Jim Davis tribute set to the entire original motion picture score of "Kundun" by Philip Glass featuring the philosophical musings of John Blyth Barrymore.
yeah, super eyepatch wolf's video "what the internet did to garfield" where he covers lasagna cat, and many other things, is literally and hour and 20 minutes. i think the reason this is considered comedically long is because of how absurd the topic is, it's just the same comic strip the whole way through.
I am not ashamed to admit I watch this thing while trying to do work. I have seen this in it's entirety seriously over 10 times, and have been watching it since 2017. Help me.
The fact that this guy managed to bullshit about a single comic strip for an entire hour and actually make it fairly coherent. Hats off. Total respect for this.
I'm currently crying so hard right now. This is seriously the most beautiful, well put together story ever. I can’t believe how magical it was at 1:12. That part truly made me shed a tear. And especially at 6:34 that part was just so truly heart touching words cannot describe the series of emotions I felt. I absolutely loved the climax it had insanely excellent detail. Oh and we can’t forget the conclusion. The conclusion was the greatest and saddest conclusion I have ever seen better than any of the books I have read. Thank you so much for creating this absolute masterpiece. This is essentially the most important masterpiece of film history. It is a tragedy that this, it can’t be called a film, but a transcendent emotional experience, will be inaccessible for most. It beautifully encapsulates the human struggle to its basics; suffering, pleasure, faith, despair. It connects with the characters within the viewers, individuals suppressed within our own subconscious. It stays vibrant, fresh, and revolutionizes the art of storytelling and filmmaking while making a damn statement on what it means to be human. Entertaining, gripping, and simply exhilarating. This might be the most impactful piece of art I’ve come across in my life, and I’m definitely coming back to it in the near future to study it more deeply. this is an absolute masterpiece , I was brought to tears listening to this and seeing the bacon go whirly swirly in a circle countless times. it absolutely moved my soul , and I don't think I can ever be the same. this bacon has changed my entire mental state , I am now at peace with who I am and what I will be doing later in my life. i have forgiven all my enemies and now I am a man of a pacifist life. I will move on , gotta move on , as the song says. the bacon is so inspirational , it shares its vast wisdom with all of us , and we are all so lucky that it would bestow its great words with us. we are all children on bacon. hail bacon. hail bacon. The spinning bacon, rotating in one direction with this music... This made me tear up. How could such a bacon do such a thing? I'm struck by awe by this masterpiece. Especially when the bacon spins, showing its lightly salt covered tan skin. I can hear the crunch just from here, and so is the beautiful sound of the bacon scraping the dark, smooth velvet floor. The flavor, music and everything can be heard, tasted, seen and felt from a screen. You can really hear the breaths between the music artist, empathizing her love for this rotating bacon. Truly what I call modern art. This was the most legendary performance by any piece of bacon I have ever watched. The acting was top tier and very life changing. This is one of the greatest works from a piece of bacon I have ever seen especially at 57:42.
All the video editing. All the CGI typeface stuff. A single-take performance over an hour long. All in service to make the statement, "This 40-year old Garfield strip really wasn't particularly funny".
Fools, for Jon asks a rhetorical question. He knows the answer, he shouts it in full confidence or even knowledge of where the pipe is. NO I will go further, Jon's question beckons another question in return: "Where else but with Garfield?"
*it featured music from Kundun, director Martin Scorsese's Dalai Lama film that almost KILLED Disney's chances at making money in China. A Michael Eisner apology, Mulan, 2016 Shanghai Disney and a LOT of money later, and Disney Corporation's Mouse bends to China's censors.*
Each yes had a different expression, a different meaning, leading to a different point, after one has been established, to start anew, so that he can explain in thorough detail the meaning of where Jon's pipe might be, and as we already suspected, it was Garfield who had the pipe in his possession.
Funny. Funny how your comment ends not in the word "make" but in the word "receive." Do you mean receive from God, as the artist being truly not the maker of the art, but the receiver through whose pen flows the very drippings of the heavens? (truth) Or do you point us to hearken to the inner call of the content creator, yes, this, this longing this, yes this, this, longing this, yes, this longing of the maker, one who only gives, gives, gives, to receive?
0:03 The comic strip 0:57 Start and introduction 3:10 Description of the comic strip 4:41 How he discovered it 5:31 Examination of the comic strip 6:35 Tracking Jim davis 7:31 reading repeatedly "The pipe strip" and compering it to other stuff and perfection 8:38 The Jim Davis theory 10:00 The pipe strip still having meaning even after extremely oversimplifying it 10:48 Compering the pipe strip to universal mathematical constants 11:56 Jim Davis its a genius 12:12 This strip is a masterpiece 12:24 Garfield's pose - 13:13 The third panel 14:03 Can a cat smoke? 15:30 The pipe strip is a metaphor - 16:11 The newspaper grip - 16:56 "Smoking cat" as a term - 17:34 "Timothy" - 18:25 "Ernie barguckle" 19:28 The pipe strip is more than just a strip, Its everything. - 20:20 The evidence 22:12 More details and metaphors 23:41 The thought burble 24:26 Garfield is chaos - 25:20 Why Jim Davis chose smoking 26:13 The pipe strip relation whit religion - 27:12 Jim Davis is god in here 28:10 Be like Jon! 28:54 Why is this comic strip important to him 31:18 Now where could my pipe be? - 32:20 "You are lying to yourself" - 33:21 "He knows the truth" 34:31 Garfield's Spirituality 36:41 The lemonade stand - 37:32 "Sahib" 38:56 "It was meant to me" - 39:27 July 27th,1983 39:54 The cat behavior interview - 40:19 Cat's red-green colorblindness and the choice of color in The pipe strip - 41:48 Some word play whit cat - 42:48 Garfield is in rage by colorblindness - 42:23 Garfield is bottling his anger? - 43:50 Its passive anger or aggressive anger? 44:54 Lets not miss the humor - 46:19 But its more than comedy 46:47 The pipe strip in a cycle 48:26 Everyone should see it 49:25 The plumer - 50:22 "Now where could my pipe wrench be?" 51:50 The importance to view the pipe strip in philosophical terms - 52:12 Jon's standpoint - 54:57 viewing the entire Garfield franchise philosophically - 56:08 He is not a pragmatist he is a rational thinker - 56:27 Jim Davis is exploring the mind/body duality 57:49 Jim Davis is immortal 1:01:10 Outro
@@tru6984 did you not? This was just a brief, layman's look into the comic, maybe you should stick to a less deep and nuanced comic if this was too much for you.
@@plus9775 I agree. This is good, brief introduction into the pipe strip outlining some of the most important points. More research is obviously warranted.
It can be argued what is the 'greatest', but what you can't argue is that this is surely the 'most wise' video ever created. The life lessons, the philosophical knowledge that spawned a new religion, which has saved us all from spending an eternity under GAmfeld's thumb in Hellsagna will never be duplicated, or approached. If I were to create a time capsule to shoot into space, or throw down a well with a child, and bury it, this would be the only contents. Imagine the peaceful UNIVERSE it would achieve. Also, it would raise the child from the well after he was buried, and turn him into the magical pipe smoke of Arbunkle. The child would be free of the well, and one with the pipe.
@@Souplespoon you should check his arms wrinkles. Those wouldn't be exactly the same if he moved after s mistake, which I suppose they stopped recording, laughed for a little and went back to filming, but the arms would look weird..they don't, it's one take
Additionally - Garfield is an orange cat with black stripes. This is known as a Torbie (Tabby-Tortoiseshell) fur pattern, and is nearly exclusive to female cats. In the rare case that a male cat is born with orange and black fur, it nearly always has Klinefelter syndrome, which means undersized testes -- and sterility. When Garfield stole the pipe, it was his way of coping with / lashing out about his lack of virility (the pipe, of course, being a phallic symbol.)
@@DekuStickGamer It's a work of art how much of history is misquoted because the ones that record it eather have biases or are simply imagining it differently than what it actually is. Jim hardly thought about all this thing while he was drawing this comic yet if this video was the only remaining citation in existence for his work in 10 000 years anyone who sees it will believe it and misquote it. Memes are both a fascinating exploration of the connections between art and human minds and perversions of the original intend a creator might put into their work.
Listening to this video during every sleep for the last few years has allowed me to tap into the transformative power of Garfield. My ascension shall be glorious!
Pay attention to the second panel, where Jon asks "Now where could my pipe be?". Notice how, while he is asking this to himself, he is looking directly to the "camera", but it's not to the camera he's looking. He's looking directly to us. As if he is asking to us where his pipe could be. Or rather, it's us, asking ourselves, where our "pipe" could be. The second panel is not a drawing, it's a mirror. It's not Jon the one to have lost his pipe. It's us.
Hiago N. C. Perhaps, he's looking directly at Garfield, representing the dark side that dwells within each of us. As we know he is near, but not clear.
