Simon committing to 15 sec of dead air for effect 🤣🤣 I was cracking up! You're amazing man, I always look forward to your Brain Blaze shows and check them out right away. You deserve some kind of award for outrageous performance. Haha
Just so you know, when you're "on hold" with a company, you're being recorded. Put your phone on mute until a person actually starts speaking with you. Especially when you're calling work or the police. We need to add that to the list of "things "not" to do if you commit a crime" 😉
I like to think of "thrilling" conversations to have while on hold... never related to whatever I was calling about, and usually something TTRPG-oriented, like rehearsals of lines for Adventures and Campaigns... especially those crucial "milestone moments"... SO there's no telling what anyone who listens to all that drivel is going to think... hahaha... Even better than muting or stashing the phone in the microwave while I go to the bathroom... ;o)
On behalf of Sam, thank you. Desk mounted mics are the worst. And thank you Sam for editing so well that I never noticed on Simon's content, despite being triggered as hell by that thumping sound.
I only noticed it in one video, and even then it was only a little bit. I can't remember which one, but I remember taking out my headphones to work out where the thumping was coming from when I realised.
I noticed it. Every. Single. Time. he put his hands down on the desk, much less slammed them into the table. It was less obvious when on my desktop speakers, especially since I usually turn my subwoofer down after the kids go to bed, but at least half the time I'm on headphones and it was indeed a bit trigger-y, even after I figured out what it was.
I would imagine that's still mounted to the desk and doesn't even have a shock mount...Looks like it might be standing on a floor stand though, which would be nice.
I'd have expected this comment about Tokibibi. If a streamer was ever going to show up in one of these videos, Pokimane is pretty high on the list of those that would. I almost feel like this isn't the first script where I mentioned her, but I could easily be wrong about that
Half of the fun of Simon covering gen-Z type news is that I get to hear Simon's thoughts on something I vaguely know about; the other half is seeing Simon completely baffled by terms like 'hard carry'
2:10 - Chapter 1 - Silvio berlusconi swipes left 7:00 - Chapter 2 - You are a nice guy, but i will bury you 11:35 - Chapter 3 - Access hollywood 14:15 - Chapter 4 - It's a feature, not a bug 18:00 - Chapter 5 - I call her eye patches PS: Back to *tangent practice* eh ?
Simon doesn’t do Biographics anymore. If you didn’t see the TopTenz apology video, behind the scenes shenanigans led to Simon leaving TopTenz, Biographics & Geographics
Best thing i heard in xbox live was a guy arguing with his wife then he goes "yeah? Like when you f@%ked my best friend and crashed my truck?" He dropped nearly immediately after saying that. Had me in tears
FYI Simon, the phrase "hard carried" when referring to playing team based video games means gaining a victory because your teammates, who in many cases nowadays may be actual children, did the bulk of the work for you. And it is incredibly embarrassing to be a streamer and be hard carried by, or worse, straight up lose to actual children.
Yes!!! I play OW2 and a few other games similar to it (I play with a friend who is a top 500 in OW so I get carried lol) but god damn are there so many children or people that are well over lvl 200 but play like a toddler that just picked up the controller and I have to end up doing all the work.
As an old man that's been gaming since the 80s. I've never understood this fear. I hate to break it to everyone but there is a reason the youngins often win tourneys. Theyve always been carrying us oldsters. I say this as someone who routinely beat ppl in CS tourneys before we got the big bucks... 60-70% of the time it's a borderline under ager winning. Open tourneys that invite through year long play are the best example.
Most surprising reveal so far: Christian Bale is British. I've never seen him in anything with a British accent, so I guess his American accent is pretty convincing.
The only movie I've seen where he uses a British accent is "The Prestige." I think there was an earlier movie where he also used his natural accent, but I can't remember what it was.
