The View Crew - Donkey Kong Country: "A Fine Line Between Love & Ape"

Murph begins raging with a “WHAT THE FUCK?” at 2:44. Is this a record?

I just made a random connection but just like Candy Kong, Sally Acorn was also randomly alone in the woods In the Sonic Christmas special.

I looked up Bluster Kong songs and I too was truly tickled. A common murph tiny L

I love the “they worked miracles” “they worked NOTHING” exchange so much, classic Murph freak out

I absolutely LOVE when Murph turns up the passion to 11

Shoutout to the crew indeed

Listening at 12:21 am. Creepin’ audio is a VERY effective jump scare

I could listen to a hour of Caldwell and Murph making insane arguments at insane works of media

Heart Eyes plug at the end of this is absolutely insane to me because I watched that movie completely unrelated to the pod (huge slasher fan here) and absolutely loved it lmfao gonna have to watch it again knowing it’s directed by Josh

They made a show about a video game......game game game.

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9-66

I can literally quote this. Such a great episode.

I love this episode so much. I think I've listened to it 6 times already

We need another Band of Boobs on Kongo Bongo live show.

You guys should do "sonic underground" my daughter and I found it on paramount

I keep coming back to this episode, I really hope they do more view crew stuff.

"They made a show (or film) about a video game, game, game, game... and we made a podcast about that - show (or film)."

Does anyone hope Bluster Kong is going to be in the new Bananza game?

I used this as transcribing practice while at work and man.. the document looks insane and I was stifling laughs the whole time. I dreaded someone coming up behind me and seeing the nonsense I was typing.

1. Murph took such a massive L 2. We all took a massive L by the 8 bit book club theme song not being in it :(

I need the 8-bit bookclub theme back.

BRING BACK THE CUTE THEMATICALLY INACCURATE THEME SONG YOU COWARDS! I miss singing along with emily 😭

Not a fan of not having the 8 bit book club theme and kind of a let down you guys won’t be releasing these to the 8bit podcast for fans of this style of show.

Wow I watched it and I love the powerful message that true happiness comes from self love, also very cool that they referenced Love Potion No. 9, I love that song! Blown away by the worldbuilding of it all

Jake- “Why does he like the bananas?” Murph-“I don’t know, dude.” Idk why that had me rolling on the floor lol

I'm only 5 minutes in and I can tell it's gonna be a wild ride of an episode to the end.

All I have to say is Donkey Kong has a beautiful singing voice in that show. You HAVE to listen to Nobody's Hero, it's amazing

I can't remember if Emily mentioned this song but youtube just recommended it to me and it seemed like an important addition to the cannon

Here's a short "documentary" (ad?) showing the mocap process https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7rcNu8rrLXg

The Donkey Kong Country Show also came from a segment from a SEPARATE French show called Donkey Kong Planet which was a combo of motion-cap animation and live action. https://www.mariowiki.com/Donkey_Kong_Planet

Will miss the 8 bit book club theme song but loving the content

Just peeling my morning banana this morning as I do and all I could think about was banana comdom

After looking at a screencap, if I was murph i would have thrown up from frustration

murph is 100% correct here btw. also WHAT is with the eye movement of this show, its nightmare fuel (that being said: i think they should react to another ep just so that i can get emily's opinion on leo luster)

I love how they always troll Murph

I really really tried to understand the gang’s perspective here but as the episode went on Murph’s crashout became more and more valid.

does bluster look like nosferatu (2024) to anyone else or is that just me

Ngl, I remember renting the vhs of crystal coconut a gratuitous amount as a kid. The k rool song when he gets the coconut unfortunately goes hard

Alright. I've seen SMB Super Show so I had to watch Donkey Kong and... I'm with Caldwell. These are charming in their own ways. The Murph hate for this show, while entertaining, is a bigger L than we're acknowledging.

