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First Pass Edit: MR141 - Cooking Burgers
FPE Link: https://youtu.be/NaqXj3zYv_Y First Pass Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJp0X6DVFEcil7oLxZ67SsMp5rGkGb8fn Edited Episode: https://youtu.be/a8a3nb97qIYDuration: 2:07:16 - 66.7% of our footage was cut.It's been almost a year since Kent taught us how to cook steaks, and this time he's back for the burgs. Brian has weird cheese habits, Jason has stories, Kent loves mayo...
Chasing the Perfect Burger
YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/a8a3nb97qIYIt was a quiet, foggy morning when the Burg Burgler burgled the best burgs. The lead detective on the case went mad, sherriff was run out of town, and the people of BurgBerg never found peace. That is... until today.—Additional Information (Popular Science) Mayonnaise is disgusting, and science agrees (Modern Cuisine) Science helps craft the perfect mac ...
First Pass Edit: MR140 - 3 Mead Cocktails
FPE Link: https://youtu.be/SvKFGZ1LZbI First Pass Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJp0X6DVFEcil7oLxZ67SsMp5rGkGb8fn Edited Episode: https://youtu.be/aADl3NvketEDuration: 55:34 - 67.1% of our footage was cut.Both Trever and Anthony return to the show to make good on some bad mead (relative to Anthony's) on a rainy Sunday afternoon. Parker Jazz Club is a cool place with a lot of sp...
3 Mead Cocktails
YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/aADl3NvketEAs the old saying goes, "You can lead a steed through reed, but if you feed the breed mead, you'll have to concede that you did indeed impede your speedy steed."—The Notebook ½ ounce mead mashed blackberry and orange slice 2 ounces rye whisky fill with ice shake briefly garnish with blackberryThe Emasculated Shrub add ice to your tin 1½ oun...
First Pass Edit: MR139 - Thermal Masking
FPE Link: https://youtu.be/i6KGOvC41VM First Pass Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJp0X6DVFEcil7oLxZ67SsMp5rGkGb8fn Edited Episode: https://youtu.be/vdHDSyt_pZ0Duration: 1:31:31 - 81.6% of our footage was cut.Breaking in the grounds with a good old fashioned game of hide and seek. I'm sure it'll come as no surprise that it took some work figuring out the logistics, like maybe...
Defeating Predator-Vision (FLIR Cameras)
YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/bp7T7-RIP7gel diablo cazador trofeo de los videos de youtube—Additional Information (VFX Blog) ‘PREDATOR’: Vfx Supe Joel Hynek Recalls the Days of Optical Compositing, Thermal Cameras and *That* Red Suit (YT) Because Science: The Predator Explained (YT) ShadowFX: The Predator Heat Vision Compilation (PDF) *this is direct download* Fields in Electromagnetic Spec...
Cooking Pork Chops with a Car Engine
YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/0bGttT8oP6MIf you know Brian even a little, you'll know this was all completely a ruse to let Brian drive around in the Pork Chop Express for an episode.—Reference Material (YT) Barbecue Pork Chops | Basics with Babish—We are funded in part by you lovely patrons. Thank you. Special thanks go to contributors Mark Gibson, Todd Kopriva, Vladimir Edelman, Andrew ...
Extended Outtakes: Bowel Instructions
Just a quick heads up, this Extended Outtakes is going to go live to the public earlier than usual since it's tied into the shirt fundraiser, and we want to keep it in everybody's mind while it's still active. Extended Outtakes: https://youtu.be/_-_fp6zegvU Original Video: https://youtu.be/dY8BfZcVX0I Outtake Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJp0X6DVFEcg6ikP9znw7e8n95nymY0HMWhat wo...
Concealing Escape Tools
YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/UAojbf-1iXcNo mention of the homonculous charm though, always an essential in managing such mischief.—We are funded in part by you lovely patrons. Thank you. Special thanks go to contributors Mark Gibson, Todd Kopriva, Vladimir Edelman, Andrew Kiernan. MR Articles: http://themodernrogue.com Discord (patron reward): https://discord.gg/acHyrmR Outtakes & BTS: http://...
We need to poop. 💩
Sometimes we're playful, offering new stuff. Sometimes we've got exciting and fun news.This is neither of those times.We desperately need your help in the next 72 hours.------------------------------------------------------------Hey guys. Brian here. Writing because we have a very serious problem and hopefully a very cool, very fun way for all of us to fix it.So that 7 acres of land we jus...
