"do you drink coffee"? "no not really" "ohh...cause i was thinking we could go back to my appartment for some coffee" "i'd love some coffee" lol

@lennypayne4241

9 жыл бұрын

"Do your parents live around here?" "No. My parents were incinerated when I was three." "Oh ... Sorry to hear that." "Yeah." "Um, so I just rented a movie yesterday, it was really nice." "What was it?" "It was that uh, Holocaust film." (Awkward Silence) That was funny.

@Zeltron_1804

9 жыл бұрын

Chris Gomez huh?

@ElanaVital83

3 жыл бұрын

Why didn't she offer booze? Booze relaxes folks

"A friend of my recommended this restaurant, he said it was really romantic" *sounds of crying baby in the background* "yeah its nice."

@enterkramer

5 жыл бұрын

the baby was the perfect touch. It made you think Hertzfeldt was going to lead up to an old man having a heart attack in the table next to them.

The only thing they have in common is that they don't want to be alone, so much so that they'd put up with someone they have nothing in common with. I think that's what I find so beautifully, disturbingly accurate about this one. Like, those moments where nothing is said but one of them laughs or maybe makes a noise and the other looks at them as if they had something funny to say, but then they both just sit there in disappointment.

@spencemace

9 жыл бұрын

And also, that little phrase at the end, where he says he doesn't understand condiments, I thought was so genius, because it's like Don is equating that with people saying they don't understand relationships, or women, or men. We know these things and understand them, or at least we think we do, and sometimes, in our efforts to pursue them, we prevent ourselves from enjoying them, and it's almost like they become something else entirely simply because of our original misunderstanding.

@rctrinh

6 жыл бұрын

spencemace your first two sentences are extremely accurate, thank you, for how you just phrased that

@Shavenhamster

4 жыл бұрын

I think they had a little more in common than just that. They both very awkward,insecure, inexperienced and pretty introvert characters and dues to both having these very similar personality traits was the downfall of them ever properly getting together.

@XILLEKILL

4 жыл бұрын

Well this is true, but they also were too guarded to know if they had anything in common and that's the saddest part to me. Anything can happen. We just have to allow ourselves to receive these things.

@Sahuagin

3 жыл бұрын

I thought it seemed more that they might actually be great for each other, only that anxiety is constantly getting in the way. they need more time and effort to learn to read each other's feelings and be comfortable with each other.

Oh god. Their incredible awkwardness is actually making me feel anxious.

@Skiezah

3 жыл бұрын

It’s too relatable haha

@Yickerman

3 жыл бұрын

Is it weird that I find comfort in their awkwardness instead of being anxious?

@miraclewatson8207

3 жыл бұрын

Making me cringe lmfaoo

@bungalowfeuhler1541

3 жыл бұрын

Normal awkwardness. We are all so beautiful and ugly and matter so much and so little.

@kathleen7849

3 жыл бұрын

@@bungalowfeuhler1541 That's deep.

My favorite Hertzfeldt short, probably due to it's unique status of being the most coherent. It's interesting to see how human he could make these two stick figures be, with such limited animation. I think Don is an excellent animator, and his abstract and simpler work is fantastic, but to me, this is sorely overlooked by a lot of his fans expecting another Billy's Balloon or Rejected.

@ZyxthePest

9 жыл бұрын

Calm down, buddy. It's just a cartoon.

@voodoodolll

9 жыл бұрын

EdgyFuckwad gtfo

@kickedintonextweek

9 жыл бұрын

EdgyFuckwad now that's edgy as fuck.

@LewisBavin

9 жыл бұрын

Kicked Into Next Week get me tickets to THIS guys show!

@lennypayne4241

9 жыл бұрын

He should make more shorts like this shouldn't he?

ahaha me trying to make conversation "i once knew someone who owned a dog"

@ElanaVital83

3 жыл бұрын

That a great starter, believe it or not. What kind of a dog? I love dogs. My dog's my best friend, etc.

@theothertonydutch

Жыл бұрын

@@ElanaVital83 "I'm more of a cat person".

