Narrative Telephone Ep. 3: Scanlan's Love Story

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  • Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
  • Sam Riegel starts off an all new Narrative Telephone! How much of the story will stay intact as it is passed throughout the line of cast?
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  • @bernardoribeiro7652
    @bernardoribeiro7652 4 роки тому +2614

    Matt gave Travis three name options and he decided against all of then

  • @HeavensOfMetal
    @HeavensOfMetal 4 роки тому +1324

    I mean, gotta hand it to Marish, “Adulla, ah do Love ya” is some decent wordplay for panic improv chaos.

    • @sojajunge
      @sojajunge 4 роки тому +70

      Honestly, the song just kept on getting better!

    • @nenybuns
      @nenybuns 4 роки тому +12

      The Sea Of Thy Soul was singing this all day long at work today, such a powerful song XD

    • @lollipopsie_5230
      @lollipopsie_5230 4 роки тому +15

      same creative mind that brought you "Lorna... you lorn-a in my loins!"

    • @zachary37
      @zachary37 4 роки тому +28

      Honestly Marisha's song is better than Sam's

    • @CampaignerSC
      @CampaignerSC 4 роки тому +9

      ​@@zachary37 Looks like someone's going to find shit on their bed tonight!

  • @phatpat63
    @phatpat63 4 роки тому +1818

    My favorite thing about this is:
    Liam: "There definitely wasn't a song" "Who killed the song" "If there was a song I blacked it out"
    Also Liam: sings twice

    • @evanschmeven
      @evanschmeven 4 роки тому +53

      Look in the background of Liams story. XD

    • @morganirbs2523
      @morganirbs2523 4 роки тому +22

      The same thibg happened in the Jester video. Sam got back at them for hazing him.

    • @joeun1004
      @joeun1004 2 роки тому +12

      I'm late (just watching now) but Liam did say he blacked out! So much so he forgot what he even said 😂

  • @yurei8368
    @yurei8368 4 роки тому +2713

    Sam's Version: the story Scanlan tells
    Marisha's Version: The story Scanlan *lived*

    • @aaronbourque5494
      @aaronbourque5494 4 роки тому +125

      Alternatively, the story MOLLYMAUK told.

    • @panterloart9180
      @panterloart9180 4 роки тому +43

      @@aaronbourque5494 Laura's story is the one Molly told, he would totally add a threesome

    • @sandrineouellet3794
      @sandrineouellet3794 4 роки тому +49

      Yeah, Molly and Scanlan would have been friend for sure if they knew each other because they have a very similar energy.

    • @celticcountrylover
      @celticcountrylover 4 роки тому +7

      You're right and you should say it.

    • @miriambarattoniequiclicker6481
      @miriambarattoniequiclicker6481 4 роки тому +6

      @@sandrineouellet3794 for some reasons reading your comment my eyes are leaking

  • @Ericbomb
    @Ericbomb 4 роки тому +3653

    Start: A morality tale about getting what you want.
    End: A Bonnie and Clyde threesome with a rock ballad at the end.

    • @Neds_Severed_Head
      @Neds_Severed_Head 4 роки тому +130

      Fuck ballad

    • @dherrera7279
      @dherrera7279 4 роки тому +59

      i think you mean f*ck ballad

    • @NWolfsson
      @NWolfsson 4 роки тому +63

      Travis: The song was part of the story, and Padley went to confront the goliath!
      Travis is legit the antagonist of Sam removing all conflict in the previous stories x)

    • @cryophile
      @cryophile 4 роки тому +9

      I believe you mean "love triangle".

    • @HappyDoesYoutube
      @HappyDoesYoutube 4 роки тому +2

      I was literally about to type the same thing, 🤣

  • @jimydog0009
    @jimydog0009 4 роки тому +2633

    Laura: And then they had a threesome
    Taliesin: Which lasted for many years
    Marisha: And that's what true love is

  • @albiegato
    @albiegato 4 роки тому +3117

    Original: Cautionary tale about being used for your generosity by someone you were infatuated with
    7 versions later: the story of how Bonnie & Clyde became a throuple

    • @Murderdoll13
      @Murderdoll13 4 роки тому +12

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @theodorehsu5023
      @theodorehsu5023 4 роки тому +66

      That Pauley the delivery boy and Sudara became the Bonnie and Clyde of the land, knocking over casinos with X-ray specs was just so wicked, with Rodney joining in for a hot threesome. With as many as they could doing rock opera in the process.

    • @fernatticus5134
      @fernatticus5134 4 роки тому +51

      The Scanlan people tell tales of vs the real Scanlan

  • @skylinebeemine
    @skylinebeemine 4 роки тому +951

    Ashley’s retelling this round honestly wasn’t that bad. The only real problem was that she remembered all the things Travis added that weren’t in the original lol

    • @herosmith5662
      @herosmith5662 4 роки тому +95

      olivia sunshine Yeah, Travis was the Sam of this round.

    • @pouffling7649
      @pouffling7649 4 роки тому +7

      I mean she only listened to Travis' version

    • @Cheesus_ch
      @Cheesus_ch 4 роки тому +46

      Yeah I thought it was weird how they reacted to her specifically when she did a pretty solid job, given what she got.

    • @torgor_
      @torgor_ 4 роки тому +26

      I'm pretty sure she re-added the part from Paule being an inventor since Travis didn't say that at all

    • @NWolfsson
      @NWolfsson 4 роки тому +44

      @@Cheesus_ch I think they react that way (being very supportive, though) because she seems the most insecure about her rendition. Marisha is always a disaster, but she's more reacting like "Eh, that went like shit, no problem." while Ashley is very quick to apologize for messing things up.
      Well, at least that's my 2 cents, can't really talk for them, can we? :)

  • @iqcrazy9762
    @iqcrazy9762 4 роки тому +2395

    Matt: Keeps backstories and voices of a thousand NPCs straight at all times
    Also Matt: Gives Sudara 3 different names by the end of the story

    • @bsktrgt
      @bsktrgt 4 роки тому +225

      And Travis ignored all of them..

