Elton John is not a good astronaut

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  • @thiccboi5011
    @thiccboi5011 3 년 전 +286

    This seems like one of those really horrible nightmares you have and then you wake up and for 5 seconds youre still worried about recalibrating satellites and then you remember youre not elton john in space

    • @25maxman
      @25maxman 3 년 전 +5

      Omg that sounds horrible

    • @TheAlixour
      @TheAlixour 2 년 전 +3

      Now that you mention it it does read like a "where are my clothes at school" dream!

  • @a.t.v3519
    @a.t.v3519 3 년 전 +840

    If you're think Elton's a bad astronaut, you should try Major Tom.

    • @Dr__Money
      @Dr__Money 3 년 전 +50

      He's a junky, you know

    • @Davidbowie-rk3hq
      @Davidbowie-rk3hq 3 년 전 +29

      @@Dr__Money And he is Strung out in heaven's high
      Hitting an all-time low

    • @barrypuccini6142
      @barrypuccini6142 3 년 전 +19

      @@Davidbowie-rk3hq I follow the advice of my mother who said 'To get things done, you'd better not mess with Major Tom'.

    • @SebHaarfagre
      @SebHaarfagre 2 년 전

      @@Davidbowie-rk3hq I read you loud and clear

    • @theylivewesleep.5139
      @theylivewesleep.5139 2 년 전 +14

      That wasn’t his fault. His circuits were dead, there was something wrong.

  • @gravygames5945
    @gravygames5945 3 년 전 +730

    Please never get good at British accents, I live for this

  • @CUBOSH
    @CUBOSH 3 년 전 +1138

    that guys dry anger polite managerial voice is too real its kinda triggering me

    • @lucasb.v.9348
      @lucasb.v.9348 3 년 전 +28

      We all have been there

    • @MrBombSTI
      @MrBombSTI 3 년 전 +28

      Actually giving me flashbacks and I hate it xD

    • @evanbaker4780
      @evanbaker4780 3 년 전 +19

      I actually love it. Passive-Aggressive Stoicism is a majestic treasure.

    • @crueltyinpoetry
      @crueltyinpoetry 3 년 전 +13

      Right?? Major trigger. Love his sketches but I was cringing hard at this one. I wanted him so bad to like "PEACE F U!" blasts off "Rocket maaaaaa aaaa aaaaa aaaaaan" "Elton... we still hear you... you can't just blast away from us. Thats not how it works" Proceeds to make loud fake radio screeching sounds

    • @bodyofhope
      @bodyofhope 3 년 전 +13

      He's my favorite. Joel found a precious gem when he found that beautiful bearded man.

  • @SeveralGhost
    @SeveralGhost 3 년 전 +1100

    This is what happens when we assume celebrities are qualified to do non-celebrity things

    • @Gerg1n8eR
      @Gerg1n8eR 3 년 전 +15

      #therock2024
      #oprah2024
      I facepalm every tiem

    • @almatsailaukhan9181
      @almatsailaukhan9181 3 년 전 +11

      @@Gerg1n8eR couldn't possibly do worse than trump

    • @dopaminecloud
      @dopaminecloud 3 년 전 +20

      @@almatsailaukhan9181 You'd be god damn surprised.

    • @kagenlim5271
      @kagenlim5271 3 년 전 +7

      To be fair, a lot of them have proper certification, like Rowan Atkinson being a MSC in electrical engineering

    • @CoryMck
      @CoryMck 3 년 전 +11

      @@dopaminecloud Oprah is a seasoned journalist who has spoken to thousands of people in every industry and has worked her entire life. She is not a politician, but she is several magnitudes of experience above trump.

