History WebVideo / PrettyMuchIt

Eric has had a variety of co-hosts on the channel, usually his friend Miles Bonsignore (typically for enlisted for musicals) as well as his sister Jillian (usually brought in for childhood favorites, particularly for the filmography of Creator/MaryKateAndAshleyOlsen). [[/note]] PMI has also done live tours and taken part in collaborations with other channels such as WebVideo/KurtisConner and [[WebVideo/{{Paint}} Jon Cozart]].

[[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGJs45Q1VsRt3CEF0z46vmA Pretty Much It]] is a Website/YouTube channel run by Eric Striffler that does commentary tracks for movies and TV shows, very much akin to ''Podcast/{{Rifftrax}}''. Highlights from each track are put on Website/YouTube along with clips from the actual movie, copyrights permitting (their videos have a tendency to disappear and reappear over the years).[[note]]It should be noted that the "Pretty Much It" name had been used by Eric in various forms, most notably as the name of his podcast, since 2010; [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes none of the channel's non-commentary videos prior to Jacob joining in 2017 remain public on the channel]].[[/note]]

Eric has had a variety of co-hosts on the channel, usually his friend Miles Bonsignore (typically for enlisted for musicals) as well as his sister Jillian (usually brought in for childhood favorites, particularly for the filmography of Creator/MaryKateAndAshleyOlsen). Up until early 2020, most videos featured Eric's friend Jacob Shao, who sometimes took the main hosting job without Eric's presence.[[note]]Jacob left PMI on bad terms, citing minimum wage and lack of overtime pay for his many contributions; Eric and other hosts vehemently denied this, claiming that Jacob was paid fairly, never asked for overtime, was given a myriad of other benefits, and was fired for an unrelated issue. In the end, it's his word against his; many (but not all) of Jacob's videos have since been privatized.[[/note]] PMI has also done live tours and taken part in collaborations with other channels such as WebVideo/KurtisConner and [[WebVideo/{{Paint}} Jon Cozart]].

* AccentUponTheWrongSyllable: A recurring bit during "Gemini Man" is that Jacob, Eli and Gabe would purposely mispronounce the title as "Gemi-''Nee'' Man" or "''Jer-Me-Nee'' Man"

* FunnyForeigner: Jacob was prone to making jokes based on his exaggerated accents, most prominently the recurring "character" of Sam U. Ell the Haitian Man.

* HomeschooledKids: Jacob makes frequent references to his sheltered Christian upbringing.

* PissTakeRap: Jacob and Miles frequently employ these for comedic effect, though some of them actually manage to cross over to being pretty solid.

Eric has had a variety of co-hosts on the channel, usually his friend Miles Bonsignore (typically for enlisted for musicals) as well as his sister Jillian (usually brought in for childhood favorites, particularly for the filmography of Creator/MaryKateAndAshleyOlsen). Up until early 2020, most videos featured Eric's friend Jacob Shao, who sometimes took the main hosting job without Eric's presence.[[note]]Jacob left PMI on bad terms, citing minimum wage and lack of overtime pay for his many contributions; Eric and other hosts vehemently denied this, claiming that Jacob was paid fairly, never asked for overtime, was given a myriad of other benefits, and was fired for an unrelated issue. In the end, [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement it's his word against his;]] many (but not all) of Jacob's videos have since been privatized.[[/note]] PMI has also done live tours and taken part in collaborations with other channels such as WebVideo/KurtisConner and [[WebVideo/{{Paint}} Jon Cozart]].

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Eric intentionally takes his usual high energy and inappropriate humor UpToEleven for the commentaries with his sister Jillian, leaving her mortified (and, usually, laughing along with him).

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Taken UpToEleven in their ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII'' video, where they make fun of how backwards someone like Marty would find the Old West, and imagining the townsfolk lynching him for saying things like "Nikes," "7-11", and "consent."

* HauntedHouse: During ''Film/TheKissingBooth3'', Eric theorizes that the house they stay in is cursed to make people break up after both couples break up.

** Film/It1990, after Ben falls into the woods and Henry Bowers screams “You’re gonna die,” Eric and Jacob jokingly postulate the possibility that he wasn’t threatening Ben, but instead trying rob warn him.
--->"You’re gonna '''die!'''" Careful man, there’s a clown down there! Uh, ''Penny'' for your thoughts my guy.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: InUniverse, Eric and Miles believe that ''Series/ThirteenReasonsWhy'''s fourth season is all about Clay and the rest of the cast being poisoned by ComicBook/TheScarecrow's fear toxin (and that Justin is a [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolf]]).

* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: When the deaths of Bryce and Monty from the ''Series/ThirteenReasonsWhy'' commentary screening were revealed, Jacob, Eric and the entire audience ecstatically gave out standing ovations given the two were absolutely horrible people.[[note]]the former was a serial rapist and the latter was a notorious school bully who also committed sexual assult[[/note]]

* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: When the deaths of Bryce and Monty from the ''SeriesThirteenReasonsWhy'' commentary screening were revealed, Jacob, Eric and the entire audience ecstatically gave out standing ovations given the two were absolutely horrible people.[[note]]the former was a serial rapist and the latter was a notorious school bully who also committed sexual assult[[/note]]

* FunnyForeigner: Jacob was prone to making jokes based off of his exaggerated accents, most prominently the recurring "character" of Sam U. Ell the Haitian Man.

* TheWildcats: The "GOOOOO TIGERS!" RunningGag initially started out as a joke about the typical high school mascot in ''Series/ThirteenReasonsWhy'' and how this lighthearted trapping of the real life HighSchool experience contrasted so glaringly with the near-dystopian drama of the rest of the show. Since this mascot is so common in other media, the catchphrase has continued to pop up in commentaries for other movies and shows.

* FailedASpotCheck: Miles speculates that Charlie in ''Series/ThirteenReasonsWhy'' is going to be the character [[TonightSomeoneDies killed off at the end of the show]]... while Charlie is shown giving the eulogy at the funeral.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: InUniverse, Eric and Miles believe that ''Series/ThirteenReasonsWhy'''s fourth season is all about Clay and the rest of the cast being poisoned by ComicBook/TheScarecrow's fear toxin (and that Justin is a {{Werewolf}}).

* MusicalEpisode: Starting with ''Film/TheGreatestShowman'', Eric will bring in a group nicknamed "The Showman" (Miles, Andrew, and Nick) who are willing to sing along to the soundtrack with him whenever they cover a musical.

Up until early 2020, most videos featured Eric and his friend Jacob Shao, occasionally featuring other guests and collaborators and even sometimes not including Eric at all. However, Jacob left the channel citing minimum wage pay and no overtime, which Eric vehemently denied, claiming that Jacob was paid fairly, given a myriad of other benefits, never even asked for overtime, and was fired for an unrelated issue. In the end, [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement it's his word against his;]] many (but not all) of Jacob's videos have since been privatized.

Eric now has a variety of co-hosts on the channel, usually his friend Miles Bonsignore (typically for enlisted for musicals) as well as his sister Jillian (usually brought in for childhood favorites, particularly for the filmography of Creator/MaryKateAndAshleyOlsen). Him, Jacob, and others have done live tours, as well as a multitude of collaborations on other channels such as WebVideo/KurtisConner and [[WebVideo/{{Paint}} Jon Cozart]].