how Stephen King gets his ideas
Вставка
- Опубліковано 30 жов 2022
- happy halloween
thank you to mr. daniel greene: / danielgreenereviews
(btw i didn't include co-written books, short-story collections, or nonfiction because then the video would be really too long)
Twitter: / mancarrying
Our second channel: / @womancarryingman
Patreon: / mancarryingthing
TikTok: / mancarryingthing
Reddit: / mancarryingthing
Discord: / discord
Instagram: / mancarryingthing
Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/ManCarrying/
#stephenking #halloween - Комедії
Sort of like how every Pixar film is just "What if ____________ had emotions?"
What if cars with emotions made no sense?
Not limited to "What if Emotions had emotions?"
@@ian_b Wanna watch a video about how "Cars" is pro eugenics?
Edit: Added hacked up link so UA-cam doesn't delete it.
https: // youtu .be/ Y6qMgiA-VY0
@@camelopardalis84 don't wait for an answer you silly, drop the link and run, like this
ua-cam.com/video/Y6qMgiA-VY0/v-deo.html
you know our boy is knocking it out of the park when I've read exactly 0 Stephen King books and still find this hilarious
Agreed man
I mean it's pretty much this with copious amounts of cocaine and alcohol.
I mean, some of the more nuanced jokes will fly over your radar [mostly the parts of The Dark Tower it seems]. But most can be deducted from the title alone.
Source: I've only read the blurb for most of these. (If even that.)
What if MBTI was scary
❤❤❤
I'll admit I've never read a single book by Stephen King, but thanks to this impeccable summary, now I won't have to.
This satire is accurate but (many of) Stephen King's books are pretty dope.
@Bla bla bla what don't you like about it, if you don't mind me asking?
Your missing out, dude :)
I don't like when things are scary
@@thomasmiller8289 There are some "not classically scary" stories written by him, and all are fairly short. I like all of them.
Edit to clarify: I have only read a few of his "not classically scary" stories!
This felt four times longer than it was, just like a Stephen King book
Roasted
No, please don't tell me his books feel even longer than they are! I have read a couple of short(er) stories by him, and I likes them all. They were also all not "classical" Horror stories. I have also seen several films etc. based on stories of his, of those, some were "classical" horror. I still hope I'll be in the right head space to read another book of his one day, and I would like to read one of his more typical stories for once. And those are long!
😂
HEYOOOOOOOOOOOO
@@camelopardalis84 but they do tho...
I can’t believe you actually got Stephen King’s publisher to cameo in this video
100 likes and 0 replies? Let's change that
152 likes and just one reply? Let's change that
167 likes and just two replies? Lets change that
180 likes and just three replies? Let's change that
I don't know if you noticed but Stephen King is also in this video.
Bullies in real life: "Ha ha, you have a stupid name. Gay..."
Bullies in Stephen King novels: "Hey twerps!"
And don't forget the Evil Leather Jacket ™and switchblade
The 80s was wild!
Honestly, the amount of just mad sociopaths they label as ‘bullies’ in media is crazy. Lol
@@makeda6530 But how will we know they're bullies if they don't regularly make an attempt on the lives of the protagonists?!
@@makeda6530 The rock throwing in the t.v. miniseries of "IT" is just plain lethal if you're unlucky to a *very likely* degree.
Stephen King said once in an interview that sometimes he would get incredibly blackout drunk and wake up with a new Novel written
Yeah it was called Cujo
You can tell.
That is literally a blessing from Dionysus
Drunk? It was cocaine
@@Liam_The_Great the 2 usually go hand in hand
What if ManCarryingThing was scary?
Man Carrying Scary
"If"?
ManScaringThing?
Man Carrying Scary Things
Man Thing Scaring
I see commenters calling Daniel's character something like "Stephen King's publisher," but I choose to believe that he's just a personification of the concept of cocaine-induced productivity and confidence.
Wow, that's so scary
What if the manifestation of your coke habit was scary?
@@CharlieBrown20XD6 a new york time's best seller.
he's one of the outsiders actually
@@zabm141 what?
