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  • Опубликовано: 27 янв 2022
  • He's a cowboy and a pumpkin!
    music by the incredible Jonah Scott: / altogetherband & thealtogether.bandcamp.com/
    camera/puppeting help from Karen Han: / karenyhan
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Комментарии • 5 тыс.

  • @Beastw1ck
    @Beastw1ck 2 года назад +3827

    Rhyming "grouchy" with "ouchie". BDG is at the top of his game.

    • @Fudcrup
      @Fudcrup 2 года назад +3

      I think he didn't write this

    • @recitationtohear
      @recitationtohear 2 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/tvRRvxl0UZE/видео.html
      Yes fax...

    • @AerialFrameworks
      @AerialFrameworks 2 года назад +20

      Meouchie

    • @smost15
      @smost15 2 года назад +11

      I think @@AerialFrameworks is right, it's MEOWCHIE

    • @mirmalchik
      @mirmalchik 2 года назад +1

      so freakin cute

  • @Ani
    @Ani 2 года назад +2657

    "all he wanted was to cause pain" getting real kevin punt vibes from this cowboy cat character

    • @greason
      @greason 2 года назад +6

      Agreed

    • @smallbar2012
      @smallbar2012 2 года назад +61

      Came here to comment this and couldn't agree more. Clearly the cow-with-child is a metaphor for Terry, who in a way was pregnant with battle possibility that was never able to spring forth.

    • @admicos
      @admicos 2 года назад +48

      in this video, brian is pulling a "Bookman's Bluff", where cowboy cat is a metaphor for kevin punt

    • @26mic
      @26mic 2 года назад

      I make entertaining vids as wel dawg

    • @axelamazzal3497
      @axelamazzal3497 2 года назад +16

      @@smallbar2012 'pregnant with battle possibility' is how I'm gonna announce my future wife once we get a baby, thank you for this

  • @rangordall8771
    @rangordall8771 2 года назад +3372

    one of the saddest parts of this is that Pumpkin Cowboy never got to meet the calf he sacrificed so much for

    • @azizabrown
      @azizabrown Год назад +99

      Shut up I didn’t realise that 😭😭

    • @dreadpersephone
      @dreadpersephone Год назад +191

      legacy is planting a garden you never get to see

    • @rangordall8771
      @rangordall8771 Год назад +9

      amogus pfp

    • @rylandtaylor2856
      @rylandtaylor2856 Год назад +25

      @@dreadpersephone he wrote some notes at the beginning of a song someone will sing for him. America, you great unfinished symphony, you sent for him.

    • @tristangraham706
      @tristangraham706 Год назад +7

      A true hero needs no recognition 😢

  • @FleurMarigold
    @FleurMarigold 2 года назад +5791

    this has deeply affected me. something inside of me has changed. pumpkin cowboy was so committed to nonviolence, but he was put in a situation where he had no choice but to employ it to protect the ones he loved. what must that do to a poor pumpkin's heart? and even then, he couldn't stay with those he wanted to protect - he couldn't stand to remain on such sullied ground where this tragedy occured. the isolation, the loss of self, the uprooting of his peaceful, contented lifestyle... sure, you can be a hero in the eyes of the townsfolk. but how do you cope with being a monster in your own?

    • @dylanbksp
      @dylanbksp 2 года назад +312

      In the end, Cowboy Cat would have won if he died or not. If he didn't die, Cow would have died. If he did die, Pumpkin Cowboy would have to deal with the consequences of commiting murder. No matter the outcome, life or death, Cowboy Cat would have always achieved his goal. He inflicted pain, either on Cow or Pumpkin Cowboy, pain all the same.

    • @auzieten
      @auzieten 2 года назад +41

      The pumpkin had a hat on. Pumpkins don't wear hats.

    • @noizepusher7594
      @noizepusher7594 2 года назад +199

      Also when he started wandering, he didn’t take his horse. Unlike many other coy boys PC treated his horse as not just as an object for transportation but as an equal. And he didn’t want to punish it by taking it away from home for his mistakes

    • @sugarqbs
      @sugarqbs 2 года назад +40

      therapy? i think the answer is therapy

    • @seven471
      @seven471 2 года назад +4

      Exactly.

  • @jackfogmog
    @jackfogmog 2 года назад +3032

    "His smile wide with a kerchief tied around his neck/waist" is my favorite line

    • @Meromorphic
      @Meromorphic 2 года назад +21

      Went looking for this. Lmao

    • @kevinroyaljohnson4967
      @kevinroyaljohnson4967 2 года назад +99

      Also that it is rhymed with "post-haste"

    • @jospinner1183
      @jospinner1183 2 года назад +24

      @@kevinroyaljohnson4967 An all-around triumph of lyricism.

    • @kitkatgal37
      @kitkatgal37 2 года назад +23

      I showed this video to my parents (because my dad loves westerns and once told me he thought it was a shame that TV shows don't have theme songs anymore, so I thought he might like this at least a little), and this was also my mom's favorite line.

    • @diddykongdontyoumeandonkeykong
      @diddykongdontyoumeandonkeykong 2 года назад +4

      0:42...0

  • @DPadGamer
    @DPadGamer 2 года назад +17110

    I can't help but wonder if this all spawned from BDG wandering around a thrift store and stumbling across a particularly odd looking pumpkin toy. Great video.

    • @SaddestClown
      @SaddestClown 2 года назад +501

      guranteed. that has to be the origin story.

    • @Chkprofilename
      @Chkprofilename 2 года назад +25

      ruclips.net/video/tvRRvxl0UZE/видео.html
      Yes fax..

    • @startracings
      @startracings 2 года назад +570

      According to twitter, it's Karen's find actually! But yes now he's a star.

    • @sapphic_sophie
      @sapphic_sophie 2 года назад +164

      Exactly. Reminds me of being a kid and making up stories with my siblings about my family’s weird Christmas ornaments.

    • @paultaylor6873
      @paultaylor6873 2 года назад +26

      Oh it absolutely was

  • @Ryan50Ryan
    @Ryan50Ryan 2 года назад +2631

    I love the patron's names.
    "An Overwhelming Surplus of Diggity"
    "The Bonetrousler"
    "Bees"

    • @helloiamenergyman
      @helloiamenergyman 2 года назад +70

      DarthJarJarTheWise

    • @slimes3120
      @slimes3120 2 года назад +26

      slime man

    • @iker2333
      @iker2333 2 года назад +52

      Bdg finally got bees from the "this is not a metaphor" video

    • @Bobberation
      @Bobberation 2 года назад +33

      I'm a fan of "Phlemily has BDE (Big Dwarf Energy)" and the fact that father of genetics Gregor Mendel is a patron.

    • @benjaminepstein5856
      @benjaminepstein5856 2 года назад +7

      I am currently eating spaghetti

  • @dylansickinger545
    @dylansickinger545 2 года назад +1989

    I really like the line “he’d let him take his hat.” Not just because it’s funny, but because that’s not a very significant thing to offer someone, so when he suggests that, along with the hand movements it shows that this is truly an act of panicked desperation.

    • @StrykerMagnum
      @StrykerMagnum 2 года назад +149

      You have a strong eye; small things like that, which might go completely unnoticed consciously, go a long way to expressing a complete and believable narrative or character. Even if that character is a weird thrift store decoration.
      Continue to train that discerning eye of yours- if you apply what you see to your own creative works, you'll have some very strong foundations to work with!

    • @dylansickinger545
      @dylansickinger545 2 года назад +119

      @@StrykerMagnum Thank you, and also, this sounds like a character at the beginning of a video game, telling the player that they’ve got skill and might be able to be the best one day or something.