Not even 5 minutes in and already discovering new favourite Murph sounds with how passionately upset he is with his yelling. Perfect sode, no notes

I listened to Creepin' at Emily's recommendation and now I can't stop singing "Here I go creeping, SHH don't make a sound" at random times of the day

The best song of the show is "a pirate's scorn" there is even a animation based on the 25th anniversary by Alex Henderson animations on YouTube it proves that the songs were the only good thins about this show an it lives rent free in my head forever https://youtu.be/k5-X58Tw6RQ?si=ucuLpr1OfGHiEtrR

willem dafoe as Kranky the ape is such a chilling performance

So I watched that episode first donkey Kong cartoon episode I ever watched. Why does donkey sound like that 🤣

If Donkey Kong is a prince then by extension isn't his dad King Kong? Explains their beef with the 'Zards given the history between Kong and Godzilla... (And that's what we call World-Building - take the tiny L, Murph)

From the wiki: Over seventy percent of the character animation in the series was produced using performance capture. Two performers were required for each character; one performed the character's body movements, while the other used hand movements to control the character's face. The limitations of the technology used meant that actions like picking an object up could not be produced with this method and had to be keyframed. This process allowed the character animation of one episode to be completed in two weeks, as compared to the six to eight weeks keyframed animation was estimated to require for the same length.

I'm on team Murph for this one. That DK animation is nightmare fuel and I'd much rather watch the Super Mario Super Show.

Team Kong here. Both are bad, but the Mario show didn't have any soul.

I grew up watching the Donkey Kong show on Canadian TV and having no exposure to the Mario show. Even with rose tinted nostalgia glasses, the DK show is donkey ass compared to Mario.

When Murph freaks out, know that I, too, am freaking out. Stand strong, Murph! 😂

Does anyone know what episode of the critically aclaimed Donkey Kong Country the animated series they watched?

The slowest Murph exhale 🤣

Jake: “It’s for deep throating fruit” Me, in my head: “No! I’m for deep throating fruit, those monkeys are all straight!”

If you guys enjoyed the music, you should check out 'I'm Nobody's Hero's from another episode. A genuinely good song https://youtu.be/UtGL5yKdSCk?si=lBOTv-QqFlTyQk9u

Okay. I know that the episode has some problems. I know that Bluster's hand clips through the wall at 9:05 and 9:45 which is why they probably switched to the pink background. I know that King. K. Krule's pupils cast shadows at 12:51. I know that the 3d rigs are not flush against the ground and are therefore floating. I know that DK's teeth show up at what seems like random times. But dammit I still loved it (I watched this show as a kid). Take the biggest tiny L Murph.

There’s a lot wrong in the world but somehow Murph absolutely losing his mind over this DK episode makes me feel like some things are okay

Anytime murph yells in playful (but somewhat serious) frustration and awe, I feel represented

Oh how I love a Murph freak out!! So good.

After hearing that small bit of the song from the episode I can confirm Murph is just a hater

I watched the DK episode but I have not seen the Super Show yet. I really love King K's song about how he has everything he wants. I'm gonna start singing that when I get home with the groceries. The animation is so bad it made it hard to watch it as a show. I was mostly looking down their throat holes.

As a professional DM, it’s asinine how little Murph understands about world-building.

Ok I watched one episode and I didn’t know the “you may smack it once” meme is from the intro credits. Also the episode I watched had funky Kong and he was just naked with a flesh fur tone. Harrowing

Watched the episode of DK. Im gonna give it an "I" For, I don't know what Murph is thinking not liking that.

Anyone else noticed that Bluster sings kind of like Boggy Rogers

Bluster was horrifying, but Crusher is the ideal male body

Something really nice in this ep that I’ve noticed in a bunch of others but always makes me smile - Caldwell makes a dumb, silly joke and Jake just gives a single genuine “ha!” Love to see friends gas each other up.

My dad always said marriage is about finding someone you want to pick on for the rest of your life

There's a scene in the show where DK has his head shaven and we learn that the curl at the top of his head isn't hair, it's a fleshy mount. Try writing a better twist than that (you can't)

I couldn’t even get through Bluster the Benevolent. It’s so wildly off-putting

Immediately the energy of this episode is what I needed.

I was not expecting the frequency of musical numbers

The animation is a bit off-putting. Maybe my tv is just too good. Blusters hair and mustache reminded me of Gomez Adam’s. Agree that they try to make Candy too human looking.

It will never not be funny hearing how upset Murphy is by the rest of the crew's reactions

J episode guys I loved it.

