A Kingdom For my Fard | Checkers: Clubhouse 51

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@GameGrumps 2 жыл бұрын

WOOPS

@ryanbradford32 2 жыл бұрын

What’s up with is vid lol

@ryanbradford32 2 жыл бұрын

Who done goofed

@AtlanticCoastJoey 2 жыл бұрын

I blame Nagito

@jerritdugas4774 2 жыл бұрын

Checkboxes are hard

@softfuzzyman6618 2 жыл бұрын

who goofed it

@Nanofuture87 2 жыл бұрын

The "shidded" and "farded" count reached over a hundred total. Good to know that after all these years the Game Grumps are still holding themselves to the highest standards for quality content.

@dreadharte9746 2 жыл бұрын

This comment made me shid & fard.

@professorfukyu744 2 жыл бұрын

100 bowel movements an episode! Masterclass.

@patback2322 2 жыл бұрын

This episode made me fard and take a shidd

@harrisonmoore3841 2 жыл бұрын

Oh fud

@maydayredd6137 2 жыл бұрын

This is the shid i came 4 tbh

@TheSpikewerks 2 жыл бұрын

"hey Billy what's your favorite episode?" "I like the one where Arin and Dan talk about shiddin and farddin for a looooooong time"

@BrentKirgan 2 жыл бұрын

Thats like a few of them lately...

@resileaf9501 2 жыл бұрын

That's every episode, Billy, you'll have to be more specific.

@OninRuns 2 жыл бұрын

Not even 5 minutes in and I expected this comment.

@SaintSentry 2 жыл бұрын

It's not funny anymore

@kreeepyk0 2 жыл бұрын

Me too

@raeleeann4788 2 жыл бұрын

I love gamegrumps because to anyone who looks at my screen only sees a video of pleasant classic games, but in reality I am listening to 2 grown men say shidded and farded for 30 minutes.

@amara560 2 жыл бұрын

The words were on the screen for half the video though...

@danceswithdirt7197 2 жыл бұрын

What a time to be alive.

@kanebravo953 2 жыл бұрын

Way to steal another comment, you unoriginal clod

@raeleeann4788 2 жыл бұрын

@@kanebravo953 oh ok wow I literally thought of this 5 mins into the video, it's not that original of a thought, so someone else probably did come up with the same thing. But I had no idea.

@tacothedank 2 жыл бұрын

@@kanebravo953 go shid and fard your pants

@nbadude44 2 жыл бұрын

"Lord Vader, it seems, in your anger, you shidded." "I...I COULDN'T HAVE. I ONLY FARDED! I FELT IT!!!"

@makimoke 2 жыл бұрын

In a Galaxy Fard Fard away...

@BananaCreamRai 2 жыл бұрын

I lost the timestamp for this.

@ryansauchuk7290 7 ай бұрын

You were supposed to bring balance to the Shid not leave it Fard!

@bengarcia7700 2 жыл бұрын

I think adding the “shidded” and “farded” counter was the only way to make this episode releasable xD

@procrastinator99 2 жыл бұрын

I FEEL SO DUMB I DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE!

@moosinaround6279 2 жыл бұрын

I didn't even notice that until they where playing go, and I thought it was the score....

@bengarcia7700 2 жыл бұрын

@@procrastinator99 I wasn't looking at the vid for the first 20 minutes, but thought "wow guys really running this joke to the ground" when I looked and saw the counter I burst out laughing xD

@raymouvonsexburger8751 2 жыл бұрын

I dunno. Cuz I dont always WATCH GameGrumps about 80% of the time

@Venomonomonom 2 жыл бұрын

@reveriesyndrome1884 2 жыл бұрын

Hearing two grown men playing checkers while talking about shidding and fardding is exactly what I would expect from my local old folks home.

@Nahyoudontgetthat 2 жыл бұрын

What’s the difference? Oh right…. Arin says he won’t retire

@generalsynnacle23 2 жыл бұрын

I just hope those old folks homes aren’t discussing cumming too.

@crocadillius6418 2 жыл бұрын

@@generalsynnacle23 god forgive me for even saying this, but isn’t there a thing of STDs going around in some nursing homes?