Man… that is one handsome publisher.
Who are you?
What if goblins were scary?
What if bombs in the mail were scary?
looked kind of disheveled...
thank you.
Is it bad that I always mix you up with Jack Saint? Like, you’re not alike in any way and yet me brain is like,’Yep! This person right here is Jack Saint.’
I really appreciate that for IT you didn't just say "what if clowns were scary" but the more accurate "what if fear was scary".
Stephen King is crazy but that's why he's the goat
Yeah but he also wrote sex scenes between children, so....
@Matcha Melon Yeah in a book where those kids grew up to be all mentally unstable and with very toxic relations to their childhoods
THAT'S WH HE'S THE GOAT! THE GOAT!
@@jacksondavies3595beeeeeeeeeee
Speaking of goats, apparently IT was his take on Three Billy Goats Gruff.
So following the trend would that mean Carrie is just “what if prom was scary?”
What if puberty was scary
what if children were scary
What if fundamentalist soccer moms were scary?
What if Jesus was scary
What if that one weird girl in class was scary
Fun fact: Stephen King used to get such frequent nosebleeds from cocaine use in the 70s that he would stuff cotton balls in his nostrils to stop blood from dripping on his typewriter while he wrote.
80's
Thanks, now i know how to get over the writers blockade
I'm so jealous of everyone that lived in the 70s...
That seems to explain why he's written about 10 million books in thee span of only a few decades
Never read a Steven King book but literally the reason he wrote the Shining was because, while at the Stanley hotel, he had a nightmare that his son was being chased by a vacuum cleaner. That's it lmao
What is it with this dude and appliances!!
He also wrote a short story where a man gets eaten by a demonic lawn mower
that's not true at all... From memory, he got into a near marriage ending fight while drunk at the hotel and, reflecting on this, had the idea for the novel and decided to stay there until he had finished writing it. At least, it's something along those lines... Maybe he had a dream about his son being chased by a vacuum cleaner and that inspired a scene, though there's no such scene in the book, but it's not the inspiration for the novel.
@@naturesquad9174this guy fucking HATES appliances
And then he complains about the masterpiece Kubrick created...
Bag of Bones is basically “What if ghosts were scary?” so it tracks.
What if being a ghost was scarry?
We need a HP Lovecraft edition of this.
"What if colors were scary? What if air conditioning was scary? What if anyone who isn't me was scary?"
They had air conditioning back in super racist times?
@@TheDanishGuyReviews The times weren't that much racist. Lovecraft that was.
@@a2ron_coor I dunno. I think the times were racist, but Lovecraft doubly so.
What is mix-race people were scary? - “The Call of Cthulhu”
Shadow Over Innsmouth: What if hillbillies were scary?
Whisperer In Darkness: What if travel agencies were scary?
Dreams In A Witch House: What if geometry was scary?
Mountains of Madness: What if penguins were scary?
Herbert West Reanimator: What if Frankenstein was scary?
Charles Dexter Ward: What if geneology was scary?
Call of Cthulhu: What if Atlantis was scary?
Dagon: What if Atlantis was scary?
Shadow Out of Time: What if time travel was scary?
Silver Key: What if nostalgia was scary?
The Unnameable: What if windows were scary?
Imprisoned With The Pharaohs: What if Harry Houdini was scared?
Pickman's Model: What if painting was scary?
Colour Out of Space: What if hydro-electric dams were scary?
Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath: What if nightmares were...pretty freaking sweet?
I love how the timer eventually just stops mattering
I’ve read so many King’s books, including rather news ones, but whenever I take a pause of reading his works, he writes EVEN MORE and it’s hard to catch up. It’s kind of scary lol 😂
What if catching up was scary?
@@nonna_bruna2847ou beat me to saying that
What if reading was scary?
writethatdownWRITETHATDOWN!
@@nonna_bruna2847that… has potential
I'll admit that "What if Florida was scary" seems pretty realistic.
As a Florida resident, I can confirm.
"what if ohio was scary"
In fact, it's more about "What if Maine was scary"
Steven King: Write that down, WRITE THAT DOWN!!!!!!!!!
