Luis: a beautiful tale about remembering the love of his life Liam: Shakespeare's adaptation of the same story Matt: Someone trying to recite the theatre play to their friend Laura: A drunk random who overheard the story at a crosswalk Marisha: A stoned friend of a drunk friend freestyling whatever Sam: Burger King becoming a street philosopher after having a full meal of hash brownies Travis: Dallas Cowboys quarterback with a concussion questioning his sexuality Ashley: Jolly Texas cowgirl with an early onset of dementia
They really seem like two peas in a pod. Sharing the exact same theater nerd braincell. I think they'd have a blast playing TTRPG together, and I would love to see it! ❤
Luis - Xerxes flashback Liam - Caleb's dramatic reading Matt - an Oscar clip Laura - Gravelly Memories with Evangeline Marisha - Devil antlers meet E-Vaginal Sam - Dave Grohl does a drama (also starring Evangeline Lilly and Vagina) Travis - the deep deep darkness of knowing and learning vagina Ashley - Owen Wilson learns stuff
What do you mean? You weren't already in love with him? I smell a porky pie! If only I had a penny for every time that man broke my heart, I'd be at least able to buy a cup of coffee right now... maybe even a slice of carrot cake to go with it...
I was hoping SO HARD that Liam would be the first one to retell the story. A tragic queer romance story? That's a Tuesday for him and he does it so well :')
first run: oh this is very sweet and touching. like not even a minute later: "ah yeas falling down, deep down, deep down into the dark. the light darkness. in the deep lightness of dark, with you, Vagina, my beloved."
Matt removed the smolder, Laura killed Evandrin, Marisha murdered Evangeline, Sam brought her back and gave her a middle name... TRAVIS BROUGHT EVANDRIN BACK as an option! And then Ashley ash-slayed as she knows best to do :')
@@NWolfsson Sam didn't give Evangeline a middle name, he recruited actress Evangeline Lilly to the story. Totally understand the mix-up, though. And if you don't recognize the name, she was Tauriel (the elf in love with one of the younger dwarves) in the Hobbit films, Kate Austen on Lost, and Hope in the Ant-Man movies.
@@Anon-qp3kt yeah.....I forgot she was in that until about three-quarters through my comment. She's always just been Kate from Lost to me before anything else😄😄😄
I'm so genuinely delighted that whoever arranged the retell order let Mr. I Was [Horatio?] In An Uncut Production Of Hamlet and Mr. My First Stage Role Was Reverend Hale In The Crucible go first for the tragic story, so we have a nice solid chunk of feels and then the immediate 180 into levity from everybody else /genuine
This series gives me absolutely endless joy. Sam is such a perfect person to have in the middle to, cause he wil either save the flailing, or patch things together but make it into sketch comedy routine. Well more than it already was at least, lol.
I have such a hard time getting into the new format, I really miss the old way Narrative Telephone was done, but I love Luis and definitely would love to see him around CR more!
Ashley: "I remember, I remember, I remember, I remember...." Me: "You remember nothing." Ashley: "...nothing." Me: "Well, at least she's self-aware." 😂
30:54 gives me hope that we'll get to see Luis and Liam at the table together someday! I've long wanted to see these dramatic RP masters work with each other.
Always enjoy how chaotic these get but love the reactions & appreciation shown by everyone when they hear the original telling. Luis absolutely killed it. Didn’t expect anything less.
Luis did such an emotionally filled monologue that I almost felt like to use it for narrative telephone would somehow taint it, but I'm glad Liam was the first in line. that was right up his alley.
We need Brennan Lee Mulligan on here! Mainly bc I’d love to see how much he would add to a story and trip up people after him more than the actual story would lol
Wtf, Sam looks JUST LIKE Dave Grohl with that wig on, i'd never seen any resemblance before, but now i can't unsee it EDIT: WOW Travis said it! That feels great
Dave Grohl Sam staring knowingly into the camera and saying "Vagina" is going to live rent free in my brain for the rest of my life, whether I want it to or not.
When I started listening I was thinking "this seems straight forward enough and not too many details, I worry it wont be as funny cause they'll remember"...... i have never been so happy to be SO WRONG in my life. I think the straight forwardness and few specific details actually contributed to the glorious train wreck. also, the 3rd person always is where it goes off the rails 🤣🤣
There was some sneakiness in it. Some subtle alliteration that you don't necessarily notice because it's not every single word, repetition with minor variations, and even the intentional "wait, no" to confuse people on what's part of the story and what's not. Luis understood the assignment 😁
Ashley actually did a pretty good version of what Travis gave her. I think people overestimate how much she screws up now based on the earliest eps of Narrative Telephone.
