holy SHIT anjali--that was seriously the BEST i've ever seen anyone do on one of these. she got basically EVERYTHING except for some of the names. goddamn!!!
"I have to read the Critical Role book and know all of the people and know all of the terms and she's going to give me lore and I have to memorize it because I'm Indian and I'm an A-plus student!" - Anjali Bhimani. I get the sense that she's used to high-stress mental exercises.
Aimee tells her story. Me: Ooh, nice, a story about a background/nonexistant character that's not linked to anything, I love thaaat! Aimee: Now, listen, Dariax [...] Me: Oh God. I don't regret anything.
Sam and Aimee in a campaign together is like putting a bag of holding inside another bag of holding. There is not way shit is not going to hit the fan lol
I have no idea about C3's timeline, and I also want new guest because they are all amazing but I also want a Trial of the Take thing with somehow all of them fitting into the new campaign and everyone playing together
When they told Aimee what do to for narrative telephone: What they said: Make a story for people to try to remember and repeat. Make it as hard as you want. What Aimee heard: Make an audition tape for a serious role.
The most amazing part is watching Matt’s face the whole time because he knows who Deni$e is - and the only time he breaks is when Aimee insists that Dariax has only bad jokes and you can almost see him think in his head “oh, too real”
I think Aimee's story is the first time I straight up laughed at the original story before I hit any of the retellings. The details and how fluidly she says them is evil, the absurd throwaway lines like the "stubby" thing is hilarious, and the whole thing being an unexpected former lover of Dariax who he just forgot about and left hanging feels like it could be 100 % canon and I wouldn't be surprised.
They were all from the same Denise, she just kept getting drunker and drunker, forgetting both the details of her life and that she'd already sent the letter.
I loved seeing her enjoying her self. She clearly enjoys laughing about it after tge fact, but the actual retelling seems to spike her anxiety in previous NTs.
Let me tell you as a Critter named Denise I haven't felt this much whiplash since the early days of Talks. I wish I was as cool as Deni$e Murkenshmurken
The moment Aimee showed up in episode 59 and pulled out her Brooklyn accent, I immediately knew it was Deni$e with the money sign and I couldn't stop giggling 😂
aabria remains a one-liner machine and i remain HERE FOR IT. personal faves from this episode were “liam’s denise was a classically-trained break-up artist” and “robbie, did you ever stop and think YOU were the ‘fuck’ multiplier?”
@@BoojumFed I imagine this: Fearne: "You have a lot of anger in you." Deni$e: "Yeah? No shit I got a lot of anger in me, girlie! That short half-man behind you got every criminal in this scumhole pissed at me and he ain't paid a damn cent of what he owes!" Dariax: *looks around* "What? Orym owes you money? Well, if that's all it is, he's good for it! Orym, pay the crazy lady, will you?"
They can have the folks from ExU in as many things as they want and I'm not going to be upset, what amazingly talented and entertaining peoples. (Also easily the best #2 spot ever in narrative telephone history.)
That was always my headcanon. In the Exandria-based games I've run, Marion's core character (good mom, superb entertainer, best lay ever) is still intact, but I added one additional element: someone with such interactions with the Menagerie Coast's upper crust (and those vacationing from the Empire or the Clovis Concord) would be a hell of a sharp cookie and a conversationalist, and by extension, she would be the most well-connected woman on the Coast. Well-connected enough that even if it weren't for the Gentleman or her daughter and her friends, anyone who'd threaten her would have to think twice before trying to mistreat or demean her.
"The bigger the hair, the less people will pay attention to what I say" Dearest Anjali, I wish you didn't, because you did SO WELL in the second spot, but Matt seems to have been to distracted by your hair to remember much of the details... Matt dropped the furs, and with the furs, he dropped the entire story :'D Very Dariax of him. PS. Oh no they cut before Aimee could react to Nancy crying for their mom!
I think this is the most successful run of Narrative Telephone they've done. Details were lost, but by the time we got to the end, I felt like the essence of the original was still there and most everyone came out of each rendition with a shred of dignity.
