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Seeking a Fren: Episode 3 - Matty Goes to Hollywood
🕑 Added 2024-12-25 12:00:13 +0000 UTCAfter a generational collapse, the various factions of the right find themselves scrambling to pick up the pieces of the wreckage they wrought. They decide to break from the establishment Republican Party to pursue new strategies involving new technologies—one that’s short-term successes would be matched by its long-term consequences.
This episode draws from Lee Fang’s The Machine, Theda Skockpol’s The Tea Party and the Remaking of American Conservatism, Claire Bond Potter’s Political Junkies, Gabriel Sherman’s The Loudest Voice in the Room, and Matthew Lysiak’s The Drudge Revolution. For a full list of sources, check our works cited doc here: www.chapotraphouse.com/seeking
Comments
Taylor Bray
“10 year old with an airsoft gun, a flip video camera, and paralyzer by Finger Eleven” Felix described my entire childhood
cosmia
astounding commitment to the bit. bust a gut at o'Bloodborne
claude
just call Obama by his name, or at least pick one nickname and stick to it FFS
Jon W
I can barely stand his voice for a two minute clip
Sarah S
I agree. Incredibly distracting and annoying like a precocious child showing off.
Wingus
What’s the number 1 most evil Rolling Stones song?
Zackary Kelley
Basshunter clip at the end thank you sir
Paige Glowacky
Would love to hear a 6 part series just on Crowder
Wyatt the Wallaby
The crowder clip on how tough israelis are has aged like milk
Jon W
He was doing his "Debate Me" schtick on UT Campus the year I graduated. There's no real counter to a clown like that. He's got the Jester's Privilege. And it's not like he's going to air anything that makes him look bad.
Jon W
No one should be forced to listen to Steven Crowder
Archie MacLellan
I know how yah feel mate. One I fall for badly is reading Facebook comments and spending ages arguing with arseholes. Leaves me fuming haha
Jon
That one actually got me
Jamie McAfee
O'Bubblebath
Axhole
O-Bloodborne got a laugh out of me
Mountain Dew Or Crab Juice
Basshunter sent me down a memory hole I haven't been to since I tried breaking my Pandora algorithm by rejecting every song it tried playing
Hardcore Virgin
That crowder clip talking about Israel Palestine is why I hate the internet. I hear it I abhor its stupidity then I spend a pointless ten minutes imagining how if I had reach I’d destroy him in a debate. This comment is a sublimated gasp.
Alex Lorden
Man I almost fell off a ladder at "Obituary"
Gabe
You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink
Luke T
I remember when my friend told me about that song... over vertrilo during an IceFrog DotA loading screen.
bruce moment
He had the electoral numbers to back it
bruce moment
Kamala lost. But also, these people getting "what they want" doesn't make them any less personally detestable
bruce moment
VI SITTER HAR I VENTEN OCH SPELAR LITE DOTA
bruce moment
Lee fang jumpscare
Casey Smith
Welcome back Matt! Missed you!
Studio Novaya
Excellent episode. Thank you.
wigglybuddy
Died and went to Muslim heaven at Ocrumbo
Kompy
Tiny bit disappointed that this didn't follow a more Hell of Presidents style format, i think it would have been great to have Josh presenting the historical background to highlight the color and character in Felix's commentary. But this is still a lot of fun as-is, as an elder Zoomer i'm enjoying how many names are pinging faint memories of people my parents would complain about when i was 6.
Eamon Short
Felix's side projects are always underrated. So far I'd rank all 3 eps of this above almost all episodes of Hinge Points and half of the inebriated past. No shade to Matt, I love him and I love history, IP on Mormons and Gladio is so of the best shit to come outta the side projects. I'm just trying to convey that I don't get the hate, or, at best, lack of interest in this historically layered, piece. It's dense, with a lot of great historical analysis and I feel is, thus far. Slept on.
Tommy
It's doomed to fail eventually after getting stronger for a while. It's not just going to keep getting stronger exponentially like the Disco Stu graph
buttface
Bizarre take- the entire series is specifically about the right wing. But I guess when you would listen to Felix read the phone book it doesn't matter if it makes sense.
Noah McClellan
O'bloodborne, nice
Luke T
Holy shit that Basshunter drop.
Matthew Krueger
It isn't even close. I hear it in Christman's voice...
Matthew Krueger
Clearly neither of you has read "The Secret".
Ralley Taura
Under My Thumb is my favorite Stones song, but I like getting held down and having my hair pulled.
Chris Ryan
Read the room homie
Chris Ryan
If you take it as a commentary on the specious ineffectuality of the libs, it’s not really so glaring. I know what you’re saying though
buttface
have some self respect
Chris Ryan
This is the hardest I’ve ever had to concentrate on any Chapo series but it’s also entertaining and great intel, and as a OG swarthyvillain stan I would happily listen to Felix read the Minnesota phone book if that’s what he felt like doing
Sam
I enjoy the project and applaud it for compiling the history and creating a coherent narrative, but I totally agree with your point here. It’s glaring. I know most of it was done before the election. It would have landed differently if ettinger’s posture would have been validated rather than what actually happened. Which was, quite frankly, embarrassing as fuck.
