I love how Stephanie fucks with them. She doesn't say what David tells her to and she purposely misinterprets to avoid insult or embarrassment. I think it's actually genius!
To everyone who feels like they need to mention his wealth; You don't hitch because you're broke or homeless. You hitch for the experience. You hitch for hitching.
***** When these were made, he was far from a millionaire. He was a struggling artist and gambler. He always made money gambling but was never a millionaire .
Alexander Frost the guitar riff they keep playing is from GG ALLINs "ABUSE MYSELF"....Fuckin hipster millionaire stole it for his tumbs up...I like how they only go like one mile,but the Jew wasn't chasing the truck,he was riding with David ALLIN Choe's security entourage...what a POSER this guy...
Zonies Coasters yeah when I met David a year ago I asked how he did this series, he said basically they would have a camera, and the camera person was different people that switch out ever few hundred miles, and the new camera person always kept in phone contact with them to find out where they were.
@@MrK4LB davidchoe.com/2013/david-choe-and-estevan-oriols-journey-through-the-middle-east turns out he went through there even during the Syrian civil war
The takashi mukarami lv belt casually in the video. A man ahead of his time. This dude is an underrated artist and human being. He has lived life to the absolute fullest. I’d love to shake this dudes hand. Especially after all the time that has passed since this video series was made. The Rogan interview made me appreciate him as a human. Trying to better himself for himself and being conscious of the choices he makes , even verbally. And the fact he is so wealthy and he doesnt flaunt it… no matter who paints him a villain I’ll carry a flag for him.
yotsub29 That would be boring, shitty and dangerous. Muslims behead Christians regularly in the middleeast, It is full of tribal, stone-age warfaring people, it's a shitty desert, they don't like foreigners. Essentially, that's a horrible idea.
This is the first time seeing this one for me but I remember seeing the first Thumbs Up on Vice in 2011 or so. Probably the best thing Vice has ever done IMO
Koufax I was just saying him and the cute asian girl connected really well- I didn’t think anyone would think I meant he met his actual wife- we watched the same video
The Algorithm brought me back to this series after 9 years. Watched it when it came out. Brings back the memories of a youtube from the past. When video's had time limits and a high view count was below one million. Going to be hard rewatching this 480p on a 4k screen...
seriously i really have been enjoying this and david seems like a special dude! Just started watching last night! have watched the other 2 adventures but didnt expect this so im stoked!
His idea was PURE GENIUS, there are some youtubers doing similar things in China today, he paved the road!!! Wish he did this again and made a movie out of it.
Brisk Tea There was another comment calling High Def an idiot but he deleted it Edit: actually I think they were calling Edwin an idiot and then there was 2 people arguing that also deleted their comments. It was a long time ago so I’m not sure.
SO excited for this! Absolutely loved the 2 American hitchhiking trips; cannot even imagine how this is gonna go down in China where they speak zero Mandarin and where I'm not aware of a hitchhiking culture exists... LET THE ADVENTURE BEGIN!
Asian Bird Flu on only the third day of filming, AND you're hitching across the country??? Phewww... I'm wishing you the best of luck on not shitting your pants like Alaska 😂
i am 24... i have been out of "the news" loop for a while because its all bullshit anyway.. then i stumbled across vice. i am truly appreciative of the way they show the world. i often feel surrounded by negativity, my own more than others. but in the grand scheme of things.. in terms of information, content, humour and the interviwers themselves i would say vice is the greatest source of news in the world.. everyone i know is getting into it, i even heard they were getting their own channel
John Caputo His performance as "Short Round" in the second Indy film should have won Best Supporting Actor. But now he's too busy running North Korea to reflect and care about the past.
So now, less than 13 years later, you can go up on a steep hill and look West, and with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark-that place where the wave finally broke and rolled back.
When I was in Tibet, someone was fatally shot in the Lhasa nightclub I was at one evening. They dragged the body out, followed it with a mop, and then literally minutes later the music was back on and everyone was dancing like nothing had happened.
