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Oh, I was expecting it to be from some religious text. Most likely the book of Mormon since they're mormons. (I'm not well versed in those, so I wouldn't recognize it even if it was)
In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.
+Michaela Salcido it goes like this. I've seen the movie a hundred times. In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole filled with worms and oozy smells, this was a hobbit home, and that means, good food, a warm hearth, and all the comforts of home
2:01 "Harry Potter was a highly unusual boy" was actually from the third book in Harry Potter and the full sentence is actually "Harry Potter was a highly unusual boy in many ways." The first sentence in the first Harry Potter book is " Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much."
I noticed Natalie was eating an apple through all this.. While they were narrating Snow White. *goodbye Natalie, you shall be missed...* Hold on, did Matt say DALEKS???
ImpossibleDreamer-Mythical Beast I don't know!? I got super excited too.. Well +Studio C? The fans, and unqualified critics demand to know? (Jk, but I'm curious too)
Actually upon a time makes perfect sense. If you consider time is a continuous plane which constantly stretches, upon a time simply means the event happens at a certain point on that plane.
Hence you can't precede it. It would technically be incorrect to say something such as 'once upon a time before the big bang happened' because no time exists before that.
Mailee Mae During his lifetime, Tolkien worked as a professor at Oxford University. While he was grading papers, one day, he absentmindedly wrote a sentence on one of the sheets - "In a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit." He didn't know what a hobbit was or what the story would become.
It's interesting because the Brothers Grimm, though thought by many to have gone door to door collecting stories from peasants, actually collected their stories from middle class friends and relatives. The stories weren't all "German" stories but all came from somewhere else originally, but the Grimms edited the stories and made them their own; longer, more literary. "Once upon a time" is a nice floaty phrase that takes ye up into another world entirely. Also, this video made me hungry for bread.
I'm sure you get this a lot, but thank you Studio C. Thank you for giving me clean humor that is so hard to find these days. Thank you for making me laugh so hard!
Ariel_of_Narnia I understand. I makes me so mad when people say they are fans and don't read the books! Nice. So are the fans called Narniacs or Narnians? Cause I had heard Narnians, but Narniacs is way cooler. I really like both. My fav book is The Silver Chair or The Last Battle (
Haha, I get what you mean. I think "Narniac" is the more recognized term, but I might be wrong. SC and PC used to be tied for my favourite, but two or three years ago, HHB suddenly just hit me and I went, "Ohhhhh... wow. Officially my favourite Narnia book now." LB has just recently rocketed up to second place becuase I had a similar reaction. SC and PC are still highly ranked, though. :-) I really like the first movie. The second movie is good as a movie, but awful as an adaptation, so I enjoy it but not the same way I do the first one. The third was disappointing in multiple areas (especially Green Mist and Seven Swords), but I still like it for what it's worth.
Natalie's performance in this is everything....especially "That'll be the proverbial day!" Also, for some reason it gives me Kate Wetherall vibes. I don't understand this at all. But it does.
Harry Potter fans were happy that they said “Harry Potter was a highly unusual boy” but true Potterheads were mad that it wasn’t “Mr and Mrs Dursley of #4 Privet Drive were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.”
Do you ever wonder if the writers and cast of Studio C feel like the Grimm Brothers here, when certain plebeian trolls tell them they're doing a horrible job? I feel this way sometimes.
I can so relate to this. You try to start a new book and the only thing that can come out of your head is . . . wait for it . . . a stupid "Once upon a time . . ." And then everyone reading it instantly wonders two things at the beginning: "Is this a fairy tale?" Or "is this a kissing book?"
Chloe Deac No, what I meant was that LotR was epic fantasy and 3 long books, and made into 3 long wonderful epic fantasy movies. I know they left out Tom Bombadil *sigh* but then again, even Tolkien I believe said he didn't really have a place. He was, I think, based off of one of Tolkien's children's dolls. I do like him though, would've been nice to see him... Anyways, Hobbit by comparison was a light(er) fantasy book for children (and adults, and anything in between, but a fairytale nevertheless and not epic fantasy, I don't think) and they tried to make it into epic fantasy, and 3 movies from one little book. Some parts, of course, are absolutely amazing, Smaug for example.
