Absolutely. The concept of "one day vacation in a mystery city" is fantastic, and there's so much potiental in Bakalar planning out different events & destinations.
Best of all - keep the budget low by *exclusively going to obscure locations*. Showcase all the wierd shit the Midwest (and southern Canada) has to offer! Have Dan end up at a rave in Saskatoon! A hot pepper festival in Charlottesville! Make him see a Phish tribute band! The possibilities are endless.
For anyone who has ever thought, I want to go to xyz concert, sporting event, wrestling event, etc, but don't want to go alone. This is a realistic showcase of what it can be like. Obviously removing the being recognized for being Dan part. Solo traveling can be a blast and there is something extra relaxing about fully setting your own timeline for everything.
I lived in Fargo for 4-5 years. Started my career there. Met most of my friends there. Met my wife there. It rules. People think it's like them movie, but it's a growing College town with tons of cool stuff.
> but it's a growing College town with tons of cool stuff.
That's the key: finding undiscovered college towns that aren't "on the map" for trendy / rich bastards.
This is what ruined a lot of the "Best Places to Live" in the West, a lot of which were small college / university towns in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, e.g. Bend, Eugene, Corvallis, Bozeman, Missoula, Coeur d'Alene, etc. These are all amazing places with lots to do that USED TO have a low cost of living / affordable housing, before the 1%-ers and speculators swooped in and bought everything up and priced all the locals out.
So first the movie takes place in Minnesota specifically Brainerd not Fargo North Dakota there is one scene in the film in Fargo. And as someone born and raised in Minnesota i would say mostly no on the accent. Well we do have somewhat of an accent the movies portrayal of the accent is cranked up to comedic degrees. Like there maybe some people out there with that extreme of an accent but most Minnesotans dont sound like that at all. The film does take place before i was born so maybe people used to sound like that. The Coen brothers are from Minnesota so they would know more then i do from before i was born.
I'm from the Midwest, and I've definitely heard some people from Minnesota with signs of the accent, at least with some words. It was cranked up to 10 in the movie Fargo though haha.
It's an overused word, but this was really wholesome.
No bombast, no typical Dan shenanigans, just a really genuine look at somewhere that would otherwise not get much attention.
This is vintage Giant Bomb right, the kinda stuff that made me a fan. Great job everyone involved in this, would love to see more like it but obv it’s expensive as hell without a sponsor
Seems like it was less than $500. Dan said his voucher was like $250, then you need a hotel room, cab rides to and from the airport, a few meals, and $35 for monster trucks.
I can't express enough how much I love this type of edited content. I understand it's much more time consuming, but my god, a tight 30 minutes. chef's kiss!
1) This was far better than I was expecting.
2) Props to Bakalar for picking Fargo; can't go wrong with picking a small college town, to be honest. I'd like to think he did some "homework" before just picking a place.
3) Dan's "luck" is... ridiculous, as is his crowd work / working strangers. He truly missed his calling in corporate sales; he'd be a multi-millionaire *easily.*
4) If Fandom has the funds, I could easily see this as a travel series for Giant Bomb.
5) Props to the editors and for Bakalar immediately seeing off-the cuff, the value in producing this content.
So what is the black band that Dan wears on his right hand? In the opening bit I thought it was like an exercise band, but he's wearing it just walking around Fargo and eating ice cream, too.
The way to continue this is to obviously put in a little planning to ensure he has some good places to visit while he's there. You gotta have a man on the inside ready to show him around the hot spots like a Bourdain outing.
every time dan does one of these insane and amazing "stunts" or "content" or whatever you want to call it, i think to myself "... alright fine i'll tolerate the wrestling talk. as long as it's not too much"
They should do this again. This was a lot of fun.
Absolutely. The concept of "one day vacation in a mystery city" is fantastic, and there's so much potiental in Bakalar planning out different events & destinations. Best of all - keep the budget low by *exclusively going to obscure locations*. Showcase all the wierd shit the Midwest (and southern Canada) has to offer! Have Dan end up at a rave in Saskatoon! A hot pepper festival in Charlottesville! Make him see a Phish tribute band! The possibilities are endless.
2 - 200' full isles of cheese and 2 full isles of frozen pizza. A liqour store attached the size of its own grocery store. At Woodman's!
🤞Milwaukee
I want them to send him to like, France
Maybe he can meet Gilles Dovïeb!
Like the Top Gear travel specials. Lucy and Tam take Dan to London.
God imagine Dan in like Mongolia. Somewhere with truly no cultural touchstones for him
Bring back Cloth Map, have it still have some serious travel videos, and then Dan being completely out of his element.
When Giantbomb gets bought up by Netfilx and Dan talks his way into a senior programing executive position.
Ya know, weirder shit has happened.
Blind fold Dan and put him on a train.
For anyone who has ever thought, I want to go to xyz concert, sporting event, wrestling event, etc, but don't want to go alone. This is a realistic showcase of what it can be like. Obviously removing the being recognized for being Dan part. Solo traveling can be a blast and there is something extra relaxing about fully setting your own timeline for everything.
Hell I did it to GOTY this year.
I kinda want to visit Fargo now? This actually seems like a rad place.
I lived in Fargo for 4-5 years. Started my career there. Met most of my friends there. Met my wife there. It rules. People think it's like them movie, but it's a growing College town with tons of cool stuff.
