Medium Channels The Spirits Of Old Acquaintances For Awkward Small Talk

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  • Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
  • Psychic Kenneth Quinn connects Today Now! studio guests with former landlords and friends of work friends who have died for stilted conversations from beyond.
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  • @mercster
    @mercster 7 лет назад +8810

    "Hey Mark." "Soooo..." "Yeah." Spooky.

    • @christosvoskresye
      @christosvoskresye 5 лет назад +399

      "Oh hi Mark."

    • @thrashingpanic
      @thrashingpanic 5 лет назад +477

      That was totally him.

    • @tilburg8683
      @tilburg8683 5 лет назад +111

      @@christosvoskresye YOU ARE TEARING ME APART LISA!!!

    • @Leo1239150
      @Leo1239150 5 лет назад +21

      Niels Vantilburg anyways, how’s you sex life?

    • @caracaes
      @caracaes 5 лет назад +69

      I think they actually contacted a spirit there accidentally.
      That was way too authentic to be acting lol... 😂

  • @KinEnriquez
    @KinEnriquez 5 лет назад +3254

    "Non-abusive circus plagued with disobedient animals"

    • @The_Scouts_Code
      @The_Scouts_Code 5 лет назад +11

      Kin Enriquez wait that was in there?

    • @Hedgehog-plant
      @Hedgehog-plant 5 лет назад +57

      @@The_Scouts_Code 2:45 at the bottom of the screen

    • @anonb4632
      @anonb4632 4 года назад +5

      The Webstermap app for words sounds like Twitter's trending map.

    • @idkwhatnametoputhere5323
      @idkwhatnametoputhere5323 3 года назад +12

      @Mëïstër Ëmm “This hurts them more than it hurts the animals”... right...

    • @propogandalf
      @propogandalf 3 года назад +5

      @Mëïstër Ëmm I can't tell if you're joking or not

  • @sudocatsda1guy390
    @sudocatsda1guy390 6 лет назад +8915

    What would be even funnier, is that if someone didn't remember a spirit that clearly knows them

    • @mark9294
      @mark9294 5 лет назад +122

      Well I guess the whole point of the joke is that the guy isn’t a legit medium, he just „conjures“ „spirits“ of people that are so totally indefinite anyone could recognise them as their distant acquaintances

    • @ShiaNeko
      @ShiaNeko 5 лет назад +207

      @@mark9294 That couldn't be it. The first guest never mentions working in finance, but the first person conjured says "still working in finance?"

    • @8pija22
      @8pija22 5 лет назад +129

      theres this key and peele skit like that, this guy goes to a graveyard to go to his grandfathers grave and a long lost acquaintance appears from a nearby grave. He doesn't recognize him.

    • @notyouraveragejoe7003
      @notyouraveragejoe7003 5 лет назад +5

      Gorillo that’s a funny one of theirs

    • @diabl2master
      @diabl2master 5 лет назад +8

      They probably had a bunch of ideas but they can only include so many and keep the bit funny

  • @StarFoth
    @StarFoth 6 лет назад +4664

    The detective guy said he needed to sit in silence for at least an hour
    This guy does it so much faster

    • @lemonke8132
      @lemonke8132 6 лет назад +7

      Star Foth lmfao

    • @adriannissen
      @adriannissen 6 лет назад +240

      With this guy it adds up to an hour of awkward silence anyway.

    • @HaxxorElite
      @HaxxorElite 5 лет назад +4

      OwO

    • @TheJudge064
      @TheJudge064 5 лет назад +52

      He may have sat in silence before the interview.

    • @supercomputer0448
      @supercomputer0448 5 лет назад +61

      This guy's a fake. The other guy was real.

  • @PrinceJes
    @PrinceJes 5 лет назад +5918

    "Do you know --"
    "She's gone."
    "Oh 😔"

  • @dvdjkaufmn
    @dvdjkaufmn 6 лет назад +2347

    "My best friend was sleeping with this guy".. "That was totally him" LOLOL!!!

