Fun fact: Sungwon Cho, the voice actor for Mordecai Heller, was doing fandubs of the original Lackadaisy comic almost a decade before being cast as that character!

BRO THE INTRO 💀💀💀

I love this ragtag little band. Between Rocky's ostentatious personality, Freckle's timid till provoked attitude, and Pepper's adorable but capable presence, I can't wait to see where this all goes next.

Everything about this just works so beautifully. The concept is really interesting, I love the setting and the animation, character designs, sound effects, the intro is fire, and voice acting are all incredible. Rocky's my current favorite. I love how theatrical and unhinged he is. Fable Siegel and the rest of the team did an amazing job bringing this world from webcomic to webvideo. I hope it's just the first of what's to come.

Rocky is basically "Let's put a Chaotic Stupid Bard in the Prohibition era"

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="75">1:15</a> yep that’s the same voice actor for N from murder drones. As well he voices Jax in the Amazing Digital Circus.

Nope, not an AK - a "BAR Automatic Rifle." And that three-shot burst is a standard way to fire it. That really is how the dancer, Isadora Duncan died - her scarf got caught in the wheel of the convertible she was riding.

I've been looking forward to this! Also, some fun little details for you: -Freckle's constant battle with Rocky's tail in his face. -Mordecai never misses a shot. He is as meticulous as clockwork, hence the sound design, and his pain at being muddied by water. He never takes a shot he isn't 100% sure he'll hit, or he only misses when he means to or when fate chooses for him. He misses them the first time due to the ball of chaos that is Rocky taking them off-road, and he chooses not to take the shot at Ivy because he used to work for Lackadaisy, hence Serafine worrying he'll be "sentimental about old times," and he wouldn't shoot Ivy, Atlas' god-daughter, out of loyalty for his old boss. The first time he aims at the car, he sees Rocky, not Ivy, and he shows no hesitation. Every other time he goes to shoot, he doesn't waste a bullet, unlike Freckle and Serafine. -Viktor isn't Russian, as the chat thought. He's from Austro-Hungary. A soldier from the Central Powers, who defected to our side and moved to the US after WW1. A good thing this comic does is show the abundance of immigrants forced into a life of crime by Prohibition and The Depression. He used to have the same job as Mordecai in Lackadaisy, being a hatchet-man, before Mordecai put his knee the opposite way than it should be using a crowbar. Now he's the barman, hence the abrasive attitude. He's protective of Ivy, hence stopping her drinking, glaring at Freckle and looking angry when they say they had an "incident" during the pick-up. -To add to my prior point, Rocky and Freckle are Irish and Freckle joined cos the Police Academy rejected him and Rocky was part of a travelling circus and many bands all over due to his idiosyncrasies or possible neurodivergence preventing him from getting stable work until joining the band at Lackadaisy and becoming an errand boy for Mitzi, Serafine and Nicodeme are Creole/Cajun African-American and were orphans with nowhere else to turn, Mordecai is from a Jewish family in NY and needed the money before being saved from many bad choices by Atlas, Viktor is from The Balkans and after being a soldier was assumed to be a commie and nearly arrested, Dorian Zibowski (Zib) has a last name that implies Eastern-European influence in his family and travelled around with Mitzi and their band having never had stable work, and the unseen double-dealing "Funeral Home" suppliers have a Brit in their mix who was a former soldier misplaced by the war and his marriage to an American Nurse. Many of these characters represent the real-life minorities that took to a life of crime when a lawful life failed them. In the story they all have their own reasons for being there, much like real life. Makes it more historically accurate. -The quarry that Rocky wrecks, he wrecked on purpose. You can see his intent when he purposefully crashes through the "Sable" sign with an evil grin. Mr Sedgewick Sable, the top-hat wearing fop at the bar, AKA Wick, is the owner of the Quarry and Rocky has beef with him, hence him messing with him later about the Dynamite and the Heavy Machinery. We see him at the very end of the vid, lamenting the damage done to his quarry. -Rocky is so unstable that no-one allows him to use guns. He still finds ways to cause chaos though. -The obituary Mitzi is reading in her study is a real one from the time period. A famous socialite and actress killed by her scarf getting caught in the wheels of her convertible car. Mitzi in the comics is known to read obituaries, since they're more light-hearted than the reality of her failing speakeasy. -Freckle is so good as to out-manoeuvre a cold-blooded killer like Mordecai because he was in the police academy. He'd have made a great cop if it weren't for his familial history of... instability. We see this whenever he gets his hands on a weapon. The only time he doesn't become a giggling loon like his cousin Rocky is when the gun it so small it'll only distract someone. He's still a stone cold killer up until the point his crush Ivy is in danger, then he forgets his training, wastes his bullets and exposes himself to Mordecai. That says a lot about him right there. -Zib isn't a sloppy drunk. He doesn't drink. He's just sloppy. Consciousness is a continuum for him, not a binary. He's nicknamed Triangle Cat by the fandom, since he's drawn exclusively through triangular shapes. This strange existence is why he hasn't been able to hold any other job besides itinerant musician, he's one of those spacy, artistically minded savant types. Jack Sparrow mixed with Oscar Wilde. -Serafine's weapon is a BAR, not an AK or Tommy. Freckle's gun is a Tommy. Her BAR is custom, with a sawn-off barrel and crocodile engraving on the foregrip. She and her brother Nicodeme are from the Bayous and Swamps of New Orleans, hence the croc and their lack of complaint about water and mud. This also explains their creole/cajun accents and odd Francophone interjections. -My favourite little detail, direct from the comics, Mitzi's little "Pat-Pat" on Viktor's arm when he glares at Freckle and Ivy dancing. She does it a lot in the comics and I'm so glad it was included for no reason other than it's adorable. -Every cat is carefully chosen. While the characters could be human, and the story wouldn't change, their personalities are kind of influenced by their breed; or vice-versa. Best example is Freckle; adorable and such a sweetheart, but also absolutely mental when set off. Big orange cat energy. PLEASE read the comic if you get chance, it is so good and the art is breath-taking. Considering it was beautiful in 2006 when it started, and Tracy's had that long to practice, it's stunning now. My favourite panel is from the page labelled "Voodooienne" on their website.

