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  • @jeouxchmeoux1739
    @jeouxchmeoux1739 10 ปีที่แล้ว +391

    "Are you kidding me? With the kids in the car? I can't stand it. I can't stand it!"

    • @delriumfae
      @delriumfae 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I hate to say it but she's losing it. She's losing it.

  • @violettheory
    @violettheory 11 ปีที่แล้ว +427

    The cordless phone at the end of the video always gets me.

    • @evyandreassen-borden7334
      @evyandreassen-borden7334 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      violettheory j0

    • @DinoSarma
      @DinoSarma 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I think it's that she wore out the battery on the cordless so she's on the regular phone now.

    • @sallyheartjack
      @sallyheartjack 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@DinoSarma i never thought of that, that makes sense!!

  • @delriumfae
    @delriumfae 3 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    My mom died in 2010 but anytime I miss her I just watch this over and over. So her. So every NY mom. "All a sudden she's playin' dumb" 🤣❤️

    • @rulyamorrigan1241
      @rulyamorrigan1241 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lmao, that would me. 😂🤣

    • @rulyamorrigan1241
      @rulyamorrigan1241 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And my condolences to you for your mom. I'm sure she was a gem. 💕

    • @rulyamorrigan1241
      @rulyamorrigan1241 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      And my condolences to you for your mom. I'm sure she was a gem. 💕

    • @erinsebestyen8152
      @erinsebestyen8152 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I love it! I bet she was awesome

  • @BrainRats
    @BrainRats 9 ปีที่แล้ว +680

    I wonder if she's on the phone with Ginger.

    • @astrowiz3544
      @astrowiz3544 8 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      HAHA probably.
      *Laughing hysterically before hanging up* "Gingers cat died.. BUT IN A REALLY FUNNY WAY HAHA"

    • @childvr5373
      @childvr5373 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@astrowiz3544Ginger is getting something that rhymes with shmutt shmemroid surgery

    • @preciousjules321
      @preciousjules321 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂

    • @rulyamorrigan1241
      @rulyamorrigan1241 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂🤣

    • @thewonkyfonker
      @thewonkyfonker 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Definitely

  • @Foogayzee
    @Foogayzee 4 ปีที่แล้ว +175

    This is honestly such a work of art in retrospective. The aesthetic. The minimalism. The nostalgia.

    • @bubastis6306
      @bubastis6306 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Shows just how much good acting can make up for a lack in props, set, etc... despite the makeup being (purposely) cheap and horrible he sells the acting so well that I only see the character.

    • @rulyamorrigan1241
      @rulyamorrigan1241 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bubastis6306 Absolutely

  • @FundamentalKing
    @FundamentalKing 10 ปีที่แล้ว +167

    Mum's are the only human who can use a vacuum and still talk and hear on the phone

  • @Meteorfreak101
    @Meteorfreak101 11 ปีที่แล้ว +315

    i'm concerned that this is my mother. there are direct quotes

    • @queenelizabeck
      @queenelizabeck 10 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      "she's losin' it." "GASP i can't stand it."

    • @DinoSarma
      @DinoSarma 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      "Alright stay outside" (to the dog)

    • @itsyagirlmiaaa7651
      @itsyagirlmiaaa7651 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      see kay ikr

    • @karenfromfinasse8430
      @karenfromfinasse8430 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      are you my long lost sibling? I swear my mother said the same exact things. I remember avoiding that long twisty cord for dear life.

    • @xxIluvyouguysxx
      @xxIluvyouguysxx 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Right down to the hair 😂

  • @ChaoticMatters
    @ChaoticMatters 8 ปีที่แล้ว +202

    I can't get over the fact that I watched this video years ago and now Bob's Burger's is one of my favorite shows and I had no idea that this is where Linda came from!

    • @cg6267
      @cg6267 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ChaoticMatters that is so beautiful

    • @ChaoticMatters
      @ChaoticMatters 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@cg6267 I always forget about it and rediscover it every couple of years too lol

    • @arianehutchison7643
      @arianehutchison7643 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      When i first watch bobs burgers I knew Linda sounded familiar. Took me a couple years to realize John did these videos before voicing Linda!

    • @tc2334
      @tc2334 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      “I had no idea!”

  • @genesiskravitz8621
    @genesiskravitz8621 5 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    It’s really insane how he NAILS the mom-isms. Brilliant acting and work! He so deserves what came to him. Love You John!