    • @willmcpherson2
      @willmcpherson2 3 года назад +48

      Her delivery was literally perfect

  • @LePageChannel
    @LePageChannel 5 лет назад +4617

    Every actor on every episode is so funny. Where do they find these people?

    • @chasbodaniels1744
      @chasbodaniels1744 5 лет назад +767

      Yes! They’re consistently very good. Must be hundreds of underemployed yet talented actors in L.A. willing to work cheaply.

    • @altnarrative
      @altnarrative 5 лет назад +55

      LePage Channel Craigslist

    • @kmcg1246
      @kmcg1246 5 лет назад +222

      LePage Channel They mostly have such an upper middle class, Midwestern parent look to them to. Like they got roped into this while their kids are off touring a private college campus.

    • @billysanpidro
      @billysanpidro 5 лет назад +81

      You mean those are actors???

    • @ns2443
      @ns2443 5 лет назад +127

      They found them on the street, didn't you hear?

  • @DoneDragon1
    @DoneDragon1 6 лет назад +1425

    This is real, you can't act like your talking to acquaintances ghosts like that

    • @alvallac2171
      @alvallac2171 5 лет назад +9

      *you're (contraction of "YOU aRE")
      "Your" is for possession.

    •  5 лет назад +13

      alvallac21 yeah we know, thanks dude. We all know what he meant.

    • @KingoftheJuice18
      @KingoftheJuice18 4 года назад +56

      @@alvallac2171 He was channeling a dead acquaintance with poor spelling, so don't blame him.

    • @anonb4632
      @anonb4632 4 года назад +10

      @@alvallac2171 Technically the medium is possessed, so possession is the correct term here.

    • @anonb4632
      @anonb4632 4 года назад +4

      @@Pagalchhagal Nothing to do with the thread. A random comment like that makes you sound like an imaginary bot.

  • @apetty5918
    @apetty5918 5 лет назад +673

    Bahahahahsh! "I have to go" "Me too" OMG THAT WAS DEFINITELY HIM!

    • @forman208
      @forman208 4 года назад +4

      Chill the fuck out

  • @michaelb.tysonson3375
    @michaelb.tysonson3375 7 лет назад +1935

    10 Best Careers for someone of your Level of Attractiveness

  • @DragonofDeath4
    @DragonofDeath4 12 лет назад +860

    Carl says that he'll play golf with Phil later..
    RIP Phil.

    • @PluviophileTraveller
      @PluviophileTraveller 5 лет назад +5

      @@mark9294 lol!

    • @jinxed7915
      @jinxed7915 4 года назад +8

      @Mister Emm I'm sure touching will be involved indeed...

    • @HellstreamGames
      @HellstreamGames 3 года назад

      Id like to think its Karl with a K :D

    • @nunyabiznes33
      @nunyabiznes33 3 года назад

      @Mëïstër Ëmm ah, I too like having ghosts touch my ball

    • @aldrinmercado3475
      @aldrinmercado3475 3 года назад

      @Mëïstër Ëmm balls to the holes... Hmmmmmmm.. internet has ruined me

  • @klutterkicker
    @klutterkicker 12 лет назад +577

    Something about Mark is so awkward it makes people say "I have to go" when they're sitting in a studio waiting to talk to him.

  • @henrywilliams9244
    @henrywilliams9244 5 лет назад +835

    "That was totally him" 😂

  • @Tflexxx02
    @Tflexxx02 5 лет назад +353

    "I don't know if you'd really call it closure...."

  • @StoutShako
    @StoutShako 5 лет назад +975

    Honestly if a medium actually did this, I'd actually give thought on saying it's fake right away. Literally no one has the courage to do something so insignificant -- they look for dead parents and missing children, not your second cousin's great aunt who passed away on the toilet. This is incredible.

    • @timopper5488
      @timopper5488 4 года назад +42

      “I want to believe.”-Fox Mulder

    • @daniileliseev9362
      @daniileliseev9362 3 года назад +46

      Isn't the second cousin's great aunt your grandma, lol?