Razor Blade Flail
The guys never got over the idea of shooting razor blades out of a nerf gun, but we just wouldn't let them. So they re-worked it in a way that doesn't just let razors fly loose, it's "safer because shoe laces are harmless."* do us the favor and don't make these, or use them.—Reference Material (CorrectionsOne) 15 deadly improvised prison weapons and tools—We are funded ...
Improvising a Candle with Baby Oil and Yogurt
YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/JdE5fu76MVIBrian and Jason perform the Rite of Kindling on an unlikely bonfire.* This is a pretty serious fire hazard, so only do this in emergency situations while keeping it constantly monitored, and optimally in a fire-proof container. You don't want a big oily fire getting out of control.—Reference Material (ScienceLab) Mineral Oil MSDS—We are funded in p...
First Pass Edit: MR134 - Fight Choreography
FPE Link: https://youtu.be/vDjns-aEb9s First Pass Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJp0X6DVFEcil7oLxZ67SsMp5rGkGb8fn Edited Episode: https://youtu.be/vdHDSyt_pZ0Duration: 58:30 - 52.4% of our footage was cut.It's rather fascinating watching Iko and Sam do their thing, we've got all of the planning here which went by in just minutes. There's also a lot of footage of Bryce a...
Touring the Modern Rogue World Headquarters
YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/9wDFamlC3qoBrian and Jason traverse the 7-acre expanse (the 7-acre shwood?) of the new HQ, now in HD!—Reference Material (YT) Brian Gives the MR HQ Week 1 Tour -- Periscope Archive (Twitch) Brian and Jason have a spooky sleepover at the HQ twitch.tv/videos/287676011 twitch.tv/videos/287715805 twitch.tv/videos/287725961-----------------------------------------------...
Fight Choreography with Iko Uwais & Sam Looc
YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/vdHDSyt_pZ0[extremely trailer voice]"Two men at the top of their game. With everything to lose, they put it all on the line when they get in the ring. Guided by actual professionals who know what they're doing, Brian Brushwood and Jason Murphy are... Some Old Guys Who Do Cool Guy Stuff."[SOGWDCGS text treatment slams onto screen]"We don't offer di...
5 System Exploiters Who Won Big
YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/5ovjuKYimTs5 people who took such advantage of *the system* that they could have their own tv show. It could be called Manipulating the System, and the five of them will all look like experts, and they'll... I don't know, teach you how to pack your travel bags or something.—Reference Material Featured Article: 5 People Who Won Big By Manipulating The System...
Work Day: Modern Rogue - tDCS / Nunchaku
YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/Fn-l-59TWa0It has been some time, right about 2 years in fact, since our last one of these. For those of you who never caught the original, this is a feature where I just document a full day of recording videos.Our previous entry was rife with irregularities, but this one is pretty close to what our usual process is like, though I didn't include the edit process ...
First Pass Edit: MR132 - Hydrogen Balloons
FPE Link: https://youtu.be/rfOExzGrjDU First Pass Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJp0X6DVFEcil7oLxZ67SsMp5rGkGb8fn Edited Episode: https://youtu.be/b5N6qLOYreEDuration: 1:21:36 - 79.9% of our footage was cut.Brian looks up some stuff in the dictionary, we spent a lot of time on aluminum, Jason talks about buying hydrogen, the bubbles talk, and the guys fill some balloons. Plus you g...
Idiots Test Hydrogen (with Macaulay Culkin)
YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/b5N6qLOYreEWhat did Henry Cavendish really know? What was he hiding all those years ago? Hydrogen is obviously named from the latin root "Hydra," coincidence? Oh, atomic number one? That's pretty convenient if you ask me. Look, I'm just asking the tough questions here.—Reference Material (Journal of Chemical Education) Model Experiment of Thermal Ru...
First Pass Edit: MR131 - Hot Pepper Remedies
FPE Link: https://youtu.be/QiSOyDuDNbM First Pass Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJp0X6DVFEcil7oLxZ67SsMp5rGkGb8fn Edited Episode: https://youtu.be/q-Rb-yRwPOgThis FPE clocks in at 1:21:36, with 60% of our footage hitting the cutting room floor.We should have the guest interview posting over the course of the week, there's some scheduling stuff that threw off the expected publis...
