I remember back in 2002 this video caused our internet privileges to be taken away. I still think it was worth it.

@caseydumoulin5859

3 жыл бұрын

Bahahahahhahahahahahahaha

@communismenjoyer1858

3 жыл бұрын

I was born in 2002

@victorthecollector9198

3 жыл бұрын

Damn I wasn’t even born yet

@WILFRED1184

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks guys now I feel old. 😁

@blueclipsa

3 жыл бұрын

Meanwhile my parents showed this to me

Adult Swim would give this guy 10 seasons and a movie

@48Hybrid70

4 жыл бұрын

This short film heavily inspired adult swim

@iconiclit8945

4 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/a4Kcu9OGg8msj6Q.html

@sleepysartorialist

3 жыл бұрын

👁 👄 👁

@ViolentVista

3 жыл бұрын

*11

@gauravamar8292

3 жыл бұрын

They better give us #sixseasonsandamovie

If you’re here in 2024 you’re a legend

@MohIsmail-mk1fd

24 күн бұрын

You're a legend too brother

@saintkartano

5 күн бұрын

I've been here for 12 years.

@jamesc1469

3 күн бұрын

Present

@PyroChemOfficial

17 сағат бұрын

I've been here since 2009

@ethanpeng9838

11 сағат бұрын

Not a legend, just faithful

Jokes aside, that last segment where everything crumbles apart is some seriously impressive animation.

@3N3MY0FF473

Жыл бұрын

If I recall correctly, this short was nominated for an Oscar at the time of its release.

@AskDrannik

Жыл бұрын

@@3N3MY0FF473 It was for "Best Animated Short Film" or something.

@AzaleaJane

4 ай бұрын

My exact thoughts watching it again today

@coledakers6127

Ай бұрын

7:06

@asthmaenthusiast

3 күн бұрын

I watch Rejected just about yearly, and the Collapse act is really still incredible. It doesn't just break the fourth wall - something Deadpool loves to do and people love him for it - no, Rejected rolls around in it, Rejected submerges itself in the fourth wall like a generous lover until, inevitably, the viewer reaches its climactic release.

"I'm a consumer whore!" "And how!" 10 years later and it still gets me for some reason

@zyansheep

3 жыл бұрын

It's a magical pony flying through the sky on a magical journey...

@emalinedickinson7492

3 жыл бұрын

@@zyansheep Shoot it down.

@tommo258

2 жыл бұрын

I still refer to myself as a consumer whore because of watching this video over half a decade ago

@Richard_Nickerson

2 жыл бұрын

Love that part

@JoeMama-mt9iq

2 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/nZmC29l-nqnWhrg.html

Ah yes, A Comically Large Spoon

@thecountofmontezero

3 жыл бұрын

@PoogliPuss spoonful

@franciosdeaeruiu7555

3 жыл бұрын

This spoon is abnormally large

@peascoutpesante9456

3 жыл бұрын

It's only a spoonful

@carlosescobedo3364

3 жыл бұрын

Mah SCHPoon is to big!

@SBS_Auto

3 жыл бұрын

There is no spoon.

Don Hertzfeldt basically made asdfmovie years before asdfmovie, and did it with a message about artistic integrity and commercialization to boot. You're a legend, sir.

@reignbow_official2582

Жыл бұрын

I was just thinking that. I wonder if Tomska has seen this?

@stopmotionmovie123

Жыл бұрын

That's literally what I thought when I first watched this

@nate567987

Жыл бұрын

and got a Academy Award nomination for it

@lorenzoiozzo6629

Жыл бұрын

@@reignbow_official2582 It seems pretty obvious to me

@DaveDexterMusic

Жыл бұрын

I mean, it's really nothing like asdf beyond a surface similarity in the medium and style.

all these years later, i still have "my spoon is too big" permanently etched in my brain

@Archer957

3 ай бұрын

its a toss up betwen my spoon is too big and the dancing clouds XD

this being nominated for an oscar is the greatest thing to ever happen

@DasGam3rz

5 жыл бұрын

Wait really?

@bilnon1402

5 жыл бұрын

@@DasGam3rz yes!!!!!

@ashcyr3711

5 жыл бұрын

agoodpersonwithhappyfeelings No, the greatest thing to ever happen would be if this actually WON the award.

@ClaptonsWig

5 жыл бұрын

Cheyenne Cyr I thought he did, apparently I lied to myself for all these years

@bilnon1402

5 жыл бұрын

@@ashcyr3711 u right u right

"For the love of God and all that is holy, my anus is bleeding" has stayed crystal-clear in my mind for almost a decade now.

@bryceparascand2848

Жыл бұрын

"My spoon is too big!" Or "I'm a banana" stick with me just as much

@jr2527

Жыл бұрын

I have to stop myself from saying it.

@SomeGuy_GRM

Жыл бұрын

@@bryceparascand2848 Any time I am handed a large spoon, I have to actively fight the urge to say it.