"Federal charges? For what?" I am not a lawyer or employee of the government, but I imagine that there is some law or policy about appropriations committee members (whose job it is to decide how government money is spent) sleeping with representatives of corporations who have government contracts or who are negotiating for government contracts. In short, I think the FBI was investigating whether or not the guy made any quid-pro-quo offers to give valuable government contracts in exchange for sex. Apparently not since they didn't file charges.
OMG no more thumping?! THANK YOU I had to turn my subwoofer off every time I watched Simon because he will randomly wake my wife up at 3AM hammering on it when the volume isn't even up lol.
Another terrific video. Thanks to all your team and yourself, for constantly giving us something new to contemplate, with a totally different aspect, along with a good dose of giggles. My appreciation for the research and time for the productions that you have presented over the time that I have been subscribed to your channel. Greetings from Dimboola, in Victoria, Australia 🇦🇺.
So, here's the thing about always assuming that a mic is on..... If we did that, we might as well just assume we're always being recorded. Your laptop, your phone.... all of them have microphones. 😁😁
@@noodlesvonsoup I mean... for your phone's virtual assistant to activate when you say "OK Google", it has to be already turned on to hear you say the phrase in the first place! 😁😁
Simon needs to do a Brain Blaze or Decoding the Unknown on why he's not on a few of the other channels anymore because apparently many people can't be bothered to watch the "It's All My Fault" video put out by TopTenz😂😂
Americans were absolutely aware of Silvio Berlusconi. Our ridiculous crippling senseless need to go farther than everybody else caused us to vote Trump into office
Yeah...Bale is known for "staying in character" while doing his movies. He's not as bad as Jared Leto by "being in character" but Bale does try to keep up the accent and sometimes the mannerisms. Actually, you've added information that no media outlet added which was that he said that "you're a nice guy". Wow. That makes a huge difference. I really hate when things are taken out of context. Nice to know that Bale had a rant but also more or less apologized in the moment.
I still find the Trump thing weird. Grabbing women by the genitals seems to be popular with certain people. Is the suggestion that sexual assault is acceptable as long as its done by someone wealthy? Pretty sure that is how abuse went unanswered in the church
We have a pizza variety named "Berlusconi", containing reindeer meat and northern chantarelles. The name came from mr. Berlusconi denigrating Finnish food culture. The pizza is absolutely delicious.
I don't remember all of the rules from the crime diary. I remember #1. Don't write down your crimes. I'm pretty sure "Don't talk about your crimes". Was on there too. 😂😂 Keep up the great work 👏
Great episode and why we dont have our free roaming blazer, is because Sam dont want to cut the film were Simon unplug his bionic ass. And Kevin defently deserves his fungus ration today ✌️✌️✌️
Started at Casual Crim, went to Mega/Side, dropped by others for a moment, then watched a blaze.... Been 8 hours of random blaze for bed per night while sleeping. Love ya Simon.
1:31 Exactly, Brain Boy. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Just assume that you're always being recorded. Between the CCTVs that are everywhere and the microphones in everyone's cell phones, which are everywhere, it's just the smart thing to do. I'm so convinced of this that I'll even say some...unusual...things from time to time, just to keep whomever is listening on their toes.
Late answer, but pastors tend to not have a lot of money. Unless it’s one of those megachurch pastors, but a lot of those aren’t exactly following their own teachings.
I just listened to Christian Bale's anger rant and honestly, I totally get him. I'm a very passionate person when it comes to my work. If someone just ruined the moment like that - especially if they did it before - I can totally see myself going on a rant like that, even though I'm usually very kind. The part about the lights actually made me laugh, that's totally me when I get angry 😂😅
Teammate Carrying means they are having the greatest effect in the game as in most of the credit for victory goes to them, Hard Carry implies that the rest of the Team is either useless or is doing nothing
For the Berlusconi section, when you mentioned blackmail, you should have taken a clip from Monty Python's "And Now For Something Completely Different..." Blackmail game show parody - preferably the clip of Terry J, at the organ, beneath the sign of flashing lights that spell out "BLACKMAIL " (Sometimes it's worth watching old tv shows and movies)
"I never want to be quoted. Fuck that."
