Best of the Worst

A RedLetterMedia production where the gang watches terrible movies, from bizarre instructional videos to obscure B-movies and decide which is - the Best of the Worst. The idea came about when Mike and Jay decided they needed something even more low-effort than Half in the Bag. It is notable for its utopian aspirations, in that the world it portrays only features women as abstractions. You may think you remember women having appeared on the show, but you don't.

In recent years, the team have introduced increasingly irrelevant gimmicks in a desperate bid to keep what was always a tired and uninteresting concept alive just a bit longer.

It has been running since 2013, and is probably their second most popular production behind Half in the Bag.

Structure

A normal episode goes something like this:

1. intro
   1. Two of the boys go through the theme of the episode if there is one
   2. they select the first VHS tape from the shelf and read the back of the box
   3. a quick clip of the boys watching the VHS tape
   4. cut back to the shelf, where they select the second VHS tape, and read the back of the box
   5. a clip of them watching the second VHS tape
   6. cut back to the shelf again, they select the third VHS tape, read the box
   7. clip of them watching the third VHS tape
2. Panel
   1. four of the boys will discuss the three tapes watched one by one (This takes up about 80% of the video)
3. destruction
   1. If a tape is bad enough, the boys will choose an inventive way to eradicate it from the face of the earth

Gimmicks

The wheel of the worst

• The boys spin a wheel of video tapes four times and then watch whatever the wheel lands on (unless there is something really interesting on there, then Rich will veto)
• usually involves PSAs and informational videos, not actual movies
• They have found some of their favourite (Surviving edged weapons, Creating Rem Lazar) and least favourite (Rainbow's Remedy, Tales from Genesis Space) videos with this gimmick

Plinketto

• A big pachinko board, but with garbage B-movies at the bottom

Halloween special

• The boys pick 3 horror movies to watch

Christmas special

• for Christmas, the boys usually wrap up a collection of Christmas movies and another genre, and then randomly pick the tapes to unwrap
• for 2020, the boys did a special version of Black Spine Edition

Battle of the Genres

• The boys pick 3 different movies from 3 different genres based on the front cover

Black Spine Edition & Black Spine Junka

• The boys have a collection of tapes with either no spine label or front label
• They have loads of these things collecting dust, so sometimes they decide to watch a few of them at random
• Black Spine Junka:
  • they make a Jenga tower with the tapes
  • whoever pulls the most tapes without the tower collapsing has to watch their tapes
  • sometimes they have to put a tape of Nukie on top for every tape they take out

Panel members

Jay and/or Mike and/or Rich appear in every episode, with a selection of guests:

• Jack Packard
• Josh Davis
• Colin Cunningham
• Jim Maxwell
• Tim Higgins
• Jessi Nakles (formerly/allegedly)

Celebrity guests

• Macaulay Culkin
• Gillian Bellinger
• Freddie Williams
• Len Kabasinski
• Max Landis (yeah I know)
• Simon Barrett
• Patton Oswalt
• Jack Quaid

List of episodes

Season 1 (2013)

• "Russian Terminator, Ninja Vengeance, and Never Too Young to Die"
• "The New Gladiators, Exterminator 2, and Aftermath"
• "The Killer Eye, They Bite, and Xtro"
• "Deadly Prey, Hard Ticket to Hawaii, and Miami Connection"
• "The Wheel of the Worst"
• "The Vindicator, Cyber Tracker, Robot Jox, and R.O.T.O.R."
• "Playing Dangerous, Shapeshifter, and Thunderpants"
• "Wheel of the Worst 2"
• "V-World Matrix, The Amazing Bulk, and ????"
• "Bloody Birthday, Crazy Fat Ethel II, and Psycho From Texas"
• "Night Beast, Trick or Treat, and Skull Forest"
• "Wheel of the Worst 3"
• "Playing Dangerous 2, the Exterminator, and the Deadliest Prey"
• "Elves, Santa Claus, and Christmas Vacation 2"

Season 2 (2014)

• "Robo-C.H.I.C., Alien Seed, and Yor: The Hunter from the Future"
• "Wheel of the Worst 4"
• "Supergirl, Captain America (1990), and Roger Corman's Fantastic Four"
• "Ninja Movies"
• "Wheel of the Worst 5"
• "Ghetto Blaster, Terror in Beverly Hills, and Killing American Style"
• "High Voltage, Death Spa, and Space Mutiny"
• "Shakma, Python II, and Beaks: The Movie"
• "Wheel of the Worst 6"
• "Theodore Rex, Carnosaur, Tammy and the T-Rex"
• "The Item, the Crawlers, and Blood Lock"
• "Wheel of the Worst 7"
• "The Star Wars Holiday Special"
• "The Star Wars Holiday Special (FOR REAL)"

Season 3 (2015)

