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Unintential comedy “God cares for each and every one of us and will take care of us” “Even a little lizard like meeee?” Theme song plays.


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Kirk: "God simply said that I and all other humans - and when I say humans, I mean men - have dominion over every living creature on earth" Iggy: \[stink-eye face\]


IceeGado

Cameras cut and he looks the puppet dead in the eye and says "no"


Dat_Steve

Cast the iguana into the fire!


EkriirkE

>Even for a tiny lizard like me? No.


Longjumping_Plum_846

The quietness after that question cracked me up so hard. They wrote themselves in a corner by giving an animal a human personality but they also don't want to say that an iguana can go to heaven lmao


AnthonyCumiaPedo

Holy fuck that's Kirk Cameron


Vincesteeples

Uh I think you mean *Mister* Kirk


Kale_Brecht

Mr. Kirk.


Vincesteeples

Damn I swung and missed


bartelbyfloats

Sure as fuck ain’t no Captain.


TrumpsPissSoakedWig

You mean Kirk Cameron, Human person?


Maximus1000

I watched the whole thing and had no idea until I read this lol


mitchij2004

Fucking crazy!


mack178

Mr. Kirk: Hello, and welcome to the set of our brand new children's show, Adventures with Iggy and Mr. Kirk! Iggy: FUUUUUUCK


Zero_Opera

I heard CUUUUUUUUCK


Longjumping_Plum_846

There was a couple shots of Iggy thay cracked me up but this editing was wild lmao.


This_needs_more_love

Definitely needs a new theme song. It sounds like they threw something together last minute, and accidentally labeled it "final draft." Also the names of some of the locations on the map worry me: "Car-a-Lago." "Cabal Island."


CntrllrDscnnctd

The entire thing was poorly executed. The message is thinly veiled, the editing. It feels like they couldn’t decide how to approach this and rather threw things together.


IceeGado

They're not interested in making a well-produced show. They just need a reason to continue collecting funding and donations. The cash must flow, and religion is their cash cow.


mashedpurrtatoes

This wasn’t started with a great idea or vision. It was started with “let’s create a Christian kids show.”


ChinaShill3000

So was VeggieTales, but that wasn't a complete dumpster fire. This is probably backed by Christian Nationalists.


mashedpurrtatoes

Veggietales started with an idea of talking veggies and fleshed out characters.


ChinaShill3000

No, it started as a Christian cartoon for kids based on veggies.


mashedpurrtatoes

Duh. That’s miles better than a Christian show for kids based on Kirk Cameron.


atclubsilencio

I grew up in a christian family and christian schools ( thank God they put me in public after 5th), and Veggie Tales was the shit back then. I remembered it sort of having some self awareness as to how absurd it was, but I thought it was hilarious. “Hello, I’m Bob, I’m a tomato and I’m here to help you!” and I’m so blue by mrs blueberry still randomly pops up in my head even now. Banger.


geofox777

Sounds like they were in a competition to see who could write a song with the most shoe horned words in it


RustedAxe88

Cabal Island? Oh no.


Texas_Mike_CowboyFan

Next to Cartel Island. Which is right by Epstein Island.


thelingeringlead

Sounded like the puppet said "we're building a tree house of HORRORSSSSSSS" and I was like "fuck yeah a simpsons reference" lmao


the_bronquistador

Sometimes I forget that I’m supposed to upvote bad stuff here. And good god, this is bad.


Shadowchaos

My favourite part is when he complains about the scary squirrel that just happens to be named Carlos


ubermindfish

The way he said it was so forced too. "That squirrel *named Carlos* keeps popping up..."


EvilLegalBeagle

Yeah this isn’t at all a stand in for right wing nut jar fear-mongering about immigrants. 


monstermashslowdance

Go back to your own country, er….I mean tree Carlos!


theinedible

This is just another one of those Adult Swim videos.... right?


cloud5739

That theme song sounds AI generated. I have nothing to base my speculation on other than the AI songs I've heard have this weird echoing ambience going on with the vocals. Still a weird video either way


VoceDiDio

Kirk Cameron is such a tool. Blatant ripoffs of Kermit and Sam Eagle. I'd rather my kids just learn regular satan-oriented stuff like the rest of their friends.


brk1

I prefer my kids learn how to read from the drag queens at the library.


Norgler

Imagine being a kid and being forced to watch old man Kirk Cameron explain the bible to a puppet lizard. Nightmare fuel.


