Why Hopelessness Is Hilarious (Rick & Morty, Archer, Gary and His Demons) - Wisecrack Edition
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 พ.ค. 2018
- You can watch Gary and His Demons by visiting vrv.co/wisecrack for your 30-day free trial.
Thanks to VRV for supporting this episode!
Subscribe to Wisecrack! ....................... wscrk.com/SbscrbWC
Exclusive Content on WisecrackPLUS.. wscrk.com/YtWcPls
Welcome to this Wisecrack Edition on Gary And His Demons!
Check out our Movie Podcast - Show Me the Meaning!
iTunes ................ wscrk.com/ituShMtMng
Google Play ....... wscrk.com/gpmShMtMng
Spotify ................ wscrk.com/spfyShMtMng
Sound Cloud ...... wscrk.com/scdShMtMng
=== More Episodes! ===
Science of THE PURGE ► wscrk.com/ScPrgWE
Philosophy of Alan Moore ► wscrk.com/AlnMrWE
What Went Wrong? The Cloverfield Paradox ► wscrk.com/ClvrPxWE
What Went Wrong? STAR WARS: The Last Jedi ► wscrk.com/LstJdiWE
Watchmen VS One Punch Man ► wscrk.com/WtchVS1PM
Store ........... wisecrackstore.com
Twitter ......... / wisecrack
Facebook .... / wisecrackedu
Written by: Alec Opperman
Directed by: Michael Luxemburg
Narrated by: Jared Bauer
Edited by: Mark Potts
Motion Graphics by: Drew Levin
Produced by: Emily Dunbar
Special Thanks to: Jonathan Ramirez, Helen Thompson, and Trine Daely
© 2018 Wisecrack, Inc.
![อาจารย์ยอด : ลุงแว่วเล่าเรื่องผี [ผี]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Fd2Qsy4dqpM/mqdefault.jpg)
"Our dreams are dead" and I smiled.
Help.
I laughed at that and then realised this exact video explains why I did.
probably because it made you think of trump.
Sad right? I did it too.. smh (still smiling)
You need no help Deldarel. Welcome to the cynical world. You were already here, now you see it. Being cynical is a natural, rational, observative, intelligent, empathic (at times) reaction to the real world as it is.
If you feel you need help, I suggest daily affirmations. If that doesn't work, therapy.
Me, I get happy by doing what those in both the medical field and psychological field is depressing... I drink myself stupid on a regular basis. Nothing is as depressing as having your brain working at 100% for more than 12 hours. It's easier to be happy when you reduce your ability to think. I don't suggest my path... I read a LOT. My path is really unhealthy. I will probably die by liver failure or suicide in forced rehab.... statistically speaking. Welcome to Earth.
@@That80sGuy1972 Could always smoke weed too, that works because my brain functions in a way that won't be depressed with weed.
'Why hopelessness is hilarious' basically how my family see me
David Lewis lol
Do you need a hug, buddy?
Alexandra Buss I think I just need a hug in general
Sounds like someone could use a shift in priorities. I would enjoy myself and laugh along if I were you.
Yeah it happens, life is just like that sometimes.
I think someone at Wisecrack is go through an really intense existential crisis.
It's american culture.
Aren't we all
I've never been fucking happier than Wisecrack reminding why it's fine to be miserable and laugh at it.
Aguila701 thanks
Coming from an Eastern European? You guys think smiling is weird. Eastern European culture is what happens when Fyodor Dostoyevsky is pervasive childhood reading. Don't get me wrong. He's one of history's formidable thinkers, but cat calling the kettle.
Best joke in the video "Cinema Sins is logical" good one guys
@@andrewsuttee8953 It's possible to point out errors while still understanding the intended meaning, and nothing James said indicates he did anything but that.
What about when he called Black Clocer one of the best shows?
Really solid example of embedded marketing for Gary and his Demons, really struck a balance between solid content from Wisecrack and raising awareness for the show. Hadn't heard of it and if it weren't so transparent I would have thought it was just a show I wasn't aware of in the zeitgeist. This is what embedded content is supposed to look like, good job!
Could you guys do a series that focuses on the sociology of fictional worlds? I know you guys do a "Philosophy of..." which does cover that but maybe you could go more in depth specifically looking at fictional societies (e.g. LotR, JK Rollings magic world, etc)
just a suggestion
World Wide Wong thats an amazing idea i think it would be great content
I would watch that religiously, great idea !