Chloe Deac Yeah... I'm not saying Hobbit is bad necessarily (hard to make a bad movie out of anything Tolkien did *thinks of the animated versions* uh, uh, if you have really good actors), and I'll probably see it some day... ^u^
Chloe Deac Sorry... I think I used too many parentheses and I'm being all confusing...I meant that nothing by Tolkien could be bad as a movie, but then I thought of the animated versions, which are hilariously terrible, yes, and added "if you have really good actors" like both Hobbit and LotR did. And I, I said "*not* necessarily bad" though I should've said "good". It *is* just me... Sorry.
"Me and Mrs Dursley of number 4 privet drive we're proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much." The actual first line of the Harry Potter series, the one in this sketch was the first line of the 3rd book. Or, "look, I didn't want to be a half blood" from Percy Jackson series.
Heck how about: "In the vast, deep forest of Hyrule... Long have I served as the guardian spirit... I am known as the Deku Tree..." -Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
The original german is "Es war einmal" which literally translates to "There once was", which sounds kind of weird. On that note, the stories ended with "If they didn't die, they're still alive today" instead of the happygolucky "Happily ever after".
Best opening lines are from Brandon Sanderson "Szeth son son vallano, Truthless of shinovar wore white on the day he were to kill a king" "Ash fell from the sky" "I, unfortunately, am the hero of ages"
1:59 isn't even the start of Harry Potter. It's "Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much."
“We’re critics, we don’t need to be qualified”
Oh how I love this show.
I was waiting for "In a hole in the ground there lived a Hobbit" and a few seconds later, there it was :)
I concur
Mary Horton Do I hear a fellow Hobbit/Lord of the Rings lover? ;)
Mary Horton Same! Lord of the Rings and Star Wars = total awesomeness.
Mary Horton Ikr!!! Now that kind of math, I like. ;)
I was waiting for, "Harry Potter was a highly unusual boy." Even though it's not the proper opening line for the first book.
When they said "A long time ago in a galaxy far far away..." I felt completely happy for once in my life.
BELLA HOW DARE YOU APPRECIATE A MUGGLE FANDOM
Roxanne DeWinters Same tho
Duchess Marshmallow AVADACADABRA the muggle is dead
Roxanne DeWinters that’s funny, but sad.
It’s Avada Kedavra, you muggle
"I'm just going to stop you there. I'm already bored."
LOOOL
As a big P&P fan, I still found this hilarious!
What is it from?
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
MickeyRocks1763 best fictional book ever ☺
Oh, I was expecting it to be from some religious text. Most likely the book of Mormon since they're mormons. (I'm not well versed in those, so I wouldn't recognize it even if it was)
In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.
+Michaela Salcido ^u^ looove that opening... *happy sigh*
+Michaela Salcido it goes like this. I've seen the movie a hundred times. In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole filled with worms and oozy smells, this was a hobbit home, and that means, good food, a warm hearth, and all the comforts of home
+Chloe Deac No… you see that's from the movie , mine was from the book.
+Chloe Deac so no mine was right.
If you have seen the movie then you know it was wrong. Trust me I'm obsessed overly obsessed with middle earth. And that means I'm a super fan
2:01 "Harry Potter was a highly unusual boy" was actually from the third book in Harry Potter and the full sentence is actually "Harry Potter was a highly unusual boy in many ways." The first sentence in the first Harry Potter book is " Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much."
That's what I was thinking as they said it!
Audrey Liang they are beginning with books not series so yes it is in the third book but it does not make it any less Harry Potter ish
HAHA A POTTERHEAD!! SO HAPPY!!!
I was looking for this comment.
I was thinking about this as I was watching! I guess it still IS the opening line of a book, just not the 1st.
I noticed Natalie was eating an apple through all this.. While they were narrating Snow White. *goodbye Natalie, you shall be missed...*
Hold on, did Matt say DALEKS???
ImpossibleDreamer-Mythical Beast I don't know!? I got super excited too..
Well +Studio C? The fans, and unqualified critics demand to know? (Jk, but I'm curious too)
ImpossibleDreamer-Mythical Beast Matt said DARLINGS. "Kill your darlings" is a common phrase in the writing world.
Ali Punkin BORED! (I had to fit a Sherlock reference in)
Darleks is way cooler, and if you don't mind I will keep on think that.