This is like a whole story itself. Aimee’s was Denise’s plan what she wanted to say, like when you rehearse it in your head. Anjali her actual first attempt that obviously was still fine, but she was like, ‘shit, this was terrible, I screwed it all up, I need a drink’. Matt to Ashley her subsequent more and more drunk attempts to actually record it because she didn’t nail it at the first time and lost confidence. Liam her first try the next morning with a splitting hangover. Robbie her next attempt when the hangover subsided. And Aabria when Denise was like, ‘ok fuck it, this is it, it’s fine, gonna leave it at that and get this behind me’.
i loved her very confident “and you know who was there?!” followed by her in fact not knowing who was there and biding time by going “you know who was there it wasn’t you do you know who was there it was um uhhh…”
Being the second person is such a clutch position. The team gets one and only one chance to see the original, and that is only the person who comes up second. That performance will make or break what follows. That was just shocking how well Anjali did on this! Her version of Deni$e was completely terrifying and so well delivered! We all praised Travis for his near-perfect recall in the first two seasons, being able to follow almost anyone and keep 95% of the content. Anjali not only kept the story intact, but maintained the voice, the attitude, the tempo and delivery, everything. The only bits she lost were inconsequential like names of a couple taverns or tossed out character names.
Usually I understand why the third person is where the story goes off the rails. Usually the second person gets a lot right but misses details, and there are little flubs that get magnified. But Anjali absolutely _killed_ it, so what's up Matt?
The second person also slows the performance down a lot I think, which doesn’t hurt the performance but makes it harder for person 3 to remember. I think that was the case here too. Definitely was a wonderful 2nd performance though! And Matt is usually the most reliable one lol I was surprised too!
Matt actually sucks at this game, that's what xD Matt is just as bad as Ashley at this game, but his panic manifests differently. Where Ashley can't bury her panic and doesn't even try, she just drops the shovel and runs, Matt tries to bury the panic *and* pretend nothing is trying to climb out of the hole.
@@aromaladyellie Kinda true, yeah. Matt uses his impressive vocabulary and writing accolades to hide the fact that he doesn't actually remember the real story. You can tell he's searching for stuff when he gets more and more verbose.
this was amazing start to finish, i love that Aimee just goes ALL IN every time with such a fresh perspective, pure gold. And Anjali Oscar worthy performance!
Ahhh, what a pity! This was the last episode of Narrative Telephone. It was a story about an empowered, strong, and wonderful woman! I don't even have words to describe how much I enjoyed this episode. My great journey with Narrative Telephone ends here, for sure my favorite series, and I wish I had found it during the peak of the pandemic. It would have been so good to have this comfort warming my heart in those terrible days. Well, thankfully, the internet exists, and you preserved these videos, so today, in 2023, I was able to see this wonder and, at the same time, reflect on how you were going through it. I saw that it was not easy, I noticed in your small comments about not combing your hair anymore (Sam said that in some episode) or Taliesin wanting to leave the house and not being able to stand the lockdown anymore. Yes, I went through that too. BUT on the other hand, I am glad to know that we all went through it and are here today. Now I'm going to binge-watch the other series you have, fortunately, there's plenty of entertainment material that will make my days happier here. My best wishes to you, Critical Role. Love you all.
I needed this, guys. My boyfriend just broke up with me in the worst unloyal ways and this was very cathartic, like I was just messing around with friends, almost a support group.
robbie killed me, he had pretty much nothing of the story left, but that attitude, it was both very on point and quite a departure from what I knew of him it was hilarious
@@thenotsoguitarguy9429 that's an even better pull! Man those two films together are such a great combo. Add "In & Out" with Kevin Kline and, well, have yourself a gay old time!
I can't believe this is where Deni$e came from! This was the best narrative telephone, as well as intro into a future character. And the first 2 and the last were the best! 😅
I am so IN LOVE with Aimee to have reprise his role of Deni$e in campaign 3, she had a lot of options decide to do the follow up of this awesome choice of story, it's AMAZING!
Absolutely amazing. With the exception of pauses for the names I would have genuinely thought that Anjali's was the original practiced version. By the end just a jumbled mess of non-story, but seeing everyone's interpretation of that character is... *chef's kiss*
@@JulianVJacobs she would be ALL the other characters, and you know she'd make such great ones! Aimee is the only one among the bunch who, I think, could really get the others to tap in to their own inner Housewife
I feel like Deni$e and Sophie Bikes from Unsleeping City would be best friends, or else they're just aliases for the same person. Maybe they would have to kill each other so there was only one, highlander style.