    • @potato_the_pig5757
      @potato_the_pig5757 2 года назад +154

      Typically, the hat is a mark of pride and honor for a cowboy, if I recall correctly. So the fact that he was willing to give up something so significant showed how much he cared.

    • @cursedGalataea
      @cursedGalataea 2 года назад +9

      @@potato_the_pig5757 yes, this

    • @baxkill
      @baxkill Год назад +4

      @@dylansickinger545 He just Megaman X Zeroed you

  • @Ani
    @Ani 2 года назад +10834

    brian i expected this to be a funny bit and go on for a minute how did you write goddamn "pumpkin cowboy" into a compelling 5 minute song

    • @AxxLAfriku
      @AxxLAfriku 2 года назад +8

      go to schol becase teecher says go to schol? am i circus animel or what? i make yt videes becase thats my dreem. liv my dreem is what i do. thats what i do. hopefooly the videes are good for you deer ani

    • @ophiuchus_kin
      @ophiuchus_kin 2 года назад +93

      He didn't, this is actually an epic poem to a true legend

    • @andrewtierney1218
      @andrewtierney1218 2 года назад +136

      Me at 2 minutes in: “wow I can’t believe this goes on for 3 more minutes”
      Me at 5 minutes in: what? No! It can’t be over so soon!

    • @26mic
      @26mic 2 года назад +1

      I make entertaining vids as wel

    • @noimnotgoingtoenteraname
      @noimnotgoingtoenteraname 2 года назад +5

      This is the only verified commenter I trust comments from

  • @maxberry7908
    @maxberry7908 2 года назад +4742

    The brand he's developed is so incomprehensible yet singularly his. An icon

    • @t.s9021
      @t.s9021 2 года назад +251

      Clearly, it's because he used a Brandity brand cocoon

    • @screamsformemes
      @screamsformemes 2 года назад +6

      @@t.s9021 ADSJKFH SCREAMIN

    • @screamsformemes
      @screamsformemes 2 года назад +5

      Yeah he inspires me a lot in this way

    • @grubgobbler3917
      @grubgobbler3917 2 года назад +52

      "HI, I'm Hugh Brandity."

    • @donatj
      @donatj 2 года назад +25

      I heard he prefers ice cream sandy’s on a hot cruise

  • @jeremytewari3346
    @jeremytewari3346 2 года назад +1909

    A completely unironic and in-depth analysis of this tragedy:
    What makes this song so unbelievably sad is that Pumpkin Cowboy isn’t just sad he accidentally killed someone. We can tell Pumpkin Cowboy isn’t doing completely alright, he doesn’t live in town, he’s basically alone in the world besides his cattle. The WANTED poster isn’t just a cute gag, people genuinely want to be his friend but he avoids them, and he “much prefers the silence.” Furthermore, his hatred of violence indicates he’s had some sort of bad past with it. My theory is this: Pumpkin Cowboy was once upon a time an outlaw (this is implied by his lassoing and riding skills, the speed at which he can run, etc) but he managed to move on and improve through his discovered love of herding. He despises violence because he never wants to go back to how he was. And he sees his old self in Cowboy Cat.
    Now Cowboy Cat initially comes off as his polar opposite, however as we have covered, Pumpkin Cowboy was likely very similar to him once upon a time. Cat Cowboy is a psychologically damaged individual, considering that he refuses a massive stretch of land and a fancy hat just to cause pain indicates he cares not for material possessions (he probably steals purses for pure sadism). My guess is some sort of trauma, though I don’t have any evidence for this, this type of psychopathy generally is the result of abuse or PTSD. Though I think Pumpkin was an outlaw, I doubt he did it for such sadistic reasons as Cat, which is why Pumpkin has moved on with his life while Cat has not. It’s very likely he never would have. But Pumpkin probably didn’t believe that. And that’s why he’s so heartbroken that he killed Cat. Because Cat will never get the chance to redeem himself now, he has been robbed of any chance at abandoning his outlaw ways and doing any good for others. Pumpkin killed what he once was, and he thinks “What if that had been me?” And that’s why he leaves. People come to celebrate him, but to Pumpkin, what he did is nothing worth celebrating, even if it was an accident.
    Pumpkin’s fate is left ambiguous, but I don’t think he killed himself, as some have theorized. Life is precious to him, and he likely would attempt to atone for Cat’s death in some way. Beautifully told story, you can watch it as a very black-and-white good vs. evil, but I think it’s quite a bit more complex than that. I hope Brian does more stuff like this.

    • @kaitlynphillips7283
      @kaitlynphillips7283 Год назад +122

      This is the greatest essay I have ever read

    • @Knightgob
      @Knightgob Год назад +65

      I have found the best comment on this site

    • @scrundle8489
      @scrundle8489 Год назад +60

      Maybe Pumpkin and Cat were compatriots at one point in time and had both experienced something genuinely terrifying? It would make sense why they would be so similar and why Cat would very specifically target Pumpkin in this situation. Don't exactly believe you're right on the purse stealing being out of pure sadism as Cat clearly relies on thievery in order to survive, but more likely the attempted murder of the cow was some form of revenge for something Pumpkin did.

    • @walrusman151
      @walrusman151 Год назад +8

      Thank you, this is just what I like to see on youtube

    • @Yoarashi
      @Yoarashi Год назад +52

      A completely unironic response: This is otherwise a very compelling and convincing analysis of Pumpkin and Cat's implied backstories, but falls apart entirely in the middle where you've failed to do your homework with regards to the psychological aspects of it. Psychopathy of any "kind" is "generally" a result of a complex mix of genetic and environmental factors, and not even remotely a "result" of PTSD. It's true that childhood neglect, e.g. a type of abuse, has been tied to psychopathy as one of many factors influencing the development of a person's empathy or lack thereof. However, saying that psychopathy, "generally" or otherwise, is the result of PTSD is like saying cake generally is the result of croissants; they often share key ingredients, but that's about it. Furthermore, you use several terms essentially interchangeably when they really are not. Being an abuse survivor (childhood or otherwise) and having PTSD are not the same thing; not every abuse survivor develops PTSD, and not everyone with PTSD has been abused. Similarly, psychopathy and sadism are not the same thing; one can have one without the other. Pumpkin would hang his head in despair at seeing his life's story used to back up unscientific claims like this; based on your analysis, he, of all people, would know well that people with mental illness and PTSD in particular face enough stigma as it is.

  • @matah4295
    @matah4295 2 года назад +5394

    I didn't click on this for several days because it looked so silly
    I regret having lived without this tale for so long. Pumpkin Cowboy's legend shall live on in my weeping heart.
    *tips hat*

    • @heck3933
      @heck3933 2 года назад +73

      i can affirm this sentiment

    • @carljones4179
      @carljones4179 2 года назад +81

      Very mature of you to acknowledge your mistake, we forgive you

    • @azizabrown
      @azizabrown 2 года назад +36

      Me too, I’ve now listened to itinerary repeat nightly for the last 10 or so days

    • @idontneedaname318
      @idontneedaname318 2 года назад +7

      Same

    • @jellyjamjello
      @jellyjamjello 2 года назад +8

      im not ready for what i just experienced

  • @quietsamurai1998
    @quietsamurai1998 2 года назад +8590

    Puppets, hurdy gurdies, rollerblading, music, hair styling, darts, cooking, DIY fashion, self employment... BDG is a true Renaissance man!

