Fun With Shorts: Shy Guy

[jldraw]

Dad: You know son the worst part about being a Shy Guy isn't all the dates and sock hops you miss out on. It's the fact that as you grow older you'll begin to encounter others who aim to take advantage of your situation. Mustachioed fellas in red jumpsuits carrying large turnips and radishes which they'll attempt to lob at your head and knock you offscreen.

That being said son my advice to you is to conform and join in with the crowd as soon as possible. Trust me one day you'll thank me!

[1Beaker2]

I should mail them my hair.

[bmomjian]

"This party's off the hook!" :-)

[Strannik01]

04:04 Jane Davenport is popular with boys and girls, eh?

[needles1987]

@Strannik01 She's bisexual.

[Strannik01]

@needles1987 Ladies and Gentlemen - the Obvious Joke Explainer!

[sillygrl23]

"Pick out the most popular boys and girls in school and spy on them, try to figure out why people like them." Hey that is not a bad idea........*five days later* ...nah, I don't think I am cut out to to be a dumb, vapid, egotistical whore. :(

[JustAPrayer]

Just follow the popular kids and dress like how the other kids do. That'll cure your shyness. Sure you'll get rid of your personality and indivituality, but...

[needles1987]

Dick was checking out Chick's ass at the lockers.

[needles1987]

"She's popular with boys and girls"

She's bisexual!

[HoratioYoify]

aww, he was so cute as a kid! :)

[TackyRackyComixNEO]

Did they seriously think that people who were shy were bad listeners? The least shy people I know don't listen to a single word ANYONE says!!

[TackyRackyComixNEO]

Oh, I thought this short would be about a minor Super Mario character.

[ngobleus]

Collection of MENUS? Come on!

[teejay2788]

hav u tryed wearin a sweater? lol xD

[blingblang1234]

So as a shy guy, you have to hope that your peers invite you to their social gatherings, where you might discover that you share similar interests with them.

That seems to be the message.

[anchorblazer]

Is this Jim Carrey?

[DrGregoryHouseIT]

Home, where Agnes Moorehead awaits to emasculate you!

[LunaEclipsed]

beezy? lol

"nice sweater, poser!"

"i'm gonna blow up the world"

[Newtwist75]

Endora take off that avoid me like the plague spell now!

Saaaaam!

[LucianDarkwynd]

Your commentary is really annoying.

[needles1987]

Dick York looks like George McFly.

[TackyRackyComixNEO]

@needles1987 Clearly, it's George McFly's father. Shyness must be hereditary.

[45gunner]

Ham Radio IS a Harsh Mistress!-LMAO!!!

[45gunner]

"I'll..make em ALL pay!"-the words of the future Texas Tower Sniper!-LOL!

[ShadesofScorpius]

"Weeeeeeelll the school aint gonna rampage itself..."

[Jacobitess]

As much fun as it is to mock these videos, I can't but applaud the attempt towards personal introspection tempered with consideration for others and good manners in debate. It's a pity that it wasn't carried out in a more credible manner.

[Velcory53]

I must admit, this particular video did actually look like it had something useful to say (for a change). Most of the others just tell you how to run your life with tips that are only good for an imaginary world though.

[tomservo56954]

@Jacobitess To make a long story short, all these "educational" films were meant to take the young people disrupted by World War II and instruct them in the old "proper" social patterns, while teaching then the requirements of the new era (conformity, consumption, Cold War).

[Lamnont]

Wow, don't think anybody at my school likes Industrial music.

[polyquaternium7]

This dude looks like Marty McFly from back to the future :P

[thriwren]

George Mcfly, not Marty or Marty Jr.

[DrGregoryHouseIT]

Apparently the title is shy too.

THESE are the popular kids??

Why won't anyone be friends with Durwood - I mean, Darren?

300 condoms, please!

[LittleRedMenace]

I guess in the 50s, people could wear sweaters with deer on them and be popular.

[JeffHayesOnline]

So you're a depressed, gangly loner who wears a suit & tie while soldering radio parts in the basement (unsuccessfully, it would seem), and furthermore you have Robert McNamara for a father... I can see how stalking your classmates will be the answer to all your problems...

Great job, keep em coming!

[sierra1nevada]

The kid is Dick York who played Darren on Bewitched. What an auspicious beginning!

[blugreen123]

"Did you cut one?!" HAHA

Did kids actually wear ties or suits to school back then? Is that guy named "Chick?" that's what it sounds like

[charlesalber]

He looks like George McFly!

[randy95023]

A pint of Wild Turkey helps with shyness...

[AAmed1980]

Didnt this gu go on to play darren in Bewitched?

[Kidcatdude]

this was so fuckin funny, subscribed.

[bruxbrux]

Eddie MacIntyre looks like Jimbo the psychopath from /Zombie Nightmare./

[Timewap]

Apparently the title is shy too. lol

[needles1987]

That Chick dude looks like Zack Morris from Saved By The Bell.