You mentioned the throat tunnels but I wasn't prepared for the No Teeth. Gummy mouthed buster singing about being a god is something else

Can confirm the songs are amazing

I watched like 2 minutes of this on youtube and Murph is absolutely correct.

World building, Murph. World building.

Anyone commenting that Crystal Coconuts were actually a pretty big component of DonkeyKong 64?! Also this and the Short Rest episode have been a DEEP nostalgia INJECTION. I was 6 when this show came out and had JUST been introduced to video games on the SNES and Genesis by my cousin! DK Country, Super Mario World, Super Metroid, A Link To The Past, Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy, Earth Worm Jim, Jurassic Park, Mario Kart… the list goes on for ever! Such old memories came flooding back that I probably would have never remembered otherwise! Thanks! 🤙🤙🤙

Just watched all the episodes of both shows. DK is the obviously superior show, sorry Murph!

People on Twitter were hyping up the immediate Murph freakout and I was not disappointed

We need Skaldova

Im in a random bar in Newcastle and I kid you not, Donkey Kong and Bluster, is on the tv. I listened to this episode this morning and now I'm having a drink with the massively talented Bluster Kong

I need a dubsteb remix of the Murphsplosion. Bass doesn't drop til Murph's blood pressure peaks.

Found the ep on YouTube. Can confirm: murph is trippin

Another L for Murph’s blood pressure

Murph please never stop indignantly crashing out I love it so much

Muroh going from hugely indignant to beaten down acceptance is so funny 😅

Nice job Murph, Emily, and Caldwell, welcome to new host Jake!

This 3v1 energy is “giving” (as the kids say) Dungeons and Dragons movie

I watched both, and Donkey Kong was way better. I’m on Emily’s side.

More Donkey Kong content 🙏

Top five Murphy crash outs easily, and it isn't even 5 minutes in 😭

Okay so “creepin” kind of rules

Bluster kong holds a dr evil like spell on me now “Creepin” is a legitimate banger

After watching both I reluctantly have to say DK was better. It was devoid of life but weird in a funny way. The Mario show tried way too hard and had way too much going on. Bad acting/ voice acting, bad laugh track, and terrible jokes.

I see where Jake pulled his amazing Skaldova worldbuilding from

Your Co-Hosts Are Correct.

Ahh I love the smell of gaslighting Murph in the morning

I think murph was a pretty harsh on what is quite clearly a masterclass is writing, acting and animation

The editing is 10/10

I don’t want flowers for Valentine’s Day. I want a classic Murph freak-out.

Ok. Is no one going to acknowledge that the implications of the episode title? I know it's supposed to be a pun on "love and hate" but there's another word that sounds more similar to "ape" that people talk about the "blurred lines" of a lot and that's pretty uncomfortable

I don’t know if anyone else has answered this or if the crew will see it but… Cranky is the original DK who fought Mario in the 80s. He married Wrinkly and they birthed the current Donkey Kong. Wrinkly died sometime between DK Country 2 and DK64 in which she is a ghost. So Cranky is a widower.

Hated how much I laughed at this #worldbuilding

I was really looking forward to more Skaldova. forgot it’s an off week 😓

Is Murph always forgetting how the A to J system works an intentional bit?

*worldbuilding* ✨

In 4th grade we had a little tv in the classroom we could watch stuff on during lunch time. I was a huge Kong Head so I brought a Donkey Kong Country vhs tape so I could share this glorious tv show with my whole class. I vividly remember a scene between Bluster Kong and Candy Kong that made me so embarrassed I hid in the bathroom in shame until it was over.

I love the fact that any time they decide to do one of these Murph is essentially signing up to be gaslit for an hour cause they all know how funny his rage fits are.

I agree that it is genuinely better than the Mario and Joliet. All the dances and everything were done using MOCAP, and the sheer uncanny valley insanity evokes the same feeling in me as Lovecraftian horror. It is genuinely terrifying and I love it so much.

