The funny thing is that given how much everyone loved their extravagant Going Out Of Business party in the end, they probably could've run a pretty successful business organising extravagant parties. If they had only listened to someone telling them how to run a company.
Event planning is really hard work. Coordinating music, food, decor, security, parking,etc, is a nightmare. Then during the event you put out fires and make sure everything is running smoothly. Being a party planner sounds like fun. It's not.
As usual, Tom and *Jean Ralphio were just ahead of the times. Now people get paid to film their "lifestyle" . If only Tiktok, Instagram, and RUclips had been more prevalent during their entrepreneurial phase.
Ben's a really good friend. He sticks around and fights an uphill battle trying to explain this stuff to Tom and then doesn't even take an iPad because he doesn't want to take any more of Tom's money cause he knows he'll need it soon.
@Alpha Nerd wtf? 😂 How is recognizing the value of a free iPad a trait of a millennial? Even if you wouldn't use it, that thing is still worth a lot of money to resell.
@Alpha Nerd He's a super sleuth everyone. He detected the generation in which someone was born through their use of one emoji, their refusal to throw an iPad directly in to the trash just cause, and their superior intelligence. He recognized that "If that guy is smarter than me he must be from a different generation". Well done. The mayor will be by to give you the key to the city for cracking the case later. 👏 Whoops. Snuck in another emoji, curse me for being born in the 90s
I can imagine the fyre fest people looking out a window “what?! They actually came?!?” “But it was only supposed to be hype! What the hell do we do now?” Other guy snaps “does fema still have those tents?”
Still trying to figure out what the heck their business even was. They finally figured out what they could’ve done the day they lost the business. Should’ve made it a nightclub
Considering that they were able to keep that company going for a few months hemorrhaging money like that, I'd imagine that Jean Ralphio would've been set for life if he had just thrown that inheritance into some index funds.
Not when this episode was released. I think this was filmed during the last year of his rookie contract where he was only making somewhere around $2,000,000/yr.
@@matthewriley7826 I like to believe he knew they would have 0 income to pay him anything but he just wanted something to do while they were on strike.
While I doubt it got this into detail, assuming they were going month-to-month or week-to-week and subdividing that 75% of their salary accordingly, they might be able to afford having them hang out there for about two hours.
One scene missing from this is the credits scene when he’s making further observations. “There is a woman there who’s in a deep sleep, she’s probably getting paid upwards of 100,000$”
Tom evolving from a money-blowing airhead into a legitimate businessman and entrepreneur(who's still a little bit of an airhead) was one of the plot threads that made this show so great.
Cut to episodes later where Tom is sitting in a hot tub on the back of a limo with Leslie wondering where it all went wrong and why they went bankrupt. Hahaha
@@bryanmoreno8166 it is fully realistic, quite a lot of people make big cash on social media literally by vlogging. We're talking more cash than most people in this comment section combined, it's absolutely crazy what fame and influence can get you.
@@dingdawng this was before something like that was popular. And even then it would take a while for them to even start making profit. They only had a month before they went bankrupt
"We printed money with our faces on it, and then went to clubs and threw it in the air shouting "Free moneyyyyy!!!"" -- The majority of Crypto in a nutshell.
@@QTcomicsPOP He had one bad opening night, but even in that episode it bounced back after the Unity Concert. He did so well, he eventually opened up several other locations in Indiana...That failed after 5 years, but then he became a successful author.
So their e720 money jumped on the Bitcoin imitation train a little too early. Also, Tom, pro strats: instead of tweeting your high scores, stream them and then you’ve got cross promotion options.
I'd seen an episode of the tremendously unfunny first season and refused to watch parks and rec ever again...then I walked in on a friend watching this episode. Fast forward one week and it was my favourite show!
I went directly to the ep 4 or 5 of the 1sg season. The only reason I kept watching was because the memes were so funny. I'm glad I continued, it's one of the funniest show
Never judge a show by its first season. That’s like deciding whether or not to like someone based on what they were like when they were a kid. Everyone sucks as a kid. And most shows suck their first season.