3 stories in and all I can think about is how headgear has not been in any of them so far, yet was in three of the little preview ones in the beginning
Most underrated comment in this whole journey? *after Sam’s video* Liam: “I could be wrong, but I don’t think there’s supposed to BE a vagina in this story!!” Luis: “Just…another gay character being rewritten!”
I love when they start deep in character and they are attempting to remember and tell the story but they lose the thread and fall out of character like a deer in the headlights.
I can't focus on both the story and reaction at the same time but even if I could, I can't hear the reactions with the volume of it so lowered. Why was this formula changed? It worked perfectly before. Is it possible for us to get an alternate edit using the old formula or at least go back to it in the future? This is a huge bummer.
@@KBRoller But all of the footage is still there, they could release each take for us to listen to so we can hear them without the commentary on top. Call it a part 2 for each video.
I'm assuming the intent was to cut out the repetition and save watchers some time. Though I still miss the other way since the reaction and them actually playing the game compete for attention like this.
I was about 15 seconds into the original video and immediately thought "Oh no, they're going to such AWFUL things to this amazing prose." Honestly, they did so well for several attempts, but it does really highlight how the story unravels like a sweater. At first there are a few stray threads, but as the threads become looser, at some point all structure suddenly disappears.
Bro i fucking love Luis, casually ripping my goddamn heart out of my tear ducts with that monologue holy fuck man, especially during a time of year where a lot of people feel very lonely and heartbroken this unironically was so healing
Liam is perfection in #2 spot. And while he messes up more down the line, his ability to mimic the behaviors of the person before him is hilarious. But I think Travis is the most consistent.
Love how in the original story Zerxus described losing all sense of self and identity and then we watched it happen in realtime...
welp its settled. This Narrative telephone is canon now.
His eternal damnation was turning straight
@@Nishanth_mementomori I think he’s canonically bi (as a widower with a son) but going straight WOULD be hell regardless.
Major bonus points to Travis for realizing Laura had simply butchered Evandrin's name.
That's our Lore Goblin.
He yelled at Marisha for butchering it as well since she was there for the game.
Liam at 22:07 going "I don't think there's supposed to be a vagina in this story," and Luis' response had me crying laughing
I love a comment that doesn't spoil what they're hoping to highlight. Thank you.
Luis: a beautiful tale about remembering the love of his life
Liam: Shakespeare's adaptation of the same story
Matt: Someone trying to recite the theatre play to their friend
Laura: A drunk random who overheard the story at a crosswalk
Marisha: A stoned friend of a drunk friend freestyling whatever
Sam: Burger King becoming a street philosopher after having a full meal of hash brownies
Travis: Dallas Cowboys quarterback with a concussion questioning his sexuality
Ashley: Jolly Texas cowgirl with an early onset of dementia
Early onset of dementia goes crazy hahaha
"Burger King becoming a street philosopher..." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Well done
early onset of dementia 🤣🤣🤣
With all do respect to the very talented cast, this comment was the funniest thing about the entire episode!. I died!
Luis and Liam the Tragedy boys! Hopefully we can see both of them at the table one day
A very chipper table with 2 Tragedy Bards
I've been wanting that so bad ever since Calamity! The dramatic RP style is underrated and they both do it so well.
They really seem like two peas in a pod. Sharing the exact same theater nerd braincell. I think they'd have a blast playing TTRPG together, and I would love to see it! ❤
Love how Ashley always looks so angelic in these and then she crashes the whole story in a matter of moments
Except this time it was Jester showing up instead of Vex or Imogen. 😅
"That's so much judgement in one look."🤣
She truly is Fearne XD
"Sword shit!" - Ashley Johnson, 2024
Ashley always looks so angelic.
The sound mix was much better this time, toning down the reactions helped a lot compared to the last one. Thanks for taking care.
Agreed, it was definitely better!
Yes yes it was
Yep! Also, never change Ashley's recitation music.
I like to imagine each retellling is just stages of Zerxus’s memory of that moment with Evandrin, slowly deteriorating over the eons.
Some Ice King shit
oh thats just evil
They were actually holding fairly well with the story at first. And then Laura came in with her Batman voice.
She is the night!
You mean The Owlbear, right?
