The Elephant Graveyard - Canadian (allegedly) Youtube channel that focuses mostly on criticism of Joe Rogan and his unfunny comedian buddies.

[Hentai-Semitism]

It may appear like slop at first glance, but I think it has a lot of merit, so don't be discouraged. I believe ALL voices in their videos are AI generated. They have two main recurring characters:

The Guy (the narrator from Rogan videos) remains nameless. Other than shitting on comedians, his thing seems to be philosophical discourses about existence. The AI voice is so polished it's really hard to tell it's not real even when you're listening to it for hours with headphones on.

Randy is an old radio DJ who lives in an underground bunker on an island off the coast of British Columbia. He used to have a popular radio show called Radio Crack, but had to fake his own death to evade "the fucking pigs in the RCMP".

Randy and his studio

They make three main types of videos: longer ones about rogansphere, shorter edits with more music on different subjects (Canadian Youtuber camper Steve Wallis, for instance), and Radio Hour. The last one is 1h+ and the content varies a lot. Episode 1 consists of remixes/mashups of songs, music videos, news, and movie footage. Episode 2 is mostly rock music interspersed with The Guy's talk about the afterlife.

Unfortunately only episodes 1-3, 10, 11 and 13 are on Youtube. There's an audio only version of episode 4 on Substack. I assume it's because of DMCA issues. I noticed that there's two different edits of the American Quakening episode on archive.org - one is 1:10:21 (like the one on Youtube) and the other is 1:06:36. Maybe they were trying to remove some copyrighted material. I have no idea. Anyway, I can't find the missing episodes, so let me know if you have them.

If you're new to EG, I'd recommend one of the longer Rogan videos, such as this one:

...and Radio Hour Ep.13 because it's a variety show with long conversations between DJ Randy and The Guy about all kinds of topics.

- Leonard Cohen is overrated
- "racist" melodies
- their fake sponsor, Triple Trickle, which is "the brand new do-it-yourself introvenous vitamin kit"
- EG's feud with Rogan's buddy, Duncan Trussell (which is pretty funny to me because he knows nothing about them as they remain anonymous)

First he thought the video was funny. A few days later, he was fucking irate. All we did was point out how he used to warn about all those powerful forces infiltrating podcasts and how he suddenly went silent about it when his predictions actually came true and surmised that he had to stop talking about it in order to maintain his connection to his friend (Rogan) who he needs to stay on good terms with for his career. He was furious. He made up all kinds of lies about what was said in the video and blamed us for guys harassing him online. - The Guy

Sometimes they use video game music and sounds, mostly from Doom and Quake:

0:22

0:13

(Doom 2 - MAP05 aka DOOM; Quake 2 - Operation Overlord)

I wonder how many people are behind this channel because it looks like a LOT of work. Enjoy!

 

[Hentai-Semitism]

If you remember back in season 1, I summoned the ancient transdimensional nature deity called Kucalloxis. I mean, I think I did. I mean, I chanted the ancient poem which is supposed to bring him up through the cosmic threshold and into our dimension and it really felt like something happened and I believe it did. And as far as I'm concerned, Kucalloxis is up there too or he's running around god knows where on the planet.

I actually did a little research into the ancient creature. I'm talking about Kucalloxis still. Traditionally he is believed to be a sort of monster and his power is that he can roar really loud. He is a cyclops but he is actually very small like the size of an action figure toy, a G.I. Joe for example. It's believed that he is able to transcend between dimensions and into our world whenever somebody is out in the woods alone and scared or if they do something real bad to nature like rip the bark of a tree or litter or step on a frog or anything like that. He comes through and I guess tells you to knock it off.

And man, I've been having these real vivid dreams. Every time I have these dreams, they start exactly the same. I'm just waking up in my bunker like I always do and it seems so real that I don't even know it's a dream. In the dream I get up and I go outside and into the woods out there and I encounter these different guys who are just kind of hanging around in and amongst the trees. I have this dream all the time, but I don't always remember who I encountered the next day.

So I've been writing in a journal trying to keep track of all these guys and I've got a few of them documented here. First of all, there are these two animals. One's called Bird Me Please and the other is called Help Me Please. Bird Me Please is a crow and he lives here only in the summer whereas Help Me Please is a fox and he comes here in the winter. They switch places with each other.

