💜 Kicking myself that I missed Pride by one (1) day! Anyway, from one bi-boy to all you wonderful nerds, I wish you all love and health and safety! I know this video feels like a throwback to some of my older style of content, but hopefully that entirely-too-long ending ramble makes up for it haha! 🌎 Get 40% off all 12 month subscriptions to World Anvil by using code NERDSYNC at WorldAnvil.com 📲 Follow me on Twitter for more video updates and you can also DM me video thoughts and ideas. twitter.com/scottniswander

@elqi8129

2 жыл бұрын

happy pride!!!!!! having other queer people in online spaces always makes me extremely happy and means a lot to a lot of people. thanks for doing what you do :)

@ozzie_theotter

2 жыл бұрын

Happy Pride fellow Bi!

@JayconianArts

2 жыл бұрын

Happy Pride in return from an ace boy!

@tohfawalker159

2 жыл бұрын

You may have missed pride month by a day but pride is really all year round, it’s just celebrated harder in June.

@thegregnorton

2 жыл бұрын

Or, we got a bonus pride day this year

The word 'boner' was said almost 40 times. That's almost as many as four tens. And that's terrible.

@daelen.cclark

Жыл бұрын

Forty terrible boners, indeed.

Honestly morbius flopping twice is funnier than any meme

I swear, that Joker comic must have been written by a time traveler who absolutely knew what they were doing.

@-Teague-

2 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't be surprised if Bill Finger was a time traveller tbh it would explain some things. I think he wrote that one, could be wrong tho.

@JaharNarishma

Жыл бұрын

I think both meanings of the word were used at that time so it had a double entendre. They made a joke that was parallell to the story.

@acmom9471

Жыл бұрын

please tell me what else it would explain i gotta know

@RaptieFeathers

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, the word actually meant what it does now back then as well, it was deliberate :D

This missed the best thing about Russell the Werewolf, his full name is Jack Russell. The guy that made him wasn't a dog person so he didn't realize a jack russell was a type of terrier, but said later when someone asked him about it if he had known he would have named him that anyway; and honestly I love stuff like that.

@tomsantos9448

2 жыл бұрын

Well that's just nice

@davidbjacobs3598

2 жыл бұрын

Wait, the creator didn't know what a Jack Russell was???? I'mma need a source on that coincidinc, I always assumed it was intentional because HOW COULD THAT NOT BE INTENTIONAL

@inkdropruns3431

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidbjacobs3598 I went looking to make sure I wasn't misremembering and it's from an interview in "Back Issue! #71". On page 7, continuing from page 6, Gerry Conway is quoted as saying (when asked if the name was intentional): "Gosh no, but as people have pointed out to me repeatedly, it is kind of an appropriate name! I know that Roy and Jean came up with the original premise for the first issue. And it's entirely possible that when I wrote the script, and I wrote the characters name, that I was subconsciously making that association. I'm pretty sure I would have never have thought of it; I didn't own a dog, I wasn't raised with dogs, and the idea of calling a character Jack Russell - who turns into a werewolf - probably would've struck me ask hilarious if I had thought of it, but I didn't think I did." The full interview is available on twomorrows DOT com, if you or anyone that sees this wants to read it for themselves! A price is listed but I was able to digitally flip through the issue for free.

@LuxBellator92

2 жыл бұрын

One of my favourite comic facts! Haha

@TitularHeroine

Жыл бұрын

I have frikkin wondered about that for years! (Just mild bemusement, not enough to, you know, look it up) Thank you!

Given that there have been references to “boner” in a sexual context before the 1950s, and given that it was used over 40 times, I can’t believe that the writer of that Joker story DIDN’T do that on purpose.

@RaptieFeathers

Жыл бұрын

Especially the Tower of Pisa part haha

So the thing is that the word boner was actually begining to gain its modern meaning at the time, but a writer could still use it and have the pausible deniability that they didn't know it had that meaning and the editors would let it slide, so I think that the use was intentially comedic and the writers were just taking advantage of the moment.

"Morb to the midterms" is legit the only time I've ever laughed at a Morbin time joke.

if you saw the version of this video that came out earlier, no you didn't 👀

@FlynnTheRedhead

2 жыл бұрын

I always miss first version uploads, always wonder what lead to the reupload. Thanks a lot Scott

@williammonger81

2 жыл бұрын

What video

@chipscreations3987

2 жыл бұрын

Then how is this comment 40 minutes old despite the fact that the video is a couple seconds old

@7ninjasstudios808

2 жыл бұрын

@@FlynnTheRedhead if there was an earlier version, which there wasn't, it was replaced because of a sound imbalance that caused the background music to drown out Scott. But that's not possible, as this is the only version

@FlynnTheRedhead

2 жыл бұрын

@@chipscreations3987 Because videos take a while to get to full HD on KZread, so he kept it unlisted until it was ready, commented under it 45 mins ago and then released it just now

Let's be real, Shakespeare was something of a memelord himself.

