RiffTrax Christmas Circus with Whizzo The Clown (Full FREE Movie)

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  • @xenophobiac4570
    @xenophobiac4570 10 місяців тому +19

    The kid with the cough could’ve been a side story all in itself. “Tiny Tina and TB”

  • @drdoktor77
    @drdoktor77 Рік тому +448

    Pennywise checks under the bed for Whizzo before he goes to sleep at night.

    • @Jude300c
      @Jude300c Рік тому +9

      Lmao

    • @karnerblue7658
      @karnerblue7658 Рік тому +3

      😆

    • @mas8705
      @mas8705 Рік тому +10

      At least we know why Pennywise is a clown.

    • @Zerojones360
      @Zerojones360 Рік тому +7

      Wouldn’t you, after watching this I started checking under my bed for him.

    • @drdoktor77
      @drdoktor77 Рік тому +4

      @@Zerojones360 you do have a point...

  • @derekstein6193
    @derekstein6193 Рік тому +31

    When Krampus is deemed insufficient, Santa Claus sends Whizzo the Clown.

    • @suchiuomizu
      @suchiuomizu 17 днів тому

      Where does the Ice Cream Bunny fit on that scale though?

  • @joelbest2424
    @joelbest2424 Рік тому +365

    It's always strange to see Servo and Crow wearing their human disguises...

    • @Jagerbomber
      @Jagerbomber Рік тому +37

      You Mean Brain Guy and Bobo.

    • @ArchibaldClumpy
      @ArchibaldClumpy Рік тому +28

      Rifftrax feels like a somewhat less niche and esoteric MST3K. In a way I prefer it because I get the references and they're usually reacting more directly to the material.
      But the new MST3K episodes just feel like store brand soda. And that's despite great writers and some of my favorite performers being a part of it. And the weak link really is Servo and Crow being so different.

    • @srbrant5391
      @srbrant5391 Рік тому

      They're like those creepy robots you meet in _Kenshi._

    • @trent8663
      @trent8663 Рік тому +6

      You mean Crow 2.0 and Servo 1.0.

    • @geoffreysorkin5774
      @geoffreysorkin5774 Рік тому +2

      @@trent8663 This is Servo 2.0. Joshua Weinstein voiced and was the puppeteer for Servo in Season One.

  • @LchanOtakudom
    @LchanOtakudom Рік тому +110

    Even when I SEE Bill and Kevin TALK, my brain immediately replaces them with Crow and Tom Servo. I’m totally okay with that!

    • @OndarianCitizen
      @OndarianCitizen 10 місяців тому +11

      I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks that as soon as I started watching this.

  • @Bobsheaux
    @Bobsheaux Рік тому +106

    "There were never any kids here, Whizzo, or any cameras."
    Cut to Wiziarde, sans make-up, laugh-sobbing in his apartment, a la Arthur Fleck.

    • @criminallyautistic8372
      @criminallyautistic8372 Рік тому +4

      Hi Bob!

    • @BrenTenkage
      @BrenTenkage Рік тому +14

      Huh...a terrifying movie that shouldn't be seen by kids...must be a Bobsheaux *windows tada sound*

    • @NoxAtlas
      @NoxAtlas Рік тому +1

      I knew this gave me the same vibes as the hallucinations of the old lady from Requiem for a Dream after she went crazy from taking drugs and getting her brain fried by the electroshock therapy

  • @swifty1147
    @swifty1147 Рік тому +42

    "Whizzo was never the same after Korea."
    "DON'T DROP IT!!!!!!!!"
    I laughed so hard I cried.

  • @bondfool
    @bondfool Рік тому +150

    “Resignations on the Whizzo set were rarely typewritten” is up there with “Every frame of this movie looks like someone’s last known photograph” for my favorite riffs ever.

  • @adamdelamartre1069
    @adamdelamartre1069 Рік тому +259

    This is a more effective depiction of a clown’s descent into madness than Joker was…

    • @crimsondynamo615
      @crimsondynamo615 Рік тому +19

      Clearly Joaquin Phoenix needed giant feet

    • @shoken4421
      @shoken4421 Рік тому +16

      To be fair joker fell into a vat of chemicals. This clown has been working too hard lol

    • @Zerojones360
      @Zerojones360 Рік тому +24

      @@shoken4421 The Joker fell into a vat of chemicals, Whizzo drinks a vat of chemicals. 🤡

    • @biggeek2256
      @biggeek2256 Рік тому +1

      Facts

    • @ScapegoatAngel
      @ScapegoatAngel 11 місяців тому +4

      Decent madness is my kind of madness

  • @mtweed1008
    @mtweed1008 Рік тому +162

    I met Whizzo in the late 70's when he was hired for a grand opening of a family-owned burger joint in Belton, MO. I was about 10-12 at the time and my brother and I didn't know who he was. He gave us balloons and kept asking us something like, "You know who Whizzo is, right? You remember Whizzo?" He seemed to really want us to say yes. It was strange. My younger brother said no, but to be polite I lied and said yes and it really seemed to make him happy. It's a strange memory for over forty years and from this riff I now know who he was. So thanks!

