I don't know whether to give Karl props for immediately diagnosing something two folks couldn't, or the boss man for immediately reversing an embarrassing moment into a backhanded compliment.
I remember sitting in my office listening to a discussion in the hallway about why the copier wasn't working. One of the seasoned workers who had been there forever was walking by, and they asked him. I heard him open the paper drawer, then say, "it ain't got no gas in it" in a perfect imitation Carl. I about fell out of my chair laughing! Good times!
He also, iirc, ended up in the hospital over the role. He's a method actor, which means he stays in character The Whole Time. Being all hunched over and hunched in on himself like that for so long, compressed some of his internal organs.
they left gas in it all winter and the carb is all gummed up. Reverse that for snowblowers lol. That was about 80% of my business as a small engine mechanic
It’s a humorous observation, not a twenty-minute lead-in to a The Aristocrats joke, it’s concerning you felt the need to laugh that hard over a joke that objectively is not funny enough for it.
0:15 - I’ll sometimes say this randomly to a coworker of mine and we both have a good laugh. One of my favorite movies of all time. They should make that sound byte an option for the "low fuel" alarm on vehicles, lol.
This is a marvelous idea... I think I'll make it so my truck plays this sound clip. Except I drive a diesel, so it'll just spout it off at random intervals between 5 and 180 minutes.
This is a running joke between me and some of the mechanics down at the shop I work at. "Hey Mike, what's going on with that Civic?" then he'll roll out from under it "I reckon IT AIN'T GOT NO GAS IN IT!"
When my wife and I bought our first house, her uncle gave us a push mower as a present. A few months later, it stopped running so I called him up to ask for help. He asked when was the last time I filled it up, and then said "it ain't got no gas in it" in this weird accent. It stuck with me because I couldn't tell if he was trying to make me feel dumb, or what. Several years later I got around to watching this movie and I almost pooped my pants when I got to this scene and the dots in my brain connected.
It’s really interesting how we have these “cultural inside jokes”… I remember when Game of Thrones was huge and people would quote it expecting me to react, but since I’ve never seen it I just sat there blinking like an idiot haha.
I lost my voice for 2 days after seeing this Movie and imitating his voice for a week straight. I just couldn't help myself, it's too awesome. Great Movie in every way.
This was probably my dads favorite movie clip. He was a mechanic and owned his on shop, and would say that "it ain't got no gas in it" at least twice a day... Enjoy your loved ones because one day they will be gone. Then all you have is memories... Miss you dad..
"thinks of the simplest things first" You learn the hard way as a mechanic this is the way to troubleshoot. Took him 2 seconds to check the gas where a teardown wouldve taken an hour or two. One time my boss n I changed a main engine control on a jet engine over 2 days. No change in issue on the ops check. Only thing left we could think of was that the N1 speed sensor, although it checked good electrically, could be bad mechanically. Took 1 hour to change it. It fixed the issue. ... Needless to say, we were pissed.
I started my landscaping job the other day and I couldn’t figure out why the weedeater wasn’t cranking up and then my supervisor comes up and looks in it and said this quote just like Karl did, I couldn’t stop laughing even though I felt like a complete dumbass 😂
To be fair, I bought a lawnmower and when I went to use it, the thing wouldn't start. So I checked everything on it; engine and all. tried to start it nothing. And one Time check the mower again and decided to put a little more gas in it and, took the lid off and it occurred to me: I DIDN'T PUT ANY FUCKING GAS IN IT.
Hell, I worked as a mechanic and was wondering why the car I was buying, as a project, was idling erratic. Turns outy dumb ass forgot to do the simplest thing, check ALL the fluids. The coolant was low and the temp sensor was reading hot as hell.
Now a days you say this to a customer in front of the boss man, he'll get pissed, because he would of wanted to charge the customer for labor and parts they wouldn't need. Cha-ching!
One of my close friends growing up was and is, quite simply, a mechanical savant who excelled from everything from wrenching, to coding, and even day trading. We grew up in a remote west Texas town and really knew nothing of our lives beyond our county (except he managed to make it out to the US naval academy). His uncle and grandfather had a mechanic shop there in town and my friend worked in there as a child, becoming ase certified at a young age. He could fix anything from computers to semi trucks. He had a fuse taped to his toolbox with a poster that said “simple stuff first!”. Apparently he had damn near overhauled an RV before figuring out that a burned fuse was all it took to fix a problem. We chuckle about this scene all the time.
Whenever a customer brings in their car because it won't start, and it turns out it was out of gas, this quote is all you hear around the shop for the rest of the day.
Interview he did basically right after that movie was done where he like basically transformed himself in front of the camera into character is amazing. The physical transformation is astounding
For almost a year, my dad had trouble getting our chainsaw to start. He took it apart and put it back together, took it to a professional to have the same done to it. Before he decided to buy a new one, I asked if he ever put gas in it. He stood in silence for 2 minutes, checked the gas tank, and grounded me for a week out of embarrassment.
one winter evening I borrowed my mother's car to get to work and back, and was instructed to park in the driveway upon returning. I backed in, put it in park, and pulled the handbrake since the driveway was a bit steep. the next morning it snowed and my father, the gentleman he was, put down his breakfast beer to go get my mother's car into the garage. he gets into the street and spends no less than 40 minutes slipping and sliding aimlessly trying to get up into the driveway, getting more and more pissed as neighbors passed by effortlessly. I finally thought to ask if he checked the parking brake and he about blew a gasket. I got in a similar amount of trouble!