@bluelfsuma 2 жыл бұрын

I hope Dan and Arin end up in the same retirement home.

@johnhazencook 2 жыл бұрын

Either a retirement home or an elementary school playground. Honestly there is little difference either way

@forere9207 2 жыл бұрын

Dan: "shid" Arin: "fard" Truly the pinnacle of comedy

@Martynde 2 жыл бұрын

It certainly is a form of comedy.

@gabrielstroup Жыл бұрын

Hey I’m shid I just fardid And we’re the shid-fards

@gabrielstroup Жыл бұрын

Hey I’m shid I just fardid And we’re the shid-fards

@EquinoxGX 2 жыл бұрын

Never in my life have I seen a man more adept at pulling defeat from the jaws of victory than Arin Hanson. Truly a master of farding and shidding.

@Jasper_Silva 2 жыл бұрын

Just like that one time he thought he farded, but he shidded.

@Andech_ 2 жыл бұрын

Really surprised we didn't get a "Luke, I am your Farder" joke.

@blackdragoncyrus 2 жыл бұрын

That's not the quote by the way.

@Andech_ 2 жыл бұрын

@@blackdragoncyrus I know. But I don't care.

@unfasten 2 жыл бұрын

@@blackdragoncyrus of course not, he says "father" not "farder"

@captainenergon6579 2 жыл бұрын

i thought your pfp was a minimalist penguin

@clerns 2 жыл бұрын

And now young Shidwalker, you shall fard.

@dalesullivan9571 2 жыл бұрын

We need a compilation of every time Arin has done a sonic impression. I bet it would be mostly him saying "oh no" and "alright".

@Griever78 2 жыл бұрын

“Gotta go fast!”

@mrcoolage5453 2 жыл бұрын

"That's no good"

@jfmangano 2 жыл бұрын

Props to the editor(s) handling the counters on this episode. You've provided a great service to the Game Grumps community. 👏👏👏

@infinitcheez 2 жыл бұрын

"Hey I'm shid" "I'm not so fard" "and we're the shard grumps!"

@Manigeitora 2 жыл бұрын

"and I THINK I SHARTED MYSELF"

@ThatReptilianGamer 2 жыл бұрын

Poetic that Shidded took over Fardded right as Arin lost the advantage

@pinffu 2 жыл бұрын

I thought for a moment that Arin's finally watched the Lord of the Rings, and then I was happy, but then Dan says he hasn't, and then I was sad.

@zacharylunstrum5623 2 жыл бұрын

I too thought he'd finally taken the time to share in it...

@stephen.dworkin 2 жыл бұрын

It’s the 20th anniversary of Fellowship so a good time to finally give it a chance.

@MrSpartan993 2 жыл бұрын

I beg the universe to convince Arin to just WATCH THE GAWDDAMN LOTR MOVIES ALREADY!!!

@attackdoughnut 2 жыл бұрын

I didn't think they're bringing it back. Clubhouse 51 LET'S GO!!

@wafflnator2057 2 жыл бұрын

This is like if two soundboards had a checkers match.

@ccyamato 2 жыл бұрын

Back in the days of 10 minute episodes, an entire episode of "shidded and farded" would have worked. In the era of 40 minutes episodes...I still would have sat through it.

@OninRuns 2 жыл бұрын

You mean, shat through it?

@notsure1969 2 жыл бұрын

You still would have *shat* through it?

@Ylurple 2 жыл бұрын

@@OninRuns no, shad

@ccyamato 2 жыл бұрын

@@OninRuns Only Arin could possibly shat for an entire episode of grumps.

@hippotripo6145 2 жыл бұрын

I think you meant to say you shat through it. No worries, I understand.

@SS4Inferno 2 жыл бұрын

"Metroid Dread is out?" Nice way to date the filming of this episode.

@crocadillius6418 2 жыл бұрын

Sheesh yeah. That was two months ago

@tjreardon8495 2 жыл бұрын

Weird considering in an earlier episode he mentioned he was racing against his friends in beating it?

