Click To Unmute

Want us to remember this setting for all your devices?

Sign up or Sign in now!

Please use a html5 video capable browser to watch videos.
This video has an invalid file format.
00:00:00
Sorry, but you can't access this content!
Please enter your date of birth to view this video

By clicking 'enter', you agree to Giant Bomb's
Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

Start
End

Mailbag: Giant Bomb Mailbag: Gummy Edition

Choose-your-own-adventure books and novelty-size candy are the order of the day.

What's in the mail? Is it an old T-shirt? A lunchbox full of rusty knives? Video game treasures? Canadian energy drinks?

Oct. 1 2009

Cast: Jeff, Vinny

Posted by: Ryan

155 Comments

Avatar image for chaossebba
Chaossebba

312

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 15

User Lists: 2

Edited By Chaossebba

First thing i thought when i saw the thumbnail was OM NOM NOM.

Avatar image for nakent
NAKent

119

Forum Posts

63

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

Edited By NAKent

Its that fucking navy blue shirt again, Mr. Davis. You officially have a problem.

Avatar image for zaph
Zaph

309

Forum Posts

5166

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 7

Edited By Zaph

Giant Bomb is starting to remind me of those Internet Cam Whore sites. Send them a present and you get a video of them wearing/using it. ;)
 
But obviously I've never visited such a site. Yeah...never...

Avatar image for jacobmccourt
jacobmccourt

287

Forum Posts

563

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 26

Edited By jacobmccourt

The candy from last time is there lol

Avatar image for kerikxi
kerikxi

619

Forum Posts

94

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 3

User Lists: 8

Edited By kerikxi

Shaq agrees.

Avatar image for dirune
Dirune

34

Forum Posts

145

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 5

Edited By Dirune

Big Delicious!

Avatar image for sarumarine
Sarumarine

2588

Forum Posts

28258

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 9

User Lists: 7

Edited By Sarumarine

Dude! I mean . . . DUDE! I bet you guys never have to buy food at all considering so much comes through the mail.  
 
I remember hearing about the 5 Pound Gummy Bear on the podcast but . . . dude!

Avatar image for lazyaza
Lazyaza

2584

Forum Posts

7938

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 27

User Lists: 43

Edited By Lazyaza

I want one of those giant ass gummy bears, loooooves me some gummy.

Avatar image for scarygaryofak
ScaryGaryofAk

78

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 0

Edited By ScaryGaryofAk

Its huuuuuuuuuuuggggggggggeeeeeeeee

Avatar image for jake_k
Jake_K

117

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

Edited By Jake_K

"This five-pound beast is the equivalent of 1,400 regular sized gummy bears and packs a whopping 12,600 calories."
 
Wow....

Avatar image for griddler
Griddler

3374

Forum Posts

2865

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 6

User Lists: 15

Edited By Griddler

I love Mailbags! :D

Avatar image for buzz_killington
buzz_killington

3674

Forum Posts

5319

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 10

User Lists: 2

Edited By buzz_killington

That gummy is of a good length.

Avatar image for wrecks
wrecks

2685

Forum Posts

1152

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 13

Edited By wrecks

Ads on trailers, gameplay, etc is cool. Ads on giantbomb super happy cam fun time is not as cool. 

Avatar image for rjaylee
rjaylee

3804

Forum Posts

529

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 3

User Lists: 2

Edited By rjaylee

Holy fuck, I nearly lost it at the office watching Ryan drop that giant fucking gummy bear right in front of the camera.
Avatar image for allaniceman
AllanIceman

1364

Forum Posts

67

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 5

Edited By AllanIceman

Mmmm...

Avatar image for bpwwhirl
bpwwhirl

103

Forum Posts

554

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 2

Edited By bpwwhirl

You guys got some messy freakin' desks!

Avatar image for white_silhouette
White_Silhouette

527

Forum Posts

308

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 4

Edited By White_Silhouette

a 5 lbs gummy just seems so wrong and awesome at the same time

Avatar image for blair
blair

2265

Forum Posts

3572

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 2

Edited By blair

Mailbag episodes make me hungry for some reason.
 
They make me want to eat interesting candy and other non-nutritional food though.
 
"I could do curls with these!" 
 
Simply amazing, Jeff.

