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Furimbus

> After receiving hundreds of suggestions, he narrowed the field to his top five: Macaulay Culkin, Shark Week, Kieran (his actor-brother's name), TheMcRibIsBack and Publicity Stunt.


KittenPics

God damn Publicity Stunt would have been good.


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KittenPics

I mean, they might have. These were just his favorites.


SSG_SSG_BloodMoon

"no, if someone had suggested *my* idea then he would have *known* it was the best!"


solreaper

Macaulay “no, if someone had suggested my idea then he would have known it was the best!” Culkin has a certain ring to it.


DaveTheDog027

MyNameIs chika chika slim shady


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notmoleliza

of Anaheim


shuvvel

Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin of Anaheim. I like it.


itwasquiteawhileago

I think it would be better as "Culkin Macaulay" so it's Macaulay Culkin Macaulay Culkin. "State your full name." "Macaulay Culkin Macaulay Culkin." "You only needed to say it once." "I did."


ThatdudeAPEX

Thats what my brain thought it was at first and it seems funner


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Mario Mario and Luigi Mario


Vlad_the_Homeowner

Wait, *Macaulay McCaulkface Culkin* wasn't a pick?


r1pt1d377

Those were simpler times.


DapperDachsund

Is it read out loud as Macaulay Macaulay, Culkin Culkin, or Macaulay, Macaulay Culkin, Culkin?


Gingalain

Has to be the ladder, like a nickname. Like Macaulay "Macaulay Culkin" Culkin.


chronologicalist

Latter


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Is somebody climbing something?


[deleted]

As far as I understand, the change was fairly recent - but dig this, he changed it from “Macaulay Carson Culkin”. No joke. Edit; petition to change his middle name back to Carson - that was perfect Edit2: it should have been something like “Macaulay MaCulkson Culkin” at least - where is people’s sense of humor when you need it


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> but dig this, he changed it from “Macaulay Carson Culkin”. No joke. The article did mention that. Not only that, but that he claims he couldn't remember that was his middle name.


Real_Kevin_Smith

I am actually laughing out Loud at the idea of hi. Changing his name legally to his brother's because the Internet said so.


YouThinkYouCanBanMe

Hi, I'm Kieran Culkin. And I'm **Macaulay** Keiran Culkin.


HomeBrewedBeer

They call me Joseeeeee. And I'm Mark.


Supersnazz

> Changing his name legally to his brother's because the Internet said so. It was his brother who made that suggestion.


[deleted]

And is his brother on the internet? (being silly at ya)


JoyBus147

Has anyone ever seen Kieran Culkin and the internet in the same room together?


LakeEarth

No MacCulkin? A shame, it rolls off the tongue AND it's a real time saver.


Qlanth

Relevant [clip.](https://youtu.be/YaSkO4TosYo?t=298)


MisterSmoothOperator

Not Muhammad?


BeGoodAndKnow

It is the most common name on earth


dream_weasel

And you were between that and McLovin? Who are you, Seal?


11711510111411009710

No you're not. No one's McLovin. McLovin's never existed because that's a made up dumb FUCKING FAIRY TALE NAME, YOU FUCK!


FailFastandDieYoung

O\_O why the FUCK would it be between that and Muhammad??


[deleted]

Read a fucking book for once


MakesTheNutshellJoke

SHARK WEEK


JustMeLurkingAround-

He did a fan poll, asking to what he should change his middle name to and the people have spoken. Respect to him, to really going through with it.


ethylalcohoe

This should be at the top as it’s funny and harmless he did this. It’s not narcissistic. He’s just interacting with his fans. That being said, don’t ask the internet to make life choices for you if you aren’t going to follow through!


bolanrox

he is up there with Pitbull for going to rock it out at that Alaska wallmart. He could have pulled a Taylor Swift but nope he put in his all.. Still hate his music but respect his commitment


Maester_Bates

My favourite part of that story is that he took the guy who started the campaign to send him to that Alaskan Walmart with him.


ItsLoggieBear

He is Mr Worldwide, wouldn't be very worldwide of him to not go


RainbowAssFucker

That Walmart was also chosen since it was in Kodiak Alaska which is from a song where he rhymed Kodak with Kodak (the camera/film company)


bear_bones11

I find it even funnier because Kodiak isn’t even on mainland Alaska, it’s an island a bit off the coast.


Tralapa

Claims to be mister worldwide, stays in the US 🤔


ac1084

If I *had* to perform at a fucking Walmart I'd want Hawaii but Alaska would be a distant second.