@kenb9828 2 жыл бұрын

These type of episodes are backup filler spots for when there's little gaps in the trending stuff

@Youtube.Commen-tater 2 жыл бұрын

This comment was made one hour after the video was posted. *_Now who's dated?_*

@megancooper7773 2 жыл бұрын

The shidded and farded counter wrecked the production timeline smdh

@phasomyr 2 жыл бұрын

I can't believe I just watched two grown ass men play checkers while saying both "Shid" and "Fard" 50 times each, and I enjoyed it.

@TheRenHoek 2 жыл бұрын

This is the single dumbest episode of GameGrumps ever, and I loved every second of it.

@Manigeitora 2 жыл бұрын

Mickey mousecapades would like a word...

@Violn95 Жыл бұрын

@@Manigeitora Gubble has things to say

@ryansauchuk7290 7 ай бұрын

@@Manigeitorafirst of all...

@Kelserran 2 жыл бұрын

Oh, for those who enjoyed the Do The Dantorial episode early, it's like a double grump day or something , lol

@tjwhitworth8317 2 жыл бұрын

Ikr

@flamingjockeys 2 жыл бұрын

Oh i almost didnt click on this because i assumed it was the same one that i just finished watching

@saifuusuri 2 жыл бұрын

I watched a bit but got bored and stopped. Really wish I had finished it.

@victorblas3483 2 жыл бұрын

I saw the whole thing ,woot!

@Kelarys 2 жыл бұрын

damn, sad I missed it, because I was fucking stoked to watch them play it lol

@bilbebop3693 2 жыл бұрын

I love how disconnected from KZfaq Dan is despite being a KZfaqr.

@Squiggy2010 2 жыл бұрын

He is like 60 though so he wouldn't know the new fangled tech

@char_shine 2 жыл бұрын

@@cmmartti nah hes like 70

@lizzzylavender 2 жыл бұрын

@@char_shine Actually he’s 69

@PianoViolinGuitar 2 жыл бұрын

@@lizzzylavender but according to Arin’s life story, Dan shidded his DQ in 1942 at the age of 2 so he’s actually 81 😂

@quinndaniels1928 2 жыл бұрын

@@Squiggy2010 new-fardled?

@Rumcake256 2 жыл бұрын

"Oh Orthello is a short game!" Narrator: It was not a short game.

@kyrrha820 2 жыл бұрын

I have seen countless episodes of Game Grumps, but the specific cadence Arin has while playing clubhouse is delightful.

@robjohnsonmusicandgaming 2 жыл бұрын

Arin: "it's the best move" Dan: "oh, I win!" XD

@jrreedve2825 2 жыл бұрын

Ah fond memories of being DESTROYED by my Grandpa in checkers. Even at the end, when he was on medication for the pain, I never even stood a chance.

@ryansauchuk7290 7 ай бұрын

He was a master of both shidding and farding

@blnkdan 2 жыл бұрын

Don’t worry, take your time, you’ll get it eventually

@rileymachelle4088 2 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@Gomaaaa 2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that Arin's "Well, well, well" at 27:00 synced up perfectly with the music

@TheJshox 2 жыл бұрын

Usually I get annoyed when the grumps get stuck on saying something a bunch, but shid and fard actually tickles me a bit.

@jmurphy0684 2 жыл бұрын

“Here’s a thing we’ve never said on the show!” And the world may never know…

@Marcusml333 2 жыл бұрын

I hope people upvote your comment so Arin notices and lets us know in a future episode.

@ShakatheHerald 2 жыл бұрын

Timestamp is 18:50 for those interested

@personreviewslife 2 жыл бұрын

I'm going to give a leading guess (like you do with a friend "what was I talking about?") and say MAYBE it had something to do with the end cards misspelling of SUBSCRIBE... Based on what Dan said just before...18:47 But yeah, hopefully he just sees and tells us 😅

@Jasper_Silva 2 жыл бұрын

It's probably something to do with Chad

@tnayeen.ashghatank 2 жыл бұрын

I came here to comment this

@DerpyGrump 2 жыл бұрын

“You shall not Shidd/Fard!” Best Star Wars quote.