    • @ChuckD99
      @ChuckD99 2 года назад +19

      @peace stahp

    • @miamackenzie9946
      @miamackenzie9946 2 года назад +65

      He’s the true pioneer of being your own boss

    • @slabofbeef8065
      @slabofbeef8065 2 года назад +43

      you know the renaissance men are coming to town soon

    • @caligena
      @caligena 2 года назад +42

      Don't forget as well adapting a number of Abba songs into Halloween villain themes

    • @JasonGulbin
      @JasonGulbin 2 года назад +11

      @mr nobody I reported all of your spam lmao

  • @rebekahdykema9322
    @rebekahdykema9322 2 года назад +4519

    Moral of the story, don't let Brian into antique stores...
    Or rather give him a gift card and see what happens

    • @XhanAnimations
      @XhanAnimations 2 года назад +53

      Sponsor money - Thrift store Edition

    • @recitationtohear
      @recitationtohear 2 года назад +2

      ruclips.net/video/tvRRvxl0UZE/видео.html
      Yes fax...

    • @verslang
      @verslang 2 года назад +5

      antique stores sell gift cards?

    • @Mailodi47
      @Mailodi47 Год назад +5

      You spelled always wrong

  • @alanbecker
    @alanbecker 2 года назад +3387

    this is so freaking catchy... how does everything rhyme with everything

    • @missseaweed2462
      @missseaweed2462 2 года назад +31

      The fandoms have collided.

    • @Meromorphic
      @Meromorphic 2 года назад +60

      Because they are the same word

    • @mythicalexplorer7846
      @mythicalexplorer7846 2 года назад +16

      Holy shit hi alan becker, love your stuff.

    • @Megakell0
      @Megakell0 2 года назад +8

      Next Alan Becker video is Animation and pumpkin cowboy confirmed

    • @idontneedaname318
      @idontneedaname318 2 года назад +13

      Just really good lyric writing. Honestly it's not too hard to write rhyming verse but maintaining a good rhythm is HARD

  • @JustAnotherDingus
    @JustAnotherDingus 2 года назад +681

    Half of me wants to believe that Brian and Karen found this guy in a thrift store and knew this was his destiny. The other half knows he made it purely for the “gourd-geous” pun.

    • @Shonen_Hero
      @Shonen_Hero 2 года назад +71

      Apparently Karen found him at a flea market, so you actually aren't far off

    • @JustAnotherDingus
      @JustAnotherDingus 2 года назад +13

      @@Shonen_Hero Really? Wow, I feel slightly smart.

  • @StoutCorvus
    @StoutCorvus 2 года назад +993

    A song about a true hero. A pacifist, a lover of life and earth, who in his shame exiled himself. For he did not want to hear the cheers from the townsfolk over a senseless death, even for one as malicious as Cowboy Cat. Cowboy Pumpkin may never know true peace again, and although he lives, he sacrificed everything.

    • @screamsformemes
      @screamsformemes 2 года назад +35

      *sniffles* that was beautiful

    • @afeatherinthewind
      @afeatherinthewind 2 года назад +12

      Pumkin Cowboy lore is my favorite

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 2 года назад +8

      But the townsfolk guaranteed a better life for Cowboy Pumpkin's cows. It's the least they could do for the memory of their savior.

  • @TundraWolfe
    @TundraWolfe 2 года назад +2679

    This has massive "Hey, look at this weird thing I found at a flea market" energy.
    I am here for it.

    • @Chkprofilename
      @Chkprofilename 2 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/tvRRvxl0UZE/видео.html
      Yes fax..

    • @custodeon
      @custodeon 2 года назад +24

      Matt Rose "LOOK WHAT I BOUGHT" energy

    • @EGRJ
      @EGRJ 2 года назад +37

      And it's technically tax deductible!

    • @gochadc
      @gochadc 2 года назад +6

      just thought of the same and posted a comment about it, then I scrolled down and saw that I was no the first one to had that same feeling.

    • @gitsurfer27
      @gitsurfer27 2 года назад +13

      He saw the pumpkin, and then the cat and thought "ow they ain't ready for this one" XD

  • @sageeden7274
    @sageeden7274 2 года назад +1662

    The line "Cat and Pumpkin, Flesh and Blade" went so hard and BDG had no right to be this good at story-building, song-writing, singing, and comedy all at the same time.

    • @cliponbowties4799
      @cliponbowties4799 9 месяцев назад +4

      I always heard it as "Cow met pumpkin flesh met blade!"

  • @foudroyantly
    @foudroyantly Год назад +727

    just came back to let you know my older sister showed this to her 4th/5th grade students and now “pumpkin cowboy!!!” is a call and response she uses with her students

  • @-ZH
    @-ZH 2 года назад +862

    Let’s see if this descends into horror.
    Edit: Ah, a tragedy.

    • @naughtymelon6712
      @naughtymelon6712 2 года назад +6

      I’m just waiting for it...

    • @peeearl
      @peeearl 2 года назад +12

      It did not! What a wonder

    • @goofiestgal
      @goofiestgal 2 года назад +12

      such a bittersweet ending, what a tearjerker

    • @dynawesome
      @dynawesome 2 года назад

      I was thinking the same thing, what a shock

  • @soulhelper7027
    @soulhelper7027 2 года назад +753

    BDG has freedom to do whatever he wants, and that's terrifying seeing what he did here

    • @anilmehta4714
      @anilmehta4714 2 года назад +18

      I think you mean "Inspiring"

    • @elibright1
      @elibright1 2 года назад +9

      It's so cool you can just never know what he's gonna release next

    • @sarahwatts7152
      @sarahwatts7152 2 года назад +2

      @@elibright1 So true! Though I couldn't get through the horror genre one. Repetition like that was so creepy!

  • @StonetheDestroyer42
    @StonetheDestroyer42 Год назад +128

    We were telling our 4-year-old it was dangerous to play with knives because she tried to cut her own apple. She asked, "Like the cat?" And after some discussion of what happened to the Cat Cowboy, she demanded to see "the movie." So you're going to have to produce a much longer production, I think.

  • @GbBusterBoom
    @GbBusterBoom 2 года назад +456

    Why is no one talking about the “JUST TO INFLICT PAIN” line? Like wft! That cat was SERIOUS.

    • @Gnomester2
      @Gnomester2 Год назад +36

      Truly a kevin punt moment

    • @bennyboy3903
      @bennyboy3903 Год назад +4

      @@Gnomester2 does that make BDG Pumpkin Cowboy and Terry represented by the cow?

    • @tangsolaris9533
      @tangsolaris9533 Год назад +3

      Kevin Punt is actually a metaphor for Cowboy Cat

  • @Drewgystew
    @Drewgystew 2 года назад +1552

    This is the respect and reverence that all thrift store door hangers deserve.

    • @merlinmeurer5339
      @merlinmeurer5339 2 года назад +16

      The respect Pumpkin Cowboy deserves.

    • @recitationtohear
      @recitationtohear 2 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/tvRRvxl0UZE/видео.html
      Yes fax...

  • @rivereee
    @rivereee 2 года назад +4222

    I'm going to need a sing-along version with a bouncing pumpkin immediately, Brian

  • @bijesus9604
    @bijesus9604 2 года назад +275

    "And the knife fell to the arid ground. And the scoundrel stood. Then swayed" Why did a line from a video about a god damned pumpkin cowboy give me chills.

    • @wahoo2
      @wahoo2 Год назад +3

      :) same here,, I'm like 90% sure its a reference to the lord of lightning vs. balrog by kglw, where they adopt the same tone and mention much the same words after a great battle has happened

  • @fredrikhogbom1854
    @fredrikhogbom1854 2 года назад +919

    I've got a 1,5yo daughter at home. I listened to this once or twice in her presence when it released. Now, about a week later. I've listened to it probably a thousand times and whenever my daughter makes a little dance and points angrily to my phone. I play it once more.

