I love David Choe's interpretation of other graffiti artists... it's like an Egyptology expert walking us through a pyramid full of hieroglyphs. Pure awesome.
I live in Anchorage Alaska and would have given y’all a ride without a second thought. I traveled around the country for four years hopping freight and hitching it was some of the best times in my life and finally landed me in Alaska. Everyone should get the chance to explore this country at some point, I hope it’s still achievable for future generations. Safe travels, and remember not all who wander are lost”
Jazz Feline the comment is fresh, I know its literally 2 days ago. But because David and his 2nd time and JRE, he has recognition now and I was assuming I was late to the Thumbs up party lol
Jazz Feline hell yeah bro, been watching both Vice and JRE for a while now. But that David Choe episode was right on timing, this thumbs ups series is rad!
I agree kinda far fetched .. Mexico to usa via train and injecting test into your vein ??? Liked the last season better... Still entertaining that's the point eh
I actually love the combo of super real mixed with exaggerations and falsehoods. It is continuing an American tradition of tall tales and wandering, traveling, and moving onwards. I can't say what was accurate or not, but I've done enough similar travel myself to say they got the essence right, even if some of the exact details are skewed.
Their hitchhiking is real, I believe that unshakably, David and Harry do not strike me as disingenuous. Some of the clips are OF COURSE acted out, they are supposed to be entertaining and amusing filler, if you really believe that they, taking testosterone and crossing the border illegally into the US was an attempt to trick you into thinking they actually did it, you probably have low intelligence.
Joe Bert you definitely don’t have any intelligence if you think: a) this whole video is real. And b) if you think you know these guys just because you watch their videos. However, if you’re just a troll looking for a reaction.... get a life dude.
They have 3 people (family one dedicated film) but both of them have small cameras. Vice has a back up vehicle follow them everywhere. Vice does not get involved in there illegal activates (such as train hopping) which is some states is a min of 2 years in jail. When they do something illegal they try and cut it ever since they almost went to jail when they filmed them jumping on a train to get to LA. But the Vice 'safety' crew and his 3rd unknown family member usually bail on illegal activities and go to the small production crew vehicle. 16:40 notice the film cut before he cuts the dead bolt off the fence? Cutting a lock is a crime they cut it from the video.,
Lx sc train hopping, vandalism, illegal boarder crossing, carrying a firearm over state/country lines, even hitchhiking in certain states (maybe if not all states) is illegal as well. I don’t understand why he made or released this video if it was real because he’s incriminating himself pretty much the whole time.
@@jbizzy71 It's because they are not actually doing those things.. A lot of it is staged and for some of it permission is asked ahead of time. I don't know this to be fact but I know how producers handle reality shows and it is far easier, safer and more hassle free to use actors as the people stopping to offer rides. That way they do not really have to wait on the side of the road for hours and hours and hours each day and they do not have to worry that the drivers are going to be uninteresting people or that when someone finally stops, they are not going in the same direction. For all of the things you can imagine being an issue, as a producer the answer is to stage it.
It tough man but it's something not a lot of people have done. If your down for the adventure then send it just take care of yourself and trust none, to a point obviously. I had my bag stolen but some homeless people gave me what I needed and I kept going. Ultimate freedom!
There is a production crew that follows Dave, Harry and the cameraman in a RV. This ensures their safety when they're hitch hiking. Most of this stuff is staged.
Aaron Strubhar I had the same reaction it sucked at first but after doing some reasearch I found out that they almost went to jail over the last season from the train hopping. So now they cut out the illegal activities and the cameraman doesn’t go with them anymore they follow them in a vice crew vehicular
Imagine showing up to your moms house and she thinks your a homeless bum and then your like Im getting paid to be filming being a homeless bum for fun😂
This show is the greatest! That some video of a cat licking itself gets 5,000,000 hits and this show doesn't speaks to the lame underbelly of humanity. Laugh my ass off at every Thumbs up episode. Every trip it's like we're along for the rides. I hope there's more of these! David Choe and Harry Kim rock!
On the podcast Did I hear correctly when he was talking about going to the Congo ..where he said “this was all before cellphones n etc.” but then also mentioned that he had strapped a GoPro to one of the hunting dogs when baboon hunting with the HADZA tribe?
WARNING! don't watch this video unless you're ready to watch all parts and all seasons... Once you start you can't stop... Awesome series
+Louie Alouie So true, Just as addictive as crack.
Marty Mcfly lmao.
Omg, too late I'm in.. I watched all of season five. I need a shower, lol
etferus v2 yeah the China one with the kids sister was such a great episode
Maggie Matullo lmao
Bought testosterone to never stop running lmao can these guys get an oscar already
+Viking Sword crystal meth will make you run better, but i guess they can't afford it..