Avatar image for zitosilva
zitosilva

1897

Forum Posts

805

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 3

Edited By zitosilva

My god, you'll die if you atempt to eat that in a single sitting.

Avatar image for engine357
Engine357

39

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By Engine357

"I can't fit the whole head in my mouth." 
 
That's what she said.

Avatar image for zeouterlimits
zeouterlimits

205

Forum Posts

325

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 4

Edited By zeouterlimits

Ha ha ha, wow, I need to get me one of those Gummy Bears...

Avatar image for nets
Nets

325

Forum Posts

8

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 4

User Lists: 0

Edited By Nets

 
LOOOL @ 3:01 
 
That gummy bear is fucking huge!

Avatar image for hoshnasi
Hoshnasi

357

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 1

Edited By Hoshnasi

I'm wondering if I could eat a whole 5 pound bear in a day.  I *think* I can, but just seeing it in video isn't enough.

Avatar image for hughesie27
hughesie27

261

Forum Posts

234

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 0

Edited By hughesie27

Guy, if you ever put a regular gummy bear in a glass of water, it expands about 3/4 times it'ssize. TRY it! Imagine the possibilities with that baby!

Avatar image for thehbk
TheHBK

5674

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 3

User Lists: 6

Edited By TheHBK

i wonder if they would eat a 5 lb gummy dildo.  imagine how uncomfortable you would be eating that! 

Avatar image for meierthered
MeierTheRed

6084

Forum Posts

1701

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By MeierTheRed

At least  they seemed to genuinely like the ale.

Avatar image for emptyquarter
EmptyQuarter

101

Forum Posts

148

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 5

Edited By EmptyQuarter

Warlock on Firetop Mountain is way old and a classic. I remember playing those books when I was at school. They were pretty awesome back then. 
 
The Steve Jackson that wrote it isn't the US videogame designer, he's the UK Games Workshop guy which is responsible for Warhammer and such.

Avatar image for psychedelicet
PsychedelicET

124

Forum Posts

166

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 9

Edited By PsychedelicET

Oh man 'Choose Your Own Adventure' books were SO GOOD back when I was growing up in the 80's.  They were like video games but in book form to me back then - I even had one marketed as a "video game book".
 
Also, that gummy THUD really frightened me - it is a thing that should not be.

Avatar image for alphazero
Alphazero

1653

Forum Posts

2448

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 23

User Lists: 10

Edited By Alphazero
Eat your oatmeal.
Eat your oatmeal.
Avatar image for damien
Damien

1378

Forum Posts

668

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 2

Edited By Damien

Oh no 5lb gummi bear sexual hijinxxx!

Avatar image for pencilbastard
pencilbastard

54

Forum Posts

195

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 5

Edited By pencilbastard
Choose your own adventure Endurance Run!!
Avatar image for chewii101
chewii101

874

Forum Posts

3965

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 5

Edited By chewii101

I would eat the head and just die. So much gummmmmy. 

Avatar image for ivanetc
ivanetc

203

Forum Posts

30

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 3

Edited By ivanetc

come ON ryan
 
when you tweeted that you were getting TWO giant gummy bears i kindly asked for one
 
bro ;_;
....
 
also christ their desks are MESSY

Avatar image for breadfan
breadfan

6803

Forum Posts

11494

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 6

User Lists: 12

Edited By breadfan

Shaq approves

Avatar image for zaerus
Zaerus

156

Forum Posts

21

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By Zaerus

Gummy bear endurance run...

Avatar image for rhcpfan24
RHCPfan24

8663

Forum Posts

22301

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 16

User Lists: 8

Edited By RHCPfan24

I love Ryan's "Whoa" reaction when he is shocked by something. It makes me laugh everytime. And that gummy bear really is disgusting...

Avatar image for vaiz
vaiz

3188

Forum Posts

28

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 5

User Lists: 4

Edited By vaiz

"We can make 'em do it."
 
This... This F'n site, man... ;_;

Avatar image for cheapoz
Cheapoz

1142

Forum Posts

108

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

Edited By Cheapoz

Damn! Clean up your desks for once!

