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[Drag-on Knight 91873]

I want more Trek Reviews, it's where Mike & Rich shine, I love the RLM lads but they're not as Cine-literate as they should be given they fucking review films for a living yet the extent of their knowledge is often "Star Wars, George Lucas".
Although I'd love a new Plinkett video, the Star Trek Picard Reviews were difficult to enjoy since the show was such shit, that ending though.

It's crazy how they didn't go into how deeply flawed Picard is. Tapestry Picard would have been horrified to see how Patrick Stewart portrayed the character. It actually has more flaws than TPM.

 

[BrunoMattei]

Every so often I do a Google deep dive to see if anything interesting on the boys pops up. Apparently Mike's dad passed away in April. Seems like it may have been lung cancer? Interesting to note that this all but confirms that Mike is not married nor does he have kids since no spouse or children are listed. That's a shame, never easy to lose your dad. And while 74 is old, in an age where people are living long and longer it doesn't feel that old.

I'm really glad the fan base didn't discover this when it first happened lest the comments on that page are filled with RLM memes.

Edit: I'm looking up videos that came out around the time his father passed and it happened around the time this BOTW came out:

No credits saying who edited it but it could have been Jay or Mike started it and Jay finished it. Then two videos without Mike. Then the Star Trek trivia one which could have been filmed earlier. First video with Mike that definitively was filmed after his father's death was the Army of Dead Half in the Bag. Mike is amazing at hiding grief.

 

[qwertykage]

I had no idea Bozo was still a thing in the mid 80s. Our local TV clown show went off the air when I was like 5 years old and I only have fuzzy vague memories of it. That type of local children's show was basically dead after that.
And so I kind of felt like Krusty the Clown was an anachronism on The Simpsons.

I was watching Bozo episodes as a kid in the early 90s so he stuck around. It is amazing to see the RLM lore grow bit by bit as the years go on.

A bit of interesting trivia I saw. The makers of "The Scary of Sixty-First" have a a huge fucking patreon.

https://www.patreon.com/RedScare

Over $50K a month! God damn.! I saw some free podcasts are up there, but none of the topics caught my eye.

 

[KrewlKween]

No credits saying who edited it but it could have been Jay or Mike started it and Jay finished it. Then two videos without Mike. Then the Star Trek trivia one which could have been filmed earlier. First video with Mike that definitively was filmed after his father's death was the Army of Dead Half in the Bag. Mike is amazing at hiding grief.

That got me thinking. I asked my buddy who has them on Patreon what was posted around that time. On May 4th they posted a picture of the podiums for the Trek trivia and said "filming something a little different". Meaning Trek trivia came after his father died. Now I may be misremembering but didn't Mike mention watching Star Trek with his father growing up?

 

[Mike Stoklasa]

Mike is amazing at hiding grief.

Mike Stoklasa is the personification of pain and suffering. It is as nothing.

didn't Mike mention watching Star Trek with his father growing up

Yes.

 

[BrunoMattei]

That got me thinking. I asked my buddy who has them on Patreon what was posted around that time. On May 4th they posted a picture of the podiums for the Trek trivia and said "filming something a little different". Meaning Trek trivia came after his father died. Now I may be misremembering but didn't Mike mention watching Star Trek with his father growing up?

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. Star Trek appears to be Mike's big comfort food. And beer, of course.

 

[quickthrowaway]

I'll never get over how badly they interpret Borat. I get Sasha Baron Cohen has conned everyone into thinking it's a satire against American culture and prejudice but it's actually a testament to small town America acceptance. Apparently Americans are racist and xenophobic because they accept the character of Borat at face value. Borat faces little to no racial or cultural prejudice. His culture is accepted for what it is and is actively encouraged into assimilating into American culture. Also for some reason Cohen's extremely offensive and inaccurate caricature of Kazakhstan is fine because it gives America what for.

 

[Mike Stoklasa]

... Are you drunk?

Yes.

 

[ditto]

And while 74 is old, in an age where people are living long and longer it doesn't feel that old.

 

[Arthur Morgan]

Every so often I do a Google deep dive to see if anything interesting on the boys pops up. Apparently Mike's dad passed away in April. Seems like it may have been lung cancer? Interesting to note that this all but confirms that Mike is not married nor does he have kids since no spouse or children are listed. That's a shame, never easy to lose your dad. And while 74 is old, in an age where people are living long and longer it doesn't feel that old.

This is why I like them, the personal stuff stays offline. It would have been easy for Mike to mention this on an episode and ask for donations towards the funeral. But he didn't, he was classy, kept it to himself, and grieved like a normal human being: In private.

Also, 74 isn't that odd for deaths, considering the average american male lifespan is still 78.

 

[ddlloo]

This is why I like them, the personal stuff stays offline. It would have been easy for Mike to mention this on an episode and ask for donations towards the funeral. But he didn't, he was classy, kept it to himself, and grieved like a normal human being: In private.

