This is the simple story of one man's enduring passion.

March 3, 2016 9:44 PM

The Maker
posted by unliteral (16 comments total)

Goes well with The Timmy Brothers.
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 10:02 PM on March 3, 2016

I rolled my eyes at the heavy-handed satire but I admit 00:45 where he pulls off his red plaid jacket to reveal- another red plaid shirt did make me laugh.
posted by Wretch729 at 10:14 PM on March 3, 2016 [1 favorite]

I skipped this when I first encountered it, because I was worried it was serious.
posted by migurski at 10:32 PM on March 3, 2016

What, no Dualit? Get out of here.
posted by rhizome at 11:40 PM on March 3, 2016

There's something making my eyes water up....

is that smoke?...oh shit, I forgot my toast is burning, BRB!!
posted by Slarty Bartfast at 12:30 AM on March 4, 2016

Obligatory Heywood Banks.
posted by qbject at 1:47 AM on March 4, 2016

That was exactly right.
posted by From Bklyn at 2:53 AM on March 4, 2016 [1 favorite]

That was very well done.
posted by Dip Flash at 4:35 AM on March 4, 2016

Did you see the bread he's using!?
That fucker doesn't know shit about toast.
Goddamn.
posted by crazylegs at 5:58 AM on March 4, 2016 [3 favorites]

This video is the best argument against Universal Basic Income that I have ever seen.

I'm still in favor for humanitarian reasons, but man, there will be some ugly side effects.
posted by officer_fred at 8:12 AM on March 4, 2016

I dunno, maybe enough with this shit? We get it. The artisanal movement is overly precious, etc. etc. But I'm seeing more parodies than real examples now. We're reaching "The Times Is On It" levels here. Maybe if the the most important thing in your purview to parody is this stuff, you need to look around more.
posted by gwint at 8:22 AM on March 4, 2016

I think the shark has been jumped. I'm going to call this punching sideways as satire.
posted by Pembquist at 9:11 AM on March 4, 2016

There really should be more awareness about the lure of professional bowling circuits and how they're breaking up families.

* thinks about a dusty 12-lb with a few scratches sitting under his bed *
posted by numaner at 10:16 AM on March 4, 2016

We're reaching "The Times Is On It" levels here

Absolutely, and the lack of a good toaster and presence of supermarket bread tells me these ppl aren't "maker" enough to do a true parody. It doesn't display anything more than beards and a sense of the language, but this could have been so much more insufferable.

Has anybody done a parody of filmmakers who create "My name is X...and I'm a Y" mini-documentaries like these?
posted by rhizome at 11:17 AM on March 4, 2016

I thought this was the go-to artisinal parody video.
posted by Dr. Send at 12:30 PM on March 4, 2016

Pretty much if there isn't boots crunching on snow and a dude chopping his own wood to start a fire (for actual toasted fucking bread) it isn't maker enough.
the plaid jacket to plaid shirt was pretty good tho.
posted by OHenryPacey at 7:57 PM on March 4, 2016