Out of all the disturbing footage from Pink Flamingo, none of it compared to how bothered I was that there was a Pink Flamingo reference made by Alvin Chipmunk.
they have Alvin parody the “I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti." line complete with weird sucking noise in the second movie so the writers of them might just be off something
My mom found my copy of ‘Pink Flamingoes’ when I was young. She watched it and when she later disowned me mentioned it as one of her reasons. Thank you John for saving me from that woman.
So I just saw John Waters do his Christmas special. The quote that I’ll remember it for is “Divine didn’t want to be a woman. Divine wanted to be godzilla”
Alvin is far too young to have seen Pink Flamingos, I'm seriously questioning Dave's responsibility when it comes to monitoring what his children watch.
They're not kids, they're chipmunks, they have a lifespan of 3 years and reach sexual maturity in under 6 months of age, Alvin and his brothers are full grown adults.
@@king_big_pp gotta make that money somehow. I'm sure the real film makers were able to make something better after living comfortably for a while after being able to work on a big trash fire movie like that
The most insane thing about the John Waters cameo in the Chipmunks movie, is that for years he’s proudly talked about owning art of Alvin masturbating. So is that what somehow led to his cameo in the movie? Or is it just a coincidence?
I used to work at a grocery store in Baltimore where John Waters and Mink Stole would shop at at least once a week. They’re both really nice people, and I had tons of conversations about different films with them over the years!
I met John Waters at a book signing. He gave a moment to chat with me about the Baltimore cannibal serial killer and the Jeffrey Dahmer trial. Super nice guy.
It was not long after the Baltimore guy had been caught, and we mused over the possibility that cannibalism may be an emerging trend in the serial killer community. I asked him if he went to the trial, and that led to a discussion of the Dahmer trial.
Forgot to mention that John Waters has THE BEST director's commentary for every movie he's done. It really shows how interesting he is as a man, artist, and director.
5 years later reply: He’s the Orsen Welles of LSD. Which is funny because for both you could be having a deep conversation and ask, “what the fuck are you saying??”
It still absolutely blows my mind they had Alvin name drop Pink Flamingos. Imagine kids looking that up, or even parents who hadn't heard of it. Just....wow.
When I saw Pink Flamingos for the first time it was in a special screening at my local indie theater. Seeing it for the first time on a big screen was amazing and what made the experience even more immersive was that the entire time the theater stank like raw sewage. I thought it was the greasy looking dude a couple of seats over but afterward as I was walking to my car I noticed that I had a huge chunk of dog shit on the bottom of my shoe. Best moviegoing experience I have ever had.
Everyone may think this movie is disgusting but its so obvious that John Waters has unconditional love and respect for all the freaks and outcasts he put in his movies and thats what makes this beautiful
Apparently one of my teachers in art school was the guy who was walking the dog to try to get it to poop. he's not credited so his sacrifice is largely forgotten...... also apparently was a neighbor of jim morrison for a short time he's an old guy who was recovering from throat cancer at the time he was my teacher. it's been a couple of years so i hope he's doing good
I shit you not; this was the film I chose to show my partner on our first date. she came round to mine, we had a takeaway and we sat and watched someone eat dog shit. 6 and a half years later we're still together and very happy...to this day she still argues that it was "The biggest risk she's ever seen any guy take on a first date ever."...
xD! I'd completely forgotten about that scene! It was really a kind of game of two halves to be honest, she thought it was absurdly funny in places but there were some moments (Particularly the dog shit scene and the chicken scene) where she was just sat there open mouthed going "WHAT THE FUCK!?" xD I knew she was a keeper when we literally had to stop the film because she was crying with laughter at "Pa-pa-ooh mow mow" xD
@@TYTDReviews the fact that you needed to respond to this proves my point, I'm a stranger on the internet if you want to be unhappy I'm not responsible
Pink Flamingos to me was the pinnacle of the question: If you set out intentionally to make something kind of bad and unapproachable and you make it bad and unapproachable then did you fail at making a movie or did you succeed?
you get it more than most people on the comment section. intentionally bad is my taste, its somewhat ironic and thats very much my sense of humour so to me it was entertaining. Like shitpost memes are just the best to me, this movie was just the movie embodiment of that.
And I think that's what really keeps John Waters' movies six or so steps above the kind of garbage that you guys typically watch on Best of the Worst. Most of those movies are laughably bad because the filmmakers had absolutely no idea what they were doing. John Waters' stuff, on the other hand, is uncomfortable, strange, and hard to watch precisely because _he does know what he's doing_ and that's exactly what he was going for.
