how Stephen King gets his ideas

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  • @jeffanderson6806
    @jeffanderson6806 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4068

    Sort of like how every Pixar film is just "What if ____________ had emotions?"

    • @ian_b
      @ian_b 2 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      What if cars with emotions made no sense?

    • @oscarwind4266
      @oscarwind4266 2 ปีที่แล้ว +452

      Not limited to "What if Emotions had emotions?"

    • @camelopardalis84
      @camelopardalis84 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@ian_b Wanna watch a video about how "Cars" is pro eugenics?
      Edit: Added hacked up link so TH-cam doesn't delete it.
      https: // youtu .be/ Y6qMgiA-VY0

    • @ingredi8409
      @ingredi8409 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      ​@@camelopardalis84 don't wait for an answer you silly, drop the link and run, like this

    • @ingredi8409
      @ingredi8409 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/Y6qMgiA-VY0/w-d-xo.html

  • @FrankJames
    @FrankJames 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5527

    you know our boy is knocking it out of the park when I've read exactly 0 Stephen King books and still find this hilarious

    • @ChaseMcCain81
      @ChaseMcCain81 2 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      Agreed man

    • @selloutsanders5774
      @selloutsanders5774 2 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      I mean it's pretty much this with copious amounts of cocaine and alcohol.

    • @LinkEX
      @LinkEX 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      I mean, some of the more nuanced jokes will fly over your radar [mostly the parts of The Dark Tower it seems]. But most can be deducted from the title alone.
      Source: I've only read the blurb for most of these. (If even that.)

    • @SJ-yu5zk
      @SJ-yu5zk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      What if MBTI was scary

    • @ManCarryingThing
      @ManCarryingThing  2 ปีที่แล้ว +317

      ❤❤❤

  • @genericallyentertaining
    @genericallyentertaining 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6142

    I'll admit I've never read a single book by Stephen King, but thanks to this impeccable summary, now I won't have to.

    • @psyjax2
      @psyjax2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +152

      This satire is accurate but (many of) Stephen King's books are pretty dope.

    • @heshamhany8470
      @heshamhany8470 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @Bla bla bla what don't you like about it, if you don't mind me asking?

    • @ironfire286
      @ironfire286 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Your missing out, dude :)

    • @thomasmiller8289
      @thomasmiller8289 2 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      I don't like when things are scary

    • @camelopardalis84
      @camelopardalis84 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@thomasmiller8289 There are some "not classically scary" stories written by him, and all are fairly short. I like all of them.
      Edit to clarify: I have only read a few of his "not classically scary" stories!

  • @ramenpower8097
    @ramenpower8097 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4713

    I can’t believe you actually got Stephen King’s publisher to cameo in this video

    • @Templar5
      @Templar5 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      100 likes and 0 replies? Let's change that

    • @portgasdace5927
      @portgasdace5927 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      152 likes and just one reply? Let's change that

    • @andrew.d.salicc
      @andrew.d.salicc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      167 likes and just two replies? Lets change that

    • @wooshmeifurgay7452
      @wooshmeifurgay7452 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      180 likes and just three replies? Let's change that

    • @jenm1
      @jenm1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      I don't know if you noticed but Stephen King is also in this video.

  • @Hedgpig
    @Hedgpig 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4266

    This felt four times longer than it was, just like a Stephen King book

    • @debrachambers1304
      @debrachambers1304 2 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      Roasted

    • @camelopardalis84
      @camelopardalis84 2 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      No, please don't tell me his books feel even longer than they are! I have read a couple of short(er) stories by him, and I likes them all. They were also all not "classical" Horror stories. I have also seen several films etc. based on stories of his, of those, some were "classical" horror. I still hope I'll be in the right head space to read another book of his one day, and I would like to read one of his more typical stories for once. And those are long!

    • @kennapersonal
      @kennapersonal 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😂

    • @billyalarie929
      @billyalarie929 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      HEYOOOOOOOOOOOO

    • @ProjektTaku
      @ProjektTaku 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@camelopardalis84 but they do tho...

  • @johnheitkam193
    @johnheitkam193 ปีที่แล้ว +995

    Stephen King said once in an interview that sometimes he would get incredibly blackout drunk and wake up with a new Novel written

    • @doctorslept
      @doctorslept ปีที่แล้ว +139

      Yeah it was called Cujo

    • @kosna
      @kosna ปีที่แล้ว +69

      You can tell.

