DEBBIE AND DOUG DROP ACID IN THE DESERT | Omeleto
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ย. 2024
- A couple takes a psychedelic trip.
DEBBIE AND DOUG DROP ACID IN THE DESERT is used with permission from Scott Brown. Learn more at tripintolove.com.
Featuring Maria Bamford, Paul Scheer and the distinctive voice of Larry King, this rollicking, warm-hearted comedy short combines a marriage hitting the doldrums with the sucker-punch of vivid psychedelia, weaving both into a surprisingly insightful journey about love, honesty and authenticity.
Debbie and Doug are a married couple on the verge of a major transition. They're trying to conceive a baby (with the help of a very frank app) but realize their problem is deeper: the spark in their marriage has gone out.
Looking to boost the passion in their marriage, they decide to venture into the wild, woolly world of therapeutic psychedelics with the help of a "spiritual crisis center" and an alternative therapist named Ariel, played by Bamford with equal parts "purple aura" and corporate aplomb.
The couple then heads out to the Californian desert to trip their way into improving their connection to one another. But when they drop a dose that is much, much stronger than usual, they're in for a wild ride -- one that takes them to deep places in both their marriage and psyches.
Written and directed by Scott Brown with co-writer Zack Gold, this short is as wild and zany as its title promises, tripping between timeframes, dimensions and visions with a surehanded sense of craft and a deft balance of tone. Visually, it's as exuberant, Californian and colorful as a 60s acid trip, with a polish and sheen that is entirely contemporary, and the first part of the film matches this aesthetic with its pacing and editing, veering from one vision to another to replicate the psychedelic experience.
But underneath the groovy stylings, the writing and storytelling go to genuinely deep and vulnerable places. Of course, there are fantastic one-line zingers and terrific witty banter woven throughout. But the dialogue is anchored to a rich emotional journey, which is slowly but surely woven into the goofiness.
It starts with a hilarious sequence featuring a shining orb of light with the voice of Larry King, who prods the pair to look into their unconfronted fears and anxieties, both with themselves and one another. Soon they're whisked off to another vision and realize that they both even saw the same divorce attorney, played by a slick, gleefully snarky Paul Scheer.
As Debbie and Doug, actors Angela Gulner and Zack Gold go to genuinely emotional and vulnerable places as they confront their fears and worst imaginings and give voice to them to one another. With this authenticity, it's hard as viewers not to root for them and invest in their journeys as characters, even as they hit their darkest points of self-loathing and shame. But they soon learn to confront themselves and find their way back to one another -- also with the help of a little psychedelic assistance and some far-out visions.
DEBBIE AND DOUG DROP ACID IN THE DESERT is unabashedly fun, contemporary and entertaining in its wild dive into the world of micro-dosing, but what makes it rare and unique among comedy shorts is its emotional openness and intelligence. Funny, sincere and empathetic, it offers up with a resonant and universal message of acceptance and loving-kindness, both in self and with one another. The destination is ultimately wisdom and self-love, though some will have a little more help -- and a woozier, crazier journey -- in getting there.
Please, don't tell somebody that their acid is bad AFTER they take it that's a guaranteed bad trip in the making
It wasn't bad acid just way stronger than they thought
I think they found out it was from a non- organic, GMO based supplier. Hate it when that happens.
The reason why many people are taking acid is they want to experience bad trip
she tried stopping them from taking it.
@@hannibalburgers477 and idk ab many but having a bad trip is def needed in my opinion to be able to truly enjoy it
I didn't know I needed a group of people dressed up in animal onesies yelling at me how awesome I am until now.
I need this. Please somebody help me xDD
They scared me.
Me too, I want my own happy place 😂
we should all get together and do this for Noor ^^
"There's no fire. It's just smoke and I'm choking."..Damn.
😓😔😔 I felt for her there...
Apparently everyone in the comments are acid experts now.