@ElanaVital83

Жыл бұрын

@@theothertonydutch LOL so just start chatting about cats. My brother in law owned a Norwegian Forest Cat, but I've always wanted a Main Coon..." stuff like that. The game is, try to find out what the other person is passionate about and it can get them talking.

A lot of people wonder why Don Hertzfeld's stuff is so emotional. I think it's because his work is very reflexive of reality. It's not in the clouds like a romantic comedy, or completely messed up like a horror movie. It's a really interesting combination of the two, just like the "average" life.

@liamquartz7513

6 жыл бұрын

FirstInstruMentalist “my anus is bleeding” yup so emotional

@nowhereman6019

6 жыл бұрын

Liam Quartz and? What are you going to add to that? Does his work need any meaning? Are you going to judge someone for making something? Why? Does it help you? Does it help them? Well?

@faizalf119

5 жыл бұрын

Liam Quartz to be fair it's really hard to say that you found blood in your stool during a normal conversation.

@ElpSmith

5 жыл бұрын

Liam Quartz You took one line from one of his works while ignoring everything else.

@professionalhater9

5 жыл бұрын

Elp Smith You guys need to stop taking yourselves so seriously. I love don's work, but I'm not gonna get annoyed because someone else doesn't.

This video really expresses how the average human being is extremely self conscious when it comes to everything, and that comes into play the most when it comes to dating. When we're asking someone out or on a date with someone, we are always seeing the situation as the worst possible thing that could be happening and we constantly make tons of blind "What if" assumptions, and thinking of all the horrible thoughts that person could be thinking about us, all of the reasons why that person thinks were being weird, boring, annoying, uninteresting, creepy, self centered, etc. The list goes on and on and our minds are just wired to fear everything when we push ourselves to do these sorts of things and it makes you think about how similar this is to you when you talk to the people you love like this. We need to stop fearing everything and not make assumptions as to what that other person is thinking and just enjoy what you're doing so that you can have fun on your date and start a happy relationship with that person.

@Skreen32

8 жыл бұрын

+Chris Gomez you actually just described my social anxiety... this applies to me in Every. Single. Social. Situation.

@godfamilymichaeljackson50

8 жыл бұрын

said perfectly sir.

@savvy140

2 жыл бұрын

This comment is therapy thank you

If only he called her again. That could have worked out so well. I think what Don Hertzfeldt was trying to get across was how overthink and self doubt can obstruct you from achieving great things and you end up missing out on a great opportunity such as this one. Hertzfeldt’s ability to convey emotions by crafting stories of seemingly ordinary things is what solidifies his place in the animation world. People that want to go into creative writing should learn from this man.

I wish my love life was this successful.

"I once knew someone who had a dog..." This is the shit I say around guys...

@dragon53777

9 жыл бұрын

ha...it's so awkward it's funny.

@bland9876

5 жыл бұрын

"I new one to i hated his dog" "Its ok if you like dogs though"

@XY-ve8rc

5 жыл бұрын

Yeahhh he's like unlucky now because he's wrong to choose A pet haha haha yeahhh A war dog waooooo it's so cool haha haha no more lies and shits anymore Marie haha haha peace out💋💖💃

@benson7498

4 жыл бұрын

@@XY-ve8rc the fuck?

@XY-ve8rc

4 жыл бұрын

@@benson7498 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

Lily: My parents were incinerated when I was 3. Jim: =[ lmao

@yankoelgueta1116

4 жыл бұрын

And then he saw a movie about the holocaust lol

This was great on so many levels. The conversation seemed so naturally awkward, we’ve all been there before. I wouldn’t be surprised if the creator just put two strangers in a room and said “go.”

@tritoner1221

8 ай бұрын

Not everyone's been on a date!

"I have a neighbor that does sock-puppet theater..." Don't know if Hertzfeld wrote that or if Anger and May ad-libbed it, but it's one of the many accurate first-date lines in this excellent short.

How seriously Don Hertzfeldt is taking one of his films can be measured by the exaggeration of the characters' eyes. Think about it.

@garfieldfan2005

8 жыл бұрын

So... He never takes it seriously?

@canadiantotoro4723

8 жыл бұрын

He actually has quite a few very serious films.