    • @matheussanthiago9685
      @matheussanthiago9685 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      That is literally a blessing from Dionysus

    • @Liam_The_Great
      @Liam_The_Great ปีที่แล้ว +57

      Drunk? It was cocaine

    • @johnheitkam193
      @johnheitkam193 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      @@Liam_The_Great the 2 usually go hand in hand

  • @Templar5
    @Templar5 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2799

    What if ManCarryingThing was scary?

  • @Engineer_Who
    @Engineer_Who 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1736

    I see commenters calling Daniel's character something like "Stephen King's publisher," but I choose to believe that he's just a personification of the concept of cocaine-induced productivity and confidence.

    • @PaoloSarti94
      @PaoloSarti94 2 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Wow, that's so scary

    • @CharlieBrown20XD6
      @CharlieBrown20XD6 2 ปีที่แล้ว +131

      What if the manifestation of your coke habit was scary?

    • @ProjektTaku
      @ProjektTaku 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@CharlieBrown20XD6 a new york time's best seller.

    • @zabm141
      @zabm141 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      he's one of the outsiders actually

    • @ProjektTaku
      @ProjektTaku 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@zabm141 what?

  • @DanielGreeneReviews
    @DanielGreeneReviews 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1023

    Man… that is one handsome publisher.

    • @Classyboo123
      @Classyboo123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Who are you?

    • @anonymous71207
      @anonymous71207 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      What if goblins were scary?
      What if bombs in the mail were scary?

    • @marknelson55
      @marknelson55 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      looked kind of disheveled...

    • @ProjektTaku
      @ProjektTaku 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      thank you.

    • @billandnancy6940
      @billandnancy6940 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Is it bad that I always mix you up with Jack Saint? Like, you’re not alike in any way and yet me brain is like,’Yep! This person right here is Jack Saint.’

  • @MrR2TheZ
    @MrR2TheZ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1314

    Bullies in real life: "Ha ha, you have a stupid name. Gay..."
    Bullies in Stephen King novels: "Hey twerps!"

    • @OrochiFlamez
      @OrochiFlamez 2 ปีที่แล้ว +243

      And don't forget the Evil Leather Jacket ™and switchblade

    • @adam.n-steve
      @adam.n-steve 2 ปีที่แล้ว +99

      The 80s was wild!

    • @makeda6530
      @makeda6530 2 ปีที่แล้ว +234

      Honestly, the amount of just mad sociopaths they label as ‘bullies’ in media is crazy. Lol

    • @MrR2TheZ
      @MrR2TheZ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +138

      @@makeda6530 But how will we know they're bullies if they don't regularly make an attempt on the lives of the protagonists?!

    • @camelopardalis84
      @camelopardalis84 2 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      @@makeda6530 The rock throwing in the t.v. miniseries of "IT" is just plain lethal if you're unlucky to a *very likely* degree.

  • @clownfromclowntown
    @clownfromclowntown 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1292

    So following the trend would that mean Carrie is just “what if prom was scary?”

    • @thalesanastacio760
      @thalesanastacio760 2 ปีที่แล้ว +253

      What if puberty was scary

    • @aldar8240
      @aldar8240 2 ปีที่แล้ว +99

      what if children were scary

    • @lightsideendings5815
      @lightsideendings5815 2 ปีที่แล้ว +129

      What if fundamentalist soccer moms were scary?

    • @vintheguy
      @vintheguy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      What if Jesus was scary

    • @CharlieBrown20XD6
      @CharlieBrown20XD6 2 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      What if that one weird girl in class was scary

  • @antk8493
    @antk8493 ปีที่แล้ว +562

    I really appreciate that for IT you didn't just say "what if clowns were scary" but the more accurate "what if fear was scary".
    Stephen King is crazy but that's why he's the goat

    • @matchamelon330
      @matchamelon330 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Yeah but he also wrote sex scenes between children, so....

    • @antk8493
      @antk8493 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      @Matcha Melon Yeah in a book where those kids grew up to be all mentally unstable and with very toxic relations to their childhoods

    • @jacksondavies3595
      @jacksondavies3595 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      THAT'S WH HE'S THE GOAT! THE GOAT!