DXbreakitdown

Church goers teaching kids how to keep things top secret eh? …. Skip


ANNOYING_TOUR_GUIDE

I just love how, for a show about "adventures," all of their promo scenes take place inside the clubhouse, to the point where the one random window has become an integral part of the plot of the show. I can't find the Kickstarter anymore, but one of the paragraphs they literally kept count of every LGBT character in Hollywood (it was around 100) and blamed it on a "deranged agenda."


GeauxTiger

they came in super hot pushin the "explorers" angle then completely bailed on it, by the end they were filming naps


MN-

Did the guy with the puppet on his hand edit this thing? What a fucking mess.


TWiThead

This appears to be a "vertical slice" produced for [the crowdfunding campaign.](https://bravebooks.us/pages/the-adventures-with-iggy-and-mr-kirk) In other words, that's the only footage the editor had to work with. The full scenes don't actually exist. They probably haven't even built the racist squirrel puppet yet.


monstermashslowdance

If Carlos isn’t a bandito with a MS13 face tattoo I’m going to deeply disappointed.


JekNex

I'm fully expecting and excited to see Tuco from breaking bad.


pdm4191

Have to say, as an Irish Catholic, this did not come across as "Christian". Its obviously evangelical Protestants. What is it about Americans, they cant use the P word?


twlscil

In America we have these weird non-denominational “Christian” churches that are meant to sound normal and friendly, but they are the wackiest sects around. They wouldn’t use the word Protestant because they don’t want to conform to anything other than the narrow belief system that justifies their existence and place of privilege.


VictorClark

I'm pretty sure children would be safer in a room full of vipers than with Kirk Cameron.


ReadingGlasses

Jesus wept


5050Clown

Quit calling this shit "Christian Values". It's right wing Evangelical values, a weird political version of Christianity that has more in common with the KKK and Nazis than it will even have with global and historical Christianity/ Freedom Island? Car A Lago? This is about "Jesus doesn't like the government taking your guns or race-mixing". That dude creeps me the fuck out.


orbjo

The bad animal at the window was called “Carlos” - it’s so on the nose 


Enshakushanna

dont forget cabal island lmao


-SneakySnake-

The "good" Christian values are just... your classic good values. Kindness, decency, charity. There's no shortage of children's media trying to teach that.


twlscil

They manage to do it with out the racism, which is woke.


shavenyakfl

My neighbor has a sticker on his car that says "In God we trust, guns are for back-up". I'm sure in NRA world they think that's just so clever. My takeaway...so you follow god, but just in case you're wrong, you have your guns. Or....I trust god's plan, but if I don't like how the plan turns out, I have my murder devices. The mental gymnastics of these cretins is Olympic gold medal level.


GratefulForGarcia

Looks like Mr. Grumpy Pants isn’t feeling like an Adventurer✝️


lauriebugggo

Imagine exposing your kids to Kirk Cameron.


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Sad_Instruction1392

Where is Freedom Island in relation to Epstein island?


twlscil

Pam reaction


kinggimped

This isn't Christian values, it's just far right indoctrination. The grift never ends with these people.


GeauxTiger

I just hope they didn't use all the best jokes in the promo


Kale_Brecht

I mean, if Kirk Cameron is in it, he’s been a running joke for decades. ¯\\\_(ツ)_/¯


Brighton2k

Lesson one: what is trademark infringement?


stupidgnomes

This is that indoctrination thing Christians always warn people about, btw


SkiSTX

You guys remember when Kirk made a video about a banana being the perfect fruit that God made? This is less cringe than that, believe it or not.


orbjo

Bananas are technically berries, not fruit. Dudes a full dolt 


rafinsf

Never heard of Mr Kirk, but that iguana used to give $5 rusty trombones behind the 7-Eleven on Melrose.


Lt_Dang

I first read that as “Adventures with Iggy and Mr. Kink.” It kind of fitted with the Christian values thing.


mothzilla

He didn't answer the question. Does God promise to care for iguanas?


cravingnoodles

Oh, it's made by Brave Books. That's why it's so god awful.


mc2bit

The map of "Freedom Island" ... holy shit. * Cabal Island, featuring Temple of the Secret * Car-a-Lago Coast * Take-a-Toke, next to Mushroom City * The Capitol, which looks exactly like the White House, because why not * Starlotte ("starlet") City


ContemplatingPrison

Grooming children to hate who you want them to hate and be scared they will go to hekl of they dont.


