"Oh my wife loves Stephen King, it will be so nice to watch this with her" Within 5 minutes, she was giving full cometetive Brennan energy. It wasn't enough for her to know most of the answers, or for her to answer before everyone else (which she did). She had to yell at Trapp how wrong he is any time her answers differed slightly. Anyway, I'm "getting in the comments" as per her orders. She needs everyone to know that she won, and that everyone else can suck it.

@baileyface54

Жыл бұрын

My wife wants you to know she knows xactly how you feel after watching this with me lol

@tomdavies9004

Жыл бұрын

Love this! I've started watching these with a few friends and inevitably one or two of us get like this each time :')

@strega0

Жыл бұрын

Your wife is awesome.

I have never identified more with a phrase than “I love remembering things, but I’m not good at it.”

@jerodast

11 ай бұрын

Some might even speculate that's the biggest reason I love it so much when I can pull it off!

I love how Betsy makes every horror episode so fun and supportive.

@logankerlee1988

Жыл бұрын

100%

Um, actually... That "weird verbal tick" quote comes from Samuel L Jackson during an interview about his role in Kingsmen, he did reference Steven King as an inspiration for the idea though.

the Stephen King being hit by a car story had another interesting bit to it. he bought the van that hit him, just so he could destroy it with a sledgehammer

@lichtheimer

Жыл бұрын

And that's called "cathartic vengeance"

@Blasted2Oblivion

Жыл бұрын

I mean, if he has the disposable income, more power to him. Destroying something that hurt me would probably feel pretty good.

@Phalxxx

Жыл бұрын

It was also the origin of him using 19 as the number representing evil, death, and other bad stuff.

@traceyrice4978

10 ай бұрын

Um actually, he just had it crushed at a junkyard

Love that the "Shiny Questions" are labeled "Shining Questions" for this Episode.

@Alex-ql7su

2 жыл бұрын

was desperately scrolling the comments for someone else who noticed

@jerodast

11 ай бұрын

I barely caught that in the last one, phew! I wonder if Trapp tried to come up with a riff on that: "Shining questions are like The Shining movie, they stand out and are a little different but aren't worth any more than the others"...

I have to say I love the work around to the filming flummox snafu the creative team at CollegeHumor/DropOut took with this episode. Of course I have seen the animators do various work across the platform, so I think it’s ingenious and my hat goes off to them. It worked well and didn’t distract from the fun of the show, of fact I think it made it a tad more fun!

@paulsmith9198

2 жыл бұрын

To expand on that thought, can we request all future remote pandemic shows be animated?

@ConManAU

2 жыл бұрын

If they ever do another Jim Henson special, I request that it be hosted by a muppet Mike Trapp.

@IceMetalPunk

2 жыл бұрын

@@ConManAU And in addition, the requirement to say "um, actually" will be temporarily modified to require "um, actually, Muppet Mike".

@KelpTheGreat

7 ай бұрын

Personally, I'm not convinced there actually was a recording issue. I think that was just a silly, tongue-in-cheek reason they gave for his being animated. Since he's from Rooster Teeth, which does a LOT of animation work, I think that was intentional.

Was worried I’d be out of my depths in a Stephen King episode, first question and I see Mike’s up to his whole “Try to sneak Discworld references in” antics and I feel right at home.

Needs More Pixels is my favorite shiny question. The level of just instinct-based nerdiness is exciting when they guess very early.

@Taurusus

2 жыл бұрын

With a lot of them, I think it goes to show how iconic a colour scheme can be to a movie. I also guessed it immediately - though thought it was a different frame - based entirely on recognising those walls and floor tones.

one of my favorite facts about cujo (which imo helps the sad factor) is how the dogs were apparently nightmares to work with for the movie. st bernards are simply too friendly! They had to tape down their tails to stop them from wagging in shots and had to use rottweilers at points. similarly the cats in the new pet semetary apparently all loved the lead actor and so a cgi cat had to be used in some scenes

@AlmostOtaku7

Жыл бұрын

Animal actors are precious and I love them.