That would be an awesome series. There's a lot of potential in series like the Witcher, Game of Thrones, etc.
This.
I'd love to see them talk about Redwall, er I mean, Game of Thrones for Teenagers.
One of my best Wisecrack’s videos so far. Insane, how much of us can relate and also fuel for thought to many other derived issues bout today’s way of living.
I'm from Indonesia. Your channel has now become probably my most favorite channel on TH-cam. it's (sadly) quite rare to find really good quality & smart, intelligent, real honest, realistic, truthful, factual, no BS, & deep, philosophical channels & videos like yours on TH-cam. Keep up the good work~!
Aww that sauce bit was precious. They sell that hummus + garlic sauce mix at grocery stores. Get out more Jared 🤣
We’ve been trying to get him out in the world but it’s helpless!
Hopeless*
Must be a reference to szechuan sauce
I want that sauce Morty!
Honestly, in the moment of listening to you talk about your dog and the new sauces I was expecting not to feel anything but you reminded me of caring for other beings and surprising sensory experiences and it actually pulled me out of a funk.
You guys are doing good work
THANK YOU. Gary and his Demons is hysterical.
I need more Thug Notes.... The last one was soooooooooooo long ago~ I miss Sparky Sweets!
DrowningJoy yes, give us the thug notes
Gary and His Demons sounds great gonna get into it before the fanbase becomes toxic
TheCreepypro to be honest you really need a high IQ to understand Gary and his demons
faf fad Your the fanbase he is talking about. When you say you need to have a high IQ to understand a show then actually no you dont. We get it you think you're smart, would you like a cookie?
Alex Hennigh it was irony you moron. It's the joke about what the toxic Rick and Morty fanbase says. FFS you have a low IQ for real...
What a thread, amiright?
...Good lord. Until now, I'd only heard stories about assholes like Alex Hennigh...
Wisecrack knows how to do integrated advertising right. 👍🏾
What advertising? Where?!
lkiratuki exactly!
What are you on about? I'd respond but Gary and his Demons is back on!
I think it's my duty to watch this kind of episodes as thanks for all the amazing free stuff.
.....This is what I've been feeling for the last 5 years since graduating University. Thank you for putting my sense of despair and depression into words.
Your last line is interesting and, in a way, kind of tied the whole thing together.
When faced with the disappointment of our reality, what we have left is... distraction?
This episode really has a lot of astute observations on the development of humor in the Western world. Keep up the good work!
Yeah I recently went to the US and was a bit bothered by how everyday conversation is constantly sarcastic. Like "Wow, you're so good at that" when you mess up something, "Working here is such a satisfying life experience" etc. It's not mean spirited or anything, actually quite fun in the moment to come up with quips about everything. Granted, I was with a lot of 20-30 year old people, but it does give you a feeling that no one can be earnest and direct because they are hopeless about life and their futures...
Nivesh there is a context to it that makes the emotions implied its really strange but can work.
You're totally right. It even bothers Americans. I'm from California. Our communication patterns are basically crippled. Alan Foster Wallace called it the "crime" of naivete in the face of irony, i.e. if you respong to someone at face value when they're sarcastic then *you're* the idiot and not the person saying the exact opposite of what they mean.
@@niveshproag8660 you should try England mate ...
Again thank you so much, you help me put words on things I feel yet can't really put the finger on, and discover new awesome content such as " Gary and his demons " ! Please keep it coming, and may the force always be with you.
Great video! Thank you
I’m sad that I laughed when you said “our dreams are dead”
"Welcome my son
Welcome to the machine" - Pink Floyd
literally my first thought while watching this
I've been watching wisecrack for a couple of years and I have to say the content keeps getting better. Just wanted to praise your hard work guys ;)
"our dreams our dead"
I laughed. Because it's true.
Rick and Morty is to Wisecrack as Five Nights at Freddy’s is to Game Theory.
I got to the end...and I was like "that's it?!"...and then I laughed until I cried until I laughed, again.
greatest video of yours that I have seen so far. THANK YOU!
Thanks for explaining why that Thor ragnorak joke gets me every time lol 😂
Great video editing :)
Now I wonder if you guys could make a video for a show or movie that gets self-aware humor WRONG.
I like this idea. They have a "What went wrong" type of series so it would be perfect for that, I imagine.
their movie-podcast on deadpool 2 is kinda that.
