REJECTED by DON HERTZFELDT (Blu-ray restoration)

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  • Опубликовано: 28 окт 2018
  • 2001 Academy Award nominee for Best Animated Short Film. This is the 2015 restoration of "Rejected", remastered from the original 35mm film for Blu-ray: bitterfilms.com/bluray.html
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  • @WILFRED1184
    @WILFRED1184 3 года назад +8094

    I remember back in 2002 this video caused our internet privileges to be taken away. I still think it was worth it.

  • @Rex-lg6co
    @Rex-lg6co 4 года назад +6903

    Adult Swim would give this guy 10 seasons and a movie

  • @AskDrannik
    @AskDrannik Год назад +1144

    Jokes aside, that last segment where everything crumbles apart is some seriously impressive animation.

    • @3N3MY0FF473
      @3N3MY0FF473 Год назад +41

      If I recall correctly, this short was nominated for an Oscar at the time of its release.

    • @AskDrannik
      @AskDrannik Год назад +34

      @@3N3MY0FF473 It was for "Best Animated Short Film" or something.

    • @AzaleaJane
      @AzaleaJane 4 месяца назад +2

      My exact thoughts watching it again today

    • @coledakers6127
      @coledakers6127 Месяц назад +1

      7:06

    • @asthmaenthusiast
      @asthmaenthusiast 7 дней назад +1

      I watch Rejected just about yearly, and the Collapse act is really still incredible. It doesn't just break the fourth wall - something Deadpool loves to do and people love him for it - no, Rejected rolls around in it, Rejected submerges itself in the fourth wall like a generous lover until, inevitably, the viewer reaches its climactic release.

  • @noesunyoutuber7680
    @noesunyoutuber7680 Год назад +2096

    Don Hertzfeldt basically made asdfmovie years before asdfmovie, and did it with a message about artistic integrity and commercialization to boot. You're a legend, sir.

    • @reignbow_official2582
      @reignbow_official2582 Год назад +47

      I was just thinking that. I wonder if Tomska has seen this?

    • @stopmotionmovie123
      @stopmotionmovie123 Год назад +18

      That's literally what I thought when I first watched this

    • @nate567987
      @nate567987 Год назад +33

      and got a Academy Award nomination for it

    • @lorenzoiozzo6629
      @lorenzoiozzo6629 Год назад +16

      @@reignbow_official2582 It seems pretty obvious to me

    • @DaveDexterMusic
      @DaveDexterMusic Год назад +16

      I mean, it's really nothing like asdf beyond a surface similarity in the medium and style.

  • @Homodemon
    @Homodemon 3 года назад +5323

    "I'm a consumer whore!"
    "And how!"
    10 years later and it still gets me for some reason

    • @zyansheep
      @zyansheep 3 года назад +41

      It's a magical pony flying through the sky on a magical journey...

    • @emalinedickinson7492
      @emalinedickinson7492 3 года назад +15

      @@zyansheep Shoot it down.

    • @tommo258
      @tommo258 2 года назад +49

      I still refer to myself as a consumer whore because of watching this video over half a decade ago

    • @Richard_Nickerson
      @Richard_Nickerson 2 года назад +3

      Love that part

    • @JoeMama-mt9iq
      @JoeMama-mt9iq 2 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/keNywEnFpVU/видео.html

  • @quantumblauthor7300
    @quantumblauthor7300 3 года назад +2565

    "For the love of God and all that is holy, my anus is bleeding" has stayed crystal-clear in my mind for almost a decade now.

    • @bryceparascand2848
      @bryceparascand2848 Год назад +45

      "My spoon is too big!" Or "I'm a banana" stick with me just as much

    • @jr2527
      @jr2527 Год назад +11

      I have to stop myself from saying it.

    • @SomeGuy_GRM
      @SomeGuy_GRM Год назад +25

      @@bryceparascand2848 Any time I am handed a large spoon, I have to actively fight the urge to say it.

    • @color-head1696
      @color-head1696 Год назад +14

      I just came back coz out of a sudden I heard my self saying "I live in a giant bucket"

    • @thecrakp0t
      @thecrakp0t Год назад +7

      Same. I could even remember how it sounded like it was recorded on a cheap mic.

  • @islandstrong2oh9
    @islandstrong2oh9 4 месяца назад +42

    If you’re here in 2024 you’re a legend

  • @K.Arashi
    @K.Arashi 4 месяца назад +115

    all these years later, i still have "my spoon is too big" permanently etched in my brain

    • @Archer957
      @Archer957 3 месяца назад

      its a toss up betwen my spoon is too big and the dancing clouds XD

  • @V1R90
    @V1R90 3 года назад +2701

    Ah yes, A Comically Large Spoon

  • @peterbrooks5476
    @peterbrooks5476 5 лет назад +6228

    Who else here is 30 years old reliving their humor from when they were 14

    • @damienholland9244
      @damienholland9244 5 лет назад +111

      41 years old here. Saw the first Internet websites. The years go by fast.

    • @mrfld
      @mrfld 5 лет назад +29

      40 and 25

    • @Mr.WellingtonVonDukeIII
      @Mr.WellingtonVonDukeIII 5 лет назад +9

      Thought this looked familiar

    • @germanshepherd5314
      @germanshepherd5314 5 лет назад +40

      48, just ordered the Blu-ray and it will sit next to the out of print DVD's.
      My friends still curse me for introducing them to this.

    • @coopercarter
      @coopercarter 5 лет назад +5

      Raises hand

  • @TFA_Darklabs
    @TFA_Darklabs Год назад +167

    I have always loved how this goes from random ass humor to cosmic horror

  • @josephsanfelippo5847
    @josephsanfelippo5847 Год назад +104

    I still remember my friend telling me about this video at 7th grade recess like it was yesterday (31 now) - and then finally getting to watch it on freaking dial-up internet on my dad's work computer in the middle of the night while he was asleep and just losing my shit for 10 minutes straight.
    The epitome of formative moments.

  • @j3ffleopard690
    @j3ffleopard690 5 лет назад +5474

    The first time I saw rejected, RUclips was still the wild west. No ads. No suggested videos based on what you've already viewed. And somehow I found this. My 15 year old brain was immediately transformed for the better. Thanks for that.

