Brennan Lee Mulligan - A Civil War Ghost

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  • Опубліковано 13 жов 2024
  • He's got unfinished business. That he has no intention of finishing.
    Written and performed by Brennan Lee Mulligan
    Directed by Michael Hartney and Justin Tyler
    Originally performed at Characters Welcome 6/15/15 at Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre East
    Shot and edited by Lou Gonzalez

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  • @CharactersWelcome
    @CharactersWelcome  2 місяці тому +34

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  • @BBBness
    @BBBness Рік тому +7351

    Brennan literally went "How do I trick a room full of people into taking a civics class?"

    • @benvoliothefirst
      @benvoliothefirst Рік тому +5

      @@nathanvomocil5338 Well we found the nutbag! Time stamp: two days ago.

    • @hyeiny
      @hyeiny Рік тому +184

      @@nathanvomocil5338what are you talking about

    • @Adamdidit
      @Adamdidit Рік тому +122

      @@hyeiny You'll never get a straight answer.

    • @moderndaymasquerade7461
      @moderndaymasquerade7461 Рік тому +97

      @@nathanvomocil5338 racist

    • @funnylittlecreature
      @funnylittlecreature Рік тому +125

      @@nathanvomocil5338 me when i think slavery is good (i am insane)

  • @MidoriJane12
    @MidoriJane12 4 роки тому +17972

    brennan just loves characters who straight up know they’re terrible people

    • @seopark7467
      @seopark7467 4 роки тому +210

      Holy crap you put it into words

    • @dumpy_frog
      @dumpy_frog 3 роки тому +370

      Here’s lookin at you Zaul-Nazh, Bill Seacaster, Kalina, Aelwyn, Olag, Felix Flick, Robert Moses, Isabella Infierno, Don Confetti, Lord Calroy, Vraz the Mean, and Langley Sheffield-Harrington

    • @terencemazyck4434
      @terencemazyck4434 3 роки тому +100

      @@dumpy_frog don't forget his guest character, Dead eye 😂

    • @dumpy_frog
      @dumpy_frog 3 роки тому +38

      @@terencemazyck4434 I will watch NADDPOD after I’m done with my 20th rewatch of fantasy high

    • @dumpy_frog
      @dumpy_frog 3 роки тому +27

      @@terencemazyck4434 I will say though, along with Zaul-Nazh I should’ve listed literally every character from Bloodkeep

  • @roflcopterannoysme
    @roflcopterannoysme 4 роки тому +5364

    "I mean they visibly didn't like it" is one of the fucking funniest lines I've ever heard.

    • @ANunes06
      @ANunes06 Рік тому +75

      "But I drew them with smiles, so it's okay, right?"

  • @bushidotestu1997
    @bushidotestu1997 2 роки тому +3460

    Really love how the ghost switches between “Spooky southern ghost” to “oh dear god what have I gotten myself into?”

  • @helenascorner
    @helenascorner 4 роки тому +13889

    “150 years later I am here to say..... i was w r o n g...... and im SORRY” that sent me to the MOON

    • @mefrosty5658
      @mefrosty5658 4 роки тому +208

      They had us in the first half not gonna lie

    • @helenascorner
      @helenascorner 3 роки тому +32

      @Adrian Sigales IVE BEEN FLOWN

    • @hawkdov
      @hawkdov 3 роки тому +12

      it was so good

    • @horse_plinko
      @horse_plinko 3 роки тому +15

      A true American hero

    • @helenascorner
      @helenascorner 3 роки тому +7

      @@horse_plinko the only true American hero

  • @bearfamous_
    @bearfamous_ 4 роки тому +15815

    an excuse for brennan to do a southern accent and yell about racism. love that for him.

    • @unik124
      @unik124 4 роки тому +168

      And love him for that

    • @ClayDress
      @ClayDress 4 роки тому +93

      Holy shit, that's Brennan...

    • @theowl6x397
      @theowl6x397 4 роки тому +23

      Love him for that

    • @darkartsdabbler2407
      @darkartsdabbler2407 4 роки тому +20

      What do you mean an excuse? That’s just the bit

    • @slevin1157
      @slevin1157 4 роки тому +17

      This comment is worded ambiguously. I think people are trying to figure out if you're being sarcastic.

  • @phyzarel1845
    @phyzarel1845 4 роки тому +7864

    “I mean they visibly didn’t like it.”
    SENT
    MEEEEEEEEE

    • @juanpablorobayo3437
      @juanpablorobayo3437 4 роки тому +134

      Mozarel
      When he said that I was also sent indeed.
      I always just like to remember that during the Spanish conquest of the Aztec empire, there were priests who sent letters to the King detailing every bit of BS that their soldiers and fellow priests were doing to the natives they were hurting, and the king of course ignored it.
      It’s like. Fuck man.

    • @cg1906
      @cg1906 4 роки тому +28

      @@juanpablorobayo3437 damn you LIKE to remember that? Shit i don wana know what you hate rememberin

    • @TahtahmesDiary
      @TahtahmesDiary 3 роки тому +40

      @@juanpablorobayo3437 The letters written home about Columbus were CHILLING. Like EVERYONE snitched on Chris and were like "PLEASE just DO something about this DEPRAVED pedophilic MANIAC?" All knew. Many tried to say something. Powerful, racist people did not care.

    • @TheCSJones
      @TheCSJones 3 роки тому +13

      @@TahtahmesDiary Wasn't Columbus eventually prosecuted when he returned to Spain?

    • @kevinwillems8720
      @kevinwillems8720 3 роки тому +3

      I went to the moon and back.

