@@brianahightower1304 You just know that it happens all the time when talking to companies on the phone for her. You just know that there must be random low level employees galore that have called her that by accident because they didn't hear it clearly when someone says her name.
Scam motherfukkin Rai-gul! HAHAHAHA I havent like that in a long while. Sam just keeps doing us like this and we dont know anymore, if we're ever knew, we're just along for the ride!
He's Ryan Manuel, an actor/voice actor, that's why they were all surprised by his appearance. Someone said it in another video but glad that this bit was about this. Gave everyone who's watching a surprise as well XD
Do we know if the cast knew Ryan before this? I'm sure Sam was probably a director on a show Ryan was in, but I'm just curious to know if they knew him.
@@riverseverywhere This. She ONE HUNDRED PERCENT dropped into her Breaking New Persona. I wouldn't be surprised if she was in on it, but what makes it even better is her particular character's arc. She's in sheer "Imposter Mode" Panic.
@@jamescanjuggle I don't blame you, lol. Jerma985 did a stream where the premise was that he was holding a contest/talent show where the winner would be the next Jerma when he retires. He hired a bunch of actors to participate in the stream, one of which being the same guy who pretends to be Sam Riegel. The reason we're calling him Jerma is because, at the end of said stream, that actor was the one who won the fake "who will replace Jerma?" contest. For the complete context, I suggest you just watch the last 15 minutes of the stream I'm talking about.
Jerma confirmed next guest slot on CR Campaign 3, he's excited to play a race that matches his true size (halfling with Reduce spell permanently cast on him)
I wish they gave a shout out to this guy, it would have been so cool and we'll deserved. Edit: apparently his name is Ryan Manuel and the dude is in his 50s. He was also in a bit for a twitch guy. named Jerma
@@Reubenhater I can't remember the exact name, but it was something like "who will be the next Jerma". Idk ut was a really cool live event in a theatre
when jerma walked in in place of sam i lost it. great bit, but i can't believe they actually let him cameo as i've heard he's notoriously difficult to work with. not to mention the effort of pulling off those lord of the rings camera tricks live on stream to make him appear normal-sized. really cool though!
Ryan is so good at impressions from both his jerma appearance and this you can see he really nails some of the little details and I just assumed he was similar to jerma but now I know he's just good at what he does lmao
I was hoping that it was another eldermancy brew but the letters don't add up to quip. Also...Melissa, we've known each other for years is now the funniest ad bit ever.
You know how some people are unrecognizable when they shave? Sam Seagal is definitely one of those people. I mean Sam has known Trevor for years and even he didn't recognize him!
I think that's the crazy part. Sam Řîęğėł never just reads the ad copy, he always put on some absurd, elaborate bit. But this time, the lack of a bit _was_ the bit!
I think it was a "shot of Olestra", a low calorie cooking oil substitute/food additive that could have unfortunate digestive side effects en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olestra
My question is: How many of them knew the switch was going to happen? There appears to be a script for a few of the cast members to go off of, but I can't tell if any of them actually knew about the switch. The end of the quip sponsor bit really feels like everyone was in on it, but the reactions leading up to it seemed mostly genuine
As far as I understand, they have a teleprompter to read from and Sam writes what's on the prompter before the show, with nobody else knowing what's going to come up.
@@CactusPuppy that's basically how I've come to understand it as well. They have what theyre supposed to say in front of them, but basically don't know any of what's actually going to happen.
It's freakishly scary how he perfectly captured Sam's way of speaking. If you didn't look at the screen, he could pass as a hoarse Sam and nobody would even question it.
Reminded of Talesin's comment when Sam started playing Taryon 18 minutes after Scanlan left the group - "It's like New Dad walked in wearing Old Dad's skin, and doing an impression of him."
I know Vox Machina is over, but it would have been hilarious to have this guy stay and mispronounce all the names ("I inspire Kronk with this song", "Kaleesi, can you druidcraft something for me?", "Quick question, Max, does this stack with my bonus?") except for Vex and Vax, which he'll get right everytime without fail.
![Eminem - Houdini [Official Music Video]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/22tVWwmTie8/mqdefault.jpg)
Marisha's reaction to "Melissa" = Matt's reaction to "Recognize the Alpha". Sam knew *exactly* what their biggest pet peeves were!
When does he say "recognize the alpha"?
@@sebastianbenner977 czcams.com/video/jSYh-SLky_M/video.html
@@sebastianbenner977 Episode 17 or around there. The one they streamed in theaters for the 7 year anniversary of critical role.
@@Eadwulf_Skaldwasnt that Travis/Chetney?
@@masterhnagi It was Travis, I'm just giving the episode number for the RTA moment.