    • @calstonjew
      @calstonjew Рік тому +57

      That's sad. He wasn't an alcoholic doing it to pay the bills, he wanted to be a beloved children's entertainer.

    • @coyotesmile8972
      @coyotesmile8972 Рік тому +40

      He would be happy to know that you remember him now!

    • @srbrant5391
      @srbrant5391 Рік тому +10

      I’m sure you were also able to remember the powerful odor of malt liquor and Listerine on his person.

    • @MO-hamadtheclown
      @MO-hamadtheclown Рік тому

      I wish I was yoi

    • @Wolffur
      @Wolffur Рік тому +19

      Bittersweet thought, but with this riff on UA-cam, he's probably been seen, and given joy, to more people than ever he thought he would.

  • @MarianneBrandon
    @MarianneBrandon Рік тому +123

    For some reason Mike’s nonchalant “Mmhmm, I’ll serve the time,” in response to “Kill Whizzo?” just slayed me

  • @blampfno
    @blampfno Рік тому +307

    This movie is like watching a migraine that never quite gets to 100%

    • @RobotoSan
      @RobotoSan Рік тому +8

      It does try to get there, but seems like a struggle to get below 105% intensity.

    • @ScottishLeo
      @ScottishLeo Рік тому +1

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @rogue-like4life
      @rogue-like4life 10 місяців тому +2

      Kinda like the day long piercing headache that a hungover newbie that hasn't learned to chug water some time before passing out (blacking out), but Whizzo is unmeasurably worse.

  • @kevhead1525
    @kevhead1525 Рік тому +200

    The magic Christmas tree was scary enough. Who knew what horror would follow.

    • @stephennootens916
      @stephennootens916 Рік тому +12

      It is disturbing in way one could never imagine.

    • @kevinmi42
      @kevinmi42 8 місяців тому +1

      Could been worse - rather than going up to Tree Hell, they could been tree ghosts

  • @codafett
    @codafett 11 місяців тому +14

    36:00 That second Whizzo Dog segment almost killed me. They didn't even let him finish the sentence, it just cut off while he was ranting.

  • @josephblumenberg6574
    @josephblumenberg6574 Рік тому +73

    You know what...Balloonland seems more fun than usual all of a sudden

    • @stormwulf117
      @stormwulf117 Рік тому +12

      Whizzo Dog had a Vegas wedding with the crazy announcer lady that lasted all of 49 hours.

  • @stephengoodman2424
    @stephengoodman2424 Рік тому +71

    My family left the KCMO area in 1964 - but I got to be on the Whizzo show. It was boring to be in the studio, no TV monitors showing the cartoons that other kids were watching at home. So it was a recipe for fun, a bunch of kids having to SIT IN ONE PLACE right? Lord, what a drag. The kids loved his routine! He changed the subject every few seconds, pretty much the way 5-year-old thought back then. This has a lot more action in it thanks to editing. The window displays were at the stores near downtown Kansas City, and in the Plaza.

  • @andrewforbes1433
    @andrewforbes1433 Рік тому +48

    Whizzo gives off powerful “Tigger With Alzheimer’s” vibes.

    • @srbrant5391
      @srbrant5391 Рік тому +8

      I now have a new name for my ska band.

    • @TheAnchorArmsChad
      @TheAnchorArmsChad 4 місяці тому

      That made me Spit my Drink

    • @K7SniperX
      @K7SniperX 3 місяці тому

      Guess hes got that to worry about now.

  • @bitefishing
    @bitefishing Рік тому +30

    Fun fact: Art Carney got his inspiration for his Star Wars Holiday Special from Whizzo’s performance.

    • @JamaicanCastle
      @JamaicanCastle 10 місяців тому +5

      I never thought I'd say this, but that's unfair to Holiday Special Art Carney. His skit was _painfully_ unfunny, but it never once made you think "are those kids safe?"

  • @sallyyotz3995
    @sallyyotz3995 Рік тому +53

    Whizzo was so beloved in Kansas City, Don''t forget he was entertaining children not adults, lol. We loved him!!!