    • @Camaraocompao
      @Camaraocompao ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@jacksondavies3595beeeeeeeeeee

    • @NobodyC13
      @NobodyC13 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Speaking of goats, apparently IT was his take on Three Billy Goats Gruff.

  • @Newoaf
    @Newoaf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +315

    Fun fact: Stephen King used to get such frequent nosebleeds from cocaine use in the 70s that he would stuff cotton balls in his nostrils to stop blood from dripping on his typewriter while he wrote.

    • @darkwitnesslxx
      @darkwitnesslxx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      80's

    • @neuemilch8318
      @neuemilch8318 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Thanks, now i know how to get over the writers blockade

    • @MsBabyChips
      @MsBabyChips 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I'm so jealous of everyone that lived in the 70s...

    • @I_Stole_A_BTR-80
      @I_Stole_A_BTR-80 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      That seems to explain why he's written about 10 million books in thee span of only a few decades

  • @Blizzic
    @Blizzic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +190

    I love how the timer eventually just stops mattering

  • @gremlinwc8996
    @gremlinwc8996 ปีที่แล้ว +493

    Never read a Steven King book but literally the reason he wrote the Shining was because, while at the Stanley hotel, he had a nightmare that his son was being chased by a vacuum cleaner. That's it lmao

    • @naturesquad9174
      @naturesquad9174 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      What is it with this dude and appliances!!

    • @AverageWagie
      @AverageWagie ปีที่แล้ว +16

      He also wrote a short story where a man gets eaten by a demonic lawn mower

    • @adashofbitter
      @adashofbitter ปีที่แล้ว +21

      that's not true at all... From memory, he got into a near marriage ending fight while drunk at the hotel and, reflecting on this, had the idea for the novel and decided to stay there until he had finished writing it. At least, it's something along those lines... Maybe he had a dream about his son being chased by a vacuum cleaner and that inspired a scene, though there's no such scene in the book, but it's not the inspiration for the novel.

    • @theMyRadiowasTaken
      @theMyRadiowasTaken ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@naturesquad9174this guy fucking HATES appliances

    • @DyLeN17
      @DyLeN17 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And then he complains about the masterpiece Kubrick created...

  • @DanePavitt
    @DanePavitt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +168

    We need a HP Lovecraft edition of this.
    "What if colors were scary? What if air conditioning was scary? What if anyone who isn't me was scary?"

    • @TheDanishGuyReviews
      @TheDanishGuyReviews ปีที่แล้ว +11

      They had air conditioning back in super racist times?

    • @a2ron_coor
      @a2ron_coor ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@TheDanishGuyReviews The times weren't that much racist. Lovecraft that was.

    • @TheDanishGuyReviews
      @TheDanishGuyReviews ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@a2ron_coor I dunno. I think the times were racist, but Lovecraft doubly so.

    • @isaachiggs1925
      @isaachiggs1925 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      What is mix-race people were scary? - “The Call of Cthulhu”

    • @robertwagstaff1126
      @robertwagstaff1126 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      Shadow Over Innsmouth: What if hillbillies were scary?
      Whisperer In Darkness: What if travel agencies were scary?
      Dreams In A Witch House: What if geometry was scary?
      Mountains of Madness: What if penguins were scary?
      Herbert West Reanimator: What if Frankenstein was scary?
      Charles Dexter Ward: What if geneology was scary?
      Call of Cthulhu: What if Atlantis was scary?
      Dagon: What if Atlantis was scary?
      Shadow Out of Time: What if time travel was scary?
      Silver Key: What if nostalgia was scary?
      The Unnameable: What if windows were scary?
      Imprisoned With The Pharaohs: What if Harry Houdini was scared?
      Pickman's Model: What if painting was scary?
      Colour Out of Space: What if hydro-electric dams were scary?
      Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath: What if nightmares were...pretty freaking sweet?

  • @Summer-birds
    @Summer-birds 2 ปีที่แล้ว +241

    I’ve read so many King’s books, including rather news ones, but whenever I take a pause of reading his works, he writes EVEN MORE and it’s hard to catch up. It’s kind of scary lol 😂

    • @nonna_bruna2847
      @nonna_bruna2847 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      What if catching up was scary?