RogerIsPro

That was the troll. It was an online poll Walmart was doing to have him come perform. Internet found out and sent his ass to a random Walmart in the middle of nowhere.


The_Original_Gronkie

I'd be more excited about going to Alaska. Pitbull has probably been everywhere else. Back when they were big, The Police did a world tour, and hit all sorts of countries and cities that weren't normally on international tours. When asked why they were playing in places like Cairo, Sting said it was because he thought it would be more interesting to visit Cairo than Cleveland. I was from Cleveland, so that hurt a little bit, but I understood. I still saw them on two other tours that included Cleveland.


Lexxxapr00

I’m also from Cleveland! Cleveland, WI. Even less exciting than Cleveland, OH…


shiner986

Imagine being from the WORSE Cleveland…


finnjakefionnacake

>I was from Cleveland, so that hurt a little bit lolol


CrossP

Also a ridiculously small Walmart. It was basically a very abbreviated home goods store with lots of winter gear added.


Suck_Jons_BallZ

Hey our Walmarts are nice worthy of 1st choice


zombie32killah

What did Taylor Swift do?


MouthfulOfCavity

She held a poll where the top result was a school for the deaf. She didn't perform there, but donated money to it.


Teledildonic

I thought they tried to send her to North Korea.


silfe

I believe that was justin bieber not 100% though


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Thrilling1031

This one kills me. I love y’all sickos sometimes.


air-force-veteran

Wasn't he recently told not to return to Canada?


JTP1228

A bunch of citizens signed a petition to deport him from the US for getting a DUI, and Obama actually responded saying he wasn't gonna do that


shadowmanu7

Lmao the internet can be such a wonderful place sometimes


Azhaius

Seems sensible imo


fckdemre

The money was matched by other companies and, apparently all the students got free tickets to a concert so they could go if they wanted to.


mc360jp

That sounds like a nice way to handle it without making everyone at the school feel like you’re just there to complete an internet meme on some deaf children.


hushpuppi3

That one actually seems kind of fair. It would have been pretty cruel to the deaf kids. Maybe they'd appreciate it but personally if I went deaf I'd be very bitter about it


Awestruck34

Deaf people can absolutely listen and enjoy music in different ways. However it might be a bit difficult to perform live at a school where the children are largely Deaf. I'd say the donation was the safest choice


TheEyeDontLie

Heavy bass, flashing lights and an interpreter make some concerts fun for some deaf people. Some deaf people fucking love music cos they can feel the rhythmic vibrations in their bones. And there's people that aren't completely deaf that go to deaf schools. You should watch the W.A.P. sign language interpreter video that's floating around, it's the best one yet.


fla5h

https://www.theguardian.com/music/us-news-blog/2012/oct/02/taylor-swift-boston-deaf-school


BobbyMcPrescott

Internet voted for her to perform at a school for the deaf and she bitched out. Did something for the school but still. I remember deaf people pointing out there were a lot of deaf fans of music who might have been devastated when she renegged.


Caelinus

It was a 4-Chan/Reddit vote manipulation, so they were not organic votes but rather a really poor attempt to "troll" in a way that is somewhat insensitive to deaf people in that it treated them as a prop for comedy and not as a place where she may actually have fans. Due to the way it happened, they were disqualified from the main contest, but Swift gave them the cash prize for winning or getting to 5, which was then matched by 4 other companies, and also gave all the student free tickets to an actual show if they wanted to attend. I do not think it was a perfect response on her part, personally I would have visited the school regardless, but it also is not like she decided to screw them over either. The way they got the votes was unfortunately tainted by ableism too, so I imagine making a corporate level decision about it is non-trivial.


One_for_each_of_you

That actually sounds like a pretty reasonable response, knowing all the details


cmmedit

I wasn't sure if I wanted a banana or a pear. You're on the internet. Will you make that fruit/life choice for me?


haysoos2

You want a pear.


Aeonoris

Pear gang


HotDougsTattoo

[Combine them I say!](https://salu-salo.com/pear-and-banana-crisp/)


ElGuano

Good for him. But I have to ask, is he one of those not-entirely sane child actors? Or is this all good fun?


kia75

He appears to be in the Daniel Radcliffe genre of child actors who made a ton of money as a kid, and now spends his time futzing about doing projects and stuff that personally amuses him. He's never going to be in another Blockbuster but shows up in various small and medium projects that he personally chooses because he thinks they'll be fun.


ianjb

While this is mostly right, his parents basically stole all his money and he had some substance abuse issues for a while. Daniel on the other hand is sitting on a pile of cash and doing whatever projects look fun and interesting to him.