@garfieldfan2005

8 жыл бұрын

He...never exaggerates the characters eyes though.

@canadiantotoro4723

8 жыл бұрын

+HTFCuddles He does in his funny shorts, like rejected and wisdom teeth.

@garfieldfan2005

8 жыл бұрын

Does he though? All of their eyes look the same (except for some with the little black oval eyes)

Why am I sitting here single, fat, half naked, and eating gourmet nacho cheese dip from a can while watching this.

@esper86

7 жыл бұрын

because you're a winner!

@jesseb9882

7 жыл бұрын

The only thing about me that is different is that I'm eating baby carrots and drinking ranch out of the bottle as a chaser.

@choccocker

3 ай бұрын

Because you can't lose all the weight you want to lose in 5 seconds. You'll be fine.

you can just FEEL the awkward.... You can pretty much grab it out of the air.

She has a nice voice...It is also very familiar.... And the voice acting is well done, very natural.

@jjwestsiide6760

2 жыл бұрын

she sounds like jennifer Lopez

I just don't understand condiments.

@proletarianwoes5568

8 жыл бұрын

I might've laughed too hard on that one.

@theothertonydutch

Жыл бұрын

I have a friend who really doesn't like condiments.

never disapointed in a hertzfeldt animation

This was so delightfully infuriating to watch. it’s humbling to know that there are people (likely more than not) that can’t make conversation or fruitful relationships to save their life. There are so many ways that exchange could’ve gone better if only they could recognise opportunity when it rears its head. It is really grounding to be reminded that so many people don’t have the faith or know-how to seize greater things. Thank you Don, keep up the stellar work, proud of you!

@pleaseenteraname8211

Жыл бұрын

The lack of prying or showing genuine interest in what each of them has to say is something we’ve all dealt with I think. Anxiety can make you act like an asshole because you’re so concerned in what you’re putting out that you fail to take anything in.

In less than twelve minutes I've become emotionally invested in 2 stick figures. Bravo, Don, bravo.

The switching channels part is my absolute favorite

"I'm really up for just anything" its a budlight ad

Um... that made entirely too much sense.

"Why yes, I would like some more coffee." Line cracks me up every time. I love all his work but this is in my top 3. Captures awkwardness well and the fact a lot of the dialogue is improvised is amazing too.

-I don't like coffee ~I was thinking we would go to my apartment or something -coffee's good!!!!!!!!

@millithkiller6355

8 жыл бұрын

*I'm allergic to coffee -would you like more coffee? ~i would love more coffee me: (¬_¬) nigga

The song at the end is sooo cool and fits the moods so well... A shame the composer isn't better known.

I love his minimalistic style of animation, its funny how much of an impact the sound makes.

This is one of my favorite shorts. It’s so real and down to earth.

Wow, this was made in 20 Years ago, well Happy Anniversary to this short animated film..

LOL!!!! Enjoying this so much. Don Hertzfeldt you are a genius.

To me, it's the mark of a great story when you are feeling just as embarrassed as the characters.

The TV junk at about nine minutes in = hilarious! Just as good as actual broadcast TV. Lily and Jim is my all-time favorite animation. First saw it at a film fest in Ann Arbor, 1997 or '98. Took forever to find this on YT. I've checked every year or two. This was uploaded way back in 2011? Found it only today in 2022. Maybe I was searching for "Jim and Lilly"? Whatever, glad I found this. Anyway, brilliant humor, voice acting. The awkward pauses. Then saying something awkward. Making use of the hand-drawn flicker effect, cranking it up at 10:17. If my luck is good enough today to find Lily and Jim, maybe I can also find that Russian animation about the moose giving rides to a huge load of other creatures.

@FirstnameLastname-ng7jw

2 ай бұрын

If you find the moose one please let me know

@DrunkenUFOPilot

2 ай бұрын

@@FirstnameLastname-ng7jw Seeing your comment, I thought I'd take another look. FOUND IT!!! The title is "Welcome" kzread.info/dash/bejne/aqGLppelfae2oLg.html and it has a wikipedia page, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welcome_(1986_film)

"You know that's really interesting cause my dad has a lot of blood in his stool." I'm surprised she didn't throw herself on the table after that gem. 😅

"really romantic" and you have crying babies in the background lol hilarious

"actually i'm allergic to caffeine... but i'd love a cup of tea!" - why didn't you say something like this jim? why?