I'm currently crying so hard right now. This is seriously the most beautiful, well put together story ever. I can’t believe how magical it was at 1:12. That part truly made me shed a tear. And especially at 6:34 that part was just so truly heart touching words cannot describe the series of emotions I felt. I absolutely loved the climax it had insanely excellent detail. Oh and we can’t forget the conclusion. The conclusion was the greatest and saddest conclusion I have ever seen better than any of the books I have read. Thank you so much for creating this absolute masterpiece. This is essentially the most important masterpiece of film history. It is a tragedy that this, it can’t be called a film, but a transcendent emotional experience, will be inaccessible for most. It beautifully encapsulates the human struggle to its basics; suffering, pleasure, faith, despair. It connects with the characters within the viewers, individuals suppressed within our own subconscious. It stays vibrant, fresh, and revolutionizes the art of storytelling and filmmaking while making a damn statement on what it means to be human. Entertaining, gripping, and simply exhilarating. This might be the most impactful piece of art I’ve come across in my life, and I’m definitely coming back to it in the near future to study it more deeply. this is an absolute masterpiece , I was brought to tears listening to this and seeing the bacon go whirly swirly in a circle countless times. it absolutely moved my soul , and I don't think I can ever be the same. this bacon has changed my entire mental state , I am now at peace with who I am and what I will be doing later in my life. i have forgiven all my enemies and now I am a man of a pacifist life. I will move on , gotta move on , as the song says. the bacon is so inspirational , it shares its vast wisdom with all of us , and we are all so lucky that it would bestow its great words with us. we are all children on bacon. hail bacon. hail bacon. The spinning bacon, rotating in one direction with this music... This made me tear up. How could such a bacon do such a thing? I'm struck by awe by this masterpiece. Especially when the bacon spins, showing its lightly salt covered tan skin. I can hear the crunch just from here, and so is the beautiful sound of the bacon scraping the dark, smooth velvet floor. The flavor, music and everything can be heard, tasted, seen and felt from a screen. You can really hear the breaths between the music artist, empathizing her love for this rotating bacon. Truly what I call modern art. This was the most legendary performance by any piece of bacon I have ever watched. The acting was top tier and very life changing. This is one of the greatest works from a piece of bacon I have ever seen especially at 57:42.
This video literally changed my life. I quit my job and had a kid. It’s themes of deriving such significant meaning from something that really doesn’t mean anything made me reevaluate all of my priorities
FishyFLCL The smoke breaks the barrier between reality, and fiction, Garfield, saying he's Satan, he's sucking all of the good out of the real world, creating the social problems that the genius Jim Davis is taking on.
You need to take John Blyth Barrymore's acting into context. He managed to act flawlessly for an hour and a minute strait while saying many things so absurd its funny and still kept a straight face. What an amazing actor.
On this sacred day, I devote an hour of my life once again to the Pipe Strip. Thank you, Jim Davis, for the greatness you bestowed. May we meet again on this same day the following year.
I JUST NOTICED SOMETHING!! BEHIND JOHN AT THE FIRST PART OF THE STRIP THERE IS AN SHADOW BUT IN THE SECOND ONE THERE ISNT This implies that the light source has moved, maybe the sun. Which means that a few hours have passed, This changes the way we read this masterpiece
The shadow moving could be the moving of the stealthy beast Garfield, low to the ground like a jaguar, one of Garfield's ancestors. Or the shadow could be a metaphor for Jon's troubled past, life issues, or general foreshadowing of how things will go wrong later in the comic strip, and not all is as it seems. What would support the literal interpretation of Garfield physically moving is that the pipe was on the table, but Garfield somehow took it without Jon noticing. The cat is clearly a stealth deceitful monster. That despicable hungry orange cat. Furthermore the background of the third panel is entirely shaded in with a stippling technique, showing that the demon cat Garfield is a creature who lives in the shadows, hiding from Jon. This explains the moving shadow. Alternatively, yes you could be right about the shadow signifying the passing of time as surely Jon has a window in his living room to cast light and shadow. However it is uncommon for Jim Davis to use shadows in his masterpieces, he usually depicts bright pastel coloured scenes. Although Garfield also casts a shadow in the third panel, which links Garfield to darkness, showing us that he is a vile abomination of darkness. Also, this shadow is pitch black creating chiaroscuro lighting. This is why I think the shadows could represent Jon's life struggles as the shadow has a noir aesthetic. We know Jon has struggles with his love life, masculinity, and trying but failing to control that hungry famous cat. Thank you for your contribution to the discussion however I believe the shadows meaning goes far deeper than just a shadow physically cast by a window we can't see in any panel.
@@danimation1277Ma'am, we owe you a statue, for expanding upon the legacy left to us by scholar and philosopher John Blythe Barrymore, who is of course actually just excavating the depths left to us by Jim Davis, the writer. Indeed, great leaps have been made in our search for the pipe, but we're not at our destination just yet! Thank you for your work, and let us continue these endeavors until we get a hold of our pipe, stolen by Garfield, the cat ~ Keep asking questions! Now where could my pipe be..?
I'm surprised he doesn't even mention that the next day's strip is a direct follow-up to this one where Jon takes the pipe back...only to return it to Garfield shortly thereafter because it was in the cat's mouth. Imagine how much further this guy's analysis could've gone with the second half.
First scene, Jon reaches towards the table, scene two, jon wonders where could his pipe be, scene three, fat cat smokes pipe, scene four, Jon reaches towards the table...
I have watch this 5 times and also use it as audio to fall asleep to. " I don't need to lisen to this again " I lie to myself. Almsot as naive as jonh in the second panel
My history professor posted the link to this video and said we had a quiz on it in our discussion section. 45 minutes into the video I thought, “damn it’s April 1st”
@@sonicfanboy3375 Yep. It only got removed about 2 years ago (whilst I was still working on one no less...) I get that people used it to troll but maaan it was a good feature.
Corey Bingham Comedy you DARE call this peice of abousalute art COMEDY. THIS... THIS IS THE DEEPEST MOST THOUGHT PROVOKING ART PEICE OF THE LAST CENTERY
Honestly though. Not only did he keep a completely straight face for the entirety of this video, but he also did this entire thing in one take, AND he didn’t stutter once. I have to address the elephant in the room here though. What if he wasn’t acting?
That weird Garfield... Holy crap... My great grandpa drew him and O.D (i like calling him dat) kicking off modern Garfield and O.D... Did he watch this or something..?
Today, I met an older lady on the street who shared her political views with me. We had opposite views on most things, and she proceeded to tell me that I'm slow and have no clue about politics. But then, I remembered this video and I remembered that I know all I need to know about the nature of reality, of harmony and of war, so I was able to stay calm and zen in the face of this adversity. So, when I arrived home, I stole my husband's burger and am watching this for the 4th time to refresh my perspective on life through this rich microcosm that is this ode to a Garfield comic. It is my weekly practice, quasi-religious. Thank you lasagnacat.
@@pyramidschema8668 Fun fact, in an interview they said the parts where it seems to synchronize were basically just accidents, they didn't put special effort into syncing it.
Except the facts presented in the video are complete nonsense. Whenever he says something that could be researched by Google search, it's typically wrong.
This video is my personal 'pipe strip'. I keep returning to this video, over and over. Watching it through and through. Something about these men, John Blyth Barrymore and Philip Glass, resonates with me. This channel is great, but this video will never be topped. This video... it is perfection.
This film is really a look into the psyche of a madman, a person who insanely obsesses on one small thing for whatever reason, and throughout his whole life, everything he ever learns about the world and everything he experiences he connects back to this one thing.
I'm pretty sure this is meant to represent indoctrination into a cult - all the people saying that this has 'expanded their mind' may be more prone to being indoctrinated into cults by people like this, who obsess about things other than comic strips...
@@classicdetective1086 I like to think of it as a satire of modernism, and its tendency to try to find meaning in noise and describe everything in terms of a single metanarrative.
@@Eudaletism but the fact it's truly so emotionally effecting and sincere really troubles it's status as a "satire". it's almost a celebration of modernism, it's capability for success in the most unlikely of places
It is interesting how something that starts out as an obvious and easy joke ends up slowly turning into a thought provoking piece about the fragility of life and the constancy of idea. Just like the pipe strip.
wsshambaugh I read this exactly as he began that portion of the video. I had the exact same reaction as the original commenter. That was about 6 minutes into the video. This must be a sign.
I know the man speaking for an hour straight about Garfield gets a lot of praise but we also need to acknowledge the editor(s). There's still music and visuals the whole way through. Someone not only had to watch this once, but many times, while adding supplementary effects.
I love how if you focus on the words he's saying you can understand his train of thought but as soon as you zone out for even a second it all just falls to pieces
Oh you, a person with a small mind who cannot fathom. Are you blind? This brilliant short movie takes deconstructive and mocking post-modern irony to the next level. I suggest you spend more time analyzing it before making such brash and shallow judgements of true art.
I’m impressed that he was able to cover so thoroughly the major ideas and facets of the Pipe Strip and study of it in only 1 hour. Any amateur could write hundreds and hundreds of pages about the angle of Panel 1’s newspaper alone, but it takes a true master to distill the critical aspects of the whole comic and deliver it succinctly to the world.