He was a very respected (and strange) artist before he received 100-200 million worth of FB stock. The documentary about him (directed by Harry Kim by the way :P) is a nice look in to his life from 2000 till 2009 (I think). But if you don't like him in this series you will probably start to hate him after watching the documentary :-/
It happened a few years ago, he was in jail for three months. The whole experience apparently inspired a lot of his better work. It's kind of a cool story, I suggest looking it up! I vote he hitch hikes through North Korea. I would be infinitely impressed.
Lol, the wagon at 18:05 was sesame oil powered? That stuff has a very low smoke point, I would have to doubt that if it burns frying tofu it can reach combustion temperature
The guy has hundreds of millions of dollars. Yet does shit like this. Absolute respect! Wish i could go on an adventure like this guy. Go anywhere i want whenever i want , the life. Adventure > Big cars, big houses etc.
if this isnt staged idk what is, 1st season was awesome but it kinda gets weaker with every season. keep it natural man, thats what people want, not some bubblegum bullshit. dont take that too harsh, u guys are awesome
BS what part of this do you think was staged? Hiring dirt poor Chinese labourers to be part of the show that don't even speak English? Only part that is staged is they prob have a back ambulance ready in case they do starve or get ran over
This was the peak of VICE content
True!
sas mate!
Nice profile pic sas mate wadiyatalkinabeet
APEX it really was
Yes it was. I remember laughing so much at this series
I love how Stephanie fucks with them. She doesn't say what David tells her to and she purposely misinterprets to avoid insult or embarrassment. I think it's actually genius!
+schmidt640 shes a pathological liar and u know it
To everyone who feels like they need to mention his wealth;
You don't hitch because you're broke or homeless. You hitch for the experience. You hitch for hitching.
It's a spiritual journey, to wander is to be free...
Its something that you do for yourself not for your circumstances.
He wasnt even a millionaire when these were made. lol
+Malcolm Stewart alot of poor people would disagree
***** When these were made, he was far from a millionaire. He was a struggling artist and gambler. He always made money gambling but was never a millionaire .
"How many?"
"Just us three. The camera guy jogs behind."
True
And the guy must be forest gump
Alexander Frost the guitar riff they keep playing is from GG ALLINs "ABUSE MYSELF"....Fuckin hipster millionaire stole it for his tumbs up...I like how they only go like one mile,but the Jew wasn't chasing the truck,he was riding with David ALLIN Choe's security entourage...what a POSER this guy...
I think the camera man probably takes a taxi or something
Zonies Coasters yeah when I met David a year ago I asked how he did this series, he said basically they would have a camera, and the camera person was different people that switch out ever few hundred miles, and the new camera person always kept in phone contact with them to find out where they were.
How did I start this series yesterday and I’ve binge watched season 1+2 already.... Thumbs up and stay Stoned!
me too lol
HONESTLY... If it wasn't for the chick...
they would STILL be stuck in the hotel! LOL
Harry is the best Sidekick!
Thumbs Up Season 4: Hitchhiking Across Syria
ood one
He's been through the Middle East at least once before, although it was before the civil war.
@@Maxizio oh shit how do you know? serious question.
@@MrK4LB davidchoe.com/2013/david-choe-and-estevan-oriols-journey-through-the-middle-east
turns out he went through there even during the Syrian civil war
i love the sub titles because you can tell when steph is bullshitting dave
I love when Stephanie takes over the role of David.
Idk why youtube keeps recommending to me Vice videos from 7 years ago, n they're so good.
Is this really 10 years old? Wow. Time fucking flew! This is the best VICE had to offer imo
Oh shit! Is this the Great Wall of China?
No, it's right there.
Oh my god! It's the fucking Great Wall of China.
God damn, the fucking left just destroyed so much. It destroyed Vice completely. Ran it into the fucking ground. This is so fucking rad.
