don't let Steve and his backstory distract you from the fact that Cats was written 9 billion years ago
@kirby25679 ай бұрын
I was surprised no one was talking about this. But now it begs the question, is Andrew Lloyd Webber a billions-of-years-old clown from outer space or a fraud?
@KNIGHTMARE__9 ай бұрын
@@KNIGHTMARE__ he's English, of course he stole it
@bennothanlesbibutch95919 ай бұрын
@@KNIGHTMARE__ when you consider that those two things aren't necessarily mutually exclusive it becomes even more complex
@JackindaSack9 ай бұрын
@@KNIGHTMARE__Sir Funny Lloyd Webber The Clown
@mtwall59339 ай бұрын
@@KNIGHTMARE__ there's a third option: given enough time, things may begin to repeat independently due to probability. However, I definitely think the clown composer bears a striking resemblance to Andrew Lloyd Webber, so I think they're the same person; it would explain a lot.
@brawnhilda72039 ай бұрын
Putting the main character's backstory on the theme song, but being too absurd for anyone to think he was being literal about it, was Worthikids' greatest prank.
@Pefonmo9 ай бұрын
He did the same for Cesare. It's actually wild how much detail has gone into this. And like it has to have been planned from really early on because the song has existed since the start.
@BlazingImp771518 ай бұрын
@@BlazingImp77151 Yeah and i'am super exited to see where this goes.
@princeCustos3248 ай бұрын
So this is the origins of pennywise the dancing clown/ IT what a tragic story
@tokyoghoulfan217 ай бұрын
@@tokyoghoulfan21 Yeah, it really calls back to _It's_ "smoke-hole" ceremony, does it not? Has to be some sort of reference. That part always confused me, as they're supposed to have gone back to the time of the dinosaurs, but they also see gigantic bats, modern birds and sabre toothed tigers, but Chiopterae, Neoavians, and Smilodons hadn't been invented yet.
@pickles31283 ай бұрын
I like the implication that either A. Steve brought the play Cats to earth with him inside of his head, and it proved to be not quite the world-defining hit it was on the clown planet or B. Cats, as a play, is an art object in the collective unconscious of the universe, such that ANY planetary society, after inventing writing and theatre, will eventually independently come up with Cats.
@lucifermorning-star93109 ай бұрын
Cats is to consciousness as crabs are to evolution. It just keeps happening
@RP_Creative7 ай бұрын
Or Steve didn't do a good retelling... He is an alien after all
@vaga42397 ай бұрын
It could also be complete coincidence. If you look at the infinite monkey theorem, you see that if you sat infinite monkeys at infinite keyboards and had them type keys at random, one would eventually write the entire works of Shakespeare with no typos. This theory clearly proves that even with complete randomness anything can happen
@ark_revolution76607 ай бұрын
@@vaga4239We will never experience the true form of CATS 😢
@boyo79186 ай бұрын
It's a nice spin on Douglas Adams and cricket, that's for sure.
@t-in-japan6 ай бұрын
I love how Steve faced lifelong trauma and banishment for ruining a performance of Cats, while Cesare’s reaction to being murdered, having his body dumped into a canal and being resurrected as a walking corpse is “I can’t wait to retire! Tampa, I’m coming!!! :)”
@palomar85719 ай бұрын
Did I just completely miss Cesare’s backstory?
@alexhead26459 ай бұрын
@alexhead2645 listen to the song "friends in low places". It's the one that plays during the season credits
@cooltiger24399 ай бұрын
honestly based on the song I'd say he was stoked to be revived as a zombie
@clintonbehrends46599 ай бұрын
@@alexhead2645 "Friends in Low Places" from this series (eg the after-credits song) and "Down" from last series' soundtrack, though we get a reprise of it when he's slamming Steve with the hammer.
@clockworkkirlia74758 ай бұрын
Well he had 1000 years to find peace
@alucardsantradideus2678 ай бұрын
I love how Cesare is just a guy doing a job who employs all theater majors, whereas Steve is a theater major who employs people just trying to do their jobs
@Odrikah9 ай бұрын
Perfect summation, no notes
@mamathana9 ай бұрын
So profound 😢
@ladycavalier9 ай бұрын
This might be my favourite comment of anything ever
@Goldendoodlegamer119 ай бұрын
Astute
@RedHair6519 ай бұрын
Yeah your right, I thought Cesare was Munkustrap for a minute
@papapoot49999 ай бұрын
I can't believe that Old Deuteronomy gag ended up being an important plot point I fucking love this series
@lonerdreamer929 ай бұрын
I mean it's mentioned in another song but people thought it implied Cesare lost the role to Steve, now we know it's not that
@ChangedMyNameFinally699 ай бұрын
Worth inspires me.. My parents said if i get 40K followers They'd buy me a professional camera for recording..begging u guys , literally Begging...
@namantherockstar9 ай бұрын
@@namantherockstar No
@ChangedMyNameFinally699 ай бұрын
I love how this series absolutely obliterates the Clowns as Horror Villains trope. Clowns being whimsical beings of mirth and mischief from beyond the stars is so much more compelling.
@Ignotus5199 ай бұрын
Also the idea of having to make people happy so the world continues to spin is kinda horrifying as an implication
@feritperliare28908 ай бұрын
"Clowns being whimsical beings of mirth and mischief from beyond the stars" - Homestuck
@Zimmothi8 ай бұрын
@@Zimmothi:o)
@ShoulderMonster8 ай бұрын
It actually reinforces everything they represent. Look at what Steve caused...and his kin as well. They just banished Steve as it was a special slap in the wrist; also they obliterated the Mezosoic Era just out of spite and sense of fun.
@khaimk4r4su8 ай бұрын
Considering clowns were based off harlequins (actual demons). They're fucked over in that regard.
@TH3H3LLR41S3R8 ай бұрын
I just have to say, cosmically ancient space baroque is an aesthetic theme I've never seen before and I *will* be obsessing over it
@amatiamat14499 ай бұрын
That are so powerful that one of the average clowns of that place can literally get send at possibly beyond speed of light and blow the planet earth by causing the extinction of the dinosaurs. All that without any fatal wounds. That some anime or comic level of power.
@DefensiveBalloons8 ай бұрын
What's his name... Twin Peaks Guy's 1980s Dune did that.
@averyzucco2208 ай бұрын
@@DefensiveBalloonsI thought it was more how strong Steve must be, to not only survive but had no visible scratches on him
@ouchiegiverjr8 ай бұрын
@maxdefense9914 think it was supposed to be the Permian Extinction, aka "The Great Dying" that made way for dinos and, well, us.
@dboot88868 ай бұрын
@@dboot8886 Oh yeah, that's true. Also that means he was the cause of the biggest mass extinction in history.
@DefensiveBalloons8 ай бұрын
I kinda like the implication that the reason Steve has a clown theamed burger van and makes his employees dress up as clowns is not just so he can blend in but also because he misses his home and being around people like himself. I love this series and look forward to how it develops further
@joelblomberg89429 ай бұрын
😭
@nunyab-9 ай бұрын
My headcanon is that Steve doesn't make them wear make-up. They just showed up for for their first work day and assumed it was part of the uniform.
@devilonyourshoulder47329 ай бұрын
I will point out that pattern is only seen on the clown world as punishment garb .
@Chaselazuli9 ай бұрын
not to pain you, but this felt very conclusive to me :') I hope there's more to come, but also looking forward to whatever else Worthikids puts out tbh
@tp13829 ай бұрын
He also talks in previous episodes like hes still on clown broadway doing an act, like hes still practicing despite his exile.
@leroyjenkins90359 ай бұрын
Worthikids is so powerful he not only pulls out full-fledged high quality animations but simultaneously improves the reputation of CATS
@somebody_somewhere9 ай бұрын
The Broadway show never had a bad rep afaik
@Yuuri0669 ай бұрын
@@Yuuri066 oh it did, it really did
@louzo51759 ай бұрын
Yoda real 👏👏👏
@ericnguyen7109 ай бұрын
@@louzo5175 the people who camped out to get tickets gave it a bad rep, the show didn't earn it itself.
@appalachiabrauchfrau9 ай бұрын
Cats' reputation have been fluctuating from masterpiece to joke to masterpiece to joke again for decades.
@bazzjedimaster9 ай бұрын
Even Peanut is shedding a tear for Steve. Seems like a nice guy.
@volkspanzer84449 ай бұрын
Pretty sure that’s Mr. Munkenstap
@TallestKAT7 ай бұрын
@@TallestKATthey both are
@arediedmen14397 ай бұрын
@@TallestKAT Mr. Munkustrap is a separate character from Peanut. Munkustrap was the one that sent Steve to be banished and Peanut just took his place in the play. They even have separate voice actors
@p1nk_anthem3 ай бұрын
@@p1nk_anthem I acknowledge that. The clown who sheds a tear at 4:03 though is Mr. Munkenstrap
@TallestKAT3 ай бұрын
@@TallestKAT ah I see what you mean now I assumed you had peanut and munkustrap mixed up
@p1nk_anthem3 ай бұрын
The way Steve says “I didn’t DO anything,” makes me feel like he knew who/what he was and who/what was watching him, so he tried not to do anything too chaotic to avoid drawing attention. When I go back through to series and watch how he reacts every time he sees Cesare, it really drives the theory home for me that he knew what Cesare’s job was and was trying to avoid him.
@HunterParkermusic9 ай бұрын
One time he Naruto ran at about 80+ MPH and then sliced Cesare's truck in half with a katana before jumping onto his own vehicle and steering it by standing on top of it. So. I 'unno about that one.
@FriscoCatshark8 ай бұрын
@@FriscoCatshark To be fair, that was already a life-or-death situation for his human friends, so may have warranted some Clowning.
@clockworkkirlia74758 ай бұрын
@@clockworkkirlia7475 *honk*
@the_grass_trainer7 ай бұрын
I thought he was being litteral with his performance on cats
@elivaldez43547 ай бұрын
I like how Cesare doesn't even pretend to hate Steve anymore it was always just part of the job.
@olive69429 ай бұрын
i mean he might still, but now he’s won so hes happy anyways
@themanwiththeplan37939 ай бұрын
@@themanwiththeplan3793I don't thinkthe hate id pointed directly at Steven, Cesare's simply someone who takes his job very seriously. It's kind of like how certain detectives/officers can connect with the criminals they are hunting down, even while knowing they feel some kind of sympathy. At the end of the day they NEED to be stopped and this was Cesare's BIGGEST case. He said his 1000 years were up, not that they were GOING to be up, which makes me think Cesare stayed on the forece knowing that if anyone could catch Steve it was him. Steve was his biggest case, he can finally hang up his badge knowing he finally put in everything he had for the force. Even if he feels sympathy or contempt for Steve, doesn't matter. He got the one Clown no one could catch off the streets. His jobs done, and that's the end of that.
@tsunertoo91499 ай бұрын
@@tsunertoo9149i thought there was a clown too slippery for him though
@artisticdreamer24299 ай бұрын
@@artisticdreamer2429 ANdy Serkez, but he said that he doesn't normally need help on a case either but for Steve he basically had to pull an entire trap expo. SUre he couldn't snag Andy but Steveis clearly up there
@tsunertoo91499 ай бұрын
@tsunertoo9149 I think he just ment that he was retiring soon not that he stayed just to catch steve
@The_KingDoge9 ай бұрын
I absolutely love CATS being a part of the lore of this show lmfao
@mothmaiden44139 ай бұрын
I love that CATS is older than terrestrial vertebrate life on earth
@callusklaus24139 ай бұрын
From an alien race of CLOWNS, no less.
@djorgs9 ай бұрын
As it should be
@bheowolfe9 ай бұрын
STRAIGHT UP I did not see it coming
@keymango9 ай бұрын
Cats and clowns go hand In hand
@rennatsinned54519 ай бұрын
I can't figure out if Cesare referring to Andy Serkis is a nod to all the wacky characters he's flawlessly portrayed, or because Serkis is pronounced like Circus, where clowns are typically found, but I loved that line regardless.
@Bearded_Bream9 ай бұрын
I can’t remember for sure, but I’m pretty sure he actually went to clown school and is technically a clown lol
@anewhero12168 ай бұрын
Or Gollum an underground creature.
@devinadams60498 ай бұрын
I kept hearing Andy's circus until i read the comments. Anything is possible at this point
@WYD287 ай бұрын
@@anewhero1216So it's kind of like a triple reference then
@irecordwithaphone18566 ай бұрын
He also played a character name Caesar in Planet of the Apes
@FischerFilmStudio3 ай бұрын
I love how you can see Steve's orbit path as he passes saturn at 4:34. This implies his flight path through the solar system brought him within the orbit of at least jupiter before orbiting saturn which then must have sling shot him towards earth. Cool detail Worthikids :) Thank you for making and sharing this art :)
@jamesbernards84099 ай бұрын
love this detail!