Tom said E720 got Roy Hibbert on 75% of his NBA salary. I just Googled it and Roy in the 2011-12 season (shortened by the lockout), made $2.083 M. Sheesh. E720 was really hemorrhaging money.
Moments like this probably make Ben feel like he crossed over into a Twilight Zone episode when he entered Pawnee. He makes so much sense and no one ever listens to him, lol. (Yes, yes, I know that that's the point of his character.)
“I don’t like the name Ben” -Ben Schwartz
Lol!
THAT NEVER OCCURRED TO ME
To be fair, nobody said you had to like your own name.
Is that Cherry Dude?
@@hussain.darwesh I've said too much!
I love that he gives him a new name of “Jelloshot”, but then immediately shortens it to “J-shot”
After first naming him Angelo!
Just like he named a sheriff Donut Lord
Jean Ralphio is the reason this show is funny haha
I expect he'll change my name by the end of... this sentence.
He even said, “Your new nickname is…Jello Shot” and then immediately gives him a nickname for his nickname
The funny thing is that given how much everyone loved their extravagant Going Out Of Business party in the end, they probably could've run a pretty successful business organising extravagant parties. If they had only listened to someone telling them how to run a company.
Yes! It infuriated me that nobody in the show even considered that.
Event planning is really hard work. Coordinating music, food, decor, security, parking,etc, is a nightmare. Then during the event you put out fires and make sure everything is running smoothly. Being a party planner sounds like fun. It's not.
@@gsvick that's not the point of a situation comedy, is it???
Extravagant parties in a small town in Indiana?
@@AmTrFilms considering the size of their town Hall and the number of residents of their "small" town, yeah, kinda.
I love that Ben felt so bad for their potential failure that he didn't take any of their amenities.
I wouldn’t have felt that bad. A free iPad is a free iPad. I don’t care if I have one already (which I do).
@@cityhawk I don't have one. can I have yours?
I would've taken two, three and sold em off
It’s probably prudent not to take anything as a city employee and associate himself.
Any company that gives out free ipads deserves to go bankrupt
“Ben, is that your real name? You can do much better than that…” -Ben Schwartz😂😂👏🏾 Love it
K you jshot now
I guess they will be bankrupt by the end of... this sentence 😂 always cracks me up
Why did he end the sentence now they are bankrupt
@@shinebanana4084 Wow, Troy Barnes reference
Damn.....
@@deepsharma8591 That's wrinkling my brain
I forgot how good Roy Hibbert and Detlef Schrempf were in this show.
They were so annoyed by Tom
The best was Roy coming back for the bachelor parties night, pointing at Tom, and going, "I'm not paying for that guy. He owes me a ton of money."
Who?
@@shelldie8523 at the Time, Two Players from the Indiana Pacers. To Coincide With the Show Being Set in an Indiana Town Near Indianapolis
@@frankbonini9128 well Hibbert was a member of the Pacers. Schrempf had been retired for almost a decade.
2:54 In the background is the only thing Entertainment 720 did right - life sized Cones of Dunshire.
😆
But it looks like he forgot about the essence of life-sized Cones of Dunshire, it's about the cones.
@@Rottypops Relax, they'd be much bigger in the real game.
That “He didn’t even grab one 🥺” at the end 😭
He didn't even grab one
@@Nutsaur Wait, he didn't even grab one?
We need these guys back, they pioneered NFTs and hype houses
I can no longer unsee Tom being a cryptobro
@@hrgrhrhhr Tom totally would have bought some bunk NFTs lol. That or make his own named after a famous rapper and then get sued for it haha
No we need fewer of them
Tom would be making hustler grindset videos on social media and going to prison for 20 years for running a crypto scam.
As usual, Tom and *Jean Ralphio were just ahead of the times. Now people get paid to film their "lifestyle" . If only Tiktok, Instagram, and RUclips had been more prevalent during their entrepreneurial phase.
Jean Ralphio
The true irony is that Harris got famous specifically from Twitter before writing Parks n Rec
@@kabalofthebloodyspoon ĺ
Tom and JR would still manage to figure out a way to be internet famous and make absolutely no income from it.
Entertainment 720 would of gone global
In Jean Ralphio's defense... the tie does make Jshot look like a fish lmao
Nah that’s just Adam Scott’s head
No it’s not the tie or his head, it’s Jean-Ralphio tricking you with his weird Saperstein powers.