+Jo Aldridge that shits cheaper.. they probably did that but didnt wanna show it on camera haha
Fuck you jacob
nkrissy13 no fuck you sir!
If that's not a lie as I situate on the common, what claim has your piety on Jacobs deference?
I'm weak.
I love David Choe's interpretation of other graffiti artists... it's like an Egyptology expert walking us through a pyramid full of hieroglyphs. Pure awesome.
Wow his mom's laugh is fuckin fabulous
+Spenser Brooks HYAAAAHYAHYAHYAHYAHYHAHYAHYA
lol
No shit
Emerald Violet I thought that was a toy this whole time lol
Hya hya hya hya hya
I live in Anchorage Alaska and would have given y’all a ride without a second thought. I traveled around the country for four years hopping freight and hitching it was some of the best times in my life and finally landed me in Alaska. Everyone should get the chance to explore this country at some point, I hope it’s still achievable for future generations. Safe travels, and remember not all who wander are lost”
Bet, im on the way to alaska
@@SkyGraffitiwhere'd you start and where are you now?
Bout to be a boat hopper and make my way to PR/DR
“I’m here with the son of my uncles nephew.” 😂
its nostalgic going back and watching these almost 10 years later. takes me back to a different time and a different me
He had solid logic for bringing that Thing fist. A respectable man, truly.
I gave him the ride
Arturo Martinez lol
awesome arturo!!!
Good shit cuh
That is pretty cool, they did call him Arturo lol.
Arturo Martinez we are from bakersfield my brother !
That Mexican guy showed him his queso maker
Mason Gerberg really though, what the hell was that about.
Yeah.....he's on drugs
Be respectful... he identifies as Korean that’s his rice maker
HeavyHanded ` gay.
His parents are adorable, his moms laugh was so funny lol.
who is here after the JRE episode?
Santi Smirk I know this is old but does it mean that the first Mexican guy understood what David said in korean or no?
Jazz Feline the comment is fresh, I know its literally 2 days ago. But because David and his 2nd time and JRE, he has recognition now and I was assuming I was late to the Thumbs up party lol
Jazz Feline hell yeah bro, been watching both Vice and JRE for a while now. But that David Choe episode was right on timing, this thumbs ups series is rad!
I have legit seen this series a couple times
I was hoping I wouldn’t see this type of comment before coming to the comment section and this is the first one I see.... 😐
Mama Choe's laugh is the best part of this entire episode
it's so candid it startled me
Kitty Foreman
45 seconds in and "here I am with the son of my uncle's nephew" already broke my brain
me too! lol that must either be his son (a very long-winded way of saying that) or more likely, the son of his cousin so his "cousin once removed"
The first season seemed way more legit than this
They're just not taking it as seriously as last time but watching the later parts it gets way better
I agree kinda far fetched .. Mexico to usa via train and injecting test into your vein ??? Liked the last season better... Still entertaining that's the point eh
Not for nothing their instruments randomly appear you never see them jump on the trains with them
@@jeffmoore5284 In season one their camera man carried it
Agreed. I just watched the whole first season front to back... Five minutes into this and it seems way more staged and not legit :(
David Mom sounds like Eric mom from "That's 70's Show" 😄😂
Oh my god I'm not the only one!
Gucci Prison lol that’s why I came here lol
@@gucciprison7640 are you an internet gangster?
I wonder if they still have those orange and purple t shirts they got from that guy from season 1
TMTCoffeShop The t-shirts were red and pink..
@@Mofasho orange...
Oldman Ontheinternet orange...
Orange and pink you colourblind dork
in the last episode of season 3, harry is wearing the pink shirt
This feels more fake than the first one.
+CaptainSnowflake as someone who hitchhikes.. it make me want to vomit :/
+Claude de Cuba why
the peak of youtube is this film series and I never stop coming back to it
His mom's laughs great.. I'm watching all these again they're great lol I watched em maybe 4 years ago
I actually love the combo of super real mixed with exaggerations and falsehoods. It is continuing an American tradition of tall tales and wandering, traveling, and moving onwards. I can't say what was accurate or not, but I've done enough similar travel myself to say they got the essence right, even if some of the exact details are skewed.
his moms laugh doe lol
Little late finding this series.... thanks YT. But, better late than never... 2019!!!
Shit it's 2025 now
2020 february 22nd
@@stpbasss3773in a month, I remember watching this back in 2013
rofl when mom comes in laughing at 6:19
I love her!
Yea, that border crossing was bs.
buck short no shit
+buck short Duh or else they would've gotten more arrested
+Vibronik haha gotten more arrested
+Ewan Feek L
+buck short yah, but when they shot up those steroids that was real af
anyone watching the whole series in 2019?
zaendrew yup lol
Me
Bro this is my second time watching both lol. We need more seasons of this!