Chip’s Mom Dre
I had an awesome Toyotathon. You?
buttface
Why is the tone of this written as though the conservative project was ultimately doomed to fail when they are the ones currently in charge of everything?
Khemith
Crowder is that kid on the playground who threaten everyone with comedy. But when the real homoerotic rodeo comes to town he gets owned by his wife leaking a video of him.
Andrew Cross
Barfsack Insane Ocrumbo
Isaac
I tried to do that but every time you replay the episode all the names are different. Idk how they did it. I’ve been replaying it at 20X speed and at this point I’ve heard 1,000+ different variations of Obarfbag. I can’t even remember Obungler’s real name anymore. On one of the later play throughs I’m pretty sure he was just saying slurs.
etienne
mhh yes perfect pairing with 114 "Meat The Press" 2017-06-17 about insane tea party websites
etienne
a merry chrysler to you
Chuck Skooch
as I am listening to this the tech-bro populist alliance that reelected trump is crumbling predictably over H1 visas... you can't have a DrudgeReport.com without skilled workers.
Mark Schneider
O'Bedn'Breakfast
christoph.s
No it is not adumb question, I am pretty sure it was matt walsh.
David Brown
Obloodborne
Christian Bendillo
Midwesterners be like “the tenure anniversary”
Professor Jokes
You catch the man!
Charles Frum
Hot fire.
Don Friðrik Ólafsson
It's amazing how Steven Crowder manages to conjour up this visceral feeling in me of just primeval disgust
Zen Ben
Good point. That was an omission. 'Hell on Earth' is the beefiest contribution to the Chapo catalog to date.
Sean Muth
these are so good. Cheers Felix
Austun
Hello? n Earth??
Liam Sweeney
May be a dumb question but who is the "young angry blogger" speaking at the tea party event? Sounds like Matt Walsh to me but I'm not quite sure
Brad Plumb
I lived through this time period, and somehow I never realized Matt Drudge was gay
Dude Where's My Quran
Cry
James Cook
Love that Baquack Obamailure got a shout out. LF forever!
Erik Amundsen
Front 242!
Ghordo
With the way this narrative is unfolding, when this series ends the last song HAS to be The Doors' "The End"
Patrick Pinney
Hey so not to be a nit picker but the opening story on Episode 3 of “Seeking a Fren for the End of the World” date is wrong. It was 2014 not 2012. Don’t know where to post this but it’s a pretty glaring error that I think should be fixed if possible.
Rohmer Simpson
The Crowder audio clips made me want to fucking kill myself
DRV
They made shirts with Obama in a PLA cap
RubbishBinMan
if obioshock didn't make you laugh you're lying
Thomas
That’s wrong and you should be ashamed
B
ObaMAO sent me into orbit
Craig
No it’s funny you’re just a curmudgeonly buzzkill
BLURT
wrong
BLURT
My favorite is still Barfsack Ocrumbo.
interzoa
OBedAndBreakfast
interzoa
It's like a showcase display for our favorite fully inarticulate freak figures. The secret formula of being a cultural outcast and pampered wealthy made these guys an unbeatable avant garde of political propaganda, having both the motivation to try new mediums and the money to cover the initial failures of these ventures. This allows them to hang on long enough to catch the fall of the next general crisis since this mixture is generative of local capital idealism that speaks to the politics of a mental breakdown middle class. When I hear liberals say they need a joe rogan but for their side it gives me the hunch this is the autumn years for this medium's propaganda potential. I mean it's the autumn years in general
Jason
Audibly laughed in my car to O’bituary
Zen Ben
This is the most substantive Chapo series since Will's 'Poppy' trilogy.
OtherRussert
Deep respect for Felix – that is truly a Hercules effort to come up with that many variations for Odrama.
Nora
It is a little more than I knew before 😂 enlighten me if you want !!
Tedd Staaack
The 30 different riffs on Obama's name are cringe and don't do anything to serve the narrative.
Drew
Obloodborne got me
TatsuMaki
That’s not even an EIGHTH of his story, lol
TatsuMaki
“As a Black man” I wince every time you call him Obungler… but I can’t argue with it.
Chip’s Mom Dre
Happy Hondadays everyone:-)
George Mitri
Absolute KUDOS for “The Old Man’s Back Again” as part of the soundtrack.
Andy Kraushaar
Tucker spank us, everyone. Merry CHRISTmas gang.
Nora
AMAZING episode! Fucking thank you! I have been interested in Drudge and the beginning of Coulter, Kavanaugh, etc. since that Monica Lewinksy American Crime Story lol
CJ
Ok I gotta come back to this and list the dozens of name variations for Obummer
Brian
I can’t believe you didn’t mention Obasketball once
Evan
Song ID's please
Samson Rambler
When ya introduce a new monster character a very very small interlude helps Solidify who they are and their impact
Samson Rambler
Best one yet! Breaking up the segments with live audio and music interludes kept me way more engaged! Dude felix ya killing it now
Matthew
The Slop of Christmas Present
Aaron Carter
just quit my job to move halfway across the country. told the Christians at the private school that I worked at that I thought the church had been captured by a political institution. strange bedfellows, these republicans and christians
Whucko Jaang
Ah!