    • @aisudhfabisdrh
      @aisudhfabisdrh 5 лет назад +181

      The first time I saw it RUclips didn't exist.

    • @Travoid
      @Travoid 5 лет назад +80

      I think someone gave me this on a CD-RW when I was also about 15. I distinctly remember that at the time, nothing had ever made me laugh harder than this short.
      The anal bleeding is still the best part.

    • @shanezenmusic
      @shanezenmusic 5 лет назад +46

      I saw it on Limewire hahah

    • @mastersirus1985
      @mastersirus1985 5 лет назад +24

      FastForward to Today, I got an Ad in the Middle of the “MY ANU.....then AD smh

    • @mohnjadden7841
      @mohnjadden7841 5 лет назад +6

      @@aisudhfabisdrh Came here to post just that, thank you

  • @bilnon1402
    @bilnon1402 5 лет назад +3497

    this being nominated for an oscar is the greatest thing to ever happen

    • @DasGam3rz
      @DasGam3rz 5 лет назад +57

      Wait really?

    • @bilnon1402
      @bilnon1402 5 лет назад +27

      @@DasGam3rz yes!!!!!

    • @ashcyr3711
      @ashcyr3711 5 лет назад +201

      agoodpersonwithhappyfeelings No, the greatest thing to ever happen would be if this actually WON the award.

    • @ClaptonsWig
      @ClaptonsWig 5 лет назад +44

      Cheyenne Cyr I thought he did, apparently I lied to myself for all these years

    • @bilnon1402
      @bilnon1402 5 лет назад +5

      @@ashcyr3711 u right u right

  • @joshsteinjohnston3887
    @joshsteinjohnston3887 3 года назад +393

    That's right kids,
    This was nominated for an OSCAR (one of the times they got something RIGHT)!!

    • @RevolutionaryLoser
      @RevolutionaryLoser 3 года назад +17

      Should have won best picture honestly.

    • @IronCurtaiNYC
      @IronCurtaiNYC 2 года назад +9

      @@RevolutionaryLoser or at least the category for which it was nominated.

    • @canaisyoung3601
      @canaisyoung3601 9 месяцев назад +5

      Yeah. Nominated, but didn't win. But I heard you still get a cash prize even if you're nominated, so...

  • @timmilgram
    @timmilgram Год назад +509

    This video shaped my childhood. I truly am, a banana.

    • @idunnobutyay2520
      @idunnobutyay2520 10 месяцев назад +4

      *vacuum noises*

    • @koenvandamme6901
      @koenvandamme6901 9 месяцев назад +9

      I found out I had ulcerative colitis around the time this was released and I've gotten A LOT of mileage out of "My anus is bleeding!"

    • @calvi_abigail1995
      @calvi_abigail1995 5 месяцев назад

      🤣

    • @sfurules
      @sfurules 2 месяца назад

      My spoon has always been too big

  • @Mrhadatte
    @Mrhadatte 4 года назад +1447

    The ideal format to see this film in is a highy corrupted avi file, the VHS of the early 2000's.

    • @JewelRiders
      @JewelRiders 3 года назад +43

      but the restoration is BEAUTIFUL!

    • @jermfanaccount
      @jermfanaccount 3 года назад +3

      context..?

    • @blakecrawford6505
      @blakecrawford6505 2 года назад +9

      Like A beat up Texas Chainsaw Massacre Tape, Well Said.

    • @MIchaelArlowe
      @MIchaelArlowe 2 года назад +22

      Rejected - Don Hertzfeldt REAL.exe

    • @Earthstar_Review
      @Earthstar_Review 2 года назад +20

      No really, this is highly accurate. I remember the compression artifacts so well.

  • @RationalRyan
    @RationalRyan 5 лет назад +2094

    I think being exposed to this short at such a young age and watching it over and over again was a contributing factor to my strange sense of humor. Thank you Don Hertzfeldt.

  • @ChrisJFilms
    @ChrisJFilms Год назад +172

    This is not only one of the funniest cartoons ever made and most likely the grandfather of internet culture as we know it, but it’s just a masterpiece of simple yet complex animation.

  • @spiral_heart8239
    @spiral_heart8239 Год назад +13

    The left handed ones with the jibberish are my absolute favorite. Brilliant all around.

  • @atomic7196
    @atomic7196 4 года назад +2276

    The "SILLY HATS ONLY" part will never get old. This video as a whole will never get old.

    • @medexamtoolsdotcom
      @medexamtoolsdotcom 3 года назад +30

      I swear that joke was from monty python. Maybe I'm thinking of the 'very silly' political party, and the silly walk sketch, but I thought they had a silly hats sketch too.

    • @WinkLinkletter
      @WinkLinkletter 3 года назад +11

      Other than their hats, those dudes seem pretty serious.

    • @VasilyMusic
      @VasilyMusic 3 года назад +8

      It's an official trailer of Team Fortress 2

    • @toddhallmark863
      @toddhallmark863 3 года назад +1

      “My spoon is too big” does it for me

    • @nicholasster4454
      @nicholasster4454 3 года назад

      yes

  • @rfmerrill
    @rfmerrill 3 года назад +1451

    I appreciate Don being willing to put this up for free. There's no way enough people have bought it for him to get the compensation he deserves.

    • @IronCurtaiNYC
      @IronCurtaiNYC 2 года назад +27

      I did, though. And a lot of people have bought his Blu-Ray movies on kickstarter, so...

    • @dominicbofficial
      @dominicbofficial 2 года назад +25

      The Blu-Ray compilations have actually sold really well, from what I've heard. Of course, not every single person that has watched this will buy one, but a dedicated fanbase will always help finance your career.

    • @rfmerrill
      @rfmerrill 2 года назад +12

      @@dominicbofficial Oh I don't doubt they sold well, but just in comparison to how many people have watched and enjoyed his work it seems like it can't nearly be enough.

    • @vicentegeonix
      @vicentegeonix Год назад

      @@dominicbofficial what's "really well" for you?