Well aware Sam wasn't the one to say it.
Marisha looked genuinely uncomfortable being called malissa for a solid moment.
Iirc one of her biggest pet peeves is being called like Melissa or Marissa instead of Marisha
The way she looked at the camera was like that 'I'm about to beat this bitch up' meme. 10/10 reaction, Sam knew just how to get under her skin 😂
@@brianahightower1304 unless it's Stephen Colbert calling her Mareesha
@@brianahightower1304 You just know that it happens all the time when talking to companies on the phone for her. You just know that there must be random low level employees galore that have called her that by accident because they didn't hear it clearly when someone says her name.
@@romxxii be honest. If Stephen Colbert got your name wrong you would let it fly too.
missed opportunity to call this guy Scam Riegel
Scam motherfukkin Rai-gul! HAHAHAHA I havent like that in a long while. Sam just keeps doing us like this and we dont know anymore, if we're ever knew, we're just along for the ride!
Top tier my friend
Oh, I'm sure he'll be back some time... not too late to refer to him as Scam then. Lol...
Scamlan
@@happyfat4620 Brilliant!
Increasingly astounding bit where Sam gets people who look even less like him to read the sponsor
I want this gag to end with Leslie Jones
@@curtisholsinger6023 I for one want an Old Spice Sponsorship with Isaiah Mustafa as Sam Riegel!
I personally cannot wait for the star trek game sponsor with James Earl Jones
has this happened before?
@@mystireon No. As far as I'm aware this is the first time he has gotten someone else to do the ad read
When he calls Marisha, Melissa, I almost died.
She looked like she wanted to scream it was perfect
So did he
So did Sam
Dude, this actor is named Ryan Manuel, and this fucking bit is already credited in his IMDB! He is listed as Imposter Sam! Hahahaha!
Panic travidq is best Travis
no wonder, he is the sus guy!
It's the real Jerma
@@spagbol3104 I KNEW I RECOGNIZED HIM!!!
He's Ryan Manuel, an actor/voice actor, that's why they were all surprised by his appearance. Someone said it in another video but glad that this bit was about this. Gave everyone who's watching a surprise as well XD
first thing i thought - who is this guy?
first thing i saw - your commemt xD
@@jamescanjuggle same. Haha. Because he looks a bit like Chace Crawford but doesn't sound like him and the only name we heard was "Ryan".
I'm still confused af xd
Do we know if the cast knew Ryan before this? I'm sure Sam was probably a director on a show Ryan was in, but I'm just curious to know if they knew him.
Thank you, I had no idea this whole damn time
My favorite part of this entire bit is Erika just going "yeah....i accept all of this."
She lives off of chaos so yeah… it makes sense.
and her poker face is straight from Breaking News...
@@riverseverywhere This. She ONE HUNDRED PERCENT dropped into her Breaking New Persona. I wouldn't be surprised if she was in on it, but what makes it even better is her particular character's arc. She's in sheer "Imposter Mode" Panic.
They are unflappable, they thrive on that chaos.
They've been baptised and blessed with an undercut by Taliesin, I'm pretty sure they have ascended by now :')
Taliesin is an Elder god and Sam is an Archfey
Y is that still being questioned, like it’s common knowledge at this point guys
i cant believe they got Jerma on the show, what an honor it must have been
I'm so glad I'm not the only one who caught this. What an absolutely insane crossover.
INSANE streamer breaks into critical role set and starts doing bits OUT OF NOWHERE.
I thought the same thing!!!
im so confused, what relation does this guy have to jerma xD is there a clip online for context?
@@jamescanjuggle I don't blame you, lol. Jerma985 did a stream where the premise was that he was holding a contest/talent show where the winner would be the next Jerma when he retires. He hired a bunch of actors to participate in the stream, one of which being the same guy who pretends to be Sam Riegel. The reason we're calling him Jerma is because, at the end of said stream, that actor was the one who won the fake "who will replace Jerma?" contest. For the complete context, I suggest you just watch the last 15 minutes of the stream I'm talking about.
Jerma confirmed next guest slot on CR Campaign 3, he's excited to play a race that matches his true size (halfling with Reduce spell permanently cast on him)
Hes the BBEG to match his PSYCHOTIC nature
Is this real?
@@bulksquatthrust8792 Jerma did a stream trying to find his replacement, the person who won was that actor who pretended to be Sam.
@@totallynotchojiboy1160 Does that mean there is now a line that connects Jerma to Critical Role from this bit?
@@bunkerman_who_digs 7 degrees of Jerma.
