"HEY LISTEN, litrachers one o' those things that hyrbnows bnthsngsgotalkthrough. this KID'S a GOOD GUY. and ya know??? just siiign the daaamn thiing and we can get ooutta here." fred armisen is the funniest man alive
As an educator this is all too real! Parent: "Could you give us the reason little Janey only got a B+ and not an A?" (An actual question I've received, minus the name). My response: "Because she got the questions wrong". Parent: "Well she was so close to an A and she really knows the answers now so could you just give her the couple extra points?" There have been countless examples of this type of hand holding I'm my 10 years of experience and j just can't wait to see what it's going to be like 20 years from now. Colleagues have told me their stories too of course; parents writing papers for their kids, homework turned in with the parents handwriting. And this is middle school and high school folks! I know millennials get best on but these post-millennials will drive the geezers absolutely insane!
Maekar I Targaryen what state? Just wondering because I would like to know if this is nation wide. Teach in Houston area and it’s ridiculous how these parents and students now run the educational system.
@MiamiRyu I'm not, I'm a millennial born in '84. I was talking about how post-Millenials, Gen Z, are even worse at being hand held through everything and that if those older Americans thought Millennials drove them nuts just wait til all the generations after arrive.
Made me think of a do not disturb door bell. It can have a little LED above the doorbell that says "WELCOME" or "DO NOT DISTURB." When you aren't expecting company, you switch it to DnD and then it only rings loudly outside the door. Face it, if it says do not disturb and they still ring the bell, they deserve the loud doorbell in their face.
This video actually makes me glad I was neglected benignly growing up. I think that's the best way to make someone independent and resourceful. ~ random Gen Y kid
urgh, i'm just like the son. Every time I try to live independently I eventually breakdown crying and come crawling back to mum. Its like the inevitable humiliation doesn't register until its too late, even if I constantly remind myself. I'll just keep neglecting my responsibilities until I make an unholy mess of my life again...
It's hilarious but .... sad. Parents like this exist and are so absurd to watch and deal with, even though the car seat is far fetched. Smothering parents = a train wreck!
I actually had a sales manager tell me that once. A group of teens were going to door to door selling magazine subscriptions (this was in the '90s). I looked through their catalog, and didn't want any. I can't remember if I got a second knock on the door like this, or if their manager was in the background, but after I turned them down, the manager came forward and said, "These are good kids. They're just trying to make some money. These are not bad magazines, at very good prices," and then he asked if I could look at the catalog again, to see if I liked something. I fell for the pitch, and chose a magazine I'd subscribed to before, but it had kind of fallen out of favor with me. What they had *was* at good prices, and so I figured I'd give the "kids" a little business (I have no idea how much of the proceeds they actually got). Later on, I heard about how there were scammers going door to door selling magazine subscriptions, but in these cases, they'd just take the money and run. In my case, they actually signed me up, and I enjoyed the magazines I got. So, it happened to have a happy ending, as far as I was concerned. :)
No, because I believe in not having the government or some stupid "save the earth" person dictating how I should shop. Much less dictate how I should answer the door to my own house.
Why you shut the door on my son? Because it is my property. He is lucky I didn't get my shot gun! I don't worry about such crap, because I have a No Solicting sign I will point to before telling them to leave my property before I apply the Castle to the Hastle!
More eccentric characters like on the fabulous Portlandia,only another time and place! If you like Portlandia you will get what I’m doing. Improv and reality. (Oh yeah, this is from NYC in the 90’s) Now it seems I was TROLLING all those years. (for a local cable access TV show) MAN ON THE STREET; in nightclubs, on the subways and everywhere. Investigate pop and trash culture with Jerry Rio as I explore the urban landscape. People in NYC are so sarcastic.Very funny. .
Oregon is not banning them, only Multnomah County.. Another great move for Sam Adams.. Right up there with the recycle bins for your kitchen...Jeezus...
Pelican Cancer is important .. Please help rid us of these fowl creatures that poop in our drinking water by using as many plastic bags as you can. Thank You! lol ~a~
You know what will kill Ban the Bag initiatives? Not debate about the undoubted harm they can cause environmentally, but self-service checkouts in shops. Have you ever, ever, been able to make one of those damn things accept that 'the unknown item in the baggage area' is your bag, even when you've pressed the button for 'I am using my own bag' and placed it in the zone for weighing?