@DasSpaceAce

3 жыл бұрын

Black & red tea both have caffeine.

@mockturtlesuppe

Жыл бұрын

@@DasSpaceAce and green

I agree with lily, that show with the guy was the best thing ever to be on television remember that episode where he does things? that was a classic.

I love how both characters are completely unlikable, but because of the writing the audience still really wants to relate to them

@pocketsk3824

Жыл бұрын

I totally agree the writing made even their most unlikable moments somehow relatable, but I feel like they're probably not totally unlikable people. I feel like the unlikable-ness stemmed from them not liking themselves. The one part of their conversation that was interesting was when she started talking about stuff she actually knows about and is interested in, IT. She kind of lit up when talking about that. It could have been a launching point for a good conversation, but Jim dropped the ball, on that and pretty much every other bone she threw him.

I WANTED THEM TO HAVE A BEAUTIFUL STICK FIGURE LIFE TOGETHER!

It's incredible how Don turns the mundane into something strangely interesting.

YAAY the end of this when it shows him passed out was one of my hardest laughs as a kid. Great work man!

I wish I could post a comment that really explained how this made me feel and how amazing it was in check-mating real life and reality down to the smallest detail but the comment has to be 500 characters or less. Let me just say that Don knew exactly what he was doing when this was made.

That was so painful to watch

@theraVen27

9 жыл бұрын

right!? not because it was bad, or because they were so awkward, but because of the images jumping around...total headache

@sionnaich8340

9 жыл бұрын

It was painful for me to watch because of the feels.

Wow, that is EXACTLY what is on T.V. at any given time.

Aw, what a sad ending. I really liked the whole thing though. Thank you for yet another great short, Don Hertzfedlt.

I ALMOST CRIED, BUT THEN I BELCHED REALLY LOUD, WROTE THIS, AND WATCHED SOMETHING ELSE - I GUESS THAT IS LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@someoadamson9073

3 ай бұрын

youre the best person i know

@jehovahuponyou

3 ай бұрын

@@someoadamson9073 I AM SADDENED TO LEARN THAT YOU KNOW SO FEW PEOPLE - - - PERHAPS YOU SHOULD TRY BLIND DATING - - - LMAO!!!!!!!

Lily gives me ASMR.

I miss the All Screaming Network

@Shimanchu2006

3 жыл бұрын

I'd seriously watch that all day. Like, no joke

Don Hertzfeldt whether he accepts it or not is an artistic genius and an inspiration that is all I have to say, and I apologize to him

This makes me grateful I met my husband when I was 20 and never had to go on any awkward first dates ever again.

@traviscassidy4717

Жыл бұрын

Same with me and my wife!! 😂

This is pretty much every encounter with just me and a girl on our own. And I still laugh each time.

Every freaking time I go to a resteraunt there's a baby screaming somewhere

Still a better love story than twilight.

Dude this one hit close to home, I’ve had more than a few dates like this where they seem cool for a while and then you meet them and you desperately try to find something to connect on solely so you won’t have to keep searching for someone else. I’ve even gone to get coffee even though I hate it! Honestly it’s all part of the process. I figure the girl I’ll marry will come off as a best friend to me pretty early on, and someone I gravitate towards and I won’t have to try to talk to, moreso want to talk to, sometimes you can just tell, but you really won’t realize it until you are with them. So if it’s awkward like this that’s usually it for me now.

The ucs 1989 lego batmobile achieves the shape of the batmobile perfectly.

They held that conversation way longer than I could've.

this is one of my favorite films ever

This is too relatable. I think we've all had at least one awkward date or relationship that didn't work out in the end, but we somehow convinced ourselves that it would work out.

And there he goes again, making yet another masterpiece.

This was hard to watch

@alejoparedes2388

6 жыл бұрын

Jaysen Quintana I know right

This animation was so funny yet so refreshing from how things go on today. People don't talk to each other much because they haven't met each other on the same level of interest and now it's worse because people are able to falsify pictures and information about themselves in order to land an easy bf/gf.