@westtownshend5661

2 жыл бұрын

That's an incredible book idea.

@kyletowers9662

2 жыл бұрын

What you egg?

@MarquisdeL3

2 жыл бұрын

@@kyletowers9662 Villain, I have DONE thy mother.

@RadikAlice

2 жыл бұрын

Shakespeare was the first shitposter in written history

@allanolley4874

Жыл бұрын

I think you have succeeded in putting that in a nutshell.

The funny thing about the fake swearing Moon Knight memes is they're not entirely inaccurate to the character. For those who don't know, Moon Knight was a former solider for hire and he originally appeared as a bounty hunter for a shady organization. So for his first few appearances, Moon Knight would talk in some very mean ways and use slang form the time to get the impression that he was a shady guy in the past. One of my favorite parts from his original appearance was his insistence of getting his "bread" (he actually uses that word in the story, multiple times). As time went on, he was sort of rewritten to be more of a stoic character like Batman.

@pennyforyourthots

2 жыл бұрын

God, I love that bread used to be a word that tough guys use, and now every 13 year old uses it to describe their v-bucks

@takatotakasui8307

2 жыл бұрын

Because all of these memes were made by Moon Knight fans, basically 99% of them were created by the two admins of Moon Knight-Core

I feel like Scott tapping the 'Don't Overthink It' sign should be a meme.

In the adam west show, the true king of superhero memes, batman uses a bust of shakespeare to get into the batcave. Yes shakespeare was the original memelord and he transcends time, space and media to laugh at the peek of modern humour.

@spacecat6022

2 жыл бұрын

Holy Shakespeare, Batman! You're right!

I'd assume this whole time he slapped the shit out of Robin because he gave one too many " Holy Something Something Batman " jokes.

@FancyGeeks

2 жыл бұрын

Holy slaptastic assumptions, Batman! Me too.

@RadicalGarry

2 жыл бұрын

*batman slaps robin* Robin: …Holy physical assault, Batman! *batman grabs robin by the neck and throws him to the ground*

The Joker's use of boners in the 50s reminds me, when I was reading Amazing Spider-Man from the start, there's an issue where Gwen Stacy thinks "Peter Parker is the only boy I've met who hasn't given me a tumble!" Now, it's clear from repeated context that at least in 60s US vernacular, to give someone a tumble meant to give them the time of day, but as an Australian, and a fan of British comedy, I literally spat my tea out reading that thought balloon. From my perspective, that says a lot about Gwen's promiscuity. I think someone must have told Stan Lee about the meaning after that issue, because nobody ever gave anyone a tumble again.

Scott just wanted to do a Shakespeare video but he knew the only way to get everyone to watch it was to sneak it in a video about comic memes. Well played, sir.

@leovk5779

2 жыл бұрын

If I had a nickel for every time a Shakespeare reference was associated with a meme in this video... I'd have three nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened three times!

Honestly you got to give kudos to the person who edited the Dracula meme. It's a custom speech bubble, and with the attention to detail to include the bolding of an important detail.

I feel that Lex stealing 40 cakes needs to have something to do with Hostess Fruit Pies.

@projekttaku1

2 жыл бұрын

that's as many as 4 tens.

@MWhaleK

2 жыл бұрын

@@projekttaku1 And that's terrible.

@camerondodge2070

2 жыл бұрын

But if he had a Hostess Fruit Pie he wouldn't need to steal anymore, because Hostess Fruit Pies solves all the world's problems.

@onbearfeet

2 жыл бұрын

@@camerondodge2070 Maybe he stole the cakes because the store was out of Hostess Fruit Pies.

@camerondodge2070

2 жыл бұрын

@@onbearfeet Well in that case Superman should've done something, because that's an emergency situation and a threat to the way of peaceful life.

I love the meme of Batman shouting into a loudspeaker "HAS ANYONE SEEN THE JOKER!?"

Okay, but for real that dictionary is hilarious. There's one where Robin is driving the batmobile off a bridge and he tells batman something like, "I should not drive the car. You should have driven the car today."

When discussing the etymology of the word 'Meme', and tying it to 'Mimic'... You did not mention that it was a deliberately coined word. Richard Dawkins made it up on the spot in 1976 in his book, 'The Selfish Gene'. He dubbed it "a unit of imitation". He even suggested how it should be pronounced [rhymes with "cream", just like we do today]. Most word origins are much more nebulous. I think it is cool that this one has such a specific origin.