@libby90478 ай бұрын
Oh I actually saw that when I saw your post. It’s small but you can see Steve whip around Saturn!
@denakay36338 ай бұрын
@@denakay3633 I never noticed that until you said something, that's so cool
@mllwcrmpmpkn5 ай бұрын
Worthikids wrote the music for this episode two whole years ago. Damn, that’s respectable to be able to keep something planned and work on it for that long. Bigtop Burger is such an incredible animated show!
@CatchThesePaws9 ай бұрын
where can i find the music ? this stuffs straight fire
@tacobelldog15749 ай бұрын
@@tacobelldog1574 Yeah, where banana
@BobbinRobbin7779 ай бұрын
@@tacobelldog1574 he's got a spotify under the same name Worthikids
@BeefLemon_9 ай бұрын
@@tacobelldog1574 It's all on Spotify!
@radnyx_games9 ай бұрын
Yeah I would pay for that cover of "The Jellicle Ball".
@bazzjedimaster9 ай бұрын
Origin stories for mysterious characters usually kill all the magic, but this one was quite charming and solid enough in its unspoken denials of other questions to keep some of that magic.
@D.Jay.9 ай бұрын
Yes, the key to keeping the magic of mysterious, incomprehensible characters is a backstory that is EVEN MORE mysterious and incomprehensible and damn if Worthikids deliver! I am in awe
@EvonixTheGreatest9 ай бұрын
@@EvonixTheGreatestdude exactly, it raised more questions than it answered and I'm all for it!!!
@sakthivelannaamalai37949 ай бұрын
I just like how I did pay close attention to the years and still needed a cut into earth to understand what was going on… the whole scene was great
@nightcorelore56489 ай бұрын
It's doing less hot for the fact that Clowns were pretty much invented in USA by appropriating English bastardizations of mainland European commedia dell'arte traditions, and jsut turned it into a hateful public mockery of drunks, on who the pale face and red nose is based on. The mockery then lived on in blackface because same culture so openly hates these other instances, that they want to make the PAINT a problem without addressing positive depictions of the same thing. And so they DON'T HAVE positive depictions like Aqualung by Jethro Tull. It's just blackface for an acceptable target, while blackface for genuine comedy is not even acknowledged as possible because Americans want to blame the depiction, and veer away from THEIR OWN hateful APPLICATION of it as the problem. For example japan happily uses archetypes in anime like Iyami from Osomatsu, but black people are openly encourgaed to become violent when even seeing same kind of imagery.
@sboinkthelegday38929 ай бұрын
STEVE LITERALLY COMES FROM A CLOWN WORLD THAT HAS BEEN PUTTING ON THE MUSICAL "CATS" FOR BILLIONS OF YEARS I LITERALLY CANNOT 🤣🤣🤣
@AssOnAPlate1879 ай бұрын
4:38 Semi-fun fact! Assuming that Steve was roughly the average male clown weight of 100 kg at the time of his banishment (due to their denser and more comedic molecular structure) -- to cause the Chicxulub impact (estimated energy 300 ZJ), he would need to have been traveling at 182.7 times the speed of light! Or in Star Trek terms, warp factor 4.8. _Edit:_ We can therefore deduce that he was fired out of a Warp 5 cannon.
@Brasswatchman9 ай бұрын
@@13.ghaniziyadsagiansyah66 Good point, and I will admit I did not initially pick up on that. But that said, we can presume the impact was at least comparable to the K-Pg event, given the way we see the ejecta similarly cover the entire Earth. This calculation may be in fact a lower bound for Steve's velocity!
@Brasswatchman9 ай бұрын
I went to go recalculate your results for the Siljan impact, which is the one I believe Worthi is attributing to Steve, with the presumption that the effect of the impact was artistic license so I wouldn't analogize to K-Pg. Unfortunately, it turns out that from what literature I could find, most Siljan impact structure research is focused on oil & gas, not the impact event itself, so trying to get an estimated kinetic energy for the impact to make a stupid little joke on KZhead would be like...... actual geophysics research.
@chronikuru7 ай бұрын
@@chronikuru Yeaaaaaahhhh, afraid that's a little above my pay grade. 😁
@Brasswatchman7 ай бұрын
Wiz and Boomstick over here…
@cjmoore99667 ай бұрын
@@cjmoore9966 DEATH BATTLE mentioned. +1
@BobbinRobbin7776 ай бұрын
i love that the flashback scene is entirely handdrawn / no 3d models for the characters whereas the modern day stuff is done with a mix of 3d and 2d...really gives the clown backstory this more storybook/retroish feel
@jessiec.74949 ай бұрын
It also adds to how important this episode is, in episodes before this the fact that they're done in 3d is used for some jokes and is generally used to give the show a lighthearted feel. But this episode being entirely 2d adds more weight to the events and how characters move/emote
@Vampirecrypt7 ай бұрын
I love how Cesare has been doing this work for a thousand years and he never bothered to learn the details of his job
@mysteriousfigure12819 ай бұрын
nah i can vouch for him on that one
@ghhn45059 ай бұрын
Thats just how it be. If i dont need to know it to do my job, i dont care enough to find out
@Valentine0119 ай бұрын
Probably was not being paid enough to ask questions, just wanted to get there 1000 years in so he could retire.
@arsonist70139 ай бұрын
That tracks.
@tomisabum9 ай бұрын
Makes me wonder who his boss is gonna be then
@ChangedMyNameFinally699 ай бұрын
Can we not forget that Worthikids MAKES ALL THIS MUSIC THEMSELVES!!!! and STILL puts out quality animations like this! TALENT TALENT!!!!!
@ForMeNaTV9 ай бұрын
Literally the most talented person on the planet
@sphinx20779 ай бұрын
I was wondering why the audio was so damn crisp. I know the audiophiles are pleased.
@Zeke2p99 ай бұрын
The fish-creatures at 4:37 are Tiktaaliks, which lived during the late Denovian Period, over 100 million years before the earliest dinosaurs. They are believed to be an important link between fishes and four-legged (land) vertebrates. Coincidentally, the second of the 'Big Five' mass extinctions took place around that time. Specifically, it seems that Steve was likely the cause of the Hangenberg Extinction Event, which marked the end of the Denovian Period and the beginning of the Carboniferous Period.
@MrGroslyIncandescent9 ай бұрын
aaaand now im obsessed with the idea of interstellar deities being the direct cause behind mass extinctions
@jimboringo99585 ай бұрын
I love the idea that all the Big Five mass extinctions happened because a clown hit earth and messed things up.
@2Quiet2bored5 ай бұрын
Oh man, I thought it was supposed to be the Permian Extinction. Good catch!
@Youser9994 ай бұрын
@@jimboringo9958Go play Pathways into Darkness.
@BobbinRobbin7774 ай бұрын
Cesar's voice sounding like he's speaking in an empty room with just a smidge of echo when he shouts is something i hope stays around.
@Arzon5279 ай бұрын
Holy shit, the Steve lore is a lot deeper than I thought. I wonder if Seal Team Clown will tie in at any point
@John.McMillan9 ай бұрын
There is no way that doesn’t tie into anything.
@caseyp58619 ай бұрын
@@caseyp5861 he gets rescued 100% by them. this is the only way forward.
@Paronak9 ай бұрын
I think Worthikids has denied a connection, but also I don't believe him
@thegreatandterrible45089 ай бұрын
@@thegreatandterrible4508just different faction of clowns
@subjectnivleis75729 ай бұрын
@caseyp5861 I say the clowns have started a war with the vampires on earth while Steve was slumbering
@feritperliare28909 ай бұрын
Didn't expect to love a show about clowns selling burgers, but here I am thinking it's one of the best shows on KZhead.
@JumboJumper9 ай бұрын
Completly Agree 😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤❤
@usersstuff59909 ай бұрын
For sure!
@Maber6109 ай бұрын
This and Helluva Boss really are the new Kings of Animation.
@AfroX-StayLegendary9 ай бұрын
@@AfroX-StayLegendary helluva boss is really hit or miss tho
@Maber6109 ай бұрын
@@AfroX-StayLegendaryhelluva is kinda alright, I wouldn't go that far lol
@beanoptodon9 ай бұрын
So yeah, Alex Hirsch gave one of his best performances as Munkustrap. Also such an amazing episode. Great animation, story and world building. I can’t wait for more.
@umutcantacer72719 ай бұрын
insane that that’s alex hirsch
@joeyfromschoolАй бұрын
So Steve is 400-500 million years old? I friggin love this show. I hope the Earth's central civilization/chamber treats him well.
@raindrozest95589 ай бұрын
He's honestly most likely 700 million years
@justarandomrat97369 ай бұрын
So, those fish we saw when Steve crashed onto earth are most likely Tiktaaliks, the first vertebrate animals to ever "walk" on land. They first appeared in the fossil record 380-385 million years ago. This means Steve is most likely in the range of 385-400 million years old
@xenomorphoverlord8 ай бұрын
@@xenomorphoverlordthe subtitles literally calls them tiktaalik.
@just_a_guy96887 ай бұрын
Child Steve is going for his audition 600 million years ago. So, no.
@adjustedbrass75513 ай бұрын
If you ever feel down, remember that Steve trained 225 years for one part and still fumbled it.
@roxirock54559 ай бұрын
225 million years even
@taxi17239 ай бұрын
@@firdanharbima6997That's not what understudy means, understudies simply learn the same role in the event a theatre actor is unavailable to perform on a given day and serve as a substitute, they're also known as a cover. They are not the actor's student.
@calculusbandit61279 ай бұрын
@calculusbandit6127 I... never knew this. I never used the word myself, but just realized I've misunderstood it whenever i've heard it all my life. So thanks!
@ignorethis2149 ай бұрын
@@calculusbandit6127 sorry I'm bad at english
@firdanharbima69979 ай бұрын
@@calculusbandit6127 I also didn't know this, thank you.
@hermeticinstrumentalist68049 ай бұрын
Cesare has probably seen the whole world several times over and deciding that he wants to retire in Tampa is crazier than anything Steve could ever pull 😂
@j.g.32939 ай бұрын
The only good thing in Tampa are Cuban sandwiches. I completely understand him.
@AaronTats9 ай бұрын
@@AaronTatsDudes doesn't eat food how can he enjoy any of that
@juicebox73729 ай бұрын
Someone's gotta tell him about the state of Florida right now, not the place to be
@widget57189 ай бұрын
@@widget5718 that’s why I said the only good thing in Tampa lol
@AaronTats9 ай бұрын
Bros going to Margarittaville
@gwendolynpeterson52299 ай бұрын
I really like the added vocal mix to "UP" for this episode. There's a lot more emotion than the usual jam
@idontexist458 ай бұрын
I hope we get the double reprise on the season soundtrack!
@chantolove7 ай бұрын
The delivery on "you - cookin da burgers" is so brilliant + the perfect expression on Cesare's face..! I laugh every time.
@concr3t39 ай бұрын
I haven’t felt this kind of absolute child-like joy and love for a series in years. I have watched this so many times already and have not been able to stop smiling. The way worthi writes, animates, and composes; the performance from the VA’s, and just the line by line and shot by shot pacing, it’s goddamn good and I’m so glad this show exists.
@obliviousranga9 ай бұрын
Beep bop... I'm the Philosophy Bot. Here, have a quote: "All we have to do is decide what to do with the time that is given to us" ~ Gandalf
@philosophy_bot41719 ай бұрын
Same here. Its just so amazing.
@eggwardosteve9 ай бұрын
couldn't have said it better myself. i feel the same way dude.
@bigrandy1009 ай бұрын
It's almost an insult to the industry as a whole that you haven't broken 1mil subs yet. Every frame is beautiful, every musical note is a melody, the voice acting is surreal, and the story just becomes deeper each episode.
@SeraphinSatan9 ай бұрын
People with real talent dont get subs. People who use others content for views like streamers/letsplayers/reactions get them. Trust me, I've been making original content for like 2 years with my music then see people who sell out to the meme of the week suprpass it.
@ZigealFaust9 ай бұрын
I'm sure the million plus sub count is on its way
@DaBaSoftware9 ай бұрын
It is a shame that most of the time great art gets unnoticed. However, that not why great artist make great art. They make it because they must, and even if only one person sees it and enjoys it, then all the effort will have been worth it.