    • @rarecromALT
      @rarecromALT 2 года назад +8

      :D

    • @idontneedaname318
      @idontneedaname318 Год назад +31

      Oh OOF at the very least it's not a bad video for your 1 yr old daughter to get attached to

    • @friday13thirteen
      @friday13thirteen Год назад +59

      the fact that almost every bdg music video has a similar top comment about somebody's baby being obsessed with it suggests he's some sort of modern day internet pied piper, a chilling conclusion frankly

    • @skys0uls
      @skys0uls Год назад +4

      Considering how much this song initially reminded me of vhs' I would watch as a kid on repeat especially for One Song I'm glad to see the new generation has an equivalent.

  • @ghospeas9625
    @ghospeas9625 2 года назад +909

    The pumpkin crying for the cat was probably the best character development I've seen in a vegetable.

    • @zacharymorris3775
      @zacharymorris3775 2 года назад +147

      It's not character development. Pumpkin cowboy was already at this point since the beginning of the story: he despises violence and tried to plead with the cat at first. He just regretted that the cat ended up dying

    • @austinbeale2054
      @austinbeale2054 2 года назад +56

      @@zacharymorris3775 He is also a fruit

    • @christendrake2823
      @christendrake2823 2 года назад +23

      @@austinbeale2054 I absolutely love this entire comment series

    • @WaberBlobble
      @WaberBlobble 2 года назад +16

      I agree, but also clearly you've never seen Veggie Tales my legume-inclined friend.

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 2 года назад +32

      @@zacharymorris3775 The way I interpret it, this was also Pumpkin Cowboy's motive to leave the town behind. He felt that, by killing a fellow cowboy, he had failed in his moral obligation to defend everyone. That's the internal conflict; despite being the town's hero, Pumpkin Cowboy has this weight on his conscience, and he believes that the townsfolk, as well as his beloved cows, deserve better.

  • @acorn4084
    @acorn4084 2 года назад +818

    single-handedly carrying the music industry of this day and age

    • @goofiestgal
      @goofiestgal 2 года назад +5

      of course. this is brain david gilbert we are speaking about

  • @jacklandismusic
    @jacklandismusic 2 года назад +529

    This is my favorite type of parody. It’s funny and off beat, but it’s still far more authentic to old time country western music than it needs to be. It’s a good joke, and a good song. Well done, Brian.

    • @diamondpython8034
      @diamondpython8034 2 года назад +62

      Parodies are often best when they show a genuine love for the thing they’re parodying.

    • @floridaflamingogirl3119
      @floridaflamingogirl3119 Год назад +7

      @@diamondpython8034 Weird Al’s style parodies like Dare to Be Stupid succeed at this so well

    • @artistwithouttalent
      @artistwithouttalent 6 месяцев назад

      What I find wild about this is that it manages to feel more authentic than most modern country while also being about a cowboy that is also a pumpkin.

  • @VioletTheGeek
    @VioletTheGeek 2 года назад +199

    The puppetry during the line "as he'll lasso them post-haste" is low-key brilliant.

  • @blueacolyte3353
    @blueacolyte3353 2 года назад +2596

    I thought at first that Pumpkin Cowboy was merely a joke, but I halted everything to finish his tale. Inspiring work.

  • @alexalvarez8863
    @alexalvarez8863 2 года назад +1388

    I just love that this starts as a funny little pumpkin cowboy songs, and transforms into this tragedy about how the Pumpkin Cowboy, who hates violence and just wanted friends, ended up a murderer thus destroying his moral core. He didn’t want to celebrate or even see his cows or horse, he just needed to leave and clear his head and deal with his guilt over the death of Cowboy Cat. Funny and cute on the top but with a strangely emotional and tragic core; truly a masterpiece

    • @afeatherinthewind
      @afeatherinthewind 2 года назад +63

      For these reasons, I hope this is the only remaining piece of media that survives the apocalypse. Somebody record this thing on a VHS or something, it just feels right.

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 2 года назад +27

      It's amazing how such a brilliant tale could be made as just sort of a joke. Besides the absurdity of the anthropomorphized pumpkin, this could easily have been a classic campfire song that everyone reveres.

    • @recitationtohear
      @recitationtohear 2 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/tvRRvxl0UZE/видео.html
      Yes fax...

    • @muchochucho9778
      @muchochucho9778 2 года назад +7

      Murderer feels a bit disingenuous in this case, I think if we really take the time to take a look at the guilt Pumpkin Cowboy feels despite most definitely being the defender in this situation it could be very eye opening. Every year pumpkins that are potential cowboys are slaughtered needlessly. This is an example of the harsh injustices those gourds endure to keep themselves and the name of their kind from being marred in bloodshed. I hope Pumpkin Cowboy can find peace.

  • @Sompursone
    @Sompursone 2 года назад +217

    I misheard "was just to inflict pain" as "was just to end this pain" on my first couple listens of this song, and I'm really into this "Cowboy Cat has Depression and is just lashing out" headcanon.

    • @lilr6199
      @lilr6199 Год назад +27

      Cowboy Cat lost his way in life a long time ago. After so much isolation and bitter grief he turned to self destruction and the destruction of his community too. Even now that he’s dead, his painful legacy lives on. Cowboy Pumpkin is fated to walk the same path. Self imposed exile shall begin a new chapter in Cowboy Pumpkin’s life, and it won’t be a rootin tootin good time.

    • @egon3705
      @egon3705 Год назад +3

      @@lilr6199 this will surely be *SOMETHING TERRIBLE*

  • @kingpatrick1265
    @kingpatrick1265 2 года назад +377

    This is unironically one of the best country songs to come out in my recent memory. But what else could I expect from the legendary BDG

  • @matthewpettyjohn8532
    @matthewpettyjohn8532 2 года назад +3952

    I like that everyone thinks this was dreamed up by Brian exploring a thrift store. I choose to think this is what Brian had always wanted to do. This is what his career has always been leading towards.

    • @bat7696
      @bat7696 2 года назад +77

      His Magnum Opus

    • @KratonWolf
      @KratonWolf 2 года назад +71

      @@bat7696 I thought that would be when he finally gets to play the part of Luigi/Waluigi in the inevitable Waluigi film.

    • @bat7696
      @bat7696 2 года назад +17

      @@KratonWolf of course! How foolish I've been!

    • @ilonachan
      @ilonachan 2 года назад +6

      @@KratonWolf true but still a close second

    • @eliburry-schnepp6012
      @eliburry-schnepp6012 2 года назад +7

      At was actually Karen exploring a flea market

  • @akex519
    @akex519 2 года назад +1490

    it’s scary how well bdg fits into pretty much every musical genre he attempts

    • @Josuh
      @Josuh 2 года назад +15

      @mr nobody i missed joe mama in bed 😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎

    • @saltyjade8580
      @saltyjade8580 2 года назад +8

      Brian is music himself

    • @iMasterchris
      @iMasterchris 2 года назад +9

      Check the description, he had a collaborator this time and the combination of the two of them is great

    • @previllion5355
      @previllion5355 2 года назад +21

      @@iMasterchris BDG and Jonah Scott have a band, The Altogether. They have a few albums and their music is really good!

    • @26mic
      @26mic 2 года назад

      I make entertaining vids as wel my brother

  • @mickeysadvocate3911
    @mickeysadvocate3911 2 года назад +113

    Obviously the song is awesome, but the moment that truly sells it and tells me that Brian completely understands the genre he is writing, is “who liked to PLAY with knives” Just perfect.

  • @jessical4866
    @jessical4866 2 года назад +225

    This awakens a need for a BDG sea shanty that I didn’t know I had.