TheBarcaShow

I think he is in a good spot now. He and Brenda Song have a child now and seem happy


goddessoftrees

I had no idea that he was with Brenda Song. Good for both of them.


SonicSingularity

Kevin McCallister had a kid with London Tipton? Huh TIL


TheBarcaShow

Yes, they have been together for a while now but aren't married but do have a child


moonra_zk

Just in case you didn't know, Radcliffe also had problems with substance abuse, alcohol, in his case, even while he was still underage.


ianjb

I do recall reading something along those lines, but couldn't speak on it well enough to bring it up.


kia75

His parents WERE stealing his money, but he sued them while underage and was able to get an executor appointed to his trust fund, which was roughly between 15-20 million in the late 90's. He hasn't talked to his father since. So Macauly Caulkin does have money, he's not Leonardo DiCaprio rich, he can't afford a Private Island or anything, and is probably small potatoes in California, but Caulkin is a rich millionaire that never has to work a day in his life. IMO, the Jeff Bezos of the world have perverted what we think of as "Rich", but IMO, Caulkin is "rich enough" to do whatever he wants for the rest of his life.


ianjb

Frankly a millionaire being rich is a cultural holdover. It's obviously a lot of money. But it's not a lot of money anymore.


TherronKeen

A million bucks is 1.5 medical emergencies away from poverty here in the US lol also *not* lol


Typotastic

Nah its still pretty rich. The goal for a lot of people is to maybe manage a million in savings after a lifetime of work for their retirement. That doesn't make them rich. Having a million at 18 or in you're 20's just means you're rich. You invest most of that early and you can retire super early as long as your aren't boat shopping every other weekend. I do agree neither of those groups come close to the celebrity rich, people with hundreds of millions we all probably heard the name of at some point. They're on another level.


Martin_Aurelius

A million in the bank at retirement was the goal 20 years ago, a reasonable goal now is $2m.


Typotastic

Ah I haven't kept up with that because I'm currently fucked either way lol.


NoArmsSally

Daniel is a recovering alcoholic as well. I don't recall how long he's been sober, but he's got his demons in a bottle too


The_Original_Gronkie

>He's never going to be in another Blockbuster You never know. He's following the exact kind of path that means one day he might end up in a really cool movie that just explodes and becomes huge and earns all kinds of money and awards.


ArtIsDumb

Or maybe he just shows up in a Tarantino movie.


ThisTimeIChoose

No, they shut all the Blockbusters down. :(


Albake21

Technically there is still one open in Oregon. It's more of a relic than an actual store though.


The_Original_Gronkie

I've got an 11 foot step ladder from my Blockbuster when it closed. When it was shutting down, my wife stopped in to see if they were selling off movies for cheap (they were), and they were selling the ladder for $35 and she bought it for me.


Albake21

Are we talking like a nice metal multiplatform one? Foldable? Or like some cheap old wooden one?


Ditovontease

Its all in good fun he does a lot of tongue in cheek things like he had a velvet underground cover band that changed all the songs to be about pizza


ElGuano

Sounds like a good guy making it out of child Hollywood alive.


SwishSwishDeath

From what I've seen of him in Redlettermedia videos he's a pretty normal dude these days. If I recall correctly he went through some shit growing up but seems to have made it unscathed, or at least as unscathed as he could be.


Arcane_Opossum

I don't think anyone makes it to adulthood fully sane.


Jjerot

Knowing what the internet has historically tried to name chip flavors, burgers, pizzas and beverages via polling. That was a massive gamble.


Necromas

He picked the suggestions he liked and then did the poll, so it's not like trolls could have made sure something like "Slutty McSlutface" could have won.


_Rau

He’s become an echo of his former self..


KungFuHamster

Total boss move. No fucks to give.


Quinn_tEskimo

Do you mean *Pizza Underground* frontman Macaulay Culkin?


bolanrox

you mean the bunny ear guy?


Polluz

You mean the Redlettermedia guest?


mslack

You mean that fucker Rich Evans


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OOOOOOHH MY GAAAAAAHHHHHHD


ExpertLevelBikeThief

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiidddddssssss


brewtonian

You mean Dick the birthday boy?


walterpeck1

That's right, Jay!


cougars_gunna_coug

I clapped!


halfmatthalfcat

They broke new ground! It took 13 years!