    • @whiplashfilms
      @whiplashfilms Год назад +4

      My college film club bought a copy circa 04/05. I have to assume many others did at least

  • @beef5010
    @beef5010 2 года назад +241

    A true pioneer of “random” humor.

    • @sntrytf
      @sntrytf Месяц назад

      don hertzfeldt walked so eric andre could run

    • @tehspamgozehere
      @tehspamgozehere 9 дней назад +1

      Not so much random as surreal. Surrealist humour has been a thing for a while, and is often misunderstood. Monty Python used surrealist humour, as did one of their primary influences, The Goon Show by Spike Milligan. If surreal humour is your thing, you can find many Goon Show radio broadcast episodes on the BBC archive sites. Dates to just after WW2 when the BBC was still quite young and didn't preserve much so some is missing.

  • @Takeshi357
    @Takeshi357 3 года назад +307

    In an alternate timeline, Don Hertzfeldt was not a successful animator, but a pioneering filmmaker, producing among other things an entirely new kind of TV series that would go on to have a tremendous influence on television for the next decade or so. Meanwhile, on the internet, you would find comments saying "David Lynch? Isn't that the guy who made those fake animated commercials?"

    • @Skokapus
      @Skokapus Год назад +9

      the only reason don is an animator is because 16mm film was too expensive for live action

    • @apullcan
      @apullcan Год назад +21

      He kind of already is this, though? In film and animation circles, Don's incredibly well respected as a pioneer of what would become internet humor and It's "Such A Beautiful Day" is considered a modern masterpiece. He hasn't had the overt success in the entertainment industry that David Lynch has had, but even HE hasn't had THAT much. Just like Don, he has an incredibly devoted fanbase and is respected by critics, but the average person you meet on the street probably hasn't watched Twin Peaks or Mulholland Drive. They have varying degrees of popularity, but they're still cult filmmakers lol

    • @isaiahromero9861
      @isaiahromero9861 Год назад +1

      The ending of this short is so reminiscent of Twin Peaks: The Return, which is wild since it came out like 15 years later

    • @chrisdawson1776
      @chrisdawson1776 Год назад +3

      @@apullcan david lynch is mainstream lmao what are you talking about 🤣🤣

    • @Gamer12666
      @Gamer12666 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@chrisdawson1776David Lynch who?

  • @jscottvillanueva1172
    @jscottvillanueva1172 5 лет назад +1535

    What amazes me is that despite how whacky and funny the majority of the movie is, the last part where everything “begins” to fall apart always fills me with a sense of dread. It’s true art, and I love it.

    • @KOTYAR0
      @KOTYAR0 5 лет назад +22

      Yes, that is the best part of the movie. I kinda hate all the rest

    • @alexanderstoneroad2157
      @alexanderstoneroad2157 4 года назад +61

      Tell me about it. There is actually a legitimate horror in the last portion.

    • @meghandailey8807
      @meghandailey8807 4 года назад +7

      Scott Villanueva Do you remember the animated short that parodied The Ear Scene in Reservoir Dogs? If so any idea where to find it? Thank you

    • @ImGazu
      @ImGazu 4 года назад +3

      Outside of their skits they are still sort of hanging out.

    • @jscottvillanueva1172
      @jscottvillanueva1172 4 года назад +5

      @@ImGazu Sorry, random question, but are you Doug Dimmadome, owner of the Dimsdale Dimmadome?

  • @sallydboy
    @sallydboy 3 года назад +410

    2:41
    “I’m feeling fat and sassy”
    “DOYOOOHHHHH!!!!”
    By far my favorite part

    • @JimKuback2009
      @JimKuback2009 2 года назад +31

      The insane; freewheeling jazz in the background completes it.

    • @TalosTheBronze
      @TalosTheBronze 2 года назад +2

      Lmao, absolutely. My friend and i still quote it to this day 😂

    • @ewwjelly
      @ewwjelly 2 года назад +3

      GAYAAAAAAHHH-

    • @ande6343
      @ande6343 Год назад +2

      Fat and sassy always makes me giggle uncontrollably. The inflection is juuuuust right

  • @datdude3327
    @datdude3327 10 месяцев назад +6

    just watched It’s Such A Beautiful Day and stumbled across this nostalgia gem

  • @Venturestien
    @Venturestien Год назад +24

    Back in high school this video was a right of passage to becoming my friend. If you watched it and laughed your self near to death you passed. Thanks for making me into the man I am today Don.

  • @wolf397
    @wolf397 5 лет назад +1209

    This film shaped me into the man i am today.
    I still say "im feeling fat and sassy" after every meal.

    • @aelechko
      @aelechko 5 лет назад +1

      wolf397 yeah I use it frequently as well haha

    • @krysdoran
      @krysdoran 5 лет назад +1

      I quote so much of this video haha.

    • @gorak9000
      @gorak9000 5 лет назад +9

      I still have friends that if I say "Ma spoon is TOO BIG" we all erupt into laughter, and most people around have no idea wtf is so funny! Best inside joke ever!

    • @aelechko
      @aelechko 5 лет назад +4

      gorak9000 I have a spoon that’s way too big just so when a lady comes over for the first time I can say mah spoon is too big. If she doesn’t know or at least laugh we probably aren’t going to last.

    • @bladeshifter16
      @bladeshifter16 4 года назад +4

      “i LivE In a GIaNt BucKeT”

  • @thechrononaut1
    @thechrononaut1 5 лет назад +1066

    I haven't seen this video in probably ten years. I haven't forgotten a bit of it, and I've never felt fatter or sassier.

    • @meghandailey8807
      @meghandailey8807 4 года назад +2

      TheChrononaut1 Do you remember the animated short that parodied The Ear Scene in Reservoir Dogs? If so any idea where to find it? Thank you

    • @MoleculeMan7
      @MoleculeMan7 4 года назад

      SAME

    • @BlitzkriegBryce
      @BlitzkriegBryce 4 года назад +2

      and how!

    • @dudeivealreadydonethis5tim289
      @dudeivealreadydonethis5tim289 4 года назад

      @@meghandailey8807 was it a Don Hertzfeldt animated short?

