Bonzy the Sad Clown

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  • Опубліковано 9 вер 2024
  • Some clowns make people laugh. Some clowns terrify people. Bonzy is just plain depressed.
    Original tale here: i.redd.it/pifv...
    I've started a Patreon to try and get some funds to re-open my Soundcloud: / cloak_and_dagger

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  • @AlleluiaElizabeth
    @AlleluiaElizabeth 6 років тому +498

    "Pick a card, any card." "Not that one." lol

  • @Gwennerini
    @Gwennerini 5 років тому +209

    A man is extremely depressed. He decides to visit a doctor. He asks the doctor for a cure to his depression. The doctor says "The great clown Pagliacci is in town, go see him". The man starts uncontrollably sobbing. He looks up at the doctor and says, "But doctor, I am Pagliacci!"

    • @FourOf92000
      @FourOf92000 4 роки тому +13

      Pagliacci
      also ey, _Watchmen_ reference

    • @Gwennerini
      @Gwennerini 4 роки тому +3

      @@FourOf92000 Thanks, I had no fucking clue how to spell it

    • @dannylamb456
      @dannylamb456 4 роки тому +4

      *honks nose*

    • @thealchemistking4063
      @thealchemistking4063 3 роки тому +2

      Do you watch tear of grace or did he also make a reference

  • @vasilnz
    @vasilnz 5 років тому +364

    *knock knock*
    Who's there?
    Not Suzy
    I laughed so hard at this

    • @FeyTheBin
      @FeyTheBin 5 років тому +27

      It's so goddamn dark and unexpected. XD

    • @dogman9223
      @dogman9223 5 років тому +7

      Vasily N that profile pic really fits

    • @charliejones3272
      @charliejones3272 5 років тому +3

      after I heard it, it took me an embarrassingly long time to get it

  • @BlancaMari
    @BlancaMari 5 років тому +153

    "Suzie lost both her arms to cancer"
    "Knock Knick. Who's there? Not Suzie"
    I laughed at this bit until I realized the significance of Suzie and now Everything is sad. I am sad.

  • @LunarTales
    @LunarTales 5 років тому +159

    I told my mother the Suzy jokes at my cousin’s wedding and she laughed so hard she cried. It was a good night.

  • @Cernumospete
    @Cernumospete 5 років тому +102

    "I wanted Suzie to be happy."
    ...
    DUDE. THAT'S A FOUL. THAT'S RIGHT INTO THE GONADS WITH A WRECKING BALL.

  • @Koppu1doragon
    @Koppu1doragon 6 років тому +494

    How is it so many of these stories manage to actually pull off the noble sacrifice so well?

    • @joelhaggis5054
      @joelhaggis5054 5 років тому +41

      Trick is you never hear about the ones that don't.

    • @bijtmntongaf
      @bijtmntongaf 5 років тому +28

      @@joelhaggis5054 ya do, but most of em are in dnd player horror stories.

  • @alphonmoller9486
    @alphonmoller9486 6 років тому +391

    Not all heroes wear capes.

  • @entropyzero5588
    @entropyzero5588 5 років тому +118

    Tomorrow comes, tomorrow goes
    But the cloud remains the same
    Wonder why he’s feeling down
    Tears of a clown
    Maybe it’s all just for the best
    Lay his weary head to rest
    Was forever feeling drowned
    Tears of a clown

  • @keithkania3810
    @keithkania3810 6 років тому +198

    I would’ve thought the cultists would’ve gotten depression from bonzi’s jokes

    • @VirtuesOfSin
      @VirtuesOfSin 5 років тому +19

      I guess you could say that the elder god's heart fell to pieces.

    • @keithkania3810
      @keithkania3810 5 років тому +12

      Bad-dum * sad trumpet *

    • @tysonroser4835
      @tysonroser4835 5 років тому +13

      If they're trying to summon an eldritch god, they're probably long past depression.

    • @andresond2
      @andresond2 5 років тому +7

      *Bonzis joke inflicts sanity damage*

  • @Hailix4240
    @Hailix4240 6 років тому +205

    I relate to this character on a spiritual level.

  • @MizukiStone44
    @MizukiStone44 7 років тому +519

    Well, he did go out with a bang, as he wanted.
    Kind of saw the Suzi thing coming. Didn't mean it didn't have impact.
    Wonderful performance as a VA. You really gave the lines impact. Masterfully done.