That's funny... I was thinking almost the same thing right about before I came across your post here, in real-time. And some are... but most are not. Under very high doses, (800 to 1,200+ mic's), one looses the abstract capacity of linear thought and the simple digestion of the TimeLine at any rational scale.
PS: Folks, I am as sober as a ChurchMouse that doesn't believe in Reality that there is a "god"... so don't Live in guilt as an environment for your Mind to be enslaved in.
Yeah!100%
I always read the comments 😂 before I take LSD ....
@@TheBusryder - You are the first TH-cam commenter I have ever read who states there is no god (of course there isn't!).
I'm not an expert but I know a shitton. How is that wrong?
"Are you God, because if you are real I have a few questions and several apologies...."😂🤣😂
Woody Allen
69th like
A friend who is an atheist secretly wears a crucifix as " insurance " - just in case they are wrong !
This isnt a literal visualisation of an acid trip, people. They’re trying to show what happens metaphorically...
yeah, it's definitely very far from what an acid trip is actually like but the metaphors and messages are spot on.
then again, you can't really visualize an acid trip literally
@Joe Farruggia truth!
@Joe Farruggia Sounds like a powerful experience. I don't think I'll ever go near it. I have panic reactions on pot if you can believe it.
nah 6:17 is pretty accurate
To love and be loved back the same is something rare yet we all need it
I think this is true, and I also think that the most fulfilling way to do this is to learn to love yourself.
The lead actor and actress are two of the most beautiful people I’ve ever seen.
Really? I don't find them attractive at all.
Dude let’s all appreciate how much effort that happy place scene must’ve taken
Our Production design team were rockstars!
"Enjoy the rest of your trip." So it's not over yet.
Or maybe that just means that they should enjoy everything else that comes after.
;)
The rest of their lives together.
The trip is never over mate, until you take the eternal dirt nap.
@@ClockworkWyrm Oh.. Not. Even. Then.
If you live consciously, you "die" consciously.
One BRILLIANT shortfilm. The people saying "its not like acid" are missing the point. Well done to the filmmakers!
Those people just want to let other people know that they have taken acid.... and entirely missed the point.
@@jonestowndixiecups782 Love this.
@@jonestowndixiecups782well if you make a film centered around doing a drug typically you'd expect the drug to be accurately represented, no?
@@peterlenza8320 Realism is not that important, that's a very good film showing what you can learn from a trip and other things, I didn't catch it all but still, the goal was clealry not to show a realistic trip...
Someone did a very good job at cramming the essence of seeing, accepting and loving your true self in its entirety into a 25 minute short. If you do not accept and love all that is you, fulfillment will elude you. And for those of you saying that some people haven't done good acid or had a proper experience - Everybody's experience is different and should be respected (not that this was real). We do not all use psychedelics just for entertainment purposes. My use and perspective is from a spiritual standpoint.
Yes
It's the "emotional" tug of war inside that a trip may shed light on. My trips have been different but therapeutic everytime.
Nuff said!
As did the ancient people, who used not acid but other hallucinogens like magic mushrooms to achieve the higher state
Is it true that if your brain chemistry is unbalanced (I take antidepressants and bipolar medicine, as well as Xanax because of general/social anxiety) that you will have a bad trip?
I’ve done shrooms (great experience every time), Salvia (that’s hit or miss, interesting time nonetheless), DMT (was an incredible experience that increased in what felt like an awakening each time, but I don’t have access to it anymore), and sometimes edibles give me an almost trip effect, which I enjoy.
Definitely know that it’s important to be in a good place both physically and mentally, I prefer being in a safe outdoor area or if it has to be inside, a lot of natural light. My mental health right now is mostly me fighting with myself because I know that I can do SO MUCH MORE than I am doing, and I don’t know how to change that part of myself.
I’m extremely open minded about trying new things, especially when there are potential life changing qualities involved.
I just also know that some people don’t come out of the trips on acid, so that part is holding me back. But I’m not scared of it like I used to be, so that’s a step in the right direction.
Get non dual perspective and feel love for everyone, check.