@@romanvopilov8190 lol Maine IS scary. You're neighbor can shoot you and as long as he goes "whoops thought it was a deer" they get to keep their gun
Always nice to see M.C. Thing’s makeup artists at work. This time they even made him look like a new person!
Okay. That's it. From now I'll only refer to this channel as MC Thing.
The name for formal occasions
bag of bones is probably about a bag of bones i feel like you nailed that one
In multiple ways actually. The protagonist who is an empty shell of a human, and a literal bag of bones.
What if being an author was scary, Stephen King autobiography.
What if running Stephen King over was scary
@@weavehole What if not writing horror anymore was scary
That’s the premise of his book “misery” honestly. It’s a great book though.
Dark Half is basically "what if I wrote books under a fake name and then that fake person came to life and started killing everyone I know"
A collab we didn't know we needed
They collab and acknowledge each other mildly often?
@@InTrancedState Cool
@@InTrancedState brean daith
Wow it was really inspiring seeing a person making so many objects into horror, thanks Man Scarrying Thing
hah, nice
cmon man its a video about Stephen King.
obviously hes Man Carrie-ing Thing
Not nearly enough cocaine in this video
"I BET THAT'LL BE YOUR BEST BOOK" LMFAO THIS LEGIT MADE ME CHUCKLE REAL GOOD
The funniest part, to me at least, is that “if losing weight was scary isn’t just the plot of two separate Stephen King novels, but also the short story, “Quitters INC.” too.
Wasn't that smoking?
@@darkwitnesslxx yeah the losing weight thing was kind of an addendum at the end
I've read all of them, so this is pretty accurate.
BTW, Bag of Bones is fantastic. It's one of the really good one.
What's Colorado kid about?
@@vintheguy It's a short police story about a man who is found dead near a beach (I think, I read that one a long time ago, it's not that good).
Came down here just because I hoped someone else gave that one the love it deserves. It's my absolute favorite King book and I've read the vast majority of them. It's one of the only ones I've read more than a couple times (because most of them are so FUCKING long).
Bag of Bones is one of his best. My favorite with 11/22/63
This made me realize how many of King's novels are famous and infamous movies.
I've never read a book from Stephen king or Brandon Sanderson and the way you portray these people will forever be my initial impression of them
based
DEAD ZONE is his best book because it's the only one with a really satisfying ending.
@@CharlieBrown20XD6
The Shining's ending was pretty great too IMO. Comfortably one of my favourite books ever
@CharlieBrown20XD6 I really like the stands ending, you could say it ends with a bang
1:33 Beautiful refference to an actual King's picture he took when he was writting the Dark Towers Ending, your Channel is totally gold
*where. can i find it*
@@creathechiboi Don't know if this is it, but it seems to match the description: img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2021-05/23/17/asset/93ff4bb9fc7e/sub-buzz-4417-1621790341-7.jpg
@@LiFancier much love
Nothing more scary than an MCT and Daniel Greene collab….that much quality content is way too powerful for one video!
God with all these books Stephen King wrote, this might be the most things that this man carrying things has ever carried!
'carrie'd
nah bro, do you know how big youtube is?
Wait you don't think the Simpsons Movie was scary?
Also I love how the other dude asks to clarify Harry Potter because it's 1975 but 2 seconds later is completely okay with hearing the word "cellphones".
They were making a joke there, it's the 70s, so everyone is Harry. And a Potter is a profession.. so the publisher asks him to clarify which one... so that's why he wasn't questioning what Harry Potter was...
@@Ktulured55 i was thing hairy weed smokers since having a lot of hair and smoking weed were popular at the time
@Fred Leeland or that too! Lol
Either or. 😃
He asks that because its a reference to the joke from that very book. The Wolves use golden flying bombs named as snitches from Harry Potter books and since the characters are from the 70s they don't know this and assume its from a Star Wars movie from the future.
i binged all of your videos yesterday and gotta say i’ve never felt such an extended dopamine rush before
this is dead-ass how I've gotten some of my ideas for writing.
