A.V. Club Inventory: Hilarious Onscreen Drug Freakouts

[bilbobagginsofbagend]

how is it possible that reefer madness is not on this list? in case you don't know it, it's a 30's anti-weed propaganda production that shows innocent teens freaking out after trying pot. it reached cult status amongst stoners. well deserved.

[Enkan666]

4:03 obv fake... he is not naked.

[moeezS]

Nicolas Cage from Bad Lieutenant. Goddamn Cage owns every freakout, and there are multiple.

[egentile30]

good freakouts

[lakeviewviking]

Death Drug is pretty great-too bad the guy talking about it is such a indie-eunuch manchild, complete with every sentence ending with a question mark ("this movie is really bad? and the masks are really cheap?")...

[LordPrick]

Now.... THAT's AS GOOD AS IT GETS!!!!

[tarantulady]

Thanks to this video, I now know that drugs are far safer to take than what is portrayed on television. My life is at least 38% more exciting since I did coke! 8*D Thanks Onion!

[LaurentCRE]

Man, they didn't mention "Blood Freak"? It's a 1972 movie involving a guy who turns into a man-sized killer turkey from smoking marijuana. It's a gem.

[ZRN959]

Easy Rider? Really? C'mon....

[yoyojumpy]

SLC Punk has one of the best freakouts ever

[666scottypotty]

None of these hold a candle to Dennis hopper huffing nitrous oxide in Blue Velvet. " Momeeee...."

[TheVisionXLII]

the shrooms scene in knocked up was hilarious and when smokey smoked dust in friday was good too

[miksedene]

Death at a Funeral! Best freakout ever.

[APHROGEO]

i was really hoping for reefer madness....

[PunchSydeiron]

Super Troopers didn't have as freaky a freakout as they're leading on. It's rather tame compared to the stuff that I saw here. Don't get me wrong, Super Troopers is a funny, somewhat underappreciated film. It's worth at least a rental.

[JaveDMode]

Holy hell, I think I saw Helen Hunt's movie when I was a kid. I remember the freakout scene!

[bobish14]

"shes only toped a few times"

anyone notice that?

[MrErisian]

Drugs.

[ngilford1]

What about Requiem for a Dream?

[shoreleave666]

Get hip to the whack, sucka.

[doctender77]

Elizabeth Berkeley in Saved by the Bell should be on this list

[Northover22x]

Bad Boys 2 was funny, martain lawrence.. this is a nice fish, big fuckin eyes, but a nice fuckin fish

[acronus]

We we're somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the the drugs began to take hold................

BATS!!!

[rolekul]

The coke scenes from Boogie Nights..classic

[westben2000]

jessie from saved by the bell.....best drug freakout EVER

[LatVer4]

My favourite freakout was the saved by the bell caffeene pill episode.

[BGBailen]

The snozberries taste like snozberries!

[DaHuntsman1]

"avenging disco godfather" what the fuck?!?...oh wait it was released in 1979 so its good :D

[PunchSydeiron]

If they're talking about the beginning of Super Troopers, that's wasn't much of a drug freak out. Don't get me wrong, it _is_ a good movie.

[TheArchon1]

what about corky ramono? question? yes? no? yes? bathroom? no? yes? yes? no?

[kingcollie]

With all honesty, the scene from Desperate Lives is spot on accurate. When I was 15, I was hittin a few lines of meth with a couple of guys on the 3rd story of an apartment building when the one guy started freakin the fuck out. He managed to take off his clothes and then, just like the chick, jumped through the front window screaming. He hit the ground which fractured his upper right leg and somehow managed to get up and run into traffic, eventually he got clipped by a car and the cops got him

[atlstar08]

no reefer madness???

[bearhedded]

Nathan, stop talking in val-speak? You're no longer in high school?

[RicRagsLive]

I love when Helen hunt Threw herself out of the window.

And the Show freaks and Geeks was amazing.

James Franco can thank Judd apatow for his Oscar nimination.

And Again helen hunt throwing her dumb ass out of a window with absolutely no build up to it was epic.

