So much life in his eyes. So innocent. I wonder what He'd say if you told him that He'd soon get into a public fight with Shatner and would sell a copy of Nukie for $80k.
I'll level with you, this video frightened the shit out of me. Me and my ex are the people in the thumbnail and I do not remember meeting Mike. So here I am 12 years later scrolling through CZcams and suddenly I see this relic in my feed. I'm shooketh to my core. I went back and watched the episode.
@@elenar9901 honestly felt super weird seeing that photo. I've been off most social media for a while now, so suddenly encountering an old memory while scrolling down the recommended list was deeply spoopy
How Mike effortlessly transitioned from a young man pretending to be a depressed old man to a bitter old alcoholic misanthrope and serial Rich Evans abuser, pretending to be a depressed middle-aged man.
It has been over a decade, they still haven't produced anything as amazingly hilarious as the video where Mike does his sell out shtick intercut with footage of him on the floor dead to scary music.
oh, he wasn't passing out because he was over-excited those were just accidental B-Roll of when he wasn't in hacky, fraudy Comic Con Shill character mode. I think all the enthusiasm from those bursts of positive energy for single takes caused all the blood to flush from his head. it's a Mike thing, I think. read about it in in a magazine somewhere
On one hand, they seem cool because it’s where all the nerd stuff is, and the costumes, it seems like it’d be fun with friends or something. But on other hand, it’s empty, just a way to profit even more off of these franchises. As another commenter said, you’re paying to be advertised to. And the people that put it together, and the ones there that people go to see, probably couldn’t care less and don’t want to be there.
For some reason the hard cuts to Mike on the floor just sends me in a way almost nothing else ever has, except maybe the osteo episode of BOTW. It's just so good.
Mike looks so young and thin. I wish they would record more conventions but I fear that time has passed. Best of the Worst and Half in the bag gives me life and continues to convince me life is worth living.
There is a rumour that u can take the cosplayers at cons back to your hotel room if you pay them enough money and thats a myth unless the cosplayer is mike
the fact machine learning algorithms have progressed to the point that you can barely tell real images from photoshopped images and this bizarre amalgamation of time travel has me all sorts of in a loop... beam me down, Richy...
the best part of this is that this _totally_ pre-dated _Top Slots: Spotting the Best_ (Featuring Jimmy "The Scot" Jordan!) where in THAT movie the host immediately shut down when he believed the take was over and the camera wasn't rolling.
I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who feels this way about cons or as they're more commonly known, freak shows. Only I do this anytime anyone mentions one.
Mike really went from looking like a 32yo to looking like a 44yo in just 12 years!
He took 12 years to make!!
@@sparrow56able amazing comment
Underrated joke
WOOOAAAH
Wait...what?
So much life in his eyes. So innocent. I wonder what He'd say if you told him that He'd soon get into a public fight with Shatner and would sell a copy of Nukie for $80k.
Heights that some of us can only dream of.
Probably say "Woooooah!" and then face-plant on the floor.
He'd tell you which Star Trek episode that reminded him of.
Don't forget their biggest claim to fame being featured on Ellen.
And all the nutrek in the last five years.
Something about Mike saying "Manga" is just so cursed for some reason.
For real. “Anime” went past me just fine, but “Manga” did something bad to my brain chemistry
It’s just.. not right
The Japanese chocolate "Pocky" is pronounced "Poh-key" (long "O"), not "Pah-key"
@@werefiveintokyo1002 Nobody cares weeabooo trash. I hate you.
Something about droids referring to things as "cursed" and not in a haunted way is so deplorable to me.
To paraphrase Alan Moore when it comes to comic cons;
"Why would you pay to be advertised to?"
That's what having cable is
these seems to be small conventions rather than comic con
I'll level with you, this video frightened the shit out of me. Me and my ex are the people in the thumbnail and I do not remember meeting Mike. So here I am 12 years later scrolling through CZcams and suddenly I see this relic in my feed.
I'm shooketh to my core. I went back and watched the episode.
mike was so powerful that he separated this couple
@@zkme2734 let's go with that explanation.
Wait until you hear about your presidency
This comment has the vibe of an online horror short story.