    • @jessied3696
      @jessied3696 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Now look at the tree!

  • @DeeplySuperfish
    @DeeplySuperfish ปีที่แล้ว +25

    “With the kids in the car???” pops into my head like once a month

  • @FranticPixel
    @FranticPixel 12 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    I can't thank you enough for putting this video up. My mom is almost 70 and she is SERIOUSLY like this. I show it to her and I have NEVER heard her laugh so hard! She kept pointing to the video and saying "OH MY GOODNESS! THAT IS ME!!" Thanks for letting us have a moment :-)

    • @erinsebestyen8152
      @erinsebestyen8152 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      So true my mom too she was like oh damn I’m humbly accepting this roast

  • @80sgirl96
    @80sgirl96 10 ปีที่แล้ว +143

    "All of a sudden, she's playing dumb now."

    • @StefWriter
      @StefWriter 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol That's one of my favorite lines in this. lol

  • @danhoffman1910
    @danhoffman1910 10 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    this is one of THE best videos ever uploaded to youtube

  • @StefWriter
    @StefWriter 5 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    The "All of a sudden she's playing dumb now." line always gets me. 😂

  • @thecomputernerd01
    @thecomputernerd01 17 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    haha sounds just like my mom!! I laughed throughout the whole thing!!

  • @jannadee77
    @jannadee77 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    My best friend and I still quote this video to this DAY. Every time one of us has to let the other go on the phone, we say "Alright hun." Neva. Gets. Old.

  • @Jormar2009
    @Jormar2009 8 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    showing the cordless phone sitting there killed me.

  • @Paylala
    @Paylala 8 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    "Ah you kidding me?! STAAAHP-it!"
    Still say this all the time. Remember watching this back when it came out! So good.

  • @unstoppable6354
    @unstoppable6354 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    No because if you don’t...if you don’t it then.. exactly

  • @carl4230
    @carl4230 5 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    I can't, I'm dying😂😂😂. She is walking around the house with a short phone cord in the garage, in the toilet, and cleaning. Mean while there's a cordless phone right there on the counter. LoL 😂. My mother would do something similar like that. SMH 🤣

  • @taramarie940
    @taramarie940 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    11 years later and this is still my favorite video on TH-cam

  • @paille876
    @paille876 17 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    John roberts is THE greatest mother imitator
    he's got that role down

  • @adventuresofchange
    @adventuresofchange 11 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    Long Island mom!

  • @SurvivingasMom
    @SurvivingasMom 8 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    OMG!! I grew up in Brooklyn, NY & this is so my mom!!

    • @biggrocc19
      @biggrocc19 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I agree that many NY moms act like this, but this is SO a NJ accent. Through and through.

  • @afalzon21
    @afalzon21 11 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    These videos remind me of being a kid in Brooklyn in the late 80s. 100% dead on.

  • @zombiebbq14
    @zombiebbq14 8 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    WITH THA KIDS IN THA CAR??

  • @erinsebestyen8152
    @erinsebestyen8152 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I can’t get enough of it - you have to have lived this to pick up on every subtle detail 😂😂😂 coming from a New Yorker it’s so painfully accurate this is all of my Italian aunts

  • @AmandaLeigh1004
    @AmandaLeigh1004 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    "She's losin' it. She's losin' it. That's what she does. No because if you don't--if you don't do it she--exactly." -> my mom on the phone with her sister about their mother.

    • @StefWriter
      @StefWriter 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      One of my favorite lines from this video. 😂 I totally could relate to it.

  • @Tsumami__
    @Tsumami__ 10 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    That hangup and pick up at the end 😹😹😹😹
    Any woman born before 1990 has done this with a cord phone

  • @chikcomik
    @chikcomik 17 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This guy is so funny.
    He needs to have his own show.

  • @zingadooda
    @zingadooda 10 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Literally this is so spot on I literally am not even laughing because my mom does this shit and it's almost like they are teasing you about you are not hearing and they refuse to tell you what's going on.
    Great video, we need to spread the word.

  • @musicmama922
    @musicmama922 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's 2022 and still watching this great video!

  • @phatdawg1
    @phatdawg1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    this video is so ahead of its time holy hell

  • @johnc7833
    @johnc7833 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    “Guess who I just talked to. YEAH! HAHA!!”

    • @lauramac90
      @lauramac90 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      So Linda haha

  • @theblackparade6955
    @theblackparade6955 9 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    LINDAAA😂😂👌👏

  • @jennifermitchell7569
    @jennifermitchell7569 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Classic. Forever a favorite!

