The Competitive Spirit

[japanime555]

3:45 YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AA

[imcheerish]

i dont get the bessina maker part

[TCFan1]

LOL I like your determination Travis,if you can't beat the competition,kill them! hehehe

[crazyvideoplace]

Should put your rap song up for downloading... lol

[crazyvideoplace]

Have you ever thought about trying to get a spot on tv? Maybe even a five minute segment on a local station? You should.

[crow33215]

he was on comedy central i think XD this guy is hillarious

[newzikiwi]

Give this man a partnership!

[sannitriangle]

do you recycle all of the stuff you don't reuse?

I love your movies and wish they were still on Youtube. :( The site you linked to some of your new videos doesn't work too well for me. :(

[TheReceptionist]

I do recycle...and my movies are back on YouTube!

[TheJollyReprobate]

So, your idea of competition is to unfairly kill anyone who might beat you? You should do well in television. ;)

[chasetpierson]

"competion" haha

[t0mt0mt0mt0m]

wow i admire the receptionist!!!!!!

[GabeWolfGrl]

God, that song is AWESOME!!!

[fizzymelody]

That Silly Hat competition song was the best thing I've ever heard.

[bethbork]

that somg is awesome!!!!! so LOL real LOL

[ThatWasOdd]

May I say. there were some mighty fine silly hats! And I've seen a few!

[alicat19]

loving it as usual

[caseybobacey007]

that reminds me of beetle juice

[CoreyLongmire]

this does some what reminds me of beetle juice but i love the part where the hat song came on that was funny but i didnt laugh.

[fragilegirl2424]

Did you realize you spelled competition "competion"? I love your videos. You are a god. Let's run away together!

[TheReceptionist]

No, that was a total screw up on my part. I was making props in a hurry and thus...well....shit.

[Artimischick07]

Nothing's wrong w/ the props! I wish i could make props like that!!! U ROCK!

[tuckersaysthis]

that was amazing

[flipingirld]

i love the silly hats song too! :) nice desinged creatures. you're very talented!

[Cryfcad]

That had to be a tough shooting..

[IammeoramI]

Joe lynch "Took a wrong turn" Why don't you have your Tv show?

[aguamiel2002]

Luv your videos. You are fantastic! :o)))

By the way, the idea of using a human skull for kind of "handcrafting" seems unthinkable in real life, but, Have you heard about a church in the Czech Rep. which was fully decorated during the middle age with human bones and skulls? It's got even spider lamps made of them!

[TheReceptionist]

I have seen photos of it...it's very cool. I like that old macabre architecture!

[Redlobsterorisit]

i love the silly hats song

[wynderful]

Dude, what kind of camera is that?

[TheReceptionist]

The built in iSight camera in my MacBook.

[dave1the1flave]

Congrats on winning the silly hat competition!

[Ebuverthebicepcurler]

Are you a receptionist still?

[turbokiera]

omg dude. where on earth do you get all that construction paper. is that what you make it out of?

and musically, you are a genius.

xx

[TheReceptionist]

Construction paper...yes. I order it through my work. Thanks for the kind words!

[turbokiera]

holy cratoly! where do you work? lol, no problemo :]

[perlissima040863]

Very cute. I liked the work you put into drawing and cutting out all the other characters in the silly hats competition. They were very detailed. Well done!

[Juliete83]

super..

[Lilbear807]

awesome props

[obinna2]

baby baby baby lets get drunk, this ain't prohibition...

You're not human man....This is not HUMAN GOOD.

You're a robot. You don't fool me one bit. I know.

Amazing job man. Have you entered in a Film Festival? If not, you're holding out on the world. They need to know about you.

[Sakura1395]

do u like the colts?ido cuse i live in indy!!!!

[TheReceptionist]

I'm originally from South Bend...so yes...Hoosiers baby!

[Sakura1395]

cool!!!

[raylin256]

ahh no way! i live in fort wayne

[TheReceptionist]

represent

[DarthBlonde13]

Teach me your ways...