@mistressofthewicket

Жыл бұрын

Very similar to how when they use wolves in movies and shows they're usually mixed breed wolf dogs and usually have to have their tails CGI'd out in scenes where they appear savage and snarling, cause they keep wagging their tails.

I adore every episode with Betsy in it, please do more themed episodes of things that she’s into as an excuse to get her in the show!

I love themed episodes like this even if I don't know the subject! A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones episode would be hilarious as the contestants try to parse the book and tv versions.

Um, Actually, Andrew Rosas is actually an animated cartoon who uses camera filters to appear human.

As a Polish person I was not ready for Mike Trapp to violently scream "YES" in my native language at me, great episode.

@AndrewJohnson-oy8oj

Жыл бұрын

Imagine how the Norwegians feel about him yelling "thank you!"

@jerodast

11 ай бұрын

@@AndrewJohnson-oy8oj Yeah I was thinking "what Icelandic characters can I come up with from Stephen King novels..." (Although apparently there it's "takk" oh well I visited a long time ago)

Cujo is my favourite Stephen King novel and, um, actually, Cujo was possessed by the spirit of Frank Dodd, the rapist and murderer of The Dead Zone, although the dog's murderous rampage was due to the rabies infection and the possession was of little to no consequence and even left out of the movie. It was also suggested that the little boy in the book, Tad Trenton, had the shining and foresaw the book's grisly ending. In conclusion, some supernatural elements were shoehorned into the novel, but at its core the book is a PSA about rabies and how one should never leave pets or children in a car on a hot day.

@kerryann9851

2 жыл бұрын

THIS!!

@stephenmoore2233

2 жыл бұрын

A lesson worth learning no matter the shoehorned Stephen King nonsense

@Hurricayne92

Жыл бұрын

The most horrifying thing you can say to an Epidemiologist is 'Airborne Rabies'.

Um actually, Mercy is the SECOND adaptation of "Gramma". The first was a segment of the New Twilight Zone series, called "Gramma", which actually starred the kid from "Neverending Story". That episode gave me nightmares.

some um actually’s about 11/22/63 because it’s one of my favorite books ever: 1) jake begins the book in maine, he doesn’t just take a detour there to say hi to the kids from IT. he decides to stay in maine long term to test how changing the past works by attempting to save the lives of harry dunning’s family. 2) al templeton does not wait until he is old to come up with stopping the kennedy assassination. yes, he does the beef thing (which is one of my favorite things in the book lol) BUT the reason he is so old is because he was attempting to stop the assassination himself. jake sees al age significantly in under 24 hours because he al was back in time and had to come back because he was dying of lung cancer, so he passes the job onto jake.

The mangler bit sent me into orbit with laughter

I can't express how happy I am this is back. This series almost solely alone fuels my Fridays

Oh, my God! The mangler bit delighted me! I love Stephen King so I've been waiting for you guys to do this episode! Great job!

@encyclical

Жыл бұрын

Came down to the comments to say the exact same thing. Loved it

A special episode of my favorite show about one of my favorite authors? I am so happy about this!!

The “I love Stephen king but hate remembering things” is exactly my vibe. Not just for King but I am in a fan group and the minutia of detail people remember and can spit back and a moments notice is wild. I’m like, yeah I read it, enjoyed it, can maybe give you a brief summary but that’s about it😅

Um, actually, The Mangler is a laundry mangle. That's the whole pun of the name.

I still remember seeing Silver Bullet on the tv listing, and thinking "oh cool, I bet this is about werewolves!" only to be disappointed to learn it was the name of the kid's wheelchair. And then it was about werewolves!

Betsy Sodaro is just the best. She's funny, witty and kind and supportive. Betsy for the win!