"WHERE IS EVANGELINE?!!"
the pipeline of being so saddened at luis’ story to my face fully hurting from laughing a few minutes later is insane
haven't laughed so hard in a long time, it felt good
Literally went from from being moved to tears, to tears of joy in less than 30 minutes. Whiplash moment
Luis - Xerxes flashback
Liam - Caleb's dramatic reading
Matt - an Oscar clip
Laura - Gravelly Memories with Evangeline
Marisha - Devil antlers meet E-Vaginal
Sam - Dave Grohl does a drama (also starring Evangeline Lilly and Vagina)
Travis - the deep deep darkness of knowing and learning vagina
Ashley - Owen Wilson learns stuff
I can't wait until they get Brennan on narrative telephone his story will be amazing and I'm really curious on how well he'll do someone else's story
Cue the 10 min monolog on almonds or birds then everyone else just ripping the cord.
The dread I felt reading this! Can you imagine the amount of words that that man could put into a 1 minute story? Nightmares!
“I will hold on to you…” and with that everyone fell in love with Luis
What do you mean? You weren't already in love with him? I smell a porky pie!
If only I had a penny for every time that man broke my heart, I'd be at least able to buy a cup of coffee right now... maybe even a slice of carrot cake to go with it...
Travis actually did really great with what he was given.
probably helped that he knew the character and the story pretty well (being the part of adventuring party and writing for the show)
Travis is hands-down the best at this game. His memory is cracked.
@@garystern2294 he usually does. Either he nails the original tale or does a near-perfect (with corrections) retelling of whatever pile he was handed.
@@brentage5000 "And you did what had to do because you had to do what you did" or whatever it was from Beau's story comes to mind.
He did but that was a Kronk "Kuzco" moment sprinkled in
I was hoping SO HARD that Liam would be the first one to retell the story. A tragic queer romance story? That's a Tuesday for him and he does it so well :')
I was thinking the same thing! It could have easily been about Orym and Will
Don't you mean that's a Thursday for him? ;-)
@@animefallenangel Hahahaha, I was going to make the same joke! Glad someone else thought it too! Hahahahaa!
Narrative telephone has taught me that Liam's short term memory is amazing, and he's a good listener.
Definitely need more Luis!! The fact they haven't had him on the show more is a crime, a crime I say!
I love this so much, also PLEASE let Luis and Liam be at a table together for a mini series or longer.
first run: oh this is very sweet and touching.
like not even a minute later: "ah yeas falling down, deep down, deep down into the dark. the light darkness. in the deep lightness of dark, with you, Vagina, my beloved."
I'm still just happy this beautiful trainwreck of a series is back.
I feel like this is us revisiting Zerxus every few decades and asking him to tell us what he remembers. And it just gets worse.
The Dave Grohl cameo was a surprise, but I think he did great. If only Sam were around to see it.
I loved Luis's story. ❤ Beautiful.
Luis is so bubbly & then he flips the switch to INTENSE.
Matt removed the smolder, Laura killed Evandrin, Marisha murdered Evangeline, Sam brought her back and gave her a middle name... TRAVIS BROUGHT EVANDRIN BACK as an option! And then Ashley ash-slayed as she knows best to do :')
Putting her last is almost cruel
@@NWolfsson Sam didn't give Evangeline a middle name, he recruited actress Evangeline Lilly to the story. Totally understand the mix-up, though.
And if you don't recognize the name, she was Tauriel (the elf in love with one of the younger dwarves) in the Hobbit films, Kate Austen on Lost, and Hope in the Ant-Man movies.
@brentage5000 you could have just said Wasp in Antman and the Wasp
@@Anon-qp3kt yeah.....I forgot she was in that until about three-quarters through my comment. She's always just been Kate from Lost to me before anything else😄😄😄
I'm so genuinely delighted that whoever arranged the retell order let Mr. I Was [Horatio?] In An Uncut Production Of Hamlet and Mr. My First Stage Role Was Reverend Hale In The Crucible go first for the tragic story, so we have a nice solid chunk of feels and then the immediate 180 into levity from everybody else /genuine
Dear subtitling team: Sam's first in-studio line is "I have gum on my hands." Gum. GUM!
"How hard are you?"
Omg hahahah
I WAS wondering whether or not he actually said that.
😂😂😂
This series gives me absolutely endless joy. Sam is such a perfect person to have in the middle to, cause he wil either save the flailing, or patch things together but make it into sketch comedy routine. Well more than it already was at least, lol.
Marisha's face when Luis turns and goes "What is Vagisil for anyway" is such a quick turn into "Oh shit."