@Cabaret Macabre Adam Scott has a normal adult man's head. It just looks odd because it's on the body of a 13 year old boy.
Ben's a really good friend. He sticks around and fights an uphill battle trying to explain this stuff to Tom and then doesn't even take an iPad because he doesn't want to take any more of Tom's money cause he knows he'll need it soon.
You must be a millennial, assuming anyone would want an Ipad.
@Alpha Nerd wtf? 😂 How is recognizing the value of a free iPad a trait of a millennial? Even if you wouldn't use it, that thing is still worth a lot of money to resell.
@@shelbysteverson4841 Use more emojis while you question my ability to tell that you are a millennial.
@Alpha Nerd He's a super sleuth everyone. He detected the generation in which someone was born through their use of one emoji, their refusal to throw an iPad directly in to the trash just cause, and their superior intelligence. He recognized that "If that guy is smarter than me he must be from a different generation".
Well done. The mayor will be by to give you the key to the city for cracking the case later. 👏
Whoops. Snuck in another emoji, curse me for being born in the 90s
@@shelbysteverson4841 You kids aren't as mysterious as you think.
When they go bankrupt, Tom's line that "nobody saw it coming" was really touching 😂🤪
Ben severely miscalculated the purpose of a button on the wall.
*J-shot
Some say the Fyre Festival was just life imitating this bit of Parks & Rec art.
I can imagine the fyre fest people looking out a window “what?! They actually came?!?” “But it was only supposed to be hype! What the hell do we do now?” Other guy snaps “does fema still have those tents?”
Still trying to figure out what the heck their business even was. They finally figured out what they could’ve done the day they lost the business. Should’ve made it a nightclub
Their business is basically what big social media influencers do now.
@@Gubalicious and thats what because I still dont know lol
I think they where aiming to be a marketing company, kinda like Hoonigan is in the car world
Considering that they were able to keep that company going for a few months hemorrhaging money like that, I'd imagine that Jean Ralphio would've been set for life if he had just thrown that inheritance into some index funds.
It's a premier, high end, multi media business conglomerate
75% of Roy Hibberts salary would have totally been over 15 million dollars LMAO
Not when this episode was released. I think this was filmed during the last year of his rookie contract where he was only making somewhere around $2,000,000/yr.
He was negotiating his 15 million extension when this was filmed.
Lol Tom’s lucky he didn’t sue him.
@@matthewriley7826 I like to believe he knew they would have 0 income to pay him anything but he just wanted something to do while they were on strike.
While I doubt it got this into detail, assuming they were going month-to-month or week-to-week and subdividing that 75% of their salary accordingly, they might be able to afford having them hang out there for about two hours.
I loved in a later episode after the business goes under where Tom says that nobody saw it coming
And then Ben gives him this look “Like seriously?”
“Take me there.”
Literal perfection of a first line.
"Businesses need revenue." 2020 and 2021's stock market disagrees. 😂
Federal subsidies count as revenue!
And so do market manipulations of stocks via buybacks and sales.
One scene missing from this is the credits scene when he’s making further observations. “There is a woman there who’s in a deep sleep, she’s probably getting paid upwards of 100,000$”
Tom evolving from a money-blowing airhead into a legitimate businessman and entrepreneur(who's still a little bit of an airhead) was one of the plot threads that made this show so great.
Tom deserved to fail at everything in perpetuity. Completely unlikeable in every sense.
2:46 the waiter moonwalking in the background lmao
yupp lol
Never noticed that before watched this many times
Tom was 10 years too early. He would have been an amazing social influencer!
I like how Roy Hibbert remembered Ben immediately
Lol he remembered Tom too and not in a good way.
You gotta admit, "J-shot" is a pretty awesome handle.
I like how when Ben hits the button thinking it is gonna stop it just gets party music going then the expression on his face.
Oh snapple, are we calling everybody baby now? Because honestly, I love that
Are we saying snapple anytime we think something's dope? Becuase I love that baby.
do you know what i love? 🎶 jello shot.