@TheARodSupreme9 ай бұрын
It literally got 250k views in 8 hours. I swear if it's not over 1 million in the first few hours ppl lose their gd minds
@DaBaSoftware9 ай бұрын
@@DaBaSoftware Oh dont get me wrong, 250k is no small feat. Worthikids deserves every single one of those views. Most of us just think more people should know about projects and creators like this.
@TheARodSupreme9 ай бұрын
insane that he can animate, voice act, and produce music all to a standard greater than 99% of studios put out. ridiculous
@earl44469 ай бұрын
As a fellow clown I must say that I love how this series is playing it's own big part in changing peoples minds on clowns and getting people to enjoy clowns outside of horror and/or villain rolls again!! Cuz it's about time!!!!!
@solarfirecircusproductions7 ай бұрын
A lot of people think that Steve has been training for this one role for almoat his entire life, but I don't think that's the case. I think he has actually held this title for mutplile years after getting it, since in the first flash-back with "back on Broadway yet again." he is actually seen singing. What i think happened is that in this performance, he had simply cracked under pressure from how long he had been doing this.
@therforeiexist57249 ай бұрын
The way all the other clowns were saddened during his punishment seems to indicate indicate that yeah he had been doing this for a while and people loved him. His boss and understudy were legitimately saddened at what happened and what they had to do to him based on their traditions.
@BRZRKBAT73229 ай бұрын
Or his successful broadway performance happened here on Earth after he.... excavated himself? I mean, the stakes are much lower here (we won't fire an actor into the next galaxy for flubbing a line) so that probably let him relax a lot more.
@vigorouslethargy9 ай бұрын
That was my impression too. Looking at how much time passed, and the reactions of the other clowns, I think he'd successfully played "old deut" for literally a million years. One day he just cracked
@RainAngel1119 ай бұрын
Longer it seems even. I think it's suggested he was at this for 225 MILLION YEARS. He's not some nobody, he's at the very least spent actual eons climbing up the ladder. My guess is he's had this part since forever, and even though the performance didn't, time itself changed. New clowns came in, new standards evolved, ever demanding more and more from him until eventually he just.... cracked. This wasn't some simple banishment, this was a high profile excising from clown society.
@tsunertoo91499 ай бұрын
@@vigorouslethargyI don’t think so since all the other clowns in his act look the same as in the clip from “Kid”, so I think he has indeed been at the role for a long long time, the way he was yelled at “you’re supposed to be Old Deut!” And Steve proclaimed “I AM old Duet! I..” then “NOT! ANYMORE!” So yeah he just seems to have cracked after millions of years of performance and then gotten banished. Otherwise I don’t think Steve would’ve had something THAT important placed on him that he’d be banished on his first try and failure.
@somewizardguy14959 ай бұрын
I can't believe Steve was the meteorite that killed the dinosaurs. It just shows how powerful he really is.
@gcervantes479 ай бұрын
Eh, 375 nillion years ago is way to early to be the dinosaurs
@TalenkauenTV9 ай бұрын
not only that. Steve literally a Celestial Being banished from his World and The one who responsible for the creation of human being. just like The Engineers. talk about God among human. His lore is exceed my prediction. love it
@pertamanakprimaindra39289 ай бұрын
@@TalenkauenTVno telling how long he flew through space
@kylewestbay95719 ай бұрын
The cause of the Late-Devonian extinction is unknown, with an impact being one theory. I guess it makes sense now that we don't understand the cause- no one would have guessed a banished Clown launched into the earth!
@Dilaughosaurus9 ай бұрын
Those animals in the video are not dinosaurs. If anything, steve caused the Late Devonian extinction or even worse, the Permian extinction.
@DrErikNefarious9 ай бұрын
1. I really love the lonely plucking, harmonizing, and fittingly creep-fantastic rendering of the Cats theme - I hope it's eventually available somewhere 2. Also, if I felt the cast spiritually waiting for my failure, I, too would brick and "fumble it" eventually (if not immediately) 3. ALW as the consummate prophet of Clown World is really something
@bicarbonat19 ай бұрын
Seconding for the Cats theme, any updates
@severianautarch87643 ай бұрын
Everything about this was amazing. From the animation to the fact that you got TreytheExplainer and freakin' Alex Hirsch to voice characters!
@ktmeyer50519 ай бұрын
Sometimes Worthikids has to remind us that they can make unsetling sounds and animations... That initial scene of the cats surrounding Steve was SPOOKY.
@calmcraft58529 ай бұрын
No one is talking about this!!!!! I got chills! Felt straight out of Mandela Catalog
@arielscriven16659 ай бұрын
Right?? I was so prepped for more laughs and that scene caught me so off guard, worthi is so freaking good at tone setting I was scared and nervous for Steve who was under such intense pressure and scrutiny
@Midnightstar26759 ай бұрын
Honestly!!! That creeped the hell outta me
@Magalogica9 ай бұрын
when the stage fright is truly frightening
@PeptoAbismol9 ай бұрын
The realization that Steve's lore was in the song "Up" the whole time has me shook. I was just jaw wide open this whole time. Insane. Rewatching. Thank you so much, this is always such a joy.
@XxRayneSkyxX9 ай бұрын
Sameeeee!!!!!!
@Ash_IsTrash9 ай бұрын
Well, yes, just like Cesare's story is in "Down". This episode is such a freaking masterpiece.
@limlaith9 ай бұрын
It's just like how it turned out that 'Down' was Cesare's story all along.
@CaptainSpycrab9 ай бұрын
Dude sameeeee
@gooseofthesun3259 ай бұрын
To be honest, I thought it was just a big metaphor, but it's like word for word. This channel needs more attation.
@TheLukerbob9 ай бұрын
The fact that this song was on Spotify the entire time and the lyrics match what happened, that weird episode with tiny Steve, and Greaselaint show how brilliant they are at foreshadowing!
@galacgacwatson31029 ай бұрын
As a lover of clowns as wholesome beings who bring silliness and laughter to people, I super duper quadruple appreciate this series ❤
@yenee946 ай бұрын
I can see why this episode took 8+ months to make. Absolutely stunning
@NoCake9 ай бұрын
Oh my god. I feel like that was like just a couple months ago. What even is time?
@thismanjack82249 ай бұрын
I’m the 1k like, feeling good
@cooldudesmith63849 ай бұрын
The explosion scene is probably like 90% of the animation time
@keycrafter74719 ай бұрын
Congratz on getting Alex Hirsch on here dude! I love this series, glad to see it being recognized by one of my favourite cartoon creators as well.
@madeofmandrake17489 ай бұрын
Wait Alex Hirsch was on here???
@ZeusHadANOTHERkid9 ай бұрын
@@ZeusHadANOTHERkid he played munkustrap
@Amelthon9 ай бұрын
Holy shit, I didn’t even recognize his voice.
@TheAndrewj969 ай бұрын
Yeah when I saw his name in the credits, I was floored. Worthikids is definitely going places.
@BlinksAwakening9 ай бұрын
@@BlinksAwakening He's an overnight success... because he put in the decades of work.
@hariman77279 ай бұрын
I like the fact that Steve caused the extinction of the dinosaurs and also that he can survive in lava which means the deer he fought in season 1 was more of a challenge to fight that being in lava
@crispwisp10828 ай бұрын
That elk was JACKED
@nickbretado8 ай бұрын
*YOU LOST THE MOMENT YOU ENTERED THESE WOODS!!*
@porciwall92618 ай бұрын
I could be that Steve is literally a being of emotion as his people are built around performance and he was told that the entire planet spins around happy feeling, this could be figurative but knowing this series it might be literal. He could have just thought the elk was stronger than it was resulting in him somehow losing. (This could be utter bullshit though I am NOT a writer)
@bruhtha32967 ай бұрын
The timeframe and pictured animals suggests it was the Devonian extinction he caused
@finderfinder42907 ай бұрын
@@finderfinder4290Yeah, Maybe he emerged during the Permian (when what is now Russia literally blew up because lava got into a coal seam as wide as the us and 12km deep)
@daisypage93947 ай бұрын
I listened to the up reprise religiously after my terrible coming out because I related so much to the feeling of putting on a different face and acting as someone other than you are for people. At the time I felt like I was slowly sinking to the center of the earth, like the weight of my problems broke the earths crust and pulled me down with it which I also found in this song. It’s so silly but it fits so well to know the song was about a clown’s tragic backstory all along skskdkdkd
@thesmartcookie278 ай бұрын
The look on Cesare's face when he realizes what he just said and that both he and Steve have no clue why Steve (or clowns in general) needed to be caught
@chrisdrinkerofhate29 ай бұрын
My theory is, Steve was not chased by Cesare because he was a clown, but because he was perceived as an Underworld denizen. Cesare's other jobs included imps, which are small demons, and he was aiming for Andy Serkis, known best for his role of cave-dwelling Gollum - making me believe that his actual job is to send Underworld escapees back home. And the reason Steve was on the Underworld's radar was because he was slumbering under the ground for millions of years, having landed before humanity was even a twinkle in the Earth's eye - meaning nobody would ever know he is an extraterrestrial and likely perceiving him as some kinda primordial chtonic being. And the lyrics of Down do say "trickster gods rise from the deep", conforming that they see him as a god from the deep, not as an alien from above. Cesare's doubt, I think, is because he's wondering if Steve is actually a native underworlder; he never had to wonder before, but Steve himself being surprised at the "under the ground" bit did sow a seed of doubt. My prediction is that the next episode will end up with Steve being let out due to being out of the underground's jurisdiction. That, or other clowns come for him. Or maybe Cesare himself realises Steve does not belong here and busts him out.
@Levyafan9 ай бұрын
"Cesare's doubt, I think, is because he's wondering if Steve is actually a native underworlder; he never had to wonder before, but Steve himself being surprised at the "under the ground" bit did sow a seed of doubt." When Steve is banished, he is shot from the circus looking planet where clown is more like elf than job. He later is an important leader in their society as his role of Dootz is critical to the show making the whole universe go. Where they hail from is not an underworld, but some weird magic place we can only begin to guess about. 9billion years ago, a race of clowns performed the stage play Cats...and even before then it seems the creator of all is a clown too. When Steve is sleeping "under the ground" that is literal. After he is banished from magic LSD clown universe, he is shown landing in the center of the Earth. He slumbers underground for billions of years in exile. After he awakens like some sort of goofy kaiju is when Cesare and "upper management" become interested in him. Cesare knows Steve is from clowntown, they were in clown cats together. I think his expression of disbelief is that Steve didn't remember the exile or realize how long he had been in the center of the planet. It might indicate that there is more going on with Steve, I agree with you there. But I believe it either means Steve was more active during his time in the center of the earth/awoke closer to the dawn of man than present day. More reveals via flashbacks and we learn Steve and hambergers were forever intertwined at some cosmic moment where he saved human history. Thus redeeming his failed performance as Dootz all along.. I think it is also likely we see Cesare learn how much unjust pain he causes Steve and others by blindly following orders from whatever their uppermanagment is. @@Levyafan
@JokerFace0909 ай бұрын
@@JokerFace090 wdym Cesare was in cats? He clearly wasn't; if you watch the scene, the only people whose faces we can see is "Mr. Munkustrap", and the older lady (I don't know the name of the play character or anything). He isn't even among the crowd of clowns during the banishment. Cesare's backstory/song establishes him as being a marionette maker who died a thousand years ago and was resurrected by forces unknown (to us) to serve a thousand-year vigil bringing in "trickster gods", "freakazoids", "freaks", and "weirdos". And Cesare isn't even a clown; he's some form of zombie or undead.
@BlazingImp771518 ай бұрын
@@JokerFace090 Mr. Muskustrap was actually there for Steve’s banishment @3:57 and 4:00 is seen shedding a tear for Steve he’s just not in costume anymore. I don’t think he’s Cesare though
@devilcrybaby98038 ай бұрын
um because they wrote cats obviously
@hells_angel_6668 ай бұрын
The blend of surreal absurdist humor and beautifully stylized character lore is so so good.
@YorkJonhson9 ай бұрын
Plus the music!
@davidboites94739 ай бұрын
You can say it's a nice blend all using blender (Get it? Cuz the program they use... I'll see myself out)
@the_last_refrigerator9 ай бұрын
God I really can't imagine anyone but Chris Fleming playing Cesare, he's just perfect for the character
@mokaccinooo9 ай бұрын
Im not sure how much vocal direction he was given, but his weird vocal inflections are unlike anything ive heard and kind of make the character just as much as the writing.
@billygoatguy39608 ай бұрын
My dumb ass really thought that at 1:18 he said Andy CIRCUS instead of Serkis. That he was trying to catch a different clown literally called Andy Circus. RIP
@jaywhite17968 ай бұрын
Love the choice that Penny and Steve’s mom have the same voice (and hair color), makes me wonder if Steve hired her bc she unconsciously reminded him of his mother.
