Museum Escape Room ft. Melanie Lynskey! (Escape! with Janet Varney)
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- čas přidán 7. 02. 2017
- Janet Varney hosts the very first episode of Escape! Carla Gallo (Bones, Undeclared), Melanie Lynskey (Over the Garden Wall, Togetherness), Clea Duvall (Veep, Argo), and Jason Ritter (Gravity Falls, Parenthood) are attempting to steal from and escape the Museum Warehouse before the police arrive... can they pull it off in time?
We’ve locked celebrities in a room together and thrown a bunch of puzzles and riddles at them to see if they can free themselves in under a half hour. Janet Varney hosts as we bring the escape room phenomenon to the screen.
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Of course Dipper is good at solving riddles!
All joking aside, Jason's really good at this. He was also super helpful during the Cipher Hunt.
He looks and sounds very similar to his dad John.
The Bill Cipher Hunt was after Gravity Falls ended and was teased in the final episode.
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Dipper is goddamn carrying this team.
HooliganTuesday I mean he was the brains in gravity falls so yeah
Especially when he had the blacklight!
dippers voice actor isn't just dipper smart, he's also ritter smart.
Jason will ALWAYS rock his Dipper Pines side. GRAVITY FALLS RULES. Well done Jason!
"The new room is just crate"
I died laughing
Way to channel Dipper for the win, Ritter.
Jason Ritter son of John?
yeah.
Ishtarru true
hi
I feel like she is lesbian for some reason
Jason ritter: "And im from Gravity Falls"
me: AHHHHHHHH I LOVE THAT SHOW!!!!!
*Sees Jason solving shit* I mean he was Dipper's voice on Gravity Falls, what did you expect?
*Sees black light* More proof for my point
He looks alittle like his Dad. More so in the eyes.
hi
Melanie is so smitten by Jason, it's adorable.
The two are actually engaged/married, if I remember correctly.
Darth McVeyder yeah they are engaged
In fairness, their engagement was only announced after this episode came out, although I think they were together for a while before that, like a few years
@13:18 she says 'aw baby, good for you!' SO QT.
I'm obsessed with Escape Rooms - this was so fun to watch and now I want to do another escape room.
seeleyboothfan2 me too. Check out my channel where I talk about haunts and escape rooms
Dipper has become a part of Jason now they both have the same skill set
According to his twitter, Chris Evans likes escape rooms. Wink wink, nudge nudge?
Jason has his Gravity Falls credit! Of Course Dipper knows how to solve clues and mysteries!
Of course Jason is amazing at this, he's diPPER PINES
I work at and write for an escape game company and this show is an absolute dream come true. It's just a shame no famous people have come played mine yet :L
hi
Yes, in the UK we have four venues :D
melanie is famous
Yay, Janet Varney! Really love her JV Club podcast.
Also, Carnivale reunion!
One second left on the clock. That was utterly insane. I love it.
jason ritter is dipper pines of course he's great at solving things
damn... that photo finish..
and than Jason is last to leave, such a gentlemen :P
Clea Duvall!
My new favorite geek & sundry show.
I love how interconnected this group is. I know they’re all friends but Carla and Clea were leads/love interests in Carnivale (2003), Melanie and Clea were co-stars in But I’m a Cheerleader (1999) and Jason, Clea, and Melanie are all reunited co-stars in The Intervention (2016).
Jason and Melanie were dating when this was filmed, and have since married.
Im liking the new show. I could see this on network tv, but please keep it here.
Matthew Schell, I agree.
"Nailing This"... NAILING THIS... This ladies do not know a good pun when it is shared... NAILING THIS!!!
So we have Dipper Pines as a player and Sheriff Evie as the host. Hell yeah!
I love this series on G&S! What a great team in this episode... I love the host, too. Love it! 😄
I Hope we are getting more of these. I loved watching the ones that are here.
It's Jason's years of working side by side with the madman himself, Alex Hirsch, that has made him so good at puzzles! Once you spend so much time with someone like that, you're bound to be a puzzle master.
That being said, if somehow we could see the main cast of Gravity Falls do an escape room, I might soil my pants.
I really want this series to continue. Gave me so much happiness to watch as I used to love escape rooms but most are not accessible and I can't do them now I'm wheelchair bound
That was a lot of fun to watch! Thanks!
How fun! I just love all these ladies and Jason was just an added bonus. I have enjoyed these shows. Hopefully we will see more
Geek & Sundry, you should do more of these escape rooms! they are so awesome!!!!
Carla and Clea were both on the HBO show Carnivale, too!
