Dropout Edit: The Ballad of Tommy Shriggly 

I am giving a little clap.

I love how they both immediately break when he says he turned it into $16000

i adore the self awareness tommy shriggly lacks. he is a self-improvement, self-help, mental health influencer (of nebulous influence?) who built his life through luck, nepotism, and overt harm to people around him, and on top of it all his signature catchphrase is to get people to APPLAUD HIM. not "give yourself a clap!", no, TOMMY needs the claps, TOMMY needs your approval

"you were dishonorably discharged for... killing your entire platoon?" "one by one... in the middle of the night"

i love how zac realized how freakish the costume looks in motion and took every opportunity to flail his horrible disproportionate limbs whenever possible

At the risk of taking this comedy sketch too seriously, Tommy is like, literally every male self-help guru ever: grotesque physique, clearly miserable, self-congratulatory, horrifying past, and only successful due to luck and lucky connections, but yet thoroughly convinced he has the meaning of life As a guy who’s spent a lot of time in the mental health field, I’ve seen sooooo many Tommys. This sketch is transcendent 😂

When I watched this episode I nearly shat myself at "what's your dream job" "To be in the military"

The delivery of “I invested it and turned into 16 *thousand* dollars” kills me every single time

You could just put Zac Oyama in a different costume every week and this show would probably break every Nielsen ratings record ever recorded. And it’s only streaming on Dropout.

The thought of this guy hunting you down in the middle of the night overseas in a third world country screaming about the last coke is actually pretty friggin terrifying 😂

It's the emphasis he puts on it when he says 'sixteen 'thousand' dollars' that gets me every time

one of zac oyama's best performances i must say

"I turned that into 16,000 dollars" is the hardest I've laughed in a while

so glad you included “it was as daAHRk as it gets”

The sound of his tiny hands giving his little claps gets to me

"Is that 100 thousands dollars?" Like he just keeps finding it lol

16,000$ is a lot of money.

My favorite moment in the episode is when, after slowly learning more and more about Tommy's horrific crimes that led to him being dishonorably discharged, Vic asks him his dream job and it's "being in the military." Even broke Vic

How dare you leave out the best line from the entire episode: dream job if money didn’t matter

“Friendly fire situation?” “I was in the canteen…”

Zac & Vic are to be treasured. She plays off of these wacky characters so well & this is among my favorites. I unironically like the lil clap song. Like, if someone randomly started doing that then I would have smiled even before seeing this. It’s somewhat catchy to me.

The little wiggle Vic does at 1:05 gets me every time.

lol. The end, "is that 100,000 dollars?" I love the thought that this guys just lucks into success wherever he goes. He's gonna have another 16,000 dollars soon.

I like the tiny earring.

Your legs are numb. You're bleeding out, military fatigues soaked red. Going into shock. Tommy is looking over you, face caked in mud and gore. "C'mon... give a little clap." "Did you take the last coke? Gimme a little clap." Your trembling hands come together in a weak, soundless applause, as Tommy's tiny hands descend in a pinching motion towards your weeping, wide-open eyes.

Top tier edit! I hope you have the luck of someone who finds 100 thousand dollars and turns it into 16 thousand dollars!!!

He is a mentaly powerful Man

And then from there, everything was great 👍🏼 *nods silently for eternity

"You can have nine, ten, ...sixteen divorces.' "Do you have 'nine, ten, sixteen' divorces Tommy?"

the claps syncing up perfectly with stand by me is really sending me

This edit helped me get out of my own way

One of my fav moments is when Vic asked if his mom was in the military pilot when he talked about his family in the military and he says “no, why?”

all eps of VIP have been great. but this is absolutely the best. zac is incredible.

get your head out of your asses and give zhedley a lil clap!

The music is so good, honestly. I'd love more videos of VIP set to music to really set some fun vibes.

My claps are little but my love for Zac Oyama continues to grow! 🤣

This is a god-tier edit; thank you for your service.

I'd absolutely watch a full-length feature about Tommy Shriggly.

I'm not a devious man by nature, but when that's your darkest moment you gotta give it a little clap

I love how the music matches his little claps

This episode made me laugh harder than I had in **MONTHS**

My life has been better since discovering tommy 😂

I sooo desperatly want a spin off comedy series about the origins of tommy shrigley

I actually love him so much he’s such a happy psycho

I felt empowered by his story so I gave him a little clap 👏

Gets better every time. You get a little clap for this edit

Zac is a comedic genius🤣

I would watch an all Zac season of VIP

Stuff of nightmares. I'm for it

This is an absolutely piece of art - well done!! I was dying at all the great edits - the reverse to the mirror dimension… the final silent head nod 😂😂😂

I didn't see the shadow dimension parts coming! Incredible.

I turned it into 16 THOUSAND dollars x perfect comedic timing

This is the best character,

This was the most unhinged thing I have ever seen. I genuinely believed she was crying and regretting her life.

That 16k sounded like a lot more then 100k.

That was as daARHHK as it gets.

This is the greatest stuff I've seen in a long time! So good, I might give a little clap! So good, I might give a little clap! 👏 👏 👏

Gosh, I hope Zac, Vic, and Sam all see this

Oh my, thank you so much for making this

What an inspiration! We are truly blessed to live in the same world as him!

Thank yew for this 🙌🏼💕

This took perfection, and turned it into the sublime.

The backing music makes this amazing

Water is actually bad for you

this is beautiful

He is so inspiring

This is inter dimensional cable type show tbh

This was very healing

every "little clap" was not the same but they had the exact same spirit.

Zac Oyama is great.

I love that you guys realized how much happiness and smiles this character brings to people and y’all said word we finna make you smile more 😎😎 bc that’s just who we are 🔫

Her shoulder roll at 1:05 is the hottest thing ever.

Hhh oh my god, this is so good. The frickin ending and just - everything 😂😂😂

To be fair... they shouldn't have drunk all the diet coke

The swing forward heel plant is a thing of beauty.

The backing music fits the dancing and singing so well

Love this character! So funny

I love this.

Amazing, the musicality of this edit!!! 😍 Must have been a lot of work...

ART

"I found it in my head." "Really?" "I found it in my heart" "Okay" "I found it in the world." "The world" BARS

I think I just found my lost little bro. 👏

The bit where he goes "do you feel better?" After pouring Protein Powder in her mouth is one of the best laughs I've had in a long time!

I found 100’000 dollars and invested it and made 16’000 dollars 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Thank you

I have no idea what I just watched. But I loved it

I don't know how this episode could be topped 😂

this could have been a successful SNL skit in the old days....

Incredible.

Tiny hands down the best guest on this show!

I find this inspiring. The man has turned his life around. I can only imagine how dark it must have been for him - and now he's spreading positivity around the world. Tom I salute you 🙏

I think i'm in love with show host Vic

This reminded me so much of the Ellen interview on Ellen. My cheeks hurt from smiling so much!

You left out my favorite part! His dream job if money wasn't a factor

This guy look like he could run two miles in 13 minutes

The vulnerability of "Do you think I'm doing a good job?" only to get the response "I think you got to get your head out of your ass. And I say that with love."

Li-til clap

Dude attacked the wrong side, but family connections helped. True american stories.

When he breaks after the investment joke I lost my shit.

This has Space Ghost Coast to Coast vibes