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Bed Buggery

Postby Matt » 27 Sep 2010, 07:48

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Re: Bed Buggery

Postby Keab42 » 27 Sep 2010, 07:58

So many funny little moments, kept me chuckling all the way through.

I did wonder if the acting comment was a dig at some recent Escapist comments, but the stinger made that very clear...

Very good vid all round.
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Re: Bed Buggery

Postby addeB » 27 Sep 2010, 07:59

Good thing you got a free spray bottle.
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Re: Bed Buggery

Postby aeric90 » 27 Sep 2010, 08:00

I like this one very much. I hope Matt feels better about now with the zing as well.

Uhm... have to mention it... toilet paper in the night stand? >.>
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Re: Bed Buggery

Postby Metcarfre » 27 Sep 2010, 08:16

Obviously for nosebleeds or blowing one's nose!

I said it on the Escapist, and I'll say it here; that was the best stinger of all time. The boom dropping in... so good.
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Re: Bed Buggery

Postby Elomin Sha » 27 Sep 2010, 08:41

Acting joke good, stinger excellent.
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Re: Bed Buggery

Postby goat » 27 Sep 2010, 09:22

*consults the flow chart*

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Re: Bed Buggery

Postby GreigKM » 27 Sep 2010, 09:39

Ha, Yummies, what can't they mess up?
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Postby Lisra » 27 Sep 2010, 09:53

Graham as a bug looks sooo funny. :D
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Re: Bed Buggery

Postby Jon Lock » 27 Sep 2010, 10:06

Nice to see the Graham and Matt partnership getting some air time. You guys have a great on-screen chemistry. I imagine living together was a heady rollercoaster ride of sheer comedy gold.

I admit, the first time the “your acting wasn’t believable” line came up I did pause for a moment. It wasn’t until the stinger that I completely lost it. Graham’s face may just have been made for dead-panning.

And at the risk of being a complete kiss-arse, Matt is awesome! Just look at his work in Commodore Hustle, Fit to Print or Son of A Bitch. It can’t be easy playing the fall guy, the “bad guy” or the butt of the odd joke every now and then, but he’s always handled it masterfully. And where would we be without Ryan Quickbender, I ask you?

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Re: Bed Buggery

Postby Gap Filler » 27 Sep 2010, 10:33

It was the stinger that did it for me (although 'phase 3' ran it close). Mind you, being English, the title did throw me somewhat. Also, the Ke$ha CD; what did you do, hand Bradly Rains a Merzbow mixtape and tell him to do something similar?
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Re: Bed Buggery

Postby thunderkatz » 27 Sep 2010, 11:00

Graham throwing off the earphones was brilliant - it's the little things like that that make me love LRR. Also, amazing stinger, great acting and chemistry, awesome background music = this was such a good vid. My one complaint - the Ke$ha joke seemed a little beneath you, both in its topic and its heavy-handedness. Then again, the stinger was funny BECAUSE of it's heavy-handedness, so what the hell do I know?
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Re: Bed Buggery

Postby Yaxley » 27 Sep 2010, 12:32

I thought Matt did a good job being funny as the bewildered straight man, and I would have said that even without the stinger.

On another note, is that little puppy figurine an easter egg type thing that we're supposed to look for in every video? I feel like it has been appearing a lot lately.
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Re: Bed Buggery

Postby Ottoman » 27 Sep 2010, 12:56

*slow clap*

Brilliant.

Oh, the video was good, too, I guess. Were those embers added in post?
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Re: Bed Buggery

Postby Emperor Gum » 27 Sep 2010, 13:25

Funny! I really hope Paul spelt the bed bug name in the script, I feel like that's something he would do.
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Re: Bed Buggery

Postby xe2k7 » 27 Sep 2010, 15:03

MATT, WHERE DID YOU GET THAT SHIRT!!!

Loved the original subtle hint about acting and the stinger. It made the video for me. But seriously, I need to know where you got the shirt.
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Re: Bed Buggery

Postby Mighty Magnus » 27 Sep 2010, 15:07

Not a bad video, maybe not quite as full of funny as some, but then they did have something more of a story to tell.

But, sad Matt..., aww, muffin. (Did actually feel somewhat sad for him though)
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Re: Bed Buggery

Postby Metcarfre » 27 Sep 2010, 15:16

xe2k7 wrote:MATT, WHERE DID YOU GET THAT SHIRT!!!

Loved the original subtle hint about acting and the stinger. It made the video for me. But seriously, I need to know where you got the shirt.


Probably from here.
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Postby Asnone » 27 Sep 2010, 15:30

When I saw the title of this video I thought it was going to be something else. No offense to Matt or Graham but I'm glad it wasn't.
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Re: Bed Buggery

Postby Slack Mesa » 27 Sep 2010, 20:15

I seem to recall that a couple of the LRR writers are from countries where "buggery" has nothing to do with insects. Thus I'm guessing the double entendre was no accident. And the LRR crew are probably giggling uncontrollably as they look at their record traffic numbers from the UK and the Antipodes.
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Re: Bed Buggery

Postby Drinnik » 27 Sep 2010, 21:00

I really enjoyed this video. I like silly-upscalling answers to a simple problem. Plus, I agree that Matt and Graham bounce off each other very well.
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Re: Bed Buggery

Postby xe2k7 » 27 Sep 2010, 21:54

metcarfre wrote:
xe2k7 wrote:MATT, WHERE DID YOU GET THAT SHIRT!!!

Loved the original subtle hint about acting and the stinger. It made the video for me. But seriously, I need to know where you got the shirt.


Probably from here.


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Re: Bed Buggery

Postby ThrashJazzAssassin » 28 Sep 2010, 03:12

Fantastic. Using the Yummies brand for the exterminators was inspired; it explains why they're so unsuccessful, and possibly also explains some of the ingredients that go into making that unique Yummies Snack Cakes taste.

The Ke$ha joke did feel a bit heavy-handed in the way it was presented; it wasn't really a good enough stand-alone joke to merit the amount of screen time it received. I think it should have been mentioned by Graham in response to Matt saying "What the hell is that?", so that the sketch could quickly move on to the next bit of dialogue without lingering on the one joke for too long.
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Re: Bed Buggery

Postby Metcarfre » 28 Sep 2010, 06:45

Plus the the active ingredient in Skeeterpellent is also in Yummies brand snack cakes... are we going to see a Yummies rat poison ad, now, too?

I agree, the Ke$ha joke was heavy handed and awkward, and unnecessary. I find it interesting that the responses to that particular joke are largely 'lol best part' on the Escapist, whereas here it was ignored or derided. I thought it was kind of beneath you guys (Crew), but ya gotta play to the crowd, right?
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Re: Bed Buggery

Postby Tim » 28 Sep 2010, 07:28

I thought the Ke$ha joke filled in a hole in the sketch that would have otherwise probably been just a shot of Matt standing there awkwardly. Better to play the Ke$ha joke for laughs than to play a "this is awkward, lol" joke.
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