    • @TheTaleForge
      @TheTaleForge  7 років тому +28

      Did the best I could, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

    • @theone614777
      @theone614777 6 років тому +1

      Who’s Suzi

    • @leedoyle9007
      @leedoyle9007 5 років тому +7

      @@theone614777 Watch the damn video

    • @theone614777
      @theone614777 5 років тому

      Lee Doyle no u.

    • @leedoyle9007
      @leedoyle9007 5 років тому +6

      @@theone614777 Already did, that's why I know who Suzi is

  • @clone10123
    @clone10123 6 років тому +85

    "Guess I threw the book at you" I involuntarily punched my leg I laughed so hard

    • @Soitisisit
      @Soitisisit 5 років тому +2

      I'm glad I'm not the only one who does that!

  • @Movman82
    @Movman82 5 років тому +27

    I've heard the Suzy joke before, but turning her into an important character like that was amazing.

  • @bradpotts1747
    @bradpotts1747 6 років тому +151

    honk. [me responding with dumb laughter]

  • @BathrobeKeck
    @BathrobeKeck 6 років тому +179

    Feckin beautiful. Long may the legend of Bonzy live alongside Henderson and Boxcar Joe

    • @jold3174
      @jold3174 5 років тому

      Long live

    • @DraconicDuelist
      @DraconicDuelist 5 років тому

      I haven't heard of Boxcar Joe. Love the tale of Old Man Henderson though.

    • @evantyler8647
      @evantyler8647 5 років тому

      @@DraconicDuelist read it. Its good

    • @DraconicDuelist
      @DraconicDuelist 5 років тому +1

      @@evantyler8647 Yeah, afte leaving the comment, I found the video on Boxcar Joe, The Magic Hobo. Fantastic!

  • @bcajma12
    @bcajma12 7 років тому +138

    This reminds me of my Homebrew "Aurora 4x" inspired campaign where one of my players (a ship captain named Bruntus Fizzruld) was so stupid he once rammed an enemy Assault Cruiser six times the size of his 500m long destroyer to save a fleet outnumbered 5 to 1.
    He survived most of the campaign until he did the first smart thing of the entire campaign. Towards the end, when surrounded by an enemy invasion fleet, captain of the only ship (destroyer) fast enough to alert the main fleet, and compulsive hoarder of explosives. . .
    Well, the crazy bastard offered to fly a shuttle to surrender himself, his vessel and military secrets to the enemy admiral in exchange for his life. I felt so proud describing the scene of a super massive explosion of ~150,000 tons of Apocalypse-class Battleship consuming the surrounding battleships, carriers and cruisers.
    He was easily the most hated character through the entire campaign but he finally did _something_ right in his final moments.

    • @MistaMeowmers
      @MistaMeowmers 5 років тому +6

      Incredible idea, using Aurora 4X for an RP campaign. It's such an amazing game! Soooo hard to get into...

  • @TheTaleForge
    @TheTaleForge  7 років тому +118

    Didn't have time to record the next Guardsmen, but I'm not letting a week stay empty!

    • @brokenlord3218
      @brokenlord3218 5 років тому

      This story is making me cry it is good

  • @themanonthewall7029
    @themanonthewall7029 6 років тому +108

    bonzy is a good guy serial killer clown ! i never thought id type that.

  • @CatalanPhrase
    @CatalanPhrase 7 років тому +277

    Jesus Christ. Bonzy might make a cameo in my next GURPS campaign.

  • @katyc.8663
    @katyc.8663 5 років тому +11

    "Bonzy was sad, not stupid."
    XD

  • @mileslugo6430
    @mileslugo6430 6 років тому +56

    I love bonzy's black jokes

    • @WolfTwister
      @WolfTwister 6 років тому +4

      Miles Lugo connotation is a powerful thing

    • @Budew-ef6tr
      @Budew-ef6tr 5 років тому +1

      Agreed

  • @cetitanenthusiast776
    @cetitanenthusiast776 5 років тому +6

    Wait... the first joke he told was also his backstory? That's incredible!

  • @virilliquent6171
    @virilliquent6171 4 роки тому +3

    I don't usually comment on Dnd Stories but this one is different. Bonzy struck a cord with me i never knew was there. His build and reasoning for being that way was heart breaking and... I felt eased by this. I myself have been nicknamed "The Giving Tree" once in grade school. I always helped people without a care for myself. My life has amounted to very little so far.. And Bonzy is a character i can connect with deeply. Im just glad to see that even the selfless can be memorable

  • @DolusVulpes
    @DolusVulpes 5 років тому +3

    This is a perfect example of how any character idea can be a good one if it's played right, no matter how silly it is. Because even a sad clown might have what it takes to be a hero.