Chris Michael there’s ,3 not sure ab 4th
Just watched the first season and I’m fucking speechless
Their hitchhiking is real, I believe that unshakably, David and Harry do not strike me as disingenuous. Some of the clips are OF COURSE acted out, they are supposed to be entertaining and amusing filler, if you really believe that they, taking testosterone and crossing the border illegally into the US was an attempt to trick you into thinking they actually did it, you probably have low intelligence.
iv steroids lmao no
Joe Bert you definitely don’t have any intelligence if you think: a) this whole video is real. And b) if you think you know these guys just because you watch their videos. However, if you’re just a troll looking for a reaction.... get a life dude.
He did so many incriminating things throughout this whole video he’d be in jail for doing 90% of this stuff
@@jbizzy71 Couldn't have put it better myself. Unfortunately the majority of people are easily deceived with media.
lol shut the fuck up
This is inspiring , its like a Shakespearean romance and a raw travel show combined into one. Congratulations on your epic victory.
can't believe this is 10 years old. a lot has changed. goddamn
its still the same. kip
Fuuck I clicked on season 2! I need to sleep!
They have 3 people (family one dedicated film) but both of them have small cameras. Vice has a back up vehicle follow them everywhere. Vice does not get involved in there illegal activates (such as train hopping) which is some states is a min of 2 years in jail. When they do something illegal they try and cut it ever since they almost went to jail when they filmed them jumping on a train to get to LA.
But the Vice 'safety' crew and his 3rd unknown family member usually bail on illegal activities and go to the small production crew vehicle.
16:40 notice the film cut before he cuts the dead bolt off the fence? Cutting a lock is a crime they cut it from the video.,
Lx sc train hopping, vandalism, illegal boarder crossing, carrying a firearm over state/country lines, even hitchhiking in certain states (maybe if not all states) is illegal as well. I don’t understand why he made or released this video if it was real because he’s incriminating himself pretty much the whole time.
@@jbizzy71 It's because they are not actually doing those things.. A lot of it is staged and for some of it permission is asked ahead of time. I don't know this to be fact but I know how producers handle reality shows and it is far easier, safer and more hassle free to use actors as the people stopping to offer rides. That way they do not really have to wait on the side of the road for hours and hours and hours each day and they do not have to worry that the drivers are going to be uninteresting people or that when someone finally stops, they are not going in the same direction. For all of the things you can imagine being an issue, as a producer the answer is to stage it.
@@VagueMemory noooo tell me it's not staged I want to believe :(
I was inspired to do this! I went from Colorado to Washington! It was dope! I will never forget!
Omg
I want to do that but I'm scared
It tough man but it's something not a lot of people have done. If your down for the adventure then send it just take care of yourself and trust none, to a point obviously. I had my bag stolen but some homeless people gave me what I needed and I kept going. Ultimate freedom!
THUMBS UP!
People in 2019: You can't film yourself hopping trains, breaking and entering and spray painting shit!
Vice 2012: Hold my beer.....
Just discovered David choe dude literally my spiritual animal
WOw amazing times was back then and amazing content not like todays videos on youtube
These guys have lived more in just a few weeks than many people live in their entire lives.
you have no idea how excited I am that theres another one of these. thank you vice
I love mom!!!! What a wonderful family. So supportive, xxxx moms laughter so cute
I might be 11 years late but wow good series
I cant believe we will never have this kind of Vice content!
Wtf there her laugh
HE
HE
HE.
HEWHEHEHEHEHHEHEHEH
+Carson T His mom has a wicked sarcastic sounding laugh.
Classic Korean mom laugh.
Her laugh sounds exactly like cone-heads... Shes a legend i like it :)
It's like Kitty's laugh from That 70s Show
What the hell he says "I'm traveling with the son of my uncle's nephew". I thout that was his nephew the whole time.
Mo Money Na bro lmao Harry basically his “2nd” uncle if u get me
The thumbs up seasons reminds me so much of the old MTV
His mom's laugh is one of a kind!
Do you speak korean? proceeds to get out wang
You're cringey.
went in a model beer truck, came out with caronas. lol
david's graffiti interpretations are always funny :D
Wish they would get together and make one more!!!!!!! I could only hope
He's worth too much Money now, 350 milli is what Choe's are worth today, hope you know that!! Famous artist now
I wacthed season 1 last night all 5 in a row. Woke up now I'll binge wacth season 2. It's that good
Mrs Choe laughs like an airhorn! what a treasure!