Confront your shadow and admit deepest fears & insecurities, check.
Meet your higher self, feel self love, admit what is truly important, check.
Integrate the experience.
I love LSD.
Dude, you just listed a goal list for my LSD Trip. Thanks 🤘
It can release long held repressions too.
I wish I could try one, maybe it will make me feel better since my anxiety is killing me
I love it too. Wish i had access to it.
psychedelics have saved my life
My God, I’m here after three years and to watch this film was a real rollercoaster for me. Almost as if it was me who was tripping. I cried and laughed and was struck by the same revelations as the heroes. All the encounters in the film… with the deepest fears, good sides, rejected parts… Whoever wrote the script is a very wise person. Such an insightful film. Thank you.
Yes agreed it’s amazing
I did acid in the desert and the hills turned into waves , true story
Like actual sea waves? Or simply kinda wavy? 'cause that one's normal, you see a whole lot of movement and things looking wavy on acid, especially especially in things that have lots of small details like trees and bushes. also, normal movement tends to have trails, for example, if you move your hand, you'll see a trail going after it, and when this happens the movement can sometimes look jagged as if the frames per second of whatever you're looking at have dropped to 20 FPS.
@@prettyhatemachine8887 spot on , I remember trails now simply wavy too .
@@BigDsGaming2022 Yeah, thought so. You need to be really high to see actual full blown hallucinations that don't disappear within seconds. It happened to me only a few times, one of those times was when I did the mistake of taking too many Dimenhydrinate tablets to induce delirium (a state that causes hallucinations but it's not the same as a trip from LSD). it was my worst "trip" (if you could call it that way) ever and the only one when I actually hallucinate real sea waves. I I thought that the floor was a stormy sea and the bed me and my best friend att were sitting on, was in the middle of said sea. I even felt it rocking back and forth, and I clutched it in panic thinking I'm about to be thrown off, my friend who was bigger than me and wasn't so affected by the drug (we took the same dosage, except I was a tiny 17 year old, and she was taller, heavier and had more drug experience than me), got off the bed to show me that everything's fine, and I thought she was walking on water lol. In the end I got up and immediately fell on my ass, the whole way we walked to her place I felt like I was falling into shallow holes, as if the floor was uneven. later I found out that the reason I thought I was at sea was because the drug - when you take too much of it - causes you to experience vertigo and something akin to sickness of disembarkment, and the reason why I felt like I was falling into shallow holes was because it scrambles all of the nerve signals that affect your muscles, so you keep experiencing quick millisecond bouts of muscle weakness. Anyways, good times 10/10 would not try again. never. _ever._ never again.
I saw wavy gravy once
@@prettyhatemachine8887 I have never done acid, but the very first time I smoked crypty as a teenager, I experienced my hands having a trail for about 5 minutes. 🤔🤷♀️ Nobody else had that happen then or since that experience discussing with others. I always pondered why that happened to me.
This was beautifully done but I want to tell people that no, normally you never hallucinate other beings into existence. That happens on very high doses (they can be quite dangerous for your mental health and leave you traumatized, believe me.)
Normally, you see objects swaying, morphing, and breathing. Your body might look really tiny or large. Voices can change their pitch. You could hear low, bass vibrations. Time has the ability to speed up if you get anxiety and go into a thought loop (pure adrenaline/fear.) During the peak of a trip, an entire minute feels like 30 minutes! Your blood pressure/heart rate DO go up. Don’t be scared by that; that in itself can lead to scary trips. Have fun and be safe
If you've never had a trip, the beginning of the trip was the "phone call"
Life is a one way time machine and the trip never ends.
Probably the most entertaining and happy thing I’ve seen
Right off the bat, I’m like they shouldn’t take that whole tab 😂
Always question anything that requires a liability waiver.
Oh yeah, and you can't appreciate anything or anybody else until you appreciate yourself.
What an interesting "spiritual Journey" that this couple had been through. It's about self love: to accept, forgive, and appreciate yourself. You can't love other without having the love for yourself.