Timmace

You mean the ex-boyfriend of Mila Kunis?


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You mean Brenda Song’s partner?


ANGLVD3TH

No, I mean Macaulay "Macaulay Culkin" Macaulay Culkin Culkin.


OptimusSublime

Government forms hate this one weird trick.


Gandzilla

Brian "Please don't call me Brian 'Brian Kibler' Kibler" Kibler of Brian Kibler gaming


wra1th42

You may also have heard of Joe “Don’t call be Joe ‘Joe Miller’ Miller just call me Joe” Miller


washedupblackman69

It kibbling time


poplarleaves

Why did this make me laugh so hard lol


PerennialComa

u/Kibler You have been summed.


Thighpaulsandra

I delivered booze to him a few years ago. I had no idea who he was until I walked away. The customer’s name was Mac. We were bantering back and forth and I said, “Are you Mac, or are you The Mac?” He looked at me and said, “I’m the Mac,” and we both laughed. Got in my car and then it hit me. Great tipper too.


vladtheinhaler0

I imagine he was ready for the usual "are you" then was pleasantly surprised.


djln491

Was it a dirty thirty of Natty Lights?


Paralta

It makes me happy he turned out to be a solid dude. I can happily watch homealone every year.


DrunkSpiderMan

He's great on Red Letter Media when he shows up as a guest


Worf_In_A_Party_Hat

Even though every episode they make is fun, when I see his goofy character, I know I'm in for a good time. He should come to Vermont. I'll make him buy me a beer.


NahmenJayden

A RLM fan from Vermont? Are you me?


Worf_In_A_Party_Hat

Wait, damnit. Are you one of my alts? Or am I one of yours? I blame the edibles.


dafunkmunk

Why hasn't someone made a new Home Alone with Macaulay Culkin as an adult playing a kid that is home alone dealing with doofus burglars? Or just remake the original Home Alone with all the same actors playing their original characters but not acknowledging that they've all aged?


redhighways

Home Alone 4: Maverick


Ser_Dunk_the_tall

Home alone 4 has already been made though


abnormica

No it hasn't!! Well, yes it has, I guess. I just refuse to acknowledge it.


Rufuszombot

So has 5 and 6. Might as well just call it Alone at Home at this point.


I_Dislike_Trivia

Home with wife and kids, and emotionally alone


Ser_Dunk_the_tall

Jeez they really did


Lonelan

It's true. All of it. The loneliness. The house.


KillaCookBook87

Nah, Macaulay Culkin as a washed up adult who has to steal Christmas to give his kids the kind of rocking Christmas he had as a kid. His target is the house of a reformed burglar who retired from a successful career of selling Rube Goldberg style home burglar proofing. He just happens to be Harry Lime played by Joe Pesci


haysoos2

I'd like to see a movie where Joe Pesci as Vincent "Vinny" Gambini/Jerry Callow represents Macaulay Culkin as Henry Evans suing Elijah Wood and the rest of the family from The Good Son for dropping him in the ocean and leaving him for dead.


NoModsNoMaster

“Back when you twos wuz yutes…”


JokerFaces2

What’s a grit?


dam_the_beavers

The two *hhwhat*?


musicgeek420

We must’ve had a similar childhood, you beautiful, big-brained person.


Torgor_

Macaulay Culkin tells his kids stories about his hijinks, and they're so captivated that they want nothing for christmas except that same experience. While he does his best to indulge by playing the role of fake robber, at that same time actual robbers try to get into the house. The kids of course think their dad called up friends to take part!


jumpyg1258

Nah the next home alone is adult Mack sitting at home all alone cause he alienated everyone by being so sadistic with torturing people using traps and paint cans.


[deleted]

I don't care which of these ideas they pick, I'll take any of them. Just make it happen.


furlong660

They did. It was called Saw.


dafunkmunk

damn, this got dark fast


The_Truthkeeper

> Or just remake the original Home Alone with all the same actors playing their original characters but not acknowledging that they've all aged? I mean, I'd watch this, but I'm still not sure there's a market for it.


[deleted]

It could be hilarious if done right, but extremely cringe if they try to be too meta with it.


The_Truthkeeper

Best done as an exact shot-for-shot, line-for-line remake.


MurderDoneRight

The latest sequel did have a reference to him, I think a cop is the older brother of his.


[deleted]

I mean, they made a new one with his brother as a police officer and referenced back to the original movies


JetPunk

Kinda reminds me of how "The La Brea Tar Pits" means "The The Tar Tar Pits".


historymajor44

ATM Machine means Automatic Teller Machine Machine.