  • @christopherverdery1294
    @christopherverdery1294 Рік тому +6241

    Authors, take note: If you want your vampire to be a former Confederate soldier and still be a good guy, this is the template. People can grow and acknowledge their mistakes.

    • @agentwaffle4533
      @agentwaffle4533 Рік тому +96

      That's oddly specific, is that a reference to anything in particular?

    • @TheRagingAura
      @TheRagingAura Рік тому +346

      ​@@agentwaffle4533well I think pretty much any story with american vampires will use at least 1 vampire who took part in the civil war

    • @Hoodwinkle
      @Hoodwinkle Рік тому +116

      @@agentwaffle4533 only thing I can think of is Vampire Diaries lol. They handled it really poorly in that show

    • @Blewlongmun
      @Blewlongmun Рік тому +87

      Can’t help but think of Alucard, atleast the Hellsing version. He’s the monster to monsters and not only knows his actions are unforgivable but knows his nature is unchanging. He still is Dracula in many ways but he literally turned over a new leaf, fighting to protect humanity from monsters until a human can put him to rest.
      150 years is 1.5 a human life, plenty of time to reconsider and grow, but some vampires are supposedly 1500 years old. God only knows how hard it would be to break “bad habits” after 1000+ years, regardless of if you think those actions are right.

    • @alisonslade1081
      @alisonslade1081 Рік тому +33

      @@Hoodwinkle And True Blood has Bill Compton.

  • @angusmarch1066
    @angusmarch1066 3 роки тому +3851

    The ghost of a confederate soldier who fully repents for the part he wilfully played in a horrible system of oppression, but can't move on until that system is fully reinstated. Brennan's DM skills coming back into play.

  • @KingDuckGuy
    @KingDuckGuy 4 роки тому +7989

    "I.... was wrong" The ever so slight pause really sent that line home.

    • @snwmat
      @snwmat 2 роки тому +28

      i was not in the right mindset
      *holds dog*

    • @literalantifaterrorist4673
      @literalantifaterrorist4673 2 роки тому

      @@snwmat your arms seem pretty tired can i hold the dog

  • @mythloverb5931
    @mythloverb5931 4 роки тому +6143

    I could watch a 5 season show with this ghost trying to fix his sins of the past and “living” through decades of racism, trying to make it stop but instead just watching it change

    • @biocode4478
      @biocode4478 4 роки тому +258

      that would be very difficult to do without the "white man's burden" vibes and diminishing from the real black movements fighting for their own rights.

    • @rarazalproductions519
      @rarazalproductions519 4 роки тому +463

      @@biocode4478 You could maybe do it by just making the ghost the pov character and not the "hero" of the story. This way, it would be more of an anthology series that shines a light on different historical periods and the the movements of affected people fighting racism, while the civil war ghost is simply the connecting thread, watching all this unfold and maybe helping out, but not really deciding anything.

    • @biocode4478
      @biocode4478 4 роки тому +396

      @@rarazalproductions519 on second thought it could also work as a comedy if he consistently failed through his misdiagnosis of the underlying issues and having to update his viewpoints, yet constantly falling short as the time goes on.

    • @bepis602
      @bepis602 3 роки тому +139

      @@biocode4478 that would be brilliant! Piggybacking off that idea, I think he should be the comedic relief in a tv series about the pervasiveness of systemic racism and how it affects blqck peoples lives, told from the perspective of a black person. It could lead to some pretty funny mansplaining moments lmao.

    • @AbsolXGuardian
      @AbsolXGuardian 3 роки тому +176

      I think it would work if he's the member of an ensemble cast including ghost black activists, and then living black activists.
      Living activist who did a seance as a joke: Oh shit there's a Confederate behind you.
      Maroon: oh yeah that's Anthony. He's okay

  • @kevinwillems8720
    @kevinwillems8720 3 роки тому +7067

    I can't believe, that a comedy skit, made one of the best points against people who say ,"That's just what they believed back then."

    • @HC-sb5ck
      @HC-sb5ck 3 роки тому +130

      The ever-changing moral zeitgeist is very powerful.

    • @uberd3323
      @uberd3323 2 роки тому +4

      @@HC-sb5ck The more we nitpick the past and scream at eachother over the actions of dead men, the easier it is for China to just keep buying majority stake in the West’s online communication avenues and destroy any semblance of international free speech unopposed. We need to stop with the division and band together to secure our rights, otherwise we’re all eventually getting weeded out. The CCP hates Christianity and Islam just as much as it hates White and Black people, and the future will be bleak if their megacorp just keeps buying everything.

    • @HC-sb5ck
      @HC-sb5ck 2 роки тому +3

      @@uberd3323 I completely agree.

    • @liyre4189
      @liyre4189 2 роки тому +18

      @@uberd3323 uhh did you reply to the wrong comment? very passionate points you got there but they just came utterly out of left field

    • @gamerpedia1535
      @gamerpedia1535 2 роки тому +38

      But... it kind of was what they just believed back then? I bet you didn't realize that most anti-slavery northerners fought against slavery for economic reasons rather than moral ones. Meaning that most people back then had no ethical qualms with slavery.
      And I mean this can somewhat extend to a lot of other countries at the time too. A lot of countries made the choice to do trade for cotton with the southern colonies, knowing full-well that they were economically dependent on slavery. This includes countries that had banned slavery at the time, like France!

  • @zyaicob
    @zyaicob 4 роки тому +11107

    Brennan got so passionate he definitely broke character especially when he was talking about redlining

    • @Chronologicalowl
      @Chronologicalowl 3 роки тому +230

      What do you mean, he never was in character.