I feel like you missed out on letting the audience know the full truth about Russell. Russell is his surname. His first name is Jack. Jack Russell. He is a werewolf.

@GroundThing

2 жыл бұрын

Also, I just remembered a thing that people also might be unaware of. Mr. Russell, the titular star of the comic "Werewolf by Night" was created by Marv Wolfman. And as a third, admittedly tangential bit of info, Wolfman was kind of responsible for credits becoming a standard part of comics. At Marvel, likely not entirely unrelated to Stan Lee's ego, Credits were fairly common, but at DC, things were more haphazard in the silver age. However the editor of one of their few horror books that survived the Comics Code realized that Marv's surname of Wolfman could give them plausible deniability to insert the banned term of "wolfman" into the comic, so long as they gave credit to the actual Wolfman, and after that everyone demanded credits for their work.

If it weren't for the dictionary book where the "forty cakes" meme comes from, we would not have Mojo Jojo's beautiful way of speaking. The way Mojo Jojo expresses himself would not be what it is without the dictionary. The dictionary is to thank for creating the way of speech for The Powerpuff Girls villain, Mojo Jojo.

My favorite comic-related meme is “This is where I watched my parents die, Raphael.”

@-Teague-

2 жыл бұрын

"Cowabummer"

@justbny9278

2 жыл бұрын

"Cowabummer"

@matheusmoreira9951

2 жыл бұрын

L+ratio+didn't ask+don't care+you're parents are dead

I believe it was Shakespeare who first said, "To morb, or not to morb--that is not even a question. You should always morb when given the chance, even if you must break iambic pentameter to do so!" And I think that still rings true today.

Honestly I think the reason there’s so much Shakespeare in these comics is because Stan Lee was so verbose and eccentric that he just threw in a bunch of Shakespearean like wording (especially with Thor) because it sounded cool and future writers just took the baton and ran with it!

@karl_alan

2 жыл бұрын

But the 1st example was a DC comic, and the 2nd was a TV show that Lee didn't have any part of. And the 3rd one was written by Tom defalco and Roger stern.

@yourlocalnerd7788

2 жыл бұрын

see my guess was more that a lot of people who become writers have read Shakespeare.

@karl_alan

2 жыл бұрын

@@yourlocalnerd7788 makes sense

@rej3ktstudios986

2 жыл бұрын

@@karl_alan My Bad. I read Roger Stern as Roy Thomas and got confused. I was working as I watched so I was only half paying attention to the visuals.

@karl_alan

2 жыл бұрын

@@rej3ktstudios986 no, totally. I can see that. Reading old Stan Lee is like reading historical fiction.

No idea, but only heard of "Morbin' Time and he morbed all over the guys" on this video and it had me chuckling for 5 minutes solid.. no idea why. Think its the way Scott said it.

@bennett4789

2 жыл бұрын

hows that rock u live under?

I feel like I heard the phrase to "pull a boner" to mean to make a mistake growing up in the 1980s (probably mostly via old sitcoms) even though boner as an erection was certainly current at that point also. A check of Google Ngram for the phrase suggests that references to "pull a boner" crashed by 1980 with limited usage after that so maybe a bit odd that I knew the phrase. The single most memorable thing about the Spiderman show is the theme song. As I would have commented more extensively on the original version of this video, if there was such a thing which there was not, Shakespeare has an extensive relationship to the English language.

@BagOfMagicFood

Жыл бұрын

I learned the word from an early episode of The Simpsons!

@Oturan20

Жыл бұрын

According to TV Tropes Shakespeare created half the English Language, F. Scotts Fitzgerald created the other Half...

@allanolley4874

Жыл бұрын

@@Oturan20 The TV show Upstart Crow suggests that Shakespeare sought to sow confusion about what words and phrases he originated versus other sources like the King James' bible, guess it worked.

@TitularHeroine

Жыл бұрын

@@Oturan20 Why? What'd he do to you? You said "eff Scott Fitzgerald."

@TitularHeroine

Жыл бұрын

@@allanolley4874 And there was the Moon Knight meme of him throwing several blades. The word balloon is the "Random Bull$h¡t Go!!" and the caption is WHEN SHAKESPEARE NEEDS A WORD THAT DOESNT EXIST YET.

I never at any point get over the concept of a werewolf named Jack Russell. I guess Doberman Pincher would be too on the nose.

@dooplon5083

2 жыл бұрын

well here's a kooky bit of trivia then, apparently the guy that named him that made the pun by coincidence lol, the didn't know it was a dog breed at the time.