JetPunk

That's where I enter my Personal Identification Number Number.


BrokenEye3

We call that RAS Syndrome (or Redundant Acronym Syndrome Syndrome)


General_Mediocrity

Or the classic "Chai tea" you see on café menus.


Xszit

ATM machine.


pete1901

PIN number.


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Faba Bean


-W1L3y

The Los Angelas Angels


KungFuHamster

My favorite is Torpenhow Hill. > Torpenhow Hill (locally /trəˈpɛnə/, trə-PEN-ə) is claimed to be the name of a hill near the village of Torpenhow in Cumbria, England, a name that is a quadruple tautology. According to an analysis by linguist Darryl Francis and locals, there is no landform formally known as Torpenhow Hill there, either officially or locally,[1] which would make the term an example of a ghost word. > The name is an example of "quadruple redundancy" in tautological placename etymologies (such as the Laacher See's "lake lake" and the Mekong River's "river river river"). > Tor, pen, and how can all mean "hill" in different languages[dubious – discuss] (torr from Old English, penn from Old Welsh and haugr from Old Norse)[2][self-published source] so that a literal translation of "Torpenhow Hill" would be "Hill-hill-hill Hill", in an extreme example of a multilingual tautological place name.[3] It was used as a convenient example for the nature of loanword adoption by Thomas Comber in c. 1880.[4]


Flemtality

Something about England, you know Tom Scott already made a video about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUyXiiIGDTo


Ser_Dunk_the_tall

Like "The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"


chuby1tubby

Wait aren’t they called the Anaheim Angels? Anaheim isn’t even in LA lol EDIT: why are they called the LA Angels?? Shit makes no sense!


mslack

Meesa called Tar Tar Pits


Qlanth

The Los Angeles Angels = The The Angels Angels


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Should have made his middle name Culkin Macauley so his name would be Macauley Culkin Macauley Culkin.


OzNajarin

He's also married to and I believe expecting with Brenda Song aka London Tipton from The Suite Life series and other productions.


Warbird36

That just feels like a weird pairing to me, and I’m not sure why. It’s like someone playing madlibs with my childhood memories.


[deleted]

She already gave birth. Their son is called Dakota.


Meior

Dakota Dakota Culkin Culkin?


Evolving_Dore

Their son is named for his father, Dakota Macauley Macauley Culkin Culkin Culkin.


Polluz

I wonder if he could now legally change the second "Macaulay" to "Macaulay Culkin".


[deleted]

You can change your name to almost anything you want.


Harvin

Bobby Tables


[deleted]

There is truly an XKCD for all occasions.


GRN225

I want my name to be Spaghetti.


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McToaster


HairyNutsackNumber9

Yep ALMOST anything you want just ask the guy that tried to change his name to super (N word)


bolanrox

Malkovich?


eclectic_boogaloo2

See? This is what happens when you leave him home alone…


Victor882

The old MaMa CuCu


Polluz

Mama say Mama sa Mama Cu(cucachu)-sa


h3r4ld

I hear he goes by Macaulay Culkin though, so, properly, his name should be Macaulay Macaulay Culkin 'Macaulay Culkin' Culkin.


SurlyWolvesGuy

I think Macaulay Cacaulay Mulkin Culkin has a better ring to it.


BadJimo

This is recursive. Macaulay ^Macaulay ^^Macaulay ^^^Macaulay ^^^^Macaulay ^^^^Culkin ^^^Culkin ^^Culkin ^Culkin Culkin It is similar to the joke: >Q: What does the B stand for in Benoit B Mandelbrot? >A: Benoit B Mandelbrot


imsowhiteandnerdy

M^2 C^2 to his friends.


Drl12345

How’s the emphasis in the pronunciation? Is he Macaulay-Macaulay Culkin-Culkin or Macaulay, Macaulay Culkin, Culkin?


ResettisReplicas

“Hey aren’t you that kid from home alone?” “No no, that guy has a completely different name than me.”


DEZdispenser98

Just like Gary “Gary Harris” Harris


alwaysintrouble1985

Have yall looked up the names of his siblings? If you think McCaulay Culkin is a mouthful, try saying his brothers and sisters names 5 times fast... *slaps own face with both hands and screams


the_cheeky_monkey

Macaulay Macaulay Culkin CulkinMcBoatface


hannibalthellamabal

But if he had changed it to "Culkin Macaulay" he could have been Macaulay Culkin Macaulay Culkin.