[1gurel]

plastic art and music talent? OMG! are ypu really a receptionist? anyway... i love those messages at the end of the films!

[TheReceptionist]

I am a receptionist...sigh

[lorynlyn]

haha did you write the song?

[TheReceptionist]

I did.

[Magnetgirl89]

hm...ur truly great dude, for real!

U'll b doing this for money someday...

[meetvirginia92]

you are freakin hilarious. i wish i was this creative.

[featherie]

You should do something with coffee can stilts!

[hugerooster54]

that must of takena while, but it was worth it!

[SYTHE5]

Oh snaps, genius again!

[CyndiNoName]

me and my friend absolutely adore you & you films!! you have ALOT of talent!!! And patience!!  DONT stop makin films =D

[seapoidog]

OMFG DAT WAS SO GANGSTA!!!

[cryystalx]

doesnt the whole set take you long? like the graveyard and things...

[TheReceptionist]

I put up the graveyard in about two hours. That's with making the props and taping them to the wall.

[tubefun9]

My goodness, keep them coming! Hilarious! I've watched this clip at least four times today!

[xBubblesx1]

you're soo funny and soo good at this!

[ag111337]

crazy and funny

[txnrobin]

'Caught your video on the featured page and loved it! I'm checking out your other ones now, and have to tell you they all make me literally laugh out loud. Great stuff!

[joliebpoop]

again, genius. with some paper and imagination and patience, uve created a masterpiece.

[molochguitarist]

silly hats yall

[jazminsarkara]

looks like my good buddy 'joe' and i share the same last name

[Camberella]

do you have a girlfriend?

[whatsthethinh]

OH my god i loved this video,,, the song was great too! i also hate that really cool videos are not that popular.... i just saw this one by chance! but ill keep on waching what u do!!!! congratulations, really cool videos

[luckycharm25]

That is a cool beginning. Does it happen on every video u make?

[TheReceptionist]

Yes, its the standard opener.

[onlyothxo]

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[scenedylan]

over the top amazing

[sydneeshafferr]

Sweet video. 5 stars.

Check out my vids if you like stuff like this. I usually post at videos.lostfrog 'dot' com. Good time waster =)

[stormybrow]

I don't understand why certain people (whom I find boring, unfunny, slightly offensive, boarish, inane, etc) are as popular as they are on YouTube and you are not. Yeah, a lot of your pieces are hommages (homages?) to other people. That said, I think you are so amazingly creative in your execution!

[eshtein]

lol

great!

[auburnmind]

What's so sad about being a receptionist? It's a pretty neat job. ^^,

[auburnmind]

Are you a receptionist in real life?

[TheReceptionist]

Yes...I sadly am.

[WishingLampPro]

ZOMG

ur hilarious!

[anitathefroqueen]

lmao, great song....and yay! 1st place!

[valdavis16]

i love your videos!

[GeneticBlend]

AHahahaaa!

"Silly Hat ya'll. That's right."

This is one of my favorites.

[Womyn]

Silly hats... uh huh. Mmm baby. Yeah. Uh huh.

[yorgathecroat]

Love this one,disturbingly silly!

[tashyaeagan]

That's a sweet video you've got here.

You should check out my vids.. I'm usually posting them here: videos.lostfrog 'dot' com, Check it out its pretty cool.

[LunaRoxDaRadishes]

Dude! LOL! u have lyk, hexxa paper! lol

[italianjob17]

great as always mate!!!

[sferb]

I just ADORE your facial expressions! XD

[Hanscel]

YOu rock!

[jaynemesis]

dude your videos are really great man, ur v talented :p cant even remember how i found u anymore, but im glad i subscribed, your vids are getting better every time :).

[voltire]

nice hat

[Nikki2987]

you are too cool.

This is AWESOME. haha

Best part was definitely the song. heh.

Definitely had to subscribe!