[RicRagsLive]

HAHAHA I just saw Blackula in the stack of DVDs on the desk in the opening!!

Awesome!

[datzfast]

i drew blood in a hospital from the left hand of a 17 year old girl that cut her right hand off. god damn she was a sore sport about it. for someone that cut the right one off and threw it away she sure was a bitch about the one left.

[Buzz0Killington]

@ 4:26 I owned the Urkle doll behind the guy in the glasses when I was a kid.

[TheMercuryEmperor]

The slc punk freakout was hilarios

[bluesgurugod]

You know these clips are really funny and are well worth watching --WITHOUT THE NERDY DIALOGUE!!

It's pretty obvious whats going on in these clips - a short send of would suffice.

As is you pretty much ruin any of the fun... (hint - nerds do not make good video hosts)...

[TRYCLOPS1]

I wanna try some of that shit that makes you throw yourself out of a fucking window! She looks like she's having a lot of fun! :D

[quaquaquaa]

Great segment, but this Nathan guy needs to learn how to speak/enunciate if he appears in future segments. Talk about a mush mouth.

SPEAKING of mush mouth....now I want pot.

[erlol128]

that gurl has some BIG TEETH

[homosexual23233]

no way freaks and geeks was amazing

[HouseFantastic]

I wouldn't say this is boring, it's just uninteresting.

[FungiGamer]

Will there be an A.V. CLub Inventory on quotable movies by any chance?

[Spardeth]

Please take that Andrew W K's image off the background.

It's very distracting and unpleasant to have ur eyes at.

[TheNiceness]

MMMMMMMMMMM Genevieve koski? She needs to be a regular.

[bloodwitch013]

the props from death drug are i guess what made it funny to you. but those pcp portrayals weren't actually so far from the truth. i have seen some one freaking on pcp and it is horrifying. their eyes go dead and you can tell they are totally gone.

where was Reefer Madness? now that is some funny funny stuff.

[MacDougalPuppy]

The second one in particular is not that far off. The most unrealistic part about it is that he had all his clothes on when he was running down the middle of the road.

[adman321]

ok so you made that list without even including fear and loathing in las vegas?

[baycrum267]

We actually had to watch a scene from Death Drug in my Health Class on a VHS tape.

[housecry]

When those kids drove off that cliff laughing I lost it. LMAO

[channeleightyfour]

Weeeeeeeeeeeeee! *Crunch

[millzasour]

co sa asy

[TazManiac008]

You guys talk way too much! introduce the clip in less than 30 seconds then show it! if you ever do an episode on long mindless chatter, you won't have to look too hard for that.

[tvfan777]

for a non-Onion video this was actually really good

[zudomoon]

Where the heck is Tenacious D?

That's probably the best drug freakout EVER.

[profbucko]

fear and loathing in las vegas !!!!!!!!!

[fancoy]

Really guys, the idea is good, but the video is so boring nobody wants to watch it real time.

Stop with the round table idea, who needs to watch you (even all of you are cute and educated blah blah blah) when we can see the images with your comments?

We come from The Onion and that is fast and furious. Just a comment and I do insist the idea is pretty good and funny.

No offense.

[mikiroony]

1:37 KARATE KICK!!

[JDA315]

the freaks and geeks episode is a damn classic

[slh950]

went to avclub website ... couldn't find the extra ones ANYWHERE

[P0IS0N]

Man, Freaks and Geeks was the best show ever.

[CaptainGratiot]

I'm gonna have to check those movies out if I can.

[WarpeaceWar6]

wheres the onion future network thing?

[iNinjaBuddy]

I just rented Super Troopers and haven't watched it yet. Now I have something to look foward too xD

[njkm22]

Asian girl on drugs?

[lolmonsterism]

4:40 whos that guy who throws her the over sized pot baggie?!?!

[lolmonsterism]

at 2:04 shit just got real

[dmolinari]

5m17s

my god, its Shane from Weeds!