    • @Palidine4M0O
      @Palidine4M0O 4 роки тому +67

      The spirit of the story was there when matt was finished... but not the details XD XD XD

    • @XpVersusVista
      @XpVersusVista 4 роки тому +51

      @@bsktrgt yeah Travis seemed so proud when he said "Adala" hahahah, and at the end he totally changed the story 😂 travis' adhd coming through haha

    • @blechtic
      @blechtic 4 роки тому +7

      So disappointed there wasn't a Sharona.
      Also, Matt is a heavy drinker.

    • @Kaladelia
      @Kaladelia 4 роки тому +22

      I mean Matt also has copious amounts of notes to help him remember those NPC's

  • @icequeen9
    @icequeen9 4 роки тому +1439

    I can't wait until Critical Role comes back and they go to a tavern and there's just some random gnome rocking out on a lute enchanted with reverb singing 'AduLAH, ADUlah, I do LOVE YAH!'

    • @PaoloTrepiccione
      @PaoloTrepiccione 4 роки тому +3

      Get on the Governor's case and free California.

    • @ThatSingingGuy
      @ThatSingingGuy 4 роки тому +89

      Gotta say, as a songwriter and professional musician, I was actually super impressed with Marisha's on the spot creation. The pun to get from "Adulah" to "I do love ya" is top notch.

    • @PaoloTrepiccione
      @PaoloTrepiccione 4 роки тому

      @Remy B
      Ah, I see. This is a facts-free zone, my mistake. When California completely collapses; I hope to God that the CR crew are long gone from there. Watch some centrist news and you'll get the real picture.

    • @shadowfiresword
      @shadowfiresword 4 роки тому +27

      @@PaoloTrepiccione Hate to break it to you man, but cali will survive. This state was one of the first to begin suffering from this pandemic and with following medical guidelines we've kept our numbers down below 3 different states (not even counting new york) that got the virus at a later point, with a lower death count when we have a significantly higher population.

    • @katenawolfenstein9468
      @katenawolfenstein9468 4 роки тому

      Omg YES

  • @arneparmentier2806
    @arneparmentier2806 4 роки тому +614

    "SAM ADDS STUFF"
    Laura Bailey, last episode.

    • @NWolfsson
      @NWolfsson 4 роки тому +92

      "Sooooo Liam stopped his story there, but I'll add a surprise threesome because I'm bored!"
      -Laura Motherf*cking Bailey

    • @maximillionchaoswolf
      @maximillionchaoswolf 4 роки тому +31

      vengeance is sweet as cupcake!!

    • @shadowrain1000
      @shadowrain1000 4 роки тому +44

      In her defense, it came more like "Liam's had no ending so I'll make one to fix that problem", at least to me. Besides, her ending was better anyway :p

    • @Kiki-uu6pc
      @Kiki-uu6pc 4 роки тому +15

      Sam basically has rewritten the other two stories. Laura added an ending to a new messed up story.

    • @curtisholsinger6023
      @curtisholsinger6023 4 роки тому +1

      Turnabout is fair play.

  • @Noitanis
    @Noitanis 4 роки тому +743

    "Unfortunately, Ashley Johnson not participate in this episode of Narrative Telephone. In her stead, however, we've managed to book in commercial-to-sitcom-turned-action star Gale."

    • @hailexiao2770
      @hailexiao2770 4 роки тому +92

      "Unfortunately Gale was also unable to participate due to being gagged with a spoon by Mrs Henderson."

    • @princemills6022
      @princemills6022 3 роки тому +12

      @@hailexiao2770 you guys are GENIUSES!

  • @thedoomofred5174
    @thedoomofred5174 4 роки тому +764

    Hey girl, you got hair like daffodils, and other beautiful traits.

    • @Mahawww
      @Mahawww 4 роки тому +32

      If she doesn't immediately jump on you after you say that... she ain't got taste.

    • @unblorbosyourshows9635
      @unblorbosyourshows9635 4 роки тому +9

      Gonna use this as an ice breaker for dates

    • @bartholen
      @bartholen 4 роки тому +5

      That's like a line from the Eric Andre show.

    • @gzer0x
      @gzer0x 4 роки тому +7

      This sounds like a Danny Sexbang line somehow

    • @crapnuggets202
      @crapnuggets202 4 роки тому +3

      how do you think all these guys got married

  • @TheToneBender
    @TheToneBender 4 роки тому +630

    All of Ashley's retellings go like this: So there's this dude, and, like, this stuff happens. Crazy.

    • @hodor6159
      @hodor6159 4 роки тому +33

      You know...

    • @anonymouslyknown6530
      @anonymouslyknown6530 4 роки тому +15

      Ashley reminds me of Wendy from Gravity Falls.

    • @Mikeoneal07
      @Mikeoneal07 4 роки тому +19

      Then half way through, you flip a coin, heads "I've added too much", tails "I've forgotten too much"

  • @thebookkat
    @thebookkat Рік тому +153

    I love how Liam just mimics whoever was right before him and nails it every time.

  • @MelodicQuest
    @MelodicQuest 4 роки тому +272

    Ashley: Ey, I'm Scanlan Shorthalt. I'm walkin' here!

    • @FulcanMal
      @FulcanMal 4 роки тому +3

      Eyyyy, do you spice? Eyyy.

  • @sameaves_
    @sameaves_ 4 роки тому +715

    I love how everytime Ashley tries to imitate another cast member, she turns into Gail lol

    • @tebsyjane
      @tebsyjane 4 роки тому +57

      Gag me with a spoon!