    • @thepromiseland8577
      @thepromiseland8577 2 місяці тому +2

      Its not like kids are known for having amazing taste

  • @Orangejulius8
    @Orangejulius8 Рік тому +26

    You can almost smell Whizzo's whiskey breath.

    • @srbrant5391
      @srbrant5391 Рік тому +4

      "Almost?"

    • @K7SniperX
      @K7SniperX 3 місяці тому

      Guess hes got that to worry about now.

  • @fluffdaddyguapo6241
    @fluffdaddyguapo6241 Рік тому +33

    When Santa sat in his chair, I half-expected him to start telling a story about some woman going to Pirate World where that woman would then listen to a story about a fairy tale causing another movie to start. Also get that kid some cough syrup already!

    • @crimsondynamo615
      @crimsondynamo615 Рік тому +6

      All these terrible Christmas movies are starting to blend together

    • @shwahgamer
      @shwahgamer Рік тому +5

      That poor little kid was the worst part of this whole thing. She was sick and they just kept rolling. Nobody thought, "Hey maybe we should stop and check on this obviously sick child?" But nope!

    • @theboombody
      @theboombody 8 місяців тому +1

      @@crimsondynamo615 Yep, I start thinking about a skunk and Santa's Village of Madness.

  • @chrisc6857
    @chrisc6857 10 місяців тому +6

    Rare is the Christmas special that leaves you fervently hoping the depressed kid was okay.

  • @pegbars
    @pegbars Рік тому +163

    It was a different time. Whizzo was a Kansas City TV institution beginning the 1950s. Kids absolutely loved him! This special was shot on 35mm film and was shown in theatres in the KCMO area for several seasons at Christmastime. It still had holiday screenings there as late as 1974. Whizzo's show came to an end in 1987 when Whizzo himself, Frank Wiziarde, died at age 71.

    • @ChristopherMmmm
      @ChristopherMmmm Рік тому +50

      He died in a hail of gunfire, trying to shoplift some rubber chickens.

    • @salvagemonster3612
      @salvagemonster3612 Рік тому +9

      I remember when he was killed out side the MANHOLE bar when he left with that 17 year old Hustler

    • @Firguy_the_Foot_Fetishist
      @Firguy_the_Foot_Fetishist Рік тому +4

      _Kansas City Star_
      _that is what I are_

    • @TheWaterdog6
      @TheWaterdog6 Рік тому +9

      Ah, the age before kids knew what entertainment was.

    • @Shicksalblume
      @Shicksalblume Рік тому +11

      Really? Despite having moved to NE Kansas with my family in 1985, I'd never heard of Whizzo until this video came up. Feel like I really dodged a bullet.

  • @paulthetexan
    @paulthetexan Рік тому +161

    I can never get as drunk as Whizzo obviously is without passing out.

    • @halfling49
      @halfling49 Рік тому +16

      Yep, that clown is nine sheets to the wind

    • @KyleFN
      @KyleFN Рік тому +27

      Not with that attitude!!

  • @meyoung001
    @meyoung001 Рік тому +255

    This brings back memories. I'm old enough that I remember watching Wizzo on TV as a kid. My mom took me to a little promo thing where Wizzo was having a public appearance. So naturally I eagerly got in lie to meet him. It was interesting what I was thinking after meeting him. Instead of thinking, "Hey, I got to talk to Wizzo face to face!" all I was able to focus on was that he pulled a Caesar Romero and clown painted over his mustache. I guess it's true, don't ever meet our heroes.

    • @tyrothethird3081
      @tyrothethird3081 Рік тому +21

      So was the regular show this weird?

    • @shannondore
      @shannondore Рік тому +12

      Oh wow! I wondered how scared these poor children were after this. I'm glad you survived it.

    • @Eisenwulf666
      @Eisenwulf666 Рік тому +20

      that's one thing i don't get. His work required him to wear the clown make-up basically 24/7 (of course he took it off before going to bed, but pretty much) . At what point you go :" You know what? I'm going to grow a moustache, fuck the make-up!" ? Caesar Romero had other roles and put on the make up just for the episodes he was in, makes sense to me he kept it.

    • @meyoung001
      @meyoung001 Рік тому +18

      @@tyrothethird3081 Yes. The show was something of a supernatural trip out on occasion. If you want to get a little more of a flavor of what the show was like, there are a few clips from his show on UA-cam and a few other places on the web. If you do a search, make sure you search, "Whizzo the Clown." There are a few other low-rent Whizzos out there.