    • @meghandailey8807
      @meghandailey8807 4 года назад

      @@dudeivealreadydonethis5tim289 nah- i was just hoping someone would remember what i'm talking about. i first watched it on one of those dvds from a music magazine back in the day

  • @RogueAstro85
    @RogueAstro85 2 года назад +304

    I haven't seen this since I was 17. I'm 28 now and the "silly hats only" bit actually spoke to me. During my mid 20's all I wanted to be was part of the alternative musician crowd. When I acted and dressed the same as they did they saw right through me and I was treated like shit by almost every one of my friends. Eventually I cut ties with all of them for beating me down and have my own life. Some of them were more successful than me and some of them weren't, but the point was that I didn't exclude people trying to find their heart, I only helped them find it. And it's led to more lifelong friends than any of the people who beat me with a baseball bat will ever feel in their lives.

    • @charmaineappleby6122
      @charmaineappleby6122 Год назад +8

      that's really deep man

    • @Aka-bw5zy
      @Aka-bw5zy Год назад +2

      O

    • @isaiahromero9861
      @isaiahromero9861 Год назад +10

      That's pretty similar to my life experiences, but also kinda the opposite lol, the alt musician crowd in my city is actually the only community I've ever really felt like I can be myself and have people appreciate me for who I am, but I think it's mostly because most of the people I know in that scene are just really great people in general

    • @michaeljohnson1329
      @michaeljohnson1329 Год назад +1

      That's awesome, I just chanced upon this crazy animation, and the funny hats only bit spoke to me. Not in the same way you described, but your reply was somehow even deeper than the animation. I hope you read this. You sound like a great guy. We need more people like you to give acceptance to others.

  • @kevinklimo6493
    @kevinklimo6493 2 года назад +18

    6:36 When he said "E MONKEY PORK COFFEE mike MOOTS" I felt that

  • @PutrickStir
    @PutrickStir 3 года назад +862

    The baby falling down the stairs gets me every time. It's so out of nowhere and random I can't help but laugh.

    • @stinky817
      @stinky817 2 года назад +11

      It's my all-time favorite part of this

    • @TheEndOfABloodline
      @TheEndOfABloodline 2 года назад +11

      Not gonna lie I come back periodically every few years to watch it. Was in my head at work at night, oh and south park's rendition of r kelly

    • @OrchardFilm
      @OrchardFilm 2 года назад +14

      The canned laughter and applause in the background gets me every time lol. Like the baby rolling down the stairs is just another gag in a daytime comedy show.

    • @TrateMusic
      @TrateMusic Год назад +7

      It's right when it zooms out to reveal how ridiculously long the staircase is that sends me lol

    • @treyowen9213
      @treyowen9213 Год назад +4

      And the part at the end of that commercial is the icing on the cake.

  • @russelbutt
    @russelbutt 5 лет назад +515

    Around 2004 I was going to an Art College to become an Animator and one of my teachers showed us this during class. It was revolutionary.

    • @BiologicalClock
      @BiologicalClock 5 лет назад +6

      Was this in Chicago? Because I was in art school there for animation around the same time, and ALSO had a teacher show this in class.

    • @russelbutt
      @russelbutt 5 лет назад +9

      @@BiologicalClock I was going to AI in California, but I'm not surprised this video made the rounds back then :)

    • @BiologicalClock
      @BiologicalClock 5 лет назад +5

      @@russelbutt Maybe it was in the AI curriculum, haha

    • @meghandailey8807
      @meghandailey8807 4 года назад

      russelbutt Do you remember the animated short that parodied The Ear Scene in Reservoir Dogs? If so any idea where to find it? Thank you

    • @meghandailey8807
      @meghandailey8807 4 года назад

      BiologicalClock Do you remember the animated short that parodied The Ear Scene in Reservoir Dogs? If so any idea where to find it? Thank you

  • @CmdrVoltaire
    @CmdrVoltaire 2 года назад +56

    This must never be allowed to leave RUclips. Keep the tapes circulating, the next generation must witness this gloriously stupid masterpiece.

  • @EngineerKappa
    @EngineerKappa Год назад +12

    There's something that unnerves me about the final shot where as the character is screaming, the animation stops, your suspension of disbelief collapses, and now it's merely only a drawing of the character in the chaos. The paper crumpling effects are an obvious fourth wall break, but that moment of depersonalization gets to me.

  • @MrPatters
    @MrPatters 5 лет назад +1676

    The only remaster I need in my life.

    • @Kryptnyt
      @Kryptnyt 5 лет назад +3

      Hey the Warcraft 3 remaster doesn't hurt either though.

    • @moosemaimer
      @moosemaimer 5 лет назад +3

      The only way this could be better would be to have the director's commentary from the old upload as subtitles.

    • @jasper1064
      @jasper1064 5 лет назад

      Ok now you are becoming the new Justin. y

    • @MrPatters
      @MrPatters 5 лет назад

      @@jasper1064 Where else have you seen me?

    • @lorena1628
      @lorena1628 5 лет назад +3

      Honestly early in the relationship with my now spouse, I discovered he had the Rejected DVD, and I knew it was a good sign.

  • @jackkenoff420
    @jackkenoff420 5 лет назад +776

    I remember watching this in 2007 in 240p. Those were much different times.

    • @smallmoneysalvia
      @smallmoneysalvia 5 лет назад +46

      I remember watching this in 2000 in 144p in real video player from a zip disk I got from a friend since he had 1 megabit DSL and it would have taken all night to download over dial up.

    • @donkeyshot1
      @donkeyshot1 5 лет назад +6

      much different. so other. wow.

    • @aaronslife4635
      @aaronslife4635 5 лет назад +6

      @@smallmoneysalvia minus the zip disk, this is about the time I watched it. Plus, I was in the school library because everyone in my area still had 56kbps dial up. Oh the memories!

    • @adriantp_
      @adriantp_ 5 лет назад

      @@smallmoneysalvia You had Zip disks?!

    • @smallmoneysalvia
      @smallmoneysalvia 5 лет назад +1

      Adrian Thomas-Prestemon sure as shit wasn’t paying for no expensive ass CD burner, and that video was like 12 megs, it would span half a box of floppies!