    • @HighLordComedian
      @HighLordComedian 2 года назад +18

      SOS from AHHba

    • @bugdracula1662
      @bugdracula1662 Год назад +6

      He did a podcast called Let’s make a music and they made a song called shan’t he shanty

  • @iidentity5380
    @iidentity5380 2 года назад +2184

    It can’t be overstated how much I love the tension in waiting to see if “Flesh and Blade!” resolved into “then swayed” or “unscathed” I genuinely feared for Pumpkin Cowboy the first time.

    • @JackFoz454
      @JackFoz454 2 года назад +191

      Don't get me started on 'Pumpkin kneeled beside' waiting to resolve into 'Pumpkin Cowboy cried' or... no, I can't say it.

    • @ryanmoran8787
      @ryanmoran8787 2 года назад +63

      i heard "swayed" and thought the next line would be something like "cowboy gazed upon the jackolantern he had made"

    • @alexandermacdonald5806
      @alexandermacdonald5806 2 года назад +44

      I was thinking it was going to be "was spayed"

    • @bilalkawsara9539
      @bilalkawsara9539 2 года назад +16

      @@alexandermacdonald5806 You're a creative monstrosity.

    • @evanwheeler7687
      @evanwheeler7687 2 года назад +6

      "the first time" lol

  • @Ookami1123
    @Ookami1123 2 года назад +723

    I'm just really shocked that cowboy cat was able to get the last laugh... doing that to pumpkin cowboy... the gourd who detested violence was forced to... I can't. I'm too emotional.

  • @namemycactus
    @namemycactus Год назад +79

    The "the scoundrel stood, then swayed" line is so delivered so good it makes me cry

  • @orbita7167
    @orbita7167 5 месяцев назад +11

    I love the detail that after cat cowboy dies, we never see Pumpkin Cowboy from the front again except as a reflection at the end. A perfect way to get at the character’s mindset while working around the problem that he’s stuck always smiling.

  • @loafofmilk7680
    @loafofmilk7680 2 года назад +3107

    The tension waiting for “beside” to resolve into “cried” or “died” is unspeakable

    • @TheXaaar
      @TheXaaar 2 года назад +211

      Similarly, I thought it was gonna be "the scoundrel stood unscathed".

    • @kildeer
      @kildeer 2 года назад +154

      Truly incredible storytelling, to create such tension with a simple rhyme.

    • @NJMiguess
      @NJMiguess Год назад +45

      @@TheXaaar I'm pretty sure that's what he intended. Misdirection

  • @HipyoTech
    @HipyoTech 2 года назад +2242

    This is modern art

    • @Josuh
      @Josuh 2 года назад +1

      @mr nobody like joe mama 😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎

    • @JustNeki
      @JustNeki 2 года назад +1

      I see you are a man of culture, my dear hipyo.

    • @26mic
      @26mic 2 года назад

      I make entertaining vids as wel g

    • @HypnoticHorizons
      @HypnoticHorizons 2 года назад

      Couldn’t agree more. Keep up your good cintent

    • @_E1_
      @_E1_ 2 года назад +3

      Build BDG a keyboard?

  • @liam_the_shades
    @liam_the_shades Год назад +48

    Everyone has a story of thinking this was a joke, then getting SUPER invested in the legend of Pumpkin Cowboy

  • @carljones4179
    @carljones4179 2 года назад +86

    He didn't need to go so hard on "play with knives" bit but of course he did and it was glorious

  • @FrumiousBandersnatch42
    @FrumiousBandersnatch42 2 года назад +1620

    I think at this point Brian David Gilbert should become an adjective, because this video is increadibly BDG-esque. It makes us think at first like it's gonna be a childish, infantile video with a silly and funny song about a pumpkin cowboy; then this masterpiece reveals itself to be an amazing tragic story conveyed through a high quality artistic video.
    Truly the most BDG-esque shit in the world.

    • @Silverwind87
      @Silverwind87 2 года назад +54

      Zjierb, the word you're looking for is Zjierb.

    • @gremlinman9724
      @gremlinman9724 2 года назад +22

      do you think it's cuz bdg made the video or is that unrelated

    • @MemoryOfGravy
      @MemoryOfGravy 2 года назад +26

      @@Silverwind87 The video was slightly squishier than you expected it to be?

    • @Tree-Salmon
      @Tree-Salmon 2 года назад +29

      I'd just call it a gesamtkunstwerk

    • @Topcatyo.
      @Topcatyo. 2 года назад +8

      BDG energy

  • @hallo_talo
    @hallo_talo 2 года назад +773

    Something that gets me about this one is the character build for pumpkin cowboy/cowboy cat. Pumpkin cowboy hates violence, and is all around a good boy. We get to the major moment of conflict and cowboy cat, the cat that ruined lives, says the line "the thing he wanted most was to inflict pain". Cowboy cat got exactly what he wanted, he put blood on the hands of the innocent.
    I hope pumpkin cowboy was able to process that difficult moment and grow into the gourd we all know he can be.

    • @johnlittle8045
      @johnlittle8045 2 года назад +10

      I mean, I dunno that Pumpkin Cowboy actually *did* inflict pain. It's ambiguous, but it seems to me that Cowboy Cat stabbed himself in the face of Pumpkin Cowboy's sudden show of bravery

    • @corpupine3505
      @corpupine3505 2 года назад +53

      @@johnlittle8045 I think that's what the previous commenter was getting at. Maybe Cat Cowboy was the one who killed himself, maybe Pumpkin Cowboy did it. But the thing that inflicted pain was not the knife, it was the emotional toll that it took on Pumpkin Cowboy to experience this. Cat Cowboy didn't care *how* he hurt Pumpkin Cowboy, he just wanted to hurt him. The loss of innocence is the true pain inflicted on Pumpkin Cowboy.

    • @Killericon
      @Killericon 2 года назад +24

      @@corpupine3505 Basically, Pumpkin Cowboy is Batman and Cat Cowboy is the Joker and he got Batman to break his No Killing rule.

    • @johnlittle8045
      @johnlittle8045 2 года назад +9

      @@corpupine3505 Ahh, I getcha. Yes, in a real sense damage was done

  • @franklinstein561
    @franklinstein561 Год назад +452

    This tale has woven itself into the depths of my soul as a comfort video for a lifetime. I'm autistic, so I get into these periods where I am comforted by like a very simple video. I will watch them over and over again and be filled with the same amount of satisfaction, or excitement, or joy. There are few others that hold this title: a minecraft tutorial for a hobbit hole and a very specific episode of The Magic School Bus.
    Excellent job, Mr. Brian, I commend you on your ability to weave such a lovely yet thrilling and moving tale.

    • @alixabrahams4028
      @alixabrahams4028 Год назад +5

      Which episode I need to know

    • @zynklin664
      @zynklin664 Год назад +3

      Also I need to know this

    • @AlexaWilson12
      @AlexaWilson12 Год назад +6

      I'm also autistic and SAME I have a small collection I've downloaded and stored on multiple devices/USB sticks in case they get taken down someday. Pumpkin cowboy is on that list

    • @BradleyTurmel
      @BradleyTurmel Год назад

      Is the Hobbit hole video made by PaulSoaresJR?

    • @franklinstein561
      @franklinstein561 Год назад +2

      @@BradleyTurmel No, actually, however it IS made by Zaypixel :)

  • @masonkennedy8089
    @masonkennedy8089 2 года назад +103

    The high ending note of “our hero wasn’t found” just holds so much weight and emotion. It doesn’t follow the same key structure as the previous lines, which makes it feel unsatisfying and finished, which is the intent because it reflect pumpkin cowboy’s life. He was unable to live his life how he wanted anymore because he failed to live to his own morale code. The man he was is no more, and so he had to leave all of this dead man’s life behind to find a new purpose, his work unfinished, his life left behind unsatisfied. Such excellent work, such a powerful line

  • @woody2066
    @woody2066 2 года назад +520

    My guess is Brian found these weird figurines somewhere and just HAD to so something with them. I love it.