For some reason I can't stand watching guys "act" retarded. I felt the same about Of Mice and Men. They should have cast real retarded guys. Laughing at an actor just isn't as satisfying as laughing at real retards.
@@nodak81 Your comment has good structure and it got a laugh out of me. Not to disparage the differently abled, but I'm retarded on my dad's side, so it comes out in the wash
OK, I'm going to admit it...I once yanked the cord on my weed eater for 5 minutes, cussed it like a pirate for 5 more, then checked the gas. Where's Carl when you need a guy with common sense?
Billy Bob did such an amazing job with this role. Granted he did write and direct it haha, but still it was such fine acting. The movie itself was kind of slow, but his performance carried the entire thing.
It's most impressive that way. I personally wouldn't want to deal with the hassle of the behind the scenes stuff, followed by trying to maintain your idea on set and portray that idea yourself.
The first season of his series ‘Goliath’ was excellent! The second season “jumped the shark” and I couldn’t bring myself to finish watching the third season but that first season was fantastic and Billy Bob was the reason.
I met BB about 14 years ago when I was living in Colorado. I was working for Window World at the time and did a job in a small town called Lyons about an hour North of Denver. I pulled the work order that morning for what would be a 2 day job and the name on the invoice said Robert Thornton. I remember thinking wouldn't it be crazy if this guy turned out to be Billy Bob and was even talking about it on the drive up north with my partner. Sure enough, it was him. What a genuine down to earth dude. He put burgers on the grill and cooked us lunch and shared his beer with us on the last day of the job and bullshited with us for a good hour. I decided to ask him if there was one particular film that he enjoyed working on the most and he said "Friday Night Lights" was a blast and also noted "Sling Blade" as his most challenging role. It's no wonder we don't hear from him or see him much anymore. He's way too authentic of a dude to play around in the woke Hollywood cesspool.
i was in highschool when this movie came out, whenever anyone messed something up we'd say "dammit karl" or just give each other "MMMmmmmhhuummm" when passing each other in the halls, lol, still holds up.
I recommended this film to my dad and brother over 20 years ago. They loved it and we referenced many lines including this one. It was a form of bonding for us. They are both gone now and I miss them dearly. Watching these clips can be bittersweet.
I once got to say this to my neighbor. It was about to rain and he was in a hurry to get his grass cut. He came out and hopped on the mower and tried to crank it, nothing. I hollered across the backyard in my best Karl voice "It ain't got no gas in it!" He smiled and looked in the tank and said "Nope, not a drop!".
I walked into my garage to my dad ripping his chainsaw apart trying to figure out why it jammed up after dropping it out of a tree. I just pulled on the kickback safety and unlocked the clutch and he just looked at me with the “why didn’t I think of that face” he cracked a beer and called it a day after that
😂 For me its still one of the most hilarious, funny,& iconic scenes in cinema history!😆 Who knew billy bob thornton could be so darn funny?🤷...what a tremendous job he did as carl,he created this character & made it truly his own!😏
I had a moment like this when i was a teenager (10+years ago). The adult men couldn't get a gas powered generator to work-winter ice storm- so were taking the thing apart. I asked if there was gas in it. Step-dad: of course there's gas... *Unscrews cap* Step-dad: there's no gas.
I actually had this happen when I was wrenching for Harley. A guy had his bike brought in on a trailer because it shut off while he was riding and he couldn't get it to start back up. It's actually a good idea to start with the simplest things first when diagnosing. I checked for gas. It was empty. I put gas in and it fired right up. This man actually had the nerve to argue with my service manager about it being empty. I get it he was embarrassed, but arguing just made him look that much dumber.
Bringing it in empty won't guarantee this customer is remembered forever as an asshole - arguing about it being empty will though. Sometimes we just have to admit we made a mistake and/or did something stupid, but some folks just cant do that.
So you're telling me he brought in his bike to get serviced, and was pissed the only thing that had to be done to it was a fill up? What a prideful man
@@jacoblinares2403 narcissists are predictably terrible and unjustifiably prideful idiots. When my father (afflicted with the aforementioned disorder) has an issue with his van (an inanimate object capable of mobility) he gets angry at the actual van. He will get loud and badmouth the van and litter in it more. Hell check the bluebook and howl about how ludicrous the notion of its value is and claim to want to pay others to rid himself of its issues. It's nearly always a basic maintenance issue. Oil. Fluids. Battery. Plugs. Ive pondered (even with the awareness that it stems from an inability to take any true responsibility for things) why he becomes so mean and abusive to the van..and nothing else When he gets viruses on his mega outdated windows computer from his porn habit he doesn't get mad at the computer. Which makes me so angry and depressed to lead me to conclude the worst The car being an object that moves, he likely attributes to it some asinine and absurd notion of sentience. It troubles me to know we share genes.
There's a moral to this scene because we all can learn from the simplest of people, for a fool can tell you your house is on fire. Carl Childers rocks!!
Especially when you are awakened at 2am in the morning to find him standing over your bed with a hammer in his hand demanding french fries with mustard.... Mmm-hmm!
My dad was a doctor of reproductive endocrinology (infertility specialist) and at least once a day he'd have a lady up in stirrups for an exam, and bust out this line in the Sling Blade voice. It always got a big laugh from the staff. Until he lost his license for malpractice.
