History YMMV / BestOfTheWorst

** Mike thought this when they watched ''Film/{{Shakma}}'', where he expected the group to have play through the game they set up for fun to be able to escape, with the added threat that there's a real killer primate in the building with them, which ended up going nowhere.

** Fans quickly recognized ''California Big Hunks'' from its use in [[https://youtu.be/UNIiz3Ee04A a segment of]] ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway''. The fact that the contestant's name was [[NamesTheSame Colin]] makes it even funnier.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The crew admits that they found the theme song from ''Mr. Mysterio's Patented Video'' to be genuinely catchy.

** Similarly, David Carradine was once a big name who went on to star in many terrible movies that weren’t worthy of his talent. Especially sad is when Colin talks about his dog walking away from embarrassment being caught on video. Unlike Mitchell, Carradine would go on to have a CareerResurrection thanks to his titular role in Film/KillBill. However, this is undercut by him going back to horrible B movies afterwards and [[ADateWithRosiePalms ultimately]] [[NooseCatch dying]] an UndignifiedDeath that was so embarrassing that you can’t mention him without someone making a joke about it.

* TheScrappy: Much like in real life, Creator/MaxLandis is a very disliked man. The famously pretentious writer was thankfully only in one episode, but in that appearance, many thought Landis came across as an annoying and cringeworthy {{Keet}} whose extremely loud and overly hyper personality didn’t mesh well with the rest of the gang at all, not to mention many complaints of him trying to hog the spotlight. In fact, quite a few fans noted it looked like the crew themselves were barely holding back their annoyance, with Jay in particular seeming thoroughly irritated and uncomfortable around Max. Adding onto all of this, Landis's detractors were especially upset that his appearance was in the episode with ''Double Down'', which is regarded as one of the "best" films ever on the show. This means that you couldn't watch this highly popular point in the series without also enduring him throughout. With all that being said, [[BaseBreakingCharacter there were a few fans who admitted to liking him]]. And then he was outed as a serial sexual harasser and all around misogynistic abuser, ruining any kind of goodwill he built up in the fanbase. After this, the group themselves have severed all ties to him, delisting all of his appearances on the channel, and later making a thinly veiled insult against him. The silver lining was that he introduced Creator/MacaulayCulkin to [=RedLetterMedia=], and Mac has meshed well with the crew and become a fan favorite on his own.
** Deundra T. Brown also applies. The director of ''Diamond Cobra vs the White Fox'' has repeatedly saw to it that her horrifically incompetent film's spotlight episode was removed from the channel. The crew themselves have only commented on the matter once, but the fans very much hate her for this.

* TheScrappy: Much like in real life, Creator/MaxLandis is a very disliked man. The famously pretentious writer was thankfully only in one episode, but in that appearance, many thought Landis came across as an annoying and cringeworthy {{Keet}} whose extremely loud and overly hyper personality didn’t mesh well with the rest of the gang at all, not to mention many complaints of him trying to hog the spotlight. In fact, quite a few fans noted it looked like the crew themselves were barely holding back their annoyance, with Jay in particular seeming thoroughly irritated and uncomfortable around Max. Adding onto all of this, Landis's detractors were especially upset that his appearance was in the episode with ''Double Down'', which is regarded as one of the "best" films ever on the show. This means that you couldn't watch this highly popular point in the series without also enduring him throughout. With all that being said, [[BaseBreakingCharacter there ''were'' some fans who admitted to liking him]]. And then he was outed as a serial sexual harasser and all around misogynistic abuser, ruining any kind of goodwill he built up in the fanbase. After this, the group themselves have severed all ties to him, delisting all of his appearances on the channel, and later making a thinly veiled insult against him. The silver lining was that he introduced Creator/MacaulayCulkin to [=RedLetterMedia=], and Mac has meshed well with the crew and become a fan favorite on his own.

* TheScrappy: Much like in real life, Creator/MaxLandis is a very disliked man. He was thankfully only in one episode, but in that appearance, many thought Landis came across as an annoying and cringeworthy {{Keet}} whose extremely loud and overly hyper personality didn’t mesh well with the rest of the gang at all. In fact, quite a few fans noted it looked like the crew themselves were barely holding back their annoyance, with Jay in particular seeming thoroughly irritated and uncomfortable around Max. Adding onto all of this, Landis's detractors were especially upset that his appearance was in the episode with ''Double Down'', which is regarded as one of the "best" films ever on the show. This means that you couldn't watch this highly popular point in the series without also enduring him throughout. With all that being said, [[BaseBreakingCharacter there ''were'' some fans who admitted to liking him]]. And then he was outed as a serial sexual harasser and all around misogynistic abuser, ruining any kind of goodwill he built up in the fanbase. After this, the group themselves have severed all ties to him, delisting all of his appearances on the channel, and later making a thinly veiled insult against him. The silver lining was that he introduced Creator/MacaulayCulkin to [=RedLetterMedia=], and Mac has meshed well with the crew and become a fan favorite on his own.

* TheScrappy: Creator/MaxLandis was already a BaseBreakingCharacter for his one appearance, but after being outed as serial sexual harasser, you’ll find very few fans who admit to liking him. The group themselves have severed all ties to him, delisting all of his appearances on the channel. Many thought Landis cane across as an annoying and cringeworthy {{Keet}}, believing that his extremely loud and overly hyper personality didn’t mesh well with the rest of the gang. Some even thought it looked like Mike and Jay were trying to hold back their annoyance with him. The silver lining was that he introduced Creator/MacaulayCulkin to [=RedLetterMedia=], and Mac has meshed well with the crew and become a fan favorite on his own.