I'm 3 months late to this episode, but I'm very disappointed that I don't see a single comment pointing out that the graphic for "Shiny" questions has been changed to say "Shining" questions for this episode. (13:31 for reference)

I like how they talk about the Dark Tower series as being like doing the multiverse before it was cool. There was another author that did that in the 80s - Robert Heinlein. Check out "The Cat Who Walks Through Walls."

@jean-paulaudette9246

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, I think it started with "The Number of The Beast," continues in "To Sail Beyond the Sunset," and finished in The Cat.

@ConManAU

2 жыл бұрын

And also Diane Duane a bit later.

@Jagjamin

2 жыл бұрын

I love his stories. Also, if you read his works in the order he wrote them, you can track him slowly losing his mind and becoming more obsessed with shagging his grandkids.

@ericcartman7361

2 жыл бұрын

Hoping Amazon brings back the cancelled Dark Tower pilot they filmed with Michael Rooker. There is a petition to bring it back and it needs 7,500 votes and right now it’s at 5,608.

@tourmalinequin8521

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jagjamin he only had a single grandchild, Dr. Amy Baxter. She was adopted at her own request via a fan letter. They never actually met in person, and Dr. Baxter didn't even meet Virginia until after Robert died. Whatever his fantasies may have been or the topics he explored in his book, there is no known evidence that he had any real world considerations, let alone actions, that even point to this. Intergenerational relationships sure, but there shouldn't be any sort of problem with a 20 something shacking up with a 60 something, no matter the pairing, because they're both consenting adults.

Ummmmmm actually It's not Al Tempelton's cellar that has the portal back to the 1958, it's his pantry. You can't get me on my favorite book!

@nicolepark3032

Жыл бұрын

Came here to say this!

The Running Man prize is that your family gets money based on how many days you stay alive, you know you're going to die, but each day they get an additional ten grand or something.

THIS WAS SO GOOD! Very entertaining episode. Thank you guys!

Omg - just found your channel - it's great!

@terra451

2 жыл бұрын

it"s 27 yrs btw - not 17.

Great episode! As a reader of nearly all of Stephen King's works, this was the first episode I would have been competitive in!

Well, technically… When Mike said that the only similarities between the short story “Lawnmower Man” and the movie was a guy using a riding mower, he was wrong. The character Jobe in the movie only uses push mowers and prefers the motorized one he himself fixed up. Pedantic, perhaps, but it’s a pedantic game. 😄

Re: The Mangler: i had NIGHTMARES ABOUT THAT MOVIE when i was very young, but I was so upset I accidentally called it the Wrangler and my grandparents thought it was the funniest thing.

The talisman, and black house, are probably my favorite king books. The talisman is the coolest adventure story, with just enough horror when I was like 14 to really get me. I guess it read similarly to Bradbury’s ‘something wicked this way comes’ which might be my favorite story of all time:)

Happy Friday everybody who loves and routinely watches Um, Actually!

@LegoCookieDoggie

2 жыл бұрын

You too

@Mantaur104

2 жыл бұрын

Happy Friday, Benton

I have two things to say about the crazy stuff that happens in Derry, Maine. First no one really knows what happens in Derry, they kinda forget about those evens because of some vague magical force. Second People live in tornado alley. Which happens to have tornadoes hit it way more then every seventeen years.

@KillahMate

2 жыл бұрын

Wasn't it stated directly at some point in the book that It was making people forget, essentially just to make things easier for itself?

@brianrussell463

2 жыл бұрын

I read the book, and I think there is something that makes people ignore IT but also kinda forget. When things are happening with It people are aware and actively ignore things that happen even things that happen not involving IT. When IT is "Sleeping" people somewhat,forget what happened, not those that lost a family member but those that haven’t move on as if nothing happened. They can be reminded but people will come up with other explanations even if they actually encountered IT. As for those that leave town they forget just about everything that happened in Derry. As for other events sometimes everyone forgets.

Glad ya’ll are back!

I appreciate the effort of the animation to make up for the lack of a camera. Looks wonderful.

First Gus now Andrew please bring more Rooster Teeth people on.