@timburtonlover3699 ай бұрын
I DIDNT EVEN NOTICE THAT OMG
@justarandomrat97369 ай бұрын
Shit that's a really good observation. In the intro she also tucks a kid to sleep.
@AgentSteffi9 ай бұрын
@@AgentSteffi The kid is Penny's kid
@clarkt10009 ай бұрын
@@AgentSteffiOn top of that in the episode where Steve turns into a child, which we now know is how he canonically looked as a kid, he first presented himself to Penny and didn't start disappear until the others showed up. He probably sees Penny as being the most clown like, and thus the closest thing he can get to his old clown society.
@tsunertoo91499 ай бұрын
Assuming she isn't actually his mother. Could be time travel BS involved.
@Brasswatchman9 ай бұрын
love how the little joke of "back on broadway yet again" was a real statement with a real backstory and was clearly planned from that orignal episode.
@SoraOfTheDarkness9 ай бұрын
My brain gained a wrinkle from all the dots connecting! It’s like Pepe Silvia all over again!
@MFDoomguy218 ай бұрын
I can’t believe Steve canonically caused the late-Devonian mass extinction
@fish_wizard6188 ай бұрын
I just realised big top burger is named after the burger restaurant from killer klowns from outer space. bloody brilliant!
@BigE429 ай бұрын
I can't decide what you deserve more, an adult swim series or a record deal. For real man, you are crushing it.
@markrussell16069 ай бұрын
Why not both?
@Harhaharha9 ай бұрын
Nooo! Not Adult Swim!! Those fucktards don't like their shows to be too complex! See what happened to Metalocalypse Maybe Rick & Morty are an exception, but it doesn't require to watch the episodes in order so you can understand the story
@MrGuru6669999 ай бұрын
New age Brendan smalls
@arizonafijiicedtea42049 ай бұрын
"New age Brendan Smalls" super truth here
@ShinjiSixteen9 ай бұрын
Adult Swim ain't what it used to be. It's probably safer to stay independent at this point.
@hosvetcozy23849 ай бұрын
Many people pointed it out, but I can't get over how a throwaway gag from season 1 has been incorporated into the story, and in such an intriguing way too ! My favorite part has to be the eyes, especially when they sentence Steve to banishment. Your artstyle and ways of storytelling are so cool and satisfying to me, I can't get enough of it !!
@HarmonieM9 ай бұрын
which throwaway gag?
@Emile.gorgonZola9 ай бұрын
@@Emile.gorgonZolahim being in cats probably
@user-og9mt1hn6t9 ай бұрын
@@Emile.gorgonZola ^^he mentioned being back on broadway again in s1e3 !
@HarmonieM9 ай бұрын
was it a throwaway gag though? The OG themesong seemed to be about losing the part of playing old deuteronomy
@NicklePiefy9 ай бұрын
Well up the full song referenced the play and old deut before this came out. I’m sure he had this all Planned and it’s just a callback
@digo30499 ай бұрын
Star wars finally has a cononical time for when exactly "a long time ago in a galaxy far far away" was
@willdebeast136 ай бұрын
For all of you who don't know the name "Big Top Burger" is a reference to the restaurant in the classic movie Killer Klowns from Outer Space, so yeah, that and so many other clues have been dropped throughout both seasons and its prefect.
@joshuabowen3168 ай бұрын
i never thought that alex hirsch and trey the explainer would ever be on the same project in a million years. that is absolutely amazing. what a fantastic job y'all did!!
@ggs63369 ай бұрын
the historical counsel got me good lol
@Hel1mutt9 ай бұрын
What
@WhaleManMan9 ай бұрын
I’m almost scared to ask but Is Alex the dude playing the black cat 😭
@Livingdeadgyrl9 ай бұрын
WAIT ALEX HIRSCH AND TREY ARE IN THIS?????
@sammieegoldwand9 ай бұрын
@@sammieegoldwand I'm unsure who Alex is, but Trey is almost certainly the Tiktaalic that turns to his friend and tells him to make a wish on the falling Steve. Edit: Yeah Alex was the play director who took away Steve's status as Old Deut.
@Odrikah9 ай бұрын
I’ve never seen a series so fascinatingly comfortable in its own skin- this series is such an unique comfort and endlessly charming!
@nobodyiswatchingvideos9 ай бұрын
This and No Evil are like that.
@hariman77279 ай бұрын
I've been listening to your music so much for the last few years. Seeing "up" contextualized further is such a catharsis. I love your videos so much.
@bsgeneral1219 ай бұрын
i can't express how obsessed i am with this lore. clowns existed before earth. the Cats musical has existed before earth.
@starstruckmetal12257 ай бұрын
seeing him reference his other animations is pure gold, haven't laughed and cried this hard in ages. good finale!
@lavabutts9 ай бұрын
Which one did he refer to?
@zak69339 ай бұрын
@@zak6933 “Palpatine’s journey” and some other, can’t remember the name
@mashab.2349 ай бұрын
@@mashab.234the other one's called SPACE :)
@honkstheclown86319 ай бұрын
Please tell me this isn’t the end???
@Cmolloy87989 ай бұрын
Wait what do u mean finale. is this the last big top burger episode ??
@botanicalitus41949 ай бұрын
Normally I don't like getting backstory for weird characters like Steve, but that was so outrageous, I love it!
@chronoplague9 ай бұрын
It's very rare that a weird character manages to get a sufficiently weird backstory, but Worthikids has succeeded.
@pocketpc_9 ай бұрын
yeah i think the big difference is that usually the backstory is something relatively mundane (story-wise) that explains why theyre weird or where their weird powers came from etc. but in this case the backstory is just as absurd, so it doesnt detract from the initial weirdness or recontextualize it as having a normal explanation lol its aaaaallll weird
@e.98749 ай бұрын
It's obvious they were gonna explain Steve's deal though
@ChangedMyNameFinally699 ай бұрын
Chris is the best possible voice for Cesare its insane how well it fits
@uilsoum8758 ай бұрын
It's unrealistic to expect bc he's voiced by such a big (and likely expensive) name in animation, but damn I hope we see more of Mr. Munkustrap.
@kellanlevi56639 ай бұрын
The amount of joy worthikids content has given me over the past 3 years is indescribable. The music, animations, comedy; I deeply love it all.
@Adumb_9 ай бұрын
Worth inspires me.. My parents said if i get 40K followers They'd buy me a professional camera for recording..begging u guys , literally Begging...
@namantherockstar9 ай бұрын
Oh my god, the uncovering of lore, the initial theme song, Up, clicking into place, hell a new version of Up, and the animation as always is beyond spectacular
@tylerjones90179 ай бұрын
I've watched this about 3 or 5 times now and everytime the part that catches my attention the most is Munkustrap's reaction to Steve's banishment. Obviously, he probably doesn't feel like the punishment isn't justified considering that the planet spins around Moments of Happiness(which I did not realize till now is referring to the name of the song at that part of the play, I know practically nothing about "Cats") and Steve flubbed it up the most important part, compromising millions of years of the rest of crew's hard work, but at the same time the way he reacts to Steve getting in the cannon portrays anguish and regret in how things turned out for Steve. Good Show.
@ParadoxAAA9 ай бұрын
It's really important for me that everyone appreciates the design in this video, because Cesare is based on the character with the same name in the old Silent movie ""the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari", and let me tell you all of those trippy lines across the walls and bars? That's the same art-direction as in the original black and white movie. *chefs-kiss*
@Eftertank8 ай бұрын
Seeing references to previous animations was actually a chill inducing moment. Overjoyed to see how far, large, and bizarre the world of Big Top Burger has come :)
@Mattal9 ай бұрын
Real as fuck, what an intricate tapestry of lore
@planet_saturnalia44549 ай бұрын
The Up reprise had me hollerin’, this entire sequence is unparalleled.
@ethanjakum4189 ай бұрын
wildest part is this is actually the original Up and the official reprise of Up is what was used for Greasepaint, season 1's finally
@chiryo12249 ай бұрын
Got to love the fact that no one's talking about Yoda was just straight-up stargazing and so happened to see a shooting clown in the depths of space.
@iblis12909 ай бұрын
Alex hirsch being a part of this project is truly one of the greatest when worlds collide moments
@chuckblubbs70409 ай бұрын
To think the “Back on Broadway yet again” line from KID actually had substantial lore behind it is just so Steve, I love the fact Worthikids used the same side track at 3:03 as his other CATS animation. This is made even better by the fact that, this was uploaded on my birthday.
@SillyLilDawg9 ай бұрын
Yo Happy Birthday
@freezing21359 ай бұрын
HB!
@louisenobrega61839 ай бұрын
@@louisenobrega6183 happy birthday!
@matthew1998able9 ай бұрын
Happy birthday!
@gael.75939 ай бұрын
happy mf birthday :]
@caramelldansen.9 ай бұрын
The banishment sequence is the best musical animated sequences I'll ever see man. I don't know how to express that in a way that fully conveys my admiration.
@serrinsr9 ай бұрын
AGREE AGREE AGREE
@naiamaiii24719 ай бұрын
This was pretty good but metalocalypse doomstar requiem can't be topped imo
@jeremybrown1169 ай бұрын
so true, I’ve watched it like 5 times now
@stitchmaw8 ай бұрын
i fucking love the "come on" before the Up song starts goddamnit thats so fucking well timed. I love the music of this guy.
@thelionspride43628 ай бұрын
This is one of my new favorite Web-Series, should be on Adult Swim, I love the chaos alongside with batshit off-the-walls story and THE CHARACERS,, **MWAH** that just fits into a nice package. The soundtrack of it too! Gonna inspire me on my art styles for SURE! :)
@carnette4308 ай бұрын
Seeing references to old episodes pay off, as well as Worthi animations I've watched 100 times made me strangely emotional. Incredible season finale!
@Sonoftutuchoppy9 ай бұрын
Like No, comeback, Micheal, my son( episode elk?) maybe he had a son And Back on broadway once again. (Little kid)
@peshomighty50519 ай бұрын
Whats crazy is how much more than just a reference it is. The lyrics to the outro song in episode one are exactly what happened in this episode. Well, the full version of the song. Only the first half plays during the credits Brush my hair Read my lines It's time to go Put on my suit Put the makeup on Put on the show Up, up, up, to the Heaviside layer Up, up, up, I'm going straight up Take my lunch Lose my lunch It's a shaky start I'm old Deut Now he's old Deut I've lost the part Down, down, down, to the center of the Earth Down, down, down, I'm going straight down
@Mittens_McG9 ай бұрын
@@Mittens_McG Same thing with the new intro/outro song. It's literally just Cesare's backstory. Cesare's an extremely Italian name, and Venezia is the proper name for Venice. He mentions that he's no longer a watcher now that his 1000 years are up in this episode, even.
@Oops-All-Ghosts9 ай бұрын
@@Oops-All-GhostsConsidering when and where he is from, Cesare is a few hundred years old at most. I imagine that he watches for 1000 years *unless* he catched a clown, in which case he is freed.
@badethics75429 ай бұрын
@@badethics7542 He's from Venice, which was founded in the 600s, and we know he's caught more than one "freak"; we don't know anything more than that, so it seems safe to say he means thousand years literally.
@Oops-All-Ghosts9 ай бұрын
So much lore in one episode! The balance between how goofy and serious it was in this one is such a treat!
@the_mystic_oso9 ай бұрын
I think this is the most cannon episode lol
@lazyfish76759 ай бұрын
@@lazyfish7675 Upvote for your service my good fish
@cam46369 ай бұрын
@@lazyfish7675 most CANNON
@metalsludge82059 ай бұрын
@@lazyfish7675* ba dum tss*
@niehoff23239 ай бұрын
begging on my hands and knees for a full release of this version of the song
@kemipova9 ай бұрын
HOLY SHIT ALEX HIRSH??? Ive been rewatching this and only really noticed on this rewatch. But also the sequence of Steve being launched was so clean with the music
@TheShiningDiamond8 ай бұрын
Something tells me that Cesare is ultimately going to get screwed over by his bosses and break Steve out as a way of saying "Screw you, upper management!"
@douglaslamar15309 ай бұрын
Cesare looked kind of particularly concerned when he realized STeve didn't know how long he was at the center of the earth. It makes me think now he's really wondering if Upper Management is making the right call on this one. Sure Steve was a hard culp to catch, but otherwise he really wasn't doing anything too out there. I think Cesare is going to start second guessing this one. Something avout it doesn't feel right.