"I think we made the chicken's life better. Got to be in a movie. Got fucked and then right after filming the next take the cast ate the chicken!" What a delightful and wholesome human being he is.
Not for nothing, but the world needs to see a full re/View of Serial Mom. That fucking movie is so underrated and misunderstood it's damn criminal. All the performances are incredible and charming and just... GOD I love this movie. Waters talks about how he shoots with ZERO fat on the commentary right down to planning out and rehearsing shoots with principal actors before hand - not SCENCES... the actual logistical SHOOTS and times at locations to make sure everyone knows where they need to be when. I don't think that's even a THING? Is it? He basically doesn't have to edit much because he doesn't shoot much that he doesn't use. Sorry, this movie is fucking rad though. It's got an all-timer Howie Scream in it, FFS.
I heard about this move when I was younger but never had the intention of finding it (for obvious reasons). So I'm hyped I can finally see this movie without actually *seeing* the movie.
I work in a record store and we carry new copies of pink flamingos on dvd. Love the bit at the end about the criterion collection. Bring out the blu-ray!!
John Waters makes the briefest of appearances in one or Jackass movies. Also, I met John Waters in college. I was part of an actors group and we got him to come to my college and give a sort of stand up/storytelling. We all had dinner first and he was so very nice and so very gay and I sat next to him. I asked if he'd autograph this book for my mom, something about Camp, and he saw the book and laughed like, what? He hadn't seen that book. Polyester is my favorite. The Baltimore Foot Stomper. Also, now I know what those Kill Everyone Now bumper stickers I used to see around are from.
Jackass Number Two. Johnny Knoxville brought him in after Waters casted him in a film. Johnny Knoxville has stated that his three heros are John Waters, Eval Kneival and Hunter S Thompson
I used to discount Josh initially, but I like this particular series, especially when Josh is on because you can tell there's a ton of fact and insight under the surface.
I read an interview with John Waters where he hinted that Warner finally might release Pink Flamingos on Blu-Ray. I'm waiting to see if it comes to pass before I bother buying the DVD. Been meaning to see this movie forever.
@@JimmyneutronwasokayIguess I wouldn't say funny. More like uncomfortable and highly transgressive so you laugh out of pure discomfort. With that said I genuinely enjoyed the movie and honestly the only thing that really got me was the whistling anus scene for a specific reason other than you see some dude's asshole. What I love most about it is how passionate John Waters is about filmmaking and just films in general plus he's worked with the same people from the 60s till now and that's commendable
I would like to thank Jay and Josh and everyone at Red Letter Media for doing this review - explaining and analyzing this important film from John Waters' oeuvre, so that I don't have to see it. :)
Regardless of the film's actual content it is important in that it's highly influential. More than likely some of your favorite filmmakers consider it important.
The first time I ever saw Pink Flamingos was at the Music Box Theater in Chicago in the very late '80s. It happened to be screened on the same weekend as the International Mr. Leather competition, and somebody had chartered a bus to run from the convention to the Music Box Theater. So as we were in line to buy tickets a big tour bus rolled up and about 20-30 guys stepped off, all dressed in black leather fetish wear. It was magical.
John Waters' films are essential viewing for anyone who enjoys underground filmmaking. I wish Jay or Josh had talked more about the influence of Divine - she was an alien from the future we now inhabit.
never watched pink flamingos or alvin, but, to whom that joke in alvin was directed at? children will watch alvin and ask their parents "dad can i watch pink flamingos?"
Diogo Y The name is so innocuous, I don't think any kids' ears would perk up at "pink flamingos". They already don't know who John waters is, I imagine the scene just gets skimmed over mentally. The joke is there for the adults who have to sit with their kids for an hour & something listening to annoying squeaky voices make pop culture references.
I saw it at a midnight showing around 1978 at The 8th Street Playhouse in the village in NYC and was immediately hooked on John Waters. At the grossest parts I just went eeeeewwww and laughed at the same time. I wish he would make another movie. Thanks for your discussion - loved it
"I HATE THE SUPREME COURT!!!" Lol, that line from Desperate Living takes on a new light nowadays. And the lines about property damage running amok is even funnier.
I remember seeing the VHS sitting on the shelf at my local rental store as a kid. One day I picked it up and looked it over and that's when I knew that shit was going to get more complicated when I became an adult.
after watching Desperate Living loaded on a bunch of psychedelics, I can firmly say this is the most wrong The Wizard has ever been. it's absolutely as much fun as Pink Flamingos
A very Punk and way ahead of it's time piece of celluloid. Anarchic film at it's finest and still shocking to this day. Still censored over here in the UK. Really cool review fella's. Nice one. Great enjoyable piece of youtubeness.