Benjamin Abramowitz Like CinemaSins?
Thank you, I didn't realize until reading it how much I want the same.
I love you Jared. I appreciate this channel so much. It’s my favorite.
Yo this video is actually fantastic. Well done, lad.
You should do an episode on The Good Place! I love that show
B. C. Sharpe I agree. I was pleasantly surprised when they brought up The Good Place.
Wait a second, Morty does end up doing the good deed, albeit not the way he wanted. He set out to save Fart, but ended up saving all of carbon based life by killing Fart. It's not that he realized good deeds are senseless, it's that he realized it may be more difficult than he thought.
One of the best videos in a while.
"Our dreams are dead." Love it!
thank you for not spoiling the end of season one of the good place, anyone else loved the show ?
TheJPKaram it's definitely refreshing for me. Also decently funny and kind of terrifying if you think of the implications of it. Can't seem to find the beginning of season 2 though, Hulu has removed it.
Dee T that's okay season 2 is still on netflix
Philosophy of Death Parade
Death Parade is essentially "In Their Last Moments, People Show You Who They Truly Are: The Animated Series."
Hands down, this is my favorite channel on TH-cam.
This example with sauces - it shattered my worldview. Great video!
Guys you should make a podcast on how to get started on philosophy, or maybe something like a course where you can understand things with modern examples, just an idea, id totally dig it.
Wow, could not disagree with this more. Had you put I.M.O (in my opinion), perhaps we could have had an understanding. But in this case to state this objectively, you are so off.
"But yeah, your dreams are dead and everything is a lie. But there's still hope...like this distraction of a cute dog, or a random garlic hummus sauce I tried!"
So, instead of worrying about the absurdities of life, we should pursue distractions to keep our minds off of it? Didn't you guys do a video on Why that's bad?
It gets even more random when you realize a garlic hummus is literally just hummus, since hummus is made of garlic and chickpeas.
which episode was this?
@@ggk9828 nihilism in rick and morty and Bojack horseman
Ask not advice from Cracked, for they will tell you both 'no' and 'yes'...
i wouldn’t say that, I would say take the fact that nothing matters embrace and use it to your advantage
Gary and His Demons is brilliant. Stumbled across it on VRV about 3 weeks ago. Never missed an episode since! "I am the guy on the tiger!"
"Our dreams are dead" lmao😂😂😂........I hit me sooo hard it hurt😥
You know, despite Wisecrack never having talked about it, the more I watch their videos the more I realize why I like My Little Pony so much. Thanks Wisecrack.
Romano Coombs Neat? Let me know when you analyse MLP then
that intro was awesome!
Very well said Jared! Always love your take on things. Rick and Morty definitely an epic show full of allegory.
Love the channel so much.
The answer for everything. Sauce.
"That's what happens when you read philosophie"
I'm gradauting philosophie on college and I laughed so Bergson damn hard at this.
My theory of anything on Earth, is that we are itself the enemies of ourselves, where we are holding ourselves back, from advancing into the future, where we can change, by actually doing something (making a difference)
This is the age where maintaining hope is the most difficult challenge.
I NEED MORE LIVE PODCASTSSSSS! ;)
hmmm archer seems like a good show might watch
sarcasm? you should definitely watch it
It's just one of the best shows of all time
Absolutely Fantastic show
it's hilarious but after season 3 it goes a bit off the rails. it's on netflix.
Not a Nonce I hope thats sarcasm
This is literally the best channel on TH-cam, and I mean that.
Thank you Wisecrack team.
Why does it seem like every single wisecrack video revolves around the same thing now?
I see what you did there at the end talking about sauces. Well played wisecrack, well played.
Remy Boily ????
Alexander Solodovnikov He took something some could see as mundane (a new type of sauce, which I'm sure there's always going to be ones that are new to you) and turned it into something so amazing its existence makes living worth it.
I also think it was a reference to Rick's obsession with sezechuan sauce. Basically, nothing matters, nobody has an "arc", and the point of living is just "finding a sauce", being happy with mundane stuff.
There are more logic and conceptuals leaps in this video than in a high school paper written in the cafeteria just before class.
"The universe is a cruel, uncaring void. The key to being happy isn't a search for meaning. It's to just keep yourself busy with unimportant nonsense, and eventually, you'll be dead." - Mr Peanutbutter
It's a combination of subversion, fanboyism and nostalgia.