@saucyblossom 2 жыл бұрын

Awe, dang. I remember already seeing this notification. This means they must have posted the wrong video first and I missed it. 😂 They're training us to click faster on their videos because you never know what will happen... Clever noodles

@clemfandango4442 2 жыл бұрын

Respect to the person or people whose job it was to watch this whole video and make sure the shid/fard counts were correctly maintaned.

@theresaburgess3819 2 жыл бұрын

I love how Danny immediately gets mad at arin for playing the same game twice then follows it up with a soft and sweet I kno it's ok arin. Its great

@cinderellacomplex7 2 жыл бұрын

For those attending the Europe shows hoping to see Arin, check carefully because he's not in all the shows, like Dublin for example.

@CuppycakeWillow 2 жыл бұрын

I'm a 38-yo woman and I'm laughing my butt off listening to 36 minutes of shidding and farding jokes. Maturity over 9000.

@LinNeTule 2 жыл бұрын

Lucahjin?!

@CuppycakeWillow 2 жыл бұрын

@@LinNeTule Given her sub count, I wish!

@SpectreKelevra 2 жыл бұрын

Much more exciting than the Dan vs. Arin game, I was on the edge of my seat wondering if Shidded or Farded would win. Man, When Shidded caught up to Farded at 40 then just passed it, I'd pay for the level of entertainment.

@olihill8297 2 жыл бұрын

i was updating my boyfriend like a sports announcer the entire time

@Cleanframe 2 жыл бұрын

I can literally watch these two read the newspaper cause they would still make it entertaining

@alandotson6388 2 жыл бұрын

Best part of this episode was watching the shid and fard counters going back and forth lol was like watching a game while watching a game 😂

@kawaiiconcept7479 2 жыл бұрын

Dan 'meow'ing to music is one of my favorite things he does

@Manigeitora 2 жыл бұрын

It reminds me of a story Dan told about an old coworker of his who would just sit and meow while at her desk, and she said something along the lines of "not a lot of people can hang with my meows"

@X23SSaviourGundam 2 жыл бұрын

All this game does is make me excited for Arins' "Nuzlocke run"

@xancarter1927 2 жыл бұрын

Surely to be a tragedy for the ages

@_Starlightwitch_ 2 жыл бұрын

Arin’s doing a nuzlocke? If so, there’s no doubt in my mind that it’s gonna an hilariously tragic one.

@Manigeitora 2 жыл бұрын

@@_Starlightwitch_ I'm honestly really excited for them to catch a pokémon that Dan falls immediately in love with, only for it to die within the next two episodes.

@gemini0016 2 жыл бұрын

18:11 Arin’s brain just breaking gosh I feel ya man 😂

@zainsalmon4694 2 жыл бұрын

It's strange how they can laugh at the same thing more than 50 times in one video, but that's how they function sometimes 🙂

@ravenyangluciferinfinite536 2 жыл бұрын

this is surpassingly one of the most chaotic yet relaxing episode of GAME GRUMPS to watch haha

@allenlewis5689 2 жыл бұрын

12:40 FINALLY! The shid and fard counters aligned! EDIT: Oh no, shid has taken over by a long shot! Things will never be the same...

@rapiertapir5780 2 жыл бұрын

It’s really nice, we were able to get two videos today. Thank you everyone on the grumps team, these videos help to make our day

@echo1426 2 жыл бұрын

Two?

@jaydenverse8260 2 жыл бұрын

@@echo1426 the wrong episode was uploaded before this

@echo1426 2 жыл бұрын

@@jaydenverse8260 dang, guess I missed it

@nerdycurls6253 2 жыл бұрын

I thought I was crazy XD watched half then had to go make dinner only to come back to a completely different vid. Thanks for the comment never would've realized.

@MrDuckyJ 2 жыл бұрын

Christmas time is pretty hectic for the grumps' uploading team

@googiegress7459 2 жыл бұрын

The holiday season can be tough for families, and all they want to do is eat a turkey.

@dexterityisbetterthanstren8961 2 жыл бұрын

@@googiegress7459 whole and alive

@googiegress7459 2 жыл бұрын

@@dexterityisbetterthanstren8961 Well not for long, I imagine ;)

@CuriousMisterG 2 жыл бұрын

My favorite episode is when they talk about shidding and fardding for a looooooong time.

