Grunchmas Time is Here (2023-12-18)
- Broadcast Date: 2023-12-18
- YouTube Archive: Grunchmas Time is Here (ID:
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Overview
The Grunch presides over the annual Fucks List, adjudicating hundreds of submissions into horny/non-horny categories while Crum delivers a chat-assisted slam poem from Whoville. The broadcast culminates in a surprise Munch & Crum debate where chat forces Munch to apologize to Crun, securing Munch’s return to the network in a tenuous Christmas truce.
Segment rundown
| Start | End | Segment | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 07:05 | News: Grunchmas Cold Open: The Horny Grinch Ballad | Case Blackwell debuts as The Grunch, a horny Grinch variant, performing an original song establishing the Fucks List premise. |
| 07:05 | 01:01:28 | News: Grunchmas Fucks List: Population Judgment | The Grunch adjudicates a massive community-submitted roster of pop culture figures, fictional characters, and network personalities into ‘Fucks’ or ‘Doesn’t Fuck’ categories with surreal commentary. |
| 01:01:28 | 01:17:37 | News: The Night Before Crumsmas: Crowdsourced Slam Poetry | Crum delivers a freestyle Christmas poem from Whoville, heavily reliant on chat to supply rhymes, culminating in a degenerate holiday moral. |
| 01:56:04 | 01:58:17 | Chet Guy the Science Eyes: Chet Manscape Christmas Cameo | Chet appears as ‘Trent’ for a brief holiday check-in, discussing fitness spirituality and wishing Feliz Navajo before vanishing. |
| 02:06:59 | 02:12:28 | News: Pepito Check-In: Neutered Dog in a Jean Coat | Pepito appears in a Christmas jean coat with green paint in his eyes, confirms neutering, and sings a mournful carol before departing. |
| 02:29:27 | 02:34:35 | Hype Train: Fucksmas Train Derailment | Hype Train manifests as the Fucksmas Train, powered by the idea of sex rather than sex itself, laments exclusion from the Whoville orgy, and recalls devil stick hobby. |
| 02:39:02 | 02:50:03 | News: Lyrical Fucksmas: Freestyle Rap Adjudication | The Grunch speed-runs the remaining Fucks List entries via improvised rap over shifting beats, covering Undertaker, Edward Scissorhands, Falcor, Fivel, Michigan J. Frog, and the Twilight cast. |
| 02:51:08 | 03:03:52 | Munch & Crum: Christmas Miracle Debate: Munch Apologizes to Crum | Munch returns unannounced; a chat poll forces him to apologize to Crum on air, prompting a fragile truce and Munch’s agreement to return to the show. |
| 03:03:52 | 03:08:02 | News: Grunchmas Sign-Off & Raid | The Grunch declares the Fucks List complete, describes his annual hibernation-death-resurrection cycle, claims a fake orgy invite, and raids re_re. |
Characters
- Case Blackwell (speaking) — anchor. Hosts as The Grunch, a horny Grinch persona, running the annual Fucks List and mediating the Munch-Crum Christmas truce.
- Crum (speaking) — debate analyst. Delivers the crowdsourced ‘Night Before Crumsmas’ poem from Whoville and receives a forced on-air apology from Munch.
- Munch (speaking) — debate analyst. Crashes the Grunch cave, loses a chat poll, apologizes to Crum under duress, and agrees to return to the network.
- Pepito (speaking) — executive producer. Checks in wearing a jean coat with green paint in his eyes, confirms neutering, and sings a depressing carol.
- Hype Train (speaking) — musical correspondent. Manifests as the Fucksmas Train, laments missing the Whoville orgy, and recalls a devil stick hobby.
- Chet (Chet Manscape) (speaking) — science correspondent. Briefly appears as ‘Trent’ for a Christmas cameo discussing fitness spirituality.
- Liliana (speaking) — desk partner. Evaluated on the Fucks List; ruled ‘only mental domination’ and placed on Doesn’t Fuck.
- Jeff Ripple (speaking) — human-interest reporter. Referenced via his adult son appearing on the Fucks List; Jeff himself left off-list pending judgment.
Storyline updates
- Grunchmas: Annual Grunch Fucks List debut; Crum’s Whoville slam poem; Christmas Miracle debate forces Munch’s on-air apology and network return.
- Munch & Crum Rivalry: [2023-12-18] Munch returns unannounced, loses a chat poll 57-43, and is forced to apologize to Crum on air, agreeing to return to the show in a Christmas truce.
Lore notes
- 00:45 Case Blackwell: Performs annual Grunchmas stream as ‘The Grunch,’ a horny Grinch variant who maintains a Fucks List of pop culture figures.
- 01:01:28 Crum: Delivers the annual ‘Night Before Crumsmas’ freestyle poem from Whoville, relying on chat for rhymes.
- 02:08:00 Pepito: Confirmed neutered; owner is Fiona Nova; wears a Christmas jean coat and gets green paint in his eyes.
- 03:00:37 Munch: Agrees to return to the network after forced on-air apology to Crum; claims the show was ‘easier than ever’ without him.
- 01:57:41 Chet (Chet Manscape): Appears as ‘Trent’ for a Christmas cameo, discusses fitness as spiritual practice, wishes ‘Feliz Navajo.‘
Transcript
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