    • @thevileruler
      @thevileruler 2 роки тому +282

      @@Chronologicalowl this is Brennan, he is only an apparition of a remorseful civil war soldier.

    • @gxtmfa
      @gxtmfa 2 роки тому +127

      The degree of passion that man has for exposing the evil of redlining is admirable.

    • @areezza
      @areezza 2 роки тому +36

      we love a woke king !!

    • @manuelsabin
      @manuelsabin 2 роки тому +8

      @@thevileruler All of D20 is just a means to spread anti-racist and anti-capitalist sentiment by a remorseful civil war apparition whose taken on the identity of Brennan Lee Mulligan

  • @toaster400_
    @toaster400_ 4 роки тому +10140

    I would say I can't believe I found this video of Brennan after falling down a long rabbit hole that started with a reverse mermaid and 2 Trenchcoats in a kid, but somehow I'm not that surprised

    • @utuberaptor
      @utuberaptor 4 роки тому +246

      I'm literally right there with you, youtube algorithms are crazy but sometimes they yield entertaining fruit

    • @haileyfinch610
      @haileyfinch610 4 роки тому +60

      We’ve had the same experience 😂

    • @ChestersonJack
      @ChestersonJack 4 роки тому +21

      same

    • @quarbarian2
      @quarbarian2 4 роки тому +58

      Did the UA-cam algorithm just take a break and give us all the same pathway down the rabbit hole lol?

    • @mimipanzica581
      @mimipanzica581 4 роки тому +23

      I’m gonna need a link to That reversed mermaid

  • @clickpause8732
    @clickpause8732 4 роки тому +3074

    Brennan: does creepy intro to build impending contrast for comedic effect
    Audience: HAHA HE SAID FLUID

    • @offbrandcereals
      @offbrandcereals 4 роки тому +52

      joey obyrne he said sanguine fluid lmao

    • @notednuance
      @notednuance 4 роки тому +133

      Oh come now they were laughing at the amount of stank he put on the word sanguine. sang-WIIIINE fluid.

    • @tommyfitzgerald5912
      @tommyfitzgerald5912 4 роки тому +10

      When you are watching a comedy show you can’t seriously tell me you laugh at the structure of the joke can you?

    • @clickpause8732
      @clickpause8732 4 роки тому +41

      @@tommyfitzgerald5912 Sometimes jokes are funny because of contrast. If people are laughing at the thing that's about to be contrasted, it kind of defeats the purpose.

    • @dylanshuter1521
      @dylanshuter1521 2 роки тому +1

      Americans be like

  • @tylerrapillo377
    @tylerrapillo377 4 роки тому +3831

    4:58-5:15 I forget this was a skit from 5 years ago and legit thought he was talking about current events.

    • @brandondavidson4085
      @brandondavidson4085 4 роки тому +157

      I thought Ferguson was simultaneously much longer ago and still much more recent than 5 years ago.

    • @aldranzam3456
      @aldranzam3456 4 роки тому +47

      Yup that's how messed up it is

    • @mariedaparellio5686
      @mariedaparellio5686 4 роки тому +125

      The nauseating truth is that talks like this will ALWAYS be about current events. See you all here again in 10 years.

    • @shellyw
      @shellyw 4 роки тому +40

      @@mariedaparellio5686 not if we eat the rich!!

    • @appalachiabrauchfrau
      @appalachiabrauchfrau 3 роки тому +11

      @@shellyw never going to happen
      a lot of wealth isnt taxable if they're smart aka are second/third etc gen

  • @miikamartin7026
    @miikamartin7026 3 роки тому +7214

    I keep coming back to this sketch every once in a while. Brennan's line about the slaves visibly not liking being enslaved is the most concise, irrefutable, beautiful way to annihilate any argument in favor of famous historical slavers. this should be shown in every classroom in america. It drives its point home better than anything I've seen.

    • @liyre4189
      @liyre4189 2 роки тому +51

      i've watched this at least 10 times in the past month

    • @DanKaschel
      @DanKaschel 2 роки тому +48

      Does it? (I have to disclaim: slavery is and was obviously wrong, I just disagree on the strength of this particular argument). Dogs obviously don't like being leashed, but that doesn't make it wrong to leash them. And (many? most?) slavers straight up believed that African Americans were animals. Once you believe your slaves genuinely need you for their own good, overriding their free will might not seem evil at all.

    • @dreamcanvas5321
      @dreamcanvas5321 2 роки тому +320

      @@DanKaschel Modern Confederate Apologists know that most ordinary people won't buy that slaves were mere animals, which is why they tend to focus on myths that slaves were actually happy and contented. This is seen, for example, in the film Gods and Generals which sustains confederate myths, where slaves are seen interacting with white southerners as though they were basically family. These myths present slavery as something on the level of either an inconvenience or a misunderstanding; rather then violent repression and a crime against humanity.
      Plainly refuting the "happy slave" myth defangs it substantially by pointing out the absurdity of it...obviously people absolutely *hated* being enslaved.

    • @mangq5671
      @mangq5671 2 роки тому +10

      tbh miika thankyou for mentioning it because i never would have noticed the impact that kinda quick joke could make/reference.. highkey cheers to u for bringing it to my (and probaly a few others ) attention!!

    • @mangq5671
      @mangq5671 2 роки тому +75

      ​@@dreamcanvas5321 Also (feel free to tell me to stfu if im wrong) , but werent black people CLEARLY people, like no human looks alike? also couldnt they literally speak and understand languages ..? so why would anyone think a being, standing on 2 legs, working with 2 arms and experiencing the same emotions and pain we do think its okay to exploit and traumatise PEOPLE?