    • @skittles536
      @skittles536 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@nonna_bruna2847ou beat me to saying that

    • @naturesquad9174
      @naturesquad9174 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      What if reading was scary?

    • @Tgm_464
      @Tgm_464 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      writethatdownWRITETHATDOWN!

    • @Tyc9909
      @Tyc9909 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@nonna_bruna2847that… has potential

  • @dandaropa
    @dandaropa 2 ปีที่แล้ว +660

    Always nice to see M.C. Thing’s makeup artists at work. This time they even made him look like a new person!

    • @paulunga
      @paulunga 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Okay. That's it. From now I'll only refer to this channel as MC Thing.

    • @bro.that.is.adorable.2633
      @bro.that.is.adorable.2633 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      The name for formal occasions

  • @muttjones222
    @muttjones222 2 ปีที่แล้ว +141

    Bag of Bones is basically “What if ghosts were scary?” so it tracks.

    • @zoebrugg7594
      @zoebrugg7594 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What if being a ghost was scarry?

  • @willehster
    @willehster 2 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    bag of bones is probably about a bag of bones i feel like you nailed that one

    • @darkwitnesslxx
      @darkwitnesslxx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      In multiple ways actually. The protagonist who is an empty shell of a human, and a literal bag of bones.

  • @mattbounds
    @mattbounds 2 ปีที่แล้ว +151

    Wow it was really inspiring seeing a person making so many objects into horror, thanks Man Scarrying Thing

    • @vojeremia
      @vojeremia 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      hah, nice

    • @theMyRadiowasTaken
      @theMyRadiowasTaken ปีที่แล้ว +2

      cmon man its a video about Stephen King.
      obviously hes Man Carrie-ing Thing

  • @nikke36
    @nikke36 2 ปีที่แล้ว +310

    A collab we didn't know we needed

    • @InTrancedState
      @InTrancedState 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They collab and acknowledge each other mildly often?

    • @nikke36
      @nikke36 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@InTrancedState Cool

    • @puppergump4117
      @puppergump4117 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@InTrancedState brean daith

  • @moscockmule
    @moscockmule 2 ปีที่แล้ว +485

    I'll admit that "What if Florida was scary" seems pretty realistic.

    • @Patricswift
      @Patricswift 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      As a Florida resident, I can confirm.

    • @acolossalangrybook3169
      @acolossalangrybook3169 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      "what if ohio was scary"

    • @romanvopilov8190
      @romanvopilov8190 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      In fact, it's more about "What if Maine was scary"

    • @Ria-sd2ex
      @Ria-sd2ex ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Steven King: Write that down, WRITE THAT DOWN!!!!!!!!!

    • @CharlieBrown20XD6
      @CharlieBrown20XD6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@romanvopilov8190 lol Maine IS scary. You're neighbor can shoot you and as long as he goes "whoops thought it was a deer" they get to keep their gun

  • @andrew.d.salicc
    @andrew.d.salicc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    1:33 Beautiful refference to an actual King's picture he took when he was writting the Dark Towers Ending, your Channel is totally gold

    • @creathechiboi
      @creathechiboi ปีที่แล้ว +2

      *where. can i find it*

    • @LiFancier
      @LiFancier ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@creathechiboi Don't know if this is it, but it seems to match the description: img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2021-05/23/17/asset/93ff4bb9fc7e/sub-buzz-4417-1621790341-7.jpg

    • @creathechiboi
      @creathechiboi ปีที่แล้ว

      @@LiFancier much love

  • @Ryan-xh7pe
    @Ryan-xh7pe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    i binged all of your videos yesterday and gotta say i’ve never felt such an extended dopamine rush before

  • @davidz9659
    @davidz9659 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    The funniest part, to me at least, is that “if losing weight was scary isn’t just the plot of two separate Stephen King novels, but also the short story, “Quitters INC.” too.

    • @darkwitnesslxx
      @darkwitnesslxx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wasn't that smoking?