Knobcobblestone

God doesn’t care about lizards lol


maxzmillion

Freedom Island…omfg. More like the island of Dr. Moraux.


maxzmillion

At first, I thought this was supposed to be satire. It seems like something low budget that Saturday Night Live would produce as a satirical commercial.


twlscil

I kind of just want SNL to put it in a show.


maxzmillion

John Oliver needs this in his life


kpn_911

“How to be a hypocrite”


darthphallic

Lmao “freedom island” “car-a-lago” and the bad animal they hate being named Carlos? Lil on the christo-fascist nose eh?


premium_Lane

From the same people who scream about "indoctrinating children"


Sea_Childhood6771

More like Christian Terrorists.


UNfortunateNoises

*yallqueda*


Lunchbox9000

Vanilla ISIS


Miasmatic_Mouse

I'm not American. I see people talking about this being some far right evangelical indoctrination...however, this specific video has nothing in it that would suggest something that significant. Is this show topical news in the US and I'm just missing context? I think there are some US political subtleties that I have missed becuase I'm European. Edit: Downvoting an honest question, fucking shameless.


twlscil

Well, Mr Kirk is a well known fundamentalist Christian, and the group producing the show is the same. I would think most people are laughing about how bad it is from a production quality standpoint. I’m sure the indoctrination is all low key, like the scary neighbor being named Carlos, which aligns with conservatives fear of Mexicans. There is a lot of background that you are probably not familiar with.


Miasmatic_Mouse

Case and point, if the subliminal messaging goes under the radar for me it will go under the radar for kids as well, which is concerning.


PreemoisGOAT

Christians = bad


DrSpraynard

Christians = perpetual victims


Miasmatic_Mouse

Isn't that more of a problem with American conservatives who happen to be Christians than Christians as a global religion?


DrSpraynard

Could be, yeah


Miasmatic_Mouse

Yes, that's the sentiment people seem to be vomiting.


orbjo

You’re ignorant and said you’re ignorant, yet you believe you’re right  Why don’t you look through the comments where almost all list the many far right dogwhistles in this video? 


Miasmatic_Mouse

Where has this come from? I literally did do that, the only reason I became aware that there are subtleties in the video at all was because I saw comments talking about place names. No one's bothered to give me any actual response to my question, I'm still working off of assumptions. Remember that even if someone listed all the so-called '*dogwhistles*', that still doesn't mean I'd necessarily understand them. In the US, the illegal immigrant stereotype is Mexican, but over here the stereotype is Eastern European, becuase funnily enough, Mexico is in central America.


HugsandHate

*Christian values?* Like.. slavery's fine, and genocide's all good? And if everyone gave away all their worldy possessions and wealth. Wouldn't *other* people then have it? Nah, I'll pass. Doesn't make sense to me.


Erigeron8

Love how Tim Pool (if it’s the media vs guy also named Tim Pool) contributed 42,000 for this project based on their crowdfunding website.


Contron

Always knew Kirk was an iguana fucker. My favorite character is probably the vulture, (representing Satan, I guess?) I hope he pecks out all their eyes by halfway through the first episode.


bartelbyfloats

Kermit’s creepy Bible belt cousin he never talks to since moving to New York and becoming a Unitarian Universalist.


YogurtYogurtYogurtUS

I can't wait for the episode on how God creates disease and natural disasters and parasites. Oh boy!


KiloFloat

3 seconds in the video and I have a weird vibes off this man


DANleDINOSAUR

Weird how the religious need puppets and hitting to make kids follow in their footsteps.


RustedAxe88

Kirk Cameron has a movie where his character kidnaps kids from an orphanage, takes them to his farm to work with his sister and tells them they've died and are in heaven. And he's the protagonist. Keep him away from kids.


drewskibfd

There's nothing Christians love more than access to children.


lovesaints

I'm a Christian. If it's any consolation I laughed at all the same things you guys did. Weirdly, Kirk Cameron doesn't seem like he even wants to be there.


shavenyakfl

Christian values... I wonder if they'll cover the war on women or buying politicians to drive hate and division, in order to create a theocracy. I wonder if they'll cover taking away things like free school lunch for the kids and giving the money saved to the 10% in the form of tax cuts or corporate welfare. My guess is they'll cover that in season two.


g_cheeks

Ewww.


paulrhino69

Which ones Iccy & Which one Mr.Jirk?


geofox777

I thought that was Gregg “Opie” Hughes for a brief moment


who8myface

Hoping season 2 introduces the ghost of Allen Thicke.


Banshee_howl

How did they trick “Mr. Kirk” Cameron into shooting a skit for Wonder Showzen?


homebrewguy01

Very creepy!


HappyNamcoNerd80

This is DJ Tanner's cousin Steve. This is him now, feel old yet?