@color-head1696

Жыл бұрын

I just came back coz out of a sudden I heard my self saying "I live in a giant bucket"

@thecrakp0t

Жыл бұрын

Same. I could even remember how it sounded like it was recorded on a cheap mic.

This video shaped my childhood. I truly am, a banana.

@idunnobutyay2520

10 ай бұрын

*vacuum noises*

@koenvandamme6901

9 ай бұрын

I found out I had ulcerative colitis around the time this was released and I've gotten A LOT of mileage out of "My anus is bleeding!"

@calvi_abigail1995

5 ай бұрын

🤣

@sfurules

2 ай бұрын

My spoon has always been too big

I have always loved how this goes from random ass humor to cosmic horror

@The-Smoking-Cat

24 күн бұрын

Don't hug me, i'm scared.

Who else here is 30 years old reliving their humor from when they were 14

@damienholland9244

5 жыл бұрын

41 years old here. Saw the first Internet websites. The years go by fast.

@mrfld

5 жыл бұрын

40 and 25

@Mr.WellingtonVonDukeIII

5 жыл бұрын

Thought this looked familiar

@germanshepherd5314

5 жыл бұрын

48, just ordered the Blu-ray and it will sit next to the out of print DVD's. My friends still curse me for introducing them to this.

@coopercarter

5 жыл бұрын

Raises hand

The "SILLY HATS ONLY" part will never get old. This video as a whole will never get old.

@medexamtoolsdotcom

3 жыл бұрын

I swear that joke was from monty python. Maybe I'm thinking of the 'very silly' political party, and the silly walk sketch, but I thought they had a silly hats sketch too.

@WinkLinkletter

3 жыл бұрын

Other than their hats, those dudes seem pretty serious.

@VasilyMusic

3 жыл бұрын

It's an official trailer of Team Fortress 2

@toddhallmark863

3 жыл бұрын

“My spoon is too big” does it for me

@nicholasster4454

3 жыл бұрын

yes

I still remember my friend telling me about this video at 7th grade recess like it was yesterday (31 now) - and then finally getting to watch it on freaking dial-up internet on my dad's work computer in the middle of the night while he was asleep and just losing my shit for 10 minutes straight. The epitome of formative moments.

That's right kids, This was nominated for an OSCAR (one of the times they got something RIGHT)!!

@RevolutionaryLoser

3 жыл бұрын

Should have won best picture honestly.

@IronCurtaiNYC

2 жыл бұрын

@@RevolutionaryLoser or at least the category for which it was nominated.

@canaisyoung3601

9 ай бұрын

Yeah. Nominated, but didn't win. But I heard you still get a cash prize even if you're nominated, so...

The first time I saw rejected, KZread was still the wild west. No ads. No suggested videos based on what you've already viewed. And somehow I found this. My 15 year old brain was immediately transformed for the better. Thanks for that.

@aisudhfabisdrh

5 жыл бұрын

The first time I saw it KZread didn't exist.

@Travoid

5 жыл бұрын

I think someone gave me this on a CD-RW when I was also about 15. I distinctly remember that at the time, nothing had ever made me laugh harder than this short. The anal bleeding is still the best part.

@shanezenmusic

5 жыл бұрын

I saw it on Limewire hahah

@mastersirus1985

5 жыл бұрын

FastForward to Today, I got an Ad in the Middle of the “MY ANU.....then AD smh

@mohnjadden7841

5 жыл бұрын

@@aisudhfabisdrh Came here to post just that, thank you

I think being exposed to this short at such a young age and watching it over and over again was a contributing factor to my strange sense of humor. Thank you Don Hertzfeldt.

@bungus1496

5 жыл бұрын

Can completely agree

@sonicdash3818

5 жыл бұрын

@@bungus1496 this makes we people 3

@Krauerking

5 жыл бұрын

You can add a fourth. I'm so happy this still exists

@platenoise256

5 жыл бұрын

hmm yes thats quite a floppy noise

@samuelbillman8663

5 жыл бұрын

Same

A true pioneer of “random” humor.

@sntrytf

Ай бұрын

don hertzfeldt walked so eric andre could run

@tehspamgozehere

5 күн бұрын

Not so much random as surreal. Surrealist humour has been a thing for a while, and is often misunderstood. Monty Python used surrealist humour, as did one of their primary influences, The Goon Show by Spike Milligan. If surreal humour is your thing, you can find many Goon Show radio broadcast episodes on the BBC archive sites. Dates to just after WW2 when the BBC was still quite young and didn't preserve much so some is missing.

I haven't seen this since I was 17. I'm 28 now and the "silly hats only" bit actually spoke to me. During my mid 20's all I wanted to be was part of the alternative musician crowd. When I acted and dressed the same as they did they saw right through me and I was treated like shit by almost every one of my friends. Eventually I cut ties with all of them for beating me down and have my own life. Some of them were more successful than me and some of them weren't, but the point was that I didn't exclude people trying to find their heart, I only helped them find it. And it's led to more lifelong friends than any of the people who beat me with a baseball bat will ever feel in their lives.