    • @meyoung001
      @meyoung001 Рік тому +21

      @@shannondore All I can say is that what did not kill me made me stronger.

  • @Wordgoblin
    @Wordgoblin Рік тому +66

    "Whizzo, you piece of shit!"
    I think that might be my favorite RiffTrax/MST3K line now.

    • @codafett
      @codafett Рік тому +2

      I thought they were gonna blur it out, I was caught off guard.

  • @Rags
    @Rags Рік тому +97

    Ironically, this Christmas tree movie doesn't make me pine for the old days.

    • @otaking3582
      @otaking3582 Рік тому +4

      But at least it also doesn't make you wanna electrocute a lady with a chainsaw.

    • @shaventalz3092
      @shaventalz3092 Рік тому +7

      It could have used a little sprucing up.

    • @TheRealJabbergeist
      @TheRealJabbergeist Рік тому +6

      Oh look, it's everyone's favorite FIR-ry critic. 🌲

    • @kanna-san.
      @kanna-san. Рік тому +5

      Knock on wood

    • @shaventalz3092
      @shaventalz3092 Рік тому +3

      @@TheRealJabbergeist Ju-niper know who's going to comment.

  • @ncriggar
    @ncriggar Рік тому +21

    “There we go Whizzo, let the gas leak gently finish the job…”
    Absolutely priceless ending.

  • @adamfowler350
    @adamfowler350 Рік тому +26

    That Christmas tree short was possibly the most disturbing absurdity I've ever seen. What in God's name was the idea behind that nightmare....

  • @Jay-ql4gp
    @Jay-ql4gp Рік тому +28

    Guys I just can't. I'm at the half hour mark and my brain is melting. Whizzo isn't a clown, he's a vampire, and he's drawing the life out of me.

  • @mas8705
    @mas8705 10 місяців тому +7

    No matter how many times I watch this, I always get caught off guard when Whizzo suddenly pulls out the gun.

  • @KoiControl
    @KoiControl Рік тому +158

    there's nothing like watching a clown have a complete mental breakdown to really ring in the holidays! thanks, fellas!

    • @Chipotleadvisory
      @Chipotleadvisory Рік тому +1

      Well what do expect when you snort Tony Montana’s cocaine mountain followed by drinking an entire vile of LSD?

    • @srbrant5391
      @srbrant5391 Рік тому

      That's the plot of _Helluva Boss._

    • @DTD110865
      @DTD110865 8 місяців тому +1

      Not that this is relevant, but did anybody notice one of the boys told Whizzo where the North Pole was?
      Sounds like the kind of thing I would've done.

  • @fishjones4618
    @fishjones4618 Рік тому +117

    Oh, prepare for the hurt. I’ll use a riff from the film that encapsulates Mike, Bill, and Kevin’s thoughts:
    “WHIZZO, YOU PIECE OF SHIT!!”

  • @bridgetsilver7332
    @bridgetsilver7332 Рік тому +11

    Whizzo sounds like he’s doing a Tigger impression at least half the time. 😄

  • @GregCorrell
    @GregCorrell Рік тому +20

    I grew up with Whizzo in KC, 50s and 60s. He was terrifying. We could see how unhappy the kids were and how cheesy it all was. Even so, I feel immense affection for him now. I can see how committed he was to his persona, and how hard he worked.

  • @TheAmazingTachan
    @TheAmazingTachan Рік тому +18

    “It’s just more diorama staring.”
    Me, who loves dioramas: YESSSSSSS
    Also the “I farted on this” got me, a functioning adult, way more than it probably should have.

  • @CreepyPersonCube.
    @CreepyPersonCube. Рік тому +28

    I turned on the automatically generated subtitles. I'm betting five minutes into Wizzo and I'll have UA-cam hugging itself and crying in the corner.

  • @Nightweaver1
    @Nightweaver1 Рік тому +32

    I love that the three boys' real-life personalities are basically the same as their on-screen characters. That's just how they are, and we love them for it.

    • @swifty1147
      @swifty1147 Рік тому +15

      Kevin has always struck me as your cool and fun uncle that will take you on a fishing trip but wouldn't hesitate to slap your hand in front of everyone if you reached across the table instead of asking.

    • @robintst
      @robintst Рік тому +12

      Pretty much what keeps Rifftrax seeming like a continuation of MST3K after the last real TV season and I'm all for it.

    • @JFmK-sh5nh
      @JFmK-sh5nh Рік тому +6

      Those boys! Those 60 year old CHILDREN! Like Buz from Girl In Gold Boots.