This looks so fun. I would totally do this if i had more confidence to hitchhike.....and had friends
Charlie Crome i have no friends but the courage. Hit me up bud, let's travel lol
If you wait around for people to travel with, you may never do it
@@nightfighter7452 REalized the same thing and decided to go alone. Once I started I got a buddy with me who hooked on the idea.
@@RyanSpringer1984 if i dont end up in jail in like 2 months for an ongoing vandalism case are you still down?
@@haggard1378 I'm interested in your vandalism case if you don't mind sharing
The takashi mukarami lv belt casually in the video. A man ahead of his time. This dude is an underrated artist and human being. He has lived life to the absolute fullest. I’d love to shake this dudes hand. Especially after all the time that has passed since this video series was made. The Rogan interview made me appreciate him as a human. Trying to better himself for himself and being conscious of the choices he makes , even verbally. And the fact he is so wealthy and he doesnt flaunt it… no matter who paints him a villain I’ll carry a flag for him.
Holy shit vice is getting it's own channel??
Yes. I’m just here to answer your question seven years too late.
Yes
lol 7 years ago
So many UA-cam OGs. Glad to see we all made it. :)
Own TV channel now too lol who woulda thought.
This is the most inspiring series i have ever seen. I wish one day i could be doing exactly what these lads are doing :)
How about from Vladivostok to Moscow for season 4?
They would die.
they should try middle east. that would be fvked up LOL
yotsub29 That would be boring, shitty and dangerous. Muslims behead Christians regularly in the middleeast, It is full of tribal, stone-age warfaring people, it's a shitty desert, they don't like foreigners. Essentially, that's a horrible idea.
Jtheman i know. just being an ass like david and harry lmao.. they would end prolly in the desert tied up kidnapped by effin radicals
yotsub29 Everyone in the middle east is a radical, they'd all kidnap them
All of these series are pure entertainment. Great human skills.
Nice
This is the first time seeing this one for me but I remember seeing the first Thumbs Up on Vice in 2011 or so. Probably the best thing Vice has ever done IMO
7:30 David look way more relaxed after the night sleeping close to Harry’s sister
Harry met his wife at that restaurant.
Vice has never been this good again.
Yo really that's fucking sick
No way
Koufax I was just saying him and the cute asian girl connected really well- I didn’t think anyone would think I meant he met his actual wife- we watched the same video
Why am i getting too this awesome series just now? Anybody else from 2019.
Krab krust tv2 same 😂🤦🏽♂️
Aye what’s up fellas...no body told me shit.🖕🏽
Just popped into my suggestions today and it's December 2019 lol... I wonder why it's recirculating so long after
I’m from the future bro I’m in 2020
Hey don't feel bad... I just found it now in 2020! Been watching every season since midnight!✌️
Being from Arizona, I like how Harry always wears that Arizona shirt lol
The Algorithm brought me back to this series after 9 years. Watched it when it came out. Brings back the memories of a youtube from the past. When video's had time limits and a high view count was below one million. Going to be hard rewatching this 480p on a 4k screen...
seriously i really have been enjoying this and david seems like a special dude! Just started watching last night! have watched the other 2 adventures but didnt expect this so im stoked!
David Choe is the fucking man, hitchiking across everywhere and worth a cool 200 million because of a gamble he took, you sir are a hero.
"Is this the Great Wall of China?!"
"No, it's right there, fool!"
His idea was PURE GENIUS, there are some youtubers doing similar things in China today, he paved the road!!! Wish he did this again and made a movie out of it.
I have seen 2 of his video series hittchhiking usa and china and i think i heard "thumbs up" enough times for the rest of my life...
giorgos Spikker 👍
Thumbs up!
Right??? OMFG!!!
She is finessing. She NOT dealing with they bullshit. She is not translating they bullshit 👌😂
This series was by far one of my favourite things to come from Vice.
i got kid napped because of this video. thanks vice
Edwin Villegas You can probably sell your story to Vice.
He was joking
@@dexgen4809 so was he
Brisk Tea There was another comment calling High Def an idiot but he deleted it
Edit: actually I think they were calling Edwin an idiot and then there was 2 people arguing that also deleted their comments. It was a long time ago so I’m not sure.