Carnivale was awesome. Ended way before its time. Wish they'd bring it back on Netflix.
Jason Ritter is what we have left to remember the Brilliance of John Ritter, what a great loss.
Awesome! escape rooms are super fun and this didn't seem like an easy one either, which makes it all the better! :) great job and look forward to seeing more!
Holy shit! I met Jason Ritter in a club in Glasgow about 10 years ago. I was a pretty wrecked and rambled nonsense to him for a good 15 minutes. I never knew who he was at the time, but when he could finally get a word in he told me who he was and that he had been in Freddy Vs Jason. I imdb'd him the next day and sure enough it was the same dude. True story.
This is the best? So fascinating, and a great idea!
Super cool sets, too
I loved this! I can't wait for more!!!
Ritter looks like someone who got an early peek and is trying to make it seem hard to not give it away, but isn't succeeding
Gimme all the Janet Varney ya got.
I love this show already
This show is the absolute best!!! LOVE IT!
I'm not the most ardent G&S follower (I think I like the fact this channel exists more than I actually watch it), but I'm a big Escape Room fan, and I absolute love this.
I think the visual layout you use to help viewers track what's been found is pretty neat. Looking forward to more episodes.
Also, 3 Workjuice players in this one, yay!
Great series, excited to see more!
There needs to be more of this series
(Context: I work at an escape room)
-This seems like a /really/ easy room.
-Red herrings are generally considered to be poor form in escape rooms.
-The extra time puzzles are cute, but why not just extend the overall time and include the smaller puzzles as part of the main sequence? Probably for editing & video length?
-I loathe the whole "yell for hint" idea. Not good for immersion. It'd be easy to rig up a cellphone or pager, which could also have a timer.
-The hint didn't seem to be customized for the group, which seems lazy and ineffective.
-Rough start to the game. Yelling "Go!" isn't elegant.
-First puzzle (object placement) is neat. If it doesn't already use RFID tags to open the door, that's how most "put stuff in place and thing will open" puzzles work.
-The rest are... not so much. A little too straightforward.
-Not crazy about the host, but whatever.
-The whole "we were all treating you like a football team back there" part is totally true, though. That's a huge part of working backstage on these.
Best takeaway:
"...Immediately, the first thing that I want to do is get into another escape room."
I work at one as well and help design them...I agree with a lot of that.
I don't love "move the black light around until you hit something" "puzzles". The black light clue shouldn't have counted as a clue (I never count that kind of thing.)
I think the first puzzle was triggered by a host rather than actual RFID since this was made for a show. That's a lot to rig up and a lot of trigger items that would need to be exactly in the right place.
I agree with everything you've said here, as well as Andrew's comments. I've done over 40 rooms since last year and this one definitely wasn't my cup of tea. Immersion is a huge thing for me, and there area few things that would make me groan.
Great, excellent points, especially about the useless hint. That seemed like such a major flub in the production, and I hope they noticed it and fix it in future episodes. If you're going to make the "Helping Hand" such a costly item, then it should be guaranteed to actually be helpful.
My one disagreement with you, well not really disagreement because you're right, but I don't think it's a negative: you refer to it as a really easy room, and based on the context (i.e. it's at the beginning of a list of criticisms), it seems like you're saying that's a bad thing.
These guests are celebrities who, in many cases, will not have any experience with escape rooms (including at least one acknowledged "virgin" in this episode). I'm certain that you, who work in the business, would never recommend that a first timer jump in with a medium or high difficulty escape room. That would just be mean and unfair. So they have to make these rooms easy so that the guests aren't simply stumped and embarrassed (which would not make for a particularly gripping experience for the viewers).
Now, maybe, if they're smart, they could take some of the all-stars (like Jason Ritter), and have a special, more challenging episode down the line. But for now, it makes total sense that they'd stick with relatively simple puzzles so that the guests, who aren't experienced escapers (escapists?), can have a fair chance at victory. Does that make sense?
I agree the only red hearing should be red herring players create. Otherwise it's a way to make it harder without actually thinking of logical puzzles
I disagree about the first puzzle being clever. It makes no sense and the players are very aware of it. They ask, why would putting stuff like the picture do anything? It destroys the immersion, and is just a puzzle for a puzzles sake. I can make no logical connection between recreating a picture and a door opening. Is the janitor of the museum opening the door for them in exchange for some light house keeping? This puzzle concept is neat, and could easily find it's way into several escape room plots, but not this one.
love escape rooms. great idea for a show.
I love this!
Thanks to everyone involved :-)
That looks like great fun! I wish I participated in one of these events. I instantly knew to use that black light on the floor for something written there. But I thought the cleverest trick was the hidden door from the janitor's closet. I hope you publish more of these, Janet!