    • @naturesquad9174
      @naturesquad9174 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@darkwitnesslxx yeah the losing weight thing was kind of an addendum at the end

  • @inactive5501
    @inactive5501 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    i've come back to this video about 5 times so far bc every time im about to start a stephen king book i rewatch this to find it in there

  • @Farfaramir
    @Farfaramir 2 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    I've read all of them, so this is pretty accurate.
    BTW, Bag of Bones is fantastic. It's one of the really good one.

    • @vintheguy
      @vintheguy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      What's Colorado kid about?

    • @Farfaramir
      @Farfaramir 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@vintheguy It's a short police story about a man who is found dead near a beach (I think, I read that one a long time ago, it's not that good).

    • @falx94
      @falx94 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Came down here just because I hoped someone else gave that one the love it deserves. It's my absolute favorite King book and I've read the vast majority of them. It's one of the only ones I've read more than a couple times (because most of them are so FUCKING long).

    • @josrodsedre5142
      @josrodsedre5142 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bag of Bones is one of his best. My favorite with 11/22/63

  • @shinkaiatsuya950
    @shinkaiatsuya950 2 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    What if being an author was scary, Stephen King autobiography.

    • @weavehole
      @weavehole 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      What if running Stephen King over was scary

    • @kaylons
      @kaylons 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@weavehole What if not writing horror anymore was scary

    • @Karen_McJudgerson
      @Karen_McJudgerson 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      That’s the premise of his book “misery” honestly. It’s a great book though.

    • @CharlieBrown20XD6
      @CharlieBrown20XD6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Dark Half is basically "what if I wrote books under a fake name and then that fake person came to life and started killing everyone I know"

  • @veqzor
    @veqzor 2 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    I've never read a book from Stephen king or Brandon Sanderson and the way you portray these people will forever be my initial impression of them

    • @ProjektTaku
      @ProjektTaku 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      based

    • @CharlieBrown20XD6
      @CharlieBrown20XD6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      DEAD ZONE is his best book because it's the only one with a really satisfying ending.

    • @Scrummy64
      @Scrummy64 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@CharlieBrown20XD6
      The Shining's ending was pretty great too IMO. Comfortably one of my favourite books ever

    • @radicalprogamingdotgov
      @radicalprogamingdotgov 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@CharlieBrown20XD6 I really like the stands ending, you could say it ends with a bang

  • @nakenmil
    @nakenmil 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    This made me realize how many of King's novels are famous and infamous movies.

  • @30secondsflat
    @30secondsflat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +121

    Nothing more scary than an MCT and Daniel Greene collab….that much quality content is way too powerful for one video!

  • @billyalarie929
    @billyalarie929 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    "I BET THAT'LL BE YOUR BEST BOOK" LMFAO THIS LEGIT MADE ME CHUCKLE REAL GOOD

  • @ltcrescent4011
    @ltcrescent4011 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    this is dead-ass how I've gotten some of my ideas for writing.
    I see some random shit and I'm like "yeah I can work with this"

  • @peppep7018
    @peppep7018 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Dude your acting and writing for these sketches are something else 😂😂 I love the subtle jabs and how quick u go thru em that you almost miss it

  • @judeconnor-macintyre9874
    @judeconnor-macintyre9874 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    His delivery on, "what if orbs were scary" was magnificent.

  • @will_sam
    @will_sam 2 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    Not nearly enough cocaine in this video

  • @BackpainMcGee
    @BackpainMcGee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    God with all these books Stephen King wrote, this might be the most things that this man carrying things has ever carried!

    • @Fhhfs80808lil
      @Fhhfs80808lil 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      'carrie'd

    • @ProjektTaku
      @ProjektTaku 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      nah bro, do you know how big youtube is?

  • @stapler942
    @stapler942 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    "What if fear was scary?" is a wonderful description of It.

  • @Bleinsfield
    @Bleinsfield 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    As soon as the first two Dark Tower books came up I dorkily started mentally chanting "WHAT IF TRAINS WERE SCARY WHAT IF TRAINS WERE SCARY" then Waste Lands popped up and cheered (waste lands is my fav dark tower/king book in general)

  • @andrew.d.salicc
    @andrew.d.salicc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Just the very first second was already way too much S.K. for me and now I have to stop reading carrie for a while and finally start Crime and Punishment, thank you man you actually make me get into classics.