"are you sure he's dead?" " Yeah I wacked him a second time with it" * hangs up phone and proceeds to make a sandwich while waiting for the police* man I love sling blade
Years ago at an auction I bought several gas powered tools for $5 each. I had watched guys try to pull start those things until they were covered in sweat. Nobody checked to see if there was gas in them. They all talked about how they were junk. So when they came up nobody bid on them except me. A couple of guys actually laughed that I was buying them and told me good luck starting them.
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This moment gave me a hearty laugh when I first saw it in a theatre. Reminded me of a friend who needed me to come over to fix his computer. He was like totally angst ridden. I took a quick look at it and said, “You gotta plug it in, Pete.” The rest of the evening was a bit awkward.
It's 2021 and I'm literally watching this movie to settle down before bed..... these algorithms are getting scary. I've never looked up anything sling blade related on my RUclips before.
@@tallswede80 Well, if my car sounds loud and I bring it in to be fixed if the guy wants to sell me a paint job I know he is wrong. It is called common sense. People want to make everything more complex than it is. If the light in the kitchen is not working you check the light bulb before you rewire the whole house.
@@StanSwan Paint job is simpler than trying to diagnose the source of "loud" noise. So that's a counter argument to what you said. You would only change the light bulb if it was an old lightbulb, or you did not know how long the lightbulb had been there. If it was a new lightbulb, then the "simplest" solution, as you have defined "simplest", would likely be incorrect. In fact, "simplest" is not clearly defined in any situation. What is most simple depends on your point of view and your level of expertise.
I think there's a humility to be admired in being ok with others thinking you're simple, when in fact you're the one who sees the problem most clearly. That's both emotional maturity and crystalized intelligence, and both are good to have.
I’ve done small engine repair for years. I got a couple of red in the face older gentleman that had obviously spent the better part of the morning trying to crank this massive Husqvarna bow saw. I took the saw to the back, opened the gas tank, put a taste of fuel in it, and pulled it right over. After making a few test cuts and putting it through its paces to insure that the customer wouldn’t be back in an hour complaining that I wasn’t thorough enough, I returned to the old fellows their saw and exclaimed, “It ain’t got no gas in it.” They both cussed me out.
I can’t even count the number of times this exact same thing happened when I was a mechanic in the army. “I’ve been troubleshooting it for hours, I don’t know what’s wrong with it.” “Ain’t no gas in it.” 🤣
Last time I saw something like this happen was when one of my computer repair students couldn’t figure out why the computer wasn’t starting up. Turned out that another student unplugged it to test out another device. The first thing I did to help this student was to look to see if it was plugged in. Lol.
Last time *I* saw something like this happen was coming back from lunch at an Engineering job I had. FOUR other Engineers were trying to get into the new (HOT) secretary's car because she locked her keys in it.! Now *I* knew how to unlock cars with a breadknife or a piece of strapping but I stood there watching these guys for a minute or so. Arguing about how to do this or that. I looked through the driver's window at the passenger side door. Then walked over and opened the UNLOCKED door, reached in and grabbed her keys. Shut the door and handed them to her and walked inside without a word! OOH those guys were PISSED! AND guess who SHE asked out?
We often don't. I spent 4 hours diagnosing a computer to find why it all of a sudden wouldn't playback youtube videos. Never thought to try and play a video on another device to find out that the playback error was not a spontaneous driver or hardware issue. No RUclips was down, it was up but it was sort of down.
When I was a young man in the military I got called into the CIC (Combat Information Center) because the officer of the watch's main console wasn't working. This was a college educated women with a degree who was in charge of the entire operations department. I moved the mouse... it had went into power save mode because she hadn't touched it in 2 hours.
It ain't got no gas in it, is one of the best lines ever in a movie. I was surprised that Scooter never had problems with Carl for making him look bad.
I watched this the other morning and when neighbor drove his mower out to the mailbox to check his mail it would start so I walked over and said the same thing to him. He just laughed .
I work as a diesel mechanic at a Love's and I got called to help with our maintenance truck. They said it wouldn't start and that it was the battery. So I grabbed a small jump pack and walked to the truck. I got in, turned the key, and it cranked over no problem. I asked the maintenance man when they fill it last and got "I dunno..." Long story short, I threw two gallons of gas in it and it fired right up. I remind them daily that these trucks dont run on hopes and dreams.
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This is most of my job as an IT technician.
Computer’s need gas?! Well I’ll be, see this is why I don’t get computers at all.
Hey i don't get paid 70k a year for you to start letting my manager know wtf i do lol We google everything
Are all the wire connections fully seated? Is the switch in the on position? Did you plug it in?
@@craigbrewer433 If I've taught my users anything it's "reboot" before you call me.
Yes.
I don't know whether to give Karl props for immediately diagnosing something two folks couldn't, or the boss man for immediately reversing an embarrassing moment into a backhanded compliment.
hell yeah
Discrimination is not allowed or even thought of at bill cox's outfit.
It's the point. Think of the most basic thing.
Yeah but the boss liked him and he definitely wasn't being backhanded.
It sounded like genuine praise to me. If Karl is frequently good at solving problems like that, the manager probably admires his approach.
I remember sitting in my office listening to a discussion in the hallway about why the copier wasn't working. One of the seasoned workers who had been there forever was walking by, and they asked him. I heard him open the paper drawer, then say, "it ain't got no gas in it" in a perfect imitation Carl. I about fell out of my chair laughing! Good times!
Fuck I wish I were in your shoes for that.