<3 Nikki

[TheReceptionist]

Thanks so much for subscribing! I hope you will enjoy the rest of the shorts.

[Nikki2987]

Well... I've been watching all of the others... so I got a long time of entertainment out of it. heh.

You must have gotten great marks in arts and crafts time during school. heh.

<3 Nikki

[SylvieAnn]

oh sorry.... the song is very cool btw!! Forgot to mention that!!

[Gaboozles]

AMAZING!!

[dikdikvondik]

I can't believe you killed Brian Posehn, he's totally gay for you dude.

[PopcornMegaphone]

lol I loved it!

[RockinThe80s]

Haha, I love watching your vidoes. They make me laugh when I'm bummed out.

So good.

=)

[HELLOKAR28]

Another masterpiece from TheReceptionist. This dude should have his own show!

[botaborsi]

thanx youtube to give you the opportunity to show your talent. you are my favourite director, actor, screenwriter, singer, poet, scene-painter...and receptionist. :)

[TheReceptionist]

I'm someone's favorite scene-painter!!!! Thanks for that. U rock!

[ashleyabat]

Another Receptionist classic. My 13 month old, Joshua, even broke into applause at the end! Great tune too... I really liked the "mindless repetition" line.

[JackDanyells]

Ahhh... don't tell him you have a son named Joshua!

[applesomething]

"Murder one", lol. "Dis aint prohibition", lol. "Uh", lol. Nice glock!

[BradOFarrell]

Your paper world is going to inevitably become your reality and your actual office will become fantasy. Just you wait.

[riverotter23]

Well done on another great short Travis! You need to put out the Bessina Maker shorts soundtrack!

...but what's this? Less hair? hmm...

[ekiporocket]

damn!, i missed the competition, maybe next time.

;)

[pinkiipeach]

i love your work and i love your voice :]

[Michelle5451]

Travis, you're so dang talented in every direction! I was looking for the birdie at the competition!  Could he not find a hat in time?

[buggamile]

No need to ask your momma, I already signed your slip of permission!

I loved it!

[tonygem]

always wonderful

[sarahwinsagain]

you won my heart, too

[Keishiro]

nice work and nice songs :O

[atomicoooo]

i'm so honored to be buried in your graveyard!

[donald347]

Awesome video as usual. Name/artist of that song?

[TheReceptionist]

I guess you could title the song, SILLY HATS? Artist was me.

[youngatheartinAZ]

What can I say that hasn't already been said?! I'm always happy to see a new Receptionist video in my box! And you never let me down! Love the song! You have a great voice!

[coughdrop01]

hahaha! this was hilarious.

and i would totally buy that song off itunes if it was available! (silly hats, y'all)

[jklproduction]

haha nice

when i was watching that my dad walked in

and was all like "what the heck are u watch lucas,

this is retarted!" then he actually started

watching it with me, and at the end he was laughing

it was HILARIOUS

[robtran]

Nice! And congratulations on JOSHUA getting a distributor!!

[trallemonster]

brilliant.

[iloveskaters6912]

This is great, i love the turn around at the end, and the music to go with it! The Reseptionist never seems to run outta ideas eh?

[SylvieAnn]

mmmm I dunno.. I loved your setting, but your story was very predictable... Still it was interesting. But I like the other bms's better...

no offense really.

[aut0medon]

That's one killer hat. Awesome video, as usual.

[paperbakwriter09]

another great video!!!

HATS off to you!

=)

[paperbakwriter09]

another great video!!!

HATS off to you!

=)

[kidblood1]

sweet

[Night3001]

The song is awesome. And I particularly like the art direction on the cemetary tree.

[TwistedFateFilms]

D'you know that the human head weighs 8 pounds?

[felloffthebus]

im running out of good thoughtful comments.