Ben’s looks to the camera are everything 😂
Like he knows the video will be used as evidence 😄
"We dont have any pens, cause we're afraid it gonna leak on our shirts" 😂😂😂😂😂 lol underrated line
This was the first scene I ever saw in this show and my jaw hit the floor with how hilarious it was. Mostly due to Ben Schwartz.
Ben Schwartz was incredible on this show
As a guy who works in auditing. Man, I understand Ben
As someone who has never worked a day in his life in auditing, man I understand Ben.
Cut to episodes later where Tom is sitting in a hot tub on the back of a limo with Leslie wondering where it all went wrong and why they went bankrupt. Hahaha
"I think we know what we're doing.... grab a free iPad on the way out" 😂😂😂
I'd watch an entire show dedicated to the Entertainment 720 business.
i love the way jean-ralphio says "what do you think about that j-shot"
“I don’t like that name Ben” but his real name is Ben 😂
Really?!?? Holy cow🤪
@@adawgnamedcat yeah Ben Schwartz plays Jean-Ralphio
@@gammagames1413 really???!?!?? Oh my goodness wise one.
Thank you it’s not like I could use google or IMDb to figure it out myself…oh wait
Fun "fact" Adam Scott's real name is jean-ralphio
Disclaimer this may or may not be true
I think that's the joke
"JELLO SHOT! JELLO SHOT! JELLO SHOT!" is still stuck in my head
Why don’t you grab a free iPad on your way out...
He didn’t even grab one!
I have an iPad and I’d still grab one.
Realistically speaking if they just vlogged from that “office” it would be amazing content and could probably generate enough revenue to keep going
That is neither true nor realistic
@@bryanmoreno8166 I concur
@@bryanmoreno8166 it is fully realistic, quite a lot of people make big cash on social media literally by vlogging. We're talking more cash than most people in this comment section combined, it's absolutely crazy what fame and influence can get you.
this episode aired in 2010-2011 before that was possible
@@dingdawng this was before something like that was popular. And even then it would take a while for them to even start making profit. They only had a month before they went bankrupt
2:20 whats the deal baby? gets me everytime. 🤣
You can't just print your own money.
Venezuela Goverment: Yes.
When you don’t understand deflation.
This guy is laughing at the idea of a sovereign currency. Who's supposed to print Venezuelan currency, numbnuts
Straight to jail
Name a country with its own currency that doesn't print its own money.
@@OLBastholm i think you missed the point
"We printed money with our faces on it, and then went to clubs and threw it in the air shouting "Free moneyyyyy!!!"" -- The majority of Crypto in a nutshell.
I love the look at Ben's face after he hits the party button "wtf is happening here?"
1:31
Ben's probably thinking "actually they probably went bankrupt two minutes ago"
Ben was so pissed by toms ignorance that he passed on the opportunity of a free ipad
Good lord. Tom thinks he's a businessman.
Yep i love seeing him fail
Rent-A-Swag and Tom's Bistro did well.
@@LeftCoastDrones the bistro died in a day
@@QTcomicsPOP He had one bad opening night, but even in that episode it bounced back after the Unity Concert. He did so well, he eventually opened up several other locations in Indiana...That failed after 5 years, but then he became a successful author.
@@LeftCoastDrones Rent-A-Swag would’ve done great if not for the Dr. Saperstein. He ruined it by copying Tom’s.
JS: “you have to downsize, you don’t need this airplane hanger!”
JR: “um, I think we do…!”
Best line!
That shrimp toss should have been a clear indication they won’t succeed 😂😂
I love how disappointed Jean-Ralphio sounded when Ben didn't grab an ipad
That Party Switch is EVERYTHING!! 💃JELLO SHOT! JELLO SHOT! JELLO SHOT!
Even I was angry when they showed the printing machine.
Tom and Jean-Ralphio printing their own money is basically the predecessor to NFTs
The overlooked wisdom of Jean-Ralphio: That tie DOES make his head look like a fish
I've been waiting for a clip with the party switch! Thanks for posting!
They'll be bankrupt by the end of this sentence....
That was really good.
it was just a few sentences later but yeah
NBA players are more responsibles than one would think.