[Oppledeldoc]

Also a little like Bruce McCullough from Kids In The Hall.

[needles1987]

"You're on the outside looking in"

"Literally!"

[needles1987]

Jack Gilbert's the token black guy.

[insanedemonspaz]

Is it just me, or were their lockers really short?

[needles1987]

They were. You can't stuff nerds in there.

[OonaCanute]

When I was in high school, our lockers were about half that size.

[MissReige]

They're smaller than that at my school.

[needles1987]

Dick York kind of looks like Crispin Glover.

[splosson]

No wonder Holden had some problems.

[needles1987]

"There must be more to getting along with people than just wearing a sweater and listening."

"No, that's it from what I remember in high school."

[needles1987]

Did you cut one?

[Tareltonlives]

"Hey, it's the same party from Beginning to Date, and What Makes a Good Party, and Cindy Goes to a Party, and What About Drinking, and the Snob, and-"-And Prom It's a Please, and Dating Do's and Dont's, and Mr. B Natural, and Habit Patterns and....

[Tareltonlives]

You know, I used to be like that kid in high school before I learned these tips. Now I feel better about myself for not being like ANY of these dorks.

[needles1987]

"Hearing about Helen's collection of menus and liking it. That makes her kingpin with Helen"

"These are the popular kids?"

[carolkath]

does anyone have any idea what that "collection of menus" was all about? is that some sort of slang or something i'm not familiar with? does she eat a lot of take-out? i wonder what else she steals from restaurants...

[MPizzal]

Its a term that means meth lab.  Notice collection begins with a c, like crystal, and menus begins with an m, like meth.

[Megatenist]

Wow....Darwood was a spaz even before he met Samatha

[needles1987]

Take your uncle Arthur!

[FEnM]

sparticusjoe said: "[RiffTrax] already did 'Visit to Santa', which Josh here did first..."

And I think Cinematic Titanic is going to do "Wasp Woman".

[AgentTwiggy]

I don't know, I've always preferred the directors' cut where the Shy Guy builds an army of radio robots and uses them to destroy the school and everyone in it. :D

[needles1987]

It's my aunt Lorraine's sweater.

[withoutasong]

my prescription steak sauce. lol

[annearky]

ham radio is a harsh mistress...

[sparticusjoe]

Josh rules. Still.

[Ninjamuffin13]

Wow, that kid is invisible.

Like, to a ridiculous degree. He could probably swipe all the chalkboard erasers in the school DURING class and not get caught.

[Futuramaooy]

I'm view 666.

On the topic of the video, really funny stuff, now how soon till Rifftrax does this? :P

[sparticusjoe]

They already did 'Visit to Santa', which Josh here did first...

[reddyredd]

"Wait, was that a dream or is this?"

LOL, Josh, LOL.

[pezdrake]

"collection of menus"?!

[needles1987]

"These are the popular kids?"

[shadowplayer1980]

It just occured to me: No one's made any mention of this short and the Shy Guy enemies from the Mario games.

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Guess it's just me.

[FEnM]

3:53-Oh, my God, I just got RickRolld! Oh, wait...

What with the moose sweaters? Are they big _Due South_ or _Invader Zim_ fans?

[Steeple333]

Underlining message? CONFOOOOORM. Oh, and staring is A-OK!

Is it me, or did Chick (Chick??) push Dick at 5:20? =/

[OonaCanute]

Haha Dick Sargent is a tool!

[shadowplayer1980]

Am I the only one who got a Single White Female vibe between Dick York and that Chick dude? Hey, I made a funny; Chick, dude. Chick Dude!

[barryjc15]

"Dick Sargent is a tool!"

[alwrig]

Hey, give Coronet Films a break. Using the same party for their films is due to budget constraints. I mean, really, it's not like these shorts bring in much revenue and it's like pulling teeth trying to attract potential investors...

[hydrophone]

"Like us, get it!"

"They're just using you, Phil!"

"With RCA record players!"

"Of course, none of this can prepare you for working with Paul Lynde.

Those sweaters look ridiculous.

[hydrophone]

God forbid he be different!

Ah, where is Holden Caulfield when you need him?

Haha! "These are the popular kids?"

Cherry coke, CHOCOLATE coke?

"Finally, my prescription steak sauce!"

Every time they call that dude "Chick" I feel weird.

"HAM RADIO IS A HARSH MISTRESS." "ELECTRIC SWEATER." togotg

GO STAG. haha

[heisanevilgenius]

Nice UHF reference. Wow, this movie gives some horrible advice. If you want to make friends, dress like everyone else and spy on the popular kids.

[TANTAREANU]

"shy guy" or "charles manson the begining" you be the judge :)

[doggans]

The Stanley Spadowski reference made my day.

[KDANTEATER]

Shy? Or just stupid?

[aceyfan]

"an early prototype of the Kid n Play haircut"

[DarkMario2]

Alot of these shorts seem to include parties.

Also, "Nice sweater, poser."

[Tareltonlives]

Really BORING parties!