  • @the_sanctified
    @the_sanctified Год назад +23

    we admired you back in 8th-grade history class around 2002. All that a group of us would draw every day during that class, what we considered was an ode to such art. We thank you.

  • @EricaGamet
    @EricaGamet 2 года назад +78

    20 years later and this still brings me so much joy. Got to Don Hertzfeldt twice... highlight. In about 2004, I showed the DVD of this to my Swedish niece (she would have been about 15)... the happy tune playing during "my anus is bleeding" is, apparently, a Swedish children's xmas song! It just added to genius of this.

  • @_JayRamsey_
    @_JayRamsey_ 4 года назад +692

    Has this been added to the Library of Congress yet?
    You defined a generation's humour with this short. I'm almost thirty and I still think of lines from this a few times a year. Especially when my anus is bleeding.

    • @Jonathanest90s
      @Jonathanest90s 2 года назад +11

      Not yet but hopefully someday.

    • @PhoenixTwoFiftySix
      @PhoenixTwoFiftySix 2 года назад +6

      Doyoooooo
      Kayaaaaaaa
      Waaaaaaaah
      Waaaaaaaaah

    • @ToxPhy
      @ToxPhy 2 года назад +8

      You say that as if your anus bleeds multiple times a year.

    • @kayEnt3rtainm3nt
      @kayEnt3rtainm3nt 2 года назад +16

      @@ToxPhy You say that like yours doesn't 🤔

    • @jakejutras5420
      @jakejutras5420 2 года назад +1

      @@ToxPhy if he suffers from perpetual hemorrhoids his anus would be bleeding multiple times a year.

  • @psychic_digit
    @psychic_digit 3 года назад +283

    “Guess they couldn’t handle the Hertzfeldt style!”

  • @danielslade9485
    @danielslade9485 2 года назад +5

    This should be in the National Film Registry!

  • @annemegane9269
    @annemegane9269 2 года назад +6

    My student newspaper had this on all 4 of the computers in our one-room office playing on loop simultaneously, but nowhere close to being synchronized. For days.
    Some of the best days of my life.

  • @10tonhamster
    @10tonhamster 3 года назад +478

    1:40 I love that even the angry tumour is going “WTF is that?” when the flying octopig sails past.

  • @ericbrown2829
    @ericbrown2829 3 года назад +555

    At 8:08 this is seriously one of the greatest animations ever. Possibly one of the greatest 4th wall breaks too. I’ve watched a lot of cartoons and animators and I’ve never seen anyone ever do anything like how that cartoon figure is pounding at the “glass” and the paper wrinkles at every pound. Don is a fucking talented genius

    • @blackcat80yearsago96
      @blackcat80yearsago96 Год назад +2

      I guess you've never watched Chowder

    • @panuru9175
      @panuru9175 Год назад

      @@blackcat80yearsago96 i guess you dont want to accept

    • @blackcat80yearsago96
      @blackcat80yearsago96 Год назад +2

      @@panuru9175 ?

    • @G.A.C_Preserve
      @G.A.C_Preserve Год назад +1

      ​@@panuru9175 i saw it before, not like he invented this or anything

    • @Gamer12666
      @Gamer12666 11 месяцев назад +12

      ​@@G.A.C_Preservething is this was originally made 15 years ago. 15 years. That kind of animation back then took serious talent, whereas nowadays you can make something similar with 1/100th the effort due to how far animation programs have come.
      Give credit where credit is due.

  • @johkonut
    @johkonut Год назад +15

    As a kid, this made me laugh with my friends. As an adult, I am nostalgic and so impressed at the quality of this work.

  • @jamesmellish3874
    @jamesmellish3874 2 месяца назад +4

    That stream of blood is so beautiful in this restoration

  • @MezzoForte4
    @MezzoForte4 5 лет назад +292

    I still quote "Tuesday's coming, did you bring your coat?"

    • @rommix0
      @rommix0 5 лет назад +31

      "I am feeling fat and sassy"

    • @zingz1972
      @zingz1972 3 года назад +17

      I live in a giant bucket.

    • @Xero_Wolf
      @Xero_Wolf 3 года назад +1

      I've said this to people countless times! lol

    • @SamuelPearlman
      @SamuelPearlman 3 года назад +3

      And I will randomly say "i am a baNAna!"

    • @cartoonpeashooter4703
      @cartoonpeashooter4703 3 года назад

      “Mah spoon is too big...”

  • @danielmace406
    @danielmace406 5 лет назад +140

    "I live in a giant bucket." Never related so hard to anything in the whole wide bucket.

  • @purpleraindrip1674
    @purpleraindrip1674 Год назад +36

    This animation is probably one of the biggest inspirations to me I love it so much. I think it's also worth noting Don's technique of folding and crumpling and shaking the paper under the downshooter is a genius way of showing that the cartoons are falling apart. God bless

  • @drews.7107
    @drews.7107 Год назад +22

    "Angry ticks fly out of my nipples" will never cease to be funny to me lmao

  • @Viviantoga
    @Viviantoga 5 лет назад +556

    It's weird how seeing this animation in such crisp clarity is really jarring to me, and I can't tell if it's nostalgia playing tricks on me, or if the comparatively grainy nature of early 2000's heavily compressed 240p actually lent itself to the theme and style of the short.

    • @brynnlesher6252
      @brynnlesher6252 5 лет назад +55

      i was thinking that too! the fuzziness of the old version really added to the surreal nature of it all

    • @bobloblaw1021
      @bobloblaw1021 4 года назад +1

      Idk maybe it did?

    • @meghandailey8807
      @meghandailey8807 4 года назад

      davyinatoga Do you remember the animated short that parodied The Ear Scene in Reservoir Dogs? If so any idea where to find it? Thank you

    • @gnorts7634
      @gnorts7634 4 года назад +16

      @TheIgors20 your unnecessary rudeness made me laugh, take my upvote

    • @TheHitsubasa
      @TheHitsubasa 3 года назад

      It’s been remastered

  • @oljo0527
    @oljo0527 3 года назад +784

    Aggressively anti-consumerist, post-modernist, hilarious. This influenced me deeply.