Never saw the appeal of this film, I watched it in Uni when I was STUDYING film, at the height of my pretentious movie buff era and still didn't like it.
I don’t know if anyone can love this movie since it is so shocking, but boy do I appreciate how much John Waters loves outcasts and proudly shows the world who they are. It’s so refreshing.
10 minutes in and the few clips they've shown of the movie have already made me deeply uncomfortable... yeah, I think I'll actually have to sit this one out.
John Waters is a legend, as was Divine. Watched the movies because i heard amazing things about the most of them, and was very thrown off to see someone stretching their asshole open into the camera for like a minute lmaooooo, they are both still legends though
I finally watched this. My favorite thing about it (and I am amazed they did not mention it at all) is how the eggman fit right into this family of weirdos. When you first see him, you think "huh, that's kinda a weird occupation, but okay, he's delivering eggs and Edie really likes him"; then Edie confesses her love for the eggman and he asks her to marry him - you think "huh, that's kinda quick and out of nowhere, but okay, it's just a movie". And then you hear that the eggman is going to attend the birthday barty for Divine. You can already predict in your mind that the party is gonna be wild, so you think that the eggman, being an outsider, will be shocked, appaled and maybe even drop the engagement... ...but then you see him smiling and laughing along with the others during the opening of the presents, you see him cheering for the singing arsehole and generally having fun. You think: "huh, ok, maybe he just embraced it because he truly loves Edie"... ...and then you see him attacking the policemen without hestitation, and eating their flesh along with the other partygoers... And you realize that this was truly a match made in heaven! :D Also, there is a news reporter in this movie and his name is John Vader. huh.
@@luckyspurs Well he's certainly not as bad as P.T. Barnum, scene with the chicken aside most people he worked with seemed to actually like and respect him.
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Out of all the disturbing footage from Pink Flamingo, none of it compared to how bothered I was that there was a Pink Flamingo reference made by Alvin Chipmunk.
@@HereComesPopoBawa I was
I mean, the first Chipmunk movie does include a character eating shit, so it's like everything has come full circle.
it's no accident
@@holycow818181 which one, the audience?
Blew my mind I must say 😂
> Only has Pink Flamingos on laserdisc
Josh you have ascended to a whole new level of movie hipster
Jim G This comment could get a thousand likes and it would still be underrated
Josh has quite the extensive Laserdisc collection!
*descended
Pink Flamingos was meant to be seen on a Gameboy Advance cartridge; anything else is a plebeian concession.
Cowmanik I probably do. I have 1500 CEDs and I'm not sure what I have cause I'm still going through them.
I respect that the Chipmonks movie went for timeless references the kids watching would really get.
You don’t show Pink Flamingos to your newborn?
Hollywood loves exposing kids to degeneracy.
@@John-Adams or just exposing themselves to kids.
I'm more concerned that Alvin watched Pink Flamingos.
they have Alvin parody the “I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti." line complete with weird sucking noise in the second movie so the writers of them might just be off something
My mom found my copy of ‘Pink Flamingoes’ when I was young. She watched it and when she later disowned me mentioned it as one of her reasons. Thank you John for saving me from that woman.
Wow, sorry for that. We can't choose our parents.
good for you
You trade your mom for filth?
sounds like she made the right call
Sometimes the worst people in our lives help us make the best decisions.
*Sees upload*
"Wow I can't believe they're doing Pink Flamingos."
*Sees Jay and Josh*
"Oh, this makes sense now."
They will profile this, but not even list an interview with Max Landis about film creation. I guess perversion is only sometimes embarrassing.
@@furtim1 you're comparing two radically different things.
@@shawnsg How are they radically different on the question of "what should be allowed to be seen by our audience"?
@@furtim1 ... because this film is fiction, but the allegations against Max... may not be.
@@furtim1
Because a fictional movie of actors doing tings consensually is different from wholesale rape, which is what Landis did
So I just saw John Waters do his Christmas special. The quote that I’ll remember it for is “Divine didn’t want to be a woman. Divine wanted to be godzilla”
Kinda does summarize the character in a nutshell
Thank you for sharing this, I love it. RIP Glenn, I just moved to Maryland and it's an honor
"Is it one of your weird sex-pervert movies?" - Mike Stoklasa to Jay Bauman
Alvin is far too young to have seen Pink Flamingos, I'm seriously questioning Dave's responsibility when it comes to monitoring what his children watch.