Avatar image for oncomouse
Oncomouse

43

Forum Posts

8

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By Oncomouse

Ugh... this shit is getting ridiculous.  I enjoy the commentary and industry coverage these guys provide.  But this is so pointless.  I know I don't have to watch it if I don't want to.  This bothers me though.  A public figure shouldn't just tweet out, "send me shit" and then make videos when it shows up.  It strikes me as very unethical.

Avatar image for homegabomb
bwooduhs

1683

Forum Posts

732

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 5

User Lists: 4

Edited By bwooduhs

Holy shit. I must have one.

Avatar image for deactivated-5d7bd9e4bef30
deactivated-5d7bd9e4bef30

4741

Forum Posts

128

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Oh man, I remember having Super Mario World choose your own adventure books when I was a kid.
Those were fucking awesome!
 
And yeah, those gummi bears are beyond gross

Avatar image for sharpfilly
Sharpfilly

32

Forum Posts

176

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 1

Edited By Sharpfilly

I love how when he's trying to rip off the Gummy Bear's ear, the whole head tries to come with and the neck gets all stretchy.

Avatar image for squidracerx
squidracerx

1099

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 18

Edited By squidracerx

wear a condom, gummy bear 69.... and you STILL have candy bars from last week on the desk!! c'mon there are like 20 guys in that building, eat your mail!

Avatar image for meatsim
MeatSim

11201

Forum Posts

150

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 23

Edited By MeatSim

You could kill a man with one of those. Though for somebody who really wanted a giant gummy bear Ryan barely ate any of it. So those are gonna be around for a while I take it.

Avatar image for fuzzylemon
FuzzYLemoN

1609

Forum Posts

2558

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

Edited By FuzzYLemoN

I share Jeff's sentiments. That is indeed disgusting. :3

Avatar image for kajaah117
Kajaah117

1073

Forum Posts

18

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 3

Edited By Kajaah117
@Oncomouse said:

" Ugh... this shit is getting ridiculous.  I enjoy the commentary and industry coverage these guys provide.  But this is so pointless.  I know I don't have to watch it if I don't want to.  This bothers me though.  A public figure shouldn't just tweet out, "send me shit" and then make videos when it shows up.  It strikes me as very unethical. "

The Giant Bomb crew NEVER asks for anything. I've sent them 2 packages out of pure appreciation and respect, and that's all anybody else has ever done. And do you really think Jeff asked for a giant GummyBear?
Avatar image for almeida69
Almeida69

102

Forum Posts

321

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

Edited By Almeida69

Congratulations GiantBomb you now have enough food for the Zombie Apocalypse.

Avatar image for randomlyrossy
RandomlyRossy

27

Forum Posts

137

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

Edited By RandomlyRossy
@Kajaah117 said:
" @Oncomouse said:

" Ugh... this shit is getting ridiculous.  I enjoy the commentary and industry coverage these guys provide.  But this is so pointless.  I know I don't have to watch it if I don't want to.  This bothers me though.  A public figure shouldn't just tweet out, "send me shit" and then make videos when it shows up.  It strikes me as very unethical. "

The Giant Bomb crew NEVER asks for anything. I've sent them 2 packages out of pure appreciation and respect, and that's all anybody else has ever done. And do you really think Jeff asked for a giant GummyBear? "
No, but Ryan very much did. Hence Jeff saying 'you really need to stop'.
Avatar image for kajaah117
Kajaah117

1073

Forum Posts

18

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 3

Edited By Kajaah117
@RandomlyRossy said:
" @Kajaah117 said:
" @Oncomouse said:

" Ugh... this shit is getting ridiculous.  I enjoy the commentary and industry coverage these guys provide.  But this is so pointless.  I know I don't have to watch it if I don't want to.  This bothers me though.  A public figure shouldn't just tweet out, "send me shit" and then make videos when it shows up.  It strikes me as very unethical. "

The Giant Bomb crew NEVER asks for anything. I've sent them 2 packages out of pure appreciation and respect, and that's all anybody else has ever done. And do you really think Jeff asked for a giant GummyBear? "
No, but Ryan very much did. Hence Jeff saying 'you really need to stop'. "
Oh shit, you're right. I must have missed that tweet, and that is kinda shady.
 
Hey Ryan, you really need to stop.
Avatar image for mainardi
Mainardi

28

Forum Posts

8

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 5

Edited By Mainardi

69