[paztilla]

UH LALA!!! new hair cut!!! i love it!! you look under 30 now!!! About the short.. Travis, every time i click on "view the video", y just relax in my chair with a latent smile on my face...the smiles keeps develop until finally it is not latent any more!! great as usual! :O)

[pookieiona]

:))u`re victory dance made me snort:)))and giggle...as u said u managed to make me snort too,great achivement:))like the song tho`grooovy baby...get on it...the competition i mean...oh my...i`m giggling again...snort...oops:)see ya

[HollywoodHosting]

I wanna wear your ass as a hat.

[tobyyarwood]

Love the bigger sets! I wish you could come over her and do some for my new scratch version of Charlie and the CardboardBox Factory with 11-13 yr olds...

ps My grandpa and his brother actually dug up a skull and had it on the mantelpeice for ages until his wife eventually threw it out..

[kenrg]

Kind of a dark turn for the Receptionist... but I like it (great song, too).

[ilyonym21]

i love it

[semourbutts]

what a funky song.

[ihatefronc]

amazing

[WishingLampPro]

haha! one of your best!!

[ouartemis]

very good, as usual!

[GilbertSmith]

I dig your musical sensibilities. That's a perfect early 90's R'n'B party jam.

[sserjtankian]

love your creativity.. as i've said for like 4 times now :P

[jodymartine]

i think it is about time to hire a new receptionist! FREAKSHOW

[beinfrei]

okay :) You are cute with short hair too.

[maryvannotes]

great stuff... love the silly hats song.

[RoulinBrooks]

His drawings have sort of a Mark Beyer (Agony) vibe to them.

[rattlesnakeCdla]

yeah silly hats haha. remember that don hertzfeldt short?

[TheReceptionist]

So funny you mention that. I had already made the short and just biought my Hertzfedlt DVD. Popped it in and had forgotten about that hat short! It must have been a subconcious move on my part. I am a huge Hertzfeldt fan!

[rattlesnakeCdla]

Month dialogue! Yeah, I am totally down with d.h. Listen, I really respect your videos, and I was wondering if you would check out my new one. It is called 'fish race'. I really appreciate it!

[beinfrei]

hmm you cut you haire?? :( You are so sweet whith long hair!

[TheReceptionist]

It always grows back!

[rhythm7a]

Excellent as usual. That song is hilarious. You had no choice really. I mean the other guy had brains showing. He was definitely a threat to your crown.

[TeeTeeTupid]

woah

I watched this ten seconds ago and there were NO comments

and now there are 14

crizaaaazy

well done receptionist

well done

[FlossAndStretch]

Please tell me that you are the one who is singing. Thanks for the laugh (and smile).

[TheReceptionist]

I am the one singing.

[fivetoedsloth]

For real? That's hot. Lol! Everything about that video was great. Thanks for putting a big 'ol smile on my face. :-D

[suprememasterj]

hehe. Your vids always crack me up!

[avjoe]

I am honred to be worn like a hat and shield that awesome brain of yours.

[rivetting1]

That Joe Lynch always seemed a little stiff to me.

[jake0112]

You never cease to amaze me!

[randomraven1988]

LOVE IT!!!! The song was amazing too!!!

[Ravensinger]

hahaha...oh man...too weird! Loved it!

[mkultracultchya]

do you make your own sound effects?

and the music? (+1 on the song being classic)

[TheReceptionist]

Yes and yes. Thanks!

[mkultracultchya]

no man, thank you.

that last shot is fantastic,

"so baby baby baby lets get drunk, this aint prohibition"

[anamomda]

Love. The. Song!

Brilliantine!

[Babyorngtn]

Fantastic as always!

[joshuathemovie]

SCARY!!!

[Ruhrohrappy]

Silly hats, y'all! That was f'ing brilliant!

[OnlineMaven]

Great sound effects.

[Amerisck]

Ha ha, this was totally awesome. I have loved every single one of your videos and they just keep getting better as you make more ha ha.

[trixiepixiedixie]

LMAO...this song is classic....this is why you're my favorite person on youtube

[whatthesamhell]

I am dumbfounded.

[lvnspnfl]

I guess this tactic sure put you "a-head" of the class!