[whiteandnerdy2damax]

AV CLUB SHOULD HAVE ITS OWN CHANNEL

[kitkatcutie520]

I love the fake glass shatter at 2:04

[slh950]

Freaks and Geeks was the best

[Madisonmofo]

I liked it until you went after Freaks and Geeks! Blasphemy!

[TheUncutAngel]

garbage.

[216trixie]

? Actually the marijuana reactions were spot on. 10. Most don't get high the first time, but do the second. 2. She didn't overreact. 3. The research she did on pot was exactly what an "overachieving" smart person would do. 4. The paranoia is a very common reaction, and the main reason a lot of people don't like it. ??????

[216trixie]

The "medium of music videos did not exist" in 1978?? Yes it did. Bands were making videos for their songs in the 60's.

[zab666]

BTW that is Jason Segel (from How I met your mother) in Freaks and Geeks :-)

[OniShow]

lol 1:59

[BlueCrayolaMarker]

@OniShow The friggin "window"! hahaha!

[StopRunningKid]

Death at a Funeral was the best drug freakout I have ever had the pleasure to watch.

[XXkeyserXXsozeXX]

@StopRunningKid

I saw the original Death at a Funeral and Alan Tudyk's freakout was one of the funniest things i've ever seen. I haven't seen the remake but i can't imagine it being any funnier.

[StopRunningKid]

@XXkeyserXXsozeXX I haven't seen the American version, but I don't really want to because otherwise it might ruin my experience with the original.

[giggy2468]

WHY isn't Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas not been appreciated. The whole movie is a freak out but the lizard cannibalism scene in the bar is the best freak out.

[ducati135]

Michael Moore looks like he's slimming down some.

[psycold]

the best ever is in Old School when Will Ferrell shoots himself in the neck with a tranq gun

[DrDreamPop]

somebody shut that bald dude up forever, please.

[EyequeenCasskulla]

hmm, I never seen that episode of Freaks and Geeks before.

[rokyn2000]

Was that the actor from how I met your mother playing the stoned friend there?

[danimal150]

@rokyn2000 Why yes, Jason Seigel it was. He's no Shad Gaspard, but that was the guy alright before he was mega fame-asser-ous.

[rattlehead66666]

Drugs 'r" bad! M'Kay!

[AssholePatrol]

The caffeine pill freakout in "Saved by the Bell" is my favorite. WTF it was just caffeine, she acted like a crack addict.

[yerk3]

@AssholePatrol "I'M SO EXCITED!!!!!"

[MissTeenPregnancy]

it's PAINful to watch and hear these incredibly boring nerds speak about films , i think i'm going to be impotent for the next 2 days

[jzbadblood]

I have that Steve Urkel doll. Does your soundbox work? Mines like really high pitched.

[Handsaww]

Lul.. the last one is Velma from scooby doo..

[ProdigsProductions]

For everyone suggesting the more well known examples of drug freakouts on film.....remember what you're watching. It would be waaay too easy for a group of dudes and dudettes with a an indepth library of obscure cult shit to just name the stuff you'd find half off at the DVD section at your local supermarket.

[eastcoastshooter]

Fear and Loathing anyone?

[AndNoted]

gimme some o that dog biting weed

[stumpythedestoyer]

Bad Lieutenant? Nic Cage at his finest lol

[ritualpenguin]

Trainspotting? Since the freakout Horror in that was someone going on cold turkey I don't think it counts! I'd rather take Heroin than watch babies crawl across my ceiling!

[Annachronism68]

kuhghyj. m

[photon72]

I one had a PCP freakout. I woke up married with a house and two kids.

[satanrocks668]

@photon72

Kids, I get, but how did you marry a house? Was it consensual?

[ChaosmanOne]

@photon72 Oh God! Don't do drugs kids!!!!

[gomashedpotatoes]

@photon72 reminds me of a talking heads song...

[4795623]

@photon72

I'm sorry for your loss :'(

[hesteaeble]

hehe weed is fun

[metalreign81]

The "Freaks and Geeks" portion was actually somewhat realistic-----more so than the "freakouts" of the other made-for-TV specials---they should have shown the piano player freakout from the godfather of anti-drug propaganda films, "Reefer Madness"----now that is really funny! The Miami Vice guy's freakout was by far the funniest!