Today we celebrate my frieds, for today is the anniversary of the pipe strip. For some its just a silly newspaper gag from 46 years ago, oh poor fools, forgive them jim for they do not know what they do, but to us, the ones blessed with knowing the truth about it and its creator its much more than that. Id explain the strips importance to anyone reading this from the former group, but i think john here does a far better job at it than i ever would, so ill just say this: Be like jon people, remember to be like jon. May jim bless you all in this special day
I remember being on call with a complete random stranger, who sat silently listening to me read the transcript of this video for an hour. I hope they’re doing okay
I believe it was Sigmund Freud who wrote that pipes and other elongated objects were a symbol of masculinity so the fact that John's pipe has been stolen by Garfield could also represent how Garfield is the more dominant figure in the household, think about it, throughout all of the Garfield strips and subsequent Garfield movies and TV shows Garfield is a sort of kind of king type similar to the ancient Egyptian's were cats were viewed as deities, along with the Pharo being given everything he desires. Jim Davis is truly a genius
And yet, he is self-destructive and arrogant. Self-centered. He smokes something that will kill him, either by stubbornness or ignorance. Cats are red-green colorblind. The walls are red, the floor is green. *Garfield is blind to the world around him*. He cares only about his own pleasures and desires, regardless of how much they might hurt him, much less the average man. Average working class people like Jon Arbuckle. What are the defining features of Jon's outfit? The collar is very striking, as is the vibrant color. This is a brilliant example of literal metaphor. Jon is literally a blue-collar man. The working class. Garfield is literally a pipe-smoking fat cat. The upper class. But it isn't his pipe. He stole Jon's. Not only is this a brilliant satire representative of capitalism, especially the actions of corporations, but reflects the much greater problems of societal power. Those who are ill-fitted to power are the only ones to seek it. To attain it. Those kind and understanding of their fellow humans need not rule. Only the selfish.
Are you kidding me? The production value, the acting, the concept, the ideas, the philosophy, the comedy... This video is a MASTERPIECE! I don't know who you are or what this channel is, but now it's the time for you to come back! Gonna definitely explore this channel later on.
Seen this when it came out at my security job smoking weed in the bank in germany and watched it over 30 times. Still remember lines 6 yrs later and the other vids are great aswell. This a real saga
*I stared fumbling, before the abyss, and asked, "Now where could my pipe be?"* *And from within, I saw a brilliant flicker... An unfathomable shuffle, as if the darkness itself had shifted before my eyes. I squinted and peered deep into the great nothingness, straining my vision...* *_And Garfield peered back._*
I'm currently crying so hard right now. This is seriously the most beautiful, well put together story ever. I can’t believe how magical, or, magickal it was 1:12. That part truly made me shed a tear. And especially at 6:34 that part was just so truly heart touching words can not describe the series of emotions I felt. I absolutely loved the climax it had insanely excellent detail. Oh and we can’t forget the conclusion. The conclusion was the greatest and most philosophical conclusion I have ever seen better than any of the Rosicrucian books I have read. Thank you so much for creating this absolute masterpiece. This is essentially the most important masterpiece of film history. It is a tragedy that this, it can’t be called a film or a movie, but a transcendent emotional experience, will be inaccessible for most. It beautifully encapsulates the human struggle to its basics; suffering, pleasure, faith, despair. It connects with the characters within the viewers, individuals suppressed within our own subconscious. It stays vibrant, fresh, and revolutionizes the art of storytelling and filmmaking while making a damn of statement on what it means to be human. Entertaining, gripping, and simply exhilarating. This might be the most impactful piece of art I’ve come across in my life, and I’m definitely coming back to it in the near future to study it more deeply. this is an absolute masterpiece , I was brought to tears listening to this and seeing the cat go whirly swirly in a circle countless times. it absolutely moved my soul and spirit, and I don't think I can ever be the same. this cat has changed my entire mental state , I am now at peace with who I am and what I will be doing later in my life. i have forgiven all my enemies and now I am a man of a pacifist life. I will move on , gotta move on , as the song says. the cat is so inspirational , it shares it vast wisdom with all of us , and we are all so lucky that it would bestow it's great words with us. we are all children on Garfield. hail Garfield. hail Garfield. The smoking cat, rotating in one direction with this music... This made me tear up. How could such a cat do such a thing? I'm struck by awe by this masterpiece. Especially when the cat smokes, showing its big will to solve any philosophy of even ancient Egyptian times. I can smell the smoke just from here, and so as the beautiful sound of the cat scraping the dark, smooth velvet floor. The flavor, music and everything can be heard, tasted, seen and felt from a screen. You can really hear the breaths between the music artist, empathizing his love for this comic and this smoking cat. Truly what I call modern art. This was the most legendary performance by any piece of cat I have ever watched. The acting was top tier and very life changing. This is one of the greatest work from a cat I have ever seen especially on 57:42. Thank you for sharing your immense wisdom on this comic. Thank you.
There is something about the "Sahib ask cat, Paper is holey Sahib ask fish paper is wet" The comparison of the nature of things being... Absolute, You ask for a fish for paper, It comes out wet. You ask a cat... The paper is holey Does this mean Garfield has no free will in his actions and therefore he is actually not the faulty in the "Pipe theft" But rather is the unstoppable and chaotic nature of Garfield himself? Maybe this is an example Of "An unstoppable force against an immovable object" The pure chaos of Garfield against the absolutely coordinated and planned personally of john, Two completely different forces, Being together. Jim davis surely was a genius when he made this one strip
People seem to think that Garfield is the villain in this story, but I don't think that's the case. In this strip, Jon is reading the newspaper. He is so enthralled by it that he does not even look at where his pipe might be before he reaches for it. The implication here is that Jon had placed his pipe on the table, and he was so entranced by his newspaper that he did not notice that his pipe was missing. Clearly, this story is a tale of obsession and addiction. Maybe Jon is so addicted to his news that he doesn't feed Garfield, or maybe Jon has stopped eating himself. The story of the comic both tragic and heartbreaking. It starts with Jon, reading his newspaper, when suddenly, he realizes that his pipe is missing. He then sets aside his newspaper to look for his pipe. In the third panel, we see that Garfield has the pipe. Looking at the story through this lens, we can finally make sense of his motivation for stealing the pipe. He stole it because he wanted to direct his attention to something other than his newspaper. He just wanted his friend back, if only for a second. A single moment of nostalgia for a better time, a time when Jon was there, when he wasn't consumed by his addiction. Just one moment. In the end Garfield isn't the hero, and he isn't the villain. He is just a broken soul who is lost in a void of grief and confusion.
This is absurdism at its finest. An absolute work of art. Like... its ironic, and then it isn't, and then you wonder "Is this real?" Is this a shit--post? What is happening? Cat's don't smoke. Who am I? Why am I here?
I have a rather low attention span. But this video. This FUCKING video... it hooked me in. I thought i would get bored and leave in 5 minutes. But no. I watched it all. The whole video, 100%. There is no other video i have found that can do this. bravo.
It is no coincidence that I graduated Basic Combat Training at Fort Jackson on the 44th anniversary of The Pipe Strip. I found where my pipe was. Thank you, Jim Davis.
i remember when this was considered a comically long video, now basically every video essay is this length or longer
yeah, super eyepatch wolf's video "what the internet did to garfield" where he covers lasagna cat, and many other things, is literally and hour and 20 minutes. i think the reason this is considered comedically long is because of how absurd the topic is, it's just the same comic strip the whole way through.
@@cutecentral1930 Isn't everything the same comic the whole way through though?
What differs is that it's an hour long video about a single Garfield strip.
@@SMJSmoKIsn't all of life just a comic strip, a three panel tableau ending with the smoking cat punchline of our death?
@@ailithtwinning6806 I started seeing videos which are 80 and 90 hours long 😂😂
In a way, the people who say "I wish I were on drugs so I could enjoy this more" are just saying another variation of "now where could my pipe be".
Rabarberium holy fuck
A W O K E N E D
Rabarberium because you want to forget about the pipe but you have to go and push the door to finally understand
O hey, That rotation sensation must be doing you good.
hahahahahahahahahahahahah you sir have just killed me
I am not ashamed to admit I watch this thing while trying to do work. I have seen this in it's entirety seriously over 10 times, and have been watching it since 2017. Help me.
Oh how I can relate. I can almost quote the whole thing myself. To me this is best video ever posted on youtube.
I'm gay
I agree
I feel vindicated I guess
Welcome to level two, my child.
The fact that this guy managed to bullshit about a single comic strip for an entire hour and actually make it fairly coherent. Hats off. Total respect for this.