  • @S0NAL_
    @S0NAL_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    BEST COLLAB EVER, I LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH

  • @RocoPwnage
    @RocoPwnage 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Wait you don't think the Simpsons Movie was scary?
    Also I love how the other dude asks to clarify Harry Potter because it's 1975 but 2 seconds later is completely okay with hearing the word "cellphones".

    • @Ktulured55
      @Ktulured55 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      They were making a joke there, it's the 70s, so everyone is Harry. And a Potter is a profession.. so the publisher asks him to clarify which one... so that's why he wasn't questioning what Harry Potter was...

    • @fredleeland2464
      @fredleeland2464 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Ktulured55 i was thing hairy weed smokers since having a lot of hair and smoking weed were popular at the time

    • @Ktulured55
      @Ktulured55 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Fred Leeland or that too! Lol
      Either or. 😃

    • @ВікторКушнір-й8о
      @ВікторКушнір-й8о 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He asks that because its a reference to the joke from that very book. The Wolves use golden flying bombs named as snitches from Harry Potter books and since the characters are from the 70s they don't know this and assume its from a Star Wars movie from the future.

  • @whenfunnydancingcockroach4625
    @whenfunnydancingcockroach4625 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    As someone who loves Stephen King books, this hit way too close to home

  • @itz_nfected
    @itz_nfected 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I have never read a single Stephen King book in my life and don't know what any of them are about but now..... now I know what all of them are about

  • @trontosaurusrex9532
    @trontosaurusrex9532 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    IT scared me. I couldn't imagine helping people turn on their computer,and explain that laptops need to be charged. IT givers me shivers.

    • @mckinleyostvig7135
      @mckinleyostvig7135 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The IT law is scary though. You can fix a problem 100% and by the time the customer gets home the problem magically exists again.

  • @Frenchaboo
    @Frenchaboo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    to be fair, Green Mile is less "what if prisons were scary" and more "what if prisons gave you depression"

  • @Laxerot
    @Laxerot 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    What if the friends we made along the way were scary

  • @kennyclips658
    @kennyclips658 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I just realized when Daniel said "I think that might be enough" the timer ended

  • @Pinely
    @Pinely 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    As a person who's read none of these books i agree that this is very accurate

  • @lilithlaney1759
    @lilithlaney1759 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I've never been so thoroughly called out as a fan of something/someone and agreed at the same time lmao

  • @cz1754
    @cz1754 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I am Stephen King and thus can confirm this is, indeed, how I get my ideas

  • @itsaUSBline
    @itsaUSBline ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I'm actually reading my first Stephen King right now, halfway through 11/22/63, and it's honestly one of the most compelling reading experiences I've had, period. I had steered clear of Stephen King for the longest time because of his popularity, but now I feel silly because he really is an excellent writer, and I'm definitely going to read more after this one.

    • @curranfrank2854
      @curranfrank2854 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      If you want to read another book by him, Misery, Shining and Pet Sematary are all really good horror novels. The Mr. Mercedes book is also a great dark detective novel as well, less scary but a very entertaining read.

    • @rileyconklin145
      @rileyconklin145 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      you should read the gunslinger

    • @knightmare5097
      @knightmare5097 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I suggest also Bag of Bones, The Green Mile, Shawshank Redemption, and Gerald’s Game. Really fantastic books

    • @radicalprogamingdotgov
      @radicalprogamingdotgov 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I suggest the stand, the size intimidated me at first but now it is one of my favorite books, also Carrie or the running man

  • @BugsyFoga
    @BugsyFoga 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Didn’t think it was possible for there to be other people on this channel that aren’t just ManCarryingThimg

  • @dorsestein9172
    @dorsestein9172 2 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    I remember seeing 2 scenes from dreamcatcher like 15 years ago and since then I've been trying to find the movie with no luck
    holy fuck dude, you saved me, amazing video 10/10
    honestly, you described it so well (1:17) that I immediately went to check if it was the movie, and it was!

    • @ironfire286
      @ironfire286 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Oh my, i didnt know there was a movie adaption of that book. Thanks!

  • @oliverholmes-gunning5372
    @oliverholmes-gunning5372 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lost it at "what if a different type of car was scary". Was not expecting that even though I've read both Christine and From A Buick 8 lol

  • @devinhoke1201
    @devinhoke1201 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    As someone who has been waiting for your opinion on the rest of the Dark Tower series, this was hilarious and unfortunately accurate.