@@D.H.1082 I don't know, might have been a little cramped with you in there.
@@ShevaiAsan nice
@Shevai you made me laugh and I thank you for that
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Billy Bob Thornton was unrecognizable but absolutely amazing in this role.
Going to check IMDB because I don’t believe you…..
Holy hell, I’m amazed. Maybe because it’s 30 years ago lmao
He was also in Blood in Blood out along with a young buff Danny Trejo
He also, iirc, ended up in the hospital over the role. He's a method actor, which means he stays in character The Whole Time. Being all hunched over and hunched in on himself like that for so long, compressed some of his internal organs.
@@billygruvee1045was he really??
As a small engine repair mechanic, I can say this is accurate.
they left gas in it all winter and the carb is all gummed up. Reverse that for snowblowers lol. That was about 80% of my business as a small engine mechanic
Whew...sure glad you say so.
@@gnarkiller How do you un-gum the carb?
@@reek4972
Carburetor cleaner
Carb cleaner cleans carbs? Far out man
I always quote this line to myself when i fill up my pushmower...lol
dshibbs1027 Do you talk like Karl when you do it. lol
now when i fill up the lawnmower that is going to be stuck in my head
@@hidereplies1425 How can you not?
same
It's possible you may be a genius.
This is why RUclips was created: so that I could watch this video in the middle of the night on a Saturday
2 years later doing the same thing lol
I am hearing this joke for the first time in 2022 and I nearly died of laughter before looping it a few times. That delivery was absolutely perfect.
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yeah same here, when I first saw this clip years ago...it was just plain out hilarious
Yeah Slingblade is my favorite comedy
@@DieseltheWhiteTailedBuck had to let him know where you stood huh 💀
Same!!!!! 😂😂😂😂
It’s a humorous observation, not a twenty-minute lead-in to a The Aristocrats joke, it’s concerning you felt the need to laugh that hard over a joke that objectively is not funny enough for it.
0:15 - I’ll sometimes say this randomly to a coworker of mine and we both have a good laugh. One of my favorite movies of all time. They should make that sound byte an option for the "low fuel" alarm on vehicles, lol.
Do you know what this movie is called by chance?
@@Flip11111 Sling Blade
@@MakoCSH oh lol I feel just a bit stupid
Thank you
This is a marvelous idea... I think I'll make it so my truck plays this sound clip.
Except I drive a diesel, so it'll just spout it off at random intervals between 5 and 180 minutes.
@@Flip11111 Some folks called it Sling Blade, I called it Kaiser Blade
This is a running joke between me and some of the mechanics down at the shop I work at. "Hey Mike, what's going on with that Civic?" then he'll roll out from under it "I reckon IT AIN'T GOT NO GAS IN IT!"
I bet y'all laugh every time you do it! 🤣🤣
How ya goin with that renault?
I dont rekon i got no reason to kill nobody Mmmmhhhh!
When my wife and I bought our first house, her uncle gave us a push mower as a present. A few months later, it stopped running so I called him up to ask for help. He asked when was the last time I filled it up, and then said "it ain't got no gas in it" in this weird accent. It stuck with me because I couldn't tell if he was trying to make me feel dumb, or what.
Several years later I got around to watching this movie and I almost pooped my pants when I got to this scene and the dots in my brain connected.
It’s really interesting how we have these “cultural inside jokes”… I remember when Game of Thrones was huge and people would quote it expecting me to react, but since I’ve never seen it I just sat there blinking like an idiot haha.
I lost my voice for 2 days after seeing this Movie and imitating his voice for a week straight. I just couldn't help myself, it's too awesome. Great Movie in every way.
French fried po-taters?
Better make the Big uns. Uh huh.
@@kevinobrien9626
This explains why you are single.
THE FILM IS AN ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECE
I reckon
Mmmm Hmmmm
I agree.
I can’t believe James Carvel left the Clinton administration to be in this movie .
Rev. Andy H. That leftist cesspool got too much for even Carvel
I dont know about Master piece. But it is really good. Take care lil feller.
This was probably my dads favorite movie clip. He was a mechanic and owned his on shop, and would say that "it ain't got no gas in it" at least twice a day... Enjoy your loved ones because one day they will be gone. Then all you have is memories... Miss you dad..
Awesome story man. And good advice to on the loved ones. Oh, and .... It ain't got go gas in it
I lost my father too, but he's still alive. He's just an asshole.
Miss my dad too. Take care friend.
May God rest his soul.
@@nathanwilliams4005 I'm with you Nate. Mine just died in January this year, I had him cremated and threw him in the garbage.
Came here because of Deadpool🤣🤣
real
Here for the reference
Lol definitely
"thinks of the simplest things first"
You learn the hard way as a mechanic this is the way to troubleshoot. Took him 2 seconds to check the gas where a teardown wouldve taken an hour or two.
One time my boss n I changed a main engine control on a jet engine over 2 days. No change in issue on the ops check. Only thing left we could think of was that the N1 speed sensor, although it checked good electrically, could be bad mechanically. Took 1 hour to change it. It fixed the issue.
... Needless to say, we were pissed.
I started my landscaping job the other day and I couldn’t figure out why the weedeater wasn’t cranking up and then my supervisor comes up and looks in it and said this quote just like Karl did, I couldn’t stop laughing even though I felt like a complete dumbass 😂
Don't work FOR a landscaper - buy a mower and BE a landscaper. It's easy.