  • @brooklyngal6334
    @brooklyngal6334 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I'm from a huge Brooklyn family and This is so real to life I can't stand it.

    • @erinsebestyen8152
      @erinsebestyen8152 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It’s painfully accurate for us

  • @rstanton3
    @rstanton3 17 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I laughed out loud at this. If you grew up in NJ or LI, you know have to appreciate this.

  • @Gazellegazellegazelle
    @Gazellegazellegazelle 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    These videos are still some of the best content on TH-cam I love them so much

  • @loosepenhenny
    @loosepenhenny ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Still so good. Timeless!

  • @mandeeleavey1856
    @mandeeleavey1856 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Just found this in 2020.

  • @sallyheartjack
    @sallyheartjack 16 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    BEST PART:
    0.10-0.22
    you never get old!

  • @azombieee
    @azombieee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Me on the phone with my mom about my dad, then calling my best friend to spill the tea lmao. I had no idea 14 years ago watching this, that someday this would be me 😂

  • @CiMaFrAnCaOwnsU
    @CiMaFrAnCaOwnsU 16 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dude I have seen this 43697326306926 times and this still never gets old. I don't know how you do it but you are a comedic genius my friend ;)

  • @serenadezongora5134
    @serenadezongora5134 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    "Alright, stay outside.." OMG me to my dogs. 😂😂😂

  • @VideoFanatic02
    @VideoFanatic02 16 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    LOL, this is such a Long Island person. I grew up on L.I. and I know so many people like that, walking around their houses and stretching out their phone cords. Freaking hilarious!

  • @rickglenn3080
    @rickglenn3080 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The apparently infinitely long cord sent me.

  • @vaneram1072
    @vaneram1072 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is just like my mom doing house work and talk on phone 👍💖

  • @jeff2double06
    @jeff2double06 17 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    "I can't stand it" Hahahaha!!!

  • @hobbegoblin4648
    @hobbegoblin4648 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I asked my husband if I sound like this and he just started nodding and laughing 😂. Been out of NY 10 years and apparently this never goes away 🤣

  • @Paylala
    @Paylala 15 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    0:17 - 0:19
    My mom does these EXACT motions when she's on the phone!! Bahahahah!

  • @laurenmarieeee
    @laurenmarieeee 14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is SO Long Island. I can't even deal.

  • @anissa212
    @anissa212 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This is just like my mom on the phone with one of her friends. The funny thing is, I showed her this video and she thought it was funny, but didn't recognize herself at all!

  • @redkarryn
    @redkarryn ปีที่แล้ว

    I come back to watch this every 2 years. It's been 12 years now. Thanks, Clay!

  • @deerpark1
    @deerpark1 16 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    "Well you just get there real early..."
    right out of the bathroom
    HAHAHA i died

  • @emmadillon12
    @emmadillon12 16 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    the best is when he's wiping the cabinets and goes "right cuz if you don't... EXACTLYY" HAHAHAHA

  • @fae1046
    @fae1046 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Linda when she is talking on the phone with ginger:

  • @mirtrain
    @mirtrain 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    THE NOSTALGIA.

  • @timothyc5878
    @timothyc5878 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is a disturbingly accurate video

  • @DovZeev
    @DovZeev 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My mom was the queen of the landline wall-mount phone in our kitchen. I heard that thing get slammed pretty often lol

  • @jamesjspero
    @jamesjspero 11 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Definitely a new york mom, my mom to a T lol

  • @longboardstoner
    @longboardstoner 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I can seriously watch this every day and it never ceases to make me laugh SO hard. I commend you john roberts!

  • @nada2304
    @nada2304 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Dont tell me , Giner's cat died

    • @prageruwu69
      @prageruwu69 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      buT IN A REALLY FUNNY WAY

  • @Megish16
    @Megish16 13 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Everyone on here can agree if you grew up in northern new jersey this is OUR mothers to a tee!!!!! especially the part when she shusses them to be quiet, and when she stops the vacumn cause of a reaction to the callers story, "with the kids in the car!' It scared me how acurate he was portraying this " Northern New Jersey mother" I am convinced he knows my mother! Great job had me laughing til the end! I NEVER get sick of it!!!!

  • @michaelroberts6758
    @michaelroberts6758 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    My mother just talked over this entire video

  • @SlingshotVideo
    @SlingshotVideo 17 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My mom had the 15ft cord from the wall to the phone + the 15ft cork-screw cord. Our home was an obtacle course of under and over :-)!