    • @Rosevieenla
      @Rosevieenla 3 года назад +32

      @@daniileliseev9362 doesn't have to be could be from the other side of the cousin's family

    • @mombosibes107
      @mombosibes107 3 года назад +3

      Wasn't Jack Slater IV the movie were Jack goes on a murderous rampage because the Torelli Mafia killed his cousin?
      I guess this makes sense too

    • @cosmologicalturtle9528
      @cosmologicalturtle9528 2 года назад +25

      Also the fact that he mentions specific names and relationships indicates that he’s not using cold reading

  • @esayasasefa5551
    @esayasasefa5551 2 года назад +294

    The Onion did most of it’s work during some of the hardest times of the 08 recession and beyond, God Bless you people

    • @txDDS
      @txDDS 2 года назад

      The Babylon Bee has picked up the slack. The Onion is just a shell of what it once was. I still go back and rewatch the Autistic Reporter clips. Pure Gold

    • @Henchman.24
      @Henchman.24 Год назад +3

      Bread and circus would be great if it was as good as peak Onion

  • @Katya_Lastochka
    @Katya_Lastochka 5 лет назад +3119

    The Onion was 1000x funnier than anything SNL and even Madtv produced. Their creativity was inexhaustible.

    • @joeking5679
      @joeking5679 4 года назад +38

      was? they're still at it, every week lol

    • @NW-iw2rb
      @NW-iw2rb 4 года назад +112

      @@joeking5679 they dont male videos anymore though i miss the old onion

    • @monolithgeometry3221
      @monolithgeometry3221 4 года назад +4

      They're mixing peyote with centrum and they're bloody brilliant

    • @valeriesanchez3074
      @valeriesanchez3074 4 года назад +13

      Sorry can't top mad tv . Wrong there

    • @MinecraftJesusGaming
      @MinecraftJesusGaming 4 года назад +23

      They were not afraid to make good jokes, snl and modern shows or comedy movies for that matter like being safe and monetizable.

  • @silvialimeme3706
    @silvialimeme3706 2 года назад +108

    I just love how the hosts are always so enthusiastic. if I didn't know it was satire I would totally believe it was real. The acting is top tier and the themes seem as relevant as ever.

    • @Catalina-Winemixer
      @Catalina-Winemixer Год назад +2

      Even in the parenting one, when they’re telling the expert to go fuck themselves. 😭

    • @IHMyself
      @IHMyself Год назад +1

      ​@@Catalina-WinemixerOh right, I gotta rewatch that rn, it's one of my favorites! 😂

  • @sylph8005
    @sylph8005 5 лет назад +161

    The way they mimicked small talk is insanely accurate!

  • @Quizoid
    @Quizoid 5 лет назад +405

    He did know that one guy was in finance. 😅 This dude is canonically psychic in the Onion universe.

  • @ancilodon
    @ancilodon 12 лет назад +405

    "...And we talked about how hard it is having a cat."
    Ain't that the truth.

  • @adizmal
    @adizmal 5 лет назад +927

    This is actually believable compared to all the other psychic nonsense.

    • @casskop
      @casskop 5 лет назад +2

      We must be watching something different 😊

    • @casskop
      @casskop 5 лет назад

      We must be watching something different 😊

    • @joevenespineli6389
      @joevenespineli6389 5 лет назад

      @Sunnypsyop a big fat phony.

    • @Colt8722
      @Colt8722 4 года назад +6

      I can vouch that there are legitimate psychics. This stuff is very real.
      But of course there are frauds out there in any profession

    • @joevenespineli6389
      @joevenespineli6389 4 года назад +37

      @@Colt8722 Sure.

  • @billyloomisotherdaughter
    @billyloomisotherdaughter 3 года назад +115

    These actors who appear in the onion stories should win every award. They are incredible

  • @mrniceguy7168
    @mrniceguy7168 5 лет назад +190

    The acting is so good that I’m embarrassed on behalf of the awkward conversation with Mark.

  • @BobGymlan
    @BobGymlan 4 года назад +53

    “So.”
    “Yeah.”
    “I have to go.”
    “Okay.”