    • @Solaire_of_Astora13
      @Solaire_of_Astora13 2 года назад +41

      It probably helped configure the current dadaist and surreal state of internet humor.

    • @HiLoMusic
      @HiLoMusic Год назад +8

      @@Solaire_of_Astora13 I mean it helped

    • @SussyPoster69
      @SussyPoster69 Год назад

      It looks like a bunch of pseudo intellectual bullshit

    • @vyor8837
      @vyor8837 9 месяцев назад +5

      ehhh, anti-commercialization, not consumerist. But honestly even that is a bit of a stretch.

    • @AlphaQ23
      @AlphaQ23 2 месяца назад

      I'm also a consumer Whore!

  • @OpinionParade
    @OpinionParade Год назад +4

    Hi Don,
    I met you about a decade ago in Oly Washington, participated in your Q&A session, and had you sign my old DVD copy of REJECTED.
    You didn't want to carve your name into the cover with my switchblade, but you did sign it and draw stars all over the cover; which was cool.
    Hope all is well.

  • @Raven_Black_252
    @Raven_Black_252 Год назад +14

    The last part where everything falls apart actually gives me a genuine sense of dread.

  • @ryanquinn1257
    @ryanquinn1257 5 лет назад +657

    This cartoon basically made a generation of ppl have really obscure senses of humor. It was kind of like a surreal Far Side where Far Side comics were sort of my childhood intro to weird / dark humor. This just pushed that humor off a surreal cliff.

    • @scottsadler4215
      @scottsadler4215 5 лет назад +1

      Whole-heartedly agree!!!

    • @chrisloganmusic
      @chrisloganmusic 5 лет назад +6

      @@scottsadler4215 Charlie The Unicorn

    • @Xeridanus
      @Xeridanus 5 лет назад +5

      Also Salad Fingers by David Firth

    • @maddie9602
      @maddie9602 4 года назад +9

      I don't know if it was the ultimate source, but the early 2000's and the Wild Webs did produce a lot of surreal/absurdist humor that was a major influence on Millennials and even more so Gen Z -- this, Nigahiga, ASDF, hell, how many people _still_ say "I am le tired"?

    • @springtrees9279
      @springtrees9279 4 года назад +1

      Wait this was supposed to be funny?

  • @moosemaimer
    @moosemaimer 5 лет назад +358

    That metallic groaning noise at 7:16 is one of the most genuinely frightening things I've ever heard. That's the sound of something enormous and probably important, failing. If you ever heard that in real life you might very well be screwed.

    • @lilacKurage
      @lilacKurage 4 года назад +9

      sweet jesus have you heard it before? Hope you're ok :(

    • @averagebritishguy7082
      @averagebritishguy7082 4 года назад +17

      @@lilacKurage I imagine the people at the Hyatt Hotel probably heard something like that.

    • @mackaylacook148
      @mackaylacook148 4 года назад +2

      It does sound quite frightening

    • @johnsimon8457
      @johnsimon8457 4 года назад +9

      That's the sound of a cruise ship going over an extremely large wave in a terrible storm.

    • @ImGazu
      @ImGazu 4 года назад +2

      I'm guessing that's the sound of a mechanical failure on a large ship or something?

  • @PaulPrisbrey
    @PaulPrisbrey Месяц назад +3

    6:30
    It's incredible that he can make all these sounds with his left hand!

  • @everfreebrumby8385
    @everfreebrumby8385 7 дней назад +1

    I saw this 20 years ago on the night I met my future wife. She first saw me on the floor crying with laughter at this video. We’re still together. ❤️

  • @memphiselle1
    @memphiselle1 4 года назад +895

    This film is one of the core reasons why my sense of humor is so fucked up in my adult years. First saw it when I was around 9 or 10. Still just as legendary now as it was back in the day. A true masterpiece of modern animation.

    • @attilamagyar91
      @attilamagyar91 3 года назад +15

      This. Random and sick sense of humor grew inside me thanks to this. I remember I was screaming of laughter when I saw this series the first time.

    • @psychobilly42069
      @psychobilly42069 3 года назад +8

      Exactly same, this was the pinnacle of comedy when i was like 9 i had never laughed harder in my life up to that point

    • @eli-eastwood3548
      @eli-eastwood3548 3 года назад +1

      me too

    • @rainakura8915
      @rainakura8915 3 года назад +3

      Same. This and 2005-2006 /b have corrupted me.

    • @MystRunner916
      @MystRunner916 3 года назад +2

      Saw this at ACEN in like 03 and was like WHAT THE FUCK never fully saw it until I got high-speed at home in 08 I still laugh at it.

  • @thestarlightforge6568
    @thestarlightforge6568 4 года назад +1029

    Why do I feel like this was the ASDF movie of its time

    • @mrrandomperson3106
      @mrrandomperson3106 4 года назад +219

      In a way it was. Asdfmovie was influenced a lot by Hertzfeldt's work.

    • @soulflowerstuff
      @soulflowerstuff 3 года назад +102

      I think Rejected, The Lazer Collection, and ASDF are a sort of holy trinity in their own way, they always had similar vibes going on

    • @Optimalillusion
      @Optimalillusion 3 года назад +13

      @@willswain7144
      It was done because they knew in the future, it would piss you off. And you are of no consequence.

    • @kimarna
      @kimarna 3 года назад +4

      Anyone else remember the demented cartoon movie?

    • @jordansweet4119
      @jordansweet4119 3 года назад +2

      @@kimarna what’s it Called? I wanna see it

  • @javianwilliams7463
    @javianwilliams7463 3 года назад +41

    2:20 “You’re watching The Family Learning Channel. And now, angry ticks fire out of my nipples!”
    (What I literally said then happens)

    • @Bacony_Cakes
      @Bacony_Cakes 2 года назад +5

      [Long, stretched-out cow moo]

  • @joeyrodriguez5628
    @joeyrodriguez5628 5 месяцев назад +3

    I remember seeing this at the sick and twisted animation festival in Austin Tx, it blew me away! Never had I seen anything like it. Blew my mind. So happy I found this today.

  • @andromedope
    @andromedope 5 лет назад +304

    I've been referencing "my spoon is too big" since I was a little kid and my brother showed me that short. Thank you for one of the longest running inside jokes I've ever had!