If Deni$e doe$n't $how up in C3 or EXU2 I'm gonna be $ooooooooo di$appointed Edit -- Nineteen months later, and I am _very_ pleased. God bless Aimee Carrero.
that's because voice acting is still acting, they're all living in LA, and the only way to be taken seriously in Hollywood (even when nobody will see your face) is to look good. People who don't look good aren't given any chances, regardless of their talent. It's a superficial world.
i find it sweet that aimee was filming "the menu" during this time and still found the time that she wrote a skit and found the time to meet up with her exu family also the girls calling each other hot before or when they watch the videos because they are all hot. also matt name dropping john leguizamo at 42:34 is quite funny when you think about how aimee has already met him for the chemistry read and has probably done a few scenes with him at this point. aimee mimicking everyone's gestures and movements as she watches everyone recreates the breakup video is so adorable
Just watched this for the second time, one year after it was posted, and it still holds up as my favourite Narrative Telephone episode. Whatever happened to the "Real Housewives of Exandria" one-shot? I would love to see that although you would probably have to change the name for copyright reasons :)
I paused it at 52:25 and Aabria's expression is the *perfect* "well, that's a great idea, why don't *you* make that cool piece of content" look and I am here for it! This is absolute perfection and I look forward to the Real Housewives of Exandria!
holy SHIT anjali--that was seriously the BEST i've ever seen anyone do on one of these. she got basically EVERYTHING except for some of the names. goddamn!!!
Scorsese or Brian De Palma would be proud of Anjali.
at this point looking pretty likely
She is 2 for 2. She's good at this
"I have to read the Critical Role book and know all of the people and know all of the terms and she's going to give me lore and I have to memorize it because I'm Indian and I'm an A-plus student!" - Anjali Bhimani. I get the sense that she's used to high-stress mental exercises.
Right. she was at like 99.8% accuracy. this one just sank into her and became a part of her O.O
Aimee tells her story.
Me: Ooh, nice, a story about a background/nonexistant character that's not linked to anything, I love thaaat!
Aimee: Now, listen, Dariax [...]
Me: Oh God. I don't regret anything.
The moment u hear her say "Dariax" is just Mwah *chef's kiss*
I know right?! 😂🤣 This was brilliant from start to finish. Poor Dariax
@@alnevanderwalt7035 There's a REASON he doesn't remember things.....
I'm right at that point and I legit have the video paused to recover
This is more canon than we expected it to be, after last night
I wanna see Aimee and Sam in a campaign together. Their chaotic energy in one room would tear a rift in reality
add a laura bailey in it too and its supreme chaos lol
But which one’s the bag of holding and which one’s the portable hole?
… gods that sounded dirty 😅
listen,,, i think it's for our own sanity that these two never get the chance to team up or reality will absolutely cave in on itself
Sam and Aimee in a campaign together is like putting a bag of holding inside another bag of holding. There is not way shit is not going to hit the fan lol
I have no idea about C3's timeline, and I also want new guest because they are all amazing
but I also want a Trial of the Take thing with somehow all of them fitting into the new campaign and everyone playing together
When they told Aimee what do to for narrative telephone:
What they said: Make a story for people to try to remember and repeat. Make it as hard as you want.
What Aimee heard: Make an audition tape for a serious role.
CW Harley Quinn
It's like the role she was auditioning for was a critical one.
@@Dragon_Lair wow. **applauds**
Spoiler alert, it was.
She’s playing Denise in the latest sessions.
@@LunarTales Deni$e. We have to respect the dollar sign instead of an s 😂
The fact Aimee brought this character back for C3 is one of my favorite things of this new arc
YOOOO I haven't watched that far yet but now I'm excited for Deni$e to show up! Holy shit, that'll be fantastic.
Coming to see just how canon this story is and knowing that he’s her canon ex fiance 👀 AIMEE REALLY PLAYING THE LONG GAME
The most amazing part is watching Matt’s face the whole time because he knows who Deni$e is - and the only time he breaks is when Aimee insists that Dariax has only bad jokes and you can almost see him think in his head “oh, too real”
YES INDEED
So glad that this is now part of canon. Aimee is phenomenal ❤
YES
I forgot about the “Real Housewives of Terse Fields” idea. My god does that need to make an appearance.