  • @Questionable_Content
    @Questionable_Content 6 лет назад +353

    What a fraud. The detective has to sit for an hour in silence

    • @mark9294
      @mark9294 5 лет назад +2

      :D Love that comeback

    • @PluviophileTraveller
      @PluviophileTraveller 5 лет назад

      hahaha!

    • @braddocke.hutton7392
      @braddocke.hutton7392 5 лет назад

      You know this is a fakeshow the onion

    • @VatsugC
      @VatsugC 5 лет назад +7

      @@braddocke.hutton7392 No, this was a real segment. Only some of it is fake

    • @anarchycastro
      @anarchycastro 4 года назад +17

      @@VatsugC Wrong. The Onion is 100% real, only the people that watch it are fake.

  • @arm_613
    @arm_613 5 лет назад +51

    "Quinn also able to channel barks and meows of deceased pets" - brilliant! And my late cat Mitzi agrees.

    • @Cjnw
      @Cjnw 5 лет назад +1

      L😸L

  • @jamesfandango9466
    @jamesfandango9466 2 года назад +23

    2:12 "That was totally him." Omfg lol

  • @rharlowjrable
    @rharlowjrable 6 лет назад +42

    Holy shit.... I was literally on the phone with him in mind at that moment and could hear everything he was saying. ..... very powerful

  • @wesleyoldham4222
    @wesleyoldham4222 2 года назад +20

    "You've written that you're able to connect people with the spirits of roommates they didn't really know that well."
    "Relax, and breathe slowly, and think about people you barely know who've passed on."

  • @myblacklab7
    @myblacklab7 2 года назад +22

    It's funny that they start off by announcing an upcoming segment about choosing your career based on your attractiveness, and then the psychic looks exactly like a psychic should look.

  • @definitelynotthequestion5359
    @definitelynotthequestion5359 7 месяцев назад +5

    He is real, thats the best part. "Still working in finance" is a way too specific for a blind jab.

  • @Macho_Fantastico
    @Macho_Fantastico 5 лет назад +173

    Still more legit than actual psychic readings.

  • @RobinsTaste
    @RobinsTaste 5 лет назад +33

    You know when you have to small-talk in an elevator....yeah, that feeling.

    • @forman208
      @forman208 4 года назад +4

      I really don't understand the expectation that we always need to be conversing. If we're in an elevator and I really don't know you, I'd rather just ride in silence than be forced into making tedious small talk neither of us wants. At least sharing silence would be honest

  • @unknownuser4816
    @unknownuser4816 4 года назад +14

    Natural acting, these guys are all freaking good and give onion the same constant essence. Love this channel.

  • @schattentaenzerin
    @schattentaenzerin 3 года назад +6

    OMG!
    I've had that same conversation with Mark many times.
    So sad to hear he died

  • @fostardust8284
    @fostardust8284 5 лет назад +45

    "non-abusive circus plagued by disobedient animals" lmao

  • @Cammie010
    @Cammie010 12 лет назад +119

    ..."ss..err..do you know.."
    "She's gone."

  • @beeinamechsuit7051
    @beeinamechsuit7051 3 года назад +3

    That was totally him. Cracking me up.

  • @RobertGuilman
    @RobertGuilman 5 лет назад +51

    This is gold... we need the old onion back

  • @nicholasmudrinic4464
    @nicholasmudrinic4464 Год назад +1

    The Onion produced so much gold.

  • @maxexodus
    @maxexodus 6 лет назад +108

    The Mark one lmaoo

  • @Ziaheart
    @Ziaheart 4 года назад +14

    2:52 Is that why I'm so thin? I never realized how my eczema was such a helpful tool to maintaining my figure.

  • @muggo882
    @muggo882 2 года назад +14

    The Onion is the peak of comedy. Absolutely brilliant comedy.

  • @the_original_Bilb_Ono
    @the_original_Bilb_Ono 5 лет назад +79

    That's nothing, I'd like to see him contact my *living* father!
    - none of his family can... 😐

    • @fgdbbddhhdhdj1591
      @fgdbbddhhdhdj1591 5 лет назад +3

      How do you know hes living then?