    • @trynda1701
      @trynda1701 4 роки тому +21

      I loved that Liam then got Ashleys' storytelling mannerisms down pat! 😎

    • @bearbait2010
      @bearbait2010 4 роки тому +2

      MoDean's, 2 or 3?

    • @winkles2314
      @winkles2314 4 роки тому +2

      Gag me with a spoon, Rodney!

    • @jothompson9958
      @jothompson9958 4 роки тому

      bearbait2010 a spoons not all I want you to gag me with.

  • @rebecapupo6432
    @rebecapupo6432 4 роки тому +1442

    Travis: "I didn't have an instrument!"
    Also Travis: sitting directly in front of a piano

    • @NemoTheWayfarer
      @NemoTheWayfarer 4 роки тому +38

      THANK YOU

    • @Noobie2k7
      @Noobie2k7 3 роки тому +30

      He said he didn't have a an instrument hw could play since be was holding his phone in one hand

    • @katiegyring2728
      @katiegyring2728 3 роки тому +2

      Wow I didn't even notice!

    • @calebdouglas2512
      @calebdouglas2512 3 роки тому +4

      Maybe Scanlan can't play piano

    • @MemphiStig
      @MemphiStig 2 роки тому +2

      Travis "I can't hold an instrument"
      Also Travis: "Do you even lift bro?"

  • @devilsadvocate6381
    @devilsadvocate6381 4 роки тому +1219

    My dream order:
    - Taliesin (for an interesting and dark tale)
    - Laura (to immediately add in her crazy twists)
    - Liam (to try and follow as closely as possible)
    - Travis (to plunge story even deeper into chaos)
    - Marisha (as a midpoint to summarise the bullshitery we've just gone through)
    - Ashley (hopefully the details by this point have died down enough to make it easier for poor Ashley)
    - Sam (to recover and inevitable add his own interpretation)
    - Matt (to wrap everything up in a tidy epilogue)

    • @1SunnyDaze0
      @1SunnyDaze0 4 роки тому +81

      @italkcrab Sam's the wildcard that gets thrown in the middle just to make sure the story gets derailed at some point lol

    • @karmadollie8063
      @karmadollie8063 4 роки тому +4

      Yes.

    • @Rpsinclair
      @Rpsinclair 4 роки тому +18

      italkcrab lol you didn’t put Sam anywhere

    • @ashleyhoughton8592
      @ashleyhoughton8592 4 роки тому +18

      italkcrab
      While I agree with Ashley starting. Liam is way better than Matt at this, he should definitely go second.
      Then Matt and Travis in either order going 3rd & 4th.
      Then Laura and Marisha 5th & 6th
      Tal 7th
      Sam at the back.

    • @Birthday888
      @Birthday888 4 роки тому +23

      @@ashleyhoughton8592 I feel like the reason Matt has trouble with this game is that he tries to remember the entire story down to the minute details and the way each person tells it, so he suffers from information overload and panics.

  • @quinnsinclair7028
    @quinnsinclair7028 4 роки тому +397

    I love how in Taliesin's retelling he jumps to the threesome at the end as though he's lost all the details and is only sure that that was part of the original story when it was just added by Laura.

    • @cassandramuller7337
      @cassandramuller7337 4 роки тому +23

      Laura admitted to adding it in her retelling though. The whole: "That's where Liam ended it, so I'm gonna say..."

  • @Adventuriseable
    @Adventuriseable 4 роки тому +418

    Rotsie, at the beginning: An evil Goliath prince manipulating our hero's love into giving him valuable items.
    Rodney, at the end: A regular, chill half-orc down the street, writing a letter to confess his love to Sudara purely due to his feelings.
    Yeah, checks out.

    • @danielchurchill2661
      @danielchurchill2661 4 роки тому +21

      Rodney didn't know Sudara to be fair.

    • @creaturesoul4469
      @creaturesoul4469 4 роки тому +45

      But Rodney confesses his love to Adula, not Sudara, so I say it all checks out

    • @ttrpgeek1248
      @ttrpgeek1248 4 роки тому +13

      I dont think you remember the Scanlans story right. Rotsie and Sadara were lovers using the MC for his gifts.

    • @snarkycommenthere9027
      @snarkycommenthere9027 4 роки тому +1

      And they fuck

    • @Ζήνων-ζ1ι
      @Ζήνων-ζ1ι 4 роки тому +1

      Yeah but Rotsie was Sadara's lover all along.

  • @wizrad2099
    @wizrad2099 4 роки тому +436

    Given what Sam did to the first two stories, this is the episode where literally everyone pulled a "Sam" on Sam's own story. I love it. The female lead was renamed 3 times in the first retelling, and at least a few more times in the next few tellings before they settled on a name that was quite different from the real name. And the evil Goliath tyrant became the half-orc third leg of the a threesome from the next town over.

  • @johnlavery3433
    @johnlavery3433 4 роки тому +209

    I love how marisha’s scanlan voice is Beau trying to sound happy

  • @mirandahajduk3463
    @mirandahajduk3463 4 роки тому +992

    Liam with Laura's story: "I will recount this story in extreme detail and in character, accent and everything, even remembering the smallest of details, including singing the tune exactly in pitch"
    Liam with Sam's story: "there was a song? I think?"

    • @Shadowmirror
      @Shadowmirror 4 роки тому +86

      To be fair, it's probably much easier to go after the person telling the original story than it is to go after someone struggling to remember the story.

    • @gabrielnovakk
      @gabrielnovakk 4 роки тому +135

      I think the joke is that Liam is copying Ashley's version of the story

    • @ashleyhoughton8592
      @ashleyhoughton8592 4 роки тому +22

      But yeah, what shadow mirror said, it's a lot easier to remember a coherent narrative, rather than someone that's backtracking and correcting themselves midsentence

    • @Shornaal13
      @Shornaal13 4 роки тому +59

      Liam's Ashley is actually on point.