  • @TragerM
    @TragerM 2 роки тому +660

    Brennan is the quintessential master of making the act of backpedaling the most hilarious crap ever.

    • @jerbear7952
      @jerbear7952 Рік тому +7

      Thats why hes so good as the CEO in all of those sketchez

  • @Xaaaach
    @Xaaaach 4 роки тому +1767

    This four year old comedy sketch got really current for a second there...

    • @ktoliman
      @ktoliman 4 роки тому +16

      and that is a sad fact

    • @tellmeemoar8357
      @tellmeemoar8357 3 роки тому +10

      second, huh

    • @ereynolds72
      @ereynolds72 3 роки тому +83

      Almost as if institutionalised racism isn’t a current problem but a continued long lasting one

    • @indycole396
      @indycole396 3 роки тому +39

      honestly, everyone’s acting like racism is a new thing... these issues have always been here, y’all just never noticed...

    • @hunterra217
      @hunterra217 3 роки тому +9

      It's almost like history is a flat circle, and not a very big one at that

  • @LosloTypical
    @LosloTypical 4 роки тому +1918

    I love how this was uploaded 4 years ago and all the comments are from the last week.

    • @maddie9602
      @maddie9602 4 роки тому +32

      After so many years, the algorithm suddenly decided to favor them. And then, I'd imagine a lot of people are like me, saw one video, thought it was hilarious, so went and watched another. And another. And another. And then, before I knew it, it was 1 in the morning. Not sure how this channel spent literal years flying under the radar, but I'm glad that they're finally seeing the light of day and finding their way into recommended feeds.

    • @Black_pearl_adrift
      @Black_pearl_adrift 4 роки тому

      UA-cam A-L-G-O-R-I-T-H-I-M

    • @jacobd1984
      @jacobd1984 4 роки тому +2

      Lo, for the Algorithm giveth and the Algorithm taketh away.

    • @loudinternalscreaming4543
      @loudinternalscreaming4543 4 роки тому +3

      It’s probably also because, you know, College Humour is dying/dead

    • @DeathnoteBB
      @DeathnoteBB 4 роки тому +1

      Cornist It is neither of those things. They explain on their now public Dropout discord what happened and what’s going on.

  • @maddie9602
    @maddie9602 4 роки тому +2929

    Huh, that guy looks familiar.
    *checks description*
    Ah, Brennan from CollegeHumor, before he was from CollegeHumor. I *knew* that voice sounded familiar.

    • @senselessbabble1996
      @senselessbabble1996 4 роки тому +68

      I saw this and said "Hey, it's the CEO Guy!".

    • @tyconislife8387
      @tyconislife8387 4 роки тому +35

      I saw this and said dimension20

    • @soulflowerstuff
      @soulflowerstuff 4 роки тому +4

      Eyyy I knew I recognized him from somewhere!!

    • @YouOpaOpa
      @YouOpaOpa 4 роки тому +1

      It's that guy from that awesome webcomic!

    • @sweatyskeleton7390
      @sweatyskeleton7390 3 роки тому +7

      I mean, I knew he was familiar. But now I know that it's Mr. Let's-Make-Some-Fucking-Bacon, this is incredibly in-character

  • @SeanBoyce-gp
    @SeanBoyce-gp 3 роки тому +1512

    I know this is a whole series of excellent articulations of real problems served in a comedic context.
    But "Ghostly raison d'être" was wicked smart on multiple levels.

    • @rasp.74
      @rasp.74 3 роки тому +124

      "As a dead person who is definitely not alive at all, this is my REASON FOR LIVING-" I hadn't even caught that, though I knew the technical meaning it just slipped by...thanks for bringing this to my attention.

    • @emilysmith2965
      @emilysmith2965 3 роки тому +81

      I mean, more literally it’s “reason for being,” but that’s also funny because ghosts are not verifiably real.

  • @KingofRatsGaming
    @KingofRatsGaming 2 роки тому +246

    Brennan going "I'm just not gonna do it!" at 2:38 is actually part of my lexicon now and I can't find enough opportunities to reference it.

  • @YouOpaOpa
    @YouOpaOpa 4 роки тому +4268

    "'The cops and the protesters both need to behave better' As though a random group of people from a geographic region should be held in the same standard of behavior as a group of highly trained, uniform-wearin', badge-holdin', gun-wieldin' law enforcement agents? That's ridiculous!"
    SO good

    • @sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149
      @sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149 4 роки тому +41

      If you want to get pedantic about it "better" only implies an unspecified improvement, so there is nothing in that statement that actually says anything about being held to the same standard.

    • @YouOpaOpa
      @YouOpaOpa 4 роки тому +92

      @@sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149 Yeah but why would you want to get pedantic?

    • @sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149
      @sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149 4 роки тому +37

      I think I do it to get closer to the truth, but in all fairness I'm an internet commenter, and being pedantic is what I do.

    • @Matthew-ee7bp
      @Matthew-ee7bp 4 роки тому +39

      @@sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149 it's not even pedantic. It's an obvious fact that cops and protesters are held to a completely different standard and a minimum standard, for both parties, of human decency.
      Edit: peaceful, law-abiding protesters are good in my book not rioters

    • @sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149
      @sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149 4 роки тому +7

      @@Matthew-ee7bp Eh, I was mostly thinking about this being on the context of some humour video comment on the internet. But you're right, of course.