    • @horrorvictim
      @horrorvictim 4 года назад +1

      @@fgdbbddhhdhdj1591 because there's still cigarettes to buy.

  • @chippysteve4524
    @chippysteve4524 2 года назад +4

    That's all the proof I needed.

  • @clubsnatcher
    @clubsnatcher 4 года назад +16

    "That was totally him"
    I'm dying

  • @foxibot
    @foxibot 4 года назад +12

    These sets that onion has with their productions are so convincing. You would think it’s an actual show.

  • @GlassesnMouthplates
    @GlassesnMouthplates 2 года назад +31

    You can just tell that Mark was trying to avoid talking about his awkward sex life when he dated the lady's best friend in college.

  • @tao072002
    @tao072002 12 лет назад +116

    He's legit, guys. He has the Freud beard.

  • @AAWPaintball
    @AAWPaintball 12 лет назад +58

    I like how awkward the conversations with the dead were.

  • @KlausSgroi
    @KlausSgroi Год назад +2

    More believable than a "real" psychic "talking" to your dead parent.

  • @Z0Il
    @Z0Il 4 года назад +7

    This is now officially my favorite skit

  • @just2watch1clip
    @just2watch1clip Год назад +1

    This gave me the chills!

  • @pocobull
    @pocobull 4 года назад +5

    Since this is pretty much every conversation I've ever had with anyone, I figure I could do this for weeks with this guy.

  • @ka.tarsee
    @ka.tarsee 4 года назад +7

    I love this type of humor

  • @Bloxygames-c1g
    @Bloxygames-c1g 3 года назад +2

    This is one of the top best ones

  • @solomonrivers6686
    @solomonrivers6686 5 лет назад +8

    This guy is channeling everyone I’ve tried talking to on Tinder

  • @joeschembrie9450
    @joeschembrie9450 3 года назад +5

    The actors who play Jim & Tracy are perfectly cast.

  • @yamnayaseed356
    @yamnayaseed356 4 года назад +4

    The essence of cold reading

  • @PL-rb6qf
    @PL-rb6qf 4 года назад +10

    “That was totally him”

  • @VRchitecture
    @VRchitecture 3 года назад +6

    “Obama awkwardly laughs, agrees with cab driver that he should paint the White House black”

  • @wordzmyth
    @wordzmyth 5 лет назад +5

    This is the first vid in a while that genuinely has me laughing so much at the title I didn't need to watch it :)

  • @limabravo0001
    @limabravo0001 2 года назад

    Very powerful gift to have connected to those in the next realm.

  • @codythinks4749
    @codythinks4749 3 года назад +2

    Jim and Tracy are the best thing from the onion

  • @TeaAtTwo2
    @TeaAtTwo2 5 лет назад +16

    His eyeliner is on almost as on point as his psychic skills.

  • @emanuelmota7217
    @emanuelmota7217 3 года назад +2

    Tracy Gill's facial expressions are amazing.

  • @RISCnothing42
    @RISCnothing42 12 лет назад +192

    I miss today now : (

    • @canos9649
      @canos9649 5 лет назад +6

      Did you get over it?

    • @missiontobeaman3111
      @missiontobeaman3111 4 года назад +6

      Canos probably not but now we at least have the podcast

    • @tanmaysahoo7416
      @tanmaysahoo7416 4 года назад +3

      @@missiontobeaman3111 which podcast?

    • @missiontobeaman3111
      @missiontobeaman3111 4 года назад +3

      Tanmay Sahoo it’s called the topical you can find it on RUclips

    • @DLCS-2
      @DLCS-2 3 года назад

      Thanks

  • @Timok67
    @Timok67 4 года назад +2

    LONG LIVE THE ONION!!!

  • @ankitaarya3998
    @ankitaarya3998 5 лет назад +3

    The Onion was way ahead of its time!

    • @christopher4098586
      @christopher4098586 5 лет назад

      Not really, this kind of humor is been around since the 90's.

    • @FromeFmAjayD
      @FromeFmAjayD 5 лет назад

      About 20 odd years behind Brass Eye, but ok.