“i love remembering things but i’m not good at it” I LOVE HER SO MUCH

First answer had me screaming “HIS NAME ISN’T A’TUIN” but also not remembering what the name was

Um actually, Collie Entragen from Desperation not a woman but a man! Tak!

Um, Actually, no one wants to move out of Darry because Pennywise causes the inhabitants to forget all the murders and disappearances over time, accepting them and not being as concerned as they should be so that they stay there and he can have more kids to feast on the next cycle. And then when the Losers’ Club weakens Pennywise, they all end up moving away and forgetting the creature because of this same magic.

"Beep Beep" is also in the book 11/23/63. We get to see Bevy from the levy and Richie from the Ditchy practicing the Lindy Hop in one scene. Edit: I didn't expect the scene to be referenced during the game.

@jean-paulaudette9246

2 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry, you failed to begin with Um, Actually. I cannot award you the point.

Oh I just noticed the Shiny question title card change, nice! ;)

i felt so fuckin cool getting the pixelated question before andrew 😂💕

04:07 The movie version of _The Mangler_ (1995) was made by Tobe Hooper. It starred Robert England as Mr Gartley, the cruel crippled owner of the laundromat and Daniel Matmoor as Mark Jackson, the protagonist.

Really enjoyed this one! :)

Where my board game!!! Looks amazing kickstarter!!

I find this episode so frustrating. I knew at least 80% of all the answers. . I was pathetically yelling out "desperation!" At the tak question, Thoroughly wallowing in the irony of what I was doing. Man, I love this show

@kerryann9851

2 жыл бұрын

Same! & with The Stand question too!

@tkurz3071

2 жыл бұрын

Lets not forget it was in The Regulators also, said by Seth over the phone. Also He called Collie a "she"

Been missing this show, so fun and funny!

Yay! Love Andrew Rosas! Bring him back!

Somewhere around 6:30min trapp talks about the idea that Stephen might just kinda take idea from things around him. I live in the same town as him and use to work in a grocery store he shopped in and we had a sale on blood oranges and while I was working he happened to be shopping noticed them and said something to the effect of Blood oranges huh maybe a story in that if not just an idea. I don’t think he was talking to me just anyone whom happened to be listening. He came in almost weekly and was always super pleasant.

@jb888888888

2 жыл бұрын

There's an episode of _Quantum Leap_ where Sam leaps into a horror writer who lives in Maine in 1964. A minor character is a teen named Stevie who has a big dog named Cujo and drives a Plymouth Fury.

It took me two seconds of thinking that “Shining Question” was a typo before I realized

@SenoraCardgage

11 ай бұрын

Same!

TAK also appears in the Regulators if i'm not mistaken?

True story. I never read any Stephen King stories until after I graduated High School when I picked up the short story collection "Night Shift" at a 711 to read during a post graduation Road Trip. I skipped around and read The Mangler, and Battleground back to back. Stories about a killer Laundry Press and Killer Plastic Army Men respectively. I tossed the book in the back of the van and refused to read King's work for another 10 years when I was reluctantly pressured into reading the Dark Tower.

Um, actually the character of Collie Entragian is a male sheriff in Desperation, and a former police officer in The Regulators, by Stephen Kings pseudonym Richard Bachman.

Man I love Bets energy she is always so fun!

Same turtle in "it" is the one referenced in relation to the path of the beam the guardian in the dark tower books?

@zedgathegreat9122

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's the same one

Betsy is always such a joy to watch.

The bit about Running Man makes me think that this was filmed before Squid Game was released

You know it's gonna be a good episode/experience with Betsy

I have never seen the Shining, but even I immediatly thought of that hallway due to the sheer amount of pop culture references to it!

King used his accident in a bunch of his works. In fact if anyone remembers the Tv series Kingdom Hospital the accident was a major plot point.

Also for #1 - Um actually, the Macroverse isn't an alternate reality, it's a collection of all infinite realities that ours is a part of.