    • @isaacfreeman1803
      @isaacfreeman1803 2 года назад +17

      I think I remember seeing karen tweet about finding pumpkin cowboy a while ago?

    • @austinmcmahon2532
      @austinmcmahon2532 2 года назад +1

      @peace eh it was a risky click, but you confused the hell out of me. I thought it would have anything to do with bdg

    • @LuluGE
      @LuluGE 2 года назад +2

      The lil guys are called smiski and they're perfect lil men

  • @davidgidla650
    @davidgidla650 2 года назад +734

    There’s this anxiety when you’re watching a new BDG video for the first time. Where you don’t know if it’s Gna stay whimsical or devolve into cosmic horror. I type this while watching. So far so good

    • @davidgidla650
      @davidgidla650 2 года назад +51

      Phew. Okay it stayed charming. 😅

    • @JonathanAskren
      @JonathanAskren 2 года назад +10

      I so feel this.

    • @screamsformemes
      @screamsformemes 2 года назад +6

      lmfao well said

    • @lukebarrowes3567
      @lukebarrowes3567 2 года назад +8

      Haha def felt this on the first watch

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 2 года назад +12

      You expect either goofy comedy or psychological horror. But this is a genre no one could expect. This was a riveting tale of heroism, loyalty, vengeance, suspense, and cows.

  • @AnimatedTerror
    @AnimatedTerror 2 года назад +69

    See what we have here is the tragic story of a pacifist being forced to compromise his morals in order to save the life of a close friend and possibly countless others.
    It doesn’t matter if the person killed was evil or not, to him, a life is a life. And that can really mess with a person.
    That’s how we know that pumpkin cowboy was a true hero. He didn’t revel in victory, because to him it wasn’t a victory because a life was taken.

  • @bananavery6760
    @bananavery6760 2 года назад +161

    I was so sure going in that this would be another goofy wacky weird youtube video.
    But holy honk the narrative of this 5 minute video is actually really compelling. Shows that you don't need a huge budget to make a good story.

  • @ashleylunette2187
    @ashleylunette2187 2 года назад +511

    This is actually so heartbreaking. Pumpkin Cowboy couldn't live with the incidental death of Cat Cowboy, and roamed the dessert for the rest of his days in search of peace. I love you, Pumpkin Cowboy, and I hope you're doing ok out there

    • @TransSappho
      @TransSappho 2 года назад +10

      Maybe he’ll find peace someday. We can only hope

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 2 года назад +12

      Nobody knows what truly happened to Pumpkin Cowboy all those years ago. But a local legend has it that his spirit still watches over all the cattle in the town, and, if you listen closely in the night, you can still hear him crying over the death of his feline rival.

    • @ashleylunette2187
      @ashleylunette2187 2 года назад +1

      @@TransSappho your username is godly✨ /g

    • @TransSappho
      @TransSappho 2 года назад +1

      @@ashleylunette2187 thanks! Also my name is Ashley too lol

    • @ashleylunette2187
      @ashleylunette2187 2 года назад +1

      @@TransSappho oh nice! Love the name ofc, thats why I have it haha

  • @Astalart
    @Astalart 2 года назад +1312

    As someone who is studying storytelling and animation I can safely say that this is a pumpkin cowboy

    • @teathomas
      @teathomas 2 года назад +25

      Thank you for your expertise I thought my eyes had deceived me

    • @EnderBanned
      @EnderBanned 2 года назад +21

      Oh, my gosh, that's what it was?! I thought it was an eggplant pirate!

    • @__8120
      @__8120 2 года назад +12

      Many thanks for your confirmation. I had my suspicions but I didn't dare to assume

    • @bb010g
      @bb010g 2 года назад +7

      _(🎵 pumpkin cowboy 🎵)_

    • @WaberBlobble
      @WaberBlobble 2 года назад +12

      Excellent gourd analysis, thank you for your scientific contribution.

  • @Jasmineee3000
    @Jasmineee3000 2 года назад +95

    It’s been 4 weeks now and I still can’t stop coming back to hear the tragic tale of pumpkin cowboy

    • @krissa9664
      @krissa9664 2 года назад +3

      SAME Im a sobbing mess every time i watch

  • @zephyr4254
    @zephyr4254 2 года назад +92

    This story fills me with unexplainable comfort and softness

  • @haydenmasters8312
    @haydenmasters8312 2 года назад +2728

    how does this man have the power to tell such a compelling story about literally anything

    • @AsdfAsdf-mi6ks
      @AsdfAsdf-mi6ks 2 года назад +40

      It’s that creative writing degree at work!

    • @recitationtohear
      @recitationtohear 2 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/tvRRvxl0UZE/видео.html
      Yes fax...

    • @0BucketMask0
      @0BucketMask0 2 года назад +11

      A good imagination and a way with words.
      That and a literal degree in creative writing. Can't forget that part.

    • @Nannada1212
      @Nannada1212 Год назад +7

      A lot of people who saw this at a pawn shop would buy it, but BDG was already thinking about how he got there

  • @Legov7
    @Legov7 2 года назад +2621

    Perfectly incorporating the line "A 'kerchef tied round his neck/waist" into the rhythm and rhyme of the song is truly impressive.

    • @watchableraven3517
      @watchableraven3517 2 года назад +15

      No replies because there's nothing more that needs to be said

    • @tunnelsnake420
      @tunnelsnake420 2 года назад +10

      @@watchableraven3517 so why did you say more?

    • @thatsstoguy
      @thatsstoguy 2 года назад +6

      @@tunnelsnake420 why did YOU say more

    • @vehicularmanslaater8083
      @vehicularmanslaater8083 2 года назад +5

      @@thatsstoguy WHY did YOU say more?

    • @cheyenne8698
      @cheyenne8698 2 года назад +4

      @@vehicularmanslaater8083 why did YOU say more?!

  • @TheReadingWerewolf
    @TheReadingWerewolf 2 года назад +69

    I love the fact that there is literally positively no way to ever predict what you will find on this channel

  • @Jasmineee3000
    @Jasmineee3000 2 года назад +19

    Whoever puppeteered the lasso (post haste) absolutely nailed it

  • @tiszach
    @tiszach 2 года назад +5060

    In the English language, when two nouns are used together to describe something, the first word is an adjective and the second is the noun. If Pumpkin Cowboy had been born a zucchini, potato, broccoli, or any other type of vegetable, he would still be a cowboy at heart. In contrast to the heroic Pumpkin Cowboy, Cowboy cat is a mere cat putting on the facade of a cowboy in order to trick defenseless citizens into thinking that he could be trusted, despite the cat that being a cat, aka a horrible person, was all he was capable of being.

    • @MeNowDealWIthIt
      @MeNowDealWIthIt 2 года назад +222

      I think Cowboy Cat would have been capable of change.

    • @tiszach
      @tiszach 2 года назад +183

      @@MeNowDealWIthIt I disagree. I think that Cat Cowboy's nature is too volatile to be able to improve himself.

    • @kamikeserpentail3778
      @kamikeserpentail3778 2 года назад +61

      Cats are generally always good.

    • @tiszach
      @tiszach 2 года назад +28

      @@kamikeserpentail3778 Puss in Boots was a jerk, and he is the quintessential outlaw cat.