They're not kids, they're chipmunks, they have a lifespan of 3 years and reach sexual maturity in under 6 months of age, Alvin and his brothers are full grown adults.
@@RamnaViaz and I'd wager they are in an polyincestious relationship.
@@shawnsg Kinky :3
@@shawnsg :/
@@posthumano8679 >:/
Jay watched this film at _thirteen._
This explains so much...
me too
I was also 13 and had a triple bill of flamingos, eraserhead and serial mom. All at like 3 am.
Best night ever
@@Mcrclerk Part of me wants to ask how prison was like, but I also loved seeing everything possible at that age
The fact that Alvin from Alvin and the Chipmunks saw this film makes me feel warm inside
YouSoSpice you're think of Adum from YMS.
Larken Grose Yeah, that would have made an interesting scene for one of the movies.
john benko jr Deep inside, oozing out...
@@henryhammond7393 It was actually Simon who ate Theodore's crap in the first movie
@@king_big_pp gotta make that money somehow. I'm sure the real film makers were able to make something better after living comfortably for a while after being able to work on a big trash fire movie like that
The reason John Waters had the cameo in the Chipmunk movie is because he had said that he was sexually attracted to Alvin when he was a child.
I wish I never heard that now, but I only blame myself for where this Chipmunks/John Waters hole went...
Is anyone really surprised to hear that from John Waters? If anything that’s tame to what his legacy is.
Bruh whaaaaaaat
John Waters is a furry?
@@theohaegele9011 - Just for Alvin.
Hold on... Alvin the Chipmunk has seen Pink Flamingos?!
Learn something new everyday.
Alvin watching Pink Flamingos would be a far superior chipmunks movie.
That introduces so many questions. Has Alvin also seen Desperate Living? Mondo Trasho?
@@kuvoski3297 id crowdfund that shit
Requiem For A Dream?
Trainspotting?
Trash Humpers?
Human Centipede?
@@connor48880 Salo?
A Serbian Film?
Irreversible?
Cannibal Holocaust?
August Underground?
Men Behind The Sun?
I Spit On Your Grave?
The most insane thing about the John Waters cameo in the Chipmunks movie, is that for years he’s proudly talked about owning art of Alvin masturbating.
So is that what somehow led to his cameo in the movie? Or is it just a coincidence?
He owns what…….🙁
John Waters the expert on the topic of which chipmunk gets the best head ☝️🧐🫳
I used to work at a grocery store in Baltimore where John Waters and Mink Stole would shop at at least once a week. They’re both really nice people, and I had tons of conversations about different films with them over the years!
You mean Ball'mer?
So jealous.... The best example I have of that is Jamie Layne from Warrent, but he wasn't too chatty.
I met John Waters at a book signing. He gave a moment to chat with me about the Baltimore cannibal serial killer and the Jeffrey Dahmer trial. Super nice guy.
that does not suprise me at all...your topic of conversation I mean... 😉
It was not long after the Baltimore guy had been caught, and we mused over the possibility that cannibalism may be an emerging trend in the serial killer community. I asked him if he went to the trial, and that led to a discussion of the Dahmer trial.
Rich Evans should be cast as Divine in the inevitable reboot.
I mean, he's got the voice.
I want to see rich in a dress and make up screaming *KILL EVERYONE NOW!*
@@crimsondynamo615 I AM God!
Id buy that for a dollar
What I wouldn't give to see the "Kill everyone now!" speech delivered in the exhausted, decrepit drawl of Rich's Plinkett.
I wonder what would happen if John waters and dan aykroyd were locked in a room together and told that they could make a movie with unlimited budget
I'd pay money to see the result
Waters would kill and eat Aykroyd.
Dan Aykroyd would make it all about crystal skulls
@@albertgein3082 pretty sure it would be two suicides by self-cannibalism
I think I'd rather see the movie they'd make with next to no budget.
Forgot to mention that John Waters has THE BEST director's commentary for every movie he's done. It really shows how interesting he is as a man, artist, and director.
His work is total garbage. Shock for the sake of shock thinly veiled to hide a lack of talent.
5 years later reply: He’s the Orsen Welles of LSD. Which is funny because for both you could be having a deep conversation and ask, “what the fuck are you saying??”
I would love to hear john waters commentary!
It still absolutely blows my mind they had Alvin name drop Pink Flamingos. Imagine kids looking that up, or even parents who hadn't heard of it. Just....wow.
“The couch rejected you!” The funniest thing I’ve seen in days.