Surviving a Hot Pepper Gauntlet (featuring The Beerists)
YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/q-Rb-yRwPOgTime to put a little pepper in your stepper, a little heat in your feet, a little capsaicin dealt by Jason, a bit of burning to cry on for Brian, it'll go straight through to your pant if you're Grant, played'em all like a pawn as did John, but hey, go ahead and get that spice if it's your vice.—Huge thanks to Grant and John for joining u...
First Pass Edit: MR130 - Bloodstain Pattern Analysis
FPE Link: https://youtu.be/eu0AxkvvhO0 First Pass Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJp0X6DVFEcil7oLxZ67SsMp5rGkGb8fn Edited Episode: https://youtu.be/IXncgbEeue8At 56:04, 67.6% of our footage hit the cutting room floor.In this FPE: figuring out the cold open angle, bloody b-roll, figuring out the outtro, and a couple extra "that's not my name"s, oh and Macaulay Culkin!Bran...
Solving a Crime with Bloodstain Analysis (feat. Macaulay Culkin)
YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/IXncgbEeue8I asked Jason what his blood type was, so I could fill out his Bizarre Magic personnel file, and he said that he "preferred the red kind, but [he's] not picky." And I think Macaulay Culkin is still on the premises? Because I definitely heard a hushed Burnsian whisper, "Excellent."—Reference Material (Google Books) Dr. Eduard Piotrowsk...
Extended Outtakes: How Powerful is Your Brian?
Extended Outtakes: https://youtu.be/knnpIUV3Uwc Original Episode: https://youtu.be/f8bXCscNF1U Outtake Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJp0X6DVFEcg6ikP9znw7e8n95nymY0HM ($5 tier) First Pass Edit: https://patreon.com/posts/20123319Like Tony Stark's idiot cousins.Brandt H. -- editor, camera operator
First Pass Edit: MR129 - tDCS
FPE Link: https://youtu.be/udru079UvYs First Pass Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJp0X6DVFEcil7oLxZ67SsMp5rGkGb8fn Edited Episode: https://youtu.be/f8bXCscNF1UAt 1:48:10, 84.6% of our footage hit the cutting room floor.In this FPE: some of the planning just minutes before recording started where we sketch out exactly what it is we're doing in this episode, a mic broke down mid-e...
Can Electricity Overclock Your Brain?
YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/f8bXCscNF1UBrian Brushwood. Magician, exposed to inappropriate levels of brain electricity. "Electric sponges make him the world's smartest man!" I KNOW EVERYTHING!!!—Reference Material (Wired) Read This Before Zapping Your Brain (YT) Heat Vision and Jack—We are funded in part by you lovely patrons. Thank you. Special thanks go to contributors Mark Gi...
First Pass Edit: MR127 - Card Flourishes
YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/YNZulRa0ugQ First Pass Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJp0X6DVFEcil7oLxZ67SsMp5rGkGb8fn Original Episode: https://youtu.be/cdQntHeFJTYAt 1:22:46, 84.7% of our footage hit the cutting room floor.Trail and error, the tried and true teacher. Trick shots, broken mics, a lot of cards on the floor, and everything else you would expect from an hour and a half...
First Pass Edit: MR128 - PVC Bow
YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/MzbhsxNiFbc First Pass Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJp0X6DVFEcil7oLxZ67SsMp5rGkGb8fn Original Episode: https://youtu.be/1tOqyXaMJOgAt 2:20:09, 82.4% of our footage hit the cutting room floor.Brian's back from Hawaii, and there's work to be done! What better time than now to mark off one of the episodes we teased in... November. But as usual,...
Improvising a PVC Bow
YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/1tOqyXaMJOgStone Age. Bronze Age. Iron Age. PVC Age.—Reference Material (YT: NUSensei) Archery | How to String a Bow—We are funded in part by you lovely patrons. Thank you. Special thanks go to contributors Mark Gibson, Todd Kopriva, Vladimir Edelman. MR Articles: http://themodernrogue.com Discord (patron reward): https://discord.gg/acHyrmR Outtakes & BTS: http:/...
Fling Cards Like a Showboating Gambler
YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/cdQntHeFJTYForward for this episode written by Stan Lee, probably:"Greetings true believers, it is me, the one and only probably real Stan Lee! I got a new superhero, ya dig? His name is Card Throwy-Man. His superpower is a supernatural ability to do highly improbably (but not impossible!) card flourishes, and his weakness is paper cuts. If he gets a paper cut, h...





