Had not thought that way before. Good point.
I think its often a little easier to explain if you look at it in those terms. It lets the audience in on the joke as in "YOU SEE WHAT I DID THERE?!? EHHH!!!???"
The nostalgia and fanboyism are from the time in our lives when we were sold the dream, so to subvert the dream to make it funny you have to combine that past era with what things turned out to be like. Nostalgia is effectively what’s being subverted, fanboyism comes from the manufacture of future nostalgia (for the young) and the solidarity that arises from sharing a common cultural experience (for the older).
Thanks Ross, good way to of combining those 3 notions. I was lazy and just wrote the 3 names LOL
you forgot venture brothers!
YAY! I love videos about over-explaining jokes for the sake of social commentary!
man, this is soul crushing....
Ooo nice intro
You should do "The Philosophy of the Venture Bros".
LiTHiUM THiEF agreed 🙏🏽
LOVED this episode
This is why I find it better for shows to enlighten me with new ideas & tickle my brain rather than have gags thrown in my face. They're just trends of comedy that will always die out, especially when rewatching it. It's kinda like Vine & compilations
If we're gonna talk about sauces. I highly recommend mixing BBQ sauce with Ranch. It goes great with chicken.
BBQ Ranch, bro? I could literally go down to the store and buy some right now. If we're gonna be talking about sauces we gotta do it right. We gotta push past the boundaries of sauce and really reinvent the wheel here. What if we combined Chipotle ranch and BBQ sauce? Probably blowing your mind rn.
Ranch and bbq?!?!?? Why have i never tried this!!!
Mixing Chipotle is good too. Try adding garlic powder, cumin, and cayenne powder as well.
+Badmunky64 Damn boi. It's getting _spicy_ up in here with all these _spices._ So I guess the age old question is what qualities does the perfect sauce have? I see that you like things on the _spicy_ side and I agree that the perfect sauce should have a little _spice._
You gotta get lost in the sauce to avoid daily existential crises
Glengoolie an exsaucetensial crisis
Thank you. That was eye opening and funny.
love your commentary and subject matter. thank you for my comic slash serious relief
But...but...hummus already has garlic as a key ingredient.
Chris Shepherd garlic+garlic=better garlic
Or is hummus a key ingredient in garlic sauses? Quick! Write this down!
when he said is there still hope i thought he was going to finish with of course not
I'm fascinated by the fact that you managed to make such a video without ever using the word "postmodernity".
Don't you just love when a guy tells you all about how there's no hope and what not, you feel like shit, but then he offers you some sauce?
Surprised to see no mention of the Venture Bros, another very strong example of most everything you guys spoke about in this video; go watch it!
Anyone else feel that there is a growing oversaturation of this nihilistic train of thought?
CountDVB yeah for a few years now
No its not enough of it. Optimism leads to suicide.
No it does not. The cave-men didn't get anywhere by thinking nothing in life matters.
I mean Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, The Good Place, Pop Epic Team, Jane The Virgin or even Atlanta are not in that lane. They are pretty good show.
I would even say that Bojack Horseman in his last season has left this train.
It depends on how its portrayed. I'm annoyed when people use it as an excuse to do nothing. Which is most people. The reason why I like it in R+M is because it makes Rick do stuff, rather than just being mundane like Archer (which I never got into).
when he ended by showing pictures of his dog and continued with the mixture of his sauces hahaha. Really brings home the point #hopeinmundanethings
Excellent points regarding how humor works.
I'm going to throw out a guess and say it makes us feel better about our own hopelessness?
misery loves company...
Would you guys do the philosophy of The Venus Project?
Love the intro. Love the episode. 🤙🏽
SNL did the same a very long time ago.
Christopher Walken played a Bond villain building his immense super secret headquarters in an extinct volcano. The contractor came over to talk about cost overruns, union rules, OSHA workplace rules, and on and on and on. They could have easily done it for the old Batman series before Nolan had Luscious Fox become the contractor.
SNL alumni, Mike Meyers, had the henchmen in his Austin Powers series, talk about vacation days with the missus and retirement packages from Dr. Evil. You could find tons of TH-cam videos about the Star wars Empire drones doing the same.
This thing is not new and not solely found in adult cartoons.
