That's some professional breadstick passing

January 22, 2016 10:55 AM

A 15-second Olive Garden commercial is reviewed. While playing 120 times.
posted by Chrysostom (21 comments total)

I feel the urge to hold an intervention for these folks.
Life is not endless breadsticks, guys! You only get so many courses before the meal is done. Eventually the busboy will come to clear the dishes from all of our tables!
posted by Atom Eyes at 11:13 AM on January 22, 2016 [1 favorite]

This really started to work for me at round 22 when they realize that watching the commercial in a never ending loop is the idealized viewing experience to reflect the never ending pasta bowls.
posted by books for weapons at 11:44 AM on January 22, 2016 [4 favorites]

The way the smile just falls right off the waitress's face is priceless.
posted by grumpybear69 at 11:44 AM on January 22, 2016

Wow, and they've got other episodes, as well. I admire their dedication.

But they never said anything about the pointing guy's shaka hand.
posted by bink at 11:51 AM on January 22, 2016

It's not quite the worst idea of all time. This is.
posted by paper chromatographologist at 11:52 AM on January 22, 2016

This must be how the world ends.

Just the last 15 seconds of existence played over and over like the needle skipping on the run-out groove..
posted by JoeZydeco at 12:08 PM on January 22, 2016

The great thing about this is that you don't have to start at the beginning! Jump in at any point and you don't miss anything!
posted by blue_beetle at 12:33 PM on January 22, 2016

The great thing about this is that you don't have to start at the beginning! Jump in at any point and you don't miss a thing!
posted by blue_beetle at 12:33 PM on January 22, 2016 [2 favorites]

This is amazing, I need to now watch all the GardenCast episodes.
posted by Carillon at 12:39 PM on January 22, 2016

Proposal for a podcast: watch the same episode of Garden Cast every day for a year, offering your thoughts and observations on a daily or weekly basis.
posted by paper chromatographologist at 1:03 PM on January 22, 2016 [1 favorite]

you don't have to start at the beginning! Jump in at any point and you don't miss a thing! The great thing about this is that
posted by LEGO Damashii at 1:48 PM on January 22, 2016 [5 favorites]

Quick Trivia: MeFites have a thing for Olive Garden
posted by spbb at 3:09 PM on January 22, 2016

Man, they really think the guy at the head of the table is the leader? He's CLEARLY the fifth wheel. The two couples barely look at him and the only thing he can think of to get a word in edgewise is the conversational equivalent of a belly flop.
posted by chrominance at 4:09 PM on January 22, 2016 [8 favorites]

The first guy looks away before he's even completed the breadstick pass, that's how confident he is.
posted by lucidium at 5:29 PM on January 22, 2016

I initially thought this was a terrible idea, until I remembered reading another MeFi comment about how a famous Zen monk said that the only way to practice Zen, is to do Zen.

I feel like all of them doing this, for that many episodes, could potentially qualify in that art of practice. Dear lord. Samsara in action.
posted by yueliang at 5:40 PM on January 22, 2016

this puts the podcast i listen to about pencils in context
posted by rebent at 7:59 PM on January 22, 2016 [1 favorite]

Everything's unlimited, for a limited time.

o.O
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 10:35 PM on January 22, 2016 [1 favorite]

rebent, pencil podcast?! link me?
posted by mattbcoset at 10:56 PM on January 22, 2016

Maybe not the one mentioned, but a pencil podcast.
posted by Carillon at 11:50 PM on January 22, 2016

They only talk about the women to say that they aren't watch dads. This is patriarchy.
posted by oceanjesse at 9:16 AM on January 23, 2016

it is indeed the Erasable Podcast, as Carillon linked
posted by rebent at 11:40 AM on January 23, 2016