@charmaineappleby6122

Жыл бұрын

that's really deep man

@Aka-bw5zy

Жыл бұрын

O

@isaiahromero9861

Жыл бұрын

That's pretty similar to my life experiences, but also kinda the opposite lol, the alt musician crowd in my city is actually the only community I've ever really felt like I can be myself and have people appreciate me for who I am, but I think it's mostly because most of the people I know in that scene are just really great people in general

@michaeljohnson1329

Жыл бұрын

That's awesome, I just chanced upon this crazy animation, and the funny hats only bit spoke to me. Not in the same way you described, but your reply was somehow even deeper than the animation. I hope you read this. You sound like a great guy. We need more people like you to give acceptance to others.

The ideal format to see this film in is a highy corrupted avi file, the VHS of the early 2000's.

@JewelRiders

3 жыл бұрын

but the restoration is BEAUTIFUL!

@jermfanaccount

2 жыл бұрын

context..?

@blakecrawford6505

2 жыл бұрын

Like A beat up Texas Chainsaw Massacre Tape, Well Said.

@MIchaelArlowe

2 жыл бұрын

Rejected - Don Hertzfeldt REAL.exe

@Earthstar_Review

2 жыл бұрын

No really, this is highly accurate. I remember the compression artifacts so well.

What amazes me is that despite how whacky and funny the majority of the movie is, the last part where everything “begins” to fall apart always fills me with a sense of dread. It’s true art, and I love it.

@KOTYAR0

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, that is the best part of the movie. I kinda hate all the rest

@alexanderstoneroad2157

4 жыл бұрын

Tell me about it. There is actually a legitimate horror in the last portion.

@meghandailey8807

4 жыл бұрын

Scott Villanueva Do you remember the animated short that parodied The Ear Scene in Reservoir Dogs? If so any idea where to find it? Thank you

@ImGazu

4 жыл бұрын

Outside of their skits they are still sort of hanging out.

@jscottvillanueva1172

4 жыл бұрын

@@ImGazu Sorry, random question, but are you Doug Dimmadome, owner of the Dimsdale Dimmadome?

In an alternate timeline, Don Hertzfeldt was not a successful animator, but a pioneering filmmaker, producing among other things an entirely new kind of TV series that would go on to have a tremendous influence on television for the next decade or so. Meanwhile, on the internet, you would find comments saying "David Lynch? Isn't that the guy who made those fake animated commercials?"

@Skokapus

Жыл бұрын

the only reason don is an animator is because 16mm film was too expensive for live action

@apullcan

Жыл бұрын

He kind of already is this, though? In film and animation circles, Don's incredibly well respected as a pioneer of what would become internet humor and It's "Such A Beautiful Day" is considered a modern masterpiece. He hasn't had the overt success in the entertainment industry that David Lynch has had, but even HE hasn't had THAT much. Just like Don, he has an incredibly devoted fanbase and is respected by critics, but the average person you meet on the street probably hasn't watched Twin Peaks or Mulholland Drive. They have varying degrees of popularity, but they're still cult filmmakers lol

@isaiahromero9861

Жыл бұрын

The ending of this short is so reminiscent of Twin Peaks: The Return, which is wild since it came out like 15 years later

@chrisdawson1776

Жыл бұрын

@@apullcan david lynch is mainstream lmao what are you talking about 🤣🤣

@Gamer12666

11 ай бұрын

​@@chrisdawson1776David Lynch who?

This is not only one of the funniest cartoons ever made and most likely the grandfather of internet culture as we know it, but it’s just a masterpiece of simple yet complex animation.

I appreciate Don being willing to put this up for free. There's no way enough people have bought it for him to get the compensation he deserves.

@IronCurtaiNYC

2 жыл бұрын

I did, though. And a lot of people have bought his Blu-Ray movies on kickstarter, so...

@dominicbofficial

2 жыл бұрын

The Blu-Ray compilations have actually sold really well, from what I've heard. Of course, not every single person that has watched this will buy one, but a dedicated fanbase will always help finance your career.

@rfmerrill

2 жыл бұрын

@@dominicbofficial Oh I don't doubt they sold well, but just in comparison to how many people have watched and enjoyed his work it seems like it can't nearly be enough.

@vicentegeonix

Жыл бұрын

@@dominicbofficial what's "really well" for you?

@whiplashfilms

Жыл бұрын

My college film club bought a copy circa 04/05. I have to assume many others did at least

I haven't seen this video in probably ten years. I haven't forgotten a bit of it, and I've never felt fatter or sassier.

@meghandailey8807

4 жыл бұрын

TheChrononaut1 Do you remember the animated short that parodied The Ear Scene in Reservoir Dogs? If so any idea where to find it? Thank you

@MoleculeMan7

4 жыл бұрын

SAME

@BlitzkriegBryce

4 жыл бұрын

and how!

@dudeivealreadydonethis5tim289

4 жыл бұрын

@@meghandailey8807 was it a Don Hertzfeldt animated short?