** They also regularly get grossed out whenever an older, plain looking star gets intimate with a young actress whose blatantly there for {{Fanservice}}. In one such example, they noted that the star of "GetEven" was older than his LoveInterest's father.

* NoYay: The crew’s reaction when the teenage boy seemingly hits on an old lady in “Wormania”.

* NoYay: The crew’s reaction when the ten age boy seemingly hits on an old lady in “Wormania”.

** Every moment Jack is drunk on camera is now this since he confirmed on Twitter that he is a recovering alcoholic and has been sober for one year.

** Despite doing nothing worse than making a geeky video about a topic he genuinely loves, Motherlode’s creator Larry ends up attracting the scorn of the group with Mike being happy he’s dead and Jay and Rich backing him up. Sure, his video may be a bore, but there are several filmmakers on the show who’ve done far worse stuff than him that didn’t get treated as disrespectfully. He’s also pretty sympathetic when you discover that his death was very sudden and occurred due to an injury he sustained when working in the field that he’s show’s real excitement and passion for.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Josh is either a welcomed contrast to the other hosts for his abundant knowledge of film and StraightMan status or a pretentious StopHavingFunGuy for much of the same reasons.

** As it says in the main page, Cameron Mitchell is an example for the crew, but he’s also one among fans. His performances, whether they’re genuinely good, drunken, or phoned in result in a lot of great laughs. Especially when he goes into LargeHam mode.

* BizzarroEpisode: Wheel of the Worst #12. The intro segment where Mike, Jim, and Colin are talking at the wheel suddenly jump cuts to the same shot with Mike having a one-sided conversation with himself and Jim and Colin gone, implying he's just imagining them being there. During voting, Jay is inexplicably replaced with Josh, who had no screentime prior and calls all the other panelists by the wrong names. None of this is acknowledged in the episode or in any episode since.

** Pretty much the entirety of ''Mad Foxes'', which contains a sex scene in a piss-filled bathtub, a closeup of an unwashed arse and a couple of extremely graphic scenes depicting genital mutilation as its "highlights". Rich Evans is positively mad at the sheer depravity of the film, and even Mike is made visibly uncomfortable by it. The only thing saving the Blu-Ray from destruction in the end is that, much like ''The Amazing Bulk'', the movie was so awful in such a unique and fascinating way as to make it worth keeping.

** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2ugxX1lh5A Curse of the Worst]], which points out jokes in episodes relating to [[Series/TheLifeAndTimesOfGrizzlyAdams Dan Haggerty]], {{Music/Prince}}, Creator/BillPaxton, and Creator/DonRickles shortly before their deaths. [[spoiler: [[CrossesTheLineTwice Then they try]] TemptingFate by remarking how Creator/WilfordBrimley is still alive.]]

* DudeNotFunny: Despite laughing at it, Jack is quick to call out Mike for thanking God that Larry, the creator of ”Motherlode” [[SpeakIllOfTheDead passed away.]] Rich and Jay defend him, but Jack has a point given Larry comes across as a perfectly decent man who’s only crime is making a dorky video.

* UnintentionallySympathetic: Much like many other filmmakers to appear on this show, Larry “Tree” Lonik is the butt of several mean spirited jokes. However, what makes him extra sympathetic is that [[SpeakIllOfTheDead Mike openly takes his pleasure]] [[DudeNotFunny in his early death,]] showing no sympathy to the man, even though he comes across as a decent person who wants to share a topic that he loves with people. Usually, well intentioned and good natured filmmakers like Larry get it easy while the sleazier filmmakers get the more hard hitting insults.

** Despite doing nothing worse than making a geeky video about a topic he genuinely loves, Motherlode’s creator Larry ends up attracting the scorn of the group with [[DudeNotFunny Mike being happy he’s dead and Jay and Rich backing him up.]] Sure, his video may be a bore, but there are several filmmakers on the show who’ve done far worse stuff than him that didn’t get treated as disrespectfully. He’s also pretty sympathetic when you discover that his death was very sudden and occurred due to an injury he sustained when working in the field that he’s show’s real excitement and passion for.

** Cameron Mitchell was a genuinely talented actor who performer alongside legends and even played one or the main characters in the original Broadway production of Theatre/DeathOfASalesman. Despite this, he career ended up doing way downhill, causing him to star in many awful B movies. Especially pronounced with his performance in “Low Blow”, which the crew believed was his rock bottom, as he spends the whole movie, sadly sitting down and mumbling. On the bright side, as much as they make fun of him, [[ThrowTheDogABone the crew ultimately respects and enjoys his work.]] Most of the time anyways.

** The crew calls Shoji Tabuchi “the embodiment of the American Dream”. Twice.

** Despite doing nothing worse than making a geeky video about a topic he genuinely loves, Larry ends up attracting the scorn of the group with [[DudeNotFunny Mike being happy he’s dead and Jay and Rich backing him up.]] Sure, his video may be a bore, but there are several filmmakers on the show who’ve done far worse stuff than him that didn’t get treated as disrespectfully.