    • @kkb_7267
      @kkb_7267 2 года назад +69

      what did cats ever do to you man :(

  • @fangfirebird100
    @fangfirebird100 2 года назад +2235

    The absolute pure bard energy hits right every time. This man can make an epic tale out of anything.

    • @rickvanleeuwen9589
      @rickvanleeuwen9589 2 года назад +33

      Behind the scenes video that's actually another cowboy ballad about how he went to the thrift store and found a funny pumpkin

    • @thejest69
      @thejest69 2 года назад +12

      thought it was going to just be a shitpost but then was genuinely invested

    • @deolamitico
      @deolamitico 2 года назад +2

      PUMPKIN COWBOOOOY

    • @HiyoruMikiyazoya
      @HiyoruMikiyazoya 2 года назад +3

      Brian's the kind of guy to play a comedian bard that does stand up while tripping his laughing foes with a net for his friends to stab to death like an asshole

    • @brendonhavener
      @brendonhavener 2 года назад +2

      Bard energy? It's a spaghetti western song, it's definitely singing cowboy energy. This isn't the middle ages.

  • @Relic5150
    @Relic5150 2 года назад +94

    I'm not sure who loves this more...me or my 20 month old son. We watch it continuously together.
    He grieves for cat cowboy. Our condolences.

  • @anastasiab1066
    @anastasiab1066 2 года назад +14

    IT WASN'T YOUR FAULT PUMPKIN COWBOY

  • @ceinwenhorth6250
    @ceinwenhorth6250 2 года назад +2691

    I just want to give Pumpkin Cowboy a hug and tell him it wasn’t his fault that Cowboy Cat died. He doesn’t deserve to hold that guilt

    • @snufkin8940
      @snufkin8940 2 года назад +61

      Ouchy..

    • @emilioyvargas
      @emilioyvargas 2 года назад +19

      Hope he's doing ok

    • @MoonShadowWolfe
      @MoonShadowWolfe 2 года назад +15

      Oh dear. Thank you for that warning, I had a pet die recently and I am now going to bail.

    • @CharliHarveyMusic
      @CharliHarveyMusic 2 года назад +15

      Jesus dude careful with spoilers like that. riveting shit here.

    • @SpaceBunnyVinn
      @SpaceBunnyVinn Год назад +2

      @@CharliHarveyMusic shut up im still sad about the cat right now

  • @MysteryMedia2001
    @MysteryMedia2001 2 года назад +677

    See ya, pumpking cowboy.
    This is the most emotionally invested I have ever been in a story about a cowboy or a gourd

    • @kartonrad
      @kartonrad 2 года назад +6

      See you Space Cowboy...
      da da dada da dada
      *japanese singing*

    • @26mic
      @26mic 2 года назад

      I make entertaining vids as wel kuz

  • @roniemena
    @roniemena 2 года назад +44

    I just can't imagine a past where Pumpkin Cowboy didn't exist.

  • @chitchcock2468
    @chitchcock2468 2 года назад +139

    God the ending at 4:08 is just immaculate, like the song is giving us the best resolution to the tale of this gourd with a heart of gold, thank you Brian :,)

  • @snipperjoey1151
    @snipperjoey1151 2 года назад +704

    There was absolutely no reason for Brian to go so hard on "his cow had DISAPPEAAARED" at 2:20 but god bless him for doing so.

  • @tigeryoung5622
    @tigeryoung5622 2 года назад +1759

    So proud of Brian for bringing himself to film those horse scenes. Truly an artist sacrificing for their art.

    • @recitationtohear
      @recitationtohear 2 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/tvRRvxl0UZE/видео.html
      Yes fax...

    • @hahanosrryggl223
      @hahanosrryggl223 2 года назад +43

      @@recitationtohear Not the place to proselytize. That's just rude

    • @ThatFoxxoLeo
      @ThatFoxxoLeo 2 года назад +29

      @@hahanosrryggl223 Thank you for introducing me to a new word.

    • @tatltails3923
      @tatltails3923 2 года назад +15

      That might be what Karen was there for /j

    • @tahsintariq8757
      @tahsintariq8757 2 года назад +17

      Really sad that we only have about 8 more years

  • @julesdragons
    @julesdragons 2 года назад +20

    2 different commenters have said their babies love this song so I will be playing it for my baby sister when she is born

  • @Arachninja752
    @Arachninja752 2 года назад +36

    2:17
    Paint me like one of your French gourds.

    • @eggduck2881
      @eggduck2881 2 года назад +4

      Underrated comment, bravo

    • @FancyShrimpp
      @FancyShrimpp Год назад +1

      I think you just won at life

  • @thomashirsch4302
    @thomashirsch4302 2 года назад +3168

    Just wanted to give big props to the subtitles for including "gourd-geous" near the end. Didn't want that excellent gag to go unacknowledged. Anyhow, a brilliant piece of BDG content.

    • @keenywah6349
      @keenywah6349 2 года назад +11

      Thank you for reminding me! BDG always has amazing subtitles - it’s awesome 💚

    • @riverbabbles
      @riverbabbles 2 года назад +2

      I did not notice that, bless you for pointing it out

    • @azizabrown
      @azizabrown 2 года назад +1

      I’ve watched this like 6 times and I never noticed!

    • @benjkitz
      @benjkitz 2 года назад

      I heard the lyric and did wonder if that was the pun he was going for, skipped back and watched with subtitles to confirm

    • @Kira-rd7id
      @Kira-rd7id 2 года назад +3

      Frankly I just really appreciate the written subs in general. My hearing is fine but the part of my brain that filters noise is pretty messy so I can’t understand song lyrics.

  • @theoneandonlymichaelmccormick
    @theoneandonlymichaelmccormick 2 года назад +174

    Pumpkin Cowboy is the positive male role model we all need.

  • @amandariggs8515
    @amandariggs8515 2 года назад +50

    I can't explain it, but this song seriously soothes my 3 month old. He'll be full on screaming his head off until I put Pumpkin Cowboy on!

  • @tarumiachi
    @tarumiachi 2 года назад +9

    SEND HELP I LITERALLY ADDICTED TO THIS???

    • @splogxyz3339
      @splogxyz3339 2 года назад +3

      SAME I MAKE SURE TO WATCH IT EVERYDAY AND IVE LITERALLY DRAWN PUMPKIN COWBOY AND COWBOY CAT ON MY NOTES AT SCHOOL???? THIS IS INSANE

  • @starhawk7553
    @starhawk7553 2 года назад +521

    This is actually like the perfect fairy tale to tell a young child, this feels like the kind of video id watch as a kid then get mad nostalgia for in 10 years

    • @MrZestyOnion
      @MrZestyOnion 2 года назад +4

      10/10 would listen to on tape during a road trip as I drift off into a warm summer’s nap

    • @emilysmith2965
      @emilysmith2965 2 года назад +5

      True. “Violence is wrong. No, seriously, all the time. You will never think it was worth it.” Very folktale-y message

    • @LimbsAndGames
      @LimbsAndGames 2 года назад +3

      I've already seen a few comments from parents saying their kids are obsessed with this song so... I think you're right

  • @grapes6081
    @grapes6081 2 года назад +725

    He did NOT have to go so hard singing "gorgeous tale" because christ that was heavenly

    • @prismarinium
      @prismarinium 2 года назад +94

      .... you mean "gourd-geous tale"

    • @grapes6081
      @grapes6081 2 года назад +18

      damn walked right into that one

    • @deloptin545
      @deloptin545 2 года назад +40

      @@grapes6081 nope, if you turn on subtitles, that's literally what it says

    • @grapes6081
      @grapes6081 2 года назад +33

      so it does. it appears that im a fool

    • @brianbethea3069
      @brianbethea3069 2 года назад +1

      The harmony there is just so lovely. Jonah did a great job with the arrangement.