@meghandailey8807

4 жыл бұрын

@@dudeivealreadydonethis5tim289 nah- i was just hoping someone would remember what i'm talking about. i first watched it on one of those dvds from a music magazine back in the day

The left handed ones with the jibberish are my absolute favorite. Brilliant all around.

Back in high school this video was a right of passage to becoming my friend. If you watched it and laughed your self near to death you passed. Thanks for making me into the man I am today Don.

I remember watching this in 2007 in 240p. Those were much different times.

@smallmoneysalvia

5 жыл бұрын

I remember watching this in 2000 in 144p in real video player from a zip disk I got from a friend since he had 1 megabit DSL and it would have taken all night to download over dial up.

@donkeyshot1

5 жыл бұрын

much different. so other. wow.

@aaronslife4635

5 жыл бұрын

@@smallmoneysalvia minus the zip disk, this is about the time I watched it. Plus, I was in the school library because everyone in my area still had 56kbps dial up. Oh the memories!

@adriantp_

5 жыл бұрын

@@smallmoneysalvia You had Zip disks?!

@smallmoneysalvia

5 жыл бұрын

Adrian Thomas-Prestemon sure as shit wasn’t paying for no expensive ass CD burner, and that video was like 12 megs, it would span half a box of floppies!

The baby falling down the stairs gets me every time. It's so out of nowhere and random I can't help but laugh.

@stinky817

2 жыл бұрын

It's my all-time favorite part of this

@TheEndOfABloodline

2 жыл бұрын

Not gonna lie I come back periodically every few years to watch it. Was in my head at work at night, oh and south park's rendition of r kelly

@OrchardFilm

2 жыл бұрын

The canned laughter and applause in the background gets me every time lol. Like the baby rolling down the stairs is just another gag in a daytime comedy show.

@TrateMusic

Жыл бұрын

It's right when it zooms out to reveal how ridiculously long the staircase is that sends me lol

@treyowen9213

Жыл бұрын

And the part at the end of that commercial is the icing on the cake.

just watched It’s Such A Beautiful Day and stumbled across this nostalgia gem

This must never be allowed to leave KZread. Keep the tapes circulating, the next generation must witness this gloriously stupid masterpiece.

The only remaster I need in my life.

@Kryptnyt

5 жыл бұрын

Hey the Warcraft 3 remaster doesn't hurt either though.

@moosemaimer

5 жыл бұрын

The only way this could be better would be to have the director's commentary from the old upload as subtitles.

@jasper1064

5 жыл бұрын

Ok now you are becoming the new Justin. y

@MrPatters

5 жыл бұрын

@@jasper1064 Where else have you seen me?

@lorena1628

5 жыл бұрын

Honestly early in the relationship with my now spouse, I discovered he had the Rejected DVD, and I knew it was a good sign.

Around 2004 I was going to an Art College to become an Animator and one of my teachers showed us this during class. It was revolutionary.

@BiologicalClock

5 жыл бұрын

Was this in Chicago? Because I was in art school there for animation around the same time, and ALSO had a teacher show this in class.

@russelbutt

5 жыл бұрын

@@BiologicalClock I was going to AI in California, but I'm not surprised this video made the rounds back then :)

@BiologicalClock

5 жыл бұрын

@@russelbutt Maybe it was in the AI curriculum, haha

@meghandailey8807

4 жыл бұрын

russelbutt Do you remember the animated short that parodied The Ear Scene in Reservoir Dogs? If so any idea where to find it? Thank you

@meghandailey8807

4 жыл бұрын

BiologicalClock Do you remember the animated short that parodied The Ear Scene in Reservoir Dogs? If so any idea where to find it? Thank you

we admired you back in 8th-grade history class around 2002. All that a group of us would draw every day during that class, what we considered was an ode to such art. We thank you.

There's something that unnerves me about the final shot where as the character is screaming, the animation stops, your suspension of disbelief collapses, and now it's merely only a drawing of the character in the chaos. The paper crumpling effects are an obvious fourth wall break, but that moment of depersonalization gets to me.

At 8:08 this is seriously one of the greatest animations ever. Possibly one of the greatest 4th wall breaks too. I’ve watched a lot of cartoons and animators and I’ve never seen anyone ever do anything like how that cartoon figure is pounding at the “glass” and the paper wrinkles at every pound. Don is a fucking talented genius

@blackcat80yearsago96

Жыл бұрын

I guess you've never watched Chowder

@panuru9175

Жыл бұрын

@@blackcat80yearsago96 i guess you dont want to accept

@blackcat80yearsago96

Жыл бұрын

@@panuru9175 ?

@G.A.C_Preserve

Жыл бұрын

​@@panuru9175 i saw it before, not like he invented this or anything

@Gamer12666

11 ай бұрын

​@@G.A.C_Preservething is this was originally made 15 years ago. 15 years. That kind of animation back then took serious talent, whereas nowadays you can make something similar with 1/100th the effort due to how far animation programs have come. Give credit where credit is due.