Lackadaisy is such an amazing pilot. Love the animation and the characters. If you like the colorful art style and such, I would recommend Epithet Erased and even BigTop Burger

Wow, never thought the day would come when I’d see your reaction to this masterpiece. If the show’s anywhere near this quality it’ll be nothing short of amazing

This is such a good comics series. If they stick to what was in the comic, this is rocky at his most sane. Can't wait to see more.

I absolutley loved this as a Webcomic, and its gonne be even batter being animated! Love the reactions and all the film nerd analysis :)

"I am submissive and breedable to your KZfaq recommendations" I'm sorry Alicia but that will live rent free in my head for eternity.

While nearly every aspect of this show is absolutely amazing, the attention to details like the way the boss had his whiskers twitch when they said he looked disappointed. The details that they nailed with actual cat behavior are incredible.

Reaction or not, If you’re curious about Mordecai’s “old times” you’ll find Lackadaisy has old comics dubbed on their KZfaq channel and also posted on other socials such as deviant art. They were always a treat and are what got me excited to see these characters animated.

This pilot is just so fun looking.

Aww, it's kinda neat to see someone discovering all the top tier indie animations at once! It's almost like getting to relive the first experience through a window!

The creators have a comic you could freely read on the Internet if you're interested. I highly recommend it.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="624">10:24</a> it’s a bar. (Browning automatic rifle looks to be the 1918 model to be precise)

Michael is everywhere, we cannot escape him.

I used to read the webcomic in like 2006. Was so excited for this when it came out.

Really glad you enjoyed it! (had a fan of yours point me to your react). The team really gave us a lot of freedom to do what we wanted with the sound design, it's rare when someone points it out. Thank you.

😅 <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="488">8:08</a> yeah, they have a lot of comics on their channel 2 that are really fun to watch. They are voiceover and everything that’s how I learned. Freckles mother is a plump, extremely religious, Irish woman.