I think Aimee's story is the first time I straight up laughed at the original story before I hit any of the retellings. The details and how fluidly she says them is evil, the absurd throwaway lines like the "stubby" thing is hilarious, and the whole thing being an unexpected former lover of Dariax who he just forgot about and left hanging feels like it could be 100 % canon and I wouldn't be surprised.
the "and you've seen what these thighs can do" have me ROLLING
Grog's narrative telephone and Buddy's story had me wheezing. but this one is by far the greatest
As of the recent episode of EXU (they came back for a two-shot), Deni$e is now canon... and Dariax is seemingly rejecting some of his choices.
@@SnowWolf75 I'm gonna have to watch those D:
@@SnowWolf75 and the canon intensifies...
Everybody praising Aimee but I for one think Anjali absolutely CRUSHED her version!
100% that was BRILLIANT!
She really did! I was seriously impressed! For a single viewing and how frenetic Aimee's delivery was, she retained SO MUCH.
I dont know why i was surprised but yeah, she was easily the best out of the whole series.
Incredible. Never seen anyone do the first retelling that good. Just. Wow!
Especially considering that she needed to get through that accent first. I had problems understanding what Aimee was even saying. ;)
My headcannon is that dariax received seven different boxes from seven different denises
I accept this 1000%
Were any of them the right Denise though? Lol.
@@davidparkes7741 exactly
Box #3 was actually Tharla Starr
They were all from the same Denise, she just kept getting drunker and drunker, forgetting both the details of her life and that she'd already sent the letter.
The fact that Aimee's story made Ashley say she had fun playing narrative telephone is beautiful
❤️❤️❤️
This is the best Ashley has ever done!
I loved seeing her enjoying her self. She clearly enjoys laughing about it after tge fact, but the actual retelling seems to spike her anxiety in previous NTs.
Holy crap Anjali killed it! I think that was one of the best recalls we’ve seen yet!
Omg this. She killed it...
RIGHT?! She's a queen!
Queenjali!
AND she went and put curlers in between listening and re-performing! Ah. Mazing.
Yeah I was like "welllll that's all gonna be out the window" but then Anjali just recited the thing word for word back... she is AMAZING!!!
Let me tell you as a Critter named Denise I haven't felt this much whiplash since the early days of Talks. I wish I was as cool as Deni$e Murkenshmurken
#freedenise
_Exactly_ what the real world inspiration for Deni$e would say!
The moment Aimee showed up in episode 59 and pulled out her Brooklyn accent, I immediately knew it was Deni$e with the money sign and I couldn't stop giggling 😂
It was really nice of Aimee to use one of the three accents Ashley can do perfectly
can i take a moment to say "holy SHIT Ashleys eyes always get me in these videos" theyre so god damn pretty like wow
@@pvic6959 gorgeous and crazy
Can we just appreciate the people who made the subtitles for this ALWAYS put a money sign for the S in Deni$e?
But, there is no S in Deni$e?? Lol
Remember how the first story was Pumat mushroom hunting?
oh how far we've come...
replace mushrooms with alcohol
Ah yes. Hunter beak wolf
Peperage Farm remembers....... And me to, I guess.
And killing a wolf?
aabria remains a one-liner machine and i remain HERE FOR IT. personal faves from this episode were “liam’s denise was a classically-trained break-up artist” and “robbie, did you ever stop and think YOU were the ‘fuck’ multiplier?”
You could say her sense of humor is quite.. Aabria-viated
“The call is coming from inside the fuck” 💀
“Soupçon of desperation’ 🤣 🐐
"Real housewives of Exandria" one-shot on the woman's day. Cast of all women. I would LOVE that!
oh i'd watch the hell outta that
THIS.
Pmg yes!!
Hell yeah. Underrated comment
I may be a guy but I would 1000% watch that.
Robbie may not have any of the actual story left, but he has exactly the energy that Aimee brought to the original
Yes! It was losing its impact, thanks Robbie!
Robbie killed it!
He somehow manages to absolutely nail the voice
plus the addition of 'you never appreciated that about me'. i feel like we learned so much about denise and dariax's relationship in that line.
Aimee is pure gold, her improv is outrageously brilliant every time.... someone get her and Sam in a campaign together PLEASE
I think the planet would implode
Thats just too much madness.
if they added a laura bailey in the mix lol the mega chaos
Chaos Crew
Matt would never be able to rein in that madness at the table... and I'd be all here for it 😆
If Deni$e isn't in the second part of exandria unlimited I'll be so sad
DM: .... and then some days your players just... GIFT you a new antagonist!