Has this been added to the Library of Congress yet? You defined a generation's humour with this short. I'm almost thirty and I still think of lines from this a few times a year. Especially when my anus is bleeding.

@Jonathanest90s

2 жыл бұрын

Not yet but hopefully someday.

@PhoenixTwoFiftySix

2 жыл бұрын

Doyoooooo Kayaaaaaaa Waaaaaaaah Waaaaaaaaah

@ToxPhy

2 жыл бұрын

You say that as if your anus bleeds multiple times a year.

@kayEnt3rtainm3nt

2 жыл бұрын

@@ToxPhy You say that like yours doesn't 🤔

@jakejutras5420

2 жыл бұрын

@@ToxPhy if he suffers from perpetual hemorrhoids his anus would be bleeding multiple times a year.

20 years later and this still brings me so much joy. Got to Don Hertzfeldt twice... highlight. In about 2004, I showed the DVD of this to my Swedish niece (she would have been about 15)... the happy tune playing during "my anus is bleeding" is, apparently, a Swedish children's xmas song! It just added to genius of this.

6:36 When he said "E MONKEY PORK COFFEE mike MOOTS" I felt that

1:40 I love that even the angry tumour is going “WTF is that?” when the flying octopig sails past.

This film shaped me into the man i am today. I still say "im feeling fat and sassy" after every meal.

@aelechko

5 жыл бұрын

wolf397 yeah I use it frequently as well haha

@krysdoran

5 жыл бұрын

I quote so much of this video haha.

@gorak9000

5 жыл бұрын

I still have friends that if I say "Ma spoon is TOO BIG" we all erupt into laughter, and most people around have no idea wtf is so funny! Best inside joke ever!

@aelechko

5 жыл бұрын

gorak9000 I have a spoon that’s way too big just so when a lady comes over for the first time I can say mah spoon is too big. If she doesn’t know or at least laugh we probably aren’t going to last.

@bladeshifter16

4 жыл бұрын

“i LivE In a GIaNt BucKeT”

This animation is probably one of the biggest inspirations to me I love it so much. I think it's also worth noting Don's technique of folding and crumpling and shaking the paper under the downshooter is a genius way of showing that the cartoons are falling apart. God bless

Hi Don, I met you about a decade ago in Oly Washington, participated in your Q&A session, and had you sign my old DVD copy of REJECTED. You didn't want to carve your name into the cover with my switchblade, but you did sign it and draw stars all over the cover; which was cool. Hope all is well.

2:41 “I’m feeling fat and sassy” “DOYOOOHHHHH!!!!” By far my favorite part

@JimKuback2009

2 жыл бұрын

The insane; freewheeling jazz in the background completes it.

@TalosTheBronze

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao, absolutely. My friend and i still quote it to this day 😂

@ewwjelly

2 жыл бұрын

GAYAAAAAAHHH-

@ande6343

Жыл бұрын

Fat and sassy always makes me giggle uncontrollably. The inflection is juuuuust right

I still quote "Tuesday's coming, did you bring your coat?"

@rommix0

5 жыл бұрын

"I am feeling fat and sassy"

@zingz1972

3 жыл бұрын

I live in a giant bucket.

@Xero_Wolf

3 жыл бұрын

I've said this to people countless times! lol

@SamuelPearlman

3 жыл бұрын

And I will randomly say "i am a baNAna!"

@cartoonpeashooter4703

3 жыл бұрын

“Mah spoon is too big...”

My student newspaper had this on all 4 of the computers in our one-room office playing on loop simultaneously, but nowhere close to being synchronized. For days. Some of the best days of my life.

As a kid, this made me laugh with my friends. As an adult, I am nostalgic and so impressed at the quality of this work.

“Guess they couldn’t handle the Hertzfeldt style!”

@silverdays2909

2 жыл бұрын

See ya later N-

@DaBestNub

2 жыл бұрын

@@silverdays2909 SAYONARA N-

This cartoon basically made a generation of ppl have really obscure senses of humor. It was kind of like a surreal Far Side where Far Side comics were sort of my childhood intro to weird / dark humor. This just pushed that humor off a surreal cliff.

@scottsadler4215

5 жыл бұрын

Whole-heartedly agree!!!

@chrisloganmusic

5 жыл бұрын

@@scottsadler4215 Charlie The Unicorn

@Xeridanus

5 жыл бұрын

Also Salad Fingers by David Firth

@maddie9602

4 жыл бұрын

I don't know if it was the ultimate source, but the early 2000's and the Wild Webs did produce a lot of surreal/absurdist humor that was a major influence on Millennials and even more so Gen Z -- this, Nigahiga, ASDF, hell, how many people _still_ say "I am le tired"?

@springtrees9279

4 жыл бұрын

Wait this was supposed to be funny?

"Angry ticks fly out of my nipples" will never cease to be funny to me lmao

That stream of blood is so beautiful in this restoration

It's weird how seeing this animation in such crisp clarity is really jarring to me, and I can't tell if it's nostalgia playing tricks on me, or if the comparatively grainy nature of early 2000's heavily compressed 240p actually lent itself to the theme and style of the short.