I'm currently crying so hard right now. This is seriously the most beautiful, well put together story ever. I can’t believe how magical it was at 1:12. That part truly made me shed a tear. And especially at 6:34 that part was just so truly heart touching words cannot describe the series of emotions I felt. I absolutely loved the climax it had insanely excellent detail. Oh and we can’t forget the conclusion. The conclusion was the greatest and saddest conclusion I have ever seen better than any of the books I have read. Thank you so much for creating this absolute masterpiece. This is essentially the most important masterpiece of film history. It is a tragedy that this, it can’t be called a film, but a transcendent emotional experience, will be inaccessible for most. It beautifully encapsulates the human struggle to its basics; suffering, pleasure, faith, despair. It connects with the characters within the viewers, individuals suppressed within our own subconscious. It stays vibrant, fresh, and revolutionizes the art of storytelling and filmmaking while making a damn statement on what it means to be human. Entertaining, gripping, and simply exhilarating. This might be the most impactful piece of art I’ve come across in my life, and I’m definitely coming back to it in the near future to study it more deeply. this is an absolute masterpiece , I was brought to tears listening to this and seeing the bacon go whirly swirly in a circle countless times. it absolutely moved my soul , and I don't think I can ever be the same. this bacon has changed my entire mental state , I am now at peace with who I am and what I will be doing later in my life. i have forgiven all my enemies and now I am a man of a pacifist life. I will move on , gotta move on , as the song says. the bacon is so inspirational , it shares its vast wisdom with all of us , and we are all so lucky that it would bestow its great words with us. we are all children on bacon. hail bacon. hail bacon. The spinning bacon, rotating in one direction with this music... This made me tear up. How could such a bacon do such a thing? I'm struck by awe by this masterpiece. Especially when the bacon spins, showing its lightly salt covered tan skin. I can hear the crunch just from here, and so is the beautiful sound of the bacon scraping the dark, smooth velvet floor. The flavor, music and everything can be heard, tasted, seen and felt from a screen. You can really hear the breaths between the music artist, empathizing her love for this rotating bacon. Truly what I call modern art. This was the most legendary performance by any piece of bacon I have ever watched. The acting was top tier and very life changing. This is one of the greatest works from a piece of bacon I have ever seen especially at 57:42.
This was not bullshit my dude, he just unraveled the meaning of life and all the secrets it beholds to us.
So disrespectful of you.
I damned near pissed myself laughing a that Fibonacci Sequence bit.
It's not bullshit
It's my sleepover and I get to choose the movie
Underrated comment
Hopefully not either of the Garfield live acted movies starring the voice of Bill Murray.
rofl
medexamtoolsdotcom *wink wink*
I can’t imagine that you have very many friends that sleep at yours!
The fact that they put so much effort into simply telling Jim Davis that he isn’t funny is astonishing
and i will put so much effort into simply telling you that anime sucks
SuperLenny1975 “animation that comes from japan is dumb. Japanese people can’t draw. They can’t make anything good. Look how smart I am”
Michael Otero Hentai?
@@SuperLenny1975 what about mad bull 34? The greatest anime
@Diogo Anderson It's an obvious generalisation and as such isn't valid criticism so yes, its wrong.
this technically meets all of the qualifications to be considered an official movie
It has an IMDB page.
Matt Pilkiewicz if Rat Movie can have an IMDB page, this surely deserves one
@@crimsondynamo615 RAT MOVIE HAS A FUCKING IMDB PAGE ???
@@crimsondynamo615 Rats. We're rats. We're the rats.
PutrIsCool yep
Imagine being able to simplify all the nuance and the complexities of The Pipe Strip to cover it in merely 1 hour. Superb work.
he barely even scratched the surface, a mere puff of that lost pipe
@@houseofsaudisthebeast that lost pipe..... which is in Garfield's mouth.
It is said, some ancient monks study the pipe strip for decades and still cannot reach enlightenment.
The dedication to this joke is astonishing.
All the video editing. All the CGI typeface stuff. A single-take performance over an hour long. All in service to make the statement, "This 40-year old Garfield strip really wasn't particularly funny".
TheInflicted SPOILER ALERT
Cat S joke? there's no joke here.
+razz
thats the joke
It's a joke, it's a metaphor, it's a metaphor for a joke.
If he found out that in the hebrew bible the word "sin" is close to the word "feline" we would have got another hour of footage.
Oh my
I sinned, and for that Garfield will feast on my flesh for 33 days and 33 nights, and the number of flesh scraps shall number 66.
Here comes the sequel
I would pay for a hour more of this
In Hebrew chet is sin and chatul is cat
"Sorry I forgot to press record."
Best. Comment.
"You were supposed to record this?"
@@averagebritishguy7082 Even. Better.
"Oh don't worry, this was just the practice monologe"
Gino?
They got Drew Barrymore’s brother to coherently ramble about a 3-panel comic strip for over an hour. Everyone who worked on this is beyond impressive.
I've been wondering why this hasn't been mentioned more.
"Where is my pipe?" has only 1 answer.
"Where could my pipe be?" has infinite answers.
Hope it's not up his ass
Actually your pipe can really only be within the light cone centered at where and when you last saw it. Not truly infinite.
Fools, for Jon asks a rhetorical question. He knows the answer, he shouts it in full confidence or even knowledge of where the pipe is.
NO I will go further, Jon's question beckons another question in return: "Where else but with Garfield?"
@@mikewaters2126 but you could have last seen it anywhere
@@mikewaters2126 Even a finite space in our universe is infinite. The precision in which position can be measured is uncountably infinite.
When the test says "explain"
The profile pic makes the comment better
Question:Is this funny?
Man:Yes
Question:Explain
Man: *The video*
A+
Good one mate
“So he yelled from afar, ‘Garfield!’ Garfield. Garfield was the cats name. The cats name was Garfield”
*it featured music from Kundun, director Martin Scorsese's Dalai Lama film that almost KILLED Disney's chances at making money in China. A Michael Eisner apology, Mulan, 2016 Shanghai Disney and a LOT of money later, and Disney Corporation's Mouse bends to China's censors.*
This is like a doctoral thesis in shitposting.
Or an acceptable senior thesis in just about any discipline.
Soon to be Dr. That Asshole in The Comment Section
NO ES SHITPOST DE MIERDAAAAAA
They say the internet is a series of pipes. Ask not: "Is this pipe full of shit?" Instead, ask yourself: "Now where could my pipe be?"
John Brown such as nearly 100% of majors in the Liberal Arts?
I looked up John Blyth Barrymore and this is the highest rated thing he's ever been in.
As it should be.
It doesn’t really say much when this show is rated on par with the Godfather on imdb.
@@Golemoid Are you saying it isn't?
@@NootOfRosesWell, I mean that’s pretty unfair expectations to put onto the godfather.
Hey, nothing wrong with that. Clearly he was born for this specific role
The very fact he talked about a single 3 panel comic for over an hour without repeating himself once is astonishing.
How do you know that he didn't repeat himself?
Ross TheNotHardToRead By watching it?
NANI?!
Nicholas Wong he said yes like almost 20 times
Each yes had a different expression, a different meaning, leading to a different point, after one has been established, to start anew, so that he can explain in thorough detail the meaning of where Jon's pipe might be, and as we already suspected, it was Garfield who had the pipe in his possession.
Jim davis: "finally someone gets it."
ayy, another SOM fan.
Great band
I'm going down to south Park and meet some friends of mine
imagine
Nice pfp
This is the kind of video every content creator secretly wishes they'd receive.
Or any kind of language teacher as an analysis of some content.
I love coming to this video and finding everyone I have loved and subscribed to over the years commenting on it as well.
This video is a masterpiece
Funny. Funny how your comment ends not in the word "make" but in the word "receive." Do you mean receive from God, as the artist being truly not the maker of the art, but the receiver through whose pen flows the very drippings of the heavens? (truth) Or do you point us to hearken to the inner call of the content creator, yes, this, this longing this, yes this, this, longing this, yes, this longing of the maker, one who only gives, gives, gives, to receive?
this will be in future history books
intellectuals will study this for years to come
0:03 The comic strip
0:57 Start and introduction
3:10 Description of the comic strip
4:41 How he discovered it
5:31 Examination of the comic strip
6:35 Tracking Jim davis
7:31 reading repeatedly "The pipe strip" and compering it to other stuff and perfection
8:38 The Jim Davis theory
10:00 The pipe strip still having meaning even after extremely oversimplifying it
10:48 Compering the pipe strip to universal mathematical constants
11:56 Jim Davis its a genius
12:12 This strip is a masterpiece
12:24 Garfield's pose
- 13:13 The third panel
14:03 Can a cat smoke?
15:30 The pipe strip is a metaphor
- 16:11 The newspaper grip
- 16:56 "Smoking cat" as a term
- 17:34 "Timothy"
- 18:25 "Ernie barguckle"
19:28 The pipe strip is more than just a strip, Its everything.
- 20:20 The evidence
22:12 More details and metaphors
23:41 The thought burble
24:26 Garfield is chaos
- 25:20 Why Jim Davis chose smoking
26:13 The pipe strip relation whit religion
- 27:12 Jim Davis is god in here
28:10 Be like Jon!
28:54 Why is this comic strip important to him
31:18 Now where could my pipe be?
- 32:20 "You are lying to yourself"
- 33:21 "He knows the truth"
34:31 Garfield's Spirituality
36:41 The lemonade stand
- 37:32 "Sahib"
38:56 "It was meant to me"
- 39:27 July 27th,1983
39:54 The cat behavior interview
- 40:19 Cat's red-green colorblindness and the choice of color in The pipe strip
- 41:48 Some word play whit cat
- 42:48 Garfield is in rage by colorblindness
- 42:23 Garfield is bottling his anger?