Oh Narrative Telephone, how I love you. This game is always hilarious.
I love how Travis knew it would be Evandrin
*happy intro music*
Luis: "There was darkness"
Luis writing poetry up in here! i did NOT expect such beautiful perfection!!!!
I have such a hard time getting into the new format, I really miss the old way Narrative Telephone was done, but I love Luis and definitely would love to see him around CR more!
28:37 Laura: "Where'd the 'lightness' come from?"
From YOU, ya crazy gremlin!
"We were training."
"I've been drinking."
🤣🤣🤣
Ashley saying I remember like 10 times to give herself time to remember lol
Ashley: "I remember, I remember, I remember, I remember...."
Me: "You remember nothing."
Ashley: "...nothing."
Me: "Well, at least she's self-aware." 😂
@@KBRollerrolls for a memory check
30:54 gives me hope that we'll get to see Luis and Liam at the table together someday! I've long wanted to see these dramatic RP masters work with each other.
Always enjoy how chaotic these get but love the reactions & appreciation shown by everyone when they hear the original telling. Luis absolutely killed it. Didn’t expect anything less.
Travis did the best with what he was given
BAFTA award winning Laura Bailey.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Professional voice actress (and definitely not Batman) Laura Bailey 😂
She is a national treasure
@@uli11 she is not a national treasure. She's worth at least 2 if not 3 national treasures.
@@rolindahlquist3124 accurate. She's definitely a universal treasure. I retract my former statemelt.
Do you just copy this and paste it on every video with her
Luis did such an emotionally filled monologue that I almost felt like to use it for narrative telephone would somehow taint it, but I'm glad Liam was the first in line. that was right up his alley.
Laura at the end: "Where did the lightness come from." 15 min before, also Laura: "I remember lightness." XD
Yup, but Matt started with "lightLESS" and then it deteriorated
Dang Luis can pull my heartstrings so hard!
What's crazy is how much closer "Evander Holyfield" is to Evandrin's name than "Evangeline Lilly", let alone "Vagisil"
But what about Evaginalin?
What's actually is crazy is that Marisha knew Xerxes had devil horns now and she surely knows Evandrin. For it to become evaginal is something else 😂😂
@@Anon-qp3kt tfw you work yourself too hard, smoke a lot of weed, and also rolled a nat 1 on your DC 5 perception check XD
We need Brennan Lee Mulligan on here! Mainly bc I’d love to see how much he would add to a story and trip up people after him more than the actual story would lol
Part of me wishes I could have heard Sam be the first up, taking it seriously, to see him at his professional serious, best.
Love narrative telephone SO MUCH.
I am surprised it didn't morph into "the greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return."
ooh. Vex getting Luis hot and bothered
!wow! THAT first one was amazing .
Holy shit.. That went off the rails i love it!
And the second two no less so!
Wtf, Sam looks JUST LIKE Dave Grohl with that wig on, i'd never seen any resemblance before, but now i can't unsee it
EDIT: WOW Travis said it! That feels great
Dave Grohl Sam staring knowingly into the camera and saying "Vagina" is going to live rent free in my brain for the rest of my life, whether I want it to or not.
So glad narrative telephone is back! Though I dearly hope they return to the original format
I love how the "merry xylophone melody" fits Ashley's narrative bit every time. Great narrative telephone, hadn't laughed so hard in a while!
I cried, and then I cried again for a very different reason, and then I cried all over again.
When I started listening I was thinking "this seems straight forward enough and not too many details, I worry it wont be as funny cause they'll remember"...... i have never been so happy to be SO WRONG in my life. I think the straight forwardness and few specific details actually contributed to the glorious train wreck. also, the 3rd person always is where it goes off the rails 🤣🤣
There was some sneakiness in it. Some subtle alliteration that you don't necessarily notice because it's not every single word, repetition with minor variations, and even the intentional "wait, no" to confuse people on what's part of the story and what's not. Luis understood the assignment 😁
having Luis as storyteller was a great idea, and his story was fantastic :D
I want Liam to play a College of Tragedy Bard so bad for the next campaign. The whole world deserves it.
What a beautiful story and I love how each interpretation turns me into tears for totally different reasons.
Just pure joy! Thx for bringing Luis on board
Ashley actually did a pretty good version of what Travis gave her. I think people overestimate how much she screws up now based on the earliest eps of Narrative Telephone.
I think they also just like her weird accents and inarticulate rambles, I know I do.
I’m so blissfully happy they brought Narrative Telephone back.
I remember, the line that Marisha opens with.