  • @evancunningham5653
    @evancunningham5653 3 년 전 +1654

    I couldn't tell if you were trying to do an Irish or English accent and I thoroughly enjoyed it

  • @DavesFriends
    @DavesFriends 3 년 전 +474

    In space, Elton can't hear you sing

  • @Ben-bg2lp
    @Ben-bg2lp 3 년 전 +210

    "The bearded guy is my favorite actor in the whole world."
    Tony Lazzuto

    • @discworldappreciator
      @discworldappreciator 3 년 전 +5

      The whole world, much like the world shown in Thor: the dark world

    • @Super_Samicom
      @Super_Samicom 3 년 전 +28

      TONY LAZZUTO?!

    • @miniibeto
      @miniibeto 3 년 전 +13

      must’ve been my imagination

    • @lerikhkl
      @lerikhkl 3 년 전 +7

      I can't put my finger on why, but I really really like him, he's great in all the skits I've seen. Great deadpan delivery

    • @gr6e
      @gr6e 2 년 전

      Tony Lazuto says hello

  • @Unicronsupreme
    @Unicronsupreme 3 년 전 +429

    The mission control guy is an amazing straight man. I could see a sequel based on the lyric right before this one where Elton has brought his children to mars with him.

  • @MalformedNPC
    @MalformedNPC 3 년 전 +596

    Joel can do so many voices so well and then he does a British accent.

    • @PhilosophyofElivagar
      @PhilosophyofElivagar 3 년 전 +6

      English*

    • @petergaskell9756
      @petergaskell9756 3 년 전 +5

      When did you hear him do a British accent?

    • @shaanp9796
      @shaanp9796 3 년 전 +2

      @@PhilosophyofElivagar is British incorrect?

    • @PhilosophyofElivagar
      @PhilosophyofElivagar 3 년 전 +11

      @@shaanp9796 I’m Scottish, which is part of Britain so when people say “British accent” specifically meaning London instead of Northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland, or northern England (each of which have lots of sub-accents) its kind annoying
      But mostly just cause I would want to be told that too if I was being ignorant about something related to America, like saying an “American accent” when talking about California 🙂
      TL;DR, technically no, but yes to those who aren’t American

    • @jdmurray95
      @jdmurray95 3 년 전 +4

      @@shaanp9796 yeah. Ireland isn't part of Britain.

  • @shadow4877
    @shadow4877 3 년 전 +235

    This should’ve been the sequel to First Man. Because of a hiring mishap, Ryan Gosling has to fly to the station and very slowly teach Elton John how to be an astronaut.

  • @lolololololutrythcfy
    @lolololololutrythcfy 3 년 전 +295

    “i want to watch rocketman”
    “we have rocketman at home”
    rocketman at home:

  • @oldaccount12340
    @oldaccount12340 3 년 전 +98

    I've always thought rocket man was just Elton John trying to be David Bowie

    • @davidwuhrer6704
      @davidwuhrer6704 3 년 전 +4

      And failing.

    • @a.t.v3519
      @a.t.v3519 3 년 전 +13

      Both songs are very different, I don't know which one I like more.

    • @cleopatraonlyfans
      @cleopatraonlyfans 3 년 전 +2

      Now that you mention it the lyrics are kinda grasping at straws

    • @SuperSMT
      @SuperSMT 3 년 전 +1

      @@cleopatraonlyfans it's about drugs
      (probably)

    • @bodyofhope
      @bodyofhope 3 년 전

      Wait... um... is this a trick?

  • @5DollarComedy
    @5DollarComedy 3 년 전 +104

    We have to stop sending celebrities to space

  • @DaleMichaelPagefilms
    @DaleMichaelPagefilms 3 년 전 +87

    Elton John, Ireland's greatest treasure

  • @El_Jose_22
    @El_Jose_22 3 년 전 +39

    Can't believe they got the real Elton John for this, simply amazing

    • @dougfisher1813
      @dougfisher1813 11 개월 전

      I am 99% sure that's not Elton John.

    • @theblaksmyth88
      @theblaksmyth88 10 개월 전

      ​@@dougfisher1813It's obviously Sir Elton John

    • @dougfisher1813
      @dougfisher1813 10 개월 전 +1

      @@theblaksmyth88 I stand corrected. After reviewing the video again, I concur this is Sir Elton John himself. I'm not sure how he made it through the rigorous astronaut training all just to flippantly disregard the mission after he launches into space.