@tsunertoo91499 ай бұрын
@@tsunertoo9149I don't think ceser really cares. He was literally laughing at Steve.
@The_KingDoge9 ай бұрын
I mean he seems to enjoy his job and dislike Steve, it seems like the burger crews (big top and zomburger) are probably gonna crawl down the giant hole that Cesar made to rescue Steve.
@The_KingDoge9 ай бұрын
@@The_KingDoge He laughed it off in the end yes but after he saw how confused Steve was he clealry had a moment of thining about what was happening. He seemed earnestly shocked to find out Steve didn't know how long he was inside the planet
@tsunertoo91499 ай бұрын
They might just challenge all of the absurd business expenses he claims before he heads to Tampa.
@Brasswatchman9 ай бұрын
I never thought I'd find a series centred around clowns so beautiful but the 2:15 sequence is just breath-taking
@MissNixable9 ай бұрын
It truly is the animation and the music is just top tier
@cannibleflower49609 ай бұрын
@@cannibleflower4960 See, the music in Cats IS good!!
@chumblespuzzspuzz40809 ай бұрын
@@chumblespuzzspuzz4080| It's been one of the main broadway musicals for decades now. You don't stick around that long WITHOUT having good music. Is it for everyone? No. Was it a good idea to try adapting it to film? Hell no. Is it objectively a "good" musical? Unequivocally.
@PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth9 ай бұрын
@@chumblespuzzspuzz4080 lol, it's Andrew Lloyd Weber. Nobody ever thought the music is bad. It's just one of those things that got too big for it's own good.
@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat9 ай бұрын
Holy shit you guys gotta do a physical release once the series is done, I'd love to own this
@aortaplatinum8 ай бұрын
Cats being twice as old as the Earth is really funny
@byronius70129 ай бұрын
See...after watching this like...10-20 times so far, I can't help but appreciate how Steve's origin story is so succinct. Nothing feels wasted, nothing feels like it needs to be longer, it's just so concise. I love how these episodes can be so short, yet so full of excellent animation, humor, and storytelling.
@KyleAlexJohn9 ай бұрын
Agreed. Additionally, I loved the revelation that Bigtop Burger and Wire are set in the same universe. And the added depth to little hints in the previous Bigtop episodes, like how Steve doesn't take his makeup off and when Billie says "Dude, clowns aren't real. That's wild."
@anneabelle70989 ай бұрын
but we do wanna know what happens to billie and the others I doubt they were paid thousands by the hour like those art majors
@junthemaledicted9 ай бұрын
@@anneabelle7098I'm pretty sure its been said by worthikids themselves that the similarities to wire don't actually mean they take place in the same universe. the fact that they both revolve so heavily around clowns is a weird coincidence but
@breadwinner809 ай бұрын
Brings an actual tear to my eye every single time.
@PeytonPearson8 ай бұрын
I think that’s why they only release like two episodes a year😂
@9965paul5 ай бұрын
It’s interesting that what made Steve fumble his performance isn’t the audience’s attention, but his fellow performers
@magpy_9 ай бұрын
Spending hundreds of millions of year rehearsing must build so much anxiety
@blablableep68119 ай бұрын
I cant get over just how pretty and detailed this is. It makes me want to stare at every individual frame for hours. The golden cirus planet with all those lights. The unnerving crowd of cats. Our solar system coming into view. Grandpa Tiktalik. Whats not to love
@carsonjones36929 ай бұрын
When are the new music tracks getting released? I re-watch this video just to listen to the music, it's so good.
@concr3t36 ай бұрын
You can really feel how much love was put into this. Even just how Up has been telling us about Steve's backstory this whole time without us knowing shows the thought and care Worthi has been BREWING. It's bloody inspiring
@darkripple39619 ай бұрын
I was looking for this comment! I just looked at the lyrics and it clicked
@ghostdagreat9 ай бұрын
What is this 'us' you're talking about?
@simj2029 ай бұрын
The part of "Take my lunch Lose my lunch" showing he was nervous and throw up is a genius
@therocoti9 ай бұрын
Oh my god I didn't even realize! The lyrics! That song has been one of my alarms for literal years, how did I not put that together
@Sky-._9 ай бұрын
I might point out, Friends in Low Places is the story of Cesare's life. A puppet maker who got murdered and then resurrected, presumably to hunt weirdos like Steve
@michellegodwin65679 ай бұрын
Shout out to Worthi for getting a legend like Alex Hirsch to play a role! Speaks to the quality of his work
@nealmcbeal30419 ай бұрын
Gosh I can't for the life of me figure out which character he plays.
@zoeythebee17799 ай бұрын
The guy who banishes Steve, I get a hint of grunkle Stan in his voice
@danielmanrique96569 ай бұрын
@@zoeythebee1779 The planet SPINS around moments of happiness, AND YOU FUMBLE IT.
@nealmcbeal30419 ай бұрын
These KZhead animators just pulling massive names out of the blue is something to behold for sure
@DISTurbedwaffle9189 ай бұрын
dude ayo edebiri from the bear is here
@notreallyizaah30259 ай бұрын
I keep coming back to this episode and it’s not even been a week. It’s so phenomenal, I immediately rewatched the whole season over
@Herbgerblin9 ай бұрын
I've watched this episode countless times and the lore building is just so damn good.
@ARFPheonix9 ай бұрын
I absolutely love the musical tone of 2:16 to quote a famous musician “It’s haunted, it’s woody, it’s… underutilized in rock music.”
@GamerKM.9 ай бұрын
That's cats baby
@MrSchlessel9 ай бұрын
@@MrSchlesselWhats the songs name to look it up?
@Sambenmaggie9 ай бұрын
@@Sambenmaggie Cats - Overture That iconic bit is from a ways into the song.
@BlitzBat3139 ай бұрын
@@BlitzBat313it's more like the leimotif of "The Jellicle Ball", the overture has the melody too but for a very short time.
@bazzjedimaster9 ай бұрын
@@bazzjedimaster You nailed it, thanks a bunch!
@Sambenmaggie8 ай бұрын
I'm blown away by Steve's backstory. The fact that he came from outer space in a clown world is something I never expected. Along with that, the fact CATS is the reason he got banished makes me go crazy. This is such a fascinating story. You went over the top on this one Worthikids! AMAZING!!!
@cheesythicc48909 ай бұрын
And that CATS is actually 9 billion years old.
@vigorouslethargy9 ай бұрын
I always loved the implication that steve and cesare were actually weird guys and not just dudes in costumes, and now that theres confirmation its even better! the parallels are incredible
@lucarleigho9 ай бұрын
@@vigorouslethargy We normal people didn't create it, Steve blasted it into our minds.
@CodyFurr9 ай бұрын
I like how whimsical clown world is.
@TheAsylumCat9 ай бұрын
The not-so killer clown from outer space
@eattheasslikeitsgrass51139 ай бұрын
i'm sorry but this has one of THE coolest sequences in an animation ever. cats being the reason for everything, including man is....just so amazing. i love the implication that adam and eve were banished clowns too that we're all products of banished clowns due to failed cats performances on another planet. what a gdamn genius
@slrflre8 ай бұрын
The- the last part- I uh-
@porciwall92618 ай бұрын
Hang on now--what???
@d.v.33147 ай бұрын
Something has slowly dawned on me on the rewatches....... Steve's backstory involving the musical "Cats" implies that Thomas Stearns Eliot, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and John Napier are either ALL exiled Clowns too, or somehow became aware of Ancient Clown Knowledge from which they drew inspiration for "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" and the music and costumes of "Cats" respectively.
don't let Steve and his backstory distract you from the fact that Cats was written 9 billion years ago
I was surprised no one was talking about this. But now it begs the question, is Andrew Lloyd Webber a billions-of-years-old clown from outer space or a fraud?
@@KNIGHTMARE__ he's English, of course he stole it
@@KNIGHTMARE__ when you consider that those two things aren't necessarily mutually exclusive it becomes even more complex
@@KNIGHTMARE__Sir Funny Lloyd Webber The Clown
@@KNIGHTMARE__ there's a third option: given enough time, things may begin to repeat independently due to probability. However, I definitely think the clown composer bears a striking resemblance to Andrew Lloyd Webber, so I think they're the same person; it would explain a lot.
Putting the main character's backstory on the theme song, but being too absurd for anyone to think he was being literal about it, was Worthikids' greatest prank.
He did the same for Cesare. It's actually wild how much detail has gone into this. And like it has to have been planned from really early on because the song has existed since the start.
@@BlazingImp77151 Yeah and i'am super exited to see where this goes.
So this is the origins of pennywise the dancing clown/ IT what a tragic story
@@tokyoghoulfan21 Yeah, it really calls back to _It's_ "smoke-hole" ceremony, does it not? Has to be some sort of reference. That part always confused me, as they're supposed to have gone back to the time of the dinosaurs, but they also see gigantic bats, modern birds and sabre toothed tigers, but Chiopterae, Neoavians, and Smilodons hadn't been invented yet.
I like the implication that either A. Steve brought the play Cats to earth with him inside of his head, and it proved to be not quite the world-defining hit it was on the clown planet or B. Cats, as a play, is an art object in the collective unconscious of the universe, such that ANY planetary society, after inventing writing and theatre, will eventually independently come up with Cats.
Cats is to consciousness as crabs are to evolution. It just keeps happening
Or Steve didn't do a good retelling... He is an alien after all
It could also be complete coincidence. If you look at the infinite monkey theorem, you see that if you sat infinite monkeys at infinite keyboards and had them type keys at random, one would eventually write the entire works of Shakespeare with no typos. This theory clearly proves that even with complete randomness anything can happen
@@vaga4239We will never experience the true form of CATS 😢
It's a nice spin on Douglas Adams and cricket, that's for sure.
I love how Steve faced lifelong trauma and banishment for ruining a performance of Cats, while Cesare’s reaction to being murdered, having his body dumped into a canal and being resurrected as a walking corpse is “I can’t wait to retire! Tampa, I’m coming!!! :)”
Did I just completely miss Cesare’s backstory?
@alexhead2645 listen to the song "friends in low places". It's the one that plays during the season credits
honestly based on the song I'd say he was stoked to be revived as a zombie
@@alexhead2645 "Friends in Low Places" from this series (eg the after-credits song) and "Down" from last series' soundtrack, though we get a reprise of it when he's slamming Steve with the hammer.
Well he had 1000 years to find peace
I love how Cesare is just a guy doing a job who employs all theater majors, whereas Steve is a theater major who employs people just trying to do their jobs
Perfect summation, no notes
So profound 😢
This might be my favourite comment of anything ever
Astute
Yeah your right, I thought Cesare was Munkustrap for a minute
I can't believe that Old Deuteronomy gag ended up being an important plot point I fucking love this series
I mean it's mentioned in another song but people thought it implied Cesare lost the role to Steve, now we know it's not that
Worth inspires me.. My parents said if i get 40K followers They'd buy me a professional camera for recording..begging u guys , literally Begging...
@@namantherockstar No
I love how this series absolutely obliterates the Clowns as Horror Villains trope. Clowns being whimsical beings of mirth and mischief from beyond the stars is so much more compelling.
Also the idea of having to make people happy so the world continues to spin is kinda horrifying as an implication
"Clowns being whimsical beings of mirth and mischief from beyond the stars" - Homestuck
@@Zimmothi:o)
It actually reinforces everything they represent. Look at what Steve caused...and his kin as well. They just banished Steve as it was a special slap in the wrist; also they obliterated the Mezosoic Era just out of spite and sense of fun.
Considering clowns were based off harlequins (actual demons). They're fucked over in that regard.
I just have to say, cosmically ancient space baroque is an aesthetic theme I've never seen before and I *will* be obsessing over it
That are so powerful that one of the average clowns of that place can literally get send at possibly beyond speed of light and blow the planet earth by causing the extinction of the dinosaurs. All that without any fatal wounds. That some anime or comic level of power.
What's his name... Twin Peaks Guy's 1980s Dune did that.
@@DefensiveBalloonsI thought it was more how strong Steve must be, to not only survive but had no visible scratches on him
@maxdefense9914 think it was supposed to be the Permian Extinction, aka "The Great Dying" that made way for dinos and, well, us.
@@dboot8886 Oh yeah, that's true. Also that means he was the cause of the biggest mass extinction in history.
I kinda like the implication that the reason Steve has a clown theamed burger van and makes his employees dress up as clowns is not just so he can blend in but also because he misses his home and being around people like himself. I love this series and look forward to how it develops further
😭
My headcanon is that Steve doesn't make them wear make-up. They just showed up for for their first work day and assumed it was part of the uniform.