  • @adamcompton4031
    @adamcompton4031 3 роки тому +463

    "Not least of whom were the slaves. They visibly didnt like it" why is this never even brought up outside of a comedy sketch 😂

  • @noblepeaceprize8913
    @noblepeaceprize8913 4 роки тому +647

    4 years later, and that part about protesters and cops being held at the same standards still hits deep

    • @spudsbuchlaw
      @spudsbuchlaw 9 місяців тому +4

      8 years laters and its hits even harder

    • @kuno3336
      @kuno3336 3 дні тому

      Almost a year after that last one, same

  • @katlynroseanne
    @katlynroseanne 4 роки тому +5178

    ““The cops and the protestors both need to behave better” as though a random group of people from a geographic region need to be held to the same standard as a group of highly trained uniform wearing badge holding gun wielding law enforcement agents? That’s ridiculous!”
    Damn. That aged like wine! That aged so well, like, holy shit, this was four years ago. And now it’s even more relevant. ...actually it’s a bad thing we still suck and haven’t listened to reason, but this is a great video yeah.

    • @peterwagner958
      @peterwagner958 4 роки тому +9

      What kind of wine

    • @justanotheranimationchanne5725
      @justanotheranimationchanne5725 4 роки тому +129

      “highly trained” well that’s a stretch

    • @justanotheranimationchanne5725
      @justanotheranimationchanne5725 4 роки тому +222

      @@nicholast.4933 nothing gets done without some violence. look at any revolution throughout history, stonewall, the civil rights movement (don’t you dare bring up Gandhi, that piece of shit said that the jews should be offering themselves up to die like he did). I find it very hypocritical that the American revolution is framed as honorable and worth the violence while these are framed as senseless riots. I suppose these sorts of things only get a solid framing after somebody has won though...

    • @jaderade6732
      @jaderade6732 4 роки тому +17

      I didn't look at when this was uploaded and assumed it was from this year

    • @Yndratdnable
      @Yndratdnable 4 роки тому +46

      @@justanotheranimationchanne5725 Many things can get done without violence. There is no excuse both sides are deplorable. Condemning one side while encouraging the other side for the same thing you're condemning the first of is hypocritical and just as bad.

  • @Spongejay1
    @Spongejay1 Рік тому +157

    Everytime I come back to this, I keep getting caught completely off guard by "Two: the golden rule" and I guffaw laugh every single time

  • @spenceduggs
    @spenceduggs 7 місяців тому +14

    The voice crack at, "Y'all, I didn't even come CLOSE" clinched it

  • @dr00ku
    @dr00ku 4 роки тому +614

    This ghost would be so dissapointed in 2020

    • @themcflurryman2525
      @themcflurryman2525 3 роки тому +11

      Why 2020 racism has always existed but it’s just got more attention now

    • @reallyWyrd
      @reallyWyrd 3 роки тому +4

      The ghost is still here.

    • @joshuaflorczak2478
      @joshuaflorczak2478 3 роки тому

      Wow, forgot Trump's presidency was only at the very beginning at this point!

    • @snapplemachine
      @snapplemachine 3 роки тому +6

      @@joshuaflorczak2478 I think it was pre-trump, the election was in 2016, this is from 2015 I believe

    • @m3rrys0ngstr3ss
      @m3rrys0ngstr3ss 2 роки тому

      Forget 2020, I think it would completely destroy Buford's ghostly brain to hear about the 1/6/21 attack on the Capitol! "SOMEONE ACTUALLY GOT A CONFEDERATE BATTLE FLAG INSIDE THE HALLS OF THE CAPITOL??? ARE YOU SHITTING ME??"

  • @ithinkthistimeitsgoingtowork
    @ithinkthistimeitsgoingtowork 3 роки тому +214

    This reminds me of an old assignment of mine I dug up from an old box. It was some time from elementary school, and I don’t remember it at all. But it was a crayon comic about slavery, and had the memorable quote “most slaves did not like slavery”. Which is the greatest understatement of all time

  • @naninana7359
    @naninana7359 3 роки тому +345

    i watched a lot of brennan’s stuff about 5 or 6 years ago and thought “oh yeah, this guy is definitely going places.” and now here we are!! i’m really proud of brennan and i hope he gets to go to even bigger places!!

  • @MyChemicallyImbalancedRomance0
    @MyChemicallyImbalancedRomance0 Місяць тому +5

    This skit was my first introduction to Brennan Lee Mulligan. I still love it all these years later.

  • @roltthehunter
    @roltthehunter 4 роки тому +441

    Brennan Lee Mulligan is a gem, I don't know him but I gotta say I like him very much.

  • @looweeiss
    @looweeiss 4 роки тому +89

    The way he said
    "I was wrong, and I am sorry"
    Just bravo
    Fuckin loved it

  • @chloedenuto3292
    @chloedenuto3292 3 роки тому +157

    THE MOMENT he said 'and I was wrong' I KNEW this sketch would be good. And it definitely didn't disappoint :)

  • @creative_leafeonpony_fan1545
    @creative_leafeonpony_fan1545 Рік тому +87

    He just went on stage, put on an accent and made a good statement with a few jokes scattered in between. Good on him.

  • @minimalgrammar1276
    @minimalgrammar1276 2 роки тому +958

    FYI: Brennan Lee Mulligan's initials are BLM

    • @percivallgunn1222
      @percivallgunn1222 2 роки тому +67

      Stars Aligned with that

    • @luxuryballer8291
      @luxuryballer8291 Рік тому +10

      Did he take the audience's money and buy a mansion?

    • @aliciadalbey1201
      @aliciadalbey1201 Рік тому +13

      @@luxuryballer8291 are you talking about hasan? lol

    • @bnashee
      @bnashee Рік тому +9

      ​@@luxuryballer8291 no?

