You Know What's Bullshit (sometimes shortened to YKWBS by fans, and as of Episode 38 is simply abbreviated as You Know What's BS due to demonetization) is a webseries on Cinemassacre.com, aiming to rant on the everyday things that the title character thinks are "bullshit". The first episode was posted on May 6, 2007. There have been 35 episodes in the series. The series was supposed to end in October 16, 2012 when Vampires was released, however it briefly returned in November 12, 2014 and returned again in November 12, 2016 and returned again in January 25, 2018 and once again in May 6, 2020.
Bullshit Man[]
The protagonist of this series is eventually revealed to be an unnamed person simply called the Bullshit Man. He constantly rants on the complete idiocy, unfairness, and bullshit in his everyday life, and is portrayed by James Rolfe. Though originally appearing off screen, the Bullshit Man revealed in Episode 13, that his face is literally and ironically a pile of bullshit. He stated he used to look like an average man, but his face slowly degenerated into what it is now thanks to the infinite amount of bullshit he is constantly exposed to. After his exposure, he usually talks directly to the audience with his crappy looking face instead of solely in voiceover. He dons a tan Denim jacket overlapping a white T-shirt and torn jeans.
Notably, the Bullshit Man made a cameo appearance in Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie. His image was on a TV screen in Las Vegas.
Episodes[]
Note: Most recent episodes of YKWB debut on the same date on Cinemassacre and YouTube. If the debut dates are different, they will be listed chronologically. An asterisk (*) beside an episode title denotes episodes which are not featured on the YouTube channel but are on the Cinemassacre site.
(**) Episode 13 was the first on-screen appearance of the Bullshit Man.
(#) This is the first episode to debut the new animated intro. (##) This is the first episode to debut the new, realistic intro.
# | Episode Title | Airdate |
1 | DVD Packaging | May 6, 2007 |
2 | Pennies | May 13, 2007 |
3 | Shoelaces | May 28, 2007 |
4 | Penguin Movies | June 4, 2007 |
5 | Post Office Pens | June 17, 2007 |
6 | Pay Toilets | December 7, 2007 |
7 | Temperature | February 8, 2008 |
8 | Printers | June 3, 2008 |
9 | Christmas Aftermath | January 12, 2009 |
10 | Hotel TVs | February 27, 2009 |
11 | DVD's | June 8, 2009 |
12 | Movie Titles * | June 23, 2009 |
13 | Too Much Cream Cheese ** | July 27, 2009 |
14 | Fiber Envelopes & Packing Peanuts | April 25, 2011 (CM)
May 10, 2011 (YT) |
15 | DVD & Blu-ray Cases | May 21, 2011 (CM)
May 30, 2011 (YT) |
16 | Traffic Spikes | June 12, 2012 (YT)
June 13, 2012 (CM) |
17 | iTunes | June 19, 2012 |
18 | Feeding Birds | June 27, 2012 |
19 | Wire Hangers * | July 4, 2012 |
20 | Microwaves | July 10, 2012 |
21 | Assholes * | July 18, 2012 |
22 | Car GPS | July 29, 2012 |
23 | Warranties | August 7, 2012 |
24 | Amps That Don't Go to 11 * | August 12, 2012 |
25 | Grass | August 20, 2012 |
26 | Vampires | October 16, 2012 |
27 | Hotel Rooms # | November 12, 2014 |
28 | Word Pronunciations | November 19, 2014 |
29 | Public Bathrooms | November 26, 2014 |
30 | Water | December 3, 2014 |
31 | Sleep | December 5, 2014 |
32 | Dangerous Funeral Processions | December 9, 2014 (YT)
December 10, 2014 (CM) |
33 | Oversized Packaging ## | November 12, 2016 |
34 | Clothing Tags | November 30, 2016 |
35 | Wobbly Tables | January 25, 2018 |
36 | Snow | March 20, 2018 |
37 | The Word 'Bimonthly'! | May 6, 2020 |
38 | Apple's Lack of Buttons | June 3, 2020 |
39 | Rolls of Tape | July 2, 2020 |
40 | Pogs | July 23, 2020 |
41 | Stickers on Fruit | September 4, 2020 |
42 | Inflatable Decorations | October 3, 2020 |
43 | Group Texts | November 20, 2020 |
44 | Loud Startup Sounds | December 8, 2020 |
45 | Bed Sheets | February 19, 2021 |
46 | Micro SD Cards | September 3, 2021 |
47 | Hotel Rooms Still | August 14, 2024 |
48 | Take Out Boxes | August 21, 2024 |
49 | Losing Phone in Your Car | September 4, 2024 |
50 | USB Ports | September 19, 2024 |
51 | Parking Lots | September 24, 2024 |
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Trivia[]
- The second episode, his rant on pennies was featured on CNN, but all the swear words in the CNN broadcast were censored. You can watch a recording Here
- In episode 38, the intro is changed to "You know what's BS?!". He claims he "can't say that word in the beginning of the videos anymore" (this is in reference to YouTube's algorithms, which stops sending videos to people's Recommended Videos feeds if the video contains swearing too quickly after the video starts). He says it anyway at the end. When the series returned in 2024, likely due to relaxed swearing rules, the full title was reinstated, although the title and description still use the abbreviated name.
- "Penguin Movies" is the shortest You Know What's Bullshit? episode, running in at only 50 seconds.
- In the episode "Pay Toilets", the illustration of the pay toilet at the beginning has "toilet" misspelled as "toliet" on the door.
- There is a glitch at the beginning of "Temperature" where a black screen is briefly displayed during the appearance of the second "You Know What's Bullshit?" card.
- The voice clip of James Rolfe saying "You know what's BUUUUUUUUUUULLLLLLSHIT?!" in "Pay Toilets" would later be reused in "DVD & Blu-ray Cases".