Red Letter Media Shorts
Description: Red Letter Media (RLM) is a popular Milwaukee-based independent film and video production company known for its satirical, cynical, and in-depth movie reviews and media criticism on YouTube. Founded in 2004 by Mike Stoklasa and Jay Bauman, they rose to fame for their insightful, long-form video essays.
Description: Half in the Bag is a popular, long-running movie review web series created by Red Letter Media, featuring hosts Mike Stoklasa and Jay Bauman. The show combines critical analysis of new mainstream blockbusters, streaming films, and cult classics with a comedy sketch narrative where the hosts play cynical, alcoholic VCR repairmen scamming an elderly customer named Mr. Plinkett.
Description: "Lightning Fast VCR Repair" is a recurring, fictional business featured in Red Letter Media's Half in the Bag web series. It serves as a comedic framing device where hosts Mike and Jay pretend to be technicians to justify reviewing movies, often featuring a fictional boss named Tim and using a real Milwaukee building location for exterior shots.