@@dexgen4809 lol nice man
who else is here after JRE
I cant believe its the same person
Who’s reading these replies cause they have known about choe and want to see people’s first impressions
@@heatherrenaestrigens8409 ive known about Choe since like 2001-2002
@@Kawaiililstuffshop I started following after his Stern interview.
I just realized that this is that dude!!!!
This is the best thing Vice has ever done. Where is the next one!
instagram.com/p/BHxrIVDDbJP he said it's comming out soon! :D
RackyanHD season 4 is on instagram and snap chat stories
RackyanHD nn
David was the patient x for covid-19
I wish David Choe would do more of these hitchhiking across wherever videos.
"i wanted to paint the great wall of china my whole life".
That's one long painting
@@alanlee129 look up love death and robots on Netflix and watch the zima blue episode
doesn't even paint it just marks it with a texta
Cant believe David Choe is worth $300 million
i like how this guy is worth like 200 million and he hitchhikes
I think you're missing the point
Not the point, but also I don't think he was worth that much until after this was made
@@t0ny1189 You're correct. He wasn't worth that until after the show
@@th-mb6qs Right not till Facebook went public.
Its from 2007 he said he turned 33. So 1974 + 33 = 2007
The fact that vice is focusing on a guy who eats mac and cheese, is nothing like OG vice. You truly learn so much from this.
Hitchhike North Korea next! Lol
O
Anybody watching in 2021? David Choe is the goat
I love how David gets progressively sleazier throughout the series
SO excited for this! Absolutely loved the 2 American hitchhiking trips; cannot even imagine how this is gonna go down in China where they speak zero Mandarin and where I'm not aware of a hitchhiking culture exists... LET THE ADVENTURE BEGIN!
Moroccan tracksuit Wydad Casablanca cross China.
Yo where can I buy one?
Yeahh
this is BY FAR the best vice series EVER!!!!!!!!!!!! but i doubt they travel without money cuz David is filthy rich so
Wikipedia says a fourth season from San Fran to New York is coming please let it be true
dammit vice please please let this be true...
3 years ago i guess it's not tru
Geekly weekly it is true but David got fired and vice isn't releasing the footage.
Why was he fired?
@@rickyhall6081 he does crazy shit all the time . Google it.
Asian Bird Flu on only the third day of filming, AND you're hitching across the country??? Phewww... I'm wishing you the best of luck on not shitting your pants like Alaska 😂
Who else knew about Thumbs Up America before JRE?
I remember when season one was on Netflix in like 2010
i am 24... i have been out of "the news" loop for a while because its all bullshit anyway.. then i stumbled across vice. i am truly appreciative of the way they show the world. i often feel surrounded by negativity, my own more than others. but in the grand scheme of things.. in terms of information, content, humour and the interviwers themselves i would say vice is the greatest source of news in the world.. everyone i know is getting into it, i even heard they were getting their own channel
Lol talk about snitching on your self he just video tapes him spray painting property 😂😂
This guy genuinely makes me wanna go back to 2013
the first season was awesome
I lost it at the awkward hug at 5:27. She even made a sound of disgust.
"You're handsome. Can I have a ride?"
Hahahaha at 11:22 the drivers face when he is told harry is a half man half dog creature
Hey Vice! Where is season 4?? I heard David said it was all done except for editing. But it's been quite awhile now! Will it ever get released?
+Jens Roth Probably not, unless Dave has the rights to it. He no longer works for Vice, so it's a long shot.
+415Underdog bay area to new york :)
I'd LOVE to see them travel the original Silk Road from 1000 years ago! (or whenever that was)
Damien X idk if thats possible
Coming back to this masterpiece after seeing David in BEEF.
sammme
"These guys got jizz coming out of their ears" LMAO. I love this dude. Awesome.
This show should be brought back! David Shoe + Harry Kim = Epic!!!!
Harry Kim was great in Star Trek: Voyager.