- 43:50 Its passive anger or aggressive anger?
44:54 Lets not miss the humor
- 46:19 But its more than comedy
46:47 The pipe strip in a cycle
48:26 Everyone should see it
49:25 The plumer
- 50:22 "Now where could my pipe wrench be?"
51:50 The importance to view the pipe strip in philosophical terms
- 52:12 Jon's standpoint
- 54:57 viewing the entire Garfield franchise philosophically
- 56:08 He is not a pragmatist he is a rational thinker
- 56:27 Jim Davis is exploring the mind/body duality
57:49 Jim Davis is immortal
1:01:10 Outro
Davis bless you
You good?
@@ignaciosevilla2298 He's not good, he's great
Thank you.
@@alstamm1508 Hes not great. He is Garfield.
He sort of just glosses over some key points that coulve been expanded on further
mchikos no
Underrated
This comment implies that you watched the whole thing
@@tru6984 did you not? This was just a brief, layman's look into the comic, maybe you should stick to a less deep and nuanced comic if this was too much for you.
@@plus9775 I agree. This is good, brief introduction into the pipe strip outlining some of the most important points. More research is obviously warranted.
When the essay to a short lesson requires a 10000 word count
Trueee
I was going to say this
@@Narrativist8 why cant i hide replies of replies of comments
fun fact: this script is less than 10,000 words, it's 8,500 which scares me how much they stretched it and how impactful it is
E
I can just imagine Jim Davis watching this and nodding his head because it’s all true
He’s dead unless heaven youtube
@@Lush_Produce no hes not.
I can imagine Andy Kauffman seeing this comment and disagreeing for no reason.
Its Jim Davis's channel
@@sealed270 no it's not, it's a parody channel
We can all agree this is still the greatest RUclips video of all time, right?
I don’t know about greatest(‘Fabulous Secret Powers’ exists), but it is certainly the most dedicated.
@@e32b61 Fabulous Secret Powers is in the top 3 at least, for sure.
The most important to be sure.
It can be argued what is the 'greatest', but what you can't argue is that this is surely the 'most wise' video ever created. The life lessons, the philosophical knowledge that spawned a new religion, which has saved us all from spending an eternity under GAmfeld's thumb in Hellsagna will never be duplicated, or approached.
If I were to create a time capsule to shoot into space, or throw down a well with a child, and bury it, this would be the only contents. Imagine the peaceful UNIVERSE it would achieve. Also, it would raise the child from the well after he was buried, and turn him into the magical pipe smoke of Arbunkle. The child would be free of the well, and one with the pipe.
For posterity.
he did this in one take. what a god.
Aaren Warr that face is literally me right now
Aaren Warr was it the first take though?
There's actually at least one cut at 34:30 where they tried to morph his face onto his body after being in a slightly different position.
@@MilkyWayGrump I believe it was one take but they edited out some stammers and mis-speaks
@@Souplespoon you should check his arms wrinkles. Those wouldn't be exactly the same if he moved after s mistake, which I suppose they stopped recording, laughed for a little and went back to filming, but the arms would look weird..they don't, it's one take
Additionally - Garfield is an orange cat with black stripes. This is known as a Torbie (Tabby-Tortoiseshell) fur pattern, and is nearly exclusive to female cats. In the rare case that a male cat is born with orange and black fur, it nearly always has Klinefelter syndrome, which means undersized testes -- and sterility. When Garfield stole the pipe, it was his way of coping with / lashing out about his lack of virility (the pipe, of course, being a phallic symbol.)
Thanks
Mirroring, of course, the life of Ernie Barguckle.
...Garfield is a tabby
mind = blown WHAT
the lore thiccens
This is a legitimate testament to the human brain's capacity to muse about anything.
Monkeys with infinite typewriters.
Exactly, it’s a work of art in itself about how much information and detail humans can extract from the simplest things.
@@DekuStickGamer
It's a work of art how much of history is misquoted because the ones that record it eather have biases or are simply imagining it differently than what it actually is.
Jim hardly thought about all this thing while he was drawing this comic yet if this video was the only remaining citation in existence for his work in 10 000 years anyone who sees it will believe it and misquote it.
Memes are both a fascinating exploration of the connections between art and human minds and perversions of the original intend a creator might put into their work.
@@crisptomato9495 Not really. That's just a thought experiment to help people understand infinity.
Agreed the mind works in mysterious ways
It’s 2024 and this is still the piece of media I think about the most. It really is perfect.
Listening to this video during every sleep for the last few years has allowed me to tap into the transformative power of Garfield. My ascension shall be glorious!
my taste in comedy has transcended to this point. there is nowhere else to go.
Kain Motthasmews lies, there is always a new line to cross over
PeachyPaws yeah im on like 5 to six levels of irony.
That cannot be true , it’s a loop
You've reached your throne,chosen one. Rest and become wiser than all around you.
You can's spell "transcended" without "cat."
Pay attention to the second panel, where Jon asks "Now where could my pipe be?".
Notice how, while he is asking this to himself, he is looking directly to the "camera", but it's not to the camera he's looking. He's looking directly to us. As if he is asking to us where his pipe could be. Or rather, it's us, asking ourselves, where our "pipe" could be. The second panel is not a drawing, it's a mirror. It's not Jon the one to have lost his pipe. It's us.
Hiago N. C. Perhaps, he's looking directly at Garfield, representing the dark side that dwells within each of us. As we know he is near, but not clear.
NEAR BUT NOT CLEAR
WHY ARE WE DECODING A SINGLE COMIC STRIP LIKE ITS THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL OR PULP FICTION!
The second panel is the key.
@@qwertyiuwg4uwtwthnI hope 6 years later you have seen the light.
When you want to maximize the word count of your essay.
missingmochiguman Accurate af
When you want to absolutely destroy your teachers phyche, rendering them a bumbling mess as their mind collapses under the weight of a fat orange cat
Underrated comment
When you would like to reach the highest level of word on your assigned paper, the essay.
Mattias Ljungblad not anymore
most profound, life-changing "why is this video an hour long" to "why have I not seen this masterpiece sooner" moment in my human life
this
I'm currently crying so hard right now. This is seriously the most beautiful, well put together story ever. I can’t believe how magical it was at 1:12. That part truly made me shed a tear. And especially at 6:34 that part was just so truly heart touching words cannot describe the series of emotions I felt. I absolutely loved the climax it had insanely excellent detail. Oh and we can’t forget the conclusion. The conclusion was the greatest and saddest conclusion I have ever seen better than any of the books I have read. Thank you so much for creating this absolute masterpiece. This is essentially the most important masterpiece of film history. It is a tragedy that this, it can’t be called a film, but a transcendent emotional experience, will be inaccessible for most. It beautifully encapsulates the human struggle to its basics; suffering, pleasure, faith, despair. It connects with the characters within the viewers, individuals suppressed within our own subconscious. It stays vibrant, fresh, and revolutionizes the art of storytelling and filmmaking while making a damn statement on what it means to be human. Entertaining, gripping, and simply exhilarating. This might be the most impactful piece of art I’ve come across in my life, and I’m definitely coming back to it in the near future to study it more deeply. this is an absolute masterpiece , I was brought to tears listening to this and seeing the bacon go whirly swirly in a circle countless times. it absolutely moved my soul , and I don't think I can ever be the same. this bacon has changed my entire mental state , I am now at peace with who I am and what I will be doing later in my life. i have forgiven all my enemies and now I am a man of a pacifist life. I will move on , gotta move on , as the song says. the bacon is so inspirational , it shares its vast wisdom with all of us , and we are all so lucky that it would bestow its great words with us. we are all children on bacon. hail bacon. hail bacon. The spinning bacon, rotating in one direction with this music... This made me tear up. How could such a bacon do such a thing? I'm struck by awe by this masterpiece. Especially when the bacon spins, showing its lightly salt covered tan skin. I can hear the crunch just from here, and so is the beautiful sound of the bacon scraping the dark, smooth velvet floor. The flavor, music and everything can be heard, tasted, seen and felt from a screen. You can really hear the breaths between the music artist, empathizing her love for this rotating bacon. Truly what I call modern art. This was the most legendary performance by any piece of bacon I have ever watched. The acting was top tier and very life changing. This is one of the greatest works from a piece of bacon I have ever seen especially at 57:42.
This video literally changed my life. I quit my job and had a kid. It’s themes of deriving such significant meaning from something that really doesn’t mean anything made me reevaluate all of my priorities
Now where could my pipe be?
I am disappointed he never mentioned how the smoke from the pipe breaks the barriers of the panel.
HOLY FUCK
He did.
FishyFLCL if the smoke breaks the pannel then does that mean that Garfield hot boxed the entire room, and that is why John can not locate the pipe?
AJ Parisi t o p k e k
FishyFLCL The smoke breaks the barrier between reality, and fiction, Garfield, saying he's Satan, he's sucking all of the good out of the real world, creating the social problems that the genius Jim Davis is taking on.