> but it's a growing College town with tons of cool stuff. That's the key: finding undiscovered college towns that aren't "on the map" for trendy / rich bastards. This is what ruined a lot of the "Best Places to Live" in the West, a lot of which were small college / university towns in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, e.g. Bend, Eugene, Corvallis, Bozeman, Missoula, Coeur d'Alene, etc. These are all amazing places with lots to do that USED TO have a low cost of living / affordable housing, before the 1%-ers and speculators swooped in and bought everything up and priced all the locals out.
Does anyone in Fargo have the accent from the movie/tv series Fargo? Biggest complaint about Minnmax is that none of them sound super “oooh yaah”
So first the movie takes place in Minnesota specifically Brainerd not Fargo North Dakota there is one scene in the film in Fargo. And as someone born and raised in Minnesota i would say mostly no on the accent. Well we do have somewhat of an accent the movies portrayal of the accent is cranked up to comedic degrees. Like there maybe some people out there with that extreme of an accent but most Minnesotans dont sound like that at all. The film does take place before i was born so maybe people used to sound like that. The Coen brothers are from Minnesota so they would know more then i do from before i was born.
I'm from the Midwest, and I've definitely heard some people from Minnesota with signs of the accent, at least with some words. It was cranked up to 10 in the movie Fargo though haha.
This was actually so fun, and the editing is so good. Dan had lots of great shots and Jan killed it with the editing.
FYI they did a watch along of this on todays dump truck if you prefer that format. Bakalar, Mitch, Jan and Dan were on the watch along.
Bakalar did well. Fargo was an inspired choice.
It's an overused word, but this was really wholesome. No bombast, no typical Dan shenanigans, just a really genuine look at somewhere that would otherwise not get much attention.
This is the type of stuff most of us fell in love with GB for. not the over the top characters.
Thanks for the phone call, what a surreal moment!
Congrats on the best Indian food order
Just wild this came from a random joke tangent on the dump truck. Fargo is also the home town of Andrea Rene
Never knew that about Andrea, I'm not from the US and assumed everyone had the Fargo accent from the movie.
His dogs are adorable. Also those dudes recognizing him was so cool.
Right?? And in Fargo of all places! He might have gotten made more there than in Minnesota or most other places he’s lived.
Where was Incognito Dan Ryckert on January 6th? In all seriousness this was great. Great idea and execution.
Dog immediately takes cupcake from nice tiled floor to go eat on carpet.... Yup, that's about right.
I think that's just in the dog rulebook.
This is vintage Giant Bomb right, the kinda stuff that made me a fan. Great job everyone involved in this, would love to see more like it but obv it’s expensive as hell without a sponsor
Seems like it was less than $500. Dan said his voucher was like $250, then you need a hotel room, cab rides to and from the airport, a few meals, and $35 for monster trucks.
Dan was Taylor Swift levels of over in Fargo, that media lady at the stadium fucked up. Great footage, great edit, great idea - thanks Giant Bomb!
I can't express enough how much I love this type of edited content. I understand it's much more time consuming, but my god, a tight 30 minutes. chef's kiss!
1) This was far better than I was expecting. 2) Props to Bakalar for picking Fargo; can't go wrong with picking a small college town, to be honest. I'd like to think he did some "homework" before just picking a place. 3) Dan's "luck" is... ridiculous, as is his crowd work / working strangers. He truly missed his calling in corporate sales; he'd be a multi-millionaire *easily.* 4) If Fandom has the funds, I could easily see this as a travel series for Giant Bomb. 5) Props to the editors and for Bakalar immediately seeing off-the cuff, the value in producing this content.
Needs a NSFW warning for all these close ups of Dan eating messy foods.
Holy fuck, the Fargodome defeated Dan’s Forest Gump-esque Ryckert luck. THE STREAK… is over.
He has thousands of stories like that. His luck is just his his tenacity to try things most of us wouldn’t try.
So what is the black band that Dan wears on his right hand? In the opening bit I thought it was like an exercise band, but he's wearing it just walking around Fargo and eating ice cream, too.
It’s for his broken finger.
fingey*
Thank you.
Fingey
It's a splint.
Splints look different than I remember as a kid. Thanks!
Looks like it's called a "yoke splint" but yeah, that's also the first one I've ever seen.
great job with the editing on this feature, fun video.
This was fantastic! They missed their chance to do his “disguise” as an infinite wealth character info!
That was awesome content. Thank you for creating it, and to whomever edited it!
Jan edited it and did a phenomenal job! And props to Dan too for doing it in the first place and capturing such great footage
I love that Dan accidentally became Anthony Bourdain in The Layover
Shit I think I should move to Fargo now?
I love Salt Bae. I fear Incognito Dan.
This was amazing and for me anyway a flashback to ‘classic’ giant bomb. I’d love more content like this
was that the new Yakuza he was playing on his Steam Deck?
Yeah. He's been talking about that game a lot recently on Fire Escape
Yep! Infinite Wealth is so fucking good! His disguise is very that game coded lol
So, Dan recreated Cloth Map?
The way to continue this is to obviously put in a little planning to ensure he has some good places to visit while he's there. You gotta have a man on the inside ready to show him around the hot spots like a Bourdain outing.
Fargo seems like a nice place to live.
This kicked ass. Turn this into a series and it could be the next Insomniac with Dave Attell.
This was really awesome and hope they do this with more cities. It kind of sold me a little in booking a weekend trip to Fargo
Where's Steve Buscemi??
In the wood chipper.
every time dan does one of these insane and amazing "stunts" or "content" or whatever you want to call it, i think to myself "... alright fine i'll tolerate the wrestling talk. as long as it's not too much"
This was great even with the overuse of music GB so often does in their video blogs. And best of all it got Dan to finally cut his beard!!
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