I will point out that pattern is only seen on the clown world as punishment garb .
not to pain you, but this felt very conclusive to me :') I hope there's more to come, but also looking forward to whatever else Worthikids puts out tbh
He also talks in previous episodes like hes still on clown broadway doing an act, like hes still practicing despite his exile.
Worthikids is so powerful he not only pulls out full-fledged high quality animations but simultaneously improves the reputation of CATS
The Broadway show never had a bad rep afaik
@@Yuuri066 oh it did, it really did
Yoda real 👏👏👏
@@louzo5175 the people who camped out to get tickets gave it a bad rep, the show didn't earn it itself.
Cats' reputation have been fluctuating from masterpiece to joke to masterpiece to joke again for decades.
Even Peanut is shedding a tear for Steve. Seems like a nice guy.
Pretty sure that’s Mr. Munkenstap
@@TallestKATthey both are
@@TallestKAT Mr. Munkustrap is a separate character from Peanut. Munkustrap was the one that sent Steve to be banished and Peanut just took his place in the play. They even have separate voice actors
@@p1nk_anthem I acknowledge that. The clown who sheds a tear at 4:03 though is Mr. Munkenstrap
@@TallestKAT ah I see what you mean now I assumed you had peanut and munkustrap mixed up
The way Steve says “I didn’t DO anything,” makes me feel like he knew who/what he was and who/what was watching him, so he tried not to do anything too chaotic to avoid drawing attention. When I go back through to series and watch how he reacts every time he sees Cesare, it really drives the theory home for me that he knew what Cesare’s job was and was trying to avoid him.
One time he Naruto ran at about 80+ MPH and then sliced Cesare's truck in half with a katana before jumping onto his own vehicle and steering it by standing on top of it. So. I 'unno about that one.
@@FriscoCatshark To be fair, that was already a life-or-death situation for his human friends, so may have warranted some Clowning.
@@clockworkkirlia7475 *honk*
I thought he was being litteral with his performance on cats
I like how Cesare doesn't even pretend to hate Steve anymore it was always just part of the job.
i mean he might still, but now he’s won so hes happy anyways
@@themanwiththeplan3793I don't thinkthe hate id pointed directly at Steven, Cesare's simply someone who takes his job very seriously. It's kind of like how certain detectives/officers can connect with the criminals they are hunting down, even while knowing they feel some kind of sympathy. At the end of the day they NEED to be stopped and this was Cesare's BIGGEST case. He said his 1000 years were up, not that they were GOING to be up, which makes me think Cesare stayed on the forece knowing that if anyone could catch Steve it was him. Steve was his biggest case, he can finally hang up his badge knowing he finally put in everything he had for the force. Even if he feels sympathy or contempt for Steve, doesn't matter. He got the one Clown no one could catch off the streets. His jobs done, and that's the end of that.
@@tsunertoo9149i thought there was a clown too slippery for him though
@@artisticdreamer2429 ANdy Serkez, but he said that he doesn't normally need help on a case either but for Steve he basically had to pull an entire trap expo. SUre he couldn't snag Andy but Steveis clearly up there
@tsunertoo9149 I think he just ment that he was retiring soon not that he stayed just to catch steve
I absolutely love CATS being a part of the lore of this show lmfao
I love that CATS is older than terrestrial vertebrate life on earth
From an alien race of CLOWNS, no less.
As it should be
STRAIGHT UP I did not see it coming
Cats and clowns go hand In hand
I can't figure out if Cesare referring to Andy Serkis is a nod to all the wacky characters he's flawlessly portrayed, or because Serkis is pronounced like Circus, where clowns are typically found, but I loved that line regardless.
I can’t remember for sure, but I’m pretty sure he actually went to clown school and is technically a clown lol
Or Gollum an underground creature.
I kept hearing Andy's circus until i read the comments. Anything is possible at this point
@@anewhero1216So it's kind of like a triple reference then
He also played a character name Caesar in Planet of the Apes
I love how you can see Steve's orbit path as he passes saturn at 4:34. This implies his flight path through the solar system brought him within the orbit of at least jupiter before orbiting saturn which then must have sling shot him towards earth. Cool detail Worthikids :) Thank you for making and sharing this art :)
love this detail!
Oh I actually saw that when I saw your post. It’s small but you can see Steve whip around Saturn!
@@denakay3633 I never noticed that until you said something, that's so cool
Worthikids wrote the music for this episode two whole years ago. Damn, that’s respectable to be able to keep something planned and work on it for that long. Bigtop Burger is such an incredible animated show!
where can i find the music ? this stuffs straight fire
@@tacobelldog1574 Yeah, where banana
@@tacobelldog1574 he's got a spotify under the same name Worthikids
@@tacobelldog1574 It's all on Spotify!
Yeah I would pay for that cover of "The Jellicle Ball".
Origin stories for mysterious characters usually kill all the magic, but this one was quite charming and solid enough in its unspoken denials of other questions to keep some of that magic.
Yes, the key to keeping the magic of mysterious, incomprehensible characters is a backstory that is EVEN MORE mysterious and incomprehensible and damn if Worthikids deliver! I am in awe
@@EvonixTheGreatestdude exactly, it raised more questions than it answered and I'm all for it!!!
I just like how I did pay close attention to the years and still needed a cut into earth to understand what was going on… the whole scene was great
It's doing less hot for the fact that Clowns were pretty much invented in USA by appropriating English bastardizations of mainland European commedia dell'arte traditions, and jsut turned it into a hateful public mockery of drunks, on who the pale face and red nose is based on. The mockery then lived on in blackface because same culture so openly hates these other instances, that they want to make the PAINT a problem without addressing positive depictions of the same thing. And so they DON'T HAVE positive depictions like Aqualung by Jethro Tull. It's just blackface for an acceptable target, while blackface for genuine comedy is not even acknowledged as possible because Americans want to blame the depiction, and veer away from THEIR OWN hateful APPLICATION of it as the problem. For example japan happily uses archetypes in anime like Iyami from Osomatsu, but black people are openly encourgaed to become violent when even seeing same kind of imagery.
STEVE LITERALLY COMES FROM A CLOWN WORLD THAT HAS BEEN PUTTING ON THE MUSICAL "CATS" FOR BILLIONS OF YEARS I LITERALLY CANNOT 🤣🤣🤣
4:38 Semi-fun fact! Assuming that Steve was roughly the average male clown weight of 100 kg at the time of his banishment (due to their denser and more comedic molecular structure) -- to cause the Chicxulub impact (estimated energy 300 ZJ), he would need to have been traveling at 182.7 times the speed of light! Or in Star Trek terms, warp factor 4.8. _Edit:_ We can therefore deduce that he was fired out of a Warp 5 cannon.
@@13.ghaniziyadsagiansyah66 Good point, and I will admit I did not initially pick up on that. But that said, we can presume the impact was at least comparable to the K-Pg event, given the way we see the ejecta similarly cover the entire Earth. This calculation may be in fact a lower bound for Steve's velocity!
I went to go recalculate your results for the Siljan impact, which is the one I believe Worthi is attributing to Steve, with the presumption that the effect of the impact was artistic license so I wouldn't analogize to K-Pg. Unfortunately, it turns out that from what literature I could find, most Siljan impact structure research is focused on oil & gas, not the impact event itself, so trying to get an estimated kinetic energy for the impact to make a stupid little joke on KZhead would be like...... actual geophysics research.
@@chronikuru Yeaaaaaahhhh, afraid that's a little above my pay grade. 😁
Wiz and Boomstick over here…
@@cjmoore9966 DEATH BATTLE mentioned. +1
i love that the flashback scene is entirely handdrawn / no 3d models for the characters whereas the modern day stuff is done with a mix of 3d and 2d...really gives the clown backstory this more storybook/retroish feel
It also adds to how important this episode is, in episodes before this the fact that they're done in 3d is used for some jokes and is generally used to give the show a lighthearted feel. But this episode being entirely 2d adds more weight to the events and how characters move/emote
I love how Cesare has been doing this work for a thousand years and he never bothered to learn the details of his job
nah i can vouch for him on that one
Thats just how it be. If i dont need to know it to do my job, i dont care enough to find out
Probably was not being paid enough to ask questions, just wanted to get there 1000 years in so he could retire.
That tracks.
Makes me wonder who his boss is gonna be then
Can we not forget that Worthikids MAKES ALL THIS MUSIC THEMSELVES!!!! and STILL puts out quality animations like this! TALENT TALENT!!!!!
Literally the most talented person on the planet
I was wondering why the audio was so damn crisp. I know the audiophiles are pleased.
The fish-creatures at 4:37 are Tiktaaliks, which lived during the late Denovian Period, over 100 million years before the earliest dinosaurs. They are believed to be an important link between fishes and four-legged (land) vertebrates. Coincidentally, the second of the 'Big Five' mass extinctions took place around that time. Specifically, it seems that Steve was likely the cause of the Hangenberg Extinction Event, which marked the end of the Denovian Period and the beginning of the Carboniferous Period.
aaaand now im obsessed with the idea of interstellar deities being the direct cause behind mass extinctions
I love the idea that all the Big Five mass extinctions happened because a clown hit earth and messed things up.
Oh man, I thought it was supposed to be the Permian Extinction. Good catch!
@@jimboringo9958Go play Pathways into Darkness.
Cesar's voice sounding like he's speaking in an empty room with just a smidge of echo when he shouts is something i hope stays around.
Holy shit, the Steve lore is a lot deeper than I thought. I wonder if Seal Team Clown will tie in at any point
There is no way that doesn’t tie into anything.
@@caseyp5861 he gets rescued 100% by them. this is the only way forward.
I think Worthikids has denied a connection, but also I don't believe him
@@thegreatandterrible4508just different faction of clowns
@caseyp5861 I say the clowns have started a war with the vampires on earth while Steve was slumbering
Didn't expect to love a show about clowns selling burgers, but here I am thinking it's one of the best shows on KZhead.
Completly Agree 😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤❤
For sure!
This and Helluva Boss really are the new Kings of Animation.
@@AfroX-StayLegendary helluva boss is really hit or miss tho
@@AfroX-StayLegendaryhelluva is kinda alright, I wouldn't go that far lol
So yeah, Alex Hirsch gave one of his best performances as Munkustrap. Also such an amazing episode. Great animation, story and world building. I can’t wait for more.
insane that that’s alex hirsch
So Steve is 400-500 million years old? I friggin love this show. I hope the Earth's central civilization/chamber treats him well.
He's honestly most likely 700 million years
So, those fish we saw when Steve crashed onto earth are most likely Tiktaaliks, the first vertebrate animals to ever "walk" on land. They first appeared in the fossil record 380-385 million years ago. This means Steve is most likely in the range of 385-400 million years old
@@xenomorphoverlordthe subtitles literally calls them tiktaalik.
Child Steve is going for his audition 600 million years ago. So, no.
If you ever feel down, remember that Steve trained 225 years for one part and still fumbled it.
225 million years even
@@firdanharbima6997That's not what understudy means, understudies simply learn the same role in the event a theatre actor is unavailable to perform on a given day and serve as a substitute, they're also known as a cover. They are not the actor's student.
@calculusbandit6127 I... never knew this. I never used the word myself, but just realized I've misunderstood it whenever i've heard it all my life. So thanks!
@@calculusbandit6127 sorry I'm bad at english
@@calculusbandit6127 I also didn't know this, thank you.
Cesare has probably seen the whole world several times over and deciding that he wants to retire in Tampa is crazier than anything Steve could ever pull 😂
The only good thing in Tampa are Cuban sandwiches. I completely understand him.
@@AaronTatsDudes doesn't eat food how can he enjoy any of that
Someone's gotta tell him about the state of Florida right now, not the place to be
@@widget5718 that’s why I said the only good thing in Tampa lol
Bros going to Margarittaville
I really like the added vocal mix to "UP" for this episode. There's a lot more emotion than the usual jam
I hope we get the double reprise on the season soundtrack!
The delivery on "you - cookin da burgers" is so brilliant + the perfect expression on Cesare's face..! I laugh every time.
I haven’t felt this kind of absolute child-like joy and love for a series in years. I have watched this so many times already and have not been able to stop smiling. The way worthi writes, animates, and composes; the performance from the VA’s, and just the line by line and shot by shot pacing, it’s goddamn good and I’m so glad this show exists.
Beep bop... I'm the Philosophy Bot. Here, have a quote: "All we have to do is decide what to do with the time that is given to us" ~ Gandalf
Same here. Its just so amazing.
couldn't have said it better myself. i feel the same way dude.