@brynnlesher6252

5 жыл бұрын

i was thinking that too! the fuzziness of the old version really added to the surreal nature of it all

@bobloblaw1021

4 жыл бұрын

Idk maybe it did?

@meghandailey8807

4 жыл бұрын

davyinatoga Do you remember the animated short that parodied The Ear Scene in Reservoir Dogs? If so any idea where to find it? Thank you

@gnorts7634

4 жыл бұрын

@TheIgors20 your unnecessary rudeness made me laugh, take my upvote

@TheHitsubasa

3 жыл бұрын

It’s been remastered

"I live in a giant bucket." Never related so hard to anything in the whole wide bucket.

I remember when this was new to me. Absolutely brilliant. We were quoting lines from it for years. Thanks for doing it, and thanks for sharing again years later. Today is a wonderful day. Hot diggety.

The last part where everything falls apart actually gives me a genuine sense of dread.

Why do I feel like this was the ASDF movie of its time

@mrrandomperson3106

4 жыл бұрын

In a way it was. Asdfmovie was influenced a lot by Hertzfeldt's work.

@soulflowerstuff

3 жыл бұрын

I think Rejected, The Lazer Collection, and ASDF are a sort of holy trinity in their own way, they always had similar vibes going on

@Optimalillusion

3 жыл бұрын

@@willswain7144 It was done because they knew in the future, it would piss you off. And you are of no consequence.

@kimarna

3 жыл бұрын

Anyone else remember the demented cartoon movie?

@jordansweet4119

3 жыл бұрын

@@kimarna what’s it Called? I wanna see it

This film is one of the core reasons why my sense of humor is so fucked up in my adult years. First saw it when I was around 9 or 10. Still just as legendary now as it was back in the day. A true masterpiece of modern animation.

@attilamagyar91

3 жыл бұрын

This. Random and sick sense of humor grew inside me thanks to this. I remember I was screaming of laughter when I saw this series the first time.

@psychobilly42069

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly same, this was the pinnacle of comedy when i was like 9 i had never laughed harder in my life up to that point

@eli-eastwood3548

3 жыл бұрын

me too

@rainakura8915

3 жыл бұрын

Same. This and 2005-2006 /b have corrupted me.

@MystRunner916

3 жыл бұрын

Saw this at ACEN in like 03 and was like WHAT THE FUCK never fully saw it until I got high-speed at home in 08 I still laugh at it.

I saw this 20 years ago on the night I met my future wife. She first saw me on the floor crying with laughter at this video. We’re still together. ❤️

I remember seeing this at the sick and twisted animation festival in Austin Tx, it blew me away! Never had I seen anything like it. Blew my mind. So happy I found this today.

I've been referencing "my spoon is too big" since I was a little kid and my brother showed me that short. Thank you for one of the longest running inside jokes I've ever had!

@rommix0

5 жыл бұрын

heh. I found myself quoting it before pressing play lol

@thekyleprojekt7996

5 жыл бұрын

I feel man, it's a shame people dont get it when i say it and I have to be like "eh nevermind"

@Isaacindelicato123

3 жыл бұрын

I literally came to find this comment after I had a moment where I said “my spoon is too big” to myself (I wanted a spoon for my icecream)

@JoeMama-mt9iq

2 жыл бұрын

... kzread.info/dash/bejne/mqJ3tMOugq6qZdI.html

Aggressively anti-consumerist, post-modernist, hilarious. This influenced me deeply.

@Solaire_of_Astora13

2 жыл бұрын

It probably helped configure the current dadaist and surreal state of internet humor.

@HiLoMusic

Жыл бұрын

@@Solaire_of_Astora13 I mean it helped

@SussyPoster69

Жыл бұрын

It looks like a bunch of pseudo intellectual bullshit

@vyor8837

9 ай бұрын

ehhh, anti-commercialization, not consumerist. But honestly even that is a bit of a stretch.

@AlphaQ23

2 ай бұрын

I'm also a consumer Whore!

This should be in the National Film Registry!

6:30 It's incredible that he can make all these sounds with his left hand!

That metallic groaning noise at 7:16 is one of the most genuinely frightening things I've ever heard. That's the sound of something enormous and probably important, failing. If you ever heard that in real life you might very well be screwed.

@lilacKurage

4 жыл бұрын

sweet jesus have you heard it before? Hope you're ok :(

@averagebritishguy7082

4 жыл бұрын

@@lilacKurage I imagine the people at the Hyatt Hotel probably heard something like that.

@mackaylacook148

4 жыл бұрын

It does sound quite frightening

@johnsimon8457

4 жыл бұрын

That's the sound of a cruise ship going over an extremely large wave in a terrible storm.

@ImGazu

4 жыл бұрын

I'm guessing that's the sound of a mechanical failure on a large ship or something?