    • @drmirabilis
      @drmirabilis 4 роки тому +35

      In this case he was definitely doing the telephone of Ashley with the “ums and ahs, which he even references at the end as ‘cute as hell’.” Notice how in Ep 1 he even does things like a Willingham sniff. Very interesting to see what details each voice actor picks up in addition to the script.

  • @RunicLuke
    @RunicLuke 4 роки тому +388

    Sam: "There once was a man named Paulayyyyy"
    Marisha: "ADULAAAAAAA!!"

    • @VMLM3
      @VMLM3 4 роки тому +40

      ADUUU LOVE YAAAA

    • @TobiTheHuman
      @TobiTheHuman 4 роки тому +5

      @@VMLM3 This actually impressed me. :D Seemed like noone else was impressed by it to. :D

    • @Myrilia
      @Myrilia 4 роки тому +5

      Marisha did really good with her improvised song, it really ended well!!

  • @andythepanhead
    @andythepanhead 4 роки тому +457

    I feel like talisen couldn't decide to tell this story as clay or orley.

    • @codytheisen5655
      @codytheisen5655 4 роки тому +6

      He kinnda started as Molly I think before going into the Clay/Orley mix.

    • @BoojumFed
      @BoojumFed 4 роки тому +1

      @@codytheisen5655 Clorlymauk

  • @TheButtable
    @TheButtable 4 роки тому +191

    Cant believe no one talked about how good "ADULA! ADULOVE YA!" was

  • @VonSnootingham
    @VonSnootingham 4 роки тому +454

    Marisha's song is completely made up out of nowhere but now the best and most absolutely essential part of the story.

    • @ajc7295
      @ajc7295 4 роки тому +3

      VonSnootingham Iconic tbh 😂

    • @tiffany02020
      @tiffany02020 4 роки тому +5

      I get it stuck in my head absurdly often haha

  • @witchywanderer
    @witchywanderer 4 роки тому +164

    I love how as the telephone game goes on the details get fewer and fewer and the story gets longer and longer

  • @Guitarguy433
    @Guitarguy433 4 роки тому +290

    Sam: Alright, let's see how we did. Pauley was a poor delivery boy in love with a rich woman, named Sudara ...
    Talesin, Laura, Marisha, Ashley, Liam: SHIT!

  • @CameoAmalthea
    @CameoAmalthea 4 роки тому +96

    I love how it started as a story of a man trying to win the love of a woman with gifts only to find she didn’t love him, was with someone else, and was only using him for the gifts to the story of a happy couple robbing casinos together who end up in a happy polyamorous triad.

    • @2Buildor2Break
      @2Buildor2Break 4 роки тому +1

      What's fascinating is this sounds more like a rationalization of current events with cam girls, than it does a mistold story.

    • @Nildread
      @Nildread 4 роки тому +1

      @@2Buildor2Break camgirls are robbing banks?

  • @09spidy
    @09spidy 4 роки тому +446

    Everyone: Goliath
    Marisha: Half-Orc

    • @bearli
      @bearli 4 роки тому +106

      I can totally imagine her subconcious trail of association: Goliath = Grog = Travis = Fjord = Half-Orc, therefore: Goliath = Half-Orc

    • @Arkatox
      @Arkatox 4 роки тому +27

      But she also honestly did the best song, so.

    • @balgus82
      @balgus82 4 роки тому +1

      I'm still trying to figure out where Travis got Adora or Adulla or whatever from.

    • @bearli
      @bearli 4 роки тому

      Names are hard. That's about it xD Super hard to remember, especially when you follow someone who gives one person three names :D
      But I guess, it's going from Matts "Sudarah", to Travis "Adallah", and Ashley then set it to "Adulah" which then stuck for the rest

  • @TheAlienGinger
    @TheAlienGinger 4 роки тому +752

    Sam last episode: "I'm going to tell a nice clean story with no extraneous details."
    Sam this episode: "Pince-nez"

    • @fullmetalgoblingames
      @fullmetalgoblingames 4 роки тому +15

      This needs to be at the top for everyone trying to fathom that word! It took me some serious guessing and googling to find it.

    • @ДарьяШвыденко
      @ДарьяШвыденко 4 роки тому +15

      Oh my god are you guys serious it's not a rare word

    • @DeeClouz
      @DeeClouz 4 роки тому +16

      Дарья Швыденко You really have to use it in specific context. It’s natural that not a lot of people know it, haha. Even I had troubles understanding what he was saying and my mother tongue is french😂

    • @thewingedporpoise
      @thewingedporpoise 3 роки тому +16

      @@ДарьяШвыденко it is, because not many people need to know the name for a rare style of glasses

    • @ДарьяШвыденко
      @ДарьяШвыденко 3 роки тому +4

      @@thewingedporpoise i'm not saying people need to know, necessarily, it's just that the word is used so frequently it's weird that so many people don't even recognize it haha

  • @pink_nicola
    @pink_nicola 4 роки тому +120

    Ashley’s retelling this time was actually really good, she picked up the names and most the details Travis said, Travis just didn’t get the stuff right. She’s definitely getting better

  • @maia_gaia
    @maia_gaia 4 роки тому +489

    "and other beautiful traits..... And he was able to do something" me bullshitting an essay answer in school

    • @badreddinekasmi8919
      @badreddinekasmi8919 4 роки тому +12

      Thats my whole experience throughout college. Just lots of BS.

    • @maia_gaia
      @maia_gaia 4 роки тому +4

      @@badreddinekasmi8919 literally same. I don't think that experience will ever leave me lol

  • @Danjam95
    @Danjam95 4 роки тому +169

    I absolutely LOVE how at 56:56 Ashley casually says "it's been awhile", and then Liam, Sam, Taliesin, Matt, and Marisha all proceed to sing Staind's "It's been awhile" to which Ashley clenches her fist in response

  • @garychambers5940
    @garychambers5940 4 роки тому +723

    I love how Ashley Johnson the award winning actress is the absolute worst at this.