I loved playing Escape Room games online but I really want to do one IRL.
very interesting. nice vid geek and sundry! 👍
That was so fun to watch! They made a great team.
Wish this was more popular as a phenomena irl. Occasionally see advertisements for this sorta thing in larger cities, but slim pickings otherwise...
Pete Askme it's a big hit here in Los Angeles, but I've traveled around the USA playing games in different cities. I've played around 240 nationwide. That's actually what my new channel is about.
The Haunt Girl - Christine Barger WOW, That's amazing! Heading over to check out the channel!
just stumbled across this, love it. love Jason/Melanie together and it's so cute to see them early on in the relationship. pretty sure they weren't even public at this point but at @13:18 after he solves yet another part you can hear Melanie go "aw baby, good for you!" SWOON.
This is a fun show, and a good idea. Very impressive Miss Varney
I really enjoyed watching this. I've never done an escape room but have thought about it. I'd watch this as a regular series. I'll keep my eyes out for more.
You'd probably enjoy a 6-episode series called Race to Escape. It pits two teams in identical escape rooms competing to escape first. Winning team gets a cash prize amount determined by the time remaining on the clock, making hints risky since they cost time AND money. The puzzles are very inventive and cleverly themed to the room (ie. Barber Shop, Classroom, Chinese Restaurant, Garage, etc)
Jake Saiser if you need advice on a good room hit me up and I'll give suggestions or know someone that can. I'm an ER reviewer
gosh darn i love janet varney!!!!
Please do more of this!! :)
I love these escape room videos
Dipper good with clues in gravity falls and good irl
This was fun to watch, they were awesome ;)
I loved watching this and I am so glad you guys are doing more😆😆😆
Way better than Ritter did on Tabletop.
Oh gosh, this was PURE GOLD! Janet was pricelless, the program format is great with the comments, the checklist, the escape room itself was quite entertaining and everything made somewhat sense!
I've been trying to stop biting my nails. And while watching this, I bit off one of the only 4 I ever managed to NOT bite. WELL THANKS!
Incredible show! Looking forward to more episodes! Good job, everyone!
PS.: I so wanted to be famous or media-relevant enough to be on the show AHAHAH
OMG, I love Janet's sense of humor... and I am sure that someone already mentioned how hauntingly like his dad Jason looks... just wow.
Honestly, wasn't expecting to like this. But it was decently fun to watch.
Whoever does Janet Varney's makeup is awesome. I really want to try the light blue eyeliner on the lower lid now. Also, yay Gravity Falls!
i love this show
I really liked this series... I wish it had continued...
this show is awesome
That was exciting!
Janet is a great host! Love the show :)
Moar Please!!! Love this idea, love Janet...Love everything about it, please keep it up...
This was awesome!
Janet is so charming, she completely steals the show in this..
i LOVE this
OMG i love all this people!
This should be on tv!
Jason Ritter is definitely a puzzle beast and let the team to the victory, but Carla Gallo deserves credit for that last puzzle. They wouldn't have beaten the room without her.
I love Janet and I think she did a good job, but I agree with people here who said she should be more involved with the show. Some ideas are:
- making her a narrator instead of just writing comments on screen;
- putting her in the room with them as a character in the story who sort of guides them and gives the hints (like a cop, or a hostage, or the place's owner, or the leader of the burglars in this specific room, or something like that);
- having her as part of the team who solves the puzzles every episode.
Nice show, guys! I'll be looking forward to the next episodes.
This show is awesome!
I find the blue eyeliner (?) under the eyes unsettling...
Thank goodness I have this on opposite Wednesdays to hold me over on TableTop.
"Jason Ritter solves an escape room"
ONE SECOND TO SPARE OMG MY HEART STOPPED
We need more😭
If I ever go into an escape room, I'm bringing Jason Ritter in with me. DUDE KILLED IT.
I fanboyed so hard when Dipper was in the episode
It's amazing how they carved a hole in a wall just to fit the camera lens through.
Much fun!
I screamed when I saw Jason
I enjoyed this
Shut the front door. Dipper and Korra in the same episode? Heck yea!!
Or Dipper and Sheriff Evie
I WANT MORE
Is there more episode coming? LOVE THIS SHOW!!!
Are there going to be more of these?? I love watching them!
I MISS THIS SHOW
I love this. I want so much more haha
I've seen intervention. Very cool cast!
Please bring this back!
DUDE FROM GRAVITY FALLS MY GOD MY LIFE IS MADEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BEST DAY EVER!!!!