  • @m.p.3460
    @m.p.3460 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hilarious 🤣 😂

  • @jessesmoot1285
    @jessesmoot1285 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "With the kids in the car" God its so perfect

  • @johneverding6749
    @johneverding6749 10 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Long Island!!!!!!! lmaoo

  • @migast0
    @migast0 14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    lmao her laugh in the end!!!

  • @bellacaypinar6700
    @bellacaypinar6700 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    LINDA BELCHER

  • @ha6464
    @ha6464 15 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love these Mom videos! They're perfect and so insightful.

  • @sarahelizabeth8019
    @sarahelizabeth8019 11 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    its theresa caputo lol

  • @IsisRenee1
    @IsisRenee1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wait, she has a cordless phone right there! 😂😂😂 I love this

  • @gadsenkersczwyk9121
    @gadsenkersczwyk9121 8 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I can't stand it

  • @ImaHotChik1
    @ImaHotChik1 15 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "He's selfish!" Ahahahaha! Omg! Thats my mom right there. She talks on the fone and still does her daily routines!! Encore, encore, encore!

  • @sammybrewer5504
    @sammybrewer5504 10 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    i thogugh every comment wld have the word 'bobs burgers' =_=

  • @mirtrain
    @mirtrain 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is a cinematic masterpiece.

  • @reivilo
    @reivilo 17 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    his comedy is in the details... genius

  • @christiwave
    @christiwave 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is the funniest impression ever!!!! you are a genuis! Even my friends back in my home country thought it was hilarious, bravo...we need more. :)

  • @NerdFighterPro
    @NerdFighterPro 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    HAHAHA John Roberts, i have watched this video like, 2.000,000.000 times. and i laugh everytime. You like created my laugter whenever i feel down i just quote "Cuz if you don't do it, ..... exactly" and i just LAUGH ahhahaha THANK YOU!

  • @jv711
    @jv711 17 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is BRILLIANT! I know women like her, and I love them, they crack me up! Excellent job, guys.

  • @AB-bt9eb
    @AB-bt9eb 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    One of my fave TH-cam videos still! Love it!

  • @Parmesana
    @Parmesana 17 ปีที่แล้ว

    loved the "phone cord" gag..FANTASTIC...look forward to more..hahahhahhah

  • @aidanknight
    @aidanknight 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really like these, super simple and clever.

  • @dilapidatedcastillo500
    @dilapidatedcastillo500 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That laugh kills me.

  • @paolo.saglietto
    @paolo.saglietto 14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love how at the end you see the cord is this short little thing, yet it's all over the house, lol.

  • @hippidippi8
    @hippidippi8 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    ahhhhhhhhhhhh this is hilarious..every mom summed up right thurr..make more!!

  • @Brentstarga
    @Brentstarga 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant is the only word I can think of to describe your work! TOO funny and clever!

  • @natalierose13
    @natalierose13 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This guy was literally born to play Linda.

  • @FeekyTony
    @FeekyTony 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is awesome! I love your videos. Do more. Do more.

  • @DebzKing2008
    @DebzKing2008 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    Make more of these John Roberts, Please, I love them. How 'bout making something in the kitchen, or going on vacation or something.

  • @HelloNewMoon
    @HelloNewMoon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The tv in the kitchen w/ the vhs to record One Life to Live sent me

  • @vsusanAdmin
    @vsusanAdmin ปีที่แล้ว

    so love this. miss your material.
    hilarious

  • @amrthediva
    @amrthediva 14 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This should take everyone back to their childhood! LMAO

  • @allthatjazz46
    @allthatjazz46 17 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just joined youtube so I could comment on this one video...YOU ARE AN AWSOME ACTOR!!! EXCELLENT acting, scripting, directing, perfect. A+++

  • @JustMiaMakingStuff
    @JustMiaMakingStuff 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The belcher kids: so Linda, what was the weirdest thing you remember?
    Bob: *sigh* don't get her started
    Linda: it was a long time ago

  • @krystle9508
    @krystle9508 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Just came across this...thank you baby Jesus for this early Christmas gift 🎁

  • @roozief9349
    @roozief9349 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of the funniest people in the world

  • @rocktheMaC2
    @rocktheMaC2 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    so freaking hilarious!!!!
    i love John Roberts!!!!!!