I had a feeling Lackadaisy would pop up with the recent videos, and I’m glad it did. Such a great animation

" Oh that's an AK. " - Good thing her fiance wasn't here. The " villain " woman had a BAR. That thing had two fire modes. Fully automatic and FULLER automatic. ... Your BAR literally had a switch that nearly doubled the fire rate if you were US military at the time. The implication is that the ones chasing the main characters were all veterans or at least had ties to veterans. The woman has a BAR. The buff male has a Mauser C96. I think his name is Mordecai- the uptight marksman cat - is using a Colt1911. The sidearm Americans used for WW1, 2 and that we till use modernized variants of today. I only know WW1 and 2 guns, really. They're neat because it's cool to see all the various workarounds different nations had for accuracy, firepower and rate of fire. Thompsons for example being great accuracy and punching power-wise because of the whole .45 caliber thing, but then you had the fact the Thompson was so heavy and expensive, which is the opposite you want for an SMG - so instead you got cheap grease guns that worked much better and were still accurate / useful for tank crews or other units that were doing things like fighting in the tropical climates around Japan's islands.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="621">10:21</a> That gun she was shooting wasn’t a AK, it was a sawed off BAR (Browning Automatig Rifle).

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1676">27:56</a> The face drop.... It killed me. XD

such a great pilot! the websit were they had put the web comic broke when that pilot came out!

They really don't make em like this anymore. You can really tell people took the time to draw all the little details. Glad to see people still know how to draw animation like this.

The only guns I for sure can identify in this one are as follows: (in order of appearance) Colt Monitor/M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle(commonly referred to as the BAR), M1921 Thompson, and the Colt M1911. Three of the most recognizable to gun enthusiasts like myself. I can't get a good enough image of the revolver, and I am too unfamiliar with that tiny little pocket pistol to identify either one with confidence.

You are going to love Lackadaisy it's great. I put Lackadaisy in the same universe as SWAT Kats if you seen the cartoon. Really love the animation style.

Oh I was hoping for a Lackadaisy reaction ☺️! So happy there are people out there that enjoy the same stuff over there as I

something you mightve missed is that rocky intentionally destroyed the area to piss off sabel thats why he confronted sabel the way he did talking about dynamite and machinery and why he looked like he was going to cause trouble

Michael does N in Murder Drones, Angel Dust in Hazbin, Jax in Digital Circus and Rocky in this. (also some game characters and some more (un)known things)

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="540">9:00</a> so to speak upon the confusion freckle is from a Irish catholic family and to dig up the buried in a cemetery especially if it’s consecrated is sacrilegious so though they are not directly digging up a body messing around in a cemetery is none to pleasing to do

Yes!!! Lackadaisy!! I love this pilot and webcomic. And I am not saying that because I work in a museum that has a bunch of stuff from the Prohibition Era haha

Any WorthiKids video is worth reacting, but Big Top Burger is a series you could complete in one video and it’s amazing

5 seconds in and im regretting life rn😂

GOD I love the piece of music “Sunset Rose Cocktail,” it plays at the end of the episode when the audio cuts out and is on Spotify for those that want to hear the absolute amazing tune

I STILL love that damn rhyme about the river, so beautiful

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="76">1:16</a> He does the voice of N from murder drones, Jax from Digital Circus and Angel Dust from Hazbin Hotel pilot. Bros everywhere and does a helluva good job.

The guy worried about the dynamite was Mr. Sable. He owns the quarry and equipment where the battle took places....

The rifle isn't an AK either. AKs weren't a thing at the time of prohibition. Seraphine's gun is a Browning Automatic Rifle, or a BAR for short, one of the primary weapons used by the american troops during WW2. It's a powerful and well-built gun that served the military well enough, but it was also notorious for being overly heavy and not being used as it was intended. It was meant to be used like a mounted machine gun, but most soldiers treated it like a modern assault rifle, much like Seraphine does in this series.

So this fascinated me when I watched this, when Mrs. M is reading the newspaper talking about the woman that died, "Done in by a scarf", she's talking about Isadora Duncan, the mother of Modern Dance. I actually trained a bit under someone who trained under her pupil. She was considered a revolutionary for dance in her time, and she whore a long scarf as a trademark look. The long scarf got caught on a wheel and killed her.

This cartoon is amazing, a true indie classic with great work all around! All thr big props to this crazy first episode!

Yay more! Also if you want to watch indie animation, check out the Moon Rises and Lullaby for a Princess.

God damn it, I pull up this vid on the family room TV and my dad walks in. The first thing he sees and hears is a pretty anime girl on the screen calling herself submissive and breathable. Then turns around and leaves the room.😮

the gun she was using is a BAR

That intro felt very “ma’am, this is a Wendy’s” to me

I love Lackasaisy! Its been my second favourite, par monkey wrench, since before the full pilot got released!