It's almost an insult to the industry as a whole that you haven't broken 1mil subs yet. Every frame is beautiful, every musical note is a melody, the voice acting is surreal, and the story just becomes deeper each episode.
People with real talent dont get subs. People who use others content for views like streamers/letsplayers/reactions get them. Trust me, I've been making original content for like 2 years with my music then see people who sell out to the meme of the week suprpass it.
I'm sure the million plus sub count is on its way
It is a shame that most of the time great art gets unnoticed. However, that not why great artist make great art. They make it because they must, and even if only one person sees it and enjoys it, then all the effort will have been worth it.
It literally got 250k views in 8 hours. I swear if it's not over 1 million in the first few hours ppl lose their gd minds
@@DaBaSoftware Oh dont get me wrong, 250k is no small feat. Worthikids deserves every single one of those views. Most of us just think more people should know about projects and creators like this.
insane that he can animate, voice act, and produce music all to a standard greater than 99% of studios put out. ridiculous
As a fellow clown I must say that I love how this series is playing it's own big part in changing peoples minds on clowns and getting people to enjoy clowns outside of horror and/or villain rolls again!! Cuz it's about time!!!!!
A lot of people think that Steve has been training for this one role for almoat his entire life, but I don't think that's the case. I think he has actually held this title for mutplile years after getting it, since in the first flash-back with "back on Broadway yet again." he is actually seen singing. What i think happened is that in this performance, he had simply cracked under pressure from how long he had been doing this.
The way all the other clowns were saddened during his punishment seems to indicate indicate that yeah he had been doing this for a while and people loved him. His boss and understudy were legitimately saddened at what happened and what they had to do to him based on their traditions.
Or his successful broadway performance happened here on Earth after he.... excavated himself? I mean, the stakes are much lower here (we won't fire an actor into the next galaxy for flubbing a line) so that probably let him relax a lot more.
That was my impression too. Looking at how much time passed, and the reactions of the other clowns, I think he'd successfully played "old deut" for literally a million years. One day he just cracked
Longer it seems even. I think it's suggested he was at this for 225 MILLION YEARS. He's not some nobody, he's at the very least spent actual eons climbing up the ladder. My guess is he's had this part since forever, and even though the performance didn't, time itself changed. New clowns came in, new standards evolved, ever demanding more and more from him until eventually he just.... cracked. This wasn't some simple banishment, this was a high profile excising from clown society.
@@vigorouslethargyI don’t think so since all the other clowns in his act look the same as in the clip from “Kid”, so I think he has indeed been at the role for a long long time, the way he was yelled at “you’re supposed to be Old Deut!” And Steve proclaimed “I AM old Duet! I..” then “NOT! ANYMORE!” So yeah he just seems to have cracked after millions of years of performance and then gotten banished. Otherwise I don’t think Steve would’ve had something THAT important placed on him that he’d be banished on his first try and failure.
I can't believe Steve was the meteorite that killed the dinosaurs. It just shows how powerful he really is.
Eh, 375 nillion years ago is way to early to be the dinosaurs
not only that. Steve literally a Celestial Being banished from his World and The one who responsible for the creation of human being. just like The Engineers. talk about God among human. His lore is exceed my prediction. love it
@@TalenkauenTVno telling how long he flew through space
The cause of the Late-Devonian extinction is unknown, with an impact being one theory. I guess it makes sense now that we don't understand the cause- no one would have guessed a banished Clown launched into the earth!
Those animals in the video are not dinosaurs. If anything, steve caused the Late Devonian extinction or even worse, the Permian extinction.
1. I really love the lonely plucking, harmonizing, and fittingly creep-fantastic rendering of the Cats theme - I hope it's eventually available somewhere 2. Also, if I felt the cast spiritually waiting for my failure, I, too would brick and "fumble it" eventually (if not immediately) 3. ALW as the consummate prophet of Clown World is really something
Seconding for the Cats theme, any updates
Everything about this was amazing. From the animation to the fact that you got TreytheExplainer and freakin' Alex Hirsch to voice characters!
Sometimes Worthikids has to remind us that they can make unsetling sounds and animations... That initial scene of the cats surrounding Steve was SPOOKY.
No one is talking about this!!!!! I got chills! Felt straight out of Mandela Catalog
Right?? I was so prepped for more laughs and that scene caught me so off guard, worthi is so freaking good at tone setting I was scared and nervous for Steve who was under such intense pressure and scrutiny
Honestly!!! That creeped the hell outta me
when the stage fright is truly frightening
The realization that Steve's lore was in the song "Up" the whole time has me shook. I was just jaw wide open this whole time. Insane. Rewatching. Thank you so much, this is always such a joy.
Sameeeee!!!!!!
Well, yes, just like Cesare's story is in "Down". This episode is such a freaking masterpiece.
It's just like how it turned out that 'Down' was Cesare's story all along.
Dude sameeeee
To be honest, I thought it was just a big metaphor, but it's like word for word. This channel needs more attation.
The fact that this song was on Spotify the entire time and the lyrics match what happened, that weird episode with tiny Steve, and Greaselaint show how brilliant they are at foreshadowing!
As a lover of clowns as wholesome beings who bring silliness and laughter to people, I super duper quadruple appreciate this series ❤
I can see why this episode took 8+ months to make. Absolutely stunning
Oh my god. I feel like that was like just a couple months ago. What even is time?
I’m the 1k like, feeling good
The explosion scene is probably like 90% of the animation time
Congratz on getting Alex Hirsch on here dude! I love this series, glad to see it being recognized by one of my favourite cartoon creators as well.
Wait Alex Hirsch was on here???
@@ZeusHadANOTHERkid he played munkustrap
Holy shit, I didn’t even recognize his voice.
Yeah when I saw his name in the credits, I was floored. Worthikids is definitely going places.
@@BlinksAwakening He's an overnight success... because he put in the decades of work.
I like the fact that Steve caused the extinction of the dinosaurs and also that he can survive in lava which means the deer he fought in season 1 was more of a challenge to fight that being in lava
That elk was JACKED
*YOU LOST THE MOMENT YOU ENTERED THESE WOODS!!*
I could be that Steve is literally a being of emotion as his people are built around performance and he was told that the entire planet spins around happy feeling, this could be figurative but knowing this series it might be literal. He could have just thought the elk was stronger than it was resulting in him somehow losing. (This could be utter bullshit though I am NOT a writer)
The timeframe and pictured animals suggests it was the Devonian extinction he caused
@@finderfinder4290Yeah, Maybe he emerged during the Permian (when what is now Russia literally blew up because lava got into a coal seam as wide as the us and 12km deep)
I listened to the up reprise religiously after my terrible coming out because I related so much to the feeling of putting on a different face and acting as someone other than you are for people. At the time I felt like I was slowly sinking to the center of the earth, like the weight of my problems broke the earths crust and pulled me down with it which I also found in this song. It’s so silly but it fits so well to know the song was about a clown’s tragic backstory all along skskdkdkd
The look on Cesare's face when he realizes what he just said and that both he and Steve have no clue why Steve (or clowns in general) needed to be caught
My theory is, Steve was not chased by Cesare because he was a clown, but because he was perceived as an Underworld denizen. Cesare's other jobs included imps, which are small demons, and he was aiming for Andy Serkis, known best for his role of cave-dwelling Gollum - making me believe that his actual job is to send Underworld escapees back home. And the reason Steve was on the Underworld's radar was because he was slumbering under the ground for millions of years, having landed before humanity was even a twinkle in the Earth's eye - meaning nobody would ever know he is an extraterrestrial and likely perceiving him as some kinda primordial chtonic being. And the lyrics of Down do say "trickster gods rise from the deep", conforming that they see him as a god from the deep, not as an alien from above. Cesare's doubt, I think, is because he's wondering if Steve is actually a native underworlder; he never had to wonder before, but Steve himself being surprised at the "under the ground" bit did sow a seed of doubt. My prediction is that the next episode will end up with Steve being let out due to being out of the underground's jurisdiction. That, or other clowns come for him. Or maybe Cesare himself realises Steve does not belong here and busts him out.
"Cesare's doubt, I think, is because he's wondering if Steve is actually a native underworlder; he never had to wonder before, but Steve himself being surprised at the "under the ground" bit did sow a seed of doubt." When Steve is banished, he is shot from the circus looking planet where clown is more like elf than job. He later is an important leader in their society as his role of Dootz is critical to the show making the whole universe go. Where they hail from is not an underworld, but some weird magic place we can only begin to guess about. 9billion years ago, a race of clowns performed the stage play Cats...and even before then it seems the creator of all is a clown too. When Steve is sleeping "under the ground" that is literal. After he is banished from magic LSD clown universe, he is shown landing in the center of the Earth. He slumbers underground for billions of years in exile. After he awakens like some sort of goofy kaiju is when Cesare and "upper management" become interested in him. Cesare knows Steve is from clowntown, they were in clown cats together. I think his expression of disbelief is that Steve didn't remember the exile or realize how long he had been in the center of the planet. It might indicate that there is more going on with Steve, I agree with you there. But I believe it either means Steve was more active during his time in the center of the earth/awoke closer to the dawn of man than present day. More reveals via flashbacks and we learn Steve and hambergers were forever intertwined at some cosmic moment where he saved human history. Thus redeeming his failed performance as Dootz all along.. I think it is also likely we see Cesare learn how much unjust pain he causes Steve and others by blindly following orders from whatever their uppermanagment is. @@Levyafan
@@JokerFace090 wdym Cesare was in cats? He clearly wasn't; if you watch the scene, the only people whose faces we can see is "Mr. Munkustrap", and the older lady (I don't know the name of the play character or anything). He isn't even among the crowd of clowns during the banishment. Cesare's backstory/song establishes him as being a marionette maker who died a thousand years ago and was resurrected by forces unknown (to us) to serve a thousand-year vigil bringing in "trickster gods", "freakazoids", "freaks", and "weirdos". And Cesare isn't even a clown; he's some form of zombie or undead.
@@JokerFace090 Mr. Muskustrap was actually there for Steve’s banishment @3:57 and 4:00 is seen shedding a tear for Steve he’s just not in costume anymore. I don’t think he’s Cesare though
um because they wrote cats obviously
The blend of surreal absurdist humor and beautifully stylized character lore is so so good.
Plus the music!
You can say it's a nice blend all using blender (Get it? Cuz the program they use... I'll see myself out)
God I really can't imagine anyone but Chris Fleming playing Cesare, he's just perfect for the character
Im not sure how much vocal direction he was given, but his weird vocal inflections are unlike anything ive heard and kind of make the character just as much as the writing.
My dumb ass really thought that at 1:18 he said Andy CIRCUS instead of Serkis. That he was trying to catch a different clown literally called Andy Circus. RIP
Love the choice that Penny and Steve’s mom have the same voice (and hair color), makes me wonder if Steve hired her bc she unconsciously reminded him of his mother.
I DIDNT EVEN NOTICE THAT OMG
Shit that's a really good observation. In the intro she also tucks a kid to sleep.
@@AgentSteffi The kid is Penny's kid
@@AgentSteffiOn top of that in the episode where Steve turns into a child, which we now know is how he canonically looked as a kid, he first presented himself to Penny and didn't start disappear until the others showed up. He probably sees Penny as being the most clown like, and thus the closest thing he can get to his old clown society.
Assuming she isn't actually his mother. Could be time travel BS involved.
love how the little joke of "back on broadway yet again" was a real statement with a real backstory and was clearly planned from that orignal episode.
My brain gained a wrinkle from all the dots connecting! It’s like Pepe Silvia all over again!
I can’t believe Steve canonically caused the late-Devonian mass extinction
I just realised big top burger is named after the burger restaurant from killer klowns from outer space. bloody brilliant!
I can't decide what you deserve more, an adult swim series or a record deal. For real man, you are crushing it.
Why not both?
Nooo! Not Adult Swim!! Those fucktards don't like their shows to be too complex! See what happened to Metalocalypse Maybe Rick & Morty are an exception, but it doesn't require to watch the episodes in order so you can understand the story
New age Brendan smalls
"New age Brendan Smalls" super truth here
Adult Swim ain't what it used to be. It's probably safer to stay independent at this point.
Many people pointed it out, but I can't get over how a throwaway gag from season 1 has been incorporated into the story, and in such an intriguing way too ! My favorite part has to be the eyes, especially when they sentence Steve to banishment. Your artstyle and ways of storytelling are so cool and satisfying to me, I can't get enough of it !!
which throwaway gag?