  • @ryanrusch3976
    @ryanrusch3976 3 년 전 +85

    "yes it's me, Elton John" Idk why but that part had me dying.

  • @The5DollarFilmSchool
    @The5DollarFilmSchool 3 년 전 +46

    You put on the glasses and you become Elton. VERY METHOD.

  • @kevinrollins7710
    @kevinrollins7710 3 년 전 +19

    It's like George Michael trying to do Elton John but from Dublin. Magical.

  • @Cccolorado
    @Cccolorado 3 년 전 +119

    I've been waiting YEARS for someone to address this specific line in the song. Its always bothered me that an astronaut doesn't understand and its just his job 5 days a week 😡

    • @stopmakingeyesatme1290
      @stopmakingeyesatme1290 3 년 전 +28

      This is hilarious, but all kidding aside, I remember reading that this was intentional! The idea was that in the future, space travel would no longer be a highly technical profession but would get routinized and carried out by less-skilled, alienated, ordinary working people.

    • @igniex
      @igniex 2 년 전 +3

      I love the song but the line about not understanding the science and just a job always bothered me when I thought about it literally

    • @coleoleoleo4045
      @coleoleoleo4045 2 년 전 +6

      @@stopmakingeyesatme1290 exactly, based off a Ray Bradbury short story from the 50s

    • @endaburns2121
      @endaburns2121 2 개월 전

      little known fact, music isn't real life. you are allowed to take artistic licence with the lyrics. if you didn't have a stunted childhood you may have played make belive and you would know this.

  • @ethan520427
    @ethan520427 3 년 전 +9

    “I have a theoretical degree in physics”

  • @Its__Good
    @Its__Good 3 년 전 +11

    He's not doing his job Saturday. Saturday's for fighting.

  • @couplemonkeys1429
    @couplemonkeys1429 3 년 전 +20

    Is Elton John Irish, English or Australian?
    Joel: Yes

  • @Kryptnyt
    @Kryptnyt 3 년 전 +7

    This is like that segment where Kramer got a job at a place that didn't hire him

  • @tedants8573
    @tedants8573 3 년 전 +11

    dude looks more like brandon flowers than elton john

  • @basedbattledroid3507
    @basedbattledroid3507 3 년 전 +7

    Elton was such a bad astronaut he became slightly Irish

  • @DirtyHairy1
    @DirtyHairy1 3 년 전 +12

    well done. took me half into the vid to check that they're holding fingers onto their ears

  • @sunking45
    @sunking45 3 년 전 +19

    Wow! That Elton John guy can also make his accent do a tour of Scotland, England and Ireland with occasional short hops to Australia and the East Coast of America. He can do accent travel, and he does space travel as well! He's some guy. I have a new admiration for him. Ladies and gentlemen, let's hear it for Elton John!

  • @Samevistan
    @Samevistan 2 년 전

    I’m so happy you leave the ads at the end of the video. They just play as I’m browsing the comments, not affecting my enjoyment of the vids.

  • @TheArachnid
    @TheArachnid 3 년 전 +7

    I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT THAT LINE WAS CRAZY AND ALWAYS WANTED TO MAKE A SKETCH JUST LIKE THIS ABOUT IT!!!
    But you beat me to it. :'(
    And did a better job than I ever could have. Cheers, John. You're fantastic.

  • @HarveySeasalt
    @HarveySeasalt 3 년 전 +302

    Sir Elton was actually an astronaut ya know, he did recalibrate satellites, a bunch of em, so this “mockumentary” is kind of insulting tbh. Great visual effects though man 10/10.

    • @DavidLopez-th4lw
      @DavidLopez-th4lw 3 년 전 +3

      You’re joking right?