  • @MathiasSteenJensen
    @MathiasSteenJensen 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is unironically a really good idea on, which Stephen King books I should pick up next

  • @Crimson28
    @Crimson28 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    How Stephen King got his ideas: cocaine. Lots and lots of cocaine. And some liquor on the side.

  • @princepretzels6486
    @princepretzels6486 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Rereading the Waste Lands rn and yeah, "what if trains were scary" is a pretty succinct summary of (the latter half of) that book

  • @Karen_McJudgerson
    @Karen_McJudgerson 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Stephen king is one of my favorite authors. A lot of his books aren’t scary though, they are more like suspense/thriller.

    • @jablanbukvovski
      @jablanbukvovski ปีที่แล้ว +6

      what if "aren’t scary though" is scary

  • @thomasladder2806
    @thomasladder2806 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I started reading my first Stephen King novel, "Bag of Bones" today and you upload a video about King. Are you living in my walls ManCarryingThing?

  • @zalseon4746
    @zalseon4746 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Props to Daniel for doing a fat line of blow to really get into the character of a publisher in 80's

  • @kunaikai
    @kunaikai 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It’s like looking back in time and seeing how this actually went down

  • @olburgle2841
    @olburgle2841 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    All these covers and ideas in succession are just giving me Goosebump vibes lol

  • @PixlyPenguin
    @PixlyPenguin 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have the feeling man carrying thing is a huge Stephen King fan, as this is the second video naming all of Stephen King's books

  • @CharlieBrown20XD6
    @CharlieBrown20XD6 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Now do all his short stories lol
    What if rats were scary
    What if plastic army men were scary
    What if time was scary
    What if a Polaroid camera was scary
    What if teleporting was scary
    What if abducting a child was scary
    What if world peace was scary
    What if a pilot was scary
    What if overdue books was scary
    What if school shootings was scary
    What if smoking was scary
    What if graffiti was scary

    • @radicalprogamingdotgov
      @radicalprogamingdotgov 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      What if evil ghosts were scary
      What if lawnmowers were scary
      What if killing people was scary
      What if mist was scary
      What if trauma was scary
      What if paintings were scary

    • @CharlieBrown20XD6
      @CharlieBrown20XD6 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@radicalprogamingdotgov wait which one was just killing people lol

    • @radicalprogamingdotgov
      @radicalprogamingdotgov 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@CharlieBrown20XD6 his short story everything's eventual is about a guy with psychic powers being used by the government to kill people without his knowledge, like an enders game situation, but I guess billy summers also applies

    • @CharlieBrown20XD6
      @CharlieBrown20XD6 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@radicalprogamingdotgov oh I considered that what if graffiti was scary since he kills people by just drawing weird shapes on a wall

    • @radicalprogamingdotgov
      @radicalprogamingdotgov 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@CharlieBrown20XD6 true

  • @GloriaGloom
    @GloriaGloom 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A Halloween treat. Nice touch with the rock n roll writing tunes.

  • @elliebingo
    @elliebingo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    "What if there was a man carrying a thing?"
    "Eh"
    "AND it was scary!"

  • @IEatBubble
    @IEatBubble 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is prob your best skit you ever made! It is hilarious. Funny how such simple ideas can be so good.

  • @mateoremedi4703
    @mateoremedi4703 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I didn't read anything of king. Now i have a list of new books to read

  • @adriannafitzgerald3252
    @adriannafitzgerald3252 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love stephan king book, and this summed was actually a perfect description for everything. You also forgot "The mist" -If weather was scary

  • @leiretxu_99
    @leiretxu_99 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "The Body": What if "The Goonies" was scary?

  • @matthewistryinghisbest
    @matthewistryinghisbest 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    honestly an amazing video. As an avid Stephen King reader this describes most of his books.

  • @cantaloupegodling352
    @cantaloupegodling352 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I consider myself a big Stephen King fan until I see all his works line up and think yeah I haven't scratched the surface.

  • @RexusprimeIX
    @RexusprimeIX 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Man, you've kinda sold me on this, I gotta read stephen king's books.