  • @Deamons64
    @Deamons64 5 років тому +7

    That final speech of his is fucking incredible. I can only imagine how it’d been if one of my players actually pulled out a damn balloon and started doing the act during the speech.

  • @benkayvfalsifier3817
    @benkayvfalsifier3817 5 років тому +15

    Dude, I'm on the verge of tears right now. Tragically beautiful. Well done for an unexpected, but marvelous character and story.

  • @kingspud9548
    @kingspud9548 6 років тому +78

    damn, this hit me hard, like oohgie the dwarf

    • @livingchaosmatrix
      @livingchaosmatrix 5 років тому +21

      Tommy Mourad Nothing can hit as hard a Oohgie.

    • @Scorpion23341
      @Scorpion23341 5 років тому +11

      @@livingchaosmatrix Obongo is pretty close

  • @Willimanist
    @Willimanist 6 років тому +29

    I'M NOT CRYING! YOU'RE CRYING!

  • @drewnash8113
    @drewnash8113 6 років тому +106

    Almost as good as old man Henderson.

    • @BunnyTheOverlord
      @BunnyTheOverlord 5 років тому +6

      Better IMO

    • @johnnygreenface4195
      @johnnygreenface4195 4 роки тому

      @@BunnyTheOverlord if only it was longer

    • @spinyjustspiny3289
      @spinyjustspiny3289 3 роки тому +7

      @@BunnyTheOverlord Old Man Henderson was made out of spite.
      Bonzy was made out of a desire to shock the GM into letting people play their characters out.

  • @joseveloz388
    @joseveloz388 6 років тому +18

    Jesus Christ that was amazing bonzy the sad clown hit me so hard in the feels in the end

  • @salvatorerapuano5560
    @salvatorerapuano5560 5 років тому +5

    This actually hit me right in the feels, my eyes started watering

  • @messedupdweeb
    @messedupdweeb 5 років тому +3

    This got me again, man. Sniffling at the end there. Props to the OP and to you. The deadpan delivery of the jokes were 👌🏼. 😂

  • @fashionsoulsonlysouls5575
    @fashionsoulsonlysouls5575 6 років тому +59

    If I ever play DND, I’m making this character into a Paladin. Bonzy, the Depressed Clown Paladin.

    • @fashionsoulsonlysouls5575
      @fashionsoulsonlysouls5575 5 років тому

      Wait, would a Warrior work better? Or is there even a God of clowns? Or being sad?

    • @DanateDMC
      @DanateDMC 5 років тому +8

      Cleric, trickery domain for DnD 5e

    • @entropyzero5588
      @entropyzero5588 5 років тому +7

      Honestly, this has more of a bard/ rogue vibe to me…

    • @Budew-ef6tr
      @Budew-ef6tr 5 років тому +11

      @@entropyzero5588 Definitely a dex gloom bard.

    • @fashionsoulsonlysouls5575
      @fashionsoulsonlysouls5575 5 років тому

      「Funny Valentine」 thanks comrade

  • @manueltoney7702
    @manueltoney7702 6 років тому +37

    Your gm sounds like a person you should listen to and not piss off. I am frightend.

  • @thomass2505
    @thomass2505 6 років тому +11

    I want to give bonzy a hug

  • @fatcoyote2
    @fatcoyote2 6 років тому +6

    The Suzy thing was one of the greatest things I've ever heard a character say.

  • @Belias10
    @Belias10 6 років тому +11

    I'm not crying, you're crying!

  • @tristianlefebvre1878
    @tristianlefebvre1878 2 роки тому +2

    ... I just realized. What if Susie was Bonzy the sad Clowns Daughter? The joy of his life take by cancer?

  • @ThatGoblinShow
    @ThatGoblinShow 6 років тому +16

    Almost like a Rorshack like character

  • @enoughofyourkoicarp
    @enoughofyourkoicarp 5 років тому +2

    Every time I hear this story I tear up at the end.

  • @Skwisgar2322
    @Skwisgar2322 6 років тому +10

    I have never been more wrong then when I said "we got this" in a Call of Cthulhu game...sooooooo wrong. I ended up personally killing 3/4 of the team under the control of a zombie samurai.

    • @Skwisgar2322
      @Skwisgar2322 6 років тому +2

      Then there was the time i took out the BBEG with a WWII grenade...while he was holding an innocent 17yo girl and her 13yo sister hostage....the rest of the team was mad, I was like, "hay, it killed him, didn't it?"