@@elenar9901 honestly felt super weird seeing that photo. I've been off most social media for a while now, so suddenly encountering an old memory while scrolling down the recommended list was deeply spoopy
How Mike effortlessly transitioned from a young man pretending to be a depressed old man to a bitter old alcoholic misanthrope and serial Rich Evans abuser, pretending to be a depressed middle-aged man.
It has been over a decade, they still haven't produced anything as amazingly hilarious as the video where Mike does his sell out shtick intercut with footage of him on the floor dead to scary music.
It is both funny and scary
nerd crew is scary in a real world way because every day mike has to know thats all shatner knows of him.
Nightmare fuel LOL
Jay keeps getting younger and Mike keeps getting older - it's almost like he's sucking the lifeforce out of him.
Hey, twenty bucks is twenty bucks
It's more Jay's teeth keep getting better and better as time goes on.
@@nektulosnewbie That's where the REAL money goes 😅
It’s a Thom Yorke / Jonny Greenwood type situation here. Definitely some stolen life force
Jay is subverting Mike's expectations and general health.
The way "I'm having the time of my life" kicks in is the perfect punchline
The hotel that the convention was held in closed down and got reconstructed into a hospital
Neat!
Mike can still be seen wandering its halls
And It was just renamed the Emperor Palpatine Surgical Reconstruction Center
@@Paraves426 like Rem Lezar!
@@Paraves426 urban legends say there is also another ghost, a man who died of diabetes AND aids
when people say this is what art is, I believe them
Mike has that thousand yard stare as if he just came back from 'nam
thousand island stare
@@pizzatime1978 Hell yeah, dude
Surinam? What's so bad about Surinam? :(
@@pizzatime1978 now he just has that 1000 Island dressing stare
@@Astromancy2112 im gay btw
Mike's thousand yard stare is unrivaled, in this universe or any other...
Miss when RLM would make unexpected, off the wall type stuff like this. Their new stuff is good but definitely feels more routine in comparison.
Indeed, I'm jaded as well.
@@bundywaters5988more like JAYded HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH pls kill me
It takes a lot for 79 year old men to get out of bed. I don't blame them
It was borderline experimental
Family circumstances have an impact on
Possibly the greatest montage ever. It took 12 years to make!
These were always some of my all-time favorite RLM moments.
That hard cut never gets old.
Ah the good old days before Mike's dementia really set in
Mike passing from excitement was the funniest stuff ever.
lmao it's not from excitement
@@dannass5lmao it's from the nerd cringe cause enjoying things is fucking horrible 😂😂
oh, he wasn't passing out because he was over-excited those were just accidental B-Roll of when he wasn't in hacky, fraudy Comic Con Shill character mode. I think all the enthusiasm from those bursts of positive energy for single takes caused all the blood to flush from his head. it's a Mike thing, I think. read about it in in a magazine somewhere
There is tremendous pain and agony at conventions that are indescribable.
On one hand, they seem cool because it’s where all the nerd stuff is, and the costumes, it seems like it’d be fun with friends or something.
But on other hand, it’s empty, just a way to profit even more off of these franchises. As another commenter said, you’re paying to be advertised to. And the people that put it together, and the ones there that people go to see, probably couldn’t care less and don’t want to be there.
@@StumbIingforward I went to one once. Came to the realization "these are not my people." Fanatics are are sadly weird. Or weirdly sad.
For some reason the hard cuts to Mike on the floor just sends me in a way almost nothing else ever has, except maybe the osteo episode of BOTW. It's just so good.
all the photos looked photoshoped but you know that they aren't hahahahahaha
Mike had aged 20 years in 10 and Jay hasn't aged a single day. Apparently Rich Evans hadn't ascended from heaven yet.
Mike looks so young and thin. I wish they would record more conventions but I fear that time has passed. Best of the Worst and Half in the bag gives me life and continues to convince me life is worth living.
I want to pay mike to narrate my con experience
damn, even then Mike knew how to stick to a bit
2:08
God I fucking love this image
It's my favorite one by far haha, I love that you can see him in the reflections
You can tell things got weird in that bathroom, bathhouse? place, and that Mike was involved.
Holy shit Mike was kinda in shape
1:49 - Found him.
😲
I don't understand
@@Wonkess_Chonkess Found Waldo, the guy in the striped shirt. Its a game in America.
+
@@edvfya9922 who?