Under The Dome is probably my favourite stand alone of all time

i think it's just her cadence but betsy reminds me a lot of chris farley. so funny

"I love my son but I wish he would stop saying 'this human form is limiting.'"

I also immediately guessed the Shining for the pixelated picture but an entirely different scene! That movie must just have a really recognizable color palette!

Was the Long Walk really televised? I had the same answer with Ben but turns out I was wrong.

I also believe the car accident at the start of Dreamcatcher is inspired by the one that hit King.

@kerryann9851

2 жыл бұрын

It was indeed. Jonesie is supposed to represent King in the book. Hence the whole “mind library” thing he has going on.

@zedgathegreat9122

2 жыл бұрын

It was also in the TV show he wrote The Kingdom, where one of the main characters gets hit identically to how it happened in real life. He also starts seeing a weird anteater thing only he can see. It was pretty bad.

The part about the mangler was so hilarious

YES FINALLY, MY EPISOOOODE

Um Actually, the portal in 11/22/63 is in Al's pantry, Al's Diner doesn't even have a cellar. Also the reason Jake travels to Derry, Maine in 1958 is to save the family of the school janitor Harry Dunning from being murdered by their father.

I'm surprised Trapp didn't start the show with "From Randall Flagg to Randall Stephens..." Shining Question! Clever.

@13:31.....I didn't get the gag at first, thought "Shining Question" was a typo......now I get it.....duh.....

the very moment he mentioned verbal ticks for characters, all I could think was Ron Perlman baring out "Tak!", and lo and behold it was the first example XD

Ha! “Shining Question”

I screamed at my phone when they weren’t getting “The Stand” question with the “m-o-o-n” part 😂 my mom & I say that to each other all the time.

@FredXWeasleyXForever

10 ай бұрын

M-O-O-N that spells Tom Cullen!

I was expecting for the answer to be The shining since the first "shining" question 😂 It was too good of a pun to pass up!

Umm actually the time hole in 11/22/63 is in a pantry not a cellar. There isn’t a cellar in the diner because it’s an old aluminaire trailer.

"Come on maaan!" 🤣

The movie producers were thinking 'we can't be sued for the same thing twice, that's double jeopardy'

No one commenting about how the Shiny Questions are now "Shining" Questions? Tripp doesn't even mention it when he says it, but it's in the title cards. Nice amendment there :P

The laundry machine is also called the Mangler in the novella Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption. Stephen King worked in a laundry.

@Hollyberrystreats

2 жыл бұрын

So Andy Dufresne also had to deal with maybe getting mangled?!

As there seems to be a lot of S.K.'s works being adapted these days wouldn't it be prudent for a SK centralized spoof movie to be made. 'HOW PENNYWISE GOT ITS GROOVE BACK' a heartwarming coming of age story about a young interdimentional lightspider/clown whom had to deal with the hardships of moving from a small town to the big city after being attacked by a roving gang of delinquent hooligans

Is that why my parents called laundry wringers "Manglers"???

“I was at a haunted prison in Idaho a couple of years ago-“ is an absolutely buck wild way to start a sentence.

Petty or no, apparently the candy bar thing was real. In “On Writing,” King referenced that he remembered that the driver who hit him was on his way to buy some “Marses Bars.”

I think it is called the mangler because the laundry press is also called a mangle.

Ben Joseph IMMEDIATELY gave me Chad from Rooster Teeth vibes

Is the word "apologoize" a reference I don't get or a correction I should tweet at Um, Actually?

"Our clothes are FULL of secrets!" 😂

Doed the sound keeps going in and out for anyone else?

10:18 Um actually those books didn't have _Dark Tower_ references, _Dark Tower_ had those book references.

I feel like those with nearsightedness have a natural advantage on Needs More Pixels.

Betsy is such a delight

"I got some time to kill, I guess I will go to Maine... because this IS a Stephen King story."

me screaming “MATURIN” at my television two minutes in made me way overconfident in my own ability to win this episode