  • @ellaferrier
    @ellaferrier 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    when you passed the colorado kid i choked-

  • @WilliamsReptiles
    @WilliamsReptiles ปีที่แล้ว

    The deadpan look to the camera with "I don't actually know what this one is about" sent me.

  • @LuckyHicks2
    @LuckyHicks2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Honestly, I get that this is tongue-in-cheek, but forcing yourself take something utterly mundane and somehow find a way to make it horrifying is actually a pretty good way to make an original kind of horror.
    People have done ghosts, but it’s hard to think of many horror stories about a dog of all things, so you have to actively look for things scary about it, which can help make it feel more immersive and real, I think. Sorry if this was ramble-y.

  • @SuperPaperMarioMovieGuy
    @SuperPaperMarioMovieGuy 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    "What if The Simpsons Movie was scary?" "What if I was scary?" Bro is able to reference movies that wouldn't exist for the next 30 years. I'd say the man is already pretty scary.

  • @michaelmorbius2719
    @michaelmorbius2719 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Maybe we can get a sequel of how Brandon Sanderson gets his ideas

    • @AK-tr6lo
      @AK-tr6lo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Elantris: what if hieroglyphs were magic?
      Mistborn: what if lead poisoning was magic?
      Warbreaker: what if colors were magic?
      Rithmatist: what if chalk was magic?
      Stormlight: what if depression was magic?

    • @holbvgbbbbkfz
      @holbvgbbbbkfz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What time is it ?

    • @LONlG
      @LONlG 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@AK-tr6lo Beautiful.

    • @JasonJrake
      @JasonJrake 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He doesn’t have time to experience “ideas.” He just writes and then finds out what he wrote when he proofreads.

    • @holbvgbbbbkfz
      @holbvgbbbbkfz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      you guys are no fun i say what time is it and you say its morbin time

  • @Fluffy6555
    @Fluffy6555 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Here's the ones he missed:
    Carrie - What if prom was scary?
    Rage - What if going out of print because you inspired real school shootings was scary?
    Dolores Claiborne - What if domestic abuse was scary?
    Later - What if the Sixth Sense was scary?

  • @vydave
    @vydave 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    11/22/63 isn't even a horror-based story (it's thrill/mystery-ish) but looking back, for some reason, "what if time travel was scary" fits it perfectly.

  • @cellokid5104
    @cellokid5104 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is your funniest sketch so far imo

  • @snaketooth0943
    @snaketooth0943 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I'm not a fan of the genre, but isn't most horror based on the question "what if... Was scary?"

  • @kayzeaza
    @kayzeaza 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your costumes are getting advanced

  • @maplej0e
    @maplej0e 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    You forgot the scariest horror of them all: There's now TWO men carrying things.

  • @Alyosha58293
    @Alyosha58293 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Love the Shining reference with “bad moon rising” at the beginning

  • @bluelobsterart
    @bluelobsterart ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I love Stephen King stories but this was hilarious anyway.

  • @rouelandrewpulma9799
    @rouelandrewpulma9799 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey love the Daniel Greene colab!

  • @LaughBoys
    @LaughBoys 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Haha wow the publisher must’ve eaten so many powdered donuts before this video

  • @bencarlson4300
    @bencarlson4300 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Not only will each of those concepts be “scary”, but what if the villains were 100x more misogynistic, racist, homophobic, rapey, murderous, horrible at parenting, sadistic, and sexually deviant than any other villains ever.

  • @JadeCryptOfWonders
    @JadeCryptOfWonders 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I can't believe you got this documentary footage from the seventies just for a Halloween gag.

  • @srely3786
    @srely3786 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Saving this video to refer to - now I know what each Stephen King book is about. ❤

  • @barelyprotestant5365
    @barelyprotestant5365 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing you found this footage.

  • @craigh5236
    @craigh5236 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    What if writing a coherent ending was scary!

  • @thewintermanproject
    @thewintermanproject 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    hysterical. honestly.

  • @oneclipleft
    @oneclipleft 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    What if hypothetical questions were scary?

  • @SheepUndefined
    @SheepUndefined 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Tempted to use this as a reference to see which SK books I'd be interested in reading.

  • @MichaelCravith
    @MichaelCravith 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "What if viruses were scary?"
    "Might become relevant."
    lmfao