    • @rommix0
      @rommix0 5 лет назад +1

      heh. I found myself quoting it before pressing play lol

    • @thekyleprojekt7996
      @thekyleprojekt7996 5 лет назад +2

      I feel man, it's a shame people dont get it when i say it and I have to be like "eh nevermind"

    • @Isaacindelicato123
      @Isaacindelicato123 3 года назад

      I literally came to find this comment after I had a moment where I said “my spoon is too big” to myself (I wanted a spoon for my icecream)

    • @JoeMama-mt9iq
      @JoeMama-mt9iq 2 года назад

      ...
      ruclips.net/video/hnCRauRKD5o/видео.html

  • @SinginRabbit
    @SinginRabbit 4 года назад +155

    I forgot how this ended. Sweet Jesus, it's terrifying.

  • @tehspamgozehere
    @tehspamgozehere 9 дней назад +1

    I remember when this was new to me. Absolutely brilliant. We were quoting lines from it for years. Thanks for doing it, and thanks for sharing again years later.
    Today is a wonderful day. Hot diggety.

  • @theoniehughes460
    @theoniehughes460 2 года назад +2

    This brings back so many memories! I can’t believe it’s still here!

  • @miapapia
    @miapapia 5 лет назад +117

    My fondest memories are from this: laughing on the floor, 10 years old, in a small town on the peninsula of Mexico, with my parents and their friends spilling their wine. Thank you Dan.

    • @Tessandwitch
      @Tessandwitch 4 года назад +1

      Miapapia yo también tenía entre 10 y 9 años cuando solía ver y dibujar estos cortos porque me parecían tan geniales

  • @NexAngelus405
    @NexAngelus405 4 года назад +253

    8:20 "Then, suddenly the animator suffered a fatal heart attack!"

  • @VchaosTheoryV
    @VchaosTheoryV 4 месяца назад +2

    Even after all these years, the ending is still the best part. Absolute genius in how it was created.

  • @fuzzybritches2885
    @fuzzybritches2885 Год назад +1

    Haven’t watched this since I was a teenager! Oh my goodness how did I forget this existed!!??

  • @gambucino1260
    @gambucino1260 3 года назад +64

    bruh "im feeling fat and sassy" is the quote of my life

    • @ess9599
      @ess9599 2 года назад +1

      Yaasss the reason I'm rewatching this

    • @erickottke9673
      @erickottke9673 27 дней назад

      Perhaps, but I'm the queen of France

  • @PandoraDanger
    @PandoraDanger 5 лет назад +310

    If this isn't in the criterion collection it needs to be added immediately.

    • @TheCatThatNobodyKnow
      @TheCatThatNobodyKnow 4 года назад +2

      I know Don has a Blu-Ray with a most of his work collected togeather

  • @paraglidingprospector
    @paraglidingprospector Год назад +6

    This will always be a classic for me and my friends - shared and re-watched yearly… it’s like a holiday tradition now. Referenced frequently and without provocation. Thanks for this timeless masterpiece!
    Stay classy folks and don’t forget to always wear a silly hat!

  • @jamassexd4134
    @jamassexd4134 2 года назад +17

    2:10 oh hey that was pretty ta-
    Approximately 2 seconds later:

  • @avriceasus7981
    @avriceasus7981 5 лет назад +244

    Don Hertzfeldt's
    Rejected
    Now with blu-ray restoration!
    Sweet Jesus!

  • @tenkins
    @tenkins 5 лет назад +131

    East Lansing student film festival, March 24th 2000. It was my 16th birthday and I had just eaten mushrooms for the first time. This began playing as soon as the shrooms kicked in. Thank you, Don, for making my first time tripping balls as well as my birthday into something I will never forget!

    • @AlRoderick
      @AlRoderick 5 лет назад +8

      No way, I was at that show too!

    • @b6yce
      @b6yce 4 года назад

      we share the same birthday:)

  • @RetroNutcase
    @RetroNutcase 2 года назад +7

    Can we just talk about how cool 7:06 and onward is? The way the "destruction" of his cartoons gets so incredibly meta with the various paper effects?

  • @Blayze
    @Blayze Год назад +2

    The collapse scene still looks fantastic.

  • @jakelasquish2340
    @jakelasquish2340 4 года назад +181

    Me: Awwwyeee i remember this shii..
    Also Me, 9 minutes later: HoLy ShIt WhAt ThE fUcK

  • @corvettez06usa
    @corvettez06usa 3 года назад +26

    The last segment with the rippling and crumbling paper is a stellar piece of animation.

  • @jasonhouchins
    @jasonhouchins Год назад +3

    I was an only child but I met the love of my life. She had two brothers and a competitive sports father. 10 years later and I couldn't be happier that I found this video again.

  • @DragonXero
    @DragonXero Месяц назад +1

    So, funny enough, the first time I saw Rejected was actually at a film festival featuring animated shorts, including Dr. Tran. I think I paid ten bucks to see it at the local theater and I felt like it was worth every penny. My friends and I were quoting Rejected for the next 6 months. "MY ANUS IS BLEEDING" would elicit unstoppable laughter every time it was uttered.
    We weren't kids. We were in our early 20s. I am so glad that this is up here.

  • @ZanraiKid
    @ZanraiKid 5 лет назад +630

    The film that invented the RUclips sense of humor.

    • @ElpSmith
      @ElpSmith 5 лет назад +42

      ZanraiKid Honestly though. I feel like asdf movie owes everything to this man.

    • @smallmoneysalvia
      @smallmoneysalvia 5 лет назад +7

      6 years before youtube even existed.

    • @smallmoneysalvia
      @smallmoneysalvia 5 лет назад +1

      DroehnIng people will pay for likes, they seem to have some sort of value

    • @gromann
      @gromann 5 лет назад

      Banana for scale

    • @spankeyfish
      @spankeyfish 5 лет назад +4

      Internet Humour's always had an absurdist, surreal or just fucked up streak like Badger Badger Mushroom- ruclips.net/video/EIyixC9NsLI/видео.html (I can remember drunk people singing this outside a nightclub in 2003) or Salad Fingers- ruclips.net/video/wpVTORX_ifk/видео.html or the video that the Salad Fingers guy did for Aphex Twin's Milkman- ruclips.net/video/SgqMBzB1kHo/видео.html
      All of these pre-date YT.