    • @aixide
      @aixide 3 년 전 +15

      @@DavidLopez-th4lw Bruh lmao are you stupid of course he's an astronaut it's like you don't even know who Elton John is preview.redd.it/ycochbkf4t661.jpg?width=960&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=45edff44293aa804d44493021a5657f2551867de

    • @DavidLopez-th4lw
      @DavidLopez-th4lw 3 년 전 +4

      @@aixide I wasn’t aware of that he was an astronaut, so what? It’s not exactly common knowledge, besides I didn’t even say anything about that lol if you had half a brain you’d understand that I was commenting on him saying that the video was in any way offensive lmao its ok most people have sub par intelligence and observation skills

    • @aixide
      @aixide 3 년 전 +16

      @@DavidLopez-th4lw (I have never done this before but god is this satisfactory) 🤡

    • @lunakid12
      @lunakid12 3 년 전 +24

      @@DavidLopez-th4lw Mate, don't take it to heart, he was just fuckin' with you. Sir Elton John is not an astronaut, that's why it isn't common knowledge. (Never skip looking up shit on the real internets.)

  • @JustinTweed
    @JustinTweed 3 년 전 +9

    Lmao at the "What did you do today?" Hahahaha

  • @jessejones6409
    @jessejones6409 3 년 전 +3

    I love Elton’s stillness and pursed when mission control is explaining the enormity of the mission.

  • @j-the-researcher8453
    @j-the-researcher8453 3 년 전 +70

    I just got done watching a documentary about Elton John 😂

    • @JTvTK
      @JTvTK 3 년 전 +2

      And now here's the real Elton John.

  • @guytorie
    @guytorie 3 년 전 +8

    This becomes an anxiety dream so fast

  • @tobig.1765
    @tobig.1765 3 년 전 +10

    I didn know for sure that elton john was such not a good austronaut

  • @brintesiacirce9414
    @brintesiacirce9414 3 년 전 +3

    I found your channel yesterday and I'm already obsessed, can't wait to see you blow up

  • @changer_of_ways_suspense_smith

    There's more original content on your channel than Disney Plus.

  • @richardgagnon2450
    @richardgagnon2450 3 년 전 +5

    It would have been perfect, you just forgot to say innit'.

  • @brodftw
    @brodftw 3 년 전 +6

    Perfect Dublin accent you've done here, for some reason

  • @ets805
    @ets805 3 년 전 +1

    In Elton's defence he was hiiiiigh ... as a kite by then

  • @HaruIRAI
    @HaruIRAI 3 년 전 +5

    Yo, so this is how this guy from animated shorts looks like! He is exactly like I imagined him!

  • @Marshakayable
    @Marshakayable 2 년 전 +2

    "And all the science, I don't understand. It's just my job 5 days a week." Even as a kid I didn't understand this lyric. I was like, '5 days a week!!'. lol

  • @elixdab
    @elixdab 3 년 전 +3

    I didn't know you had perfect pitch too, sounded EXACTLY like Elton... So talented.

  • @david-astercousins2702

    And don't get me started on that major tom fellow!

    • @davidwuhrer6704
      @davidwuhrer6704 3 년 전 +1

      That's on Mission Control, actually. They botched the trajectory.

  • @namelastname2724
    @namelastname2724 3 년 전 +2

    I love the song, but this is my legit thought process whenever I listen to it

  • @pokemonmusiclover5
    @pokemonmusiclover5 3 년 전 +1

    Funny how he's in space but he doesn't know what he's doing. I thought he'd seen the saucers *fingerguns*

  • @doughboywhine
    @doughboywhine 3 년 전 +7

    Can you hear me, Elton John?

    • @davidwuhrer6704
      @davidwuhrer6704 3 년 전

      Hear am I sitting in my tin can, far above the moon… Planet Earth is blue, and Mars ain't a place to raise your kids…

  • @madelynmartin3413
    @madelynmartin3413 3 년 전 +1

    “Sounds like something I’d do. I probably did it. idk.”