@@WeAreTheBentusi Because there is a diamond in the rough that JUST needs a little polishing….and then SHINE, baby!
Fearne *_completely_* failing to deal with a '92 Marisa Tomei character is everything I need in life.
@@BoojumFed I imagine this:
Fearne: "You have a lot of anger in you."
Deni$e: "Yeah? No shit I got a lot of anger in me, girlie! That short half-man behind you got every criminal in this scumhole pissed at me and he ain't paid a damn cent of what he owes!"
Dariax: *looks around* "What? Orym owes you money? Well, if that's all it is, he's good for it! Orym, pay the crazy lady, will you?"
She's in a party of her own and her personal quest is to hunt down Darian and pull off some x gf stunts.
Aimee made Full Jersey Liam come out, and it is the greatest gift of all
I keep forgetting he's from Jersey
This has aged beautifully.
I love when "Ashley Johnson" shows up and some kind of Caribbean instrument starts playing lol
They literally cannot change her music now, it's part of her online identity at this point.
Speaking of music, anyone know what was playing for Aimee's section?
The instrument is called a steel drum, and it's pretty fun.
Of course Ashley is where it starts to go sideways, and we love her for it.
It was kinda wrecked already by the time it got to Ashley. She Ashley'd it up to be sure, but it was hardly in pristine form anyway...
Once again, it went sideways with Matt. Ashley did was Ashley always does and Ashley'ed it.
It went sideways with Matt, but Ashley Ashley'd it XD
I never want a Narrative phone episode without Ashley "I hate this game" Johnson lmao
It left at “and i just leave”
They can have the folks from ExU in as many things as they want and I'm not going to be upset, what amazingly talented and entertaining peoples. (Also easily the best #2 spot ever in narrative telephone history.)
Mob wives of Exandria: The Ruby of the Sea is the Madre of the council.
That was always my headcanon. In the Exandria-based games I've run, Marion's core character (good mom, superb entertainer, best lay ever) is still intact, but I added one additional element: someone with such interactions with the Menagerie Coast's upper crust (and those vacationing from the Empire or the Clovis Concord) would be a hell of a sharp cookie and a conversationalist, and by extension, she would be the most well-connected woman on the Coast. Well-connected enough that even if it weren't for the Gentleman or her daughter and her friends, anyone who'd threaten her would have to think twice before trying to mistreat or demean her.
@@TitaniaBird Pretty sure that's not just headcanon, it's canoncanon.
@@flaminyawn yeah, she explicitly says in canon that she has many "men, women, and others" (Marion said NB rights!) ready to defend her if necessary
I desperately need a mini campaign that's the Sopranos or Goodfellas in Exandria
"The bigger the hair, the less people will pay attention to what I say"
Dearest Anjali, I wish you didn't, because you did SO WELL in the second spot, but Matt seems to have been to distracted by your hair to remember much of the details... Matt dropped the furs, and with the furs, he dropped the entire story :'D Very Dariax of him.
PS. Oh no they cut before Aimee could react to Nancy crying for their mom!
Oh my god, yes! Bring in Laura and Marisha and all the ladies need to do a "Real Housewives of Exandria" one shot!
Anyone can play a housewife! the beauty of roleplay
most recent episode confirmed FRIDA is a malewife
I would kind of kill to see Sam and Matt play housewives, they could absolutely match Ashley's sass. And Marisha would be hilarious as GM for that!
I think this is the most successful run of Narrative Telephone they've done.
Details were lost, but by the time we got to the end, I felt like the essence of the original was still there and most everyone came out of each rendition with a shred of dignity.
Me before watching this: "Lettah???"
Me after watching this: "OH, LETTAH!"
Can’t believe Aimee got them all to do jersey accents
I love watching how quickly this goes south, but I say that every time. Aimee and Anjali absolutely killed it, and Ashley was Ashley as always
#3 is so often the point where things start to snowball and once it gets going, the drop is fast.
This is like a whole story itself. Aimee’s was Denise’s plan what she wanted to say, like when you rehearse it in your head. Anjali her actual first attempt that obviously was still fine, but she was like, ‘shit, this was terrible, I screwed it all up, I need a drink’.