  • @raveney3689
    @raveney3689 5 років тому +2

    Man the first opening lines of this made me laughing so hard at trigger an asthma attack. Beautiful ❤️

  • @RainbowDash1995
    @RainbowDash1995 5 років тому +1

    Oh God I laughed way to hard till the end, I honestly think I might cry, Bravo to you sir. What a fantastic character!

  • @aykay521
    @aykay521 5 років тому +3

    Best last noise ever
    " *honk* "

  • @wraithreaper22
    @wraithreaper22 5 років тому +5

    I'm still crying over Oogie

  • @Budew-ef6tr
    @Budew-ef6tr 5 років тому +2

    This was a absolutely beautiful story. Thank you for this.

  • @noxnexus6953
    @noxnexus6953 5 років тому +1

    just finished the video. I'm so sorry Bonzy

  • @yasminafarih3681
    @yasminafarih3681 6 років тому +17

    I don't get how Bonzy made the DM less angry.
    Explain?

    • @madraptor8936
      @madraptor8936 5 років тому +13

      yasmina farih likely guilt, or something like that.

    • @glassedmemories3373
      @glassedmemories3373 5 років тому +14

      He probably found the character fun and amusing

    • @QuantemDeconstructor
      @QuantemDeconstructor 5 років тому +6

      Hoooonk

    • @DwarfyDoodad
      @DwarfyDoodad 5 років тому +4

      Probably less stupid PIs and Ex Army Men, Esoteric Professors, and the stereotypical Call of Cthulhu characters, which means they are the ones least likely to come up as even character concepts. Especially if the players are treating CoC like Dungeons and Dragons or Pathfinder where they are murder hobos.
      Call of Cthulhu is *not* like D&D and punishes you for treating the game like D&D and the DM should as well.

  • @Jack-lo5me
    @Jack-lo5me Рік тому +1

    Rule 9 of DnD;
    If your GM is playing a hard game… make a character to interest them. If your interesting enough, 9/10 times, you will be given leniency so the GM can see where its all going.

  • @no1important777
    @no1important777 5 років тому +3

    knock knock, whos there.
    *not suzy*
    dark, but i laughed a lot at that one.

  • @pennhooven8844
    @pennhooven8844 5 років тому +1

    When Bonzy made his first joke, no joke, I laughed so hard I almost fell out of my chair. This is gonna be good!!!

  • @jacksonramos5684
    @jacksonramos5684 6 років тому +4

    Made me lose a small piece of myself at the end

  • @TheBronzeDog
    @TheBronzeDog 5 років тому +3

    Laughed till I cried and cried until I laughed. Not a common occurrence.

  • @cookieaddict5956
    @cookieaddict5956 5 років тому +2

    The ending honestly made me cry😭

  • @adamcohill1617
    @adamcohill1617 4 роки тому +3

    "managed to maintain sobriety without withdrawal." How do u do this I'm trying to figure this out irl

  • @rowanash5378
    @rowanash5378 5 років тому +1

    Well then... That went from hilariously depressing to legitimately depressing.

  • @RawkLobstah88
    @RawkLobstah88 5 років тому +1

    God, I love these dark jokes so damn much. I lost it at the Suzy ones.

  • @mudkinpz4682
    @mudkinpz4682 5 років тому +4

    I feel bad about laughing at the Susie joke that he opened with, now that I finished the video

  • @benhramiak8781
    @benhramiak8781 6 років тому +7

    Brilliant.

  • @waffleless
    @waffleless 6 років тому +9

    How do you lose BOTH arms to cancer?

    • @coyotearmory
      @coyotearmory 6 років тому +4

      waffleless when the doctor is dyslexic.

    • @waffleless
      @waffleless 6 років тому +3

      Grease.E coyote Doctor: “Lol whoops”

  • @adamcohill1617
    @adamcohill1617 4 роки тому +1

    The "honk" thing would get quite annoying I love it...m

  • @pawthorne7089
    @pawthorne7089 5 років тому +2

    This channel... I like it!

  • @nathanbenavidez7329
    @nathanbenavidez7329 5 років тому +6

    I've made the little Susy joke irl and I mean all of them

  • @Fakenit66
    @Fakenit66 5 років тому +1

    I want to see a Bonzy the Clown film, starring Steven Wright as Bonzy.

    • @Deamons64
      @Deamons64 5 років тому

      Fakenit66 that would be too amazing.

  • @jerroldsmith2489
    @jerroldsmith2489 6 років тому +4

    Bonzy makes me laugh too much

  • @iamomega7402
    @iamomega7402 5 років тому

    Now i don't subscribe to many channels, but holy shit, after just a few of these videos, you definitely earned the sub.