+Emma the FANGIRL but what on earth is a DARLEK? I know what a DALEK is, but not a Darlek.
Yo, I'm a dalek!
"Once upon a Time? How ridiculous."
-Rumplestiltskin, Once Upon a Time season 3 bloopers.
I also am a oncer
yassss
Sorry, but Once Upon a Time Time is horrible!
The first three seasons aren't bad (well, most of them). I'll concede that the show isn't really that great now though.
+Mozart the Meerkitten i agree
This basically summarizes TH-cam comments.
lol
"We're critics. We don't need to be 'qualified'".
+Jenna Alexander So true.
+Jenna Alexander Best line ever!
That was true.
Christian Toledo-Peluso I concur.
I concur.
Actually upon a time makes perfect sense. If you consider time is a continuous plane which constantly stretches, upon a time simply means the event happens at a certain point on that plane.
+Peter Jones Whoa.
+Peter Jones Except time only started with the Big Bang.
Hence you can't precede it. It would technically be incorrect to say something such as 'once upon a time before the big bang happened' because no time exists before that.
^^^ Great point.
It's more a big ball of.... Timey wimey, wibbly, wobbly..... stuff
That girl who said the said the story should start with "A long time ago in galaxy far, far away" was on to something! I concur with that!
In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.
What on earth is a hobbit?
I don't know, you're the writers.
UUUUUUUUUUGH.
LOVE THIS SKETCH!
Mailee Mae During his lifetime, Tolkien worked as a professor at Oxford University. While he was grading papers, one day, he absentmindedly wrote a sentence on one of the sheets - "In a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit." He didn't know what a hobbit was or what the story would become.
It's interesting because the Brothers Grimm, though thought by many to have gone door to door collecting stories from peasants, actually collected their stories from middle class friends and relatives. The stories weren't all "German" stories but all came from somewhere else originally, but the Grimms edited the stories and made them their own; longer, more literary. "Once upon a time" is a nice floaty phrase that takes ye up into another world entirely.
Also, this video made me hungry for bread.
The best opening to a book that should’ve been mentioned?
“Look, I didn’t want to be a Halfblood”
YEAH, I KNOW. You guys are going to read about how I died in agony, and you're going be like, “Wow! That sounds cool, Magnus! Can I die in agony too?
I was looking for this line
I love all the allusions made in this!!!
The cool thing about studio C is that they really get into their characters all their accents are on point
“A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead.”
I'm sure you get this a lot, but thank you Studio C. Thank you for giving me clean humor that is so hard to find these days. Thank you for making me laugh so hard!
"In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since."
Middle-earth reference! But c'mon, what about, "There was a boy named Eustace Clarence Scrubb and he almost deserved it"?
Ariel_of_Narnia Tolkien FTW!! And, nice one! I'm assuming you have seen the Narnia movies then?
Emma the FANGIRL I prefer the books to the movies, but yes, I've been a Narniac since summer 2005. :D
Ariel_of_Narnia I understand. I makes me so mad when people say they are fans and don't read the books!
Nice. So are the fans called Narniacs or Narnians? Cause I had heard Narnians, but Narniacs is way cooler.
I really like both. My fav book is The Silver Chair or The Last Battle (
Haha, I get what you mean.
I think "Narniac" is the more recognized term, but I might be wrong.
SC and PC used to be tied for my favourite, but two or three years ago, HHB suddenly just hit me and I went, "Ohhhhh... wow. Officially my favourite Narnia book now." LB has just recently rocketed up to second place becuase I had a similar reaction. SC and PC are still highly ranked, though. :-)
I really like the first movie. The second movie is good as a movie, but awful as an adaptation, so I enjoy it but not the same way I do the first one. The third was disappointing in multiple areas (especially Green Mist and Seven Swords), but I still like it for what it's worth.
+Ariel_of_Narnia YES!
Love all the references! "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."
2:37 Rotten Tomatoes in a nutshell...
Where
+Lisa West ...I just said 2:37
Ya I concur
MTheGrey so true
Oof sick burn
Natalie's performance in this is everything....especially "That'll be the proverbial day!"
Also, for some reason it gives me Kate Wetherall vibes. I don't understand this at all. But it does.
Was that a "Mysterious Benedict Society" reference? I've found a friend!
@@rebekahbrannan7246 Yeah! I love those books!