Also, 74 isn't that odd for deaths, considering the average american male lifespan is still 78.

100% agree. They've purposefully kept a degree of distance between them and their fans all this time, and frankly in an era of ecelebrities (the majority of people, really) oversharing , it's quite refreshing.

It's quite a marvel they're commonly seen as a "friendship simulator" considering they share almost nothing of the details of their lives with people.

 

[Flexo]

I'll never get over how badly they interpret Borat. I get Sasha Baron Cohen has conned everyone into thinking it's a satire against American culture and prejudice but it's actually a testament to small town America acceptance. Apparently Americans are racist and xenophobic because they accept the character of Borat at face value. Borat faces little to no racial or cultural prejudice. His culture is accepted for what it is and is actively encouraged into assimilating into American culture. Also for some reason Cohen's extremely offensive and inaccurate caricature of Kazakhstan is fine because it gives America what for.

Yeah, not to mention how heavily edited it might be to the point the audience can't know whether this is the first take or twentieth. Whether Sasha let them in on the joke or not.

I really felt for Kazakhstan when daddy Null played the clip of Borat's fake national anthem being played for an Olympic gold medalists from that nation. Fuck you, Cohen for ruining a poor young lady's life.

 

[Milwaukee Macho Man]

I had no idea Bozo was still a thing in the mid 80s. Our local TV clown show went off the air when I was like 5 years old and I only have fuzzy vague memories of it. That type of local children's show was basically dead after that.
And so I kind of felt like Krusty the Clown was an anachronism on The Simpsons.

Bozo was fucking Huuuuuge in the Chicagoland area. It went on until 1999-2001 IIRC. They still show documentaries specifically about the Chicago run of the Bozo the Clown Show every December on Chicagos WGN station.

 

[Brain Problems]

Bozo was fucking Huuuuuge in the Chicagoland area. It went on until 1999-2001 IIRC. They still show documentaries specifically about the Chicago run of the Bozo the Clown Show every December on Chicagos WGN station.

It looks terrifying, personally. Wonder how many young kids grew up either immune to their evil ways or with a 10/10 case of coulrophobia.

 

[Milwaukee Macho Man]

It looks terrifying, personally. Wonder how many young kids grew up either immune to their evil ways or with a 10/10 case of coulrophobia.

Yeah, my sister is about their age and was/is a bozo nut. I was born 9 years later and I remember my family really trying to get me into Bozo but it was just kind of a thing that was on. I didn't hate it but I didn't love it either.

They claim it got worse in "my time" because it became educational or something, but looking at the wiki it says that was like when I was 8 so I think I just wasn't into clowns.

 

[Muu]

Wonder how Jay feels that Zach (smiling friends) didn't want him only Mike.

 

[Travoltron]

Yeah, not to mention how heavily edited it might be to the point the audience can't know whether this is the first take or twentieth. Whether Sasha let them in on the joke or not.

His shtick is a complete sham. He came to my city and tried to start a race riot while filming Borat 2. Our city is one of those shitty mismanaged left-coast ones like Portland and Seattle and some concerned citizens were having a peaceful little rally.

Borat conned his way in as a musical guest and starting singing on stage. Initially, people couldn't understand the lyrics. When they did finally figured out he was saying racist shit, they tried to unplug the speakers and kick him off. But Cohen brought a bunch of thugs with him to keep the crowd back and so there wasn't much they could do. Eventually Borat ran away and hid in his van with his goons protecting him. The crowd had him blocked in. He cry to call the cops to get the crowd to release him.

I heard that he edited this in a way that made it look like he owned a city of racists in the final film. I would assume that this is what he has always done. Exploiting the acceptance and tolerance of Americans to make them look bad.

 

[Flexo]

His shtick is a complete sham. He came to my city and tried to start a race riot while filming Borat 2. Our city is one of those shitty mismanaged left-coast ones like Portland and Seattle and some concerned citizens were having a peaceful little rally.

Borat conned his way in as a musical guest and starting singing on stage. Initially, people couldn't understand the lyrics. When they did finally figured out he was saying racist shit, they tried to unplug the speakers and kick him off. But Cohen brought a bunch of thugs with him to keep the crowd back and so there wasn't much he could do. Eventually Borat ran away and hid in his van with his goons protecting him. The crowd had him blocked in. He cry to call the cops to get the crowd to release him.

I heard that he edited this in a way that made it look like he owned a city of racists in the final film. I would assume that this is what he has always done. Exploiting the acceptance and tolerance of Americans to make them look bad.

Just once I would love to see someone drop a complete, unedited version of a borat incident to own Cohen.

 

[Milwaukee Macho Man]

Wonder how Jay feels that Zach (smiling friends) didn't want him only Mike.

Jay doesn't have a voice for Smiling Friends. Simple as.

 

[RumblyTumbly]

By the way, Mike's character on Smiling Friends sounds like Mr. Plinkett reading Spoony's twitter feed.