- Simon Whistler
Underrated comment
Well played 😂
Simon committing to 15 sec of dead air for effect 🤣🤣 I was cracking up! You're amazing man, I always look forward to your Brain Blaze shows and check them out right away. You deserve some kind of award for outrageous performance. Haha
“I never want to be quoted, fuck that” - Simon ‘Fact Boi’ Whistler
"I'm not gonna rant for three and a half minutes" -Fact Boi, proceeds to rant for another 15 minutes 😂
Rant boi*
And we luv him for it. ❤
Always
@13:06 Bonus points for the editor for using Simons Cat to censor Simons mouth while saying p***y, I laughed way harder than I should have
Heh heh, I couldn't resist!
I had to go report the edit to my partner who is a fan of the series lol
Just so you know, when you're "on hold" with a company, you're being recorded. Put your phone on mute until a person actually starts speaking with you. Especially when you're calling work or the police. We need to add that to the list of "things "not" to do if you commit a crime" 😉
.... This makes me very glad I decided to hang up to go the bathroom rather than risk anything else, last time I was on hold
I like to think of "thrilling" conversations to have while on hold... never related to whatever I was calling about, and usually something TTRPG-oriented, like rehearsals of lines for Adventures and Campaigns... especially those crucial "milestone moments"... SO there's no telling what anyone who listens to all that drivel is going to think... hahaha...
Even better than muting or stashing the phone in the microwave while I go to the bathroom... ;o)
@@SusurrusBlue LOOOOL
I can't imagine how many "logs" are recorded in random company archives
Glad to know they have my "opinion" about their wait music. 💀
@@OtherwordlyPotatoDevourer 😄
The 15 seconds of silence was the most Simon part of this video, legendary.
I appreciate Simon standing up for the actual definition of the word "literally"
Omg
"Look everyone I'm petting the kitty"
Was so perfect!!!
Thank you for that editor!
skeletor's "hah, just like a woman!" ..... 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 comedy gold!
On behalf of Sam, thank you. Desk mounted mics are the worst.
And thank you Sam for editing so well that I never noticed on Simon's content, despite being triggered as hell by that thumping sound.
I only noticed it in one video, and even then it was only a little bit.
I can't remember which one, but I remember taking out my headphones to work out where the thumping was coming from when I realised.
Oppes
I noticed it. Every. Single. Time. he put his hands down on the desk, much less slammed them into the table. It was less obvious when on my desktop speakers, especially since I usually turn my subwoofer down after the kids go to bed, but at least half the time I'm on headphones and it was indeed a bit trigger-y, even after I figured out what it was.
I would imagine that's still mounted to the desk and doesn't even have a shock mount...Looks like it might be standing on a floor stand though, which would be nice.
He might be better investing in a stand that allows the mic to be placed above, and therefore out of shot. That, or go lav full time.
Simon talking about Pokimane is not something I had on my bingo card. 😂
I'd have expected this comment about Tokibibi. If a streamer was ever going to show up in one of these videos, Pokimane is pretty high on the list of those that would. I almost feel like this isn't the first script where I mentioned her, but I could easily be wrong about that
@@ThatWriterKevinlmao I thought I was reading a random comment then saw your name
@@scorn6060lol
Lmao
I'm prolly not the only one to expect him to mispronounce it.
Half of the fun of Simon covering gen-Z type news is that I get to hear Simon's thoughts on something I vaguely know about; the other half is seeing Simon completely baffled by terms like 'hard carry'
2:10 - Chapter 1 - Silvio berlusconi swipes left
7:00 - Chapter 2 - You are a nice guy, but i will bury you
11:35 - Chapter 3 - Access hollywood
14:15 - Chapter 4 - It's a feature, not a bug
18:00 - Chapter 5 - I call her eye patches
PS: Back to *tangent practice* eh ?
Get a hobby
Maybe this is the hobby they have chosen. I appreciate time stamps 😊
I want a Biographics on Danny, and it must include all those jobs and stories hes mentioned in the scripts.