  • @davoshvosh123
    @davoshvosh123 Год назад +104

    Out of all the brilliant things Brian has done, i keep coming back to this more often than i expected. Its such a superb narrative

  • @fantsypants8313
    @fantsypants8313 2 года назад +310

    I personally believe that Cowboy Cat was the same heroic cowboy that Pumpkin Cowboy was, but encountered a similar tragedy. The story will cycle and Pumpkin Cowboy will reach the same fate, eventually driven mad by grief

    • @seven471
      @seven471 2 года назад +17

      This comment deserves more likes. It's deep.

    • @sawyerkettler4612
      @sawyerkettler4612 2 года назад +12

      @@seven471 it's deep? well that's something I never thought I'd hear about a Pumpkin Cowboy

    • @Aredtyg
      @Aredtyg Год назад +13

      Pumpkin Cowboy is dead. "Some say" he sought greener pastures, depicted in the video with him on his horse, but he left his horse behind. Spot on with the driven mad by grief bit, though

  • @NymphaeumVA
    @NymphaeumVA 2 года назад +710

    I'm thinking way too deep about this but "for he despises violence" is one of the first lines of the song and his tale ends when he stabs Cat Cowboy that shatters all his morals and just how did you make me think about this

    • @ryderfurpaw4201
      @ryderfurpaw4201 2 года назад +42

      The effects of war :(

    • @zeybarur
      @zeybarur 2 года назад +11

      That's probably why he disappeared without a trace :(

  • @imapancake3485
    @imapancake3485 2 года назад +306

    im guessing that BDG just found those puppets and just said 'now, could i turn this into a brilliant 5min musical' and he just pitched the idea to a couple of friends and they were like 'yes' and now we have this masterpiece

  • @alluviumboar
    @alluviumboar 2 года назад +23

    It’s wonderful how Pumpkin Cowboy had become a character so beloved by children.

  • @aqfanatic
    @aqfanatic 2 года назад +38

    i really wish he made behind the scenes videos because i would love to see the raw footage of bdg just playing with puppets in front of a green screen

  • @RonaldFinger
    @RonaldFinger 2 года назад +1869

    this was everything I didn't know I needed

    • @Chkprofilename
      @Chkprofilename 2 года назад +1

      ruclips.net/video/tvRRvxl0UZE/видео.html
      Yes fax..

    • @Spanii1
      @Spanii1 2 года назад +4

      glad to found you here, you both are such an inspiration

    • @fearghaldunne4340
      @fearghaldunne4340 2 года назад

      me too

    • @kurczaczak
      @kurczaczak 2 года назад

      This tastes like umami

  • @joegabnagana3496
    @joegabnagana3496 2 года назад +1271

    Whenever BDG makes a full-length movie that perfectly blends all the genres he's experimented with, I know that movie's gonna be HUGE

    • @UncalibratedAimbot
      @UncalibratedAimbot 2 года назад +28

      While he can do a lot, I'm sure his long time fans would be extra excited with a surrealist horror film
      "BDG makes a movie where the monster is actually a manifestation of the main character's fear of taking their medication and thereby moving out of a "victim" mindset and towards the life of a trauma survivor" when?

    • @rottengrapes8605
      @rottengrapes8605 2 года назад +9

      @@UncalibratedAimbot yeah the one he did about a kid replaying a tape of his dead father was fucking amazing, chilling, and heartbreaking, a full film like that would be like jordan peele levels amazing

    • @IstasPumaNevada
      @IstasPumaNevada 2 года назад +3

      Well, now we know that the end result will be slightly more pumpkin-cowboy-shaped than previously expected.

    • @ggdynfytugfy6892
      @ggdynfytugfy6892 2 года назад +1

      @@IstasPumaNevada as the foul creature has our hero cornered, there’s a strange gourd silhouette on the horizon.
      Could it be?
      Surely not.
      No…
      It is…
      PUMPKIN COWBOY! And he calmly talks the creature down, eventually convincing the creature to not be evil and take up a peaceful ranching life

    • @teh_user5199
      @teh_user5199 2 года назад +1

      @@rottengrapes8605 he did a what now? Is it in his channel?

  • @kendallstauffer689
    @kendallstauffer689 Год назад +14

    "And they said he was a devilish man who liked to PLAY with KNIVES!"
    I'm scared now that anytime I hear the phrase "play with knives" I'm going to double over in laughter at a very inappropriate time.
    I rewatch this video on loop just for that moment.

  • @daltonburrows7645
    @daltonburrows7645 Год назад +32

    I hope BDG knows that this video single handedly pulled me out of the deepest depression I’ve ever been in. Thank you for making this!!

  • @grace1458
    @grace1458 2 года назад +710

    I’ve watched this like six times now, and the line “it was well known through the prairie, cowboy cat had 🎵Ruined Lives🎵” hits like a drug every time

    • @azhart_4369
      @azhart_4369 2 года назад +13

      1:21

    • @joshriley2936
      @joshriley2936 2 года назад +13

      For me, it's 2:11 - 2:30, especially the last bit. The way they sung "disappeared" is just too good.

    • @microlunchbox2657
      @microlunchbox2657 2 года назад

      I can’t manage to watch it more than once, its too heart moving, I might end up crying

  • @Samwiscomb
    @Samwiscomb 2 года назад +388

    My 10 month old daughter and I have watched this 3 times in a row and she just dances the whole time.

    • @Corbomite_Meatballs
      @Corbomite_Meatballs 2 года назад +6

      It'll spare you from Peppa Pig, Paw Patrol, or that shark one.

  • @samuelschuur7044
    @samuelschuur7044 2 года назад +30

    The spoken word bit is so accurate to the genre - I just keep listening to it over and over again...

  • @jameslecitron1039
    @jameslecitron1039 Год назад +11

    A year later I still find myself coming back to this masterpiece regularly.

  • @jamtime4522
    @jamtime4522 2 года назад +877

    Truly, there is no one more evil than Cat Cowboy. The thing he wants most is to inflict pain, but not because of a tragic backstory. He simply inflicts pain because it satisfies his desires. No greater good, no redeeming qualities. Pure. Unadulterated. Evil.

    • @maxrealname
      @maxrealname 2 года назад +120

      And yet, Pumpkin Cowboy despised violence so greatly that even the death of this pure evil was too much for his pure heart to bear

    • @marcosm1223
      @marcosm1223 2 года назад +33

      Evils of that kind were only seen before by the infamous Kevin Punt.

    • @patrickdaitya7084
      @patrickdaitya7084 2 года назад +7

      he was just vibing though he shouldn't have died

    • @TrojanTeapot
      @TrojanTeapot 2 года назад +21

      tumblr sexyman Cat Cowboy

    • @k.morningstar7983
      @k.morningstar7983 2 года назад +2

      after having watched all of *Deadwood*, pumpkin cowboy was the good energy that series was missing
      also, jeffrey jones getting offed as soon as his offences irl were revealed

  • @junetunes3797
    @junetunes3797 2 года назад +241

    The only cowboy I've ever seen actually hanging out with cows. Nice.

    • @mattduffyw99
      @mattduffyw99 2 года назад +7

      most cowboys I see are all bull and no cattle

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 2 года назад +2

      All these other cowboys are focused on gunslingin' and quick drawin'. Pumpkin Cowboy doesn't want any of that. He just wants to live peacefully with his cattle.

  • @shockofthenew
    @shockofthenew Год назад +19

    Single-handedly revived the Western genre.

  • @jamxiety4672
    @jamxiety4672 Год назад +23

    This is better than anything mcu has put out in years