I see some random shit and I'm like "yeah I can work with this"
"What if fear was scary?" is a wonderful description of It.
What if the friends we made along the way were scary
I have never read a single Stephen King book in my life and don't know what any of them are about but now..... now I know what all of them are about
I mean that's not really true at all
I am Stephen King and thus can confirm this is, indeed, how I get my ideas
to be fair, Green Mile is less "what if prisons were scary" and more "what if prisons gave you depression"
i've come back to this video about 5 times so far bc every time im about to start a stephen king book i rewatch this to find it in there
hahaha
His delivery on, "what if orbs were scary" was magnificent.
BEST COLLAB EVER, I LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH
Dude your acting and writing for these sketches are something else 😂😂 I love the subtle jabs and how quick u go thru em that you almost miss it
As soon as the first two Dark Tower books came up I dorkily started mentally chanting "WHAT IF TRAINS WERE SCARY WHAT IF TRAINS WERE SCARY" then Waste Lands popped up and cheered (waste lands is my fav dark tower/king book in general)
Just the very first second was already way too much S.K. for me and now I have to stop reading carrie for a while and finally start Crime and Punishment, thank you man you actually make me get into classics.
I remember seeing 2 scenes from dreamcatcher like 15 years ago and since then I've been trying to find the movie with no luck
holy fuck dude, you saved me, amazing video 10/10
honestly, you described it so well (1:17) that I immediately went to check if it was the movie, and it was!
Oh my, i didnt know there was a movie adaption of that book. Thanks!
As someone who loves Stephen King books, this hit way too close to home
IT scared me. I couldn't imagine helping people turn on their computer,and explain that laptops need to be charged. IT givers me shivers.
The IT law is scary though. You can fix a problem 100% and by the time the customer gets home the problem magically exists again.
I just realized when Daniel said "I think that might be enough" the timer ended
"What if there was a man carrying a thing?"
"Eh"
"AND it was scary!"
Stephen king is one of my favorite authors. A lot of his books aren’t scary though, they are more like suspense/thriller.
what if "aren’t scary though" is scary
As someone who has been waiting for your opinion on the rest of the Dark Tower series, this was hilarious and unfortunately accurate.
"The Body": What if "The Goonies" was scary?
As a person who's read none of these books i agree that this is very accurate
Now do all his short stories lol
What if rats were scary
What if plastic army men were scary
What if time was scary
What if a Polaroid camera was scary
What if teleporting was scary
What if abducting a child was scary
What if world peace was scary
What if a pilot was scary
What if overdue books was scary
What if school shootings was scary
What if smoking was scary
What if graffiti was scary
What if evil ghosts were scary
What if lawnmowers were scary
What if killing people was scary
What if mist was scary
What if trauma was scary
What if paintings were scary
@@radicalprogamingdotgov wait which one was just killing people lol
@@CharlieBrown20XD6 his short story everything's eventual is about a guy with psychic powers being used by the government to kill people without his knowledge, like an enders game situation, but I guess billy summers also applies
@@radicalprogamingdotgov oh I considered that what if graffiti was scary since he kills people by just drawing weird shapes on a wall
@@CharlieBrown20XD6 true
How Stephen King got his ideas: cocaine. Lots and lots of cocaine. And some liquor on the side.
I'm actually reading my first Stephen King right now, halfway through 11/22/63, and it's honestly one of the most compelling reading experiences I've had, period. I had steered clear of Stephen King for the longest time because of his popularity, but now I feel silly because he really is an excellent writer, and I'm definitely going to read more after this one.
If you want to read another book by him, Misery, Shining and Pet Sematary are all really good horror novels. The Mr. Mercedes book is also a great dark detective novel as well, less scary but a very entertaining read.
you should read the gunslinger
I suggest also Bag of Bones, The Green Mile, Shawshank Redemption, and Gerald’s Game. Really fantastic books
I suggest the stand, the size intimidated me at first but now it is one of my favorite books, also Carrie or the running man
I've never been so thoroughly called out as a fan of something/someone and agreed at the same time lmao
Didn’t think it was possible for there to be other people on this channel that aren’t just ManCarryingThimg
I love Stephen King stories but this was hilarious anyway.
