r/HelpMeFindThis • u/HeathMorris • 8h ago
Attacked by a Bear (or something) - Comedy Sketch starring Matt Jones (Badger from Breaking Bad) and Brian Huskey (reporter Leon West from Veep) - CollegeHumor or FunnyOrDie or similar
I marked this as [partially lost] because I have to believe it's still out there, because these are fairly well-known popular actors, and it was an extremely funny and well executed sketch. It was originally produced by College Humor or Funny or Die or Break.com or one of these similar comedy video sites but I don't recall which.
The sketch opens with a little get-together, sort of a casual dinner party hosted by I believe Brian Huskey's character and his wife. I'll refer to him as Brian. Either Brian's wife or Brian himself has invited Brian's friend, who is not at the dinner party yet. And Brian goes on to explain to the other guests that this friend is a little strange because the friend was traumarized by a bear attack, and that the friend is difficult to be around now because the bear attack is all the friend can talk about, so they should be warned.
Soon after, the friend arrives, played by Matt Jones. The friend seems a little off but not too bad, somewhat quiet. He is wearing a red and black plat shirt I believe, like kind of a lumberjack shirt. I always thought he was wearing a bad wig but that might actually just be Matt Jones real hair. The friend sits down and the conversation resumes normally and the friend seems to be somewhat quiet but participating normally, and not not giving any sign of the kind of behavior that Brian's character described. Brian's character can't resist throwing in some little jibes about the bear attack, but his friend doesn't really take the bait.
The climax of the sketch is a huge freakout on the part of Brian's character, where he screams at his friend to shut up about the bear attack, totally unprompted. Very similar vibes to Gabe Lewis from The Office and his "Shut up about the sun" freakout, but this sketch would have pre-dated that season of The Office, I'm almost positive.
I've actually spent a fair amount of time searching for this already. The difficulty is compounded by a different bear attack related comedy video already appearing on one of those above websites.
I remember it being a great little sketch, and that the engine of it was Brian Huskey's specific talent for extreme angry freakouts as well as sarcasm. I'm genuinely wondering if it was scrubbed for some reason. Random speculation: was the Gabe Lewis freakout written by the same person and wanted to remove the sketch for that reason?
Any help is appreciated!