Harry Potter fans were happy that they said “Harry Potter was a highly unusual boy” but true Potterheads were mad that it wasn’t “Mr and Mrs Dursley of #4 Privet Drive were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.”
Do you ever wonder if the writers and cast of Studio C feel like the Grimm Brothers here, when certain plebeian trolls tell them they're doing a horrible job?
I feel this way sometimes.
That makes sense. I thought it too
I concur!
quite!
"We're critics! We don't need to be qualified!"
"I watch through his eyes, I listen through his ears, and I know he's the one." Along the lines of that. Was hoping for Enders game
I can so relate to this. You try to start a new book and the only thing that can come out of your head is . . . wait for it . . . a stupid "Once upon a time . . ."
And then everyone reading it instantly wonders two things at the beginning: "Is this a fairy tale?"
Or "is this a kissing book?"
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
1:12 Rubs the Apple in both armpits, then eats it... oook...
sumthing cant be missed, even if you want it to XD
she eats the other side of it
that's exactly what I saw, and thought.
Draconic ryuken but she rubs both sides
i noticed that too
"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit" lol XD
Mallory: I've never given much thought to how i would die.
Me: tWiLigHT😍😍!!!!!
Once they started questioning the "once upon a time" I had to pause the video to re evaluate my life
Your characterizations are always so amazing, great job
"Look, I didn't want to be a half-blood..."
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YESSSSSS PERCY JACKSON!!!
+Kierstie Russell omg YEEEEEEEESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!
Misty Wolf PERCY JACKSON YES
Sarah Jassim
How about: "Look, I didn't want to be a half-blood." -Percy Jackson series
Yessss!!!
:D
YES
I think the percy Jackson series is cool and cannot wait till Apollo series
Austin Epperson yessssss
When they said "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of good fortune, must be in want of a wife," I was overjoyed 😂
I understood every single one of those references, read over half of those books, and am feeling extremely proud of myself right now :3 :3 :3
I concur.
I LOVE YOU STUDIO C AND YOUR FELLOW NERDNESS!!! (nerd is a compliment for me and my friends, were a bit odd)
LOVE the Tolkien references!
+Cheyenne “awesome-sause” Douthitt Especially the one about the stretching into 3 movies XD that should never have happened...
Chloe Deac Better than LotR? Mmmmm... I don't know. LotR was SO GOOD, and Hobbit *is* stretched out... And then you have the whole Tauriel thing...
Chloe Deac No, what I meant was that LotR was epic fantasy and 3 long books, and made into 3 long wonderful epic fantasy movies. I know they left out Tom Bombadil *sigh* but then again, even Tolkien I believe said he didn't really have a place. He was, I think, based off of one of Tolkien's children's dolls. I do like him though, would've been nice to see him...
Anyways, Hobbit by comparison was a light(er) fantasy book for children (and adults, and anything in between, but a fairytale nevertheless and not epic fantasy, I don't think) and they tried to make it into epic fantasy, and 3 movies from one little book. Some parts, of course, are absolutely amazing, Smaug for example.
Chloe Deac Yeah... I'm not saying Hobbit is bad necessarily (hard to make a bad movie out of anything Tolkien did *thinks of the animated versions* uh, uh, if you have really good actors), and I'll probably see it some day... ^u^
Chloe Deac Sorry... I think I used too many parentheses and I'm being all confusing...I meant that nothing by Tolkien could be bad as a movie, but then I thought of the animated versions, which are hilariously terrible, yes, and added "if you have really good actors" like both Hobbit and LotR did. And I, I said "*not* necessarily bad" though I should've said "good". It *is* just me... Sorry.
It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks where striking thirteen.
"In a whole in the ground, there lived a hobbit."
"What on earth is a hobbit?"
"I don't know, you're the writers."
ONE OF MY FAVORITESSSS this is literal genius.
My favorite line was, “I concur.”
This is by far one of my favorites!
OH MY GOSH! When Stephen said "I don't know, you're the writers", HE SOUNDED (kinda) LIKE WAKKO FROM ANAMANIACS
I love watching this from the perspective that Matt is acting as The Doctor. The whole scene makes sense and has a new level of brilliance xD
I actually felt really excited when they mention the intro of the Tale of the Two Cities, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"~
What about "Even before he got electrocuted, Jason was having a rotten day." -Heroes of Olympus(Sequel series to Percy Jackson)
XD XD XD
+Momo Zhou YESYESYESYESYES.