It's so sad that they split, they belong for each other.

The way he animated body language is REALLY good, which was also thanks to the excellent work of the voice voice actors.

I love this so much!! so incredibly awkward, but thought provoking... like why are people so weird

that was the most accurate depiction of television i have ever seen.

Hard to believe that it's 16 years old. How time has flown.

@DrunkenUFOPilot

Жыл бұрын

24 or 25 now. Haven't forgotten the first time I saw it, soon after it came out. It's been this long before I found it on YT, to watch it again.

Loved this short. I think it means that we should all GO ON DATES.

I've watched this so many times, I realize I really relate to Jim. But then it got me thinking, wondering if anyone else felt like Lily in my life before, you really wonder about the things people think and say when you aren't around. At least I do. And then of course that snowballs into more deep thought, wondering what others think, how they feel, why they feel what they do towards you, why you care or if you don't.

Wow, that was such an emotional roller-coaster. It rare I laugh while I'm still crying from the last sucker punch, a great piece!

I want Don Hertzfeldt TV programming! Who's with me?!?!?

@davidsilvia0

8 ай бұрын

Me, I can’t believe I’m the only one

the amount of character he gets into stick figures is awesome hahaha

It's concerning how much I relate to both of them

I just saw "It's such a beautiful day" (and you) at Sundance and I thought it was AMAZING (and so are you). Also, I didn't know of your existence until today, you're my new idol, thought I'd let you know lol

Wow. It's like a short, animated film about my entire marriage. Good times

Jeez how i love Don,s animations has anyone when seen its such a beatiful day that movie even though it had such simple drawing it could get you so emersed into the story line thanks Don Herzfeldt

The end of this got really... Real. I love this side of Don

4:09 In order for this cartoon to be accurate, he’d have to insert this thought bubble every 2-3 seconds.

how many feelings in so simple illustrations! wonderful

I didn't think I could make it 'till the end, but I'm not a quitter.

Beautiful animation it's so simple but I love it. The painful awkward humor made my boyfriend hide behind me the entire time. I just laughed. I love him lol.

-leaning in for the kissx- Lily: Wanna watch tv!?! one of my favorite parts xD

Did anyone else at any point go "Oh sweetie..." in total sympathy of her actions? like ughhhh there was so much she was supposed to doooooo!!! XDD

@5thkiechannel

9 жыл бұрын

Like whut?

@PeachReaver

8 жыл бұрын

+Lyra Taylor Just/her/????

@Matty002

4 жыл бұрын

she? what about he?

@garshtoshteles

2 жыл бұрын

imagine missing the point this hard...

Found this watching old Cartoon Sushi's -- this is great!!

Lily all like "OH you know that show and oh I forgot it"

80% of all first dates XD

I just can't get enough of this, I love this so much

This is really meaningfull, i always feared rejection and i always thought about the worst scenario in my head because it is "realistic", but the best thing you can do is just to try to think positively so things can work out, and i learned to not fear rejection because everyone went through worse stuff, so they can probaly get over a "no" just fine and learn that theres more fish in the sea.

Nothing left to lose, yup. same. and that's when I met my bf. my first. my love. and yeah, happy now.

That was absolutely fantastic! lovely..

Don that was brutal, great work!

Lmfao that ending though. So acurate!

meeting your online date in real life in a nutshell

delightfully observant and cynical. it is said that an entertainer is someone who can make you laugh at them, while a great entertainer is someone who can make you laugh at yourself. I don't know what someone who makes you feel awkward about yourself is, but we need more of them

6 people have never had a date as awesome as this one.

I'm misaphonic. I really can't "block out" or "deal with" certain sounds. If I am going to sit through a video with slurping in which 2 people fuck up and nothing really happens, it must be really good. This is probably the only time I will EVER say "thank you" to someone showing me people slurping

Delightfully quaint. We're all Tinder perverts now.

This is a really beautiful insight in to someone's innermost feelings

I really connected with the flower pot on a deep emotional level. Also, Jim's cup disappeared at like 5:30ish

please more videos like this ,i love your work