@shadesmcf 2 жыл бұрын

And so the turf war between shidded and farded has ended Farded fought valiantly, however there was so much shidd everywhere. So in the end Shidded was the winner 🏆

@identityfor 2 жыл бұрын

How?

@chubmouse 2 жыл бұрын

So in the end...

@Manigeitora 2 жыл бұрын

So Arin was right, and once more the shid rule the galaxy.

@Jinzo9988 2 жыл бұрын

I don't know whether they meant to do this as a comedic device for the audience or not, but sometimes repetition like this really works. I started the episode smiling at every shid and fard, and by the end of it over the course of being broken down by it, I'm dying.

@Taitou25 2 жыл бұрын

"Out of my mouth goes the choo-choo trolley!" remains my favorite bit of this whole episode

@jodi106 2 жыл бұрын

Just that classic Arin "Uh oh..." Is always the best. XD

@jasonmallo1505 2 жыл бұрын

This episode feels like a Game Grumps DVD exclusive bonus episode

@pattykakes1076 2 жыл бұрын

Dan: They are going to think we are so stupid. Us: loving how much fun you two are having together

@olihill8297 2 жыл бұрын

its literally my favorite thing about grumps its just them genuinely LOVING each others company and its so infectious

@thelast_dinonugget 2 жыл бұрын

GG: We uploaded the wrong episode! Everyone: *There are no accidents.*

@identityfor 2 жыл бұрын

What's the implication?

@thelast_dinonugget 2 жыл бұрын

@@identityfor that this episode is good enough to be the right one

@davidc3040 2 жыл бұрын

the fact that shidded was said 68 times is absolutely amazing and disappointing at the same time

@GarbageGaming_ 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Game Grumps, thanks for bringing back the older style thumbnails. Hope they stay like that!

@illegalseagulls 2 жыл бұрын

Who was here for the episode that was taken down before this? 😉

@Nitsua16 2 жыл бұрын

I didn’t finish it - I was halfway through and paused it to do other things. Then I tried playing it and it said there was an error. I was really lost as to why the video I was just watching no longer existed. lol

@matthewelliott7294 2 жыл бұрын

I will say that there is a bright side to this, the bots who would invade the comment section are screwed.

@brendonmccord 2 жыл бұрын

@adeball 2 жыл бұрын

The chill music, the classic games and the silly fart jokes really is like therapy to me. Especially when its Arin Sexbomb and Dan Handsome talking

@thatweirdgirl8466 2 жыл бұрын

10:34 OBJECTION! That should not count towards the “Shidded” count because Arin very clearly said “shiT” annunciating the T at the end!

@mackenziesoltis4936 2 жыл бұрын

There were a few misunderstood like that

@TheJege12 2 жыл бұрын

25:22 HOLY SHIT I said "chicken parm" at the exact time as Dan did

@fakebobbyhill296 2 жыл бұрын

I like the one where Danny and Arin talked about shidding and farding *a lot.*

@stoobler959 2 жыл бұрын

This episode feels like a spiritual sequel to Mickey Mousecapade with how many times shit is mentioned

@tvftw1 2 жыл бұрын

That 2nd checkers game was the most one sided match I've ever seen of it

@piplup10203854 2 жыл бұрын

Chancellor Palpatine we're outnumbered! They're farding in numbers beyond our anticipation, what do we do palpatine! Palpatine: "Just shid it."

@iscremintothevoid 2 жыл бұрын

Backgammon? More like back GANON! I'll see myself out

@notsure1969 2 жыл бұрын

Back Ganon deez nuts.

@razorbladecass 2 жыл бұрын

Dan's little giggle when Arin says "shid" or "fard" is the cutest

@meatimus 2 жыл бұрын

I'm sitting here trying to direct past Dan through my computer as he fumbles his way through Othello

@WaffleKingler 2 жыл бұрын

On God, this has to be one of the chillest episodes of GG. I absolutely love this episode ❤️

@Emetry 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks to continued spiking, they're playing Clubhouse 51 again during ANOTHER peak of the Backstreet Boys Reunion Tour! Time is a flat circle.