The breakdown is always - Emily genuinely likes it - Caldwell genuinely appreciates all the work animation takes but also likes riling Murph up - Jake says he likes it to rile Murph up

This is gonna be fun

i just watched it 10/10 made me feel like i was playing a ps2 game in my dentist office

I really need to hear Murph’s reaction to the Metal Head song from this show

Murph’s unbridled rage at the beginning is giving me life Like “CaLdWeLl YoU aRe A FuCkInG aNiMaToR!” Truly had me laughing in the middle of a very boring math class. Dice Christ bless these chaotic folks

I love whenever they watch bad media as it inevitably devolves into someone in the crew gaslighting Murph that a horrid piece of shit they just watched was cinema actually

It turns out the cartoon is where the “you can slap it once” meme comes from

View Crew is a win! Keep up the great work guys

Psychoanalyzing Bluster Kong is premium content

these eps were so funny 😭😭 and big shoutout to trevor i’m loving the inclusion of little audio clips from the shows - it really gives funny context to what they’re talking about since i have not and will never watch these shows lol!! especially for em’s duet lmao - so great!

I really hope that for April Fool's or something they all try convince Murph that they all love something that's truly garbage or that they hate something that's actually good.

Wow, a certified Murph freak out within the first 4 minutes. The haters are feasting

I miss the 8 Bit Book Club intro, but who were we kidding by trying to claim that title?

Transformers Beast Wars is the example from this era of how low budget computer animation can still be good.

This was the worst cartoon I’ve ever seen. I was disgusted by the animation. 90’s cartoons were insane.

Emily was right. “Creeping”’s instrumental is absolutely goddamn FILTHY. Incredible. No notes

Woah - "Creeping" by Bluster Kong absolutely slaps!!!! Also - Emily's comment that the Crystal Coconut might be the last surviving computer cracked me up, it's got me thinking there's been a DK style Butlerian revolution. Truly, masters of world building!!

APE bit book club

Also I think they might have used a lot of the budget on licensing Donkey Kong from Nintendo/Rare?

To validate Murph. as a child watching this show I clocked the weird stilted animation and that Bluster was a wild addition but he seems to be the show's favorite character I think the writers didn't really want to make a Donkey Kong show and where forced into it the song for the best part and that's kind of sad because songs are often put into animation just pad the runtime but I like the evil fake friend capitalist he kind of reminds me of Smurfs take on Funky Kong

"World building" is the greatest excuse for anything in any media

learning that this show was like 70% motion capture really makes the animation feel extra cursed

The bare chest of Bluster looks like it's supposed to be like a Dickie but make some look nude especially without a collar you have to have a shirt or a collar or pants if you're a cartoon character

I gotta agree with Caldwell, this crawled so stuff like Code Lyoko could sprint

3.5 mins in and Murph is already screaming. God bless the Golden Age of Naddpod

I just watched this. Are Donkey Kong's teeth retractable? He doesn't have them for the majority of the time, but then he hates them when he confronted Bluster

Props to the team for getting together and gaslighting Murph for this entire show 😁

The Gaslight Group

Yelling what the fuck slightly away from the mic is basically a murph catchphrase for 8bit book club and it's spinoffs

The production value on this episode is insane with the interstitials of the real episode, perhaps even higher value than Donkey Kong

As someone with no relationship to any kind of Donkey Kong media, this episode felt like a glorious fever dream. Had me cackling to myself like a madwoman, thanks for the much needed serotonins!

“do you think they used bananas as condoms?” has the same energy as some of my other favorite podcast life altering questions such as “is butt legs?” or “how far up the egg does the pants go?”

Oh, hey, Gladstone Gander? He was voiced by Paul F Tompkins in the latest Ducktales cartoon!

I love Murph just crashing out minutes in. It wouldn’t be an 8bit esque show without the Murph crash out.

Listened to this while falling asleep last night, woke up with the false dream-memory of the episode ending with y'all announcing plans for to open a nerd-themed restaurant "Magic the Grill"

In defense of DK, Toy Story was in development for two years and the humans still looked janky af. Much tighter turnarounds on a tv episode!

Am I the only one that remembers Reboot as when this kind of CGI just took off!? Might have been referenced here before. Cannot remember.

Bluster Kong needs to be the BBEG of the 156-episode Donkey Kong campaign they're inevitably going to run

Love the new show! Hope you guys can get Jake on since he was got on an 8-bit bookclub eps

Is there a specific criteria for whatever shows yall are watching? Cos Monster High is a show I would love to see yall watch

Only 1 min in and already love it!