Evangelion fans when someone asks what it's about:
what's evangelion about?
@Johnson77 It's a love story about when coma meets public masturbation.
@@FHBStudio nooooooooo
@@ItsJustJuffie It's about congratulations
@Johnson77 Fr?! That's hilarious. I love when people look into things way too much. Some of the reaches they come to are wack.
You need to take John Blyth Barrymore's acting into context. He managed to act flawlessly for an hour and a minute strait while saying many things so absurd its funny and still kept a straight face. What an amazing actor.
Yeah, the guy is absolutely brilliant! :)
i agree but in some ways i think that all of what you wrote could also be ascribed to a man who is not entirely sane anymore
@@femboygorou wow! His acting was so *good* it tricked at least one person into thinking he was a legit crazy person.
Acting?! This is truly beautiful and this man is speaking about his truly astonishing life experience
There were probably some seamless cuts
On this sacred day, I devote an hour of my life once again to the Pipe Strip. Thank you, Jim Davis, for the greatness you bestowed. May we meet again on this same day the following year.
All students of film should be required to study this masterpiece.
this is the study
this is da wae
Definitely.
all students should be required to study this masterpiece
i unironically agree
Childhood is looking at this comic and laughing.
Adulthood is understanding the immense metaphysical implications of the second panel.
And the first and third ones.
I feel like this video is gonna lose its context in the far future, causing an actual Garfield religion.
One can hope
Just as the video foresaw
In the far future it’s today boi
@@RealHumanVT bet you didnt expect a reply from me!
Thær aaLrEady is.
I JUST NOTICED SOMETHING!!
BEHIND JOHN AT THE FIRST PART OF THE STRIP THERE IS AN SHADOW BUT IN THE SECOND ONE THERE ISNT
This implies that the light source has moved, maybe the sun. Which means that a few hours have passed, This changes the way we read this masterpiece
John wasn't smoking tobacco in that pipe...
The shadow moving could be the moving of the stealthy beast Garfield, low to the ground like a jaguar, one of Garfield's ancestors. Or the shadow could be a metaphor for Jon's troubled past, life issues, or general foreshadowing of how things will go wrong later in the comic strip, and not all is as it seems. What would support the literal interpretation of Garfield physically moving is that the pipe was on the table, but Garfield somehow took it without Jon noticing. The cat is clearly a stealth deceitful monster. That despicable hungry orange cat. Furthermore the background of the third panel is entirely shaded in with a stippling technique, showing that the demon cat Garfield is a creature who lives in the shadows, hiding from Jon. This explains the moving shadow. Alternatively, yes you could be right about the shadow signifying the passing of time as surely Jon has a window in his living room to cast light and shadow. However it is uncommon for Jim Davis to use shadows in his masterpieces, he usually depicts bright pastel coloured scenes. Although Garfield also casts a shadow in the third panel, which links Garfield to darkness, showing us that he is a vile abomination of darkness. Also, this shadow is pitch black creating chiaroscuro lighting. This is why I think the shadows could represent Jon's life struggles as the shadow has a noir aesthetic. We know Jon has struggles with his love life, masculinity, and trying but failing to control that hungry famous cat.
Thank you for your contribution to the discussion however I believe the shadows meaning goes far deeper than just a shadow physically cast by a window we can't see in any panel.
@@Mother2IsTheBestGamewoah haaaaa
@@danimation1277Ma'am, we owe you a statue, for expanding upon the legacy left to us by scholar and philosopher John Blythe Barrymore, who is of course actually just excavating the depths left to us by Jim Davis, the writer. Indeed, great leaps have been made in our search for the pipe, but we're not at our destination just yet! Thank you for your work, and let us continue these endeavors until we get a hold of our pipe, stolen by Garfield, the cat ~
Keep asking questions! Now where could my pipe be..?
Add another 1 hour and 20 minutes
Garfield is a cat who says funny things
And yet, in the Pipe Strip, Garfield says nothing
Fuuuuck
🤯
Garfield says nothing....yet...he says everything.
his silence drives good men evil... sane men mad
the premise of the sequel to this video
"for six years I've delved into tobacco research because....... can a cat smoke?"
Can we appreciate that, according to Wikipedia, this is an official part of his Filmography?
Ryan H why wouldn’t it be you son of a bitch
cevlapod sHut the fuck up
@@nothingisreal6816 No u
@@Professor_Utonium_ I'm
He's really talented
It's that time of the year again to watch this master piece once more
I'm surprised he doesn't even mention that the next day's strip is a direct follow-up to this one where Jon takes the pipe back...only to return it to Garfield shortly thereafter because it was in the cat's mouth.
Imagine how much further this guy's analysis could've gone with the second half.
That one is for the next season in 9 years
@@joeyjojoshabadoo2508 Just hope they bring Mr. Barrymore back when that happens, hope he is fine and available then.
No, the sequel is just a false prophet.
I believe that the point is that he talks an hour about one comic.
@@archibaldholmer9920 He does discuss other strips though.
Just a reminder that there was no financial gain from this, this man just really hates garfield
Or really really reeeeeaaaallly loves him
the character in the video loves garfield, or at least this one comic, but yes the people behind lasagnacat probably do hate garfield to an extent
Did the video got claimed?
@@cyber6010 no, it has ads still
@@putriscool then how did it not have any financial gain?
Analyze the metaphorical values of this comic (200 pages minimum)(75% of Total Grade).
Every liberal arts degree ever.
My sides!
i must ask, do i get payed for this in real money or fake school credit that i can't ever use?
now where could my
Bruh, stop. I have two 6 page papers due in two classes, both 20% of my grade, in three days.
Brojak and you chose to use over an hour of that time watching this film.
Day 3 of viewing this on repeat. I am becoming stronger.
I'm movin different
I am manifesting the pipe.
I am the pipe
I am more than a pipe. I am all pipes.
I wish I was still in high school so I could perform this monologue at speech tournaments.
i want to make a play version of this for my school.
Aaron T.V. When you have to deal with English use this as your related text
Open Mic Night. Just go for it.
First scene, Jon reaches towards the table, scene two, jon wonders where could his pipe be, scene three, fat cat smokes pipe, scene four, Jon reaches towards the table...
This man wrote an entire hour-long speech about a Garfield comic, and never once said the word "Lasagna".
but did he say lasaga
@@enderguardian7443
_No. Not a fucking time._
@@ob2kenobi388 forgot the timestamp. You'll probably need to rewatch the whole thing to find it.
@@JACrazy3
Is that sarcasm or did you misunderstand my comment?
@@enderguardian7443 I searched the entire transcript the word "lasagna" did not show up
the nine year wait would have been worth it just for this
It was.
sebmal it was
Who are you running from?
sebmal After nine years in development, we are sure it was worth the wait.
I have watch this 5 times and also use it as audio to fall asleep to. " I don't need to lisen to this again " I lie to myself. Almsot as naive as jonh in the second panel
The cat has your pipe!
Welcome brother
My history professor posted the link to this video and said we had a quiz on it in our discussion section. 45 minutes into the video I thought, “damn it’s April 1st”
r/thathappened
@@zacherylucas356 Reddit is just a shitty website about finding pipes
@@zacherylucas356 I wouldn't doubt it, history classes can get wild
@@zacherylucas356 sorry to hear that your life is very unexciting
lmao you jackass.
but did you finish watching?
A moment of respect for whoever went through this whole thing and subtitled it in six different languages
fuck the guy who ruined german
Including Esperanto!
Not all of it though. German doesn't have all the subtitles
I think this vid was made back when you could submit subtitles i believe
@@sonicfanboy3375 Yep. It only got removed about 2 years ago (whilst I was still working on one no less...)
I get that people used it to troll but maaan it was a good feature.
This actor is ridiculously talented for holding a straight face throughout this...one of the best pieces of comedy I have ever seen.
Corey Bingham maybe hes not acting maybe hes the mastermind behind lasagnacat
is this comedy? i’m confused
it's not comedy.
it's..............................
**art**
Corey Bingham Comedy you DARE call this peice of abousalute art COMEDY. THIS... THIS IS THE DEEPEST MOST THOUGHT PROVOKING ART PEICE OF THE LAST CENTERY
Honestly though. Not only did he keep a completely straight face for the entirety of this video, but he also did this entire thing in one take, AND he didn’t stutter once.
I have to address the elephant in the room here though. What if he wasn’t acting?
welcome back friends, happy 46th anniversary of the wonderful Pipe Strip. spark one up in honour
We don't deserve this level of comedy. This is better than any of us.
Channel 8?
I hear you man, I love the Ocho
"so theres this cat... steals his owners pipe"
...
"funniest shit ive ever seen"
Wow so funny
@@Mentallyillboat57 Yes.
This shit cracked me up
That weird Garfield... Holy crap... My great grandpa drew him and O.D (i like calling him dat) kicking off modern Garfield and O.D... Did he watch this or something..?
1978 was an odd year
RUclips should have a separate viewer count for how many people have watched the entire video.