  • @DJ-ob8sk
    @DJ-ob8sk Рік тому +15

    My old Platoon Sergeant was a two pack a day smoker and not once did his coughs sound as bad as that little girl's.

  • @baldurgunnarsson2578
    @baldurgunnarsson2578 Рік тому +31

    There is a certain charm to Whizzo, and despite his slightly terrifying antics, the character was clearly popular enough to be on TV for over 30 years. Granted, it was Kansas.

    • @kktallman6257
      @kktallman6257 Рік тому +6

      Here in Kansas, when I was a kid, one of our the biggest local celebrities was the weather guy. I can totally see Whizzo maintaining popularity for 30 years here by virtue of the fact that very little happens worth getting excited about.

    • @geoffreysorkin5774
      @geoffreysorkin5774 Рік тому +3

      I mean, at least Whizzo is in color. The most famous movie about Kansas said that it was black and white despite the movie being in color.

    • @shawnpatrick1877
      @shawnpatrick1877 Рік тому +5

      This wasn't just a Kansas thing. Early television was filled with this kind of stuff, with tons of clowns and wacky kids-show hosts. They were all local shows and existed in every corner of the country. Some of them were extremely popular and long lasting. Others, not so much. MST3K actually started as a local show like that, and it was using the kind of aesthetics you might see in one of those kids shows, even though it wasn't aimed specifically at kids.
      In Cincinnati, we had Uncle Al who became so popular that one of the 3 big networks offered him a national show, but his local small station wouldn't let him out of the contract. The network went on to create Captain Kangaroo instead, relegating poor old Uncle Al to a guy no one's ever heard of outside of Cincinnati.

  • @rnbrineg
    @rnbrineg Рік тому +12

    "Whizzo sounds like the love child of Jimmy Stewart and Dr. Steve Brule."
    Lol that sent me

  • @abbycross90210
    @abbycross90210 Рік тому +7

    I've had "WHIZZO, YOU PIECE-A SHIT." rolling around in my head for the past hour.

  • @Mr72Dolphins
    @Mr72Dolphins Рік тому +55

    In fairness, it is the best version of "The Epic of Gilgamesh " on film.

    • @dionysusNME
      @dionysusNME Рік тому +2

      Bravo, sir, bravo

    • @ArchibaldClumpy
      @ArchibaldClumpy Рік тому +4

      Jodorowsky's Christmas Circus With Whizzo the Clown.

    • @kanna-san.
      @kanna-san. Рік тому +6

      The casting of Enkidu was unbelievably poor.

    • @Mr72Dolphins
      @Mr72Dolphins Рік тому +1

      @@kanna-san. perhaps, post Qos, Yvhv?

  • @notme222
    @notme222 Рік тому +43

    57:28 - when every one of us, even the 3 guys, stopped being jaded and cynical and just enjoyed the heartfelt adlib of that kid. 😀

    • @halfling49
      @halfling49 9 місяців тому +3

      He interrupted one of Whizzo's bits--That kid is definitely my hero

  • @pal5683
    @pal5683 Рік тому +21

    Best line - "Great Frosty's ghost, it's a catch phrase! "

  • @jacksongibbs8998
    @jacksongibbs8998 Рік тому +8

    24:35
    “Whizzo: he blows.”
    -Kevin Murphy

  • @snogger6
    @snogger6 Рік тому +7

    "'It's like playing an old Sierra game where you just click on everything in the room" lol

  • @AnnaKin
    @AnnaKin Рік тому +17

    I'm more impressed by Mike's correct use of "verisimilitude."

    • @derekstein6193
      @derekstein6193 Рік тому +5

      Come for the riffs, stay for the diction.

  • @elirien4264
    @elirien4264 5 місяців тому +3

    I usually hate ads, but in this case, they're a relief.

  • @RobotoSan
    @RobotoSan Рік тому +62

    The hurting was deep here. Very deep. How marvelous.

  • @andrescastro5520
    @andrescastro5520 Рік тому +15

    "Hannibal Lector's Christmas Trees" I lost it there. 🤣

  • @donkrouskop4753
    @donkrouskop4753 Рік тому +41

    Christ in Heaven, this is an assault on the brain. I'm just over ten minutes into SANTA'S CHRISTMAS CIRCUS and I can't feel my extremities. This is honestly the first time a UA-cam video has ever been interrupted by an ad that I purposely let play in its entirety, because I needed the break.

    • @williamhubert572
      @williamhubert572 Рік тому +1

      Yeah, more like SATAN'S CHRISTMAS CIRCUS!

