Before beginning this little review of sorts, let’s first step into our time machine and enter life as it was 6 years ago. Back in that time, YouTube was not as popular as it is now; no major advertisements ended up being displayed on YouTube videos (in fact, I don’t think they were even there at all from then), videos that had over 100,000 or even 1,000,000 views were much more rare than common, and people weren’t getting copyright warnings and channel deletions over the content that was being posted there in the first place. It was not only a simpler time, but also a time where a new style of video was growing. That style had involved taking cartoons and video games like Super Mario World, Sonic the Hedgehog, and the Mario and Zelda CD-I games and splicing them to make funny results. In that time, it had started the seeds of what is now called YouTube Poop.
During this time, there were two YouTube Poopers that had shined above everyone else: Deepercutt and WalrusGuy (or as some of you know him now, NAveryW). Both Youtubers not only had the skills to edit their videos for their amusements, but also found a common ground for a fair percentage of YouTubers to like them. If you wanted to be on top of the YouTube Poop world, you would have had to look at those two guys as inspiration to get a positive reputation on YouTube. However, time does tend to be a cruel mistress, and part of that stemmed from when companies like Colgate and WMG decided to remove videos and even ban users just for editing media that were created by them, which included a temporary ban on WalrusGuy himself. Between those copyright problems that started to come up and a desire to be more known for his flash animations, he decided to release one last YouTube Poop in 2009, signifying an end of an era.
Before long, more transformations came into play for practically everything! YouTube Poops were starting to become more complex than what they used to be, Deepercutt started to become less interested in doing YouTube Poops as well, and YouTube introduced many changes that were considerably negative despite users eventually getting used to them. Fast forwarding into now and many of the things that have occurred back then still are happening now, but with many more differences. Popular YouTube Poopers no longer include guys like WalrusGuy & Deepercutt leading the way. A more complex crowd that includes members like Dikekike (formerly KroboProductions), CaptainOhYeah (who currently holds the highest viewed YouTube Poop around), and even cs188 (who has surpassed Deepercutt as the most subscribed YouTube Pooper) have been able to accomplish things that were not even considered possible beforehand. Probably the most jarring change, though, was aside from a few fad videos every now and then, WalrusGuy would keep to his word and not make another YouTube Poop. However, on a cold April 2, the man that had retired from YouTube Pooping for so long returned from his slumber and had released the film that would shake the nation: “walrusguy where do u get the censorship beep sound effect”.
To begin with this return from WalrusGuy, we have a lovely little picture or Mr. Ratburn’s dead head in a very expensive looking glass bowl. After D.W.’s grandma takes out the head and kicks it just to “poo on it,” we get to the part where D.W. sees a teenage boy arguing with his mother about touching stuff. Admittedly, this is probably one of the few parts that did not make me laugh. While I do understand that there’s one joke that lampshades that idea in the first place, aside from the joke involving backtalk, I still didn’t get anything worthwhile out of it. In addition, the gory sound effect that was used for the boy touching the diamonds felt a bit out of place without any real, visible damages to his finger. It’s probably more jarring when knowing that after the fight, D.W.’s arm actually goes off, yet the guy’s finger doesn’t even show anything at all! I’m not saying that there should have been a gore-fest coming out of it; I just want to expect some sort of damage involved if any visible damages should happen in the first place.
Thankfully, after the beginning is over with, the YouTube Poop becomes much better, almost to the point where some of the jokes are as good as WalrusGuy’s old days. Scenes from having D.W. saying backwards gibberish and then having her grandmother ask “what the fuck did you just say, dear?” to having Arthur telling himself not to touch his (broken) plane did make me laugh for quite a while. The beeps that would be put in to the sentences that are said actually help connect itself to the source as opposed to make it amateurish, especially knowing the name of that particular episode was about. Also, as it was mentioned beforehand, we have the special moments that involve the joke being in the background, as would usually be the case with YouTube Poops by WalrusGuy. One scene in particular had two ‘blink and you’ll miss it’ moments near the exact same time in the background, and they can spark a good laugh if you do manage to spot them both. Honestly, the early middle part of the video probably best resembles what WalrusGuy was about, which is great to anyone that actually did enter the YouTube Poop age of 2007.
However, once the latter part of the middle comes in, we see D.W. spying on what appears to be either a 1970’s video or a mid-1990’s full motion video game involving a nurse about to take her clothes off. Even though sometimes the jokes involved with it does work, such as the looping animation found in many video players, they mostly just seem to be filler. In fact, the sentence mixing during this part almost sounds a bit shoddy when compared to some of this video’s earlier scenes. Thankfully, the scene with the lady does go somewhere with a good conclusion involving D.W. and her mom. Once that’s done, the video ends with what’s probably one of the best YouTube Poop jokes I’ve seen in a long, long while. I won’t spoil it for you guys, but if you ever wanted a figure of speech taken to literal extremes, this ending is easily the best one yet!