    • @jeanief.6036
      @jeanief.6036 4 роки тому +110

      Now that I've seen how hard this sort of thing is for her, that makes me respect the work she must have put in to Blindspot that much more.

    • @ChevaliersEmeraude
      @ChevaliersEmeraude 4 роки тому +75

      I don't consider her that bad, just a bit insecure about herself, and it shows in the way she tells the stories. She's all "oh my god this is so wrong" and all that, and sure a little bit of it will be wrong every time, that's part of the game, but she's not THAT wrong usually (at least in the first 2 versions; I'm still watching this third one! lol).But, yeah, she ain't so bad! Also, it's a different skill than acting, because acting, you have time to memorize the text, repeat multiple time, and it's more about getting into character. She only has one shot with this, so she can't rehearse the text! :p

    • @Alzerri
      @Alzerri 4 роки тому +10

      @@ChevaliersEmeraude Good point. Also some people remember things best if they read them, some - if they listen to them, some people need to write thing down to remember (the actual act of writing does the trick). Ashley could be most comfortable with reading things but less so with listening, so it wouldn't impede her job as an actress. She is wonderful anyway, I like how she tells the stories and am looking forward to her turn to be the first. I wonder whether she plans to do it as Yasha or Pike though (hoping for Yasha).

    • @achimsinn7782
      @achimsinn7782 4 роки тому +40

      This time she difinitly wasn't the worst. Travis messed up the story before her and she retold most of his mess quite accurate.

    • @dig8634
      @dig8634 4 роки тому +4

      Ashely was definitely the worst the first time.
      I think hunter beak was all her, and she was right after Matt.
      But other than that she wasn't actually that bad. Sam was definitely worst the last time, at least for overall consistency and I think Taliesin was the loser this time round.
      This one is actually the most even one, they all messed up some stuff and kept a lot.

  • @canniloni
    @canniloni 4 роки тому +230

    As someone who has social anxiety, I am so proud of how Ashley puts herself through this over and over again because I can't even imagine being put under that kind of pressure.
    As someone who loves how badly she messes up and how adorable her reactions are, I hope they never stop doing this because these videos never fail to be the highlight of my day.

    • @yourLittleSinner
      @yourLittleSinner 4 роки тому +1

      Same

    • @Goomyx1492
      @Goomyx1492 4 роки тому +5

      The faces Ashley Johnson makes in these are absolutely golden!

    • @mineola_
      @mineola_ 3 роки тому +4

      I'm with you. I don't think I could ever do this. It is also a big testament to how safe she feels with her friends.

  • @benliam6501
    @benliam6501 4 роки тому +678

    Matt: Three different versions of Sudara
    Travis: Yes. Adullah.

  • @jaycub8547
    @jaycub8547 4 роки тому +175

    Taliesin told the story like an old cajun man reminiscing on friends of his from 3 decades prior

  • @bigdream_dreambig
    @bigdream_dreambig 4 роки тому +608

    This is how a master bard's story-with-a-lesson ("when you look too close you might not like what you see") transforms into the favorite drinking song at the local pub: "Adullah! Adullah, I do love ya!" 😝

  • @ashbowden6702
    @ashbowden6702 4 роки тому +372

    Ashley: "And theres a giant Goliath named uh..."
    Me: Don't do it
    Ashley: "Named Rodney!"
    Me: Oh she did it

    • @bigdream_dreambig
      @bigdream_dreambig 4 роки тому +17

      Yeah, Pauley and Rodney were obvious traps from the get-go. I was impressed that "Paulet" made it all the way to the end!

    • @Oh_Nanners
      @Oh_Nanners 4 роки тому +11

      She could have named him Pick-a-deli, that's not the worst

  • @noahdavis7847
    @noahdavis7847 4 роки тому +99

    I love how Liam attempts to imitate Ashley instead of Scanland

  • @nicholastuttle6685
    @nicholastuttle6685 2 роки тому +88

    It's official: without his vest, Matt is powerless

    • @masonchapple7669
      @masonchapple7669 10 місяців тому +7

      Loot his corpse, take his vest!
      (For those unaware, this is a reference and not a threat)

  • @RPG_Angie
    @RPG_Angie 4 роки тому +330

    A small criticism for the editor: With this format, the narrator doesn't need to have the biggest out of the 7 screens the second time around. The cast's reactions are of much more interest at that point - but their screens are so tiny!

    • @karmadollie8063
      @karmadollie8063 4 роки тому +38

      I second that. The regular zoom gallery view is nice for the second time around.

    • @MrBizteck
      @MrBizteck 4 роки тому +13

      Yes this is a GREAT idea.

    • @andrewgolubiewski3463
      @andrewgolubiewski3463 4 роки тому +19

      Agreed. We get the full view first time through. I know all I wanted to see as everyone got to see Sam showcase the start was how the people at the end reacted to the original story they definitely didn't hear before.

    • @evah3136
      @evah3136 4 роки тому +10

      I wish I could like this comment multiple times

    • @Micahlee_19
      @Micahlee_19 4 роки тому +8

      same. Trying to see all their tiny reactions

  • @sennarosity132
    @sennarosity132 4 роки тому +274

    Sam: "Sudara"
    Matt: "Sudara, Sahara, Sareyna"

    • @jeanief.6036
      @jeanief.6036 4 роки тому +19

      At least he knew it started with an S.

    • @relzyn5545
      @relzyn5545 4 роки тому +21

      Adalla

    • @creaturesoul4469
      @creaturesoul4469 4 роки тому +24

      ADULA

    • @NateSeverance
      @NateSeverance 4 роки тому +1

      @@jeanief.6036 Travis comes in with "his love interest whose name was Adalla Dazeem..."