NOT AVAILABLE IN YOUR REGION
I wonder if my own recent addiction to one-life runs of Metal Slug is similar to the subject raised? you know, that sadistically overdetailed shooter with beautiful sprites and a difficulty curve like getting your neck snapped, getting thru it in one life where everything on the screen kills you in one hit, WHAT IS THE POINT?
to clarify though, this all started after doing just that in Super Cyborg, a clone of Contra with a super awesome soundtrack and body horror graphics, but Metal Slug has what I like to call.. 'adaptive japanese arcade difficulty'
One-life or one-coin? I'm happily trying one-coins and getting somewhere, but I couldn't imagine one-lifes in Metal Slug. I think the one-coin thing is the only honorable way to play arcade stuff in general, though.
you expose my bare details, friend.. I play it on Steam, but honest Injun! playing in one life, I think it has achievements for it. I'd like to go traditional, but its a dying art these days..
I've had much fun doing old Mega Drive games on a Raspberry Pi hooked up to a 30 year old CRT, trying to do Shadow Dancer on one life, so yes, it's a dying art but so very rewarding!
Indeed, sir! I actually spanked Contra kinda easily and I'm too pissed at Metal Slug right now, so I got the latest build of Brutal Doom and am attempting it on Black Metal difficulty.
It is not going well.
The new "simple Rick" part is basically "society of the spectacle" but animated,
Black Mirror Episode 2 also makes that point
That new show you guys are talking about looks pretty funny it always fascinates me that stuff like that makes it under my radar sometimes
> CinemaSins
> "Cold, hard logic."
lololololololololol
Literally the funniest part of this video. CS hasn't been anything more than "dude doesn't like movie" for a long while. There isn't any real critique anymore. It's just "this scene is bad because I don't like it".
Accurate
Andrew Suttee
I disagree.
I used to watch CinemaSins religiously. Their older stuff kept the critiques mostly grounded in a relevant metric; cinematography, character design, story crafting etc...
Yes, it has always been presented with humor. And yes, CS has been sneaking one or two "this scene just sucks" moments since the beginning. But now they seem to be leaning into it.
It's edgy and hip to be an *informed* hater. Unfortunately, it's easier to just be a hater. And that's what it feels like CS has moved towards
*Please do a video about xavier renegade angel*
jaime hernandez That show is a diamond in the rough. A part of me wishes it would stay that way. I'm hoping it never becomes commercially viable enough to be exploited, but is interesting enough to be deconstructed.
"Powers are for the weak. I have no powers. I mean, unless you count the power to blow minds with my weapons-grade philosophical insights."
That show is amazing.
Man I swear Wisecrack, School of Life, Extra Credits, and anything Hank Green touches are the absolute cream of TH-cam. I honestly hit a phase where I wasn’t trying to take in anything beyond the bare minimum for college and it drained me so much, I’ve only been getting back into this sort of thing for a few days and already feel so much more alert, enlightened, and at the same time know that I know so little.
Love this. Literally in the quoted age range. Literally my 3 fave cartoons. Missing Rick & Morty tho. Ughhhh.
Please do philosophy of naoki uraswa's monster anime or manga
finally some good fucking food
dude if it ain't Rick and morty than they dont know wtf you are talking about
THEY NEED TO DO THIS
Catnium yeah they really fucked up berserk
W E L I V E I N A S O C I E T Y
He lives in the parallel universe where hummus is "sauce"
Great show guys!
Hey don't stop with just the tip... of the topic. 🤣
Just the tip?
~~ Sterling Archer, so many many times
Hey, could Wisecrack do something about how most modern kids cartoon have gotten away from realistic human shapes. With the thundercats roar thing (forget calarts), but moviebob mentioned that most kids shows seem to focus on abstract shapes instead of real ones. I think dissecting that could be really cool.
Try "Archer". Can't get more realistic and still call it a cartoon. And, no, I don't think that the full CGI "Beowulf" or "Final Fantasy" movies were cartoons.
I wouldn’t call Archer a kids show.
Jordan Loux
My bad. My brain skipped the "kid's" part and concentrated on the realistic human depiction. Sorry.
No problem.
Don't think I didn't see what you did, Jared. Make a whole video on why the humor behind hopelessness and the mundane works so well, only to end it with a joke about how we should all put our hopes in sauce that tastes good. You guys have been watching WAY too much Rick and Morty.
That ending shattered my faith in life. If only thing that we can hope for in our lives is something as mundane as a sauce combination, what's the point of living?