Angel Dust is quite powerful however, I have heard of people jumping off roof tops and doing all kinds of crazy shit----that shit is whacktastic

[HorrorAngel666]

@metalreign81 Like you said, you have heard. I have also heard the moon is made of cheese and the earth is flat among other things.

[metalreign81]

@HorrorAngel666

what the fuck are you babbling about?? What does the moon or the earth have to do with angel dust?

[metalreign81]

@HorrorAngel666

Are you saying that angel dust/PCP doesn't cause people to lose their marbles and run buck wild through the street?

I'm just trying to gauge where you're coming from

Are you a PCP enthusiast who doesn't like it when people comment on the effects of PCP because you've learned what it's like from personal experience?

[xXdarkwhitewolfXx]

I'm glad Death at a Funeral made the list at the end. Alan Tudyk is boss in that movie.

[tasteslikepaintnwood]

There's a song about Desperate lives. youtube search "hank green helen hunt" its kind of great

[Prinzmetal49]

So now the drugs are good, or at least not that bad :) These are mind controling and addictive substances, thus tuey can not be good or not bad. The addiction is what imprisons people, be it drugs, love, money or other things.

[ThexNaaru]

Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiih *Bang*

-> I love that part :p

[waitzsauce]

its good, but theyre all sooo gross

[averyellis]

Loved the topic. Would'a dug a faster pace and maybe two flicks each.

[Umenyiora922]

Urgh, I hope that wasn't a shot at Freaks and Geeks. That was one of the best series on Television.

[Zzyyxxyyxx]

Little known fact: Helen Hunt was still high on that same PCP hit throughout the ENTIRE run of Mad About You! And the Philip Michael Thomas section just sounded like my everyday life. Whats so strange about that?

[superraiden]

Well, those Angel Dust freakouts aren't 'over the top'. People on Angel Dust really DO do those things.

A man on Angel Dust scraped his own face off with glass and fed it to hit dogs. Now THATS worse.

[typeNtardis]

This is just my opinion, but I see Onion experimenting so much lately that they have totally stopped making the videos that made them a hit. I know A.V. Club is a spin off, but both this, and the main ONN videos have changed tone over the past few months. I don't know who their new audience is, but I'm starting to think I'm not in it.

[emnutkin]

Freaks and Geeks!

[TheChestnutBowl]

PCP freakouts are quite real... and very fun for sober folks like myself! As long as you maintain a safe area, messing with people on PCP can be a great way to pass time.

[OccamsView]

Get your own YouTube Channel, stay off The Onion.

[Ecci]

I was wondering where Trainspotting was, but there it is with a special mention at the end!

[KnuckleBallz]

AV Club is a non-satirical section of The Onion.

[supermanXL]

lol Hallen Hunt jumping out a window

[AndyAce63]

How do I unsubscribe to AV Club and keep my subscription to the Onion? AV Club sucks.

[Thrashaero]

@AndyAce63 hmmm...given every video has the title beginning with "AV Club Inventory", you could unsubscribe your brain from mindlessly clicking on the video acting like you expected a regular Onion video.

[NicosMind]

@AndyAce63 That ones easy. Whenever an AV club video comes up you dont click on it. Whenever an Onion vid comes up you click on that. The secret secret clue is in the title of the video. If you look very closely youll see that A.V. Club is hidden at the very start of the title. With training itll be the first thing that you read

[AndyAce63]

@NicosMind LOL - That's funny. Unlike A.V. Club, you have talent!

[septictank27]

Remember, the Dewy Cox show at 8pm right after your local news, and im no longer main lining PCP.

[doggod7756]

I love The Onion, but this A.V. thing is really boring. Try making it sarcastic at least or funny.

[Thrashaero]

@doggod7756 boo fucking hoo. don't watch the videos. not everything by the onion has to be absolutely hilarious.