Simon doesn’t do Biographics anymore. If you didn’t see the TopTenz apology video, behind the scenes shenanigans led to Simon leaving TopTenz, Biographics & Geographics
@@jeremyborder6794 oh crap, that's right. I forgot biographics was one of those.
0:39 I love how there was no way Simon was going to stop thrashing the table on Brain Blaze videos.
Best thing i heard in xbox live was a guy arguing with his wife then he goes "yeah? Like when you f@%ked my best friend and crashed my truck?" He dropped nearly immediately after saying that. Had me in tears
FYI Simon, the phrase "hard carried" when referring to playing team based video games means gaining a victory because your teammates, who in many cases nowadays may be actual children, did the bulk of the work for you.
And it is incredibly embarrassing to be a streamer and be hard carried by, or worse, straight up lose to actual children.
Yes!!! I play OW2 and a few other games similar to it (I play with a friend who is a top 500 in OW so I get carried lol) but god damn are there so many children or people that are well over lvl 200 but play like a toddler that just picked up the controller and I have to end up doing all the work.
As an old man that's been gaming since the 80s. I've never understood this fear. I hate to break it to everyone but there is a reason the youngins often win tourneys. Theyve always been carrying us oldsters. I say this as someone who routinely beat ppl in CS tourneys before we got the big bucks...
60-70% of the time it's a borderline under ager winning. Open tourneys that invite through year long play are the best example.
Most surprising reveal so far: Christian Bale is British. I've never seen him in anything with a British accent, so I guess his American accent is pretty convincing.
I was also surprised he's British.. Welsh in fact.. Gareth Bales brother.... allegedly....
You should see him in Empire Of The Sun when he was a child actor. He was phenomenal.
The only movie I've seen where he uses a British accent is "The Prestige." I think there was an earlier movie where he also used his natural accent, but I can't remember what it was.
"Federal charges? For what?"
I am not a lawyer or employee of the government, but I imagine that there is some law or policy about appropriations committee members (whose job it is to decide how government money is spent) sleeping with representatives of corporations who have government contracts or who are negotiating for government contracts.
In short, I think the FBI was investigating whether or not the guy made any quid-pro-quo offers to give valuable government contracts in exchange for sex. Apparently not since they didn't file charges.
maybe he slept with the FBI director as well
Lorelei makes for a great addition to the Blazement-team, that bit with groundskeeper Willy had me chuckling
Thank you so much! I'm happy to be here!
YES! I absolutely agree, as an OGBB viewer :)
@@EveryFairyDies 👍
I'm so relieved to know I'm not the only one who noticed the desk thudding!
Because of course Simon makes sure to thank the editor on the things caught on hot microphones episode.
Just in case Sam gets any ideas.
"look everybody, im petting the kitty"
ha ha haha
comedy 101 - timing
The skeletor part made me choke and I wasn't even eating or drinking anything
An episode of Simon's worst things he said on camera and edited out
YES!
He's not a dumb villain.
Yes, please, Sam 🙏
I really like the way you gave a teaser as the cold open, very nice!!
Another brilliant performance from Simon! ♥️
We love you too Sam
Ill have you know that kids being yelled at by their parents being heard on hot mic while playing video games is a time honored tradition
Berlusconi! HAHA! you wanted to Bang on that desk so hard xD
OMG no more thumping?!
THANK YOU
I had to turn my subwoofer off every time I watched Simon because he will randomly wake my wife up at 3AM hammering on it when the volume isn't even up lol.
17:37 😂😂😂 The Brennan bits never get old
Another terrific video. Thanks to all your team and yourself, for constantly giving us something new to contemplate, with a totally different aspect, along with a good dose of giggles. My appreciation for the research and time for the productions that you have presented over the time that I have been subscribed to your channel. Greetings from Dimboola, in Victoria, Australia 🇦🇺.
Glad you enjoyed!
Get Simon to say that city name in a script!
Greetings from Brisbane!
