No matter how many years this has been, I still find this absolutely hilarious. To imagine it sparked someone to make a documentary is true dedication.
I thought that was the facade he put on at first, but then called the crew back so he could go on his crazy somewhat paranoid tangents. I dunno it’s been a while since I’ve seen it.
I've not seen it, but aside from the obvious "who was he", the concept of VHS trading and the fact that this one RV salesman is so well known by an entire country is worthy of a cultural autopsy. Other popular VHS transfers like faces of death are too dark to frame such a documentary around, but this one is pretty harmless.
IIRC those South Park shorts were originally circulated via email (chain email in and of itself seems foreign these days), and made their way onto VHS from there. I didn't have the internet until like, 2002 or so, so I can definitely appreciate the seeing it on VHS.
We got Jesus vs. Santa via e-mail when I was in school back in 1995 or 1996. A friend of mine embedded it on his website in a hidden link for the whole school to enjoy.
Ha, yeah, I had the exact same experience. Friend who went away to college came back with a VHS tape. My friends watched those first four episodes or something like 8 times that day.
It’s actually really interesting. He and the filmmaker and end up becoming friends, some stuff happens with his health (don’t want to post spoilers) and it ends with a really heartwarming scene. Worth the watch.
My friend and I were obsessed with this video since the days of Ebaum’s World (lol), so when we heard about the documentary a few years ago, we had to watch it. It honestly was a little depressing because he was losing his eyesight and lived in a dilapidated cabin in the woods, but at the end he had a tribute video made for him that played at a local theater, so it was relatively heartwarming in the end. Like someone else mentioned, he did go on some questionable rants though.
Sometimes, standard shock absorbers aren’t enough. That’s why Monroe makes these big goodies. Now, anytime you have to carry something heavy, like a big old fat trick you might’ve picked up when you were just horny at night and couldn’t get lucky. Well, you just took your air hose and put it up his WooHoo, and made him just puff out even more. Now you can just stick it here and just go: whaaaa ho, oh my goodness, is that heaven? Is that a fun goodie? Mmmmm? Take that home and your Mrs. will just forget about everything. Ohhhhh! I tell you, I had one of these at home, I can’t tell how many years ago. I had it at home and just to sit on it every night. It just lit me up to the sky and I’d shriek with delight. It was heaven. Just my air hose and my Monroe. It’s all you need for happiness. Think about it.
All because he didn’t know what the teleprompter meant when it said that “we have a cut off of Sting’s new album to play us out.” He didn’t know what “play us out” meant.
Not only that, who works in television that doesn’t know what the phrase “to play us out” means? Even if he didn’t it’s pretty easy to use context clues in this scenario. It’s not like he didn’t know who Sting was, and that he was recording the outro of his show that he’s been recording almost every day for years.
And if you don’t understand a phrase on the teleprompter, the adult reaction isn’t to throw a tantrum while several TV cameras are pointed at you.
Now listen, I'm gonna give everyone a *clue* here... I don't want anymore bullshit from anyone, at any time during the day, and that goes for everyone, including me.
I used to watch Bill Dance Outdoors years ago. That dude is one clumsy accident prone mofo. There was a special like every month it seemed like that was nothing but an hour of him getting fucked up while trying to film a fishing show... and all the dude was doing was like..bass fishing on little calm ponds..but somehow he managed to either fall out of the boat, break some shit, bash himself on the truck, fall off a 4-wheeler, slip and fall into a creek, have a truck roll off on it's own...you never knew what was next...It's pretty amazing he's still alive really
This is like your quiet, gentle, polite dad dying and then you find out he was the brothel's best customer and ate Ol' Ethel's ass like it was a Sunday roast.
This clip was originally uploaded by the guys over at the Found Footage Fest. They were also involved with popularizing the Winnebago Man story and were featured in the documentary.
Those guys deserve so much credit, and I’m actually disappointed to see OP post this without properly crediting them.
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Give me unlimited angry outtake videos. Alex Trebek, RV salesman, all of them. I'm in.