@@edvfya9922 In 2023 the Game appears to have changed to "Who's Waldo?" 😆
In my head this is what drove Mike to drink
I Just can`t explain why but the re letter media humor is just exactly my shit no matter what they do they nail it perfectly
I wish they still did stuff like this
this is borderline experimental
Thank you Mike. I needed this today
I'm glad he had such a nice time
Added to my favorites RIGHT NOW.
I am torn between my genuine love of conventions and my genuine love of abject surrender
This song always Gave me anxiety it's the cheesiests tackiest thing reminding me of the early 90s
Thanks for this. Really needed it.
The grimace shake meme stole this from Mike, those bastards!
At least they are stealing from legends
Looks like they hired the Birdemic 3 cinematographer for this!
It’s like you can see the warning signs in his eyes. This man is on a list.
Heavy Rich Evans auditioning for Blade Runner 2047 energy
I wish I could like that more than once. Maybe twice. I don’t know.
There is a rumour that u can take the cosplayers at cons back to your hotel room if you pay them enough money and thats a myth unless the cosplayer is mike
"That's why they makes this" 🍺❤
yeah i want him.
We all had that awkward stage. Some apparently decided to stay there.
I really wanted Mike and Jay to break into a Time of My Life duet
Mike Stoklasa is our greatest living comedian.
This just made me realize that I actually used to like youtube... those were the days, what a total shithole it became in the end...
This channel is basically dedicated to the old days feel of CZcams
i favorite maybe one youtube video a year at BEST, and this is my favorite of 2023
Dare I say this is borderline experimental.
I can smell some of these pictures
the true riker maneuver right there
flawless montage at the end
That hotel looks as depressing as the Overlook
mike at a con looks like the stock photos the onion uses for local man articles
And I owe it all to youuu :)
the fact machine learning algorithms have progressed to the point that you can barely tell real images from photoshopped images and this bizarre amalgamation of time travel has me all sorts of in a loop... beam me down, Richy...
These are all real photos. This is just a compilation of old-ass RLM videos
This is high art
Redlettermedia really was ahead of the curve with this grimace shake meme that's already getting stale
great smile
Non-fat mike looks SO GOOD, my goood
I'd never thought I'd see Mike Stoklasa and Brentalfloss in the same room
the best part of this is that this _totally_ pre-dated _Top Slots: Spotting the Best_ (Featuring Jimmy "The Scot" Jordan!) where in THAT movie the host immediately shut down when he believed the take was over and the camera wasn't rolling.
It broke new ground!!!
Cons at cons
This was the longest 3 minute video I have ever experienced, And I even enjoyed it??!
the little girl staring at him in the first shot is way too funny
The old and the new. It's like poetry, it rhymes.
The end is the best part.
2:16 Looks like a time traveler from 2020
Or just someone cosplaying as a Chinese person.
Wearing mask before it was cool.
@@Iffy350 It was cool?
Mike and his uncomfortable cringe is gold!👍
Whoaaaah!!!!
That’s right, Jay
So thin… so long ago… rich has lost it, mike has picked it up.
*$185 figure carded, throws figure like a wet paper towel.*
Veteran toy collector me: wait don't, Nonononono--
*whoa*
very cool
I didn't know Buster from Arrested Developmenment went to the Eau Clair Comic Con?!?!
Nailed it
Not fat Mike feels like watching him in 4K
classic mike
That child staring at mike in the intro is now a 49 year old menthol addict. They were never the same after wafting mikes drunken aura.
Heres how you know its nto the real Mike and not a clone: if he says he likes star wars kill it.
I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who feels this way about cons or as they're more commonly known, freak shows. Only I do this anytime anyone mentions one.
When they had a soul.
They had souls?
His con photo lmao i love Mike.
If I ever go to a con, I want to do a photo like mike
I dont think that carpet is the kind you want to put your face on.
Everyone knows germs didn’t exist until the end of 2019
Whoa
Goddam I love those bros ... Really true blue homeboys I can get my skeeze on with
Kino music selection
That’s right, jay!
Nowadays, The only Cons Mike goes to is Cons, a dive bar in Greendale.
WHOA!
I'd also like Mike and Frakes to do a buddy movie... Any premise will do...
The riker toy heist
missing the clip of him having a panic attack and throwing himself off the roof
I love how he looks photoshopped into all these photos
That was beautiful!
Cutest chubby guy ever 🙊