I wish they gave a shout out to this guy, it would have been so cool and we'll deserved. Edit: apparently his name is Ryan Manuel and the dude is in his 50s. He was also in a bit for a twitch guy. named Jerma
Do you know which video? I tried to look for it and it ended in failure.
Holy shit that's where I've seen him. I was loosing my mind wondering where I'd seen his face before
@@Reubenhater I can't remember the exact name, but it was something like "who will be the next Jerma". Idk ut was a really cool live event in a theatre
@@lexi_hana yup he was one of the potential next Jerma's
Didn’t Jerma die to Pinwheel?
The fact that this guy has now impersonated both Jerma985 and Sam Riegel on stream, like soon Ryan Manuel will play every white guy on Twitch
Thats the dream
@@pimpasaurustmail IT'S YOU! THAT IS YOUR OFFICIAL CHANNEL! IT'S REALLY YOU!
@@pimpasaurustmail you absolute legend!!!
Could you imagine if he stuck with the bit and stayed on until they made him leave? Like he continued as Sam and played F.C.G and everything 😆
Casually the whole season
Imagine if he just stayed the whole session.
*Campaign
Sam gave him a hidden earpiece and just coached him from offscreen
@@murkyhydra6351 *life
Ryan Manuel's IMDB now lists Critical Role as "Fake Sam"
Travis' face reacting to every time Ryan talks is a national treasure unto itself.
Crazy that Sam voice acts, does critical role, and streams as jerma, I don't know how he keeps up with all of that
He's an archfey they're like that
Closest thing to a crossover between critical role and jerma will ever have
dude I'd love to see Jerma on ExU, playing some insane Echo Knight Fighter who the rest of the party isn't sure is real
So great to have Jerma cameo on the show!
when jerma walked in in place of sam i lost it. great bit, but i can't believe they actually let him cameo as i've heard he's notoriously difficult to work with. not to mention the effort of pulling off those lord of the rings camera tricks live on stream to make him appear normal-sized. really cool though!
Marisha's expression when he called her Melissa was amazing xD
I like to picture in an alternate universe Sam actually had to use the restroom and this guy just randomly showed up and was a complete stranger.
"Melissa-"
Marisha's eyes: Okay, we NEED to have Sam clear his intros from now on!
I think the entire time in her head she was saying "Sam is dead, Sam is dead"
Ryan is so good at impressions from both his jerma appearance and this you can see he really nails some of the little details and I just assumed he was similar to jerma but now I know he's just good at what he does lmao
It's amazing how that thumbnail is just the same person spliced together. Seamless. Just like Sam doing an ad read without a bit this week.
Samlessly
A absolute power move would just leave for the whole episode and let the dude play FCG
I was hoping that it was another eldermancy brew but the letters don't add up to quip. Also...Melissa, we've known each other for years is now the funniest ad bit ever.
The look on her face when he said that...golden.
You know how some people are unrecognizable when they shave? Sam Seagal is definitely one of those people. I mean Sam has known Trevor for years and even he didn't recognize him!
".........Melissa-"
"Sam": Melissa
"Melissa": 👁️👄👁️
I genuinely howled, I had to pause 😂😂
I dont get it? What's so special about this? Sam just read the announcement
I know, right?
I think that's the crazy part. Sam Řîęğėł never just reads the ad copy, he always put on some absurd, elaborate bit. But this time, the lack of a bit _was_ the bit!
That's what I'm saying
Is it really that funny that he had the runs? Like come on
i think the bit was that everyone acted like they didn't know who he was when he came back, maybe? I don't know
I love Ashley's laugh, everyones reaction was great to this bit.
This would actually be a funny bit if someone's character got doppleganger replaced for a few episodes or something
Never expected to see Jerma985, famous Destiny 2 streamer, on Critical Role!
Legit, I expected it to be “The lack of a bit was making him spontaneously combust.”
I kinda wish Sam had coached Ryan on how to do his weird dice roll technique, just for accuracy's sake.
I was wondering the whole time how it would've felt to be that guy in that moment 😂 also, Sam said a shot of Olestra* lmfao what even
I think it was a "shot of Olestra", a low calorie cooking oil substitute/food additive that could have unfortunate digestive side effects en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olestra
@@markingram7461 oh lol I thought it was Alestra, a really obscure foreign cholesterol medicine 😂 that makes more sense. I'll edit
My question is: How many of them knew the switch was going to happen? There appears to be a script for a few of the cast members to go off of, but I can't tell if any of them actually knew about the switch. The end of the quip sponsor bit really feels like everyone was in on it, but the reactions leading up to it seemed mostly genuine
As far as I understand, they have a teleprompter to read from and Sam writes what's on the prompter before the show, with nobody else knowing what's going to come up.
