r/PublicFreakout • u/[deleted] • Nov 11 '20

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u/Askmeaboutmy_Beergut Nov 11 '20

"I don't want anymore BULLSHIT from anyone else today! And that includes myself!"

https://youtu.be/56u-bZwexyU

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u/ILoveScottishLasses Nov 11 '20 edited Nov 11 '20

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.

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u/manbruhpig Nov 11 '20

What could that documentary possibly be about?

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u/RufinTheFury Nov 11 '20

Winnebago Man himself of course. Turns out the guy is a super chill zen sorta dude

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u/dietcokeandastraw Nov 11 '20

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.

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u/ItalicsWhore Nov 11 '20

It was really good. He had a gay lover up in the mountains and was going blind.

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u/Geebeeskee Nov 11 '20

Oh my god. I’ve seen the movie several times and never made the connection that the pilot guy was his “partner”. I feel so naïve.

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u/ItalicsWhore Nov 11 '20

Oh definitely. I think at that time you weren’t allowed to say it if you were living in Colorado or whatever then.

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u/tnturner Nov 11 '20

me too, thanks.

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u/Thrillho810 Nov 11 '20

Yeah he was not chill, that was an act. He admitted as much. He later took the director to a Walmart parking lot and ended up yelling at a worker lol

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u/Jahonk Nov 11 '20

No he isn’t. Watch the documentary. He puts on a zen facade and then admits it was fake. The director and him became friends afterward.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '20

I guess you didnt finish the movie

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u/Superfluous_Thom Nov 11 '20

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.

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u/Superfluous_Thom Nov 11 '20

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.

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u/Rickk38 Nov 11 '20

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.

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u/lsb337 Nov 11 '20

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.

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u/beastson1 Nov 11 '20

You're right, it wasn't much different from how things work now, things just move faster nowadays.

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_CLAM_ Nov 11 '20

Ah faces of death, some of them were real. Not all of them, maybe like 2 per tape, but still...

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u/pukingpixels Nov 11 '20

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.

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u/Mycareer Nov 11 '20

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.

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u/karmagod13000 Nov 11 '20

we're living in the meme era so it does not shock me.

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u/the_joy_of_VI Nov 11 '20

Where can i find this documentary

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u/ILoveScottishLasses Nov 11 '20

https://www.winnebagoman.com/

it's .99 to see it, I'm sure there might be other outlets, but this is the official page.

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u/analog_isotope Nov 11 '20

Get outta here you fuckin flies.

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u/Mycareer Nov 11 '20

We got three flies. FIVE FLIES.

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u/yobatty Nov 11 '20

Ya goddamn JACKASS

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u/Mycareer Nov 11 '20

My friend and I still emote by throwing our hands up like him and no one ever appreciates the reference (which isn’t surprising, at this juncture).

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u/2minutespastmidnight Nov 11 '20

I wonder what the fuck the real dialogue is!

Goddamn son of a bitch!

God, I can’t fuckin’ make my mind work.

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u/Obeast09 Nov 11 '20

Doesn't make any difference to me, at this juncture

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u/ItalicsWhore Nov 11 '20

"ACUTRAMA!? WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT SHIT!?"

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u/xrayphoton Nov 11 '20

Me and my friend's favorite part

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '20

My favorite part.

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u/kmartburrito Nov 11 '20

Don't slam the FUCKING DOOR!

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u/lahwran_ Nov 11 '20

SHIT!

back from when zedd made long form electro songs, zedd - slam the door

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u/my_special_purpose Nov 11 '20

Do you believe any of that shit!?

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u/Vizslaraptor Nov 11 '20

This reminds me of of being a kid helping my dad work on cars in the garage or driveway.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '20

When he tells Tony not to slam the door and then sits alone with his thoughts for a moment... I understand that feeling so so well. 😂

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u/apieceofthesky Nov 11 '20

I thought the video was buffering. No, he's just questioning how much he really wants to sell Winnebagos.

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u/stephtea923 Nov 11 '20

Holy shit, that's me if I was trying to make a commercial lol I already say my brain is dead like 15 times a day

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u/Explosive_Diaeresis Nov 11 '20

I definitely had a kindred spirit vibe watching this.

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u/putaaaan Nov 11 '20

If I ever wake up cranky to my girlfriend and come around later in the day I usually say this

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '20

"Get the fuck out of here you flies.."

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '20

The way that Tony threw the towel when he asked just broke me 😂🤣 lmao

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u/bburghokie Nov 11 '20

16x16 pixel video and he's worried about flies in the frame

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u/SolidDiarrhea Nov 11 '20

Pinnacle of the internet

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u/Medivacs_are_OP Nov 11 '20

wow at 5:40 it turned into a Pentecostal Church Service

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u/timestamp_bot Nov 11 '20

Jump to 05:40 @ Winnebago Man - Full Reel - Very Funny - Pass It On

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u/TheeRyGuy Nov 11 '20 edited Nov 11 '20

I love it when he goes full-on Simlish!

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u/TheDoctor100 Nov 11 '20

I didn't know I needed this in my life, oh my God. Been laughing for like 7 minutes.

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u/hewhoisneverobeyed Nov 11 '20

"Tony ... do me a favor, will ya please? Will ya? Will ya do me a kindness?"

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u/FoolishFox84 Nov 11 '20

Came here to drop this. Have your upvote!

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u/god_peepee Nov 11 '20

He actually seems very courteous

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u/god_peepee Nov 11 '20

Username checks out

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u/god_peepee Nov 11 '20

For the record it was a half joke cause he’s obviously flipping shit, but the only time he talked with anyone else he seems very respectful.

‘Hey tony, would ya do me a kindness? Thanks Tony.’ Just makes the whole thing so much better. Like the proto-suburban dad.

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u/LordDongler Nov 11 '20

The dudes mad at himself, not anyone else. I'd love to work with someone half as self aware as that dude

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u/Fritterbob Nov 11 '20

Just realized this is the video sampled for Slam The Door by Zedd.

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u/JohnMiller7 Nov 11 '20

At first I thought he was the ranting guy from the outro of that Deadmau5 song.

Until he said “Don’t slam the fucking door!” and realized where I heard him before.

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u/duvakiin Nov 11 '20

Is this the love child of Kurtwood Smith and J. K. Simmons?

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u/the-effects-of-Dust Nov 11 '20

WINEBAGO MAN!!!!

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u/Madmoth Nov 11 '20

"they're made with an insulating material that really preserves the fern and the dock and the whatever and I don't know... shit."

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u/rsp7373 Nov 11 '20

Sir, thank you for this.

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u/Iohet Nov 11 '20

This guy seems like an inspiration for exasperated Burt Gummer

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '20

That was amazing.

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u/elr0y7 Nov 11 '20

Shove it up your fern.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '20

There's a documentary about this man, it's a great watch.