    • @luxuryballer8291
      @luxuryballer8291 Рік тому

      @@bnashee the lady in charge of BLM took the money and ran.

  • @skullman-us7wn
    @skullman-us7wn 2 роки тому +71

    Honestly now that he’s gone through this whole post mortem growth as a person he seems like a cool guy to hang out with.

  • @PoppycockPrincess100
    @PoppycockPrincess100 4 роки тому +187

    God, how I wish the things he said weren't anywhere near as relevant as they are today.

  • @MagicCardboardBox
    @MagicCardboardBox 2 роки тому +52

    I love the idea of a ghost that's just changed as a person over time, brilliant

  • @Mercutihoe
    @Mercutihoe 4 роки тому +901

    Those few people awkwardly laughing at the beginning part thinking that it was supposed to be funny

    • @SantaFishes101
      @SantaFishes101 4 роки тому +128

      I think the only thing that got me was how hard he got into it... "SaNgUiNe FlUiDs!" but the audience is bad in literally all of these

    • @Freekymoho
      @Freekymoho 4 роки тому +45

      It was pretty funny, he was hamming it up pretty hard

    • @elbruces
      @elbruces 3 роки тому +28

      It was funny. Also poignant. Things can be both.

  • @tylerdamos1745
    @tylerdamos1745 5 років тому +319

    He is a legend

  • @BestBetterBestest
    @BestBetterBestest 3 роки тому +77

    Can we talk about how the last line is so unbelievably powerful?

  • @grimlar
    @grimlar 10 місяців тому +53

    The concept of a ghost not being able to do their unfinished business is actually a really cool idea.

  • @812558
    @812558 3 роки тому +122

    "The Confederacy's CEO apologizes".

  • @hardy_har
    @hardy_har Рік тому +67

    "they visibly didn't like it" is such a horrifyingly good line

  • @mackenziesteiner2093
    @mackenziesteiner2093 4 роки тому +246

    I don’t know what I expected but this was so much better

  • @aduckwithayoutubechannel
    @aduckwithayoutubechannel 3 роки тому +238

    The ‘secret racists’ part made me laugh until I realized how true it was. Now I’m sad.

    • @jeniferjoseph9200
      @jeniferjoseph9200 3 роки тому +15

      You shouldn’t be sad. Just don’t be secretly racist

    • @nathanvomocil5338
      @nathanvomocil5338 Рік тому +2

      Well if it makes you feel better he's 100% totally wrong about civil war soldiers. The vast, vast majority of them never owned slaves, weren't terribly fond of competing against free labor, yet still fought against the obviously unconstitutional actions and tyrannical government of Abraham Lincoln, a man who gave no shits about slave rights (or anyone's rights really) and repeated stated emphatically that black people were inherently inferior to white people.
      That Lincoln died a martyr is one of the greatest tragedies of America's history, and not for the reason most people think. Had he lived, his (and Henry Clays) American System would have been fully repudiated and his dark stain on federalist principles could have been stamped out. Instead, we got the corrupt and oppressive government Lincoln always dreamed of.

    • @casualtaco2154
      @casualtaco2154 Рік тому +15

      @@nathanvomocil5338what part was unconstitutional??? Like at all. He was legitimately voted into office, the *south* responded by illegally forming a hickish rebellion founded wholly on slavery (Don’t argue with me on that, you don’t put it in your constitution that you’re founded on slavery and then turn around and say it wasn’t slavery). Then after he maintained the war would be about the Union being reunited, and then later made it about Slavery for a variety of reasons, which was then later turned into a constitutional amendment giving people basic human rights (which we struggled to follow and tended to do a lot of violence against these same people).
      He was racist though I’m not going to pretend he wasn’t, and had he lived the Union might be more regressive than it was otherwise

    • @cthulhucult3230
      @cthulhucult3230 Рік тому +1

      ​@@casualtaco2154 he did suspend habeas corpus and didn't allow people to be tried by a jury of their peers.

    • @Ma_Zhongying
      @Ma_Zhongying 8 місяців тому +1

      @@nathanvomocil5338It wasn’t about state’s rights. ua-cam.com/video/XjsxhYetLM0/v-deo.htmlsi=tS4TTC5iBqCrTrDZ

  • @CJBoell
    @CJBoell 4 роки тому +171

    I’m Sorry, How was this 4 years ago and feels like it reigns more true even now

    • @Swenglish
      @Swenglish 4 роки тому +19

      Because very little has changed. It was true in the '10s. IT was true in the '90s. It was true in the '80s. It's been true the whole time. What's changed is technology. It's being filmed, and shared, and more eyes are being opened to it. At the same time, many eyes refuse to be opened.

    • @emilysmith2965
      @emilysmith2965 3 роки тому +1

      It’s “rings true.” Like a bell that was cast correctly. But that’s an understandable “eggcorn,” i.e. an idiom that’s changed by a speaker, because we don’t use bells a lot in the 21st century.

  • @mvslice
    @mvslice Рік тому +38

    I’d be more excited to meet Brennan than any Hollywood celebrity.

  • @exmo7
    @exmo7 4 роки тому +199

    We are blessed to have this man.

  • @momothe5th
    @momothe5th 3 роки тому +19

    THE "yall I ain't even come close" BROKW ME MANNNNNN
    BRENNAN IS JUST TOOO TALENTED IN ACTING GREY-AREA-MORALED BEINGS

  • @LadyAmadala98
    @LadyAmadala98 4 роки тому +150

    The minute he started talking I knew who it was. I see you, Brennan! You were the best thing to happen to collegehumor in a very long time.