Does this YouTube Poop deserve the respect that it has received over this past month? Honestly, I think it does deserve its respect as a worthwhile YouTube Poop to watch, but it does not truly feel like a return fans of WalrusGuy were expecting from him. While there were at times jokes that he had delivered in his video, some of them really did feel like misses than actual hits, which kind of reflects the period that made him famous in the YouTube Poop world in the first place! However, I can’t be too harsh on someone that thinks it’s harder to make a YouTube Poop funnier than the actual source that it came from, so all I can say is enjoy it for what it is. It might not be my favorite YouTube Poop of April 2012, but it certainly does come through for fans of YouTube Poop nostalgia and comedy alike.
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During this time, there were two YouTube Poopers that had shined above everyone else: Deepercutt and WalrusGuy (or as some of you know him now, NAveryW). Both Youtubers not only had the skills to edit their videos for their amusements, but also found a common ground for a fair percentage of YouTubers to like them. If you wanted to be on top of the YouTube Poop world, you would have had to look at those two guys as inspiration to get a positive reputation on YouTube. However, time does tend to be a cruel mistress, and part of that stemmed from when companies like Colgate and WMG decided to remove videos and even ban users just for editing media that were created by them, which included a temporary ban on WalrusGuy himself. Between those copyright problems that started to come up and a desire to be more known for his flash animations, he decided to release one last YouTube Poop in 2009, signifying an end of an era.
Before long, more transformations came into play for practically everything! YouTube Poops were starting to become more complex than what they used to be, Deepercutt started to become less interested in doing YouTube Poops as well, and YouTube introduced many changes that were considerably negative despite users eventually getting used to them. Fast forwarding into now and many of the things that have occurred back then still are happening now, but with many more differences. Popular YouTube Poopers no longer include guys like WalrusGuy & Deepercutt leading the way. A more complex crowd that includes members like Dikekike (formerly KroboProductions), CaptainOhYeah (who currently holds the highest viewed YouTube Poop around), and even cs188 (who has surpassed Deepercutt as the most subscribed YouTube Pooper) have been able to accomplish things that were not even considered possible beforehand. Probably the most jarring change, though, was aside from a few fad videos every now and then, WalrusGuy would keep to his word and not make another YouTube Poop. However, on a cold April 2, the man that had retired from YouTube Pooping for so long returned from his slumber and had released the film that would shake the nation: “walrusguy where do u get the censorship beep sound effect”.
To begin with this return from WalrusGuy, we have a lovely little picture or Mr. Ratburn’s dead head in a very expensive looking glass bowl. After D.W.’s grandma takes out the head and kicks it just to “poo on it,” we get to the part where D.W. sees a teenage boy arguing with his mother about touching stuff. Admittedly, this is probably one of the few parts that did not make me laugh. While I do understand that there’s one joke that lampshades that idea in the first place, aside from the joke involving backtalk, I still didn’t get anything worthwhile out of it. In addition, the gory sound effect that was used for the boy touching the diamonds felt a bit out of place without any real, visible damages to his finger. It’s probably more jarring when knowing that after the fight, D.W.’s arm actually goes off, yet the guy’s finger doesn’t even show anything at all! I’m not saying that there should have been a gore-fest coming out of it; I just want to expect some sort of damage involved if any visible damages should happen in the first place.
Thankfully, after the beginning is over with, the YouTube Poop becomes much better, almost to the point where some of the jokes are as good as WalrusGuy’s old days. Scenes from having D.W. saying backwards gibberish and then having her grandmother ask “what the fuck did you just say, dear?” to having Arthur telling himself not to touch his (broken) plane did make me laugh for quite a while. The beeps that would be put in to the sentences that are said actually help connect itself to the source as opposed to make it amateurish, especially knowing the name of that particular episode was about. Also, as it was mentioned beforehand, we have the special moments that involve the joke being in the background, as would usually be the case with YouTube Poops by WalrusGuy. One scene in particular had two ‘blink and you’ll miss it’ moments near the exact same time in the background, and they can spark a good laugh if you do manage to spot them both. Honestly, the early middle part of the video probably best resembles what WalrusGuy was about, which is great to anyone that actually did enter the YouTube Poop age of 2007.
However, once the latter part of the middle comes in, we see D.W. spying on what appears to be either a 1970’s video or a mid-1990’s full motion video game involving a nurse about to take her clothes off. Even though sometimes the jokes involved with it does work, such as the looping animation found in many video players, they mostly just seem to be filler. In fact, the sentence mixing during this part almost sounds a bit shoddy when compared to some of this video’s earlier scenes. Thankfully, the scene with the lady does go somewhere with a good conclusion involving D.W. and her mom. Once that’s done, the video ends with what’s probably one of the best YouTube Poop jokes I’ve seen in a long, long while. I won’t spoil it for you guys, but if you ever wanted a figure of speech taken to literal extremes, this ending is easily the best one yet!
Does this YouTube Poop deserve the respect that it has received over this past month? Honestly, I think it does deserve its respect as a worthwhile YouTube Poop to watch, but it does not truly feel like a return fans of WalrusGuy were expecting from him. While there were at times jokes that he had delivered in his video, some of them really did feel like misses than actual hits, which kind of reflects the period that made him famous in the YouTube Poop world in the first place! However, I can’t be too harsh on someone that thinks it’s harder to make a YouTube Poop funnier than the actual source that it came from, so all I can say is enjoy it for what it is. It might not be my favorite YouTube Poop of April 2012, but it certainly does come through for fans of YouTube Poop nostalgia and comedy alike.
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