MinesAGuinness I really doubt that will kill it, I barely see people with their own bags anyway. Also you don't have to put your bag in the area, you just don't have to bag your items and when you're finished bag them afterwards. I know this is a 2 year old comment, I just thought this comment was silly.
You know when comedians use that rhetorical technique that in practice looks something like "Yeah man, now that they banned that thing the whole city has gone to seed and I'm out of here. Bunch of idiots ruining this place, probably came from that other city where people ban things." That's what you're doing, right?
Hey look, it’s California! Sign a petition without reading it and then wonder where all these new laws came from! Drop ten dollars worth of groceries because bags are ten cents a piece!
different places have different problems plastic bags do block up drainage systems and that is one reason why pple don't have any water to drink. plastic bags will clog up internal organs of fish therefore humans will east plastic in 'developing' countries. it is a serious problem for everyone. This is comedy though so everyone should chill the fuck out.
You are completely ignorant. Plastic bags are a major problem in underdeveloped countries. Clogging drainage systems in the slums during monsoon season .
I always loved how this show made fun of cringey liberals and got away with it, basically because it was filmed in a liberal place and featured liberal actors.
This kid’s a good GUY. And ya know-just sign the damn thing.
That was....a little too real
A great parenting instructional video. So much said in so little time.
Incredibly realistic. Ice Cream, Ice Cream, Ice Cream!
Alex has a whole room full of participation trophies I'm sure.
Ah, millineals.
You know where she made her mistake. She opened the door a second time.
Her mistake was to open the door the first time.
But pelican cancer...
when a door is closed
*THE EXORCIST*
And every time after that, as it happened.
The Volvo is a nice detail at the end. Completes the picture of this family perfectly. Especially that model.
This explains a lot about Portland issues today. Thank You Comedy.
Wait what's wrong with this skit? This is normal. Except my mommy tucks me in for a nap while driving me to grad school.
*"PISTACHIO"*
And packs your lunch.
Plastic bags are great for poop scooping after pets.. So they are re-cycled in a way....
"HEY LISTEN, litrachers one o' those things that hyrbnows bnthsngsgotalkthrough.
this KID'S a GOOD GUY. and ya know??? just siiign the daaamn thiing and we can get ooutta here." fred armisen is the funniest man alive
My favorite part of this bit 🤣
As an educator this is all too real!
Parent: "Could you give us the reason little Janey only got a B+ and not an A?" (An actual question I've received, minus the name).
My response: "Because she got the questions wrong".
Parent: "Well she was so close to an A and she really knows the answers now so could you just give her the couple extra points?"
There have been countless examples of this type of hand holding I'm my 10 years of experience and j just can't wait to see what it's going to be like 20 years from now. Colleagues have told me their stories too of course; parents writing papers for their kids, homework turned in with the parents handwriting. And this is middle school and high school folks! I know millennials get best on but these post-millennials will drive the geezers absolutely insane!
Maekar I Targaryen what state? Just wondering because I would like to know if this is nation wide. Teach in Houston area and it’s ridiculous how these parents and students now run the educational system.
@MiamiRyu I'm not, I'm a millennial born in '84. I was talking about how post-Millenials, Gen Z, are even worse at being hand held through everything and that if those older Americans thought Millennials drove them nuts just wait til all the generations after arrive.
@MiamiRyu I know. I graduated high school exactly 20 years ago and am considered a millennial.
Made me think of a do not disturb door bell. It can have a little LED above the doorbell that says "WELCOME" or "DO NOT DISTURB." When you aren't expecting company, you switch it to DnD and then it only rings loudly outside the door. Face it, if it says do not disturb and they still ring the bell, they deserve the loud doorbell in their face.
This skit is disturbing. 😂
Hilarious, one of my favorite skits. Hilarious when the grandparents show up. The millenial baby seat...
Haven't seen a pelican all week and now I know why. Too bad my city won't ban plastic bags.