@@Emile.gorgonZolahim being in cats probably
@@Emile.gorgonZola ^^he mentioned being back on broadway again in s1e3 !
was it a throwaway gag though? The OG themesong seemed to be about losing the part of playing old deuteronomy
Well up the full song referenced the play and old deut before this came out. I’m sure he had this all Planned and it’s just a callback
Star wars finally has a cononical time for when exactly "a long time ago in a galaxy far far away" was
For all of you who don't know the name "Big Top Burger" is a reference to the restaurant in the classic movie Killer Klowns from Outer Space, so yeah, that and so many other clues have been dropped throughout both seasons and its prefect.
i never thought that alex hirsch and trey the explainer would ever be on the same project in a million years. that is absolutely amazing. what a fantastic job y'all did!!
the historical counsel got me good lol
What
I’m almost scared to ask but Is Alex the dude playing the black cat 😭
WAIT ALEX HIRSCH AND TREY ARE IN THIS?????
@@sammieegoldwand I'm unsure who Alex is, but Trey is almost certainly the Tiktaalic that turns to his friend and tells him to make a wish on the falling Steve. Edit: Yeah Alex was the play director who took away Steve's status as Old Deut.
I’ve never seen a series so fascinatingly comfortable in its own skin- this series is such an unique comfort and endlessly charming!
This and No Evil are like that.
I've been listening to your music so much for the last few years. Seeing "up" contextualized further is such a catharsis. I love your videos so much.
i can't express how obsessed i am with this lore. clowns existed before earth. the Cats musical has existed before earth.
seeing him reference his other animations is pure gold, haven't laughed and cried this hard in ages. good finale!
Which one did he refer to?
@@zak6933 “Palpatine’s journey” and some other, can’t remember the name
@@mashab.234the other one's called SPACE :)
Please tell me this isn’t the end???
Wait what do u mean finale. is this the last big top burger episode ??
Normally I don't like getting backstory for weird characters like Steve, but that was so outrageous, I love it!
It's very rare that a weird character manages to get a sufficiently weird backstory, but Worthikids has succeeded.
yeah i think the big difference is that usually the backstory is something relatively mundane (story-wise) that explains why theyre weird or where their weird powers came from etc. but in this case the backstory is just as absurd, so it doesnt detract from the initial weirdness or recontextualize it as having a normal explanation lol its aaaaallll weird
It's obvious they were gonna explain Steve's deal though
Chris is the best possible voice for Cesare its insane how well it fits
It's unrealistic to expect bc he's voiced by such a big (and likely expensive) name in animation, but damn I hope we see more of Mr. Munkustrap.
The amount of joy worthikids content has given me over the past 3 years is indescribable. The music, animations, comedy; I deeply love it all.
Worth inspires me.. My parents said if i get 40K followers They'd buy me a professional camera for recording..begging u guys , literally Begging...
Oh my god, the uncovering of lore, the initial theme song, Up, clicking into place, hell a new version of Up, and the animation as always is beyond spectacular
I've watched this about 3 or 5 times now and everytime the part that catches my attention the most is Munkustrap's reaction to Steve's banishment. Obviously, he probably doesn't feel like the punishment isn't justified considering that the planet spins around Moments of Happiness(which I did not realize till now is referring to the name of the song at that part of the play, I know practically nothing about "Cats") and Steve flubbed it up the most important part, compromising millions of years of the rest of crew's hard work, but at the same time the way he reacts to Steve getting in the cannon portrays anguish and regret in how things turned out for Steve. Good Show.
It's really important for me that everyone appreciates the design in this video, because Cesare is based on the character with the same name in the old Silent movie ""the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari", and let me tell you all of those trippy lines across the walls and bars? That's the same art-direction as in the original black and white movie. *chefs-kiss*
Seeing references to previous animations was actually a chill inducing moment. Overjoyed to see how far, large, and bizarre the world of Big Top Burger has come :)
Real as fuck, what an intricate tapestry of lore
The Up reprise had me hollerin’, this entire sequence is unparalleled.
wildest part is this is actually the original Up and the official reprise of Up is what was used for Greasepaint, season 1's finally
Got to love the fact that no one's talking about Yoda was just straight-up stargazing and so happened to see a shooting clown in the depths of space.
Alex hirsch being a part of this project is truly one of the greatest when worlds collide moments
To think the “Back on Broadway yet again” line from KID actually had substantial lore behind it is just so Steve, I love the fact Worthikids used the same side track at 3:03 as his other CATS animation. This is made even better by the fact that, this was uploaded on my birthday.
Yo Happy Birthday
HB!
@@louisenobrega6183 happy birthday!
Happy birthday!
happy mf birthday :]
The banishment sequence is the best musical animated sequences I'll ever see man. I don't know how to express that in a way that fully conveys my admiration.
AGREE AGREE AGREE
This was pretty good but metalocalypse doomstar requiem can't be topped imo
so true, I’ve watched it like 5 times now
i fucking love the "come on" before the Up song starts goddamnit thats so fucking well timed. I love the music of this guy.
This is one of my new favorite Web-Series, should be on Adult Swim, I love the chaos alongside with batshit off-the-walls story and THE CHARACERS,, **MWAH** that just fits into a nice package. The soundtrack of it too! Gonna inspire me on my art styles for SURE! :)
Seeing references to old episodes pay off, as well as Worthi animations I've watched 100 times made me strangely emotional. Incredible season finale!
Like No, comeback, Micheal, my son( episode elk?) maybe he had a son And Back on broadway once again. (Little kid)
Whats crazy is how much more than just a reference it is. The lyrics to the outro song in episode one are exactly what happened in this episode. Well, the full version of the song. Only the first half plays during the credits Brush my hair Read my lines It's time to go Put on my suit Put the makeup on Put on the show Up, up, up, to the Heaviside layer Up, up, up, I'm going straight up Take my lunch Lose my lunch It's a shaky start I'm old Deut Now he's old Deut I've lost the part Down, down, down, to the center of the Earth Down, down, down, I'm going straight down
@@Mittens_McG Same thing with the new intro/outro song. It's literally just Cesare's backstory. Cesare's an extremely Italian name, and Venezia is the proper name for Venice. He mentions that he's no longer a watcher now that his 1000 years are up in this episode, even.
@@Oops-All-GhostsConsidering when and where he is from, Cesare is a few hundred years old at most. I imagine that he watches for 1000 years *unless* he catched a clown, in which case he is freed.
@@badethics7542 He's from Venice, which was founded in the 600s, and we know he's caught more than one "freak"; we don't know anything more than that, so it seems safe to say he means thousand years literally.
So much lore in one episode! The balance between how goofy and serious it was in this one is such a treat!
I think this is the most cannon episode lol
@@lazyfish7675 Upvote for your service my good fish
@@lazyfish7675 most CANNON
@@lazyfish7675* ba dum tss*
begging on my hands and knees for a full release of this version of the song
HOLY SHIT ALEX HIRSH??? Ive been rewatching this and only really noticed on this rewatch. But also the sequence of Steve being launched was so clean with the music
Something tells me that Cesare is ultimately going to get screwed over by his bosses and break Steve out as a way of saying "Screw you, upper management!"
Cesare looked kind of particularly concerned when he realized STeve didn't know how long he was at the center of the earth. It makes me think now he's really wondering if Upper Management is making the right call on this one. Sure Steve was a hard culp to catch, but otherwise he really wasn't doing anything too out there. I think Cesare is going to start second guessing this one. Something avout it doesn't feel right.
@@tsunertoo9149I don't think ceser really cares. He was literally laughing at Steve.
I mean he seems to enjoy his job and dislike Steve, it seems like the burger crews (big top and zomburger) are probably gonna crawl down the giant hole that Cesar made to rescue Steve.
@@The_KingDoge He laughed it off in the end yes but after he saw how confused Steve was he clealry had a moment of thining about what was happening. He seemed earnestly shocked to find out Steve didn't know how long he was inside the planet
They might just challenge all of the absurd business expenses he claims before he heads to Tampa.
I never thought I'd find a series centred around clowns so beautiful but the 2:15 sequence is just breath-taking
It truly is the animation and the music is just top tier
@@cannibleflower4960 See, the music in Cats IS good!!
@@chumblespuzzspuzz4080| It's been one of the main broadway musicals for decades now. You don't stick around that long WITHOUT having good music. Is it for everyone? No. Was it a good idea to try adapting it to film? Hell no. Is it objectively a "good" musical? Unequivocally.
@@chumblespuzzspuzz4080 lol, it's Andrew Lloyd Weber. Nobody ever thought the music is bad. It's just one of those things that got too big for it's own good.
Holy shit you guys gotta do a physical release once the series is done, I'd love to own this
Cats being twice as old as the Earth is really funny
See...after watching this like...10-20 times so far, I can't help but appreciate how Steve's origin story is so succinct. Nothing feels wasted, nothing feels like it needs to be longer, it's just so concise. I love how these episodes can be so short, yet so full of excellent animation, humor, and storytelling.
Agreed. Additionally, I loved the revelation that Bigtop Burger and Wire are set in the same universe. And the added depth to little hints in the previous Bigtop episodes, like how Steve doesn't take his makeup off and when Billie says "Dude, clowns aren't real. That's wild."
but we do wanna know what happens to billie and the others I doubt they were paid thousands by the hour like those art majors
@@anneabelle7098I'm pretty sure its been said by worthikids themselves that the similarities to wire don't actually mean they take place in the same universe. the fact that they both revolve so heavily around clowns is a weird coincidence but
Brings an actual tear to my eye every single time.
I think that’s why they only release like two episodes a year😂
It’s interesting that what made Steve fumble his performance isn’t the audience’s attention, but his fellow performers
Spending hundreds of millions of year rehearsing must build so much anxiety
I cant get over just how pretty and detailed this is. It makes me want to stare at every individual frame for hours. The golden cirus planet with all those lights. The unnerving crowd of cats. Our solar system coming into view. Grandpa Tiktalik. Whats not to love
When are the new music tracks getting released? I re-watch this video just to listen to the music, it's so good.
You can really feel how much love was put into this. Even just how Up has been telling us about Steve's backstory this whole time without us knowing shows the thought and care Worthi has been BREWING. It's bloody inspiring
I was looking for this comment! I just looked at the lyrics and it clicked
What is this 'us' you're talking about?
The part of "Take my lunch Lose my lunch" showing he was nervous and throw up is a genius
Oh my god I didn't even realize! The lyrics! That song has been one of my alarms for literal years, how did I not put that together
I might point out, Friends in Low Places is the story of Cesare's life. A puppet maker who got murdered and then resurrected, presumably to hunt weirdos like Steve
Shout out to Worthi for getting a legend like Alex Hirsch to play a role! Speaks to the quality of his work
Gosh I can't for the life of me figure out which character he plays.
The guy who banishes Steve, I get a hint of grunkle Stan in his voice
@@zoeythebee1779 The planet SPINS around moments of happiness, AND YOU FUMBLE IT.
These KZhead animators just pulling massive names out of the blue is something to behold for sure
dude ayo edebiri from the bear is here
I keep coming back to this episode and it’s not even been a week. It’s so phenomenal, I immediately rewatched the whole season over
I've watched this episode countless times and the lore building is just so damn good.
I absolutely love the musical tone of 2:16 to quote a famous musician “It’s haunted, it’s woody, it’s… underutilized in rock music.”
That's cats baby
@@MrSchlesselWhats the songs name to look it up?
@@Sambenmaggie Cats - Overture That iconic bit is from a ways into the song.
@@BlitzBat313it's more like the leimotif of "The Jellicle Ball", the overture has the melody too but for a very short time.
@@bazzjedimaster You nailed it, thanks a bunch!
I'm blown away by Steve's backstory. The fact that he came from outer space in a clown world is something I never expected. Along with that, the fact CATS is the reason he got banished makes me go crazy. This is such a fascinating story. You went over the top on this one Worthikids! AMAZING!!!
And that CATS is actually 9 billion years old.
I always loved the implication that steve and cesare were actually weird guys and not just dudes in costumes, and now that theres confirmation its even better! the parallels are incredible
@@vigorouslethargy We normal people didn't create it, Steve blasted it into our minds.
I like how whimsical clown world is.
The not-so killer clown from outer space
i'm sorry but this has one of THE coolest sequences in an animation ever. cats being the reason for everything, including man is....just so amazing. i love the implication that adam and eve were banished clowns too that we're all products of banished clowns due to failed cats performances on another planet. what a gdamn genius
The- the last part- I uh-
Hang on now--what???
Something has slowly dawned on me on the rewatches....... Steve's backstory involving the musical "Cats" implies that Thomas Stearns Eliot, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and John Napier are either ALL exiled Clowns too, or somehow became aware of Ancient Clown Knowledge from which they drew inspiration for "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" and the music and costumes of "Cats" respectively.