When I saw Pink Flamingos for the first time it was in a special screening at my local indie theater. Seeing it for the first time on a big screen was amazing and what made the experience even more immersive was that the entire time the theater stank like raw sewage. I thought it was the greasy looking dude a couple of seats over but afterward as I was walking to my car I noticed that I had a huge chunk of dog shit on the bottom of my shoe.
Best moviegoing experience I have ever had.
Incredible cinema visitation story! Loved reading it- I can almost imagine the poop stink.
(No sarcasm intented)
My dad took my mom to see this on one of their first dates. Good call.
puppysect cool parents!
That's amazing. If she sticks around after that, she's a keeper! :)
That’s when you know you’ve found the right one to be your lover
There must have been true love, if they through that date!
Was your dad the mute butler, and was your mom one of the kidnapped broodmothers?
Everyone may think this movie is disgusting but its so obvious that John Waters has unconditional love and respect for all the freaks and outcasts he put in his movies and thats what makes this beautiful
The movie is disgusting because real animals were raped, tortured, and killed...for a movie
@@Anei888Zottou talkin bout the chicken scene?
@@finnvalor1915No the actors
@@finnvalor1915 Yes. John Waters still gleefully excuses it to this day.
@@natsby4life842 As he should
And this film was referenced in a chipmunks film?
Yep
Meta
Not quite as grotesque as the Chipmunks film itself tho
trickso
I guarantee you most of the core audience for the Chipmunks movie have no fucking clue what Pink Flamingo is
Timbob Jr
"Most of the seven yearolds watching Alvin and the Chipmunks don't know what a strange disgusting movie from the 80s is"
You don't say
Holy shit Serial Mom is a thing. I knew that was an actual memory and not a hallucination.
Apparently one of my teachers in art school was the guy who was walking the dog to try to get it to poop. he's not credited so his sacrifice is largely forgotten......
also apparently was a neighbor of jim morrison for a short time
he's an old guy who was recovering from throat cancer at the time he was my teacher. it's been a couple of years so i hope he's doing good
Great history, thanks.....Morrison has a connection to Gumby, the same indirect way you have to this cast member.....I like ice.
@@theunknowngamer5477 tell us about the Jim Morrison Gumby connection, please.
I shit you not; this was the film I chose to show my partner on our first date. she came round to mine, we had a takeaway and we sat and watched someone eat dog shit. 6 and a half years later we're still together and very happy...to this day she still argues that it was "The biggest risk she's ever seen any guy take on a first date ever."...
xD! I'd completely forgotten about that scene! It was really a kind of game of two halves to be honest, she thought it was absurdly funny in places but there were some moments (Particularly the dog shit scene and the chicken scene) where she was just sat there open mouthed going "WHAT THE FUCK!?" xD I knew she was a keeper when we literally had to stop the film because she was crying with laughter at "Pa-pa-ooh mow mow" xD
@@TYTDReviews I'm wondering how many people think of A John Waters Film whenever they hear that song. I know I do!
She will learn, rookie mistake
@@kitten_582 11 years on and still going strong! xD
@@TYTDReviews the fact that you needed to respond to this proves my point, I'm a stranger on the internet if you want to be unhappy I'm not responsible
I usually watch RLM on my lunchbreak but I've been unable to watch this whilst eating. I guess that's a testament to how gross the film is.
GET BACK TO DARK SOOOOUULS
And thats why its brilliant! OH FUCK YEAH
Dude I’m smoking and it grossed me out so bad I had to stop putting anything near my mouth in case I gag up
Not safe for work
Where did u watch it
Pink Flamingos to me was the pinnacle of the question: If you set out intentionally to make something kind of bad and unapproachable and you make it bad and unapproachable then did you fail at making a movie or did you succeed?
Personally, I'd say you succeeded.
You succeeded at a bad goal.
you get it more than most people on the comment section. intentionally bad is my taste, its somewhat ironic and thats very much my sense of humour so to me it was entertaining. Like shitpost memes are just the best to me, this movie was just the movie embodiment of that.
@Lamashtar Funny Games is fucking hilarious for how over the top it is.
@@user-ny5vp9be8v expect for the part where the mom and dad were just suffering for like 20 minutes
And I think that's what really keeps John Waters' movies six or so steps above the kind of garbage that you guys typically watch on Best of the Worst. Most of those movies are laughably bad because the filmmakers had absolutely no idea what they were doing. John Waters' stuff, on the other hand, is uncomfortable, strange, and hard to watch precisely because _he does know what he's doing_ and that's exactly what he was going for.
Dress Rich up as Devine now!
And discover if it’s possible to have negative dignity!
Nobody needs to see that..