  • @cadend6925
    @cadend6925 4 роки тому +328

    Is everyone just going to ignore how inside her head, Laura went, "Screw being Scanlan, I'm Shakaste now."

  • @lvlHive
    @lvlHive 4 роки тому +692

    Taliesin: they robbed casinos
    next story
    marisha: they robbed casinos
    Taliesin: WOAH, where did that come from?

    • @HypAzTubE
      @HypAzTubE 4 роки тому +50

      in his mind they were just cheating with the glasses. that's why he was surprised marisha went straight to robbery, even though he himself coined it

    • @annafantasia
      @annafantasia 4 роки тому +8

      Oh ha you're right!! I actually thought in my first watch-through that Marisha came up with that one :D I think it all has to do with emphasis??? Also Taliesin could easily be asking himself where that came from hahahahaha

    • @AshlynOne
      @AshlynOne 4 роки тому +8

      Keep in mind that entire thing was probably a fever dream to Taliesan.

    • @bmiranda58
      @bmiranda58 4 роки тому

      It's funny but when you record something that you only had one time to memorize it's easy to forget a detail one week later. However the whole cast missed it cause Sam was the one that expressed surprise initially.

  • @Toxic-wp5cr
    @Toxic-wp5cr 4 роки тому +138

    "ADULLAAAH! ADU-LOOOVE-YAAAAHH!"
    Ahh Marisha, never change 🤣

  • @Mediados
    @Mediados 4 роки тому +95

    Ashleys version of romance: "There were just 2 lovers loving each other or whatever."

  • @basbarbeque6718
    @basbarbeque6718 4 роки тому +539

    Ashley:
    "so he creates these spectacles that you can see things through"
    so..... glasses, you just described regular glasses Ashley.

    • @xEvilRaptorx
      @xEvilRaptorx 4 роки тому +18

      But she described them in a very adorable way :)

    • @exhibitx2089
      @exhibitx2089 4 роки тому +17

      If she hadn't added "x-ray" everyone after would've been very confused. "So he is the inventor of glasses? Canon."

    • @bigdream_dreambig
      @bigdream_dreambig 4 роки тому +6

      I was so glad for her when she circled back and said "x-ray." 😝

  • @jynx2501
    @jynx2501 4 роки тому +216

    Marisha: "I love it when Harley Quinn calls the Joker, Putnum."
    I died.

  • @xanderaeron630
    @xanderaeron630 4 роки тому +49

    I love that the entire time Matt's story is playing, Sam is the best hype man like, "that's really good!" Honestly, yes.

  • @tuesdaynext7370
    @tuesdaynext7370 4 роки тому +170

    I just realized that they joked about being on a whole other continent with this story, when they literally changed the continent in Laura's story.

  • @GinnyDi
    @GinnyDi 4 роки тому +629

    I've only watched 22 seconds of this so far but I just have to say that Marisha's hair looks AMAZING

  • @perfectlyhopeless
    @perfectlyhopeless 4 роки тому +123

    I love that Sam's just delighted and overjoyed by Matt's retelling

  • @33sheih
    @33sheih 4 роки тому +94

    i love it that they moved Sam to the beginning after singling him out as "the disruptor" and suddenly all of them are just the worst

  • @07dki
    @07dki 4 роки тому +227

    "Hey Sam you were supposed to do yours as Nott"
    How Sam messed up his own story

  • @polygon2745
    @polygon2745 4 роки тому +70

    You know it's going to be a good one when the second person to go changes a name 3 times within the span of two minutes.

  • @hannahc875
    @hannahc875 4 роки тому +38

    People accuse Sam of being an agent of chaos in the Narrative Telephone but Liam's commitment to not just playing the character but playing the previous castmember playing the character is exceptional. This story completely fell apart after Ashley version and then the Liam-as-Ashley version.

  • @noahdavis7847
    @noahdavis7847 4 роки тому +136

    When Matt goes full throttle he can tell the entire story of the Luxon in excruciating detail with the full confidence that the players will lose everything important.

    • @TrairFrair
      @TrairFrair 4 роки тому +2

      But the internet never forgets!

  • @marinaagnello9964
    @marinaagnello9964 4 роки тому +463

    Everyone: Telling the story as good as they can
    Taelsin: Having visions of an alternative reality while trying to communicate it to one of his servants

  • @jeanief.6036
    @jeanief.6036 4 роки тому +173

    Matt Mercer killed the puppy.

    • @NWolfsson
      @NWolfsson 4 роки тому +28

      Matt killed the puppy, Travis made it a Desperate Housewives episode x)

    • @Esperologist
      @Esperologist 4 роки тому +14

      Schrodinger : Did he really kill the puppy if it is no longer mentioned in the story? The puppy is both alive and dead because it is no longer mentioned.

    • @LeyCarnifex
      @LeyCarnifex 4 роки тому +1

      Esperologist well Sam killed the song which wasn't alive in the first place so *shrugs*

    • @christopherbacon1077
      @christopherbacon1077 4 роки тому +2

      And stole the ring

    • @crapnuggets202
      @crapnuggets202 4 роки тому

      i knew this would happen someday

  • @carlosgutierrez3918
    @carlosgutierrez3918 4 роки тому +254

    I've never seen a man drop the ball as fast until watching Mercer fumble his way through the story

    • @aliciacordero7436
      @aliciacordero7436 4 роки тому +57

      There was something oddly refreshing about seeing Matt struggle that much with it

    • @creaturesoul4469
      @creaturesoul4469 4 роки тому +33

      It seems like he got too caught up trying to remember the little details of the first part of the story and ended up forgetting the later parts.