The morel of this story(at least in my opinion) is to learn to love yourself. It is the hardest thing to do. Oh and I here Psilocybin has the same affect.
But much much weaker.
I cried 😭 I loved this!! Every couple should see this 🥺🥰
This is my favorite short story on Omeleto
Some of the writing was a little too cliche and certain parts went on for too long in my opinion. However I think the lead actors were both really great and the setting was beautiful :-)
What a beautiful way to show the ultimate truth. LOVE THYSELF. Prioritize the "primary relationship" of yourself before you can dare greatly with vulnerability and wholeness to really love another. This is a beautiful and important film. Thanks to all involved for making it!!!!
"When we understand God's love, when we deeply know he loves us, we don't need to focus on loving ourselves... we don't need to try to find meaning by loving _ourselves._ We can rejoice and say *'I am loved.'* " Doug Brighton, MFT.
*_"Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment"_* Matthew 22, 37-38 KJV
"Love is a gift, but love is always with you." -20:00
I thought it's gonna be silly but it was touching and wise.
Love how the shaman lady sees things in front of her, but also manages to look like she's seeing past it all(/further) simotaneously
when the lady at the end said, enjoy the rest of your trip, she meant enjoy the rest of your lives together.
I love Angela Gulner (the lead actress)! Check out her other stuff, like the pilot for her show, Binge - you won't be disappointed.
This Great Film, brought a tear to my eyes. Thanks.
I remember phoning my Wife and asking what she
wanted for her birthday. She said, A divorce. I said that,
I was not really thinking of spending, that much.
Brilliant
Never remember any trip like this. Especially sharing hallucinations and having coherent thoughts like your sober. Acid and mushies are much more profound than this. I give it a must try for everyone at least once in your life.
Iv tripped on high doses and had shared hallucinations. No, it wasn't like I was out of my mind, confused or anything about what was happening. We were both well aware we were... experiencing our thoughts? (not quit hearing them, but like full blown concepts and ideas) though, it's not common. for me it's only happened twice, iv meet others who regularly trip, and have never experienced anything of the sort. I Can say it requires both parties to be profoundly high lol and on the same lvl
I love this because it shows the challenges you can mentally work through with the aid of psychedelics
The most profound part of this is how they connect with themselves. Psychedelics definitely do this
Hey Paul, thanks for this, this is the director, means a lot
@@scottbrowndirects Thank you, Mr Brown. If there is a way to message you, how would I do that?
Pro-tip: If the acid is taking you for a deeper ride than you can handle, have a benzodiazepine (Ativan, Klonopin, Xanax, Valium, etc...) handy to bring you down a few levels. If those aren't available, booze works on the same receptors as benzos and so it also can help bring you back down some as well. Also, acid is nothing like what they portray here with the exception of a few color changes and things moving.
Felt like that ball of light was speaking right to me when telling Doug his fears. Yikes.
Hey this is the director. You're not alone!
@@scottbrown5433 Good job on this film man, some really good stuff!
Have you ever heard of "Princess Brideing" ya need one giant, a fireproof cloak, one six finger man, dang I forgot the rest but you get the point..lol
Wow, this was truly an amazing movie, with very deep emotional and spiritual insights! Thank you guys :)
Hey this is the director, thank you so much
Life is enough of a trip, who needs acid...
I've taken acid to the point of ego death and I've never had a trip like this.
Ooops! It just peeked from around the corner!!! ;o)
Lmfao
My friend took acid and all he saw was a family of squirrels all day
LOL
25 min long??....
But I have nothing else to do.
Click.
Lady Dynamite made me love seeing Maria Bamford in acting roles.
7:15 guy reminds me of Hopsin ill mind 7 hahaha
OrigamiShawn Same
Same
My acid trips were pretty great for me. Watched the grass grow, saw the wall breath, an finally understood Yellow Submarine.