By the looks on her face its obvious that she does not remember
"Ludinus! I come here to stop you with my sword and...shield.. shield and sword...and some v....vagisil, maybe? and more sword and shield!"
liam; "i don't think there's meant to be a vagina in this story" still luaghing
I love how doing Legend of Vox Machina has turned Travis into a lore nerd
Narrative Telephone: Brought to you by Vagisil Cream.
PLEEASSE bring Luis back for more shenans! He's amazing!!
And also please never stop making narrative telephone!
As always, Narrative Telephone delivers thirty minutes of non-stop fun. Love the show. Keep em coming!
Love when these start with something more serious!
They need to get Brennan doing a narrative telephone as The Lord of the Hells. Give the people a hefty monologue of evil.
Yes to Brennan, but I want t9 see a Bolo story! The thought of them trying to do the accent would be hilarious!
3 stories in and all I can think about is how headgear has not been in any of them so far, yet was in three of the little preview ones in the beginning
Most underrated comment in this whole journey?
*after Sam’s video* Liam: “I could be wrong, but I don’t think there’s supposed to BE a vagina in this story!!”
Luis: “Just…another gay character being rewritten!”
Fire
Water
Earth
Light
There was darkness.
Good job Luis!!!!!
And apparently vagina)
Luis is a gift!
18:17 First time I heard Luis laugh that hard and I love it so much 😆
Kudos to Luis for making a story about remembrance.
So glad you all have brought this back from the depths of those Covid days.
Thank you for bringing this show back!!!
can't believe i missed that narrative telephone had finally returned from its slumber!
Amazing Episode, Narrative Telephone always makes me laugh so hard that my stomch hurts. But man, was Luis' story beautiful!
I just want to see more luis! Already thought this back in calamity, but liam is right, they have to be at the table together!
luis carazo you will never not be an object of lust to me
LMAOOO the happy, peppy narrative telephone music over his deeply serious story 💀💀💀
LUIS! This was so good! Bring him back for more things!
If Luis and Robbie became permanent players I would love it.
No, eight players is the max.
If they did a Westmarch style campaign (different characters/players sitting at the table for different arcs/missions), that's be great!
I love when they start deep in character and they are attempting to remember and tell the story but they lose the thread and fall out of character like a deer in the headlights.
YES LUIZ
i love you zerxus 😢
I can't focus on both the story and reaction at the same time but even if I could, I can't hear the reactions with the volume of it so lowered. Why was this formula changed? It worked perfectly before. Is it possible for us to get an alternate edit using the old formula or at least go back to it in the future? This is a huge bummer.
I agree with you
Agreed! Narrative Telephone is my absolute favorite but this new formula is so hard to follow. Somehow I can't hear the story OR the reactions😭
Even if it is, they likely already filmed and edited a whole batch/season, so any changes wouldn't be until the next season.
@@KBRoller But all of the footage is still there, they could release each take for us to listen to so we can hear them without the commentary on top. Call it a part 2 for each video.
I'm assuming the intent was to cut out the repetition and save watchers some time.
Though I still miss the other way since the reaction and them actually playing the game compete for attention like this.
I always love Narrative telephone! These are always hilarious!
I love this episode! There was a whole range of emotions)
Critical role should do a season finale of the first and last story of each episode of the season
I love Luis so much! But the sound mixing in this really needs work. Its tough to listen to the story, and i wish we went back to the old format.
The thing is Luis drew me in and I wasn't paying attention to what exactly was being said.
I was about 15 seconds into the original video and immediately thought "Oh no, they're going to such AWFUL things to this amazing prose." Honestly, they did so well for several attempts, but it does really highlight how the story unravels like a sweater. At first there are a few stray threads, but as the threads become looser, at some point all structure suddenly disappears.
Ashley “I remember, I remember, I remember (I do not remember)”
Bro i fucking love Luis, casually ripping my goddamn heart out of my tear ducts with that monologue holy fuck man, especially during a time of year where a lot of people feel very lonely and heartbroken this unironically was so healing
Liam and Luis DESPERATELY need to play TTRPG together. 🔥🔥🔥
narrative telephone dropped; good day to be alive, days 10 times better now
I can never decide if Liam or Travis is better at this game
Liam is perfection in #2 spot. And while he messes up more down the line, his ability to mimic the behaviors of the person before him is hilarious. But I think Travis is the most consistent.
Fun fact: Vagina is the Latin word for a sword sheath. So the progression of sword to shield to vagina isn't THAT far off...