Hi to to warm place! Freezing my bum off in the Little Desert region! Have a great evening and thanks for the message. Stay safe and well.
@@howarddavis8369 He could try Wycheproof! For a start! LOL.
The reason why the FBI looked into that (alleged) affair with the lobbyist is because of potential corruption and bribery issues.
"I never want to be quoted, fuck that" Simon Whistler 2023.
So, here's the thing about always assuming that a mic is on..... If we did that, we might as well just assume we're always being recorded. Your laptop, your phone.... all of them have microphones. 😁😁
And Google / Apple is always spying on you through them.
And that's how you get targeted ads for things you idly talked about with someone... :P
@@twocvbloke exactly, the mic on all mobile electronic devices are always listening
@@noodlesvonsoup I mean... for your phone's virtual assistant to activate when you say "OK Google", it has to be already turned on to hear you say the phrase in the first place! 😁😁
[Pan flute x-files theme]
13:05 using Simon’s Cat was a nice touch
It had to be done.
THANK YOU SAM!
"Just like a woman!" OGBB meme.
My favorite one. Thank you, Sam.
I never want to be quoted.
~Simon "Fact boy" Whistler
"Look everybody, I'm petting the kitty" 💀💀💀
Simon needs to do a Brain Blaze or Decoding the Unknown on why he's not on a few of the other channels anymore because apparently many people can't be bothered to watch the "It's All My Fault" video put out by TopTenz😂😂
Even better than the first one!
I feel like... i'm just here to listen to Simon's dulcet tones.
The Valorant bug was brutal. I remember trash talking a teammate in Discord meanwhile my pals tried to stop me as I was talking in-game
Simon please please please never stop ♥️
Loved the silence demo!
I love that we get to see simon debate his writers.
Americans were absolutely aware of Silvio Berlusconi. Our ridiculous crippling senseless need to go farther than everybody else caused us to vote Trump into office
Yeah...Bale is known for "staying in character" while doing his movies. He's not as bad as Jared Leto by "being in character" but Bale does try to keep up the accent and sometimes the mannerisms. Actually, you've added information that no media outlet added which was that he said that "you're a nice guy". Wow. That makes a huge difference. I really hate when things are taken out of context. Nice to know that Bale had a rant but also more or less apologized in the moment.
Wait wait, ....I'll have to make an addendum to that 'Apology Video Starter Pack.'
edits in: 'Have Ukulele'
Proof of Christian Bale’s talent is keeping the American accent while chewing someone out 😂😂😂
That 16 seconds made me stop what I was doing and look over at the video. Point made.
I love petting the kitty lol
Soggy biscuit? It's a Limp Biscuit!
~slow clap~ Well done.
I was in the Falklands with 2 Para in 2012... Soggy biscuit is a real game... 😳
simon staring silently into the camera for 15s needs to become a gif lol
Lol Kevin carrying Simon this whole video.
I still find the Trump thing weird. Grabbing women by the genitals seems to be popular with certain people. Is the suggestion that sexual assault is acceptable as long as its done by someone wealthy?
Pretty sure that is how abuse went unanswered in the church
I now need to go listen to that last hot mic.
Will there be a new episode of the marvelous adventures of Florida man?
If you leave another will take your place. The Florida man dream will live on
Dude... Florida man died. Eaten by a pet gator. The world is in shock. Several newspapers have declared bankruptcy
@@221b-l3tFlorida man is dead?? Long live Florida woman lol
@@221b-l3t For every Florida man that finds his end on his glorious quest two more will take his place.
We have a pizza variety named "Berlusconi", containing reindeer meat and northern chantarelles. The name came from mr. Berlusconi denigrating Finnish food culture. The pizza is absolutely delicious.
Glad Kevin is keeping up with Danny's tradition of rubbish formatting to the dismay of Simon
Lmfao that 15 seconds was a LOT
"Berlusconi was the longest serving Prime Minister of the Italian Republic"
He lasted about 7 months.