How about if he catches jerking off in the restroom during lunch??? What does say?
@@OGWonkavisionHD how could anyone jerk off in a portajohn
@@ocrapo9327 pretty sure they teach it in basic training for the us marines
@@jpenneymrcoin6851 owning a mower doesn’t make you a landscaper. Lawn maintenance company maybe, but not a landscaper.
Carl did a great service to all mechanics. Now they always check the gas first!
To be fair, I bought a lawnmower and when I went to use it, the thing wouldn't start. So I checked everything on it; engine and all. tried to start it nothing. And one Time check the mower again and decided to put a little more gas in it and, took the lid off and it occurred to me: I DIDN'T PUT ANY FUCKING GAS IN IT.
Hell, I worked as a mechanic and was wondering why the car I was buying, as a project, was idling erratic. Turns outy dumb ass forgot to do the simplest thing, check ALL the fluids. The coolant was low and the temp sensor was reading hot as hell.
Now a days you say this to a customer in front of the boss man, he'll get pissed, because he would of wanted to charge the customer for labor and parts they wouldn't need. Cha-ching!
And they order them taters!
The answer to every Tesla owner whose car wouldn't work in this last cold spell.
One of my close friends growing up was and is, quite simply, a mechanical savant who excelled from everything from wrenching, to coding, and even day trading. We grew up in a remote west Texas town and really knew nothing of our lives beyond our county (except he managed to make it out to the US naval academy). His uncle and grandfather had a mechanic shop there in town and my friend worked in there as a child, becoming ase certified at a young age. He could fix anything from computers to semi trucks. He had a fuse taped to his toolbox with a poster that said “simple stuff first!”. Apparently he had damn near overhauled an RV before figuring out that a burned fuse was all it took to fix a problem. We chuckle about this scene all the time.
Whenever a customer brings in their car because it won't start, and it turns out it was out of gas, this quote is all you hear around the shop for the rest of the day.
Fuck man, where do you live?? 25 years as an auto mechanic, and NO one has ever had a car brought in because it was out of gas.
Exactly how does a customer bring in a car that is out of gas?
@@outlawchop-shop7468 With a tow truck
@@davelowets you beat me to that answer, LOL. I was like Duh.
@@jl123ist 🍻
One of greatest performances of all time. That's an actor.
and a writer, and a director.
Interview he did basically right after that movie was done where he like basically transformed himself in front of the camera into character is amazing. The physical transformation is astounding
That’s worth an Oscar right there
Mmhhmm
@@JasonTaylor1 yah, I saw that. Coved his face a little then transformed.
For almost a year, my dad had trouble getting our chainsaw to start. He took it apart and put it back together, took it to a professional to have the same done to it. Before he decided to buy a new one, I asked if he ever put gas in it. He stood in silence for 2 minutes, checked the gas tank, and grounded me for a week out of embarrassment.
one winter evening I borrowed my mother's car to get to work and back, and was instructed to park in the driveway upon returning. I backed in, put it in park, and pulled the handbrake since the driveway was a bit steep. the next morning it snowed and my father, the gentleman he was, put down his breakfast beer to go get my mother's car into the garage. he gets into the street and spends no less than 40 minutes slipping and sliding aimlessly trying to get up into the driveway, getting more and more pissed as neighbors passed by effortlessly. I finally thought to ask if he checked the parking brake and he about blew a gasket. I got in a similar amount of trouble!
BB played this role role so perfectly. Seems like a totally different person. Excellent performance.
Karl is a mechanical genius. LOL. Sometimes we do overlook the small things like text messages coming to your wife's phone at 3 in the morning.
oh.
Ouch. Wow.
And how is Mrs. Pedroza doing these days?
@@hilbornnailhead9906 Married with a new kid. Good riddance. LOL.
Wow lol this comment took a left turn!
This scene was the reason Angelina Jolie wanted a piece.
Omg lol
Facts! Women love a man that can fix stuff…
Hahahaha
LMAO
She looked in his eyes and said "Mmmm, I like the way you talk"
This should've won more awards than it did, the acting is sublime 👌🏽
I like sublime. Poor Lou dogg
This is such a great movie. Anybody that's never seen this should definitely watch it.
For some reason I can't stand watching guys "act" retarded. I felt the same about Of Mice and Men. They should have cast real retarded guys. Laughing at an actor just isn't as satisfying as laughing at real retards.
@@nodak81 i found one
@@nodak81 got ratio’d on youtube
@@nodak81 apply for the job then 🤡
@@nodak81 Your comment has good structure and it got a laugh out of me. Not to disparage the differently abled, but I'm retarded on my dad's side, so it comes out in the wash
OK, I'm going to admit it...I once yanked the cord on my weed eater for 5 minutes, cussed it like a pirate for 5 more, then checked the gas. Where's Carl when you need a guy with common sense?
Lmaoo we’re all human man
i threw my shoulder out once yanking on my weed eater. i hadnt turned it on...
Common Sense.... Americans have lost theirs.
@@benjaminlear1619 Just like how your account has no activity other than spam comments?
@@videocongrel i think just about anyone whos run a weedeater has done this at least once if not a few times.
"... And the meek shall inherit the earth."
Alex Johnson indeed. indeed.
And then kill every inhabitant.
Workers of the world, unite!