......... That's the most horrific thing I've heard this month.
Hearing rich yell kill everyone now would just be hilarious
Ohhhhh myyyyy gawd
Hearing them talk about this, I would love to see a re:view on Holy Mountain some day.
As would I!
YESSSSSS!!!
Only if Mike helps, given his opinion of Jodorowsky.
Would love to see a that and a Jocobs Ladder re:View!
Or El Topo, or Santa Sangre
"I think we made the chicken's life better. Got to be in a movie. Got fucked and then right after filming the next take the cast ate the chicken!"
What a delightful and wholesome human being he is.
I dunno man, this is a movie where a 300 lb drag queen scooped up a pile of dog shit and ate it.
That shit killed the movie (thought it would had died without it) for me, the poor chicken had a humiliating unnecessary death.
@@matiasaraya5451 It gave its life to the cause of...oh, nevermind.
Not for nothing, but the world needs to see a full re/View of Serial Mom. That fucking movie is so underrated and misunderstood it's damn criminal. All the performances are incredible and charming and just... GOD I love this movie. Waters talks about how he shoots with ZERO fat on the commentary right down to planning out and rehearsing shoots with principal actors before hand - not SCENCES... the actual logistical SHOOTS and times at locations to make sure everyone knows where they need to be when. I don't think that's even a THING? Is it? He basically doesn't have to edit much because he doesn't shoot much that he doesn't use.
Sorry, this movie is fucking rad though. It's got an all-timer Howie Scream in it, FFS.
re:View on Ishtar
when?
I was waiting for that "Kill everyone now" clip.
“Filth is my politics. Filth is my life!”- Babs Johnson (strikes a pose)
That is the best part lmao
I won’t thank you later for all the censoring. I’ll thank you right now. Thanks.
"All my life I wanted to look like Elizabeth Taylor. Now Elizabeth Taylor looks like me." -Divine
I heard about this move when I was younger but never had the intention of finding it (for obvious reasons). So I'm hyped I can finally see this movie without actually *seeing* the movie.
Noise Martin You really should watch it once, nothing as uncomfortable as the real thing.
Noise Martin you are missing out! Lol
You're doing yourself a disservice by not watching it. It's hilarious and uncomfortable and disturbing and fun.
"It wasn't my favourite moment of the film." Sure Jay...sure.
"Do my balls, mama!" is one of the greatest line delivery. Properly marvelous.
I work in a record store and we carry new copies of pink flamingos on dvd. Love the bit at the end about the criterion collection. Bring out the blu-ray!!
John Waters makes the briefest of appearances in one or Jackass movies. Also, I met John Waters in college. I was part of an actors group and we got him to come to my college and give a sort of stand up/storytelling. We all had dinner first and he was so very nice and so very gay and I sat next to him. I asked if he'd autograph this book for my mom, something about Camp, and he saw the book and laughed like, what? He hadn't seen that book. Polyester is my favorite. The Baltimore Foot Stomper.
Also, now I know what those Kill Everyone Now bumper stickers I used to see around are from.
Jackass Number Two. Johnny Knoxville brought him in after Waters casted him in a film. Johnny Knoxville has stated that his three heros are John Waters, Eval Kneival and Hunter S Thompson
Wooooow... I haven't thought about 'Serial Mom' in forever! Thanks, guys!
I used to discount Josh initially, but I like this particular series, especially when Josh is on because you can tell there's a ton of fact and insight under the surface.
this is great. i don't ever want to actually watch this , but the review is awesome :)
Appreciate all of the vids from the re:view series. I will watch them all thank you very much.
I read an interview with John Waters where he hinted that Warner finally might release Pink Flamingos on Blu-Ray. I'm waiting to see if it comes to pass before I bother buying the DVD. Been meaning to see this movie forever.
I don't think I'll be looking into this movie any further.
well at least you know what you like
Some people can't hack it haha
I’m very torn. On what hand I’m incredibly squeamish and this looks horrifying. On the other hand it looks really funny
@@JimmyneutronwasokayIguess I wouldn't say funny. More like uncomfortable and highly transgressive so you laugh out of pure discomfort. With that said I genuinely enjoyed the movie and honestly the only thing that really got me was the whistling anus scene for a specific reason other than you see some dude's asshole. What I love most about it is how passionate John Waters is about filmmaking and just films in general plus he's worked with the same people from the 60s till now and that's commendable
xmasthyme I think the egg man stuff is just pure hilarity personally
I would like to thank Jay and Josh and everyone at Red Letter Media for doing this review - explaining and analyzing this important film from John Waters' oeuvre, so that I don't have to see it. :)
Regardless of the film's actual content it is important in that it's highly influential. More than likely some of your favorite filmmakers consider it important.