It's likely that the writer of Batman #66 knew exactly what he was doing. The sexual connotation of the term "Boner" was apparently coming into popular use right around the 50s, which would have meant that the readers would have almost certainly known the slang term and been rolling with laughter. The writer, knowing the old version of the word likely saw a golden opportunity to slip in a dirty joke that his kid readers would get but which would go over the heads of adults while at the same time giving himself full deniability if anyone caught on. However, looking at the aggressive use of the word "boner" and the often awkward phrasing suggests that it was an intentional effort designed to get a rise out of an immature audience.

Awesome idea for a video. I'd love a part 2, as well as that 60s Spider-Man specific one.

@karl_alan

2 жыл бұрын

I 2nd all that

If Scott had a nickel for every time Shakespeare came up discussing a comic book meme, he'd have 3 nickels! Which admittedly isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened 3 times...

I thought "Morbin time" was a take on "Clobberin' time" from The Thing.

@decidiumz175

2 жыл бұрын

same

@Waterseeker_

2 жыл бұрын

Nah Rata is a huge tokusatsu nerd

@nicka3697

2 жыл бұрын

Ah but was Morphin time itself a reference to clobberin time? Or am I overthinking it?

@AlexRider589

2 жыл бұрын

@@nicka3697 is it?

@krisrhood2127

2 жыл бұрын

Me too

I would totally watch a nerdsync video of the connection between Shakespeare and comics. Please overthink it.

How did Jubilee in X-Men TAS saying, "Does a mall-baby eat chili fries?" not become a meme?

I recently found the "Me and the boys" meme, and it always gives me chuckle.

This one is older, not an Internet-style meme, but how about Superman changing in a phone booth? It was so ubiquitous that even Superman: The Movie referenced it. Funnily, Superman had, I think, changed maybe twice in a phone booth in a serious depiction, and I think it was the first time that he said it was inconvenient and he only went there because there was nowhere else private to change.

Finally, reading all those Moon Knight comics paid off

Scott! I loved this video, and all of the segues in it, but two things: 1) Regarding the (terrible) theft of forty(40) cakes, I couldn't tell you where/when, but at one point some aliens refer to Lex as "notorious cake thief Lex Luthor", further cementing his legacy. Also, you didn't show it but I stg there's an entry for sandwich or something where the Atom tries to get vored by Hawkman but hiding in his lunch. 2) Also! I have no idea how to get the message to you(as I don't have Twitter) but I'm pretty sure a local pawn shop has tapes for Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends and what seems to be a Spider-Woman show. I don't know if they'd be of use to you for the series on old Marvel cartoons you have going but if they are I'd be happy to send them to you.

Does Scott have any idea how ready we are for him to write a comic? How exciting

I love how you just monologued about Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream and love in the middle of things.

As a twitter artist, my most popular work is a morbius shitpost. This is my legacy. I'm honored 😌 Also your deadpan delivery of "batman is nonfiction" got me so good. 🤣

No, what I'm wondering about that double Spider-man meme that involved Cameo is why wasn't it the Chameleon as I always thought it was. Wait a minute... If Jamson is Jameson then Cameo is somehow the Chameleon. Question answered.

I'm not saying Batman V Superman would have been better if instead of Grandmas green tea he sent the judge 40 exploding cakes...but I would have liked 1 more thing from that movie than I currently do.

After explaining the origin of the two Spideys pointing meme, you gotta do the "that's right Peter, I'm you, you're me, and this is a gun"

Wait... how was the origin of the Batslap meme not the basis for "Batman v Superman"?

I love this video so much, particularly for its spectacular segues. As always, your quips are on point, Scott, and I appreciate any appearance by your kitty (even if it's just to show off the phallic feeder). There are so many other Spidey memes I'm sad didn't get included (the "egads, a bullet came out of his gun somehow" and such comics similar to the Moon Knight ones have long been favourites).

You deserve 40 cakes for this video, good sir.

I had that book as a kid, the 1978 Super Dictionary. I was like "Damn, Superman, you gonna fight algae forever"

Ironic the intro chapter feels like I’m watching ancient aliens. Love the podcast btw and I’ve adopted “words are just thought fossils” into my day to day conversations

@vianerdss

2 жыл бұрын

Really enjoying your thought fossils 👽

@-Teague-

2 жыл бұрын

Is it just me or is the last paragraph mostly unintelligible

What was terrible wasn't that Luthor was stealing 40 cakes, but the fact that it is as many as four 10s!

The Boner jokes did not get old in fact they just got funnier and I’m confident if I read that entire issue they won’t get stale at any point

Oh shit, the batman slap meme is from a comic that is unironically Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. It seems so much more interesting too. Also, I would watch the shit out of a Nerdsync series on Shakespeare.

