Bed Buggery

[Matt]

You would cry too, if it happened to you.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/loadingreadyrun/2056-Bed-Buggery

-m

[Keab42]

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.

[addeB]

Good thing you got a free spray bottle.

[aeric90]

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? >.>

[Metcarfre]

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.

[Elomin Sha]

Acting joke good, stinger excellent.

[goat]

*consults the flow chart*

OH SNAP!

I fucking love you guys so much right now.

[GreigKM]

Ha, Yummies, what can't they mess up?

[Lisra]

Graham as a bug looks sooo funny.

[Jon Lock]

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?

Nowhere, that’s where. Nowhere.

Think about it.

[Gap Filler]

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?

[thunderkatz]

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?

[Yaxley]

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.

[Ottoman]

*slow clap*

Brilliant.

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

[Emperor Gum]

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

[xe2k7]

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.

[Mighty Magnus]

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)

[Metcarfre]

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.

[Asnone]

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.

[Slack Mesa]

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.

[Drinnik]

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.

[xe2k7]

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.

thank you SOOO MUCH

[ThrashJazzAssassin]

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.

[Metcarfre]

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?

[Tim]

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.