Kevin is my favorite writer! Guaranteed to make me laugh!
6:45 Yeah, that's a lot of silence, but those seconds were measured in the EU, so you have to convert them to ADHD American units...😂
I don't remember all of the rules from the crime diary. I remember #1. Don't write down your crimes. I'm pretty sure "Don't talk about your crimes". Was on there too. 😂😂 Keep up the great work 👏
I've been waiting for Squirrely D to make an appearence in the Whistlerverse. Afaik, this is time #1
Mmm fresh blaze
If simon wasnt blinking i wouldnt believe he wasnt just edited for 15 seconds
the term bunga bungais hysterical
20:29 It's the affair with the lobbyist, and possible misuse of government funds, that could have got him in trouble.
What's *super* funny about the 15 seconds of silence is that there are *literal* crickets chirping in the background as i watch this.
I wish I'd never looked up what soggie biscuit meant🤢🤮
Sorry about that!
Sam, loved the kitty censor!
I am playing a videogame while this plays in the background, and I still turned back to check the timer three times before those 15 seconds were done.
Great episode and why we dont have our free roaming blazer, is because Sam dont want to cut the film were Simon unplug his bionic ass. And Kevin defently deserves his fungus ration today ✌️✌️✌️
Thanks!
😂😂😂 wowzers
Started at Casual Crim, went to Mega/Side, dropped by others for a moment, then watched a blaze.... Been 8 hours of random blaze for bed per night while sleeping. Love ya Simon.
Free Danny
1:31 Exactly, Brain Boy. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Just assume that you're always being recorded.
Between the CCTVs that are everywhere and the microphones in everyone's cell phones, which are everywhere, it's just the smart thing to do. I'm so convinced of this that I'll even say some...unusual...things from time to time, just to keep whomever is listening on their toes.
Kevin must rub his hands together when Simon refuses to read a section, it immediately puts that script in demand!
6:36 WORST TANGENT EVER!😘
A politician having a relationship with a lobbyist is a big no-no.
6:45 five seconds and it's uncomfortable. 😂
I listened to 1:00 -2:00 at 1/2 speed and recommended it 😂
And I just listened to the video that included the "october surprise" explanation right before this
*googles soggy biscuits* 👁👄 👁 (welp that's enough internet for today...)
Never mind, the Mike Duvall one takes the cake or patches
Why can’t it ever be “pastor caught on camera vowing to adopt all the puppies from the shelter, while donating all his money to cancer research”
Late answer, but pastors tend to not have a lot of money. Unless it’s one of those megachurch pastors, but a lot of those aren’t exactly following their own teachings.
Federal charges for a member of government sleeping with a lobbyist.
I just listened to Christian Bale's anger rant and honestly, I totally get him. I'm a very passionate person when it comes to my work. If someone just ruined the moment like that - especially if they did it before - I can totally see myself going on a rant like that, even though I'm usually very kind.
The part about the lights actually made me laugh, that's totally me when I get angry 😂😅
Whenever I hear someone laugh out their nose it makes me think of Simon.
When Simon mentioned former Italian PM Berlusconi's phone call, I immediately thought of former U.S President LBJ ordering pants over the phone.
Teammate Carrying means they are having the greatest effect in the game as in most of the credit for victory goes to them, Hard Carry implies that the rest of the Team is either useless or is doing nothing
bunga bunga party's 😂😂
For the Berlusconi section, when you mentioned blackmail, you should have taken a clip from Monty Python's "And Now For Something Completely Different..." Blackmail game show parody - preferably the clip of Terry J, at the organ, beneath the sign of flashing lights that spell out "BLACKMAIL "
(Sometimes it's worth watching old tv shows and movies)
Kevin knows about Ventrilo and Team Speak? dang. Extra points if Kevin has heard of Roger Wilco.
Lorelei, best use of Simon's Cat I've seen so far!
If you haven't seen it, they did a Family Guy bit with that Christian Bale audio clip where Peter was the lights guy and it was so funny