if you’re confused about what’s going on, this is a show called Very Important People where comedians get a surprise transformation and have to make up a character on the spot for an improvised interview. the first episode is on youtube but these ones you can watch if you subscribe to Dropout!
Ally's episode is so special because it still feels like there was no reason for them both to break, but watching Vic just crack like that fucking sent me. Also I love Ally but rarely see them outside of their DND roles where it fees like they're playing alternate versions of their chaotic self so seeing them in this costume with the full prosthetics was WILD bc of how low-key the character seemed.
ally's energy with everyone is like 2am at a sleepover with your best friend where everything they say is suddenly hilarious. plus they always do bits that they themself just find hilarious and it shows, they're just having the time of their life out here
That's surprising that you would say that, because Ally is a participant in MANY episodes of Game Changer (perhaps one or two Make Some Noise too but less sure), Dirty Laundry and a few Breaking News too. They're always absolutely hilarious and... well absolutely Ally. If there's one that we don't see a lot outside of D20 it's Siobhan (which is a shame cause she's great). She's only been in 1 Game Changer episode (but 1 other is coming in the current season), but at least she's in quite a few Hum Actually.
Seriously my favourite episode so far, I can't count how many times I've quoted it already 😂 "I invested 100 000$ and turned it into 16 000$" and "one by one in the dead of night" are just fully a part of my vocabulary now lmaooo
They said in the behind the scenes that it was actually the last one they filmed, so if they get a season 2, every guest is gonna know they need to step up their game.
I think the humor is in how they pronounce it like an early 00s commercial describing the frustration (depicted in black and white) that the product is supposed to fix.
Zac, Beardsley, and Vic all get that the humor of this show isn't just the absurd character the guest has invented, it's also the setting of a daytime talk show a la Oprah or Ellen. "Combat veteran who's here to show us the power of positivity," and "cute innocent victim of a horrible tragedy *telling us their story*" are exactly the kinds of people you'd expect to see interviewed on a show like that. But then the characters themselves zag so dramatically from the beats you're expecting of that interview. The combat veteran is an unindicted war criminal. The heartbreakingly sweet trauma victim is a dangerous conspiracist prepper, and also their story sounds pretty unbelievable. These aren't uncomplicated figures, they're profoundly dangerous, in ways this forum is fundamentally unequipped to handle. So it isn't just the humor of these characters' ridiculous appearance and mannerisms, it's also the satirical humor of a pat daytime show script making an unplanned veer into extremely grim reality. There's so many different contradictions and shifting foundations at play here, yet everyone's still trying to play it off and treat this like it's normal, most of all Vic. That's funny.
personal favourive moment is when vic asks zac "dream profession if money wasnt a problem" and he without hesitation goes "being in the military" ... GOD i laugh everytime i rewatch that.
one that got me almost as good as that part was when Jacob Wysocki went with "donde esta la biblioteca" and Kimia Behpoornia just smiles and backs him up - just the confidence and arrogance of how he said it and her smile and thumb pointing at him in support
Zac's was the one that broke me. The little claps and then with the protein powder. The one with Josh Ruben being the puppeteer and the puppet being wildly more likeable than him was also good
and here's me thinking it was just two comedians laughing at something without it having anything to do with their sexual identities. damn my non-queer brain
I honestly don't think i could tell that this was Zac or Ally without prior knowledge. They are phenomenal actors that disappear into their roles. I love how in character they get in dimension 20
i dont know how to explain it but i feel like the thing that made the mom steppage so funny is that its really not that funny to begin with but they lose their shit anyway
I hadn't watched Tommy's episode before Pig #2 so seeing Vic fully lose the composure they typically maintain pretty well across the other episodes (and even Make Some Noise, etc.) was both a treat and absolutely hilarious.
I feel like Mom Step also breaks Ally so hard because they already know they’re going to turn later and can’t stop thinking of the mental image of the “wolf”
Tommy Scriggly is so fucking scary if it wasn't Zac's voice saying those lines i feel like the idea of this man would genuinely creep me out what a great performance, i love psychopaths in fiction
the best part was when, after telling how he slaughtered his platoon and got dishonorably discharged, when asked "what he would do as a job in an ideal world", Zac said "the military".
To be fair, the "investment" is probably the most honest depiction of investment ever in media. Dude lost $84,000 because of a bad investment. That's...usually how they work.
These moments are honestly my favourite moments from VIP so far. It’s very clear that Zac, Ally, and Vic all know precisely how to make each other laugh, and seeing them all break is just so damn funny.