It WAS a very influential movie whether you give a rat's ass or not. Doesn't change anything.
That movie still haunts me almost twenty years later. There are some things you cannot un-watch. Pink Flamingo is one of them.
The first time I ever saw Pink Flamingos was at the Music Box Theater in Chicago in the very late '80s. It happened to be screened on the same weekend as the International Mr. Leather competition, and somebody had chartered a bus to run from the convention to the Music Box Theater. So as we were in line to buy tickets a big tour bus rolled up and about 20-30 guys stepped off, all dressed in black leather fetish wear. It was magical.
John Waters' films are essential viewing for anyone who enjoys underground filmmaking. I wish Jay or Josh had talked more about the influence of Divine - she was an alien from the future we now inhabit.
Josh and Jay? You know its gonna be weird (and good).
Michael Easley, yeah in the very first episode to feature Josh and Jay, they both did say, "if you see us two, you might as well skip this episode".
@@Kevin_Knox I wish i did skip this episode
This re:View is definitely NSFW
This is my favorite RLM video. I love it when Jay and Josh get to talk about weird, gross movies.
Filthy Frank seems so low-key now...
Aniquin toxic avenger 4 at 3am was a fuckin TRIP
I really wish a streaming service would give John a blank slate to make anything he wants.
That would be amazing.
Blank cheque?
I am so excited to see you guys did this! I wish I could do re:view of Female Trouble with Jay.
"You have to be in a certain mood to watch Pink Famlingos..."
The wrong end of a 5 day LSD binge mood
The eggman is a real thing, at least in the rural part of Germany where I live.
Really? That’s awesome haha
@@1heKing No, they drive around in a truck full of eggs and deliver them to your doorstep.
And here i was like „why are they laughing at the eggman?“ It’s kinda unusual in most parts here but not unheard of.
This was an incredibly wholesome episode
Where's the Re:View for Twin Peaks: the Return????
Eric Petschow I imagine they disliked it but appreciated it doing something different (but not prequel level different...)
Painful Mediocrity Jay loved it
La Creatura oh dope
Jay said he loved it on a Pre Rec stream of Friday the 13th. I just hope they dont wait a year like with the Plinkett review for Force Awakens
He gushed about it on Twitter multiple times too.
never watched pink flamingos or alvin, but, to whom that joke in alvin was directed at? children will watch alvin and ask their parents "dad can i watch pink flamingos?"
Diogo Y The name is so innocuous, I don't think any kids' ears would perk up at "pink flamingos". They already don't know who John waters is, I imagine the scene just gets skimmed over mentally. The joke is there for the adults who have to sit with their kids for an hour & something listening to annoying squeaky voices make pop culture references.
yeah sure, just making a joke... but still weird movie reference to put in a kids movie
Diogo Y you're not wrong
and that chipmunk should've been scared for life for what they are showing in this video ahhah
This is more footage from this movie than I ever needed to see
I saw it at a midnight showing around 1978 at The 8th Street Playhouse in the village in NYC and was immediately hooked on John Waters.
At the grossest parts I just went eeeeewwww and laughed at the same time. I wish he would make another movie.
Thanks for your discussion - loved it
That's where I lost my Rocky Horror virginity.
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John Waters movies are best seen in a group.
I only found you guys because I love Pink Flamingos. I’ll stick around for more of your vids!
the fact that this movie was name dropped in an alvin and the chipmunks movie just feels wrong
"I HATE THE SUPREME COURT!!!"
Lol, that line from Desperate Living takes on a new light nowadays. And the lines about property damage running amok is even funnier.
I remember seeing the VHS sitting on the shelf at my local rental store as a kid. One day I picked it up and looked it over and that's when I knew that shit was going to get more complicated when I became an adult.
I've been rewatching all the re:views and as a trans women I am so glad you were so respectful to the trans women in this film 💗
well that's a nice and wholesome comment.
As a trans women?
yeah.... I'm not watching this movie
John Smith
You still watch movies? RLM has made them obsolete for me.
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Having never seen a John Waters film, I think there's a good chance that Simpsons episode is the best thing he's done.
I love this movie
It's great. Other than the elderly woman dressed in her undies babbling like a.. Mental deficient (?!) about a door to door egg merchant.
I have never seen it and my take away from this discussion is I never want too.