My fondest memories are from this: laughing on the floor, 10 years old, in a small town on the peninsula of Mexico, with my parents and their friends spilling their wine. Thank you Dan.

@Tessandwitch

4 жыл бұрын

Miapapia yo también tenía entre 10 y 9 años cuando solía ver y dibujar estos cortos porque me parecían tan geniales

2:20 “You’re watching The Family Learning Channel. And now, angry ticks fire out of my nipples!” (What I literally said then happens)

@Bacony_Cakes

2 жыл бұрын

[Long, stretched-out cow moo]

Even after all these years, the ending is still the best part. Absolute genius in how it was created.

I forgot how this ended. Sweet Jesus, it's terrifying.

8:20 "Then, suddenly the animator suffered a fatal heart attack!"

@mariic2

3 жыл бұрын

The cartoon peril was no more.

@barklordofthesith2997

3 жыл бұрын

Ni

@CygnusTheSilly

3 жыл бұрын

Tis' but a scratch

@maverickhunterstupidiocy7779

3 жыл бұрын

it’s only a model

@guybrush1701

3 жыл бұрын

@@maverickhunterstupidiocy7779 shh!

This brings back so many memories! I can’t believe it’s still here!

So, funny enough, the first time I saw Rejected was actually at a film festival featuring animated shorts, including Dr. Tran. I think I paid ten bucks to see it at the local theater and I felt like it was worth every penny. My friends and I were quoting Rejected for the next 6 months. "MY ANUS IS BLEEDING" would elicit unstoppable laughter every time it was uttered. We weren't kids. We were in our early 20s. I am so glad that this is up here.

bruh "im feeling fat and sassy" is the quote of my life

@ess9599

2 жыл бұрын

Yaasss the reason I'm rewatching this

@erickottke9673

23 күн бұрын

Perhaps, but I'm the queen of France

The first time I saw this was in film school. Not college: a little film school for kids in Buenos Aires. I don't know why they thought this was suitable for children. I was eleven, maybe twelve. It blew my mind, specially the ending. I've loved Hertzfeldt since then. So glad this masterpiece is now available for all, and in all its demented glory.

@jakesommer3914

5 жыл бұрын

Your teacher had a fuckin great sense of humor haha

@averagebritishguy7082

4 жыл бұрын

They probably thought it being animated automatically made it suitable for kids.

@meghandailey8807

4 жыл бұрын

Alejo Paredes Do you remember the animated short that parodied The Ear Scene in Reservoir Dogs? If so any idea where to find it? Thank you

@marcobazan4187

4 жыл бұрын

Was it subtitled? That’s kinda cool that your school showed this though lol

@alejoparedes2388

4 жыл бұрын

@@jakesommer3914 Yes, she was my favourite teacher ever, probably.

This will always be a classic for me and my friends - shared and re-watched yearly… it’s like a holiday tradition now. Referenced frequently and without provocation. Thanks for this timeless masterpiece! Stay classy folks and don’t forget to always wear a silly hat!

2:10 oh hey that was pretty ta- Approximately 2 seconds later:

@enzoclark241

Жыл бұрын

Ey it said silly hats only

If this isn't in the criterion collection it needs to be added immediately.

@TheCatThatNobodyKnow

4 жыл бұрын

I know Don has a Blu-Ray with a most of his work collected togeather

The film that invented the KZread sense of humor.

@ElpSmith

5 жыл бұрын

ZanraiKid Honestly though. I feel like asdf movie owes everything to this man.

@smallmoneysalvia

5 жыл бұрын

6 years before youtube even existed.

@smallmoneysalvia

5 жыл бұрын

DroehnIng people will pay for likes, they seem to have some sort of value

@gromann

5 жыл бұрын

Banana for scale

@spankeyfish

5 жыл бұрын

Internet Humour's always had an absurdist, surreal or just fucked up streak like Badger Badger Mushroom- kzread.info/dash/bejne/d32ty9p8abHZfKw.html (I can remember drunk people singing this outside a nightclub in 2003) or Salad Fingers- kzread.info/dash/bejne/qaSKtrGLiMLPls4.html or the video that the Salad Fingers guy did for Aphex Twin's Milkman- kzread.info/dash/bejne/hZulr6SzcpTReNI.html All of these pre-date YT.

Haven’t watched this since I was a teenager! Oh my goodness how did I forget this existed!!??

Can we just talk about how cool 7:06 and onward is? The way the "destruction" of his cartoons gets so incredibly meta with the various paper effects?

The fact that I can still say "I am a banana" in that voice 10 years after I first watched and people still laugh is a fucking blessing to this world.

@modgrip805

Жыл бұрын

My little kids now act out that bit. They’ve never seen it but do it perfectly 😂

The original ASDF

@madgeroonii

4 жыл бұрын

I remember when I was younger and forgot this existed I always tried to find the parts in ASDF movie that had these parts because I didn't realise they were two completely different things. They do have such a similar vibe.

@chronicallycrude4149

4 жыл бұрын

Facts.