If only they would use their platform to speak up more about 'social justice".... kind of help us commoners understand...
Oh yeah my boy Roy is a Georgetown man as well, and Detlef is a director at a wealth management firm
I just realized 720 is just spinning around two times being in the same position you were originally
Last time I was this early, Lil Sebastian was still alive
Too soon man.....too soon 😢
Detlef Schrempf is 6'10", and yet Roy Hibbert towers over him. Dude is a giant.
Tom and Jean Ralphio are every twenty-something with a new credit card.
So their e720 money jumped on the Bitcoin imitation train a little too early. Also, Tom, pro strats: instead of tweeting your high scores, stream them and then you’ve got cross promotion options.
I lost it when Ben pressed the party button 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You can’t just print your own money…..Ben you are a wise man and maybe one day our own government will listen to your advice.
Every startup that just did layoffs were living like this a month ago 😂
Entertainment 720 should’ve just been a club 😂
yup and they find that out at the end of it's existence
This is like an alternative telling of the show severance.
I'd seen an episode of the tremendously unfunny first season and refused to watch parks and rec ever again...then I walked in on a friend watching this episode. Fast forward one week and it was my favourite show!
The first season was pretty bad
It really has a homely cozy laid back vibe all through to the end, just like the Office, but without cringe moments.
I went directly to the ep 4 or 5 of the 1sg season. The only reason I kept watching was because the memes were so funny. I'm glad I continued, it's one of the funniest show
Never judge a show by its first season. That’s like deciding whether or not to like someone based on what they were like when they were a kid. Everyone sucks as a kid. And most shows suck their first season.
it's the cringe humor. I really don't like that, so Parks and Rec is way, way better than The Office for me.
The way he whistles and hits the button so smoothly gets me every time!
i could just watch ben point out things around that office for like. hours
That moment when you realize that Tom isn’t a character, this is the real life Aziz Ansari
"take me there" is insanely good
"One second you hit the party switch and the next second you're all bidness?" XD
“Get a thicker tie it looks wierd on you. It makes your head look like a fish “
Oddly true….
1:25 Ben is my favorite Ben
Parks and Rec is still amazing
Angelo then J-Shot 🤣 Jean-Ralphio is the best
Jello Shots gets me every time... 🤣🤣🤣
who would not take a complimentary ipad 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Me. I fuckin hate Apple.
I’d take it and I already have one.
@@cityhawk Free is good even if you are a billionaire
@@deepsharma8591 It’s just smart, and why not.
I would take most of them and then sell em off myself
moonwalking waiter at 2:45
Ralphio's assisted dunk actually looked satisfying
Ben is like the landlord walking into a streamer house
This is definitely an accounting nightmare
Roy Hibberts, very polite man. Remembered Jello Shots name after their first introduction.
This what a cheats-enabled The Sims house would look like in real life
The party button is epic I wish I had one in my house lol
Jell-O shot 🤣
This is my company trying to get us back into the office
This is how silicon valley runs lol
Tom said E720 got Roy Hibbert on 75% of his NBA salary. I just Googled it and Roy in the 2011-12 season (shortened by the lockout), made $2.083 M. Sheesh. E720 was really hemorrhaging money.
I like the time spent to make chapters out of this clip
Tom probably got an LLC so he could care less about the business, he's just wanting to have fun.
Ben looks like Mr. Mackey in that tie! LMAO 😂
I’m exhausted just watching this
2:06 finally this part is back up on RUclips
I always liked Jean Ralphio saying "Your name's Ben? You can do better than that"... when the actor who plays Jean Ralphio is called Ben Schwarz
Moments like this probably make Ben feel like he crossed over into a Twilight Zone episode when he entered Pawnee. He makes so much sense and no one ever listens to him, lol.
(Yes, yes, I know that that's the point of his character.)
Ben doesn't know what he is talking about most of the time.
I mean he doesn't even get why Lil Sebastian is amazing.
Well, every show usually has that one character that’s the only sane, rational person.
Except for It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
I wish that song was full length.
E720 NEEDS to be a series!
Tom and Jean Ralphio are insane geniuses
If they mastered the concept of finances and accounting.
@@cityhawk or got another money printer