Wow.. That is deep.. It's almost like i felt each and every scene. Nice way of using acid lol
Nothing like a lovely mushroom to end a spiritual crisis recommended!🤓
This was probably my most favorite short film so far! First one where I didn't read the comments section before watching
Ikr..makes me wanna go take acid in the middle of a desert ha
This was a nice diversion... The story was full, well plotted, & the actors came across as believable. Deff a full spectrum of emotion...
"It's my way or the highway..."😳😆 LMFAO! I love this film. I also miss my LSD days.
Nurse Terra
Same!
Mushrooms had my boyfrie d turning into the car as highway to hell is playing and I'm trying not to show him that I see he is now my car
This was so spot on emotionally, given the circumstances of the trip: being at a crossroads with your spouse & then diving into a journey like this.... it makes me want to cuddle up in bed next to my husband & tell him how much he means to me.... maybe reminisce about the days when we were young(er) & free(er) haha
16:58 the boats name is Raoul Duke....a nod to Hunter S. Thompson?
Nailed it!
@@scottbrown5433 great work my friend👌
No doubt that "spa" is just outside Barstow, too......
@@rtpoe "gasp"! that's bat country!!
Obviously, the inspiration of this episode is fear and loathing in Las Vegas, good catch
This film is SO well crafted - the writing, the acting, the filming 👏🏻. And Doug (Zack Gold) is RIDICULOUSLY good looking
I so loved everything about this!
"Its obvious that so and so didn't ever take acid because they haven't had the exact same experience as I did."
Why couldn’t we have just gone wine tasting or something? Hahahaha
Or smoke a blunt lol
I fire up a bowl and pour me a Jim and Coke and in a couple of minutes I'm at my Happy Place! 🙃✌️ ❤🎉
Damn you omeleto...
Made me cry once again....😭
So glad you liked it, thank you
Me too, thanks GaryHaber and Scott Brown and involved. Excellent! To me I can rewatch again and again... this intriguing movie.
A good film when it evokes so much emotion.
"ROADHOUSE" -peter griffin
When he said "how about you" that's when we know 😂
This was the best depiction of acid I’ve ever seen d I’m crying this was so good as always
I hope so, because I’m gonna definitely getting some of that before I leave this plane of existence
Every relationships have problems . Sometimes it takes something traumatic to happen to make them realise the truth . It’s either they’re wrong for each other or they’re meant for each other. Safe yourself or drowned .
I loved this! It was my favorite Omeleto so far! It made me cry out of joy.
I've never watched a video on TH-cam that hit this close to home.
Ahh yes 4 tabs for your first trip
Yeah, I accidentally did that at Mardi Gras on about my third trip. What a night!
LOVE the last line. They still trippin. 😅
FYI
The rowboat`s named 'Raoul Duke'. That was Hunter S. Thompson`s pen name
for his book ''Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas.
Make that be a lesson to everyone, finding themselves to be with someone for the rest of their lives: It's not only about the physical altercation and physical experience you go through together, it's the mental and spiritual side of things that outweighs the physical, because love is not this ♥️ or 💗, it's 💚, something that you nurture and building upon together, so it's like taking all the Mental/Spiritual and physical/bodily experience, working together in balance with each with more emphasis put on the Mental/Spiritual side on the Relationship and Experience. Namaste
Don't trust a dealer who a) doesn't know their dosages b) would tell their client, on the edge of a heroic dose, anything to bring them down c) has a hard sell.
I KNEW I RECOGNIZED HER FACE SHE IS THE GIRL IN BINGE! I LOVE IT CANT WAIT FOR SOME EPS TO COME OUT THE PILOT HIT!!
@@TheHLGStudios YESSSS
I dropped one with a friend at night in a pine forest, had a brilliant time. There were coloured thorns coming out of the tree trunks, and the normally stiff small trees, were soft and flexible. I'd do it again.
What a trip. I really needed that right now. Beautiful.
This was really breathtakingly beautiful!!!
That was so good. I love this channel.
This is one of the best goddamn shorts I've ever seen.
It hurts to feel this much!!!