    • @noahholderman5725
      @noahholderman5725 4 роки тому +7

      It’s kinda a wonder he can remember what he’s written for D&D

    • @sebacaine6974
      @sebacaine6974 4 роки тому +9

      I'm pretty sure he did that on purpose, though. He did so well last time and everybody ragged on Sam, and Sam clearly was legit hurt by it, so this time he made sure it would be on him because that's the kind of guy Matt Mercer is.

    • @mikek6298
      @mikek6298 4 роки тому +5

      He's been writing it and living it for years. I'd be struggling to remember who I did or didn't make up.

  • @theanyktos
    @theanyktos 3 роки тому +20

    I love how in the original story Sudala (?) was your basic, non bechdel passing object of affection, and then the more it goes along the more involved she got in the plot.

  • @restlessdreams5327
    @restlessdreams5327 4 роки тому +72

    The phrase "Wow. This is a choice." says so much with so little.

  • @Ζήνων-ζ1ι
    @Ζήνων-ζ1ι 4 роки тому +34

    Ironic how Scanlan of all people told a nice tale with a good moral at the end and then it slowly turned into a criminal threesome with a rock song at the end.

  • @oatoverlord
    @oatoverlord 3 роки тому +40

    travis at 44:25 saying "wow this is a ... choice" when laura starts her retelling is sending me

  • @MusicalMerle
    @MusicalMerle 4 роки тому +551

    Sam: Paulay invented glasses that lets you see through solid objects!
    Ashley: Paulay creates glasses that you can see stuff through!

    • @dhawkeye4439
      @dhawkeye4439 4 роки тому +42

      Paulay invented glasses.

    • @GregPivo87
      @GregPivo87 3 роки тому +5

      Paulay robbed casinos, man!!

  • @insertcheesypunhere
    @insertcheesypunhere 4 роки тому +137

    the non-cr spouses of everyone must be entertained when they overhear these recollections

  • @martdiamond6109
    @martdiamond6109 3 роки тому +51

    The fact that the Goliaths location was changed every time had me in stitches

  • @TheToneBender
    @TheToneBender 4 роки тому +59

    During the reactions when Laura came up with the threesome part you could see from the reactions who came before Laura and who came after. One half was like "wait, what!?" and the other half just nodded like "yes. this is how I remember it"

  • @ScorchHellfire
    @ScorchHellfire 4 роки тому +141

    It's a testament to these guys' friendship that instead of dwelling on how much the others screwed up the story, they compliment them on how many things they got right. :)

    • @Dragon_Lair
      @Dragon_Lair 4 роки тому +22

      While also making stories up for the sole purpose of getting everyone else to get things wrong.

  • @herz5159
    @herz5159 4 роки тому +399

    Taliesin: "Im tired, de hydrated and hungry on purpose"
    Me, a muslim fasting in Ramadan: "same"

    • @Papayaaa27
      @Papayaaa27 4 роки тому +18

      Ramadan Mubarak, I hope it's going well for you

    • @haleyhynes997
      @haleyhynes997 4 роки тому +12

      Ramadan Kareem friend!

    • @badreddinekasmi8919
      @badreddinekasmi8919 4 роки тому +20

      I wish i could say same but literally had to stop fasting yesterday and today because of abdominal pain.

    • @darksteellotus3694
      @darksteellotus3694 4 роки тому +6

      Feel ya ramadan kareem

    • @herz5159
      @herz5159 4 роки тому +20

      @@badreddinekasmi8919 Im sorry to hear that. Your health comes first, I hope you feel better soon

  • @AkaiShinkirou
    @AkaiShinkirou 4 роки тому +73

    Travis' 'Wooow, this is a CHOICE' when it was Laura's turn left me rolling on the floor :'DDD

  • @TheSehroyal
    @TheSehroyal 4 роки тому +214

    There goes Sam, the Master Debater

  • @Zerazer
    @Zerazer 4 роки тому +80

    This was obviously Sam going, "So, last time was my fault huh... Well, let's see if you can do better?"

  • @SkepticalCaveman
    @SkepticalCaveman 4 роки тому +98

    Talesin with Cadusces voice: "Maybe I should be with Rodney?" I bet that lead to a new ship.

  • @dovearchambault9229
    @dovearchambault9229 4 роки тому +194

    Ashley's start: "I'm Scanlan Shorthalt and this is Jackass!"

  • @MisterTingles
    @MisterTingles 4 роки тому +108

    Be still my beating heart ...!
    Towards the end it was like a drunk guy who'd heard Scanlan's story from several tables over, and is trying to remember it the next day...

  • @ryanconners3048
    @ryanconners3048 3 роки тому +21

    "He invents these spectacles that you can see stuff through!"
    I love Ashley so much

  • @vampiric13
    @vampiric13 4 роки тому +94

    ADULLA! I LOVE YOU!
    I want an epic level story from Matt after everyone else has gone. Actually, I want a season 2 of this. Keep it in rotation, Marisha!

    • @FallOfTheLiving
      @FallOfTheLiving 4 роки тому +4

      Yeah, im loving having short stories and random tales in the world. I love that these stories are something that the party could hear in a tavern in any of their many itterations

  • @popcornhistory8344
    @popcornhistory8344 4 роки тому +164

    I feel like the addition of a threesome makes it more of a Scanlan story.

    • @maartenklop9505
      @maartenklop9505 4 роки тому +5

      Very true, also seeing through peoples' clothes was a great addition, I'm sad that didn't make it to the final edition...

    • @bigdream_dreambig
      @bigdream_dreambig 4 роки тому +7

      I respect Laura for that. She was given what seemed to be a truncated story, but instead of leaving it obviously broken, she added the most Scanlan ending she could think of!

    • @patrickdonovan7894
      @patrickdonovan7894 4 роки тому +1

      So what you're saying is they were "cubed"

  • @iancd9171
    @iancd9171 4 роки тому +197

    You could do some fun, unofficial trophies at the end, like "Best added detail", "Most faithful retelling of the person going before you", etc. Could be fun !