They know but they will never tell us, now what I want to know is how many times, in general, people see this video again after the first time.
And another for how many times those individuals have watched the entire video. I know I’ve watched it at least 10 times
I am 30 mins through, I'm not stopping now and I never would've
@@DaneH64 Welcome to madness, I have been here for two weeks already they have felt like two years, the best years of my life though.
@@williamprice2186 just finished my first time watching this all the way through
Today, I met an older lady on the street who shared her political views with me. We had opposite views on most things, and she proceeded to tell me that I'm slow and have no clue about politics. But then, I remembered this video and I remembered that I know all I need to know about the nature of reality, of harmony and of war, so I was able to stay calm and zen in the face of this adversity.
So, when I arrived home, I stole my husband's burger and am watching this for the 4th time to refresh my perspective on life through this rich microcosm that is this ode to a Garfield comic. It is my weekly practice, quasi-religious.
Thank you lasagnacat.
Women aren't funny.
Thabk yiu lasagnacat
This isn't even mostly filler. It's one epic and incredibly gripping story.
It literally spans from the beginning of the universe to the final state of entropy. I fucking love this video.
It's also synced to an entire motion picture soundtrack.
the production values are so good it's hard to believe this is just an elaborate way of making fun of how unfunny the comics are.
@@pyramidschema8668 Fun fact, in an interview they said the parts where it seems to synchronize were basically just accidents, they didn't put special effort into syncing it.
JJSmokez which movies soundtrack is it?
I guess a picture really does say more than a thousand words
Peter Maurer Digging the profile pic
Peter Maurer It *worths a thousand words.
Peter Maurer That's something the girl from you profile pic would totally say.
weed75 Black "A picture says more than a thousand words" is what a German would say, which he might be considering his name.
ok
When you have to write an absurdly long essay and you start bullshitting the whole way through.
Dawg, what part of this is bullshit?
Goji this would actually be an impeccable like thesis paper
Pretty much every paper I turned in, in high school.
Except the facts presented in the video are complete nonsense. Whenever he says something that could be researched by Google search, it's typically wrong.
+Thatguywiththelaptop turly, you must be a blind man. no thing. no things. nothing. a cat has your pipe. You've been blind. A. CAT. HAS. YOUR. PIPE.
This video is my personal 'pipe strip'.
I keep returning to this video, over and over. Watching it through and through.
Something about these men, John Blyth Barrymore and Philip Glass, resonates with me.
This channel is great, but this video will never be topped.
This video... it is perfection.
Yet I still can’t get my head around “why” why do they do this is there a reason, maybe but maybe not I am not ok.
Philip Glass is a treasure. You should take a deeper dive into more of his soundtracks and compositions!
Same
@@TotallyNotASIOthe reason is to satirically state "Garfield isn't funny".
@@TotallyNotASIO garfield unfunny
Pov: you are his therapist
Well that's our time
How did I end up on Pornhub again
i'd go to a therapist
yes
I slammed my head on my desk when I saw this out of laughter
when your teacher makes you write a 10000 word essay on a book with 100 pages
That sounds like torture
@@dtk3946 more like 50% deducture amirite
I’m the 420th like🤠
Literature peaked in 1978.
Sigmund Freud: “Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.”
Lasagnacat: “The pipe, though…”
I struggle writing a essay on the cold war while this man writes a hour long script on a three panel comic
Jack D yo, you doing that too
"So how long does my audition need to be?"
"Take as much time as you need."
"Perfect."
i can't believe i don't have to pay anything to watch this
this actor is phenomenal, i want to see him in a christopher guest movie
the sly wink at 6:20 is so, so good
Another wink at 56:19
vuuvovuuv Nothing is free. You gave an hour of your life to make Garfield live forever.
You are paying with your time.
This film is really a look into the psyche of a madman, a person who insanely obsesses on one small thing for whatever reason, and throughout his whole life, everything he ever learns about the world and everything he experiences he connects back to this one thing.
I'm pretty sure this is meant to represent indoctrination into a cult - all the people saying that this has 'expanded their mind' may be more prone to being indoctrinated into cults by people like this, who obsess about things other than comic strips...
me fr
its about his desperate search for meanig in life under capitalism and pointlessness
@@classicdetective1086 I like to think of it as a satire of modernism, and its tendency to try to find meaning in noise and describe everything in terms of a single metanarrative.
@@Eudaletism but the fact it's truly so emotionally effecting and sincere really troubles it's status as a "satire". it's almost a celebration of modernism, it's capability for success in the most unlikely of places
It is interesting how something that starts out as an obvious and easy joke ends up slowly turning into a thought provoking piece about the fragility of life and the constancy of idea. Just like the pipe strip.
Oh christ it's over an hour long I didn't realize
This is addressed at 48:47
He challenges us to read this strip over and over for an hour... and when you are done watching this video, you have done exactly that.
wsshambaugh
I read this exactly as he began that portion of the video.
I had the exact same reaction as the original commenter. That was about 6 minutes into the video.
This must be a sign.
Same, I got about 6 minutes in and was impressed, but assumed it was wrapping up soon.
WTF
Schrikvis omg youresocute
I know the man speaking for an hour straight about Garfield gets a lot of praise but we also need to acknowledge the editor(s).
There's still music and visuals the whole way through. Someone not only had to watch this once, but many times, while adding supplementary effects.
^^^
That sounds like a dream job.
Philip Glass is nice isn't it
For music, all they had to do was play the kundun soundtrack from start to finish.
Who wouldn't want to do that? I would edit this video for free.
This is unironically better than 90% of lectures I attended in college, and I've graduated.
I love how if you focus on the words he's saying you can understand his train of thought but as soon as you zone out for even a second it all just falls to pieces
As someone with adhd and autism, this video is really disorienting, and yet it radiates clarity. Truly profound, just like the pipe strip.
i cant relate ive seen this video probably 30 or more times and i can nearly recite it from memory
update: i have seen this video over 70 times
@@putriscool You watch it every day? Neat.
@@putriscool this is a man of comiyment and sheer fucking will
I would contribute at least 10 dollars to the kickstarter for a sequel to this
Same
Only $10?
I'd give 72 cents
I would give far more, but alas, you can’t force inspiration.
I'm in. I'd contribute 50
This is the pinnacle of post-modernism.
You're joking, but not really.
Oh you, a person with a small mind who cannot fathom. Are you blind? This brilliant short movie takes deconstructive and mocking post-modern irony to the next level. I suggest you spend more time analyzing it before making such brash and shallow judgements of true art.
its ironic i guess but its not really challenging any meta-narratives
FinDan this is what you get in the dissolution of value systems, and I love it.
For everyone that isn't a hip lip sock jock cool cat, post modernism is basically shit posting ( think Andy worhol's soup cans or teen titans go)
I’m impressed that he was able to cover so thoroughly the major ideas and facets of the Pipe Strip and study of it in only 1 hour. Any amateur could write hundreds and hundreds of pages about the angle of Panel 1’s newspaper alone, but it takes a true master to distill the critical aspects of the whole comic and deliver it succinctly to the world.
i cant believe i watched the whole thing. i just couldnt stop..
its worth every minute tho
RUclips needs more benfer time
It's like staring into God.
Can Chris comment here next?
Or staring into the Anti-God, Garfield
he spent more time talking about the strip than jim davis did while drawing it
Jutopa that's art for ya.
Jutopa Jim Davis probably didn't talk at all while drawing it
Yassin My savior
Jutopa this is true Garfield nature. To lay one's hand upon the page without intention, without pretense
I don't think I've ever willingly watched an hour long youtube video let alone enjoy every second of it
>not watching pirated episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000
brah you fucked up
+Tom Servo Perhaps I have too much respect to simply pirate it
lxjoe96 the official MST3K YT account has full episodes freely available though...
+Tom Servo
A lot of the jokes are really stale, on top of the purposely terrible movies.
It is like multiple layers of trash.
Mst300 is on Netflix
Today we celebrate my frieds, for today is the anniversary of the pipe strip.
For some its just a silly newspaper gag from 46 years ago, oh poor fools, forgive them jim for they do not know what they do, but to us, the ones blessed with knowing the truth about it and its creator its much more than that. Id explain the strips importance to anyone reading this from the former group, but i think john here does a far better job at it than i ever would, so ill just say this: Be like jon people, remember to be like jon.
May jim bless you all in this special day
I remember being on call with a complete random stranger, who sat silently listening to me read the transcript of this video for an hour.
I hope they’re doing okay
i'm doing that rn
Do you have a copy of the transcript by chance
@@bc6607 3 dots of the video. Open transcript....
@@bc6607 you can find it online.
Please tell the full story
I believe it was Sigmund Freud who wrote that pipes and other elongated objects were a symbol of masculinity so the fact that John's pipe has been stolen by Garfield could also represent how Garfield is the more dominant figure in the household, think about it, throughout all of the Garfield strips and subsequent Garfield movies and TV shows Garfield is a sort of kind of king type similar to the ancient Egyptian's were cats were viewed as deities, along with the Pharo being given everything he desires. Jim Davis is truly a genius
And yet, he is self-destructive and arrogant. Self-centered. He smokes something that will kill him, either by stubbornness or ignorance.