YEEESSS percy jackson!! that would be so good
Yyyyaaassss!!!!!
yyyeeeessssss!!!!!!
These creative videos are why studio c is the BBBBBBBBBbEEEEEEEeEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSTTTTTTTTTtTtTTTtTT!!!!!!!!!!!
I conquer.🙂❤️
Perhaps, it should start with, "Gathered friends, listen again to our legend... of the Bionicle.".
"I'd never put in much thought about how i was going to die" - TWILIGHT!!!
"What if you start the story with a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away" LOL
You guys have improved so much your accents. Good Job!
The best opening line: "The building was on fire and it wasn't my fault"
OKAY TOLKIEN REFERENCES FROM THE STUDIO IS PERFECT WHOOOOHOOOOO
"Me and Mrs Dursley of number 4 privet drive we're proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much." The actual first line of the Harry Potter series, the one in this sketch was the first line of the 3rd book. Or, "look, I didn't want to be a half blood" from Percy Jackson series.
love Natalie's role she was most funny, really got into character.
I just loooove how you guys make scetches about the weirdness in life.
You guys. Cracking up 😂 Some of your accents are brilliant - real 'Eastenders' 👍👏
For some reason I love how Matt is in that thing.... I'm a monster
Noooooooo!!!!!!
Heck how about: "In the vast, deep forest of Hyrule... Long have I served as the guardian spirit... I am known as the Deku Tree..." -Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Link... Link... Open your eyes.
BOTW
This strange gloom is getting thicker and thicker.
TOTK
Hahaha I paused it on 2:03 and Stacey's face is hilarious!
Lol
Lol twilight " I never gave much thought to how I would die"
Oh, come on, Pride and Prejudice was great! Regardless, this was hilarious.
I was hoping someone would comment about that! Pride and Prejudice is amazing!
If you add zombies.
That opening line is pretty full of itself, though.
The original german is "Es war einmal" which literally translates to "There once was", which sounds kind of weird. On that note, the stories ended with "If they didn't die, they're still alive today" instead of the happygolucky "Happily ever after".
Best opening lines are from Brandon Sanderson
"Szeth son son vallano, Truthless of shinovar wore white on the day he were to kill a king"
"Ash fell from the sky"
"I, unfortunately, am the hero of ages"
I like how Matt is just chilling in the stocks giving some valid points.
i live for studio c
u guys rock dont stop making videos and please please please answer
Brooke Higginbotham They only answer an hour after posting a video.
this is one of my favourite sketches
1:59 isn't even the start of Harry Potter.
It's "Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much."
Love Matt in this one!
Actually love them all!
me in group discussions: "I CONCUR WITH THAT."
others in the group: *nods slowly*
"When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home."
When Adam was starting to quote Jane Austen and Matt said he was already bored...lol 😂😄😐😕😰😭😭😭😭
Love love love this one!!!!
2:56 that voice crack though
That bread looked so PERFECT
Their accents are amazing
"In a hole in a ground there lived a hobbit." gotta love J.R.R. Tolkien!
Awesome acting!!
"I've never given much thought to how I would die."
I did not see that coming, tbh.
Everyone at Studio C is really good at British accents.
2:02 Actually, it's, "Mr. and Mrs. Dursley of number 4 Privet drive were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much."
I love the Star Wars reference: "A long time ago in a galaxy far far away"
i love the hobbit reference!
steven is definitely my favorite
"What in the world is a hobbit?!" "I don't know you're the writers."
Whitney's impression is the best.
I love how Jason like swats that lettuce (cabbage?) back at 2:57 xD haha, I want to know if that was planned
Oh my gosh, nearly everything about this makes me incadescently happy. :D
what did Matt do to get put into the head and arms thingy? 😂
oh, yeah. he stole a bunch of chickens and dressed them up as the cast of Star Wars.
The star wars intro.........Natalie is a genius......
Now I've seen everything
1:59 WHERE MY POTTERHEADS AT?
I love their accents
Harry Potter was a highly unusual boy......
I love Harry Potter more then anything!
I’ve never read or watched most of these books but I knew the opening line and I don’t know how
This is my favorite episode! Lol