  • @alexavila7245
    @alexavila7245 4 роки тому +309

    Google sees a staggering uptick of the search term “Pince-nez” and 30 other similar terms today, and no one knows why...

    • @nopnopnopnopnopnopnop
      @nopnopnopnopnopnopnop 4 роки тому +24

      It took me like 5 tries before I got google to understand what the fuck I was trying to search for

    • @mordirit8727
      @mordirit8727 4 роки тому +30

      No joke, it has 100 searches for pince-nez on the day this was streamed, while usually having between 0 and 30 searches on other days xD

    • @madnhairy
      @madnhairy 4 роки тому +8

      I knew what that was already, but discovered I had been pronouncing it wrong for literal decades.

    • @karianneturenne9821
      @karianneturenne9821 4 роки тому +7

      @@madnhairy Well... as a person whose native language is French... I didn't understand what he was saying before his explaination. I feel really bad about it actually...

    • @Myrilia
      @Myrilia 4 роки тому +5

      @@madnhairy he doesn't actually pronounce it correctly tho! Lol

  • @dropkickpiper3204
    @dropkickpiper3204 4 роки тому +130

    Mollymauk: “Eyes never closed” Taleisin: “Eyes always closed”

    • @hayleesci7208
      @hayleesci7208 4 роки тому +1

      Dropkick Piper LMFAO

    • @unblorbosyourshows9635
      @unblorbosyourshows9635 4 роки тому +6

      The duality of man

    • @CatCheshire
      @CatCheshire 4 роки тому +7

      He is Ancient God, he can kill us is he looks at us for to long, even by camera, and he is aware of that and he protects us this way

  • @jazzriot
    @jazzriot 4 роки тому +204

    Ashley: I'm Scanlan Shorthalt, ya know.... and I'm going to tell you a story.... ya know....

    • @Titoichi1986
      @Titoichi1986 4 роки тому +9

      Ashley's Scanlan is an even angrier Ellie and I love it

    • @canniloni
      @canniloni 4 роки тому

      @@Titoichi1986 omg it really does sound like Ellie lol

    • @saras.4618
      @saras.4618 4 роки тому +2

      My names scanlan shorthalt and I live in a house

  • @alexanderwheeler3943
    @alexanderwheeler3943 4 роки тому +37

    "You should do the story in Nott's voice."
    Sam: "I did Nott do that."

  • @seersha265
    @seersha265 4 роки тому +101

    I wish they would make their reaction screens bigger than the story videos

  • @zwordsman
    @zwordsman 4 роки тому +93

    I really can't wait til Ashley goes first. There is enough time realistically for her to practice. At least a bit depending on job...
    So she might be able to wreck them all

  • @SpikeSmeagol
    @SpikeSmeagol 4 роки тому +106

    The effort Matt put into remembering Sam's bullshit is honestly so admirable 😂

  • @markjos11
    @markjos11 4 роки тому +37

    I love how ashley always starts with the same accent regardless of story or character XD dont ever change

  • @jacklandismusic
    @jacklandismusic 4 роки тому +74

    18:24 Marisha, despite struggling through most of the rest of the story, manages to make the song back into a song

  • @jebodeiasque
    @jebodeiasque 4 роки тому +151

    This is actually an interesting way to visualize how oral stories can become drastically different over time

    • @T3hIluvatar
      @T3hIluvatar 4 роки тому +6

      And that's immediately after hearing it, imagine if they had to wait a day and try retelling it.

    • @d4n4nable
      @d4n4nable 4 роки тому +6

      There's a reason why so many old tales rhymed. Only those survived intact.

    • @suckyskiz
      @suckyskiz 4 роки тому +3

      Narrative telephone and actual oral traditions are not really the same. In narrative telephone there are rules in place that purposely encourage the story to change. If accuracy was the goal (it's really not in the game) they would be able to listen multiple times and even confer with each other about details.
      If they were super accurate it would be boring.

  • @virtualatheist
    @virtualatheist 4 роки тому +47

    Why does the term, "Wonderful threesome," sound so wholesome and adorable when Laura says it?

  • @Samlli
    @Samlli 4 роки тому +242

    Sam: What really happened.
    Marisha: Luis from Antman's retelling of the story.

  • @celebiRULES555
    @celebiRULES555 4 роки тому +251

    Is no one going to talk about Liam's Scanlan body pillow? That thing is amazing XD

    • @syazamuzini3299
      @syazamuzini3299 4 роки тому +7

      I wonder if its by the same artist that made all the other critical role bodypillows xD

    • @chintex_
      @chintex_ 4 роки тому +2

      it's great isn't it

    • @celebiRULES555
      @celebiRULES555 4 роки тому +3

      @@syazamuzini3299 I have no clue, but dear lords where can i find it XD

    • @syazamuzini3299
      @syazamuzini3299 4 роки тому +5

      @@celebiRULES555 Did a quick search and only managed to find their twitter handle: Sedona. There's also a mollymauk one done by a different artist i believe

    • @duckieduck8877
      @duckieduck8877 4 роки тому +8

      @@syazamuzini3299 to be honest i am more curious about how liam got bad news from percy.... i'd imagine percy not being the type to give up on that toy

  • @alexmur7488
    @alexmur7488 4 роки тому +76

    I love this miniseries. Its so creative and has great story telling. And in the end its so funny to see how badly everyone tells the story. I love the critical role members so much, im literally crying of laughter

  • @vinni40k
    @vinni40k 4 роки тому +45

    This would be hilarious to watch in reverse order, reconstructing the actual story step by step

  • @chelseabraun78
    @chelseabraun78 4 роки тому +33

    I love this! I really hope that Liam's story is just Caleb telling/talking about Frumpkin and other cats the entire time