Oh yeah, there's another sort of deity type guy called Cucabixus. I met him by surprise during one of these dreams. He's actually a kind of penis monster. He comes through a portal that opens up inside a penis sometimes when you pee in the woods, which is what I was doing. He came through into our dimension. He eats feet and lemons and food that falls on the floor. He's small, too. About the size of an apple core. He comes from a planet called McWenis, which apparently is where the ancient earth and creature Mapleness's father lives.

There's also a guy called Mr. Donaldson. I don't know what his deal is. Seems to be a kind of like loser guy who walks around doing nothing. But maybe there's more to him. I don't know. Like I said, dirt and stuff in them and a trail of bootprints and schmutz leading from my bed to the main exit of the bunker. So, I don't know what to make of all that at this point. I'm just trying to document everything for now.

 

[Hentai-Semitism]

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[wtfNeedSignUp]

If you're new to EG, I'd recommend one of the longer Rogan videos, such as this one:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=7EuKibmlll4

Listened to it out of curiosity and, while interesting, when I searched the special to see if it was really that bad, the comments on it were 1 to 1 with the video. I think that having a thread dedicated to hatred on comedians is warranted (if it doesn't already exist).

 

[Super Malario]

There's a lot of people making videos against Joe Rogan's unfunny specials and friends, thank God for that

 

[windymill]

There's a lot of people making videos against Joe Rogan's unfunny specials and friends, thank God for that

I find Elephant Graveyard puts in a lot of effort to be its own thing, and I appreciate it.

I have to say I tried to listen to the Radio Hour but couldn't really get into it, The ex-free-life boomer musician character is so well done that I find him genuinely insufferable and hard to listen to lol. Probably cause it strikes a nerve, a few years ago when I was a more impressionable moron I met a few real people like him and genuinely thought they were the coolest people and had much to teach.
But this thread makes me want to give it another try.

I recommend the Lex Fridman spoof, where he interviews a fictional Haitian warlord. It's not on the youtube channel, good thing I downloaded it some time ago:

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Lex Fridman & Warlord 'Barbecue' Discuss Chaos in Haiti, Propaganda, Combat Ethics (2024)

 

[Hentai-Semitism]

PRAYER FOR DUNCAN TRUSSELL

Oh Lord, watch over our brother who believes themselves surrounded by foes when really there are only a few confused voices offering feedback they never wanted. Grant them strength to tell a genuine attack from a mildly inconvenient suggestion. To see that not every raised eyebrow is a crusade.

Bless them with courage to loosen their grip on the story in which they are the solitary hero facing an army of critics. An army which you know might just be one confused guy asking a question.

Guide their heart back to your earthly ground where they can meet opinion without mistaking it for persecution. Grant them a moment, just one, to pause before crafting another grand narrative of suffering and consider the humble possibility that they are simply being spoken about.

And if humility is too heavy today, lend them the grace to take a breath before raising the drawbridge or unshathing the sword and the will to try again tomorrow.

Amen.

 

[malt ipecac]

I believe ALL voices in their videos are AI generated.

The AI voice is so polished it's really hard to tell it's not real even when you're listening to it for hours with headphones on.

What makes you think they're AI voices?

 

[Hentai-Semitism]

What makes you think they're AI voices?

Put on your headphones and listen to Randy or any other voice that isn't "The Guy". Radio Hour Episode 6 features AI version of Neil deGrasse Tyson. The Guy is the most believable by far, but since every other voice has been generated, I can only assume he isn't an exception.

 

[Hypercop]

What's the motivation to hate Joe Rogan if you're not a seething leftists?
>His comedy sucks
Well yeah almost all standup does

 

[evergreenrider]

What's the motivation to hate Joe Rogan if you're not a seething leftists?
>His comedy sucks
Well yeah almost all standup does

Like it or not, Joe is part of the new MSM and played a large part in the Trump reelection.

 

[Hentai-Semitism]

What's the motivation to hate Joe Rogan if you're not a seething leftists?
>His comedy sucks
Well yeah almost all standup does

Looks like you answered your own question. I'm not a seething leftist by any means and I understand where the EG guys are coming from.

Rogan became exteremely popular and all his buddies immediately jumped on the bandwagon. He talks a lot about freedom of speech, but won't say the forbidden words, so he isn't any different from any other public figure in the US in that regard. He treats standup like some kind of art and thinks very highly of his idols (Kinison, for instance) and himself. The "simulacrum" EG mentions multiple times is the small, insular world of comedians who have their own podcasts where they shill vodka and hair growth helmets.