@@CactusPuppy Ah that makes sense. Thanks!
@@CactusPuppy that's basically how I've come to understand it as well. They have what theyre supposed to say in front of them, but basically don't know any of what's actually going to happen.
That 4 was the deception this mad lad rolled to convince the gang he's Sam XD
he should've snuck in a "Mrs. Laura Willingham"
Travis' soul almost left his body during this opening.
Sam rygel plays freshly moed lawn or FML for short
Gotta hand it to this guy, he has a lot of Sam’s inflections down to a T
I cant believe the real jerma was on critical role
When I use the bathroom, I also feel like a new person.
From Jerma to Critical Role, this guy is insane
Identity theft is a serious crime
I swear if they ever reset FCG to his Aeorian state this Sam Raigle is gonna replace Sam at the table.
"We knew each other before we had gray pubes" what a freaking line LOL.
Thanks 😊
“And I was Lord Helmet, and we touched tips”
Huh?! 😂😂😂
HOLY FUCKING SHIT JERMA
Dunno why everyone is asking who that is, it’s obviously Sam Ryegel
1:33 M looked like she wanted to scream being called that name XD
i love watching the moment where they go from their usual fake confusion to actual befuddlement at fake sam's appearance
It is widely known that his best friend is Asian Jim!
It's freakishly scary how he perfectly captured Sam's way of speaking. If you didn't look at the screen, he could pass as a hoarse Sam and nobody would even question it.
I wish he'd stayed and played the whole episode only for Sam to come back at the end
travis' side eye at 2:30 kills me every time
When the NotThem! forgets to wipe everyone’s memory
Ayyy, Magnus reference on a CR video. Love to see it.
@@AmethystEnd I see you! 👉👁👉
Love how Erika just went with this
Can't believe Jerma was on Critical Role.
Wait... LOL this was the SAME guy who played the replacement Jerma in Jerma's streams! Dude apparently does this a lot lmfao
I remind people of a lot of people
It's been a while since we've seen Taliesin crumble like this from an ad read. Maybe not since "ooOOEEuuvre"
I legit thought it was Chace Crawford for a good while.
THATS FUCKING JERMA IN THE FIRST BIT WTF??!??!?!!!?!??!?!?!?
Cross overrrrrrrrr
Okay but imagine if he rolled a 20 during that end bit
His shit was so massive it spawned a new being
So I haven't got to this episode yet. Did everyone stop being weird around that guy who is quite obviously Sam after the intro song?
sam just changes into a pink onesy and it's never mentioned again...
@@johnymey4034 Classic Sam.
I've watched this clip like 10 times, I love it so much.
Travis looks like he has the time of his life
Wait I really thought this was going to resolve in some way but he was still sitting there at the end!?!?
This is hands down the funniest bit so far xD
Next april fools (or ep 69) i wanna see the entire cast replaced for the intro
omg i just realized he called their names wrong XD
Wasn't expecting the Spaceballs-Star Wars crossover
It's like he's from a slightly altered timeline just a few things are off.
Erika is the best throughout this, just silently nodding as if everything is normal. A hilarious contrast to her usual chaos 😂
Holy shit its Jerma!
One of his best bits
So God DAMN SIMPLE yet so DAMN MEMORABLE
They're so lucky to have gotten the real jerma on their little show.
JERMA?!?!?!?
Is it weird after Sam did this I was kinda expecting Matt to walk off and Arin Hanson to walk in pretending to be Matt during matts' segment?
I completely lost it
That's Sam Mofrickin' Raigle!
Holy shit that’s the guy who did Walken impression while doing the jerma craft copypasta
Reminded of Talesin's comment when Sam started playing Taryon 18 minutes after Scanlan left the group - "It's like New Dad walked in wearing Old Dad's skin, and doing an impression of him."
He looks like he's the guy that Jerma hired
He is
Holy shit it’s JERMA!
Remind me of that bit from the office.
i clicked on this video because i saw jerma in the thumbnail and omg its jerma!
Sam Riegel. It's Sam...Riegel.
I know Vox Machina is over, but it would have been hilarious to have this guy stay and mispronounce all the names ("I inspire Kronk with this song", "Kaleesi, can you druidcraft something for me?", "Quick question, Max, does this stack with my bonus?") except for Vex and Vax, which he'll get right everytime without fail.
Omg it is Jerma985
Oh my god. It's Jerma985!!
I kinda wish he'd stayed to play for a few minutes to really just fuck with everyone.
god damn it Sam. just..... god damn it.....
He had to of pulled this bit straight from the office
that gusts overreactions make me feel like im watching the wiggles
Wow every single person was his enemy here weren’t they 😜