0:06 That's four trips each. And they're big!!!!
That was great! I've listened to a lot of Omeleto videos, this is my favorite, on a totally different level!
The moral is if you can’t love yourself how can you love anyone else...
Excellent cinematography!!!!! Truly amazing!
Black ppl watching this: "white ppl"
White ppl watching this: "white ppl"
It's obvious that whoever produced and edited this has never done acid before smh
Looked more like Jerrys DMT trip on Rick and Morty but every drug effects everybody in different ways
@@tinhead9246yeah but they seem to have the same exact buzz and that is impossible they can see the same thing...
Exactly, although a friend of mine and I once spent an hour looking at beer cans in our local convience store because they were the most beautiful things we had ever seen..but other than that your trip is your own.
@@whoathatsanicememe3093 Definitely true. I know they are exaggerating in the film, but the part that really annoyed me was how there was no comeup, and they started tripping super hard out of nowhere lmao. I get it's supposed to be funny, but they could have done the tiniest bit of research lol
@@landonmiles2587 Hey, this is the director of the film. Thanks for your thoughts! I totally agree that we took a ton of liberties, but I can assure you I had been doing over a decade of "research" haha. Thanks for the feedback!
The boat is called Raoul Duke. Lol
Dropping acid in the desert (without sober supervision) is a terrible idea to begin with ._.'
Bravo!!!! I had the biggest grin when all was said and done. Kudos to everyone involved 💐👏🍻
MARIA BAMFORD EFF YUSSSSSS
Felt at one point I was on acid too! 😎
the only thing this was accurate about is the heightened sense of introspection. every thing else was a bad interpretation of what an acid trip is. You don't magically get transported into a dream world after dream world where your fears and insecurities get projected into. what really happens is, you become hyper aware of reality, the connections between things, and the symbolism of everything.
Hey, this is the director. You're totally right, we took major liberties with the story, and chose artistic representations of the aspects you described. We ultimately had to. You can't really capture the experience on film, so we went for the emotional experience above all.
@@scottbrown5433 A$AP Rocky 'L$D' film clip is pretty darn close!
@@mrteargas8692 Thanks man, I'll check it out!
miss bamford! love her comedy!
Excellent. I’m wondering if I should send this to my daughter and her husband who are having marital issues? Will they have a sense of humor about it, or will they, actually she send me hate texts? I am actually wondering if I should drop acid again? And I’ve never gotten high off of mushrooms. That sucks. Will my 71-year-old brain be able to handle all this?
I'd just say it would be a good idea not to look for that kind of advice in online comment sections.
I say go for it.
I'd say if you know what you are buying is true than I woukd start off in small doses try half a tab first to see if you would like it or not ounce it actually kicks in pop the rest of that tab etc I was ounce told by a friend you can always taje more but you can't take less. Just to keep you informed have a good state of mind have a good comfortable environment that you are completely comfortable around your peek hours are should be between 2-4 hrs but ive recently had a trio and the peak was for 7 hrs didn't stop completely with all visuals for about 12 hrs so it very how long it can last but just start out small and work your way up have a nice trip and goofy trip out there and stay safe
No sir your body deserves better
If you do I'd love a follow up I know people older than you that still swallow shrooms
1. Where can I get acid like that. 2. Where can I get a girlfriend or future wife.
9:45 Accurate to acid..it will reveal all your sides and truths
Holy wow, had to stop a few times to process. Profound is an understatement .
This brings back memories
And now that I’m old I want to do it again. Should be interesting after 50 years, huh?
R.I.P Larry King
"We don't talk about chris"
This couldn't be less like an acid trip...
then you never had a bad acid trip
It's not meant to be a visual representation, but self-reflecting on the deepest level and realizing exactly whats going on in yourself is exactly what happens for myself and many others ;)
That might be difficult to achieve, given people react differently to the stuff. As a representation of a trip, it is not bad, and a lot better than so many other attempts. The random, tangential, introspective nature of tripping is well presented.