User blog:AlexKawa/Best of SML 2017

Hey everyone! I'm back with the top 5 best SML videos of 2017! If you haven't seen my list of the top 5 worst videos of 2017, here it is. Anyway, if these episodes aren't particularly your cup of tea, I respect your opinion. As I said in my top 5 worst list, any video released before 2018 after today will be eligible for the 2018 year-end lists. Anyway, let's kick this off with...

5. The Magical Button! - This video was a treat, particularly because I had just finished suffering through Jeffy's Brain!, which, if you haven't seen my top 5 worst list, came THIS close to making #1. But even if it wasn't off the heels of such an atrocious video, this is still a freaking solid video! The plot was very creative. It almost felt like The Loud House episode "Spell It Out," but there were enough differences to make up for it. Watching Cody berate Junior for his stupidy was, as always, awesome! The ending is really what makes this video for me. Seeing Junior feel such remorse for his actions to the point of killing himself to bring everyone he killed back to life was just incredibly emotional, and it really shows that Junior can actually be a very good character. Cody killing Logan was one of the greatest fourth-wall breaks in SML history, and we got BANANA CODY!!!!!!! My only minor complaint is that Cody's character flip-floped greatly throughout the video, but overall, this was a fantastic video. A great 15th birthday present for me.

4. The Bet! - OK, if you saw my worst list, you knew this one was coming, or that it would at least be an honorable mention. This episode was freaking hilarious, from Goodman getting karma for being a jerk to Mario in the past, including Chef Pee Pee The Babysitter! and slightly in this video (even though Mario did need to pay his house bill, Goodman went overboard with his demands), to the fourth wall break at the end, to Goodman's reactions to everything, to Shrek returning. Yeah, the crap was really disgusting, but how exaggerated it was plus Goodman's reactions were too good for me to care. The plot was, once again, very creative, it moved along spectacularly, and it was chock-full of funny jokes to carry it along very smoothly. The only other thing I want to know is if Chef Pee Pee knows he's, more likely than not, rehired since Goodman quit. Overall, amazing for the first video of my summer break.

3. Jeffy Has Hiccups! - Best Jeffy video of the year! Well, at least among the ones where he is the main focus. Brooklyn T. Guy punching Mario for making him come for Jeffy's hiccups, and then it turns out he's also a hiccup specialist, was funny. Brooklyn T. Guy's methods of curing Jeffy's hiccups were hilarious and extreme, and the "scariest" stage was priceless! It was also nice to see Jeffy not swear his way through a video. Mario imagining Jeffy died and everyone unsubscribing was probably the funniest part of the video! Overall, a very hilarious video that was, well, just a bunch of jokes that all seemed to work. I know I tore into Jeffy's Brain! for having no story, and while this didn't either, the jokes here were actually funny, so I was able to get behind it.

2. Friday The 13th! - Loved the hell out of this video! The scenes with the killer were great, and every joke was funny, especially the floatie joke and the joke about Joseph leaving. Call me crazy, but I wasn't expecting the joke at the end. Maybe it's because Logan's videos have gotten me to not expect any surprises, so I thought the killer would actually be a human? Whatever. I guess the setup for the joke was nice, so I see no reason to deduct any points. Overall, a great balance of funny and spooky, which set it on track to be the best video of 2017. Unfortunately, it lost that title in just two weeks. Hint, hint.

Before we get to #1, here's a few...

​Honorable mentions:

Since there were so many great videos this year, we're only gonna go through the ones that barely escaped the list. Anyway, let's go! And the best SuperMarioLogan video of 2017 is...
 * Jeffy's Parents! - I couldn't possibly get away without at least mentioning it.  This was one of the most well-structured videos of the entire year.  It actually made me see Jeffy's Bad Word! as not as bad as I used to.  It's still freaking awful, but Jeffy's backstory gave me at least some insight into why he said Mario raped him.  I've gotta clarify that it was inexcusable for Jeffy to make up the details, but the general idea, that Mario "raped" Jeffy, is much easier to understand now.  Anyway, back to this video.  Yeah, what really drags it down is how Jeffy has since broken his promise a lot to be a good boy, and how it lacked a lot of backstory for Nancy.  Still, though, a well-deserved fan favorite, and I would probably put this one at least in the top 10.
 * Black Yoshi's Scam! - What Black Yoshi's Blank Check! should've been.  The airplane scene was awesome, Black Yoshi's spelling and Mario's pronunciations of it were hilarious, and Black Yoshi actually sort of received karma for this!  This one was really funny, and I just could not get enough of it.  This would probably be at #6.
 * Jeffy Plays Minecraft! - Boy, did I do a 180 on this video halfway though it.  When Jeffy was playing Minecraft, I thought that would be the entire video, and I thought, "Logan, I've defended you on this before, but you're really turning into a sellout here!  You've criticized YouTube gaming videos for being so popular despite having no effort put into their videos, and I agree with you!  But now, you're becoming one of them!"  Then, after Mario's first interview, everything began making sense to me, and I was like, "holy crap, this is not turning into one of my favorite videos of the year, is it?"  This was shockingly funny!  In the sense that you'd expect "family-friendly" jokes to not have the same spark as an average SML joke, but they did!  This felt like a huge "screw you" to YouTube, and Logan really needed to get that out of his system, so I loved it!  Still, I can't really justify putting it on the list, but it almost makes it in my opinion.

1. Mario's New Hat! - Wow! This was one of the most exceptional videos in all of SuperMarioLogan! The execution was near-perfect, the jokes were awesome, the characters were enjoyable, just everything you could ask for! Shrek and Black Yoshi are back, and they're just as hilarious as they ever were! Jeffy was actually trying to be helpful to Mario, and he was pretty funny in his attempts to help him. Rosalina telling Mario she would love him no matter what was very heartwarming, and she really sold me with her delivery. I would say that Mario and Rosalina's wedding felt a little shoehorned in, but given the idea of the video, it worked out pretty well. Overall, absolutely go check out this video if you haven't already!

So, that's my list of the 5 best SML videos of 2017. Feel free to leave yours in the comments below, and enjoy the rest of your holidays!