@JoshuaClarke 2 жыл бұрын

The true joy of this episode was watching the counters to see which got higher, the shidded or the farded. What a truly wonderful birthday gift.

@UNsaltyCracker 2 жыл бұрын

I am newly homeless and sleeping in my car but watching these every day brings my day up

@oddmott7653 2 жыл бұрын

I'm going to use Shid & Fard w/ my friends in the chat from now on. They'll get used to it eventually. Thanks Game Grumps XD

@silversugar2140 2 жыл бұрын

I love how invested I am with the Shidded and Farded counter. So silly. Love you Grumps. ♡

@VacntThoughts 2 жыл бұрын

There is an awful clicking sound like something is wrong with one of their mics, drove me a little crazy.

@cbm3 2 жыл бұрын

yeah i hear it too...a lot

@Shubba_Dubba 2 жыл бұрын

That’s part of the game music.

@CrimsonKiwii 2 жыл бұрын

I almost finished the other video already

@astrowolvez 2 жыл бұрын

What was it? I only saw the thumbnail.

@tjwhitworth8317 2 жыл бұрын

@@astrowolvez backgammon

@hostilecrayon 2 жыл бұрын

I wanted to finish it, sad.

@Whawha96 2 жыл бұрын

If the ep has a shid and fard count, you know it's gonna be a good one.

@sagegibbs-mckearney6074 2 жыл бұрын

That bit at around 11:30 is beautiful. "And who shall be your shid?!"

@IcefisherTenacity 2 жыл бұрын

7:08 After Arin took the double and raised the stakes, he lost his turn because he MUST get the white piece off the Bar but 6s can’t do that. He couldn’t use all four 6s. Sad, but he didn’t “skip” his turn. The doubling action was irrelevant to getting double 6s on the dice right after.

@Akamutt 2 жыл бұрын

This comment makes absolutely no sense now that they changed the video lmao

@IcefisherTenacity 2 жыл бұрын

@@Akamutt oh my bad

@RHM087 2 жыл бұрын

Arin's Palpatine sounds like a cross between Darth Sidious and RTGames' Manfred von Karma (Palpatine, NO!) [edited to remove mention of this episode being taken down to correct the mistake; the title and thumbnail were changed to reflect that this is not in fact the backgammon episode]

@LycanLink 2 жыл бұрын

May the Grumps never stop putting out board game episodes. They're always a treasure.

@PunishedTlacuache 2 жыл бұрын

What's your favourite episode billy? Billy: I like the one where they talk about shidding & farding for a looooooong time!

@Dorian_Scott 2 жыл бұрын

Zugoff is my favorite Grump.

@MrDuckyJ 2 жыл бұрын

I left the backgammon vid to look at the intro of another vid for Zugoff and I didn't get to see who won

@ryans8113 2 жыл бұрын

No stream tap to retry

@alturkeiabdullah 2 жыл бұрын

No stream tap to retry

@TheLugiaSong 2 жыл бұрын

Oh man I'm glad you guys are doing more board game stuff. The Chinese Checkers episodes are some of my favourite GG for some reason.

@casmorass7481 2 жыл бұрын

12:37 at long last, Danny has brought balance to the force

@Sharon_Hocutt 2 жыл бұрын

their singing is so soothing

@gwidao123 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Arin, that "gomoku" isn't actually Go, its a version of go where you only have to put 5 pieces in a row before your opponent, kinda like connect4 but with a really big board

@vinnygothika7510 2 жыл бұрын

"Are you doing alright?" "I don't know man.." ..... Yeah that pretty much sums up every day for most of us...

@Sybato Жыл бұрын

I like how Dan says "You really should see Lord of the Rings" to Arin like it's visiting a doctor for an annual checkup

@c.ladimore1237 2 жыл бұрын

i have literally no idea what is going on in the last game "othello" as i have never heard of it or know the rules, yet still it is funny to watch.

@fullymodeled7357 2 жыл бұрын

Basically, you have to place your piece in a row, column, or diagonal, so that your opponent's piece or pieces are between one of your pieces already there and the one you just played. All your opponent's pieces that are between then become yours. The walls are desirable since they can only be taken from one direction, while the corners cannot be taken at all once claimed.