  • @davidgidla650
    @davidgidla650 4 роки тому +467

    Somebody link all the other vids with Brennan in them. I must have moree

    • @CharactersWelcome
      @CharactersWelcome  4 роки тому +174

      I'll make a playlist tonight!

    • @CharactersWelcome
      @CharactersWelcome  4 роки тому +198

      ua-cam.com/play/PLmFkddPa7f_0vhHhwdG1UdSyTPVPk4RWo.html

    • @ibbandflow
      @ibbandflow 4 роки тому +147

      @@CharactersWelcome Whoever runs this channel, you're the best

    • @ChestersonJack
      @ChestersonJack 4 роки тому +24

      @@CharactersWelcome Thanks!

    • @Edited6
      @Edited6 4 роки тому +38

      @@CharactersWelcome Not all heroes wear capes.
      But I imagine the person/people who run this channel probably do. Which is now fitting for 2 reasons, thanks!

  • @tamil8108
    @tamil8108 3 роки тому +55

    Holy snaps that is Brennan!? Lol I love his acting, he is so damn funny.

  • @zandaroos553
    @zandaroos553 4 роки тому +385

    One nitpick, redlining refers more to the policy of urban planners setting minority communities as low priority (red) zones which was interpreted by banks and home builders as tools of discrimination. Sorry I’m an urban policy nerd so I just needed to specify.

    • @gmc5618
      @gmc5618 3 роки тому +22

      I'm a politics student, this clarification was v helpful x

    • @joyeuse9676
      @joyeuse9676 3 роки тому +145

      I promise you, there is nothing Brennan would appreciate more than an urban policy nerd correcting him on a 6 year old skit in the interest of a more informed dialogue on housing discrimination.

    • @gitadine
      @gitadine 3 роки тому +59

      Ah but you didn't say Um Actually, so you get no point!

    • @uberd3323
      @uberd3323 2 роки тому +1

      @@joyeuse9676 Sounds like Brennan should do something useful with his life aside from making whiny soapbox speeches and fix that if he cares so much. Cant stand rich uppity white people that pretend to care about the plight of minorities for social clout.

    • @joyeuse9676
      @joyeuse9676 2 роки тому +50

      @@uberd3323 Pretends to care about the plight of minorities? It really sounds like you’re unfamiliar with the bulk of his work. I made the comment I did because he unironically is very open to criticism especially if he’s made a technical error. I wasn’t kidding when I said he would appreciate it.

  • @alvarezmembrives3961
    @alvarezmembrives3961 4 роки тому +147

    i was on a marathon of this channel’s videos and then I saw Brennan and was like “wait. I know that biiitch”

    • @DeathnoteBB
      @DeathnoteBB 4 роки тому +3

      noah alvarez Yeah!! I had no idea this channel existed until recently nor that Brennan was on it

  • @ClayDress
    @ClayDress 4 роки тому +115

    "They visibly didn't like it."

  • @clockworkkirlia7475
    @clockworkkirlia7475 3 роки тому +51

    The timing on this is just golden, also everything else about it. I truly believe that the best comedy is dead serious, and this is an excellent example.

  • @saucevc8353
    @saucevc8353 2 роки тому +215

    This needs to be a tv show. Start with his death, have him try to fufill his unfinished business for a while, but as the times change he slowly realizes racism is wrong, then he tries to fight racism for a bit, but he always fails, and the finale ends with this skit.

    • @scoob1670
      @scoob1670 2 роки тому +22

      Or just fund black leads in shows created by black people

    • @LeakyTrees
      @LeakyTrees 2 роки тому +29

      @@scoob1670 or do both?

  • @arseen33
    @arseen33 4 роки тому +84

    I'm a NC/TN line Brock. (We're a real family.) Thanks Granddad. Nice to know where I get it from. Please stop leaving me Warren Wilson College pamphlets smudged with dirt from the battlefield on the anniversary of The Great Locomotive Chase. The Peace and Justice studies you keep leaving bloodstains next to is just a minor, not a degree.

  • @GrizzV991
    @GrizzV991 4 роки тому +157

    -eerie ambient wind sounds-
    "MY NAME WAS-"
    "HUHUHAHAHAHAHUHAHAHAHAHAH"

  • @hollyprentice449
    @hollyprentice449 4 роки тому +68

    This has aged WONDERFULLY especially in 2020

  • @weird_hooman594
    @weird_hooman594 Рік тому +13

    i keep coming back to this and i just love it. i’m considering showing my history teacher this but i’m not sure

    • @ADHDad
      @ADHDad Рік тому +4

      The share button works pretty good

  • @truetimewatcher
    @truetimewatcher 2 роки тому +20

    4 years ahead of your time there, Brennan.
    While these issues were always there, that last part hits different after 2020

  • @lori2364
    @lori2364 7 місяців тому +4

    This guy is awesome.

  • @msthecommentator2863
    @msthecommentator2863 2 роки тому +25

    I could feel the tension in that room before he dropped the "I was wrong" 💀💀💀

  • @louisknudsen2535
    @louisknudsen2535 3 роки тому +48

    "I mean they visibly didn't like it" is hilarious

  • @CL-hs3ku
    @CL-hs3ku Рік тому +25

    I was worried but I could clearly trust Brennan Lee Mulligan

  • @DreamWizardMedia
    @DreamWizardMedia Рік тому +10

    One of my favorite games is "who is in the audience". It helps me picture which of his friends are there supporting him, and it fills my heart. 🥰

  • @TimdeVisser86
    @TimdeVisser86 4 роки тому +21

    Painful how this bit has not aged a day since 2015!

