Monster Truck Rally... On Acid!

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Published 2013-05-03
Monster-truck racing is traditionally the domain of men from rural pockets of the United States who have a bunch of free time on their hands and no qualms with spending upwards of $150,000 on wildly impractical vehicles. Despite the fact that there are roughly a gazillion officially sanctioned Monster Jam events around the country in any given year, many people who live in cities know nothing about the sport and the culture surrounding it. We were some of those frail urbanites who didn't know the difference between a carburetor and a crankshaft, so when we heard a Monster Jam was happening about two hours outside New York, we grabbed our buddy Dan, shoved two hits of acid down his throat, and headed up to Hartford, Connecticut, to find out what kind of damage a gigantic truck with 2,000 ponies under the hood can do.
00:00 Introduction
3:52 The Monster Truck Rally
05:40 I Just Wanted Out
06:29 Interviewing Strangers





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All Comments (21)
  • @MrSpunkletrumpet
    That man literally experienced Dante’s inferno with multiple hell layers and he held it together the whole way through what an absolute champion. Nerves of steel
  • @strangemachines_
    “I don’t know anything about this world,” the man said to the snow cone vendor. 😹
  • @Bonkers00
    I can only imagine the horrendous internal energy this dude felt in the arena
  • @coversbymanu93
    Props to the dude on acid, he was a champ. The VICE crew were absolute zeroes, like, help your brotha out. He's tripping balls.
  • @meritedsmile5950
    man this is sad, he seems like such a nice guy. he did so well under the circumstances and the crew around him were dicks expecting him to understand/ be fully coherent. ugh.
  • @GucciLoafers
    It's 9 years later and I'm still watching this wishing they'd make any on acid series.
  • @user-qn7en6vf5b
    this whole series could be summed up as "people doing things any experienced lsd user tells you not to do and having a bad trip".
  • @tameredanslederriere
    when your high on acid theres nothing more terrifying then being surrounded by normal people in broad daylight lets talk about an uncomfortable experience!
  • @bretthatesgirlsify
    “Just chill out” in a exasperated tone is textbook, best practice when someone’s having a bad trip. Great work.
  • @dmobius23
    solid props to this dude. under constant pressure didnt blow his cover
  • @mr.w1129
    I’m sober and this made me uncomfortable.
  • @ericthiel4053
    "I need a second"! Yeah man if I was on two hits of high quality liquid acid I'd need a second too before going to a crowded ass arena with monster trucks as well lol. Absolute legend.
  • @samiambic
    When he "there's a lot of fabric back there" I instantly related to him.
  • @thebigmoo700
    I lost it when he said “idk anything about this world” to the snow cone makers😂
  • @evanparsons1808
    You can tell everyone involved in planning this has never done acid
  • @PrzveJoe
    such a sweet and innocent guy, big shame the crew didn't give him the responsible support they should have done, it's really not that difficult to help someone that's losing grip on social norms