Second Year of Microwave Me in 5 Minutes
706 views · Published 22 January 2015 · 5:48 · Indexed 24 October 2026
Channel: MicrowaveMeShow · 2015 · Entertainment
Obviously, this is long overdue, but the plan was to let season 12 play out before uploading this. Anyways, here's a highlight reel of all of the experiments I did in seasons 8-12 of Microwave Me, this time set to music by a guest musician, Microwave Radiation Victims. I used the first 5-6 minutes of this album for the music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlnmBeOjTtM Be sure to check out their channel and let them know what you think of their work! Anyways, the second year was a really weird and interesting one. The first thing you'll notice is that there are far fewer filler episodes than in year one. While in say, season 4 for example, I would have microwaved some relatively boring stuff in Jennie just to turn out an episode, this time around I only wanted to put out quality episodes over quantity. I know many of you don't want to sit and watch cabbage cook for 3 minutes, so I decided to spare you the types of filler I did early on and only give you the types of experiments that either were cool or I thought would be cool. Hell, even some of the fillers turned out great, and as a weird bit of irony, one of my most viewed episodes from year two was a filler (the Nutella jar). I also did a lot of really dangerous and crazy experiments, I did some fireworks so big I had to put them into separate episodes, a huge jumbo road flare that was over a foot long, a lava lamp, a whole VCR, a plugged in clock radio, and even a cup of gasoline. I also switched from using tinfoil as an enhancer to using a lighter as an enhancer. But many of the ones I did never even required an enhancement. Also, notice how much better I got with adjusting the focus. At the end of year one you can see a marked improvement in adjusting the focus, and in the first half of year two I learn how to get REALLY good at it. The big downside to that is it takes a lot longer just to film an episode. Here's a top 10 list of my favourite experiments from year two. 1. Road flare 2. Ink toner cartridge 3. Gasoline 4. Can of Cheese Whiz 5. TV Remote 6. Spinning Bloom Fountain Fireworks 7. Magnesium 8. Clock Radio 9. Toaster 10. Bottle of Lens Cleaner Honourable Mentions: Resolve Stain Stick, Morning Glories, Hand Sanitizer, Fireworks Frog (bottle rockets), Crystal Fountain, Pencil Sharpener, Christmas Lights In Two Microwaves, Santa Claus, Watch Batteries, Snow Globe, Electrical Outlet, Nail Polish, Spaghetti Squash, Christmas Tree, Four Highlighters (in HD). You may be wondering why the lava lamp isn't on the list. The reason is because as cool as that turned out, the experience was NOT fun for me at the time and I had to deal with minor wax burns from my stupid decision of letting it cool for only 10 minutes. It's also the reason why I let everything cool off for 20+ minutes now instead of a few minutes to 10 minutes at most unless it's on fire and needs put out. As much as I like toying with danger, the kind of experience I enjoy is like with the champagne bottle or with the toaster, where something could have happened but doesn't. I do, however, understand that there are those kinds of risks involved with microwaving, which is why I wear goggles and my glasses have shatterproof lenses. I also have a squirt bottle, or in case of emergency, a fire extinguisher on hand, and I remove items with a spatula so that I don't have to handle the item. In addition, notice how I open the door, in a way that my hand is never in the line of fire from a potential explosion. Regardless, the lava lamp shows just how even the best precautions can't make this 100% safe. My last favourite is either the white out bottle or the 9-Volt battery. I expected both to do something and they did nothing. Even the VCR at least smoked. Another big letdown was the Axe can that I sent to Kenny to microwave that survived my microwave attempt. I expected it to be like the silly string or maybe the spray paint, but it just stood there and shrugged off my best efforts to damage it. The shake weight is also a big disappointment, especially after Jon's caught fire almost immediately, while mine never did. However, I still maintain that my worst microwave episode of all time was the combination lock, which had the shortcomings of the 9-Volt battery but with even worse visibility, was filmed by hand, and recorded on a potato, however my least favourite episode that I recorded was the orange and lemon. I have no idea what I was thinking to sing during the entire microwaving, but this was back when my show was little more than an in-joke between friends, so you see a lot of early installment weirdness in seasons 1-4. Anyways, thank you for sticking around for another year of my low budget microwave show. Thanks to you, I may have to drop that designation because I'm able to microwave more expensive things than I was able to in my first year. Such as the ink toner cartridge.