Matt to Ashley her subsequent more and more drunk attempts to actually record it because she didn’t nail it at the first time and lost confidence. Liam her first try the next morning with a splitting hangover. Robbie her next attempt when the hangover subsided. And Aabria when Denise was like, ‘ok fuck it, this is it, it’s fine, gonna leave it at that and get this behind me’.
This is so accurate
I love it when these accidentally contain a narrative arc across retellings
Oh hi, I've joined the "this joke character becomes canon" party!
same
Chutney/Chetney and Deni$e: icons both.
Ashely: *super confident* Hi its Denice...*no longer confident* murphsemephen.
i loved her very confident “and you know who was there?!” followed by her in fact not knowing who was there and biding time by going “you know who was there it wasn’t you do you know who was there it was um uhhh…”
I died at Matt saying "People pay good money to get stepped on with this kind of energy." 53:12
Four people laughed, Liam and Anjali look uncomfortable….
Aimee just did something amazing. She got Ashley Johnson to enjoy narrative telephone.
And, you know, tell an absolutely amazing story
Being the second person is such a clutch position. The team gets one and only one chance to see the original, and that is only the person who comes up second. That performance will make or break what follows.
That was just shocking how well Anjali did on this! Her version of Deni$e was completely terrifying and so well delivered! We all praised Travis for his near-perfect recall in the first two seasons, being able to follow almost anyone and keep 95% of the content. Anjali not only kept the story intact, but maintained the voice, the attitude, the tempo and delivery, everything. The only bits she lost were inconsequential like names of a couple taverns or tossed out character names.
Usually I understand why the third person is where the story goes off the rails. Usually the second person gets a lot right but misses details, and there are little flubs that get magnified. But Anjali absolutely _killed_ it, so what's up Matt?
The second person also slows the performance down a lot I think, which doesn’t hurt the performance but makes it harder for person 3 to remember. I think that was the case here too.
Definitely was a wonderful 2nd performance though! And Matt is usually the most reliable one lol I was surprised too!
You can see where Anjali was losing what she heard and just started to make things up. It was wonderful to watch.
He probably lost his shit laughing when he heard Dariax' name drop.
Matt actually sucks at this game, that's what xD Matt is just as bad as Ashley at this game, but his panic manifests differently. Where Ashley can't bury her panic and doesn't even try, she just drops the shovel and runs, Matt tries to bury the panic *and* pretend nothing is trying to climb out of the hole.
@@aromaladyellie Kinda true, yeah. Matt uses his impressive vocabulary and writing accolades to hide the fact that he doesn't actually remember the real story. You can tell he's searching for stuff when he gets more and more verbose.
Each repetition of this is Deni$e re-recording her break up video with Dariax drinking more and more wine with each retake
This is really the funniest shit to think about.
Matt’s was Dariax making a parody of Deni$e’s
this was amazing start to finish, i love that Aimee just goes ALL IN every time with such a fresh perspective, pure gold. And Anjali Oscar worthy performance!
This has been made canon by having Aimee playing Deni$e in the latest episode of Critical Role campaigne three(episode 59 or 60).
Deni$e is CANON now!!
Hey! I’m just realizing that the EXU: Calamity crew didn’t do Narrative Telephone.
It’s not too late.
Exactly where is season 3 ?!??!
I'm not sure my heart could take it if that happened, but I'd sure like to find out if it could!
Part 1: The Story
0:49 Aimee
2:51 Anjali
6:34 Matt
10:05 Ashley
12:25 Liam
14:37 Robbie
16:34 Aabria
Part 2: Show & Tell
17:58 Look at these faces
19:55 Aimee
24:17 Anjali
30:29 Matt
35:21 Ashley
38:22 Liam
41:50 Robbie
45:15 Aabria
48:09 Aimee
52:20 Real Housewives of Exandria
Anjali killed it! One of the best Seconders we've seen!
Anjali just did what might be the best recall in all of narrative telephone, like AMAZING. and she KILLED the characterisation.
i love that everyone did the lipstick thing except aimee, the root of the story.
Ahhh, what a pity! This was the last episode of Narrative Telephone. It was a story about an empowered, strong, and wonderful woman! I don't even have words to describe how much I enjoyed this episode.
My great journey with Narrative Telephone ends here, for sure my favorite series, and I wish I had found it during the peak of the pandemic. It would have been so good to have this comfort warming my heart in those terrible days.