Cats are red-green colorblind. The walls are red, the floor is green.
*Garfield is blind to the world around him*. He cares only about his own pleasures and desires, regardless of how much they might hurt him, much less the average man. Average working class people like Jon Arbuckle. What are the defining features of Jon's outfit? The collar is very striking, as is the vibrant color. This is a brilliant example of literal metaphor.
Jon is literally a blue-collar man. The working class.
Garfield is literally a pipe-smoking fat cat. The upper class.
But it isn't his pipe.
He stole Jon's.
Not only is this a brilliant satire representative of capitalism, especially the actions of corporations, but reflects the much greater problems of societal power. Those who are ill-fitted to power are the only ones to seek it. To attain it. Those kind and understanding of their fellow humans need not rule. Only the selfish.
@@VHSo_o commie?
@@akiradkcn Before the pipe strip, I wasn't, but now I think I may be
@@VHSo_o dont fall into the rabbit role, I'm saying that for your own good
@@akiradkcn just laugh at the joke dumbass
“Sir, this is a Burger King. Please order something or leave, we close in five minutes”
I'll order the Jon burger
“I’ll order a haunted hamburger”
You forgot my fries!
I'll have Lasagna please
Is that from hamination?
Are you kidding me?
The production value, the acting, the concept, the ideas, the philosophy, the comedy...
This video is a MASTERPIECE! I don't know who you are or what this channel is, but now it's the time for you to come back!
Gonna definitely explore this channel later on.
Seen this when it came out at my security job smoking weed in the bank in germany and watched it over 30 times. Still remember lines 6 yrs later and the other vids are great aswell. This a real saga
What are you talking about? There's no acting in this.
And the music?
This is the most brutal, sadistic level of sarcasm on the internet.
Lol it's the Holy Grail of sarcasm😂
on history
The most extreme of all time
And Brits think they are the best at sarcasm...
*I stared fumbling, before the abyss, and asked, "Now where could my pipe be?"*
*And from within, I saw a brilliant flicker... An unfathomable shuffle, as if the darkness itself had shifted before my eyes. I squinted and peered deep into the great nothingness, straining my vision...*
*_And Garfield peered back._*
"I'm sorry, Jon"
Satire of this intensity can only come across ultimately as a compliment...
Or complete loathing.
Louis Revel total, all consuming, life-destroying, White-Whale loathing
ewomack it is brutal. he is taking away the art from the artist.... bit by bit. he mercilessly flays the art.
Creating something that evokes this level of loathing in a person is a feat in and of itself
it's a hatred so profound that it devours itself back into pure, unconditional love
He just explained the meaning of life itself. The story about the plumber and the ham sandwich was my favorite part.
I'm currently crying so hard right now. This is seriously the most beautiful, well put together story ever. I can’t believe how magical, or, magickal it was 1:12. That part truly made me shed a tear. And especially at 6:34 that part was just so truly heart touching words can not describe the series of emotions I felt. I absolutely loved the climax it had insanely excellent detail. Oh and we can’t forget the conclusion. The conclusion was the greatest and most philosophical conclusion I have ever seen better than any of the Rosicrucian books I have read. Thank you so much for creating this absolute masterpiece. This is essentially the most important masterpiece of film history. It is a tragedy that this, it can’t be called a film or a movie, but a transcendent emotional experience, will be inaccessible for most. It beautifully encapsulates the human struggle to its basics; suffering, pleasure, faith, despair. It connects with the characters within the viewers, individuals suppressed within our own subconscious. It stays vibrant, fresh, and revolutionizes the art of storytelling and filmmaking while making a damn of statement on what it means to be human. Entertaining, gripping, and simply exhilarating. This might be the most impactful piece of art I’ve come across in my life, and I’m definitely coming back to it in the near future to study it more deeply. this is an absolute masterpiece , I was brought to tears listening to this and seeing the cat go whirly swirly in a circle countless times. it absolutely moved my soul and spirit, and I don't think I can ever be the same. this cat has changed my entire mental state , I am now at peace with who I am and what I will be doing later in my life. i have forgiven all my enemies and now I am a man of a pacifist life. I will move on , gotta move on , as the song says. the cat is so inspirational , it shares it vast wisdom with all of us , and we are all so lucky that it would bestow it's great words with us. we are all children on Garfield. hail Garfield. hail Garfield. The smoking cat, rotating in one direction with this music... This made me tear up. How could such a cat do such a thing? I'm struck by awe by this masterpiece. Especially when the cat smokes, showing its big will to solve any philosophy of even ancient Egyptian times. I can smell the smoke just from here, and so as the beautiful sound of the cat scraping the dark, smooth velvet floor. The flavor, music and everything can be heard, tasted, seen and felt from a screen. You can really hear the breaths between the music artist, empathizing his love for this comic and this smoking cat. Truly what I call modern art. This was the most legendary performance by any piece of cat I have ever watched. The acting was top tier and very life changing. This is one of the greatest work from a cat I have ever seen especially on 57:42. Thank you for sharing your immense wisdom on this comic. Thank you.
There is something about the "Sahib ask cat, Paper is holey
Sahib ask fish paper is wet"
The comparison of the nature of things being... Absolute, You ask for a fish for paper, It comes out wet.
You ask a cat... The paper is holey
Does this mean Garfield has no free will in his actions and therefore he is actually not the faulty in the "Pipe theft" But rather is the unstoppable and chaotic nature of Garfield himself?
Maybe this is an example Of "An unstoppable force against an immovable object" The pure chaos of Garfield against the absolutely coordinated and planned personally of john, Two completely different forces, Being together.
Jim davis surely was a genius when he made this one strip
People seem to think that Garfield is the villain in this story, but I don't think that's the case.
In this strip, Jon is reading the newspaper. He is so enthralled by it that he does not even look at where his pipe might be before he reaches for it. The implication here is that Jon had placed his pipe on the table, and he was so entranced by his newspaper that he did not notice that his pipe was missing. Clearly, this story is a tale of obsession and addiction. Maybe Jon is so addicted to his news that he doesn't feed Garfield, or maybe Jon has stopped eating himself. The story of the comic both tragic and heartbreaking. It starts with Jon, reading his newspaper, when suddenly, he realizes that his pipe is missing. He then sets aside his newspaper to look for his pipe. In the third panel, we see that Garfield has the pipe. Looking at the story through this lens, we can finally make sense of his motivation for stealing the pipe. He stole it because he wanted to direct his attention to something other than his newspaper. He just wanted his friend back, if only for a second. A single moment of nostalgia for a better time, a time when Jon was there, when he wasn't consumed by his addiction. Just one moment.
In the end Garfield isn't the hero, and he isn't the villain. He is just a broken soul who is lost in a void of grief and confusion.
Needs to be five paragraphs longer
Nope. You are nitpicking and biased. I win bye bye
the pipe was the villain all along
make your own 1 hour documentary about your opinion if you're so sure
Damn.
This is a meta-joke because Lasagna Cat is literally unironically a perfect piece of art
no
>literally
>unironically
Slow down there, champ
I think it's past your bedtime.
(You)
Holy crap Cybershell? Didn't you ALSO reappear after almost 10 years?
This is absurdism at its finest. An absolute work of art. Like... its ironic, and then it isn't, and then you wonder "Is this real?" Is this a shit--post? What is happening? Cat's don't smoke. Who am I? Why am I here?
Where could my pipe be?
"Cats don't smoke"
.... we need to reconsider everything.. WE WERE WRONG BURN IT ALL BURN IT ALL
@@omeismordaunt6224 that is the penultimate inevitable 'final destination' of questioning that awaits us all on this strange and twisted journey.
Our existence, our meaning like human beings, has involved through years in a cat smoking a pipe.
You're in a cat rage room.
I have a rather low attention span. But this video. This FUCKING video... it hooked me in. I thought i would get bored and leave in 5 minutes. But no. I watched it all. The whole video, 100%. There is no other video i have found that can do this. bravo.
Me too
Yep same wtf
Imagine acting out this entire monologue while trying to keep a straight face.
Gapaj You must have no talent. This would be easy and fun for me.
What do you mean trying
Geez no need to go overboard and judge some guy like that.
weed75 Black Geez no need to avoid a joke that much
Im Kazeggnog What joke
It's literally an hour of one guy talking about the deeper meanings of a single Garfield strip.
Amazing.
All in ONE TAKE.
There are frequent cuts.
I'm glad to live in an alternate universe in which this can exist.
Alternative or alternate? And alternative to what? I think I know what you mean but if I’m right then it’s inherently flawed.
ZEB yeah don't even start
Coto He didn't say anything wrong, he's asking for the nonsense of the first comment
TheCatLover Lord yep.
I hate this awful world that limits the vast ocean of human commentary.
It is no coincidence that I graduated Basic Combat Training at Fort Jackson on the 44th anniversary of The Pipe Strip. I found where my pipe was. Thank you, Jim Davis.
I laid pipe on the 44th anniversary. Pardon you, Dim Jarvis.