    • @salvagemonster3612
      @salvagemonster3612 Рік тому

      Yeah Zoomers have the attention span of a flea. Unless it is a tranny calling someone racist or a guy dancing In front of a mirror and lip syncing to some horrible r and b song. Can’t understand it

  • @racheledwards2352
    @racheledwards2352 Рік тому +6

    Whizzo is why I'm terrified of clowns. This guy is having a complete nervous breakdown. I sincerely became unnerved when those little kids came in

  • @TheRogueToad
    @TheRogueToad Рік тому +30

    Well now I've got this to worry about.

  • @brianfuller757
    @brianfuller757 Рік тому +26

    I must be ancient. I remember Whizzo on tv. This was awesome. That Christmas tree short was truly creepy.. Whizzo's last show was in 1987 and Frank Wiziarde passed that year.

  • @mas8705
    @mas8705 Рік тому +24

    Dear Ice Cream Bunny: I feel like I was a bit too mean to you when you were last on Rifftrax and I want to take this time to say... I'm sorry. Also stay the hell away from me please and respect the restraining order; I can still hear your laughter outside my window when I try to sleep at night. Thank you. ^__^

    • @shuttittuppitt9355
      @shuttittuppitt9355 Рік тому +1

      You think that he's evil sounding in THAT?! Try stomaching "Here comes Peter Cottontail" with SHAGGY as the rabbit! Mwa ha ha!

  • @pawned79
    @pawned79 Рік тому +7

    I’ve only watched two minutes of this, but I have to say that, in my mind’s eye, Bill and Kevin’s voices only come out of plastic puppets. I genuinely do not have that reaction to any of the other puppeteers pass nor present. They truly were the definitive Crow and Tom.

  • @wbf200
    @wbf200 Рік тому +18

    This has to be one of their best riffs. The French mimes were creepy enough, but Whizzo's deranged antics were absolutely jaw-dropping. I couldn't decide what part of his mania was the most inane; His tagline, the Whizzo dog, his flying carpet delusion, or the two minute visit to Santa Claus's workshop (or was it one of his many offices?). I finally settled on his truly unnerving attempts at depression counseling. And I still worry about the poor girl with diphtheria which the clown did his best to ignore.

  • @ARYngve-sz1qj
    @ARYngve-sz1qj Рік тому +21

    While the RiffTrax gang are in top form, there is still that lingering suspicion that "Christmas Circus with Whizzo The Clown" is a very subtle horror movie - where you're trapped with a clown who is always on the brink of going insane... and you can't escape.
    It may be that background music that never stops that makes it borderline horror.

  • @TerrenceNowicki
    @TerrenceNowicki Рік тому +16

    Whizzo's incoherent muttering sounds like Paul Winchell doing an impression of the Crazy Cat Lady from The Simpsons.

  • @sarahb1862
    @sarahb1862 7 місяців тому +2

    Kevin Murphy's scream of terror is the gift that keeps on giving.

  • @troytakesphotos
    @troytakesphotos Рік тому +34

    I used to work at KMBC (where this movie was filmed), although much later. The studio was in the basement of a (working) opera house in downtown Kansas City before the station moved out in 2007. (The building is now a YMCA.) From what I've been told, there is still a framed photo of Whizzo at one of the other stations he was at in Kansas City, KCTV5. Also - when the kids are flying above the city, that's actually the Country Club Plaza shopping district (not Downtown, sorry Kevin), right above my old apartment!

  • @dadahyena
    @dadahyena Рік тому +10

    36:46 "Whizzo's Wonderland, where counting to three is a chore."
    Sounds like Whizzo has a lot in common with King Arthur!

  • @planescaped
    @planescaped Рік тому +23

    That kid who kept coughing... I know that cough... that's the cough of a kid who doesn't want to be there/wants to go home after they've done their part of a recital.

    • @shwahgamer
      @shwahgamer Рік тому +2

      It looks more like she is actually sick and nobody bothered to check on her.

    • @codafett
      @codafett Рік тому +2

      It sounds like she was actually sick

  • @gregmark1688
    @gregmark1688 Рік тому +8

    Whizzo certainly has a complicated relationship with reality.

  • @jamarehire2011
    @jamarehire2011 Рік тому +16

    I usually don't like ads but in this case, they are a relief. It gives me a minute to recenter myself and forge ahead.

    • @normanreviewsgames698
      @normanreviewsgames698 Рік тому +6

      I feel that. It's like finding a safe room when playing a Resident Evil game.

