B. Wack-O <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="535">8:55</a> This guy! <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="558">9:18</a> Mary & The Worm Orgy Song <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="644">10:44</a> RIP The Wheel of the Worst <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="859">14:19</a> 📼 Tape 1 <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="911">15:11</a> Dr. B. Wack-O's lame comedy <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1210">20:10</a> Only touch the uncovered ones. - Rich <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1313">21:53</a> Snot humor <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1325">22:05</a> 📼 Tape 2 <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1348">22:28</a> Inappropriate touching alert 🚨 <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1390">23:10</a> Worm Sex Ed <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1464">24:24</a> That was great! <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1504">25:04</a> Mary has a surprise <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1601">26:41</a> Worm Sex Ed 2 <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1648">27:28</a> No James! I said fill it with water! <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1666">27:46</a> This is someone's kink <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1807">30:07</a> 📼 Tape 3 <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1967">32:47</a> Noooo, Yeeees <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2522">42:02</a> In Memoriam Wheel of the Worst
"Wormania!" is the second video on Best of the Worst to feature Billy B, the guy who sings about nature; but unfortunately I can't remember specifically which other "BotT" video I saw him in before. I only noticed this because long ago Mr. B performed at my elementary school, so each time he resurfaces that little lightbulb comes on. It was the 1980s, and he won us over with an excellent Devo impression.
www.billybproductions.com/ All of his shit is here. The worm woman is also "Mary Appelhof, prepared by master's degrees in biology and education, spent over 30 years working to develop a system for using redworms to process organic waste. Recognized as an international authority and lecturer on small-scale vermicomposting she received many honors including a National Science Foundation Grant and the National Recycling Coalition's Recycler of the Year 2005, Lifetime Achievement. Mary coordinated the highly successful Workshop on the Role of Earthworms in Stabilization of Organic Residues, compiling its proceedings. She also hosted the Vermillenniumin 2000, which was attended by 129 scientists and worm workers from 19 countries" She died in 2005.
My mom loves to garden and has been interested in composting for quite some time, so I guess what I'm saying is that thanks to this episode of BotW, my mom is buying a worm bin. Thanks?
When I was in primary school, Joy Crowley's books were always read to my class by the teacher every afternoon. I was utterly terrified by those books. More terrified of those books than those South African and Australian accents that were being put on in the video... *Never forget...*
I like that when Joy Cowley is talking about her cats and she mentions one of her cats called Dick, Mike looked over to Rich <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2011">33:31</a>
Mike the kiwi Accent is spot on. Also she was full of her because she was around at a time where New Zealand was very awkward and isolationist. She was hot shit here i think
Joy Cowley D.Litt hc DCNZM OBE, Roberta Long Medal, A. W. Reed Award, Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement, Margaret Mahy Award, New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal^^
Wheel of the Worst. Selector. A board split in two. Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the technology. We have the capability to build the world's first bionic wheel. The Wheel of the Worst will be that wheel. Better than it was before. Better, stronger, schlockier. Bwwwaaaaaa.....
But you, my wheel, you will linger on in darkness and in doubt. As night falling winter has come without a star. Here you will dwell, bound to you grief, under the fading trees, until all the world has changed and the long years of your life are utterly spent.
It was genuinely great to see this again. My wife literally stood up and clapped when she saw that the next Best of the Worst was a Wheel of the Worst. Please let this continue FOREVER (but not in an "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, Rich Evans," kinda way)