Biden and the Mighty Democrats need to kill off every last Deplorable
@@fredwerza3478
I hope this is sarcasm
Billy Bob did such an amazing job with this role. Granted he did write and direct it haha, but still it was such fine acting. The movie itself was kind of slow, but his performance carried the entire thing.
i literally watched this movie based on this clip and I wasn't disappointed!
It's most impressive that way. I personally wouldn't want to deal with the hassle of the behind the scenes stuff, followed by trying to maintain your idea on set and portray that idea yourself.
That doesn't seem fair at all. Everyone in it was amazing
This is hands down the best Billy has ever done
Aside from bad Santa 🤣
He did a bank robbery movie with Bruce Willis that was pretty good, I think it was called Bandits.
The first season of his series ‘Goliath’ was excellent! The second season “jumped the shark” and I couldn’t bring myself to finish watching the third season but that first season was fantastic and Billy Bob was the reason.
@@Rattus-Norvegicus yes I seen that one
He has so many good ones
I met BB about 14 years ago when I was living in Colorado. I was working for Window World at the time and did a job in a small town called Lyons about an hour North of Denver. I pulled the work order that morning for what would be a 2 day job and the name on the invoice said Robert Thornton. I remember thinking wouldn't it be crazy if this guy turned out to be Billy Bob and was even talking about it on the drive up north with my partner.
Sure enough, it was him. What a genuine down to earth dude. He put burgers on the grill and cooked us lunch and shared his beer with us on the last day of the job and bullshited with us for a good hour. I decided to ask him if there was one particular film that he enjoyed working on the most and he said "Friday Night Lights" was a blast and also noted "Sling Blade" as his most challenging role.
It's no wonder we don't hear from him or see him much anymore. He's way too authentic of a dude to play around in the woke Hollywood cesspool.
Prime Angelina Jolie was probably the best thing he has done, but this is number 2.
A buddy of mine and I will quote this damn movie all day at work, it never get's old.
Are they hiring?
@@jshepard152 Always
*gets
Worked in a shop my whole life...still gets me every once in a while:)
Deadpool brought me here.
Same 😂
Who else says this every time something runs outta gas??? It's a classic line that will forever live with me
I send my parents this clip every time I ask for gas money
Lmfao 🤣 you funny
@@jbo6096
His Dad:
Boy got jokes....
Gold medal
Lol
@@kramnull8962 Also Dad: Imma kick his ass when he comes home for supper
When someone passes you a blunt of reggie and asks why you aren’t hitting it: 0:16
lmao im doing that next time
What’s a blunt of reggie?
@@madwhitehare3635 lmao kids....reggie= plain old dirty "regular" weed
LMAO
@Caleb Huskey lmao i have hair in my asscrack manlier than you and that pictures like 20 years old...dipshit
When your friend's complaining about a headache and being tired, but they've barely ate or drank all day.
i was in highschool when this movie came out, whenever anyone messed something up we'd say "dammit karl" or just give each other "MMMmmmmhhuummm" when passing each other in the halls, lol, still holds up.
IMO Billy Bob Is one of the most capable and believable actors on screen. I’m so impressed with his skills.
It's hard to even tell it's him.
Then there's his role in Tombstone, I didn't even know that was him until some time after I saw the movie.
One of the BEST movies ever created.
I recommended this film to my dad and brother over 20 years ago. They loved it and we referenced many lines including this one. It was a form of bonding for us. They are both gone now and I miss them dearly. Watching these clips can be bittersweet.
I once got to say this to my neighbor. It was about to rain and he was in a hurry to get his grass cut. He came out and hopped on the mower and tried to crank it, nothing. I hollered across the backyard in my best Karl voice "It ain't got no gas in it!" He smiled and looked in the tank and said "Nope, not a drop!".
I like them french fried pertaters, mmm hmm. I reckon I'll have me some of the bigguns.
Charles Wilson Peale worst Karl impression ever.
Alright then
Charles Wilson Peale you got any biscuits for sale in there ?
With mustard?
Mmmm hmm
You liked potted meat? Uhhmmm
Grade school, middle school, high school, college - nope. This 24 second clip taught me more about life than anything!
I watched this movie twice and didn't realize that was Billy Bob. Still hard to believe it's him even after you know it's him. He killed that role.
What’s the movie called
@@cdwater8203 Sling Blade
My only really known exposure to BBT is in 'Fargo', so this is such a departure from how I was aware of him. Awesome kind of range
due to recent gas prices i have probably said this at least 50 times about my car in the past 2 weeks 😭
I walked into my garage to my dad ripping his chainsaw apart trying to figure out why it jammed up after dropping it out of a tree.
I just pulled on the kickback safety and unlocked the clutch and he just looked at me with the “why didn’t I think of that face” he cracked a beer and called it a day after that
So your dad doesn’t know how to use a chainsaw is what I’m hearing
@@michaelj6392 I mean everyone has their moments where they forget something and are distracted by something else entirely.
Fbi needs this fella
moon glow “I reckon the husband who took out an insurance policy on his wife one day before she was murdered did it, mhm”
😂 For me its still one of the most hilarious, funny,& iconic scenes in cinema history!😆 Who knew billy bob thornton could be so darn funny?🤷...what a tremendous job he did as carl,he created this character & made it truly his own!😏
I had a moment like this when i was a teenager (10+years ago).
The adult men couldn't get a gas powered generator to work-winter ice storm- so were taking the thing apart. I asked if there was gas in it.
Step-dad: of course there's gas...
*Unscrews cap*
Step-dad: there's no gas.
