Red Letter Media Poorly Performs Minor Tasks

 

Based on the title, I thought this would be a "10 Minute Power Hour" clone. 

But no, it isn't that. The title is accurate and the video has no right to be as enjoyable as it is.

The David Letterman Story

 

A short documentary about the life of David Letterman.

Searching for the Writings of Thomas Jefferson on Amazon Yields a Slinky

 

In 1785, the Continental Congress created a report proposing what kind of money unit should be established in the United States - coinage of gold, silver, copper, etc. Titled "Propositions respecting the coinage of gold, silver, and copper," it was partly authored by Thomas Jefferson. Searching for this document on Amazon returns an error and a slinky.

But they make the slinky out of metal rather than paper, so there's that.

Irish People Try Smash Burgers

 

Are Smash Burgers superior? 6 Irish people can't be wrong.

I myself have been trying to perfect smash burgers recently and it's been a struggle but I'm learning and making progress. The amazing thing about smash burgers is: it's pretty fool-proof - even when I've messed up everything, the burgers are still good.

The Mr. T Set

 

Popcorn in Bed - Tombstone

It's been a while since I re-visited "Tombstone." Pretty classic.

Looking at the chat, I'm surprised at how many people claim the line "I'm your huckleberry" is actually "I'm your huckle bearer."

A copy of the script is online and it says "huckleberry." Also, Val Kilmer confirmed that it's "huckleberry":

The proponents arguing for "huckle bearer" did not give a lot of justification for their position, youtube chats don't allow for a great deal of explanation, but one reason I heard repeatedly was "huckleberry doesn't make any sense." Which itself makes no sense. People really expect to listen in on conversation from the past and understand every word intuitively?

Idioms of the past usually don't make sense. "I'm your huckleberry" means "I'm the one you want," "I'm the man for the job." You can read about further examples of that in the old west here.