    • @shwahgamer
      @shwahgamer Рік тому +1

      These men have suffered so much for our sake.

  • @SamJohnnyVoices
    @SamJohnnyVoices Рік тому +13

    "A middle-aged man having a nervous breakdown in clown makeup."
    Isn't that every clown ever?

  • @lindaeasley5606
    @lindaeasley5606 Рік тому +8

    Years ago, Whizzo was our nickname for our dog that wasn't house trained yet

  • @BillGarrett
    @BillGarrett Рік тому +3

    Whizzo is indeed a hellish nightmare clownscape, but this Rifftrax version is one of the most rewatchable things I've seen

  • @robertclark8546
    @robertclark8546 Рік тому +88

    This, to me, is the most unwatchable thing Rifftrax has ever done. It's truly soul crushing. I'd rather watch a 24 hour marathon of Rollergator

    • @only257
      @only257 Рік тому +8

      Watch Santa Claus conquers the martians now that is a unwatchable movie uncut 😂

    • @ahappydogwithsunglasses
      @ahappydogwithsunglasses Рік тому +27

      You should check out Rifftrax's Fun in Balloon Land if you really want to get dark.

    • @irkinelite51
      @irkinelite51 Рік тому +14

      I, on the other hand, think this is my favorite holiday riffs they've ever done.

    • @kanna-san.
      @kanna-san. Рік тому +8

      @@only257 that movie is unironically cute

    • @srbrant5391
      @srbrant5391 Рік тому

      @@ahappydogwithsunglasses Nothing says “fun” like horrific Native American caricatures, a shrill child and a woman who sounds like she just watched her family die in a barn fire.

  • @mattkeller9806
    @mattkeller9806 Рік тому +34

    Holy cow, fellas. I’m dying. You killed this one.
    Thanks for all the joy you’ve brought me since the ‘90s. So many good times.

  • @Rhomega
    @Rhomega Рік тому +32

    I've listened to plenty of Rifftrax, but it's still weird to hear Mike, Bill, and Kevin reference things that came out after 1998.

    • @ArchibaldClumpy
      @ArchibaldClumpy Рік тому +4

      Yeah gimme a Didi Conn or Oh No Mister Bill reference anytime

  • @joe7923
    @joe7923 Рік тому +17

    I like to save my Whizzo for Christmas eve, but I encourage anyone to take their Whizzo whenever they like and to share the experience with as many people as possible this holiday season.

    • @CowboyLuigi
      @CowboyLuigi Рік тому +4

      Careful where you point that whizzo, man.

  • @ChristopherSisk
    @ChristopherSisk Рік тому +22

    Even with the added professional jokes by professional comedy professionals.. this is almost too much to bear.

  • @troywhyte9103
    @troywhyte9103 Рік тому +5

    If I might add some VERY IMPORTANT CONTEXT (not really) but the mother in the first short is played by actress Susan Engel who played the memorable villain Cessair of Diplos / alias Vivian Fay on the Doctor Who serial "The Stones of Blood" in 1978.

  • @darrenheideman2546
    @darrenheideman2546 Рік тому +7

    My sister actually appeared on the Whizzo show back in the 80s.

  • @WCtheComedian
    @WCtheComedian Рік тому +7

    If you had told me ‘you’ll find yourself wishing for the quiet dignity of the mime Christmas trees’ I would’ve said you were absolutely crazy

  • @jessebobby1
    @jessebobby1 11 місяців тому +3

    I saw Whizzo the Clown, TWICE! LIVE!! in Clinton MO at the Crest Theater!! I was 7 or 8..
    He was funny, but it was a different time for sure.

  • @vtooky81
    @vtooky81 Рік тому +17

    I know it was you Wizzo.. you broke my heart! 😂😂😂

  • @davidfaltskog4970
    @davidfaltskog4970 Рік тому +13

    It's great Whizzo finds his jokes funny because no one else does!

  • @BrianTodd16
    @BrianTodd16 Рік тому +28

    Adding this one to the collection of Christmas Classics. I'll put it right next to Santa Claus and the Ice Cream Bunny

    • @shuttittuppitt9355
      @shuttittuppitt9355 Рік тому +1

      For me, their best X-mass episode (I forget it's name) was where they sang "Have a Patrick Swayze christmas".

    • @fromthecheapseats7126
      @fromthecheapseats7126 Рік тому +7

      @@shuttittuppitt9355 That was “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.”