See there scooter? Thinks of the simplest things first..... 🤣🤣🤣
I actually had this happen when I was wrenching for Harley. A guy had his bike brought in on a trailer because it shut off while he was riding and he couldn't get it to start back up. It's actually a good idea to start with the simplest things first when diagnosing. I checked for gas. It was empty. I put gas in and it fired right up. This man actually had the nerve to argue with my service manager about it being empty. I get it he was embarrassed, but arguing just made him look that much dumber.
Hope you all just laughed and laughed
Bringing it in empty won't guarantee this customer is remembered forever as an asshole - arguing about it being empty will though. Sometimes we just have to admit we made a mistake and/or did something stupid, but some folks just cant do that.
Or he was just that dumb 🤷♂️
So you're telling me he brought in his bike to get serviced, and was pissed the only thing that had to be done to it was a fill up? What a prideful man
@@jacoblinares2403 narcissists are predictably terrible and unjustifiably prideful idiots.
When my father (afflicted with the aforementioned disorder) has an issue with his van (an inanimate object capable of mobility) he gets angry at the actual van. He will get loud and badmouth the van and litter in it more. Hell check the bluebook and howl about how ludicrous the notion of its value is and claim to want to pay others to rid himself of its issues.
It's nearly always a basic maintenance issue. Oil. Fluids. Battery. Plugs.
Ive pondered (even with the awareness that it stems from an inability to take any true responsibility for things) why he becomes so mean and abusive to the van..and nothing else
When he gets viruses on his mega outdated windows computer from his porn habit he doesn't get mad at the computer.
Which makes me so angry and depressed to lead me to conclude the worst
The car being an object that moves, he likely attributes to it some asinine and absurd notion of sentience.
It troubles me to know we share genes.
Now I know where Wildcat got that quote from 🤣🤣
I'll be damned, it's Senator John Fetterman, 😂
There's a moral to this scene because we all can learn from the simplest of people, for a fool can tell you your house is on fire. Carl Childers rocks!!
Thanks
Indeed there is some sort of quote like "there isn't a man so ignorant that I can't learn something from him" or something like that. It's very true.
@@kinkane5566 There's a little of God in every one of us. We just have to look hard enough to find it...
Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
Especially when you are awakened at 2am in the morning to find him standing over your bed with a hammer in his hand demanding french fries with mustard....
Mmm-hmm!
Tag line at every mechanic and engine shop for the last 20+ years. Thank you Carl.
“I know what’s wrong with it, ain’t got no gas in it.”
I was a small engine mechanic for 6 years, still do it on the side. You'd be surprised how many mowers I've "fixed" by adding gas to it.
I'm a mechanic or " automotive technician" and I use this line all the time! 🤣
One of my all time favorite movies.
We all looked up "it ain't got no gas in it" don't lie lol
My dad was a doctor of reproductive endocrinology (infertility specialist) and at least once a day he'd have a lady up in stirrups for an exam, and bust out this line in the Sling Blade voice. It always got a big laugh from the staff. Until he lost his license for malpractice.
That small engine repair shop owner is seriously good people...
Small engine shops are the best place to work at, I swear time has left them behind and it's like working a job in the 60s, much less stressful
He's also a monster keyboard player. He's in a movie with Jeff Bridges called "Crazy Heart". He plays a bit about 30 minutes into the movie.
It’s a fucking movie.
@@Carl_McMelvinwait a minute, u mean this isn't a documentary?! Quick, we need to tell everyone about ur amazing revelation!
@@reptarcar you aren’t a real bright young man are you?
"are you sure he's dead?" " Yeah I wacked him a second time with it" * hangs up phone and proceeds to make a sandwich while waiting for the police* man I love sling blade
He says something to the fact that you better bring an ambulance or a Hurst.
"That second hit plum near took his head off."
Whoaaa spoiler alert
The hell are you doing with that lawnmower blade?
@@mrwassef Oh no, a 26 year old spoiler, who cares
Years ago at an auction I bought several gas powered tools for $5 each. I had watched guys try to pull start those things until they were covered in sweat. Nobody checked to see if there was gas in them. They all talked about how they were junk. So when they came up nobody bid on them except me. A couple of guys actually laughed that I was buying them and told me good luck starting them.
I hope you laughed back at him 🤣
“It’s been a while since I’ve seen Sling Blade, hit me again”
🤣 I said the exact same thing to a co-worker last week with an RTV that wouldn’t start. The same way. He didn’t get the line. 😒 Damn 23 year olds.
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Joseph Slabaugh Lol. It’s a 4x4 utility vehicle made by Kubota.
Oh, OK, a cousin to the ATV then?
You got it.
Lol. “It ain’t got no gas in it.” 😂
It doesn't matter if it's this or his role in Fargo, I will always just see Billy Bob Thornton as the guy who got pimp smacked in tombstone
"You gonna do something, or just stand there and bleed?" Second best line of the movie, behind "I'm your huckleberry", of course.
@@RedDirtTucker idk man, the first one is pretty damn good haha
He was a bit pudgy there. Kinda funny
It ain't got no gas in it. Simple, but expensive as hell.
This moment gave me a hearty laugh when I first saw it in a theatre. Reminded me of a friend who needed me to come over to fix his computer. He was like totally angst ridden. I took a quick look at it and said, “You gotta plug it in, Pete.” The rest of the evening was a bit awkward.
It's 2021 and I'm literally watching this movie to settle down before bed..... these algorithms are getting scary. I've never looked up anything sling blade related on my RUclips before.