@cookievideomaker4042

4 жыл бұрын

@MarioFan2019 This and The Lazer Collection was released before asdfmovie released.

@cartoonmaster2401

4 жыл бұрын

I can see TomSka seeing this and coming up with idea for ASDF.

@dandylemon1

4 жыл бұрын

The waffle in ASDF 12 sounds like the guy at 5:52

I was an only child but I met the love of my life. She had two brothers and a competitive sports father. 10 years later and I couldn't be happier that I found this video again.

Thank you for the remaster! My friend and I were just talking about this amazing animation we saw many, many years ago. FANTASTICAL

Don Hertzfeldt's Rejected Now with blu-ray restoration! Sweet Jesus!

@krashd

5 жыл бұрын

And How!

@stevietonche

5 жыл бұрын

I am a consumer whore!

@sonicdash3818

5 жыл бұрын

And there goes the baby! Down the flight of stairs!

@javianwilliams7463

5 жыл бұрын

Now with vitamin C!

@jvhobson

4 жыл бұрын

Thank all that's Holy!

*_maaah spoon is too big_*

@Enter_channel_name

5 жыл бұрын

I am a baaanaaanaaaa!

@dearestreject

5 жыл бұрын

*Vacuum noise*

@TABBYMUSIC

5 жыл бұрын

That was perfect

@Enter_channel_name

5 жыл бұрын

@@TABBYMUSIC What was perfect?

@sokrusound

5 жыл бұрын

I've never met anyone, who would understand this quote. And I really try to use it, even though we don't speak English that often here...

I just wanted you to know if you see this that my best friend of my entire life showed me this when we were in seventh grade. He took his own life and sometimes i still come back to this just to laugh and occasionally cry like a bitch. Thank you for accidentally helping me remember my boy. You’ll never understand how much i need this video lol

The collapse scene still looks fantastic.

this is really deep and emotional. the “ my anis is bleeding” segment is a parallel to how in life, you may be suffering but everyone around you is still living happily not caring about you.

@silverdays2909

2 жыл бұрын

My life sucks

@latehateisme1632

2 жыл бұрын

Lol it’s a clone from the Joker movie now stfu

@bragtime1052

2 жыл бұрын

Plus, sometimes my anus really is bleeding. This resonates with me on so many levels.

@Koichi-Kun

2 жыл бұрын

@@latehateisme1632 this is from 2000

@latehateisme1632

2 жыл бұрын

@@Koichi-Kun NOOOOOO OF COURSE NOTTTTTTTTTTYTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

Having only seen this on KZread the difference fidelity really shows the beauty of the cartoon style.

@gegrati4404

5 жыл бұрын

But this is on KZread

@SnackPatrol

5 жыл бұрын

Thankfully now you're viewing it on KZread instead of KZread.

I want to say, this is probably one of the top bits of media that has shaped my sense of humor to this day.

One of the biggest thrills of my life was debuting this at our Midwestern Film Festival in the early 2000s (I was 21) and the howling and gasping for air from the audience was something I will never ever forget

@erickottke9673

23 күн бұрын

That sense of humor is rampant in the Midwest, I'll bet that was a riot

Me: Awwwyeee i remember this shii.. Also Me, 9 minutes later: HoLy ShIt WhAt ThE fUcK

The last segment with the rippling and crumbling paper is a stellar piece of animation.

@mistercarterceoofdoodlewor6468

3 жыл бұрын

It truly shows the destruction and stagnation of Don’s creations.

That pop corn bleeding can be used as a starting intro to any period related videos :D it is a pretty wild experience.

So glad to see this is still here and restored after far more than a decade has passed

I remember seeing this in college back in 2004, on a big projector screen in animation class. It was held in high esteem on campus, like Homestar Runner.

@Aging_Casually_Late_Gamer

4 жыл бұрын

Homestar runner dot net. Its dot com.

@homezipan

4 жыл бұрын

Same! Showed Homestar Runner to my classmates as an example of an awesome animated website, and it went "viral" back in 2001-2003 (Perth). My handle is a mash up of homestar and marzipan :P Toons!

@darmocat

4 жыл бұрын

As a sophomore in college, I remember my very drunk friends showing me this in 2004; and knowing I was looking at something that would transcend time and space. 16 years later, still holds true.

@Butterball3588

3 жыл бұрын

Those were good days.

East Lansing student film festival, March 24th 2000. It was my 16th birthday and I had just eaten mushrooms for the first time. This began playing as soon as the shrooms kicked in. Thank you, Don, for making my first time tripping balls as well as my birthday into something I will never forget!

@AlRoderick

5 жыл бұрын

No way, I was at that show too!

@b6yce

4 жыл бұрын

we share the same birthday:)

This video was widely popular on the internet when I was a kid. Early 2000s. I'd watch it all the time; I'd say it definitely had a huge part influencing my humour and I owe my gratitude to Don Hertzfeldt. I just stumbled across this re-upload and rediscovered this. Haven't thought about it in years.

So deceptively simple, with so much said! Layers of depth.