I really wish I had been able to get one of the Lack a Daisy plushies.

Lovely to see this :) . A great showing, with style. Love those cats, especially when the teeth and tails come out. If you're going through all the spotlight indie animators, does that mean Worthikids or vewn are soon? Took me 8 years to find the former, but they certainly impress. I can't get 'Friends in low places' out of my head.

A lot of the sparkles and awesome lighting and floaty glowy things in the opening scene are because when Rocky gets going he feels free to hallucinate a little bit. Same thing happens when he spots the dynamite shack. The boy has a vivid imagination. And just possibly impaired survival instincts. He and Freckle are cousins. Their poor stress management skills, AKA being a bit batshit, may be genetic.

The only way for a gun to not shoot is if the gun is jammed, don't have the firing pin, no mag (obviously)and i think a abit other things but those are a big three. But if a gun gets wet it'll still work the same. It could even shoot under water as well... so yeee Sum gun knowledge 101 for ya Alicia :3

Funny thing is how much you caught that I never picked up on the other times I watched it. The cat sounds I never noticed/ acknowledged. Thanks for that.

I love they did actually good Cajun accents

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="32">0:32</a> oh no, now we gotta bully you for saying it wrong

This animation is absolutely outstanding. And since the production of the comic is so glacially slow, I REALLY hope they can get picked up in a format that moves the story along. The literal fat cat Mordecai (the cat with the gat) was talking to on the phone is Asa Sweet, a prominent "legitimate local businessman". As you can sort of gather, Lackadaisy USED to do big business back when Atlas (the Tabby in the painting, Mitzi's late husband) was around, but has fallen on much harder times now and is in danger of being forced out of the business entirely by folks like Asa. As for why Mordecai, such a professional and deadly sort, didn't take several shots...notice both times he ended up with Ivy (the young lady) in his sights. Without going into spoilers, it's reasonable to conclude that Mordecai either doesn't like to risk hitting a girl, or given that he apparently recognized the crew as being from Lackadaisy he has history with them in particular...Something to read or watch to find out more about! Regarding firearms, wet powder is rarely a thing with metallic cartridges absent extreme circumstances like leaving them submerged for DAYS. If you ever want to learn more about guns, I highly recommend it, as they're not nearly as complicated as you might think, and can be quite rewarding. Especially if you enjoy media where they're prominently featured.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="622">10:22</a> You are correct in saying it isn't a Tommy Gun, but it is DEFINITELY NOT an AK. The AK-47 was not invented for about 20 years after this show takes place. That is a BAR, a Browning Automatic Rifle. A .30 caliber machine gun.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="458">7:38</a> - Meaning to say, she had a terrifying presence...

Someone in the live chat was saying Feckle and Ivy are related when they aren’t. And they are 18 years old so yes people y’all can ship them. Rocky and Feckle are cousins though and Rocky is the oldest out of the group he’s 23

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="945">15:45</a> Y-yes, dear. Dynamite was created to blast apart rocks for Quarries and mining companies.

OMG GIRL I DIDNT KNOW YOU WATCHED THIS!!! I read Lackadaisy back in 2016 or 2017 and I loved it so much. Rock and Freckle are my favorites my sweet bois

The first Lackadaisy graphic novel (collecting the web comic) should release on February 13, 2024.

Music by M Gewehr is that a nod at "Mauser Rifle" I wonder? Being the Gewher98 used by the German Army was made by designed Mauser and is sometimes just referred to as the Mauser Rifle.

I think that rifle at the start is a BAR (Browning Automatic Rifle), AK's didn't become a thing until 1946.

Just a little info about firearms for Alicia, wet powder isn't really an issue for cased ammunition (as in ammo that has brass or steel casings which contain the powder) unless the bullets have been wet for a LONG time. It's one of the many benefits that cased ammo had over ball and powder ammunition.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="240">4:00</a> It's absolutely intentional. Having the guidelines show faintly, in nostalgic scenes is a hallmark of the original Lackadaisy comic. It's digital art, but the lines are shown slightly as if the pencil sketch couldn't be completely erased after inking, to call back halcyon days of sketching and inking practice in homework margins. The gold lighting also reflects the comic's heavy use of sepia photographs.