This is a great lesson for consparicy theories. The most simple answer is always right.
“Never attribute to malice, what can be attributed to incompetence “
That’s my rule of thumb for conspiracy’s, especially those of the gooberment
Exactly. 2 aluminum planes. 3 Steel skyscrapers, Simple. Conspiracy theories are annoying
"The most simple answer is always right"
Not an argument. Claiming that something is "always right" is not an argument.
@@tallswede80 Well, if my car sounds loud and I bring it in to be fixed if the guy wants to sell me a paint job I know he is wrong. It is called common sense. People want to make everything more complex than it is. If the light in the kitchen is not working you check the light bulb before you rewire the whole house.
@@StanSwan
Paint job is simpler than trying to diagnose the source of "loud" noise. So that's a counter argument to what you said.
You would only change the light bulb if it was an old lightbulb, or you did not know how long the lightbulb had been there. If it was a new lightbulb, then the "simplest" solution, as you have defined "simplest", would likely be incorrect.
In fact, "simplest" is not clearly defined in any situation. What is most simple depends on your point of view and your level of expertise.
I loved this movie.
I think there's a humility to be admired in being ok with others thinking you're simple, when in fact you're the one who sees the problem most clearly. That's both emotional maturity and crystalized intelligence, and both are good to have.
I’ve done small engine repair for years. I got a couple of red in the face older gentleman that had obviously spent the better part of the morning trying to crank this massive Husqvarna bow saw. I took the saw to the back, opened the gas tank, put a taste of fuel in it, and pulled it right over. After making a few test cuts and putting it through its paces to insure that the customer wouldn’t be back in an hour complaining that I wasn’t thorough enough, I returned to the old fellows their saw and exclaimed, “It ain’t got no gas in it.” They both cussed me out.
I can’t even count the number of times this exact same thing happened when I was a mechanic in the army. “I’ve been troubleshooting it for hours, I don’t know what’s wrong with it.” “Ain’t no gas in it.” 🤣
AF too. Bomblift won't start due to avionics hanging targeting pods. We aquired some jp8 from an f15 with a Dr. Pepper bottle. 😏😶
Most relatable video of the decade.
someone asked "name a movie thats not a comedy but totally is" this gem was my immediate thought
This is actually what its like working in IT
It ain't been unplugged then plugged back in yet
Check out the show IT Crowd. Have you tried turning it off and on again? Are you absolutely sure it's plugged in?
honestly trailer park boys brought me here and both videos make me laugh my ass off
TexanHick01 PsychWard brought me here
Love this movie, its a shame i dont think this modern cinema and Hollywood would make another movie like this.
One of the most ICONIC lines in movie history
Amazing movie. Amazing acting, one of the all time great classics.
Last time I saw something like this happen was when one of my computer repair students couldn’t figure out why the computer wasn’t starting up. Turned out that another student unplugged it to test out another device. The first thing I did to help this student was to look to see if it was plugged in. Lol.
Last time *I* saw something like this happen was coming back from lunch at an Engineering job I had. FOUR other Engineers were trying to get into the new (HOT) secretary's car because she locked her keys in it.! Now *I* knew how to unlock cars with a breadknife or a piece of strapping but I stood there watching these guys for a minute or so. Arguing about how to do this or that. I looked through the driver's window at the passenger side door. Then walked over and opened the UNLOCKED door, reached in and grabbed her keys. Shut the door and handed them to her and walked inside without a word! OOH those guys were PISSED! AND guess who SHE asked out?
We often don't. I spent 4 hours diagnosing a computer to find why it all of a sudden wouldn't playback youtube videos. Never thought to try and play a video on another device to find out that the playback error was not a spontaneous driver or hardware issue. No RUclips was down, it was up but it was sort of down.
When I was a young man in the military I got called into the CIC (Combat Information Center) because the officer of the watch's main console wasn't working. This was a college educated women with a degree who was in charge of the entire operations department.
I moved the mouse... it had went into power save mode because she hadn't touched it in 2 hours.
The boss's line at the end foreshadows how Karl deals with the stepfather... he thinks of the simplest solution first
It ain't got no gas in it, is one of the best lines ever in a movie.
I was surprised that Scooter never had problems with Carl for making him look bad.
Scooter was dumber than Carl
@@Bubbles99718 They said Carl was well up at the state hospital. Mm humm
Exactly what I tell my wife when she calls me from Walmart parking lot & says the car won't start.
See that scooter, he's got SENSE AND LOGIC
Thanks for having me watch this youtube
One of my favorite movies ever.
I watched this the other morning and when neighbor drove his mower out to the mailbox to check his mail it would start so I walked over and said the same thing to him. He just laughed .
My dad made a living as a mechanic and he loved saying this to surprising volume of customers who ran into this problem.
If I ever have to give a training session it will open with this video! We say this all the time at work.
Taryl Fixes All brought me here
As a heavy equipment mechanic I approve this message 😂
He knows what’s wrong with it
Nice pfp
^_^
I work as a diesel mechanic at a Love's and I got called to help with our maintenance truck. They said it wouldn't start and that it was the battery. So I grabbed a small jump pack and walked to the truck. I got in, turned the key, and it cranked over no problem. I asked the maintenance man when they fill it last and got "I dunno..." Long story short, I threw two gallons of gas in it and it fired right up. I remind them daily that these trucks dont run on hopes and dreams.