  • @sbindoctor6414
    @sbindoctor6414 년 전

    This is a certified Joel Haver classic.

  • @jack6odon
    @jack6odon 3 년 전

    I want more galactic emperor stuff, such an amazing concept! I know how hard the animation stuff is, but it's so good!

  • @elizabethsedai854
    @elizabethsedai854 3 년 전 +1

    In addition to Sting, you're also really reminding me of the guy who played Moriarty in the BBC'S Sherlock series!!

  • @g-hmd
    @g-hmd 3 년 전 +6

    would love to hear more elton john, that accent really makes it

  • @user-ot9uk6oc5z
    @user-ot9uk6oc5z 3 년 전 +2

    Its me when i was writing my diploma.

  • @sydberetta4649
    @sydberetta4649 2 년 전

    It's crazy this is actually the first video that introduced me to your Channel man. Algorithm be very clever.

  • @renb7897
    @renb7897 3 년 전 +4

    finally. finally i have found someone who wanted to make a joke about that.

  • @undertyped1
    @undertyped1 3 년 전 +3

    This needs 10 million views.

  • @JazzLafayette
    @JazzLafayette 2 년 전 +1

    I guess he's not the man they think he is at home.

  • @ewan.cartwright
    @ewan.cartwright 2 년 전

    The best part is that the background is the cockpit of an Apollo lunar module, so they’re expecting him to land on the moon successfully

  • @woollypar353
    @woollypar353 3 년 전 +4

    Elton John was such a cool astronaut, but I doubt he slept with as many women as Freddy Mercury

  • @Meninx87
    @Meninx87 3 년 전 +7

    In space Elton sounds australian

  • @joshybratwurst1398
    @joshybratwurst1398 3 년 전 +4

    Dude, I was listening to this song last week at work, heard this lyric, and had the exact same fucking thought, on God

  • @Connor-jl9gq
    @Connor-jl9gq 3 년 전 +496

    That is the worst accent I have ever heard

    • @Connor-jl9gq
      @Connor-jl9gq 3 년 전

      @@Ratigan2 good point

    • @zodammit
      @zodammit 3 년 전 +69

      In zero gravity, British accents turn irish-ish.

    • @nintynomreader
      @nintynomreader 3 년 전 +3

      You're clearly not aware of Dick Van Dyke's work in Mary Poppins, then :P

    • @tolkienpotat2574
      @tolkienpotat2574 2 년 전

      Did you mean to say best?

  • @Dumb_Furry_UwU
    @Dumb_Furry_UwU 년 전

    Just the blank realization face after hearing "Well this is a 200 million dollar vessel, and this is a 2 year mission-" sold this for me 😂😂😂

  • @natelay7244
    @natelay7244 2 년 전

    "I was touchin tjem things... For sure..." LOL

  • @danielfoley9364
    @danielfoley9364 3 년 전

    This is phenomenal

  • @agethauno6592
    @agethauno6592 3 년 전 +2

    ❤️❤️❤️ I've been talking about this for years!!

  • @dorothyallspice1862
    @dorothyallspice1862 3 년 전 +15

    Why does your Elton John sound like a bad Paul McCartney impression?

  • @Postalpal
    @Postalpal 년 전

    i thought it was gonna be the part where he WALKS OUT THE DOOR

  • @amber7968
    @amber7968 3 년 전 +14

    Hey your great at making videos please keep up!

    • @Joel-Haver
      @Joel-Haver  3 년 전 +19

      Hey thank you! I will keep making them just for you!

    • @amber7968
      @amber7968 3 년 전 +1

      @@Joel-Haver thanks!, Im definitely going to make a ytp of some of your videos, I'll have to find the perfect one tho

    • @Treemur
      @Treemur 10 개월 전

      @@Joel-Haver hey youve been making clips for this guy for 2 years now, can you do one for me?