    • @jacksongibbs8998
      @jacksongibbs8998 Рік тому

      🍦🐰: *HURR HURR HURR*

  • @marlasotherchannel9847
    @marlasotherchannel9847 Рік тому +23

    Kevin, Bill, Mike, I love you guys so much. ❤

  • @oldmandemontoya7508
    @oldmandemontoya7508 2 місяці тому +2

    "The closed captions for this movie just say, 'Lucky you.'"
    Lost it with that one.

  • @choosecarefully408
    @choosecarefully408 Рік тому +14

    There were many memorable riffs here & _thankfully_ the guys spoke over much of Whizzo's dialogue. But I'm gonna have trouble falling asleep while laughing about "She's a maniac, maniac on the floor" to two girls who could _never_ have pulled off the moves associated with that song.

  • @Mibbitmaker
    @Mibbitmaker Рік тому +17

    Okay... I now owe Mr. B Natural a sincere apology!

  • @CinnamonGrrlErin1
    @CinnamonGrrlErin1 Рік тому +36

    As crappy as this weekend has been for me, at least I can count on Rifftrax to make my day brighter. Even if it is Whizzo and a child with a cough straight out of a Dickens novel.

    • @movienut710
      @movienut710 Рік тому +4

      Sorry You had a bad weekend, Thespacebetweenourhouses. Rifftrax is definitely the right place to go for some relief. Hope Christmas is better for You

    • @karnerblue7658
      @karnerblue7658 Рік тому +3

      RiffTrax always gets me laughing during bad times. 🙂

  • @biggeek2256
    @biggeek2256 Рік тому +4

    Pennywise, The Joker and every other evil clown checks their closets and under their beds for Whizzo every night before they go to sleep because they don’t want him to visit them at night

  • @brianoneil9662
    @brianoneil9662 Рік тому +5

    Ahh. The "UHF" reference. The future ghost of Weird Al is smiling.

  • @kathleenmorrison2908
    @kathleenmorrison2908 Рік тому +6

    My grandmother put too much brandy on the last Christmas pudding she was able to make and lit it on fire, akin to the dad in the mime short. She's still with us but no longer able to make or enjoy a solid Christmas pud. Thanks for the fond memories, Rifftrax.

  • @fromvault801
    @fromvault801 Рік тому +32

    I remember having an experience like this. It was 4am and I saw a show where drunk people either fought or ran a business together. Probably how this film was made.
    Guessing the set smelled like Jazz Cigarettes the entire time

    • @Kornknealious
      @Kornknealious Рік тому +5

      sounds like my kind of movie set

    • @fromvault801
      @fromvault801 Рік тому +5

      @@Kornknealious mine too! That's my new fave way to describe smoking

    • @logann7942
      @logann7942 Рік тому +6

      Don’t try to blame weed for this. I’m high af and this still sucks.

  • @SitaraAleu
    @SitaraAleu Рік тому +4

    Sometimes, in the middle of the night, I wake up, and I can still hear the monkeys.
    “FIDDLESPRUNG!!!”

  • @canderson5098
    @canderson5098 Рік тому +8

    I've been stuck waiting in line at the register behind people like Whizzo so many times.....

  • @redbayly
    @redbayly Рік тому +14

    Watched this with my dad tonight. I think he's traumatized now.

  • @thatdonparkerVODS
    @thatdonparkerVODS 9 місяців тому +3

    Alas, Poor Yorrick. I knew him well, Horatio.

  • @Awebreeze-zm3st
    @Awebreeze-zm3st Рік тому +3

    I grew up watching Whizzo, he was an icon for children. In the 60's he made an appearance at Sav-On store when I was fourteen. He flirted with me and I was so disappointed till I got to the car and realized, "I could have Whizzo"! I was never so excited...lol.

  • @williamhubert572
    @williamhubert572 Рік тому +7

    Did Whizzo drink a bottle of Scotch before they started filming? Thanks Mike, Bill and Kevin for making us laugh at Christmas...again.

  • @Malamba4231
    @Malamba4231 Рік тому +20

    I hope the coughing little girl got better! That was a painful cough there.

    • @codafett
      @codafett Рік тому +2

      Seriously, she should've been escorted off set.

  • @daishi4531
    @daishi4531 Рік тому +3

    Hi, this is Jim Dalen here, and all I can say after watching this is: "Riff-TRAX! I'm revoking your charter!"

  • @AuroDHikoshi
    @AuroDHikoshi Рік тому +3

    "This film is twice as long as setting up a room" nothing could be longer than that!

  • @johansmallberries9874
    @johansmallberries9874 2 місяці тому +1

    Ah a simpler time, when “drunk” was a reliable comedy trope suitable for all ages.