  • @Kclark495
    @Kclark495 3 роки тому +15

    I swear to god, i have never laughed so hard at such a topic! This man is an angel, this needs to be played on comedy central. Love ya Brennan!

  • @wynd2011
    @wynd2011 4 роки тому +43

    Happy birthday Brennan

  • @coltonruscheinsky7863
    @coltonruscheinsky7863 Рік тому +23

    Brennan is spot on about cops except what he says about them being “highly trained”

    • @Ramberta
      @Ramberta Місяць тому +3

      riot cops in well funded urban areas *are* highly trained though-- trained to see civilians as the enemy and to act as a military unit

    • @coltonruscheinsky7863
      @coltonruscheinsky7863 Місяць тому +1

      @@Ramberta you had me in the first half

  • @harpersmith1400
    @harpersmith1400 4 роки тому +47

    Omfg, I found this video from my recommended and was like oh that kind of looks like Brennan, wait a minute, that is Brennan! Rip CollegeHumor...

  • @MiKi-sx3tt
    @MiKi-sx3tt 3 роки тому +11

    I just realize. He's my favorite cast in collegehumor.

  • @zoezew
    @zoezew 4 роки тому +100

    Holy shit this is amazing

  • @lisahoshowsky4251
    @lisahoshowsky4251 4 роки тому +69

    You’re telling me this weird but funny rabbit hole that began with a gay bar and a cult leader lead me to my favourite human, Brennan from CH?

  • @Jamachlee
    @Jamachlee 4 роки тому +16

    I know it probably wasn't, but that sound's like Raph's giggle at 5:43 and that makes me very happy to imagine him cheering on his friend

  • @alli-gator-forest
    @alli-gator-forest 4 роки тому +25

    Civil War Ghost, we’d really appreciate your help right about now

  • @brasswiredart
    @brasswiredart 4 роки тому +48

    this was PAINFULLY ahead of its time

    • @calvinjohnson6242
      @calvinjohnson6242 2 роки тому

      Or behind the times. It doesn’t matter. Racism has existed for ages.

  • @nahthanksno8299
    @nahthanksno8299 2 роки тому +8

    As a relative new comer to CollegeHumor (I know, I used to live under a rock, I also only discovered Smosh like 5 minutes ago) I have to say I absolutely adore Brennan and his many talents, including his passion for speaking out on prevalent social issues.

  • @carolkoski4875
    @carolkoski4875 4 роки тому +24

    Five years ago and Brennan was already being this relevant and using his platform to speak the truth

  • @mephostopheles3752
    @mephostopheles3752 3 роки тому +24

    I saw Brennan in the thumbnail and I was like "is that... no it can't be. But... oh shit it IS"

  • @owenpatten9697
    @owenpatten9697 4 роки тому +15

    This hit different in 2020.

  • @turtleguy16
    @turtleguy16 4 роки тому +43

    Woah funny to see him here! And right after ch shut down too. Glad I’ve got something left of his comedy

    • @Princesskyloren
      @Princesskyloren 4 роки тому

      Turtle Guy ch?

    • @joe.5103
      @joe.5103 4 роки тому +1

      Princess kyloren College Humor.

    • @MrSpikethefirst
      @MrSpikethefirst 4 роки тому

      AFTER CH DID WHAT?!?!?!?!?

    • @dropintodropout8575
      @dropintodropout8575 4 роки тому +5

      They're still going! CH is not dead, in fact Brennan is one of the few that remain as full employees

  • @SpookyJohnathan
    @SpookyJohnathan 3 роки тому +6

    This is still one of the best things I've ever seen in my life.

  • @Fab4Sunrises
    @Fab4Sunrises 4 роки тому +70

    THAT GOT SO REAL SO FAST

  • @darylesells19
    @darylesells19 8 місяців тому +2

    Had no idea Brennan did improve, but it makes so much sense! I now love this guy a quarter and a half more!!

  • @lynndoesntexist
    @lynndoesntexist 3 роки тому +4

    THIS IS MY FAVORITE SKIT- i was rewatching it constantly as we were in the 50s/60s and civil rights unit in history class!!! I almost know all the lines, hope I can memorize it eventually!!

  • @rasp.74
    @rasp.74 3 роки тому +3

    I love Brennan so much. You can feel the passion here, but it's also hilarious. Beautiful.

  • @scarfguy5337
    @scarfguy5337 4 роки тому +36

    That civil war ghost is spitting facts

  • @Lucifersfursona
    @Lucifersfursona 3 роки тому +8

    Brennan’s comedy can cure anything that ails me

  • @outtagoodnamesdangit
    @outtagoodnamesdangit 4 роки тому +15

    Huh, 5 years later and you could still swear this came out this week. Hilarious... but also a little sad.

  • @CloudingYourSkies
    @CloudingYourSkies 2 роки тому +37

    Love how he worked in that he was actually a ghost who ended up at some comedy club to try to end racism lol brilliant

  • @MP-oj9tk
    @MP-oj9tk Рік тому +14

    A masterclass in how to dismantle every argument of anyone who says people who were for slavery were a "product of the time". Brennan is a national treasure and must be protected at all costs.

  • @crimsong_shep6449
    @crimsong_shep6449 2 роки тому +5

    I watching this fully prepared that it was going to have aged terribly but curious because I love Brennan just to come out of this loving and respecting him More

  • @ElloLoJo
    @ElloLoJo 3 роки тому +11

    He had us in the first 70 seconds, I won’t lie