[untouchblz]

(Intro) grumble grumble chat chat....... (face camera) ......Welcome to inventory, I'm weird.

[winterstellar]

I saw a movie from the 60's or very early 70's where a girl said something like: "I shouldn't have put so much speed in my acid" before she ended up in a mental hospital almost catatonic, hehe. The funniest freak-out was in "Up In Smoke" when Cheech tricked Chong into believing he had just swallowed "tons" of acid! : )

[gratex]

trainspotting lol

that baby crawling the ceiling scene pwns all of this shit

[taps13118]

I couldn't tell if this was real.

I love the onion.

[CreativeImbalances]

Okay, now I know they're intentionally leaving out examples so that people will comment on their site. Either that or they didn't want to go much further back than the late 1970's.

[13PHXnash13]

How can they not include friday? Chris tucker in a chicken coop was hilarious

[xsr740]

4:20 MR T CHIA PET!!

[yngvaibucketrucci]

if you dont believe that PCP is some fucked up shit then look up new years pcp man its the most fucked up interview ive ever seen, that shit is so funny

[GhostDistortion]

I remember watching desperate lives when I was a kid.

[aaronsande]

I want to bang that semi-hot AV chick. I love geeky chicks.

[combatarmsmaniac]

i hate the av club. this is so annoying

[rhangatotoby]

i hate av club.... just sayin

[zlxq3000]

I'm surprised that "Reefer Madness" didn't make it onto the list...

[westben2000]

they missed the "saved by the bell' when jesse was on caffeine pills

[quibb666]

SUPER TROOPERS IS THE BEST MOVIE EVER

[jussts]

You are freaking out... man.

[WavesOfTrolls]

is this even a parody?

[NicoTeen7]

@WavesOfTrolls no

[PhilippRB31]

0:07 breaking bad! FUCK YEAH !

[SouthernKudzu]

I did acid on a backpacking trip once and didn't flip out, but do remember the trees talking to me, the camp fire looked like a giant blooming rose, and the tent was full of broken glass and spider webs. Other than that I did get much from it.

[charlesvan13]

I think I saw that first movie.

I remember cracking up when that girl said "weee!!!" while driving off the cliff.

[AaronDArnold]

What's messed up is that they lock up someone that gets caught with a bag for years-but release murderers.

[charlesvan13]

@AaronDArnold

I don't know about you. But where I grew up they would lock up murderers and release people caught with a bag. They might even release you for growing it.

But that is the west coast.  States like Alabama or Georgia are probably different.

[AaronDArnold]

@charlesvan13 Tennessee-land of the asshole state troopers.

[ThisIsMyNamez]

AV CLUB FTW!

[madsketcher]

If you have the ability to read, there's no need to make a separate channel for the A.V. Club videos.

[madsketcher]

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!

[PsykoReaper926]

It's funny that marijuana is actually more safer than cigarettes and alchohol even though the latter two are legal.

[MoltenPlastic]

Weeeee....

[TheTNC420]

faygo. 

[JesusSatanAllah]

That actress from Freaks and Geeks, man is she hot

[TheRealChacho]

Never EVER stop making these shows.... I love them!

[Rick951]

Great, way to downplay the seriousness of PCP and the crap it is cut with. The movies might not be great, but PCP freakouts are quite real.

[keir193]

@Rick951 but the point isnt that pcp isn't that bad, its saying that those effects are overdone.

[Rick951]

@keir193 Ok, but all I saw in the first clip was Helen Hunt jumping out a window and cutting herself with broken glass, which are both quite within the range of what PCP can and has made people do. Then this reviewer essentially says that something like that wouldn't happen. As for the other movie, yes, the effects are overdone and hokey and the reviewer's statement after the first clip may have been edited into the video in an unfortunate place.

[TheUberKevlar]

@Rick951

Yeah, are they for real? Are they trying to tell us that drugs aren't really that bad for you after all. And if you don't do drugs your a square? That's real intelligent *use of sarcasm*.

[laputadetumadre11]

@TheUberKevlar no you moron. you missed the point.