Well, thankfully, the internet exists, and you preserved these videos, so today, in 2023, I was able to see this wonder and, at the same time, reflect on how you were going through it. I saw that it was not easy, I noticed in your small comments about not combing your hair anymore (Sam said that in some episode) or Taliesin wanting to leave the house and not being able to stand the lockdown anymore.
Yes, I went through that too. BUT on the other hand, I am glad to know that we all went through it and are here today.
Now I'm going to binge-watch the other series you have, fortunately, there's plenty of entertainment material that will make my days happier here.
My best wishes to you, Critical Role. Love you all.
I want a "Married to the Clasp" one shot
And it better have Obby the Rats widow in it.
I needed this, guys. My boyfriend just broke up with me in the worst unloyal ways and this was very cathartic, like I was just messing around with friends, almost a support group.
this group's chaotic energy is what i needed this monday
This particular episode especially. You got to love this.
Almost 20 seconds in character for Ahsley, new record!
my message won't be seen probably but i would love to see more episodes of this show, guys. Loving this so much
Liam was feeling out the accent until he hit the "Iyam fahking DUHN" and then it was smooth sailing from there
My only grievance is that we didn’t get to see Sam play this character… or maybe I’m grateful now that I’m thinking about it
Hey, if 'Clasp Spouses of Exandria' becomes a thing, he MAY participate...
Came back bc Deni$e showed up in capaign 3 and I knew she was familiar. Welcome all the rewatchers!
robbie killed me, he had pretty much nothing of the story left, but that attitude, it was both very on point and quite a departure from what I knew of him it was hilarious
I like to think each retelling is cannon and Deni$e sent Dariax 7 different boxes with varying messages
Coming back now Deni$e is canon
Happy C3 week critters! Can’t wait to see the next party!
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Oh shit is c3e1 this Thursday?
@@aliciacordero8399 yep
@@ellierelyea8388 man, 2½ days to finish catching up on C2 lol. Well that's not gonna happen (Wednesdays I DM)
@@aliciacordero8399 Then again, who needs sleep right? Lol, kidding.
Robbie absolutely was one of the Drag Queens in the Birdcage that Nathan Lane's character got into a fight with.
I never thought I'd see a Birdcage reference in the CR comment section, I love it.
as Taliesin would say "Good pull, good pull". Seriously, what a callback!
HOLY CRAP that is such a wonderfully specific and pinpoint accurate pull XDDD
I thought he had more of a John Leguizamo from, To Wong Fu: Thanks For Everything - Julie Numar, vibe.
@@thenotsoguitarguy9429 that's an even better pull! Man those two films together are such a great combo. Add "In & Out" with Kevin Kline and, well, have yourself a gay old time!
Ashley Johnson: “and then I-“ *blue screen* “I just fuckin left.”
Came here to celebrate the return of the Bitch, the boss, the absolute unit, the legend - Deni$e!!!❤❤
I can't believe this is where Deni$e came from! This was the best narrative telephone, as well as intro into a future character. And the first 2 and the last were the best! 😅
Deni$e breakup letter is officially my favorite story! Up there with Jester's Christmas story and Beau's drinking adventure
I am so IN LOVE with Aimee to have reprise his role of Deni$e in campaign 3, she had a lot of options decide to do the follow up of this awesome choice of story, it's AMAZING!
Absolutely amazing. With the exception of pauses for the names I would have genuinely thought that Anjali's was the original practiced version. By the end just a jumbled mess of non-story, but seeing everyone's interpretation of that character is... *chef's kiss*
Looking forward to “the real housewives of exandria” one shot. Matt don’t let us down
I hope there's a single "house husband" (Veths husband, eza?
"You know how I feel about stubby things." Did Aimee just confirm that Dariax is hung? Canon.
I love that Deni$e is canon and has met Orym and Fearne now.
A legend returns to critical role
Heartbroken that no one mentioned how funny it is that Light Eyes was sitting on Deni$e’s good chair, I was crying when she first said that
Deni$e made it to the campaign and I'm *sniff* so happy
If we don't get a Real Housewives of Exandria oneshot I will be so sad.
Aimee would HAVE to GM it though
@@laurens.6940 Yes, or Sam could GM. Imagine the chaotic energy.
@@laurens.6940 i kind of need Aimee to be a character...