That laugh.. at 6:20.. Wtf
Yea for some reason my killer instinct kicked in
ivan karkoc not even gonna lie not until right now did I know it was his mom. lol I thought that was a toy that made that laugh the whole time lmao
You guys are awesome, started watching and I can't stop! thumbs up fellas, keep movin!
that laugh though.
If my mom had a laugh like that I would be full of life too
The moms laugh is the best part of this episode lol.
Who cares if it's fake or not. This is f-ing dope!👍
Love dis series
Where does the cameraman go?
With them
There is a production crew that follows Dave, Harry and the cameraman in a RV. This ensures their safety when they're hitch hiking. Most of this stuff is staged.
"Most" meaning like > 30%
Joshverd you can kinda tell because he’s the one HOLDING THE CAMERA AND FILMING... smh..
SHERLOCK
Hitchhikes to Fresno with a backpack. Pulls out drum set and guitar. 😂 Legendary
You guys are awesome , Im 53 and just now found you
“The son of my uncles nephew” wait 🤯
His mother sounds just like kitty from that 70s show !
I love how david said "My uncle's nephew harry" instead of saying his cousin lol
I thought he is his brother
im pretty impressed by the throw up he puts on the wall 9:20
Vice was dope asf back then wtf.
Know whats really funnny, just giving hitchikers the thumbs up as you drive on past them
that's dicks.
I love the hitch hiking lifestyle but your comment is awesome haha
Sounds like the mum from "That 70's Show", and is therefore wonderful.
All the honour for the amazing Cameraman !!!!
His mom is so sweet and wholesome
Every show awesome, Choe is the GOAT. Choe for POTUS
I feel like that beer truck driver noticed and pulled off waiting for the cops and they just narrowly escaped, Lmao.
"All the way to the North Pole in Alaska".
I wonder if they mean the city of North Pole, AK - outside of Fairbanks.
I came straight to the comments to see if anyone caught that
Wait, how'd the cameraman follow them too?
That mom lough is epic
Choe's mom's laugh is legendary
to think David is worth $300 million now wow
He is it’s crazy
i watched the first season and liked it a lot but i dont think i can watch this season. it just seems way to fake. im kind of upset
Aaron Strubhar I had the same reaction it sucked at first but after doing some reasearch I found out that they almost went to jail over the last season from the train hopping. So now they cut out the illegal activities and the cameraman doesn’t go with them anymore they follow them in a vice crew vehicular
@@hetaira62080 makes sense
This guys is super rich. He has a bunch of FB stock that he's had since the company was fairly new. Winning!!
Yea but he hasn't been able to sell it all due the fact that he owns wayyyyyyyyyyyy to much of facebooks equity.
Imagine showing up to your moms house and she thinks your a homeless bum and then your like Im getting paid to be filming being a homeless bum for fun😂
Bring them back!
3:55 - running from the cops during the day
3:57 - running from the cops (suddenly it's night?)
This show is the greatest! That some video of a cat licking itself gets 5,000,000 hits and this show doesn't speaks to the lame underbelly of humanity.
Laugh my ass off at every Thumbs up episode. Every trip it's like we're along for the rides. I hope there's more of these! David Choe and Harry Kim rock!
*runs from police with needles stuck in arm
On a David Choe binge after JRE!
On the podcast
Did I hear correctly when he was talking about going to the Congo ..where he said “this was all before cellphones n etc.” but then also mentioned that he had strapped a GoPro to one of the hunting dogs when baboon hunting with the HADZA tribe?
i like the part where they cross the border
Plot twist: David’s mom is the joker
I laughed at the In-n-out burger cup at 14:10
id love to see the extra footage.
Name a more Iconic Duo. You can't.
You hopped that boxcar like a boss! For those who never caught a boxcar on the fly, the floor is 5 feet off the ground.
his mom laughs like Joker 2019
@VICE this is what we want. This stuff.
Shout out to the Train hoppers, love you guys.
Fuck the rules. Fuck everything. I love you guys|
TRAIN JUMP OR DIE
"...the son of my uncles nephew..." Is that what I heard? I'm still stuck on that, trying to figure it out...lol
finally travelers who made a great documentary.....they could travel with me any time any day......and i never offer that....
OMG I love the "As Bad as Can" Shirt!!! I want one!!!
Gotta love Beetlejuice.
Bababooey!!!!
can you imagine how awesome it would be to hitchhike with these guys?
They jumped in a modelo beer truck and came out with corona makes sense
sidney a They are both made by the same company...
+sidney a Put your phone down sidney, Acid has fried.... Nevermind
Same plant distributes modelo, corona, and Pacifico
Im here from the joe rogan podcast
idc if its fake, i personally don't think it is but its a great series no matter what
It can't go unnoticed that the first ride they got was from awesome Arturo! Sick jams and lowered Honda on the Cali highways. What else you need?