Pelicans are really sensitive to pollution. My city found 27 dead pelicans in a pond -.-
I lasted two days as a canvaser, because I could not stand to be that guy. (And the first day was training, so really, one day.)
yup, canvassing is tough!
Did you go to ice cream?
i worked one day also, people treated me like dirt, and I was better dressed and cleaner than day.
Did you take your mummy?
So your parents and grandparents were there?
These could well be the same people who invented the How many more 'sleeps' till something exciting happens thing.
Gawd, Portlandia never ceases to amuse and stimulate thought.
Pretty cool how the meme actually led to the city's demise...
the guy who plays the son is sooo adorable!! dayum!
Wow this is so relevant, they were just taking about helicopter parenting on the news a few weeks ago after the university admissions scandal
I live in the Pac NW... I gotta get out of here.
Did u ever escape?
I think we should go to ice cream 😢
Pistachio!
Shouldn't his car seat be facing backward?
thesavagechef no, that's for children physically 2 years or younger, not mentally 2 years or younger
Chairman Meow can you please just tell thesavagechef he's right and he's doing a good job? Let's just do over this comment again...
I love that they put him in a car seat😂
Pelican cancer XD
AWWWWWW THE VOLVO FINISHED IT SO HARD
This skit combined with the video quality ensured that I will forever be too angry to die.
This video actually makes me glad I was neglected benignly growing up. I think that's the best way to make someone independent and resourceful. ~ random Gen Y kid
Well maybe not neglected, but a latchkey kid would do.
Not the pelicans. Never the pelicans. 🐦
this is my favorite portlandia skit hands down
No it's not.
So THAT's the parental love & support I never received! no wonder I'm so f'd up! lol ;)
This actually happened in Oregon. Plastic bags are not allowed in big stores
urgh, i'm just like the son. Every time I try to live independently I eventually breakdown crying and come crawling back to mum.
Its like the inevitable humiliation doesn't register until its too late, even if I constantly remind myself. I'll just keep neglecting my responsibilities until I make an unholy mess of my life again...
Fred Armisen is a national treasure
It's hilarious but .... sad. Parents like this exist and are so absurd to watch and deal with, even though the car seat is far fetched. Smothering parents = a train wreck!
Can we just end this cruel game and let the boy move in with you?!?!?! He’s a clean boy!! Wash your own damn sheets!!!!
Shrug.
That means what?
a keg of beer
Brilliant.
Anyone else craving pistachio ice cream..? I've got no idea why...
She is a good actress, liked her in the street naming skit as well.
This super depresses me because it's so dang true.
Ban paper bags. Save the trees!
It's already a reality in San Francisco County.
2020 and his petition is finally reality! Plastic bags have been banned in Portland, only paper now, and if you want one it will cost you $.05 each
forget his juice box.
they lost the joke should have brought great grandparents too
wrong
omg! my Environmental Comm class worked with Surfrider in their plastic bag campaign! Wish this video was around when we did it.
I think we should go to ice cream.
"This kid's a gooood guy."
I actually had a sales manager tell me that once. A group of teens were going to door to door selling magazine subscriptions (this was in the '90s). I looked through their catalog, and didn't want any. I can't remember if I got a second knock on the door like this, or if their manager was in the background, but after I turned them down, the manager came forward and said, "These are good kids. They're just trying to make some money. These are not bad magazines, at very good prices," and then he asked if I could look at the catalog again, to see if I liked something. I fell for the pitch, and chose a magazine I'd subscribed to before, but it had kind of fallen out of favor with me. What they had *was* at good prices, and so I figured I'd give the "kids" a little business (I have no idea how much of the proceeds they actually got). Later on, I heard about how there were scammers going door to door selling magazine subscriptions, but in these cases, they'd just take the money and run. In my case, they actually signed me up, and I enjoyed the magazines I got. So, it happened to have a happy ending, as far as I was concerned. :)
Ice cream we all scream for ice cream
@PearMartini1 yes I agree. The EGAT (everyone gets a trophy) way of parenting is ruining this country. A land on underachievers...
Yes. Kind of hard to re-use bags after cleaning a litter box!
The only thing missing was the wife's boyfriend.
You made me sad, and my mom thinks that's bad.
Hey that's my friend Alex!