Is Candy the only one wearing clothes?

Adding the sounds from the show was a very nice touch!

Emily please listen to "I'm nobody's hero" from the donkey kong show. I genuinely love that song

Donkey Kong Country was like what are the earliest actually living subjects because there was reboot those were literally computer people and there was Beast Wars so like the stiffness could be explained by the fact that they were cybertronians or whatever and toy story they hid the faces of the humans in the first one

Bro there's like three really good romantic horror movies right now companion by the guy who did Barbarian there's on shutter "the dead thing" and heart eyes f****** slaps

I remember being a kid in the early 2000s and being told that this show exists but no reruns were playing anymore so I always really really wanted to see it and I couldn't imagine it not being awesome.

Maybe USA Network but I think they just literally use the assets from Donkey Kong 64 and the animators just had a f****** crunch if I didn't have to walk to work right now I would do a little research

the graphic is super awesome!!

Everyone is kinda of right but murph is much righter. It was bad

I watched the donkey kong episode and felt like it was pretty distinct that bluster was lying to cranky from minute one

View Crew: An 8-Bit Book Club Production by NADDPOD (ft. special guest Jeff Hermits)

Ah yelling Murph, how we’ve missed you

“They worked NOTHING” made my jaw drop… murph omg

not even 5 minutes in and murph is YELLING!! it’s gonna be a good ep 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

Bluster for some reason reminds me of John Waters. I know he isnt based on him but just reminds me of him. Lol

I am so incredibly on Murph’s side on this to a level i never could have imagined Edit: okay the songs kinda slaps

As someone who grew up watching both shows on repeat, I don't remember a thing from the Mario show but I still remember "the mirror never lies" song from Donkey Kong. Sorry Murph but I bow before the future king, Donkey of Clan Kong

My regret is not doing at least one drug before watching bluster kong’s music videos

Ok I’ve returned after watching the music video for love potion I’m sorry I’m so concretely on Murph’s side, Bluster is an absolute crooner but as an animation student I cannot abide by what would get me effectively kicked out of school if I handed that in

The editing of the song playing in the background as Emily sings is so fucking funny lmao Can we get this to the Grammys?

This is, quite possibly, the most Capital L Murph has taken.

Donkey Kong Country pioneered major advances in MoCap technology, so the "bad animation" is fantastic MoCap for the time. Also "Our Love is Stronger Than a Golden Banana" is the best song from the show

I haven't listened yet but I'm slightly concerned. Is Jack going to be a regular guest on this? Hard to know what to expect since he was never on 8BBC.

Thank you

I miss the 8 Bit Book Club theme song :(

Love the View Crew logo! EDIT: jumping back into my comment for a sec to agree with Emily that the song “Creepin” absolutely whips ass. That said, I remember watching this show as a little kid and my god the animation is so much worse than I remember

Ah classic Donkey Kong episode of 8bbc: Murphy vs. everyone else

Yes, Murph, go off king.

The view crew logo looks so good!!

Starting the new series with 3v1 opinions against Murph - that's how I know 8-Bit book club will never die ❤️

Holding my breath waiting for the Murph freakout P.S. Please keep using the 8BBC theme song for actual book episodes! I love hearing Emily's dulcet tones!

Yass murph add the clips from the show to prove ur points go off king

God I love that Murph added a voice clip so we knew how insane he sounds

Great first view crew everyone disagreeing with Murph always makes for good listening.

obsessed w the logo

I'm four minutes into this and I'm fucking dying. Any time Murph hates something so much he starts screaming, you know we're in for a treat

new Crew just dropped

This honestly feels like the natural evolution for these goobers

Murph crash out in the first 4 minutes has to be some sort of record.

New lore for Kongo Bongo island

Hell yeah

Shout out to the ?V?I?E?W? CREW

I've heard of valentines day specials but this is ridiculous!

Ooooh, I love the new logo design 🤩

They can’t keep getting away with this

New logo so hyped

Sweet banana hole

ok this is epic

Look, it's midnight. I have to work early. *hits play*

oooooh what is THISSS

This is insane

I clicked so fast it’s embarrassing

it's banana slamma time

Expanding the NCU.