  • @gregdean9325
    @gregdean9325 4 года назад +2

    Bring this back! Please!

  • @clyde15
    @clyde15 3 года назад +2

    “That was totally him. I can’t believe it”

  • @SergeKulyk
    @SergeKulyk День назад +1

    "The remembered man does not decay" - Kier Eagan

  • @truegirl2anna
    @truegirl2anna 4 года назад +6

    This is I think some of the best acting I’ve ever seen on a skit on RUclips...hilarious!! 😆😆

  • @janksamillion
    @janksamillion 5 лет назад +8

    It's like, I know what ramparts are, I just never believe that I do

  • @rileymcphee9429
    @rileymcphee9429 Год назад +1

    God this is such gold

  • @UnknownXV
    @UnknownXV 12 лет назад

    Your keen observational talents have no limits.

  • @pripdipstick
    @pripdipstick Месяц назад +2

    The actor who plays the psychic in this has been cast as Kier Eagan in Severance. Will be weird to see the parralels.

  • @OrbGoblin
    @OrbGoblin 5 лет назад +1

    I just love the chemistry of the hosts!

  • @dominickray5103
    @dominickray5103 5 лет назад +2

    I love this channel so much

  • @jasonredic9457
    @jasonredic9457 Год назад +2

    You can't write better than this. The bar does not go higher.

  • @rohitr9400
    @rohitr9400 4 года назад +1

    The news headlines scrolling underneath the video are hilarious!!

  • @natedogg5708
    @natedogg5708 2 года назад +1

    The writing for this show is perfection

  • @suestar0613
    @suestar0613 12 лет назад +1

    Awesome! My favorite channel!

  • @dharmallars
    @dharmallars Год назад +1

    I remember that episode of South Park about the medium where stan says that even though we miss our loved ones it would be a sad existence for them to just float around the beyond desperately trying to send us messages. I like this afterlife a lot more, where dead people are going about their business but occasionally spot us and say “oh hey, is that Steve? Hey Steve how’s your wife doing? Oh that’s great. Well I gotta go now bye.”

  • @CopyFox7
    @CopyFox7 2 года назад +4

    "That was totally him."
    XD

  • @ifssal
    @ifssal 12 лет назад +2

    Chilling.

  • @belalabusultan5911
    @belalabusultan5911 4 года назад +5

    YOU ... the one reading this comment, your 2nd grade teacher's wife's dog wants to say something
    Dog: "Woof"
    he's gone.

  • @lawrencetaylor4101
    @lawrencetaylor4101 4 года назад +1

    How can I stop crying while watching these videos?

  • @rachelj16
    @rachelj16 Год назад +6

    God these actors deserve to be so famous

  • @mg820
    @mg820 3 года назад +6

    Why did they stop making videos? They were flawless.

  • @armchairtycoon
    @armchairtycoon Год назад +5

    Onion Actors were the best

  • @JStrike42
    @JStrike42 2 месяца назад

    The hosts are just great.

  • @amsterdammancom
    @amsterdammancom 5 лет назад +2

    I spend so much money on nuvarings, I really hope they show the next segment!

  • @matthewcain2880
    @matthewcain2880 3 года назад +1

    Such great actors

  • @mercster
    @mercster 4 года назад +4

    "Hey." "Hey Mark." "So...." "Yeah!"

  • @bragtime1052
    @bragtime1052 4 года назад +7

    Lol this reminds me of the clip from South Park where Stan tries to debunk the medium by showing the audience how all his tricks work and the whole audience thought Stan was a real medium talking to the dead.

  • @oliver9089
    @oliver9089 11 месяцев назад +2

    "Non-abusive circus plagued by disobedient animals" 😂

  • @mubasharqadeerSAP
    @mubasharqadeerSAP 4 года назад +3

    Extremely professional actors.
    All of em.

  • @user-HellcatHemi
    @user-HellcatHemi 3 месяца назад

    This shiznit is The Onion I became a stan for & I'm here for it, every insane, depraved episode regardless of what it is for there's countless different levels of insanity & it's comedy gold. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