Yes, you should definitely make a video about the 60s Spiderman cartoon. The Ramones do a great cover of the theme song. As a kid in Canada growing up in the 80s, I watched a lot of the series as a kid.

“One of them is excellent while the other one stars Robert Pattinson”

The lex Luther one only seems odd if you haven't read a kids book recently...otherwise, you're like, "yup. Makes sense."

It's always a good weekend when you can start it with Nerdsync. And I loved this video, a topic I didn't know I needed but I learned so much!

My favorite superhero meme is the sad Wolverine meme. You could put almost anything in that picture frame and it will make me laugh.

I'm just happy you got the glowy green lantern back in the background, for some reason it's always been my favorite background thing

You are so pure, I loved this video! Would very much want to see a part two!

No cap, your segues were absolutely mind blowing, I mean this with 100% sincerity, great job!

Scott pulled a Morb and uploaded this video twice for the memes.

Please do more of these, this was awesome.

Whenever I see the Dracula moon knight meme I get sad that not as many people know about how Luke cage invaded latveria because doom owed him 200 dollars

The algorithm has given me a gift today. I needed that laugh and I need to find that comic so I can treasure it forever.

such a great video! please do a part 2

Man, I just really love this video, and all of your videos. Really, really great job

I love your channel so much! I was suggested it and it is pretty damn great!!

I'm psyched for the next installment! This was awesome.

This video made me laugh out loud. Definitely one of my top favourite videos on this channel.

Thanks Scott for the video. I have always wondered about such memes.

Spider-Man is an icon for memes. Whether its comics, animation, games or movies, he’s a Jack of all trades.

Ah, I love this channel so much. Appreciate ya, Scott.

The forty cakes meme even made it into the Exalted 2nd Edition book Masters of Jade.

I cannot get over how it was Rata that popularized morbing, no matter how fitting it is. For context (since we love that here), Rata has a channel called Rank10YGO where he mostly talks about yugioh cards and such and is very funny.

@cedricrobertson2893

2 жыл бұрын

Not the first thing he has meme'd into existence Nor the last

@matheusmoreira9951

2 жыл бұрын

I'm just waiting for the moment he gets Konami to make an Ojama Lime card

thanks for great video. It was fun and entertaining. Keep up the great work

I love all your content but this video has a lot of heart and humor. Bravo Scott you're seriously one of the good ones. *Leonard DiCaprio clapping meme*

"Isn't the evolution of language fun? This is fun right?" Yes it is, please keep talking about it

The non fiction batman comics joke mad me literally laugh out loud.

Wow! That "Midsummer Nights Dream" tangent was great.

@singularrookhart7501

2 жыл бұрын

And regarding naming a character after you... "Nicewander" sounds like a great halfling family name. (I know you spell yours differently)

This is the first time I’ve actually been interested in a sponsored segment… hope that blacksmith’s son can figure out how to get rid of his anvils

Yes, I also love the moon moon knight meme.

Awesome video, Scott!

honestly this entire video was a wild trip. thank you for the memestory and the shakespeare thoughts

This midsummer night's dream bit might be my favourite part of one of your videos

Woot! First time having a new video upload, (aside from the Grindark VOD thing) after finding your channel and binging tons of your video content! (Also 2:40 Woot! Props for ADHD medication! It's a genuinely very good thing for a looooot of people including my own ADHD self.)

DC is missing a huge opportunity there. Have a scene where the Joker is ranting at/messing with the head of a captured character who was already established as being uptight or easily embarrassed. And have in his big scary villain monologue the Joker say "boner" as much as possible. Fans would get hte reference and even for people who didn't the scene would be funny and in character.

I LOVE THIS VIDEO and I wrote that in all caps because that is how much I dig it. Good work Scott! ❤

Awesome video!!! Part 2 yes please!!

Great video mate

Really great, funny, and informative video!

That Joker comic was obviously not a coincidence but a time traveling Ant man knowing what he was doing

Rewatching and smiling even more.

Ahh, Shakespeare, his era's Lord of Memes and Dirty Jokes.

Thanks for the art history and Shakespeare. Gave you a subscibe

This is a fun video to watch...I bet this topic will reach part 5 or more

it was an absolute pleasure to have a youtuber talk etymology, hear your laboured segues, and to watch this a second time! 💙💖💜

Great video, really interesting!!

Fun fact about the superdictionary: Mojo Jojo's let's say,,, specific, cadence was inspired by the way the superdictionary explained things! And yes! I will never EVER unhear that, and I'm foisting it on you, too! Have fun!

Awesome vid!