I don't think those people are funny, either. I remember seeing Bill Burr on some Daily Tonight Late Night Live show and he was much more entertaining than in his special (can't remember the name). They all try too hard and it puts me off. Being funny is a natural thing and should't be forced. Think about all those sitcoms with their laugh tracks - I'm 95% convinced Seinfeld wouldn't have become so beloved without those disembodied voice samples playing every 5 seconds. They even blatantly reuse the same samples in their blooper reels, it's unbelievable.

I saw a bunch of episodes of Rogan's show back in the day, but only when he had interesting guests. It was never just for him. Duncan Trussell indeed sounded reasonable and I think he provided some real insight during his metaphysical rants. EG claim he fell off and became what he warned us about. He's wearing a $10K Rolex now, so I'm sure he's doing just fine. I don't really care because it's not like I'll ever meet any of those people. *shrug*

 

[Hentai-Semitism]

I found almost all of the episodes missing from their Youtube channel. The episodes that are both there and on Youtube have significant differences. You can clearly hear that the AI voices weren't as well developed in those earlier edits. For comparison:

Early version from Google Drive.

Youtube video - same episode, same segment.

Also, Randy's last name was Bachman and changed to Rushson. His former bandmate's name was Cummings, then changed to Jizzings.

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

What's the motivation to hate Joe Rogan if you're not a seething leftists?
>His comedy sucks
Well yeah almost all standup does

At least from what I heard is that he promotes unfunny comedians who latch unto him like parasites. He also likes to think of comedians as some special caste rather than the usual artist 99% are trash.

Politics wise he is like Elon Musk, his politics starts and ends with how comfortable it makes him feel rather than an ideology.

 

[Bitey Kong]

I really liked his Comedy Jonestown video. His point about everyone owning a Palantíri now was especially poignant. Not to derail the thread but when this guy was talking about losers trying to develop an alternative reality to run away from their life I was thinking to myself "boy this sounds a lot like trannys".

 

[Hentai-Semitism]

I was thinking to myself "boy this sounds a lot like trannys".

We'll call it the "tranilacrum".

 

[Korpon]

I do find it funny all these people only started hating Joe after he became supportive of Trump, Joe's always been a dumbass that's said dumb shit his entire career. He'll always be the Fear Factor/UFC guy that does good interviews now and then with interesting people to me. I don't get how they can get so worked up about him, he's like a caveman thawed out and given roids and weed and larps as a pseudo intellectual.

 

[Hentai-Semitism]

I do find it funny all these people only started hating Joe after he became supportive of Trump, Joe's always been a dumbass that's said dumb shit his entire career. He'll always be the Fear Factor/UFC guy that does good interviews now and then with interesting people to me. I don't get how they can get so worked up about him, he's like a caveman thawed out and given roids and weed and larps as a pseudo intellectual.

Do you count EG among "all these people"? They barely mention Trump or politics in general in any of their material. They bring up Gaza and Ukraine a few times only to immediately change the topic without making statements. I think it's intentional.

I'm not under the impression they're angry at Rogan - they simply think standup sucks and that treating it as high art is preposterous. There's two extended segments in those audio only episodes where they reply to (probably made up just like everything else) replies from their listeners and they mostly address the usual lame comebacks like "you're just jealous" or "why don't YOU make a comedy special, huh?".

I just realized that The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overtdrive are real bands. EG's Randy Bachman is a fictionalized version of a real person. I had no idea, but I never had interest in mainstream rock from the 1970s.

Real Randy Bachman

 

[Arcade Gannon]

Does he know he's Canadian? Or is he living in a hyperreal simulacrum of the USA?

 

[Hentai-Semitism]

Does he know he's Canadian? Or is he living in a hyperreal simulacrum of the USA?

EG's version of Randy Bachman is as Canadian as the real deal. Like I said in the OP, he lives on a tiny island near Vancouver, somewhere in this area. The coordinates are mentioned in one of the episodes and they're easy to miss if you aren't paying attention.

There's plenty of references to Canadian culture in EG's material. Hockey slang (suicide pass), Bret "Hitman" Hart, the Mounted Police etc. They sometimes say "eh?" and "about" with Canadian accent and there's two short segments where Randy speaks French.

I still think EG's creators aren't necessarily Canadian, seeing as pretty much everything they do is either completely made up and absurd or based on real life people and events. We just don't have any proof of that.