@@JulianVJacobs she would be ALL the other characters, and you know she'd make such great ones! Aimee is the only one among the bunch who, I think, could really get the others to tap in to their own inner Housewife
I can't believe that this was so powerful that Deni$e ended up being cannon. Amazing
You don’t know the half of it
@@lostdmg7511 right?
Love Aimee's story, absolutely gold lmao and always Ashley with the downhill fall man lmaoooo
I feel like Deni$e and Sophie Bikes from Unsleeping City would be best friends, or else they're just aliases for the same person. Maybe they would have to kill each other so there was only one, highlander style.
Sophie would have found Dariax and then pounded him into the ground…
But apart from that? Yeah, they could be sisters.
Real housewives of DnD with Deni$e and Sofia Bikes, the amount of chaos that Aimee and Emily Axford would generate would be off the charts.
I had the EXACT same thought. As soon as she said haircut
Add in a grown-up Ostentatia Wallace from The Seven too! Bing Bling!
@@linnic More like “Bada Bing, Bada Bang”. Bring more females to do a Real Housewives of DnD to bring the humor. We need this big time!
Perfect excuse for Liam to bring out his Jersey roots in full force! His hand-rolling 'and fuck off' bow had me rolling XD
Only seen the clips at the beginning and I am already sure this is going to be INCREDIBLE
If Deni$e doe$n't $how up in C3 or EXU2 I'm gonna be $ooooooooo di$appointed
Edit -- Nineteen months later, and I am _very_ pleased. God bless Aimee Carrero.
Critical role is evidence that even in the world of voice acting being gorgeous is is a plus. My god these people are beautiful!
that's because voice acting is still acting, they're all living in LA, and the only way to be taken seriously in Hollywood (even when nobody will see your face) is to look good. People who don't look good aren't given any chances, regardless of their talent. It's a superficial world.
@@kerstinsweeney373 well, there was Mel Blanc, lol. I hear ya though.
STILL waiting for Real Housewives of Exandria
i find it sweet that aimee was filming "the menu" during this time and still found the time that she wrote a skit and found the time to meet up with her exu family also the girls calling each other hot before or when they watch the videos because they are all hot. also matt name dropping john leguizamo at 42:34 is quite funny when you think about how aimee has already met him for the chemistry read and has probably done a few scenes with him at this point. aimee mimicking everyone's gestures and movements as she watches everyone recreates the breakup video is so adorable
Headcanon that Dariax didnt intentionally steel/leave with the furs, but rather lost them, cause, well, he is Dariax
honestly a mafia-themed CR oneshot would be amazing, I could totally see it with Fiasco as the game system
We have a whole 3-part story in that vein (ok, sorta) with the Honey Heists.
I need Liam’s C3 character to be Deni$e’s relative so he can bring the Jersey accent all campaign long and so that Deni$e can guest star
so so glad Deni$e is back, hai to the C3 ep59 watchers!
Even though Aimee and Robbie are new at this, they're easily the best performers
Aimee brought the Joisey and Robbie brought the Camp to Eleven.
This is Anjali "Icon" Bhimani erasure!!
Forget real housewives of Exandria, these are characters we need for another Honey Heist 1 shot
With good ol' cookie and waffles!
Yess!
Just watched this for the second time, one year after it was posted, and it still holds up as my favourite Narrative Telephone episode. Whatever happened to the "Real Housewives of Exandria" one-shot? I would love to see that although you would probably have to change the name for copyright reasons :)
Bless Aimee for bringing her back. Here again to reminisce
How many C3 Ep 59 peeps are watching this? The chaos this group has.
As much as I adore Opal, I feel robbed that we did not get Deni$e. I hope we get a chance to see Aimee playing her.
I know these weren't the most viewed videos on the channel, but can we bring them back?! I seriously belly-laugh every time!
Deni$e is one of the most unique D&D characters i have EVER had the pleasure of listening/watching to. Aimee, you are a BEAST of a Creative.
I died when Aabria said "Little Johnny Wicks, with his coins and his guns and his dogs" AH-mazeballs
I paused it at 52:25 and Aabria's expression is the *perfect* "well, that's a great idea, why don't *you* make that cool piece of content" look and I am here for it!
This is absolute perfection and I look forward to the Real Housewives of Exandria!
“Give me the money cause i’m worth it” HELL YEAH YOU ARE DENI$E