  • @futureking5374
    @futureking5374 3 년 전

    Love you Joel!
    "Hold" 🖤

  • @Torthrodhel
    @Torthrodhel 3 년 전

    They needed calibrations, they should've sent Garrus Vakarian.

  • @RickFoxChicken
    @RickFoxChicken 3 년 전 +29

    Be careful with that intro. You're beautiful voice is so good it may warrant a copyright strike.

  • @nicomarti13
    @nicomarti13 3 년 전 +1

    Wouldn't want to be one of the stalkholders

  • @darkdreamsdontdie7785
    @darkdreamsdontdie7785 3 년 전 +10

    Your mates voice reminds me of H Jon Benjamin

  • @Crapsight
    @Crapsight 3 년 전 +2

    This mission control guy needs to get off Elton's back. Who would wait three days to tell your colleagues that they are doing their work wrong?

  • @JM-lz9gr
    @JM-lz9gr 3 년 전 +1

    Bobs burgers is mission control

  • @mattd2641
    @mattd2641 3 년 전 +1

    Best sketch

  • @bobby_boulders9036

    That is hilarious Jeremy Wells is a comedian/news presenter from my country! really dry sense of humour too haha.
    Love your work

  • @AfricanLionBat
    @AfricanLionBat 년 전

    That had always got me about that song. An astronaut supposed to at least understand what the hell he's doing.

  • @annamusser4542
    @annamusser4542 년 전

    Elton John is forever tidying up a ship in my mind henceforth

  • @cincymutt
    @cincymutt 년 전

    I think Space Oddity is a more realistic portrayal of what would happen if you sent a musician to space.

  • @MaxskiSynths
    @MaxskiSynths 3 년 전

    2:21 "Ooh duh satuloites" careful with those lucky charms my man

  • @leahdee9143
    @leahdee9143 3 년 전 +2

    Ah yes, Elton John the famous Irish astronaut!

  • @dennislever5942
    @dennislever5942 3 년 전 +7

    Your Irish accent is pretty good

  • @Steamzombie1838
    @Steamzombie1838 3 년 전 +16

    Elton John is from London, you sound like northern English or Irish some times. ... but it was still funny 😄

  • @Domebuddy
    @Domebuddy 3 년 전 +1

    So thats why the circuit died...

  • @cythetyx
    @cythetyx 3 년 전 +1

    i read the title and i started laughing

  • @damon4512
    @damon4512 3 년 전

    This is one of my favorites for sure😂🙌

  • @RobotronSage
    @RobotronSage 3 년 전 +1

    Bro this is actually a great premise for a full length feature like i'm imagining how this would continue with NASA attempting to coax Elton John through the mission through psychological tactics since communication is their only chance to complete it and somewhere half way through he starts to rebel with NASA trying to get him to calm down lmfao
    DUDE PLS MAKE A PART 2 AND 3 LMFAO

  • @eulectuss5553
    @eulectuss5553 3 년 전 +3

    You’re my favorite person on the internet

  • @tnijoo5109
    @tnijoo5109 3 년 전 +4

    So what are you planning on doing the other two days a week? 😂🤣🤣🤣

  • @kylek.6243
    @kylek.6243 년 전

    Another video straight out of my random thoughts..

  • @Avatar2016
    @Avatar2016 3 년 전 +3

    rocket man may be one of my favorite songs but everytime i hear it part of me thinks of what a shitty astronaut that guy must be

  • @angelosacks3987
    @angelosacks3987 3 년 전

    This is great! How about one on Space Oddity?

  • @Decco6306
    @Decco6306 3 년 전

    ...3 iced creams...

  • @radioactivehalfrhyme

    At a certain point he turns into Andrw Scott’s Moriarty.

  • @anthonylateano1036
    @anthonylateano1036 3 년 전 +1

    so good dud

  • @Bitholeous
    @Bitholeous 3 년 전

    he's a rocketman

  • @like.scoobz
    @like.scoobz 3 년 전

    He must have won over the interviewer with that song and got the job that way.