LOL, nobody actually watches 'til the very end to see Wick's the guy who owns everything Rocky blew up.

SO glad you have separated audio sources so we still get commentary even when the music has to be muted, one of the small-ish things that oft gets overlooked.

I really enjoy when you get nerdy about film stuff!

It’s great to see more people enjoying the Pilot after so many months have passed. I’m so happy to see you enjoyed it! Lackadaisy has been such an inspiration for me since the Pilot dropped. I’ve been in the process creating my own story and characters for my own future Comic, and the Community is such a supportive space. Thanks for watching and enjoying Alicia. I hope you have a Wonderful day today and that you stay safe. And the same goes too everyone here and in your audience. And perhaps I’ll see some of you in the Lackacord Lovelies. 💛😸💛😻💛😸💛

I'm gonna point it out to those who didn't put (cc)'s on, her first name is Ivy.

The beginning; i luv how u pointed us out.

"Oh, damn it, he's doing limrics." Ha!

I was going to say “WOOO SUPER EARLY” and then I heard Alicia’s intro. Who got you to say that huh? Only Rich should be getting you to say that

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1253">20:53</a> Don't say that, you just _know_ you're going to get a ten-paragraph dissertation on the operation of firearms in your comment section!

Freckles has that DEMON in them.

Im from Missouri and i remember that bridge that he was on

Fun fact: Those sketch lines were readded in post. They were intentional.

A bit of context for the rich "pillar of the community" guy acting like that to Rocky's dynamite remarks, it was his quarry they trashed. Just figured not everyone got it, since the sign with his name is on for like a second and is easily forgotten.

I've been on a river boat like the one seen chugging along in the intro before...twice iirc, the first one was a cruise style thing when I was really young but there are family photos of it, the second time was a riverboat casino in Louisiana...my maternal grandmother's sister lived near New Orleans for a good many years before moving back to her home state of Georgia, we went to visit her there...sadly I was too young to gamble but the casino DID have an arcade for kids...I was about 3 or so years shy of being 21 so no gambling for me. I also love those old cars they are driving...something I'd honestly buy if I ever won the lotto lol. My maternal grandfather was born in the late 1930's a couple years after the end of prohibition so I'm familiar with the cars thanks to them pointing them out in movies and the like as I grew up.

"they seem like they're magic metal objects" Gate NPC confirmed. or Ork

This is a rare show; I like all the characters. Rocky is my favorite, but Viktor is my spirit animal.

Given the time period, that would be a BAR (Browning Automatic Rifle) and not an AK.

aw you calling a BAR an AK made my soul hurt a little

Malcom Ray REALLY didn't need to go THAT hard voicing Nico....😳

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="499">8:19</a> A spirit is another term for alcohol So I’m pretty sure that it was supposed to be a play on words when he said that the spirits were bottled up

"I fixed it"! 😂

This is such a well done introduction, i wonder how a full Season will turn out? By the way, while I know this Pilot might not be Canon, i do still wonder, if it was, when could it take place? Also, what i think is funny with this, is how the Pilot seems to setup Rocky’s Team and Mordecai’s Team as major Rivals with one another, while from as far as i know in the Webcomic, while Rocky(+ Freckles) and Mordecai themselves has encountered each at some point, their Respective Teams has not, i wonder how things will go if it eventually do happen in Canon?

first 10 seconds itself was enough for me to leave traumatized

Wet powder stopped being a major problem with modern cased rounds of proper manufacturing quality. What IS a problem is mud jamming up mechanical systems.

Supporting kickstarter was one of best decisions I made.

With this being popular i hope they continue the comic

That wasnt an AK. Those werent invented for quite a while. That was a Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR). Freckle was using a tommy gun.

True moonshine is actually not bad smooth but smells like a gas station

lol Alicia: Yay rhyming! *next line doesn't rhyme Alicia: FUCK LYMRICS!

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="5">0:05</a> WHAT!!?

Love this pilot. Looking forward to episode 2 when it comes out. Animation reconditions: Mystery Skulls Animated - Ghost (Music video) Scooby Doo, Where Are You? In... Springtrapped Legend- A Dragon Ball Tale The Batman of Shanghai (might not be able to react but still worth a watch) Hope you continue to do well and I look forward to more content. Cheers!

Calling a Browning Automatic Rifle an AK was pretty funny. Don't blame you tho