Funny, seems like the parents were the driving force behind the kid...
No, because I believe in not having the government or some stupid "save the earth" person dictating how I should shop. Much less dictate how I should answer the door to my own house.
I think we should go to ice cream
It's only deplorable for people without a sense of humor. Case in point.
This is how many parents are in my neck of the woods. Funny skit but too close to reality!
The dude in the glasses is freakin adorable 😍😍😍
Why you shut the door on my son? Because it is my property. He is lucky I didn't get my shot gun! I don't worry about such crap, because I have a No Solicting sign I will point to before telling them to leave my property before I apply the Castle to the Hastle!
classic.... soooo close to the truth
fred looks like Alan Rickman in this
More eccentric characters like on the fabulous Portlandia,only another time and place!
If you like Portlandia you will get what I’m doing. Improv and reality.
(Oh yeah, this is from NYC in the 90’s)
Now it seems I was TROLLING all those years. (for a local cable access TV show)
MAN ON THE STREET; in nightclubs, on the subways and everywhere. Investigate pop and trash culture with Jerry Rio as I explore the urban landscape.
People in NYC are so sarcastic.Very funny.
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They would be driving a Volvo 😂
ICE CREAM ICE CREAM ICE CREAM
pistachio
And I am not convinced that you know the word of "private property"
Oh my god this is brilliant.
Were Boomers Helicopter Parents? I thought this was a unique problem of Generation X.
Oregon is not banning them, only Multnomah County.. Another great move for Sam Adams.. Right up there with the recycle bins for your kitchen...Jeezus...
Pelican Cancer is important .. Please help rid us of these fowl creatures that poop in our drinking water by using as many plastic bags as you can. Thank You! lol ~a~
You know what will kill Ban the Bag initiatives? Not debate about the undoubted harm they can cause environmentally, but self-service checkouts in shops. Have you ever, ever, been able to make one of those damn things accept that 'the unknown item in the baggage area' is your bag, even when you've pressed the button for 'I am using my own bag' and placed it in the zone for weighing?
MinesAGuinness
I really doubt that will kill it, I barely see people with their own bags anyway. Also you don't have to put your bag in the area, you just don't have to bag your items and when you're finished bag them afterwards. I know this is a 2 year old comment, I just thought this comment was silly.
You know when comedians use that rhetorical technique that in practice looks something like "Yeah man, now that they banned that thing the whole city has gone to seed and I'm out of here. Bunch of idiots ruining this place, probably came from that other city where people ban things." That's what you're doing, right?
Icecream good idea
Oh My -george takei voice
who is the guy that first rings the doorbell....whats his name? i know i have seen him somewhere before
America!
Haha who said pistachio at the end lol
I live in Seattle, so no.
So annoying and funny at the same time.
Knowing is half the battle ;)
Helicopter Parents in San Mateo County, CA.
Pistachiooo
Great quality
A Volvo ...
Hey look, it’s California! Sign a petition without reading it and then wonder where all these new laws came from! Drop ten dollars worth of groceries because bags are ten cents a piece!
Or be smart and buy reusable cloth bags for like 50 cents lmao! It's honestly not that difficult
@@corahrahrah I've never seen a reusable bag sold separately for less than $3, fyi. I just reuse the bags I get from the stand for 10 cents.
How do I break this to you?
It's a comedy sketch.
@ando1135 his name is alex gavlick
Portland's first snowflake! ;)
LOL- yup, passive aggressive opinionated types all over this city.
Wow this is a total slap to the face to Oregonian; fucking hilarious.
helicopter parents
different places have different problems plastic bags do block up drainage systems and that is one reason why pple don't have any water to drink. plastic bags will clog up internal organs of fish therefore humans will east plastic in 'developing' countries. it is a serious problem for everyone. This is comedy though so everyone should chill the fuck out.
Sometimes their sketches aren't funny. This is not one of those times lol
You are completely ignorant. Plastic bags are a major problem in underdeveloped countries. Clogging drainage systems in the slums during monsoon season .
sharp.
The son is really cute
Pistachio
Because you needed a crappy comeback?
I always loved how this show made fun of cringey liberals and got away with it, basically because it was filmed in a liberal place and featured liberal actors.