He also was great in his guest role as Mr. Wang on Spencer for Hire.
He was great in the 80's show Sidekicks.
John Caputo His performance as "Short Round" in the second Indy film should have won Best Supporting Actor. But now he's too busy running North Korea to reflect and care about the past.
I peeped a little at 19:17 when the Sledge hammer flew out of Mr.Harrys hand lol
Some of those Chinese dudes have the darkest tans I've ever seen.
So now, less than 13 years later, you can go up on a steep hill and look West, and with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark-that place where the wave finally broke and rolled back.
Love your adventure vids guys! keep up the good work :)
No, this dude is hilarious. His sense of humor is great. I think he makes a good host.
Anyone else for season 4 to be uploaded?
this was/still is my fav vice series
Harry Kim is amazing
It is actually very dangerous to pick up random strangers.
Thank you for this insightful commentary
@bobbymartin5088 no problem. just stating the obvious
China looks amazingly beautiful
YA you can never see the sun!
When I was in Tibet, someone was fatally shot in the Lhasa nightclub I was at one evening. They dragged the body out, followed it with a mop, and then literally minutes later the music was back on and everyone was dancing like nothing had happened.
THUMBS UP SEASON 4 IS OUT
ON ME
He was a very respected (and strange) artist before he received 100-200 million worth of FB stock. The documentary about him (directed by Harry Kim by the way :P) is a nice look in to his life from 2000 till 2009 (I think). But if you don't like him in this series you will probably start to hate him after watching the documentary :-/
7:21
spooning with Harry's sister while he's on the other side of her
It happened a few years ago, he was in jail for three months. The whole experience apparently inspired a lot of his better work. It's kind of a cool story, I suggest looking it up! I vote he hitch hikes through North Korea. I would be infinitely impressed.
He was wearing a casablanca's football team
Damn
*Morocco* *by* *the* *wat*
Lol, the wagon at 18:05 was sesame oil powered? That stuff has a very low smoke point, I would have to doubt that if it burns frying tofu it can reach combustion temperature
Harry is a fucking legend
I think it's cool Harry's sis came along. What a great series!✌️
*"Scumbags. We're all scumbags."*
Words of wisdom.
The guy has hundreds of millions of dollars. Yet does shit like this. Absolute respect! Wish i could go on an adventure like this guy. Go anywhere i want whenever i want , the life. Adventure > Big cars, big houses etc.
"These guys have jizz coming out of their ears" XD
i love how casual David is about tagging shit everywhere
That dude was trying to get with her. But hey, that's how it goes.
People are just not friendly and have a complete disregard for your personal space. Plus they never apologise when they run into you.
They need to do another one.
can't believe it! years after watching tijuana to the north pole, i found this one by an accident. love it.
Have you guys guys ever heard of the Merry pranksters and the bus named further?
Yesss
I love the contrast between this show and the ads they have before it
Please make thumbs up season 4!! Australia?
its fun how you hear those songs played over and over again
if this isnt staged idk what is, 1st season was awesome but it kinda gets weaker with every season. keep it natural man, thats what people want, not some bubblegum bullshit. dont take that too harsh, u guys are awesome
T T hey everyone here he is, I found that guy!
BS what part of this do you think was staged? Hiring dirt poor Chinese labourers to be part of the show that don't even speak English? Only part that is staged is they prob have a back ambulance ready in case they do starve or get ran over
yes season 1 was best
5:25 that's one awkward hug
We will be hitchhiking in China soon!
Good luck, you should document the whole thing
We will, we are hitchhiking across the whole world and filming a webseries about the whole adventure :D
You guys are so lucky
+spirit241000 hahaha!! we will!!
Journal of Nomads how did it go?
lmfao. David calls stephanie annoying. She comes out and happily hugs Harry, but goes "ugh" before hugging david. hahahaha
who wants to travel?
Robin Borghini n
HOLY SHIT! I saw the hitchhiking across America and i thought that that was the only hitchhiking series you guys had done. So exited right now.