30:36 It's 2018 and only now I learn the source of this quote, which I've previously only known from a 1994 Marilyn Manson song 'Misery Machine'
Toaster_Tester Tracy Ullmann "go home"
after watching Desperate Living loaded on a bunch of psychedelics, I can firmly say this is the most wrong The Wizard has ever been. it's absolutely as much fun as Pink Flamingos
This movie is more suicidal than suicide squad
you know that transhumanism is referring to uploading your brain into a robot not being a transsexual
Symbiote times.
Pink Flamingos was a passion project, but Suicide Squad was a mindless cash grab
Divine, the man who can climb anything
So is that it? We are just some type of pink flamingos?
Note to self: Don't have a meal while watching anything covering Pink Flamingos. Ever. Again.
I think something might be wrong with me because this looks like the funniest goddamn movie ever made
Oh nice, a new re:View. I can eat breakfast and watch it!
A very Punk and way ahead of it's time piece of celluloid. Anarchic film at it's finest and still shocking to this day. Still censored over here in the UK. Really cool review fella's. Nice one. Great enjoyable piece of youtubeness.
When can we get more Josh and Jay videos? I need to hear them talk about more weird arthouse/horror films.
My favorite Waters movie is "Female trouble" an absolute masterpiece too.
Never saw the appeal of this film, I watched it in Uni when I was STUDYING film, at the height of my pretentious movie buff era and still didn't like it.
The Seventh Seal is the greatest film of all time. Agree or disagree?
Of all the people I expected to see on a review of Pink Flamingos...
I like John Waters but this movie sucks. I just don't get it.
Caleb Plerry im sorry, it shouldve been a pop up book
Love your channel. There is a great story on DUSK's inspirations on Destructoid, fyi. Doom is the single greatest human achievement.
I don’t know if anyone can love this movie since it is so shocking, but boy do I appreciate how much John Waters loves outcasts and proudly shows the world who they are. It’s so refreshing.
I love the re: view episodes because I always feel like I learn the most about a film in them
im gonna take a shower now
I know why they don´t do re:Views that often, It´s because I´m always asking for re:View of Mac and Me.
gasmanoo yes!!!!!
30:36 the “go home to your mother” line seems to be the inspiration for the same line in Kill Bill.
"Pink Flamingos" is easily one of the greatest movies of all time.
John Waters surely left his mark on American cinema.
I love the dialogue of the clips you guys shows. Just love it.
god, i love when jay and josh do re:views. so chill.
I'm legitimately happy to see you guys on the cusp of 700k Subscribers!
RIP chicken. What a shitty way to die :(
10 minutes in and the few clips they've shown of the movie have already made me deeply uncomfortable... yeah, I think I'll actually have to sit this one out.
Me too.
John Waters is a legend, as was Divine. Watched the movies because i heard amazing things about the most of them, and was very thrown off to see someone stretching their asshole open into the camera for like a minute lmaooooo, they are both still legends though
At least they spared you Edith Massey eating the eggs
Nooo, its awesome
That's weird, I didn't really find this video that uncomfortable, and yet the Freddy Got Fingered Review did
My brother and I first saw this movie when I was 8 and he was 6. It has damaged us irreparably and I love it.
Love you guys and your channel! You movies choices are just top-notch! :)
One of the jackass movies has a John Waters cameo btw
"It's a movie about family." One thousand points to Josh!
I'd like to see Siskel and Ebert discuss *this* one
Ebert refused to give it a rating
I finally watched this. My favorite thing about it (and I am amazed they did not mention it at all) is how the eggman fit right into this family of weirdos. When you first see him, you think "huh, that's kinda a weird occupation, but okay, he's delivering eggs and Edie really likes him"; then Edie confesses her love for the eggman and he asks her to marry him - you think "huh, that's kinda quick and out of nowhere, but okay, it's just a movie". And then you hear that the eggman is going to attend the birthday barty for Divine. You can already predict in your mind that the party is gonna be wild, so you think that the eggman, being an outsider, will be shocked, appaled and maybe even drop the engagement...
...but then you see him smiling and laughing along with the others during the opening of the presents, you see him cheering for the singing arsehole and generally having fun. You think: "huh, ok, maybe he just embraced it because he truly loves Edie"...
...and then you see him attacking the policemen without hestitation, and eating their flesh along with the other partygoers... And you realize that this was truly a match made in heaven! :D
Also, there is a news reporter in this movie and his name is John Vader. huh.
*Yikes!*
John Waters giving off a slight P. T. Barnum vibe. Is he a good guy or is he a creep?
@@luckyspurs Well he's certainly not as bad as P.T. Barnum, scene with the chicken aside most people he worked with seemed to actually like and respect him.