  • @ladylaughsalot77
    @ladylaughsalot77 4 года назад +44

    The fact that I can still say "I am a banana" in that voice 10 years after I first watched and people still laugh is a fucking blessing to this world.

    • @modgrip805
      @modgrip805 Год назад +2

      My little kids now act out that bit. They’ve never seen it but do it perfectly 😂

  • @brookevanpoppelen3316
    @brookevanpoppelen3316 7 месяцев назад +2

    One of the biggest thrills of my life was debuting this at our Midwestern Film Festival in the early 2000s (I was 21) and the howling and gasping for air from the audience was something I will never ever forget

    • @erickottke9673
      @erickottke9673 27 дней назад

      That sense of humor is rampant in the Midwest, I'll bet that was a riot

  • @JackieGoehner
    @JackieGoehner Год назад +1

    23 years later and it's still fucking gold.

  • @doggybone1994
    @doggybone1994 5 лет назад +1258

    The original ASDF

    • @madgeroonii
      @madgeroonii 4 года назад +39

      I remember when I was younger and forgot this existed I always tried to find the parts in ASDF movie that had these parts because I didn't realise they were two completely different things. They do have such a similar vibe.

    • @chronicallycrude4149
      @chronicallycrude4149 4 года назад

      Facts.

    • @cookievideomaker4042
      @cookievideomaker4042 4 года назад +10

      @MarioFan2019 This and The Lazer Collection was released before asdfmovie released.

    • @cartoonmaster2401
      @cartoonmaster2401 4 года назад +6

      I can see TomSka seeing this and coming up with idea for ASDF.

    • @dandylemon1
      @dandylemon1 4 года назад +4

      The waffle in ASDF 12 sounds like the guy at 5:52

  • @alejoparedes2388
    @alejoparedes2388 5 лет назад +242

    The first time I saw this was in film school. Not college: a little film school for kids in Buenos Aires. I don't know why they thought this was suitable for children. I was eleven, maybe twelve. It blew my mind, specially the ending. I've loved Hertzfeldt since then. So glad this masterpiece is now available for all, and in all its demented glory.

    • @jakesommer3914
      @jakesommer3914 5 лет назад +15

      Your teacher had a fuckin great sense of humor haha

    • @averagebritishguy7082
      @averagebritishguy7082 4 года назад +5

      They probably thought it being animated automatically made it suitable for kids.

    • @meghandailey8807
      @meghandailey8807 4 года назад +1

      Alejo Paredes Do you remember the animated short that parodied The Ear Scene in Reservoir Dogs? If so any idea where to find it? Thank you

    • @marcobazan4187
      @marcobazan4187 4 года назад +1

      Was it subtitled? That’s kinda cool that your school showed this though lol

    • @alejoparedes2388
      @alejoparedes2388 4 года назад

      @@jakesommer3914 Yes, she was my favourite teacher ever, probably.

  • @edibleapeman2
    @edibleapeman2 2 года назад +2

    If only one video gets to outlast humanity, I would have it be this.

  • @tanvikulkarni3949
    @tanvikulkarni3949 2 года назад +3

    That pop corn bleeding can be used as a starting intro to any period related videos :D it is a pretty wild experience.

  • @LikaLaruku
    @LikaLaruku 5 лет назад +148

    I remember seeing this in college back in 2004, on a big projector screen in animation class. It was held in high esteem on campus, like Homestar Runner.

    • @Aging_Casually_Late_Gamer
      @Aging_Casually_Late_Gamer 4 года назад +8

      Homestar runner dot net. Its dot com.

    • @homezipan
      @homezipan 4 года назад +6

      Same! Showed Homestar Runner to my classmates as an example of an awesome animated website, and it went "viral" back in 2001-2003 (Perth). My handle is a mash up of homestar and marzipan :P Toons!

    • @darmocat
      @darmocat 4 года назад +4

      As a sophomore in college, I remember my very drunk friends showing me this in 2004; and knowing I was looking at something that would transcend time and space. 16 years later, still holds true.

    • @Butterball3588
      @Butterball3588 3 года назад

      Those were good days.

  • @pootard3538
    @pootard3538 5 лет назад +463

    Our animation god has returned...

  • @jessicalingo4346
    @jessicalingo4346 Год назад +2

    My spoon is too big..... I am a banana gets me every time! I still have that in my head over a decade later. This never gets old! Pure classic! We need more of stuff like this now adays 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @littleshedevl
    @littleshedevl 4 месяца назад +1

    Every few years I come back and watch this video cuz it’s that good

  • @ghadrackpotato960
    @ghadrackpotato960 4 года назад +188

    If this was really posted by the creator. I want to offer a genuine thank you for putting something in the world that made life a little more joyful for me and my freinds. I can't tell you how any times we watched these shorts, laughed and quoted them.

    • @otherlego
      @otherlego Год назад +4

      This is the real guy. I bet he saw this comment.

  • @TABBYMUSIC
    @TABBYMUSIC 5 лет назад +596

    *_maaah spoon is too big_*

    • @Enter_channel_name
      @Enter_channel_name 5 лет назад +25

      I am a baaanaaanaaaa!

    • @dearestreject
      @dearestreject 5 лет назад +11

      *Vacuum noise*

    • @TABBYMUSIC
      @TABBYMUSIC 5 лет назад

      That was perfect

    • @Enter_channel_name
      @Enter_channel_name 5 лет назад

      @@TABBYMUSIC What was perfect?

    • @sokrusound
      @sokrusound 5 лет назад +6

      I've never met anyone, who would understand this quote. And I really try to use it, even though we don't speak English that often here...

  • @ononearts
    @ononearts Год назад +1

    So deceptively simple, with so much said! Layers of depth.

  • @botmes4044
    @botmes4044 Год назад +8

    I love that this is firmly embedded in the millennial zeitgeist right alongside The Holy Grail and LOTR memes.