• "Alienator, Alien from the Deep, and Hands of Steel"
• "Blood Debts, the Tomb, and Undefeatable"
• "Wheel of the Worst 8"
• "Lady Terminator, Lost in Dinosaur World, and Low Blow"
• "Wheel of the Worst 9"
• "Future War, The Jar, and White Fire"
• "Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park, Killer Workout, and Mystics in Bali"
• "The Photon Effect, How I Saved the President, and Double Down"
• "A Very Cannon Christmas"

Season 4 (2016)

• "Wheel of the Worst 10"
• "Order of the Black Eagle, Wired to Kill, and Raiders of Atlantis"
• "Plinketto #1"
• "Wheel of the Worst 11"
• "Pocket Ninjas, Cyclone, and Dangerous Men"
• "Wheel of the Worst 12"
• "Plinketto 2"
• "Parole Violators, Future Force, and Geteven"
• "Scary or Die, Chopping Mall, Exorcist II: The Heretic"
• "Wheel of the Worst 13"
• "RepliGATOR, Johnson Family Christmas Dinner, and Alligator"

Season 5 (2017)

• "Plinketto #3"
• "Carnosaur 2, the Skateboard Kid 2, and Future Zone"
• "Biohazard, Slaughter High, and Kill Point"
• "Wheel of the Worst 14"
• "Bigfoot vs D.B. Cooper, Black Cougar, and Raw Force"
• "Hollywood Cop"
• "Wheel of the Worst 15"
• "The Sweeper, Empire of the Dark, and Mad Foxes"
• "The Last Vampire on Earth"
• "Plinketto 4"
• "Vampire Assassin, Hack-O-Lantern, and Cathy's Curse"
• "Suburban Sasquatch"
• "Wheel of the Worst #16"
• "Merry Kick-mas!"

Season 6 (2018)

• "Plinketto 5"
• "The Black Spine Edition"
• "Hologram Man, Faust, and Blood Street"
• "Plinketto #6"
• "Kill Squad, Ryan's Babe, and Demonwarp"
• "Wheel of the Worst 17"
• "Night of the Lepus, Zombie 3, and Silk"
• "Lycan Colony"
• "Carnivore, HauntedWeen, and Black Roses"
• "Black Spine Edition 2"
• "Plinketto 7"
• "Christmas or Cats"

Season 7 (2019)

• "Cybernator, Panther Squad, and Project Metalbeast"
• "Wheel of the Worst 18"
• "Spookies, Action USA, and Alien Private Eye"
• "Twister's Revenge"
• "Wheel of the Worst 19"
• "Black Spine Edition 3"
• "Hawk Jones, Winterbeast, and ROAR"
• "Plinketto #8"
• "Petey Wheatstraw"
• "The Instructor, Through Doohan's Eye, and Twisted Pair"
• "Wheel of the Worst 20"
• "Jack-O, Rock n' Roll Nightmare, and Shark Exorcist"
• "A Very Scary Christmas"

Season 8 (2020)

• "Wicked World"
• "Black Spine Junka 2"
• "Showdown, Robot in the Family, and Bloodz vs. Wolvez"
• "Bad Movie Scavenger Hunt"
• "Wheel of the Worst 21"
• "Diamond Cobra vs. The White Fox"
• "Twin Dragon Encounter, American Rickshaw, and Infested"
• "Shock Em Dead, Hollow Gate, and The Satan Killer"
• "Ben and Arthur"
• "Christmas 2020"

Season 9 (2021)

• "Plinketto 9"
• "Blood Shack (aka The Chooper)"
• "LA Wars, Unmasking the Idol, and Robowoman"
• "Wheel of the Black Spine Plinketto"
• "A*P*E, Easy Kill, and Honorable Men"
• "Wheel of the Worst 22"
• "Dragon Hunt, Tartarus, and Born into Mafia"
• "Black Spine Raffle"
• "Halloween Spooktacular 2021"
• "New York Ninja"
• "Christmas 2021"

Season 10 (2022)

• "Blindfold Picks!"
• "Wheel of the Worst #23"
• "Plinketto #10"
• "Clash in the College"
• "Black Spine Junka 3"
• "Bad Movie Scavenger Hunt Too"
• "Halloween 2022"
• "Cyborg and Arcade (Albert Pyun Double Feature)"
• "A Very Cannon Christmas II"

Season 11 (2023)

• "Wheel of the Worst #24"
• "After Last Season"
• "New Releases!"
• "Hawk the Slayer and THE ACTOR FROM MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE with the X-Ray Eyes"
• Wheel of the Worst #25
• Back in Action vs. Enemy Territory
• Wheel of the Worst #26
• Halloween 2023
• Junka 4
• Wish Upon
• Christmas Plinketto

External links

• Best of the Worst at IMDb
• Best of the Worst playlist on YouTube