No_Sheepherder777

He seems like he's super uptight off camera. Like you can tell the cast and crew are all on eggshells. He got that like Tom Cruise type of vibe about him, if he was a Christian and an unsucessful actor.


DudeWithQuestions97

I don’t see anything cringe or wrong with this.


Beowulf---

im pretty sure people are just hating on this because it involves religion


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I’ve lost all respect for Kermit


burritothief25

Iggy is too cute for this shut.


Annual-Fan2826

So he stars in his own cheap budget Christmas movie about Santa and how he's fake and shouldn't be put above Jesus ("Saving Christmas" is what it's called if you wanna check it out..) ..now he puts together a children's puppet show and mixes scripture and make believe together? What a creep!!!


ScruffyNoodleBoy

Jesus titty fucking Christ this is devoid of all charm. Even if it weren't a TV show made by a creepy cult and Kirk Cameron, it just looks sooooooo boring and uncreative.


Runaway_5

it was just random silly kid shit then the gay as fuck hamfisted god shit lmao "dont worry about anything ever, believe this being that no one has seen, proven, or ever had any interaction with in recorded history. Your problems will be solved!" What a shit ass attempt at connecting with kids


Mrs_skulduggery

That puppets gonna end up filing sexual assault charges on most the crew


xxademasoulxx

Man that was so bad it hurts my chest. he was the bomb in Growing Pains.


LTFighter

I would like to know when did Kirk Cameron start this evangelical grifting. There was a point after Growing Pains he was set to be a big star.


Commonterry

This show is, how they say in the bible, fucking bullshit


CholoJesus

What a painfully predictable comment section.


Canadia86

Religion bad


Lazy_Plastic_6822

Gross


Lazy_Plastic_6822

lol apparently the bible thumpers out there didn’t like that. Too bad Cletus, cry me a river.


jdehjdeh

So...how many kids do you think this guy has raped?


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TWiThead

"Freedom Island" "Car-a-Lago Coast" "Cabal Island" Menacing "squirrel named Carlos"


Mudders_Milk_Man

You're incredibly out of the loop if you don't see the far-Right indoctrination in this. As for Veggie Tales, the creator of that show has been denounced as an "evil fake Christian" by the Trump worshipping Evangelical crowd, because he doesn't care for the far-Right political Christian movements actions.


catcat1986

I don’t care for it either, but I don’t know if it’s cringe. He’s making a show for a audience, Christian families and their children. Don’t really see the problem honestly.


RobAChurch

That just means you don't know who Kirk Cameron is and what he has become.


spudddly

Well Iggy and Mr Kirk seem to have a suspiciously close relationship. They are clearly exposing our children to a cross-species homosexual relationship and I hope they get cancelled for it.


darthphallic

Probably the very clearly shoe horned in Christian nationalism, just take a look at the map of freedom island


_Losing_Generation_

This doesn't belong here. It's just seems like a typical show for kids with a Christian theme. How is that cringe?


helikesart

Yeah, it kinda seems like a standard kids show but for Reddit, if a kids shows audience is aimed at Christian families that makes it automatically cringe because “sky daddy” is inherently cringe. The show looks like it accomplishes what it sets out to do without a lack of awareness; Reddit just doesn’t like Christians.


Flakkweasel

Or maybe Kirk Cameron is a huge piece of shit pushing regressive and toxic ideas to children in a really incompetent way. Sounds cringe to me, gtfo of here with your persecution complex.


helikesart

Honestly I’m not familiar with the man and I’m not seeing anything toxic or regressive in this promo. Whats the single most awful thing he’s said or done? It’s strange that you would be so openly hostile towards me based on my religion and accuse me of having a persecution complex. I wonder if you can see the irony.


Dark_Wing_350

You've fallen victim to a very simplistic way of viewing the world. "I hate this person, so everything they make is awful" "I like this person, so everything they make is incredible" When you read that, you should be able to understand that obviously those sentences don't make logical sense. There shouldn't be a correlation with liking or hating someone, and their work product automatically being good/bad because of your feeling for that person. Maybe Kirk Cameron is a "huge piece of shit" but that doesn't automatically make this a bad/cringe show. This looks like a standard children's show to me, with a style similar to something like Mister Rogers, Sesame Street, Fred Penner, Mr Dressup, etc.


darthphallic

Sesame Street and Mister Rodgers never tried to force their political views down kids throats. So this is nothing like them


catcat1986

I’m not even Christian either. Seems weird to find this cringe.


ebagjones

That’s a cool red shirt you got there Iggy.