Lost it at "what if a different type of car was scary". Was not expecting that even though I've read both Christine and From A Buick 8 lol
Rereading the Waste Lands rn and yeah, "what if trains were scary" is a pretty succinct summary of (the latter half of) that book
I consider myself a big Stephen King fan until I see all his works line up and think yeah I haven't scratched the surface.
Props to Daniel for doing a fat line of blow to really get into the character of a publisher in 80's
This is unironically a really good idea on, which Stephen King books I should pick up next
This is prob your best skit you ever made! It is hilarious. Funny how such simple ideas can be so good.
You forgot the scariest horror of them all: There's now TWO men carrying things.
I'm not a fan of the genre, but isn't most horror based on the question "what if... Was scary?"
Meanwhile George RR Martins house "what if..........." one year later...... "um............... I'll get back to this in a decade."
11/22/63 isn't even a horror-based story (it's thrill/mystery-ish) but looking back, for some reason, "what if time travel was scary" fits it perfectly.
I didn't read anything of king. Now i have a list of new books to read
when you passed the colorado kid i choked-
I started reading my first Stephen King novel, "Bag of Bones" today and you upload a video about King. Are you living in my walls ManCarryingThing?
Stephen King: What if my son was scary?
Joe Hill: Hi! :)
Haha wow the publisher must’ve eaten so many powdered donuts before this video
All these covers and ideas in succession are just giving me Goosebump vibes lol
I was waiting for The Mist, "What if fog was scary?"
1:36 The tagline for this book is amazing:
"Theres a Reason Cell"....wait for it...."Rhymes with Hell"
Maybe we can get a sequel of how Brandon Sanderson gets his ideas
Elantris: what if hieroglyphs were magic?
Mistborn: what if lead poisoning was magic?
Warbreaker: what if colors were magic?
Rithmatist: what if chalk was magic?
Stormlight: what if depression was magic?
What time is it ?
@@AK-tr6lo Beautiful.
He doesn’t have time to experience “ideas.” He just writes and then finds out what he wrote when he proofreads.
you guys are no fun i say what time is it and you say its morbin time
What if writing a coherent ending was scary!
Bag of Bones - What if Grief was scary?
The Colorado Kid - What if… unidentified bodies were scary?
Bravo! A glorious return to form. I enjoy the meme videos too don't get me wrong, but MCT's book related meme videos... Mmmm that's the stuff.
honestly an amazing video. As an avid Stephen King reader this describes most of his books.
What if hypothetical questions were scary?
“What if toilets were scary”
A Halloween treat. Nice touch with the rock n roll writing tunes.
"What if viruses were scary?"
"Might become relevant."
lmfao
Honestly, I get that this is tongue-in-cheek, but forcing yourself take something utterly mundane and somehow find a way to make it horrifying is actually a pretty good way to make an original kind of horror.
People have done ghosts, but it’s hard to think of many horror stories about a dog of all things, so you have to actively look for things scary about it, which can help make it feel more immersive and real, I think. Sorry if this was ramble-y.
Bag of Bones is “what if writer’s block was scary?”
It’s like looking back in time and seeing how this actually went down
Saving this video to refer to - now I know what each Stephen King book is about. ❤
Not only will each of those concepts be “scary”, but what if the villains were 100x more misogynistic, racist, homophobic, rapey, murderous, horrible at parenting, sadistic, and sexually deviant than any other villains ever.
Normal people: Goosebumps
Stephen King: *GooseFLESH*
Cocaine Daniel is my favourite side-character of the Man Carrying Thingverse
"But these ones come from *stares directly into the camera* YOUR ASS."
"What?"
Yeah, that was my reaction too.
boy, that man sure does love flour!
1:10 Love the way that "oRBS" came straight from the gut
I love stephan king book, and this summed was actually a perfect description for everything. You also forgot "The mist" -If weather was scary