  • @afeliskdistell5963
    @afeliskdistell5963 4 роки тому

    I never get tired of this story

  • @jessechavez5602
    @jessechavez5602 5 років тому

    Bonzy is a beautiful character who needs more appreciation

  • @technoalchemist4402
    @technoalchemist4402 5 років тому +3

    I feel like he’s a more depressed Gamzee

  • @allancornell2191
    @allancornell2191 3 роки тому

    Of course they couldn't find bonzy. He was welcomed into The Great Dark Carnival.
    And wicked clowns...
    NEVER
    Die.

  • @Raurie4
    @Raurie4 5 років тому +1

    jesus i'm not even half way threw yet and already i want to play a character like this. maybe one day i'll get to play that ghoul clown in a fallout RPG

  • @spinyjustspiny3289
    @spinyjustspiny3289 3 роки тому

    I love that, because Bonzy's been dealing with a lot of shit he tries to cope with over the years, he's so conditioned to accept violence that he can crank out one-liners faster than most people can sneeze during allergy season.

  • @tdthedevilsrighthand712
    @tdthedevilsrighthand712 4 роки тому

    I require a movie of this.

  • @submarineinthesky8946
    @submarineinthesky8946 5 років тому

    AWW alright bonzy seriously had me tearing up there. Especially with the Suzy bit.

  • @travishutson9012
    @travishutson9012 5 років тому +1

    SO many feels

  • @reddir
    @reddir 5 років тому

    My second time listening to this, and I am still tearing up.

  • @BigDictator5335
    @BigDictator5335 5 років тому +1

    Why is it always a cult trying to summon the doomsday demon? Most of the cults in the Cthulhu Mythos were content to do weird magic shit in secret and only occasionaly sacrifice people.

  • @generalmccornflaxbo2547
    @generalmccornflaxbo2547 5 років тому

    God damn, that was somehow simultaneously one of tge most funney and sad stories I've ever heard.

  • @benhramiak8781
    @benhramiak8781 5 років тому +1

    I love this idea. Clown as a D&D character. Bard/rogue?

  • @samwhary5498
    @samwhary5498 4 роки тому

    I cry every time... it's still so good

  • @pawemackowski451
    @pawemackowski451 2 роки тому

    Love this story.

  • @williamwest3380
    @williamwest3380 5 років тому

    One of the best stories ever

  • @MFinGonzo
    @MFinGonzo 5 років тому

    What a great story. Was not prepared to feel things today.

  • @curtgavin7845
    @curtgavin7845 5 років тому

    Dude your awesome keep doing what your doing! Excellent VA and really good story instant subscribe 🙌

  • @Nyrufa
    @Nyrufa 6 років тому

    Even the Old Ones don't fuck with clowns!

  • @Kohdok
    @Kohdok 5 років тому

    Oh my God this is the best character!

  • @crazygamer646
    @crazygamer646 4 роки тому

    There must be something wrong with me I laugh at a lot of this man

  • @GreenStuffConsumer
    @GreenStuffConsumer 5 років тому +1

    Bonzy sounds like an 80s badass

  • @gwyndolin1536
    @gwyndolin1536 5 років тому +5

    But I AM Pagliacci......

  • @Sparrow_Bloodhunter
    @Sparrow_Bloodhunter 5 років тому

    I'm not crying, I just got something in my eye.

  • @noelhutchins7366
    @noelhutchins7366 5 років тому

    Half dead half
    sad: just expressions'
    swords'; pivots...

  • @arizonaranger9189
    @arizonaranger9189 3 роки тому

    I love you Bonzy

  • @jessechavez5602
    @jessechavez5602 5 років тому

    Bonzy the depressed protagonist hero with the quick quips! 🤣

  • @blakechandler167
    @blakechandler167 5 років тому

    When you restart the video instantly only to find out that Suzy is the Suzy from the cancer joke. Now I'm even more sad.

  • @monkeydragonson9851
    @monkeydragonson9851 5 років тому

    I’m a horrible person and I love it

  • @K.J.Saunders
    @K.J.Saunders 5 років тому

    That was beautifull im actally crying.

  • @Cernumospete
    @Cernumospete 5 років тому

    He really needs to meet old man Henderson.

    • @PRGME7
      @PRGME7 Рік тому

      I have a feeling they wouldn’t get along.

  • @millerpeed5497
    @millerpeed5497 5 років тому +1

    This is actually depressing

  • @wraithreaper22
    @wraithreaper22 5 років тому

    Didn't expect to cry at the end of this. Damn you